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This week my parents threw me a Blue Party. It was a party to celebrate my new Thousand Oaks, Yamaha contract and all of my other sponsors for the 2015 race season. We had so much fun and a ton of my friends and family came to the party.
We had so much fun and a ton of my friends and family came to the party to celebrate.
We had a blue cake and a blue chocolate fountain… it was really cool.
Many of my friends were able to come over and we ran throughout the house, it was so much fun.
My Dad and I also messed around a little.
Huge THANK YOU to everyone that showed up for the party and to all of my 2015 sponsors!!!
Two weeks ago I left for a road trip that included a race weekend in Los Angeles and then off to Texas for two different Amateur National races. 7 HOURS TO ANZA MX TRACK My parents and I drove to The Ranch MX track in Anza, Los Angeles two weeks ago. We spend the weekend in LA and I raced a South Area Loretta qualifier race. This race is one of four steps needed to qualify to race at the Loretta Lynn Nationals. There wasn't as many people there than I thought would be and the weather was really windy but I was able to qualify with four 1st place wins and was qualified to move on to the next step.
My Dad worked with my Mom during the weekend and showed her how to change air filters, oil, pack the gates at the starts etc. because after the race Mom and I were heading to Texas to race. When the race was over my Dad got my bikes ready for Texas and we packed up our truck and our friends trailer.
My Dad left for home to go to work and Mom and I went with some friends to Texas. We drove all night and had a little delay with a flat tire. We were able to get the tire fixed and arrived at the track Monday night.
22 HOURS TO OAK HILL RACEWAY INTERNATIONAL MOTOCROSS FINAL The track had really deep sand and was different from sand tracks I have been on before. It got rough but it didn't get rutts like I am used to. The turns were really wide and flat but deep and rough. I slide out in my first practice and couldn't get my bike started so didn't get to ride the track. My other two practices went well and I was able to get the layout and the jumps pretty well. The next day we started racing and my Mom was my mechanic for the day. My Dad taught my Mom how to pack my gate for me, but we didn't know that Oak Hill doesn't have a dirt start. I raced two races with my Mom that day and I finished both races in the top five.
2 HOURS TO FREESTONE SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP. Freestone raceway was a completely different track and the race was ran totally different than any other race I had ever been in. The first difference was qualifying practice. During practice our laps were timed and gate picks for race day depended on how well you qualified. It was a little difficult for people like me that have never been to the track before to go on the track and race as fast as you could without knowing anything about the jumps and condition. During my practice I not only set fast time of all 65 bikes, but when I was trying to avoid another rider I crashed and got run over.
To start each race they had a real 30 second board girl, they didn't just us the gate guy like at most of my races.
The rhythm section of the track was also a different than I was used to. They call it the Texas Twelve Pack and it is a set of whoops with a turn half way through.
During the week I rode really hard and had great lap times but I was unable to get the starts I needed. We got my 85 suspension better at this track, but was unable to get my Mod bike running so I ran my stock bike in every class. The back of the track had a section called the Freeway and it made it tough for me. I would lose ground in that section and make up time on other parts of the track. In the picture below you can see how deep some of the rutts were.
In the morning the track was wet and muddy and in the afternoon it was super dry, rough and deep. On the last day of racing it started to lightly rain later in the day so the track was rough but also tacky and wet. I got a chance to race on several different track conditions throughout the week.
At the track we did have a little drama….. A few months ago my Dad ordered me a new Stock SXS pipe for my 65. When we got the pipe in we called our dealer because although the pipe was stamped KTM SXS and was exactly like the other pipe it was plated. The dealer said that it was the only replacement pipe available. When we got to the race we asked an AMA official to look at the pipe and asked if it was legal. The AMA official told us that it was in fact legal. During my first stock race a different AMA official told me that the pipe was illegal and that I would be disqualified from the race. After several conversation and confirmation from the first official that he did in fact tell us we could use the pipe…… The pipe is the same as the original pipe and although it has the exact same performance as the original pipe, it is platted and not allowed in the stock class. The head AMA official had to disqualify us from the race but would not hold it against me because we did ask an official and was told it was OK. I was allowed to race in the second race but would not be scored for that class for that event.
After two weeks in Texas I had so much fun learning new tracks and meeting new people. Now that I have moved up into the older class and I am a young rider in my classes it is awesome to get to ride with older kids and push myself to get faster. I did come home with 11 trophies for my two weeks of racing.
29 HOURS HOME I have to thank Mike and Argyll MX for letting us borrow his trailer. We needed small trailer to use to get our bikes to LA and back and Mike allowed us to use his trailer and keep it for the two weeks we were gone. I have to thank Ryan and Americore Mechanical for the help and support to get to the race. Without you I wouldn't have been able to have the chance to even go to Texas. Thank you to Myron and 2x Promotions not only did you watch my races, cheer me on, you went out of your way to help with so many different things and it is really appreciated. Thank you to Carlos and 51 Fifty Energy Drinks for the support you give me every day, allowing me to #livethemadness. Thank you to Tony and Americore SMX Scooters. You watched and supported all of my races, let us wash our bikes, and helped us get our bikes home safely. It is always cool to hang out with you at the races. Thank you to Nost Suspension. While I was in Texas racing my 85cc bike suspension was out of control and Pete re-built the suspension and got my bike handling on the really rough tracks. Factory KTM and Factory Yamaha teams both helped me out. My Yamaha wouldn't shift at Oak Hill and the factory Yamaha team rebuilt it and had it all ready to go at Freestone. We found that one of my KTM's had a cracked frame and the factory team ordered a new frame and the next day they switched my entire bike over to the new frame…..my bike looks so sad in this picture. Jimmy and FLY Racing Gear has been very supportive, including during my time in Texas. Jimmy watched my races, cheered me on and even worked with me and gave me some pointers. The Gonsalves family helped and shared the experience with us throughout our crazy adventure. My friends and family that cheered me on from home and continued to check in and support me: My Sisters Elyssa and Hailey, Grandma and Grandpa, Terry Bostard, Vaccarello Family, Cisneros Family, Palmer Family, Ornellas Family, Wetzel Family, Gary, Hogge Family ……I know I am missing a ton of people, thank you to you all!
A few weeks ago at the track, Americore started selling their new dirt scooters…..they are so cool!
They are better than the old scooters that we used to use because they have big tires so we can ride them in rocks and dirt. When I rode the old scooters I would fall if I hit a little rock on the sidewalk, and now we were able to ride these in the dirt.
The tires are really big and it is fun to jump on them and do tricks.
Americore also makes a personalized front plate for the scooters. When we had them all laying outside the trailers, it was easy for everyone to find which one was theirs. I love anything with my number on it….the front plate rocks!
I also want to give a special respect to Heath Cunha who passed away February 17, 2013 at the age of 42. Although I didn't know Heath, I know several members of the Cunha family…they are an amazing family and we are very sorry for the loss of their Brother, Uncle, Husband, Father, and Friend.


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Home > Journals > Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal > Vol. 36 > Iss. 1 (2020)
Tuition as a Fraudulent Transfer
David Gray Carlson
This intriguing Article by David Gray Carlson addresses the trend of bankruptcy trustees suing universities for tuition checks provided by the insolvent parents of adult students under a theory that the university is a recipient of a fraudulent transfer. The author argues that this strategy is misguided, as the university is not the recipient of a fraudulent transfer, but rather, the student is the recipient. This leads the author to conclude that the university was involved in a good faith transfer for value, and thus it should be immune from liability to the bankruptcy trustee or the estate. Of course, this would mean that the student was the recipient of a fraudulent transfer, and thus liable to the trustee for this nondischargeable debt.
David G. Carlson, Tuition as a Fraudulent Transfer, 36 Emory Bankr. Dev. J. 15 (2020).
Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/ebdj/vol36/iss1/4
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IMS BEARING SOLUTION
The purpose of the intermediate shaft is to drive the camshafts indirectly off the crankshaft. By using an intermediate shaft, the speed of the chains are reduced, which is better for chain life. This basic design was used throughout the entire lifespan of the aircooled six-cylinder Mezger engine used through 1998. The inclusion of an intermediate shaft which drives the camshafts indirectly off the crankshaft has been a mainstay of the horizontally-opposed flat 6 engine utilized by Porsche. Unfortunately, due to how the crankcase was designed, there are no internal oil passages from which pressurized engine oil can be used to lubricate a plain bearing on the side closest to the flywheel
TURBOCHARGER REPLACEMENT
Exceperate Performance happens to specialize in the 996/997.1 model Porsche in particular. We find the reason behind this is, they are becoming more readily available and can be had in a reasonable price range. At this age though, they are starting to require more repair work and have accrued higher maintenance costs. These variables also opens up doors to becoming more accessible to those who modify their cars. Tuning upgrades are common because just by altering the programming you can reach a substantially higher than stock output. When you mix more power, with old parts with an unknown repair history, you can expect to see greater volume of failure. The turbochargers are a mechanical part and when requesting nearly double the boost pressure, they can fail. The turbochargers life expectancy is highly dependent on good clean oil too. We cannot stress on the maintenance factor enough. The 996/997.1 911 Turbo models came with Borg Warner manufactured K16 or K24 turbochargers depending on trim package. We are well versed in replacing the factory turbochargers, exchanging for their hybrid replacement variants or Tial Sport upgrades. So whatever it is you need, we can help with that.
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Dan comes to Exclerate Performance with an extensive automotive mechanical background and former foreman of a local VW Dealership. He is ASE Certified and Master Certified in all Levels of Volkswagen. Like any VW mechanic Dan is diehard VW, he drives a 2001 Beetle 1.8T and a 1988 Porsche 944S.
So what does Dan do when he isn't wrenching in the service bays? He is busy wrenching on a 24 hours of Lemons car, a 1979 Chevrolet Chevette with a mid engine Subaru motor. How awesome is that?
When it boils down, Dan has a true passion for cars which started back in his yesteryears. As a child he grew up playing with cars, taking them apart but as he got older, he learned to put them back together. From this point, the rest was history. Fixing, modifying, repairing, racing, and driving have all been a big part of Dan's life and it shows in his work.
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Well this is embarrassing.... I've not had a chance to tell you all about Craig. He is taking and EXTRA long time with his bio so he can be ultra detailed with his life. We might publish it into a manifesto... we shall see when its completed.
Nicole Costello
Nicole has been a car enthusiast for as long as she can remember. He fondest memories that started it all were when her father would work on cars of his own. The exposure led her to experience working on vehicles herself which ultimately led her to attend Porter and Chester for automotive where she graduated in 2010. This passion led Nicole down a path that created her desire to work in the automotive field. Fast forward and after two years of being at Excelerate Performance Nicole has created and developed new roles for the company. She can be found holding it down out on the loading dock overseeing inventory and shipping/receiving as well as various book keeping tasks inside the office.
Nicole is not only passionate about her love for cars, she also has a few projects of her own. She owns two GTI's, one MK4 and one MK4.. of course they are both VR6's. Nicole also has her own Etsy store where she sells stuffed toys and other various crafts she designs and sews herself. How cool is that?
Justin Rogers
About Justin
Justin started two years ago at Excelreate Performance as multi-role aficionado. Forum sales, service writing, and installations were his job description, so you never saw him standing still or if you did it wasn't for long. For the past year and a half, he has been in the shoes as a full time mechanic.
Justin is very passionate about cars and is very interested in how things work which makes him so great at what he does. He spends the time to figure things out the right way and knows when to ask for help so tearing things down and putting them back together serve a dual purpose. Justin's appreciation for cars came from his uncle who was into older Mercedes Benz's and his Grandfather who shared the same mechanical values. With German cars always on his mind, Justin new he just had to have an Audi. But those who know Audi know the problems that come with them. Not being able to afford to pay someone to fix it, he took matters into his own hands.
When Justin isn't busy working on Audi's and Volkswagens and expanding his credit line on the Snap On truck, you can also find him flipping burgers on the grille or smoking a brisket…a foodie at heart. Justin is also passionate about his music and bettering his life with experience. Justin can be seen around New Haven County in his E39 540i M sport or his highly sought after (1 of 133 imported) Audi 200 Quattro wagon. He is also known as the shop humorist… if you need horse sense or comeback in topic of conversation, you best bet your most prized possession that he has something in his bag of wit.
Most recently Justin was promoted and made his way back up to the office front from the shop. Justin is now the Sales and Service Manager so if you have technical questions, questions about products or services Justin can help you reach your destination!
Joshua Lockwood
About Joshua
Excelerate Performance is owned by Joshua Lockwood. For over two decades his hobby has been automotive related and more specifically modifying cars, but it's in his blood too as his father loved fast cars. Once he got a taste for performance the button was switched and he began modifying his first vehicle heavily. After that he began advising, selling and installing performance parts for friends and family. With this love of vehicles and love for business the decision to go into business for himself was obvious. Joshua completed his Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Quinnipiac University in 2003 and never looked back. Armed with entrepreneurial knowledge, an insatiable desire for the performance market, and some hard earned funds, he began Excelerate Performance.
Although Excelerate Performance is an integral part of Josh's life, it isn't all business all the time. When he's not at work, he's spending his time with his wife and children. Together they enjoy good food, good friends, and time with their family. They also help others in the community and are devoted to their religion.
And obviously Josh loves cars and he likes powerful cars. Josh's garage has included an entire gamut of vehicles: VW, Audi, Acura, Honda, Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, etc. But currently it's filled with an Audi RS7, Audi R8 4.2TT, 718 Porsche Cayman S, Acura RDX, and a Toyota Tundra 5.7.


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Humble Daisy Announces New Pricing for ProfCast
June 21, 2007 in Software (E)
[prMac.com] On July 1st, the price for a single user license of ProfCast will increase to $59.95 (previously $29.95). The academic price will be $29.95 for a single user license (previously $24.00). Volume discounts and site licenses are available for both retail and academic customers. (**Educational purchases are limited to students or employees of a public or accredited private school, college, university or academy. Use by government agencies or government research laboratories does not qualify for educational pricing.)
"Our intent has always been to provide a tremendous value for an approachable price." said Dave Chmura, Humble Daisy's CEO. "We're really excited about the future of podcast production and are hard at work on some amazing new innovations for making podcasting even easier in the future! "
In addition to the price change Humble Daisy announced upgrade pricing for ProfCast 3. After July 1st, all new licenses of ProfCast will be eligible to upgrade to ProfCast 3 for 50% of retail ($29.95). However users who purchase (or have already purchased) ProfCast before July 1st, 2007 will be able to update to ProfCast 3 for $15.
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District attorney reviewing case against 49ers Miller
Updated: March 11, 2015, 7:07 p.m.
SANTA CLARA (AP) — The Santa Clara County District Attorney's office has received the case of 49ers fullback Bruce Miller, who was arrested on suspicion of spousal battery last week.
District attorney's spokeswoman Cynthia Sumida said in an email to The Associated Press on Wednesday that the case is under review and that Miller has a placeholder arraignment scheduled for April 20. The office will not release any documents or details regarding the facts of the case, she said.
Miller was arrested last week at an undisclosed location, police said.
The 49ers said this week that the team is looking into details.
The 27-year-old Miller spoke last fall of being newly engaged and buying a house after receiving a three-year contract extension in March 2014. The 49ers were committed to keeping a key member of their running game through the 2017 season.
Miller is a key run-blocker who cleared the way for Frank Gore's fourth consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season. He impressed the 49ers brass when he converted from college defensive end at Central Florida to NFL fullback.
He earned Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year honors while becoming the school's all-time sacks leader with 36 before the 49ers selected him in the seventh round of the 2011 draft.
Miller also had 18 catches for 189 yards and two touchdowns last season for the 49ers, who went 8-8 and missed the playoffs for the first time in four years.
SAN FRANCISCO'S BIG TEST
Shaw suspended for betting on NFL games
Heat burn Warriors to remain perfect at home
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A dog hangs on to his life while trapped in a mudslide. He survives!
If it wasn't for a heroic dog, his owner would have spent more time in frigid waters while rescuers devised a plan to rescue him from the muddy waters.
Everyday, the last man in Fukushima walks the town carrying food to feed his four-legged neighbors.
Dog News Found Heroic Dogs Heroic Humans Military News Video Video Wow!
Naps are best taken with a buddy!
The adorable little face on this itsy-bits says everything you need to know.
One lucky dog gets to hang out and play with a marmoset as his bestie.
This homeless man never expected to he and his dog would sleep in a bed of his own, but thanks to Tom Mabe and PrankItFWD, their dream came true.
How Josie traveled from New Mexico to Illinois no one knows, but after being taken from her rightful home, the Border Collie is back where she belongs.


Jo and Neil met through an online dating site, and found true love. Within the space of two years they'd moved in together and had a son, Reuben. Just before their two year anniversary, Neil proposed whilst looking out at the beach in Cornwall.
After meeting on match.com in June 2009, Jo and Neil agreed to go for a quick coffee. It turned into a whole afternoon together, dinner and a kiss or two! Following this great start, the couple never looked back. They soon moved in together and started a family – baby Reuben was born three days before Christmas in 2010.
In May 2011, whilst on holiday in Cornwall, Neil asked Jo to become his wife. They were sitting on the beach at Constantine Bay, which is their favourite place, when he asked the big question, and presented Jo with her late mum's engagement ring. On the way home from their holiday, Neil bought Jo a wedding magazine, and the planning began!
The bride to be knew straightaway what sort of wedding she wanted, and it wasn't in a bridal magazine. The couple began planning a beautiful marquee wedding, which would take place in Jo's dad's English countryside garden, complete with cows!


This all-women band hails from Brooklyn NY, and combines Psych Rock, Surf Rock and Garage Rock in a joyful blend that is music to go to when you want to feel good! They Just released a New EP called Cardamom Garden that I like a lot.
"Green Fuz" reminds me of the music of sixties garage bands like the Pleasure Seekers. With relaxing melodies and vocal choirs, Habibi really gets you in the groove. "Nedayeh Bahar" is a more Surf inspired song, most of all for its dreamy guitar and vocals.
For JAM IN THE VAN Habibi performed this year in California. Cool about their live performance of "Let Me In" is how you see their song naturally turn in very cool arrangements. No tricks but just cool melodies and targeted additions.
One of my favorite Habibi songs is "I Got the Moves" from their Debut album which was released in 2012 on Burger Records. This song has killer surf vibes, and while your listening check out the video clip of this song!


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'Co-operation is needed to improve situation for refugees with disabilities'
EDF President Yannis Vardakastanis, participated in the event "Embracing Diversity" organised by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva on 6 December. Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December), the event strengthened the dialogue between UNHCR and organisations working to promote active participation for persons with disabilities.
EDF considers the cooperation with UNHCR crucial in order to find ways to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities in the population of refugees and asylum seekers.
Yannis Vardakastanis emphasised that refugees with disabilities represent an invisible group of individuals who are forced to leave their countries in strongly disadvantaged situations. Therefore, the European Union (EU) and the international community are called upon to address this situation by providing a framework that is in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) and the 1951 Refugee Convention.
EDF President underlined that the CRPD is the first international legally binding instrument setting minimum standards for rights for people with disabilities and the first human rights convention to which the EU has become a party. Moreover, the CRPD grants international protection to a wide range of situations. Indeed, the CRPD enshrines a specific provision concerning situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies.
EDF recognises the importance of the UNHCR Executive Committee's conclusions released in October 2010 that take note of the entry into force of the CRPD and highlight that the specific needs of persons with disabilities are often overlooked, especially in the early phases of humanitarian emergencies.
The first challenge for refugees and migrants with disabilities is to survive the journey. Once they arrive in the hot spots and the relief shelters, they may face lack of accessibility to assistance and protection risks, lack of access to medical care and insufficient access to assistive technology which could make communication and mobility easier.The particular conditions of women, children, unaccompanied minors and older persons with disabilities who are more likely to be exposed to discrimination and may be excluded from appropriate support should also be considered.
EDF recommends proper identification of persons with disabilities and their families in reception and detention centres in order to provide them with adequate protection. Specific support is also essential for ensuring fair access of persons with disabilities to all stages of the asylum procedure on an equal basis with others.
Persons with disabilities indeed encounter several barriers in the process of claiming asylum. Persons with mental or intellectual disabilities may have difficulties in preparing interviews and collecting the necessary information to demonstrate the credibility of their claims. Refugees with hearing or physical impairments may need particular assistance to communicate or overcome architectural barriers.
EDF therefore urges EU Member States to implement accessibility standards in reception centre and adopt reasonable accommodations to ensure that the whole asylum procedure is designed to fully and fairly include persons with disabilities.
In this regard, EDF proposed to set up and consolidate a long-term partnership between UNHCR and disabled people's organisations (DPOs) in order to effectively handle contemporary migration flows in an inclusive and effective way.
Yannis Vardakastanis concluded that the role of DPOs is crucial to concretely improve the condition of refugees and asylum seekers with disabilities. He called for building an overarching alliance between local disability service providers, local DPOs and refugees with disabilities to bring about a fundamental improvement of the condition of refugees with disabilities. Local DPOs should work closely with international and EU refugee agencies and encourage them to include refugees with disabilities in their programmes.
During its Board meetings in 2015 and 2016, EDF and its members together with representatives of UNHCR, UNICEF, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Red Cross expressed their deep concern for the situation of persons with disabilities arriving in Europe.
Find more about the discussions at EDF Board meeting in Brussels in November 2015
Find more about the discussions at EDF Board meeting in March 2016 in Amsterdam
In September 2015, EDF wrote an open letter to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schultz, and the Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos calling on the EU institutions to establish a comprehensive and human rights-based migration policy. Find more about EDF's letter here
EDF and other Civil Society organisations co-signed an open letter calling on EU leaders to respond to the migration crisis in a way that respects each individual's human rights regardless of their status. Find more about our joint open letter here
An-Sofie Leenknecht
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Remember THIS sign ? Hahahah !
My mother worked at the downtown Hudson's occasionally in the 1950's, and my motherinlaw worked in the Penobscot Building in the late 60's. Neither remember the "Campus Martius" name at all, and were surprised at its recent reuse.
Anybody from that time period remember if the title Campus Martius was in use that decade ? Perhaps it fell out of use for a time.
So is it "Cockrell" or "Cockrel"? or both?


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Q: How to use a slightly modified JMTP library in Java Project? I need to use the following library from GitHub:
https://github.com/reindahl/jmtp
However, there are no build instructions or any instruction how to use it for that matter. I know that the original JMTP libary was downloadable as a jar, which made it easy to use, however with that library, I lack the ability to copy files from a device to the host, hence why I need this library off of GitHub. I am fairly new to working with libraries, and there is not a lot to be found online, so I'm hoping that someone can help me here.
Things I have tried:
Opening the library in IntelliJ and trying to build a JAR, but there is C++ code in the library as well, so that did not work.

A: From what can i see from the source code, it has two sections.
The c++ code that produces 32bit and 64bit dll (that are already present, compiled on the repository inside the java section).
The java code, that uses that 32/64 bit dll and that will produce a jar file once compiled.
You should be able to compile and produce the resultant java .jar file, using the java code on the repository. Maybe try to open it with Eclipse, since it has the .project and .classpath files from a Eclipse project, it could make it easier to build, since it has not maven or graddle support.

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In Dialogue: Contemporary Art and Cultural Heritage
September 7 to 9, 2018 _ 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm
This conference seeks to engage in an open multi-disciplinary analysis of the interplay of contemporary art and cultural heritage. Set in the UNESCO World Heritage of the Medina of Tunis, the idea of the conference is to review the links between the past, the present and the future as they are built and used in context-specific approaches of contemporary art.
The conference aims to be a transdisciplinary forum open to artists, designers and architects, curators, art mediators and art producers, art historians and design thinkers, heritage researchers and caretakers, sociocultural scientists and engineering experts, cultural activists and political decision makers. Its goal is to generate new links between old and young, local and global, academic and free spirits to engender an osmosis of interest and attention, knowledge and expertise, ambition and enthusiasm.
We want to reflect on what is cultural heritage and what we want it to be. Therefore, we would like to refer to the processes of attention drawing, parameter development and choice-making in cultural heritage development. We are looking for innovative concepts, philosophical statements or art projects dedicated to cultural heritage not only as a realm of memorizing and restoration but as a learning environment and an inspiration for a change for the better. We would like to explore cultural heritage as a daily experience and its relevance for individual and collective identity processes. We are interested to learn and to discuss how attention, care and participation on cultural heritage can be enthused and become a momento movens for present sociopolitical and sociocultural processes for a future we would like to live in. How can we shape the mindset to care for cultural heritage?
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We want to discuss inspiring concepts and projects of artists, designers, and architects that discuss cultural heritage whether it is natural or build environment, ecological or sociocultural contexts as well as materials. technologies or objects that are expressions of traditions and mindsets, of knowledge and beliefs. What are the projects that stretch beyond the known and where do we find the frameworks partners to produce them? We are interested to learn what contemporary art can contribute. What are good models of site- und context-related approaches in contemporary art? What are the processes of choice and decision making? Does it change anything?
The International Light Art Project INTERFERENCE gathers artists worldwide to engage in the Medina of Tunis. The second edition of INTERFERENCE is dedicated to the artists' encounter with sites or contexts that are part of history or of collective memory, of local identity and storytelling as well as of international identification. It aims to have an impact on public culture, urban narratives and civic imaginaries. Part of the conference program is an extended visit of the exhibition program, artists' talks and community meetings to discuss selected artworks as well as the development of the INTERFERENCE Collective.
_ Review: The Medina Of Tunis
From the 12th to the 16th century, Tunis was considered one of the greatest and wealthiest cities in the Arab world. It is composed of the central medina from the 8th century and suburbs to the North and South from the 13th century. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, new powers endowed the city with numerous palaces and residences, madrasas and mosques, tourbet's [cemeteries] and zaouia's [mausoleums]. It covers an area of approximately 2,8 km² and comprises all the features of an Arab-Muslim city with around 700 historic monuments testifying the remarkable past. With its workshops and its souks, its residential quarters and sociocultural environments, this ensemble constitutes a prototype among the best conserved in the Islamic world. Since 1997 the Medina is part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. The pride of it has become an integral party of the Medina's identity, for citizens and visitors alike. INTERFERENCE is an experimental framework to revisit the Medina to reflect the present tissue of stones and facts, to promote care and participation for cultural heritage, and to alter the clichés that settled in minds and media over time. Part of the conference program will be explorative visits to the Medina with the DOORA-FEL-HOUMA Collective. Founded in 2018, this is a collective of young citizens that provides access to the contemporary Medina beyond clichés and media imagery.
_ Explorative Roundtables
On Sept 9, 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm, there will be several roundtables of networks, clusters, and projects that link to the conference subjects who will discuss how to translate the experiences and findings of the conference in their fields of practice. There will be a meeting of a cluster of African Creative Cities, one of the CANDELA Project _ a new network for Light in Visual Arts in Africa and one of the EU-cluster of international light art projects. Further options are discussed.
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There are many different kinds of trees. Shade trees are aesthetic as well as utilitarian, and grow to 25′ and taller. Almost every house benefits from having several shade trees in the front yard. Aesthetically, tree branches help break up the angled monotony of most architecture. If trees are sited correctly they can help you save on energy expenses both with summer air conditioning and winter heating. Fall color and a tree's shape are important features to consider when planning your landscape. Most shade trees have a single trunk, while some trees such as Birches (Betula) may have more than one trunk and are commonly referred to as clumps.
Ornamental trees often flower and are generally shorter than 25′. Fall foliage color, bloom color and tree shape are all qualities to consider when designing. The bark of a tree can even be a feature to select for: Paperbark Maples have a beautiful cinnamon colored exfoliating bark, and the Whitespire Birch has smooth silvery white bark.And there are Japanese Maples… a diverse collection of trees with varied qualities. Many of these beautiful trees have leaves of a bright or deep red color, but for others, the foliage encompasses all shades of green, yellow, cream, and even pink. Branching habits include almost columnar, upright spreading, cascading, and weeping. Japanese Maples are organized into four groups. Palmatums have a leaf shaped like your hand, and most have upright branches. Dissectums have fine, deeply dissected leaves, and their branches almost always cascade or weep. Japonicums are called Full Moon Maples; they have very broad, large leaves, thick open branching, and most exhibit spectacular fall coloring. Shirasawanum or Shirasawa Maples are also known as Full Moon Maples but have smaller leaves, more upright form, and finer branching.
There is a lot of satisfaction in selecting, planting, and watching a tree grow to maturity. Planting trees is one of the most beneficial things you can do for the environment. We have YouTube videos showing how to plant correctly, and we encourage you to watch them if you have never planted a tree.


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Music » Local Music
The 'bumblefuck model'
by Chris Handyside
It's not every day that you encounter a successful business that relies on "the bumblefuck model." But it's not every day that you encounter a business as idiosyncratic as Ann Arbor's Quack! Multimedia and an owner as simultaneously pragmatic and philosophical as Al McWilliams.
You may not have heard of Quack! (the name simply struck McWilliams as cool-sounding), but if you've ventured even a little bit outside the mainstream of pop culture you've likely encountered some of their output.
This month Quack! has taken over a series of Thursday nights at Ann Arbor's Blind Pig to showcase its indie-rock-leaning musical stable. Quack! just released the latest full-length from Detroit rock 'n' roll kingpins the Hard Lessons (as a free download on the band's site, no less). The label is home to Northern folk-pop troubadours the Great Lakes Myth Society, and it counts among its key alumni Ann Arbor-based Atlantic Records quirk-pop maestros Tally Hall. Most recently, Quack! signed a deal to merge with Livonia-based indie Suburban Sprawl and its roster of bands and built-in community of faithful indie-pop diehards such as Javelins, Child Bite, the Pop Project and El Boxeo. All of these bands have come together for the weekly shenanigans at the Pig (which continue this Thursday with the Pop Project, Javelins, Child Bite and Great Lakes Myth Society).
But Quack! is a true multimedia outfit. It puts out issues and special projects from Ann Arborite Davy Rothbart's acclaimed Found Magazine and a slew of one-offs like coffee-table books of dinosaur comics. Quack! is responsible for the comedy video portal superdeluxe.com. And much of the content it feeds SuperDeluxe is homegrown too, custom-created for cable TV's wildly popular Adult Swim program block. Quack! has now made 30 episodes of such featurettes as Robots vs. Dragons.
That kind of diversity has always been part of a larger plan, according to McWilliams, a 27-year-old former competitive cyclist. And apparently that plan is working. Quack! has grown from three employees set up in a small downtown Ann Arbor space in 2003 to a 10-person company in a space a few blocks away that McWilliams says has "10 times the windows and is 20 times nicer."
Quack! started by producing work far outside the hipster universe — educational films.
"We made those educational videos and we basically ran out of stuff to make," says McWilliams. "I think it was when we did one on action verbs in Spanish. The returns were just getting smaller and smaller, but we just had all this infrastructure — directors, writers, etc. — so I wanted to see what we could do with the staff we had."
That led to video shorts for Adult Swim.
"The original plan was always to expand into music and TV and publishing," says McWilliams, rather like "putting a pizza place next to a video store. Our projects would help each other build and we let everything grow organically."
Case in point: A couple of guys who acted in those educational films mentioned that they had a band. So Quack! decided to put out its first record, Tally Hall's kaleidoscopic pop mindbend Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum.
With music, says McWilliams, it wasn't a matter of "if" but "when."
"Having Tally Hall was, I want to say luck, but so many things have happened so well that it can't be just luck."
And that's where we get into what McWilliams humorously describes as "the bumblefuck model."
The best example, he says, is meeting Jamie Kittmann, manager of They Might Be Giants and OK Go!
He had been trying to get Tally Hall out on the road with OK Go!, "badgering" Kittmann for months.
"One night we were having movie night at our office. I ducked out to have a couple drinks at my friend's dive bar and I started talking to this guy from New York. We had a great time, and finally after two or three hours he's like, 'I manage some bands' and I'm like 'Oh, god, who?'"
The guy was Kittmann, and the bands were OK Go! and TMBG.
"This was literally minutes after I'd hung up the phone with his assistant after two months of phone calls. Totally bumblefuck, but that shit happens every week," he laughs.
A tour ensued and Tally Hall parlayed their experience into a contract with Atlantic.
"We have to be doing something right, but we don't know what that thing is — we just don't want to interrupt it."
Still, McWilliams tempers trust in the unwritten laws of the universe with pragmatism. He takes the long view and hires people who know what they're doing and lets them do what they do best. That's not necessarily the kind of common sense you always find with indie labels or upstart, homegrown media companies.
"I firmly believe that when we sign a band, the creative decisions are left to them," says McWilliams. "If you hire a plumber and you spend the whole time telling them how to do their jobs, then why did you hire a plumber?"
"There's a tendency with people who are managers of labels to make a lot of promises, but we definitely don't do that," he says. "I almost try to talk people out of being in a band for a living, and if I haven't scared them off then we can work together."
McWilliams understands that real livelihoods are at stake. And that means using the different parts of the business to keep the whole thing afloat. When Quack! is flush with video production work, that feeds upcoming music projects and vice versa.
"We also go in on every project like it's going to be profitable — but profitable like $1," he says.
The equation is pretty simple, says McWilliams: "We make something good that you want and you give us money for it. I think that's something that's lost a lot right now. But when you approach it like that it's a good deal for both people."
While a key to Quack!'s growth has been a stringent vetting of new acts and projects, the right place, right time coincidences still play a strong role. Case in point: The deal to absorb and work with decade-old, Livonia-based indie imprint Suburban Sprawl. Sub Sprawl's Zach Curd now works full time out of Quack!'s offices, and he says that being able to dedicate the full force of his efforts to what was once an after-work and after-school endeavor is a luxury he couldn't have anticipated.
"It just so happened," says Curd, "that Al was surfing around MySpace and he had really gotten into a few bands. And it just so happened that those bands were all on Suburban Sprawl!"
Thus a relationship was started that last month became a partnership.
"One of the things that we have no idea how to do is put yourself out there effectively because we're all a bunch of liberal arts majors. Al and Quack! said, 'Here's how you let people know that your record is out, but not by just sending out an e-mail to a list that's not been updated in two years.'"
The association with Quack! was exciting to Curd and company from the get-go.
"My secret fear is that it's gonna come across like Al and Quack! are venture capitalists. He is a business guy but he's definitely tapped into the same mind-set that we are," says Curd.
"Like, I made sure to call Davy at Found and have a 'bro-down' about DIY ethics and how it factors into Quack! [Al's] not like a Jimmy Iovine — 'Nah, you gotta rewrite this and get more hooks' — he's into accommodating what we do and seeing how it pans out."
McWilliams' rare blend of idealism and pragmatism comes across immediately when you engage him in conversation about his business and his passion as it's expressed in Quack!'s growing world.
"There are a lot of people who do a lot of things in this world, but if you want to do things that are that sought after you have to be really good, really often and do it for really little money."
"There are a lot of things that I could be doing with my time and money that could make me more money than doing bands and Found," he says.
"If I wanted to work with assholes I could work much less hours and make much more money."
Blind Pig, 208 S. First St., Ann Arbor; 734-996-8555. Quack's Cold Pork showcase continues Jan. 17 and Jan. 24 (with a Jan. 24 lineup that includes the Word Play and Thunderbirds Are Now!). More information at suburbansprawlmusic.com.
Chris Handyside is a Detroit-area freelancer. Send comments to letters@metrotimes.com
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In Hawaii we are blessed with good weather most of the year. However, come November and we sometimes find ourselves under water. If you're not careful, this can be quite literally! Here are some important tips for preventing flooding in your home.
1. Grading away from Homes.
Proper grading is the best insurance against flooding. Grading in construction terms is the work of ensuring a level base, or one with a specified slope. Construction workers would grade before laying a house's foundation or putting down a road. The same should be done before starting a landscape. Grade so water flows away from structures. Try to minimize channeling water into a concentrated stream, especially if you're directing it into a downhill neighbor's property. Consider trapping water on your property in a rain garden (sand trap). Even if your garden is already established, there are subtle changes a landscaper can make to improve grading on your property.
If you live along the coastline and have sandy soil or on Tantalus, a cinder cone, you probably don't need to worry about standing water, since your soil is very porous. Areas like Kuliouou or Waimanalo with heavy clay soils, become saturated very quickly with heavy rains and grading becomes much more important. When grading can't be done to move water, then an under ground drainage system may be required.
Use a transit, laser level or clear aquarium tubing filled with water to ensure drain pipes are installed properly. Water flows downhill and pipes need to have enough slope. Pumps need electricity that may not be available during storms. Drain grates and underground pipes require maintenance and occasionally clog.
4. Moisture sensors are amazing.
Many states now require that new sprinkler systems are installed with moisture sensors. Moisture sensors turn controllers off during rainy weather. If you don't have a moisture sensor, many sprinkler clocks have seasonal adjustment features where you can reduce the amount of water by a percentage instead of reprogramming each station.
When practical, install a 12" – 18" wide gravel or rock maintenance strip around the foundation of your house. Set sprinkler heads the same distance from the foundation to keep the house walls dry. Maintaining this border around your property will also reduce the amount of insects and rodents that have access to your home. If you need help deciding whether this is something for you, give us a call!
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I am here today because I have had the privilege of participating in an extraordinary experience. It is something that I have dreamt about since I was a little child, of one day going to space. And about a year ago, that dream came true, and it has been better than I ever imagined in my wildest dreams! I would like to share with you this experience today: 200 days on the International Space Station (ISS) for the Futura mission.
This adventure started for me on 23 November 2014, the launch took place at Baikonur Kazakhstan–a place which has actually made cosmonaut history, Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova and many others launched from this site. On the rocket, the space vehicle is right at the top, that's where I was, everything else is just engine, propellant, fuel and oxidiser that is needed to develop all that energy which is needed to put us into space.
Although the ISS is only about 400km from the surface of the earth, it is hard to get there because you need to develop an incredible speed to stay in orbit–about 7kilometres per second. That is why you need something as complex and as magnificent as a rocket engine. I, as an engineer, marvel at these machines. I was part of an international crew of three people, Anton Shkaplerov from Russia, he was the Soyuz commander and on his second flight and Terry Virts from the United States, also on his second space flight, his first one was on the US shuttle. I was in fact the rookie on this flight as it was my first time in space. Incidentally, all three of us are fighter pilots, so we all came from the air forces of our respective countries; that is a little unusual for a space station crew, we usually have engineers and scientists; but in this case we had three pilots, a Russian, an Italian and an American going to space together–it sounds like a joke, but it is true!
We were situated in the tiny Soyuz space vehicle, it measures about 7 meters long, we three were tied in our seats in the centre part of this spaceship. It is also the only part that comes back with us to Earth after 200 days. After our launch, the rocket worked for only about 8 minutes to get us to space. During this time there were a lot of vibrations, lots of Gs, the pressure was so great I actually felt like I weighed 4 times my weight and then–magically–I was weightless. It is weird in the beginning, your brain plays tricks on you. For the first hour or so I had the distinct feeling that I was falling onto the control panel in front of me. My brain had to get used to the fact that there was no longer any weight.
The first thing that you need to do in space is to focus on procedures such as ensuring the capsule is working properly. I was responsible for the leak checks and making sure we were not venting atmosphere into space; if that happens it is a very bad day and you have to come home. Our spaceship worked flawlessly, we went around the earth four times and each orbit lasted about 90 minutes. So after 6 hours we arrived at our destination, the International Space Station!
Samantha Cristoforetti is an Italian astronaut. She was the first female European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut to complete a long-duration mission in space, spending six months on the International Space Station as part of the Futura Mission between November and June 2015. During this mission, she set new records for the longest single time in space for an ESA astronaut and female astronauts in general.
She is a Captain in the Italian Air Force, where she serves as a fighter pilot. She was one of the first women to apply to the Italian Air Force, when it opened applications to women. She has logged over 500 hours flying six types of military aircraft: SF-260, T-37, T-38, MB-339A, MB-339CD and AM-X.
She holds a bachelor's degree in aeronautical sciences from the University of Naples Federico II, and a master's degree in mechanical engineering, specialising in aerospace propulsion from the Technische Universität Munich. She was awarded the Honour Sword for best academic achievement from the Italian Air Force Academy.
She has gained fame from her creative videos, photographs and messages which she has tweeted during her mission to the International Space Station. She has raised awareness about climate change and human health, as well as the importance for girls to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers.


After the Snowfall, now a Firestorm. The Guardian produced a multimedia narrative about bushfires in Tasmania, in a multichapter immersive narrative. It's well built, it leads towards a more linear narrative, but then again, they have an ebook as an end product.
At the same time, Jonathan Richards, the Guardian's interactive editor, was evaluating what would be needed to create "rich article pages" incorporating all the available media at their disposal.
As such, the media was conceived differently right from the start, said Richards. So instead of talking heads and general views of the area, they needed something to cater more specifically to the project's needs: images and footage that would complement and supplement the traditional storytelling forms.


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Weather archive at the airport ( 14 km, +13 °C+55 °F )
54 minutes ago at the weather station (8 km) it was +6.6 °C+44 °F, clear, normal air pressure, gentle breeze (5 m/s) (18 km/h) (11 miles/hour) (10 knots) (3 Bft) blowing from the north-west. Weather archive at the weather station
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54 minutes ago, the maximum air temperature ( +22 oC +72 oF ) was observed in Ogasawara in Minamitori.
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Venturefest Tees Valley returns for 2018
Tuesday, 22nd May 2018
VentureFest Tees Valley is set to bring together the great and the good of Tees Valley's business community once again to celebrate the wealth of innovation in the area.
Returning for its third year, VentureFest Tees Valley will take place on Tuesday 22 May at Wynyard Hall. The event highlights the innovative work being undertaken within Tees Valley and provides a setting for new ideas and collaborations to be nurtured.
Last years event attracted almost 350 businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators and it is hoped this years event will draw even more people looking to share ideas, create connections, raise funds and showcase what Tees Valley has to offer.
Simon Green, Director of VentureFest Tees Valley, said: "Innovation is already deeply embedded within many businesses in Tees Valley and were very excited to shine the spotlight on the area once again as we launch VentureFest Tees Valley 2018.
"The event offers a truly unique opportunity for local businesses, investors, researchers and experts to learn and be inspired by each other. We're looking forward to welcoming people from across Tees Valley's diverse business community, whether it be small startups or companies operating globally."
Last year's event acted as the catalyst in bringing together sports technology company Ojee Golf and product manufacturing service providers Nexus IE, both of which were exhibiting at VentureFest Tees Valley.
The meeting resulted in the businesses striking up a working relationship which saw Nexus IE streamline the assembly process of Ojee Golfs revolutionary product Talon, a digital training aid which delivers real-time feedback on golf stance, setup and angles of address.
Matt Hulbert, MD of Middlesbrough-based Ojee Golf, said: "We were really excited to be able to take part in VentureFest Tees Valley as it offered the ideal setting to showcase our product as well as having the potential to open some doors in terms of funding.
"We had a fantastic day and met so many different people including Nexus IE. If it wasn't for VentureFest Tees Valley, we might not be where we are today thanks to the support we have since received from Nexus IE in manufacturing and storing 250 of our converted Talon units. Prior to that, I was assembling all units by hand, which was extremely time-consuming so the impact on the business has been immeasurable.
"I would highly recommend attending VentureFest Tees Valley 2018, the possibilities of how it could benefit you and your business are endless."
The programme for the one-day event will include speakers, workshops, investor meetings and an Innovation Showcase exhibition with some of Tees Valley's most innovative businesses.
VentureFest Tees Valley is a free event and local businesses can secure their place now at venturefest.tv.
The event's founding partners are Innovate Tees Valley, Tees Valley Combined Authority and the Knowledge Transfer Network. It receives funding from the £6.5m Innovate Tees Valley programme, led by Teesside University with partners NEPIC, the Materials Processing Institute and Digital City and is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.


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November 17, 2017 by bollingerbabe
Beautiful Bruges
Woke up this morning to find that the Arcadia was docked in Zeebrugge, Belgium. Trevor and I worked out that it was nearly 10 years (December 2007) since we'd last visited this port, which is the gateway to the medieval city of Bruges. On that day, it was bitterly cold with an icy wind blowing, but today it was crisp and bright and, thankfully, dry.
We ate our breakfasts sitting by the window in the Belvedere self-service restaurant. Zeebrugge is one of the busiest ports in Europe, and we could see cargo ships and ferries, as well as a Navy frigate and some smaller boats busily going to and fro. Zeebrugge actually means "Bruges by the sea" when roughly translated, and we'd decided today to make our own way into this picturesque city by train, rather than pay over the odds for a guided excursion. We'd checked online beforehand and discovered that you could get a shuttle bus to the nearby town of Blankenberg, and from there a return train to Bruges only cost six Euros.
After a substantial breakfast, we wrapped up warmly (I wore my new cagoule), collected our money, cruise cards, camera etc from our cabin, then went down to Deck 2 to disembark the Arcadia. We only had a short distance to walk before boarding one of the half-dozen or so waiting shuttle buses, and it only took about 10 minutes for them to drop us outside Blankenberg railway station. A lot of people from the ship seemed to have the same idea as us; after all, there is a lot to see and do in Bruges and, to be honest, the exercise of walking around would certainly do no harm.
We had about 40 minutes to wait for the train, and the platform was fairly crowded with other passengers. The train came in about 10 minutes before it was due to depart; it was a double-decker and we made our way upstairs for a better vantage point. The train left bang on time, and we only had a short ride of about 15 minutes or so before arriving at Bruges.
Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country. The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares, including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge. The historic city centre is a prominent UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it is famous for its production of chocolate, cheese, beer and, of course, Belgian lace. Every other shop along its cobbled streets seemed to be selling these items.
We were a little early for the Christmas markets, but we could see the huts, stalls and festive lights and decorations, where they were getting ready to set them up. There was not a lot of traffic (it's probably restricted in the city centre) but we could hear the constant clip-clop of the many horse's hooves as they pulled their carriages through the streets. The horses all wore a sort of 'sling' underneath their tails, which consisted of a chute down into a receptacle at the bottom of the carriage; this caught all the horse muck and prevented it covering the streets. I certainly didn't envy the person who had to wash these containers out! 🙂
We were all wearing comfortable walking shoes as we strolled through the pretty narrow, cobbled streets on our way to the main square, window shopping as we did so. The sun was out and it was quite warm on our backs, but when it went behind the clouds we noticed a brisk wind. Around 11.00am we decided to find a beer-tasting place and we went into a lively bar/café along a "beer wall" – this was glass cases floor to ceiling with many different bottles of beer. Outside there were high tables and stools, thoughtfully warmed up with patio heaters here and there.
We went inside and ordered a taster each of four strong beers which were between 8.5% and even 11% – almost wine strength! Iris decided to have a hot chocolate instead. With our 4 x 250ml glasses of beer was some small nibbles designed to compliment the flavour of the beers; there were some salami pieces, salted nuts and pretzels. Iris got a couple of samples of gorgeous Belgian chocolate with her hot drink. It was most enjoyable, but I'd imagine you would certainly know if you drank a pint of any of those beers!
Afterwards we wandered around the main square for a short while, looking in the shops and at the lovely architecture. There were many leafy waterways on which small pleasure boats were gliding along with their sight-seeing passengers. The savoury aromas from some nearby food-stalls caught our attention and Trevor and Iris decided to have some hot chips for lunch; I decided I'd skip them and have a good dinner later on instead.
Around one o'clock we decided we'd better make the 14:05 train back to the Arcadia; there were a lot of passengers (2,000) and we didn't want to risk not getting on the shuttle bus or the train for the return journey, as we all had to be back on board by five o'clock at the latest.
We therefore went into another pub that had lots of character, and Trevor and I had a pint of beer each, before we used the loos and started to take a slow stroll back to the train station, after a very interesting morning. As we'd predicted, we saw a lot of people at the station who had got the same train to Bruges as we had.
Back in Blankenberg we were pleased to see that there were half a dozen shuttle buses waiting, so it didn't take too long. Our pleasure was short-lived however; on arriving back at the Arcadia we were met with enormous queues as everyone had decided to return at once. There were two gangways open, but we still had to queue for a full half-hour, in the cold wind, before we were able to board. That is one of the problems with the bigger ships I suppose, although Arcadia is classed as 'mid-sized' by today's standards. It's certainly another reason why I would never go on any of the mammoth ships that hold 4,000+ passengers.
Eventually we were all back on board after 4.00pm. We returned to cabin A103 and I had a nice hot shower and washed and blow-dried my hair. Then Trevor and I decided to go up to the Aquarius pool and bar where they were holding a Sailaway Party; we also had vouchers for a free glass of champagne each because we are members of the Peninsular Club, which is P&O's loyalty programme. Iris said she'd wait for us to come back.
Up on deck everyone was in a party mood; we were all given Union flags to wave and there were jugs of Pimms as well as the champagne on offer. Dance music blared out of the speakers as everyone waved their flags and joined in with the singing and dancing. At 5.30pm Arcadia slipped her moorings and we slowly started to make our way back out to sea, for the overnight crossing back to Southampton.
Once we'd finished our champagne (and because we were cold!) we went back to our cabin and joined Iris, before deciding to go to the Belvedere self-service restaurant tonight, rather than the Meridian, because they were serving an Asian buffet up there. We enjoyed a sample of various Chinese and Thai cuisine, all washed down with some cold Tiger beer.
Then we returned to cabin A103 again where we reluctantly started doing some of our packing. How the time had flown; tonight was our last night on the beautiful Arcadia; I could easily have spent a fortnight on board!
The show in the Palladium showlounge tonight was excellent; it was called "Reel to Reel" by the Headliners Theatre Company and consisted of lots of high-energy singing and dancing of excerpts from well-known musicals. It was a great production accompanied by the superb live ship's orchestra. We'd seen it before on the Arcadia (and the Ventura) but it was obviously a first time for Iris and she enjoyed it very much.
Afterwards, Iris was tired after her full and busy day, so she excused herself around 9.30pm and headed back to our cabin. Trevor and I thought we'd go to the Globe lounge where they were holding a quiz with a difference; it was called "Less is More" and was based on the TV gameshow Pointless.
There were not many people in the Globe; either everyone was away packing, or they'd decided to go elsewhere tonight. One of the entertainment hosts came over and asked if Trevor and I wanted to participate in the gameshow and, because we always join in, we agreed. She then went off to find three more victims… sorry… couples. 🙂
Once the game was ready to start (and there were a few more people filling up the Globe) we were called up to the stage area. For those who don't know, Pointless is a quiz with a difference, you have to accrue the fewest points, not the most. There are questions which have several answers, and you have to come up with the least-common answer. For example, if 100 people were asked to name a James Bond film, you have to guess which film fewest people would say (i.e. the lesser known ones).
The first question was about the books of Charles Dickens. The first questions had to be answered by the ladies (no conferring!); one answered A Christmas Carol which scored 67 points, but one lady said Wuthering Heights (which wasn't written by Dickens) and scored the top points of 100. When it was my turn, I said Barnaby Rudge. No-one else had suggested this, so I scored zero points – I'd found the pointless answer! 🙂
Thus the game continued, with the highest-scoring couples being eliminated after each round. Trevor and I were booted out after round 2, which was based on Beatles songs (neither of which we know too much about). But the losing couples still got a consolation prize – a nice little P&O branded USB flash drive. 🙂
We stayed to watch the rest of "Less is More", then we made our way to the Rising Sun for tonight's quiz, which was based on British TV comedies. Not as easy as it sounded, however, as some of them went back to the 1950s on the old black and white televisions. We only did the quiz in a half-hearted way and eventually gave up. While we were there, we enjoyed a couple more drinks then returned to our cabin around 11.30pm, finished the packing, and put our cases outside the cabin door to be taken ashore in Southampton.
When we woke up the next morning, we were back where we started from. Our cruise had ended, but our little holiday had not, as we were going to pop in to Yeovil to visit some friends we hadn't seen in nearly 10 years, before continuing our journey back to Durham after an overnight stay.
All in all, it had been an enjoyable little trip, and I'm sure that P&O and the Arcadia will have gained some new fans afterwards. 🙂
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Greenscamming oder Greenscam (von engl. green "grün", "umweltbezogen" und scam "Betrug", "Masche") bezeichnet eine PR-Technik, bei der umweltfreundlich klingende Namen und Bezeichnungen für Organisationen oder Produkte ausgewählt werden, die nicht umweltfreundlich sind. Sie ist verwandt mit dem Greenwashing und dem Greenspeak. Eine häufig angewandte Greenscamming-Methode besteht z. B. darin, dass sich Anti-Umwelt-Organisationen umweltfreundlich bzw. "grün" klingende Namen geben, die ein Interesse am Umweltschutz suggerieren, um die Öffentlichkeit über ihre wahren Absichten und Motive zu täuschen. Dieses Vorgehen entspricht der aggressiven Mimikry in der Biologie.

Angewandt wird Greenscamming insbesondere von Industrieunternehmen und -verbänden, die mit Astroturfing-Organisationen versuchen, wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu bestreiten, die sie als bedrohlich für ihr Geschäftsmodell ansehen. Ein Beispiel ist die auch durch eigens dafür gegründete Greenscamming-Organisationen vorangetriebene Klimawandelleugnung durch Unternehmen aus der Branche der fossilen Energie.

Hintergrund
Ein Grund für die Auflegung von Greenscamming-Organisationen ist, dass es sehr schwer ist, offen auftretende Anti-Umweltschutz-Bewegungen oder -Initiativen der Öffentlichkeit als positiv zu vermitteln. So betont der Soziologe Charles Harper, dass es Marketingabteilungen sehr schwer fallen würde, eine Gruppierung mit dem hypothetischen Namen "Coalition to Trash the Environment for Profit" (Koalition zur Zerstörung der Umwelt für Profit) zu vermarkten. Daher seien Anti-Umwelt-Initiativen oftmals gezwungen, ihren Frontorganisationen bewusst täuschende Bezeichnungen zu geben, wenn sie in der Öffentlichkeit Erfolg haben wollen. Dies sei umso wichtiger vor dem Hintergrund, dass Umfragen darauf hindeuten, dass der Schutz der Umwelt ein gesellschaftlicher Konsens ist. Zugleich bestehe aber die Gefahr, als Anti-Umwelt-Initiative enttarnt zu werden, was ein erhebliches Risiko berge, dass die Greenscamming-Aktivitäten "nach hinten losgehen" und für die Initiatoren kontraproduktiv wirken.

Organisationen und Wirken
Sehr aktiv sind Greenscamming-Organisationen unter anderem in der organisierten Klimaleugnerszene. Ein wichtiger Finanzier von Greenscamming-Organisationen war der Ölkonzern ExxonMobil, der über die Jahre mehr als 100 Klimaleugnerorganisationen finanziell unterstützte und etwa 20 Millionen US-Dollar für Greenscamming-Gruppen ausgab. Bei vielen dieser Organisationen machte der Geologe James Lawrence Powell als auffälligstes gemeinsames Merkmal ihre "bewundernswerten" Benennungen aus, die sich größtenteils sehr rationalistisch anhörten. In diesem Zusammenhang verweist er auf eine von der Union of Concerned Scientists angefertigte Liste von Klimaleugnerorganisationen, die auch 43 vom Ölkonzern Exxon finanzierte Organisationen enthalte. Keine einzige dieser Organisationen trage dort einen Namen, aus dem man ihr Eintreten gegen Klimaschutz ableiten könne. Angeführt werde die Liste von der Organisation Africa Fighting Malaria, auf deren Website sich Artikel und Kommentare gegen anspruchsvolle Klimaschutzkonzepte aussprechen, obwohl die Malariagefahren durch die globale Erwärmung verschlimmert werden könnten.

Beispiele für Greenscamming-Organisationen sind die National Wetland Coalition, Friends of Eagle Mountain, The Sahara Club, The Alliance for Environment and Resources, The Abundant Wildlife Society of North America, die Global Climate Coalition, das National Wilderness Institute, die Environmental Policy Alliance des Center for Organizational Research and Education und das American Council on Science and Health. Hinter diesen vorgeblichen Umweltschutzorganisationen verbergen sich vor allem die Interessen von Wirtschaftsbranchen. Beispielsweise stehen hinter der National Wetland Coalition Erdöl-Bohrunternehmen und Immobilienentwickler, während sich hinter den Friends of Eagle Mountain ein Bergbauunternehmen verbarg, das Tagebaugruben in Mülldeponien umwandeln möchte. Hinter der Global Climate Coalition standen wiederum Wirtschaftsunternehmen, die gegen staatlich verordnete Klimaschutzmaßnahmen kämpften. Weitere Greenscam-Organisationen sind das US Council for Energy Awareness, hinter dem die Kernenergieindustrie steht, die Wilderness Impact Research Foundation, die Holzfäller- und Viehzüchter-Interessen vertritt, und die American Environmental Foundation, die eine Interessenvertretung von Grundstücksbesitzern ist.

Eine weitere Greenscam-Organisation sind die Northwesterners for More Fish, die 1998 über ein Budget von 2,6 Mio. Dollar verfügte. Diese Gruppe setzte sich gegen Schutzmaßnahmen für bedrohte Fische ein, die die Interessen von Energiekonzernen, Aluminiumunternehmen und der Holzwirtschaft in der Region einschränkten, und versuchte Umweltschützer zu diskreditieren, die sich für die Fischhabitate starkmachten. Auch das Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, das National Environmental Policy Institute und das von der Kohleindustrie finanzierte Information Council on the Environment sind Greenscamming-Organisationen.

In Deutschland wird diese Form von Mimikry bzw. Täuschung z. B. vom so benannten "Europäischen Institut für Klima und Energie" (EIKE) genutzt, das durch seinen Namen fälschlicherweise suggeriert, es sei eine bedeutende wissenschaftliche Forschungsinstitution. Tatsächlich ist EIKE jedoch überhaupt keine wissenschaftliche Einrichtung, sondern eine Lobbyorganisation, die weder ein Büro besitzt noch Klimawissenschaftler beschäftigt, stattdessen aber auf ihrer Website Fake News zu Klimafragen verbreitet.

Weblinks
 Greenscamming. The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential.

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Q: Load and Save Data in Bootstrap popup modal in ASP.NET I'm using master page for my web application there is a content page we can call it Banks data has a GridView displays all banks and has an Edit,Add,Delete buttons
I wand display a bootstrap modal with input data to edit or add new bank and to validate using asp RequiredFieldValidator
this is the ASPX Code

                                <Columns>
                                    <asp:BoundField DataField="bankCode" HeaderText="Bank Code" />
                                    <asp:BoundField DataField="bankName" HeaderText="Bank Name" />

                                    <asp:TemplateField  >
                                       <ItemTemplate >
                                            <asp:LinkButton ID="lb_Edit" runat="server"  CssClass="btn btn-sm btn-default" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#AddBankModal"  CommandName="BankEdit" CommandArgument='<%#Eval("bankCode") %>' OnClick="lb_Edit_Click">Edit</asp:LinkButton>
                                            <asp:LinkButton ID="LB_Delete" runat="server" CssClass="btn btn-sm btn-danger" CommandName="BankDelete" CommandArgument='<%#Eval("bankCode") %>'>Delete</asp:LinkButton>

                                       </ItemTemplate>
                                    </asp:TemplateField>
                                </Columns>
                                    <RowStyle Height="15px" HorizontalAlign="Right" VerticalAlign="Middle"  />

                                 </asp:GridView>
                               <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnStringDb1 %>" SelectCommand="SELECT [bankCode], [bankNameAr], [bankNameEng] FROM [Bank]"></asp:SqlDataSource>

                                <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button>

Bank Data

                               <asp:Label ID="lblBankCode" runat="server" Text="Bank Code" CssClass="label" style="text-align:right;font-weight:bold"></asp:Label>
                               <asp:TextBox ID="txtBankCode" runat="server" CssClass="form-control"></asp:TextBox>

                               <asp:Label ID="lblBankNameAr" runat="server" Text="Bank Name" CssClass="label" style="text-align:right;font-weight:bold"></asp:Label>
                               <asp:TextBox ID="txtBankNameAr" runat="server" CssClass="form-control"></asp:TextBox>

                                        <asp:Button ID="btnUpdateBank" runat="server" Text="Save Data" CssClass="btn btn-outline btn-primary" style="width:100px" OnClick="btnUpdateBank_Click" />
                                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline btn-primary" data-dismiss="modal" style="width:100px">Close</button>

Does any one have any Ideas to do this using ASP code behind without using Jquery

A: May be you need some thing like this.Remember two things
1.Dont forget to  add ClientIDMode="Static" to asp.net control
2.Postback is prevented by  e.preventDefault() to add jQuery functionality in click event
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" ClientIDMode="Static">
        <Columns>
             <asp:TemplateField  >
                                       <ItemTemplate >
                                            <asp:LinkButton ID="lb_Edit" runat="server"  CssClass="btn btn-sm btn-default" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#AddBankModal" ClientIDMode="Static">Edit
                                            </asp:LinkButton>
                                       </ItemTemplate>
                                    </asp:TemplateField>
        </Columns>
    </asp:GridView>

                    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">
                        ×</button>

                        Bank Data

                    <asp:Label ID="lblBankCode" runat="server" Text="Bank Code" CssClass="label" Style="text-align: right;
                        font-weight: bold"></asp:Label>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="txtBankCode" runat="server" CssClass="form-control"></asp:TextBox>
                    <asp:Label ID="lblBankNameAr" runat="server" Text="Bank Name" CssClass="label" Style="text-align: right;
                        font-weight: bold"></asp:Label>
                    <asp:TextBox ID="txtBankNameAr" runat="server" CssClass="form-control"></asp:TextBox>

                            <asp:Button ID="btnUpdateBank" runat="server" Text="Save Data" ClientIDMode="Static" CssClass="btn btn-outline btn-primary"
                                Style="width: 100px"  />
                            <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline btn-primary" data-dismiss="modal" style="width: 100px">
                                Close</button>


The question, "who should be your designated beneficiary under your life insurance policy" is a very important family decision that should be made after careful consideration of all relevant family and financial goals in mind.
As an experienced estate planning attorney, I strongly suggest if you have a blended family, minor children, disabled children, spend thrift children/beneficiaries, a single parent, a manipulative ex-spouse or in-laws, or if you merely want to provide your family additional protection and benefits, it is imperative to meet with a qualified estate planning professional before signing a life insurance beneficiary designation form.
Probate: If no beneficiary designation is listed or if the primary beneficiary listed under your life insurance policy has predeceased the insured and no contingent beneficiary is listed, the life insurance proceeds will flow through the decedent's estate, and go through probate. This is avoidable.
Minor Beneficiaries: : For a minor to receive insurance proceeds, a conservator for the minor will have to be appointed by the probate court to collect and manage the minor's money until he or she turns 18 years of age.
Conservatorship: : The conservator appointed over your minor's assets will typically be the surviving biological parent. If that parent is an ex-spouse, you may not want to have your money go into his or her control. Additionally, a minor conservatorship will end when the minor turns 18 years of age. This means that an 18 year old will obtain the full benefit and control of the proceeds of your life insurance policy. Most 18 year olds are not financially mature enough to be able to make good decisions and properly manage a large amount of money in addition to properly dealing with the influences of friends and others surrounding them, who may know about the money they have just received.
Family Living Trust: : A living trust is a wonderful vehicle to designate as your life insurance beneficiary. Under a living trust, the Trustmaker (person creating the trust) can designate what, when, and in what manner a child or any beneficiary should receive his or her inheritance, including life insurance benefits. A Trust can designate a successor Trustee to manage the trust and its assets based upon the instructions you leave behind, preventing a court conservatorship for a minor, undue influence or even an ex-spouse or others from having control over your money, whom you may not want to give control to. A trust is also private, which keeps the court out of your family affairs.
If you have any questions regarding family based estate planning, living trusts, probate administration, guardianships, conservatorships or any other legal issues, please call the experiences estate planning attorneys at Rowley Chapman & Barney, Ltd. (480) 833-1113.


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GR Dailies: The Walking Dead – Four Walls and a Roof
Posted by Thom Yee in Television
comics, Horror, Walking Dead, Zombies
All images courtesy of AMC, Fox International Channels, and Image Comics.
5×03: "Four Walls and a Roof"
I kept on re-writing the end of last week's "Strangers" review because I couldn't decide on how much I thought was okay to reveal about what happened to Dale in the comics. After this week's "Four Walls and a Roof", I'm glad I didn't reveal too much, because this time around, roughly the exact same thing happened to Bob. Tainted meat!
While not calling for the most intricate of plots (Terminites/Hunters try to scare Rick & Co. with Bob's missing leg, Terminites/Hunters fall into Rick & Co.'s trap), quite a bit happened in this episode in terms of milestones.
The Terminites/Hunters storyline is fully resolved with their grim, grisly deaths, we lose a member of Rick & Co., we examine moral quandaries in a way that doesn't feel too cloying or insincere, father Gabriel stands revealed, the group splits up, and we're already on to our next threat.
As always, there's been a bit of chatter about killing the Terminites/Hunters, both whether it was necessary and whether it needed to be so brutal, and while the answer to both seems obvious ("yes" and "yes"), it's at least a conversation more worth having than just about anything else that's ever happened in the show. There's been a pretty distinct arc going on with Rick for a while now, but it really took hold with last season's finale ("they're screwing with the wrong people"), and now we're seeing the results of that arc come to fruition with the church showdown. The sight of our heroes going totally sickhouse on living people is always going to seem a lot more savage than the usual walker attacks, but the real turning point comes when Gareth asks Rick why they haven't killed them yet, hopefully intimating that Rick will let them live, and Rick responding quite plainly, "We didn't want to waste the bullets." That's a statement made up probably of equal parts practicality and intentional cruelty, and it shows the cold-blooded and calculating operating platform the group's now willing to work from.
Here comes the boom!
While all of this is a sharp departure from the moralistic overtones of seasons past, with our Dales and Hershels and Andreas doing their best to derail what makes obvious, practical sense in the name of too-far-gone people somehow working together, what grounds the episode and makes it work, surprisingly, is Bob, whose grace in death brings our characters back to their humanity without falling into the pit of false morality that always made those other characters so annoying. After more than a whole season of having this hard-to-pin-down, but relatively innocuous character hanging around, we finally have a reason for Bob.
A presence that's been a little more troubling over the last two episodes is that of Father Gabriel, whose deep, dark past turns out to be condemning his flock to death-by-walker when he locked them out of his church/church-donated supplies (which probably includes that bespectacled church-lady-organist-turned walker we saw last episode). That's an interesting enough contrast for what Gabriel's supposed to represent, but between the elements of piety inherent in organized religion that have always rung false and the fact that Kirkman never did much with the character in the comic, I really don't care about Gabriel so far, and I probably never will.
What ultimately makes "Four Walls and a Roof" work as well as it does is that it shows us that the producers may have finally learned from past mistakes. They're clearly no longer too attached to their villains to let them go when the time comes, they're ready to keep the story moving, and they've finally found a way to turn the morality tales of the show into something a lot more organic and a lot less forced. While Bob may have oscillated between almost useless and mildly annoying at times, and while he may have temporarily presented us with irrelevant tangents like alcoholism after the apocalypse, in the end he made a difference. For at least one, brief moment, he made all these people on this show about zombies finally seem real.
The Walking Dead "Four Walls and a Roof" final score: 8
Items of Note:
I still can't get over Tyreese's clothing choices. Everyone's running around in t-shirts and tank tops and loose-fitting clothing, and he's still rocking the wool hat and full sleeves while digging graves in the punishing, hateful Atlanta heat. It's too warm for that! Take off the winter-oriented hat!
And I thought we were finally over her, but once again Tyreese invokes Karen's name! Nobody cared about Karen, Tyreese! We never even really met her!
Finger's crossed that next week's episode leans more heavily on the Carol/Daryl-rescue attempt side than whatever dumb crap Beth's no doubt been up to.
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The below illustrations were prepared by Teska Associates, in collaboration with representatives from the Village of Sugar Grove and CMAP staff. Representatives from Sugar Grove serving on the advisory committee included members of the Village's Plan Commission and Community Development Department. Over the course of three meetings during spring 2009, ideas from the community representatives and design professionals were placed in the context of CMAP's scenarios. The results of this work are shown in the posters below.


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Mount Pleasant bond vote: information, tours available beginning 10/10
Mount Pleasant school district voters will go to the polls Nov. 15 to decide whether to allow the school board to...
Mount Pleasant bond vote: information, tours available beginning 10/10 Mount Pleasant school district voters will go to the polls Nov. 15 to decide whether to allow the school board to... Check out this story on lohud.com: http://lohud.us/1xtyoTm
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Mount Pleasant school district voters will go to the polls Nov. 15 to decide whether to allow the school board to borrow $55.8 million for upgrades to schools and grounds.
The vote, set for 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Westlake High School gym, would be for upgrades on the Westlake campus and parking and infrastructure work at the elementary schools.
Residents can attend any of three information sessions to hear the details: 11:30 a.m. Oct. 15 in the Mount Pleasant Community Center, 9 a.m. Oct. 21 in the Westlake High School cafeteria and 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Westlake library.
People interested in touring the Westlake campus to see where the renovations would be done and view current facilities have five options: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10, and at 10 and 11:30 a.m.or 5:30 p.m. Oct. 11, meet in the Westlake High School lobby; and 8 p.m. Oct. 22 (after the information session), meet in the Westlake library.
To learn more about the District's modernization goal and pre-bond planning, please view the district's facility planning page under the District Information tab. Presentation of the project scope from the Sept. 17 school board meeting can be viewed here and on Cablevision channel 77 or FIOS channel 24.
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