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Today we took it outside and played with colorful water. Because I didn’t want my toddler (“J”) to squeeze an entire vial into a small cup and then immediately dump it on the ground, I put them up on our fence and was personally in charge of adding them as needed. This was a great way for him to practice the names of colors: “Green! Blue! Yellow!” For some reason, he never asked for red.
This was definitely messy and wet. I brought out the garden hose and turned it on very low so J could use it himself without getting very wet and we weren’t wasting a ton of water. To be honest, I think J would have been just as happy with the water alone, but the food coloring made for a fun change of pace.
Dress yourself and your child for the possibility of getting wet. It’s best to do this on a relatively warm or hot day.
Collect your containers and utensils, and set up a play area in a place that is accessible to your water source.
Put some water in some of the containers, add a little food coloring, and have fun!
If you have a yard, one of the best toys you can put in it is a sandbox. Kids can spend hours in the sandbox almost any time of year. A little rain only makes it more fun!
Never wanting to be traditional, I didn’t want a sandBOX. I wanted to create something myself that would meld into nature and would allow my toddler (“J”) to play in it along with the rest of the yard — not as a separate entity.
Tree stumps, a marooned boat, big shovels, huge space — what’s not to love?
It turns out that tree stumps are super heavy — ha! Who would have guessed? We were lucky enough to find a neighbor with a tree that was recently cut down, but even though they had some amazing stumps, it was impossible to take the really awesome, really huge ones. We took the ones we could manage to haul away.
Enter the second challenge — cutting tree stumps! I am notoriously bad about cutting myself with even the smallest knives or scissors, so I wasn’t about to get near a chainsaw. My dear husband kindly cut the really rough edges and used his power sander on the stumps, and that was as much as we could do.
I’d love to have a few more stumps and have them at some different heights than these are, but they provided a good enough barrier and a nice workspace. After some digging and lots of sand-dumping, we have ourselves a sandbox to dig in!
Get as many of the materials as you can for free. I love the look of natural items, and they can force you to be more creative in order to make them work in your space. Although they were hard to move, the tree stumps we got for our sandpit really make it.
Dig into the space where your sand will go to avoid having to dig too deeply for your stumps. I found it easiest to dig a shallow hole for the sand and pile the dig around the stumps, rather than try to dig very deeply into the ground to stabilize the stumps alone. Our space had a lot of big tree roots close to the surface, so it was impossible to dig very deep.
Don’t underestimate how much sand you will need. I ended up using 20 bags of play sand from Home Depot, and I think it would be ideal if I added another 4-5 bags on the top. If you can get your sand cheaply through bulk delivery, it might be worth it.
Make a plan for covering your sandpit after you are finished. I’m temporarily using a tarp and some landscaping fabric, but it’s not a perfect solution. Since our trees are dumping piles and piles of leaves right now, it’s essential to cover the sandpit. Furthermore, you don’t want cats and other animals using it as a litter box.


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Values – RealChange Network : Business Innovation. For Good.
We listen to our clients and strive to deliver a service that will impact their bottom line, in a positive and sustainable way. The satisfaction and enthusiasm of our clients are at the core being of our company. It is our key success indicator.
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We encourage team work, positive interactions and fun. How to do better and more together and support each other.
We believe in leading by example. Change starts from oneself. We strive to adopt behaviors of personal responsibility and commit to results.
We search for impacts and solutions that are sustainable. We promote work-life balance, and adopt sustainable development practices for the company, for ourselves and for the planet.

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Anniversary 24: Pre-Sales and Rollbacks.
The weekends of November 30 – December 2 and December 7-9 we’ll be presenting our annual, epic Best of Year TML shows, in celebration of both the year that was and the anniversary of the show itself. Besides featuring some of the funniest, fiercest, and most brain-tickling plays produced for the show, it will also feature a monster-sized cast consisting of as many Neo-Futurist ensemble members as we can fit on our stage.
ALL tickets to our six Best of Year shows are now available for online pre-sale.
What does this mean for you, the audience member? It means that for these special end-of-year performances you have the opportunity to secure your ticket in advance, rather than risk being caught on the wrong end of a sold-out show.
Walk-ups are, of course, still welcome! As always, people who take the risk are rewarded with our usual low ticket price of $9 plus the roll of a six-sided die ($10-15).
Pre-sale patrons will pay $20 online to reserve their ticket…but when they get to the theater, they will also roll a six-sided die and receive $1-6 back on their ticket price ($14-19)!
And this is the part where you figure out which of the performances you’re going to attend and make your plans accordingly.


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re:publica 2016 – Emily King, Jérémie Zimmermann: Hacking with Care!
Hacking with Care is born from the magical encounter of Emily King, a massage artist, Jérémie Zimmermann, an internet activist, and friends with common good at heart. The collective explores well-being and care as components of hacking and activism, while also seeking to liberate care, and to inspire alliances between "caregivers" of different competences.
Hackers and activists know working for positive social change is a continuing, draining, selfless battle. However fulfilling and often invigorating, this dedication nonetheless takes a great physical and emotional toll on many friends. Some burnout, some are imprisoned or experience limitations or abuse of their rights, in retaliation for their deeds. Some die. Meanwhile, the various attacks and restrictions on life and freedoms keep intensifying everywhere, motivated by unchecked power and greed. They affect all, in all areas of life, including access to healthcare.
Care for ourselves and others, become aware of vulnerabilities and organize so that our capacities to care and be cared for will not be compromised.
Reach out to health-care practitioners, to share and care with them. They too are increasingly confronted to situations requiring skills in relation to privacy/data protection, technological independence and operational security (OpSec) in order to protect themselves as well as their patients.
This will be the first public presentation of Hacking with Care, introducing past/ongoing works, a vision for the future and a call for participation.

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Scott E. Hendrix . How Albert the Great's Speculum astronomiae was Interpreted and Used by Four Centuries of Readers: A Study in Late Medieval Medicine, Astronomy, and Astrology. Lewiston, Queenston, and Lampeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010. Pp. 326.
The Speculum astronomiae (SA) is well known for being a critical catalogue of all the texts on astronomy, astrology, and related sciences, drawn up soon after the middle of the thirteenth century. Its differentiation between astronomy and astrology, and its definitions of astronomy (including cosmology) and the parts of astrology (introductions, revolutions of years, nativities, interrogations, and elections) are valuable for the historian of the science of the stars, and its distinction between three kinds of talismanic magic ("necromancy," a division of elections), on the grounds of the use of invocations, exotic alphabets, and the power of stars, is an essential text for the historian of magic. Hendrix's book claims to be the first work to explore the contents of the SA. Hendrix sees the SA as arising out of the "intense controversy [End Page 220] over the compatibility of astrology with Christian doctrine" and considers that "it rapidly assumed canonical status and set the terms of debate for the intellectuals of the fourteenth century and beyond." This is what he tries to show in this book. Chapter 1 discusses the vexed question of the authorship of the SA. Chapter 2 deals with its position within thirteenth-century debates on astrology. Chapter 3 considers the place of the SA within Albertus's thought. Chapter 4 analyzes the use of the work, as evidenced from the manuscripts. Chapter 5 focuses on the discussion of the validity of astrology in the premodern period, and Chapter 6 explores the reasons for its demise, but ends with the remarkable resurgence of interest in astrology in recent years, and the renewed use of the SA itself.
Hendrix is not afraid to sail against the prevailing wind of modern scholarship. He attributes the decline of astrology to its association with popular uprisings. He is convinced about Albertus's authorship and (rightly) considers that the recent debate, which has focused on the authorship, should move on. The principal object of Hendrix's criticism is the conclusions of Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, who argues against the attribution of the work to Albertus Magnus on the grounds that the earliest manuscript does not carry this attribution. The strongest evidence for Albertus's authorship brought by Hendrix is a quotation from Bonaventura of Iseo, a friend of Albertus's, who mentions that the Pope had given Albertus the leave to examine the books of all the sciences to decide which were licit and which were illicit. Hendrix follows Richard Lemay in accepting this evidence as conclusive. After refuting Paravicini's counterevidence for the authorship of Campanus of Novara, Hendrix gives the date of composition as between 1260 and 1270. Hendrix argues for Albertus's authority also on the grounds of the similarity between the ideas expressed in the SA and those in other works of Albertus, such as his De fato.


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So you knowingly broke the embargo? Not cool!
Cantillion Brasserie experience = Berghain techno experience. Both done in one week. Agreed.

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The Autumn Statement – what’s in it for business?
Yesterday, Chancellor Philip Hammond brought us the last Autumn Statement for the foreseeable future as plans were announced for the spring Budget to be downgraded to the ‘Spring Statement’ and the main Budget to be delivered in the Autumn.
He outlined plans to increase spending on roads and transport links including the Oxford-Cambridge expressway and a major road scheme in the North, and extra funding to improve rail signaling. But although transportation for businesses may be improved, with the rise in the Insurance Premium Tax from 10% to 12%, additional costs are set to come out of the pockets vehicle owners.
In line with George Osborne’s previous budget commitment, Corporation Tax will fall to 17% by 2020. This is the lowest rate of all the G20 countries but not as low as Donald Trump’s promised to reduction of corporation tax in America to 15%. Speaking of “understandable public concern that the pitch is tilted in favour of multinational groups”, Mr Hammond said he would limit tax relief on corporate interest and the treatment of previous tax losses.
The most notable commitment is for a £23bn new national productivity investment fund to be spent over the next five years, increasing by £2bn a year by 2020/21. The fund is designed to bolster research and innovation.
Additionally, in the hope that takeovers of British tech start-ups by foreign buyers will be reduced, export finance is to be doubled and £400m will be injected into venture capital firms via the British Business Bank.
There will be a crackdown on employers offering ‘workplace salary sacrifice schemes’ (where workers receive untaxed benefits such as ultra-low emission cars instead of pay), whilst the National Living Wage will be increased from April 2017, and personal tax allowance increased to £11,500. The self-employed will see a clampdown on so-called ‘disguised earnings’.
Brexit gets the majority, so what next?
The voting is over, the results are in, and the dust is settling following the UK’s momentous decision to leave the European Union, and most people and businesses are now asking ‘What next?”. The country seems to be in a state of limbo as the overwhelming majority of citizens had thought that it would be business as usual following a vote to remain. But that was not to be. We now have a new cabinet and all eyes are on them to see if we have radical thinking or a ‘steady hand on the tiller’.
For the foreseeable future many investment decisions have been postponed, but any crisis, along with the threats it brings, also offers opportunities. The future of this country will depend on the extent to which we maximise on these opportunities, and minimise the threats. Many of us will have our own ideas of what to do, but it appears to me that what we need is a major overhaul of the way in which the country operates in order to grasp these opportunities and take bold steps to seize the chance to make the UK ‘a country of enterprise’ in the future.
It would be good to see politicians lay down a path with the least amount of obstacles in the way. With similar strong and decisive leadership, big businesses ought to be concentrating on long term plans and not the share value of today, and the banks should approve lending on all reasonable requests. Individuals need to take personal control of their futures, and SMEs should be looking at how they can make gains, maybe even at big business expense!
An overhaul of the tax system to simplify structure – take away the vast majority of the reliefs and cut the headline rates. The effect will be that businesses will find it harder to avoid paying what is due, at the same time reducing the tax burden to an acceptable level.
Rationalisation of the business support schemes available – create one national start up and growth support programme which is available to all aspiring entrepreneurs, delivered either face to face or online. Overhaul enterprise learning in schools and colleges with a National Curriculum standard at each stage of the education system (delivered at least once a week) for enterprise learning.
Invest heavily in regional road, rail, air, and broadband communications – regional investment, as opposed to major development of projects such as Heathrow 3 and HS2 will have a greater effect on the growth of SMEs and the development of enterprise than any large long term projects.
Three ideas that will not be easy to implement but this should not deter us. To take the opportunities offered by the Brexit vote, we, as a nation, need to be entrepreneurial in our behaviour – take the risk, believe in what we are doing. It will take a brave person to turn these ideas to reality as each will be opposed by vested interests, but the opportunities are out there …. as are the threats if the country slowly sink into recession.
Cavendish Enterprise partners, three entrepreneurial Start & Grow clients, and a room full of guests came together at the House of Lords to celebrate the success achieved by businesses who have benefitted from government funded business support, advice and training.
With the kind permission of Lord Wei of Shoreditch, who is himself an entrepreneur, the guest list of 100 influential and passionate supporters of enterprise heard the start-up journey taken by three Start & Grow clients.
Start & Grow entrepreneurs (left to right) : Cemal Ezel (Change Please CIC), Dr Craig Rose, (Seaweed & Co), and Patience Chipaumire-Oyeniran, (Panashe Home Care Services).
Cemal Ezel saw a business opportunity that would also give something back to the community. In Nov 2015 he set up Change Please. With his previous experience of working with a coffee roasting social enterprise company, Cemal saw there was an opportunity to work with homeless people to give them a clear way forward. The company provides barista coffee carts operated by homeless individuals. There are currently 8 coffee carts operating around London and employs 11 homeless individuals. Change Please pays the London Living Wage and arranges housing for its workers. Whilst working with the company, employees can build their skills base and eventually move on in their career. After six months, they are moved into full time employment with one of the organisation’s partners. Cemal’s future plans suggest that up to 50 additional jobs will be created and £500,000 investment secured as he hopes to expand into new regions and potentially other sectors.
“I would have been able to start the business because the of the backing from other companies, but the benefits of research and assistance with grants available through the Start & Grow programme will have a positive impact on outcomes.” said Cemal.
Seaweed & Co has launched offering seaweed ingredients for the food and nutrition industries, using high quality seaweed sustainably wild harvested in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. The business has been launched by seaweed expert, Dr Craig Rose, who has lived and worked in the North East since moving from his native Leeds to attend Newcastle University over 15 years ago, and is on track to make seaweed a food of the future thanks to a £25,000 investment from Virgin StartUp, and assistance from TEDCO Business Support through the Start & Grow programme.
Based in North Shields, Seaweed & Co is now looking to capitalise on the growing popularity of seaweed as a ‘superfood’ ingredient, and boost sales within the UK and international food and nutrition industries.
Seaweed contains all the vitamin groups and minerals, and can be used as a natural flavour enhancer to replace salt in the food manufacturing process. Just even a tiny amount of seaweed packs a strong nutritional punch and research has suggested it can help with weight management, and due to its natural iodine levels, can contribute to normal cognitive function and metabolism.
Dr Rose continues: “The market for seaweed in the UK is still relatively new but thanks to support from high profile figures such as Jamie Oliver, who champions the benefits of adding more seaweed to your diet extensively in his new Superfood TV show, seaweed has huge potential for growth. It is not only the nutritional benefits of seaweed which make it desirable as part of a healthy diet, but it is also presents a valuable alternative to food manufacturers as a natural salt replacement in everyday foods.
The investment has been used to fund a highly innovative system for processing the seaweed in Scotland to produce larger volumes of high quality seaweed through a more gentle and scalable approach . The system, and the factory in which it operates, is one of the most sophisticated seaweed production facilities in the UK.
Patience Chipaumire-Oyeniran has just opened the doors to her very own care agency in Leicester, Panashe Home Care Services, so elderly people can enjoy a high standard of comfortable care in their own homes.
Thanks to NBV Enterprise Solutions, Patience is also running a consultancy to advise budding care home owners on how to start up their own agencies. “NBV have made a real difference to me and I was pleasantly surprised to find them. Without their support, I would have struggled to set up my own business.“ said Patience.
Patience left her native Zimbabwe and came to the UK in 1990, training as a registered nurse and working in care homes before turning her hand to managing them. She has recruited four members of staff and one driver, and has advised seven budding care home owners on how to set up their own agency.
Patience said: “I’m really happy that I can finally make a difference to someone’s life by opening Panashe Home Care Services. I believe people should not have to leave the comfort of their own homes due to old age and neither should they have to change their little ways to fit into the care system. Instead the care system should change its ways to fit with their lives.
“I believe in our motto, ‘there is no place like home’ and I’m proud that I stand by this in everything I do.” said Patience.
With an expert panel on hand comprising David Petrie (ICAEW), Peter Holbrook (SEUK), Nick Underhill (Crowdfunder), Sarah Mintey (Developing Experts), and Peter Ibbetson (JournoLink), guests and entrepreneurs alike were able to access a wealth of start-up advice.
Although the sun didn’t shine across the Thames that day a lot of light was thrown on how to overcome some of the typical hurdles businesses might face on their start-up business journey. A big thank you from Cavendish Enterprise to all those who took part and shared their knowledge and experiences.
According to recent research at the Innovation Growth Lab, the British government spent £9.8 billion in 2013-14 supporting its businesses.
The research was undertaken by Teo Firpo and Thomas Beevers following the announced cuts in business support services as part of the Autumn Spending Review, November 2015 – with the BIS (the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) seeing a 17% reduction in their budget.
The research set out to discover how the cuts might affect businesses and innovation in the UK, and crucially, to consider how the government should target the cuts.
Teo and Thomas considered it critical to know how the British government supports its businesses and entrepreneurs, not just through BIS, but across all departments, in order to reach any answers to these questions so the IGL research maps out how much public money goes to businesses and, importantly, through what type of support programmes. The research discovered that business support takes place across government departments identifying six other public bodies with business support programmes, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Department for Communities and Local Government, beside tax relief and BIS.
‘How much does the UK spend supporting its businesses?’ can be read in full here.
Business reaction indicates that the Queen’s Speech was perceived as steady and relatively safe with no real surprises. Some of the businesses that I have spoken to are taking time out to get to grips with what it means, seeing this as the calm before the storm with much still to be debated, particularly around the in/out EU referendum. It is very positive to see the commitment to enterprise and jobs but there is a sense that we need to see the actions that follow on from the plans.
The Government is committed to setting up a small business conciliation service to resolve business to business disputes, particularly over late payment which is a key issue for many small businesses. The cutting of ‘red tape’ and unnecessary bureaucracy is certainly welcomed by SMEs who are the lifeblood of our economy. New legislation is planned to help achieve full employment and we are committed to playing our part in realising this through starting and growing more businesses. It is to be hoped that emerging policies result in a practical, accessible ecosystem to encourage rather than inhibit new business growth.
As always the devil will be in the detail and in the practical roll out of the Government plans. I have been struck however by the general sense of optimism among businesses that I have spoken to. There is a sense of increased opportunity and a focus on building a strong future.

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An electrical problem knocked out power to the Mall at Robinson and other businesses in the area Friday night.
Just before 7 p.m., the lights began to flicker in the mall, eventually leaving shoppers and employees in the dark.
“I really don’t know. Just smelled smoke and they’re evacuating and trying to figure out where it’s coming from,” store owner Neil Nichols said.
There are reports that a rooftop generator began sparking and then smoke filled the mall.
“Power went out about 6:45 p.m. About 7:15 p.m., we could smell smoke and then they told us it’s time to evacuate,” mall employee Lynne Snyder said.
Hundreds of shoppers and employees were then evacuated. Everyone got out of the building safely.
“It went pretty well. These guys are professionals. They know what they’re doing. It went pretty well, so we’re just hanging out and trying to figure out what we need to do next,” Nichols said.
Other businesses and restaurants in the surrounding area also lost power.
Duquesne Light was sent to the scene to try to determine the cause of the outage.
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MONTREAL – Can the sport of Mamanet, more commonly known as cachibol or Newcomb, become a sensation in Quebec and Ontario as it is in Israel?
Bowling has long been one of the signature pastimes of B'nai Brith Canada members and volunteers. Over the past few weekends, this trend was on full display in the cities of Montreal and Winnipeg.
It’s game day. Not your typical sports escapade when people flock to the television, while others grab the refreshments to check out scores, wins and what team grabs professional sports bragging rights.
For the first time in its history, the Israeli National Baseball team will be playing with the best for the top prize in international baseball.

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Mar 13th @ 6:00 p.m.
The New Zealand Winegrowers sponsor a walk-around wine tasting event at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. The tasting fair features current releases from more than 40 New Zealand wineries accompanied by bite-size treats from San Francisco’s acclaimed Farallon Restaurant. Farallon’s seafood and coastal cuisine pair well with southern hemisphere wines.
Participating wineries include: Akarua, Astrolabe, Babich, Brancott Estate, Carrick, Cloudy Bay, Craggy Range, Crown Range, Forrest, Giesen, Greywacke, Hillersden, Huia, Loveblock, Mission Estate, Mt. Beautiful, Nautilus, Palliser, Peregrine, Rockburn, Sacred Hill, Saint Clair, Seifried, Sophora, Spy Valley, Staete Landt, Tohu, Villa Maria, VINULTRA, Whitehaven, Wither Hills.
Every Weekday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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CONWAY, AR--(Marketwired - Jan 26, 2015) - Inuvo, Inc. (NYSE MKT: INUV), an Internet marketing and technology company that delivers purchase-ready customers to advertisers through a broad network of desktop and mobile websites and apps, today announced the company will release its 2014 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results on Thursday, February 5, 2015. Mr. Richard Howe, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Wally Ruiz, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call the same day at 4:15 p.m. (EST).
A telephone replay will be available through February 19, 2015. To access the replay, please dial 1-877-870-5176 (domestic) or 1-858-384-5517 (international). At the system prompt, enter the code 8219575 followed by the # sign. You will then be prompted for your name, company and phone number. Playback will then automatically begin.

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"Great location and breakfast buffet."
"Bed and pillows were amazing."
"great location and wide nice room."
Perfect location to walk to DC attractions, across the street from Metro stop. Clean. Room had microwave and fridge, so nice for family or longer stay. Gold and Diamond members receive free cooked to order breakfast.
bed sagged. a/c noisy. facilities worn.
The staff were very welcoming and helpful. The room was clean.
Our shower head did not want to stay put. We booked online and I guess when doing so they like to give you the handicap accessible room. Parking was expensive! Breakfast was $60 for two people that will get you eggs and bacon.
Hotel is walking distance to most of the things you want to see in DC; White House, Washington Monument, Smithsonian Museums.
If you stay in a room facing 14th street you *will* hear street noise. We were on the 12th floor and you may as well be on the first floor because the height doesn't help with the noise at all. After a long day of walking you probably want a good night's sleep, that's probably not going to happen. Street traffic is loud and people tend to yell outside.
Our hotel was in walking distance to almost everything that we wanted to see - all the major landmarks as well as museums. It is very close to two subway (metro) stations and only a short ride way from Union Station where we took the bus to NYC. We enjoyed the coffee maker in our room and refrigerator to keep our snacks. We appreciated free coffee stand in the lobby.
it's more of a wish - wish you guys had free breakfast. Most hotels do nowadays.
Room was clean and pretty nice. Nice hotel bar and staff was friendly and helpful at the front desk. Would stay again for the price.
The bellhop shattered a bottle of vodka that was in my suitcase....said "I should have told them it was fragil" I don't think that gives them the right to just throw my stuff around as if there was nothing of worth in there....what if it was a bottle of cologne that broke - would I have had to tell them it was fragile for something as small as that. After all my stuff was covered in vodka, they let me use their laundry services and actually ended up replacing the bottle with something of similar value. It ended up being okay and I was thankful for the replacement.
Staff very friendly. Rooms were clean including the bathroom. The location is perfect if you want to walk around. We had an awesome experience.
Very convenient. The location is excellent for getting around town on the metro. It's just minutes from everything. I would definitely stay at this hotel again.
The bed was a little uncomfortable. I couldn't tell if the comforter was sliding down inside the duvet or it was just really thin.
Clean and convenient to downtown DC.
Staff was helpful and friendly. Wait staff at restaurant in lobby was excellent. Went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of. Fair prices on the food. Blanket for fireworks was a nice unexpected treat. Quick walk to two different metro stations and 20 min walk to the mall. Blocks to restaurants and the cvs if you need something.
It was hot. Not sure the hotel can control the weather.
The prime central location of Hilton Garden Inn in Downtown Washington, DC is perfect for any business or leisure traveler hoping to get the most out of a trip to the capital city. The hotel is less than a 1-minute walk from McPherson Square Metro Station, and only a few minutes from the White House. Countless sightseeing, dining, and shopping restaurants can be found within walking distance of the hotel. The exterior of the hotel boasts a European-style of architecture. The interior is posh and refined with contemporary furnishings. Rooms are recently renovated, and include complimentary high-speed wifi, a custom desk chair and workspace, flat-screen television with cable, signature sleep system beds, mini-fridges, air-conditioning, and microwaves. Upgraded suites include a pull-out sofa bed and a separate living area. Additional amenities include room service, laundry service, an indoor pool, a fully-equipped 24/7 fitness center, and a 24-hour business center. The hotel boasts a professional meeting space that can host up to 155 guests, small in size yet practical, and perfect for corporate conferences. Guests can dine at the on-site restaurant, Grist Mill, which serves up spectacular American classics for breakfast and dinner. Cocktails, fine wines, and craft beers are available in the bar/lounge area. Nearby attractions include the U.S. Capitol, the National Mall, The White House, The Washington Monument, The Lincoln Memorial, The Jefferson Memorial, Botanical Gardens, several Smithsonian museums, the Spy Museum, and the Kennedy Center.
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www.clinicalcasesDDIs.com will be launched mid-May.
Use of multiple drugs in addition to antiretroviral treatment (polypharmacy) is getting increasingly common in people living with HIV (PLWH). This is partly due to aging and co-morbidities, but also to the use of other substances that may be included in alternative treatments, supplements, steroids, recreational drugs, etc.
17th European AIDS Conference - 90-90-90 in action!
The EACS Standard of Care meeting final report has been published.
17th European AIDS Conference - Sign up early!
Online registration, abstract and clinical cases submission and scholarship applications for the 17th European AIDS Conference are now open.
The second Spring European Testing Week will take place on 17-24 May 2019. European Testing Week is a European campaign that encourages partner organisations - in community, health care and policy institutions - throughout Europe to unite for one week (during Spring and Autumn) to increase testing efforts and promote awareness on the benefits of earlier hepatitis and HIV testing. This initiative has progressed since its start in 2013 and has grown to be a widely recognised European event with hundreds of organisations participating every year.
A London man has no remaining detectable HIV a year and a half after undergoing a bone marrow stem cell transplant to treat lymphoma, according to a presentation at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2019), taking place this week in Seattle.
We are now launching another edition of our Medical Exchange Programme. This programme offers young professionals the opportunity to further their clinical experience within specialised HIV units or to enhance their clinical research skills. It is based on a clinical or research project relevant to the field of HIV/coinfections.
Applications are open until April 2,2019(23:59 CET-Brussels time).
Andrea De Luca just passed away. He was a visionary person, as a clinician, a researcher and a teacher, with an incredible passion for his work and his fellows. He was a real European, not only because of the collaborations, but as a state of mind. His efforts in creating an HIV resistance network explain perfectly is concept of research. He really pursued an idea of science without borders. His utopist idea was to work in developing countries the same way we work in our European countries and with the Dream project he succeeded. As a human being he was a friend who liked to listen, who was very generous of time and teaching with his fellows and who incredibly loved his children. For all these reasons, what we feel today a profound sense of emptiness. We, as European HIV clinicians, will miss his ideas, his smile and his kindness.


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August Artier presents a new ‘weekly’ show of quality underground house and deep techno from around the world curated by one of the hottest names in electronic music. Italian based DJ/Producer August Artier is quickly establishing a name for himself, with a series of quality releases on several respected underground labels.
Last year his talents were spotted by clubbing giants Renaissance, who invited him to present their radio show (Joining the likes of Sasha and Art Department).
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Being a mum implies total care and attention for your child, which leaves little to less time and energy for yourself and you usually find yourself in the situation of looking tired and sloppy. To avoid showing your fatigue and the lack of time, try using these natural beauty tricks that can help you maintain a neat aspect even though you are a busy mum who carefully attends her children.
Mums hardly have time to brush their hair before going out, not to mention what it would take for them to apply make-up or a simple mascara on their lashes. Luckily, every mom can have an intense gaze with the help of a natural lash growth serum that increases the volume of their lashes so that they will never have to worry about applying mascara. A mixture of castor oil, olive oil and vitamin E will nourish their lashes from the inside, encouraging young, thick and strong lashes to grow.
The food you eat is good for your body not only on the inside, but on the outside as well. Face masks made of fruits, vegetables, honey, yoghurt and other foods from your daily diet are great ingredients for efficient masks and moisturizing creams that nourish and clean your skin. The olive oil is a great moisturizer that has been used by many women who state it has incredible effects on the skin.
Perhaps the easiest way to keep a healthy and young aspect is to drink plenty of water throughout the day to help your body hydrate and deliver important nutrients to every organ. This discipline routine will assure you a nice skin, a shiny hair and a detox body that will glow with health.
One of the biggest problems mums have is the tired look on their face, accentuated by the puffy eyes and the dark circles around the eyes. To avoid people’s sympathy, erase the need of sleep off your face by using cucumber, lemon slices or ice packs to cover your eyes for a few minutes. Green tea also has a great antioxidant effect and can help you reduce the signs of fatigue and extenuation that are commonly noticed in mums.
The hands are a person’s business cards and there is no excuse for an untidy manicure, even if you are a busy mum, therefore, try to take care of your nails in a few minutes. Some slices of lemon will help you clean your nails and a layer of transparent nail polish is perfect as it will not look sloppy when it starts to peel off.


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Over the last year we've been re-creating, re-coding and re-thinking the Foundation Framework. A new Foundation is fast approaching and it's going to be a whole lot more than just a visual iteration, code restructure or a simple change in version number.
Since ZURB uses Foundation every day for our Studios client work and design tools, we've been using our experience from the now hundreds of websites we've built on Foundation and we're making a lot of decisions about what a framework's place is for a modern web developer/designer. We've had tons of phone calls, conversations at meetups, and even sent ZURBians on the ZURB World Tour to hear how people were using Foundation. From these hundreds of conversations, we have created the driving force behind every decision for this framework update and developed a new mantra we're calling, Prototype To Production.
get me easily up and running with minimal dependencies, but giving me the tools that modern websites need.
be able to rapidly produce a proof of concept in code with easily readable presentational classes.
have a base style that is as un-opinionated as the wireframes we're replacing them with.
be able to easily streamline code by using Sass mixins to create semantic classes.
let me quickly pair down the already streamlined file size by selectively importing only the components I used.
be styled to match my custom designs without the need to overide code or change tons of variables.
let me write custom JS plugins that build off the Foundation JS utilities like breakpoints and events.
let me write a website that's fully accessible and also teach me best practices as I use it.
These ideas have helped us shape both Foundation and our internal process. Here's how they've affected the framework for the better.
As a Studio, ZURB uses Foundation to builds tons of sites and apps for clients every year, which means we rely on it for our business day in and day out. Foundation has to function and be flexible because clients are depending on it to deliver. Through this we've found the joys in using the product we've been building for nearly 4 years, but we also watch our designers struggle with real world problems.
With Foundation 6 we're simplifying the setup process for our Sass version to allow users to get our CLI set up with far fewer dependencies than before. We'll be handling errors much more intelligently, so that if users do run in to problems they'll much more easily be guided towards a correct answer. Finally we'll be offering not only the regular Sass version of Foundation, but a souped up stack complete with our own static site generator, live-reload server and tons of ways to better optimise your code with UNCSS and UglifyJS. This is the same stack we build at ZURB and are excited to use our experience to modify your process.
There's a lot of concern that pages might be too heavy to load. Let's put that into perspective as to why pages are weighed down. Addy Osmani showed that in a single page from a sample project built using Bootstrap or Foundation, 90% of their CSS goes unused. That's truly a bummer to hear and to quote our favorite late night tv hosts, 'There's got to be a better way'. We're approaching this problem two fold with Foundation 6 by styling the already minimal framework less from the start and giving users easier tools to strip files themselves.
Foundation has always been very careful about the styles we add to the framework and our goal with the base styles are to act as a wireframe rather than a final design. We're doubling down on that effort and pulling more and more styles from components, so you can more easily style them with your production work. The styles we do offer can be updated with variables in the Sass, but we're standing firm that not every selector with every declaration gets a variable. We hope this means you'll be able to write your own css and not just be hunting down and modifying theme variables for every style.
We've also cut down the outputted file size of Foundation. We're shooting for a 40-50% code reduction and so far are well on our way to hitting that. We're being much more selective on what gets a variable and what gets a presentational class, so we can be sure the outputted CSS stays clean. This means Foundation isn't a framework that will have stylistic classes margin and padding or round and radius.
Foundation 5 makes it pretty easy to selectively import, but we're making it even easier by moving that functionality to the _settings.scss file you use to change all of Foundation's variables. We've found the average project can remove 30-40% of their CSS just by commenting out the components they didn't use, so we hope by adding more emphasis, users will take that opportunity. Lastly, we're adding some optimization options to our Gulp build that have the potential to drastically shrink your file size. UnCSS will be a great tool for static sites to minimize their footprint to only the classes they used and we've ensured that all dynamically created JS classes get included regardless.
With a lighter file from the get go, you're ready to move your prototype code into awesome production ready code.
We know the best part of using a framework to prototype your designs is that after your rounds of iteration and content updates you're halfway to production ready code. Using our own experiences with Foundation over the last 3+ years we've added a lot of great ways to optimize this process and have taken those lessons into the Framework so all you amazing people can benefit. Thousands of amazing brands use Foundation in their production stack.
We've added to our already strong grid mixins to allow you to build custom rows with any number of columns you need. If your design needs a four column grid inside a five column grid inside a twelve, then our mixins will make that super quick and easy. You'll still have the ability to use our mixins for most every component and rename our classes to your own. This means developers can convert presentational classes from prototypes to semantic markup and not need to import those classes into their final code. This has always been a great part about Foundation with Sass, but we're taking care to make it even more powerful.
The Foundation team made a big push for a more a11y friendly framework in Foundation 5.5 and we're continuing that work by recording every component with accessibility in the forefront of our minds. Every Foundation component uses accessibility standards and we've been working with a killer a11y advocate to make sure we're hitting the mark. All code snippets will come with attributes and roles along with instructions on how/why these things need to be used. Let's make sure that every website we push out will be able to be seen anywhere, on any device, by anyone.
The Foundation team is truly excited to push out the next Foundation Framework and can't wait to get feedback, issues and PRs from our amazing community. We'll be pushing out a private release within the month and continuing to make iterations based on what we hear from the community. In the mean time, we'll continue working on Foundation Sites 6, Foundation for Apps and the new Foundation for Email.


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Patrick pulled up to one of the dorm buildings at UNLV on a typical late spring semester day. He had gotten a call of another break in on the campus, the third one in the past two weeks. He got his kit out of the SUV and headed up to the room. The two girls who lived in the room where talking with the female officers who arrived. It was clear that both of them were rattled a little. Patrick walked by them and to the room, seeing that Helena was already there. "What do we got so far on this one?" he asked Helena as he stood in the doorway of the room. He had glanced around the room at the same time. Patrick quickly noticed that the room was decorated in the typical style of two young women.
Helena was the first CSI to arrive on scene. The officer was already speaking to the two women and Helena had just started to look around the crime scene. Hearing Patrick's question she turned around to look at him, then sighed a little bit.
"I'm not sure yet. I just got here myself." she replied. "All I can tell is that it's the same MO as the last two we investigated."
Helena, already wearing gloves, looked around the window of the room, hoping to find some evidence. At the same time she wondered who would break into dorm rooms and why the hell they were so easy to break in.
Patrick nodded in reply, then gloved up and got to work. "Laptops the only thing missing?" he asked as he got to work. He had a feeling he would know the answer, but it didn't hurt to ask. After gloving up, he looked over the right had side of the room, his mini light in hand as he looked for anything that would be able to help them.
"That and a tablet pc." Helena replied, while she was dusting the window for any prints. Maybe she would get lucky although she feared that she wouldn't. She never got lucky the first two times.
But third one's a charm they say, so maybe... just maybe the thieves got sloppy this time and she would find some very incriminating evidence.
Patrick nodded in reply when she said that to him. "I see" he replied. "Got some dirt over here" he said a few seconds later while he looked under one of the student' beds. He quickly photographed and collected the dirt for later processing.
"Let's just hope it wasn't there before they got in here." Helena said, finishing her work with the window.
"Nothing." she said in a frustrated tone. "Just like last time."
Helena opened the window and took a look outside on the fire escape. Maybe she would have more luck out here than she had in there?
"Agreed" Patrick said to her as he got up and continued to process the room. As he did, he replayed the last to crime scenes in his head. Thankfully no one got hurt, but Patrick was more then aware of the fact that it could change at the drop of a hat.
Helena carefully climbed through the window and onto the fire escape. She was almost certain that this had been the way in for the thieves. These dorm room windows were far too easy to get in. All you needed to know was how they worked and the trick to get them to work from the outside. And that was something a little practice and smarts could teach you.
Helena sighed a little, taking the flashlight out of her kit, that she had put onto the fire escape before she climbed out the window, and started to look around.
"Man... this place is messy..." she said to herself as she started to look for something the thieves could have left behind.
Back inside, Patrick moved to the dorm's bathroom. He didn't find much there, but it didn't hurt to look anyway. At the same time, one of the thieves was watching Helena from a distance. Clever woman he said to himself before heading off back to his place.
Helena turned around and looked around the place, feeling like she was being watched. She couldn't find the one watching her, but she knew that at least one of the thieves had been watching her.
"Huh, the brave type." she said, turning around again and continued her search for a clue as to who was the thief.
It didn't take long and she found a blue-plaid hankerchief with the initials T.I. stitched on one edge.
"Well, what a nice hankerchief." she said, taking a closer look at it. It hadn't been out there for very long, it was still too clean.
At the same time, Patrick had finished up and walked back to the window of the dorm room. "I'm all done in here, you find anything?" he called out from where he stood. He didn't know of the handkerchief that had been dropped by one of the thieves.
Helena looked a little more, but there was nothing else she could find. But at least she found a hankerchief with initials on them.
She walked back to the window, putting the hankerchief into her kit and picked it up.
"Well... I found a hankerchief with initials on them." she told Patrick. "Maybe there's DNA on it, too."
Patrick nodded in reply as Helena said that to him. "Looks like we got more then that." he said to her in reply after seeing the letters T.I. that were stitched on. "Good find Helena" he added with a slight nod to her as he said that.
Helena nodded a little in reply and put the hankerchief back into her kit. Then she held it up, planning to get into the room the same way she got out, but since he was standing there, he might as well take her kit for the time being.
"Mind takin' that for me, so I can come back inside?" she asked, giving him a sweet smile.
Patrick watched her as she asked him that. "I don't mind" he said to her before taking hold of the kit. "See you back at the lab." Patrick added before leaving the room. As he did, he started to reply the crime scenes in his head, looking for any connections between the three as he walked back to the SUV that he came in.
Helena smiled a bit and then climbed back into the room. Once inside she took her kit from Patrick and looked around the room again. She would question the two girls outside about the hankerchief she found before Helena would leave the scene.
"Alright." she said with a nod and walked out of the door and up to the two young women who stood with an officer.
The two young women, Allison and Heather, looked at Helena when she came into the room. "Have you found anything?" Allison asked as she stood with her friend and roommate. Heather reached over and gently took Allison's hand, hoping that would help her relax a bit as they looked at Helena.
Helena watched the young women and gave Allison a small nod.
"Not much, but yes." Helena replied. "Which is why I wanted to ask you another question. Do you know anyone with the initials T.I.?"
There were probably a lot with those initials, but as Helena thought about it, T.I. wasn't common, at least not that she knew. So maybe Heather and Allison would know someone with those initials.
Allison's eyes went wide a bit. "Tyler Issac Chambers......he's in a fraternity here on campus." she replied. Heather looked at Helena at the same time. "Phi Delta Theta......the Inter Fraternity Council removed them as an official group two years ago after a pledge was nearly killed during one of their initiation activities. The former Alpha Kappa Phi sorority is affiliated with them." Heather explained.
Helena thought about it for a moment. But if it was really Tyler Isaac Chambers then his hankerchief would have the initials T.I.C. on them, wouldn't it?
"But that would mean his initials were T.I.C. and not just T.I." she replied, looking at the young woman.
Although there was a letter missing on the hankerchief, what Allison had just told her was enough reason for Helena to check out this 'fraternity' anyway.
Heather and Allison both nodded a bit in reply when Helena said that to them. "Becareful around them detective" Allison said to her in reply.
Helena looked at the young women for a moment and then nodded.
"Don't worry about me." she then said to them.
Helena wasn't to be scared easily, so she wouldn't bother going after them if she needed to. She would be careful, but she wouldn't let them affect her investigation. With that settled, Helena gave them her business card and then walked down the hall, on her way to her car.
Back at the lab, Patrick was processing all that he had found at the scene. He was unaware of the lead that Helena got and where it would take them. At the moment, he was waiting for a print to come back with a match. He was partial, but there was enough to run in the city database.
Helena got to her car and put her kit into the trunk and then she walked around and got into the car. Putting the seat belt on she was thinking about what Allison and Heather told her about that Fraternity that had been shut down. She knew that she would check those guys out. Definitely.
Helena started the engine and drove back to the lab to see if she could find some DNA on that hankerchief that she found.
Back at the lab, Patrick got a hit on the print he found, which belonged to Tyler's accomplice. Patrick didn't know of what Helena had found back at the dorm room, he would have to wait until she got back to the crime lab.

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Quilt Market is just around the corner! We'll be hosting 8 fantastic Schoolhouse Sessions featuring our designers (old and new) and a few folks from Robert Kaufman! If you're at Fall Quilt Market on Friday October 23rd, stop by room 381C to hear them speak and get your hands on some AWESOME goodies at every session.
11:00-11:30 || Angela Walters || Exploring Geometrics: Quilts & Inspiration!
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England had had sprinkled the seed of cricket in South East Asia in the 19th century. The game has become a religion in the Indian subcontinent when the one country divided into three.
In 1947 when the north western part of India parted way from India to become a separate nation the implication over entire subcontinent was unbearable. India and Pakistan were indulged in three deadly war that led to an on-field eternal rivalry between two neighbours. Politics and diplomacy were lurking around the corner of a cricket field since 1952, the year when India and Pakistan played their first cricket match. Since then every India-Pakistan match was not only a mere cricket match it becomes a medium to show the supremacy over one another. The India-Pakistan series or any match draws huge attention from across the world. It holds citizen of two nations stands still. People stop their work to watch the match.
India and Pakistan relation never normalise. Tension is the only essence that surrounds a cricket match when India and Pakistan face each other. So, both countries declared national holiday on many occasions when their teams defeated another.
Bangladesh, a late bloomer in cricket, also joined the two big boys of Asian cricket in 1999. Bangladesh government often declare national holidays when its national team occasionally notches up victories over a mighty team.
Here are 5 iconic moments when governments declared national holidays after their national teams won matches on special occasions.
In 1978, India were touring Pakistan for a three-match Test series. The first Test in Faisalabad was drawn. But, in the second Test at Lahore Mushtaq Mohammad led Pakistan defeated Bishan Singh Bedi led India by 8 wickets. Pakistan had been going through trouble time. Pakistan’s Chief Martial Law Administrator Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, who abolished Prime Minister’s post to overthrow Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, declared national holiday. He wanted to play the anti-India card among the Pakistan citizen. Pakistan was defeated by India in the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. The wound was still in Pakistan’s mind, so any victory was sweet against India. Pakistan citizen did everything to mark the incident in their life.
Kapil Dev led India’s unlikely victory over Clive Lloyd led mighty West Indies that instilled confidence among the demoralised youth. Kapil led India’s victory took the world cricket by surprise. Former cricketer Farokh Engineer once told the 1983 World Cup victory is “pinnacles of- India’s achievement”. India’s then Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi, who was an avid follower of the game, declared a national holiday. The World Cup victory was the biggest thing to happen in India after the independence. An agriculture based economy, youths had nothing to do. But, they were an avid follower of the game. Some have listened the game in Radio while others marched on to the movie hall, where the game was being broadcasted live. The victory kept a long lasting effect on India’s development.
The 1999 World Cup was Bangladesh’s first ever appearance in cricket’s the biggest multilateral tournament. It was also the era of match fixing. Pakistan’s shocking defeat in the hand of Bangladesh raised eyebrows. In the Northampton ODI, Bangladesh scored 223. It was not a competitive for a Pakistan side which was filled with many match winners. But, the winner of 1992 World Cup meekly caved in scoring just 161. Bangladesh fans across the world had gone wild. A World Cup victory over a mighty team like Pakistan was even sweeter for a non-cricketing reason. Pakistan tormented Bangladesh for several years before the riverine nation got their independence on March 26, 1971. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is also an avid cricket follower declared a half-day national holiday to acknowledge the nation’s wild celebration over the first victory in the World Cup and Pakistan.
In the December of 2004 when Sourav Ganguly led India were touring Bangladesh. Nobody had expected that an unorganised Bangladesh team would defeat India. It was the second ODI of the series. A day-night encounter in the Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh batting first scored 229. India under the light in front of a vociferous crowd started to struggle from the beginning as opener Virender Sehwag had gone in the third ball of the first over without opening his account. An ominous signal for India. Though Indian team had players like Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Mongia and Mohammad Kaif who could win the match. But, Bangladesh bowlers produced disciplined spells to keep India’s flow of run in check. Under pressure, India toppled in 214 a short of 15 runs.
Bangladesh, whose victory in international cricket used to come occasionally, succeeded to give their passionate cricket fans a moment to celebrate. The entire country did not sleep throughout the night. To add more flavour to the celebration then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was known as anti-Indian state leader declared a two-day national holiday.
Both India and Pakistan declared national holiday on March 30, 2011, as two eternal rivals India and Pakistan confronted each other in the semifinal at Mohali. Thousands of screens were installed in public spaces. The match has historical significance. The cricket diplomacy set a new high in the history of two countries. The match was in Punjab, which shared an international border with Pakistan. Both countries halted their work. All road met in Punjab Cricket Association Stadium. Both countries were positive about the match. Even state leaders could not avoid the match. Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh invited his Pakistan counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani to watch the match with him.
The relation between India and Pakistan was in conundrum after the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack. The bilateral relation had hit a historic low. Meeting, sideline talk in international summit did not materialize. But, as the invitation got Gilani accepted it and came to watch the match along with Singh. Bollywood celebrities also watched the match.
But, as India won the match by 29 runs Gilani had to go back with sorrow like his predecessors while Singh had all fun. India made a remarkable celebration throughout the night that led India to national holiday unofficially. The match had attracted 135 million audience which was 11.74 per cent batter than the final between India and Sri Lanka.


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ISO# 101 (Chainstitch): Stitch formed by a needle thread passing through the material and interlooping with itself on the underside of the seam with the assistance of a spreader.
ISO# 103 (Blindstitch): Stitch is formed with one needle thread which interloops with itself on the top surface of the material. The thread passes through the top ply and horizontally through portions of the bottom ply without penetrating the full depth.
ISO# 301 (Lockstitch): Stitch formed by a needle thread passing through the material and interlocking with a bobbin thread with the threads meeting in the center of the seam. Stitch looks the same on the top as well as the bottom.
ISO# 301 (Twin Needle Lockstitch): Same s 301 except that two rows of stitch are formed. Typical needle spacing is 1/4? but the machines are available from 3/16? up to 1?.
ISO# 304 (Zig Zag): Stitch is formed with a needle and bobbin thread that are set in the center of the seam and form a symmetrical zig zag pattern. Also used to identify bartacking and lockstitch buttonsewing and buttonholing.
ISO# 401 (Chainstitch): Stitch formed by 1 needle thread passing through the material and interlooped with 1 looper thread that is set on the underside of the seam.
ISO# 401 (Twin Needle Chainstitch): Stitch formed by 2 needle threads passing through the material and interlooped with 2 looper threads, forming 2 independent rows of stitch set on the underside of the seam.
ISO# 406 (Bottom Coverstitch): Stitch formed by 2 needle threads passing through the material and interlooping with 1 looper thread with the stitch set on the underside of the seam. Looper thread interlooped between needle threads, providing seam coverage on the bottom side.
ISO# 407 (Bottom Coverstitch): Stitch formed by 3 needle threads passing through the material and interlacing with 1 looper thread with the stitch set on the underside of the seam. Looper thread is interlooped between needle threads, providing seam coverage on the bottom side only.
ISO# 503 (Overedge): Stitch formed by 1 needle thread and 1 looper thread forming a purl on the edge of the seam. For Serging or Blindhemming only.
ISO# 504 (Overedge): Stitch formed by 1 needle thread and 2 looper threads forming a purl on the edge of the seam. For Overedge Seaming and Serging.
ISO# 505 (Overedge): Stitch formed by 1 needle thread and 2 looper threads forming a double purl on the edge of the seam. For Serging only.
ISO# 512 (Overedge): Stitch formed with 2 needle threads and 2 looper threads with the looper threads forming a purl on the edge of the seam. 512-right needle only enters the upper looper loop. This stitch type will not chain-off as well as the 514 Stitch.
ISO# 514 (Overedge): Stitch formed with 2 needle threads and 2 looper threads with the looper threads forming a purl on the edge of the seam. 514-both needles enter the upper looper loop. Preferred over the 512 Stitch because it chains-off better.
ISO# 516 (Safety Stitch): 5-thread safety stitch. Combination stitch consisting of a single-needle chainstitch (401) and a 3-thread overedge stitch (504) that are formed simultaneously.
ISO# 602 (Coverstitch): Stitch is formed with 2-needle threads, a top cover thread and a bottom looper thread.
ISO# 605 (Coverstitch): Stitch is formed with 3-needle threads, a top cover thread and a bottom looper thread.
ISO# 607 (Coverstitch): Stitch is formed with 4-needle threads, a top cover thread and a bottom looper thread. Preferred over 606 stitch because the machine are easier to maintain.

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At the heart of Munchmuseet’s collection is the extraordinary gift bequeathed by Edvard Munch to the people of Oslo in 1940, four years before he died. The bequest comprises a collection of nearly 28,000 paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures, and is unique worldwide. A less known fact is that the museum also owns three other art collections. These were also given to the public by private individuals, and together they provide a unique insight into almost a century of Norwegian art history. Our final exhibition before the museum moves to a brand new building will present works from all four collections alongside each other for the very first time.
The exhibition will include famous and less well-known gems from the collections, with the twin aims of showing the span of the works, and telling the stories of the people behind them. In addition, we want to ask: What obligations do we take on when accepting an art collection as a gift? And how have these obligations helped shape us as a museum?
The exhibition will contain major works by Edvard Munch, including The Dance of Life, Madonna, Puberty and The Kiss. The exhibition will also include several landscape paintings by Munch, interspersed with landscape paintings from the other collections. The paintings will be hung chronologically, giving a unique insight into the development of landscape painting in Norway, from the 19th-century paintings of Amaldus Nielsen to Jakob Weidemann’s masterpiece Forest Floor.
In addition, we will display a true gem of Norwegian art history: Rolf Stenersen’s collection of naive landscapes by Johan Berner Jakobsen (1859–1939). Originally a fisherman from Northern Norway, Jakobsen taught himself to paint, and works by him were included in a group exhibition at Kunsthall Oslo in 2010.
The exhibition will also offer visitors a rare opportunity to see the work that goes on behind the scenes at the museum. The move to Bjørvika involves a major conservation effort, and as part of this exhibition we will bring our conservation activities into the gallery space, allowing visitors to see at close hand what is involved in preserving an art collection.


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The month of June marks Kenya’s national budget reading and this went on as is custom. Kenyans were so embroiled in the contents of the budget presented by Cabinet Secretary of National Treasury, Henry Rotich that they did not notice one small detail that would have lowered their expectations from the government.
Apparently, the iconic briefcase used to hold Kenya’s entire budget for the 2014/15 fiscal year, exposed just how poor Kenya might be. The Coat of Arms which features two lions, a symbol of protection, and a shield and spears which symbolize unity and defence of freedom was attached to the briefcase with cello tape. We may not know the exact reason as to why whoever is responsible opted for the sellotape but you have to admit it is rather unorthodox for a 21st century government.

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[AI] Eric to start discussion thread on how to handle term endings. Janemarie will start a google doc with some of the summary/thinking so far, share with Eric.
[AI] Janemarie will reach out to Ann and talk/go from there to finalize the proposal regarding Working Group co-chairs and flywheels.
(AI) Mark will discuss the structure of the Attribute Release working group with Steering Chair Sean Reynolds.
Keith Wessel asked about policy of not vetting endpoint locations in metadata being in effect. Tom Scavo reports that it has been in effect for a couple months, it has made metadata approval much easier. There haven’t been many uses of the new policy - most submitted metadata still conforms to long-standing behavior.
REFEDS meeting well attended. Highlights - federation updates from various operators.
Rhys Smith talked about per-entity MD and his experience. He has seen 0.1 - 0.2% of data consumed vs. the aggregate. Nick, Rhys, Chris Phillips talked about shared Per-entity infrastructure and also about backing-up one-another for fallbacks if need be. Is a pretty big latency hit if, for example, are in the UK and trying to access InCommon MD. Discussed potential solutions.
Good discussions about OpenID Connect federation model. Roland is thinking about some changes.
Emailed TAC yesterday with a link to a wiki page that will help drive this. Timeline has nominations ended after TechEx (Oct. 25). https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/x/SpGTBg. Janemarie outlined the process that is documented on the wiki. TAC meeting Oct. 26. Nov. 9 is the deadline to finalize the roster. The wiki page also includes a table to use for the nominating process, as well as a link to information about last year’s nominees. Target is to have new members attend the scheduled TAC meeting Dec. 7.
Have been facilitating comments via a google doc - proposal is to more formally define a limited role for flywheels involved in working groups, and to set expectations of that work versus that of named subject matter experts who happen to be Internet2 staff.
Agreement with what was discussed on the thread: You can’t legislate that working group members will or won’t do things. From the standpoint of what the flywheels can do, the time that staff can dedicate to these duties is something that is up to Internet2 to define. Hard to say that the flywheels ‘do’ do this, or ‘don’t’ do that, because working groups vary in terms of content and the skillsets of the participants.
If the community doesn’t have time to write a report or other output from the group, then it may mean the working group shouldn’t have been chartered. Flywheel should still collect/collate content, but flywheel should not be the primary editor of the report.
No problem with what’s being proposed - flywheels will still schedule calls, do administrative work, collate content. There is also a feeling that we should allow a flywheel to still take minutes. Hard to have a conversation while you are also taking notes. Need to finalize this approach before we start the new working groups. There will be an expectation of the new chair/co-chair structure and duties of the flywheel. Quality of the WGs may improve if we clarify this up-front, expectations for participation. May make it harder to get chair/co-chair, but should make the groups more effective. If we don’t get appropriate people to participate, then we can’t have that particular WG proceed.
Having co-chairs for WGs makes sense to TAC members.
Having a flywheel be able to help you make some chair leadership decisions from time to time is helpful when appropriate. That said, having a strong community member as a co-chair help you make those decisions/be that sounding board would be great if it works. Need to approach the co-chair role cautiously. Having a TAC vice-chair has been very valuable for Mark/Janemarie.
Attribute Release WG - Idea is to make sure we have the right mix of stakeholders in the WGs - may need to host webinars/community transparency activities during the course of the Attribute Release WG, in particular. Makes sense to have a chair / co-chair from TAC/Steering on the Attribute Release WG, possibly. Mark will discuss with Sean.
SP WG - Introduced a paragraph into the charter on criticality of different implementation profiles. Will integrate existing work into the requirements that emerge from the group. Will document the standards for operation of SPs within InCommon based on existing work including CIC Cloud Services cookbook.
Deployment Profile WG - Very minor edits, Keith clarified that we will be pushing many of our recommendations into saml2int, doing a new email campaign to encourage international participation. Significant overhaul of work items. The scope of the WG ended up being much bigger than Keith anticipated, so added some new work items on an extended timeline.
Tom Scavo added detail on filtered entities for TAC to review, not sure if anyone has reviewed. Tom Barton had requested this. Tom Scavo says that Ian Young has spun off the new MDA tooling version for ops to test. Tom expects the number of filtered entities to have dropped due to communications with federation operators. Will do at least one more round of communication with federation operators.


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FileMaker Pro isn't available for Linux yet. I think a MacOS-X version has been anounced though.
a Linux front end, FMP backend website?
I'm looking for a way to offer FMP hosting to developers without running multiple NT or MacOS servers and leveraging our current Linux customer base.


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We have set up a landing page on our website which send people to a Mailchimp landing page to capture the details for a competition. We want them to be able to SHare this with a friend and receive additional entries in the competition.
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Bodegas La Legua lies 6 kilometres (or 'one league' hence the bodegas name) north of Valladolid, in the wine region of DO Cigales. La Legua is a modern winery built in 1997, but wine has been produced on the property for over 300 years (or at least that is as far back as the records go), and in fact the new winery is built on top of the old passageways and tunnels of the ancient winery.
There is evidence that in the 12th Century the area in which La Legua is situated was already dedicated to the cultivation of vines, and at that time was part of the Monastery of Palazuelo of the Cisternian Order, which lies five kilometres from La Legua.
In the 16th Century, Philipe II, succesor of the Emperor Charles V, who had his court in Valladolid, frequently visited the property of La Legua to spend some time with his wife Anne of Austria, who lived in Cigales. In a manuscript of that age, an Englishman named Cork, who joined Philippe II on some occasions, talks about the "exquisiteness of the wines from Cigales".
In the 17th and 18th Centuries after the discovery of the Americas in the 15th Century, many of the conquerors of America came from the area surrounding La Legua.
In the 19th Century when Napoleon invaded Spain his armies camped in La Legua, and a few years ago when escavating an old well some artifacts from the camp were found. It is written that these French armies "drained" the whole region of it wine......clearly men of good taste!!
The custodians of La Legua in recent times has been the family of the current owner Emeterio Fernández, and they have spent many years revitalising and replanting their 80 hectares of land, combining modern growing techniques with traditional know-how. The commitment is to offer a quality red wine with a character and personality of its own as part of the Cigales DO, which is an area traditionally devoted to producing rosado. To achieve this the red wines are made with carefully selected and hand picked grapes exclusively from the La Legua vineyard.
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Originally posted September 5, 2014.
So nice I can confidently read a book without the worry of running into F bombs and constant expletives used as everything from adjectives to adverbs. And as any regular reader of this blog is aware, I tend to more mystery, thriller and suspense than romance. This was my one romance book of the year.
Loved the concept of the idea–a quilt by Christmas–a charming legacy to contemplate (and one my husband’s mother bequeathed to her children and grandchildren for years before her death). I’m sure I tried for this Giveaway on Goodreads because I loved the cover.
This is more of a familiar old-time love story with a time-honored plot that gets to end happily ever after then we have read in some time. I became a fan of Justin early on, but became a little tired of Taryn’s constant wringing of hands as she anguished ad-nauseum about her “secret” and how to handle it with Justin. With her background of rejection, one could understand her lack of confidence and reluctance to place herself in a position of possible rejection again. However, she had found a measure of success in less emotional avenues (teaching). I loved the character of Grandma Jemma. Both the engaging characters and the hometown North Carolina atmosphere weave a tight visual and emotional plot.
I really liked the quilt theme (and the wonderful promo card that I received along with the winning book), but missed seeing in the book an explanation of an “Irish chain quilt.” Loved the cover anyway and on the whole, found it an enjoyable and quick read.
I got this book as a Goodreads Giveaway and highly recommend as a sweet, clean change of pace.
Jodie Bailey is the CBA Best-selling author of novels about freedom and the heroes who fight for it. Her second novel, Crossfire, was a RT Reviewers’ Choice Award winner and her contemporary romance Quilted by Christmas received the Selah Award and spent two months on the CBA Bestseller List. Jodie is also a public speaker and teacher who packs her novels with the knowledge she’s gained as an Army wife.
In college, she met the love of her life—a soldier who rides a Harley and jumps out of airplanes for fun. This prompted a whole lot of moving from place to place, and she had no idea how much those moves would work their way into her stories. For ten years, she pursued her second love, teaching. Now a full-time writer, she still teaches part-time because the kids keep her young and, every once in awhile, she needs some time away from the imaginary characters. Jodie currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, her daughter, and two dogs who think they rule the world. Series website here.
So appreciate the reblog! Thank you.

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Dendrophile is Justin Bond's first full-length album as a solo artist. It encapsulates the various—and constantly evolving—dimensions of Bond’s career post-Kiki and Herb.
Like V.'s shows, the album finds Bond surrounded by a significant cross-section of NYC talent: Sam Amidon, Rob Moose, Shahzad Ismaily, Brad Albetta, Doug Wieselman; It also features singers Beth Orton and Dawn Landes, among others.
Justin Bond has won Obie, Bessie and Ethyl Eichelberger Awards, and was a Tony Award nominee. As one-half of the performance duo Kiki and Herb, Bond toured the world, headlining Carnegie Hall twice, and performing at The Sydney Opera House and London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.


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The research group Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry concentrates its academic scientific research within the Gameter Research Center, a platform where the female gamete, the embryo and the early embryonic development have a central position.
More specifically, (environmental) factors are studied that might have a (negative) influence on oocyte developmental capacity and embryo growth, including possible consequences during pregnancy, for the newborn and in later life. Most of this research is based on self-developed ''high throughput'' in vitro models, such as bovine, murine and zebrafish in vitro models for the study of follicular development, oocyte prematuration and maturation, fertilization and in vitro embryo culture.


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IB School Leadership: Homework - what works?
What's your policy on setting homework? Does it concur with what research tells us about effective homework?
Whilst research evidence supports the use of homework to extend learning the pressure is on us as school leaders and teachers to set homework that achieves the Goldilocks effect: it sould not be too easy or too little, nor too hard or too much, but just right.
Purpose: homework should be meaningful and students should understand its value to their learning.
Ownership:if students see the value of the homework they will be more motivated. However, it is helpful to give students choice about how it should be completed.
Competence: students need to be able to complete the task independently and well.
Inspiring: homework should inspire and motivate students since this will encourage greater engagement.
Make the work doable: are the directions clear? Is the homework doable without any assistance? How does it relate to the lesson?
Find out what students need: make the process of doing the assignment transparent, concrete, manageable, and as simple as possible.
View #1: "If we are to consider the best evidence on homework, we may use the analogy of homework being a beautiful diamond: small, expertly crafted and precious to its owner."
View #2: Alfie Kohn, the author of 'The Homework Myth' asks 'why is it necessary for kids to work a second shift when they get home from a full day in school at all especially when research doesn't appear to support its value?' Research shows that "below the high school level no studies have found any benefits for assigning any kind of homework - it is literally all pain and no gain."