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Sometimes other photographers would ask me – when I tell them that I only ask my clients beforehand, to pay me for the Rights to use my work, rather than for my time & expenses to do the work for them – what happens if after you spend a lot of time and money producing a set of images, the client then turns around and says that they do not want to use them or pay for the use of them?
Or what if are now not prepared to pay as much?
Or what if they want a lot more done to the images first, etc, etc?
What do the images need to say to your target market?
Which media are you planning on using the images in?
How long are you needing to use them in those media?
Plus where in the World are you going to be advertising in those media?
In other words, it’s a bit like the 5Ws.
Because their answers to those type of questions would then help me understand what it is I need to do to meet their needs.
So it is therefore important that they tell me what they need upfront, and if there is anything specific that they require – be it a look or a style or some retouching done, etc, etc – then that would also need to be put in writing beforehand too.
.. would be for the Rights to use the images that I had created afterwards, so naturally, it would be based on that information.
Well first off, I’d probably want to find out why that was – for example, was it something that I did wrong or didn’t get right or misunderstood?
Or are they now just trying to pull a fast one ?
As a rule of thumb, if someone has invested a lot of their own time and money in a shoot – then it’s highly unlikely that they wouldn’t then want to use the images afterwards.
So, therefore, I would say, that 99% of the time if the client did say afterwards that they did not want to pay for the use the images, the fault would lie at my end.
Anyway, if I was to say it has never happened or was to say that I have never failed to produce the type of images that a client would want to pay for the use of, that would be a lie – because it has happened and it did actually happen very recently too.
So the question I have to ask myself, is obviously “Why did it happen ?” – because that was not ‘The Goal’ beforehand.
Not always an easy one to answer, because there may, in fact, be a number of reasons as to why it happened – but the bottom-line is: There are no winners when it does happen.
.. if I had been prepared to remove the building outside the window, for the same price as I had quoted them before they asked for that.
Which obviously I wasn’t prepared to do, because to do that well – so as one could not tell that it had been retouched, even when viewed at billboard size or in any media at any size – that would probably double the amount of time that I would need to spend on creating the image.
.. had I been prepared to replace the view outside the window.
.. that someone could use if they wanted to – and then there is creating an image that they would want to use – which is something that I would often say to a new client, who would be looking to hire a photographer for a few days, to take a bunch of pictures of their place.
Because if what you want, is just for someone to come along and take a load of pictures, then anyone with a decent camera should be able to do that for you – so just go with whoever is the cheapest.
However, if what you want instead, is for someone to come along and produce & then provide you with some images that you would want to use afterwards, then first we would need to talk about what all you needed to use them for, etc, etc – because there are more than 100 different ways to shoot any subject.
And since each of those ways could greatly affect the outcome as to whether you would want to use them or not, then “spray & prey” as it’s sometimes called, is not really the ideal way to go about it, as you could end up with nothing that would really say what it is you are wanting the images to say.
So on that note, I’ll now let the pictures tell the story of what we were doing this week down in County Kerry, at the Killarney Park Hotel, with John and his team – who we have worked with before, which I talked about here: Keeping it real.
.. what we had created for them to use to tell their story.
The pool with the view.
Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea, is what they wanted the picture to say at the Slieve Donard Resort & Spa Hotel in County Down.
.. which I felt looked most impressive; however, it didn’t really say: Pool with a view.
.. and yes, one could now at least see the view, which was pretty Wow on a nice sunny day like this was.
.. one could see the sea too.
“The pool with the view, where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea” – perfect.
So a date was sort of set – as getting good weather I knew was going to be key here if I wanted that view to look as good as it did here.
There is an old saying here in Ireland: “If you can see the Mournes, it’s about to rain – if you can’t, that’s because it is” – which isn’t far of the truth.
And so it was very much a case of just having to keep an eye on the weather forecast and then making the call that “it’s on” at the very last minute.
The above pictures were taken on the 20th of May; however, due mainly to us being busy at that time – because we had just been commissioned to shoot all of the various Carlton Hotels around the south of Ireland – it wasn’t until Friday the 29th of June that I made that call, that it was on.
.. I was thinking to myself, this is going to look great once I’ve lit it.
.. Nooooooooooooooooooo!!! I cried, as the guests who were staying at the hotel jumped in and started to swim about.
The pool obviously hadn’t been closed, like I’d thought it had been when I first set-up – and so it was like: “Houston, we have a problem” – because that Black Tiled pool just didn’t quite look as welcoming when the water wasn’t still & clear… to say the least.
.. but not really as good as I would have liked – and so I just had to sit here and wait, and wait, and wait some more – in the hope that things would get better.
A member of staff had also been informed that she may be called upon to doing a bit of modeling too – and so I knew that she would arrive around 3pm – which naturally gave me plenty of time here to figure this all out.
.. which overall wasn’t bad I thought – so maybe in another 15 minutes or so, the water will stop moving and I’ll be okay.
.. and so once again I heard screams inside my head: Noooooooooooooooooo!!!
Anyway, as it turned out the girl was actually the member of staff that I had been waiting on – so I asked them to turn off the water jets and decided to proceed as if none of this other stuff mattered.
Anyway, not one to be beaten after 25 years – and since the thought of having to go back and trying again didn’t appeal to me – I decided the following morning to have another look at what I did have here.
Well, I did have at least a few images of the pool when the water was totally still – all be it from a slightly different angle.
I did have a few images that showed the Mountains of Mourne sweeping down to the sea – all be it the sky was white.
I did have a few images where the overall pool looked okay – all be it there was no view.
I did have a person in the pool, looking as if they were enjoying the view – all be it there wasn’t one.
.. which I’d taken a few years early, down at the beach in Millisle, close to were I’m biased.
.. after it had been seriously amped as Marie would often refer to what we do.
.. showing “The pool with the view, where the Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea”.
The magnificent Slieve Donard Resort and Spa is nestled in the heart of County Down where the ‘Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea’. Standing on 6 acres of private grounds, the hotel has been providing the best of Irish hospitality for over 100 years. The Percy French restaurant provides a cozy and friendly atmosphere. The Spa has all the facilities you need to relax and unwind from today’s hectic pace.
In 2015 the Slieve Donard Resort and Spa were awarded a Gold Award in the Green Tourism Business Scheme.
A lot more to it.
.. and having already produced some images for them to use, which I talked about here: Many hands make light work – we were back this week to shoot the various bedrooms at the Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill.
.. while I set-up the camera and began to take some pictures, so as to let everyone see what the camera was recording.
.. to the first of 6 bedrooms we were about to shoot.
.. in what I can only call ‘great teamwork’.
.. with Sinéad acting the part to complete the story in the Blackrock Suite.
.. where once again Sinéad acted the part to complete the story in Atlantic View bedroom.
Anyway, just like to say a big thanks to everyone involved here – and especially to Louise and Sinéad for all their help – from Marie, Claudio & me who now look forward to part two in a few weeks time.
Six of these plus a whole bunch of these.
.. as the weather quickly changed and blew everything away with it.
.. which looked amazing – especially when the sun poured in through the large windows, which it clearly wasn’t anymore.
.. as Marie & Claudio assumed the position that the models would later be in.
.. after a few different outfit changes.
.. and that was it.
.. which I talked about here: Doing whatever it takes.
How hard can it be !
At the end of last year we were invited along to take a look at some of the bedrooms at the Kildare Hotel Spa & Golf Club (also known as The K Club), near Straffan in County Kildare, which they were wanting us to possibly shoot sometime.
.. just to see what the camera saw, as well as get an idea of what I may have to do later on.
Anyway, last week we were back – but this time we didn’t just come to take some pictures, we were here this time to create some images that they would want to use instead.
.. to have it signed-off, so to speak.
.. as was Orla too.
.. which once again Orla seemed very pleased with.
.. and enjoying a glass of wine outside.
.. which it seems, it is also regularly used for.
.. as Stuart hung out the window to fill the room with beautiful light.
.. to capture this suite’s U.S.P, which we felt the waiter highlighted to perfection.
.. tired but very happy – that we had actually made it look, as if we hadn’t done anything at all here, besides just take some quick pictures of what happened to be there, with a really good camera.
Anyway, from Marie, Stuart & me – we hope we have made you want to stay at The K Club – as that was our goal here when we creating images – which is a truly amazing place in the beautiful County of Kildare, as you can clearly see.


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September saw good news and bad news in the city. Let me deal with the bad news first.
Budget: The Board of Aldermen on September 12 approved the city budget and property tax rate for fiscal year 2002-03. A majority of the board felt that we could not wait any longer for adoption of the state budget, since to do so would have delayed sending out the annual property tax bills. The board voted to approve a budget which anticipated that more millions of dollars in formerly local revenues would be taken by the state to help balance the state budget. In order to make up for that expected loss, the board approved a city budget which made substantial additional cuts in expenditures, and raised the property tax rate by 3.5 cents.
I voted against the final budget and tax rate increase. I suggested that final state budget action by the state legislature was likely soon. We should not vote to raise the local tax rate, I argued, when it was still possible that the legislature would provide an alternative source for at least some of the local revenues seized. In fact, the legislature did act within two weeks to do that. However, I should note that my colleagues who supported the tax rate increase did so in good faith, believing that it was unlikely that the legislature would act as it did, and that there was no utility to delaying the process of providing timely notices to taxpayers. The board’s Finance Committee and the city’s finance staff worked hard for months, identifying millions of dollars in spending cuts and efficiencies, which were also part of the budget.
Over the next few months, the board will have the chance to look at options for the extra revenue (which is expected from an increase in local sales tax revenues to the city). One option, which makes sense to me, is to escrow those extra revenues, not spend them but instead begin to rebuild the city’s fiscal reserves. We would then be prepared for further fiscal emergencies and, I would hope, in a position to reduce the tax rate next year.
4th Street & downtown: Some good news came later in the month with the big success of the 4th Street reopening downtown. Organizers hoped for a crowd of 4,000 or so for the festivities—instead, 20,000 people came. Except for running low on refreshments, the celebration absorbed the extra turnout well and favorably impressed nearly everyone. It’s an excellent sign of the real potential for economic growth from a revitalized downtown. The crowd was remarkably diverse, and I think helped prove that people will use our city center again if the attractions are planned and executed well. As a follow-up act, the downtown-based ArtsIgnite Festival started this past weekend to good reviews.
I believe that a revived city center is important to the entire city, both economically and environmentally. It builds the city’s economic and jobs base, and by promoting redevelopment of our urban center helps to work against harmful urban sprawl. It also makes for a healthier social base, reversing the urban decline that brings all nature of social problems.
Peters Creek spill update: State environmental tests earlier this month confirmed that water chemical contamination levels in Peters Creek are below danger levels all the way down to its intersection with Salem Creek. I had been concerned because after the July fire and chemical spill into the creek in the West End area, there originally was no testing of the creek after it crossed under Business 40 and flowed past neighborhoods in our ward. That gap has been corrected. However, tests along the creek have also shown that there is some continuing source of low-level chemical contamination, probably close in to the city center. Environmental officials suspect groundwater contamination from some source like an old dry cleaner. Efforts to identify those sources will continue, but the levels are so low that it is not an emergency effort.
Transit news: PART, the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation, today initiated its intercity express bus service between Winston-Salem, the PTI airport, Greensboro, and High Point. Service will run at hourly (at peak times, half-hourly) intervals and cost only $2 one way (much cheaper than cab or limousine fare to the airport). Also, for those following the regional passenger rail planning process, there will be a public meeting to discuss the plans, on October 30, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Benton Convention Center.
Greenways update: The Forsyth County Commissioners voted this month to approve the county greenway plan, which the city Board of Aldermen had approved earlier this year. The plan lays out a design for a system of greenways (linear parks with paths for walking, running, and biking, usually alongside streams). It also describes priority greenway links, some of which are already in the process of acquisition or development. The plan itself does not commit any local funds. However, now that it has been approved by both the city and county, it can be used to help draw in grants and matching funds from other sources. One such potential source is the state’s Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, which is being revised to allow the value of donated land to be counted as part of the local match for a project. That could be very important to our local plan’s progress.
On a related note, alert Winston-Salem citizen Greg McGrath recently made the connection between the replacement of Business 40’s bridges over the arms of Salem Lake, and the plans for greenway trails along those arms of the lake. Greg asked the logical question of whether the bridge piers would be set back far enough to allow trail passage under the bridges. Greg contacted me; I contacted the city transportation department; they contacted the state DOT—which said, yeah, we can do that. Thanks Greg!

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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Dutch international Dirk Kuyt has today been quoted in The Daily Mirror as saying that his future does not lie at his former side Feyenoord, but he is looking at other top European clubs. This comes after a season in which the Liverpool attacker only contributed 5 goals and featured 35 times in all competitions for the Merseyside team, a large cut down on his previous five seasons.
It is unclear who the other clubs that are interested in the 32-year-old are, however he suggests the interest is coming from England, Germany, Spain and Italy. Kuyt is no stranger to transfer speculation, last year he was linked with a big money move to Serie A side Inter Milan, but that failed move to materialize.
After Alex Ferguson flew out to watch the German cup final there was much speculation about who he was interested in seeing, with the widely held view being that it was Borussia Dortmund’s23 year old playmaker Shinji Kagawa. The Daily Mail has today reported that this interest has manifested itself in the form of a £13 million bid (the midfielder is about to enter the final year of his contract hence the relative cheapness of the deal).
Kagawa has recently rejected a new deal from Dortmund, adding further fuel to the rumours that he is on the move this summer, and he would certainly provide strength in the area that Manchester United require. He managed an impressive 13 goals and 11 assists in 31 this season, and at such a young age he is only likely to improve.
Shinji Kagawa has confirmed he has held talks with Manchester United in the UK this week after speculation intensified last week.
Sir Alex Ferguson was in attendance at the German cup final between Bayern Munich and Kagawa’s Borussia Dortmund. Kagawa was a goal scorer in a 5-2 victory for Dortmund to top off an impressive campaign for the German champions.
According to reports, notably the Daily Telegraph, Kagawa has confirmed he has met with the Red Devils supremo: ‘It was good that I was able to meet him in person and talk, I want to think hard before making my decision’.
Dortmund chief Jurgen Klopp has apparently come to terms that, with 12 months of his contract remaining, it may be difficult to convince the 23 year old Japanese international his career would be best served with the Bundesliga club.
Kagawa has been selected for international duty when Japan take on Azerbaijan later this month.

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Campaigners against the shared space at Kirkintilloch town centre are claiming victory after a damning report by a group of influential MPs.
The cross-party UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee said the government should call a halt to local shared spaces to take into account disabled people’s views and needs.
New guidance, said the committee, should instruct local authorities that controlled crossings and regular height kerbs are to be retained.
Thousands of local people have been campaigning for the past two years against the introduction of the new road layout at Cowgate because of safety fears. But East Dunbartonshire Council’s ruling administration has ploughed ahead regardless.
MPs on the Equalities Committee made their recommendation after hearing a “striking” amount of safety concerns from a range of witnesses. One blind person said he had been “left stranded in his new home” after a shared space scheme was built outside his front door.
Campaigners Sandy Taylor, who is blind and Strathkelvin MSP Rona Mackay have been at the forefront of the local campaign.
Mr Taylor is standing as an Independent candidate in the Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South seat.
Ms Mackay, who has been calling for the safety lights at the busy Catherine Street/Kerr Street junction to be reinstalled, said: “The report from the Women and Equalities Committee comes as no surprise to me, given it highlights the very safety concerns I have been raising about the shared space scheme in Kirkintilloch since I entered office.
“I welcome the advice from MPs that the needs of disabled pedestrians should be at the front and centre of shared space designs and planning. While this seems like common sense, the Labour/Tory administration on East Dunbartonshire Council has done nothing of the sort.
“Our calls for action to help people living with disabilities at the shared space have been met with deaf ears.
“When the SNP group proposed returning safety crossings to the Catherine Street junction in March, it was rejected by Labour and Tory councillors in administration.
“In the report, the account of the blind man being trapped in his home after a shared space was constructed on his doorstep is absolutely heartbreaking.
“Just last Monday, I saw an elderly man get the fright of his life crossing at Catherine Street when a car careered in front of him as he was crossing the road – a clear sign the right of way is not understood by motorists.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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For the last two weeks, Year 5/6 have been learning about Ancient Civilisations. They started by learning about The Shang Dynasty of China, The Indus Valley and the Ancient Sumerians. Then they focused in on Ancient Egypt.
Alongside their History learning, Year 5/6 have been unpicking the great work of Terry Deary and his Horrible Histories series of books.
The children have had a go at writing their own texts in the style of Terry Deary.
The children have compiled their different texts into their very own Horrible Histories book, complete with front cover and final quiz, just like the real thing!
Parents were invited in to find out more about what the children have been learning - they even had a go at writing their own hieroglyphs.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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The property known as Old Fields was in the Spencer family in the latter half of the 17th century at the juncture of today’s Oldfields Road, Brattle Street and Vine Street and including Vaughan Lane, that leads to the Jonathan Hamilton property of Historic New England. This area has been the site of the archaeological dig conducted by Dr. Neill De Paoli from 2011-2015, and can be found on the illustrated map in Everett Stackpole’s The First Permanent Settlement in Maine. The house, the land and the outbuildings were purchased by the first Ichabod Goodwin in 1740. Descendants of this first Ichabod remained at Old Fields until 1958, when Elizabeth Hayes Goodwin moved to the Sarah Orne Jewett House, where she served as caretaker and tour guide until the 1970s.
Here in this area of Old Fields was the original center of Berwick, where the first cluster of homes were built by families with significant ties to early Berwick--the Spencers, the Chadbournes, the Goodwins and the Moores. Berwick’s first meetinghouse was just around the corner on today’s Old South Road, a few hundred yards away from the property, with the local cemetery equally nearby on the opposite side at the juncture of Oldfields Road and Vine and Brattle streets.
It was here that the first Ichabod Goodwin traveled with his wife, Elizabeth Scammon Goodwin, and their three children. They came up the rutted ox-cart trail, the precursor to today’s Oldfields Road. Remains of that rutted road can still be seen today, at the edge of the property where the Goodwin home still stands on the promontory overlooking the fields of the Hamilton House and the Salmon Falls River. The Goodwins, along with their fellow townsmen would have benefited from the location of the busy wharves at the edge of the Salmon Falls River (then known as the Newichawannock) where the two-masted brigs that had crossed the Atlantic Ocean brought manufactured British goods needed for the growing community and then returned with much-needed raw materials such as lumber and furs for the Mother country. Those ships would have officers and crews on board, men eager to avail themselves of the food, drink and lodging in the tavern that had been established at Old Fields in 1699 by the Spencer family, a tavern continued by Ichabod Goodwin until 1769.
Mehitable Plaisted Goodwin, daughter of Roger Plaisted and wife of Thomas Goodwin, lived in Berwick during the tumultuous period known as King William’s War. She was immortalized in the Magnalia Christi Americana of Cotton Mather, the famed preacher of Salem. In this opus, Mather recounted the story of Mehitable’s travails as a captive of a Wabanaki war party. Taken captive in the attack of 1691, Mehitable was separated from her husband, Thomas, and forced to march to Canada. During that arduous journey her infant son was murdered. Upon her return, she discovered her husband still alive, and the couple re-settled in Berwick where, in 1700, Mehitable gave birth to Ichabod, the first Goodwin to settle at Old Fields.
This prominent Berwick family impacted, and was impacted by, all of the struggles of a young America: the ever-present threat of the war parties of the Wabanaki confederacy and their allies, the French; the growing economy after those wars, interrupted by the war with Britain, and then even faster-paced growth by the end of the eighteenth century.
In 1729, Ichabod married Elizabeth Scammon. By the time the couple moved onto the Old Fields property they had three children and would eventually have four more children. Their third son Ichabod would be the next to run the property. Like many families at the time, two of Elizabeth’s children would die in infancy, but we know that Hannah and Mary married and had children of their own. And in 1768, Ichabod would marry Mary Wallingford and sire twelve children of his own.
The first Ichabod Goodwin at Old Fields wore many hats, as was typical young country where there was insufficient labor for the numerous tasks needed for a town to thrive. During his tenure at Old Fields, Ichbaod served as deacon of the First Church of Berwick, ran a successful blacksmith shop, acted as sheriff and was appointed to a commission tasked with improving conditions at Quamphegan Landing (near today’s Counting House Museum).
In 1758, during another round of warfare with the French and Native Americans, Ichabod Goodwin raised his own militia to travel to Fort Ticonderoga on the border of New York and Vermont, thus earning himself the rank of Captain. There, accompanied by his then fifteen-year-old son, the second Ichabod and future heir of Old Fields, the captain was wounded during the humiliating defeat of the British and American troops. Some years later, the Massachusetts Bay Colony would pay him a small sum for his injuries.
In addition, Ichabod Goodwin was a tavern keeper, or “innholder” as he was referred to in the numerous ads regarding meetings being held in the inn. Records found in the York county courthouse show licenses being granted to Goodwin for most years through 1769. These institutions were a vital component of colonial life, serving as a respite for weary travelers, a place for a meal and a bed, and of course, some liquid refreshment. But taverns had other, equally significant missions. Not only could a farmer learn the latest prices for wool or corn, and his fellow townsmen could hear of local news, but these citizens would find out about the latest affronts of the British King and the colonies’ proposed responses. The tavern was seen as so important, its continuity so fundamental, that if the innholder died, his widow was allowed to step into her husband’s shoes. The tavern was also where citizens were ordered to go when it was time to pay their taxes. So we see Ichabod Goodwin, “innholder” in ads placed in the Boston Post-Boy in 1743, 1744 and 1745, informing his fellow townsmen that they must attend a meeting on a specific day in order for the latest tax to be collected.
Records found in the York county courthouse show licenses being granted to Goodwin for most years through 1769. Numerous fragments of clay pipes, wine flasks and stoneware tankards found during the archaeological dig between 2011 and 2015; county courthouse records showing many yearly licenses being granted to Goodwin through 1769; and these newspaper advertisements; all attest to the presence of a busy tavern here at Old Fields.
There were other ads in the mid-1700s where you will find the name of Ichabod Goodwin, these placed by Goodwin himself. These postings offered rewards for Pompey and SaraJohn, his runaway slaves, an African slave and a Native American, respectively. Although we do not always think of slavery as being prevalent in colonial New England, this terrible institution did extend into all of the northern colonies, including the Massachusetts Bay Colony of which Maine was then a part. During his tenure at Old Fields, Ichabod Goodwin owned five human beings, four of African descent and the one Native American. In 1777, Captain Ichabod Goodwin’s last year of life, his final probate inventory assigns monetary value to two of his remaining slaves, with an additional slave having no assigned value as she was too old.
In November of 1777, Captain Ichabod Goodwin died, his wife, Elizabeth, having “made her exit” (a phrase to denote someone’s death as seen in 18th century diaries) three years earlier. The estate was divided among their many surviving children with the main house and farmlands left to the second Ichabod Goodwin, a loyal patriot throughout the Revolutionary War and a staunch Federalist thereafter.
In 1775 and 1776, the town of Berwick chose Ichabod Goodwin, the captain’s son, to attend the Provincial Congress in Watertown, Massachusetts, to deliver a petition to the congress to consider the vulnerable position of the seacoast region and to pledge support to their fellow citizens in Boston. Leaving his wife, Mary Wallingford Goodwin, or Molly, Ichabod commenced the three to four-day journey to Watertown. At the gathering, we can imagine the now Lieutenant Colonel Goodwin exchanging pleasantries with such well known attendees as Samuel Adams and John Hancock. He was tasked with developing ideas on the proper treatment of the wounded and corresponding with Commander-in-Chief George Washington to advise him of their findings. Another early assignment was to dispense money to citizens of York County in exchange for guns and ammunition.
In 1778, the Lieutenant Colonel was deployed to Cambridge, Massachusetts where he was headquartered to oversee the British and Hessian prisoners of “convention” after the Battle of Saratoga in New York. He held that position from April through June and dealt with problems such as smallpox, spoiled provisions and deserting soldiers. The following year, Ichabod was sent to the Castine Peninsula, where he was involved in the devastating loss to the British during the Penobscot Campaign- a joint army/navy campaign which resulted in the most significant American naval defeat up until Pearl Harbor.
Following the conclusion of the war and the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Colonel Ichabod Goodwin continued to devote himself to the functioning of both his town and the new nation. In 1787 he was elevated to the rank of Major General of the 6th Division Militia of York, Maine. Documentation in 1789 shows him as presiding over the meeting of his fellow citizens to review the draft of the new Constitution of the United States; as president of the committee to determine if York County should separate from Massachusetts; and, as sheriff of Berwick beginning in 1793 until 1820, when Maine became an independent state. In 1797, General Goodwin led the townsmen of Berwick in offering grand toasts to the newly inaugurated president, John Adams. In 1812, he is again active in a fight against the British, this time during the War of 1812, and once more concerned with the region’s vulnerable seacoast, his enlisted troops are sent to defend the area of Kittery Point.
General Goodwin was active in one other significant event in the early years of Berwick, one with a most enduring impact on the town, its children, and its economy. In 1791, Ichabod was part of a group of prominent men, gentlemen such as Jonathan Hamilton and Judge Benjamin Chadbourne, who contributed funds for the establishment of one of the town’s lasting local treasures, Berwick Academy. The school continues to this day, including that first building constructed in 1791, its mission of providing a high quality education to students of the Berwicks and beyond. From 1826-1828, the General served as president of the Board of Trustees of this venerable institution.
In May of 1829, General Ichabod Goodwin passed away, preceded by his wife, Molly, four years before. His son, Andrew then took the helm of the family homestead, his older brother, the third Ichabod of Old Fields having died in 1814, possibly due to that year’s outbreak of typhus.
Sources used for this article include the Old Berwick Historical Society archives, including the Old Fields Archaeology reports of Dr. Neill De Paoli; news articles and advertisements on www.geneaologybank.com; and, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War.

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CLDP and the Division for Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer (CRIA) of the University of Algarve organized a Program on Developing Entrepreneurship and Supporting Innovation Ecosystems in Algeria and Morocco in Faro, Portugal from April 3-8, 2017. Program participants included 20 technology transfer and innovation stakeholders from universities, research centers, and other institutions from Algeria and Morocco, and led by experts from the Center for Technology Tranfer and Entreprise Creation at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and from Spain and throughout Portgual.
The course aimed to provide practical tools, resources, and connections for business-development models for universities and research centers as they build innovation ecosystems that support market commercialization of university-generated research. This technology transfer process, in turn, contributes to the creation of new companies, jobs, and international partnerships.
The program is co-funded by CRIA and the U.S. Department of State's Middle East Partnership Initiative, which promotes entrepreneurship and innovation in the Middle East and North Africa.


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Nie Yan rapidly approached the earth, his body soon to crash into the ground. With his left arm extended, he activated the ability from the Silk Spinner Ring. A web line shot out and adhered to the cliff face between the vegetation, slowly decelerating his descent. The line was tough and resilient and resembled a rubber band as it gradually stretched itself to the limit.
The tension on the web line continuously increased.
The force of Nie Yan’s fall surpassed the silk line’s tensile strength and the line gave out with a snap, taking many of the branches and rubble from the cliff face along with it.
Despite snapping, the web line still managed to significantly slow down his falling speed.
「Thud!」Nie Yan fell onto the ground. Fortunately, the fall damage wasn’t too high and was within the limits of what his health could handle.
In normal circumstances, if a player didn’t have an item such as the Silk Spinner Ring to cushion the fall, they would most certainly die!
Having climbed and fallen over the other side of the mountain, the distance from his current location to Link wasn’t too far off. With safety being his number one priority, Nie Yan entered stealth and activated a Basic Haste Scroll. From a half-withered bush at the base of the mountain, he made a sprint towards Link. The large crowds in the town should offer a little protection.
Having failed its attack, the Guardian of Order beat its wings and hovered in the air. Nie Yan had already escaped the valley by entering stealth and disappeared without a trace.
After the fall, Nie Yan and the Guardian were more than one hundred meters apart. Even if the level disparity between them was high, it still couldn’t make up for the distance. Hence, even if the Guardian had a clear view of Nie Yan, it would still be unable to see through his stealth.
With regards to how stealth detection range was calculated, it depended on level disparity, the Awareness stat, and observation ability. With some rough estimations, Nie Yan was confident that as long as he stood at least one hundred meters from the Guardian, he would be safe from its detection. Even if it was a Level 100 Elite-class, its level, Awareness, and observational abilities couldn’t make up for such a large gap in distance.
Nie Yan turned his head to look back. At this point, the Guardian of Order still hadn’t left the area. Rather, it was heading over in his direction to investigate.
Without delay, Nie Yan held his breath and hid behind a large boulder.
The Guardian beat its wings and flew over. As it hovered in the sky, it investigated the area below it for any signs of movement, but didn’t manage to discover Nie Yan.
The hunter and the hunted: the Guardian of Order was like the eagle in the sky, while Nie Yan was like the prey on the ground.
There was still roughly a kilometer between him and Link. Under the attentive gaze of the Guardian, there was no way for him to safely travel such a large distance.
There’s still another method. I can use the Return Scroll!
It was possible to use the Return Scroll in this location; however, it would take a full twenty seconds to activate. Moreover, when channeling, the scroll would emit a bright light which would definitely attract the Guardian of Order’s attention.
With its flying speed, the Guardian wouldn’t need more than ten seconds to fly over to Nie Yan and kill him after discovering his location.
As the Guardian gradually descended from the air, the distance between it and Nie Yan became increasingly near.
This’ll be troublesome… Nie Yan anxiously thought. If the Guardian were to enter a range of less than a hundred meters, it was possible for his hiding location to be detected. With every step, danger was slowly approaching.
Since I can’t hide and avoid it, I might as well try fleeing for my life. Only… I’m not sure if I can make the half mile run.
Just as the Guardian prepared to descend onto the ground…「Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!」Three arrows swiftly came flying over, all shot from afar. Each arrow separately aimed for its head, throat, and heart. The Guardian avoided them by flying to the side, causing all three arrows to miss their target.
In the distance, atop a large withered old tree, a tall NPC archer wearing silver plated armour drew his bow.「Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!」Another three arrows were fired into the air.
The Guardian of Order let out a hiss. Seemingly resentful of the provocation of these low-level beings, it pounced towards the NPC.
Several soldiers approached the archer in the tree. “Commander Nisode, the defensive perimeter has been built. We’re awaiting further instructions,” reported the several fully equipped soldiers.
“It’s approaching. Withdraw to Link! This foolish dragon will experience the divine judgement of the Holy Crusaders!” Commander Nisode shot a glance at the Guardian of Order speeding towards them in the air. Afterwards, he returned the bow to his back, leapt from the tree, and gracefully landed on the ground.
Under Commander Nicole’s provocations, the Guardian of Order flew over Nie Yan’s head and headed straight for Link.
The Guardian brandished its scepter. An enormous meteor formed out of blazing flames fell from the sky and streaked towards Link.
Flames were set ablaze in the sky. The meteor, fifty to sixty meters in size, would most likely engulf the surrounding twenty-five hundred square meters.
“Activate the basic defensive formation!” Commander Nisode climbed up to the tallest tower in Link and issued the order to those below him.
Afterwards, a blue barrier began forming and protected the entire town within it.
「BOOM!」The meteor exploded over the barrier while fire blossoms scattered in all directions. The barrier trembled violently due to the impact. Even all the players within the town could feel the barrier trembling as the remnant heat and fire elements assaulted their senses.
“ATTACK!” Commander Nisode issued out another order from the command tower. Immediately, every ballista within the town aimed at the Guardian of Order and fired.「Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!」Countless bolts flew through the air in a densely packed salvo.
Simultaneously, several thousand Archer and Mage players also fired a volley of attacks.
Meanwhile, the Guardian of Order unceasingly fired off its own magic attacks. Under its barrage of attacks, the barrier began showing signs of breaking as cracks appeared everywhere.「BANG!」A loud explosion echoed throughout the town as the barrier was shattered into pieces. With the barrier shattered, the Guardian rushed into the town and descended to the ground. With a single step, the Guardian crushed a nearby building, sending smashed tiles, bricks, and other building materials flying everywhere.
The appearance of the Guardian wreaked havoc among the players in the town.
Panic and confusion spread through the players and the town was in a state of chaos and upheaval. Over ten heavily armoured Holy Crusaders rushed forward to engage the Guardian. Surrounding the Guardian, the soldiers began their assault, but their countless attacks fell short and were the equivalent of raindrops as they landed on the guardian’s body.
The Guardian was glowing red as a flaming aura surged from its scales. It was a terrifying existence which brought about destruction. With every swing of its scepter, a Holy Crusader would be smashed and sent flying. Buildings were crushed or knocked down, and the ground was scorched and charred, leaving a path of ruin wherever it passed.
“By the glory of the Holy Crusaders, my name is Commander Nisode and I will pass divine judgement upon this sinister dragon! Tyrant Impaling Arrow!” With these three words spoken, Commander Nisode placed his hand on the bowstring. He grunted heavily as he pulled back until it reached its maximum draw weight.「BOOM!」He released the bowstring. The arrow fiercely spiralled forward and carried a biting cold rotating energy along with it.「Bang!」The arrow briefly encountered some resistance when it met with the Guardian’s scales only to immediately pierce into and bore its way through the Guardian’s body.
An unfeasibly high damage value had appeared above the Guardian’s head.
The acute damage made the Guardian of Order release an indignant roar containing its wrath and fury. It raised the immense scepter in its grasp high into the air. The surrounding fire elements along with the smoldering remnants of its previous spells began to gather around and took the shape of an immense rotating pillar of flame.
The fighting in Link became increasingly intense. As for the origin of such a disaster, Nie Yan, he was inwardly rejoicing in his mind. Fortunately, the soldiers from Link led the Guardian of Order away; otherwise, I would have undoubtedly met my end.
Nie Yan was lingering around the outskirts of the town. Under the numerous attacks of the town’s soldiers, the Guardian of Order would soon be unable to resist any longer. He was curious what sort of equipment such a high level monster like the Guardian would drop. As he thought of this, Nie Yan’s mind was full of anticipation. He drew slightly closer to the Guardian at roughly sixty meters away and hid under the cover of a ruined building.
Since there was still a bit of time, Nie Yan took out Assassin’s Decree from his knapsack and decided to appraise it with Transcendent Insight.
Restrictions: Can be equipped by all factions.
It was a secondary weapon and was truly worthy of being Gold-tier—Level 5 with an attack of nearly thirty. He would be able to equip it once he learned Dual Wielding and reached Level 5. His attack would then rise tremendously when he possessed such a powerful weapon. After glancing at its properties, Nie Yan put Assassin’s Decree back into his knapsack.
As for whether the Guardian of Order would drop any equipment, Nie Yan didn’t have high hopes. After all, the Guardian of Order was merely a protector and its existence was simply to safeguard the chapters from the Book of Order. These types of beings frequently dropped no equipment. However, there were naturally always exceptions to these cases.

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10. Have Chinese, will travel!
11. Influential figures and unsung heroes in our time Epilogue. Index.
This book will be the first account of the development of Chinese as a foreign language in the U.S., as it interacts with the relevant entities in China and beyond. There are virtually no systematic retrospective reflections on the field outside of the greater China region; and yet over the past decades the field has grown by leaps and bounds, and it is critical now that we pause to reflect on what has happened and what we can learn from the past. The contributors are among some of the most influential pioneers in the field whose entire academic lives have been dedicated to its development. The Field of Chinese Language Education in the U.S.: A Retrospective of the 20th Century is aimed at those who are currently engaged in Chinese language education, as teachers or as students.
Book — 4, 196 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Zhao, Zixun (Researcher on international relations), author.
趙子勳 (Researcher on international relations), author.
Chu ban. 初版. - Taibei Shi : Guo li Taiwan da xue zheng zhi xue xi Zhongguo da lu ji liang an guan xi jiao xue yu yan jiu zhong xin, 2018. 台北市 : 國立臺灣大學政治學系中國大陸暨兩岸關係教學與研究中心, 2018.
Book — iii, 184 pages ; 21 cm.
Book — ii, 160 pages ; 21 cm.


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Target has issued a product recall on their range of organic cotton coveralls for babies.
It includes those for tiny babies to 18-24 months, sold at Target Australia stores including Target Country and online from May 2018 to December 2018, inclusive.
The coveralls have been recalled as the zip puller may detach near the foot, posing a choking/ingestion risk to infants.
If you’ve purchased the affected products, you should return the garment and return it to a Target or Target Country store for a full refund.


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Appointments are available during the hours listed on the Home page. The phone lines are closed daily between 1 and 2pm, except for emergencies.
Our morning surgery is an open access surgery. Attend the surgery before 10.30am and you will be seen. Our practice nurse and afternoon surgeries are by an appointment only system. Appointments can be booked by telephoning the surgery, calling in to reception or by booking online. Some appointments are available to be booked up to four weeks ahead. All appointments are 10 minutes long, so if you have complex problems please ask to book a double appointment.
If you are too ill to come to the surgery and you require a visit at home, please call the surgery before 10:30am. Please state whether you require a visit urgently (to help us assess priority). Home visits take up much more of a doctor’s time than a consultation in the surgery, so if you are mobile please come into the surgery to be seen.
If you wish to book an appointment online, please click on the link above.
If you are trying to book any of the following, you will need to telephone us on 01787 475944.
Before you can use the online service, you must visit the surgery and register with us for your unique password that will be required for booking online.
Once you have registered with us, please click on the link below and follow the instructions to create your account and enjoy the freedom of booking online!
From 1st April 2015 if you are registered for Systmonline, you will also be able to see your Summary Care Record. To do this you will need to contact the surgery to ask us to set this up.
When you arrive at the surgery for your appointment, look for our ‘automated check-in’ which is located on the wall near to the town entrance. With just five simple steps you can check yourself in for your appointment without having to queue at reception. This is ideal for those patients who just wish to let us know that they are here. You will still need to see the receptionist if you have any other requirements.
Select ‘yes’ if your details appear on the screen correctly.
Watch the screen for confirmation that you have been checked in and then take a seat until you are called.
If you are attending the open access surgery please take a number and take a seat. You will then be called to the reception desk to see our Care Navigators.
Face to face and telephone appointments. There is a limit to how many patients we can see in a day so you may need to wait for an appointment, but you can book up to 4 weeks in advance.
Open Access Surgery each morning.
Urgent Problems Clinic each afternoon for serious conditions that cannot wait until the next day. You will need to tell the receptionist what the nature of the problem is so the doctor can prioritise the return telephone calls.
Clinics for long term conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, heart disease etc. Also contraception and stop-smoking clinics.
We are not an emergency service. If you have severe or life threatening symptoms then you should call 999 or go to A+E at Colchester or Broomfield.
We are not a “Walk-in Centre”. This is provided at Colchester for those patients that feel that their symptoms cannot wait for the next available appointment at the surgery.
We cannot provide a 10 minute face-to-face appointment for everyone who would like one. We need you to help us by asking for a face-to-face appointment only if it is really necessary. Our GPs offer telephone appointments which are often more convenient for patients. There is also a lot of advice available on our website and from the local pharmacies about dealing with minor illnesses. You can also call NHS 111. Most sore throats, coughs, colds, ear aches, upset stomachs etc do not need a doctor’s advice as they will get better on their own.

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Home > Drive > News > Motoring news > Finance making new cars cheapest?
Finance making new cars cheapest?
New research by What Car? suggests that motorists may be able to buy a brand new car from hundreds of pounds less than a year-old model.
A range of attractive finance offers, as well as the low-cost or interest free loans currently being offered by dealers can make new car buying a cheaper alternative to picking up second-hand.
Many believe that, due to the sharp drop in value that occurs when a car leaves the forecourt, it is far more beneficial to buy a used car. But when taking into account deposits, monthly finance or personal loan payments, excise duty, warranty and MOT costs, as well as depreciation costs, new cars were found to could cost less in 50% of cases.
What Car? found that a new Skoda Citigo, listed at £9,490, would cost the buyer £5,029 over three and a half years, whereas a one-year-old version priced at £8,598 would cost £6,246 over the same period - with the consumer saving £1,217 by buying new.
A new Citroen C4 Picasso would cost £12,850 over four years, while a one-year-old version would cost £13,436.
Peter McCullough from RACCars.co.uk said: "There is a general acceptance among car buyers that second-hand offers greater value and flexibility. While the research implies this might not always be the case there is really no right or wrong approach because everything depends on individual financial circumstances. For many people, the repayments involved on new cars are simply too great whereas for others they offer good value.
"It's also very important to read the small print on finance agreements because there can be big and important differences depending on the type of package. Buyers need to make sure they understand the rates they're being charged and any early termination feeds. In general unsecured personal loans tend to offer more flexibility than personal contract purchase.
"The best advice is to think about what's right for your needs and work out the pros and cons of each as well as thinking about the potential pitfalls that might arise during your period of car ownership."


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Level 1: Searching for Dante. Push your way through the crowds at Gare du Nord to find the Hertz office (along with other rental agencies) in a subterranean catacomb. Take an elevator further down; descend a flight of stairs to find your car wedged in a stall with 2 inches to spare on either side. The lighting is dim, the cavern walls damp. Crawl across the gear shift to the driver’s side, wriggle the car out of the space, trying not to ride the clutch. You have completed the novice qualifying round!
Offer the keys to your son-in-law who has spent the last week driving a stick-shift through the Spanish Pyrenees and has a fearless attitude. He accepts the challenge and agrees to complete the course.
Level 2: The Corkscrew. Follow the exit signs to a circular ramp with such an incredibly tight screw that, for five levels, walls on both sides are scarred by the paint of past vehicles trying to escape: black, gray, blue and blood red scrapes reflect the screaming curses of previous drivers. You creep out unscathed amid cheers and adulation from the passengers in the back seat!
Level 3: The Street Market. Debouche (we’re practicing French!) into a traffic jam; make a wrong turn and end up in the middle of a market. The sliver of street has parked cars on one side; stalls of fruits and vegetables, handbags and scarves on the other. Vendors hawk their wares in strident pleas. An elderly woman, back bent into a question mark and wearing a frayed pink cardigan staggers in front of your car while pulling her trolley of groceries home. You do not hit her!
Cars, bicyclists and motor scooters clog the road. You try shortcuts, have no clue where you’re going. Your co-pilot pulls out the GPS.
Level 4: The Peripherique and the By-ways. Take advantage of the straight-away and catch your breath. Six lanes of organized traffic bring your heart beat back to normal. You stop for lunch and to smell the roses at a roadside rest. You dawdle through beautiful small towns in Normandy. It’s easy driving. Where’s the NASCAR challenge?
Level 5: Pick Up Speed. Resume the challenge when you return to Paris on the Peripherique. You need to buy gas or pay a $225 fee to Hertz. Catch a glimpse of a gas pump icon on an exit to Place de la Porte Maillot– zoom across five lanes of traffic and swerve on to a city street. Brake quickly as you find yourself in the Bois de Boulogne, traffic inching along in stodgy lanes. Old men sit on benches; children squeal in the playground. It is rush hour, but no one is rushing in the Bois. No gas station is to be seen. You do not lose your temper!
Level 6: Pit Stop. Circle back to the Place. Ask a gendarme for directions to the gas station. He says to go straight on and then descend into an underground parking area that also vends gasoline. Miss the turn, circle back … plunge down the chute to the unvented parking garage filled with gas fumes. Fill the tank, then realize that the exit is a 45 degree uphill plane. Slam the car into gear, flatten the gas pedal and pray. You spurt out into the oncoming traffic that miraculously swerves around you!
Level 7: Final Triumph. Shoot along the Avenue de la Grande Armee. Undisciplined traffic bucks and plunges alongside the rental car as you circle the Arch of Triumph, holding the inside like a good racehorse. A bicyclist looks scornfully at your hand-held GPS as he dares you to hit him. Dodging scooters and delivery trucks, you dare a purple Mini Cooper to challenge your progress; she backs down with a look of dismay at being bested by a tourist.
Your breath becomes quick and shallow; you focus on speed, crevices in the traffic, and screech out of the circle – the exit to Avenue de Friedland, the final straight-away to Gare du Nord and the Hertz return. You cruise through the last stretch. After a quick left and then an immediate right into the station, the checkered flag is waved!
The Winner and CHAMPION with no scrapes, no dents, no penalties, no deaths!
We are ensconced in our apartment in Montmartre, with its incredible view of the Sacre Coeur and the rooftops of Paris. At night music and cigarette smoke drift through the open balcony doors from the Square de Willette seven floors below. Like Owen Wilson in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, I am quite sure that Hemingway, the Fitzgeralds and Sartre are driving about the streets, and I will run into them around the next corner!
The apartment is everything that it was advertised to be on the Vacation Rentals by Owner Website (VRBO). We have two bedrooms, a separate water closet, a dishwasher, and even a washing machine! But what we didn’t have was an extra supply of wine glasses for entertaining our family. Since the apartment had been recently refurbished with IKEA home design, we decided to buy some matching glassware. The nearest IKEA was in Roissy, at the Parc des Expositions. We felt very global – Americans searching out a Swedish store in France. But getting there without a car was the challenge!
We consulted the Website for public transport directions: first a Metro, then a train, then a local bus. We’re Metro pro’s now, so we were soon at Gare du Nord, one of the major train stations. Buying a train ticket presented the first predicament – the automatic machines took only coins, and we had bills. After fierce negotiations with the official at the Bureau de Change whose job, he reiterated emphatically, was to exchange foreign currency NOT Euro’s, we emerged victorious having traded our Euro paper for Euro coins. We popped our money into the machine, and out popped two tickets.
To Go … or Not to Go?
Looping our way through the throngs, we arrived at the designated platform. A train was waiting … but was it ours? As we puzzled through the list of stations searching for “Expositions,” the warning bell rang. To go … or not to go… that was the question!
Passengers crowded forward. The bell rang again, and the doors began to close. We shrugged, and with inches to spare, we leaped aboard. What did we have to lose? If the train wasn’t going where we wanted to go, we could just get a return ticket at the “unknown destination.” Or, if the unknown destination turned out to be fun, perhaps we would buy a toothbrush and stay there for a day or two!
The train interior was utilitarian, with plush seats worn to a hard glaze. Outside, the cinder track beds ran alongside each other; power lines rusted overhead. I thought of black/white movies of troop trains going through a gray and rain-soaked Europe, but the houses along the track had colorful window boxes behind the hedges and shutters thrown wide to catch the afternoon sun. I wondered how they had looked when my uncles were part of the liberation in 1945.
How Do You Say IKEA?
After screeching stops at various stations, the train surprisingly halted at Parc des Expositions! We scrambled out of our seats and on to the platform. The Website had suggested bus number 640 or 23; each had its own bay and we settled uneasily between the two, ready to board quickly when one or the other arrived. Bus 640 rolled in and I approached the driver, “Est-ce quec’est l’autobus du magasin …?” I hesitated. How do you say “IKEA” in French? I substituted. “…du magasin de la Suede? …Does this bus go to the store from Sweden?” The driver grinned. “Oui, madame. Cet autobus va EYE-KEY’-AH” . It sounded like the IKEA in Minneapolis, Houston, Denver, and probably in Sweden as well! He made sure we got off at the right stop.
Far more confident and many Euro’s less, we returned by bus, train and metro to the apartment … bearing wine glasses and other impulse purchases. We were impressed with ourselves – especially with our spontaneous decision to jump on the train to nowhere at the last minute! If we had ended up on the Riviera or in the Dordogne Valley, we would have bought toothbrushes. We have all the time in the world … or at least six more weeks!
We filled our glasses, stood on the balcony and saluted the Sacre Coeur with a good chardonnay!
“You ride the Metro?!” Parisian friends had been aghast that we would be so common, but then fearing they had offended us quickly modified their stance. “Well, I guess it works very well for tourists and students to get around Paris.” It also works very well for those of us who have decided to live the life of a Montmartre local for two months.
With photos in hand we stood in line behind 30 or so others at the ticket/information booth at Gare du Nord .Only one attendant was on duty; we marveled aloud at his patience as he sold train tickets to London, answered questions about Metro connections, explained the value of Euros, sympathized with a couple who had missed their train to Amsterdam. The blonde university student behind us in the queue listened to Perk and me chatter, and then asked in broken English why we had the photos. We explained about the month’s pass.
As the queue wound slowly forward, Perk worked with her to figure out which would be the most economical package for her three-week stay in Paris. (You know how he LOVES numbers!) She decided on the month’s pass, but needed to get her picture taken. At least thirty more people had joined the queue behind us. She pondered. Were the savings worth losing her place in line?
“You get your picture taken, and we’ll save your spot,” we volunteered. The students behind her agreed to the plan and she loped toward the nearby kiosk.
Soon she was engaged in an argument with a uniformed agent. He kept shaking his head forcefully, “No, No, NO!” She kept arguing, gesturing toward Perk and me. “Yes, Yes, YES!” The uniform eyed us suspiciously as she kept talking. What was she telling him? Why did he keep looking at us? Did he think we were smugglers, terrorists? Had he seen Perk’s picture?
The ticket line moved forward as they argued. Only two groups were ahead of us. Finally he shrugged, and she dodged into the photo booth; the uniform continued to watch us closely.
Within minutes and pictures in hand, she jumped into line behind us. The agent grimaced and moved away.
“Thank you,” she gasped. “The kiosk attendant wanted to work on the machine. He said he would take 30 minutes. I said, ‘No, I must have my picture taken NOW.’ He argued.
“Adorable” in the US. “Gentille” in France. Either will do.
I am going to Paris for two months with only one suitcase (thanks to the washing machine in the apartment we’ve rented). When my in-laws visited us, they drove a station wagon from Memphis to Minneapolis because my mother-in-law Mary brought everything in her closet!
Although I adopted Mary’s philosophy enthusiastically, we scaled it down a bit and usually traveled with two suitcases for me, two for each of the children, two for Perk – plus assorted carry-on pieces – a tour group’s worth of baggage for four people. Of course we brought most of the clothes home unworn, but we always had everything we needed!
And then I ran into an uncooperative airline agent. After a business trip to Malaysia and Hong Kong (and after too many non-business trips into the local markets) I was heading home with suitcases strapped shut. Airline baggage restrictions had changed, but I hadn’t changed my habits.
From that day forward, I weighed my luggage wih a handheld scale that lets me know if I’m going to run into any overwieight luggage problems. AND I vowed to have plenty of room in my suitcase for new items by taking less to begin with!
Take less; bring more home!
I created a travel planner that has made my vagabond life much easier! I enter the activities that I think I might be going to do each day; I choose the clothes and shoes that I might wear, and add them in the grid. Then I consider what I could possibly wear twice, and cut my list in half; I transfer the clothes into the bottom half of the planner for packing purposes… and voila! I can usually cut another third off the list when I see that I planned to take three black sweaters when I only need one (or maybe two). I know that I have done a great job of planning when I return home and drop my suitcase by the washing machine because everything in the bag needs laundering!
The best part is that if I don’t have what I need, I “have” to go shopping. And whether I need those hand-stitched shoes and pewter vases or not, I now have plenty of room for them in my suitcase!
Save time, save space, save money! Download the free and editable Cyndee Perkins basic travel planner from Google docs.
One of my favorite playthings was a table-top wooden map of the US, with each state cut separately and painted a bright color – the better to distinguish it from its neighbors. I loved putting the map together, hearing the slap of wood against wood as I plunked the states into place in the frame.
I always started with the easiest piece, Florida’s dangling peninsula; it was bright orange – a perfect color choice since oranges came from there. Blue California next to the ocean was second, then butter-bright Texas with its yellow roses. One-by-one I slipped the states next to each other until I had a paint-palette of geography. One day I overheard my mother and a friend discussing the Arizona desert. NOW I understood why the Arizona piece was tan!
South Dakota was deep green, of course – thick grass grew in our yard, leaf canopies shaded our house, and July’s knee-high corn covered the fields outside of town. Yes, the South Dakota puzzle piece was a satisfying, lush, expected green.
How long before we got to Iowa?
How far away would we be before I could see it?
How much further did we have to go?
Was it over the next hill?
My parents were confused; Iowa was not a big deal. Why was I so excited? And sunglasses? I watched cornfields go by, regularly punctuated by the dwindling mile markers – Five miles to go, Four, Three – I was bouncing in my seat! Two, One!
“Here it is!” my mother exclaimed, looking at me expectantly … and I burst into tears.
The key to traveling anywhere in the world is simply to love the experience. I got over that Iowa was disappointingly green. I had a wonderful time riding the horses, picking berries and wading in the Chickasaw Creek. Since that fateful trip, I have learned a lot of travel lessons, most of which have been a result of making the wrong assumptions, not following directions, or just being too eager to jump into the middle of things.
When I have unrealistic expectations about a travel adventure, I’m likely to be disappointed … but as soon as I “get over it,” I have a great time!

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DUBLIN � Jeanne Lina Brasher Stovall, 63, died on Sunday, May 11, 2008, at her residence in Dublin.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2008, with Father MacNamara officiating. Burial will follow in the Burkett Cemetery with Harrell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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This beautiful tea caddy is wrapped in patterned Washi (traditional Japanese paper). It is perfect for keeping your Matcha fresh, storing spices or simply as an air-tight container.
Each set comes with a 30g bag of Matcha.
The Uji area of Kyoto from which this matcha originates is well known worldwide for its high quality green tea production. This Uji matcha, from Chikiriya, has a rich and deep taste.
Asai Choraku-en manufactures traditional Japanese paper called washi, perfect for decorating tea caddies.
The small company was established 50 years ago by the Asai family, who borrow stencils used in Yuzen dyeing to create unique and vivid designs for their products.


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Fancy a fitness tracker but are a little short of funds? Well, the Jawbone UP2 may well be for you. The entry level fitness band launched a while back in the US and is available right now in the UK.
The Jawbone UP2 is £89.99 in the UK (it's $99 in the US) and is a successor to the chunkier, now discontinued, Jawbone UP24. Jawbone is quoting a 45% reduction in size, and it's also a tad smaller than the forthcoming, rather-too-long-awaited UP3, although it lacks that model's heart rate monitoring abilities.
The Jawbone UP2 lasts up to seven days on one charge, counts your steps, has a stab at detecting more vigorous exercise, and will also inform you about how badly you're sleeping .
Jawbone Smart Coach, part of the UP app for Android and iOS, is then on hand to offer up fitness tips like, "Put down the takeaway, get off the coach and get some exercise you lazy fool."
We may be paraphrasing a little here, but it will seriously tell you to go to bed earlier, to eat better and to rehydrate more diligently.
If you want to see the competition that Jawbone is up against, then check out our Best Fitness Trackers article. Warning: it will make you feel even more unfit than you are right now.


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Between Foo Fighters records and touring cycles, Taylor Hawkins, the rock band’s anchor for nearly two decades, doesn’t like to just sit around and relax.
Instead, the 44-year-old drummer gets his artistic jollies by hunkering down in the Foos’ Studio 606 in Northridge or “the band cave,” built in the guest house of his Calabasas home. It was during these periods that he recorded a bunch of demos that eventually led to full-on releases for his side projects such as the Coattail Riders and the Birds of Satan.
With the Foo Fighters on hiatus after a lengthy tour in support of their last album, “Sonic Highways,” and the surprise dropping of their free EP “Saint Cecilia” last November, Hawkins decided to challenge himself during the break. This time around he put out an EP of short songs under his own name, for the first time, dubbed “K.O.T.A.,” which is an acronym for “King of the (Jerks),” the title of a song written for the EP that he eventually didn’t have time to finish.
The effort, which came out Nov. 11, features Hawkins on vocals and has him playing nearly every instrument. However, he did tap the talents of Birds of Satan and Chevy Metal cover band partner Wiley Hodgden and Foo Fighters’ Nate Mendel for some for some of the bass tracks, as well as Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett for “the hard stuff” on guitar.
As an artist, Hawkins’ biggest influences are former Police drummer Stewart Copeland and Queen anchor Roger Taylor. He was attracted to the fact that not only are they both phenomenal players, but also contributed songwriting and sometimes vocals to their bands.
Hawkins said he remembered being that age and thinking what his parents were listening to was weak. Back then, he was running around in south Orange County with his childhood friend Jon Davison, a fellow Laguna Beach native and the current singer for rock band Yes.
It looks like the Foo Fighters hiatus won’t continue for long as Hawkins confirms the guys have been chatting about getting back at it soon as it was announced that they’d perform at the NOS Alive Festival in Portugal on July 7. The band also just launched a website, FooFightersPassport.com, which features a map of Europe and a clickable passport that has yet to be filled with dates.

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Doughnut Maker & Ebelskiver Pan Baker- Electric Cooker for Donut Holes and Cake Pops with Non-stick Surface: Aluminum baking pan with PFOE non-stick coating, cooks up to seven round pastries at a time. Easy to use, clean, and store! Perfect for jelly-filled pastries, lean meatballs, or cake pops.


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I really need your advice and assistance! I am in my late thirties and have been exercising consistently for a number of years. I can proudly say that I enjoy a happy and healthy life full of different activities. The issue at hand for me is that I feel I have reached a point where my body is not responding to my training routine anymore. I do weightlifting, I jog, and I attend dancing classes. I have about 3 or 4 kilos that I can't seem to get rid of. Can you please offer me ways to deal with this issue? It is truly frustrating. What kind of exercises do I need to perform in order to get rid of those stubborn kilos that are driving me nuts?
Many exercisers face your problem at some point in their training period. This is called your “training plateau.” This occurs because you have gained basic strength and now it is the time for your workout to be done more systematically. By doing so, you will continue to gain strength and also increase muscle growth. There are ways to beat the training plateau, some of which include exercise selection, exercise method, exercise repetitions, and extended exercise sets.
Before going thoroughly over each one, let me tell you that each body responds differently to any workout practice. That is to say, if you compare yourself with others, you are bound to be disappointed because what works for someone else may not work for you and vice versa. There are things such as morphological factors, genetic strength, and heart and lung capacity to consider. My advice to you is to carefully read the following techniques and try to implement them in your workout program. You will be surprised with the difference they can make in the results of your training.
You need to select new exercises or do a variation on your exercise routine. For example, if you work your legs on the leg press machine, try to select a leg exercise on the Smith machine; this will work your legs with different dynamics effectively. Even if you change the position of your feet on the leg press machine (closely placed feet, V-shape feet, high or low on the platform…), you will work slightly different muscles, and this will break your leg workout routine. You can do that for any major muscle group, and you should. By changing your exercise selection periodically, you will avoid a training plateau and even monotony.
Changing your exercise method is to perform your exercise with different resistance. For example, instead of exercising your biceps using dynamic constant resistance method (doing the whole range of motion with a barbell or dumbbell), work them by static resistance (hold your arms at a 90 degree angle with the barbell or dumbbell). Since you have a partner, have her help you to raise heavy weight and hold it still. Another example of changing the exercise method is to perform your pushups statically (get in pushup position; lift your body off the floor until you get your arms at a 90 degree angle and hold still until you fall down).
Like the name implies, you need to change the exercise repetitions. For example, if you are on a routine of performing 12 to 15 repetitions on each set, change it to 8 to 10 repetitions a set and use heavier weight. You can even do 6 to 8 repetitions with more challenging weight, as long as you change the number of repetitions periodically (every 3 to 4 weeks). Changing the exercise repetitions will enable you to stimulate different muscle fibers and give you more strength as a result.
Another way to break free from a training plateau is to extend your exercise sets. For example, instead of resting after performing 10 shoulder presses (using 75 percent of your maximum strength, which will fatigue 25 percent of your shoulder muscle fibers), immediately reduce the weight by about 20 percent, and do extended sets of 4 to 7 repetitions. By so doing, you will stimulate additional muscle fibers that were not engaged in the first set, which will result in more strength, growth, and different development.
These are some ideas that will help you to overcome your training plateau. You need to allow time for muscle recovery because resting is part of your training program. Smart exercisers, evidently like you, strive to train for results. Such results can be achieved by training intelligently.


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Like Big Data? How about container-based virtualization? MapR thinks these are two great tastes that taste great together, and is introducing the Converged Data Platform for Docker to make it all work.
If virtual machines are what made the cloud possible, then containers are what will make the cloud elegant. Think about it this way: as a computing entity, an entire virtual machine is a pretty coarse, hefty resource if what you're really looking to do is distribute a single application.
Containers, on the other hand, let you deploy an application, its dependencies and its environment in an efficient vessel that fits pretty tightly around them and can be pushed into both cloud and on-premises environments very efficiently.
This notion of easily deployed applications is pretty meaningful to Hadoop ecosystem vendor MapR. That's because its "Converged Data Platform," beyond go-to-market rhetoric, focuses on the use of clusters running MapR-FS (an HDFS-compatible File System), MapR-DB (an HBase-compatible NoSQL database) and MapR Streams (a Kafka-compatible streaming data engine) as distributed application platforms.
In other words, instead of setting up a cluster running a full Hadoop/Spark distribution, with all of its companion projects and tools, MapR targets a scenario where just the file system, database and streaming data infrastructure are in place, serving as the core runtime for mission-critical applications (MapR calls them "converged apps") that run right on top.
Apps running on these clusters sure sound like they'd be perfect for containerized operation, don't they? Yes, but there's a catch. To make the persistent resources of a Hadoop cluster be visible to apps running in containers, you need some hooks, from the latter to the former. And so MapR has attacked that very problem.
With the Converged Data Platform for Docker, which MapR is announcing this morning, running containerized apps on MapR clusters can apparently work quite well. The combination of a POSIX client for containers and the new MapR Persistent Application Client Container (PACC) allow converged apps in Docker containers to see running MapR clusters, just as if the apps were deployed directly to a virtual machine or physical server.
Containerized converged apps can run on-premises or in the cloud. And the MapR clusters they target can run in either environment as well. You can even mix and match, for hybrid environments (for example, having the container running on-premises against a cloud-based MapR cluster, or vice-versa.
With this release, MapR is making clear that its model is very different from Cloudera and Hortonworks. Rather than selling a mere customized Hadoop distribution, the company instead sees itself as selling an enterprise application platform for data-centric computing. Yes, that platform happens to be based on Hadoop and YARN and, yes, it mixes in proprietary technology.
But whereas at one time, it seemed like that cocktail of open source and home-grown Hadoop technology was the story, now that approach really seems like a means to an end. The real goal for MapR is to be an Enterprise data company. Big Data, small data, streaming data, the cloud -- and now containers -- are pieces of that puzzle. But MapR isn't selling the pieces, it's integrating them, and aims to help its customers do likewise.


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2020 Nissan Frontier USA Release Date, Redesign, Spy Photos – Nissan introduced Frontier in 1997 as pickup vehicle. Until now, several upgrades have been added including redesigning and technology. For 2020 Nissan Frontier, you will see new features with better tech, panels, apps, and features.
Frontier is the sale name for United States market. In Europe and Asia, Nissan uses Navarra name since it is produced in Spain. Another name is Terrano that’s only available in Chile. In general, this car is very popular as the top choice for pickup vehicle.
What Will The 2020 Nissan Frontier Look Like?
As a pickup, Nissan combines durability, capability, and performance in a single car. It has better handling while keep towing and loading stuff without much issue. This is the basic concept that you still see in a new generation.
Nissan might try to redesign new 2020 Nissan Frontier. However, it might not be in the overall exterior. Nowadays, the car is more than just appearance, but technology. This is what Nissan does to enhance Frontier capability and performance.
Frontier has cabin and trunk sections. It uses the strong frame with the metal alloy. At front grille, you can see bold and masculine design alongside sharp LED front light. At rear side, new tailgate helps an owner to do loading and towing.
Furthermore, the interior part is what you need to know. Like a new car, 2020 Nissan Frontier will provide more than what you pay. It uses the top grade leather to make comfortable seating. At the front dashboard, you can see the display to monitor and control everything.
Nissan integrates Nissan Intelligent Mobility into this car. It lets owner connect and control the almost the entire system. For example, you can use Nissan Connect to lock and open the door.
This car has two engine capacities: 2.3 and 2.5 liters. Both are available in gasoline and diesel engine. Based on 2.5-liter performance, this car is capable to exhaust 300 horsepower. That’s a very powerful engine for pickup. The transmission is 5-speed manual and automatic.
Several variants are available to fulfill customer demand. You can choose the 2020 Nissan Frontier as King Cab or crew cab. King cab has one-row seat with extended space. On the other side, crew cab has two-row seats for more passengers. Each model has sub-variant, such as S, SV V6, Midnight Edition, Desert Runner, Pro-4X, and SL.
When Will 2020 Nissan Frontier Come Out?
Well, the recent model is already in the market. You can order the 2020 model in 2019. As usual, the new car is always one year prior to the official production.
You need to wait if intend to purchase it. Visit nearby dealer for further information. People like the future car because they expect for new features. However, they should wait until it is available.
How Much Is 2020 Nissan Frontier?
The price is different between King Cab and crew cab. Base price starts at $18,990 for King Cab standard variant. Meanwhile, for the crew cab, standard version has priced at $24,950.
Fixed price for Frontier depends on where you live. In general, the price is similar when buying 2020 Nissan Frontier in one country. You need to check the other aspects, such as taxes, trim level, etc.


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Chloe Coscarelli has revolutionized vegan diets with exciting vegan recipes that are fun to cook and full of flavor. When she decided to become a vegan chef, she dreamed of changing the way the world ate. This was in the “pre-kale” days, when veggie burgers were frozen, tasteless patties loathed by the general public and if a vegan wanted to eat, well, then she had to cook! Today, corner stores stock their shelves with almond milk and mainstream restaurants pepper their menus with quinoa, tempeh, chia seeds, faro, ramps, and so many variations of avocado toast. There is truly no better time to love to eat than now—and no easier time to be a vegan.
In Chloe Flavor, every recipe is bold in taste, loud in color, unabashedly unique, and, above all, easy to make. With dishes like Smoky Grits & Greens, Mango-Guacamole Crunch Burgers, and Sea Salted Chocolate Chunk Cookies, this food is for fun, friends, and family—and it’s all about the flavor. Vegans will delight in Chloe’s creations and carnivores won’t miss the meat one bit.
Most can achieve a goal and be pleasantly satisfied with their results but to continually create new tasks to accomplish and to reinvent your self is the mark of a versatile and motivated individual. It is the definition of father, athlete, actor, entrepreneur, talk show host, philanthropist, wellness advocate, vegan and champion: John Salley.
John Salley has adopted a plant based (raw vegan) lifestyle, and is a frequent speaker at VegFest’s across the USA. As a Wellness Advocate, one of John’s main missions in life is to continue to educate people on the benefits of living a healthier lifestyle thru better eating habits. With a passion for real food, wine and spirits, John is a partner in the label “Vegan Vine” in partnership with Clos LaChance Winery. John has contributed articles to Wine Spectator, Cigar Aficionado and LA Confidential. He has spoke in Washington speaking to Congress about the Child Nutrition Act, asking Members to support legislation that would increase vegetarian options in meals served in public schools.
John Salley played basketball at Georgia Tech and from there went on to become a 15-year NBA veteran and was the first NBA player to win four championships with three different teams — the Detoit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. Since retiring from the NBA, he has worked in television, film and radio. Film credits include Bad Boys 1 & 2, Eddie and Confession of a Shopaholic. John has served as host for numerous award shows and was also the host of The John Salley Block Party on 100.3 The Beat Morning Show in Los Angeles. John recently hosted the Reunion Shows of VH-1’s #1 rated show, Basketball Wives. For 7 years he was co-host of The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net. He was also the host of the sports talk show Ballers on BET and Game On! airing on The Reelz Channel. Visit his website.


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NEWS FLASH: Our Apple Honey No Wheat flavor now comes in a new Training size!
NEWS FLASH: Our Apple Honey No Wheat flavor now comes in a new Mini size Training Treat! This now comes in 2 sizes: a cute 5 oz bag you can take anywhere and a 5lb bulk back to always have a great supply at home.
1 of 3 of our top flavors (spoiler alert, peanut butter & cheesy are also part of this esteemed trio) that has been miniaturized, our apple honey no wheat Training Treat is a perfect bite size morsel.
How can you use this? The possibilities are infinite! A few tried and true suggestions are as a training treat and/or snack.
Your dog will definitely want you to experiment as much as possible with our tasty treat!
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