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Chill Giving The Showcase Opposition The Shivers
September 19, 2013 Power
The Coulee Region Chill have a long season ahead of them and it is a 60 game grind with the first four tilts at the annual NAHL Showcase in Blaine MN. The CRC have had success in the past with 3-1 records in 2010'11 & 2011'12 but lost to St. Louis & Fresno respectively. This is 2013 and this Coulee Region Chill Showcase team has already erased that desperate feeling that fans got in the pit of their stomach every time they went to O.T. last year. Five games went to an extra frame last year and the Chill fell in all five. They lost three in O.T. and two in a shoot out. 2013, 2-0 in the extra frame and Blake Cates has stood strong between the pipes at the very end in both of those games.
When you watch this team you see a group of guys that don't give up, that skate hard all the time, that stand up to tough guys and whether they win or lose the fight they know they have each others backs. G-R-I-T is something that any Coach in the NAHL or on the bench of your favorite high school team will tell you is that extra ingredient that can make or break you. It seems in the first three games, that ingredient is within the angry penguin.
"King" Richard Zehnal has been everywhere for the CRC and has the stats to show for it with 3 goals (1 GWG)(2 PPG) on 4 shots and 1 assist. Richard plays on a line with Adam "Lovy" Lovick who has come out of the gate with intensity with 2 goals (1GWG)(2 PPG) and 1 assist and "Mac Attack" Jansen with 1 goal and 1 assist.
Last season the Coulee Region Chill power play was more like a power outage for much of the season and ranked near last in the league and after these first three games it is 3rd with a 28% success rate. Enter Jake Zeleznikar, power play specialist from the defensive position, something that has been missing since the days of "Draps" Eric Drapluk who is playing D1 at Lake Superior State. Jake has got a monsterous shot and it has created opportunities along with his vision. Zeleznikar has 3 assists and two of those coming on the power play.
Jesse Tredinnick had a huge night in what most would consider an upset win against previously unbeaten Wichita Falls, with a short handed goal and an assist. Blake Kelley showed his shot when Dunk Abbott fed him at the point on the power play against the Killer Bees and John Severson is a +2 with a goal for the Chill in just 2 games. Adam Carlson showed he's a confident rookie goaltender in his win against Corpus Christi allowing just 2 goals.
Coach A.J. Degenhardt & Assistant Coach Lincoln Nguyen have installed a system that is not over complicated to go along with a pretty intense training regiment and it's clear that the boys have responded to it. Reality is that very few teams that have great success in the NAHL Showcase go on to win the Robertson Cup. Teams are not near their stride at this point and players know that they are in front of hundreds of scouts that could help them reach their dreams, so the play can be elevated to heights that are not there during the grind of the 60 game season. Reality or no reality, this is the best start in Coulee Region Chill franchise history and tomorrow night at 7:15 p.m. they face the Wenatchee Wild, a city with extremely high expectations. They don't lose very often and their Head Coach Bliss Littler can write a book on how to get W's. This is not last years Wild squad, as they moved to Rio Grande Valley.
If I were you, I would get my tickets for the Chill home opener against the Janesville Jets for opening weekend Oct 18-19. This team is fun to watch.
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There's a route that goes all around Banbury; 50 caches plus some bonuses. Yesterday, I went out to do that after several weeks of non-caching (I had a heavy cold, possibly flu). After so long without exercise, I was totally wasted by the time I got back home, barely able to walk.
The highlight of the day was the Banbury Cross webcam cache. I stood in the right place, with my bicycle, and took these pictures; these are screenshoots from my iPhone. I'm a bit blurry, but the bike came out well.
One important thing I discovered; my iPhone doesn't hold charge, barely at all. So I'm using an external battery now. But ladysolly's started talking about upgrading her iPhone, so I'll inherit her previous one.
Maths textbooks have been withdrawn after a ton of mistakes were found.
I have two comments to make on this.
First, you won't find anything like this in history or english literature textbooks. That's because in maths, an answer is usually right or wrong, and it's easy to tell the difference. In history, if you were asked what is 2+2, you could launch into a major essay about the post-modern interpretation of whatever, or the precise meaning of "+" in the age of diversity. In maths, any answer but "4" is wrong.
That's one of the reasons why maths isn't easy, but at the same time, we need to encourage good mathematicians. Why? Because a good mathematician can turn their hand to pretty much anything, but a poor mathematician is forever barred to anything involving computation. One of my pet hates is people saying "I'm not good at maths", (meaning, no good at simple arithmetic, because such people are ignorant of the joy of calculus) said with a light laugh, as if this isn't something to be deeply ashamed of.
When I was at school, maths was rated at about three times the importance of any other subject. You could see this in the number of hours devoted to it in the syllabus, and in the number of O and A levels you could get (I got three A levels in maths alone, plus one in physics which is mostly maths). But now?
My second comment is on proof reading.
Proof reading is *expensive*. You have to hire an actual person who actually comprehends what they are reading. So many books I read today are riddled with errors, and you can see that a spell checker has been run over the text (albeit imperfectly, there's still a few spelling errors) but riddled with homonym mistakes. And my guess is that these textbooks weren't proofread.
Subject: Fwd(98):the payment confirmation from In Hendrerit Inc.
Please see the payment confirmation attached.
Enclosed was an encrypted word doc file. I showed it to Virustotal, and 50 out of 50 products passed it as clean.
Inside the encryption could be anything. It could even be non-malware - fat chance. And because the password is given in the email, a foolish user might click on the attachement, give the password, and then what happens is whatever the criminal wanted. Ransomware is currently fashionable.
I don't see how any scanner could handle this technique. The only answer is to A) use a word document reader that cannot run macros, or B) block all attachments.
My preferred method would be C), which is to block all attachments unless they can be "sanitised". In the case of a word doc, it would have all macros removed before giving access to the user. And in this particular case of an encrypted file, just strip off the attachment.
My previous post was number 2000 on this blog.
Then I was at universtity, my favourite text books were the "Schaum outline series". They took you through a subject with worked examples, so you could see how it was done, and tons more examples so you could learn-by-doing.
I've been reading popular books on quantum mechanics, and I suddenly realised that I should get the Schaum book. So I went on Amazon and ordered it, about £5. Just so you know how cheap that is, 50 years ago, the typical textbook cost £25.
So while I was browsing, I saw the Schaum books on econometrics and on mathematical finance, and I thought about when I made the jump from maths to econometrics.
The big thing I discovered, which I don't think is widely known, is how inaccurate economic statistics are. They are so inaccurate, that they really cannot support the weight of analysis that is put on them.
GDP figures, for example, are collected via a survey of a sample of companies. Consumer expenditure is measured via the "Family income and expenditure survey", with, as I recall, a sample of 7000.
And my best example of the problems with data, comes from population, which you'd think would be *very* accurate, since it's collected by a 100% census.
Now look at the population of Germany. If you want to use that in a time series analysis, there's a huge "gotcha". In 1964 (I might have misremembered the exact date) there's a jump of two million in the time series. But what isn't obvious, is that there weren't suddenly two million more Germans. The two million is because they started to include West Berlin in the numbers.
Before you do any analysis on data, you ought to understand how it was collected, and in what ways it's inaccurate. But I don't think economists ever do that.
Probably not every day. It's 3:18 am, and it just did it. It put up a message first, to tell me it was going to. Why am I on the computer at 3:18 am? I'm a programmer.
Maybe there's a way to configure it not to do that.
Maybe I won't bother, I'll stick with linux.
Here's how to disable this misfeature.
I was driving along my lane. It was dark, and there's no street lights. A couple of cars came towards me, so I hugged the left side of the road. The headlights of the oncoming cars meant that I couldn't really see anything except their lights.
A moment after they had passed, I saw a pedestrian, on my side of the road, walking in the road (there's no pavement or verge at that point).
I saw him (or her) because he was carrying a torch, and I saw the torch flash, so I swerved away and avoided the walker.
If they hadn't been carrying a torch, I wouldn't have seen them at all. Would I have hit them? I actually don't know, but there's absolutely no verge at that point, and I was very close to the road side (because that's where I had to be owing to the oncoming cars).
Anyway, the lesson is this. If you're going to walk down an unlit road, in the dark, and there's no pavement or verge, be sure to carry a torch so that you can be seen.
There are so many things that I should have been taught in school. Obviously teaching time is limited, but maybe instead of the entirely useless period of "Religious instruction", they could have had one period per week on "Things you need to know."
Maybe many of these should be taught by parents, but not all parents are as good as they could be. So what would I have in the syllabus of this course?
In Maths: how to estimate (how many bricks do you need to build a house?) and approximate.
In English: Replace "how to parse a sentence" with "How to write in a way that can most easily be read".
How and why to clean your teeth (see previous blog post).
Important things to know when driving a car.
How to choose your bank, and how to open a bank account.
When I was a lad, I was told to clean my teeth, but no-one explained why. Maybe dentists think that it's sufficient to tell me what to do, but if I'd known why, it would have made a big difference. When you know why you're doing soemthing, you do it more assiduously than if it's just one of the 613 commandments.
When I was a lad, if you had a cavity, the dentist would drill it out very throughly, removing quite a lot of tooth, then fill it up with a mercury amalgam filling. It turns out that this isn't the best approach; it meant that I had a number of almost hollow teeth, and in later life sometimes bits broke off. But that's the hand I was dealt. All in all, I'm OK with my teeth, but that's partly because I've been lucky to get a really good dentist.
Here's why you should claen your teeth. And how.
There's two reasons. One is acid. You get acid in your mouth from fruit. Eating fruit is a good idea, in moderation, but you don't want to leave the acid in your mouth to dissolve the teeth. Brushing helps with that.
The other reason is plaque. That's bacteria that grows on your teeth, which hardens into tartar. And plaque harms your teeth in three ways. A) it helps your teeth to get caries, B) you can get Gingivitis (inflammation of the gums) and C) your gums don't like it, so they shrink away. This means that your teeth get longer (hence the expression "long in the tooth") but it means there's less holding them in place, which is obviously bad.
You need to brush your teeth each day, because when the plaque first gets into place, it's soft and easy to remove. If it's allowed to harden, then it can only be removed by a professional dentist (or dental hygenist). Your dentist will be able to recommend one.
I use an electric toothbrush. A manual is probably just as good if you use it right, but an electric is quicker. I use a Braun Oral-B, with AA batteries. I use AAs because if you buy the kind of toothbrust that is rechargable, you'll find that after a couple of years, the battery inside won't take a charge; if you use rechargable AAs then if the batteries won't take charge, you replace them.
I use two brushes (and because I'm lazy, I have two toothbrushes so I don't have to swap the brush heads). The first is the ordinary kind. The other is called "interspace". Instead of having a head that's half an inch across, the brushes converge to a point. This gets down to the gum, and to some extent between the teeth. The Oral-B part number is IP17. I usually buy these on Ebay; you can also get them from Amazon, Boots and probably lots of other places.
Brushes don't clean between your teeth, the "interdental" spaces. Some people use dental floss for this; my dentist told me that interdental brushes are just as good, and I find them a lot easier to use. I use the Tepe brand of brush; they come in a good range of sizes. In practice, I find that just two sizes will give me the range I need. Again, Ebay.


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Sonic Forces Shows Off First Gameplay
Could this be the one?
The mysterious Project Sonic 2017 was finally unveiled as Sonic Forces last night, logo and all. This next entry in the 3D side of the Sonic franchise has been getting teased for a while, and very quickly got a name and some gameplay footage all at once. You can get a glimpse of the world's fastest hedgehog in action in the video above. So far it's looking like more of the 3D Sonic levels from Sonic Generations, and to be honest, I quite enjoyed those overall, so maybe we'll actually get a solid 3D Sonic game for a change. The last time we got that was probably certain levels of Sonic Lost World back in 2013, but even that went back and forth between enjoyable and mediocre.
3D Sonic games have quite the stigma surrounding them, and for good reason. If someone has a favorite they'll often point to one of the Sonic Adventure games, and even those were pretty jank. Of course, Sonic '06, the poorly thought out half reboot, half 'what the hell am I playing why won't it end' title showed the true depths that the franchise could sink to, and the most recent entry, Sonic Boom, certainly didn't help fix that. It's a shame, because a significant number of people have a clear love for the inconsistent series, and Sonic Boom's TV show companion was actually quite enjoyable in its own dumb way.
With Sonic Mania also on the way as a throwback to the original titles, you really have to wonder if Sonic simply doesn't have a place in the industry anymore. If, just maybe, a 2D platformer where you go a bit too fast is fine and dandy once in a blue moon, but doesn't provide much to expand on. Maybe Sonic Forces will prove that theory wrong though.
Sonic Forces
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Citus Data Adds Fast Data to Big Data on PostgreSQL
New open-source extension increases PostgreSQL scalability for operational workloads.
Citus Data, creators of the horizontally scalable PostgreSQL database CitusDB, announced that PostgreSQL is now able to deliver simple, elastic scale across large datasets. The company is releasing an open-source extension "pg_shard," that enables PostgreSQL to scale large datasets and operational workloads unlike ever before.
"PostgreSQL is the de-facto relational database in many organizations and therefore while its strategic importance and popularity grow, so must its ability to tackle ever larger datasets," said Umur Cubukcu, CEO and cofounder of Citus Data. "With pg_shard, CitusDB is making PostgreSQL horizontally scale in a simple way while keeping the benefits of a mature, open ecosystem."
With the world of data ever-increasing, organizations are swiftly realizing that the key to competitive advantage is harnessing and leveraging the value of diverse data types. As such, these organizations expect both high performance and high availability from their database to deliver results in a way that is fast and reliable. Users who leverage the extensive PostgreSQL ecosystem already bring together structured and semi-structured data. The CitusDB database adds on top of that the ability to run ad hoc analytic SQL queries on very large data sets on cost-effective standard servers. Having an elastically scalable, open RDBMS that runs on commodity machines makes a great complement to any commodity scale out infrastructure whether it is in a public, private, or a hybrid cloud.
Now, through the new open-source extension pg_shard, it is possible to elastically scale PostgreSQL for low-latency writes and reads while maintaining analytic scale out via CitusDB. Elastically scaling PostgreSQL lets users tackle heavy mixed analytic and operational workloads without sacrificing relational power or breaking the bank. The pg_shard open source extension to PostgresSQL is easy to use; it requires no changes to the application layer, no middleware for users to manage, and no additional training.
A horizontal partition of data in a database known as database sharding and elastic scaling for real-time workloads have long been challenges facing developers of any database. Solutions ranged from using middleware to shard out the relational database to manually sharding the database while managing replication, high availability, and routing in a custom way. Some organizations migrate to a NoSQL solution. However, when an organization hits the wall with the scalability of their RDBMS, Citus Data believes these approaches are not ideal. They are difficult to set up and require changes on the application layer. If migrating to a different database, they also require extensive remodeling of the data and new skills at the expense of letting go of powerful relational semantics. Even after all the manual or migration work, they do not provide an acceptable solution for running interactive analytic queries across shards. pg_shard and CitusDB address all these issues.
"This is unlike anything else available today," says Cubukcu. "When dealing with large data volumes -- especially machine-generated data such as clickstream data and user event logs -- customers want to maintain their relational semantics for analytics while maintaining their ability to ingest data in real time, and now they can. We are making it easy and simple to bring big data together with fast data on PostgreSQL."
The extention is built as an open source PostgreSQL extension, allowing users to simply run it on existing PostgreSQL instances without being forced to switch to a new database backend or make changes on the application side. In addition, it is simple to add more machines as the user's data grows. With built-in replication, users automatically benefit from high availability should any part of the network fail. By staying open, users can leverage the powerful open ecosystem and functionality around a major project like PostgreSQL.
For more information about Citus Data or about the pg_shard open source extension, please visit www.citusdata.com.


Happy New year. I thought I'd write and tell you about the first day of the new year. It got to 44 degrees celcius here with winds up to 100km/ hour. Very exceptional weather though not unheard of. A bush fire started on the highway about 10 km from here and it quickly surrounded our town of Junee (population 4000) We lost 5 houses and 30,000 hectares and lots of sheep, cattle and horses. One of the boys that my son went to school with was fighting a fire on his farm and was hit by a fire ball, he has burns to 60 percent of his body and was flown to sydney for treatment, it does not look good for him.I went up to work to see if I could help and it was chaos with full emergency operations in force. It is good to know however that we can operate in those conditions. I stayed up there for a couple of hours , but all I could really do was serve drinks and try to keep the evacuees calm. We had around 60 people up at the hospital but there were several 100 from around town at the bowling club.I have come to the conclusion that the people I know to be substance abusers are the ones who are unable to cope in an emergency. Anyway when I got home the wind had changed and was blowing towards our house. I have paddocks on three sides of me and a house on the other. I suppose we weren't in as much danger as some around town, but it was pretty bloody scary anyway. Makes you think about what you have planted in your garden, I have three large melaluca trees close to the house which are very volatile.I went and invited my near neighbors down as their husband was off fighting fires, so we had extras as well as their 5 dogs and a horse here. The fire was closer to their place but it didnt get them, or us luckily. The closest it got to here was just down the gully about 500 yards away. There were helicopters with fire buckets and fire bombing planes flying straight over our house. It is now under control but still burning up in the Bethungra hills which is rugged country but not as many houses and people to burn.We mostly have grass and farmland around here. There are other bush fires burning all over the state. Anyway on a nicer note I have an appropriate poem for you. Its one all Aussie school kids learn by Dorothy Mackellar.
All through the fires yesterday there was an australian flag flying across the paddock from us, at one stage the fire fighters were standing underneath it with their hoses spraying the fire, it's still there.
I started working on the beginning pottery video today. I'm undecided between leaving in the amateur filmmaking and reshooting for a more professional look. I generally side on the folksy approach, but even though the material presented is good, I'd hate to have anyone not like it based on production values. Of course if I applied that standard to my cartoon, I'd have to give it up. Life is full of compromises.
At this time of year bald eagles congregate at Lake Coeur D'Alene to catch dying Kokanee salmon that have spawned. I went to see them and try to catch them with a camera. Although I saw dozens, and took about 100 pictures, the light was too dim to get good clear shots, but this one catches the eagle in the act of snatching up a salmon. There were probably at least 20 eagles in the area, sometimes 3 or 4 quite close.
This is the last day of Christmas. We have a pottery candlering with 12 candleholders on it that we light for each of the days of Christmas. They're all burnt down. The tree is still up. We usually burn it on Epiphany, but we also can't resist giving it some water, so it's still very green.
In the pottery today besides some regular pots I assembled a couple more funky sculptures. Assuming I can sell any of these next summer, it's beginning to look like my style is evolving from my pottery work--throw a bunch of fun forms and assemble them the next day.
Happy Epiphany. We lit off a few fireworks. Set about in the Christmas tree. The tree didn't burn, as predicted. It will someday.
I glazed another couple kiln loads today, and, following yesterday's thought, made four more sculpture bases and a bunch of parts to continue this sculpture series. I keep thinking, lawn sculptures, but I guess they could be inside a house that's large enough to warrant them... As it is, our living space is cluttered enough to preclude most decorative art.
Most of us seem to do best with a balance of excitement and "space." Excitement is the spice of life, and space the quiet place to digest it. Today was a "space" place for me, as everyone except Grandma is gone, so I've had it slow. My wife would love to have some space, but her time has been preoccupied lately by the deaths of friends, and her many other pastoral connections. For me, a lot of my excitement is just a bit of well played music, a beautiful sunset, or an unusual bird or flower. Of course in the gray days of winter some of those things can be in short supply. Currently, in spite of 5 inches of snow in the mountains last night (good for my excitement junkie ski bum son), it's just wet and around freezing here. The best thing I can note today is the green grass appearing, which almost seems ominous in January.
Okay, special guest reappearance of winter today--about two inches of very wet snow, in a storm which may continue for two days.
This storm has turned into a Chinook, which if it means anything to most Americans, probably suggests a helicopter, salmon, or RV. In the Northwest, where the term has roots referring to a Coastal native population, a Chinook is a warm moist storm pushing in off the Pacific bringing unseasonably warm weather. It's sort of the opposite of a blizzard. Today it was 45 degrees, raining mostly. In the mountain ski area, that translated as 20 inches of snow, with enough wind to close the resort for the day. My son, who's trying to ski daily this winter, went up there in spite of warnings of the road and resort being closed, and found a few like-minded souls who climbed up and built their own jump, for a good share of the day.
Ariki on the left, several years ago... Today we struggled through the issues of euthanasia, as one of our cats became unable to eat or drink, so it became clear her life was ending. There is a constellation of care that we considered. A teddy bear has no life, but if its head is ripped off in anger, violence is done. The same teddy bear, stepped on inadvertantly, evokes no searing pain for either of us. But if you step on a cat, it is likely you are both unhappy. We meateaters allow endless cows, pigs and poultry to be slaughtered, but sorrow if our pet hen drops dead. And so we place pet cats and dogs ahead of the chicken sandwiches, retaining both the attachment to our fuzzy living teddy bears, and our respect of that spark of life force which we easily accept in the kitten, but fear to give up at its death in old age. We debated whether to go to a veterinarian, as the cat suffered for years from an immune disorder, and it seemed likely its time had come. Two years ago I took our last dog to be euthanized, and although I felt positive about that experience, it didn't make this decision easier. In the end my wife took Ariki to the vet today, who explained her kidneys were failing, and thus eased us into the final decision.
So here are a bunch of sculptures that took up too much room in the kiln. They're all made from wheelthrown pieces assembled. The blue crystalline glaze consistantly ran on the kiln shelf, cracking off chunks of the bases in cooling. My wife doesn't like the big inverted bowl bases. I don't know if I like any of them, but someone might enjoy them as lawn sculptures, which was my goal. The lower right one has a planter space at the top where the hoop goes in, so is actually utilitarian.
One of those days again. I drive into Spokane for the Library and music, and the Library turned out to be closed (taking a substitute day off for Martin Luther King day, since budget cuts have them all closed Mondays anyway). Then I had a long two hours to kill until time for the music jam (one of the highlights of my week). I get to the jam location, and there's no jam there. I'd glanced at my weekly jam announcement email to see it was hosted by the same person as the last time, but on closer perusal (after I came home), they'd moved the jam from the complex rec room to her apartment. I was standing behind the door when the brains were being given out!
The final parts of my beginning potters video are falling into place. It will be 3 hours long, on 3 DVD's. This has been a harder struggle than my first set of videos, as I'm trying to think of what's important to tell beginners, and unfortunately there's a lot... As I watch the pieces I'm assembling, I know I sometimes throw in extraneous info, but like the Modern Major General of Pirates of Penzance, I'm teeming with a lot of news (though not of the hypotenuse)... If you know of any beginners that might be interested, have them email me at newdvds@sondahl.com to get on a list to be notified when they're ready.
I've gotten caught up with nuancing the beginning pottery DVD project, filling each disk almost completely. The problem is that the software likes to freeze up at unexpected moments. Well, either the software or the computer--the result is the same. But I currently have 3 complete discs, so only need the covers and some other supplies to begin manufacturing them.
Meanwhile church today was an interesting experience, as a woman who is generally part of the "summer people" in the area spoke on the mission she founded in Kenya to help street children, which has grown in 13 years to house more than 150 boys. Their website is www.agapechildren.org. I was impressed that she could organize such a successful enterprise. It's just in one out of the way city in Kenya, but it sounded like very worthwhile work. There's some lovely singing by the children posted on the website.
Another project to see us through the blah days of winter is moving the pottery workshop from where it is to the next room over, which is twice as big. I was tearing down the wall today that had confined that room to being the same size as the current workshop. Then I measured the spaces I currently use for throwing, storing pots, glazing, wedging, and clay storage, and figured out where they should go in the new room. I will gain some shelf space, and hopefully be able to eliminate some of the crowding that has gradually swallowed my floor space in the old pottery. I will also have a window which should provide some north light on my wheel (north light has no shadows) as well as an inspiring view of our 100 foot pines out the window.
However this project will probably wait on getting a lot of the flooring done first.
Jan. 26 No piece of flooring is nailed down yet, but we moved a lot of furniture and did a lot of other prep work today and last night.
Then this evening I went in to Spokane for Duo music practice, so that also explains a bit of the lack of progress. But it was a nice day, none the less.
Click here for a video of "Almost a Kottke"
Click here for video of "Huckleberry Mountain"
I think I'll desist from further mention about flooring until it's done. It's currently about 10%, clicking along like clockwork, but the clock goes slow.
We got another 6 inches of snow today, enough so it's beginning to build up again, as deep as any time this winter. More snow is predicted the next couple days as well.
Today I'm finally releasing the 3 DVD beginner pottery video set as well. Since I do it all myself, there are lots of details, including making new covers and stickers to put on the DVDs.
Finally, the most interesting email I've gotten recently came from Sasha in Serbia, who sent me a link to his webpage. He speaks eloquently of making a life from the shards of war, in spite of the challenge of a decimated economy. I wish him well.
It was another Chinook day, with rain, snow, hail, and strong wind, and temperatures rising to the 40's. Spirit Lake is unusual in that the lake has a bottom sealed with muck, over extremely porous gravel. It used to be you could see holes along the edge of the lake where water was swirling down like a bathtub drain. Because of the leaks, the lake tends to drop a few feet from Spring to late Summer, eventually making parts of the lake hazardous for boaters, too shallow for swimmers in some areas, and one end (the Mill Pond) dries up completely. So the homeowners association spearheaded an effort to seal the lake, including finally covering the whole millpond with a plastic-like material in hopes of stopping the leakage. Unfortunately the rest of the lake has some leaks as well, and for several years the lake has not filled up totally even in the Spring. So I now say, with the confidence of the record precipitation of the last month, that the lake will at least fill up this year, since it has risen dramatically in the last month, nearly to full pool already.
The last snowstorm of January is starting outside. It's supposed to echo the storm I described yesterday. Otherwise the day was unremarkable. So this is the view out our front window at night--the pots chilling out on our outside display, the snow falling on the trucks on Maine St.


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PCI Hardware Compliance WHQL test found several compliance issues with the PCIe implementation in QEMU. Bug 1392693 has more details.
- Enhanced Capability Header register of the PCI Express Enhanced Capabilities Absent Indicator table must be read-only .
- Bit 0 (Correctable Error Reporting Enable) in the Device Control register (offset 8h) in the PCI Express Capability table must be read-writable .
- Bit 1 (Non-Fatal Error Reporting Enable) in the Device Control register (offset 8h) in the PCI Express Capability table must be read-writable .
- Bit 2 (Fatal Error Reporting Enable) in the Device Control register (offset 8h) in the PCI Express Capability table must be read-writable .
- Bit 6 (Common Clock Configuration) in the Link Control register (offset 10h) in the PCI Express Capability table must be read-writable .
- Bit 7 (Extended Synch) in the Link Control register (offset 10h) in the PCI Express Capability table must be read-writable .
- Bit range 1:0 (PowerState)in the Power Management Control/Status register (offset 4h) in the Power Management Capability table is 0h. It must be 3h after a supported D3 transition.
Assigning to Marcel who has already posted patches.
The patches are in QEMU 2.9.0-rc1, thanks!
Could you help to provide how to reproduce the bz?
>   Could you help to provide how to reproduce the bz?
Sure, you need to run PCI Hardware Compliance WHQL test on a win2008,win2008R2,win7, win8 or win8.1 guest OS.
The test is part of virtio WHQL tests. The test should fail before this fix.
Peixiu Hou is working on verifying this in bug 1392693. Maybe you guys can sync up and run the test only once. Thanks!


Although it feels like I've been spending more time outside the sewing room than inside, I am getting a few things done. Because summer is a difficult time for me to get motivated to sew, I am trying to pre-cut a few projects so that when I have an hour or two, I can just get right down to sewing.
Someone had gifted me with an alphabet panel and an assortment of scraps of the same panel. I carefully cut out each letter, found a green print to go with it and some off-white squares to finish the 9-patch blocks and set aside the pieces I cut for sewing on another day.
I have lots of scraps and they are stored in a large Rubbermaid tub. (Any quilter should have shares in Rubbermaid!) These are destined to end up in scrap quilts and occasionally, I will take some out and do some sorting. If the pieces are bigger than 5x5, I'll just fold them neatly and store with similar colors along with the fat quarters of the same color. Strips are sorted by width - less than 2", 2" and 2.25", and 3". Strips less than 2" are separated out and put aside for string quilts. Smaller pieces of fabric are cut into 2.5", 2" and 1.5" squares.
How do you sort your scraps? What's the smallest piece of fabric you save? Inquiring minds want to know!
I've been saving any size that will handle a seam and still show some material ( some are pretty small) I intend to do a scrappy mug rug or something with them all. by just randomly adding them to a patch.
Love my rubber maid storage bins. I just bought over a dozen new ones to put all my scraps in and yardage of the same colors. One purple, turquoise, pink, grey blue and so on!! Now I feel I am organized! LOL This was just for my batiks.


A boozed up Mansfield man blundered into a bush before launching himself at police officers, a court heard.
Mark Beresford was shouting and swearing in Mayfield Close, at 9pm, on February 3, and when officers arrived he swore at them too, and offered to fight them.
Prosecutor Neil Hollett said: "He was stumbling about and his speech was slurred. He was warned about his aggressive behaviour.
Beresford, 34, of Winster Way, admitted drunk and disorderly conduct when he appeared at Mansfield Magistrates Court, on Wednesday.
He told the court he was on a course in a bid to gaining job qualifications and had not drunk since the incident.
He was fined £40, £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.


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China Cosco Shipping Holdings has further extended its stock trading suspension today, following a trading suspension by the company since May 17.
The Chinese shipping conglomerate has confirmed that it is planning a major asset restructuring and there are still lots of uncertainties in the potential restructuring deal.
In 2016, Cosco Group and China Shipping Group completed a merger, which is one of the most complicated capital restructurings in China, involving almost every sector of the shipping business including dry bulk, containers, tankers, LNG, specialised vessels, shipyards, ports, leasing and finance, insurance, and shipping services.
Xu Lirong, president of the merged group, said last year that the company still needs a couple of years to integrate assets internally at several different levels of the business and he admitted the integration process would be very challenging.
So far Cosco has integrated its container, tanker, bulk, finance and shipyard businesses.
"The restructuring probably will take longer than the group's expectations, as the goal of the merger is not to create a larger scale corporation, but to increase profitability, risk resistance capacity and create synergies among different businesses within the group. So far Cosco Shipping Group has built up a structure for the restructuring, and it takes time to gradually optimise each part of conglomerate and make them work closely with each other," said a shipping analyst at China's Guotai Junan Securities.


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Hope Givers Festival
Hope Givers Mental Wellness & Music Festival
The Inaugural HOPE GIVERS FESTIVAL at Sweetland Amphitheatre in LaGrange GA Saturday, May 11th. A celebration of music, inspiration, hope, and education.
The HOPE GIVERS mental wellness + music festival is an annual fundraiser for the Georgia-based 501(c)3 IAMHOLDENON. 100% of proceeds from the festival support creating content, curriculum, and camps that promote positive mental wellness and suicide prevention.
Every ticket for this show includes a CD copy of Judah And The Lion's forthcoming album. You will receive an email with more details about this offer approximately 7 days after your purchase.
For questions about tickets, contact Ticket Alternative at (877) 725-8849
Sweetland Main Stage:
8pm: Judah & the Lion (2018 iHeartRadio's New Alt-Rock Artist of the Year)
6pm: Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors (Americana, Country, Folk Rock)
4pm: The War and Treaty (Soul, Gospel)
GREAT LAWN:
TENT 1
12pm: Panel Discussion: Student Led Initiatives (Moderated by NAMI Georgia)
1pm: Taylor Wesley: Miss Auburn University 2015 (From "I" to "We")
2pm: Josh Rhye: Motivational Speaker (A Pastor's Personal Journey)
3pm: Giovan Bazan: Motivational Speaker (Positivity)
12:15pm: Kris Brooks: NASCAR YOGA INSTRUCTOR (bring mat if you're local)
1:45pm: Mel Carter: MINDFULNESS 101 (Head of Mindfulness at NYU – New York University)
3pm: Kat Dolan: TEDx Speaker/Performance Poet
Art Experience:
12-4pm: Interactive Art Installation ("Hope Rocks" by LaGrange Art Museum) – Free "hands-on" art experience
Nami Youth Zone:
12-4pm: NAMI Family & Children Wellness Zone (Led by Mike Angstadt of Mike Angstadt Consulting) – Sign up at the festival.
VIP Lounge:
3-5pm: VIP Lounge: Meet & Greet with Speakers (no bands)
Judah and the Lion
For Judah & the Lion, the last two years should've been the best of their lives as the Nashville band toured behind a powerful single and a genre-upending album, sharing stages with heroes and playing to oceans of fans. But as everything was coming together for them, singer-guitarist Judah Akers' family was falling apart in a hail of alcoholism and affairs, death and divorce. From that tension comes Pep Talks, the trio's third LP and a hard left turn into deeply personal terrain. Knowing they had something new on their hands, Judah, Brian Macdonald (mandolin), and Nate Zuercher (banjo) took their time crafting a set of songs that not only shores up their one-of-akind sound—a heart-pounding whirl of folk, bluegrass, rock, hip-hop and electronic production— but takes the listener on a bracingly candid, surprisingly anthemic journey from the kind of pain that tears your whole world apart to the sort of hard-won hope that can bridge the deepest of rifts.
"Up to this point, the band's message has mostly been: 'Live your best life! Pursue your dreams! Follow your heart!'" says Judah, "We had to start this record with broken-ness, with this cry that says, 'I don't want to hide this from anyone anymore. I'm going through something. I need help.'"
Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors
Souvenirs. Drew Holcomb has collected many of them. A road warrior for more than a decade, he's spent his adulthood onstage and on the road, traveling from place to place with a catalog of vibrant, honest songs that explore the full range of American roots music. He turns a new corner with 2017's Souvenir, a highly-collaborative album that finds Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors focusing on the things that truly stick with you — including family and friends, music and memories, people and places — in a fast-moving world.
Equal parts folksinger, roots-rocker, country crooner, and pop-hook provider, Holcomb blurs the lines between genres on his newest release. Souvenir is his band's most expansive album to date, dishing up everything from the West Coast country-rock of "California" to the front-porch folk of "Mama Sunshine, Daddy's Rain." The rootsy songs are more rustic than ever before, laced with harmonica, upright bass, and banjo, while the rockers are downright electrifying, from the searing guitar solo that carves a lightning-shaped streak through "Sometimes" to the emotionally-charged duet with Holcomb's wife, Ellie Holcomb, on "Black and Blue." Holcomb is still the captain of this band's ship, but Souvenir relies on contributions from the whole crew. It's a proper "band album," in other words, stacked with songwriting contributions from longtime members Rich Brinsfield and Nathan Dugger.
As the War and Treaty, spouses Michael Trotter, Jr. and Tanya Blount make impassioned soul music that draws on traditional folk, country, and spirituals, often combining them all. Both powerful singers capable of the leading the church choir, they instead pair their voices with various combinations of acoustic folk instruments, organ, and pedal steel guitar. They made their recording debut in 2017 with the EP Down to the River.
Then based in Albion, Michigan, Trotter and Blount briefly performed together as simply Trotter & Blount before changing their moniker to the War and Treaty in 2015. Word of their rousing, animated performances spread, and they were soon getting booked on the folk festival circuit and touring the country. In 2017, they signed with Strong World Entertainment, which released their debut EP, Down to the River, that July. Two months later, they were named one of the 20 best acts at AmericanaFest by Rolling Stone. The duo also spent part of that year writing and rehearsing in Nashville with a backing band.
The War and Treaty continued to tour heavily while preparing their full-length debut. In January 2018, they shared the stage with John Prine at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival, and in June, they made their Bonnaroo festival debut. Their first album, Healing Tide, arrived via Strong World in August 2018. It reached the Top 30 of the Billboard Heatseekers and independent albums charts. By then, they had already made fans like Emmylou Harris, Sam Bush, and Buddy Miller, among others, each of whom appeared on the album. Miller also produced.
KRIS BROOKS
YOGA & RECOVERY INSTRUCTOR (NASCAR)
One of the most sought after yoga instructors in America, Kris works for NASCAR and other professional sports organizations. Active both locally and internationally in the recovery community, Kris Brooks advocates to break the stigma of mental illness and addiction.
MEL CARTER
HEAD OF MINDFULNESS DEPT. AT NYU
Head of the Mindfulness Education and Innovation at New York University (NYU). Miami was her home base for the last three years where Mel has been devoted to serving as a mindfulness consultant for various companies, colleges, C+ executives to identify gaps and needs within those cultures to foster stronger mindfulness foundations, tools, and leadership.
GIOVAN BAZAN
INTERNATIONAL MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
Giovan Bazan, aka G for short, is an international speaker who helps people develop excellent Mental Health Care strategies to optimize wellbeing and ensure longevity of fulfilling and purposeful lives. Over the past decade, G has researched the field of Mental Health from leading scholars, top academic institutions, and experts with lived-experiences from all around the world. His gift is his ability to articulate his empirically and academically obtained wisdom in humorous and anecdotal stories, that both educate and inspire the audience.
KAT DOLAN
TEDx SPEAKER & PERFORMANCE POET
Kat Dolan is a performance poet and inspirational speaker and the founder of Out of Your Mind, a non-profit organization combatting social isolation through creative peer support and reframing mental illness as a mental opportunity. Kat has been performing original poetry for eight years, gracing countless stages across the United States and New Zealand. By sharing her poetry, Kat has found that her words have the ability to evoke visceral emotion in her audience, encouraging them to feel. When she is not traveling the country for inspirational speaking and poetry gigs, Kat finds joy in trail running and relaxing with her cat, Pem, in her renovated school bus nestled in the heart of Western North Carolina.
JOSH RHYE
Josh is the founder and Lead Pastor of ThreeLife Church, as well as a partner of Revival Human Performance and Life Coach for KIA of LaGrange, Auburn, & Tallahassee. In 2013, Josh's younger brother, Justin, died by suicide. While his life may be over, Justin's story lives on and has impacted thousands of people to remind them that if they are breathing there is still hope. Josh is devoted to being true to who you are, loving, and not judging people for their scars but telling the story underneath them. Embodying and spreading HOPE everywhere!
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WALLACE PHIFER was born in New Jersey on May 24, 1893 to Charles and Sarah Phifer. The family was living at 329 Chestnut Street when the 1900 census was taken. The family moved to Haddon Township not long afterwards and did not com back to Camden until after the outbreak of World War I. Wallace Phifer was working as a carpenter and living at 1415 Haddon Avenue when he registered for the draft in June of 1917.
Wallace Pfeiffer was appointed to the Camden Fire Department at shortly after the January 1920 Federal Census, and his brother Clarence was appointed to the police department around the same time. The 1924 and 1927 City Directories show both brothers in the City of Camden's employ, and both living at 1217 Atlantic Avenue. Wallace Phifer married Edith Peters in 1922. By 1929 Wallace and Edith Phifer had moved next door to 1215 Atlantic Avenue, while his parents and policeman brother still lived at 1217 Atlantic Avenue.
Wallace Phifer was still a Camden firefighter and living at 1215 Atlantic Avenue as late as the spring of 1942. The 1956 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory shows Wallace Phifer at 1115 Princess Avenue in Parkside. Both Wallace and Clarence Phifer had moved to Haddon Heights, New Jersey by the fall of 1959, where they lived out their days. Clarence Phifer died on April 29, 1967. Wallace Phifer passed away on November 24, 1968.
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'In-Ireland events' offer a cost-effective way of marketing your business overseas without ever having to leave the country. Familiarisation trips for overseas buyers are organised, and followed by a one day or ½ day long business-to-business workshop. Irish trade partners are given the opportunity to meet up to thirty overseas buyers in face-to-face meetings.
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Home political news State team, GTA mull feasibility of Tukdah engineering college building housing DHU temporarily
State team, GTA mull feasibility of Tukdah engineering college building housing DHU temporarily
Darjeeling: A state inspection team, along with Gorkhaland Territorial Administration representatives, visited the engineering college building at Tukdah to study the feasibility of whether the under-construction building can be used to temporarily house the Darjeeling Hill University from 2019. The GTA is constructing an engineering college in Tukdah, funded by the NHPC under their CSR activity. A university has also been a long standing demand of the residents of Darjeeling and Kalimpong Hills.
The Centre, however, has turned a deaf ear to demands of a central university, despite a clause in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Memorandum of Agreement signed between the Union and state governments and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha. Finally, the state government took up the matter. A 'Darjeeling Hill University Bill' was passed in the Bengal Assembly on July 31. The Chief Minister flagged off the project on September 5 from a government programme held at Darjeeling Chowrasta.
Incidentally, the GTA had proposed that the state government take over the newly constructed engineering college at Tukdah, on the land of the Sericulture Directorate, West Bengal with the help of CSR funds received from NHPC Ltd. and convert it into a state-aided engineering college. The order issued by the state government on November 22, 2018 stated: "The department of Higher Education, government of West Bengal has decided to assess the land and built-up infrastructure of the newly constructed engineering college at Tukdah, Darjeeling and its suitability of plan and design as per AICTE norms." The state government has also constituted a committee to ascertain whether the under construction building in Tukdah can be used as the engineering campus of the proposed Darjeeling Hill University, the main campus of which would be set up in Mongpoo. The other option that the inspecting team would also consider is whether the preliminary operation of the academic activities of the university can be started at the building in Tukdah, before completion of the main campus in Mongpoo. The four member committee includes Prof. Subha Sankar Sarkar, vice-chancellor, Netaji Subash Open University, Dr. Amalendu Basu, director of Technical Education, West Bengal, Dr. Prabal Deb, principal, Cooch Behar Government Engineering College and Pranabesh Das, additional director of Technical Education, West Bengal. The four member team held a meeting with Binay Tamang, chairman, Board of Administrators, GTA, in Darjeeling on Thursday, before visiting Tukdah. The team was accompanied by Darjeeling MLA Amar Singh Rai and Karuna Pradhan, director, Engineering department, GTA.
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Yee Ha….I'm back, and determined to make my 365 Stampin' UP! Projects in 365 days. I am so excited that almost every time I check my hit calculator the number increases… People out there are already checking me out!! Knowing people are watching will definitely keep me working towards this crazy goal of mine!
If any of you out there are within a 2 hour drive I sure could use a few more workshop bookings, and I would love to finally meet some people in the area that are either already in LOVE with paper crafting or are interested in checking it out. I always provide free make & take projects at my workshop, so get a few people together and we can have a great evening of STAMPING!! Just shoot me an email at betty.ray020@gmail.com and we will set it up…I can usually put things together on short notice as well.
I had actually stamped these images a couple of days ago, but was having a hard time finding layouts for them. In the end I settled for something simple and sweet. I just love these textured Specialty Designer Series Papers Stampin' UP! has started using. Granted….in the photos you can't appreciate it as much but in person they are really something. They are so thick and the texture gives them that little extra touch of richness that such a simple project needs.
These papers remind me of old school wall paper patterns which I just LOVE…..well…let me clarify what I mean by love. I HATE, HATE, HATE wallpaper, can't stand it, and just the thought of it brings up very angry feelings 🙂 I don't think I can express the feelings of distaste strong enough. I have vowed to never ever give a second thought to buying a house with wallpaper in it, even in the tiniest of doses. This is stems back to a traumatic wallpaper removal experience I had a few months ago with a kitchen full of 1980's blah (not retro-cool) wallpaper. Yep, I can be a bit of a Drama Queen… I think it was the biggest nightmare of all the do-it-yourself ideas I have ever had, and believe me, I have all kinds of wonderfully fantastic home improvement ideas. Of course many of them don't quite turn out like the beautiful pictures in my head (my poor, poor husband who puts up with these whims…). I knew that the project would not be as easy as it looked or as easy as the "Home Network" makes it seem in all their lovely home remodeling programs, but GEE, really??? It took an entire week to just get the stuff down, and I must have taken some of my frustrations out on the wall itself, because there was much wall repair needed after the paper and glue came down. Those walls should have just been thanking me they weren't getting the wrath of the evil PMS monster…LOL!
The second card (the one on the right) so reminds me of the old suitcases with hard sides and the leather or metal on the corners… I thought these were so cute and reminiscent of days gone by.
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Located on Canada's East Coast, the provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island boast Canada's most spectacular and pristine coastline. Here you'll find lush vistas and uncrowded beaches, breath-taking scenery and a vibrant and welcoming culture that will ensure you feel like a local in no time.
Few places on Earth are as awe-inspiring as New Brunswick's world-renowned Bay of Fundy. A visit to this special place will reward you with magnificent tides, breath-taking coastline and long-lasting memories.
The Bay of Fundy tides are best explored at Hopewell Rocks, where you can walk around the famous "flowerpot rocks" at low tide then watch them slowly disappear as the tide rises. Bike along the Fundy Trail, set up camp at Fundy National Park or head out to sea on a whale-watching excursion.
Nature experiences in New Brunswick offer the chance to see whales, bears, shorebirds, inland birds and other amazing wildlife and marine animals.
Birding aficionados are wowed by the many species on display here – from Atlantic puffins and great blue herons to sandpipers and bald eagles.
A number of whale-watching excursions take visitors out to sea, where you can see these majestic marine animals, playful harbour seals and grey seals and other ocean life in their natural habitat.
New Brunswick is home to many great summer events. Whether you're sampling some local food and wine at culinary events or singing and dancing along at music festivals, you'll celebrate with the locals and feel the pulse of the region's vibrant cultural scene. Two notables include the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival in Fredericton, Eastern Canada's premier musical experience, and the Acadian Festival, the two week festival celebrating Acadian culture with the grand finale, Le Grand Tintamarre (the big parade) on 15 August, National Acadian Day. Ask us about events when planning your trip so you don't miss out on any of the fun!
Immerse yourself in the story of New Brunswick's people, architecture and landscape. Each one of the region's historic sites and heritage museums provides curious travellers with the tales of times gone by. A mixture of British, Scottish, Irish, French Acadian and First Nations, the people of New Brunswick love to share their province with visitors. In Canada's only bilingual province, experience the renowned Acadian joie de vivre (love of life) where a warm welcome greets you everywhere you turn.
Jump into the past at a living history museum, where you may find yourself spinning yarn at Kings Landing Historical Settlement or sharing a traditional meal at Village Historique Acadien. Natural history museums include the New Brunswick Museum – which features three levels of history, natural sciences and fine art exhibitions.
When it comes to viewing icebergs, this is one of the best places in the world. On a sunny day, these 10,000-year-old glacial giants are visible from many points along the northern and eastern coasts. They come in every shape and size, with colours from snow-white to deepest aquamarine. Despite their arrival from the Arctic every spring, locals and visitors alike are in awe of them every time they come around! Essential for the trip, follow IcebergFinder.com, the premier place for finding the best icebergs surrounding Newfoundland & Labrador.
There's something about Newfoundland & Labrador that nurtures your mind, body, and soul – once you visit, you'll understand how. Here you'll find 29,000 kilometres of pristine coastline intertwined with beaches, sea stacks, and almost 300 hiking and walking trails, including historic footpaths between abandoned fishing communities. Along the way you may see seabirds, whales, and icebergs. Keep an eye out for moose and boreal songbirds too!
As aforementioned, Newfoundland & Labrador is blessed with stunning coastline, including an abundance of breath-taking fjords, bays, guts, and inlets – not to mention the inland rivers, lakes, and ponds – in essence, it is the perfect place for adventuring on the water. Ask us about a guided kayaking tour, where you can dip your paddle while watching breaching whales. In fact, the province is home to the world's largest population of humpback whales. Don't forget to look for puffins, kittiwakes, and gannets that reside in the many cliffs, crags, inlets and islands around the coast, and on the ocean itself. View a spectacle of millions of birds nesting on the province's offshore islands and headlands.
Newfoundland & Labrador showcases some of the oldest rocks and fossils on the planet.
Visit St John's "The Johnson GEO CENTRE" located on Signal Hill, and take a journey deep, deep underground amidst rock that's more than 500 million years old. Get to know the volcanoes, earthquakes, and natural forces that shaped our world at this impressive geology centre. Journey to the southernmost tip of the Avalon Peninsula and take a guided tour at Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. See fossils of creatures that lived more than 550 million years ago, when all life was in the sea. This is the best place on Earth to witness evidence of the planet's earliest multicellular life.
Cape Breton Island, home to the famous Cabot Trail, is one of the world's most scenic drives. The natural beauty of the area provides the perfect place for outdoor activities such as golfing, kayaking, hiking, cycling, and whale watching. Play a round of golf at the famous Highlands Links, peruse artisan shops along the trail, or just drive and take in this 300 kilometre (186 mile) highway that offers spectacular coastal views, highland scenery and warm Celtic and Acadian hospitality.
Nova Scotia is home to over 160 historic, and beautiful, lighthouses. You won't find any as photographed as the one in the vibrant fishing village of Peggy's Cove though! Built in 1915, Peggy's Point Lighthouse still keeps watch over crashing ocean waves and working lobster boats. Climb over giant granite rocks worn smooth by the sea and delight in stunning ocean views.
We offer sightseeing day-trips to Peggy's Cove, just speak to one of our team today to find the best option to fit in with your travel plans.
Nova Scotian lobster is arguably some of the best lobster in the world – eating it is a must-do when you visit!
If you want to pick your own lobster, you can visit the Hall's Harbour Lobster Pound and select it from a tank, or for something different, head to Northumberland Fisheries Museum to adopt a lobster. Replace with a summertime lobster adventure.
This UNESCO World Heritage Site – characterised by its narrow streets and charming architecture – is also the home port of Nova Scotia's sailing ambassador, the Bluenose II. Wander Old Town Lunenburg's distinctive waterfront with its colourful buildings and listen for the sea-stained tales of seafaring and rum-running.
In 1989, Prince Edward Island's railway was abandoned, and the Confederation Trail was born. The trail is perfect for walking and cycling in the summer and is used for snowmobiling in the winter. With beautiful rolling green landscapes, charming villages and seascape surrounds, the trail is the perfect way to explore Prince Edward Island.
The 435 kilometres of rolled stone dust trail has only gentle undulation, ideal for visitors of all fitness levels. Along the trail, you'll find amazing food, stylish accommodation and fun activities.
Lucy Maud Montgomery's magical tales in her book "Anne of Green Gables" were set in a place people could only dream of visiting when it was first published in 1908. As time passed and the book grew in popularity around the world, millions of fans have discovered the land that captivated everyone's favourite red-headed young lady, Anne. There are Anne-related attractions all over the Island.
At Prince Edward Island National Park, it's all about the beaches. Located on the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the province's northern coast, the park is a collection of several natural areas that highlight the ecosystems found along PEI's red rocky shores. Outdoors enthusiasts can hike along the park's many trails or simply enjoy a day in the sun on the beach. The South Shore features the jagged red sandstone cliffs for which the Island is famous, and warm salt water for swimming. In the Eastern end of the Island, there's a beach with "singing sands", which squeak as you walk along due to its high quartz content.
There are many advantages to a small island, especially this one. The land here is rich, producing a bounty of fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products. PEI's waters teem with fish, as well as lobster, oysters, and other shellfish. Ask almost anyone in the world where the best mussels come from, and they'll tell you: Prince Edward Island. Farmers and fishermen provide the ingredients and award-winning chefs turn those fresh ingredients into culinary masterpieces.
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As gardeners, we probably understand the importance of eating locally produced food much better than anyone else. Why eat locally grown food? Because food that doesn't need to travel can be picked at the right ripeness time, making it taste so much better! And because it's fresh off the vine. Remember picking a warm tomato form the garden and eating it right there? Ohhh…. delicious!
Locally Grown: Portraits of Artisanal Farms from America's Heartland We've been spoiled: at any time in the year we can go to the grocery store and buy whatever we want: berries, tomatoes, greens, etc. You name it, and the store probably has it or can get it for you.
Food has become big business and it isn't unusual to find a vegetable, fruit, or piece of meat that was produced and processed on a different continent.
Our beef comes from Argentina and most of our fresh fruits and vegetables are grown in California. We spend an insane amount of resources shipping food from one end of the country (or the world) to the other end.
It wasn't always this way though and it may be time to reconsider global food. Let's talk about the importance of eating local, seasonal food.
The Locavore Way: Discover and Enjoy the Pleasures of Locally Grown Food While grocery stores similar to what we see today have been around since the 1920s, they didn't become widely available until the 50s. The question then is: how did people shop for food before then? How did you get your groceries before you were able to drive down to the local grocery store to pick up anything your family wanted to eat?
Food was grown and sold more locally. You'd head to the butcher who was working with farmers and ranchers in the area to get fresh cuts of meat. You'd head to the bakery for bread, and a fruit and vegetable shop for fresh, locally grown product. You likely also had your own kitchen garden where you grow a lot of your own veggies. If you were lucky you may even have had a few chickens run around in the yard for a steady supply of eggs.
And that is exactly what local food is. It is food produced fairly locally. It may be grown or produced a couple of hours away from you, but it is roughly from your area. We're starting to see a resurgence in locally grown food with the popularity of farmers markets, farm to table programs, CSA memberships and of course, the slow food movement.
Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet This means that you eat food that's native to your area, or at least something that can be grown in your climate zone. It also means eating more seasonally and enjoying fresh produce as it comes into season. And that's not a bad thing. You'll notice that locally grown tomatoes in season taste infinitely better than hothouse grown tomatoes or strawberries that were picked green and barely taste like they should when they reach your table.
It also means cooking more from scratch instead of picking up convenience food, or processed food where you have no idea where the ingredients came from and what has been done to them.
In the end, once you start to embrace local food you'll eat healthier by buying fresher, more seasonal food. Let's explore this a little further.
One of the big advantages of eating local food that's in season is that it's healthier for you. This food hasn't been picked before its prime. Instead it is picked close to the peak of ripeness and getting to your table or your plate much faster. This keeps more of the nutrients alive, ending in food that not only tastes better, but is also better for you.
And simply by the nature of eating local, seasonal food it cuts out a lot of processed "food-like" products. You end up eating more natural, real produce. That alone can have a huge impact on your overall health and even your weight.
So many of the serious health issues we're dealing with today from heart disease and stroke, to high blood pressure and diabetes, can be traced directly to the introduction of processed food. By changing your diet to include more real food, you can greatly reduce your risk for any of these "lifestyle" illnesses.
The advantages of eating local, seasonal food don't end there. Frankly, producing food and eating this way is a lot more sustainable in the long run. When you think about it, it doesn't make a lot of sense to grow food in one part of the world and ship it to consumers in another area. That takes a lot of extra resources and fuel, just to truck and ship all that grain and rice for example from one continent to the next.
It can also get our food supply into big trouble as we're seeing now with fresh fruits and vegetables. I mentioned earlier that much of it is grown in California. With the severe droughts and water shortages in that part of the US, a portion of our food production is at the verge of being obliterated. Without the farms and infrastructures in place in other areas of the country, this could cause some serious long-term shortages.
Then there are all the environmental issues industrial food production and large scale food transportation cause. All this adds to the pollution and global warming we are facing. Giving up almonds grown in California or tomatoes from Holland may seem like a small thing to do, but if we embrace producing and consuming local food and change from buying processed food to real food, we can do our part. Each person making even the smallest changes will add up. And that will have a big impact on the environment. Think about what you can do to embrace more local, real food.
We've talked about what local food is and why it is important to spend a significant portion of your food budget on this type of food to make a difference on your health and the environment. The next question is of course where you go to find this type of food.
Your local farmers market is the perfect place to get started. Not only can you shop for a lot of your food staples including fruits, veggies, eggs, bread, and, if you're lucky, even milk, cheese and meat there. It's also a great place to get a foot in the door with the local farming community.
Shop your farmers market regularly and talk to the farmers you meet there. You never know what you may learn and what connections you will make. If you're looking for a particular type of food, the farmers you talk to, may be growing or producing it, and just not bringing it to the market if there wasn't much of an interest previously. If not, they may know someone who sells raw milk or grass fed beef, for example. They can get you in touch with other local food producers in your area.
CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is another great way to dip your toes into local, seasonal food. Go to http://www.localharvest.org/csa/ to find farmers in your area that participate in the program.
The way it works is that you pay a fee set by the farmer at the beginning of the season. Basically, what you're doing is buying a share in the harvest for that particular farm. You pay a set amount of money for your share and throughout the growing season, you get boxes with your share of what's been grown. The interesting (and fun) part is that you never know exactly what you'll get. You end up with what's been growing well and what's ripe and ready at the time.
I love CSA harvest shares because they make me think outside the box 😉. Since I'm never quite sure what I end up with in the box, I get to experiment with and combine all sorts of different fruits and vegetables. Not only does it make for a fun cooking experience it's also a great lesson in cooking seasonably.
As you get to know your local farmers through the farmers market and the CSA program, you'll get a chance to find more and more locally produced food. These farmers may also share what shops they are selling to, which can then become part of your weekly or monthly shopping trips.
Another great way to find more places to shop local is to talk to like-minded local food enthusiasts as you're out and about. Start conversations with other people shopping at the farmers market, the farm, the local produce shop etc. Together you can each learn more and find more places to shop and support.
Eating healthy often comes with a price tag. I don't have to tell you that it costs a lot more to buy fresh cucumbers and radishes than it does to pick up a bag of potato chips at the grocery store. While you won't be able to beat cheap grocery store prices for food, particularly cheap convenience foods, there is a lot you can do to cut down on the amount of money you spent on healthy, local food.
Before we get into the nitty gritty of saving money, let's look at the bigger picture. Eating food that's good for you, instead of processed crap full of sugar and salt, will pay off big in the long run. Health care costs aside, there are some simple little things you can do to eat local, seasonal food on a budget.
Start by buying directly from the producer as much as possible. If you can buy directly from the farmers, you cut out the middle man and any cost associated with that.
Start with local produce stores if you need to, but try to get in touch with local farmers as quickly as possible. The CSA boxes we talked about earlier are another great way to get a lot of fresh produce for a relatively small amount of money.
Buying in bulk is another great option. You can get a much better deal if you buy by the bushel or crate. You can then "put up" much of the food and use it throughout the rest of the year.
If you don't want to preserve a whole bunch of food, consider finding a few friends or family members interested in eating healthier. Go in and buy produce in bulk together and then divide it up between all of you. This also works really well if you're looking at bulk produce that's a little further away.
It's a lot more economical to have one family ride up to the mountains to a local apple orchard to buy bushels of fresh mountain apples and then divide it up, than it is for all of you to go up and buy smaller, more expensive quantities. Not only will you save by buying in bulk, you save even more in fuel cost and of course time.
Last but not least, think about what you can grow in your own back yard, on your patio, or even on your kitchen counter. It's surprising how much you can grow yourself even with little-to-no space.
Start with a few fresh herbs grown in pots on a sunny window sill. Then add a lettuce growing bowl to your counter, and a few tomato plants on the back patio. Expand from there and look into gardening boxes and other easy care, space saving gardening methods.
Vertical gardens are a great option if you don't have a lot of room. Start expanding and grow more and more of your own food. It doesn't get any cheaper, or more local than that. Trade with other gardening neighbors who grow different fruits and vegetables for more variety.
Whether you buy in bulk, come across a deal at the farmers market that's just too good to pass up, or get a bumper crop in your own backyard, there are times when you end up with more fresh fruits and veggies than you can use and eat right away.
It's a good problem to have and it will help you through the times of year when your farmers market is closed and your garden doesn't produce much. I'm talking about preserving your fresh local food of course. There are all sorts of different things you can do to preserve food to use down the road.
One of the easiest things to start with is freezing food. Many foods like berries for example, can be frozen straight from harvest. Many fruits can be washed, sliced and frozen. Peppers, tomatoes, squash and the likes work the same way. Here are 4 ways to freeze zucchini.
We also slice and freeze quite a bit of okra and even onions and garlic to use down the road. Fresh herbs can also be frozen and used in dishes throughout the year.
Another option is to fix your favorite soups, stews, and vegetable dishes that freeze well. Cook one serving to use for dinner and freeze the rest. Eventually though you'll run out of room in your freezer.
Other great options are pickling, canning, and dehydrating. Do a little research and learn more about each method. You can dehydrate apple slices and such on the lowest setting in your oven. If you find you like the process and the resulting food, consider investing in a dehydrator.
Before you get into canning, make a batch of two of freezer jam and refrigerator pickles. You preserve some food and get a feel for part of the process without getting into the slightly more difficult part of canning food safely. From there read up on safe canning methods, talk to people in your family who have canning experience, borrow some equipment and give it a try.
Start with canned foods you know your family will use throughout the year. Tomato sauce and various soups are always popular options for us.
I hope this has inspired you to explore all the amazing local food that's just waiting to be found in your area. Buy it, fix it, eat it, and even learn to preserve it. You'll be amazed at how much better real, local grown food tastes.


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CARBON STRUCTURES AS EFFECTIVE MODIFIERS OF THE MATERIALS' BASIC PROPERTIES
Natalia Kamanina St.-Petersburg Electrotechnical University
Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, organics, inorganics, interface, refraction, laser-matter interaction
Because of the unique energetic, refractive and photoconductive characteristics of effective nano-objects, especially carbon nanotubes, the modification of optical properties of the organic and inorganic materials can be considered as the preferable one via the use of the nanostructuration process. Emphasis has been given to the incorporation of nanoobjects directly in the materials' body and on their surface. Under the conditions of a surface treatment of the inorganic structures, an IR-laser at the wavelength of 10.6 micrometers was used to orientate carbon nanotubes deposited in the electric field of 100-600 V×cm-1. Dramatic spectral and mechanical parameters changes have been found. Refractive features of the nanostructured organics have been studied via applying the second harmonic of the pulsed Nd-laser at different spatial frequencies and under the nanoparticles sensitization doping such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, shungites, quantum dots, and graphenes. A drastically obtained laser-induced refractive index has been established. A prediction has been proposed to extend the area of the application of the systems considered.
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