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This area was burnt during the 2003 bushfires. While the snowgums are regenerating, the trees are shedding dead branches and the Mt Hotham Resort recommends not using the track on windy days.
For more detailed information on environmental matters please refer to the detailed track notes provided by Mt Hotham Resort (see Attachments). This leaflet also includes a map of the walk.
Set off from the Big D and up Higgi Drive. Ascend the vehicle track to the right of the Big D passing Higgi Drive Apartments and under the Big D chairlift. Continue to walk along Higgi Drive and notice the areas of basalt boulder scree on the slopes of Mt Higginbotham, formed through the erosion of surface soils and accumulation of rocks at its base. The Victorian Alps basalt cappings date back between 23 and 65 million years, when lava flow passed through the area.
constructed by resort management to assist male Mountain pygmy possums (Burramys parvus) accessing female possums. The basalt boulder filled tunnel runs from the slopes of Mt Higginbotham, under Higgi Drive and below the Great Alpine Road.
Spot a swale (on your left, off of Corral day car park). Mount Hotham Resort manages its water quality, controls runoff and manages catchment areas ensure downstream quality. Stormwater runoff and snow clearing from car parks could contaminate downstream environments, and for this reason vegetated swales are used to treat the runoff, trap pollutants and provide meltwater infiltration.
environment and will flatten out beneath the snow, bouncing back to form after the spring thaw. The resort also uses recycled village water for snowmaking. Head towards the Playground Chairlift. Turning left onto the track at the base of the ski run you will enter subalpine woodland. Woodlands and low open-forests of the sub alpine zone are dominated by snowgum (Eucalyptus pauciflora), the only tree species to survive at this altitude.
Chairlift and onto the Loch Ridge-Machinery Spur track. On your right you will see Loch Reservoir at the base of Mt Loch. Introduced in 2006, the Resort's water recycling scheme reduces water usage from Swindlers Creek by over 90 million litres per year. Enjoy the spectacular views along the Loch Ridge.
In 2003 bushfires spread throughout the ACT, NSW and Victoria burning over 1.87 million hectares. While Hotham Village was spared, unfortunately much of the Orchard ski area was not. Snow gums have swellings at the base of the trunk called lignotubers which are stimulated to grow when the tree above ground dies. Snow gum re-growth is visible throughout the area, however it is estimated to take ten years or more to recover a full canopy. Grasslands affected by the fires have now fully recovered.
Carry on along the Loch Ridge track towards the Orchard Chairlift station and the Australian Alps Walking Track (AAWT). At this junction keep right and follow the AAWT along the pole line towards Derricks Hut. (The Loch Ridge track continues on to Red Robin mine and Mt Loch). Shortly after this intersection you can see over to Loch Bog on your right. Bog and fen communities are of particular significance in alpine areas for regulating water flow. Bogs usually sit at the head of a spring and are dominated by Sphagnum moss. Sphagnum is bright yellowy-green and retains up to twenty times its own weight in water, therefore acting as a natural reservoir which slowly discharges water into catchment areas.
Keep following the AAWT to your final stop on the eco-trail, Derrick's Hut which was constructed in 1967 in memory of skier Charles Derrick.
From here retrace your steps back to the Loch carpark and then back to the Big D either along the Great Alpine Road or along the same route you followed on the outwards journey.
To view more on the map, zoom in or out, click the symbols and the walk route. To open a full screen version of the map, right-click the and open in another tab or window.
Option 1: Follow the Hume Freeway north past Benalla, turning off onto the B500 exit to 'Beechworth/Bright'. Follow signs to Bright and continue through Bright To Harrietville and eventually Mt Hotham on the Great Alpine Road.
Option 2: Follow the M1/CityLink/Monash Freeway east towards Gippsland and continue on this road to Bairnsdale. In Bairnsdale follow signs to Omeo or Great Alpine Road which will take you north to Mt Hotham.
This walk starts at the 'Big D' chairlift near the corner of Great Alpine Road and Higgi Drive - the Big D is clearly sign posted. There is parking in the vicinity of the Big D and The General.
The bushwalking season for Mt Hotham is from November Cup Weekend to April (and perhaps mid May depending on the weather). For the remainder of the year the tracks may be covered by snow and the conditions are generally not be suitable for bushwalking.
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A bill that would limit the responsibilities and power of higher education governing boards in Texas passed in the house Tuesday afternoon.
The bill passed with 134 votes for and 11 votes against it. Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, sponsored the bill and said it will provide clarity on the power and role of university governing boards. The bill will now make its way to Gov. Rick Perry's desk, where the governor can approve or veto it. Perry appoints all members to public university governing boards.
If Perry vetoes the bill, a two-thirds majority in both the house and senate will be required to pass the bill. The bill passed 29-2 in the Texas Senate. It has also received resolutions supporting it from UT's Student Government and Senate of College Councils.
The bill follows a semester of controversies surrounding the UT System's Board of Regents, the governing board for all UT schools. In February, the Texas Legislature put the board on the chopping block for attempting to micromanage UT-Austin President William Powers Jr. The Legislature, specifically Lt. Gov. David. Dewhurst, praised Powers and his work at UT.
In the following days, the Legislature launched the Joint Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence and Transparency to investigate accusations that the board was micromanaging Powers. Meanwhile, State Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, authored the bill that limits higher education governing boards to the responsibilities they are specifically granted.
Branch, who presented the bill to the House on Tuesday, said the bill was the result of work from that committee.
"This is the result of two years of work on the joint oversight committee," Branch said. "It will allow us to have clarity for what the role of our Board of Regents are as we move forward."

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A Psy Trance song that could be the main soundtrack for a creepy cult Sci Fi film.
Turn your headphones up, and close your eyes. Let this single take you on a psychedelic trip that will remind you of those dark places in creepy sci fi movies.
FreedomAndForgiven came up with this remix as he was taking a break from the studio looking at some art work online. For some reason his search results kept popping up dark sci fi, and future fantasy art. He went back to the studio, closed his eyes, and let the images he kept seeing become the music around the guitars for this track.

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text: If you’re blessed to live somewhere that is warm and sunny year-round, I envy you. For the rest of us who deal with bitterly cold weather and snow this time of year, the only things keeping me and Mr E sane are Netflix, playoff football, and belly-warming foods. And this time of year, there’s nothing we look forward to more on a cold weather day than one of the best food combos created: Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup.

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Join us for this exciting four day workshop to explore how the age-old research based writing project can be augmented, modified and redefined using digital tools. In four half-day sessions participants will learn about and experiment with digital tools and platforms that will facilitate the transition to writing in digital spaces. Participants will also explore best practices for conducting online research with students, and will engage in the writing process for a digital research-based writing project. Bring your own device(s) for this excellent workshop on preparing students for researching and writing in the digital age.
Ari Dolid is an instructional coach in the San Leandro Unified School District, and has taught English Language Arts for 15 years. While at San Leandro High School, Ari served as Department Chair, participated on Common Core Curriculum Development teams, and co-founded the Social Justice Academy, for which he developed interdisciplinary curriculum since its founding in 2007. Having participated in the BAWP Summer Institute in 2014, Ari is excited to carry on the tradition of learning and growing with other expert teachers.
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Selected popular Gilla song of Monday, April 22 2019 is "Bend Me Shape Me".
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Christine Labbe has devoted over 25 years professionally to childhood education, but it was the experience of being a new mother that prompted her to open Arc en Ciel in 2007. Her personal experience inspired her to want to help new parents balance the demands of living, working, and learning to be with their young children.
She holds a Masters in Art from California College of Arts, which supports a creative orientation toward daily activities.
For two years Christine taught Kindergarten at Los Charcos, a bilingual Waldorf school in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she learned how to run a classroom in accord with the natural rhythms of children.
She taught art K-6 for 10 years at San Francisco Day School. Eighteen years ago she started theartlabbe, a French/English bilingual summer art program in Bernal Heights. She is a Waldorf parent and followed the Waldorf training in San Francisco and in Sacramento, CA.


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I got permission from my wife to help crew a rally team for 100 Acre Wood 2017, which is now in March and I thought we were booked for a trivia night. I am now busy the weekend of 3-17-17.
Dang it. Although it’s our 7 year anniversary.

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Published by Monika Rut on the 27th June 2018.
For the past twelve years, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) has organized their PhD Academy to foster interdisciplinary knowledge exchange, provide research guidance, and network early career researchers with the world-class experts. The theme of this year’s academy was “Sustainability at the Crossroads: Integrating Technologies, Policies and Strategies for a Sustainable Economy” – and it focused on the sustainability challenges facing us in the 21st century such as climate change, and solutions to address them such as renewable technologies, sharing economy, sustainable management of fisheries and food systems, and corporate sustainability policies.
As a food researcher working with the SHARECITY, I was delighted to be selected to join thirteen other PhD students and post doc researchers with backgrounds in management, innovation studies, economics, and political sciences, and to be able to present a paper on practices of recirculating surplus food and food sharing in Singapore. The academy was chaired by a group of international experts in sustainability, innovation, entrepreneurship, and management, and included Professors Gail Whiteman, Jeffrey York, Volker Hoffmann and Erin Baker. They provided insightful feedback on each participant’s paper, focusing particularly on research design, theoretical approaches, and methodologies.
The academy was inspiration to all of us and helped guide our future research plans. As a group, we questioned and brainstormed strategies, approaches and challenges of integrating sustainability in everyday practices, technologies, economies and policies. Last but not least, all of us enjoyed being in the beauty of mountainous Swiss city of Appenzell, known for its cheese, breweries, music, colourful costumes and direct democracy experience. As much as the mountain paths of the region do, our conversations wandered from topic to topic and from place to place over the six days of the Academy. Discussions took place at lecture halls, and importantly for SHARECITY over shared dinner tables, as well as while hiking trails. Collectively our ideas and thoughts grew fuelled by the scent of summer and sound of alphorn.
Happy Spring Time from SHARECITY!
Thank you Athens’ food sharers!
Who needs another sustainability assessment toolkit for food systems?
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A scheme for free-sailing yachts journeying between Zhongshan city and Macau was officially inaugurated on Wednesday. The new scheme shortens the traveling time between the two cities to approximately 45 minutes. Customs on both sides will take altogether 10 minutes to complete all custom checking procedures.
In Zhongshan, yachts covered by the new scheme are allowed to dock only at Keppel Cove. The bay is currently under construction until all projects are completed.
The first project concerns the construction of 250 berths. A four-story border checkpoint structure has been constructed at the bay. Macau is providing 120 berths.
The local government chose a wharf located in Coloane to establish the berthing areas for the scheme.
Yachts travelling between the two cities are now required to apply for a permit 48-hours ahead of their arrival in Macau.
The Macao Customs Service also requires documents from both the yachts and the passengers in order to obtain permission to enter Macau.
Macau regulates that each boat carries a maximum of 20 people. Boats cannot berth elsewhere when traveling between the two cities, and passengers cannot alight midway through the journey.
Keppel Cove is planned to have over 400 berths. A total of 250 high-end residences with private berths has also been scheduled for construction at the site.
Before the official inauguration, on October 25 and 27, both cities conducted two drills.
The free yacht scheme had been postponed several times in the past, with the government initially predicting an opening date in mid-2015.
The scheme was agreed by the two regions in July 2014.

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A large federal department sought to provide world-class service in their contact center with the goal of improving the efficiency and quality of service offered. To reach its goal, the client required an evaluation of a strategic path for the contact center services that would best position the client for scalability, flexibility and portability to handle over 20M interactions each year.
Upon completion of the assessment, it became clear that the client would need to execute an RFP process to identify potential contact center service providers and guidance on evaluation structure.

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The Auto-Arenda car park will give you the choice of the most powerful cars, which have a speed of dispersal a few seconds. Also you can rent a car in Dresden with a high estimate of comfort and prestige.
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November 30, 2017 - After we all feared that risk retention would materially hamstring the CLO market, 2017 has gone in a rather different direction. In fact, with several work weeks remaining this year, new 2017 U.S. CLO issuance has hit $107 billion, edging past 2007 to become the second most active year on record. And that’s just if one considers new issuance. Add a record amount of refinancings and resets, and total “activity” jumps to more than $250 billion. And it is still going strong. S&P/LCD notes that the deals are being added to the pipeline on both sides of the Atlantic.
Not bad for a market that anticipated a 30% slowdown thanks to risk retention. In fact, a number of commentators point to risk retention as a factor in this year’s rebounding CLO issuance. First, managers spent years finding new permanent risk retention capital sources (who might not have otherwise invested in CLOs). Next, with 60% of new CLOs retaining risk via horizontal strips, suddenly there was less CLO equity available to third party investors (making them eager to participate in new deals). Meanwhile, the global search for yield drove strong demand in the debt tranches. As a result, even with near-record issuance, CLO tranche spreads fell to post-crisis lows.
So what is on tap for 2018? CLO analysts uniformly see strong volume stats. As the LSTA Chart of the Week indicates, the average 2018 new CLO issuance forecast is in the $111 billion context. This ranges from $100 billion (Morgan Stanley) on the low end to $125 billion (Wells Fargo) on the high end.
But, like this year, the action doesn’t stop with new issuance. With non-call periods on the 2015/2016 CLO vintages ending and the 2014 cohort exiting their reinvestment periods, there may be very strong interest in refinancings and resets. In fact, Deutsche Bank and JPM see another $70 billion in refis/resets, while BAML and Morgan Stanley see them climbing as high as $100 billion. And, Wells and Citi conclude, if risk retention goes away, refi/reset volumes may climb further as smaller managers likely become more active.

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A new organization comprised of scientists and engineers is conducting a scientific study of UFOs.
In this episode, I chat with my buddies Maureen Elsberry and Caleb Hanks about the Monster of the Week: The Chupacabra. We also review the Norwegian found-footage fantasy film Troll Hunter.
Discussing horror movies and a monster of the week on this episode of the Rogue Planet Podcast.
New York’s Ghost Doctors, Pete and Stew Kandel, are NYC licensed tour guides who lead all sorts to spooky paranormal tours, including a NYC UFO tour. And they’ve recently added the Paranormal Singles Adventures to their tour offerings.
I don't know how it happened, but I managed to churn out two songs two days in a row.
Mainstream media routinely reports on stories related to UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Head to ToTheStars.media to read my top four UFO/ET stories from June 2015.
Did you know that your nightmares are actually good for you?
Read about it in my article over at ToTheStars.media.
I went to Costa Rica at the end of June 2015 with my wife and her parents. It was an incredible trip.
I recently traveled from Boise, ID to Island Park, ID for a family reunion. Then my wife and I took a short drive from there into Yellowstone National Park.
A Chinese lumberjack claims he had a sexual encounter with an extraterrestrial who looked like a hairy Michelin Man.
Tom DeLonge's ambitious project To The Stars has officially launched.
ToTheStars.media went live on May 4, 2015 at approximately 4:00 p.m. Pacific time. It's incredibly exciting to see this site finally come to life. To The Stars has so many different properties and projects in the works. I'm happy to see Tom's visions materialize. And I'm proud to be part of the To The Stars team.
Check out the exciting products and content at ToTheStars.media.

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I reported yesterday on a statement from Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters that he wouldn’t have charged George Zimmerman, even though the evidence in the case would lead to a much simpler prosecution under Ohio law. Maybe Deters was just prescient about proposed changes in Ohio.
Ohio Republicans have introduced HB 203, which would bring Stand Your Ground to Ohio.
a person has no duty to retreat before using force in self-defense… if that person is in a place that the person lawfully has a right to be.
A month ago, Governor Kasich and his allies could not stop talking about the May jobs report because it showed that Ohio had the most monthly job gains in the nation. However, we pointed out that given that Ohio lead the nation in job LOSSES as recently as March, the May jobs report should be discounted as Ohio’s economy has shown volatility that basically has equaled a zero sum gain. For the past twelve months, Ohio’s unemployment rate has largely been unchanged as has Ohio jobs creation numbers.

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David Chisnall continues looking at how the more complex parts of C++ are implemented. In this piece, he explores runtime type information, exceptions, and complex initializers.
Part 1 of this series looked at how some of the core features of C++ work in open source implementations. In this article, we'll continue our exploration with some of the more dynamic features of the language.
As in the previous article, everything discussed here is specific to the Itanium C++ ABI used by most *NIX systems, unless otherwise stated.
A few of the features of C++, including exception handling, depend on the existence of runtime type information (RTTI), which means being able to interrogate an object for its type, and manipulate types as if they were objects.
This is one of the interesting places where the divide between the compiler and the standard library isn't quite clear. When you use the typeid operator, or use RTTI in some other way, the compiler will be generating instances of std::type_info, or a (typically hidden) subclass. These subclasses are usually defined by the ABI specification, if one exists, or by the toolchain vendor otherwise.
Runtime type information is also used with the dynamic_cast<> template. This uses the real type of the class to find out whether it can be cast, letting you safely cast from a superclass pointer to the subclass, for example.
The type_info structure typically includes just one field, which is a pointer to a (C) string containing the type encoding. The interesting behavior is typically implemented in private subclasses, which add some other data. For example, the type info class used for pointer types will hold a pointer to the type info class for the pointee, typically along with some flags indicating the kind of pointer (const, volatile, and so on). For classes, these structures will contain pointers to the superclass, and typically offsets for casting. They typically provide virtual functions for performing casting, although these virtual functions may not be exposed in the header.
When you use a dynamic_cast, the compiler will emit a call to the function that performs the pointer manipulation. The Itanium ABI takes the original pointer, the source and destination type infos, and a hint. The compiler then compares the two type infos, typically by calling a virtual function like __cast_to() on one, with the other as an argument, returning the new pointer if the cast is possible.
The dynamic cast is one of the features of C++ that falls into the general category of things that make it difficult to judge the performance of a piece of code. If you see something like a = dynamic_cast<B>(c), how fast will it run? Well, if the compiler knows the type of c, it will probably emit a simple pointer arithmetic sequence for this. In some cases (a cast to a single-inheritance superclass, for example), this is a no-op. In other cases, the compiler will emit a call to a runtime function that then has to walk a hierarchy of data structures via several virtual function calls. The exact complexity depends on the type hierarchy.

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Members sign up to cook and deliver dinner to the Haven on the 3rd Monday of every month.
Prepare a main dish, vegetable or salad and dessert. Dinners need to feed 12 children and 3 adults.
Please contact Mary Piazza or sign up at Domestic Violence table at the General Membership Meeting.


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What's the Farthest City and Country from Munich, Germany?
Estimated population of 1,353,186, - scroll down to which country and city is farthest from Munich, Germany. Remember the furthest point (i.e. the antipode) is likely to be in the ocean somewhere, so when considering which point is the farthest away, you need to really look at cities. We provide information for the farthest cities with populations of a hundred thousand and a million people as well as all capital cities, as well as the country that is farthest away.
Munich, Germany is not the furthest city of any city with a population over 100k.


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Book picks as published in the December 27, 2017 St. Albert Gazette. For more great reads, check here.
A work of memoir, history, and a call to action, In Search of a Better World, the 2017 CBC Massey Lecture, is a powerful and essential work on the major human rights struggles of our times. This timely, essential, and passionate work is a tour de force by an internationally renowned human rights lawyer.
For the last two years, Ferriss interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The unusual depth of two-to-three hour interviews made the show a huge success. This book is his “ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools” gleaned from these interviews. Everything has been vetted, explored, and applied to his own life.

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 James - Meaning of James, What does James mean?
[ 1 syll. ja-mes, jam-es ] The baby boy name James is also used as a girl name, but it is much more common for boys. It is pronounced in English as JHEYMZ †. James is an English and Hebrew name of Hebrew origin.
In addition, James is an English variant of the name Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian).
The name Jamie (English) is the female equivalent of James.
What are the Variant Forms of James?
James is a widely used name; it has 76 variants that are used in English and other languages. Variants used in English include Jacques (also used in Dutch and French), Jaem, Jaemes, Jago, Jaim, Jaime (also used in Portuguese and Spanish), Jaimes, Jame, Jamese, Jamesen, Jamesie, Jameson, Jamesy, Jamez, Jameze, Jamies, Jamisen, Jamison, Jamse, Jamsie, Jamyes, Jamze, Jasha, Jaym, Jaymes, Jaymz, Jecis, Jemes, Jiminy, and Jimm. Other English variants include the short form Jay, and the diminutive forms Jaimey, Jaimie, Jamey, Jamie (also used in Scottish), Jas, Jaymie, Jem, Jemmy, Jim (also used in Dutch), Jimbo, Jimmie, and Jimmy.
Foreign variants of James include Chago (Spanish), Chango (Spanish), Chanti (Spanish), Diago (Portuguese), Diego (Italian and Spanish), Diogo (Portuguese), Giacomo (Italian), Giamo (Italian), Hagop (Armenian), Hamish (Scottish), Hemi (Maori), Iago (Italian, Spanish, and Welsh), Jaco (Portuguese), Jagu (Breton), Jaimito (Spanish), Jakome (Basque), Jascha (Russian), Jaume (Catalan), Jayme (Portuguese and Spanish), Kimo (Hawaiian), Santiago (Spanish), Seamus (Irish and Scottish), Seumas (Irish and Scottish), Shay (Irish), Simidh (Gaelic), Tiago (Portuguese and Spanish), and Yago (Spanish).
See also the related forms, Aaronjames, Jack, Jamond, and Jami.
James is very popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. Its usage peaked in 1944 with 5.539% of baby boys being given the name James. It ranked at #1 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2017, its usage was 0.725% and its ranking #4, enjoying a minor resurgence in the recent decade. Among all boy names in its group, James was the most popular. In 2017, 8.583% more boys were named James than the next most popular name, Jacob. James has in the past century been mostly given to baby boys. In 1989, the name James was given to 177 times as many baby boys than girls.
Baby names that sound like James include Jamese, Jas, Jaymes, Jaymz, Jamse, Jamyes, Jamze, Jankó, Janós, Janse, Janz, Jemes, Jenks, Jenx, Jiang, Jing, Johns, Jones, Jong, and Jóhannes.
† Pronunciation for James: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"
Which Famous Persons bear the name James?
Actor James Caan, born 26 March 1940, The Bronx, New York.
Actor James Cagney, born James Francis Cagney, Jr., 17 July 1899 - 30 March 1986, New York, New York.
Actor James Coburn, born 31 August 1928 - 18 November 2002, Laurel, Nebraska.
Actor James Cromwell, born 27 January 1940, Los Angeles, California.
Actor James Darren, born James William Ercolani, 8 June 1936, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Actor James Dean, born 8 February 1931 - 30 September 1955, Marion, Indiana.
Actor James Doohan, born 3 March 1920 - 20 July 2005, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Actor James Franco, born 19 April 1978, Palo Alto, California.
Actor James Gandolfini, born 18 September 1961, Westwood, New Jersey.
Actor James Garner, born James Bumgarner, 7 April 1928, Norman, Oklahoma.


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The third youngest cow to hit 90" T2T at a few weeks over 5 years old! Bronze winner at the 2015 Horn Showcase.
Tip to Tip 70.8750 11/25/2013 70" at 36 months!

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BRYN MAWR, Pa. - The Owls basketball team welcomed Washington College to the Class of 1958 Gymnasium earlier Wednesday night for a hard-fought Centennial Conference contest. The two teams battled it out on the court in a physical contest, with a total of 43 fouls called in the game. However, the Shorewomen were able to power through, and they used a strong first-half performance to ultimately hang on for a 68-39 win in the game. Halena Martin led the Owls with 12 points in the contest, while Washington College's Ali Grundy posted a game-high 17 points to lead all scorers.
For the second straight game, Bryn Mawr got off to a solid start in tonight's contest. Martin opened the scoring for the Owls, taking a steal and going the other way to hit a jump shot and put Bryn Mawr ahead. Washington College got back out in front with a three from Grundy and a bucket from Thiemann. However, Bryn Mawr stuck with the visitors, as Cleo Elizabeth-Robertson and Martin hit a pair of jumpers. Unfortunately, the offense would dry up from there, as the Shorewomen would go on a 12-0 run to close out the quarter and take a 19-6 lead at the break.
That run would continue into the second quarter as well, as the visitors would score seven more points out of the break to go ahead 26-7. Elizabeth Chan broke that streak with a free throw, and then Elizabeth-Robertson hit a pair of free throws on the next trip down the court. Later in the quarter, Sydney Garner hit a nice jumper from the baseline, and then Odinaka Oranekwu put together a great set of back-to-back posessions. First, the freshman forward got open for a jump shot, and then she flew down the floor after a rebound from Adriana Castilla-Hernandez, taking a sweet pass from the captain and laying the ball in on the break. That would be the final basket of the half for the Owls, who trailed 38-15 heading into the halftime stoppage.
Bryn Mawr really came out of the locker room at halftime in a different place, and it showed with one of their best quarters of the game. Castilla-Hernandez hit a jumper right out of the break, and then a few possessions later, Oranekwu got a layup after some strong work down low. Erica Dwyer was able to get on the scoresheet with a three-ball from the top of the circle, and then Martin earned four points late in the frame on a jumper and two free throws. Meanwhile on the defensive end, the Owls held Washington College to just 4-of-15 from the field in the frame, and they forced the Shorewomen into five turnovers as well.
The Owls started the fourth quarter on a great 7-0 run, thanks to baskets from Martin and Dwyer and a rhythym three-pointer from Castilla-Hernandez to cut the visitors' lead to just 17. Unfortunately, there just wasn't enough time left in the contest for Bryn Mawr to make up their deficit. Washington College was able to just barely keep Bryn Mawr at arm's length, doing just enough offensively to hang on for the win in the end.
Bryn Mawr did a tremendous job with their ball control on the night, turning the ball over just 15 times. The Owls also forced the Shorewomen, normally a team with a positive turnover margin in their contests, into 15 turnovers as well. Neither side was able to take advantage of all the trips to the line in the contest, as each side shot under 50% from the charity stripe in the game. Unfortunately for the Owls, those shooting woes carried through the entire game, as the hosts shot just 28.8% from the floor. That ultimately proved to be where Washington College gained their advantage, as the Shorewomen hit 40% of their attempts.
The Owls will look to bounce back from tonight's tough result when they host Gettysburg on Saturday afternoon. Bryn Mawr will be looking for one last win before winter break, and they'll get that chance on Saturday at 2:00 PM in the Class of 1958 Gymnasium.

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Beautiful, newly-restored house on two levels overlooking the stunning, crystal-blue Adriatic sea, the majestic Maiella mountain range and the breathtaking Gran Sasso (central Italy’s tallest mountain). Enjoy your morning coffee with a view from one of the two terraces or from the balcony off the master bedroom. Located in the historical city-center of Silvi Paese, this home offers everything the discerning guest could be looking for.
Looking to relax? The house is only 3 kms from the endless white sand beaches lining the Adriatic. Lay among the old-growth pines and palms and soak up the sun or go for a dip in the sea.
Looking for culture? Just a short drive up the hills is Atri, a gorgeously preserved town dating from Roman times. Or wander the cobblestone lined streets of Silvi itself.
Looking for shopping? Silvi Paese is located just 15 kms from Pescara, a major city, home to several shops carrying all the latest Italian designs. Travel by bus, train, or take your own car.
Looking for adventure? A short 20 minute drive takes you up into the foothills of the Maiella or Gran Sasso mountain range where endless hiking trails take you through historical towns and natural, rolling pastures. Don’t forget to stop and say hi to the shepherds as they tend to their sheep!
Looking for great food and wine? It’s everywhere you go!
The house is located in the heart of Silvi Paese, which is situated on an escarpment (about 300m above sea level) overlooking the Adriatic sea. It is close to all amenities, including quaint restaurants, bars, grocery stores, a bakery and gelateria - all family-owned and inviting. Larger grocery stores and additional restaurants and bars are a short drive away in Silvi Marina.
Silvi Paese is located 2 hours (175km) east of Rome on one of Italy’s greatest highways with scenic views and minimal traffic. Silvi Paese is easily accessed by train, bus or car. The closest airport is Abruzzo International Airport, in Pescara.
The location in Silvi Paese / Centro Storico was perfect for us. Local restaurants, cafes, gelateria all within a few hundred meters and a very silent place. The apartment very nice and with all equipment needed. The views from the terraces was fantastic. Excellent beach reachable within few minutes by car. In addition we enjoyed the town festival with lot of local entertainment every evening.
We stayed in the apartment for nearly 3 weeks and every day was a pleasure. The views are truly stunning. I never got tired of sitting on the patio looking out over the Adriatic. The place was on of the best equipped we have ever stayed in and we have used Home Away quite a bit.
We found a couple of very nice restaurants within a couple hundred yards from our door. Silvi Alta was one of the most charming little towns we have stayed in Italy. The piazza of the town was just below the balcony of our bedroom. We had several guests (Italian friends and family) join us for short stays.
The beach and beach action is a short ride down the hill. It was great being in a quiet somewhat out of the way spot.
We had so much fun with my wife's stepfather's family, that there was little time for sightseeing on our own. No matter, we were having too much fun with other activities (mostly eating and socializing).
If you are looking for an out of the way spot that has the feel and texture of the real Italy, this place is for you.
If you are looking to be close to the sea and in a beautiful historic town, this is the rental for you. The property is as described with two nice bedrooms and a pull out sofa by the terrace. It is cool enough that you do not need air conditioning and the terrace overlooking the ocean is stunning! The town also has beautiful views and a handful of stores. It is very charming. You need a car or you can take the bus down to the sea. We tried many beaches along the seafront including Pineto, Silvi Marina and Monte Silvano. The beaches in Pineto are along a pine forest. Montesilvano has the large rocks which you can swim out to. All of the towns have restaurants and beach clubs on the sea as well as public areas. There is a large mall about 7 minutes from the house. If you are looking for a pool, the hotel Casa Nostra will allow you to swim there for 7 euros per person for half a day. They have a beautiful vista and pool. The owners are very helpful and respond to all questions. The local agents also are very nice and live very close. The kitchen is well equipped but does not have a dishwasher or microwave. In the beginning we had 6 people in the apartment which I would say is a little small. Four would be ideal. There are some excellent restaurants right in town so you can walk to them as well as a bar and gelateria right under the apartment. It took us about 7 minutes to drive down to Silvi Marina and about 10 to get to a beach which we did almost every day. Amazing hikes in the Gran Sasso mountains and beautiful towns and festivals all within about 20 minutes. Would highly recommend!
Silvi Paese is absolutely wonderful! The view from the terrace of this home is magnificent and you can see the whole Adriatic coast. This villa is newly redecorated and very comfortable. The stroll in the village is relaxing and there are four great restaurants just a few minutes from the Villetta-even a Ristorante del Buon Ricordo-Ristorante Vecchia Silvi! We loved our stay and have recommended Villetta Susana and Silvi to our friends for a wonderful Italian getaway.
Five of us stayed in the villa and had a fabulous time. The pictures can't capture the unbelievable view from the 2 rooftop terrraces. Although We had some really great meals in the town We loved just sitting on the terrace in the evenings with local foods and wine from the market down the street. Everyone in the town was so nice even though We don't speak Italian well and not too many people spoke English, it was never a problem. It made us feel like We were really in Italy living like Italians and not just visitng tourist attractions. My husband's family was from a nearby town and the caretaker of the villa, Lorenzo, drove us to the town and did some interpreting. Lorenzo and his wife were such nice people and their help made the trip just perfect. The beach is just a few minutes away and is beautiful. You can't go wrong spending some of your vacation at the Villa, and is a great combination with spending time in Rome which is only 2 hours away.
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It's 4.45 in the morning and we've been working on this blog for almost 5 hours! I sense a real bad headache by the time we're done with this.
www.noelboyd.com has officially been launched and will take a day or two before all the DNS servers have been updated. Therefore, you might not be able to access my blog at the new domain for another day or two. Funny enough, it will work when you click the 'Go' button on your browser a couple of times. There are some things I just don't understand about the internet world.
I hope the new layout is alright and I will update you on this blog when the new URL is all good and running smoothly.
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text: Genre classification is common task in music data mining. However, classification of drum grooves is uncommon and little research has been done in this area. This paper describes an algorithm to model and classify drum grooves. The algorithm is based on music data mining research in areas other than genre classification, specifically musical melody information retrieval. The genre classification results achieved, while promising, are inconclusive and additional research is needed to validate this approach. However, the approach described shows great facility as a new method of drum groove search and retrieval.


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UPHA Horse and Pony of the Year Voting Ends Wednesday!
The online voting for the UPHA Horse and Pony of the Year began on Wednesday, November 23rd and will conclude on Wednesday, November 30th at 5pm EST. If you are an Active (Professional) current member, visit www.uphaonline.com/horse-voting.php to cast your vote. If you are not a current member, you may renew your membership online, and then vote.
"This is a new venture for us," stated UPHA President, Bret Day. "We hope to make the voting faster and easier for our members, as well as offering more accurate tabulation." Safeguards are in place to insure that each Active/Professional member votes only once.
"We realize that some members' computers may not be compatible with the latest operating systems and software, so there will be a PDF download of the ballot available on the UPHA website should one have problems with the online ballot", stated Day. Members can download the ballot, print it out, mark it and then fax or mail it to the UPHA office by November 30th.
2. Click on the "Horse and Pony of the Year Voting" button in the top right-hand corner of the Home Page.
3. You will be directed to the Voting Page, where you will find instructions on voting and a link to the Membership Login page.
4. You will need to have your Membership Card on hand. Your Username and Password are your Name and Membership Number (without the zeros) as they appear on your card. If you do not know your membership number, please email Kristin Stivers for assistance.
5. If you have Login issues, or problems using the Online Ballot, simply download the PDF file to print a paper ballot that you may fax or mail to the UPHA office. You must indicate your member number on the paper ballot or your ballot will be void.


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Oh, handbags. Next to underwear, shoes, and swimsuits, it's hard to think of a fashion item with a less attractive cost-per-square-inch. But if you have a few hours, a few beers, some leather and a needle and thread, you too can make a gorgeous, top-quality bag of your own. No sewing machine required.
You'll need everything you see here; click this or any photo to enlarge. Clockwise, from left: A cutting mat and ruler; Wood glue or PVA glue; A magnetic purse clasp; A hammer; A measuring tape; A flat chisel; Linen thread, such as that suitable for bookbinding; Sewing scissors; A rotary cutter; An awl; A lump of beeswax; And four strong, long needles, such as those used for bookbinding. Technically, you don't necessarily need the cutting mat, the ruler, or the rotary cutter — you could do all your measuring and cutting out with a tape measure and your sewing scissors. But with leather, I personally find it a lot easier and more precise to use the rotary cutter.
Last but in no way least, you'll need some leather. If you live in a city where you can obtain leather at a good fabric or specialty store, you're in luck! I found this most excellent goat skin at a spot in New York's Garment District last Friday. But if you don't, you can also buy leather online from a number of retailers — call and ask questions, to check you're getting what you think you're getting — and there's plenty of leather and bag findings available on eBay. The obvious drawback with buying leather sight unseen is that you can't touch it until it arrives, but I've had wonderful results from eBay leather finds. When I decided to teach myself how to work in leather, I made my first three bags from a giant half cowhide I got on eBay for like $40.
If you've never worked with leather before, you should know that it's sold priced per square foot, and, like denim, its heavy-dutiness is measured in weight per square foot — the higher the number of ounces, the thicker the hide. Many leather retailers will only sell whole hides, but you can find partial hides readily on eBay. For this bag, you'll need a small hide or a part of a hide, totalling about 5-6 square feet. And you'll want to use at least 6oz. leather. Leather needn't be expensive — my goat hide was $44.37, a fraction of the cost of a new handbag, let alone a nice leather one, and I have enough left over to make a wallet or a coin purse — but it's worth paying for quality: you want full-grain leather (that's leather that hasn't been cut laterally, or "split," in order to double or triple the area of the hide), not a resurfaced ("corrected-grain") split. Leather is skin; it has a kind of integrity that you don't want to interrupt, if at all possible. Compared with corrected-grain splits or top-grain leather (which is the uppermost part of a split hide), full-grain leather is stronger, develops a nicer patina, and performs better over time.
If you don't want to make a leather bag, you can still use this tutorial — just cut the pattern in a different fabric, and sew it up. (I would, however, use a sewing machine.) I would also strongly recommend using a really heavy-duty interfacing if you're going the fabric route, and therefore a lining.
Now, I'm going to show you step-by-step how I made this bag. And if you want to make this bag, too, then great! But if you don't, the pattern-drafting and sewing techniques explained here will permit you to make virtually any bag of your choice. Let the scope of your ambitions be your guide. Whatever you want to make, the first step is to sketch how you want your bag to look, and then sketch how the individual pattern pieces will fit together. These first sketches can be rough. They're just a guide.
I measured out my pattern properly, and cut it out of a paper bag. Here I laid the paper pattern over a 1"x1" grid so you can take a look; click to supersize. Pieces marked "1" are to be cut once, pieces marked "2" need to be cut out twice. No seam allowances are included.
Just to check things were all working as I wanted, I pinned my pattern pieces together. I made this bag 11" wide, so that it could fit a folded New Yorker. I spend a lot of time on the subway, and my current black handbag is just too small to hold a magazine, which is basically the most annoying thing ever. I end up having to fold the New Yorker in half laterally, just above or just below the staple in the middle of the spine, and then by the time I get to the middle of the magazine, there's so much wear on the spine the leaves are falling out, and then about four times a year they send out those monster perfect-bound issues — just try bending that — and I just, I give up. I give up. I'm not going to live in that New Yorker-less underground hell anymore. I am making a choice here. I choose my choice. I choose reading material.
Next, spread out your leather and start laying out your pattern pieces. Each piece of leather is unique, and if your hide has any kind of distinctive pattern to it — mine is pebbled, with the pebbling growing heavier over the animal's back and smoother towards the belly and limbs — plan it so that the patterns will more or less match across major seams. If there are any scratches, holes, or superficial defects in your leather hide, obviously arrange your pattern to avoid them.
Use a ruler and pen to draw around your pattern pieces on the wrong (suede) side. Add 1/4" seam allowances.
This is what all the pieces look like cut out.
First, we're going to set the magnetic clasp. Line up the patterns for the bag flap and the main body of the bag with the cut leather pieces for each, and punch through the marked guide lines with the chisel.
Poke the "legs" of the magnetic closure through the chisel holes, and through the flat guide included with the clasp. Fold the legs outwards with your fingers, and tap with the hammer to set. If you don't have a work bench to use, do your hammering on an old cutting board. Put the "female" magnetic closure on the envelope flap, and put the "male" closure (pictured here) on the main body of the bag.
From a piece of scrap leather, cut a flap that will cover the back of the "male" clasp. Set this aside for now.
First, we're going to join the two triangular shapes from the front of the bag to the main body. Using the awl and working on your bench/cutting board, punch holes every 1/8" inch along the seam, remembering that the seam allowance depth is 1/4". We are using an awl to make the holes that we will sew through by hand because — unless we're talking 2oz garment weight leather for a skirt or something — I do not believe in sewing leather on a home machine. Not even with a kevlar foot and leather needles; it's just not what they're designed for, it doesn't give a good result, it can harm the machine, hand-stitching is not that hard, and besides, hand-stitched bags are far more durable.
We're going to sew our first seam! First, you'll need to prep your thread. Unspool a piece of linen thread three times as long as the seam you're sewing and cut. Next, if your thread is a different color than your leather, run it under a felt-tipped pen or a marker a few times to dye it to match. Then, run the thread through the beeswax 2-3 times to coat it, and pull the waxed thread under the sole plate of a hot iron to set.
Now it's time to thread the needle. About 1" from each end of your thread, poke the point of a needle through the thread (like the photo on the left). Push the needle most of the way through, and then work the 1" tail through the eye (center photo). Pull the needle through the rest of the way (right photo). This is called locking the thread, and it makes sewing leather so much easier.
Now you have one long piece of thread with two "locked" needles at either end. Start at one end of your seam, and push one needle through the awl holes in both layers of leather; pull the thread until the two tails are even. You now have one needle on the "top" side of your seam, and another needle on the "bottom" side of your seam. Push the "top" needle down through the next awl holes, then take the "bottom" needle, and push it through that same set of awl holes. Try not to sew through the thread, which will weaken it — you want the two threads to pass by each other in the tunnel of the awl holes. Tug the threads tight, keeping the two tails even. You just sewed your first stitch. Repeat in this fashion until you reach the end of the seam, then work backwards 2-3 stitches, pull the two thread tails to the same side of the seam, and knot. The cut your needles free, and trim the tails from the knot to about 1/4". This will make a very strong, flexible seam.
Using a rubber mallet or a hammer — you can wrap the head of your hammer in a piece of scrap leather to protect your work — pound the seam allowance open. Just hit the fucker. Hit it really hard. It'll flatten. The left seam has been pounded open, the right seam hasn't yet.
On the main body piece, use the hammer to pound in two folds that signify the bottom of the bag; inside the side seam allowances, cut notches at the edge of each fold. Prepare a thread, lock in your needles, and stitch the darts on the side pieces; pound those seams open, too.
Next, we're going to sew together the two pieces that make up the envelope flap. There's the lining — which is where we set the female half of our magnetic clasp — and the exterior. Because these two thick pieces of leather are going to curve over the top of our bag, we need to do something called "grading" to insure that the lining doesn't become visible around the edges of the bag. On the external flap, punch awl holes at just less than 1/4" in from the edge; on the lining flap, punch awl holes at just more than 1/4" from the edge. Prepare two threads, lock in all four of your needles, and begin stitching the flap edge from the center, and work outwards. Stop about 3/8" from the end of the seam.
On the curved parts of the flap — the center, and the two curves of the sides — use the scissors to notch the seam allowances. Stagger the notches between the two pieces as shown. I lightened this photograph to for detail.
Turn your flap right-side out.
Pound the flap seam with your mallet or leather-wrapped hammer to flatten. Now you have a flap, a main body of your bag, and have sewn the darts on your two side pieces. We're well on our way to having a whole bag! Next up, we'll attach the side pieces to the main body of the bag.
As we did for the flap, cut and prepare two threads, lock in all four needles, and stitch from the center bottom out and up the sides. At the back of the bag, where the envelope flap will eventually attach to the main body, leave the last inch of the side seam undone.
Pound the side seams when you're done.
This was where I left things for the night. When I awoke, this is what greeted me. It's like they know what's the most precious and completely inappropriate thing they could possibly use for a pillow, the devious little buggers.
Measure along the top edge of the body of the bag, and cut a strip of leather from a thin piece of hide (like the belly) equal to that length and approximately 3/4" in width to use to bind the raw edge. (Wider if your leather is thicker, obviously). Awl-punch the edges of the binding and awl-punch the raw edge of the bag. Start at one edge and sew on the binding. When you reach the center, attach the little flap you cut to hide the back of the magnetic clasp from sight on the inside. This binding follows a curve, so it will be a little bit wavy when it's first stitched; don't worry about that, because once it's pounded flat the waviness will disappear.
Next, cut an interior pocket from a scrap piece of leather. Awl-punch it, and stitch. I did not bother dyeing my white linen thread black for this part, since it is an interior pocket after all.
Using the glue, bond the very edge of the interior pocket to the back of the bag.
Ta-da: Our sewn and pounded envelope flap, and our sewn and pounded bag. All they need is to be joined together in one last seam.
First, grade the raw edges of the envelope flap: make the lining side about 1/8" shorter than the exterior side. Also notch the seam allowances at the edges, to reduce bulk.
Now that the top edge of the bag is bound and finished, sew up that last 1" of the back side seams. Sandwich that seam between the two layers of the envelope flap.
Awl-punch carefully through all the layers. Make one big punch-hole at each side.
Awl-punch the envelope flap, and awl-punch the raw edge of the bag.
Again using two threads and four needles, start stitching the final seam from the edges in.
When you reach the interior pocket, check that you're stitching through it, too.
And when your two threads meet in the middle, pull all four needles inside the bag, behind the interior pocket. That's where you'll tie your knot, to hide it from view.
This is the finished product. Basic, but handsome.
Oh, and it fits a New Yorker, too.
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iFarmer is an impact tech startup that has developed an innovative online platform that enables anyone anywhere in the world to easily sponsor in farming and livestock in Bangladesh.
How do I join iFarmer?
You or your institution can join through an online registration or can register directly at an iFarmer office.
iFarmer can connect farmers, landowners, sponsors, and crop buyers to create a complete farming supply chain. We identify crops with stable demand, prices and growing characteristics. We find arable land and its farmers. We raise capital from urban people and we give the satisfaction to sponsors that their money is being used to grow healthy, nutritious food.
What costs should be paid by the sponsor?
This depends on what you would like to sponsor, but generally consists of long-term land lease costs, the cost of seed, the cost of maintenance and related drugs when needed, including independent surveyor activities and administrative work within the iFarmer overall management system.
Are sponsors given evidence on the livestock sponsored?
Each sponsor has evidence in the form of a Certificate of Ownership, which also explains the sponsored tree, complete with the location, number and contact details of the responsible person.
Is this sponsorship social or commercial?
It can be both. You can sponsor planting of trees and the results will be submitted to parties entitled to schools, hospitals, institutions, or the development of science, or you can also ask to share the profit when the trees begin to bear fruit.


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I love the look of tulips, so when I found theses pretty silk ones, I just had to have them.
They make such a lovely addition in my crystal vase to the dining room buffet.
Crystal is so pretty when it is grouped together and the tulips give the vignette such an elegant look.
Linda @ Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tues.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT -Don't Forget , Table Top Tuesday is now Inspire Me Tuesday.
You can link up anything, crafts, DIY, projects, food, sewing, painting, gardening, tablescapes, vignettes, anything you have been up to and creating. We want to see it all, so link it all up. Be sure to change the name on your party list and spread the word. Same time each week. The party will be open Monday evening by 5 PM. I can't wait to see everything you are doing, so share it all.
Morning, Marty! Oh, this is so pretty! All of your lovely crystal and the touch of the tulips just says springtime! Those decanters are so pretty. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
You have such a beautiful collection of crystal...adding the white tulips makes it even more special!
I love your crystal and the way you've displayed everything. Most beautiful dear Marty.
What a gorgeous display! Love the crystal and the tulips just make it look so beautiful!!
Marty, how pretty! The tulips look real. The white, crystal and of course silver make a marvelous trio!
How this area must sparkle as the sun comes in! Beautiful vignette Marty and I love your white tulips...the perfect touch for all your silver and crystal pieces!
Love your tulips and crystal collection..so elegant and classic.
I love your tulips. They look gorgeous in your display.
Love your elegant vignette with all of the pretty crystal. Those white tulips look real.
I agree...a perfect addition to your gorgeous vignette!!!
Marty they look lovely- and really look real!
I have the most beautiful white tulips my hubs bought me for Easter - still jhave their bulbs and I potted them...but just otday they started losing their precious leaves. They lasted a long while though, but it got warm, so it was time I guess.
Beautiful, Marti!! The tulips are so pretty and I LOVE that etched crystal vase! You're right; groupings of like objects do make more of an impact. I love the elegant look of your buffet.
Visiting from Seasonal Sundays -- have a wonderful day!
White tulips are so regal! I love them.
The tulips look good enough to be real. Nice collection of crystal, Marty!
Lovely look with tulips and your crystal collection!
The two go perfectly together and I wouldn't even guess the tulips weren't real!
Love this look so elegant!
The crystal and tulips truly make a stunning combo.
Still planning to come to AZ. later in May.
I know it will be hot then but I don't care.
After all our cold, it will feel good.
What a lovely tulips, wonderful combination, looks amazing. For my page for my work I need a web hosting,, a friend of mine recommended me www.elcoplanet.com have you ever heard about them. i have checked there web site and it seems that they offer chip prices and good performances unlimited web hosting space and unlimited bandwidth.
Marty, Your buffet is beautiful with the crystal and tulips. I would have been hard pressed to guess the tulips were faux. The light filtering through is lovely. You make such beautiful vignettes.
Beautiful! Tulips are my favorite flower!
I'm visiting you today from Give Me The Goods. I hope you get a chance to stop by my blog and leave a comment, too!
I was convinced they were real. They look so pretty sitting in your vase.
Wow! Those look really good! I'm usually not a fan of fake, but I'd use those in a heartbeat! Thanks for sharing at Monday Funday!


text: Most of the information I have come across in regards to the Tarot associates Wands with fire and Swords with Air. I feel differently. For me Wands represent Air while it is the Swords that I associate with Fire. See, I have established a close relationship with a few of my Tarot decks, my Rider-Waite one being the deck I’ve used the most. Numerous clients have come back to see me because my Readings are accurate. How could my elemental correspondences be wrong? Is it possible someone else was mistaken?


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Dawn’s mission director and chief engineer, Dr. Marc Rayman, takes you inside this remarkable solar system adventure. He presents a highly entertaining and accessible description of Dawn’s mission, starting with testing the spacecraft on Earth, then launching it and continuing through the entire deep-space journey. Nontechnical and technical readers alike will appreciate the most comprehensive and lively account available anywhere of a real interplanetary mission, including not only what happens but also how engineers and scientists manage to accomplish such extraordinary feats.
Click the year below to read his blog entries and discover what is so fascinating and inspiring about a bold expedition into the unknown.
Today Dawn is celebrating its 11th anniversary of spaceflight. This is the last dawnniversary the spacecraft will see.
People have been gazing in wonder and appreciation at the beauty of the night sky throughout the history of our species.
A fantastic story of adventure, exploration and discovery is reaching its denouement.
Dawn is going out on a high! Or maybe a low. Rapidly nearing the end of a unique decade-long interplanetary expedition, Dawn is taking phenomenal pictures of dwarf planet Ceres as it swoops closer to the ground than ever before.
A veteran explorer is leisurely orbiting the only dwarf planet in the inner solar system.
Dawn has now logged 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) on its unique deep-space adventure.
Orbiting the only dwarf planet inside the orbit of Neptune, Dawn is healthy and continuing to carry out its assignments at Ceres with the masterful skill to be expected for such an experienced space explorer.
Dawn has accomplished an extraordinary orbital dance.
A deep-space robotic emissary from Earth is continuing to carry out its extraordinary mission at a distant dwarf planet.
Dawn is concluding a remarkable year of exploring dwarf planet Ceres.
Dawn has just completed another outstandingly successful observation campaign at Ceres.
Nine years ago today, Dawn set sail on an epic journey of discovery and adventure.
Dawn is actively continuing to add details to the intimate portrait it is creating of Ceres, a distant and exotic world.
Dear Glutdawnous Readers, The distant dwarf planet that Dawn is circling is full of mystery and yet growing ever more familiar.
Dear Resplendawnt Readers, Scientists are still working on refining their understanding of this striking region.
Dear Indawnbitably Successful Readers, A story of intense curiosity about the cosmos, passionate perseverance and bold ingenuity, a story more than two centuries in the making, has reached an extraordinary point.
Dear Spellbindawngs, A veteran interplanetary traveler is writing the closing chapter in its long and storied expedition.
Dear Transcendawnts, Dawn is now performing the final act of its remarkable celestial choreography, held close in Ceres’ firm gravitational embrace.
Dear Superintendawnts and Assisdawnts, An intrepid interplanetary explorer is now powering its way down through the gravity field of a distant alien world.
Dear Exuldawnt Readers, Dawn has completed another outstandingly successful campaign to acquire a wealth of pictures and other data in its exploration of dwarf planet Ceres.
Dear Dawnniversaries, eight years ago today, Dawn was gravitationally bound to a planet.
Dear Unhesidawntingly Enthusiastic Readers, an ambitious explorer from Earth is gaining the best views ever of dwarf planet Ceres.
Dear Descendawnts, flying on a blue-green ray of xenon ions, Dawn is gracefully descending toward dwarf planet Ceres.
Dear Evidawnce-Based Readers, Dawn is continuing to unveil a Ceres of mysteries at the first dwarf planet discovered.
Dear Emboldawned Readers, a bold adventurer from Earth is gracefully soaring over an exotic world of rock and ice far, far away.
Let's get Dawn to business, Dear Readers, Dawn's assignment when it embarked on its extraordinary extraterrestrial expedition in 2007 can be described quite simply: explore the two most massive uncharted worlds in the inner solar system.
Dear Dawnticipating Explorers, now orbiting high over the night side of a dwarf planet far from Earth, Dawn arrived at its new permanent residence on March 6.
Dear Unprecedawnted Readers, since its discovery in 1801, Ceres has been known as a planet, then as an asteroid, and later as a dwarf planet.
Dear Fine and Dawndy Readers, the Dawn spacecraft is performing flawlessly as it conducts the first exploration of the first dwarf planet.
Dear Abundawnt Readers, the dwarf planet Ceres is a giant mystery.
Pardawn Me, Dear Readers, far away from Earthlings who look forward to a new year, Dawn looks forward to a new world.
Dear Unidawntified Flying Objects, flying silently and smoothly through the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn emits a blue-green beam of high velocity xenon ions.
Dear Dawnomalies, farther from Earth and from the sun than it has ever been, Dawn is on course and on schedule for its March 2015 arrival at Ceres, an enigmatic world of rock and ice.
Dear Dawnniversaries, on the seventh anniversary of embarking upon its extraordinary extraterrestrial expedition, the Dawn spacecraft is far from the planet where its journey began.
Dear Omnipodawnt Readers, Dawn draws ever closer to the mysterious Ceres, the largest body between the sun and Pluto not yet visited by a probe from Earth.
Dear Studawnts and Teachers, patient and persistent, silent and alone, Dawn is continuing its extraordinary extraterrestrial expedition.
Dear Dawnosaurs, silently streaking through the main asteroid belt, emitting a blue-green beam of xenon ions, Dawn continues its ambitious interplanetary expedition.
Dear Compedawnt Readers, less than a year from its rendezvous with dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn is continuing to make excellent progress on its ambitious interplanetary adventure.
Dear Correspondawnts, powering its way through deep space, Dawn draws ever closer to dwarf planet Ceres.
Dear Ardawnt Readers, continuing its daring mission to explore some of the last uncharted worlds in the inner solar system, Dawn remains on course and on schedule for its rendezvous with dwarf planet Ceres next year.
Dear Rendawnvous, Dawn is continuing its trek through the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
From Our Chief Engineer: I was delighted to be asked to name my top five accomplishments for the Dawn mission in 2013.
Dear Clairvoydawnts, now more than halfway through its journey from protoplanet Vesta to dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn is continuing to use its advanced ion propulsion system to reshape its orbit around the sun.
Dear Hand-Me-Dawns, gliding smoothly through the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn continues to make good progress on its ambitious mission of exploration.
Dear All Hallows' Dawns, deep in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn is continuing its smooth, silent flight toward dwarf planet Ceres.
Dear Dawnniversaries, on the sixth anniversary of leaving Earth to embark on a daring deep-space expedition, Dawn is very, very far from its erstwhile planetary residence.
Dear Antecedawnts, traveling confidently and alone, Dawn continues to make its way through the silent depths of the main asteroid belt.
Dear Megalodawniacs, powering its way through the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn continues on course and on schedule for its 2015 appointment with dwarf planet Ceres.
Dear Dawnamic Readers, the indefatigable Dawn spacecraft is continuing its extraordinary interplanetary flight on behalf of inquisitive creatures on distant Earth.
Dear Confidawnts, traveling from one alien world to another, Dawn is reliably powering its way through the main asteroid belt with its ion propulsion system.
Dear Dawnscerning Readers, nearly three times as far from Earth as the sun is, the Dawn spacecraft is making very good progress on its ambitious trek from Vesta to Ceres.
Dear Indawnstrious Readers, in the depths of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, far from Earth, far even from any human-made object, Dawn remains in silent pursuit of dwarf planet Ceres.
Dear Impordawnt Readers, the indefatigable Dawn spacecraft is continuing to forge through the main asteroid belt, gently thrusting with its ion propulsion system.
Dear Dawn't Look Backs, its long and daring interplanetary journey continuing smoothly, Dawn is making good progress in gradually reshaping its orbit around the sun.
Dawn concludes 2012 almost 13,000 times farther from Vesta than it began the year.
Dear Dawndroids, Dawn is continuing to gently and patiently change its orbit around the sun.
Dear Indawnspensable Readers, Dawn is making good progress on the second segment of its cosmic travels.
Dear Dawnniversaries, on the fifth anniversary of the beginning of its ambitious interplanetary adventure, Dawn can look back with great satisfaction on its spectacular exploration of the giant protoplanet Vesta and forward with great eagerness to reaching dwarf planet Ceres.
Dear Marvestalous Readers, an interplanetary spaceship left Earth in 2007.
Dear Dawnpartures, Dawn has completed the final intensive phase of its extraordinary exploration of Vesta, and it has now begun its gradual departure.
Dear Upside Dawn Readers, Dawn is now seeing Vesta in a new light. Once again the probe is diligently mapping the ancient protoplanet it has been orbiting for nearly a year.
Dear Readers of all Dawnominations, far from Earth, on the opposite side of the sun, deep in the asteroid belt, Dawn is gradually spiraling around the giant protoplanet Vesta.
Dear Dawnright Spectacular Readers, Dawn is wrapping up a spectacularly rewarding phase of its mission of exploration.
Dear Dawnscoverers, on March 29, Vesta spent the 205th anniversary of its discovery by treating Dawn to more spectacular vistas, as it does so often these days.
Dear Ups and Dawns, Dawn is continuing its exploits at Vesta, performing detailed studies of the colossal asteroid from its low altitude mapping orbit (LAMO).
Dear Asdawnished Readers, Dawn is scrutinizing Vesta from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), circling the rocky world five and a half times a day.
Dear Indawnstructibles, Dawn concludes 2011 more than 40 thousand times nearer to Vesta than it began the year.
Continuing its ambitious campaign of exploration deep in the asteroid belt, Dawn has spent most of the past month spiraling ever closer to Vesta.
Dawn’s fourth anniversary of being in space is very different from its previous ones.
Dawn has completed the first phase of its exploration of Vesta with tremendous success, and the peripatetic adventurer is now in powered flight again, on its way to a new location from which to scrutinize its subject.
Dawn is now beginning intensive observations of the alien world it orbits.
Vesta beckons, and Dawn responds.
Dawn remains healthy and on course as it continues to approach Vesta.
Dawn is on the threshold of a new world.
Three and a half years after launch, Dawn continues its travels around the sun, maneuvering to take the same orbital path as Vesta.
Deep in the asteroid belt, Dawn continues thrusting with its ion propulsion system.
Dawn continues its flight through the asteroid belt, steadily heading toward its July rendezvous with Vesta, where it will take up residence for a year.
Dawn's journey ever-deeper into the asteroid belt continues to go well, as the spacecraft carries out its familiar routine of thrusting gently with its ion propulsion system.
Dear Daw9.0s, a new version of the Dawn spacecraft is continuing the ambitious journey through the asteroid belt to uncharted distant worlds.
Dear Adawnherents, Dawn remains on course and on schedule for its appointments with Vesta and Ceres, colossal protoplanets in the main asteroid belt.
Dear Dawnthorities, Dawn continues patiently forging through the asteroid belt, its permanent residence, as it climbs away from Earth and the Sun.
Dear Dawnthropoids, pushing ever farther into space, deeper into the asteroid belt, Dawn is continuing to progress smoothly on its solar system journey.
Dear Plausible Dawniabilities, patiently and reliably continuing with its interplanetary voyage, Dawn is now flying in a new configuration and, from the perspective of those readers who may be on Earth, in a new direction.
Dear Dawnters and Sons, the Dawn mission continues to go smoothly, as Earth’s distant envoy carries out its interplanetary journey.
Dear Dawnticlimaxes, Dawn continues to make steady progress through the solar system as it maintains a gentle pressure on its orbit around the Sun.
Dear Dawn-o’-lanterns, Dawn continues to make steady progress on its journey through the solar system.
Dear Dawnniversaries, Dawn is celebrating the second anniversary of leaving its home planet by engaging in the same function it has performed most of its time in space.
Dear Indawnmitables, the Dawn mission remains on course as the spacecraft continues to thrust with its ion propulsion system, patiently, persistently, and gently changing its orbit to keep its appointment with protoplanet Vesta in two years.
Dear Indawnfatigables, shhhh! Dawn is in “quiet cruise,” and we do not want to disturb it.
Dear Dawnterested Readers, having completed the longest planned coasting period of its entire mission, Dawn is now back to its familiar routine.
Dear Astrodawns, Dawn’s mission continues to go very well, as the spacecraft nears the end of the longest coasting period of its astronomical journey.
Dear Dawngrades, the upgraded Dawn spacecraft is now traveling in a new direction in its orbit around the Sun.
Dear Dawntpanics, Dawn continues to coast quietly and calmly in its orbit around the Sun, keeping its main antenna pointed to faraway Earth.
Dear Dawnlight Saving Times, now boosted into a new solar orbit courtesy of Mars, Dawn continues its interplanetary journey.
Dear Charles Dawnwins, Dawn continues to close in on Mars, ready for the gravitational slingshot that will help it on its expedition to the asteroid belt and its quest to gain insights into the evolution of the solar system.
Dear Dawncers, Dawn continues on course for its pas de deux with Mars on February 17.
Dear Dawncember30ths, having fulfilled all of its assignments for 2008, the Dawn spacecraft has been unusually quiescent recently.
Dear Indawnviduals, the Dawn spacecraft is healthy and on course for its flyby of Mars early next year.
Dear Presidawntial Candidawnts, the Dawn spacecraft continues on course and on schedule for its bold campaign to unexplored worlds.
Dear Dawnniversaries, on the first anniversary of its departure from Earth, Dawn continues with what it has been doing for most of its time in space.
Dear Dawnivores, the Dawn spacecraft continues to make good progress on its adventure to unlock scientific secrets hidden deep in the main asteroid belt, between Mars and Jupiter.
Dear Dawnminants, Dawn continues its flight through the solar system with all systems functioning well.
Dear Dawnlettantes, now using an ion thruster that had been powered off since October, Dawn continues to make steady progress on its journey deeper into space.
Dear Pseudawnyms, the Dawn mission continues smoothly, as the spacecraft reliably thrusts with its ion propulsion system, demonstrating all the patience of a -- well, of an ion-propelled spacecraft!
Dear Dawnocrats, Republidawns, and Indawnpendents, Dawn continues its powered flight, having accumulated more than 100 days of ion thrusting since its launch nearly 7 months ago.
Dear Heliodawns, Dawn is as far from Earth as the Sun.
Dear Phildawnthropists, treating intercalary days just as it does most other days in its interplanetary cruise, today Dawn continues patiently and ever-so-gently reshaping its orbit around the Sun with the delicate yet persistent push from its ion propulsion system.
Dear Dawnnoisseurs, now in interplanetary cruise, the Dawn spacecraft is following a much more leisurely pace than the one it maintained during the initial checkout phase of the mission.
Dear Aficidawnados, Dawn is climbing away from the Sun on a blue-green pillar of xenon ions as it begins a new chapter in its mission.
Dear Dawnocentrics, now more than halfway through its 80-day initial checkout phase, the Dawn spacecraft continues to please its fans in mission control and throughout much of the rest of the universe.
Dear Extraordawnaries, Dawn’s checkout phase continues to go very well.
Dear Xedawnions, joining an elite club among spacecraft, Dawn successfully fired up its xenon ion propulsion system on October 6.
Dear Dawnitsways, the Dawn project welcomes you to deep space! Dawn is operating smoothly on the fourth day of its 8-year adventure.
Dear Countdawns, the countdown is underway for Dawn’s liftoff on September 26 at 7:25:00 am EDT.
Dear Dawntastics, now less than two weeks from its planned September 26 launch, Dawn is eagerly awaiting the beginning of its fantastic adventure.
Dear Dawnbassadors, NASA is preparing (again) to bring Dawn to the Florida skies as all systems are gearing up for a September 26 launch.
Dear Dawntothegrounds, there are two ways for a spacecraft to leave its launch pad.
Dear Dawnpours, just after the previous log was posted, further predictions of poor weather at Cape Canaveral and difficulties with a downrange launch vehicle tracking system required a launch postponement.
Dear Countdawns, the countdown is underway for Dawn’s liftoff on July 8 at 4:04:49 pm EDT.
Dear Dawnventurers, now only two weeks away from its planned launch, Dawn is eagerly awaiting the beginning of its cosmic adventure.
Dear Dawntelligentsia, the complex and intricate steps necessary for Dawn to reach space continue as its launch date grows near.
Dear Dawngineers, Dawn has been greatly enjoying its stay in the Cape Canaveral area, literally the last place on Earth it will be.
Dear Dawnthecoasts, the Dawn spacecraft has completed its longest terrestrial journey on its path to asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres.
ear DawNRLs, the Dawn spacecraft has just completed the final and most challenging of the environmental tests needed to prepare for its launch and travels through space.
Dear Dawnewyears, the Dawn spacecraft has made its new year's resolution.
Dear Dawnvironments, the Dawn spacecraft is in space! Well, not quite, but it is getting a taste of the space environment, courtesy of the team preparing it for its mission.
Dear Dawntellectuals, there is only about three quarters of a revolution remaining around the Sun before Dawn leaves Earth to travel on its own to distant worlds.
Dear Dawnthusiasts, Dawn continues to keep its human handlers very busy as preparations continue on schedule to meet the planned opening of the launch period on June 20, 2007.
Dear Dawnologists, Dawn is making good progress in preparing for its 2007 launch.
Dear Dawnophile, coming in summer 2007 to a solar system near you (well, near most of you, anyway): the Dawn mission!

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dawm...ive been inventing this same idea now for two years, and just saw this post , is not identical to yours but the main point adding analog unis to peoples tracks is, we got black face 1176, pultecs,analog tube at-101,shadowhills mastering comp,retro 176, innovard connection deq-4p, foote p3s. me, neve 33609, ssl 4056console and studer 827 2" 24 tracker,lexicon 960,tc system 6000 12x neve 1081 etc etc etc .. we are going to do this using skype with web cameras and payments tru paypal, 50-80dollars/hour depending on what unit is needed, we adjusting the gear with client and sending small 10s test samples until client is happy with the results the we will send the whole track.
Regarding the latency issue: How about when your client sends the wave file they want to be processed with your gear they also send a stereo mix without the element that they want to process. This would eliminate the latency issue while monitoring and auditioning different settings.
you get the idea. This way you should be able to determine the required level with just 1 pass.
If one would be able to use a script/batch processing, one could even automate the making of such a testfile..
Oh yeah, what are the audio file specs? Can I do 24/192 wav/aiff?
BTW Outboardanywhere has now been online over half a year. WOHOOOOO thanks for all the positive energy people have been giving me.
what about a summing option?
f.e. sending 16 files and get 1 stereofile back.
good idea I'll put it on the lockinto list.


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In the Company of Women is a book by about over 100 exceptional women and how they describe the ways they have embraced their creative spirit, overcome adversity and sparked a global movement of entrepreneurship.
This book features our own Rebecca Wood and long time collaborator, photographer and past employee of rwwod studio, Rinne Allen among many other incredible women!
The perfect gift to inspire women young, old and everyone else in between!!


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I was searching for a Property and found this listing (MLS® #21541785). Please send me more information regarding 15027 Oak Hollow W Lane, Carmel, IN, 46033. Thank you!
I'd like to request a showing of 15027 Oak Hollow W Lane, Carmel, IN, 46033 (MLS® #21541785). Thank you!