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Saudi International Airshow, the first event of its kind for Saudi Arabia, has welcomed Sky Prime, the largest private aviation operator in the Middle East, as a gold sponsor.
Riyadh-based Sky Prime Aviation Services has signed up as a gold sponsor for the Saudi International Airshow, which takes place at Thumamah Airport in Riyadh in March. This inaugural event aims to provide a platform to connect professionals across all areas of the aviation industry and promote worldwide trade.

industry_corpus2: Aerospace


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Hulmeville Soccer is proud to offer competitive level travel soccer for most age groups and for both boys and girls.
In the Hulmeville SC travel program, coaches select a group of players to play competitively in local and/or national leagues. The HSC travel "season" is from fall to fall. Players will often practice year round, multiple times per week. Many teams will play indoors during the cold season and outdoors as weather permits.
All travel teams hold open try-outs every Spring. Feel free to contact our travel Director, Rob Loper at travel@hulmevillesoccer.org to inquire about availability or for more information.
No player (boy or girl) is permitted to wear earrings or lip rings. Band aids or tape covering the earrings are not acceptable either. Wrist bands must be removed as well.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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After hesitating a lot, I decided to tell you about one of my passions, i.e. modern history, precisely World War II. What is the link with Anglophone culture? Well I admit this terrible war was one of the first contact most European people had with Anglophone culture. The British, Irish, Canadian and American soldiers had close contact with the population and the people discovered many things they did not know (chewing gum and Coca-Cola for the most famous). For that reason I decided to go for a museum on the Battle of the Bulge, during which Canadian, British and American forces defended the area in which I now live.
First of all I think a brief history of the battle is needed. December 16, 1944 the German high command launches a massive assault at the place the attacked in 1940, the Belgian forests of the Ardennes. Counting on the bad weather (heavy snow and fog) to neutralize the Allied air supremacy, a huge number of tanks and infantry goes through the defence lines. It was without counting on the tenacity of the British, Canadian and American soldiers. The violent fights and the cold made it one most terrible battles of WWII. My area was freed a second time (the German troops invaded my village during the battle) by the English paratroopers, as the village in which I studied at secondary school, where they lost no less than 63 men. People in my area will always remember that sacrifice.
Now as far as the museum is concerned I decided not to go to Bastogne but to Laroche-en-Ardennes. The museum, simply called “Musée de la Bataille des Ardennes”, is quite big and represents well the troops present in the area (to my opinion Bastogne is more US-centred). We can see Canadian, American, Irish, Scottish, British and German soldiers. There is also a veteran room, picturing the history of some soldiers that survived and came back. The collection is simply great, with some very rare and curious objects. The only “flow” in the museum is the lack of a good translation of the notice boards. Some are in French only, others in English and a very little number in Dutch or German, a pity for such a good museum. However I would recommend it to those who want to remember that dark period of history.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


text: Drug-induced liver injury is one of the main causes of drug attrition. The ability to predict the liver effects of drug candidates from their chemical structures is critical to help guide experimental drug discovery projects toward safer medicines. In this study, we have compiled a data set of 951 compounds reported to produce a wide range of effects in the liver in different species, comprising humans, rodents, and nonrodents. The liver effects for this data set were obtained as assertional metadata, generated from MEDLINE abstracts using a unique combination of lexical and linguistic methods and ontological rules. We have analyzed this data set using conventional cheminformatics approaches and addressed several questions pertaining to cross-species concordance of liver effects, chemical determinants of liver effects in humans, and the prediction of whether a given compound is likely to cause a liver effect in humans. We found that the concordance of liver effects was relatively low (ca. 39−44%) between different species, raising the possibility that species specificity could depend on specific features of chemical structure. Compounds were clustered by their chemical similarity, and similar compounds were examined for the expected similarity of their species-dependent liver effect profiles. In most cases, similar profiles were observed for members of the same cluster, but some compounds appeared as outliers. The outliers were the subject of focused assertion regeneration from MEDLINE as well as other data sources. In some cases, additional biological assertions were identified, which were in line with expectations based on compounds’ chemical similarities. The assertions were further converted to binary annotations of underlying chemicals (i.e., liver effect vs no liver effect), and binary quantitative structure−activity relationship (QSAR) models were generated to predict whether a compound would be expected to produce liver effects in humans. Despite the apparent heterogeneity of data, models have shown good predictive power assessed by external 5-fold cross-validation procedures. The external predictive power of binary QSAR models was further confirmed by their application to compounds that were retrieved or studied after the model was developed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study for chemical toxicity prediction that applied QSAR modeling and other cheminformatics techniques to observational data generated by the means of automated text mining with limited manual curation, opening up new opportunities for generating and modeling chemical toxicology data.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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Exclusive gold personalized wine bottle stopper wedding favors (epoxy dome) with Mr. and Mrs designer labels.
Cheers to the new Mr. and Mrs with these exclusive gold epoxy dome wine bottle stoppers. Beautiful and unique Mr. and Mrs. gold bottle stopper favors are available in a classy and fun black polka dot design that is perfect for favors at a wedding or engagement party. Add your own special details and you've got a great guest favor!
This is my first time buying from this store. I bought these wine stoppers for my upcoming wedding and they are PERFECT. They look exactly like the picture. Its a very good size and the purchasing process and communication with the vendors was smooth and easy. I highly recommend these!

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Award winning multi - instrumentalist and electronic music pioneer, Phil Thornton, made a rare solo public performance at the Opus Theatre earlier this year.
The success of this concert inspired Phil to complete a project that had been in the pipeline for the last 3 years. The result is Phil’s latest album, ‘Light Of The Forest Moon’, a musical journey deep into the heart of the forest, from which vantage point ,surrounded by the tranquility of nature, we are encouraged to explore the ever changing night sky, to reflect on our very existence.
support from traditional instruments such as violin, recorder, flute, didgeridoo and electric guitar.
With vocal performances from Romanian opera singer Albert Buga, vocal improvisation from Lilith and Mei-Ling Loft (a.k.a Myristica) on Piano.
Phil has written and produced over 50 solo albums to date, as well as many best selling collaborations, with combined sales of over two million albums worldwide. An acclaimed master of the synthesiser, a highly talented multi instrumentalist and an Innovative producer, his adventurous and seductive compositions ring out with a tremendous ‘journey’ quality.
Phil has travelled the world, collaborating with performers and musicians on location, resulting in a wide variety of material including the albums - Enchanted Egypt, Rhythm of the Rainforest, Capoira, Native American Chants, Visions of Tibet, Nexus Tribal, Rejuvenation, Pure Tibetan Bowls, and most recently Seven Rings.
Saturday October 6th at 7:30pm.
This album takes you on a journey deep to the heart of the forest, and from this vantage point, surrounded by the tranquillity of nature, encourages you to explore the ever changing night sky. Two tracks feature lyrics, sung by Romanian opera singer Albert Buga. The first is sung from the point of view of ‘The Brigand’ a Romanian ‘Robin Hood’ like character, and relates strongly to nature and the forest. The second, a take on a traditional Romanian folk song, reflects on the passing of time. The instrumentation puts the distinctive vintage sound of the Moog synthesiser centre stage with support from traditional instruments such as violin, recorder, flute, didgeridoo and electric guitar. The album features, along with Albert Buga, guest performances from Lilith - vocal improvisation and Mei-Ling Loft (a.k.a Myristica) on Piano.
A collaboration with Sika Deer (New Zealand based didgeridoo and flute player). An Instrumental album featuring the didjeridoo, an ancient instrument from Australia, Native Flutes, Ocarina's, Bullroarer and rattles etc. Blended with Analog Synthesisers ( Moog, Korg, Yamaha etc.) Electribe grooveboxes and FX !!
This album is a deep exploration of Ancient and Modern instruments and sounds, seamlessly fused in to a sonic journey that begins with the earthy sound of the didgeridoo creating a trance like atmosphere and ends with a joyous uptempo dance vibe!
This album is the result of the recent 3 year 'Expandis' revival !! It contains new material as well as new versions of old favourites. Originally formed in the early 80's with inspiration from punk / new wave / experimental bands such as the brilliant New York innovators 'Suicide' and the more mainstream 'Talking Heads' as well as the obvious 'Kraftwerk', 'D.A.F.' and 'Yellow Magic Orchestra' connection.
This recent 'revival' also draws influences from Pink Floyd through to Leftfield, Nine inch Nails and beyond ! A high energy live show with no weak links coupled with a desire to break down some boundaries with the lyrics and music has always been the bands driving force, This new incarnation has been no exception!
The bands 2nd album - recorded at home between 1981 and 1982 and sold at gigs on cassette.
This new digital version has been cleaned and remastered !!
Following on from the success of 'Pure Tibetan Bowls', The sister album 'Pure Crystal Bowls' is now released!
"The pure harmonic sounds created when Crystal bowls are struck or rubbed with a beater are unique.
Each track represents one of the Chakras, with its own distinct character, frequency and colour which relates to a unique aspect of our being.
A new album collaboration with Sika Deer ( Didgeridoo, Flutes and percussion ) is in the final stages of production and should be available by November !
Cora Camille announces her album release Dreaming of Cairo in which she collaborated with Hossam Ramzy, Egypt's Ambassador of Rhythm and the worlds leading name in Egyptian dance music, and with Phil Thornton from the United Kingdom who is recognized worldwide with over 2 million in sales for his solo ambient albums.
The album also features guest musicians from Cairo, Egypt performing solos intertwined into Camilles unique twist of fusing traditional middle eastern music with club-inspired American electronic music.
This is the culmination of years of work recorded in studios in St. Louis, Cairo, and Ramzys and Thorntons studios in the United Kingdom.
Two French DJs evoke heartbreak and desolation in a compilation of little-heard gems. Kym Ghosts and I made the track 'feeling sheepish' 36 years ago which is included on this new compilation.
Apparently we sounded like The Young Marble Giants !!
Cool ! I can live with that !!
40th solo album available now!
The rich blend of harmonic overtones created when Tibetan bowls are struck with various beaters was carefully recorded and gathered together into a musical journey which takes its inspiration from traditional Buddhist teachings. Each track represents a stage in the 'eightfold path' to enlightenment through meditational practice.
The Jhanas are eight altered states of consciousness which can arise during periods of strong concentration. The word Jhana is from the 'Pali' language and means meditation.
In addition to their usage for meditation, Tibetan singing bowls are also used in many Holistic therapy treatments including deep relaxation, chakra balancing, Reiki and stress reduction.
This year has seen the re-release of 2 important albums from my past as well as a host of new projects underway!
"Arde-mi-te-ai" is an exclamation that cannot be translated exactly, it's somewhat melancolical. The singer is addressing himself to the woods, speaking to them. "Ardemiteai, codru des" ......exclamation - thick forest, you can see, it's been decided, that I would not find my way out of you.." That's the first verse. The second verse says c-am intrat copil blajin, s-Acuma-s mosneag batran. "I went inside as a young boy, and now, now I am an old man.." It talks about the love for the forest.
This album takes up the musical themes and soundscapes from my first album for NWM Ltd 'Edge of Dreams' released back in 1986.
'Rejuvenation' takes a deeper exploration in to the world beyond the edge of dreams !
Soothing harps, a haunting Oboe and gentle textural soundscapes combine to create a melodic tapestry which takes you on a constantly evolving musical journey which will leave you rejuvenated and refreshed.
The music as been digitally remastered creating a very 'transparent' and clear new sound and the album features new artwork !
Authentic and powerful, Initiation weaves the haunting voice of whales and birds into the strong, mellow dream world of the Didgeridoo.
From the fascinating and earthy sounds of this most basic of natural instruments to the superb complexity of modern keyboards, we are enmeshed in a world of imagination. Time and daily concepts lose themselves as this beguiling music works its spell - enchanting, captivating and transforming the listener.
This is a genuinely unforgettable venture deep into the realm of a spiritual initiation.
2013 saw the release of my new album 'Visions of Tibet' the long awaited follow up to 'Tibetan Meditation' released in 2003!
The second half of 2013 was a very busy time with many new projects started including a new album inspired by my first solo release with New World Music Ltd and a new collaboration with 'Myristica'.
Work continues with the 'Precisionsound' sample sets - the latest addition, a collection of 500+ analog SFX samples will be ready for release early in the new year.
Here is a sneak preview of one of the new 'Expandis' tracks !
Please visit my 'soundcloud' page for a sneak preview !
The long awaited follow up to Tibetan Meditation is due out within the next few weeks.
Inspired by the very distinctive culture and music of Tibet. The pure sounds of singing bowls and temple bells are joined by the raw power of the Dong - Chen (Tibetan Horn).
Powerful rhythms, chanting monks and a rich tapestry of ethnic and electronic sounds take you on a journey deep into the heart of Tibet.
Myristica's new album 'Little Oak' will be released on the 1st of May.
The Album was co-produced with Phil Thornton and features guest performances from Phil on Recorder, Guitar and Accordion.
Big thanks to all who came to the RISE launch party. Next gig Expandis are supporting the Psychedelic Warlords on the 17th May at The Carlisle, Hastings.
RISE - release date Sunday 31st March ( Easter Sunday )!
We will be having a launch party on the day at the Carlisle pub on Hastings seafront - its FREE entry to all and will include an Expandis live performance !
Seasonal Bundle Nexus Tribal & Tribal Spirit available together for a limited period.
Nexus Tribal features the song 'BAY CITY SHIMMY (fat chance mix)' which was used in the ATS Flash Mob World wide project earlier this year.
Both sets feature the unique analog sounds of the Korg MS-20 and Moog Source synthesisers. Using Phil's personal collection of vintage gear, the library is a sonic exploration of the MS-20's dual filter, through intricate rhythms and live performances. Driven by a Korg SQ-10 analog sequencer and MS- 50 modular expander, the sound of the MS-20 is complemented by powerful Moog tones, Korg Electribe drum machines, and a Korg Wavestation synthesiser.
This is my first solo album (1983) its under the 'Expandis' banner to make sure it is not confused with my 1987 album of the same name. A digitally remastered and restored version with a new bonus track featuring Terry Pack on fretless bass.
A Global Phenomenon Dancing in a language that crosses all boarders.
A video compilation from the Stories of the World programme, an official part of the Cultural Olympiad for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Part of the global gathering exhibition at Bexhill Museum and Brighton and Hove Museum.
50% of the profits are being donated to Bexhill Museum from each DVD.
The "Miles away' youtube video has now been watched 100 000+ well done to Blue dot Music.
Rare video footage shot at the Shoton Festival, Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet August 2005. A hugh Thangka painting of the Buddha is unfurled on the mountainside as thousands of pilgrims and locals partake of the festivites .This is the first time this rare video footage has been seen.
'Rock the Tabla' and 'Bellydance For Fitness And Fun' now available directly from the shop. Click here to order.
At last I have made time to get in the studio and start working on new music!
Projects now under way include a new 'Egypt' album in collaboration with Hossam Ramzy, the long awaited follow up to 'Nexus Tribal' and brand new 'Expandis' songs!
Other news - ARC Ltd will soon be re-releasing Dalinda's album 'Turquoise' this new version will be titled 'Songs from Libya' and will feature 2 new remixes one by 'Mandragora' and the other by 'Earthdance'.
In the meantime here are a couple more free downloads.
Short taster version from the album Angelic Harmony.
This is a short 'taster' version from the fothcoming Expandis album 'Flying' originally released in 1983!!
Featuring lots of multilayered Moog synthesiser.
Bay City Shimmy - Fat Chance mix (short version) From the album 'Nexus Tribal'. Hurts me (bonus track) From forthcoming album release 'The complete home Expandis'.
Beachcombing (bonus track) From forthcoming album release 'Flying'. I don't mind the noize (short version) A three and a half minute edit from 'The complete home Expandis'.
Bay city shimmy available for the first time as a download. This is the original version taken from the compilation album 'The beginners guide to bellydance'. Yamma Jatta (Broadoak Mix).

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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I am really enthusiastic about process understanding. Pottery demands this in spades!
Follow my blog to share the pains and delights of continuous learning in this craft.
Keep an eye on my events for opportunities to participate in my experiences.
Buy lovely supporters, Buy! if you spot a piece that you love please buy it.
I have made these cast porcelain tumblers as a nod to the old style glass I remember my grandfather using. The dimples round the base settle into your hand when you hold it.
This is 'Edith' the second shape in this series.
Each piece varies as they have come through a hand made casting, finishing and glazing process.
If you are happy to wait for production I can make more stock in the glaze selections you choose.
Look for casting workshops to learn how to make this style of pottery.


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A question we always get asked is whether we can manufacture a small candy line that would be suitable for laboratories and small-scale production. So, our engineers put their heads together and the brand new ‘Mini Form Candy Production Line‘ was born.
This machine is loaded with our mini rotary shape forming dies. It has a production rate of up to 150Kg of candies per hour, depending on the size of your candy.
Now with our 3-tier Mini Cooler!

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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Luy & les siens d’or seront abbreuez.
Him and the rich grubbings soon get watered/He and his commonwealth rush and get rushed.
Briefly, a vast quantity of Roman coins and objects was discovered in Mâcon (Matisco) a port in Burgundy, South-Eastern France in 1764 and changed hands eventually arriving at the British Museum as a small but fine collection of but 8 silver items. The rest seem to have been melted down for value. Probably those turned into bullion were some silver plates, a flight of siver figurines and no less than silver 30,000 coins together with assorted jewellery. These may have been temple treasure from the Third Century AD, a time of crisis in Gaul. The collectors’ financial exchanges and the ensuing bequeathment details are information of a type that may be obtained but not the real human interest – who first knew about them, how many dug these up and how much of the true value was stolen, seized or tricked away from the discoverers? That is to say, who got what and how did that eventually benefit them?
The deities represented by the figurines, or images placed upon them, were Mercury (four items) Luna (Fr. Lune, Gr. Selene) Jupiter (Gr. Zeus) Venus and a single Genius. The most striking was of the Roman goddess called Tutela (similar to Tyche, Greek goddess of fortune) from the First Century AD. Stood upon a 12-sided dish she holds a libation plate in her left hand and in her right a cornucopia imaging Diana (Gr. Artemis) and another featuring Apollo. She wears a walled crown on her head (but Matisco was walled later in the Fourth Century) and over her head are the Hellenistic gods of the seven days of the week, Saturn (Fr. Saturne, Gr. Cronos), Sol (Fr. Soleil, Gr. Helios) Luna, Mars (Gr. Ares) Mecury (Fr. Mercure, Gr. Hermes) Jupiter and Venus. Tutela is partly gilded. It is easy to wax lyrical about this fine figurine.
Line 2, OF ‘simulachres’ here means the statues of a divinity, graven idols in fact. OF ‘au lac’ on face value means inland waters or a pit but ‘simulachres au laque’, which would have sounded no different during printer’s dictation, could indicate lacquered idols which in those days would be resinous but grubby gilding might be mistaken for it by Michel the ‘remote viewer’, I guess. As Mâcon is an ocean port rather than a town up in the lakes somewhere I think this a possibility.
Line 3, OF ‘argille’ is clay or clay loam. OF ‘figulier’ may be a rare noun that I can’t quite pin down. The resemblance to ‘figure’ and reference to clay puts me in mind of some kind of mould-maker or, more likely, a brick-maker. Equally the OF ‘figue’ for fig comes to mind and OF ‘figuier’ means a fig tree. Did someone pull one up to remove the enormously valuable stache beneath and then replant its roots into the clay again, perhaps to search for another close by? Or was this during a drought of sorts with an old fig tree seeking new clay loam for its sustenance and, stretching out a surfacing root, breaking open the earth to reveal a glimpse of something precious?
Line 4, OF ‘les siens d’or’ most probably means ‘the valuables which belong to this person we speak of’ (as ‘d’or’ could mean something of high value, as ‘good as gold’, as much as the shiny yellow metal). But it could also mean the family or friends of that person.
This leads us to OF ‘abbreuez’, the final and most difficult word to interpret in this Nostradamus Quatrain IX 12 as it is possibly mistaken or it might be conjugated from OF ‘abrouer’ to arrive as in ‘Him and his circle will arrive’ into High Society or OF abreuver’ to be given a drink as in ‘Him and his mates will be given a drink’ for their trouble or OF ‘abriver’ to become overwhelmed, to dash and be dashed, to come and go at a fast rate, to get carried away, as in ‘Him and his cronies excitedly rush headlong’ into the mire.
Line 1: Genie. Line 2 : Venus (the second ‘u’ in ‘trouuez’ is in effect a ‘v’) with Saturne/Cronos, Sol/Soleil,Lune/Luna, Zeus, Artemis, Hermes, Selene, Ares and Helios. First couplet: Genius, Tutela, OF ‘la deesse’, Macon/Matisco. Second couplet : Genius, Tyche, OF ‘fortune’ and OF ‘chance’ and possibly even Duc de Blacas (should we allow the duplication of one letter, in this case ‘d’, as was the way with the Medieval anagram). Line 4 : OF ‘idole’.
From the quatrain as a whole we may extract the letters of the words Bourgogne/Burgundy, agglomération de trésor/trésor de trésor (hoard of treasure) and whilst the word-for-word translation ‘musée britannique’ is unattainable the proper name should, of course, be ‘British Museum’ in any language and this is also available from the letters of the quatrain. Coincidence?
There may be more in here than we can divine from what little detail has survived since the great discovery of 1764. Or there may be a link with quatrainVIII 28 that is still awaiting discovery.


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I know its been a long wait, longer than I anticipated, and if you’re as excited and anxious as I am, I know it hasn’t been fun!
Never mind. I wont even try to explain.
Suffice it to say that those of you who enjoyed the prologue, will like these new additions, as you get a lot more of Shael and the goings on from his POV (“point of view” if you’re new to writer jargon).
I know! Its very exciting!
Know that I am very sorry that it is taking so long to get it into your hands. I hate being behind schedule. I am not withholding it from you out of some evil plot to build suspense or anything stupid like that!
I can only do as much as I can with what I am given.
I am hoping to have all the new scenes completed (written, proofed, and edited) by the end of the month, and the manuscript sent to the publisher.
Then they will have some work to finish up the book design, and actually print the book, which my guess could take around 4-6 weeks.
But that’s just a guess! It could be a lot sooner. It all just depends on how backed up the printer is.
I’m not going to go into how stressful it has been, to be so far behind schedule.
It would end with many tears.
I’m just going to assure you, we are closer now than ever. The end is most definitely in sight! I am getting excited about the book, and the changes I’ve made to the story, and I can’t wait for you guys to read it!
For now, I’m going to get back to work, and we will chat again soon!

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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Vanessa Jackson often sounds more like a sculptor than a painter when talking about her own work. She refers to ‘whittling away’, ‘carving out’, and ‘polishing into existence’, when describing how the dynamic shapes evolve. She enjoys doing woodblock prints for the reason that in these, the compositions really can be carved out.
Eileen Cooper’s large oil paintings and charcoal drawings deal incessantly with personal relationships. She says that her ideas tend to cone out in an unpredictable way through the activity of painting, but there is a fascination with the bond between mother and child through out her work.
The most striking feature of Jeff Lowe’s work is his interest in African carvings, which he esteems as some of the most remarkable sculptures ever produced. He is strongly influenced by it’s formal language: the subtle shifting angles, the inclination of figure pieces, the precise definition of levels and the contrast between the lavish decoration and solidity of such art works.
The New Year starts at the Castlefield Gallery with an exhibition of recent work by Fabian Peake, entitled “New York Thoughts”, which runs from the 10th January – 16th February 1986.
These brightly and imaginatively coloured paintings and gouaches were inspired by the artist’s recent visit to the States.


text: The main scope of this comprehensive study is to investigate the annealing temperature effects (300 °C ≤ T ≤ 500 °C) on the crucial properties as regards the characteristic bond structures, surface morphology, crystallinity, crystal plane alignments, phase purity, local elemental compositions and distributions of the carbon nanosheets (CNSs). The materials are prepared by the solid-state air pyrolysis of the compound, 2-phenylphthalazin-2-ium-4-olate (phthalazinium betaine). Characterization of compounds prepared in air atmosphere conditions is performed by thermal gravimetric analysis, Fourier transformation-infrared spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and electron-dispersive X-ray techniques. It is found that the temperature value of 350 °C favors the formation velocity of CNSs due to the transition in more turbostratic structure of the system. In fact, the product (prepared at 350 °C) exhibits the largest nucleation and growth rates on the surface. Thus, the distribution (regular grain orientation) of CNSs is observed to be most homogenous, leading to the larger nestlike structures with more corrugated and bunched forms (much sharper edges) in the crystal structure. All the results obtained demonstrate that the best product with unique features is an intriguing material for potential applications in nanoelectronics and biomedical systems.


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Reach out and try to see if you can help others. You don’t have to give away everything you own (if you don’t want to), just go out there and try to support somebody. The trick with helping is a little bit surprising: although it seems you’re giving, you’re in fact receiving. And you’re receiving a lot more than you think.
It all comes down to the understanding that you’re not alone, you’re functioning in a greater context than yourself. So, every time you help somebody you actually change something in this bigger energy field, you provide more value, you enrich the field. And, logically, the field will yield back more to you.
Although we all know that and all major religions have preached it, we’re still not doing it. And you know why? Because of our fear of loss. We fear that we may lose something if we help somebody else: we fear we can lose our time, our money, our energy.
Get over it. Helping others is the best investment ever. It always pays back. And it pays rather sooner than later.
Last year I read one of the most interesting books I read in many years: it’s called The Diamond Cutter. I wrote extensively about it, so if you want to read the book review, go ahead. But if you’re planning to do this a bit later, let me give you a short glimpse of what you may expect, something related directly to the scope of this article.
In the Diamond Cutter System (we’ll be using the abbreviation DCS from now on) the only way you can get something for yourself is to give it to somebody else first. Yes, precisely. If you want money, you should first give money to somebody else. If you want a relationship, you have to provide support for somebody alone.
The way it works is relatively simple: by giving it to somebody else first, you plant a karmic seed, a seed that will stay in your mind until it will grow up and it will literally force you to see the world as you “planted it”. DCS is basically Buddhism (and Diamond Cutter is actually the name of one of the oldest sutras in Buddhism) and in Buddhism everything you experience is karma. As many of you know, “karma” simply means “consequence”, or the law of cause and effect. What we experience under the name of “life” is in fact a karmic projection unfolding in front of our conscience 65 frames per second.
So, by planting good seeds, you create good karma. If you help other people, if you give them what they want, this will plant a seed in your mind and that seed will flourish into the exact same thing happening to you.
I have to tell you that I find this system rock solid. I won’t go into details, but I will tell you that I really studied it and I am practicing it and it simply works.
But what happens if you don’t believe in karma? Because you have the right to do so, you’re free to believe in whatever you want. Is this “helping other” thing still staying on? In this case, how it works? How helping others will make you successful?
Well, let’s leave karma aside and try another angle, which may be more palatable, even if you world view differs drastically from mine, even if you don’t believe in karma or reincarnation, that is.
Suppose you’re helping somebody to improve his business, in the hope that your business will grow as well. Or, at least, that’s the idea promoted in DCS, remember? Well, what really happens if you start to do it is that by helping that other person, you learn what it takes to manage a business.
And that’s fundamental. Because there is a very interesting thing that happens when luck – or what we call luck – strikes you: you don’t know what to do. Or when success hits you. You’re simply unprepared. You don’t know what to do.
There are countless stories of people getting huge amounts of money an then losing all that money almost instantly, notorious being those about people winning the lottery. The reason why they won that money is not relevant here, what matters is how they lost it. And, most of the time, they lost it because they weren’t prepared, they actually didn’t know what to do it. They lost it by ignorance.
And here comes that thing about helping others. If you teach other people to make money and to take care of their money, you put yourself in the position of being prepared. It almost doesn’t matter how good you are at it. The simple commitment of being there, around that person and taking care of their money will force you to learn new stuff. All you have to do is to focus on that goal: helping the other to make more money.
And as you get better and better at it, something really interesting will happen: next time when you get some money, you will suddenly know what to do with it.
Every tiny opportunity will be better taken care of. Let’s assume that now, if you get 100 dollars you will lose it all. Because you’re not prepared to have 00 dollars more in your pocket.
But after you start teaching money management to other people, there will be some tricks you will discover. You will learn how to keep at least 1 dollar next time you get 100. Maybe your throughput won’t improve dramatically, but your science of managing it will get better. And better. And better.
That’s how it works in everything: relationships, career, you name it.
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Blue Devils Firing on all 8 cylinders.
Coming into the game the Lady Blue Devils were sporting a 3-3 record. But the three losses were all against quality teams - Troy, Northmont, and Waynesville. In the league, Brookville has a winning record. On the other hand, injury has been a problem, 2 Brookville starters, Andrea Shellabarger and Erika Peters, have not played significantly in the early season. Both of these girls would make appearances in the game. For the first time this season, the team would be intact. Dixie has been trying to right their ship. They had some success early, but have hit the midwinter doldrums. After winning their first two games, they are having a hard time getting back into the ‘W' column. Unfortunately they would run into Brookville at full strength.
Brookville can hurt you from the inside and the outside. This one - two combination was damaging in the first quarter. Six footer Joy Maxel scored early and often from the inside. She scored the first basket of the game and Jaime Mitrisin scored the second - dropping a three point shot to put Brookville up 5-0. From there they controlled the game, scoring furiously in the first quarter while holding Dixie to just 3 points. Brookville started with a man to man defense, falling into a zone later in the game. Dixie tried a combination of defenses and even pressed in an effort to generate some turnovers but couldn't seem to be able to slow the Blue Devils down in the first half. It was 37-7 at the break.
Dixie couldn't seem to hit their outside shots. Turnovers were a problem. Starting guard Sarah Kellhoffer injured her ankle during the Holiday Tournament and has not returned to the line up yet. This reduces the number of ball handlers on an already slim team. One thing I noticed about the Brookville half court offense - the ball rarely touches the floor. The team passed very well during the game I saw. They rely on ball movement to work the ball to an open player. To their credit Dixie was able to outscore Brookville in the final quarter, but they would fall 21-59.
Dixie's Coach May, “We don't have anyone who can consistently bring the ball down the court without turning the ball over. We can't catch the ball.” When asked about guard Sarah Kelhoffer who is out injured, she stated that it would be at least week until her next appointment with the doctor. So the team will have to compensate. Coach May did like to see the girls continuing to play hard even against such a strong opponent.


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I am currently evaluating the Imaging SDK for a project, and have encountered a problem. I load a Wang-annotated TIFF, which shows the annotations in the WPF demo just fine. And then I want to save it, baking in the annotations to the image. But when I open the saved jpg file, the annotations are not in it.
I read some stuff about SetSaveAnnotaions(true), but that doesnt seem to exist anymore. Anyone here who might be able to help?
You have not loaded image and annotations in memory - in this case encoder copies image data without loading the whole image into memory. Also encoder copies annotations as metadata if encoder supports annotations metadata format. JPEG encoder does not support WANG annotations and it does not copies annotations.
Is there a way to bake these into the image using the SDK? Right now, I can only see the annotations when I open the JPG with the supplied tool.
Nevermind, I got it using the above code. Thanks for the good support!
Sorry for reviving an old thread here, but there is another problem.
When converting TIFF files to PNG, rectangle annotations work fine (color/alpha and shape) but line annotations are not interpreted correctly. In the original, the lines are transparent with rounded corners, but in the result PNG produced via VintasoftImaging, these lines are NOT transparent and do not have rounded edges. While I personally don't care whether the edges are round or corners (and I'm pretty sure the customer won't either), the missing transparency causes these annotations to cover up important text.
Is this a known bug in version 8.3? Right now I unfortunately don't have access to the originals to attach an image, but maybe this description can already help.
Could you send us (to support@vintasoft.com) a small working project, which demonstrates your problem? We need reproduce the problem on our side.
I'll get some samples to you next week, when I have access to them again. Thanks for the response!
Small update, it will take another week for me to get you the samples, since I don't have the software needed yet, to create some sample files for you to use. Once I do, I will send them to you. Code wise, you can see the errors when opening the tiff in your own sample application, so I do not think, sending code is necessarily required.
The distributive package of VintaSoft Imaging .NET SDK does not have image files with WANG annotations. Please let me know the steps, which we should do for reproducing your problem.
Thats what I meant by preparing some sample files for you. As soon as I have them, I'll send them to you.

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How I make the ThemeAtlas only have caption glow ?
How I make the ThemeAtlas .png only have caption glow (like windows 7 caption glow) , but without theme style.
You would have to extract the theme atlas from the resource attached to the theme DLL into a .PNG file, then modify just the caption glow portion of the image. Then when you load it via Aero Glass for Win 8+ it would just keep all the graphics the same except for the glow portion. I did that a long while back with the Aero7 theme I use for my Win 8.1 desktop, though I also updated the caption button graphics.
I have in the past done the resource extraction with Microsoft Visual Studio, and the second part with Adobe Photoshop. I used to have notes on precisely where to look in the theme file for the resource that is the theme atlas PNG but I seem to have misplaced them.
Regarding resource extraction, you can also use Resource Hacker, the first item under STREAM is the PNG you're looking for.


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Today has been the most wonderful day, I can see how persisting with the Golden Light project pays dividends (even better than Shell and heaps better than BP!) It is the cumulative effect of one day building upon another that is so evident. From dawn to dusk I have been supported by my own recognition of the truth in side of me. I am growing and adapting to the information pouring through; pouring through in such a clear form.
I sing the first and the third lines three times each and the second and fourth lines twice.
Music is such a great gift, use the voice during the day, sing in the golden light it works…do it and see! when we get to the upper heart make up your own tune and watch the warmth of the sun and the warmth of your heart merging into a golden glow.


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Of course, you will read about everywhere how low interest rates hurt savers and pensioners. But this obvious and visible consequence is not the real bottleneck. Interest rates are the most important prices in a market economy. Interest rates coordinate production over time. The artificially low interest rates of today will lead to erroneous investment decisions, which will avenge themselves in only one possible way: a depression with a capital D.
How Do Entrepreneurs, Firms and Capitalists Decide Where to Invest?
The problem is that many people have no clue as to why companies invest money in project A instead of project B. To understand how artificially low interest rates will destroy the economy, we first must understand how and why businesses make certain investments.
A company, entrepreneur or investor tries to estimate the future cash flows a given investment will generate in net terms.
Let’s take a food truck to illustrate how this works. A food truck requires some upfront investments: the truck, an improvised kitchen, some materials and ingredients. These costs represent negative cash flows. The owner of the food truck must take some money out of his pockets to cover the costs.
But this food truck is soon able to generate revenues. The earnings from the sales of, let’s say, hamburgers, assuming a positive margin, represent positive cash flows. This is money flowing into the pocket of the food truck owner.
If we net out all the negative and positive cash flows, we will see that someone who invests in a food truck will perhaps bear a net negative cash flow in the first year, but would anticipate positive cash flows rather soon. The period of production of hamburgers is short; the initial capital investment is low. Money can be made pretty soon.
Yet, receiving $1000 in two years’ time is not the same as having $1000 right now. “Time is money,” the old cliché goes, and the interest rate is the price of time. In other words, we want to know how much that $1000 we expect to earn in year 1, year 2, year 3, year 4 and year 5 is worth today. And, therefore, we use an interest rate to get to the present value of these future cash flows. We use an interest rate, or a discount rate, to bring future cash flows to the present.
In other words, interest rates determine how much future cash flows are worth now. Low interest rates? Future cash flows are worth more today. High interest rates? Future cash flows are worth less today.
Investors, firms and entrepreneurs invest in those production projects which they think will be most profitable. The thing is: projects with a (relatively) long period of production that require lots of capital are more profitable when interest rates are low: the present value of the future cash flows that these investments promise is after all higher.
The present value of the future cash flows of our food truck example will improve somewhat with a lower interest rate.
But other investments are more complex than an investment in a food truck. There are millions of investment possibilities, each with its own duration (the period before the investment starts to bear fruit) and capital requirements (the initial and future capital expenditures).
The longer the duration of an investment, and the more capital the investment requires, the bigger the effect of changes in interest rates on the present value of the future cash flows of this investment.
Low interest rates thus lead to more investment in more capital intensive, more long-term projects. The lower interest rates, the more these kinds of investments are favored.
These low interest rates create an illusion. Interest rates arise, without intervention, because people have different subjective time preferences. Some demand present goods to a greater degree than others. These time preferences do not change. While interest rates under normal circumstances inform entrepreneurs, firms and capitalists as to what durations their investments should have, they are now being misled by the absurd monetary policy of central banks.
The artificially low interest rates give investments an aura of profitability while it is merely a temporary illusion fed by the ECB. In other words, we must prepare for an economic disaster. Entrepreneurs, companies and investors are being misled.
These investments will, however, not end well. They are based on projections of future demand that are based only on the financial veil of the ECB. These investments will only result in bankruptcies and liquidations.
Unfortunately, these investments are on the books of financial intermediaries. The ECB is planting the seeds of the future destruction of its own banking system.
Since some economists have no knowledge of capital theory, they try to defend their failing models by reaching for the most absurd explanations possible of the recently low or zero interest rates. Instead of blaming central banks, they base their explanations on a so-called “savings glut.” Former CPB-director Coen Teulings, for instance, refers to “birth control” and the diminishing population growth, while on the other side we have the baby boom generation that arose out of a birth wave after the Second World War.
After all, the capital market, Coen Teulings explains, is a market just like any other market where supply and demand meet.
That nowadays a very important share of that “supply” originates from the unlimited wallet of the central bank, is conveniently ignored by Teulings.
But “interest rates have been coming down all the way since the 80s.” That can never be the result of the monetary policy of the past five years, Teulings argues.
First, those are a lot of assumptions in one single statement. In the 1980s, interest rates rose to record highs. In 1980, interest rates on the Dutch 10-year government bond reached a high of 15%. A historically abnormal height and for good reason: inflation got out of control. In 2000, two decades after inflation retreated, interest rates on 10-year government bonds within the Eurozone were at about 5%. A historically normal height.
So, yes: interest rates went down from 1980 to 2000, but that was merely a normalization of nominal rates after a turbulent period of high inflation. However, what happened after that period has everything to do with central banks. Interest rates were lowered before the change of the millennium, because of (highly exaggerated) fears of Y2K. After Y2K, interest rates were manipulated downward even further as a reaction to the 2001-recession (and the bursting of the dotcom bubble) and the terrorist attacks in New York. The eventual result was the biggest recession since the Great Depression of the 30s, with this time more of the same: after the recession of 2008, interest rates were even further lowered to practically zero.
The explanation of Coen Teulings, blaming demographic factors for low or zero interest rates, is absurd and hopely not serious.
Do not be fooled, dear reader. There is one culprit and one culprit only: the central bank.
Indirectly: the banking system takes bigger interest rate risks because it can get all the liquidity it possibly needs practically for free at the central bank (in economic jargon: the banking system is engaging on a larger scale in maturity mismatching. In other words, banks finance themselves on the liabilities side with increasingly shorter maturities, while investing on the asset side in increasingly longer maturities. One of the consequences is that long-term interest rates have come down.
Directly: the central bank is expanding its asset purchases and, moreover, assets with longer durations and maturities than before. Interest rates go down, but the effect is especially notable on long-term interest rates.
Precisely that long-term interest rates, that is the most manipulated rate in our times, is crucial in the investment decisions of entrepreneurs, companies and capitalists.
What we see now is, however, unprecedented.
Since the crisis of 2008, the assets of small banks have increasingly longer maturities. For instance, in 2007 only 16% of their assets were invested in assets with a maturity over 5 years. Nowadays, that percentage is 31%. More importantly, since the crisis of 2008, big banks are financing themselves increasingly with short-term credit (your own bank deposit is an example of such a short-term credit; you can, after all, demand repayment at any time). Whereas in 2001 33% of all bank liabilities were financed with maturities shorter than 3 months, in 2007 this increased to 44% and today it went up to more than 55%. 55% of all bank liabilities have maturities shorter than 3 months, compared to 33% in 2001.
In other words, we have never experienced maturity mismatching to such an extreme extent in the banking system.
And because we know that artificial low interest rates fool entrepreneurs, firms and capitalists into making the wrong investments (that is, investments in more capital-intensive projects with longer durations), we also know that a banking crisis awaits us of unprecedented scale. The fact that low interest rates encourage bad investments, while banks never took as much interest rate risk as today, is a guaranteed recipe for disaster.
The consequences will be disastrous. Currency ECB monetary policy will lead us to the brink of a complete destruction of our economy. The fact that savers are suffering from low yields is in that perspective only a small, additional harm.

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Touted as Apple’s most personal device yet, the Apple Watch has received diverse reactions. Some industry pundits consider it better suited to early adopters, with its convenience being eclipsed by the learning curve and high price.
However, past successes of Apple devices suggest that getting behind their new product won’t end in disappointment. The Apple Watch can only be as good as the apps developed for it, and a few major brands are already ensuring that their apps take center stage.
The Taptic Engine behind Apple Watch notifications is a new form of wearable tech interaction, developed to help users disengage from technology without disconnecting from essential information. The wrist-tapping feedback comes through in different patterns and strengths depending on the type of notification received, and glances provide significant snips of application information likely to be most relevant such as weather, traffic, or stocks.
Apple Pay is a swipe method of payment delivered with the Apple Watch, adding convenience while simultaneously promoting the device.
Various retail apps encourage shoppers to frequent their store while making the in-store experience simpler. Target’s mobile app links to the Apple Watch with shopping lists and in-store navigation, ensuring users find what they want using the most direct routes.
A few travel apps are available to help organise flights, car hire, accommodation bookings, and activities. Expedia highlights upcoming travel arrangements and provides flight status and gate change notifications directly to the Apple Watch, as well as hotel addresses and check-in times.
Many fitness apps have been developed, making use of embedded sensors to measure heart rate and steps taken, and Tinder is using the watch’s heart rate monitor to match up heart-rate increases with potential suitors.
From Instagram to Amazon, Shazam to XE Currency, the available apps are countless, but their success is dependent on how well they’ve been developed to meet user needs and wants.
Ensuring your apps are both user-friendly and attractive is key, but developers should take full advantage of Apple Watch functionality to highlight their apps. Allowing users to decide on the frequency of interaction can also be of benefit, as providing too much feedback is a sure path to app deletion.
At the same time, not offering enough insight makes your application superfluous. Quickly and succinctly presented information is a must, and differentiating between functions that will require iPhone connectivity and those which merely duplicate iPhone operations helps ensure necessary and desirable app creations.
Apple Watch applications need not be highly customisable or detailed solutions, but should successfully focus on the fundamental principle of providing concise and helpful pieces of data as necessary.
5 Watch Outs With the Apple Watch offers some great advice for anyone hoping to develop an efficacious application that will grab the market’s attention.


text: Osaimi, S. and AL-Gelban, K.S. (2007) Diabetes Mellitus-Prevalence and Associated Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Saudi Sub-Urban Community. Biomedical Research, 18, 147-153.

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How did we end up with drywall?
Amazing! One of the classes I am taking right now is called “The Contemporary House.” In this class we are learning how to design a unique, conceptual, working floor plan along with an entire house. Within the process of design, as interior design students, our Japanese professor educates us on the actual construction of the house’s foundation, the makeup of the walls, the roof’s construction (which has been a big eye opener on the complexity and depth of work an aesthetically successful house takes), and right down to the construction of kitchen cabinetry.
This article shares where drywall began, why it was used (cheap), why we should get rid of drywall and how there are designers and architects who refuse to use it and have created seamlessly beautiful spaces.
How did we end up with drywall? : TreeHugger.
In the midst of my studies, two jobs, dog, cleaning, cooking/grocery shopping/prepping to stay healthy, and work outs, I find it more and more rare when I have a calm, sane, clear-thinking moment.
Thank goodness for the flower and plant-filled canyon behind my house.
Study shows a walk in the park fixes a fuzzy brain : TreeHugger.


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Without question the most underestimated, undervalued, unappreciated, under-rated tool in the rider’s toolbox is breathing. I should know I am guilty of not tapping into the power that correct breathing gives you. I have been told to learn to breathe properly and virtually ignored the advice. Really can’t tell you why, it seems that I know best and I consider being advised to breathe as no advice at all.
I’ve written some posts on how to breathe when riding, paying lip service to it really. I’d be interested to know how many of you have thought “Wow, that’s a real corker, I’ll go an give that a go”- I’ll wager not many of you. However, now that I understand clearly the benefits of ‘good’ breathing I have to say that I am more than a little miffed with myself that I didn’t take it more seriously much earlier in my training and have been looking around for someone to blame for not instilling in me just how significant it is. On this basis I am not going to be the one who does not tell you!
So you see, every time I struggled to keep going, through lack of oxygen to my muscles and my lungs and quickly became exhausted, every time my vast efforts sent me purple in the face, every time my muscles ached through sheer exertion, could have been avoided with a) a few basic exercises to improve the way I breathe and b) an awareness of how my breathing affects my ability to work with my horse. Deep diaphragmatic breathing raises levels of blood oxygen thus improving physical fitness and mental performance.
If you are anything like me, you want me someone to give you that magical positional tweak that will revolutionise your riding and God knows I’ve given you enough of those in my blog posts over the past year or so, but as my training progresses and things click into place, we are looking at refining everything, relaxing everything, making it more subtle, stripping it back to its heart and as a result I have had to learn to control my breathing whilst in the saddle. It seems that every breath I share with my horse is an authentic cue either to relax or not.
Breathing correctly means your chest will expand; your ribcage will lift; your vertebrae will re-align; your muscles will soften; your jaw will relax; your elbows will unlock and your legs will hang long and soft.
Breathing correctly means that the oxygen gets to your brain and you are able to think more clearly; communication is calm and responsive.
Breathing it seems is a bit of a lame suggestion in the face of all that you need to do to ride well, such an insignificant idea barely warrants a try doesn’t it? But in my opinion that does not make it any less of a phenomenon but more of one. It is simple and as such should be embraced because ‘simplicity is the key to brilliance’.
“Relax!”, “Stop holding your breath!” Whilst these phrases are intended to be helpful, what affect do they really have? When you hit difficulty the first thing to go is the quality of your breathing, perhaps you hold your breath or begin breathing in short, shallow breaths, irregularly, very different from your breathing when you are calm, confident, and in control when your breaths are smooth, deep and rhythmic.
The bizarre truth is that learning to control your breathing is not some 10 week course in which you need to seek professional help, pay exorbitant fees and work hard to achieve. All you need to do is take a deep breath. Basically, the emphasis is on breathing from the diaphragm (or belly) instead of the chest, as this produces feelings of being calm and relaxed.
Inhale deeply and slowly through your nose – feel your chest expand top to bottom. Feel your belly push outward as if you were inflating a balloon.
Hold for a moment before exhaling – concentrate on feeling calm and patient.
Exhale gently through your mouth at a steady rate – be sure to exhale for a beat longer than you inhaled. Feel your belly flatten. Feel the muscles in your arms and shoulders relax while your body melts gently towards the ground. Let your muscles enjoy this moment of relaxation.
Drop your shoulders and let go. Breathe deep, expand your rib cage to give your heart room and exhale the calm. Inhale. Think of what you want to achieve in a positive light. Exhale. Inhale. We will do a fabulously flowing shoulder-in today. Exhale. The deep breath is actually an act of self-confidence in itself.
Taking a deep breath can be used effectively in a lesson, before going into the arena at a show, during any breaks in your schooling or even during a hack. It helps you maintain your composure, control your anxiety, keep your focus, and aids your body in getting the oxygen it needs to operate to its full capacity.
What could be more natural than an act that we do some 20,000 times each day? So, do you know if you breathe correctly? It is a fact that the majority of us take our breathing for granted. Given that often the very act of taking a deep breath brings your focus to something that you have complete control over (your breathing) by utilising ‘taking a deep breath’ you have taken proactive steps and decided not to simply wait for things to happen. Your breathing technique can create relaxation and rhythm. Isn’t this the essence of all things Dressage?
Thanks – great! It is meditative.
Listen to your horse responding with the same when you take a deep breath and exhale.

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Spend the day on the beach sunning yourself with P1. They will collect objects they find on the beach and use the information they gather to create a pictograph to display their findings. How littered has the last person left the beach?
Grab your wellies, P2 are zoo keepers for the day. They need to estimate the area of a shape by counting squares to make sure each enclosure is big enough for each animal. Can you predict which animal will need the biggest enclosure?
The crew of the ship and P3 are lost across the Atlantic on a greedy pursuit for treasure. They will need to describe, follow and record their journey using signs, words and angles associated with direction and turning to find their way safely to dry land.
Can P4 save the world? They will use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division when solving problems, making best use of the mental strategies and written skills to save the Polar icecaps.
Are P5 any good at cooking? I hope so! They are transported back to Roman times to cook a banquet for the Emperor. They will need to use and interpret a paper-based timetable, and make time calculations to plan their day to make sure the banquet is served on time.
Pizza lovers at the ready! P6 are opening a brand new pizza restaurant. They have to investigate the recipes using simple fractions, percentages and decimal fractions and carry out the necessary calculations to create the correct pizza recipe.
P7 need to work through a series of practical activities, to show their understanding of the relationship between 3D objects and their nets. This is a key skill needed to become packing designers and to design the latest Xbox packaging.
Pupils come face to face with the Dragons in our Entrepreneur Workshops. They will plan a well structured pitch for a brand new product, describing the features and benefits, explaining their marketing strategy, as well as exploring ideas for their target markets. Are they able to use their negotiating skills to persuade the Dragons to invest in them?
P1 learn all about rhyming words as they explore sounds, letters and words, discovering how they work together. They will use what they learn to help them read and write.
I hope P2 aren’t scared of monsters! They will spell the most commonly-used words, using their knowledge of letter patterns and spelling to invent the next generation of monsters. We will also give them some rules and use resources to help them spell tricky or unfamiliar words.
I hope P3 don’t get seasick! Can they help Christopher Columbus on his treasure hunt for nouns? They need to select ideas of what they might see, hear and smell at sea and organise them in a logical sequence. Can they unlock the treasure chest at the end?
Headline news! P4 have a tight deadline to publish a story. They need to listen to an interview with Edward the Explorer and make notes under given headings and use these to create a newspaper article. It has to be finished on time to keep the fierce publisher happy.
Shh! P5 are employed by a detective agency to solve the crime of the century. They need to develop an informed view, identify and explain the difference between fact and opinion in order to write their detective notes. They will also need to recognise when they being influenced, and assess how useful and believable their sources are.
An exciting letter has arrived in the post all the way from Japan for P6. They explore the elements which their Japanese pen pal uses in their letter, and use what they learn to create a haiku. They will need to use the appropriate structure, interesting characters and settings to make the haiku come to life.
Ever thought P7 have the gift of the gab? See if they can persuade, argue, and express their opinions when they become advertisers for a travel company. They will need to discuss and evaluate their use of persuasive language to impact the readers of their advertorial holiday brochure.


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Or is it? There are in fact times when I step away from the bistro and the bottle to enjoy Paris' many other offerings. Seeing as Paris has quite the gastronomical culture, I've jumped in with both feet into that arena, but don't fret, I have also been taking the time to explore the many other city sights.
I recently had an art adventure in my own neighborhood. Just down the street from me is the Opera Bastille, and behind that is an area I've been wanting to explore with interesting workshops and home stores, called Le Viaduc des Arts. While in search of them, I found an outdoor staircase leading up behind the Opera. It seemed like an odd location for stairs so I thought I should go investigate. What was going on turned out to be the Promenade Plante, a beautiful, narrow garden that runs almost for 3 miles with gorgeous views of the city. It used to be an old railway line, similar to High Line Park in NYC, and there were families, runners and sitters enjoying the day and the beautiful landscape.
I soon learned that the Viaduc des Arts was literally right under my nose, running all underneath the Promenade. The Viaduc shops are all huge window fronted stores that sell everything from art, to furniture to clothes and jewelry. They're more upscale spots and sometimes the design of the store was just as pretty as the contents within.
Continuing on my art and exploration week-end, I found a large modern art fair set-up in front of the Opera and continuing all along the Canal, so I went to have a look. Normally modern art isn't really my thing, but there was a unique selection of sculptures, paintings, glass work and designs that you couldn't help but admire. One part of the show was covered and indoors, and there was another section of art displayed to the open canal, making a feast for the eyes in every direction.
I also finally went into the beautiful 17th Century church, St. Sulpice in St. Germain that houses two Delacroix frescoes. It is said to be one of the largest and best kept Jesuit churches. I heard faint sounds of singing while I was there, and found a small service going on in the back of the church. The organ is one of the only "100 stops" organs in the world, meaning it's really big, and you can even climb it and take a tour inside.
I'm continuing to do some writing for websites and blogs, and with the writing comes a lot of research to investigate the topic du jour. I just finished a piece on destockage stores, where name shops will send their excess or last season's line to sell at a discount. I think I lost some money on writing that piece, but I gained some deals and cute new Parisian finds.
Last week I was sent on assignment to try out a new cooking class, which was right up my alley. The class was given by a tres petite Frenchwoman who lives in a tres grande maison with a newly restored, fabulous, open kitchen. I tried not to gasp when I saw the multiple ovens, including a special, steam oven that pushed my oven envy off the charts. It was fun to be back in a "real" kitchen and me and 4 other French ladies made squash soup, "flan" with eggs and salmon and a lovely apple tarte tatin. I picked up some good French cooking tips and had a fun trip back down oven lane.
I came home and stood in my kitchen, since there's no room to walk, and stared at my microwave, wishing it would turn into something else. Then the "Crisp" function on the outside panel that I had always ignored caught my attention. I found a manual, a French dictionary, and I came to learn that there may be some other techniques my microwave could handle beyond reheat. I got a sweet potato and eggplant, sliced it up, put it on a special round tray just for my device, and got as far away from the kitchen as I could in case something blew up. But it didn't, and I ended up getting a version of some baked food, and a huge smile on my face. My microwave and I are now best friends, and my culinary world has just increased exponentially.
I started to think about baking fish in the "Crisper," and I was debating where to go to purchase some poisson. I had been hearing quite a bit of talk about a place called Piccard. I kept trying to ignore it since Piccard is a pristine, white store that sells nothing but frozen food. Surely that should be illegal in farm, fresh, foodie France? After having dined with a wonderful, older Parisian woman, who told me she only buys her fish there, I decided it was time to check it out. Piccard has everything from frozen vegetables to steak tartare to shrimp, soup, desserts and even croissants. I stayed focused on fish and some hard to get greens, and also because my freezer is tiny so I had to limit myself to 2 purchases. I tried out my Piccard Frozen Cabillaud tonight and it wasn't half bad, and it's half the price of most fish at the markets, and equally as tasty.
I went to my first movie in Paris this month. Those that know me, know I pretty much just go to the movies for the popcorn and there's an art to making the corn with butter at the halfway point of the bag and on top for perfect bites all the way through. After a long queuing process outside the theatre, everyone files in and no one gets any concessions, which is just as well since the stand looked like it could only accommodate about 4 people per night. When you order popcorn here, they ask you if you want "salty," or "sweet." I stood waiting to hear the 3rd option of butter and you can imagine my shock when I learned that this was not an option. Seriously Paris, you put butter on your butter, and you can't put it on my popcorn? The salty was fine, but not fresh popped. Next time, I'll try the mix of half salty and half sweet.
I'm not the only popcorn crazed person in Paris. I went to a party recently and there was fresh popped microwave popcorn in a bowl that was inhaled by me and other ex-Pats, while the brie, pates and desserts sat untouched. The focus of the party was actually beer, however. 3 people had gone to an eccentric Frenchman's garage where he teaches and allows people to make their own beer, so I had the good fortune of being at the tasting party. There was a nicely flavored Belgium beer, a little too hoppy blonde/IPA, and a heavy Guiness like beer with notes of chocolate. Good beer and fun time.
I realized I've slipped in some food and beer talk, so I might as well talk about my last Cordon Bleu Wine Class. It was the finale and we were to drink 5 different champagnes, but luckily or not, we took our test first, which included a blind tasting. A covered bottle was poured for us and we had to name the grape, appellation, year, when to drink it and a good pairing. Yes, it was a little more difficult than I anticipated, but I did get the appellation right and was only a year off on the vintage, so fingers crossed I got enough right on the rest of the test to pass.
I'm barely still enrolled in any sort of French learning, outside of my daily excursions with the natives all around. Schedules got a little out of whack and my last pub conversation class had me attempting to explain the US tax system in French, which wasn't something I even wanted to do in English, so I left a bit deflated, though glad I wasn't living in Germany with their taxes! I will be making a renewed effort next year, and am coasting through the holidays this year.
I just finished a fun 5 days with my sister in law in Paris, so more updates to come!

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Above – the 02 Arena forecourt with words from Kashmir -totally surreal – photo via Dave Linwood.
I had an excellent view stage left to the side – it was great to see Kevyn Gammond, Bob Harris and Justin Adams all in attendance in my block. The performance: full of the integrity, humility, emotion and power that characterised the glory days.
Thank you Jimmy,Robert, JPJ and Jason for an amazing night.
Right I’m off to be bed…it’s back to reality and retail frenzy in the morning.
One thing is for certain – their performance at the O2 Arena on December 10 2007 has created rock history. No other band could have staged such an event as this phenomenal tribute to dear Ahmet.
Dave Lewis – December 11th 2007.
Tonight’s Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters gig will be the 58th occasion I have seen Robert Plant sing into that Shure microphone at a London gig- through Zep and all the solo years and guest appearances – and the 120th occasion overall.
So the list below represents the 119 occasions I’ve seen Robert Plant sing live –commencing with the 14 initial Led Zeppelin gigs I was lucky enough to attend and the 15th at the 02 in 2007 , through the Page & Plant collaboration, solo tours, one offs and TV recordings.
119 is not a band tally, though I have to say as we were looking at his various tour itineraries, Gary Foy and I kept asking ourselves why we didn’t do a whole lot more. There looked to be many occasions we should have made the effort to get to say a Wolverhampton or Nottingham, Coventry or Birmingham – locations within relative ease, or festival dates such as Cropredy, Womad and Canterbury that slipped through.
However, over the years the plain reality of life, circumstances, family, work commitments and finances frequently got in the way. Back in the day, with little responsibilities, zipping around the country when I was younger was no trouble – but as you get older you can’t do everything and compromises have to be made. Mind you quite how I got away with eight nights out in July 1995 when the good lady Janet was eight months pregnant I’ll never know. In retrospect there have been some moments of mild recklessness juggling work,family etc in this quest to see the singer sing his songs.
It’s a testament to Robert Plant’s unquenchable thirst for musical re invention that his latest album Carry Fire with The Sensational Space Shifters finds him on yet another fresh wave of critical and public acceptance. The prestigious BBC 6 Music showcase, various TV and radio interview slots plus a rapturously welcomed UK tour has helped propel his profile sky high in the last few weeks.
Not for his achievements in the eleven years of life in Led Zeppelin (astonishing as they were), not for the six times Grammy award winning collaboration with Alison Krauss (as wondrously surprising as that was), not for a one off reunion with his old band mates at the O2 (as magical as that was). Nor for his being selected to be a Commander of the British Empire, his dedication to Wolverhampton Wanderers, or his nurturing of and support of local talent and matters close to his heart in his Midlands bolt hole.
Impressive as all these accomplishments are – it will be above everything for his role as Robert Plant Vocalist and musician that will demand attention and appreciation in the coming months.
For me personally, from 1971 to 2017 these 1119 performances in the company of Robert Plant form a timeline of my life.
I was 15 years and 77 days old when I first heard him scream out the ‘’Bali-hi’’ war cry of immigrant Song at the Empire pool Wembley on Sunday November 21st 1971. When I settle down in my seat tonight at the Royal Albert Hall for performance 120 I’ll be 61 and 95 days old.
Nigh on 120 nights – it’s been to use the old cliché, quite a journey.
From the glory days of Led Zeppelin, through small club gigs with the Honeydrippers, his initial tentative solo tours, the mid 90s Unledded collaboration with Jimmy Page, back to the cubs with the Priory Of Brion, esoteric nights with Strange Sensation, the remarkable one off Zeppelin reunion at the 02, Grammy award winning bluegrass musings with Alsion Kruass to the eclecticism of his latest success in The Band Of Joy.
I’ve been lucky to have witnessed some incredible nights.
Led Zeppelin on a perishing cold Sunday night in November ‘71… in front of the golden god sitting on a limousine backstage at Earls Court May 25 1975… side of the stage in Frankfurt and Mannheim over Europe ’80… in the back of a rented hertz van in Sheffield with the Honeydrippers…in the presence of HRH Prince Charles Chares at the Dominion in ‘82… with the good lady Janet at the Tube in ‘83… the sheer excitement of the first Zep numbers sung live in Leicester University ’88.. Jimmy back next to him at the Hammersmith in ‘83 and ’88… the night at the Marquee in ‘88 when an unassuming chap approached me and said the immortal words ‘’Are you Dave Lewis?’’ (Yes Gary Foy that was me and we’ve shared some sketches since!)… toasting Sam’s arrival in a pub near the Hammersmith Odeon hours after her birth… Wearing And Tearing with Jimmy at Knebworth ‘90… sitting on Robert’s monitor at the Kings Head pub the smallest stage I’ve seen him on…Dazed and Confused sung as a suprise in Birmigham ’93… weaving the Unledded Zep magic with Jimmy in August 1994… Thank You –opening number before my very eyes second night second row in Meadowlands Arena New Jersey… up against the barriers in St Austell… escapades in Istnanbul followed by Shepherds Bush,Top Of The Pops and TFI Friday – three consecutive days in the company of P & P in the mad month of March of 98…. Night Flight and Trampled Underfoot at the ULU… No Regrets with the Priory at the Boardwalk Sheffield on the anniversary of night of Bonzo’s passing…. in a tent on a Halloween afternoon in Ashby De La Zouch (hi Kevin!)…. in a back street pub bar in Kings Heath on a Saturday night… Priory in Milton Keynes round the corner from my mate Phil’s house….that bizarre night of separate Plant & Page appearances at the Royal Albert Hall 2002….. World Cup fever before and after the Storytellers TV recording….TBL comes alive in the front rows of Hammersmith in 2002 when I had priority tickets and Frank Skinner telling me caustically ‘’shame he’s lost it’’ afterwards… Dermot O’ Leary interviewing Robert at the Recovered TV show before he and SS did a killer version of Love’s Seven And Seven Is….Tin Pan Valley at The Scala Radio Two recording…. Christmas cheer (too much so!) in Wolverhampton 2005…. warm vibes in Cornbury and Somerset House in the summer of ‘06…. back with The Honeydrippers for Roy Williams 60th at JB’s on Valentines Day 2007…… into the glow of the infinite glory that was theirs at the 02 six months later – watching his family members dancing to Rock And Roll in front of me….Black Country Woman with Alison at Wembley… reviving the marvellous Scott Walker’s Farmer In The City and those lines ‘’Who are you twenty one, twenty one, I’ll give you twenty one, twenty one’’ sending shivers down the spine at Abbey Road… revelling in a true Band Of Joy at Mayfair One and doing a little angel dance of delight at the London Forum, a life affirming gig at the Birmingham Symphony Hall with the same line, a redefining gig in Gloucester when he introduced The Sensational Space Shifters, a moving tribute to Bert Jansch in 2013, yet another Ceaseless Roar in Wolverhampton in 2014, performing Kashmir with Nigel Kennedy and Money with Paul Rodgers and Brian Johnson, yet another rebirth with a lunchtime date at Maida Vale studios on October 6.
The odd night when it didn’t really spark, that stage that looked like a block of cheese in ’85, Tom getting lost on the way back from Oxford in ’83 (Slough on a dark December night did not look good!) Mr Foy’s car near conking out in the early hours on the way back from Warwick in 1988 when three fan belt purchased quickly in succession couldn’t fix it (Gary you should have realised I brought trouble and strife!), and by his own admission some confusing moments as his career veered this way and that, well we valiantly followed suit.
‘’’It’s been real’’ as the singer once put it himself.
Of course, along the way there’s been the camaraderie of like minded fans. Indeed a fair few of you out there will have shared some of those memories above as they unfolded. Many a friendship formed over the years, Many a pre gig and late night beer, many a curry, many a pre and post gig discussion of why this singer remains so inspirational in our lives. And that’s a trend I am sure will continue.
I am also by no means alone in stacking up the Plant gigs and memories – it’s something that has become second nature amongst countless followers – Gary Foy and Krys Janzen are no far behind me in their Plant gig going tally (in fact long time TBL supporter Paul Harper has just added another 7 gigs to his tally on this current tour) – as witnessed by the feedback and reports received from the UK tour and featured on the TBL website in recent weeks.
From the glory days of Led Zeppelin, through small club gigs with the Honeydrippers, his initial tentative solo tours, the mid 90s Unledded collaboration with Jimmy Page, back to the cubs with the Priory Of Brion, esoteric nights with Strange Sensation, the remarkable one off Zeppelin reunion at the 02, Grammy award winning bluegrass musings with Alsion Kruass to the eclecticism of The Band Of Joy and sheer inventiveness of The Sensational Space Shifters. Plus guest appearances with the likes of Nigel Kennedy and Paul Rodgers.
A journey that has taken me from the vast fields of Knebworth to backstreet pubs in Birmingham. From New York to Istanbul, Paris to Dublin, Glasgow to Cornwall and beyond. From secret filming sessions, rare TV appearances, album launch gigs, the fabled 02 reunion, party nights in Kidderminster and homecoming gigs in Wolverhampton.
And as much as we look back, it’s still all about the next gig: The next musical high, the next Robert Plant vocal performance sung into that Shure SM58 microphone that will leave you breathless in admiration.
As mentioned above – tonight’s Robert Plant show will be the 58th occasion I have seen Robert Plant sing into that Shure microphone at a London gig through Zep and all the solo years and guest appearances – and the 120th occasion overall.


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