The Jurys Hotel is located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, at the corner of Berkeley and Stuart Streets. I tried to draw a star on this map, but gave up after 20 minutes of messing around with MS Paint.
Anyway, the Back Bay is very easy to negotiate. It's located basically between Fenway Park and the Boston Public Garden east to west, and between the Charles River and Tremont Ave north to south. And the east/west streets are named alphabetically, from Arlington to Hereford. And then there's Massachusetts Ave. I'm not sure where that one came from. Within those borders are about a billion hotels, restaurants, clubs, and overpriced apartments in old brownstones. It's a nice, safe neighborhood to live in and visit, and any hotel in the area will be great.
I suggest that you try the discount sites, like priceline, orbitz or even expedia. Select locations for either the Back Bay/Copley or Downtown, which is right down the street, and even includes some hotels on the eastern edge of Back Bay. It's very likely there will be extremely reasonable prices for super-nice hotel rooms--I got a room at the Plaza for less than $80 on a weekend night, and that included breakfast. Also, any hotel in either of these neighborhoods will be just a quick walk or $3 cab ride away from the Jurys.
We've reserved a block of rooms at the Jurys Hotel, where the wedding and reception will be held. However, I'm not going to lie to you--it's wicked expensive, even at the reduced rate. There are a TON of hotels within just a few blocks of the Jurys that are really nice, unique and much less expensive.
If you find a great deal elsewhere, the public transportation system in Boston will get you to within a block or two of wherever you need to go. However, I would advise against staying anywhere in Dorchester, Roxbury or Revere. A lot of these areas just aren't too safe, and it's likely that hotels will be less than clean. But please just give me a call or send me an email if you have any questions at all or need some help!
Also good to know--www.cheaptickets.com appears to have inexpensive plane tickets (non-stop) from Detroit to Boston over that weekend. If you're planning on driving, please let me know and we'll see what we can do about getting parking set up for you.
It was a dilemma. Eric and I don't belong to a church here, and it didn't seem genuine (to us or the church) to seek one out at this point for the sake of getting married there. But on the other hand, we didn't want some crusty old justice of the peace to do the deed either.
Enter KATIE McCARTHY-EVENBECK. One of the coolest women I know, and my best friend. She has graciously agreed to officiate our wedding, and I am SO psyched.
Katie and I met our freshman year of college at Franklin, when she came over to my dorm room to tutor my roommate in economics. I just remember laying there on my bunk, tune d out. After all, I was a Lit major (turns out, I should have listened... who'd've guessed I'd turn out to be an economist? Not me!). Anyway, while I didn't truly appreciate Katie's considerable skills in econ, I did think that she was really funny and very different than the average Franklin College freshman.
I guess I knew that Katie was my true "best friend," or "female soul mate," or what have you, during our sophomore year. You know, I STILL don't ever know what to say or do when a friend loses someone they love, but Katie gave me a really good example. When my grandma died, I was just devastated. I couldn't go home for a few days, and people just kept bugging me for stuff, not knowing that I was sort of going through something, and then giving me thes e weird looks, like why was I crying, why couldn't I give them the vacuum cleaner now, etc. (I was an RA. That position was the bane of my existence...). Anyway, Katie stopped by, and she didn't say anything at all. She just took me down to her room and put some movies in and gave me some pop, and let me just handle things. That was so important.
And that's been almost 10 years ago. She's as important to me now as she was back then, and I am just so honored and happy that she's going to be right up there with us. Wow--we're such lucky people!
The hotel is really great (see pictures!) , located right in the middle of everything. It used to be the Boston Police Headquarters, so the bar is called Cuffs, and our favorite drink is called the Misdemeanor Martini. It's so delicious, it's criminal.
The reason we chose it for the wedding is because it also houses our favorite "fancy-time" restaurant, the Stanhope Grille, which we've rented out for the reception. My mom and dad wisely no longer send me clothing for my birthday, but instead arrange for us to have a really nice dinner at a place we wouldn't normally be able to go on our own. I think this is the best kind of present--it gives us a chance to chill out for a little while, have a GREAT meal (really, I think you will love the food--last time we were there, Eric had Monkfish, which is apparently "the poor man's lobster." I think he liked it better than lobster, and he's a Boston boy, so he KNOWS lobster), and go on a real date. Anyway, it's become our special place here, and I'm so excited that we're able to have our wedding there and share it with you.
It's the 21st century, and I spend more time behind a computer than just about anywhere else (sad, huh?), so we're taking this wedding planning stuff all cyber-like. Sweet.


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If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!
You see, the problem here is that my little brother this morning, got his arm caught in the microwave and uh my grandmother dropped acid and she freaked out and hi-jacked a school bus full of penguins so you see it's kind of a family crisis so…come back later?.
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A Town Called Laurel...
On Field: Off-Season...
If every story has a beginning, then Akeem's started in the small town of Laurel, in southern Mississippi. Located roughly 30mi from Hattiesburg, Laurel saw Akeem develop into a stand-out performer on the field, on the track, and in the classroom. A decorated high school QB, Akeem lead the team to a state title, before playing college ball at Memphis...
The NFL off-season is rapidly drawing to a close, as College Pro Days are underway and the Draft is on the horizon. Akeem has been putting in the necessary hard-work throughout the off-season and is looking forward to spring OTAs and Mini Camps, back in Jacksonville. "The Jags are making moves and there's a real buzz among the guys," says AD.
In 2016, Akeem and Sierra welcomed their second child--and first son--Corinthian Akeem Davis II. The energetic Baby Corinthian joins his big sister, Carsyn, at home in Laurel, MS. "Nothing changes your life like becoming a parent. Sierra and I are so blessed to have two healthy, happy, beautiful children. God continues to work miracles in my life."
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Ancient Tech or Time Travel? | Screwing with the Past Another 300 Million Year Old Out Of Place Artefact?
There are a great deal of archaeological anomalies which the mainstream scientific community has failed to bring to light. This of course is do to a program of obfuscation by our would-be masters, the goal of which is to promulgate a false history (his story) in which humanity is nothing but a cosmic accident in a cruel and chaotic universe.
Once one considers all of the data available, a much different picture develops. The concept of time on earth has also been greatly manipulated, whereby we are led to believe it is a linear progression from point a to point b, a constant flow of 1 dimensional time. Reciprocal Systems Theory, which is the most accurate physical theory I have personally come across, describes time differently. That there are 2 regions or sectors to the universe, one where we live called space time and another etheric or beyond material sector called time space.
When material is vibrated beyond the speed of light it crosses this barrier into time space, and can traverse the 3 dimensions of time with ease. We have described this concept several times on this blog as it relates to mind.
David Wilcock also described in his book The Source Field Investigations, a strange phenomenon of living frogs encased in lime stone. Here is an example of what I have come to understand as a living organism moving its body into the time space sector. While to us our atoms and body appear to be solid and unmoving, the particles (or more accurately stated motions) of these atoms is near to the speed of light. Living systems are coherent enough to cause energy from the local environment to entrain onto an organism, pushing its material beyond the speed of light into time-space. When this occurs the body appears to be 'hard as stone' and can remain dormant for thousands if not millions of years.
Additionally there are countless channeled and insider works which suggest that time is much more fluid and dynamic then we have been led to believe. The following article could be one example of technology from another time, re-entering space time and solidifying into a solid piece of rock. Much like the infamous philadelphia experiment.
Unfortunately the amount of data available to confirm this hypothesis is elusive, but there is more evidence to suggest the aforementioned is accurate vs the accepted theory of unidirectional time and impossibility of traveling through it.
The scientific community of course refuses to consider the likelihood of the object being technological and claims it is nothing more than a sea creature known as a Stalked Crinoid. If this is the case why have they made it so difficult to determine the material makeup of the object in question. Would it not be easier to simply do the material analysis and put wild claims to rest? I think anyone with an inquisitive nature can see the duplicity of this argument, and when one compares the object in question to the fossilized remains of the Stalked Crinoid, there are major discrepancies.
Those who are brave enough to think for themselves and contemplate the data will find it far more likely that this is one more example of paradigm shattering technology, leading us to question the accepted myths of our origins. Those who are still hooked on the beliefs of modern society will blow this off as conspiracy theory. Thankfully the truth cares not for the opinions of men, laying dormant for us to develop the eyes to see.
There are numerous archaeological discoveries that science cannot understand, we have come across countless findings that have ended up as being just that, findings that have caught the attention of researchers, but have yet to be accurately explained.
In this case we have a screw that according to researchers is 300 million years old, and like many awkward discoveries in the past, it was found in Russia in the '90s.
Russian scientists found it by chance actually, as they were performing analysis after the fall of a meteorite in the Kaluga region when they came across a mysterious object that resembled a modern day screw. Scientists were baffled and did not know what to think of it. Did it come from space? Is this screw proof of ancient civilizations that inhabited Earth millions of years ago? What is it?
The fossil surrounding the screw has around 2 cm long. It was discovered in a scientific expedition that was performed by a group called the Kosmopoisk group, which is a scientific research group responsible for conducting UFO related research, cryptozoological research and paranormal science. Initially they suited up and went to search for the remains of the meteorite that impacted the Kaluga region in Russia. Suddenly, they came across the screw, and incredibly, after paleontological analysis, it turned out that the age of the "stone" was somewhere between 300 and 320 million years.
The artifact was analyzed using X-Ray technology, which provided researchers with another shock; it turned out that another screw was present inside it. Many scientists have tried explaining the origin and details of the "screw", some have proposed that it could be the remains of a Crinoids (Marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea of the echinoderms) This theory was discarded due to the fact that the screw is much larger than the average size of these animals.
The theories as to what this object is are pillage up. Skeptics are having a field day and they love to debunk discoveries like this one, offering a much simpler answer, suggesting that its nothing, probably the remains of an old factory, vehicle, or anything else that can make you, the reader look elsewhere for answers, without paying much attention to details such as the age, and region where it was found.
So what is it? A screw that proves that extraterrestrial life was present on Earth millions of years ago? Is this screw the remains of an extraterrestrial vehicle? Or is there a possibility that it might just be evidence of ancient civilizations in the past that possessed very advanced technology? All of these options are still possibilities as we still do not know what this mysterious artifact really is.
How is it possible that a screw could have survived a time lapse of 300 million years? What is its metallic composition? These are several of the questions that still need to be answered in order to get a full picture of what this object really is.
In the meantime, let us know what you think this one might actually be.
A Russian research team known as the Kosmopoisk Group, which investigates UFOs and paranormal activity, claims to have found a one-inch screw embedded inside a rock that is 300 million years old. They say the screw is the remains of an ancient form of technology that proves extra-terrestrials visited Earth millions of years ago. However, scientists say the 'screw' is nothing more than a fossilized sea creature called a Crinoid.
The Russian team were investigating the remains of a meteorite in the Kaluga region of Russia in the 1990s, when they came across the strange object. A paleontological analysis was carried out, which revealed the stone was formed between 300 and 320 million years ago. The team also claim that an x-ray of the stone shows that another screw is present inside it. However, they have not allowed international experts to examine the object, nor have they revealed what the screw is made of.
Since the initial finding, much debate has surrounded the discovery, with scientists scoffing at the suggestion that it reflects an ancient screw and suggesting there is a much less exciting explanation.
The Mail Online reports that scientists who have examined photographic evidence of the object say that there is a more earthly answer to the phenomenon – the 'screw' is actually the fossilized remains of an ancient sea creature known as a crinoid.
Crinoids are a species of marine animal that are believed to have evolved around 350 million years ago. They are characterized by a mouth on the top surface that is surrounded by feeding arms. Today, there are around 600 crinoid species, but they were much more abundant and diverse in the past.
Over the years, geologists have found countless fossils representing whole crinoids or their segments, some of which do resemble screws. Scientists have suggested that the screw-like shape seen in fossil samples may be the reversed-shape of the creature, which dissolved while the rock was shaped around it.
For now, the controversy surrounding the object remains very much alive, and unless the Kosmopoisk Group releases detailed information regarding the material of the 'screw', it is unlikely that consensus will be reached any time soon.


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REVELSTOKE COMPLETES INVESTMENT IN THE CARE TEAM
Denver, CO – Revelstoke Capital Partners ("Revelstoke"), a Denver-based healthcare services private equity firm, and The Care Team ("TCT" or the "Company"), one of the largest home health and hospice agencies in the Great Lakes region, announced Revelstoke's investment in TCT to support its growth objectives and continued focus on delivering the highest quality care.
The Care Team offers a full spectrum of home care services including nursing services, therapy services and hospice care across central and eastern Michigan. The Company employs top industry professionals including physical therapists, skilled nurses, medical social workers, home health aides, and occupational and speech therapists. TCT's hospice team provides specialized care that addresses the patient's physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs while providing reprieve and comfort for patients' families.
"This investment is the result of a multi-year outbound search in the home health and hospice industry for providers that can offer excellent outcomes for patients in the lowest cost-of-care setting. Our partnership with TCT, a leading home health and hospice agency that is well-positioned for growth and consolidation, achieves this objective," said Russell Cassella, Managing Partner at Revelstoke. "TCT's management team has developed the infrastructure and capabilities needed to provide patients and families with exceptional and cost-efficient care. With consolidation in the industry expected to accelerate, we are seeking other leading agencies to partner with so we can further expand the Company's reach and capabilities," added Jonny Miller, Vice President at Revelstoke.
Founder and CEO Jason Laing will continue to serve as CEO and remain a significant shareholder in the Company. "Over the last four years, The Care Team has grown into a leading regional provider of home health and hospice care, serving patients across Michigan," said Mr. Laing. "Partnering with Revelstoke will provide us with the expertise, capital and guidance needed to expand our presence in Michigan and enable our entry in new markets."
Winston & Strawn LLP acted as legal counsel to Revelstoke. Howard & Howard LLP acted as legal counsel, and Greenwich Capital Group acted as a financial advisor, to The Care Team.
About The Care Team
The Care Team is a leading home health and hospice provider based in Farmington Hills, Michigan that is licensed to provide services throughout the state. TCT provides skilled care for homebound patients, as well as end-of-life care for older adults. With three locations across eastern Michigan, The Care Team offers instant access to comprehensive home health care, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nursing, social workers, home health aides and bereavement.
Revelstoke is a private equity firm formed by experienced investors who focus on building industry-leading companies in the healthcare and related business services sectors. Revelstoke partners with entrepreneurs and management teams to execute on a disciplined organic and acquisition growth strategy to build exceptional companies. Since the firm's inception in mid-2013, Revelstoke has raised approximately $2.3 billion of equity and has completed 64 acquisitions, which includes 16 platform companies and 48 add-on acquisitions.


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Paul Day - Sculptor
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When I say significant, these works were bronze high reliefs and weighed what seemed like a ton and we all (about 8 of us) had strained backs and near hernias lifting the two works out of Day's van and putting them into position.
Sensing our fascination with these sculptures, our friends organised a visit to Day's studio the following day, who is the most humble, amiable and accommodating artist I have ever encountered. Perhaps it is the isolation of his studio and any company apart from is lonesome hound Vasco is most welcome.
Such isolation and the ability to work alone with motivation is perhaps what we associate with talented and successful artists but with Day I suspect the remote solitary confinement has a lot to do with needing a lot of space; a barn that has sufficient space for him to have many large works in progress and to house a very large kiln. I would also assume a farm studio in the French countryside and environs of Burgundy a most conducive part of the world to live.
Paul Day has made a living from his art the day he left art school attributing much of his success to his hard work and spending long hours in the studio in art school. Moreover, he considers himself very lucky to have found direction in his art early in his career. This artistic direction is not easily described, largely because it is so unique and whilst mainly falling within the scope of contemporary sculpturing and high reliefs using terracotta, resin and bronze, it is his amalgamation of architecture and people in such deep reliefs that are 3-dimmensional with a captivating virtual reality making the subjects or story and themes come alive with intriguing realism and drawing you into long transfixion on the elaborate detail.
The intricate architectural detail of some of his works is extraordinary; a Gothic church or an Opera theatre where you become completely engaged in the ornate detail or labyrinth like scope of a building with clever use of light and shadows, and a solitary figure bringing perspective and angles as if it was life-size. In some instances people are brought to life within themes, such as Day's commissioned work for The Battle of Britain Monument, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Battle, unveiled by HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH the Duchess of Cornwell Duchess in 2005. This is a dramatic and very moving piece with a powerful narrative of war and the grimacing faces of pilots as they scramble for their planes.
Day is probably best known for his statue named The Meeting Place which stands beneath the clock at St Pancras Station, London; a 30 foot high 20-tonne bronze of a couple locked in an amorous embrace that symbolises the romance of travel. He has also created reliefs depicting life and historical scenes of the London Tube and trains, some of which were on display at his studio when we visited and incredibly captivating works.
Recently Day has been working in partnership with Tottenham Hotspurs football club on a new project: to create a footballing sculpture. He reports "We now have a finished model in bronze but my long term goal (no pun intended) is to create the full size version." Click here for pictures showing the process from an idea on paper, to clay and to bronze.
Click here to view some of Paul Day's sculptures
You can get a good idea of his Day's talent by visiting his commissioned works which are detailed on his website www.pauldaysculpture.com However if you are indeed interested in procuring a serious piece of art and enjoy sculpture, I would highly recommend you visit his studio, which is by appointment only. And without stating the obvious, if you like drinking Burgundy then a trip to Dijon or Beaune, only a few hours from Paris by TGV, touring vineyards and enjoying the wonderful local gastronomy combined with a visit to Paul Day has the makings of an excellent holiday.
Paul Day can be contacted direct at paul@pauldaysculpture.com


Did You Know That $25.00 Can Change A Life?
With the holidays approaching, it is common for most of us to take a little time to reflect on our lives and the year that is coming to an end. It is also a time that most of us give thanks for all that we have, and we try to find ways to give back to those who are less fortunate. There are so many ways that we can help out in our own communities and I am truly grateful to be able to do so. It is a joyous feeling to give to others.
Many businesses are also experiencing difficult times in this economy. As entrepreneurs, we are acutely aware of the challenges that we face in our own businesses on a day to day basis. But, whatever our situation is at this time, it pales in comparison to what many people face in other countries. Increasingly women are faced with having to find a way to earn money to help support their families when they have little or no skills. Even those folks that have a talent or a skill set typically have no money to start a business.
I don't know how many of you are familiar with a wonderful organization called Kiva. Kiva's mission is to connect people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. And, you can change someone's life for as little as $25.00. Imagine that!
This wonderful organization does small loans to individuals to help them get started in a business, which in turn helps them out of the hopelessness that poverty brings. Currently 98.99% of all Kiva loans have been repaid. That statistic is quite extraordinary when you think about the struggles these budding entrepreneurs face every day.
Here are a few other Kiva statistics for you.
-The total value of all loans made through Kiva is just over $174,000,00.
-Over a half million Kiva Users have funded a loan.
-There are 208 countries represented by Kiva Lenders.
-Almost a half million entrepreneurs have received a loan through Kiva.
-The average loan size is $381.15.
-The average number of loans per Kiva lender is 6.49.
One other statistic that jumps out at me is that 81.79% of all loans are made to women entrepreneurs. This shows the phenomenal shift that is taking place in some of the poorer countries where women are not only joining the workforce, but they are opening their own businesses.
During this holiday season, I would encourage all of you to take the thought of giving back one step further and consider making a small loan through Kiva; a gift that will surely change a life. I am getting ready to make my first loan and I can tell you, it feels wonderful. I just have to choose my "person". For more information or to learn how you can change someone's live go to http://www.kiva.org.
Here's wishing everyone a happy and joyous Thanksgiving!


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L.A. Mayor Praises Peaceful Anti-Trump Protests
Mayor Eric Garcetti also said he hoped President-elect Donald Trump will set an example and repair damage from his campaign rhetoric.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has condemned anti-Trump demonstrators who damaged property and blocked traffic. But he says he's proud of the thousands who took to streets peacefully.
The mayor, a Democrat and son of immigrants, said Thursday that had he been younger, he might have hit the bricks as well and called Wednesday's peaceful demonstrations "a beautiful expression of democracy."
On Thursday, a few dozen people again blocked a local freeway in the Boyle Heights area. California Highway Patrol officers were talking to them.
Garcetti said he believed the election of a Republican won't affect federal funding for Los Angeles and said he hoped President-elect Donald Trump will set an example and repair damage from his campaign rhetoric, which was seen as virulently anti-immigrant.
Donald Trump's Victory Sets Off Protests on Both Coasts
Election Day 2016


The devastating fire which tore through Astley Castle not only ended it's use as a hotel but also seemed to mark the end as a building. However, a remarkable project by the Landmark Trust is seeking to once again restore life to this battered shell.
Although never a proper 'castle', Astley was designed as a fortified manor house (see also the beautiful Compton Wynyates nearby). This original house was built largely by the Grey family but it was slighted following the execution of Lady Jane in 1554. The house was rebuilt in 1600 by a new owner, Edward Chamberlain, and it eventually became part of the Newdigate family's Arbury Hall estate, with a new 'Gothick' stable block added in the 18th-century – but with little done to the house itself. The grade-II* listed castle was leased out as home for most of in the 20th-century until the 1960s when it became a hotel until the fire destroyed it, leaving it as a deteriorating ruin for the next 30 years.
The Landmark Trust has been attempting to find a solution to this situation since the 1990s, originally looking at plans for a full restoration, but which unfortunately proved too costly. The continued decline of the building fabric gave fresh impetus to their efforts as it was realised that without urgent work the house as a structure would be lost forever. In 2005, the Trust held a competition to find a design for accommodation to be created within the shell as sensitively as possible, which could then be used as a holiday let. The winning design from the architects Witherford Watson Mann will create a modern two-storey structure in the oldest part of the castle, with the first-floor living spaces enjoyed spectacular views across the parkland. A £500,000 £1.47m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, plus earlier fund-raising, has taken the Trust to within just £134,000 of the total project cost of £2.3m, and great progress has been made on the scheme. What's particularly impressive about this project is that it has enabled a full architectural survey of the house, which has revealed many fascinating features as the rubble has been cleared and the later Victorian additions are removed.
The Landmark Trust has a strong record of taking on derelict listed buildings, converting them, and finding a long-term sustainable use for them – usually as unusual holiday accomodation. Although it's not been possible to fully restore Astley Castle as a home it is encouraging to see it being consolidated and enhanced with a sensitive modern addition which will provide the opportunity for others to experience this amazing part of our architectural heritage which was so nearly lost.
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The Heritage Lottery Fund grant for Astley Castle was £1,467,000 not £500,000.
Thanks Laura – glad to hear that the HLF have been even more generous than I'd put. I've now corrected the story.


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A Look At Kate Courtney's Impressive Journey To Mountain Bike World Champ In Her First Elite Season
By Peggy Shinn | Sept. 13, 2018, 8:53 p.m. (ET)
Kate Courtney celebrates winning the women's elite cross-country race at the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships on Sept. 8, 2018 in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
Before Kate Courtney rolled up to the starting line of the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships last weekend, her father, Tom, gave her some advice.
"Focus on the last 10 months of hard work, not on the hour and a half ahead of you," he suggested to his daughter, the youngest competitor in the field.
The advice helped Courtney shift her perspective. In only her first season in the elite women's mountain bike field, the 22-year-old rider with an easy smile thought, "Why not me?"
Why not indeed?
On the final technical section of the course in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Courtney passed Specialized teammate Annika Langvad (the 2016 world champion) as the Danish rider bobbled on a web of tree roots.
"Looking back, it's way more stressful than it was to be in the moment," she said by phone from Italy, where she is preparing to compete in the UCI MTB Marathon World Championships this weekend.
"In the moment, I was just focused on executing my race plan, and I just thought, 'OK, you have this opportunity, just ride smooth,'" she added. "I focused on giving my best effort and really riding to the best of my ability over those tricky little sections, and I felt that if I could really execute that, then I'd at least have a shot."
Courtney rode into the finish stretch in the lead, and although she glanced over her shoulder several times — certain that Langvad would be there with each glance — she crossed the finish line with no one in sight.
Courtney's win is the first for a U.S. mountain biker since Alison Dunlap won the world title in 2001. That win 17 years ago gave America something to celebrate shortly after 9/11.
Besides Courtney and Dunlap, only two other U.S. women have won world championship titles: Juli Furtado won the first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in 1990, followed by Ruthie Mathes in 1991.
But the U.S. has not been devoid of world championship or Olympic medals in that time. Since Dunlap's win, three other women have stood on the world championship podium: Willow Koerber (bronze, 2009 and 2010), Georgia Gould (bronze, 2012) and Courtney's former Specialized teammate Lea Davison (bronze in 2014, silver in 2016). Gould also won Olympic bronze in 2012.
Davison raced in the 2018 world championships (finishing 24th) and was the first person to run up and hug Courtney as she stood on the podium.
"The USA gets the rainbow [jersey] for a year," Davison tweeted. "YASSSSS Queen. SLAY."
Courtney represents a new generation of American mountain bikers who, unlike the Olympic and world championship medalists who came before her, started mountain biking as young children and began racing as teenagers.
As Davison told VeloNews in August (for an article titled "Courting Greatness"), "I wasn't racing internationally until I was 25. Already the international race experience she has is so much more — season upon season — compared to where I was in my career [at her age]." [Davison's mountain bike racing career began after she graduated from college.]
The wheels of Courtney's career began turning on a tandem bike with her dad when she was 5 or 6 years old. From their home in Kentfield, California — in Marin County within sight of Mt. Tamalpais, known as the birthplace of mountain biking — Courtney and her dad would ride up Mt. Tam, then have pancakes.
"It was just a fun thing to do," she said. "It didn't have any competitive motivation, it wasn't tied to how fast we were doing it, it was for the joy of riding a bike. That's something that my dad keeps alive for me. I always can go home and ride on Mt. Tam with my dad, and it's my favorite thing to do."
Courtney also did the usual smattering of childhood sports, including alpine skiing, horse riding and gymnastics. But she was drawn to individual sports and when it came to competition she liked the mentality of running.
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Freshman year in high school, she had a promising cross-country season. That spring (2010), she decided to join her high school's National Interscholastic Cycling Association mountain bike program to stay aerobically fit for running.
She soon realized that mountain biking was better than running. She could push herself as hard as she did in running. But the tactical side and the mental component of staying focused on the trails' technical sections made it more interesting.
"You have to execute your race plan, but you also have to have all the pieces come together on the right day," she explained. "I was really drawn to the challenge of mountain biking but also to the fun part."
The analytical side of cycling, with its power meters and heart rate monitors, also intrigued her.
"I am a data nerd, a big data nerd," she admitted with a laugh. "I think I'm a nerd in general. But in terms of cycling data, I certainly spend a lot of time on it. And it's a huge part of what I like about training — being able to see that progress, being able to analyze power curves and improve and keep making steps towards my ultimate goal."
Courtney won her first mountain bike race and moved up from the freshman division to JV.
A few months later, she won her first U.S. junior national title. And in 2012, she became the first American to ever win a junior world cup race. She was 16.
One of Courtney's strengths is her mindset. She began digging into the mental side of mountain biking after racing her first junior world cups. The competition and technical courses at that level were a step beyond what she had previously seen. She had to "figure out what process is going to get me to the start line ready to perform."
Since then, Courtney's career curve has shot steadily upward — even when she was a full-time student at Stanford studying human biology with a concentration in public health and technology innovation (a field of study sparked by living in Silicon Valley, she said). She was also competing for her school.
By 2016, she was winning world cups as a U23 rider. But in some ways, that year was pivotal. She took off two quarters from school to try to make the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team but narrowly missed qualifying.
"It was a hard moment and really made me motivated to qualify in 2020 and also to set my sights higher and to not just make the Olympic team but to aim to perform well at the Olympics," she said.
If her 2017 season is an indication, she will be a medal contender in Tokyo. She won almost every race she entered, and at 2017 U23 world championships she won a silver medal. She also graduated from Stanford that year.
This season, Courtney made her debut in the women's elite field. Her goal for 2018 was to finish top 10 in the world cup rankings. By May, she began consistently finishing in the top 10.
In June, a knee injury threatened to derail her season. But the opposite happened. Two weeks of rest mid-season helped her peak for world championships. She just didn't think her peak would lead to a gold medal so early in her career.
"I don't want to say I didn't think it was possible, but it was just beyond what I thought would even happen," she said. "To have that opportunity and to have that amazing race where it all comes together was a really special feeling."
After Courtney crossed the finish line, she rode straight over to hug her parents. Her older brother Jack was also at worlds.
Then from the podium, she gave her dad the world champion watch that she received.
"To win worlds with him there was really special," she said.
As she tweeted earlier this summer, along with a picture of her dad, "Through the highs and lows, this guy has my back. Thanks for the cheers dad."
And the advice, too. And probably those pancakes.
A freelance writer based in Vermont, Peggy Shinn has covered five Olympic Games. She has contributed to TeamUSA.org since its inception in 2008.
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Abandoned Landscapes
My photo of an abandoned
gas station near Pana, IL
The start of the holiday shopping season made me think again about some of the cultural-environmental impacts of our habits, in which I'm part of the problem, too. A few years ago I wrote an issue of FaithLink, "Just Shopping" (Nov. 27, 2005). We raised the issue of box stores that expand to larger facilities but leave behind empty buildings that sit vacant for years. (My hometown has a Wal-Mart super store but the former store has been unoccupied for years.) A difficult issue! Economic well-being sometimes involve facility expansion, but what happens to the disused place? Earlier I researched a similar theme for the FaithLink issue, "Saving Main Street" (June 11, 2000).
The topic is larger than just box stores. Drive through many small towns and you'll encounter vacant store fronts in the business district. If the stores become occupied, the business may be just a shadow of the place's former self, for instance, a nice small-town clothing store that had sold good brands for an appreciative clientele becomes a thrown-together antique mall. That's not always the case, and some amount of commerce may be better than a completely disused store. You also see deteriorating commercial buildings in many communities; they'll never house anything and will someday be torn down.
Several months ago I purchased and studied two books, Vanishing America: The End of Main Street: Diners, Drive-Ins, Donut Shops, and Other Everyday Monuments by Michael Eastman (New York: Rizzoli, 2008) and Approaching Nowhere by Jeff Brouws (New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 2006). Both books of photographs document disused and abandoned landscapes, including buildings in disrepair, deteriorating signage, and ugly landscapes of urban, small-town, and rural areas. Approaching Nowhere begins with a variety of photos of empty parking lots, empty store fronts, fading motel signs, neon signs on restaurants and filling stations, and wide spots on the interstate. His chapter "Franchises" depict current types of businesses, like Wal-Mart and McDonalds, while "Discarded Landscape" portrays abandoned and decaying commercial buildings and lots filled with rubble. In a concluding essay, Brouws reflects on the meaning of these landscapes, while William L. Fox in his essay discusses the way that the American impulse for mobility doesn't always lead to success and, in fact, as Brouws' photos show, can lead to ruin.
Eastman's book, meanwhile, provides series of photographs of "main street": theaters, churches, hangouts, doors, signs, stores, services, automobiles, hotels, and restaurants. Many of the depicted places and things are representative of the forlorn small towns through which you pass if, like me, you enjoy traveling the two-lane roads when you can. (If you love those forlorn small towns, you'll certainly enjoy Vanishing America!) But not all of Eastman's subjects are fading relics; some are functioning places in good shape.
Abandoned alignment of
U.S. 51 in Fayette Co., IL
I remembered a book I purchased years ago in a used bookstore in Flagstaff, David Plowden's The Hand of Man on America (Riverside, CT: The Chatham Press, 1971). Plowden, a long-time observer of the American Landscape through his black and white photographs, similarly depicts both pleasant and ruined, bypassed landscapes in his travels. He also decries the environmental and cultural wreckage to which our love of mobility brings us. What he calls (in the last long essay in the book) "the great sorrow of the automobile age" is that we ruin the land by constructing more and more roads to see the land's cherished sights.
There is a lot of food for thought in these books. Right now, Douglas Brinkley's introduction to Vanishing America includes a strange attractiveness in such landscapes: the photos "are like field reports from Main Street, dispatches meant to trigger our frayed historical imagination. You could view these photos as valentines of goodbye." Poet William Carlos Williams saw "beauty in the refuse" of his native Paterson, NJ; the broken bottles of the tenements he described as "gems... It's a matter of your eyes looking at them right" (p. 11). It does seem odd that someone (like me) would leaf through the sad landscapes of Approaching Nowhere and feel a deep sense of nostalgia, an eagerness to return to the road and embrace the sorrow of which Plowden writes.
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Several posts on this blog are year-long series on subjects in religion and spirituality, each undertaken as an enjoyable discipline to keep my own spiritual life on a positive path. In 2014, I listened to and wrote about Bach's sacred cantatas on or near the Sundays and special days for which they were written. In 2015, I wrote about special days celebrated by different world religions. In 2016, I studied the lives of saints and faithful persons honored on different Christian liturgical calendars. In 2017-18, I studied the entire Bible (including the Apocrypha) and posted my notes.
Throughout this blog, I've written about a variety of subjects, including Bible-based reflections, spirituality and religion, interfaith concerns, my hometown, favorite roads and places, current events, the funny and weird moments of life, favorite music and art, and so on. But I've always had three interrelated themes in mind. One is the joy of making everyday connections as we move through our lives. Another is "the journey," including the spiritual quest, in which we struggle for understanding and assurances and look to God in hope. The third is "home": the places and circumstances that anchor us, the goals of our journeys, and the heavenly home that the Lord prepares for us (John 14:2)
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I'm a devoted family guy, a college and seminary prof, a United Methodist elder, and a freelance writer. I've written 22 books and have contributed to 10 others. As with this blog, I enjoy delving into a variety of subjects. My recent books are "Walking with Jesus through the Old Testament: Devotions for Lent", and the poetry chapbooks "Small Corner of the Stars" and "Backyard Darwin." My other books include a study book on Galatians, a book on the sense of place, a study of Karl Barth's theology, and another on science and religion. My book "What Do Other Faiths Believe?" has sold over 20,000 copies. My first book, "High on the Okaw's Western Bank," is a history of my hometown (Vandalia, IL) when it was the Illinois state capital, where Lincoln and Douglas began their political careers. In addition to numerous articles, essays, lessons, meditations, reviews, and poetry, I also wrote or researched over 180 issues of the online curriculum "FaithLink," on many contemporary topics like health care, climate, poverty, prison reform, family, education, and others. Several of my books are available at www.cokesbury.com, as well as amazon.com.
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Among my popular study books are "Walking with Jesus through the Old Testament," "You Gave Me a Wide Place," "Paul and the Galatians" and "What About Religion and Science?" Click on the photo to purchase these and others.
Some of my books.
High on the Okaw's Western Bank: Vandalia, Illinois, 1819-1839 (University of Illinois Press, 1992)
The Social Ontology of Karl Barth (International Scholars Publications, 1995)
Journeys Home (Self-Published, 1995)
"The Kentucky Council of Churches, 1947-1997," manuscript in the Filson Club, Louisville, KY.
Life and Letters of Paul: Galatians (Abingdon, 2000)
Mystery: Exploring the Mystery of God (Abingdon, 2002)
What Do Other Faiths Believe? (Abingdon, 2003)
You Gave Me a Wide Place: Holy Places of Our Lives (Upper Room Books, 2006)
What about Religion and Science (Abingdon, 2007)
What Does the Bible Say about Jesus (Abingdon 2008)
What Does the Bible Say about Life Together (Abingdon, 2008)
Celebrate the Newborn Jesus (Abingdon, 2009)
Walking with Jesus through the Old Testament: Devotions for Lent (Westminster John Knox Press, January 2016)
Faithful Citizen (principal author), FaithfulCitizen.net (Logos Productions, 2011).
Dreaming at the Electric Hobo, poetry chapbook (Finishing Line Press, 2015)
Little River, poetry chapbook (Finishing Line Press, 2017)
Small Corner of the Stars, poetry chapbook (Finishing Line Press, 2017)
Backyard Darwin, poetry chapbook (Finishing Line Press, 2019)
Books and studies to which I've contributed.
Vandalia Bicentennial 1819-2019
Vandalia Remembered: Celebrating a City with a Capital Heritage, 1819-1994. Leader-Union Publishing Co., 1994.
Encyclopedia of Louisville. University Press of Kentucky, 2000
Becoming the People of God: Living Faithfully as Friends and Family. Abingdon Press, 2001.
Becoming the People of God: Caring for God's Earth. Abingdon Press, 2002.
Becoming the People of God: Walking Humbly, Doing Justice. Abingdon Press, 2002.
Becoming the People of God: Forming a Global Family. Abingdon Press, 2003.
Becoming the People of God: Opting for Virtue in Public Life. Abingdon Press, 2003.
Becoming the People of God: Working Together: Sharing the Bounty. Abingdon Press, 2003.
Living by the Word. Chalice Press, 2005.
Connecting Faith & Life in Hard Times: A FaithLink Feature. Abingdon Press, 2009.
FaithLink Feature: The Sandy Hook Shootings, 2012
Although "Journeys Home" is my primary blog, I also have these sites:
My Instagram page is https://www.instagram.com/paulstroble/
"Grace, Place, and the Like," paulstroble.wordpress.com, is an "annex" of this "Journeys Home" site.
These sites are infrequently updated but hopefully are still interesting:
"Psalm 121," http://hundredtwentyfirstpsalm.com are my reveries and notes around my favorite psalm.
"Changing Bibles," changingbibles.blogspot.com are brief notes and informal studies of the Bible.
"Bible Connections," bibleconnections.wordpress.com, are essays that trace themes and connections across the Bible's books.
"The Love of Bible Study," theloveofbiblestudy.com are essays about the seasons when I perused the pages of my beat-up, 35-year-old Bible.
"I Will Dwell in the House of the Lord For Ever," a Tumblog of vintage postcards of church buildings. http://paulestroble.tumblr.com
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I currently run Minimserver on a Win2008r2 server, and it run well.
I use transcode (FFMPEG) to stream FLAC to WAV.
Today I *may* move to a NAS as I need to re-install Win2008r2, and it's a pity. In this purpose, can you please advice the *good* choice in NAS ?
I think I'll buy a 2 bays NAS, Syno or Qnap... But there are to many models available, and I don't know there hardware capacities for transcode and stream.
Consider that besides running MS if you once got a NAS 100 other nice things will spring to mind it could be used for. If only running something such as photostation or acting as a cloudserver with space limited by the storage you attached.
Got a DS416play .... fine for 2 endpoints running while running the other stuff in the background. But this also depends upon you network setup at home, and the number or poeple trying to access stuff stored on the NAS. If being asked nowadays I would go for a faster one with more but 4 bays.
I have two QNAP HS-251+ units (in different locations). I am not really a techie in any sense, but I found them relatively easy to set up (when I did have an issue, early on, the QNAP support team were very helpful). One syncs music and photographs with my laptop. The other syncs via Microsoft OneDrive and is a mirror of the first.
The units are totally silent and generate very little heat (one resides in a sideboard). They can be accessed over the internet, if necessary.
Streaming and transcoding are perfect.
I modestly regret not getting a four bay NAS, but two bays are sufficient for now.
I also have an HS-251+. It is essential for me that my NAS is silent as I am very sensitive to fan noise and HDD noise. I have put two quiet 2TB 2.5 inch HDDs in it and I hear no noise from a distance of about 70 cm. It is fast enough for anything I need to do and I am very pleased with it.
Thank to every one. I finally bought a Syno DS918+ (4 disks). All operate well.
(26-02-2019 18:58)lafuente Wrote: Thank to every one. I finally bought a Syno DS918+ (4 disks). All operate well.
Looks interesting, but more than most users would need - is it silent?
Yes, a good choice. I've looked at this model as a potential replacement for the DS 412+ I've been using for 5 years. The '+' models give higher processor power so no problems with transcoding to WAV the ALAC files I store in my library.


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Fannie-Freddie Pay Pits Obama and Republicans Against Watt
Government, Regulation
A dispute over pay for the chief executive officers at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could put Barack Obama and House Republicans together in an unusual alignment against a housing official appointed by the president.
Mel Watt, who oversees the mortgage giants as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, this month approved plans for Fannie Mae's Timothy Mayopoulos and Freddie Mac's Don Layton that could see their total compensation rise sixfold to about $4 million. The House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday will consider a bill by Rep. Ed Royce that would impose new limits on pay at the two U.S.-owned companies.
"Holding compensation packages at taxpayer-backed organizations to responsible limits is in the interest of the public trust," Royce, a California Republican, said last week.
Royce's proposal would ensure that no one at Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac gets more than the […]
CFPB Fines Fidelity National Financial, Western Union $38M
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is charging two companies affiliated with Western Union and Fidelity National Financial more than $38 million in total charges for allegedly steering consumers into a mortgage payment program that cost them millions of dollars in fees.
Paymap Inc., a payment processor that is part of Western Union, and LoanCare, a mortgage servicer that serves as a subservicer for ServiceLink (which is majority-controlled by Fidelity National Financial), were cited by the CFPB for wrongfully promising "tens of thousands of dollars in interest savings" to consumers if they made more frequent mortgage payments. The "Equity Accelerator Program" deducted automatic payments for a mortgage on behalf of the consumer, but also typically charged a $295 enrollment fee as well as a $2.50 transaction fee for each debited payment. As a result, about 125,000 consumers paid more than $33 million in fees since July 2011, the […]
B of A Foreclosure Fight Tied to Corruption Case
Utah's attorney general revived a potential billion-dollar battle with Bank of America Corp. over foreclosure practices after two of his predecessors were charged with corruption for abandoning the fight.
The lawsuit is deja vu for U.S. District Judge Bruce Jenkins, who last week allowed Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to join a homeowner's case accusing Bank of America unit ReconTrust Co. of illegally foreclosing on Utahans' homes.
Jenkins expressed puzzlement when outgoing Attorney General Mark Shurtleff bowed out of a similar case two years ago, just months after the judge ruled the suit could head to trial.
Last year, prosecutors provided an explanation: They charged Shurtleff and a deputy elected to succeed him, John Swallow, in a wide-ranging bribery case.
The allegations included charges that they did illicit favors for several businessmen. The two officials allegedly dropped the state's case against ReconTrust after a […]
House Committee Passes Bills to Delay TRID Enforcement, Revise QM
The House Financial Services Committee approved a bill that would delay the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's enforcement of the new TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure rules. It also approved two additional bills addressing the qualified mortgage rule and GSE executive compensation.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., would delay the CFPB's ability to enforce violations of its new mortgage disclosure form if lenders have made a "good-faith effort" to comply. The measure passed the committee vote 45 to 13 on Wednesday.
The CFPB issued a rule in 2013 integrating requirements from the Truth in Lending and Real Estate Settlement Procedures acts into a single set of disclosures to mortgage borrowers, known as TRID. The rule was meant to go into effect Aug. 1, but the agency extended the deadline to Oct. 3 after a clerical error. Critics still argue lenders need more time to get […]
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The City of Lost Fortunes
In 2011, Post-Katrina New Orleans is a place haunted by its history and by the hurricane's destruction, a place that is hoping to survive the rebuilding of its present long enough to ensure that it has a future. Street magician Jude Dubuisson is likewise burdened by his past and by the consequences of the storm, because he has a secret: the magical ability to find lost things, a gift passed down to him by the father he has never known—a father who just happens to be a god. When the debt Jude owes to a fortune deity gets called in, he finds himself sitting in on a poker game with the gods of New Orleans, who are playing for the heart and soul of the city itself.
A deft and expansive fantasy imbued with real magic and wild plot turns.
—Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners and Get in Trouble
Take a walk down wild card shark streets into a world of gods, lost souls, murder, and deep, dark magic. You might not come back from The City of Lost Fortunes, but you'll enjoy the trip.
—Richard Kadrey, bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series
A phantasmagoric murder mystery that wails, chants, laments, and changes shape as audaciously as the mythical beings populating its narrative.
—Kirkus - Starred Review
There isn't a dull page as Jude determines who his real friends are. Anne Rice fans will enjoy this fresh view of supernatural life in New Orleans, while fans of Kim Harrison's urban fantasy will have a new author to watch.
—Booklist - Starred Review
A masterly game played by gods and monsters, a devastated city trying to rebuild, and compelling characters struggling to find their place in a strange world are all pieces of this fantastic and enthralling puzzle of a story.
—Library Journal - Starred Review and SF/F Debut of the Month
Camp's fantasy reads like jazz, with multiple chaotic-seeming threads of deities, mortals, and destiny playing in harmony. This game of souls and fate is full of snarky dialogue, taut suspense, and characters whose glitter hides sharp fangs.
In The City of Lost Fortunes, Bryan Camp delivers a high-octane tale of myth and magic, serving up the best of Neil Gaiman and Richard Kadrey. Here is New Orleans in all its gritty, grudging glory, the haunt of sinners and saints, gods and mischief-makers. Once you pay a visit, you won't want to leave!
—Helen Marshall, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Gifts for the One Who Comes After
With sharp prose and serious literary chops, Bryan Camp delivers a masterful work of contemporary fantasy in The City of Lost Fortunes. It reads like the New Orleans-born love child of Raymond Chandler and Neil Gaiman, featuring a roguish hero you can't help but root for. It's funny, harrowing, thrilling–the pages keep turning. The City of Lost Fortunes establishes Bryan Camp as the best and brightest new voice on fantasy literature's top shelf.
—Nicholas Mainieri, author of The Infinite
Bryan Camp's debut novel The City of Lost Fortunes is like a blessed stay in a city both distinctly familiar and wonderfully strange, with an old friend who knows just the right spots to take you to–not too touristy, and imbued with the weight of history and myth, populated by local characters you'll never forget. You'll leave sated with the sights and sounds of a New Orleans that is not quite the real city, but breathes like the real thing, a beautiful mimicry in prose that becomes its own version of reality in a way only a good story–or magic–can. You won't regret the visit.
—Indra Das, author of The Devourers
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Bryan Camp is a graduate of the Clarion West Writer's Workshop and the University of New Orleans' Low-Residency MFA program. He started his first novel, The City of Lost Fortunes, in the backseat of his parents' car as they evacuated for Hurricane Katrina. He has been, at various points in his life: a security guard at a stockcar race track, a printer in a flag factory, an office worker in an oil refinery, and a high school English teacher. He lives in New Orleans with his wife and their three cats, one of whom is named after a superhero.
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Storm Model Management is renowned for finding, developing and managing careers for some of the world's top modelling talent.
Empire Build and Cross Harris Umney Chartered Architects approached Planet Partitioning about the refurbishment of Storm Model Management's London Office. Work included offices, a meeting room and the entrance lobby.
In the heart of the London office, on a polished concrete floor, Planet Partitioning created a striking stadium meeting room using p20 curved glass at both ends and linea joints between the partitioning to ensure a crystal clear, flawless, flush finish. By curving the partitioning channels carefully and then manufacturing and engineering the glass to fit, Planet Partitioning achieved an excellent curved glass partitioning effect.
Planet Partitioning also used p20, with its Eclipse sliding doors, for the lobby area – ensuring a seamless look throughout the office space.
The sophisticated multi-space meeting room also includes a state-of-the-art moveable wall, ensuring a flexible and versatile working area. Bright, wide-open rooms ensure perfect lighting and a relaxed atmosphere.
Over the years, Storm has become one of the world's largest modelling agencies, working with names like Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford and Eva Herzigova.


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Петер Мадсен (; . 12 січня 1971, Sæbyd, Калуннборг (муніципалітет), Зеландія, Данія) —вбивця,  данський винахідник, підприємець, співзасновник некомерційної організації Copenhagen Suborbitals (яку він залишив у 2014 році), а також засновник і генеральний директор RML Spacelab ApS.

Мадсена заарештували 12 серпня 2017 року за підозрою в причетності до загибелі шведської журналістки Кім Валль; 25 квітня 2018 року засуджений до довічного ув'язнення.

Біографія
Петер Мадсен народився 1971 року і виріс у селищі  у комуні Калуннборг поруч із Копенгагеном. Коли Мадсену було шість років, його батьки розлучилися, і Петер залишився з батьком. Саме батько прищепив Петеру любов до ракет. Мадсен навчався у кількох університетах, але жоден не закінчив. Він зайнявся будівництвом підводних човнів і ракет, ця робота була його головною пристрастю.

Проєкти

Підводні човни
Мадсен побудував три підводні човни: UC1 Freya, UC2 Kraka та UC3 Nautilus . Остання з них — надмалий підводний човен, запущений 3 травня 2008 року в Копенгагені, Данія. Створення підводного човна зайняло близько трьох років і коштувало приблизно 200 000 доларів США (1,5 млн данських крон).

Copenhagen Suborbitals
1 травня 2008 року Мадсен заснував компанію Copenhagen Suborbitals. У червні 2014 року він залишив проєкт. Мадсен відповідав за запуск системи, стартовий майданчик та підсилювач ракетних двигунів.

Rocket Madsen Space Lab
У червні 2014 року Мадсен створив космічну лабораторію Rocket Madsen Space Lab [en]. Метою проєкту стала розробка та будівництво пілотованих космічних кораблів. З 2016 року ведеться розробка космічної ракети-носія Nano з використанням венчурних інвестицій.

Вбивство шведської журналістки
12 серпня 2017 року Мадсен був заарештований за підозрою у вбивстві шведської журналістки Кім Валль, яку востаннє бачили живого на борту підводного човна UC3 Nautilus, який потонув 11 серпня. Згодом було знайдено тіло журналістки. Мадсен кілька разів змінював свої свідчення: спочатку він стверджував, що висадив Валль і продовжив подорож наодинці, а після знаходження частини тіла заявив, що журналістка загинула на борту човна внаслідок нещасного випадку, а він лише викинув тіло за борт.

Судовий процес у справі Мадсена розпочався 8 березня 2018 року. 25 квітня того ж року засуджено до довічного ув'язнення. У грудні 2018 року підводний човен Nautilus був знищений за рішенням суду..

Тюремне ув'язнення
У січні 2020 року, перебуваючи у в'язниці, Мадсен одружився з російською політичною активісткою Дженні Курпен (нар. 1981), матір'ю двох дітей, яка отримала політичний притулок у Фінляндії.

20 жовтня 2020 року Мадсен, який утримувався у в'язниці Херстедвестер на околиці Копенгагена, захопив у заручники жінку-психолога. Охорона випустила його з в'язниці, щоб не наражати на небезпеку життя заручниці. Мадсен намагався виїхати на білому мінівені, але неподалік в'язниці його оточила поліція. Мадсен був затриманий, заручницю було звільнено.

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Данські підприємці
Ракетобудівники
Авіаконструктори
Статті з джерелами з Вікіданих
Народились 1971
Народились 12 січня


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Q: How do we change the naked domain redirect on our App Engine app? Followed the instructions on: https://support.google.com/a/answer/2518373?hl=en
However, while changing it we get the following error:
Google Apps - Server error

Server error
We are unable to process your request at this time, please try again later.
We don't even get what the error is here, and my DNS entries are (pointing towards google):
@   A   216.***.**.21 3600 delete
@   A   216.***.**.21 3600 delete
@   A   216.***.**.21 3600 delete
@   A   216.***.**.21 3600 delete
@   AAAA     2001:****:****:32:0:0:0:15 3600    delete
@   AAAA     2001:****:****:34:0:0:0:15 3600    delete
@   AAAA     2001:****:****:36:0:0:0:15 3600    delete
@   AAAA     2001:****:****:38:0:0:0:15 3600    delete
www CNAME   ghs-svc-https-c***.ghs-ssl.googlehosted.com 3600    delete
@   MX 1     ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 3600    delete
@   MX 5     ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 3600   delete
@   MX 5     ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 3600   delete
@   MX 10    ALT3.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 3600   delete
@   MX 10   ALT4.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM 3600    delete
@   TXT google-site-verification=Jejw*RQY 3600  delete

A: That article is for Google Sites, not App Engine. You can do it (it's a redirect from naked domain to a subdomain), however you need a Google Apps account to manage the SSL certificates:
SSL for a Custom Domain
https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/ssl

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IKEA, once renowned for wardrobes and flat pack has been branching out into Smart Home tech. The big difference is their tech has a much lower price point than market leaders.
The latest lines in their Smart Home range are automated blinds; The Kadrilj and The Fyrtur.
The Kadrilj is a standard grey blind, starting at €99. The Fyrtur is a blackout blind – starting at €119.
Both will he battery powered and support Apple HomeKit, Alexa and Google Home. As well as IKEA'S own Tradfri app and gateway.
The European release date was supposed to be February 2019, with April for the the USA. However today the Swedish retail giant announced there is a delay in the release, until 'late 2019'.
There was no official reason given for the delay but various reasons have appeared online from factory issues to firmware!
100×195 cm, 120×195 cm, 140×195 cm, 60×195 cm, and 80×195 cm.
As well as being rumoured to connect to existing Ikea blinds!
We have asked IKEA for a comment and will update when we receive one.
IKEA UK Press Office have confirmed they will be on sale in the UK in Summer 2019.


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Baby survives, mother dies in Anambra building collapse — Police
Vision Environment, News September 21, 2020
The Police Command in Anambra has confirmed the rescue of a six-month-old baby from the wreckage of a storey building which collapsed at Obosi near Onitsha on Sunday.
The Command's Spokesman, SP Haruna Mohammed, however, said in a statement, that the baby's mother died in the incident while many others sustained injuries. Mohammed, who said the incident occurred at about 4:00 p.m., could not ascertain the identity of the deceased as at press time. He said the corpse had been deposited at a morgue, while investigation was ongoing to ascertain the cause of collapse.
According to him, the scene had been cordoned-off by the police and other security agencies while efforts are ongoing to rescue other victims suspected to have been trapped inside the building.He said: "On Sunday, one-storey building suddenly collapsed at Umuota village, Obosi town in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
"Scene was visited and cordoned off by the police attached to Obosi Division and other security agencies in order to prevent hoodlums from gaining advantage to loot, while effort is ongoing to rescue other victims suspected to have been trapped in the building.
"One person, a woman of about 40 years old, whose name is yet to be ascertained, was confirmed dead by a medical doctor and her baby is responding to treatment.
"Corpse deposited at St. Edward's Mortuary for preservation.
"Case under investigation to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident," Mohammed stated.
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The new face of big evil is a little . . . small.
Dastardly deeds aren't exactly the first things that come to mind when one hears the name "Clementine," but as the sole heir of the infamous Dark Lord Elithor, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous has been groomed since birth to be the best (worst?) Evil Overlord she can be. But everything changes the day the Dark Lord Elithor is cursed by a mysterious rival.
Now, Clementine must not only search for a way to break the curse, but also take on the full responsibilities of the Dark Lord. As Clementine forms her first friendships, discovers more about her own magic than she ever dared to explore, and is called upon to break her father's code of good and evil, she starts to question the very life she's been fighting for.
What if the Dark Lord Clementine doesn't want to be dark after all?


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It was a cold wintery morning, as the sun rose. Neste stepped out into the open breeze, taking in the icy fresh air. He jogged down the cobblestone pathway confidently. He had ran down this path every day for two years, and he hadn't missed a day yet. Taking a path up a steep hill, he paced himself. As he reached the top, he spotted a peculiar building he had never seen. He frowned, wondering how it came there. Surely it hadn't been there before, yet no matter how much he tried to convince himself, something about the strange building drew him in. Moving closer, he glanced around for the doorway. Spotting it, he stepped in front of it, took a deep breath, then opened the door.
Wow!, he thought. It was an indoor garden, with brilliant shades of green, blue and much more. There were many species there, including some he had never seen before, like the green slug-like creature. He took a walk around the place, admiring all the different sorts of plants. He saw another door and grinned. Somewhere at the back of his mind, deep into his subconscious, a phrase kept repeating over and over; curiousity kills the cat. However, this was buried deep into his mind, and there wasn't a single doubt when he opened the old-fashioned door.
A grand hall with several pillars with rich, elegeant carpet lay in front of him. There was a gigantic marble statue, crafted brilliantly. He tried to look around, yet he couldn't seem to take his eyes of the statue for more than a few seconds. It was so deep and meaningful, he thought. He gazed into the eyes of the statue. Then he suddenly tore his eyes off it. Something was wrong, he sensed. Past experience had given him a sixth sense. Observing his surroundings, he tried to control where his eyes looked. Then he spotted it! The door he had opened when he had entered had closed. Somehow, he hadn't heard the sound of a door shutting, and there wasn't a breeze either! That meant...that someone had closed it quietly! As he had this sudden train of thought, he realised there was nothing around him, it was just silent. Maybe he was just paranoid, he thought, but his grandfather had always told him to trust his instincts. Something was very wrong about this place. The silence, came his subconscious, but he didn't register it.
A sudden red light emitted from the statue, and several dark figures came into view, surrounding him without a sound. RUN!, He thought! He sped across the polished ground and layed his eyes upon the door at the opposite end. Was it the right way?, he thought, would it just get him deeper into this mess? Realising that he couldn't go back now, he crashed open the door and he charged out onto a bridge. Sprinting as quick as he could, he came charging through the bridge at a speed that would have shamed an Olympian. Looking back, he saw the mysterious figures behind him. "Faster!", he cried to himself, trying to make him run faster, but as if the bridge was taunting him, he couldn't seem to make any progress. He risked another look back, and saw that they were nearly onto him! The bridge came to an end on a small platform, and there was another small building a few metres away, and no bridge. He would have to jump!
He braced himself, then gave a giant leap, hoping he would make it. No! He missed it...then grabbed it by the tip of his finger. Neste placed his second hand, then tried to drag himself up. He struggled to find the strength, but eventually he pulled himself up, with a collection of blisters on his hand. Speedily running into the building, he stopped at the sight. There were pictures of people on the wall...pictures of people in happier times. His eyes were betraying him again, as he stood, mesmerised looking at a picture of himself, 5 years old. It was rather faded then realised it was getting clearer and sharper at this very moment! He forced himself to look away from it, then span around, but too late! The figures were onto him. Realising there was no place to run, he reached up and tore the picture from the wall. Please no...then he fell to the ground, clutching the golden memory of the happiest moment of his life, and deep into his subconsciousness a phrase etched into his mind, curiousity kills the cat.
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I completely forgot that I hadn't posted these up, and it's almost the end of January (oops)! So here is part 2 of my Best of 2013 series, and I'm joined by my lovely friend Katie! We'll be sharing with you our favourite beauty picks of 2013. Give it a thumbs up if you like it and subscribe!
What are your fave beauty picks of 2013?
New video is up! A little video about how we saw in the New Year! Hopefully it will cheer up any January blues that are hanging around at the moment. I can't wait for this New Year to get underway, so let's hope it's a good one!
How did you all see in the New Year?
I recently joined The Bloggers Lounge, which is a website that helps bloggers like myself make the most out of their blogs, helping to increase their following, and giving them different opportunities, like brand collaborations. They got in touch with me about their first competition of the year, and I'm super excited because they're collaborating with Lyle and Scott, the Scottish knitwear brand! I'm adoring tartan this season, and I seriously recommend you guys check them out for some incredible pieces!
I wanted to go for quite a casual look, but give it a little luxe feel with the gold accessories and heeled boots. I kept the rest of the outfit neutral so that the tartan could really stand out, and I found this awesome tartan snapback that went with it perfectly! Let me know if you like the outfit, and I would love to here how you guys would style the tartan scarf!
How would you style a tartan scarf?


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Aren't your cousins the first people who come to your mind when you want to go for a trip? And because it's a cousins' trip your parents instantly give you permission for it? Share this with all your cousins and tell us about how your cousins' trips are!
(FOR DEEPIKA AMIN AND BARKHA SINGH)"


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Rede de Ação Direta (em língua inglesa, Direct Action Network) foi uma confederação de organizações anarquistas e antiautoritárias formada para coordenar a mobilização contra a OMC em Seattle, (Washington, E.U.) em 1999, na qual desempenhou papel de destaque tanto pelas ações levadas a cabo como pela forma de organização. Foram os integrantes da DAN que propuseram que, ao invés de uma simples manifestação contra a Reunião da OMC,a própria realização de tal encontro fosse frustrada, objetivo cujo êxito foi alcançado junto com outras organizações e grupos.

Imediatamente depois de Seattle, importantes membros da DAN formaram a Rede de Ação Direta Continental (Continental Direct Action Network),  para expandir as secções em 12 cidades dos Estados Unidos e do Canadá. A CDAN adotou os princípios de unidade fundamentados naqueles apontados pela Ação Global dos Povos.

As secções regionais desta Rede de Ação Direta estavam formadas por grupos de afinidade autônomos que coordenavam ações por meio de assembleias usando a delegação e a tomadas de decisões por consenso.

Após suas atividades em Seattle, a DAN teve um papel determinante nos seguintes protestos/mobilizações:

 Protestos contra o FMI/Banco Mundial, abril 8-17, 2000
 Protestos contra o Convenção Nacional Republicana, Filadélfia, julho 29 de 2000
 Protestos contra o Convenção Nacional Democrata, Los Angeles, agosto 11 de 2000
 Protestos ante a posse de George W. Bush, Washington D.C., agosto 11 de 2001
 Protestos contra o Foro Econômico Mundial, Cidade de Nova York, fevereiro de 2002

Após os ataques terroristas de 11 de setembro, a Rede começou a decair. Sua última grande mobilização foi na Cidade de Nova York (NYC) em Fevereiro de 2002, onde remanescentes da organização local foram responsáveis por levarem adiante ações contra o Fórum Econômico Mundial que contaram com 15.000 a 20.000 pessoas. NYC-DAN logo foi eclipsada pela Coalizão Outro Mundo é Possível (The Another World is Possible Coalition), uma rede local de Nova York que estava formada originalmente por membros da DAN.

Desde seu desaparecimento, vários dos ex-integrantes vêm realizando ações importantes em mobilizações regionais e nacionais, também em grupos incluindo organizações contra a guerra, Ação Global dos Povos de NYC, a Aliança Anarquista Metropolitana de Nova Iorque, o Fórum Social de NYC e outras atividades organizacionais.

Os websites da DAN já não possuem mais manutenção.

Ver também
 Batalha de Seattle
 Rede social
 Antiglobalização
 Black bloc
 Centro de Mídia Independente

Organizações anarquistas
Movimentos sociais