It's a lot of fun when it's fiesta time in Madrid. The shops close, decorations are hung up in the street, bars are set up outside and the whole city joins in with the celebrations.
There are many bank holidays in Madrid, local parties in different neighbourhoods and hundreds of fiestas all across Spain. We'll just focus on Madrid city centre and I will give you a rundown of all the big, fun, loud fiestas you can find in Madrid.
These are my favourite Madrid fiestas and local holidays. They are all sure to create a fun party atmosphere and are great to join in with as a tourist.
When are the best fiestas in Madrid?
I think it's good to know when a fiesta is happening in Madrid, to help you plan your visit. We once had friends visit and unknowingly booked them into a hotel that was right at the heart of a fiesta. They had a great time and thankfully were up for partying the day and night away.
But if you'd like some peace and quiet or want to avoid any possible road closures, big crowds or general inconvenience during your trip to Madrid steer clear of these fiestas.
Semana Santa is Holy Week in Spain and the Easter celebrations cover a week long holiday in Madrid. It's a very religious celebration with a series of separate ceremonies and processions occurring from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
Obviously having a whole week off work and school puts everybody in the party spirit. Spanish flags adorn most of the cities balconies and windows. Big family lunch celebrations take place in restaurants and friends get together in the evenings to make the most of the time off.
To learn more about Easter celebrations in Spain from a US student studying here read this post by Sierra.
A day to commemorate when the people of Madrid rebelled against the French troops occupying the City under Napolean in 1808. This remembrance fiesta is very important and is often referred to as "the day of Madrid".
Plaza del dos de Mayo is a bustling square in the Malasaña barrio and the heart of the days celebrations. This Madrid neighbourhood is actually named after one of the battles hero's, a local teenager who was killed in the aftermath. A memorial statue takes centre place surrounded by gardens and children's play areas. During fiesta, this area and the nearby bars are all busy with local young people and families.
Parades, concert and games happen all over the city. Only bars, restaurants and cafes stay open and everyone comes out to meet each other, share their pride at being Madrileños and enjoy the day.
San Isidro is the patron Saint of Madrid and all farmers. This day is one of the biggest fiestas in Madrid. Locals like to celebrate the cultural history of their city and dress up in traditional farming clothes, then spend the day singing, dancing and laughing.
There is a huge park South West of the city centre on the other side of the river called La Pradera. Crowds gather here on the afternoon of San Isidro for a picnic then lots of fun activities. Also, major city landmarks such as Plaza Mayor and Temple de Debod hold festivities. The traditionally dressed "chulapo" and "chulapa" dance a "chotis" and eat traditional sweets. A famous bull fight is held at Las Ventas bullring in the early evening then concerts and street parties are held around the La Latina barrio.
In recent years Madrid has become known as one of the biggest Gay Pride celebrations in Europe and people come from all over the world to join the fiesta. Chueca is the place to be for Madrid Gay Pride and the local bars, restaurants and shops will adorn every possible spot with a rainbow flag.
Stages are set up and events start on 28th June, the official International Day of LGBT Pride. A schedule of performances and parties are set out by the local Gay and Lesbian bars and nightclubs. The fiestas continue in Madrid for over a week until the final parade day.
The parade is usually a big, vibrant and lively procession down one of the busiest streets in Madrid on the last Saturday of festivities. Plans and dates do change slightly year to year, check here for exact info on the current years plans.
Fiesta de la Paloma is to honour the Virgin dove and is a vibrant and lively party in La Latina. More specifically the streets of Calle Calatrava, Cava Baja and the side streets and surrounding plazas.
It's probably the most concentrated and busy fiesta in Madrid. The streets are closed and colourful decorations are hung up all over La Latina. Every bar and restaurant will set up drinks service in the street and by late evening there is a sea of people partying and drinking.
It's another great excuse for the traditional Madrileño clothes to be worn by locals. La Paloma is actually the last of 3 fiestas held in this area of Madrid, the 2 prior are in el Rastro and Lavapies, the neighbouring barrios. So, the partying hits a big crescendo and is a lot of fun for tourists to join in with.
This is Spanish Constitution day and a national day off work, which means lots of celebrations. In Madrid there is a ceremony where the King raises the Spanish flag, a military parade and the air force put on an aerial show.
Lots of people will spend the day at home with family but as with all bank holidays in Madrid, the bars and restaurants will be full of people meeting up and celebrating.
All Saints Day is a holiday when people all over the country return to their home town and remember loved ones who have died. People will lay flowers on the graves of relatives. Cemeteries and road surrounding get very congested as everybody joins in with this tradition. Churches hold big services across the country.
Special foods are eaten to honour the dead such as nuts, sweets and cakes. It's a celebration of life more than death and way to never forget those who have passed. In Madrid celebrations mix with Halloween on 31st October and Day of the Dead festivities on 2nd November, resulting in a 3 day fiesta.
Day of the Dead is a similar celebration held in Mexico. Where colourful shrines are set up to remember dead family members and offerings of fruit and paper flowers are laid on the shrine. Due to the high number of Mexicans in Madrid and those with Mexican ancestry this day is also celebrated here. In many plazas you'll see shrines set up alongside food and drink stalls, candles lit, paper bunting and skulls used to decorate the area.
Where mentioned, specific dates are correct for 2018. Sorry my pics aren't the best quality, I tend to have a few beers during fiesta!
Thanks for this informative post! We are going to Madrid this Monday and I have just learnt about Dos de Mayo. Thanks!


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Well-known Leicester musician dies after suffering a heart attack at age of 50
'He was a great partner, dad, brother, musician and artist'
Adrian Troughton
Lee played at this venue when it was The LIzard Lounge (Image: Leicester Mercury)
A well-known and popular Leicester musician has died after suffering a heart attack at the age of 50.
Lee Wood, known by his stage name of Easi-Lee, died on New Year's Eve after suffering the heart attack three days before.
Lee's long-term partner Safiya Patel, who has two daughters, aged 13 and six, with him, said: "He was a very, very special man.
"His daughters adored him and he adored them. We adored each other and had been together since I was 16 and he was 18.
"He was a great partner, dad, brother, musician and artist."
Safiya said that Lee had a heart attack at home on December 28.
"I called an ambulance and he was taken to Glenfield Hospital. Three days later he died.
"It was totally out of the blue and he had no underlying medical problems and was fit and well.
"His brother and I were with him when he passed away. It was heartbreaking.
"I am having trouble accepting it at the moment."
Lee was a member of the Leicester band hip hop band Fresh Beats Incorporated also known as The FBI Crew.
Long-time friend and fellow band member Ragzy said they formed the band while still at school - Moat Community College in Highfields.
"i have known Lee since we were about 14 and 15," he said. "We hit it off and then we set about forming a hip hop band together.
Moat Community College
"That got bigger and bigger and soon became Fresh Beast International. That became full on band with about 10 members in it.
"We played together on and off over the years. It was brilliant.
"We had a DJ and a rapper and the whole band.
"Lee got his nickname Easi-Lee at school because everything seemed to come easily to him.
"He was great at drawing and learned the drums and became very good on them. It all seemed so effortless for him.
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"When he sang lots of people would stop him and tell him that he had a really soulful voice and they were right because he did.
"Lee could sing and rap and play the drums. He was so talented.
"Everyone on the Leicester music scene knew Lee and knew us.
"He will be sadly missed by a lot of people."
Lee also sang and guested with other bands on the local scene.
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Justin Trudeau was recently a keynote speaker at the Women in the World Summit in New York City. Trudeau has been a proponent of women's rights, and this talk was true to form.
Trudeau was raised in an environment that taught him to respect women, and his views today reflect that upbringing. He is proud to be like his mother because he recognizes the strength of the women in his life.
We all believe that women should be treated equally, but many do not know how to take action. Trudeau acknowledges we cannot make progress unless we actually work towards what we believe in.
Trudeau's cabinet is 50 percent women. Because of this, he spoke about the importance of including women in positions of power. He said, "It isn't just the nice thing to do, it's the smartest thing to do." A diverse set of experiences and perspectives is important in the success of a business or a country. Trudeau noted that companies that are more balanced between men and women are more successful and have higher revenues.
He went on to say, "We can't just talk about how women need to be empowered without talking to the people who unfairly still have more power—the men. The men have to be part of the solution." Trudeau recognizes that men have to be part of the movement towards equality. Women alone will not be able to achieve this.
Similarly, women and men must work together in order for everyone to succeed. In Canada, his balanced cabinet has led to "a level of depth of conversation and approach to solving problems that leads you to a much better place." Depth of conversation is important because it leads to varying opinions and viewpoints.
Because of the success Trudeau has experienced in his own cabinet, he said that women need to be encouraged to run for office.
"You ask a man, do you want to run for office, his first question is, 'Where do I start?' You ask a woman, she says, 'Really? Why me? Do you think I'm good enough?'" The difference in the perception of women in politics is counterproductive to the success of a nation, as Trudeau points out with this scenario.
Men and women need to change their perceptions of power and strive for more equality in office. Until both are able to change their expectations, we will not be able to reach the statistics that Trudeau knows to be the most successful.


The Garbage Sifter, what an interesting read!
Barry Jones has a unique writing skill, that makes the reader unsure of what is happening next in the story, without confusing the reader either. I love his different sense of style and how well he put it all together.
Nothing predictable in this story, a must read! This, to me, is a suspense book through and through. If you like to read suspense and/or any type of thriller than you should check this out!
You can find it here on the link for Amazon.
A short mix of politics and drug cartels, this book is sure to keep your attention. I like that it captivated me, and as each turn of the page got faster, so did my interest in the story.


I am autistic. I spent a lifetime struggling to keep up with a world of people who, without putting in any real effort, can do things that are incredibly difficult for me. I was derided for my perceived inadequacies, while my strengths and accomplishments were ignored or discounted. This went on so long and so frequently, that I internalized these attitudes. I no longer needed anyone to keep me down. I could do a fine job of that all on my own.
I appreciate humanity in all its varied presentations. I love that we are all so very different. I never viewed success as a one size fits all proposition. We all start out with a different set of tools in our toolbox. It only makes sense that the tools at our disposal shape the life we build. I don't judge people's worth based on their wealth, talent, appearance, athletic prowess, or any other skill set. I appreciate the accomplishments resulting from that skill set, but I know those accomplishments are not a measure of the intrinsic worth of an individual. Unless, of course, that individual is me.
I held myself to a double standard I could not possibly hope to reach. I apologized when I could not do things as quickly, gracefully, effortlessly, or seamlessly as those around me. I treated accomplishments like raising children of varying, complex needs as minor. I felt shame when I could not make it in the modern American workplace. Even though my children never missed a meal, had suitable clothing, and went to excellent schools, I felt shame that I could not earn a living that afforded them middle class luxuries. I felt shame, I felt shame, and I felt shame.
Only recently, I realized I deserved the same respect and acceptance from others that I give them. It is not unreasonable to hold other people accountable for their attitudes and actions, even when it relates to me. The fact that I struggle with many of life's day to day tasks, does not negate those tasks at which I excel. I can be proud. I can be loved. I spend every conscious moment of my life in an effort to not hurt others. I seek to lift up those around me. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I suspect neither have you. We are different. Not less, just different. The world fears different, but the world needs different lest we stagnate.
I am done measuring my worth by someone else's yardstick. I genuinely hope you are as well.
April is upon us again. If you have any connection to the autism community (or the world of corporate sponsorship) you already know this is Autism Awareness Month. You may also be familiar with Autism Acceptance Month. Prior years, I have tried to throw myself all in, ready to share my own, autistic experience, in hopes that I might bring a little more enlightenment into our interactions. I want to make things better because I'm a fixer. I fix things; even things that are neither my responsibility nor my business to fix. It's what I do. You can thank me later; or tell me to take a hike. I'm equally familiar with both outcomes.
The problem is, when May rolls around, I invariably feel worse about our future than I did the month before. I feel beat up, hopeless, and a little like a circus animal that has been poked with a stick one too many times for not performing in a crowd pleasing manner. This month's "awareness" puts us all under the microscope, and it's hard to move towards acceptance when we're all on edge.
So this year, I'm making a move towards autism acceptance by means of inaction. I've got a list of things I won't be doing. Many of them I'm not doing already, and will continue to not do well into summer. Feel free to not do things with me, or not not do things.
I am not going to Light it up Blue.
I am not going to discuss causes of autism, efficacy of treatments, or research direction, motivation, or validity amongst members of the autism community.
I reserve the right to let reporters know when they are flat out wrong, but for the whole of April, and perhaps a bit beyond, I'm putting these topics on hold in personal interactions. I feel all this "awareness" cranks the emotions of those of us invested in this community up to eleven. We are going to be bombarded with even more than usual perhaps well-meaning mainstream media articles that will contain more heat than light. It makes me cranky. I bet it makes you cranky. Have you ever had a productive debate with someone when you're in a bad frame of mind? Perhaps, but it's not likely. These issues will still be here in May. I can wait.
I am not going to engage parents of autistic children about autism in general.
To be clear, I am talking to parents. I talk to parents every day. I consider the parents I interact with friends, and I don't ignore my friends. I've been parenting my entire adult life as well as having an educational background in child development and professional experience working with children of varying developmental and emotional needs. Parenting is the one thing I truly know, but I need a break from couching this all through the filter of autism. For my own well being, I'm putting my autistic to neurotypical super secret decoder ring upon the shelf. I promise to put it back on when I'm a little more rested. In the interim, expect more talk about baked goods and sports.
I am not going to pretend to be capable of more than I can sustain.
This is more about me than you. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not just a little different. I'm a lot different, I've spent a lifetime trying to act like I'm not, and it's not worth it. My internal mechanism is wholly different than most people even if the external results are the same, and it's hard work. I have a developmental disability along with unrelated health issues. I'm no longer ashamed to use the word disability. I know given the right accommodations, I would be more than capable of a career and financial independence. However, I've had a life with no such accommodations. In the past, I held myself to the same standards as those around me with no disability. As a result, trying to function in the workplace has been painful. I started out well, even excelled, but I could not keep that up. These failures carried with them a burden of shame, even in the years after my diagnosis. I am done with that shame. Not just for April, but forever. I plan on shifting focus away from my comfort zone of parenting towards the realms of workplace acceptance and accommodation. I promise, if the world is going to benefit from what our future adults have to offer society, the time to be paving that road is now.
A couple years ago, my son had a school holiday pageant. The kind of event I would loved to have leaned on my then boyfriend to help me through, but he was out of town on business. So, with younger child in tow, I went to see my eldest son perform. My child is a staunch atheist, and he usually skipped the winter gala in protest of what he felt was an egregious blurring of the separation of church and state, since a local mega church hosts the public school performance. This particular year, he had made peace with performing in a church, so my reprieve was over. I walked in, my autistic son anxious to be on time, as if I would be late. He found his place, and I was left to find a seat in the echo chamber cathedral. Inadvertently, I found myself sitting in the middle of all the parents of my son's best school friends. The boy astutely saw this, and came over to make introductions. Then, an old friend saw me, waved, and promptly seated her family next to my son and me. Our younger sons are friends, so the small boy chatter began in ernest. I wanted to curl up in a fetal position and put my hands over my ears. It took all I had to not run out. I interrupted my boyfriend's business dinner with a flurry of frantic texts, and he talked me off my invisible ledge.
That was the night I realized my son was higher functioning than me. I'm ashamed to admit that my response to this epiphany was all too human. I was embarrassed. After all, I'm the parent here, right? You know that awkward moment when someone insensitively says they would never know your kid has autism and they think that's some kind of compliment? I don't. No one has ever said that about my son. He is blatantly, unabashedly autistic, and that's how I've raised him. The first time he came home and told me someone called him weird I asked him if anyone said he was mean, questioned his intelligence, or made him feel bad about himself. He said no, just weird. Well then, dear son, let your freak flag fly. The world needs a good deal more weird. We woo hoo'd and hollered and celebrated our weirdness until my other son asked us to hold it down so he could get some sleep. By morning, I was over my moment of vanity in which I needed to somehow feel superior to my own child. I was duly full of self chastisement, and no one knew of my momentary ego trip until now.
—Justice Potter Stewart, concurring opinion in Jacobellis v. Ohio 378 U.S. 184 (1964), regarding possible obscenity in The Lovers.
We know it when we see it, but the concept is a bear trap. I suspect some people will be upset with me for even acknowledging that the concept of high and low functioning has any validity. Others may take issue when I say that while I know it exists, I think it's chiefly a yardstick of how comfortably one can navigate in a neurotypical setting. My son can easily initiate conversations, never loses speech, and has fewer sensory issues than me. I have all these issues, but for me, they are masked by stereotypes of female behavior. My scripting and inability to initiate or steer a conversation appears to most to be the behavior of a lady who is shy and deferential. When speech eludes me, I may appear cold or snobbish. When words blurt out sharply, I'm assumed to be 'bitchy'. These perceptions are all deeply rooted in sexism, but I feel no shame in exploiting them to my own purposes. This is how I function.
I know many people who don't know autism do not think of autistics as adults with families of their own. When it is mentioned, I bristle at the idea that I, or anyone else, is raising a family in spite of autism, so I thought I'd give a short, incomplete list of reasons why my autism makes me a better parent.
1. I have less expectations than non-autistics.
As a child, I never played with dolls, thought I'd get married, or imagined being a mommy. I didn't raise children because having kids was what people are supposed to do when they grow up. I did it because I am needed, and parenting is one of the only things to ever come naturally to me. I have never thought ahead to my child's first day of school, dance recital, football game, or prom. Although all three of my biological children were non verbal or semi verbal in their preschool years, I never felt the need to mourn the child I imagined I would have. I simply made note, got appropriate help when needed, and let them find their own pace.
All the time to each and every word. In all honesty, I don't have another option. That point where someone is rambling on and on and it all sounds like "blah, blah, blah"? Nope. I hear and process it all. When I can't hear well enough to process, it makes me so overwhelmed, I have to stop my child and tell them I can't listen right now, but I'll come back to them in a few minutes. Anything else, to me, would be dishonest.
I can't lie, but that doesn't mean I run around tactlessly blurting out truths in a hurtful way. My children sometimes don't like what I have to say. If they have not put in a full effort, I call them on it, and if their actions are hurtful to someone, I let them know. However, my kids never doubt me. Promises are few and far between around here, but they do not get broken. When my children receive praise, it is genuine and not effusive.
The handful of times I've been embarrassed in my life, it has always been due to an intellectual slip up on my part. I have sympathy for the parent who is mortified when their child has a public meltdown, but on a personal level, I can't wrap my head around it. Do I get dirty looks in the grocery store? Sure. I've had appalled neurotypical friends point it out to me, but I don't notice and don't care. I'm on my third child who has less than ideal public displays. I have been escorted out of retail establishments, yelled at by strangers, and had the police called on me several times all due to my children's issues. Inconvenient, exhausting, and occasionally heartbreaking? Yes. Embarrassing? No. Therefore, how I handle these issues is not influenced by outside pressure. I handle each one based on that child's needs, motivations and skill set.
Did that child really think they could get by with that without me knowing? Think again, dear one.
6. I don't rely on my "executive functioning" or lack thereof.
Here is my autistic secret weapon. I have a near savant like sense of time. If you ask me to demonstrate or prove it, you will be met with a blank stare in which you should infer many four letter words are silently being thrown your way. I'm not a show pony or an autism novelty act. I don't need clocks or watches to know what time it is or how much time has passed. I can accurately estimate the time any given task will take, and I am rarely wrong. In my head is a constant awareness of each second. I have to concentrate to not focus on it. I have no 'I lost track of time' moments, but they sound quite tranquil, and I'm envious of yours. Since this internal clock is my tool, I'm going to use it. If I'm late, there's a good chance I had a meltdown. Yes, I still do that. No apologies, it comes with the territory, and I'm not supermom.
This piece is part of a wonderful project by Stuart Duncan of Autism from a Father's Point of View. Other "awareness" movements rang hollow with me. Frankly, if someone can't understand or accept me, I'd prefer they stay unaware. What follows is an open letter by Stuart with my own experience added below. If you want a better understanding of autism, I urge you to look for others' stories as well.
We (The Autism Community) need for you to know what Autism is.
We can only achieve that through Autism Understanding and Acceptance.
Awareness of autism has risen dramatically in the past few years, and awareness is certainly a good place to start. Increased awareness has helped parents get earlier diagnoses for their children, and it has helped secure funding for research. However, it hasn't done much to change public perception of what autism really is.
This is a call out to the world to understand the people and the disorder.
This is a call out to the world to accept the people and the disorder.
You can not understand or accept the people until you understand and accept the Autism they have.
Autism is a part of who they are.
The media has focused almost entirely on children with autism – but children grow up. In a society where one in 110 children is diagnosed with autism (the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control), no one can afford to ignore the significance of this disability. People with autism are children, teenagers, adults, men, women, scientists, programmers, engineers, unemployed, in care homes … too many of them continue to be bullied, to be judged, or to just be ignored.
Each person is unique. Each person has their own unique set of strengths and weaknesses just like you or I.
The charities, the organizations, the groups, the parents, the people with Autism themselves… we ask you… no, we need you to know what Autism really is.
Today, we ask for your Autism Understanding and Acceptance.
This is what Autism is to me. What follows are my words.
My autism has no filters. The quiet little restaurant isn't quiet. Every table, no matter how far away, is my table. I hear each conversation. I smell each plate of food. I know the busboy two tables over had a smoke break within the last hour. I don't want to be rude, but I can't understand the waiter for the din of words around me. Then someone makes a joke. I might have caught the humor in another setting, but I don't and stare into my drink or blurt out some overly literal and revealing reply.
My autism has no filters. My dress has seams in four different places. One of them brushes my skin, and I must acknowledge it before I can continue typing. Clothes are rigorously inspected before purchase for synthetic thread that will render a garment unwearable after the first wash. Patterned fabric with more than two colors makes me uneasy.
My autism has no filters. Only with intense concentration can I focus only on what is in front of me. This gives me balance problems. I can take the stairs up, but I need the elevator to come back down. I am not graceful. I do not have a strong sense of how close objects or people are to me. I bruise myself on door frames, and flinch when you make conversational hand gestures.
My autism has no filters. I am unable to lie to you. I could try, but I would fail…and cry…and likely vomit. I will not catch you in a lie. I've tried for decades to learn how, and know now I simply don't have that skill. It's cost me dearly, and almost took my life. What I can do is rely on those who have proven they have my interests at heart, and use caution with those whom I love too much to keep out.
This said. I am proud of who I am and what I've done. I'm a wife, mother, and grandmother. I think my unique perspective has made me a better person. Being unfiltered has made me unfettered. I'm rarely embarrassed. I have a personal moral code, and I follow it 100% of the time. Therefore, I have almost nothing I'm ashamed of. I promise little, but I deliver on those promises. I may not be socially savvy, but I am intelligent and analytical, with a keen knack for research and learning. I don't run on auto pilot. I take in each moment for all I can glean from it. Rather than blindly exist, I experience life. This, more than all the accompanying inconveniences, is what autism truly means to me.


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Complex Lists Trap Lord Among Most Anticipated Summer Albums of 2013
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When A$AP Ferg stormed onto ASAP Rocky's lean love song "Kissin' Pink'" blowing "hella smoke," we saw a glimpse of an artist who would one day stand on his own two. Last summer, his raucous spaghetti-at-the-wall anthem "Work" emerged as the standout track from the A$AP Mob's Lords Never Worry mixtape, and it soon became evident that Ferg had the presence and personality to be the next member of the Mob to shine. He'll carry that momentum into the release of his debut, Trap Lord. Obviously, A$AP Rocky will apear, but the record also includes legends like Onyx and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. By summer's end, should his album deliver, the trap lord could be the next member of the Harlem collective to ascend into the limelight. — Julian Kimble
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Museum Visit
Magazzino Da Casa
Cristian Chironi: New York Drive
Springs, NY; New York City; Cold Spring, NY
Magazzino Italian Art will organize a community based performance with contemporary Italian artist Cristian Chironi as part of its bi-annual performance initiative. Building on Michelangelo Pistoletto's Walking Sculpture (2017) and Marinella Senatore and The School of Narrative Dance (2109), the performance will take place between Springs, NY; New York City; and Cold Spring, NY from October 12-17, 2021. Crowd sourcing will be done via an open call.
Nivola Study Day
September 25, 2021, 2:00-5:00pm
Magazzino Italian Art
Join us at Magazzino Italian Art for a day of presentations and conversations in conjunction with Nivola: Sandscapes. The program will take place in Gallery 8 and will include three presentations by four speakers including Alastair Gordon, critic, curator, cultural historian and author; Lindsay Caplan, Assistant Professor of Art History at Brown University; Roger Broome, architect; and Steven Hillyer, Director of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive at The Cooper Union, that examine aspects of Nivola's life.
Sam Reider Concert
Join Magazzino Italian Art to celebrate the end of summer with a concert by American musician Sam Reider.
Italian Expressiveness and Expressionists
Concert hosted in collaboration with the American Symphony Orchestra.
Cinema in Piazza
Over the course of two weekends, June 12 – 13 and June 26 – 27, 2021, Magazzino Italian Art will premiere the fourth iteration of annual film series Cinema in Piazza presented in partnership with the Cold Spring Film Society. Returning back to the museum's central courtyard, visitors will have the opportunity to watch new films related to past museum exhibitions, artist films, and classics of Italian cinema. This year's series is presented in collaboration with Artecinema, Istituto Luce – Cinecittà,and the Italian Cultural Institute of New York.
Bruna Esposito: Altri Venti – Ostro
May 27 - September 13, 2021
Starting on Memorial Day Weekend until September 14, 2021, visitors will be invited to see a new installation by artist Bruna Esposito at Magazzino Italian Art. The artwork builds on the artist's four-decade commitment to sustainability. Her most recent installation Alrti Venti – Ostro (2020) questions the ubiquitous use of air conditioners to manipulate our environment.
Arte Povera: Art of Collaboration
March 20 - May 1, 2021
Curated by 2020-21 Scholar-in-Residence Teresa Kittler, Magazzino Italian Art Foundation presents Arte Povera: Art of Collaboration, a four-part lecture series featuring Professor Lucia Re, Research Professor in the Department of Italian at UCLA; Dr. Sharon Hecker, Independent Scholar and Curator, Milan; and Dr. Leslie Cozzi, Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs at The Baltimore Museum of Art. Teresa Kittler will also present a lecture on her findings researching the work of Arte Povera artist Alighiero Boetti's approach, paying close attention to his relationship with his wife, the feminist art critic, Sauzeau-Boetti.
Francesco Simeti's Unrelenting
Consulate General of Italy, New York
The NYC Mayor's Office for International Affairs, Consulate General of Italy in New York and Magazzino Italian Art present an outdoor screening of Francesco Simeti's video work Unrelenting (2020).
Open Call for Marinella Senatore: Cold Spring Soundtrack
September 9 - November 7, 2020
Village of Cold Spring, New York
Magazzino Italian Art and artist Marinella Senatore will collaborate this fall to launch Cold Spring Soundtrack. Initiated through an open call starting on September 9, 2020, volunteers from the Hudson Valley region and beyond are invited to share short sound recordings of anything that feels reflective of their current moment. Participants can call and leave a voicemail or text their sound recording to +1 (845) 476-8409 or email their sound recording to opencall@magazzino.art through November 7, 2020.
In August, Magazzino will present an adapted version of its annual summer film program, Cinema in Piazza, in a drive-in theater adjacent to the museum's building.
Magazzino Italian Art Foundation
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Book Review – The Lonely Spinsters' Club: Willow
book review · chick-lit · fun · humour · romantic comedy
June 4, 2019 June 4, 2019 Lynne FellowsLeave a comment
The Lonely Spinsters' Club
How does a woman enjoy the company of a man without committing to a long-term relationship? Easy, love him for ninety days and leave him.
Willow gave up on love a long time ago, but she hasn't given up on sex. So, to keep her chakras aligned and life force flowing, she abides by her tried-and-true rule: love him for ninety days and leave him. Consequently, she can feed her body while protecting her heart.
Willow's practice of purposeful detachment serves her well until she sets her sights on Kendall's friend Josh. Even though Josh expresses interest in Willow, he wants a more traditional relationship than she's willing to give.
Despite their apparent differences, the universe seems to have other plans for the couple as their lives become increasingly intertwined. When Willow finally decides to follow the universe's lead, she's betrayed by her ninety-day rule and must rethink her life plan or face the future alone.
Willow's story is the second installment of the five-book romantic comedy series THE LONELY SPINSTERS CLUB.
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Having read "Kendall", the first in the series of The Lonely Spinster's Club, I was more than happy to jump into this second book. As before, the author's writing style is easily addictive, with fabulous, larger-than-life characters, authentic dialogue and shed-loads of humour.
Who is Willow, then? To say she is nothing like her cousin Kendall would be an understatement. Kendall is eight and a half months pregnant as this story begins, and planning her wedding to Gio. Willow is about as far away from domestic "bliss" as it's possible to be, having vowed to never get involved with anyone beyond her 90-day rule. She is of the 'once bitten, twice shy' school, but with agoraphobia taking the place of shyness.
When she catches up with Josh again – she met him at her cousin Ruthie's wedding – then her chakras are out of control, and she spends weeks afterwards wondering whether she could actually settle down with Josh. She's a tad pigheaded too, and can often come across as aggressive and argumentative.
Josh, on the other hand, wants to settle down and have a family; he loves kids, he gets a puppy … they appear to be perennial combatants.
For Willow, it's a case of "She loves him. She loves him not", while for Josh it's an eternal tug of war with occasional "benefits".
With Grandma Bev on the sidelines with her quirky digs at Willow's single status, there is lots of humour to be found here.
A fun read with amusing and entertaining characters – this is a big family, and they all have an opinion. I noticed on Goodreads that there are three more books planned for the remaining cousins – Hester, Ruthie & Freya – all potential candidates for The Lonely Spinsters' Club (yes, even Ruthie too!) and all much to Grandma Bev's disapproval. I'm looking forward to reading more about this crazy family.
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Blog Blitz 'n' Book Review – Time of Lies
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Time of Lies
by Douglas Board
In 2020 the United Kingdom elects its own Donald Trump.
Bob Grant, former football hooligan, now the charismatic leader of the Britain's Great party, has swept to power on a populist tide. With his itchy finger hovering over the nuclear trigger, Bob presides over a brave new Britain where armed drones fill the skies, ex-bankers and foreigners are vilified, and the Millwall football chant 'No one likes us, we don't care' has become an unofficial national anthem.
Meanwhile, Bob's under-achieving, Guardian-reading brother Zack gets a tap on the shoulder from a shady Whitehall mandarin. A daring plot is afoot to defy the will of the people and unseat the increasingly unstable PM. Can Zack stop his brother before he launches a nuclear strike on Belgium? And just what is ACERBIC, Britain's most closely-guarded military secret?
A darkly comic political thriller, Time of Lies is also a terrifyingly believable portrait of an alternative Britain. It couldn't happen here… could it?
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As well as writing fiction, he is the author of two applied research books on leadership, which was the subject of his doctorate. He is currently a senior visiting fellow at the Cass Business School in London. He and his wife Tricia Sibbons live in London and Johannesburg.
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The beauty of satire is that you can laugh at it – but then, oh my, sometimes this is too close to being true (and who knows if it isn't?)
Despite a slow start (it is a little confusing given the changing viewpoints which aren't immediately obvious) this gets much pacier in the middle, and infinitely more fun then. Although, it wasn't the ending I hoped for! 😉
Jack and Bob Grant are brothers who are poles apart. Jack is now using his actor name of Zack Parris which helps to distance him from his "Britain's Great – End of!" brother, latterly the new PM.
Set in the very near future, the run-up to the elections sees the "Britain's Great!" rallies (very reminiscent of Trump & Farage) dominate the landscape, and a popular policy is to single out bankers who are blamed for just about everything. Forced to wear a visible "B" on their clothing, and with the CEOs of major banks arrested after yet another recession and a bailout for Britain from the IMF, the story takes events of recent years and spins them, which makes for a fun read.
With his brother now elected as PM, Zack is nigh on apoplectic with confusion, anger and frustration, so when the chance comes to knock Bob from that pedestal, he feels he owes it to the country to grasp the opportunity with both hands.
Further fuelling his anger is the desire to avenge the death of his friend Alan – a banker – and whose death Zack places firmly on the rising intolerance in the country. The opportunity to settle a score is too tempting to refuse.
Masquerading as Bob, after weeks of planning to act just like him, Zack visits the Prince Regent to tender his cabinet's resignation after PM Bob threatens to nuke Europe. (Clever! It makes the case for cloning, don't you think? 😉 )
The story is only a hair's breadth away from being true, and while there are elements that could be considered far-fetched, in today's political climate it's abundantly clear that just about anything goes.
For instance: In the book, relations with Europe are pretty dire once Britain has left the EU, (isn't that the truth already?) and France tells Britain the Channel Tunnel will be closed for 24 hours. What France doesn't say is that they are going to let all the refugees and asylum seekers in the Calais camps into the tunnel, and even provide them with all the necessary services – loos, food, water – as they walk through the tunnel to England. Then France seals up the tunnel at their end. This is priceless satire – loved it (but only because it seems too fantastic to be true – then again, who knows? The Brexit shambles isn't exactly going well, is it?)
This is an entertaining read, very much of its moment. If you've taken any interest in the political upheaval currently facing Britain, then reading this book will either make you laugh or cry.
You just have to love satire, especially when it runs so near to the knuckle that you can smell blood.
I'll be posting my review of The Rats, also by Douglas Board, tomorrow. Why not pop by and take a look?
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International Institution of Management study: 4 ways businesses prepare themselves for the future
Posted by Neha De
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies across industries to be proactive when preparing for the future. Because when crises hit, this type of readiness doubles as a source of resilience. It shows how businesses can adapt, the strength of their internal capabilities and how proficient they are at finding new sources of growth.
Consider how fashion brands and retailers have navigated the past two years. Top executives from the retail industry have maintained that retail is quickly moving toward direct-to-consumer, omnichannel and personalized offerings. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, it is those companies that have scaled such capabilities ahead of their competition that managed to stay in business. For instance, stock prices at Hermes, Nike and Target have hit all-time highs as they have pivoted to e-commerce, as opposed to some of retail's most iconic names: Brooks Brothers, J. Crew and J.C. Penney, which have all gone bankrupt.
The automotive industry offers another example of the importance of becoming future-ready. While the ongoing semiconductor shortage forced companies like Volkswagen and General Motors to halt their production lines, Tesla managed to "substitute alternative chips, and then write the firmware in a matter of weeks," explained Elon Musk. This process required quickly rewriting the car's software, which was possible because of the company's in-house mastery, and helped Tesla achieve a "trophy-case" performance.
After evaluating financial fundamentals, growth prospects, diversity in the management board, operating revenue and more than a decade of data, researchers from the International Institute for Management Development identified four "universal managerial behaviors and cognitive outlooks" that are common across top-performing companies."
Industry insight 1: Don't play the zero-sum game with disruptors
– The year 2021 changed the game for the fintech industry. Due to retail shops being closed, people were forced to shop and bank online due to COVID-related lockdowns, which led to the unforeseen rise of electronic payments and changed consumer behavior permanently.
How did legacy infrastructure builders Mastercard and Visa handle the rush?
According to the IMD study, "Instead of trying to outrun fintech disruptors and tech giants, Mastercard and Visa partnered with their rivals, to the benefit of all involved. Specifically, they invested heavily in a wide range of application programming interfaces (APIs). An API is a set of official rules and guidelines that lets software exchange information with one another. This allows third parties to tap into Visa and Mastercard's infrastructure in a way that is both secure and easily accessible. This strategy helped protect Mastercard and Visa from disruption."
The takeaway here is that a product's best feature may not need to be invented in-house. Visa and Mastercard realized that disruptive apps were being invented by third parties, who are closer to their customers. "Sometimes you compete, sometimes you cooperate, but it's never a zero-sum game. That's the new playbook," the study's authors wrote.
Industry insight 2: When everyone digitalizes, going "deep" differentiates
– For a consumer brand, digitalization is not only about the front-end, online experience; there are tons of make-or-break technologies to master behind the scenes. Consumers today prefer personalization when it comes to what they buy online and also have them delivered to them in days. To make that happen, and to stay profitable at scale, an organization should digiitalize its entire supply chain. It must automate all the tracking and coordination with external partners. All these facets
Take Nike for instance. In order to keep up with fickle consumer demands, Nike leverages advanced data analytics to gather insights continually. A cross-channel prediction at the local level allows the sporting giant to make markdown and promotion decisions instantly and to move inventories across the country. That's how users are able to find what they are most interested in wherever they are.
Meanwhile, Nike's retail stores are reminiscent of an immersive gallery. Shoes are typically displayed like art pieces. In addition, customers can access the in-store Nike App to gain access to limited release merchandise, fun facts and reward schemes. This is a great example of a future-ready brand in sportswear. It employs a digital, data-driven and direct-to-consumer approach, which wipes out the boundary between the online and offline world.
Industry insight 3: In a high-speed sector, branch out even faster
– Tech companies operate at a rapid velocity, and to keep up, executives need to pivot quickly. They not only invest in new technologies, they are also biased toward action in branching out to new offerings or entering new verticals. They are willing to acquire new capabilities and venture into the unknown.
The subsector of semiconductors in technology illustrates this. Intel, for instance, got stuck making microprocessors for laptops, PCs and servers while its competitors, in particular Nvidia, managed to capitalize on the rising demands in chipsets for applications in machine learning, autonomous driving, natural language processing and other artificial intelligence applications.
Intel's conservatism is understandable, since it is the only player in the semiconductor sector that has a massive footprint of factories. However, Nvidia has evolved beyond deploying graphic processors only in the gaming sector and AMD now provides the industry with some of the most powerful processors. Both these companies rely heavily on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company to manufacture their leading-edge products. And, because they don't have factories or fabs, they don't inherit any sunk cost. Since they are asset-light, they can afford to be agile.
Industry insight 4: Ask how vertical integration can help you stand out
– Tesla has used vertical integration in places where the automotive ecosystem has underperformed. In the battery technologies, for instance, the company designed and produced batteries suitable for supercharging vehicles with the coolant running throughout the entire pack. Interestingly, Tesla uses software to take over more functionalities that used to be located in purpose-built hardware.
Elon Musk prefers working directly with Samsung and TSMC instead of outsourcing electronic components. It tackles technical problems that the existing ecosystem cannot resolve fast enough. It goes beyond the conventional role of an automaker to integrate the toughest problem that needs to get solved.
"The fear of losing in the near term is very real. But the threat of losing relevance looms even larger. That's why becoming future ready is straightforward. But it takes courage to drive it," concludes the report.


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"Ideas for paintings came from all sorts of nooks and crannies and inspired happenchance. I remember one day we were looking through a travel guide to Scotland. Turning the pages, we came across a painting of the rather infamous Scottish heir to the British throne, Bonnie Prince Charlie.
"I could sense the creative wheels turning. "Hmm..you know," he said, "maybe with a carrot sword…wouldn't Bugs look great in that prince outfit?"
"And so, on canvas, appeared the ever self-confident Bugs, magnificent in his coat of crimson, a portrait titled Bunny Prince Charlie." –Marian Jones, writing in the foreword to "Stroke of Genius, A Collection of Paintings and Musings on Life, Love and Art by Chuck Jones".
"Bunny Prince Charlie" a hand-pulled fine art lithograph by Chuck Jones. Image size 20" x 14", paper size 24" x 18", hand-signed by Chuck Jones in pencil, edition size 350. The Chuck Jones quote accompanying this image in "Stroke of Genius" is "History always looks real simple from the far end."
This entry was posted in History, Image of the Day, The Art of Chuck Jones and tagged Bonny Prince Charlie, Bunny Prince Charlie, Chuck Jones, happenstance, history, ideas, lithograph, Marian Jones, paintings, Scotland, Stroke of Genius on November 29, 2010 by Robert Patrick.


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Q: Other Mac storage taking up 90GB! Help! I currently have other storage around 90GB on a 120GB internal drive so pretty much all of it. I have optimised to iCloud and deleted all large extra files and documents etc. However, on the omnidisksweeper it is showing there is 20gb just in updates and 13gb on system but I am unsure what I can delete. Any help will be appreciated!

A: I woudn't be concerned too much with those two since they are only 33 gigs total. The 90 GB space should be of more concern. I suggest you get Daisy Disk or Grand Perspective to give you a color graphical mapping of your disk drive. These color maps make it easy to see what is hogging your disk drive. Daisey Disk, if obtained from developers site has a free trial.  Grand Perspective is free.
I'm not familar with omnidisksweeper.

A: If you have Updates pending, then installing them should remove the packages.
13Gb for the system is to be expected - don't delete anything from there!
Check for iPhone/iPad backups, which get stored in your user Library. You can manage and delete them in iTunes.

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Fleur McNally has joined Brandopus as new business director. McNally has previously worked for advertising groups including M&C Saatchi and Wieden & Kennedy.
Manchester-based consultancy Corporation Pop has been appointed to develop the national campaign for music festival Creamfields 2010.
Greg Hadfield, head of digital development at Telegraph Media Group, is set to join Cogapp as director of strategic projects.


Winter has passed, and it's time for some Spring cleaning.
The harsh winter is finally over, however spring seems to be flying by. While early summer weather may be welcomed by many after the never-ending snow, this means that there is less time to get your spring cleaning done.
Regular maintenance of outdoor lighting is more important than you may think. Unlike the blossoming trees and flowering plants around your landscape, light fixtures do not simply regenerate back to full health. Instead, they require constant upkeep to ensure that each individual light is working at full capacity.
Do a walk-through of your property and check for anything out of the ordinary. Bulbs burn out over time and may even break due to unforeseen factors, such as snow plows. Heavy snow may shift the position of light fixtures so that they are not illuminating in the proper direction. Various animals, like rabbits or mice, may have even burrowed holes near your light fixtures and damaged the underground wiring in search of shelter from the cold winter.
Some of these issues may seem simple enough for you to fix yourself, but more often than not these problems are much more complex than they appear. Erickson Outdoor Lighting is more than willing to make a visit to your residence to assist with any and all maintenance issues that may arise. We also offer an Annual 10-Point Inspection Plan that takes all the hassle off of you and maximizes the effectiveness of your outdoor lighting system year after year.
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EDITORS: Please do not use "Pacific Gas and Electric" or "PG&E" when referring to PG&E Corporation or its National Energy Group. The PG&E National Energy Group is not the same company as Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the utility, and is not regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. Customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Company do not have to buy products or services from the National Energy Group in order to continue to receive quality regulated services from Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
PG&E CORP. DELIVERS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PLEDGES; APPLAUDS GOVERNOR ON MASSACHUSETTS EMISSIONS REDUCTION INITIATIVE
(BOSTON, MA) - PG&E Corporation's (NYSE: PCG) National Energy Group today applauded the leadership of the Cellucci administration for its initiative in securing commitments from electric power generating companies to implement progressive air emissions reductions plans. PG&E Corporation, along with four other electric power generators, submitted action plans to the governor, who announced the commitments to new standards at a press conference today. Governor Cellucci has instructed the Department of Environmental Protection to draft regulations based on these standards.
"This announcement reaffirms Massachusetts' position as a national leader in setting the most aggressive integrated multi-pollutant standards for power plant emissions," said PG&E National Energy Group Vice President and Cimages/news/newsstrative Officer for the Northeast Steven A. Wolfgram. "We hope this policy will contribute to a broader dialogue that will lead to national standards that contribute to continueimages/news/newsnts in air quality, electric reliability and fair competition."
The plans submitted for the Company's Brayton Point and Salem Harbor Stations include measures to reduce emissions rates for nitrogen oxides (NOx) to 1.5 lbs./MWh and sulfur dioxide (SO2) to 3.0 lbs./MWh. The plan also includes strategies to reduce emissions of mercury and particulates. According to Company officials, improvement options under consideration include boiler replacements, operating curtailments, unit retirements, increased use of natural gas and add-on control technologies, such as selective non-catalytic reduction, limestone injection, selective catalytic reduction, scrubbers, and fuel switching, among others.
"We have continued to make good on the promises we made when we purchased the Brayton Point and Salem Harbor plants less than two years ago," Wolfgram said. "We are able to commit to the governor's new standards because we have been working toward them all along. This initiative once again shows the benefits that come from a cooperative effort that balances environmental concerns with economic feasibility."
In 1998, the Company committed to achieving substantial air emission reductions by 2010 as part of the "Consumers First" agreement that accompanied electricity restructuring legislation in Massachusetts. Since that time, PG&E Corporation has also committed to emissions reductions that go well beyond the requirements of existing regulations.
In 1999, the Company launched a three-year effort to cut NOx and SO2 emissions at the Salem Harbor and Brayton Point Stations. In addition, since 1990, more than $130 million has been invested at both plants to reduce emissions rates by 60 and 40 percent for NOX and SO2, respectimages/news/news month the Company announced plans to develop a $400 million modernization of the Salem Harbor Station, that when completed, will make it one of the cleanest coal-fueled power plants in the country.
"It's important that the citizens of Massachusetts realize that we are part of the solution. Together with the administration and members of the environmental community, we are taking an important step forward in improving air quality in the state and following through on our commitment to our communities," said Wolfgram.
PG&E Corporation with 1999 operating revenues of nearly $21 billion and operations in 27 states, markets energy services and products throughout North America through its National Energy Group. The Corporation has a significant presence in the New England area with ownership in 20 power plants and one of the most active power trading businesses in the region.


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Q: Redirect to a new tab using CFLocation - CF9 Is there a way to redirect a user to a new window by using CFLocation? As far as I know you cannot use target=_blank in CFLocation. Is there another way to do it?
This is my code:
    <cfif cgi.PATH_INFO eq "/procedure-page.cfm">
       <cflocation url="http://www.example.com/example/example.cfm?id=XXXXXX&contactid=#returnStruct.contactID#&doctorid=#officeLocation#" addtoken="no" >
    <cfelse>
       <cflocation url="http://www.example.com/example/example.cfm?id=#example#&contactid=#returnStruct.contactID#&doctorid=#officeLocation#" addtoken="no" >
    </cfif>

A: This is probably not the cleanest way, but it should work.
<cfoutput>
<cfif cgi.PATH_INFO eq "/procedure-page.cfm">
    <script type="text/javascript">
        window.open("http://www.example.com/example/example.cfm?id=XXXXXX&contactid=#returnStruct.contactID#&doctorid=#officeLocation#", '_blank');
    </script>
<cfelse>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        window.open("http://www.example.com/example/example.cfm?id=#example#&contactid=#returnStruct.contactID#&doctorid=#officeLocation#", '_blank');
    </script>
</cfif>
</cfoutput>

A: <cflocation> performs a client-side redirect, but it's initiated on the server side (it sends a request with a redirect in the header), so it can't know anything about "tabs" which are a browser thing. CF doesn't know anything about what's going on in the browser.
To do the sort of thing you want to do on the client site, you need to do the browser stuff with Javascript.

A: I believe Adam is correct in that CFLocation cannot ask the browser to open in a new window (or tab).  Something that might interest you however is the CFWindow tag.  See the documentation here. Note that CFWindow does not open a new browser window either, but creates a <div> to simulate a popup window.  Anyway, it has several options and I thought it might be worth you taking a look at.  Maybe it can handle what you need.


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Single-game tickets for 2020 LA Galaxy season on sale now
December 26, 201912:19PM PST
LOS ANGELES (Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019) – Single-game tickets to matches at Dignity Health Sports Park for the LA Galaxy's 2020 MLS season, their 25th season in Major League Soccer, are on sale now. The five-time Cup champion LA Galaxy's 2020 home opener is set for Saturday, March 7 at Dignity Health Sports Park against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at 7 p.m. PT.
Fans can purchase tickets to the club's 2020 home opener by clicking here. Single-game tickets to Galaxy home games are available on www.lagalaxy.com/tickets.
The Galaxy's full 2020 Regular Season schedule with links to purchase tickets is outlined below.
LA GALAXY 2020 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
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Spring Fashion Week 2019 to Open! Local Creations to Highlight Fashion Shows!
(DALIANNEWS)- A wave of forefront fashion whirlwind is about to land on the coastal city of Dalian!
Dalian Spring Fashion Week 2019 will raise its curtain at Z28 Fashion Valley on April 12 this year.
Themed of "Fashion Statement", the seven-day event will include 54 fashion releases featuring 33 local fashion shows, and other 21 ones from Beijing, Shanghai, Shandong province, Guangdong province, Jilin province as well as Osaka in Japan and Daegu in South Korea. A total of 56 units or designers will participate in fashion shows, releasing more than 100 brands and new products.
The first fashion show will join hands with five local representative fashion brands on April 12, showcasing high-end men's wear, high-end women's wear, business women's wear, wedding dress and men's windbreaker.
Local universities and colleges including Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Dalian University, Dalian Art College, Dalian Polytechnic University, Liaoning Normal University, Liaoning Vocational College of Light Industry will also hold nine fashion shows, presenting their unique fashion creations to the visitors.
The fashion week will be held simultaneously at Z28 Fashion Valley, Olympia Plaza and Best park in Dalian, including a series of activities such as fashion shows, STYLE DALIAN fashion exhibition, industry development forum, fashion buyer matchmaking, top 10 fashion designers selection and photo contest.
The event will last to April 18 this year. Let's have a look at the time schedule of this fashion pageant!


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Vibration Sensors Market
Vibration Sensors Market is anticipated to hit $3.92 billion by 2023 at a CAGR of 5.58%
Published By: IndustryARC Published On : 29-Aug-2018
According to the new market research report by IndustryARC titled "Vibration Sensor Market:
By Type (Accelerometers, EVT, NCDT); By Technology (Variable Capacitance, Piezo-resistive, Strain Gauge, Others); By Material (Ceramics, Quartz, Silicon); By Industry (Automotive, Nuclear, Consumer Electronics, Machine & Structural Monitoring, Mining, Others); By Geography – Forecast(2018-2023)
", the market is driven by the accentuating demand for vibration sensors and increasing emphasis on the use of wind energy as a source of renewable energy.
Browse 74 Market Tables, 178 Figures spread through 184 slides and an in-depth TOC on "Vibration Sensor Market
https://industryarc.com/Report/165/Vibration-Sensors-Market-Forecast.html
APAC held the largest market share in the Vibration Sensors Market
Asia Pacific region holds the largest market share in the Vibration Sensors Market and is anticipated to reach $1.52 billion by 2023 at a CAGR of 4.93%. However, Americas witnesses highest growth during the forecast period and is expected to reach $1.38 billion by 2023 at a CAGR of 6.36%. Asia Pacific is the biggest market for consumer electronics manufacturing, with China being the global leader. Along with it, China is also the biggest end user for smartphones with 500 million people having access. This growth in smartphone consumption will fuel the demand for vibration sensors. Asia Pacific region is also the hub for automobile industry with countries such as India, China, Indonesia and Japan having assembly lines. The South East Asia region is known for oil and gas reserves with Japan being the premium location for petroleum trade operations. The emergence of China as the country with highest coal production capacity has boosted the demand for vibration sensors market.
Selected Value Chain Analysis done in the full report
The vibration sensors operate on several principles include the involvement of Accelerometer measurements. This covers amplification, current excitation, AC coupling, and filtering. The requirements and manufacturing technology for each of these respective technologies differ significantly. The Research & Development is generally an in-house facility responsible for evaluating several parameters and specifications that are required to design vibration sensor. These parameters are mainly controlled by the applications where sensors need to be integrated. The applications are based on the engineering requirements corresponding to the instruments/devices where vibration sensors are embedded.
Once these specifications are laid down, the designing phase deals with the development of a viable product. The prototypes are passed through various iterations until the desired result is achieved. This phase is also responsible for listing the required processing technology, materials and components in order to manufacture the vibration sensors. The successive step deals with procuring of required components and materials, handled entirely by secondary activity known as inbound logistics. The manufacturing equipment providers provide the necessary machinery and services support for producing the sensors. The processing and production stage produce bare sensors that are forwarded for packaging and signal conditioning. The packaging is a skilled technique that offers covering to the bare sensors against their operating environments while signal conditioning deals with integration of application specific circuits for conversion/amplification of output received from bare sensor. These sensors are simultaneously tested and dispatched for outbound logistics. The outbound logistics deals with the pricing and distribution channel for vibration sensors. After the end-user has acquired the requisite vibration sensors, the manufacturers or other third parties offer all sort of maintenance and calibration services till the end of product life cycle.
https://industryarc.com/inquiry-before-buying.php?id=165
Excerpts on Market Growth Factors
Preferable environmental adaptability, anti-jamming ability, low impedance output and high resolution intensify the Vibration Sensors Market to a greater extent.
Escalating need for conditional monitoring in the industrial sector coupled with reduced cost of these sensors has driven the wide spread adoption of vibration sensing.
The demand for non-destructive testing in automotive industry and structural monitoring will drive the demand for vibration sensors.
Vibration Sensors Market revenue in wind energy and other various sectors is calculated to grow at a CAGR of 7.13% and is estimated to reach $208.5 million by 2023.
Key players of Vibration Sensors Market:
TE Connectivity Ltd, Rockwell Automation, Honeywell, SKF AB, and Emerson occupies major share for the market.
Few other major companies in this market include Omron Corporation (Japan), Vibrasens (France), Monitran Ltd. (U.K.), GE Measurement & Control (U.S.) and more.
These companies are analyzed based on their brands, product type and end-use application.
3D Sensors Market:
By Type (Image sensor, Pressure sensor, Position Sensor, Temperature sensor, others); By Consumer Product (Smartphone, Gaming & Wearable Devices, Others); By Technology (Interactive Displays, Capacitive, Infrared, MEMS, Others); Verticals (Consumer Electronics, Robotics, Automation, Others); By Geography - Forecast (2018 - 2023)
https://industryarc.com/Report/244/global-3D-sensor-market-analysis-report.html
Distance Measurement Sensors Market:
By Sensing Technology (Laser Diodes, IR LED, Ultrasonic, Capacitive, Others); By Measurement (Laser Triangulation, TOF, Photoelectric Sensor, Others); By Application (Automation, Safety Systems, Robotics, Others); By Geography - (2013-2020)
https://industryarc.com/Report/62/Global-Distance-Measurement-Sensors-Market.html


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The average score of an IQ test, administered to a large sampling of the general population, has been consistently around 100. This is within the range most people would consider to be smart (or normal), and it's an appropriate baseline for establishing the standard deviation. If you were to take 10 people at random and test them for their IQ, you could expect that the average score would be 100, and you would also expect that the difference between the lowest and highest score would be about 15 points.Somalia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. Its economy was destroyed by a civil war lasting more than 10 years.The average IQ in somalia is 71.
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I think I mentioned I've been in a sewing mood lately....but to be honest I'm in a crafting mood...I think maybe that's my great escape...When things get tough I get creative...It keeps my mind from hyper focusing on things I can do nothing about.
and so far this little guy is my Favorite!
I started him on Super Bowl Sunday while my family was all up in the Bonus Room watching the big game.
Using my chalk pencil I drew his shape on a fold in the sweater...cut it out and opened it up....like when your cutting paper hearts. I Needle felted the stems and the leaves and then sewed the button "flowers" on.
I planed on stuffing him with dried beans but there were none in the house to I opted for rice and of course some Lavender.
I love the way he turned out and would defiantly use the rice again!
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Oh that is just way too cute! I like him as a book worm! Found you over at Inspiring Creativity and I'm glad i did! Your blog is new to me and I like it. Happy to be following via GFC and looking forward to more!
He is wonderful. I would have never thought to add lavendar and rice inside! My creations are always falling over because they have no weight. Great idea!!
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When I saw your picture I immediately thought: bookworm!
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Flying doctors to the rescue for scholarship students needing a lift
Nothing gives you a better insight into the challenges of delivering health care in outback Australia than by taking to the air with the experts.
That's exactly what Tasmanian students, who won scholarships to work with the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), had the opportunity to do. The trio travelled to regional and remote areas to gain an insight into how the RFDS provides health services to people in their waiting room, which is more than 7 million square kilometres.
University of Tasmania student Hannah Forde, who graduates from a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery this month, was the 2019 recipient of the Fred McKay Medical Student Scholarship.
For two weeks Hannah was on placement at the RFDS Broken Hill Base, working as an observer in an aircraft. One of the more interesting clinics she attended was run out of someone's house on a large station.
"I thought it would be an amazing opportunity and it was," Hannah said.
"I took six flights, covering rural NSW and SA and I was a little nervous about flying in a small plane at first, but the pilots were excellent and let me sit in the cockpit for some of the flights."
"It was really interesting to see the different access to health care that people in rural Australia have got and I received lots of great tips from the doctors and nurses."
Rebecca Flanagan won the Robin Miller RFDS Nursing Scholarship and went to South Australia for her placement. Both students received their awards last month for the scholarships. They are a partnership between the University of Tasmania and RFDS designed to give students practical nursing, dental and medical experience in remote Australia.
RFDS Tasmania CEO John Kirwan said the annual scholarships kick-started careers that he hoped would enhance the health service in Tasmania now and in the future.
"The scholarships have given the students the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of how their chosen career improves the health of rural and remote communities and to appreciate the valuable contribution that the RFDS makes to thousands of Australians each year," he said.
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Not a single post I make about Ubuntu goes by without at least one of you making some comment about my distro of choice and suggesting that I try some other distro. Well, never let it be said that I don't listen to you - so this week I decided to take openSUSE 11.0 for a spin.
I first downloaded the 64-bit LiveCD KDE4 version of openSUSE and took this one for a spin. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the LiveCD to load either on a physical PC or a virtual PC - each time KWin crashed at startup, threw up an error message and the system locked up. Rather than getting caught up trying to figure out what was wrong I abandoned 64-bit KDE4 and instead sent for the 32-bit GNOME openSUSE LiveCD instead.
After a less than promising start, I was expecting more problems with openSUSE, but the 32-bit GNOME version seemed to play well on both physical and virtual systems, so I stuck with this.
After running Ubuntu for a few months it's hard not to compare openSUSE to it, and the first thing that struck me was how sluggish running the LiveCD of openSUSE felt compared to all Ubuntu LiveCDs I've tried. I even went back to an Ubuntu LiveCD to check out if it was just my memory or whether openSUSE did indeed feel sluggish, and it did. No idea why. However, that said, a LiveCD is a temporary thing so I didn't dwell on the performance issues of the LiveCD too much and just hoped that an actual installation of openSUSE wouldn't feel as kludgy.
Installing openSUSE is a snap and I didn't have any problems. Comparing it to installing Vista or Ubuntu, I'd say that the process is no more complicated, although what I would go as far as to say is that the setup process isn't as friendly as Ubuntu's, and it consists of more steps that Vista's setup process. Given this I'd say that Ubuntu is more friendly to the newbie, but getting openSUSE onto a system shouldn't be a problem for anyone who has previously installed an OS or a major suite of applications.
Once installed I was pleased to find that openSUSE had picked up the pace quite considerably and the sluggish kludgyness I'd experience with the LiveCD was gone. openSUSE 1.0 was both snappy and responsive, apart from the first time I ran OpenOffice, which caused things to enter that "swimming through molasses" phase and made me wonder more than once whether I'd locked up the system. I hadn't, and the feeling passed after a few minutes.
So, what do I think of openSUSE?
Overall, I like openSUSE 11.0. After deciding to ignore my troubles with the 64-bit LiveCD KDE4 version of openSUSE and the slowness of the LiveCD, openSUSE certainly seems like a nice, well-rounded OS. Also, while overall I feel that Ubuntu is more newbie friendly, openSUSE starts off by being more pleasing on the eye - the green look (to me at any rate) seems more elegant and less scary.
Then there are the GNOME menus. I have to say that after months of using Ubuntu, I prefer the GNOME menu as seen on openSUSE. Maybe as I use the two distros side by side this feeling will wear off, but right now I prefer openSUSE. Come to that, I think I prefer the entire default openSUSE theme over the Ubuntu one.
I'm told that because of Novell/Microsoft ties, OpenOffice as shipped with openSUSE has more features than the stock OO.o shipped with Ubuntu. I need to investigate this further to have an opinion on the matter (although I can say right away that I don't have an issue with the politics of this deal ...).
I still have a lot of investigating to do, however, in the interim I think that if I had to choose between Ubuntu and openSUSE, Ubuntu would be the winner - familiarity is a key factor.
There are other worthwhile distros apart from Ubuntu.
The more OSes you add to the mix, the harder it becomes to be OS agnostic.


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Metroid Prime 4 Development Restarted by Retro Studios
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By Faheem Haydar	 Last updated Jan 25, 2019
Nintendo surprised its followers with the announcement of Metroid Prime 4 during E3 2017; However, during the last months we have not had any relevant news about the project.
Shortly after its disclosure, Reggie Fils-Aimé, president of Nintendo of America, said that the development of the new title was on the right track. Despite this, everything indicated that there were some problems with the title.
Shinya Takahashi, general manager of the company, revealed today that the development of Metroid Prime 4 will be restarted. In case you do not remember, some reports indicated that the game was in charge of Bandai Namco.
"Although this is very regrettable we must let you know that the current development progress has not reached the standards we seek in a sequel to Metroid Prime series. Nintendo always strives for the highest quality in our games and in our development phase, we challenge ourselves and confront whether the game is living up to that quality on a daily basis," commented the Nintendo member.
Given this, the development of the game will start again, but this time it will be in charge of Retro Studios, a company that worked on the first installments of the franchise. Takahashi made it clear that if the quality of the game does not meet quality standards, they can not give it to the players. Below I leave the trailer for the announcement:
The last thing we knew about the new title was that it was not yet able to have a launch window. The new information reveals the reasons for the lack of news about the project and its absence of E3 2018.
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Kensuke Tanabe will work closely with Retro Studios so that the game meets everyone's expectations. This implies that the title will suffer a delay with respect to the date contemplated for its launch. Takahashi apologized to fans waiting for the game and asked for patience. Finally, he assured that the wait will be long to know more about the project. So, there is a long way to enjoy it.
Metroid Prime 4 is in development for Nintendo Switch.
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