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On February 28 and March 1 the SF Jazz Center will host Other Minds for the first time. OM 19 is the latest incarnation of this annual festival which presents an amazing range of new music.
After our first festival in November 1993, we needed time to raise more funds to produce OM 2 and get back on the Yerba Buena Center’s schedule. So we postponed until March 1995, the next available spot in the Djerassi schedule. Our timing for the festival is determined by when we have access to empty rooms at DRAP, so we need to be there either in Feb/March or November.
In 1997, once again, we needed time to raise more funds and simply postponed to the next available Djerassi time. Same for OM 13.
The Chicago born Mark Applebaum is currently associate professor of composition and theory at Stanford University. He counts Brian Ferneyhough, Joji Yuasa, Rand Steiger, Roger Reynolds and Philip Rhodes among his teachers. He also performs as a jazz pianist. He appears to be the first composer at these concerts to have given a TED talk. In this talk he speaks of being “bored with music”, at least with traditional music and how he used that boredom to break through to another level of creativity creating new instruments and elaborate scores. He is an engaging speaker and his presentation will no doubt be fascinating.
John Bischoff studied at the California Institute of the Arts and Mills College. His teachers include Robert Moran, James Tenney and Robert Ashley. He is currently visiting professor and composer at Mills College. He is one of the pioneers of live computer performance and he is a frequent performer at the Garden of Memory concerts held annually on the summer solstice at Oakland’s beautiful Chapel of the Chimes. Mills College with its Center for Contemporary Music can be said to be the primary life blood of northern California composers. Bischoff is part of a long line of composers who have guided musical pedagogy in the Bay Area and have included Chris Brown, Luciano Berio, Darius Milhaud, Lou Harrison, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, John Cage, Chris Brown, Maryann Amacher, Maggie Payne, Larry Polansky, Robert Ashley, and many others. Bischoff has released 16 albums and numerous publications. He founded the League of Automatic Composers, the first computer network band and continues to be a driving force in the computer music scene.
Donald Buchla is one of the elder statesmen of new music in California. His collaboration with Ramon Sender and Morton Subotnick produced one of the first modular synthesizers in 1963. He continues to develop synthesizers with his Buchla and Associates corporation (founded in Berkeley in 1962) . He studied physics, physiology and music. His importance in the field of electronic music and music synthesis cannot be underestimated. His electronics have driven many classical, rock and jazz music. He and his corporation continue to make new electronic instruments such as the marimba lumina and the piano bar and has made available again some of the classic analog electronics which first made his name familiar to musicians worldwide. I was able to find very little about his musical compositions but it is worth noting that his electronics will power the performances of several of the artists in this concert series in addition to his own.
Kentucky born Joseph Byrd is an electronic musician, composer and producer. His album, “The American Metaphysical Circus” (1969) is legendary and considered a cult album which has been reissued on CD and can also be heard on You Tube. His band, Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies never performed live but this work of 60s psychedelia has established itself as a landmark recording and a cult classic. He also did an album of synthesized Christmas Carols in 1975. Byrd has also been a producer with estimable credits such as producer and arranger of Ry Cooder’s amazing ‘Jazz’ album from 1978.
I can’t imagine how his latest work sounds but I am looking forward to it.
Charles Celeste Hutchins is, as far as I can tell, the first instance in which an Other Minds operating board member has been featured as a composer in this series. The advisory board consists largely of composers who have already been featured on OM concerts. Until this booking I was not aware of this man’s work.
Hutchins worked in the dot com business for a time and is now working on his musical interests. His work involves the digital music program called Supercollider which he uses to manipulate sounds. Discogs lists an MP3 compilation of some of his work in this area.
Myra Melford is an internationally known jazz pianist and composer with some 17 albums and some 20 years of playing. Melford is originally from Illinois.
She has played with AACM musicians like Leroy Jenkins, Joseph Jarman and other musicians including Marty Ehrlich, Henry Threadgill, Mark Dresser, OM alumni Han Benink and Tyshawn Sorey. Currently she teaches at the University of California Berkeley.
Roscoe Mitchell is one of the founding members of the venerable AACM (American Association of Creative Musicians) which redefined both jazz and contemporary classical music from its founding in 1965 to the present. Other notable members include Anthony Braxton, Lester Bowie, Malachi Favors, George Lewis and Lester Bowie among others. Mitchell is currently professor of music at Mills College where he holds the Darius Milhaud chair. He has collaborated with Frederic Rzewski, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors, Muhal Richard Abrams, Albert Ayler, Henry Threadgill, Thomas Buckner and many others.
Mitchell is one of the acknowledged living masters of American music and he plays and teaches widely. In 2012 her performed at the “All Tomorrow’s Parties” festival in Minehead, England. Any performance by this musician is an event.
Wendy Reid is a new name for me. She is a composer who works with nature sounds. I did buy her CD entitled “Tree Music” which features 5 of her Tree Pieces with various combinations of violin, percussion, piano, mandolin, oboe and Don Buchla on “thunder” interacting with nature sounds. For her OM performance she will be sharing the stage with a parrot. Yes, it does sound like a Monty Python sketch, but this promises to be interesting if not revelatory. Her work is clearly concerned with the sounds of nature and is at least distantly related to the work of Pauline Oliveros whose album ‘Troglodyte’s Delight’ involves musicians responding to the sounds of water in a limestone cave.
John Schott is another name with which I am not familiar. But lack of familiarity spells adventure in this series of concerts. A quick internet search reveals that he is a Berkeley based composer, guitar player and banjo player. His web site is a blog which reveals his interest in a wide range of musical styles and literary interests. He lists 8 CDs which feature his work. He also lists his “compositions in the classical grain”. It’s anyone’s guess as to what he will present at Other Minds but if the preceding artists are any indication it will be unique and interesting.
All in all this promises to be a very exciting event with the ‘revelatory’ music which Other Minds uses as a tag line in their publicity materials. I won’t miss it and neither should you.
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Football: Oswego East grad Tyran Bailey sets rushing record at Aurora U.
Tyran Bailey (1), a sophomore at Aurora University and an Oswego East graduate, set a single-game rushing record for Aurora in a game against Benedictine on Saturday.
That is, what makes him do what he does, and pushes himself.
He isn't short on inspiration.
Bailey, a sophomore running back at Aurora University and Oswego East graduate, lost his friend Lawrence Joshua earlier this year. A cousin, Darren Iverner, also passed away.
Both were on his mind Saturday.
"They are definitely part of my 'Why,'" Bailey said. "I was thinking about them all week. I wanted to dedicate my game to them."
He did, in spectacular fashion.
Bailey set an AU single-game rushing record with 295 yards in the Spartans' 41-24 win over Benedictine.
"I was definitely ready," Bailey said. "I prepared myself mentally for this game."
Bailey also gave credit where credit was due.
Bailey scored three touchdowns, breaking off 56 and 53-yard touchdowns in the second half.
"I have to give credit to the O-line, all the glory," Bailey said. "My biggest runs, I didn't even get touched. They made it happen. The coaches prepared us mentally and physically. And then of course our scout defense, they prepare us every day."
Bailey started at running back as a junior at Oswego East, but moved to defensive back and was a backup on offense when Ivory-Kelly Martin transferred to East in 2016.
AU coach Rick Ponx jumped at the opportunity to bring in a talented local player. Bailey tore the meniscus in his right knee the summer before freshman year, but returned to rush for 574 yards and two TDs as a freshman.
"I think some schools slept on him," Ponx said, "When he stepped in as a freshman our AD said he might be the best back in the league."
Bailey unknowingly tore his meniscus again, though, during his freshman season. He played through it and had surgery in April, but feels great now.
"I put in as much work as I could to be in the position to be as healthy as I could," Bailey said. "My physical therapist pushed me hard than I've ever been pushed. That's a huge reason that I am where I'm at now."
Bailey started the season behind all-conference running back Connor Olson on the depth chart. Olson hurt his hamstring, and Bailey has stepped right in.
He ran for 231 yards in a win over Rockford two weeks ago, and 123 yards and three TDs in a win over Wisconsin Lutheran.
Bailey said he's learned much playing behind Olson.
"I learned from him how to run hard," Bailey said. "That's what I lacked in high school. I was scared of getting hit. I saw him lay his body on the line in practice and in games."
Bailey, with 931 yards and seven TDs on the season, has a chance to go over 1,000 yards in conference play – in just seven games.
"He just works hard, he takes coaching, he doesn't make the same mistake and he trusts his offensive line," Ponx said. "His vision is what separates him. His vision, and his ability to make a cut. He sees things at the second level and he can control his body. He can put his foot on the ground and go vertical. That's what separates the good runners from the great runners."
AU, since an 0-4 start, has won four of its last five games. Bailey is a big reason why, and so is an offensive line finally healthy and intact in five of the last six games.
"Our coach always preaches about how to overcome adversity," Bailey said. "We were 0-4, but we knew we had the talent. We knew what we were capable of. It was a matter of putting the pieces together and executing in practice."

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More sewing coming soon!!!!! Including the Sewing Bits and Pieces series!
I also just won an incredible prize on Heidi Swapp's blog, still me, from a super-cool company called Scarlet Lime Bead Art...can't wait to receive my goodies!!! I'll let you know all about them when they get here!

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The Coming Internet Traffic Jam: “…argument on government legislation. It is a false argument that some proponents of non-neutrality wish to spread. Surely, in this age of war-profiteers turning in record-breaking quarters, loose monopolies of mergers and bundles, debatable price gouging etc, it is a little naive to want to believe that all the companies involved will tow some good line on the other side of short-term profits for the greater common good.
If anything, some private companies interfere with day-to-day governance through unabashed lobbying and kickback offerings, creating grossly unfair access to government.

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Back.com offers up-to-date information on symptoms, diagnoses and treatment options for back pain.
The Mission of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) is to foster optimal care of the patient with any disorder that may affect the shape, alignment or function of the spine, throughout life. The SRS accomplishes this, through education, research, advocacy and ethical practice.
Visit our site to find a doctor near you.
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iScoliosis.com offers up-to-date information on symptoms, diagnoses and treatment options for scoliosis.
SpineUniverse is devoted to the advancement of spinal education.
Comprehensive Resource for Back Pain.

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Your appetite will be ready to blast off with the Spaceship Cookie Cutters, proving there really are times when it’s okay to play with your food.
Cookies are awesome and spaceships are awesome, so you know there will so much awesomeness packed into your kitchen with these fun cutters you might have to worry about your house exploding.
Just cut your cookie dough into the intergalactic designs, bake, and assemble your new 3D toy food for a cosmic culinary adventure as you fly your ship through the mysterious portal that leads to a new dimension (i.e. from your mouth to your stomach).
The Spaceship Cookie Cutters are available for $12.69 at Firebox.com.

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Eye for an eye, why tear each other apart?
(Tell me now) Whats come between us? Whats come between us?

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Vivid architectural details provide a glimpse into other ways of life. Blank inside. 12 cards, 13 envelopes.
This set of cards is amazing! Each one is a work of art!


text: 237 Troy Ave is a Multi-Family building located in Crown Heights, Brooklyn constructed in 1900. This 3-story building has 8 units. The building is within Community District 308 and zoned for the following schools - Boys And Girls High School, The School Of Integrated Learning. Nearby transportation include the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C subway lines.

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1) When docking with the driver side to the dock, approach the dock at a 35-45 degree angle with short slow bursts of power. When about 4 feet from the dock turn hard left give it a quick forward burst then throw it un reverse slowly and the stern will come right into the dock.
2) Putting the boat on the trailer in a river current. Ok this was fun cause I allways board in the river in my buuddys boat but I never took my boats there. He let me try twice (unsucessful) before he gave me the pointer. I tried going straight for a feild goal the first time but the current made me miss. Next I went on an angle down stream (miss again). The trick is to come up to the trailer at a 45 degree angle UP-STREAM and cut (Right or Left depending which way you are going)just before the post. FEILD GOAL!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with #1. I was tought to do the same. Also when picking up a skiier/wakeboarder, I always come around driver side. Hard right just past the skiier/wakeboarder and put in a quick reverse. The tail end always swings around. I am use to a outboard engine. These little tips reallly help me.


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The Screening Group (A Lincoln Heights Background Check Service) provides detailed background checks and screening services that enable businesses to hire with confidence. Using our extensive database and national network of over 2,500 investigators, we’re able to provide the highest-caliber services to businesses of every size.
Every new hire represents a considerable investment of time and money. Make sure you’re getting what you bargained for. Request a Lincoln Heights Background Check Service and research you’re your prospective Employee. Don’t take chances with your business, you’ve worked too hard to build it.
As an FCRA compliant Lincoln Heights Background Check Service, we will adhere to all State and Federal guidelines. Our clients can rest assured; our reports will be both thorough and concise. A comprehensive summary of findings, in a very easy to read format. The Screening Group has been providing quality Lincoln Heights Background Check Services since 1999. Give us the opportunity to earn your trust. We won’t let you down!


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1. Advancing the conversation. MAP conducts groundbreaking research to deeply understand how people think and then develops the messages and communications to build broader support for equality and opportunity for all. Our public education campaigns, multimedia content, ads, graphics and media outreach are designed to shift people’s thinking and drive action. From innovative videos to messaging guidance and training, MAP is a leader in advancing the conversation.
2. Advancing policy. Time and time again, MAP has provided rigorous and independent research and analysis to help drive policy changes that advance equality and opportunity. On issues from nondiscrimination to criminal justice to voting to health care, MAP frames problems and policy solutions for maximum impact. MAP’s resources are persuasive, easy to understand and actionable. From infographics to in-depth analyses, our policy expertise provides organizations and advocates with the tools they need to advance policy.
3. Advancing collaboration. MAP knows we are stronger when we work together. That’s why we’re a leader in building coalitions and partnerships within the LGBT movement and across movements, such as the 1,700-strong Open to All coalition. MAP’s research, analysis, and communications further empower and aid our partner organizations and help align our efforts, so we can build a broad base of support for solutions and work together for change.
- MAP works collaboratively with Organizations, Advocates and Funders, providing tools, research and resources that expand organizational capacity, align resources and increase impact, and speed equality and opportunity for all.
- By outlining the need for change and articulating solutions in a comprehensive and compelling way, MAP helps the Public better understand the need for change, become motivated to act, and take effective action.
- MAP helps Policymakers better understand the challenges at hand, the policy solutions to address them, and become more effective advocates for change.
- MAP’s work helps Media better understand the challenges facing the country, be compelled to cover these issues in ways that build public understanding, and better articulate what needs to happen to achieve equality and opportunity for all.
MAP believes we can help speed equality and opportunity for all through the process summarized in our Logic Model below: by educating and influencing external change agents, such as policymakers and media, while simultaneously strengthening the organizations and movements advocating for change.

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This student project is about tracking a pair of scissors using retroreflective lines at each leg.
Goal of the project is to track the threedimensional position of the instrument using a pair of stereo cameras. To reach this goal, the legs are covered by retroreflective material and the camera is surrounded by infrared flashlights. This results in an easily recognizable image of only the legs. Finding the lines in both camera images can be used to get the threedimensional position of the instrument. Hough Transformation can be used to search for the lines.
Each point of the x-y-plane is represented by a sinusoidal curve in the ρ-θ-plane. Collinear points are mapped onto curves that have a common point of intersection. Therefore lines in the x-y-plane can be detected by counting the number of intersecting curves in each point of the ρ-θ-plane. This is done via an accumulator array. The accumulator maxima represent the most likely pairs (ρ,θ) of collinear points in the original x-y-plane.
To find both lines the Hough Transformation is applied twice, for each line separately. After the first accumulation the pixels around the detected line are eliminated to create a new image for the second transformation. Finally the Least Squares Method is used to get an optimal result.
To determine the 3D-position of an object several steps are necessary. First the relationship between a world point and an image point needs to be expressed. This can be represented as x = PX where P is the camera matrix. P is retrieved via camera calibration. Secondly - given two cameras - the 3D Position of a line is determined using triangulation. C and C' are the two cameras. Their relative position is represented by a rotation matrix R and a translation vector T. Given two points on the line in each camera frame two planes can be calculated which intersect in the desired 3D line.
Tracking over a series of images can either be done directly after the lines have been found via Hough Transformation or it is postponed until the 3D position of the object is determined. One method of tracking could be to move a template vector along normals of the determined line and search for an optimum of conformance with the underlying image. The template vector represents a gray value profile of the line.
Abstract: Tracking plays an important role in Augmented Reality (AR) applications. In medical augmented reality tracking systems must allow to accurately determine the position of medical instruments without influencing or disturbing the surgeons working environment. Retro-reflective material combined with infrared light presents an interesting and promising method of optical tracking. This thesis analyzes the special case of tracking medical scissors using retro-reflective lines. The particular structure of this instrument permits its identification in an image only through the position of the two legs. During this project the whole process of image generation line detection camera calibration and 3D reconstruction via line triangulation was examined. The used methods problems and undertaken optimizations are presented here. Furthermore some ideas for the part of tracking the instrument over a series of images are briefly discussed.


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"We look for reliability in our suppliers, especially with something as important as a mission-critical computer system. We know that InTempo isn’t going anywhere ... and the ownership is committed to the rental industry. That was our choice – to trust our business to the industry leader."
"We can train a new employee on Enfinity (now InTempo Core) in hours, instead of days."
For us, Windows is all about the user learning curve. People already have familiarity with Windows; they know what a graphical interface looks like and how to use the commands.
What’s great about InTempo Core is the way it uses all the strong points of the Windows operating system in its applications software. InTempo has built equipment rental software that is easily understandable and very intuitive in how it operates. That’s the thing about software – it’s as good as the people behind it, and InTempo has very good people.
"Inventory is always coming and going. InTempo Core does an amazing job of maintaining our inventory."
Our business can be extremely intense in terms of the demands it places on a computer system. Our typical contract is in the $3,000 to $5,000 dollar range, and it’s not unusual for a contract to be $50,000 dollars or more. We have 30-plus employees who use InTempo Core to serve our customers. With most rental businesses, you can build a tent a few different ways but essentially a tent is a tent, and tent kits are pretty straightforward. As an event design company working with artistic decor, our kits can be more complicated, to include entire settings with multiple decor components. We rent everything from props and scenic decor to audiovisual equipment and lighting. Inventory is always coming and going. Core does an amazing job of maintaining our inventory. It gets us where we need to be. We’re pulling the right things from the warehouse, and we get the right inventory on our trucks. You can’t run a rental company in this day and age without that kind of computer tracking. We often use Core to look up the utilization of an item to decide whether to toss it, replace it or buy more of it. We look at revenue on items non-stop. Core tracks everything; absolutely nothing falls through the cracks. We have complete confidence in the information in the system.
"InTempo Core is the most customer-oriented rental software I've seen."
We’re able to do much more from a marketing point of view using this system. For example, I can enter coupon codes and Core will automatically apply a promotional discount when a coupon is redeemed. When the expiration date comes up, the discount automatically deactivates. We also use the system to run fun contests for our customers; we did one recently where, if you beat us at ‘rock, paper, scissors’ over the phone, you got a 10 percent discount on your next rental. Everybody who called, won! The system makes it very easy to control these promotions, turn them on and off. InTempo Software is the industry standard that everyone else aspires to.

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The walk is not long but consists of many ups and downs with numerous stiles. Starting from the Flowerpot, in Mirfield, the route heads to Boyfe Hall, Hollin Hall and Hopton Hall. The walk continues with the Hall theme travelling to Lascelles Hall via Cockley Hill, onwards to Lepton and Paper Hall Farm, returning via Whitley and Briery Bank to the Flower Pot where after walk libations can be taken.
There are a few sections of the walk on back roads but its mainly on field tracks and footpaths and bridleways. The underfoot conditions are generally good but there are inevitably some muddy sections following rain.

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When Andy Proctor, a truck driver and web developer in the UK, was dissatisfied with his company’s tracking system, he hacked his truck.
“This is just my way of learning about the Pi, and using some skills I’ve got to create a practical application,” he says. His next project will replace the buttons with bar codes for a wider variety of messages.


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One witness, “Alexandre,” a self-described Belgium-born American resident whose identity could not be further verified at the time of this report, told France 24 of events both during and immediately after two explosions took place within the departures area of Zaventem airport in a televised interview aired March 22, 2016. According to one etymology and history source, “Alexander” was “another name of the hero Paris” in Greek mythology. Allegations of links between operatives behind this week’s attacks in Brussels and the Paris attacks of 2015 are now emerging within mainstream coverage of events.
During an August 5, 1990, interview with CSPAN, current CBS News national correspondent Dan Raviv explained how his English-language styling of the Hebrew term “Mossad” was resolved through conversations with an Israeli prime minister’s spokesperson during research for the best-selling “Every Prince a Spy: The Complete History of Israel’s Intelligence Community” co-authored by journalist Yossi Melman. The Harvard graduate stated then how the term “Israeli Secret Intelligence Service” was offered, concluding that if such a term were to have an acronym it would appear as the letters “ISIS”.
This week’s reports that ISIS claimed responsibility for explosions that killed a reported 31 and injured hundreds in Brussels may be better understood when lensed through such a historic lexical precedent established twenty-six years prior. Readers can watch this portion of the Dan Raviv interview at 23:12 on the CSPAN video library timeline hosted at the public service provider’s website.
The Irish Times has reported how Belgian “Interior minister Jan Jambon and justice minister Koen Geens tendered their resignations to prime minister Charles Michel, who asked them to stay on.” The Flemish nationalist leader was said to have invoked a “time of war” in his response, urging the two to not “leave the field.” In a recent op-ed for RT, UK-based Australian journalist John Pilger explained his theory of how a “world war” of propaganda, lies and distractions manipulated by an “invisible government” has already begun. That ongoing information warfare between belligerent parties has been taking place for decades is not a new idea within the alternative news community.
Analysis of the apparent covert insider spycraft information-laden appearance of “Alexandre” on France 24 follows earlier NewsInsideOut.com coverage of BBC witness “James Firkin” whose capacity for revelatory disclosure concerning CIA participation in the 2016 Brussels bombings suggests a swarm of multiple foreign intelligence agency underground operatives conspiring around the de facto capital of the European Union. Their weighty statements combined with objectionably questionable unverified identities suggests evidence of mainstream media Operation Mockingbird-like collusion that promotes individuals in crisis-actor roles as mainstream pseudo-vox populi spokespeople framing current events within emergent police state-identity political contexts.
The presence of previously unreported forensic information concerning secret messages encrypted within Zaventem Airport explosions witness “Alexandre”’s testimony to France 24 was detected while monitoring mirror-filtered renderings of the witness statements. The audio soundtrack was loaded in the edit bay of a digital audio workstation then subjected to mirror-filtering and time-expansion in preparation for a detailed auditory study. The conduct of this procedure was informed by best practices refined through repeatedly providing military, forensic and medical-grade intelligence that had been successfully vetted through practical real-world feedback over nearly 20 years of unmatched research and reporting.
NewsInsideOut.com coverage has described how the same procedure publicly revealed details of the Iraq War, identified the BTK Killer, named Russian spy Anna Chapman’s accomplice and uncovered the UFOs and ETs in Edward Snowden’s NSA cache weeks, months and years before such information became widely-accepted public knowledge. Below is a partial transcript of the witnesses’ statements from March 22, 2016, preceded by the secret messages encrypted backwards therein with emphasis added.
My mole hits. Have a skull: “As for the atmosphere, there’s no atmosphere anymore. To be precise people are just in shock. Stay home and try, I think, they try their best to follow the instructions of the authorities. As for the deployment of the police and military it’s very intense in all of Brussels because Brussels of course has a lot of potential targets; with the European authorities, with NATO, with embassies and stuff like that.
You’re still in my CIA: Yeah, heightened security clearly. You see military trucks, you see soldiers, you see police officers, canine units. That’s about it and people are in shock. The attack at the airport was absolutely horrifying. I cannot even imagine what people who were in that metro station went through.
Vancouver, BC – Exclusive new video published to YouTube on March 22, 2016, purports to reveal how the Central Intelligence Agency was named by one witness to explosions at Brussels’ Zaventem airport, part of a wave of attacks against the Belgian capital that took place earlier that day. ISIS, a division of the CIA (according to a Russian army military expert), is said to have claimed responsibility for what alternative news sources have identified as CIA/Mossad state-sponsored for-profit false flag terrorism in which the Belgian government reportedly cited 30 dead and 230 injured.
The presence of previously unreported forensic information concerning a secret revelation in Zaventem Airport explosions witness James Firkin’s testimony to the BBC was detected while monitoring mirror-filtered renderings of the witness statements. The audio soundtrack was loaded in the edit bay of a digital audio workstation then subjected to mirror-filtering and time-expansion in preparation for a detailed auditory study. The conduct of this procedure was informed by best practices refined through repeatedly providing military, forensic and medical-grade intelligence that had been successfully vetted through practical real-world feedback over nearly 20 years of unmatched research and reporting.
NewsInsideOut.com coverage has described how the same procedure publicly revealed details of the Iraq War, identified the BTK Killer, named Russian spy Anna Chapman’s accomplice and uncovered the UFOs and ETs in Edward Snowden’s NSA cache weeks, months and years before such information became widely-accepted public knowledge. Below is a partial transcript of the witnesses’ statements from March 22, 2016, preceded by the secret message encrypted backwards therein.


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That's right ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the new home of caper!
As well as making our games we've been slaving away over the last few months creating this lovely new website to house them. But its more than just a games portal! It's also a community where you can come and hang out with other gamers, read up on what's going on with Caper, destroy your mate's best scores and much more!
Sign up to track your high scores, most popular games and other stats!
Join in on the forum to discuss how awesome we are!
Read up about our ongoing projects and plans for the future!
We have big plans for the future! Think of it like this: with this website we've laid the foundations. From now on we'll be building upwards and outwards with bricks made out of pure awesome! So know that Caper Towers is open for business why don't you move in, put your feet up and join in the fun!

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The North American Hockey League announced Tuesday it’s re-aligning the four divisions after a flurry of franchise shuffling in the offseason. Springfield will now play in the Midwest Division with the Coulee Region Chill, the Janesville Jets, the Minnesota Wilderness, the Kenai River Brown Bears, and the Fairbanks Ice Dogs.
The Blues had played in the North Division with the Jets, the Soo Eagles (franchise moving to New Jersey), Johnstown Tomahawks, the Michigan Warriors and Keystone Ice Miners (latter two franchises dormant). The new East Division will include new NAHL teams in Trenton, NJ, Wilkes-Barre, PA, and Aston, PA, in addition to the Tomahawks.
The league says it’ll announce a playoff format and schedule for the upcoming season in the future.


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The building business is amongst the largest industries in the world. In reality, among Europe’s largest companies tend to be building companies. In 2013 alone, the use of working research (otherwise) techniques in the construction business led to financial savings around 4percent on average for a construction project. It is really not only from a price cost savings viewpoint the construction industry has-been an excellent success. Through management boffins, the grade of construction buildings has increased steadily in the last decade, owing to elements such as for instance decreasing overlay times, much better utilisation of resources, and improved building procedures.
Despite these success tales, the price of building buildings has grown by approximately 2 times the growth rate for the GDP recently. This has been caused by new technologies and demographic modifications. At the same time, expenditure on for administration boffins inside building business ended up being lower in 2013. The reason being it is hard for a construction website to justify why resources should always be assigned to enhancing construction procedures over steps for direct building ex-& interior. Undoubtedly otherwise objectives tend to be “ill-defined, ignored, badly addressed, or functionally dispersed”.
This short article aims to deal with the advantages and challenges involving employing administration experts within the building business. Very first, research activities of administration experts will be analysed. 2nd, shortcomings of linear programming methodologies are discussed. Finally, the benefits of operational analysis in the construction business would be shown centered on research study examples.
The risk of an ever-aging population features seen more management experts pursuing clinical analysis from 2000 onwards. In 2005, Masters and PhD applicants had been promoted to be involved in seminars and submit papers, to enhance participation by more youthful folks in OR study. It's had sustained success. Today, around 30 reports, news articles or blog posts tend to be published in your community of otherwise construction daily. We, at Building Radar, do our better to further encourage this: besides sponsering pupil tasks (Master thesis and IDP) of Technical University Munich, we in addition encourage our in-house analysis team to donate to otherwise analysis on building processes.
Although the number of publications on administration technology dilemmas within the construction industry has increased, the utilization of otherwise designs in practice has-been really small. One main challenge of otherwise journals could be the stability of mathematical information and strategic viewpoint. To write a paper in a journal, theoretical comprehension of the problem is a prerequisite. This can indicate documents contain excessively complex brand new techniques that defy understanding for non-OR experts. A researcher often takes many years to develop new OR models, while customers simply require quickly implementable steps. As a result, most systematic analysis by scholars can not be straight used by practioners. Hence, an important future challenge for OR scholars will be to move the main focus of administration technology research from an academic to an even more practical viewpoint. A core focus area ought to be the management science control “linear programming methodologies within construction procedures”.
Within the construction industry, linear programming (LP) methodologies tend to be put on allocate sources and develop programs on how best to make use of these sources. Years ago, linear development attained increasing appeal as competition among construction materials manufacturers intensified and consumers were no further willing to take poor solution. Management boffins have actually moved their particular objectives from reducing expenses or making the most of tenants/building owner satisfaction to a hybrid, which encompasses both. However, these unbiased factors ‘costs’ and ‘construction outcome’ tend to be hard to measure in the construction industry, thin supply of much scholarly discussion.


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On the 40th anniversary of the first moon landings, there had to be at least one space-related story, but rather than dwell on the Sea of Tranquility, let's turn instead to the fish ponds of Hull.
Humberside Police think koi carp rustlers are using "satellite" images on Google Earth to spot ponds on people's properties following twelve night time raids over the course of three weeks during which both fish and filtration systems were stolen. The basis for pointing the finger at Google seems to be that at least one of the properties targeted has an eight foot fence and the pond cannot be seen from the road.
But that certainly doesn't prove the thieves have scoped out the ponds on Google Earth. Isn't it just as likely that they could have got hold of the mailing list of a koi carp enthusiasts newsletter, or simply checked out who is selling koi in the small ads section of the local paper? Equally they could be raiding gardens at random, and where they find nothing of interest, leaving again. Is it in the least surprising that only people who have ponds have reported koi carp kidnapping? For the police to suggest these are high-tech criminals using Google aerial views is nothing more than a snappy sound bite.
A Google spokesman sensibly replied to the implication that Google Earth was aiding thieves by saying "Criminals could use maps, phones and getaway cars but no one would argue that these technologies are responsible for the crime itself; that responsibility lies with the perpetrator."

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Objectives Hundreds of millions of dollars are required in capital expenditure, to build and develop projects such oil fields and mines, electric power stations, satellites and telecom, auto-routes and bridges. In return, revenues are highly uncertain. For natural resources such as oil and metals, they depend on commodity prices that fluctuate wildly. Over the past 20 years, the price of crude oil has risen from about $10 per barrel to $144 and is currently about $55 while gold has risen from $250 to over $1800 and is currently about $1250. Similarly even if tolls can be fixed for new auto-routes, it is difficult to predict the traffic.
From a financial point of view, borrowing the funds as a corporate loan would be problematic. Small companies do not have the cash-flows to provide the guarantees required; large companies prefer to develop the projects off their balance sheets in order to keep their ratings high and their interest rates low. This has led to the development of non-recourse project financing.
These types of projects are characterised by high capital expenditures, long loan periods (often 10 - 20 years) and uncertain revenue streams. Analysing them requires a sound knowledge of the underlying technical domain as well as financial modelling skills. This is why engineers play a leading role in project finance - both in industry and in banks.
Speakers from industry and from banking will present case studies, from different points of view. As many of the projects are based in developing countries, the special problems of working in these areas will be addressed. A presentation on credit export agencies will cover this topic. Another presentation will focus on the impact on climate change on the financing of coal projects.
Prerequisites Students should be interested in industry as well as finance. Those who have a laptop computer are requested to bring it.
Course exam During the course, students working in small groups prepare and deliver a powerpoint presentation in English on a topic related to project finance. Afterwards, they are given a 2 week period after the end of the course to submit a written report in English or in French. Marks will be based on the report content and level of understanding of the subject.

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The latest instalment of Drama Box's ongoing IgnorLAND series might very well be subtitled "A Eulogy for Dakota Crescent". It's an atmospheric, meditative piece where the location is the obvious star of the show, bringing the audience on several routes on a 2.5-hour walk through the nearly 60-year-old estate, its cosy, low-rise rental flats something of an anomaly against a backdrop of rising condominiums. Walking through the crumbly apartment buildings, however, I also felt a strong sense of deja vu, that once again we had arrived too late, done too little – that we were, yet again, holding a funeral for a place we didn't even have time to mourn.
This isn't the first time that Drama Box, or artists in Singapore for that matter, have created productions that focus on the perennial struggle between the old and the new. We are obsessed with this push and pull, perhaps because it renders us so helpless. I attended an art and photography exhibition held in the void decks of the colourful Rochor Centre last year before it went under the chopping block; there was another artist takeover at Eminent Plaza, a building in a similar situation, in 2014. What I find uncomfortable is that often – not always, but often – artists only seem to come in when the decision has already been made. We pay for destroyed spaces with the currency of nostalgia, and nostalgia has its limits.
Drama Box broke this trend last year with its three-part It Won't Be Too Long series that involved both a show at Bukit Brown Cemetery and one in Toa Payoh Central. It gave audience members a stake in what might happen in the future, when we are called on to decide which spaces to keep and which to discard. (It also helped that we were voting on these spaces during the weekend of the General Election, which added to the urgency.) It also documented the fight for Bukit Brown, where activists all over Singapore rallied together as best as they could to preserve the municipal cemetery. The fight was lost, but not for any lack of trying.
But who will speak up for Dakota? In IgnorLAND, the residents are the performers. One of them, Billy, who has lived in the estate for 50 years, brings us on a tour of his small second-floor apartment, crowded with thriving plants and curious knick-knacks. Another, a volunteer at the eldercare centre, is disappointed that their VWO will not be able to continue their work with residents when they've been relocated (another VWO will take their place). IgnorLAND is as much for the audience members as it is for the Dakota residents, a production that allows them to at least share their grief with the public. But there seemed to be an overarching resignation to their performances, an undercurrent of bitterness I couldn't shake.
Drama Box tries to up the stakes we have in the estate as we wander through these buildings, paint little wooden rectangles and paste them on miniature recreations of the Dakota Crescent blocks. They make splendid use of a block of flats for an opening scene and a lovely green spot by the Geylang River for a closing scene. But it's really not enough. We see the work that has gone into this project – painstaking little dioramas by students and children, a complex "cat playground" for the dozens of affectionate, head-scratch-and-belly-rub-loving felines in the estate (what happens to them when all the residents leave??). But still our link to the estate feels observational, tenuous. I can appreciate the production as a period of tireless engagement with the Dakota community, an acknowledgement of the overlooked residents who have to vacate the premises after several long decades. And on that level, perhaps the production is enough, or even more than what they might have expected to receive. But I think shows like these have the potential to move beyond sympathy to empathy. We shouldn't just feel sad, or resigned, when we leave – else we will continue to lose more of a country that is less and less our own.


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I didn't find Suzanne Johnson's 'Sentinels of New Orleans' series until its fourth volume, 'Pirate's Alley', which was released in April 2015. I found it thoroughly enjoyable, that rare example of a series book that entertains even when the reader has little background invested into its established characters. My first thought after finishing it was to seek out the earlier books in the series to see how it had grown.
Partly that was because of the quality of Johnson's writing, which is smooth and enticing in the pulp tradition. Partly it was because this fourth book mentioned enough of what had gone before to grab my interest and send me off to read the full stories. Partly, though, it was because it felt derivative, Johnson's supernatural Louisiana eerily reminiscent of another supernatural Louisiana that Charlaine Harris had created for her 'Southern Vampire' books with Sookie Stackhouse.
So I was keen to find out how the series began, back in 2012 with 'Royal Street' and to discover the starting point from which the series grew into familiar territory. I wasn't entirely surprised to find that this original book isn't reminiscent of Harris in the slightest. In fact, for all that it's urban fantasy with its wizards, shapeshifters and historical undead, it's surprisingly effective as a non-fantasy account of what it must have been like to be resident in a city slammed so hard and so fast by a power greater even than those owned by its fictional inhabitants.
I should emphasise that Hurricane Katrina is never the focus, so this book wouldn't work as a Discovery Channel exploration of the unimaginable power of Mother Nature, but it and the havoc that it wreaks is a constant, fascinating and unsettling background. We're in a big city, one which I remember well from before Katrina as a tangible creature, one that seemed alive itself and in command of what happened in its ever-active streets. Yet here, Katrina has driven almost everyone into exile and left those streets quiet and eerily empty. As the waters retreated, I recalled Joseph Conrad's description in 'The Secret Agent' of a 'descent into a slimy aquarium from which the water had been run off'. It's a wonderfully surreal backdrop to an urban fantasy story, a natural springboard for imagination.
Against this backdrop, we meet a surprisingly small cast.
Our focus is DJ (or Drusilla) Jaco, a junior wizard and sentinel whose task it is to police the boundaries between the world we know and the Beyond, where pretes (or preternatural creatures) are kept deliberately apart from us. That used to be a simple and boring job until Katrina arrived and blew those boundaries wide open, devastating them as much as everything else in New Orleans. Suddenly nothing is boring, as a lack of regular people is countered by a preponderence of creatures aiming to take advantage of the opportunities that a lack of boundaries present.
First of them is Jean Lafitte, the real life privateer who's a palpable presence in the fourth book but less endearing here. He comes for DJ with evil intent but grows with the page count into someone intriguing enough to warrant a stronger role in future volumes. He's set up in the first chapter to be a stereotypical villain, but that's not how he leaves the book; he's quite obviously a gift of a complex character to a writer and it's hardly surprising that Johnson hasn't let him vanish from her storylines.
Next up is Alex Warin, an enforcer sent by the Elders to assist and protect DJ. He's appropriate because he's a local himself, a highly trained FBI agent and a... well, let's just say that the reveal halfway through of his supernatural qualifications isn't surprising in the slightest, even with a deliberate red herring thrown in early, but it still shouldn't be spoiled. His cousin, Jake Warin, who knows nothing of the supernatural world but helps out DJ and Alex anyway on clearly insufficient information because that's just who he is, is annoyingly overlooked but then this is his origin story so it's understandable. I'd like to see him grow with the series.
Playing the role of the MacGuffin is Gerald St Simon, DJ's mentor and boss, who goes mysteriously missing during the worst of the hurricane. That turns this first book into as much of a mystery as an urban fantasy, albeit not a particularly deep one, especially given how restricted the cast is. 'Scooby Doo' was always easy to figure out just from the cast list alone and this works likewise. I didn't buy into how a native New Orleans wizard didn't know who Baron Samedi was, but he works capably well as the villain.
While this does have a beginning, middle and memorable end, so functions as a standalone novel, it works better as the start to a series, easing us into a world that was always going to be wilder and more complex with each book. Just as book four sent me in search of the first three, book one would have pushed me towards its successor even before it was published. DJ in particular has plenty of growth room, with more potential than she knows. It's her and the world she inhabits that leap out here, along with Jean Lafitte.
Alex is too straightforward to be engaging. Going back to 'Scooby Doo', did anyone watch it for Fred? No. It's easy to see even this early how hard it will be for Alex to remain a focus later in the series. He's too much like the cookie cutter leads in Hollywood movies, great to pin onto your wall if you're a thirteen-year-old girl but inconsequential in the grand scheme of things and far less interesting than the characters with whom he interacts.
Here the most interesting characters are the historical undead. I mentioned in my review of 'Pirate's Alley' that I could easily put together a list of such characters that ought to show up in the series alongside Jean Lafitte. Well, it turns out that Johnson kicked off her series with a couple of the key ones, including Marie Laveau and Louis Armstrong. Their inclusion and their treatment here, especially the latter, bodes well for future books and, frankly, is likely to remain a highlight however long the series runs.


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Spain is a country whose historical past is very strong characterized by several powers' rise and falls and wars. Over years, this country has realized a significant development in democracy and growth in the living standards. This paper discusses the geography, culture and cuisine of Spain.
Spain covers about 85% of the Iberian Peninsula and bounded by France , bay of Biscay and Andorra to the north, Mediterranean sea to the east, Atlantic ocean to the and Mediterranean sea to the south and Atlantic sea and Portugal to the west. The country has various rivers such as Mino, Tajo, Guadiana, Duero, Guadalquivir, Ebro and Zaragoza which are the country's main source of electricity. Most of these rivers empty their waters to the Atlantic Ocean except the Zaragoza and Ebro rivers whose water goes to Mediterranean Sea. The climate of most parts of Spain is characterized by low rainfall and extremes of temperatures. This climate is influenced by the unique position of the country i.e. a few kilometers from Africa and at the south western of Eurasia, sea to the east, ocean to the west and mountainous terrain. During the months of July and august, the country is extremely hot and the best climatic conditions are experienced during the months of April and October. The country's mountains include Mulhacen, Pico de Tiete, and the Pyrenees which separates her from France. Spain has many natural resources. The mineral resources include potash, coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum and others. The country's soils form a very important resource and their productivity is enhanced by intensive irrigations and about thirty percent of the country's land is under cultivation. Wolfs, wildcat, wild goat, deer, lynx, fox are some of her fauna while the tamed animals include Salamanca and bulls bred. The famous plants include oaks, poplar trees, grapevines, shrubs, olive trees, sugarcanes, lemons among others (Geography of Spain).
Spain has a culture that is famous in the world. The Spanish people love bullfighting and it is estimated that about 24000 bulls dies per year during the exercise. The bullfighting sports have been incorporated in the Spain culture since 711AD. There exists dance competitions and with some unique dressing codes, rich taste cuisine and films that are appreciated by many culture lovers in the world. Also, there are folklores in different parts of the country. The mixing of the culture has been enhanced through the increased European migration to Spain. The music in the Spanish culture includes flamenco which is an Andalusian genre. The culture contains some spiritual characteristics and there are festivals that are conducted during specific seasons of the year (Bantwal Natasha). For example, The 'Tomatina' Tomato Fight which is a tomato fight that is conducted every year in Bunol near Valencia and takes place between 11am and 1pm on the last Wednesday of the month of August (Spain Culture).
The visitors to Spain such as the Romans introduced variety of foods to the country such as the tomatoes, sweet potatoes, vanilla, chocolate, beans, pepper and zucchini. The Spanish people like citrus fruits, hot peppers and golden spices, foods with golden spice saffron and wine. The people also cook some foreign dishes such as chocolates and meat. In addition to meat, poultry and game meat there are other dishes such as eggs, vegetables and savory pies that are incorporated in the meals. The meal pattern involves a breakfast at 8am, mid-breakfast at 11 am, tapas at I pm, lunch at 2pm to 3pm, snacks at 5pm, evening tapas at 8pm and supper at 10pm. Spain is divided into regions each with its own eating trends (traditional Food of Spain).
The country covers about 85% of the Iberian Peninsula and bounded by France, Bay of Biscay and Andorra, Mediterranean sea and Atlantic ocean. Spain has bullfighting, festivals, music which are famous in the world. Finally, the Spanish cuisine comprises of different dishes and there are unique eating trends and behaviors.


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It is one of the mysteries of parenting that we are so encouraging of the whole learning-to-speak thing.
Yes, life is a little easier when they can articulate their wants and needs. No, it does not make it easier to reason with them; they are small children and therefore entirely unreasonable. Yes, it can make you want to smash your forehead on a wall when they just Will Not Shut Up. No, once they start, they do not stop.
The small one is getting better with his language.
And now, a mere month later we have instructions and exclamations of several words – even a full sentence, now and again, like ‘I don’t want to’ (in relation to basically everything) and ‘Not mummy, I want daddy’.
Annoying? Yes, very, but I think he’s going to be normal. *Exhale*.
The big one, satisfied that she knows the meanings of most words, is now trying to figure out the meaning of existence.
This involves asking as many questions as humanly possible from the very moment she wakes up (Mummy is it lunchbox day at school? What sandwiches will I have?) to the moment she goes to bed (Mummy why do I have to brush my teeth? Why is my toothbrush purple?) and all the loooong hours in between.
Sometimes they’re fairly easy to answer (Why can I not have some crisps? Answer: Because it’s 8.13am and you just had your breakfast), sometimes I have to google them because being a stay at home mum has rotted my brain (What are leaves made of?) or it’s not something I’ve ever thought about (Mummy why is my wee wee yellow? Like a mango?).
Sometimes I know the answers, but I’m not really sure how to answer.
Like what’s inside animals and people, and where she came from, and how the doctors got her out of my belly. I’d show her the scar but I’m not sure she’d recover and I’d definitely never have grandchildren. Instead, I got her a book from the library which has a lot of pictures and has sated her curiosity for now.
Mummy, what’s that? (Points to undercarriage of dog).
Me: That’s Riker’s willy (Note: I get the whole ‘call bits by their real anatomical name’ thing, I do. But this will do fine for me).
Don’t be silly mummy that’s not his willy (I don’t know why she asks so many questions when she really does know everything).
Why don’t I have a willy?
Me: Because girls don’t have willies. Only boys.
Mummy, what are willies made of?
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I've had it all, it gets better believe me (or should that be worse?) My mum always joked about my wanting a willy when I was little, I was convinced you could buy one from Woolworths (remember good old Woolworths, you could anything from there?) Perhaps I thought it was Willyworths?
Great post and can totally relate. T is in full on question mode at the moment, and although it's fun it can get tiring when they're not happy with the answer you give, even though they have no idea what the item is in the first place. Go figure?!


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Is it time for him to "meet the parents?" Some helpful pointers if you're bringing your man home for the holidays.
Have you introduced your significant other to your family? How did it go? Share your tips, tricks, and horror (as well as success) stories with us!
If I have a boyfriend, I will bring him home to meet my parents.
When we are still in the philippines, he always joins us for the entire holidays. Nasa province kasi family nya, tapos sa manila sya nagaaral. Hindi naman sya yearly nkakauwi, working student din kasi.
So samen sya nag stay kapag holiday. Sa sala sya natutulog. Hehe.
Kahit nung may work na, ganun pa din, he spends christmas ang new year with me.


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The Leesburg Planning Commission has given the green light to a special exception for a Costco expansion, as well as changes to the town’s sign regulations.
Thursday night, the commission unanimously recommended approval of both measures. The Costco special exception passed by a vote of 5-0-1-1, with Chairman Lyndsay Welsh Chamblin recusing herself from the vote and Commission Brett Burk absent. The changes to the sign rules passed 6-0-1, with Burk absent.
The Costco on Edwards Ferry Road is requesting to amend a previously-approved special exception to allow the store to expand by 6,100 square feet, about 4 percent of its total square footage. The building addition includes a 3,340-square-foot increase to the general retail sales area, a 1,920-square-foot increase to the cooler area, and an 840-square-foot increase to the tire store, adding one additional tire bay. The application also calls for 2,800 square feet of seasonal outdoor sales along the front side of the store facing Edwards Ferry Road.
Since its initial public hearing before the commission Oct. 6, Costco has made efforts to address concerns by property owners in the nearby Edwards Landing community, including attending a Nov. 15 homeowners association meeting. Concerns voiced by neighbors focused primarily on noise stemming from the proposed expansion. In an effort to address these concerns, Costco has agreed to install noise mitigation materials in the loading dock area, on the rooftop between the chillers and the residential properties, and on the interior walls of the tire bays. An 8-foot fence to deter trespassers into the nearby neighborhood will also be built.
Commissioners recommended Costco on its outreach efforts, which also included to nearby commercial neighbor Target.
“That’s a community effort that’s really admirable,” Commissioner Doris Kidder said.
Town staff has taken much of the last year to review the ruling, in coordination with the Town Attorney’s Office as well as outreach to the Local Government Attorneys Association, which formed a special committee to study how to integrate the ruling into revised sign rules for localities. A main takeaway from that review has been that, while a sign cannot be regulated based on its content, regulating it based on location is fair game.
Commissioners began review of the changes last month, but had asked the staff to again go back to the drawing board on some key issues. They want staff to take a closer look at the residential property language under the temporary sign provision, and also whether it is possible to add another section that would exempt temporary signs under certain types of properties, namely churches, schools, nonprofits, etc. Several commissioners have vocalized the desire to ensure that a church noting the location of its services, or a Boy Scout troop noting its meeting location, are not penalized.
In return, Zoning Administrator Chris Murphy and Deputy Town Attorney Shelby Caputo took another look at the proposed language, and recommended that the commission include in its recommendation a change that would give non-commercial, temporary signs that are free-standing or wall-mounted, the ability to be displayed 90 days within a calendar year, as opposed to 90 consecutive days. Real estate signs would still be not be assigned a time limit, only that they be removed within 10 days of the sale or lease of the property, Murphy noted.
Both the Costco application and the sign rule changes now go on to the Town Council for final approval.


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You are here: Home / Featured / Organised Jo is 1 year old!
Wow, how did that happen? I can not believe that the I dea in my head about a blog called Organised Jo has now been live for one whole year. And what a year it has been.
I had the idea for my blog a long time before I did anything about it. This was for lots of reasons, including being worried I wouldn’t have the time. I also thought I wouldn’t know what to write about, or even how to set up a blog! But I am always one for a challenge. And after over thinking it too much I just jumped straight in.
My original idea was to have a place where I could write about how I manage, juggle, the life of being a working mum. All I hoped from the blog was that I could pass on things that have helped me. We are all in the same boat and we all have the same struggles, right? But Organised Jo has turned into more than that.
What have I got from my blog?
Like I just said, I set up this blog as I wanted to help people. But what I wasn’t expecting was what I got back from it.
The first thing that stood out to me was the blogging community, they are amazing. You can ask any question in any one of the many blogging groups and get back an answer pretty quickly. I have never felt stupid about asking anything, because everyone is so supportive. I have also met some lovely bloggers from my local area Devon. When we get together it is like we are old friends.
I would also say the blog has given me a purpose. Now this does sound a bit cliche, but I didn’t realise I needed to find a purpose. The blog has filled a void I didn’t realise I had in my life. I am a mum to two beautiful girls who are both at school, a wife to a shift working very understanding husband and I work with a lovely group of people in a busy job. You would think I wouldn’t need anything else, as yes, all of this does already keep me busy.
But amongst all this I realised I wasn’t doing something for me. Organised Jo has changed that. Blogging has taught me new skills, I mean who knew I could set up a self hosted website! Okay, there was a lot of swearing in the process but I did it. Through the blog, and using social media, I have also found out that a I really like taking photos. I also like sharing them on Instagram and being part of that community too. I’ve also realised I’m not that’s bad at putting together a decent pic.
So if you are interested, and you can skip this bit if you want, I thought I would throw a few stats in. Hopefully I will be blogging in another year from now so it would be a great comparison.
Until recently I had been posting once a week. I had made this decision when I started as I didn’t want to put too much pressure on myself. It felt achievable. It was also a challenge that I set myself to keep this up. And I do like a challenge! I am glad to say I did post something every week. This has now been increased to twice a week as in January this year I started the Meet the Working Mum Interview series. I have really enjoyed doing this series.
With regards to views, I have been averaging between 40 and 50 a day recently. It really does still surprise me that people read my ramblings! I didn’t start Organised Jo with the mindset that I wanted to germ 1,000’s of views. Like I said earlier I just wanted to share what has helped me throughout the 8 years that I have been a working mum.
I won’t lie, it is lovely to see the numbers rise on a post that I have spent a lot of time putting together. But what does make me really happy is when I get comments on a blog or a social media post. Reading that someone has been inspired or motivated by something that I have written, just makes my day.
Talking about social media, writing a blog post is one thing, but getting it out there for people to read is another. I’ve always enjoyed social media, and before blogging I did used to spend a couple of hours a night browsing away. This has now been replaced with raising awareness about my blog, and chatting away with other like minded people. Over the past year I have seen all my social media accounts grow. I hope to keep this momentum going.
Shout out to the bloggers!
I would like to do some shout outs. Sorry, this has turned into an Oscar acceptance speech!
To some of the lovely Devon bloggers, I have had the pleasure of meeting in person. You have all been so supportive – Gina from Gypsy Soul, Pippa from The Slimming Foodie, Tilly from Mummy Rules, Natalie from The Rebel Pebble, Hayley from Sparkles and Stretchmarks, Nicola from Nicola Says, Claire from Tin Box Traveller and Clio from Diary of a Devon Mum. There are many more who are part of our Devon Bloggers group and sorry I can’t mention you all. Thank you for being you and begin such a fab group.
What’s next for Organised Jo?
My plan is basically to continue as I am but try and grow my little corner of the internet a bit more. If you are interested take a look at my goals for 2017 here. I still have lots of ideas for posts about organisation tips and tricks for us working parents, so watch this space for them. I will also be looking at putting together some posts on home interiors and how we can still use stylish furniture but it can also be practical .
This post has turned into a bit of ramble, so if you have made it this far thank you for staying with me. I hope you have enjoyed reading about my journey so far. I will stop now you will be glad to hear. But finally I would like to say thank you. Thank you for giving up your very valuable time to read my ideas, thank you for leaving comments and thank you so much for sharing.
Happy blog birthday. I’m a bit of a tidy freak too so always love reading your posts. Thanks so much for giving #marvmondays a mention too, I’m glad you enjoy linking up every week and hope you contine to!
Happy 1 year to blogging! I’ve always enjoyed reading your posts. Well done.


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It’s a reasonable thing to wonder, perhaps even logical. After all, Yoda from Star Wars and Spock from Star Trek have come to represent the quintessential archetypes of sage wisdom in the geeky annals of sci-fi culture… so which one should you invite along on trivia night?
“With our new study, we wanted to test how the presence and balance of multiple emotions at the same time influence one’s ability for wise reasoning,” says psychologist Igor Grossmann from the University of Waterloo.
The researchers analysed the results in terms of characteristics associated with what’s called wise reasoning, to determine whether emodiversity or down-regulating emotions enabled greater wisdom.
“On the one hand, work on emotional regulation suggests that down-regulating intense emotions may lead to wiser reasoning,” the authors write.
It’s a dichotomy not lost on the researchers.
“What unites both the grand master of the Jedi Order and the first officer of the Starship Enterprise are their critical acumen, their ability to reason through complex situations, and their selfless willingness to forego personal interests for the common good,” the team explains.
According to the results of the experiments, Spock’s down-regulating approach when it comes to emotions isn’t actually the path to enlightenment, as wise reasoning “can also benefit from a rich and balanced emotional life”, the paper explains.
“It seems that wise reasoning does not align with uniform emotional down-regulation, as portrayed by [Mr] Spock,” Grossman says.
In terms of why, it’s broadly because, emodiversity – in terms of having a range and abundance of different emotions – provides valuable information about the features of situations, which enables people to make informed predictions of future actions.


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