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This summer, while private citizens around the world are facing the most privacy eradicating laws and policies ever enacted, some media have been trying to get people outraged about the publication of secrets from public organizations. I’m not feeling it. Government secrets are not our secrets. Military secrets are not our secrets. Industry secrets are not our secrets. None of these secrets benefit society.
Industry is the most sympathetic part of the military industrial complex that may have its privacy invaded. Some industry organizations are private, and, their information may not be any business of the public’s and invasion of their privacy may impede their ability to compete or conduct their business properly. These people are having their privacy invaded already, by the military industrial complex, very much as private individuals are. From court orders to ‘anti-piracy’ raids, industrial espionage and illegal sabotage, these organizations are not having their privacy respected. Additional secrets exposed would only put the more powerful on an equal footing with the small organizations, and provide information that the consumer public needs to know, to the consumer public. Anyone interested in food, pharmaceuticals, environmental hazards, etc., would benefit from increased transparency. Any secrets currently kept from the public are usually things the public desperately needs to know.
Governments keep talking about how they need privacy to guard us from our ‘enemies’ finding out our secrets. In fact, other governments already know all of our secrets, since they are the ones making deals with our government and hiring intelligence on anything they want to know. Again, the only people being cut off from this information are the governed people. And entire countries are not my enemies. The fact that my government has issues with their government does not make them my enemies; the citizens of another country finding out what my government does, does not bother me. Government embarrassments, should not embarass the citizens as long as they are working for change. We could all use the help from watchful neighbours.
But most of the focus this year has been around the military. Regarding NATO forces in the middle east, I keep hearing references to the Normandy landings of ‘D-Day’ 1944; if Wikileaks had been around, would they have leaked information about that landing to ‘our enemies’? There are some problems with this analogy. In 1944, Allied forces were attempting to free much of Europe from the grip of a cruel occupying force. The landing and ensuing battle was a surprise. Today, the cruel occupying forces are the only ones being annoyed by a release of information, and an annoyance is all it is. Everyone knows the US military will be dropping bombs and blowing things up on any given day, the only question is where. If we could get the information on where, we may be able to evacuate people from there before they are blown up. I am not seeing the evil in that. Yes, the military would like us to believe that they have super spies that are going in and targeting ‘bad guys’ individually and carefully while not harming the people around them, but any research will show huge amounts of civilian deaths while the targets live to a ripe old age. Any research will also show the US military is far worse than their ‘bad guys’. And in reality, the Normandy invasion could not happen now any more than a battle with knights on horseback could.
The other focus is on the possible ‘innocent civilians’ / ‘traitorous informants’ whose identities may be revealed in the US military secrets. If any were being identified openly in documents that 817,000 people in the US with Top Secret security clearance had access to, they do not seem very safe anyway, and that is the fault of the US military. It is highly unlikely that they were ever secret, since none have been subsequently killed. Any future informants that may be revealed are no different than informants that were revealed in or after either world war, or any other war. It is a dangerous game. That is not the fault or the responsibility of new technology for whistle blowers.
And the last reason I do not care about the secrets of the military industrial complex is they haven’t heard of the Golden Rule. They don’t care about ours.
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My first thought when I heard U.S. gov’t and military leaders huffing and puffing about WL putting collaborators (except they don’t call them that) in danger was a memory of Saigon in 1975 — that panicked, disorderly withdrawal from the embassy roof, during which the Americans left not only people behind, their collaborators, but all the records incriminating them.
It’s my understanding that thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of people in the U.S. military had access to what became the Afghan War Logs, for years, completely unredacted. Who was being loose with the security of local assets?
@skdadl You weren’t alone! I heard the exact same memory from several people. But not in any news reactions that I read, do you know of any that pointed that out?
The number I keep hearing (ie. from Julian Assange, linked) for how many people have top secret security clearance in the US military, is edging very close to a million. If a secret between two is only a secret if one is dead, I don’t know what to call this. It’s almost as if everyone knows, but no one can talk about it?


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The natural products trend has had a significant impact in the dog chews category, and pet specialty stores stand to profit.
It was probably inevitable, given the family member-like status dogs have assumed. Just as people are struggling with their weight, dogs are gaining in girth as well. According to Steve King, vice president of sales and marketing for Globalinx Pet LLC, a Newport Beach, Calif.-based company that produces Benni & Penni brand premium dog treats and chews, data shows that 40 percent of dogs are overweight.
Just as people are paying more attention to the fats and calories in their diets, they’re starting to do the same for their canine companions, particularly when it comes to chews and treats. But for some dog owners, withholding these in an attempt to pare pounds from their pet can be unhappy prospect.
Increasingly, this translates to natural and simple, says Debbie Claypool, vice president of marketing for Free Range Eco Naturals Dog Treats, Inc. Located in Shelby Township, Mich., the company offers natural “body part” dog chews and treats with minimal ingredients.
The fact that natural chews and treats are typically low in calories and fat makes them ideal for helping to maintain a healthy weight, while not depriving pets of something they enjoy. Although at one point natural meant pricier, that is changing as the movement toward more natural products with fewer ingredients picks up momentum, says Claypool. This trend is also proving healthy for pet specialty retailers.
“Natural, holistic pet treats are a growing sector within the pet industry,” says Darby Cunningham, director of marketing and development for Bingo Pet Treats. Located in Chatsworth, Calif., the company provides all-natural holistic treats for dogs, including deer and elk antlers and kangaroo treats. Dog owners are looking for single or reduced-ingredient treats, as well as those that take a while to consume, says Cunningham, explaining that in this anemic economy people are on the hunt for value.
It’s not only natural that attracts. Several product contamination scares over the past few years have made domestically manufactured products more attractive to consumers, says John Bosserman, director of sales and marketing for Wholesome Hide, Inc.
“Interest in dog chews made in the U.S.A. from U.S.A. beef hide is growing significantly,” says Bosserman, whose company manufactures rawhide dog treats.
Savvy pet specialty retailers can capitalize on this interest by promoting USA-made products with special signage and dedicated displays, he suggests.
Creating a natural section in the store will attract more customers to the area and boost sales, says Ryan Wilson, product manager for Tyson Pet Products, Inc., a Springdale, Ariz.-based company that provides high-quality chews and treats for dogs.
Increasing customer awareness of these products prove beneficial to retailers, since natural chews and treats often come with higher margins, Wilson explains. These kinds of items also help specialty retailers differentiate their businesses from mass retailers who typically don’t carry these products or offer a minimal selection.
Cunningham adds that ringing up a bag of dog food without encouraging an add-on treat sale is an opportunity lost.
“If a retailer can add on $15 of treats that they keystone or better to a $30 bag of dog food, margins can jump from 15 percent to 20 or 30 percent,” he says.
But first, says King, retailers need to get customers to try the products. Globalinx encourages trial and impulse purchases by offering sizes with retail price points as low as $1.99. Additionally, all Benni & Pennis treats/chews come in a shelf/counter display box and the company also offers endcap and variety pack special buys, so retailers can make an inviting visual statement without making a big inventory commitment.
Tyson offers branded display cases and merchandising kits with multiple sign options to promote awareness, says Wilson. They drive trial at the shelf via shelf-talkers with coupons to encourage initial purchase.
Wholesome Hide provides signage, shelf-talkers, advertising images and other tools, along with online training to help retailers more effectively display and promote their products, says Bosserman. “Our sales reps also provide ride alongs and market visits at the distributor level,” he adds.
Today's green, or eco-friendly, stain and odor products are revolutionizing the way people clean up after their pets in the home.
Pet bed manufacturers are meeting the strong demand for eco-friendly products by using recycled, natural, biodegradable and sustainably sourced materials.
Eco-friendly collars, leashes and harnesses are in high demand among environmentally conscious shoppers, but these products are may prove to have a broader appeal than anticipated.

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So what do we know about the Channel Islands between AD 410 (when the Romans left Britain) and 1066 (when the Normans conquered Britain)?
Roman Gaul was taken over by the Franks, from which it got the name France. From around the year 486 we were probably ruled by the Franks. Angles and Saxon invaders from Germany took over southern Britain, from which we get the name England. The Bretons were people that used to live in the west of England but were chased out by the Saxons and escaped across the sea. The place they decided to live is now called Brittany. For a time the islands were also ruled by the Bretons and we can guess that the Bretons and Franks probably fought each other.
Christianity became popular in the Roman Empire from the fourth century. Christian monks wrote down histories of their saints and several came to the Channel Islands in the sixth century. St Sampson came to Guernsey around AD 560 and founded a church. St Magliore founded a monastery in Sark and St Tugual is said to have founded a chapel in Herm. Archaeologists have not found St Sampson’s first church but parts of St Tugual’s chapel date to the Dark Ages. At the Vale Church is a prehistoric standing stone that has been ‘christianised’ by carving a cross on it.
The Vikings came from Norway and were known as the ‘Northmen’. They attacked the coasts of France and by 911 were given the land now called Normandy. St Magliore’s monestary was destroyed by the Vikings and they are said to have built a castle in Guernsey. Many local names come from Viking words, including Alderney, Burhou, Guernsey and Jersey. A single Viking game counter made of bone, and a few pieces of Frankish pottery are almost all the objects we have found from these 600 years of history.


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The service of religion once assured and provided for, architecture does what she pleases. Statues, stained glass, rose windows, arabesques, denticulations, capitals, bas-reliefs,—she combines all these imaginings according to the arrangement which best suits her. Hence, the prodigious exterior variety of these edifices, at whose foundation dwells so much order and unity. The trunk of a tree is immovable; the foliage is capricious.
This quote is from Victor’s Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame, describing the marvel of French Gothic architecture: Notre Dame cathedral. Victor Hugo’s masterpiece left a huge mark on Notre Dame’s history, and today we mourn together.
Construction on Notre Dame first started in 1163. It would take a 170 years before the famous cathedral was finally constructed.
However the heart of France quickly became a symbol of the French monarchy. It was “a place where kings were coronated and state holidays celebrated“. Come 1789, the infamous French Revolution happened and Notre Dame was on the people’s list.
As blood poured on the streets, the heart of France suffered. Notre Dame was plundered and torn apart. In a frenzy of hate, much of its religious imagery was severely damaged if not destroyed.
The French Revolution officially ended in 1799 and in 1801 Notre Dame was given back to the Catholic Church in a horrendous state of disarray. See, the cathedral had been used a gunpowder factory and its largest stones were earmarked for bridge foundations.
In all honesty, it looked like the end of Notre Dame. They were going to strip it for all its worth and get rid of it. It was going to be demolished, and this landmark that saw through the Crusades was going to be a footnote in the history books.
He believed Notre Dame had a soul. It was alive, and it should live on. In a quest to save it, he began writing his masterpiece in 1829.
Quasimodo, Esmeralda, Claude Frollo, they are all characters in the books, but the main character is Notre Dame herself. She is alive, she is the home of all these characters, she is what brings them, binds them, see them from their beginnings to their ends. She lives before them, she lives after them.
He won the war against the demolishers, proving the pen is truly mightier than the sword. Notre-Dame de Paris, latter renamed The Hunchback of Notre Dame, was published in January 1831 to critical acclaim.
In 1909 Notre Dame was the location in which Joan of Arc was beatified by Pope Pius X.
Since yesterday’s fire, The Hunchback of Notre Dame has seen a huge rise in Amazon orders, and the reason why should be no surprise. Notre Dame has burned. This shouldn’t be news to anyone. It’s a tragedy to everyone around the world. However, Notre Dame still stands, and there is hope.
On the crest of the highest gallery, higher than the central rose window, there was a great flame rising between the two towers with whirlwinds of sparks, a vast, disordered, and furious flame.
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Tiene cerveza free de 18 a 19hs...eso generq un muy buen ambiente y sumado a que los emoleados del hostel le meten maa onda. Super recomendable.
Me encanto el hostel. Es limpio, el desayuno es excelente y la atención en la recepción también. Fueron muy amables, volvería, sin duda.
Can thank enough Claire! We had a problem with the open bus about overcharging us twice and she helped us calling the hostel in Hanoi and the agency in Nha Trang! Really appreciated her effort and kindness! He staff is lovely and very help full! We arrived at 5:20am and they let us take a shower, sleep at the movie room and check in early because the room was available. We got the scape room, very small, but we managed. Overall good location, hostel and beds. Staff is one of the best!
Great people, helpful, happy and polite staff. Nice roof terrace and bar. Free breakfast is great. really needs a refurb.. Mould in the bathrooms No air con in any common areas Tiny room, no space Bunk beds looked very old.. ladder wasn't nice to walk up No natural light Air con blowing right onto the bed - asked for another blanket and it smelt really bad. Then swapped for another which was better not so modern Not usually a complainer, but this is needed to be said.
Julia es una genia! Hay buen ambiente. Al ser un hostel con mucha fiesta... Tuvimos un inconveniente en el cuarto con un invitado externo. Las camas estan bien, no son cuartos super grandes pero estan bien.
El hostal está muy bien en general, pero el personal no puede ser más falso. Además te venden tickets de bus diciéndote que llegarás a tal hora directamente y luego tienes que bajarte y esperar dos horas a medio camino.
Los empleados son lo mejor del lugar, extremadamente amables y serviciales. Te ayudará con lo que necesites. El resto es estándar. Habitaciones normales con zonas comunes animadas el fin de semana.

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The use of social media in the corporate setting carries serious potential risk. The most extreme example of this, of late, is Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission after tweeting that he was considering taking Tesla private and that he had “funding secured” in order to do so. Market chaos and the SEC litigation ensued, and since then Musk has been forced to step down as chairman of the electric car company and pay a $20 million fine to settle with the SEC.
The corporate folks at Uber Technologies Inc. have cause to be uber-happy given the outcome of a recent appeal before the Ninth Circuit – a decision that sends a clear message to employers throughout the West.
New California Law Seeks to Close the Corporate Gender Gap, But Is It Constitutional?
Think of California and you’re likely to conjure up images of palm trees, movie stars, surfers, the Golden Gate Bridge and maybe even In N Out Burger. But what the Golden State is perhaps best known for is its progressivism. Time and again, causes that take root in California are often precedential, which explains the adage: as California goes, so goes the nation.
The hurdles for employers in New York City continue to line up. The latest legal mandate: compliance with local accommodations law.
That employers in California are not allowed to ask job applicants about their prior compensation is, by now, old news. The prohibition was signed into law in October 2017, when California joined several other jurisdictions nationwide in a move to close the gender pay gap by banning salary history inquiries.

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The Greeks had the Sun. Dickens had candles. Moulin Rouge had foot lights. The Rat Pack had tungsten fixtures. We now have LED Technology!
Technology keeps giving us more options. Recently, I have been seeing show after show change from traditional cyc lights or strip lights to LED technology. There is the obvious difference of having more color options, but there is another artistic difference as well. Previously, we were used to adjusting the color and contrast ratios with cyc units from the bottom and the top. This gave us the ability to have either the lower section or the higher section of the cyc be brighter or more saturated in color, with whatever you wanted to do in-between. This has now been elevated with LED Units. The reason for the elevation is that the LED units use many more channels and you can often cue each individual cell. This means that you are not limited to just having your “blue” all across the bottom. Now you can have a rainbow of color going across. The choices are only limited by your imagination.
This video from Chauvet shows what I am talking about as far as being able to control individual cells.
In general, these sort of units are fixtures you would mount close to the cyc itself.
If you are looking for a more traditional cyc, here is a video from Altman Lighting that shows the comparison and changeover from a traditional Sky Cyc setup to almost a seamless LED situation. This is a very effective and straightforward way to reproduce the way you may have been doing your cyc but giving you a much more expansive color palette.
This video is specifically about the Altman Spectra Cyc 200 that shows an incredible amount of light output. This is also a great unit to swap out older style Sky Cycs with.
This next video is of the Altman LED Spectra Strip. Where this differs from the units above is that you can have this unit sit closer to the cyc for its blending. You can get it in color changing options or in complete white and then use traditional gel. If you need height but space is limited, this is a great option.
If you want to see some amazing usage of cyc manipulation with LED fixtures and you are in NYC, go checkout If/Then. Ken Posner, the lighting designer, has one of the most sophisticated eyes on Broadway. The way he turned the cyc into a continuation of the scenery was wonderful and deserves the price of the ticket just to see his work. Of course the show itself blew me away!
Here is a fun video from the Heathers website that gives a great example of how you can move LED light across the stage. Sadly Heathers is closing or when you have read this have already closed 🙁 Fun Show!
How Are Notes Like Lights?
Wow – that is a hard question.
How many keys on a piano do you need?
At least one for every tone that is called for in the music. Then you should think about if there is a tone that isn’t called for; can you really leave that key out? Can the pianists fingers get to all of the right tones with the missing keys? What if the composer wants to add something? Leaving keys out would limit the artistic possibilities.
So… How many lights do you need?
Enough to create every visual need of the show. Plus some more if new ideas, scenes, blocking come up during the tech process.
The question of how much equipment do you need comes up in every show. Often the question comes up to early in the conversation. How can you give a real answer when you have not even discussed the style of the show with the director let alone helped formulate a ground-plan? Of course the producer needs to put together a budget for the production. Here is a classic battle of wanting to give an answer but making sure you don’t give an answer too soon. This is one of the reasons why I am such a large proponent of doing as much homework in the beginning of the production discussion as possible. The sooner you know how many visual notes you need to create then the faster you can give a realistic answer.
Often you will walk into a situation where you are handed a set list of equipment that you have to work with. May it always be more plentiful than you need 🙂 However, it is often not. Then there is the conversation of I need more or I need some instruments that can do multiple jobs. I believe the more you have thought out your design the more you can defend the need to spend these resources to get what you are looking for. If you present your needs in a well thought out manner and then ask the simple question, if I don’t have this equipment, how do I create that environment? Then in the end either the resources exist or they do not and if they do not then it is your job to make the best concession possible.
Sometimes you get lucky and the facility has enough or more equipment then you need. I’ll never forget the first time I designed at Plays in the Park in NJ. I believe it was “Dracula”. My light plot really only used about half of the equipment they owned and the electrician was talking a little “smack” behind my back that the show would be under lit. I was hired back for multiple seasons after that show. It wasn’t under lit, it was correctly lit. Some productions don’t need a ton of equipment.
So I guess the point of this blog is to promote doing your work early. The sooner you can get a reasonable rough light plot done the better you are. Then you know if you have the equipment you need. Heck, now that we mostly draft on computers it isn’t like you even have to erase to move a light around. So go ahead… do that rough plot early and then finalize it when necessary.
Balcony Rail – From Handrail to Lighting Position.
A Balcony Rail is also one of the first modern lighting positions installed in a proscenium house. Much like the Box Boom, it was a quick solution to finding a place to hang lighting fixtures as front light so designers could go beyond foot lights being the only source of illumination. To understand what a Balcony Rail is, think of splitting the phrase up. It’s on the balcony and it is a rail to hang lights on. Many balconies had hand rails made out of pipe to begin with, making them a quick, natural place to hang a light. As time went on, it became apparent that the lights were now blocking the view of the audience in the balcony.
Folks started hanging the units off of side arms on the rail towards the stage to lower the lights. Then, they also found ways to hang a pipe on the actual architecture of the face of the balcony keeping the light out of the eyes of the balcony audience.
Front light is often complained about, because it can be a flat position of lighting. I happen to agree with that, but I believe there are many uses for the position beyond “area” lighting.
There was a problem though. The theatres that were in existence did not have any place to mount lights. One method used was to hang a light on a pipe onstage. This was a fairly quick solution to positions on stage, because the pipes were already used to flying scenery and backdrops up and down. Putting a light on a pipe was no great stretch. The front of house, though, was a much greater challenge. Unsurprisingly, theatrical people are inventive. They came up with two initial ideas, the Box Boom and the Balcony Rail. This post will discuss the Box Boom.
When you hear the description of Box Boom you really have to break the word down into two parts. The Box and the Boom. The Box comes from where people would sit in the elevated sides of the auditorium. The Boom was a vertical pipe that was already being used onstage. Put the two together and voila(!) you have a vertical lighting pipe where people used to sit. It was a very easy solution that created a place to mount some lights in the front of house area.
There were also some artistic benefits that I believe happened by accident. Side lighting is one of the most attractive angles of lighting to the body. A Box Boom position is side light that is slightly pulled to the front. This gives you the benefit of side light, and the light reaches across the face of the performer a little. If lit from both sides by the Box Boom you can have an incredibly attractive look on the stage that includes front visibility. Put that together with a really tight head-shot from a follow-spot and you have what I believe is today’s most popular “Broadway” look. If I had to go into a theatre that had absolutely no lighting positions and was told to pick one, a Box Boom is what I would choose.
Here are some examples of some Box Boom positions.
This is a classic example of a situation where there was really no other easy way to get front light on stage. Sometimes it is a permanent installation and sometimes simply a fifty pound boom base with a ten foot pipe as the vertical.
Theatrical lighting equipment has changed so much over the last century. As in our personal situations, stage technology is changing at an exponential level. Some people will say it is great and others are not happy about it at all. Suffice it to say that change is here and it will always be here. Either embrace it or become obsolete.
I think having the ability and artistic sense to be able to blend technologies is incredibly important. Years ago I was designing a series of A Christmas Carols at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson NY. A Christmas Carol is a story that lends itself to magical moments and visual interest. Much can be done with good old fresnels and lekos. Choosing the right color, shape and direction can help set the environment that moves the story along. Can they be helped with adding some new technology? Hecky Doo – YES! Back then, having color scrollers was “new” technology. Imagine it though. Now instead of that light only having one color, I could choose between ten or fifteen colors. Then what about this new swanky thing called a gobo rotator? Now I can have Marley being sucked into his world of hell with a spiraling gobo instead of just a red or green light uplighting him.
Check out this very informative video to see more on today’s new spot technology.
With today’s technology you can add variant color and movement like these pictures to enhance your look. It can go well beyond just simple color changing.
My point to this story is that in the productions I was doing, I went ahead and invested in some actual moving light spots. With these units I was able to have the Ghost of Christmas Present glow every time she gave a blessing. The Ghost of Christmas Past was able to walk around at all times surrounded by an aurora borealis effect. Then when the Ghost of Christmas Future came out, I was able to have so many lightning bolts happening in so many varied places that could never could have happened before. Those sort of effects greatly helped the show. Those sort of effects are also fairly obvious.
In today’s world of Broadway, LED Wash Units and Moving LED Spots are common place in the rig. It is the designer that uses them with the idea of correct style that really impresses me. Recently I saw Ken Posner’s lighting for Cinderella. Now what I am about to say is not because I know Ken. I actually haven’t seen him since undergraduate days. His work is elegant. He blended the sensibility of Rogers and Hammerstein’s music with today’s, and yesterday’s technology. If you are a lighting student or just someone who loves lighting, please go see it. Sure, everyone thinks the costume changes are the star of the show, and yes they are amazing, but Ken’s work is just wonderful. Each and every scene is visual excellence.
My point to this blog is that you can use the color options of the LED’s and the moving options of moving lights without them just being a Rock Concert. If you’re careful in your choices, you can make them match any style you need to do. Just because a LED fixture can put out a really saturated dark blue with huge vibrancy doesn’t mean you have to use it. I guess the real trick always comes down to understanding style.
Question – How do I get visual variation quickly and without spending on extra scenery?
So often we need to transform the environment we are in. It may be a musical review with a very simple set that we want to keep visually interesting so the audience doesn’t get bored. It could be a dance recital with just one group of people after another coming on the stage. It could be the television show “The Voice”, which has the same basic scenery but each song needs a different feel. All of these events want to be able to change the look and vibe of the location.
One of the principal goals of stage lighting is to be flexible and have the ability to change. The easy way to do this is by color and shape. The really really easy way of doing that is by using lighting fixtures that allow you to change their color and shape from a control panel. Often we speak of the benefits of LED fixtures that have built in color mixing. What a wonderful thing it is to be able to change the color of your wash at your whim!
In this example we are able to show how a school cafeteria that is draped can have so many different looks simply by changing the lighting.
As budgets get tight, it is often more important to spend a little less on the scenery options and more on the lighting because you can go from just a few scenic choices to a hundred scenic choices.
In theatre, we generally use a fresnel (fer-nel) to throw a wash onto the stage. Without the lighthouse, this theatrical workhorse would not exist. The fresnel actually gets its name from its lens, which was invented by Augustin-Jean Fresnel. Fresnel was designing a larger plano-convex glass lens. To make a plano-convex lens in large sizes required large amounts of glass, making the lenses too heavy and difficult to work with. Fresnel cut away excess glass into concentric rings and focused all the rings in the same area. This made the lens just as effective, but lighter and thinner than the plano-convex lens. The new lens also collected more light and threw the light further than previous designs. How did a fresnel lens get from the lighthouse into the theatre? A fresnel lens offered a lot of unique characteristics that were helpful in theatre. The lens was light weight and thinner than other glass lenses. The glass heated evenly, reducing cracking. The soft edge allowed it to blend with other fresnels to give an even wash of light and color. Fresnels also featured an adjustable beam size, by moving the lens within the fixture. In their 1969 catalog, the Kliegl Brothers claimed the first use of the fresnel lens in a theatrical fixture. And the rest, is history.
Recently we have had the privilege of enjoying huge theatrical events on television like the Superbowl Half Time Show and the Opening Celebrations of the Olympics. The lighting was amazing on both events. It does bring up the question about the different sort of things the designers and electricians have to consider when doing these events. So, I thought I would take this opportunity to bring some of them up so that we can really appreciate what goes into them.
1. Power – In today’s world we are hungry for more, more and more. Look at the amount of fixtures that are in these events. Traditionally theatrical fixtures take a lot of power. One thing that is making this situation easier is that more and more LED fixtures are being used. They use so much less power and also give a much larger variety of color choices. The use of battery powered fixtures is also becoming more and more popular.
2. Time – How much time one has to set up on these events vary. In the Superbowl you may only have eight to twelve minutes to get it in to place and then an even shorter period of time to get rid of the equipment. Pre-planning and using the equipment in a technical layout that is designed for speed is the way to go. The more you work on it to start the faster you can make it work.
3. Control Signal – Wireless DMX!!! Simply said the less wires you have to use the faster you can go. Wireless DMX has become very stable over the years.
4. Visual Variety – The LED units help with multiple color choices. Moving lights that have multiple gobo wheels and color choices let you get multiple looks out of one unit. Then there is the projector!!!! The use of over 120 projectors working on the Olympic floor created amazing images with continual variety.
5. Marriage of Scenery and Lighting – Projections and lighting have become a marriage of interest. Collaboration between the initial vision of what the story line of the moment is is essential so that both designers are working together to make this happen.
Our hats are off to these events. Even people who have been doing this sort of work for years were impressed with both of these productions. I can’t wait to see the closing ceremonies!
Lighting shows, stages and arenas and be challenging; ask any lighting designer! But I’ll bet you never thought the sun would need any help with lighting!
Well that’s just the case in two different cities, for two very different reasons. In Beijing, China, the air pollution levels were so high this past January (levels they hadn’t been seen since January 2013) that the only sunrise and clear blue skies visible were the ones broadcasted on giant LED screens in Tienanmen Square.
In Norway, the town of Rjukan sits between two very steep mountains, blocking the low winter sun from the town’s 3,400 residents for nearly half a year. From the near the end of September to around the middle of March, the town isn’t totally dark, but it’s not bright either, more likely described as flat or subdued. This past October, residents were able to see the sun and feel it’s warm rays reflected from 183 square foot mirrors positioned at the top of the mountain. Solar powered sensors are set to automatically adjust the angle of the mirrors to provide the most sunlight possible at any given time of day!
Not only does the Shadow know what evil lurks in the heart of men – it knows how many more weeks of winter there will be, if you ask Punxsutawney Phil!
This Sunday, February 2 we celebrate Groundhog’s Day and wait to see if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow. As tradition would have it, if a groundhog sees his shadow, he will be scared by it, return to his burrow and six more weeks of winter will follow! If he doesn’t, then spring will soon be arriving.
Shadows really aren’t scary at all, so don’t be afraid of using them in your lighting. In fact, shadows are very important, and at times, more important than light! Check out our Stage Lighting Store Textbook section on Shadows to learn what your shadows are telling you and the audience!

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Supporting Ohio progressives to work together, learn together, and play together, so we can win together.
Nick has worked on state budget and tax policy since 2012 with One Ohio Now – advocating for great public services that strengthen our community. Nick has joint degrees from Trinity Lutheran Seminary and Capital University Law School where his studies centered on a moral and ethical response to injustice in the world. Prior to his graduate studies, Nick worked for the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO) for nearly six years. He worked on voter registration, leadership development of homeless and transitional youth, and statewide ballot initiatives related to payday lending (2008) and minimum wage (2006). He also worked to bridge the gaps between multiple state and federal social service systems that allowed many youth to fall between the cracks during transition.
Nick is also a consecrated Deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA) where he works to strengthen faith voices to build a stronger and more inclusive Ohio.
Alwiyah Shariff is the Training & Fellowship Manager at Ohio Voice. In 2007, as a high-schooler, she started her organizing career on a campaign to raise the minimum wage and learned how to advocate for young people in the system. Since then, she has worked in multiple sectors of the social justice movement including protest organizing, lobbying, union organizing and field organizing – registering over 45,000 young people in Ohio to vote as Ohio Student Association’s Field Director. She’s also been a trainer for multiple training institutions including the Midwest Academy, Momentum and WildFire. She is coming to us from her role as the National Membership Coordinator with the Working Families Party and is eager to work (strictly) in Ohio at such a critical time in our country. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her family and loves to travel back home to East Africa.
Ariana Ybarra is the Social Media Associate for Ohio Voice and assists partners in social media management, planning, and content creation. Her background includes grassroots organizing, event planning, and social media management. She graduated from Ohio University in 2017 with a B.A. degree in English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. The WGSS Program at Ohio University awarded her for her activist leadership on campus.
Ariana was born and raised in Lorain, Ohio. She currently lives in Columbus with her partner and their rabbit, Charlie.
Katie LeBlanc is the Digital Engagement Manager at Ohio Voice, working with partners on scaling up and out their digital footprint, supporting on compelling story and content creation, streamlining external outreach, and training on best practices and tools for sustained development and organizational, digital growth. Her background includes strategic campaign planning, organizing rural communities and students throughout the Midwest and Southeast, operating small and mid-sized ecologically regenerative farms, and working with youth, communities of color, and farmers in expanding their social media presence, branding, and harnessing the power of authentic storytelling. She received her undergraduate degree from Murray State University in 2012, followed by a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Montana in 2015, specializing in organizational digital presence.
Katie lives in Columbus, Ohio where she maintains her flower and vegetable gardens, hosting community dinners, and building power with fellow indigenous people throughout Ohio.
Camille Wimbish is the Election Administration Director for Ohio Voice. She organizes statewide election protection efforts and coordinates the Ohio Fair Elections Network (OFEN), which advocates for modern election reforms and improved voter access.
Camille has been a valued staff member of Ohio Voice since 2012, collaborating with table partners on programs that strengthen our democracy, including redistricting, fair courts and voter education. She received her J.D. from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and her bachelor’s degree from Smith College. She lives in Gahanna with her husband and two young girls.
Katie Vaughn is the Finance and Administration Director for Ohio Voice and assists in the human resources, financial, and administration operations of the organization.
Katie was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her background includes experience in human resources, finance and administration at The Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development in Athens, Ohio, and many years of volunteering for the Family Readiness Group for the Kentucky National Guard. In 2018, she graduated from Capella University with her Bachelor of Science with a specialization in human resources and is now enrolled in her graduate studies to obtain her M.B.A with a specialization in H.R.
Katie lives in Athens, Ohio with her husband and young daughter and loves going on vacation, long walks on the beach, reading, and spending time with her family.
James is Ohio Voice’s Deputy Director, and works in close partnership with the Executive Director to set and meet organizational goals and budgets, develop strong relationships with partners and other stakeholders, and more.
In 2012, James co-founded the Ohio Student Association (OSA) where he served as Co-Director for four years. In 2015, James was named to the Root 100 as one of the one hundred most influential Black leaders in the country.
Most recently, James worked as Training Director for the Ayni Institute where he designed and led training programs on organizing and movement building for leaders from across the nation and across different movements.
James was born and raised in Columbus, OH where he currently lives with his wife Amelia and dog Ella. He graduated from the Ohio State University in 2012 with a degree in political science and a minor in history.
Gavin DeVore Leonard is the Executive Director for Ohio Voice, responsible for fundraising and finance, strategic planning, and more.
His background includes serving as State Director of One Ohio Now (our budget and tax policy coalition) from 2011-17, State Director of Ohio’s Center for Progressive Leadership from ’08-’11, co-founder and Executive Director of Elementz (a hip hop-based youth arts center in Cincinnati) from ’05-’08, and years working for affordable housing organizations, canvassing on environmental issues, and plenty of volunteer work – often on racial justice and police accountability. He didn’t finish New York University because he was so excited to get to work :).
Gavin lives in Yellow Springs with his wife and two kids and loves rivers, basketball, Tetris, hip hop, flavorful food, and reading.
Helen Stewart is the Outreach Manager for Ohio Voice. They focus on community and relationship building, project management, outreach, communications and capacity and needs analysis for civic engagement programs.
Helen was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Their background includes volunteer coordination and management, grassroots organizing, campaign strategic planning and analysis, event planning and fundraising. They graduated with a B.A studying political science, Spanish, and queer studies at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. In their spare time, they are a guardian ad litem for Casa of Franklin County and organize a social justice group helping queer and trans people of color fight state sanctioned violence.
Adam Parsons is the Data & Digital Director for Ohio Voice, and assists partners with VAN (Voter Activation Network) administration, campaign planning and analysis, and digital outreach tools and methods.
His background includes grassroots campaign infrastructure, volunteer management, and social media planning and advertising. He has an M.A. in modern U.S. history from Syracuse University and received his undergraduate degree from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA.
Ohio Voice is the c3 table in Ohio. We are here to create the infrastructure that supports and coheres the social movement ecology in Ohio to win improve the lives of all Ohioans. Our role is all about support. We are here to make sure that Ohio progressives have the resources, skills, and networks they need to pursue the change they are working for. We believe that if Ohio progressives start to work together, learn together, and play together more, then we will be able to win together.
We constantly assess the political and policy landscape and do power mapping to find opportunities and make strategic suggestions for a collective impact plan that is created collaboratively with our partners. We encourage experimentation and innovation where ever possible.

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The Alfa Spider and the Honda S800 would be awesome!
I've been dreaming about a just-roadsters-race, with plus the Spitfire, the Sprite and others, and those two would be perfect addiction for such a glamorous competition!
It would be cool to have Honda S800 roadster but hardtop looks very nice too.
The Guilia is my Favorit.
The old Sunbeam Tiger in the F1C99-02 mod "Weekenders" could be reworked to fit in a project like that. I'll have a look to see if I have that mod on a backup disk.
Ooooooohhh... I'm an excited old man now... bugger... just piddled!!!
They're enough lowpoly for us to love them if someone feels he could take up the challenge, he's welcome!
They're enough lowpoly for us to love them ;)if someone feels he could take up the challenge, he's welcome!
Thank you for your offer but my modding skills are almost zero, have no clue about physics and graphic tweaking. I shared those files because I wished someone would be interested in converting, I'm glad to see that your work is more than half-way, what I can do is asking for help to whoever can do the rest of the work!
No worries mate! If anyone wants to finish this let me know. It's based around the Healey 3000 with Mustang engine and box. The main issue if i remember is the body dds which is in about 3 or 4 bits and would need sorting to be paintable.
Unfortunately I cannot convert the Sunbeams but I loaded them onto 3DSimEd to see what they look like and the first thing I noticed was that the wheels look to big and the car is much to high off the ground.
I made the wheels smaller and the ground clearance less and the cars do look much better.
Wish I could do more!!
the ferrari 308 gt4 and the alfasud are my favourites.
please just make them all!!!!!
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super .
I have already begun to build the car.
The base is a LOW POLY Mod for the game SCGT.
Since a lot of work is again necessary.
So it can take some time to the Gulia is ready.
Thank your for your choice Speedster... any thing from you is welcome as long as it's for a sim of course and drivable, he he!!
isnt that the AC Seat eurocopa 2014? If so its going to be fantastic!!!!

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The UK’s wine trade has more than doubled in the last decade and become a key hub for importing and distributing to 124 countries across the globe. The UK is the world’s second largest importer of wine by volume behind Germany and the second largest, by value, to the US, according to an OIV report on state of the viniculture world market, April 2016. Meaning Britain imports more wine per head than any other of the world’s top importers.
The UK trades on six continents with 124 different countries.
Overall we trade 32% more wine with the EU than we do with the rest of the world.
Within the EU France receives the lion’s share of wine exported by the UK making it Britain’s biggest wine trading partner.
We export nine times more in volume of wine to the EU than to non-EU countries.
And 55% of all wine coming into the UK is from within the EU.
Building on the historic UK trade in fine and rare wines Britain has seen a meteoric rise in its capacity to import and export wine. This is in part down to huge investment in bottling plants and results directly from the UK’s reputation as the preferred point of entry into the EU’s Single Market.
UK consumers have one of the widest choices of wine in the world as a result of these extensive trading capabilities and relationships.
Miles Beale CEO of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association says: “Britain has become a global giant in the wine industry – something which is evident from the complex importing and exporting networks highlighted in the WSTA’s first ever annual Wine Report.
“The UK is the 6th largest, and probably the most diverse, wine market in the world. We employ 170,000 people directly and a further 100,000 people in the supply chain including agricultural, technical and seasonal jobs.
Wine is the UK’s most popular drink, with the equivalent of 30 million people drinking wine – more than one person per household.
The 2016 WSTA Wine Report, published on the eve of the London Wine Fair, reveals the UK’s top 10 wine trading destinations, showing continued good relationships with France and the US. And also includes emerging wine markets such as Moldova, Macao, UAE and Brazil.
With 98% of all wine in the UK imported the industry has invested heavily in its capacity to ship in containers of wine which is now bottled on British soil.
New bottling plants operating in the UK are packaging an estimated 600m bottles a year, creating thousands of jobs and dramatically cutting carbon emissions.
The UK wine industry generates around £17.3bn in economic activity including sales worth £6.6bn for shops and supermarkets and £4bn for pubs, bars and restaurants.


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Apartment Villa Amalia is situated in La Veleta Torrevieja - region of Alicante - Costa Blanca South – Spain. The La Veleta district is located in the southern part of Torrevieja on 300 mtr distance from the beach. There are supermarkets within walking distance. The city centre of Torrevieja is about a 5-minute drive or a 20-minute walk away.
Nearby you find the popular beach Los Naufragos and a good selection of shops, bars & restaurants. Here you will find all requirements for your daily needs on walking distance. The complex consists of six townhouses and 68 apartments with 2 or 3 bedrooms of different types of models. These modern homes benefit from an Eco Concept ensures maximum sun exposure, cross ventilation, air conditioning, heated floors in the bathrooms, security doors, ect. The common area includes a total of two swimming pools, two splash pools, one HEATED POOL and a gym / fitness area.
This ground floor apartment consists of 2 bedrooms, 1 x 2 and 2 x 1 sleeps and 2 bathrooms with shower and shower facility. The spacious living room has air conditioning, hot and cold, WIFI, SAT TV with Flemisch and lots of other international channels. There is a open kitchen with dishwasher and a covered terrace of 11m2 with views tot the common areas.


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The Margaret J. Kemp Girls Camp, located in the city of San Mateo, in San Mateo County, California is a medium to maximum-security facility.
Correctional officers in Margaret J. Kemp Girls Camp are armed with mace and trained to use physical force to protect themselves, visitors and inmates from violence.
All of the men and women being held in the Margaret J. Kemp Girls Camp are either awaiting trial or have been sentenced in the San Mateo County Court System and been sentenced to one year or less.
The Margaret J. Kemp Girls Camp also houses inmates arrested by this county’s municipal police departments.
This facility, known as "Margaret J. Kemp Girls Camp" is also known as San Mateo County Juvenile Probation Department, San Mateo County Margaret Kemp Girls Camp , San Mateo County Margaret Kemp Girls Camp , California, San Mateo.


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Top movers of the day are TurtleCoin and Presearch. Although it has lost 2.53% in the last few hours TurtleCoin is still 32.60% higher than in the morning. BridgeCoin is almost the same as it was at 6 pm. The table of the movers tends to the losers. In the evening most tokens and coins were still falling. 2100NEWS DA Indexes which measure the performance of different groups of tokens and coins ended down between 2.56% and 8.11% (coins – NWSCo100). 2100NEWS Digital Assets Total Index (NWST1100) ended down 6.25%. Bitcoin ended down 5.16%, Ether ended down 8.82%.
BCO is a unique, permission-less and revolutionary application of trust-less blockchain technology – rewarding you for trading as well as for staking to earn compound interest every 2 weeks indefinitely. It will be an essential part of any future pension fund or savings account.
Top movers of the day at 18:10 are I/O Coin and TurtleCoin which has increased by 6.90% since 1 pm. By increasing of 31.50% Blockport has moved the most. In the afternoon most tokens and coins stopped falling and even turned up. The biggest move up of 1.26% made the tokens built on other platforms, not on Ethereum represented by 2100NEWS DA NonEthereum Based Index (NWSOT50) but they are still 2.38% lower than yesterday EOD. Bitcoin and Ether are also slightly higher: BTC +0.59%, ETH +0.49% as of 1 pm.
The Blockport Token is a hybrid-decentralized exchange with a strong focus on user-friendliness, social trading features and building a knowledge sharing community. Blockport aims to develop an end-to-end trading platform that addresses these problems by effectively combining proven technological, social and crypto economic concepts to create a completely new crypto trading experience.
Top movers of the day at 13:10 are I/O Coin and Cortex. Since 8 am I/O Coin has increased by 9.29% while Cortex has fallen by 8.16%. The biggest move up of 27.27% has made TurtleCoin. Generally, most tokens and coins were still going down this morning. 2100NEWS Digital Assets Total Index (NWST1100) is 1.27% lower than at 8 am (-5.44% as of yesterday EOD). Bitcoin and Ether are also lower: BTC -0.98%, ETH -1.45% as of 8 am.
TurtleCoin is a fast, easy and private cryptocurrency which allows you to send money to friends and businesses. One of TurtleCoin’s main goals is to make things as simple and as accessible as possible for everyday people, creating a cryptocurrency which is inviting, fun and friendly.
Top movers of the day are Swift Coin and Cortex which has surged by 22.66% since midnight. Looking at the chart of NWST1100 below we can see that we were observing pullback and consolidation after the massive rally. Since midnight 2100NEWS Digital Assets Total Index (NWST1100) which measures the performance of top 1100 crypto assets by market capitalization has plummeted by 4.22%, Bitcoin by 3.56 and Ether by 6.56%.
In Cortex due to the nature of open source and competitive mechanisms, the best model as an intelligent agent will survive to enhance the intelligence level of the Blockchain network. Cortex’s main mission is to provide the state-of-the-art machine-learning models on the blockchain in which users can infer using smart contracts on the Cortex blockchain. One of Cortex’s goals also includes implementing a machine-learning platform that allows users to post tasks on the platform, submit AI DApps (Artificial Intelligence Decentralized Applications).
Developed and operated by the Silicon Valley team, SwftCoin (Symbol: SWFTC) is cross blockchain, through the APP / website / API, and a one-button operation cryptocurrency transfer platform. Built by the leading minds in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Blockchain, SWFT integrates the world’s major exchanges to effectively achieve hedge risking, provide a customer with an easy and efficient platform for cryptocurrency transfer. SwftCoin will be the only accepted payment method for transaction fee on SWFT platform.


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A good herding dog can save time and money.
Ball valves are superior to gate valves in almost all cases.
Utilize resources that would otherwise be wasted.
Indigenous Australians have enjoyed them for thousands of years.
Many small vineyards return yields of pleasure and grapes.
Two of the easiest plants to grow if you get the soil right first.
Worth looking at if you are thinking of producing beef.
Fist cultivated 8000 years ago – now a “super food”.
Perfectly suited to stock work on the farm.
Honey is much more than just a sweetener.
It is heart-warming and inspiring to see so many eco-friendly and innovative ideas.
From a small farm shed to international acclaim.


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Truly an experience of God's grace, Grace Brethren Schools began in 1978.
Grace Brethren Schools started as a preschool only. As time went by, church members expressed a desire to expand to an elementary school. Five men from Grace Brethren Church began to pray for God's guidance and will in expanding the school. Through this process the church determined for the school to be successful it needed to be self-funding.
Grace Brethren Schools exists by the sovereign will of God as it has from the beginning in 1978 when a few parents wanted a great small school. Accordingly, He arranged circumstances to allow the building of an educational ministry that now annually serves upward of 1000 students.
Even twenty-nine years ago we were on the cutting edge of technology.
While plans and decisions were being made, analyzed and prayed for a senseless, heart-wrenching crime took place in Moorpark, CA our neighboring city. While jogging a young woman was murdered. Her husband chose to honor her love of children by donating the entire proceeds of his wife's life insurance policy to the newly formed Grace Brethren Schools to enable the opening of the elementary school at a leased facility on Arcane street in Simi Valley. As God does He turned a tragedy for one family into a great gift for many other families. We were blessed to be the benefactor of such love and generosity.From there, the school was expanded grade by grade, year by year until the junior high was opened in 1987 at the Grace Brethren Church location while the elementary school remained preschool through sixth grade on the Arcane campus. In 1988 the junior high moved to its current location on Cherry Avenue and in 1989 the high school opened resulting in its first graduating class of 10 students in June of 1993. Since that time the school has continued to grow with the total student population of 1087.
We also invite you to visit Grace Brethren Church which oversees Grace Brethren Schools. Click the image below to head to the church website.


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We saw a dire need to streamline the way we collaborated internally and with our clientele.
Ad-Rank Media is an award-winning digital content agency made up of content marketing, SEO, and digital PR professionals. Founded in 2011, Ad-Rank has earned a reputation of proven return for our clients, including Expedia, City Bank, and Virgin Media.
At Ad-Rank, content is very much the focus of what we do. This year alone we are expecting to publish more than 4,000 pages of copy, along with a fleet of press releases, reports and other written material as part of our PR and SEO campaigns.
Yet, with a growing list of clients and a cross-functional team, we saw a dire need to streamline the way we collaborate internally and with our clientele. A hurdle that all agencies must cross.
Ideally, we were in search of a tool that could handle the slew of tasks that this approach would entail, all the while providing transparency across all teams and offices.
Previously we used several different tools to control this process. At one end was Bitrix24, a package that offered project, time and document management systems. We found individual task management poor though, which meant that increasingly we relied on simple to-do lists such as Wunderlist.
We found that approach distracted us from focusing on the overall view of our projects. While individual tasks make up the delivery of our work, it is important that everyone understands the bigger picture. This segmented approach made this message more difficult to get across.
As the team grew rapidly, this quickly became extremely unwieldy, as did the setting up of client-specific areas. As we try to be as transparent as possible, this was a significant issue.
In September 2015, Ad-Rank Media made the decision to relocate its delivery team from London to Norwich. Along with the usual issues of logistics, this meant scaling up a core team from three to 15 in a matter of months, all while managing a large bank of freelancers, clients, and the general bustle of a busy digital agency. This quick expansion both in people and office location forced us to find a solution for organizing and defining these workflows as an agency.
To do this quickly and efficiently, we needed a project management tool that was easy to implement, flexible and scaleable.
With this entire transition, we felt this was the right opportunity to find a solution that would align all of our needs to help us maintain our quality of work and internal workflow.
This next step can cause a great deal of apprehension as a PM or agency lead. There is an entire landscape of tools to evaluate but very few offer a set of features that collectively address our direct needs.
As part of our overhaul, we decided to trial 12 different products, including Mavenlink, Targetprocess, ActivCollab and various Kanban-style tools, as well as implementing a content delivery platform, Beegit. Each package had good and bad points, ranging from accessible interfaces and simple user management to a lack of subtasks (a surprisingly common theme) or excessively high per-user charges.
With time limited, the ease of implementation was very important too.
Here, Redbooth performed the best out of the 12 packages tested. During our trial period, we were impressed by the speed we were able to create projects and tasks, view reports and comment on tasks.
After coming to understand our internal pain points and identifying which features helped us truly become more productive as an organization, Redbooth was ultimately the one platform that provided the needed overarching transparency as well as the detailed task management at the minute level. Redbooth is incredibly straightforward to use, meaning that little training was needed for our various team members.
As we expanded across multiple locations throughout the UK, Redbooth held us to even higher quality work and a more efficient internal system of collaboration.

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A woman was stabbed in the neck and arms by another woman wielding an X-Acto knife at an Art Basel, Miami Beach show Friday night, according to a Miami Beach police spokeswoman. The spokeswoman stated that the victim’s injuries weren’t life threatening and that she was transported to Jackson (Andrew?!) Memorial Hospital. The assailant and victim apparently had an escalating disagreement prior to the assault. The attacker was not identified, but was arrested at the scene.
Both women were patrons of the art show, not exhibitors, and were attending the main event inside the Miami Beach Convention Center.
In a sad reflection of where ‘modern art’ has gone, some patrons thought the stabbing was a performance art presentation. Others actually believed the police tape cordoning off the crime scene was part of an art installation.
How do we know the whole thing, including the news reports and police statements, isn’t, in fact, a brilliant, unprecedented, ongoing piece of modern performance art?


text: Lavender Warming Lotion Refills are a wonderful way to scent your home and moisturize your skin. These tarts can be added to the Warming Lotion jar when it is empty or it can be used in most warmer bowls. To use, simply run your fingers through the warm melted lotion and apply to the skin. This is especially good on achy joints, hands, and feet. 2 oz. Tart shell.


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Jessica Calla is a lawyer by day, romance writer by night. Her favorite time is the kids’ “bedtime,” when she’s free to open the laptop, battle with the blinking cursor, and pour out the contents of her heart. Jessica is a member of Romance Writers of America, involved in the Contemporary, Young Adult, and New Jersey Chapters, and is a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She lives in central New Jersey with her husband, two sons, and her dog. Besides reading and writing, she enjoys movies, coffee, and chocolate and considers herself addicted to Diet Coke and Netflix (in a good way).
Thanks! I appreciate your post and look forward to following your blog!

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text: MSHR is the art collective of Birch Cooper and Brenna Murphy, a duo that builds and explores systems to reveal paths towards an ecstatic sensory experience, by merging digital sculpture, analog circuits and ceremonial performance. Their physical projects revolve around analogue light-audio feedback systems, based on macro dispositions of sculptural synthesizers. On the virtual side, they produce portraits of computer-generated dimensional entities and psychedelic domains.


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We’ve been together for 12 years and married for seven. I had always wanted a family and Simon had thought that being gay he would never be able to have kids. After we got married it really felt like the next step was to start a family and it was something we both wanted. We went to an adoption information event just before our honeymoon, so we had lots of things to think about!
The preparation course took place in January and we met our social worker in April that year. After assessment and panel in September we were shown a profile of Amy who was nine months old. We had both wanted a daughter and had agreed not to look at any photos until we had read the profile, but there she was, her big blue eyes looking up at us on the page and we both knew straight away.
There were other people interested in adopting Amy. She had no physical or developmental issues and was under two, so we had to wait while the social workers whittled us down to find the best match for her. That was really hard, waiting. Thankfully we were chosen just before Christmas, so the tree came down on Boxing Day so we could get the house ready for Amy’s arrival!
Before we met her we created a ‘talking book’, where you put photos of yourselves and record your voice and a video. We wore the same clothes each time so that when Amy watched the video and saw the photos she would recognise us. When we visited her at her foster carers for the first time we wore those same clothes and she stood and pointed at us, which was great.
It felt very natural meeting Amy: overwhelming, but natural. The foster carers were brilliant – they adopted us for that first week. We stayed for dinner and chatted to them over a glass of wine after Amy’s bedtime.
Gradually over that week we spent more and more time with her – a trip to a shopping centre, the Sea Life Centre and dinner at Nandos – which she still loves! We’d do the night time routine at the foster carers’ house and we would just sit looking at her sleeping in her cot – it was lovely.
At the end of the week we spent a full day with her out in town and she refused to sleep in her pram and sat up watching everything – she didn’t want to miss a thing! After a week we came home with her and our social worker kept in touch every day over the weekend which was really supportive. Amy had been in a good routine at her foster carers and still sleeps 12 hours through the night and eats everything. We know we’re really lucky.
It was Valentines Day when Amy came home with us and it’s now ‘Amy Day’ in our house; she gets a present and we go out for tea.
After two years we decided to adopt a little sister for Amy. Since then we moved house so we have a third bedroom and Amy has started school, so there have been some delays in the process and it’s taken us two years to get to the point where we’ve seen the profile of a little girl who we’re hoping to meet soon. Amy is desperate for her little sister and we hope to be able to adopt her before her first birthday.
So what’s life like now? Chaos, but in a good way! We’re not a nine-to-five family, as we work shifts, but that means one of us can always take Amy to school or pick her up and we’re there to take her to Rainbows, swimming lessons, birthday parties and sleepovers. It’s really important to find time to slow down and all spend time together too: playing a game, watching a film or going to the park.
The last four and a half years have gone really quickly: Amy is nearly six and when I look at the photo we have of us with Amy at the foster carers I realise it’s gone in the blink of an eye.
I took 10 months adoption leave from work with Amy and that was a relatively new thing then; but it’s vital to spend that time with your child. Next time round, I’ll take adoption leave and Simon will take the first month and the last month off work so we can all be together during our child’s first year with us.
Be patient with any delays or challenges you may face. We had several but it meant that in the end we were matched with Amy and it was all worth it!
Try and get as much advice from your child’s foster carers as you can to help you and help your child settle in. And ask for as much information as you can from your social worker about birth family – anything that might affect your child, such as needing glasses early on if a birth parent had the same issue.
I would also recommend that if possible you meet birth family and maintain letterbox contact. It’s important for your child to know about their birth family and that you made and maintained contact, and for you to understand their story as well.


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She looks gorgeous – and very comfortable. You guys have done an amazing job and I’m sure you’ll enjoy many happy journeys on her. Give your folks a hug for Chris & I. Bula Bula!
We could not be happier for you two!!! Together you did an amazing job and we are very proud of you!!! Can’t wait until we meet again in Fiji!!
Wow , you have both done an amazing job in a short time in a very remote place.
Congratulations !!! my good friends !
Ye ol Pirate on Skabenga , Ahrrrr !
WOW!!!!!!!!! Absolutely Beautiful SOO HAPPY for you All!