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Now that the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing is all wrapped up, Joe has treated his girlfriend to a "surprise adventure" as they jetted off to an unknown destination. The YouTuber revealed the news on his Instagram Stories as he shared a post from inside a jet whilst they flew over some stunning scenery, set to the tune of Frank Sinatra's classic Let's Fly Away. "Taken @diannebuswell off on a little surprise adventure," he wrote.
WATCH: Dianne Buswell cooks Joe Sugg his favourite breakfast
Neither of the pair have revealed where their getaway is to, but Joe shared a small clip of a roaring fire, while Dianne shared a snap of the pair looking all loved-up.
The couple looked beautiful together as they posed in front of an extravagant Christmas tree filled with pinecones and sprayed branches that looked recently snowed on.
Dianne looked so elegant in a figure-hugging black dress that she added a golden necklace to. She sported some beautiful make-up including some mahogany lipstick.
Meanwhile, Joe looked suave in a plaid top as he posed behind his beloved, presumably with his arms around her waist.
Dianne and Joe shared a romantic selfie
The dancer didn't caption the snap, but her love for her boyfriend was clear as she added a pair of heart stickers to the post.
Dianne and Joe first met each other when the YouTuber competed on Strictly back in 2018, where they reached the final together.
Sadly, Dianne wasn't that lucky this year, as her celeb partner, Robert Webb, had to withdraw from the show following Movies Week, due to a pre-existing heart condition.
Hours after the shock announcement, Joe took to his Instagram Stories to share his reaction to the news and said: "Will miss seeing team dirb on the screen! Wishing you all the best Robert."
Joe has treated Dianne to a holiday
Dianne also took to Instagram to express her sadness at having to leave the show but insisted that "Robert's health is by far the most important part in all of this".
"Sadly the legacy of Buswell and Webb has come to an end. Even though this was short-lived, I have had such an amazing time dancing and working alongside Robert from our wacky cha cha to that serious tango, Robert showed he could do it all.
"Although I know we had more up our sleeves Robert's health is by far the most important part in all of this and I'm wishing him a speedy recovery. Thank you to everybody who supported us this series it means the absolute world."
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If we also have a problem with playing a video with a particular codec, in the guide that follows we will show you in detail what to do to see movies and videos of all kinds, by downloading the missing codecs directly from the Microsoft Store or by using alternative video players that can actually read any video format.
ALSO READ: Best Programs for watching movies and videos on your PC
Install codecs from Microsoft Store for the default media player
If you use theMovies and TV app or the new Windows 11 media player app to watch videos and films and one of these does not start, it says that it is damaged or gives an error, we can very easily fix it by installing the missing codecs from the Microsoft Store, which we can open from the Start menu of Windows 11 or Windows 10.
After opening the Microsoft Store, type video extensions in the search field at the top to access the missing codecs on the latest versions of Windows.
As we may have noticed, some codec extensions are paid: unfortunately it is necessary to pay to get the official Microsoft plugins, due to the license costs. On Windows 11 and Windows 10, for example, support for the HEVC codec is missing, which we can add with HEVC video extensions at a cost of 99 cents.
Although this codec can be integrated with other systems (as we will see in the guide below), it may be useful to consider purchasing it if we work a lot with videos from a professional point of view (for example if we use Adobe Premiere Pro CC and do a lot of video editing).
ALSO READ: How to watch movies, DVDs and Blu-Ray in Windows 10 and 8
Programs to see all videos
If we do not have work needs for the installation of the paid codecs but we have problems with the downloaded videos we can play all the videos in any format using a free program like VLC, available from the official website.
This player can open any video file, even those with strange or little used formats. The only problem to be solved immediately is the use as a default program for videos, which is not obvious when it comes to Windows (which tends to prefer its programs).
To set VLC as the default player on Windows 11 let's open the Start menu, let's go up Settings, we press on the menu App, then on Predefined apps and finally on Predefined app. From this menu we search for the app Movies and TV (default app for videos on Windows) and, in the new window, we press on all the video extensions present, so as to be able to set VLC as the default player.
To set VLC as the default player on Windows 10 we open the Start menu, search and open the app Settings, we select the menu App, let's go to the side menu Predefined app, we press on the app Movies and TV in the Video Player field and choose VLC as the default player for all files.
Alternatively, we can also right-click on the video that has playback problems, click on Property and, on the screen General, we press the button Change present next to the item Open with, so you can select VLC as a player. This trick is valid on both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
If we don't want to use VLC as an all-rounder player, we invite you to read our guide to best alternative video players to VLC, so as to choose an equally effective and powerful alternative.
Although we find almost all codecs on Windows 11 and Windows 10, we can still find the media codec pack, that is the codec packs so famous in the days of Windows XP. The best codec pack we can install on Windows is definitely K-Lite Codec Pack, always updated and available for download from Official site.
Installando la versione Basic (leggera ma completa) avremo tutti i codec mancanti installati su Windows, pronti per essere utilizzati su qualsiasi programma ne faccia richiesta. Dopo l'installazione non dovremo fare nient'altro: i codec saranno subito disponibili qualsiasi sia il lettore multimediale utilizzato.
Fortunately, the evolution of technology has made it unnecessary to install codecs even for videos on the Internet: in fact it is sufficient to use one of the major browsers (Chrome, Firefox or Edge) to have full support for all types of video formats present on web pages. The most used codecs for Internet video are VP9 and WebM, developed freely by Google and therefore available on all sites (including YouTube).
The videos in Flash Player are now dead and buried, but if we get a video or a game with SWF extension in our hands we can play them on the PC using the appropriate tools born to replace Flash.
On modern PCs it is really difficult to find a video that is impossible to view, since even the programs integrated into Windows have practically all the necessary codecs. The only problems can arise with HEVC videos, where you need to pay the license for compatible codecs for Windows or use an alternative player such as VLC (which is always the best choice for reading all video formats).
If the video that cannot be played is present in the memory of our phone or tablet, we suggest you download the best android apps to watch videos and movies and best App for iPhone and iPad to watch videos and movies.


Doctorate in Ocean Engineering, MIT Department of Ocean Engineering.
Sensor data fusion in marine robotic systems
Navigation and control of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)
Integration of remote sensing systems with in-situ observation platforms.
Distributed, physically-based, interactive ocean simulation
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publication, March 1984.
(2) Bennett, A., "Combining Planning With Reactive Architectures in an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle," UUST Conference Proceedings, October 1993.
(3) Bennett, A., Leonard, J.J., Bellingham, J.G., "Bottom Following for Survey Class Autonomous Underwater Vehicles," UUST Conference Proceedings, September 1995.
(4) Bennett, A., Leonard, J.J., "Autonomous Mapping With an AUV: An Approach for Ground Truthing of Remote Sensing Data," Oceans '96 Conference Proceedings, September 1996.
Scientific Systems Company, Inc.
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Woburn, Massachusetts 01801
Telephone: (781) 933-5355
Email: abennett 'at' alum.mit.edu


An interview with Andy Stern, founder of Smartfin technology
Some people retire to play golf, sail the Caribbean, bird watch or travel.
Andy Stern did something different. He decided to tackle climate change.
A professor of neurology for 30 years, Dr. Stern founded The Lost Bird Project, a nonprofit whose mission is connecting more deeply to the earth through art.
Our belief is that art can touch each of us in a way that ideas and intellect alone cannot. At their highest levels, the performing arts and the visual arts have the power to ignite an awareness of deep connectedness. While we do not advocate for any specific actions, our hope is that, by raising this awareness, each of us will hear and respond to our own unique calling to engage with the shift toward a better relationship with the earth.
Extinction – Past, Present and Future
The Lost Bird Project initially began as a memorial project illuminating five extinct birds – the Great Auk, Labrador Duck, Passenger Pigeon, Carolina Parakeet and Heath Hen – to illustrate how many more species can disappear.
Since then, it has produced a film Elephant Path – Njaia Njoku, documenting two critical years in the lives of one of the last wild herds of Forest Elephants, 26 of which were killed by rebels to turn ivory into weapons of war.
It’s most ambitious initiative is a new technology, Smartfin. It’s a surfboard with sensors that measure multiple ocean conditions including salinity, pH, temperature, GPS location, and wave characteristics, and for future development, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll,
Beyond masterminding the technology, Stern is mobilizing a growing army of surfers who are riding the waves- collecting all this data in real time and transmitting them to scientists around the world for analysis.
One of his biggest allies is the Surfrider Foundation, whose website explains to its members: Using the data collected by Smartfin, we will be able to better understand trends in ocean warming and acidification and mobilize our communities to take action to combat these problems caused by climate change.
“Nearly half of humanity lives on the coasts, yet we are missing important near-shore data due to the difficulty of placing sensors in the relatively harsh surf zone,” says Stern. That’s where Smartfin makes a difference.
Stern recently visited the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History to share the Smartfin project and recruit local surfers.
What inspired you to walk away from your career as a neurologist to tackle a challenge in an area where you have little expertise and experience – and to do so at a time when most people your age are retiring?
I kept confronting questions that demanded my response: What is going to happen to my children and grandchildren? How am I going to live my day in a meaningful way?
Seven years ago, I read a book called EEARTH by Bill McKibben, and it changed my life. The title is intentionally misspelled to symbolize the fact that the Earth as we know it will never be the same. From the moment I turned the last page, I could feel the rumble of the tracks of the freight train of climate change on the way, and I decided literally in that moment to devote myself to spreading the word.
What struck me as difficult to understand was why, after 30 years of knowing full well that climate change posed a devastating threat to the planet and to human health, and after 30 years of knowing exactly what needed to be done – leaving fossil fuels in the ground – we still have not managed any meaningful response. Why?
Smartfin is one of infinite ways to contribute to addressing these questions. If I can do something, why can’t everybody?
Why do you think it’s so difficult for people and politicians to find consensus around the threats of climate change?
There have been a ton of articles and books on this fascinating and important question, and the answer bores deeply into other questions like what, as humans, do we really value and what does it mean to live lives of meaning.
One common answer is that our evolutionary brain has conditioned us to be alarmed by things that are sudden, pose an immediate threat to ourselves and have a clear perpetrator – like a tiger charging. But not so much to the very gradual things that are not immediate threats and have no clear perpetrator, like climate change.
But, one way to think about that “why” is that we have become so deeply disconnected from nature that climate change just doesn’t feel like it matters all that much. Everything we touch, use, hear – and everything we see except the stars – is earth. And while that is totally obvious, it is not in our daily awareness. So that is why Lost Bird’s mission is to connect more deeply to the earth.
That’s why I like coming to places like Cape Cod. Here there is local awareness and growing concerns mostly about sea level rise impacting infrastructure and salt water intrusion. Surfers are among the most sensitive communities when it comes to climate change. They see its impact every day.
What findings and applications can derive from Smartfin?
There are many. Key ones include:
- Climate change and ocean acidification in near-shore environments
- Fish and shellfish yields that are in decline
- Algal blooms that poison drinking water and marine life
- Changes in the coastal ecosystem health in areas near desalinization and power plants
- Coral reef bleaching and declining coral ecosystem health
- Heat exchange, energy dissipation and gas exchange associated with breaking waves
I am always on the lookout for cool ways to present the environmental challenges of today – not so much to present information, but more to touch hearts and souls. It’s not easy nowadays to talk about climate change in ways that are not tiresome or depressing. But that is exactly what Lost Bird aims to do.
I came across an article by Ben Horton, professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania, whose research is determining sea levels for the last 2,000 years. I emailed him, and he recommended I talk to surfers because they know the oceans so intimately and would be aware of the threats and changes taking place.
I ended up meeting Benjamin Thompson, a San Diego-based engineer who has been putting sensors on surfboards to measure the physical characteristics of the board because he wanted to help make them better. He measured flex and other parameters with a big boxy device attached to the top of the surfboard.
Four years and a team of 30 engineers – some surfers themselves – produced the Smartfin prototype.
Right now, we are scaling up to manufacturing. We now have nearly 100 fins collecting data, mostly in San Diego, but also some in England with a scientific team studying coastal ecology.
We have the capacity now to make about 25 fins a month or 300 a year, but that will shortly increase.
We will be distributing Smartfins to Surfrider Foundation chapters because they are organized as local communities, and it is my belief that the initiatives that will have a real impact on our response to climate change will come from communities.
But, we will also consider other potential partners. Maybe, the museum wants to mobilize Smartfins on the Cape and collaborate with local surfers through surf shops – or even the Cape Cod National Seashore, whose scientists are engaged in climate change study.
What’s your dream for Smartfin?
We plan to expand it globally and have begun a fundraising campaign.
We want to create a tribe of surfers and non-surfers worldwide committed to truly meaningful climate change mitigation. Then, 100 years from now when our descendants, while enjoying the breathtakingly beautiful natural world that we have the great fortune to enjoy today, they will have huge gratitude to the surfers of today who will have spearheaded the transformation to carbon neutrality globally.
In their gratitude they will have reestablished the custom from ancient Polynesia where surfing was born, that all of the leaders of tomorrow will always have the credential of being the best surfer in their community!!!


According to this FastCompany article, Ford Motors is not too keen on the notion of designing its future electric vehicles to be compatible with battery-swap infrastructure, such as that developed by Better Place. Sue Cischke, Ford’s vice president for Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, was quoted as saying, “For Ford, it doesn’t seem to be a solution that makes sense.” The main bone of contention with battery swap is that, in order to work, it requires automakers to settle on battery standards that are compatible with the swapping machinery.
BetterPlace, whose robotic battery switch stations “can swap out depleted EV batteries for fresh ones in two minutes,” maintains that this is will not be the case. Company spokesperson Julie Mullins claims that “From day one, accommodation of multiple battery types has been a core engineering requirement for our battery switch stations. We have made significant R&D investments to develop a toolkit/adapter in our battery switch stations that can anticipate and supply different battery types for different vehicles with different battery-to-vehicle connection mechanisms.”
After the break, I’ll explain that, even if BetterPlace were correct about the battery type disagreement, there are still several other reasons why swap stations will likely achieve only limited market penetration, and may ultimately be a very short chapter in the unfolding EV saga.
I’m in full support of any company that is giving its all to make electric cars a reality. But their business model has to make sense, and, unfortunately, for me, this one does not, except in a few limited scenarios. There are simply too many too many factors working against it.
(It should be mentioned that battery swap is only half of Better Place’s business model: the other half is deploying GE-branded charging stations. I believe that this piece of the business has a much higher probability of success. It is already a foregone conclusion that EV charging stations will be deployed en masse, it is simply a matter of which companies are in their seats when the music stops.)
- Rapily advancing charging technology: What sometimes gets lost, in all of the EV hype, is just how quickly battery charging tech is moving forward. You may not know this, but several manufacturers, including Nissan, report that their battery packs can be charged, from empty, to an 80% charge, in only 30 minutes, with a “fast charger” running on DC power. This is exactly the sort of charger that is likely to be installed in a public parking garage, or at an EV “filling station” (more about this in a minute). In addition, there have been recent reports of companies developing technologies that will reduce charging times to under 5 minutes!
Once charging gets to that point, it has reached parity with battery swap, in terms of how long it takes to fill up. The only problem is that the battery swap infrastructure is much more expensive to implement.
- American driving habits: According to Federal government, and other, studies on transportation habits, 97.5% of Americans drive an average of less than 75 miles per day! Not only that, for 75% of us, the number of miles we drive is under 40. One full charge on a Nissan Leaf will easily cover two days of driving for most people, and one day of driving for almost everyone else.
Think about what that means for longer trips: if the Leaf can go 100 miles on a 100% charge, an 80% charge would (theoretically) be an extra 80 miles. If we subtract 10 miles as a safety buffer, that would leave us an effective range of 170 miles, with one stop to recharge. This range would allow you to drive all the way from New York City to Albany, NY (147 mi), from Boston to Hampden, CT (158 mi), from Washington, DC, to Newport News, VA (170 mi), from Portland, OR, to Tacoma, WA, or from Los Angeles, CA to Tijuana, Mexico (144 mi), with a short stop in San Diego (128 mi).
(I don’t know about you, but I don’t drive over 100 miles in one direction very often, and, if I do, I will be staying there for a few hours, if not overnight. There’s also an almost 100% chance that I would want to take a rest stop along the way, since I will have been in the car for almost 2 hours, anyhow. Since a rest stop equals a food and bio break, thirty minutes doesn’t seem like much of a change in habit, and five minutes would mean no change at all).
- Home is the default charging station: Think, for a minute, about how you charge your cell phone, especially if it is battery-munching a smartphone. If you are like me, you are always concerned that the battery will run out, so you take every opportunity you can to charge it. That means plugging it in at home, especially overnight, and keeping it plugged in while you are at work. It wouldn’t make sense for you to leave home with an almost-dead battery, given how important your phone is, and you plug it in at your desk at work because it is convenient.
I’m going to assert, although I don’t have the data to back it up (yet), that most people will do the same with their electric cars: they will keep it plugged in when they are at home, and they will plug it in at work, if it is convenient to do so. This means that most drivers will be starting their next trip with a “full tank.” This is fundamentally different from the ways cars are fueled now, and translates into an effective increase in daily range (assuming that drivers want to keep their trips outside the home to a minimum).
Theoretically, this should mean that most American drivers would rarely need to go to a charging station, outside of home or work. In fact, this has been borne out by anecdotal evidence from a small number of individuals who who have been driving EVs for an extended period of time.
- Rapidly advancing battery technology: The rapid advancement of battery technology will soon extend the range of EVs to the point of parity of gas-powered cars. This will be augmented by the greater use of lightweight materials, such as aluminum and carbon fiber. While the range increases, battery packs will also continue to get smaller and lighter, not to mention cheaper, in much the same way that they have for consumer electronics. “The size of [EV] battery packs keeps changing. It will be different in two years,” Ford’s Ms. Cischke says. Which bring us to our next point.
- The number of batteries that need to be held in inventory is too high, causing undue waste and cost: In order for a battery swap strategy to work, each swap facility must have enough batteries on hand to ensure that, when a customer comes in with a discharged battery, there is a matching replacement that is charged and ready to go. This means that, unless the automakers agree on some battery standards, the swap facility will need to have, on hand, approximately two of each battery type on the market. Obviously, certain battery types will require much higher multiples.
That’s going to add up to a lot of batteries.
It gets worse, when you consider the fact that battery shapes, sizes, and chemistries will constantly be changing. If you believe Ms. Cischke, Better Place could be turning over its entire battery inventory every two years! Given the coming shortages in precious metals, particularly lithium and cobalt, this is not a strategy that is going to be good for the planet, nor is it going to be more cost effective for Better Place.
However, none of this necessarily means that battery swapping, and Better Place, are doomed from the start. There is one area where battery swapping makes perfect sense: large vehicle fleets. In large fleets, there are a few standard vehicles, fixed schedules, and a desire to minimize downtimes. A battery swap setup , like Better Place’s, may always provide the fastest way to recharge a vehicle. Even if the difference is only a handful of minutes, large fleets, such as those owned by UPS or a taxi company, are big enough so that the rewards will outweigh the costs. According to FastCompany, the same may also apply to smaller countries. Therefore it is no surprise that Israel and Denmark are the only places which have committed to install battery swap stations.
To sum up, the future doesn’t look that bright for battery swap business models. Each advance in battery or charging technology is one less reason for the automakers to support battery swap. If the manufacturers don’t support it, it’s simply not going to happen (although one, very small, company is willing to give it a try).
Just think about it: your new EV comes with a 8-year battery warranty, from the manufacturer. Are you going to risk voiding that warranty, for a gain of only a few minutes?
I didn’t think so.
What do you think? I am completely insane? Will battery swap will be the best thing since sliced bagels, or is it dead on arrival? Leave a comment and let me know!
Steve Puma is Director of Business Development for SABA Motors, and a sustainability writer/consultant. His work focuses (mostly) on clean transportation, including Plug-In Electric Vehicles, something he is very passionate about.
Steve holds an MBA in Sustainable Management from Presidio Graduate School and a BA in Computer Science from Rutgers University. You can learn more about Steve by reading his blog, or following his tweets.


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Nin (Latin: Aenona or Nona) is a town in the Zadar county of Croatia, population 1,256 (2001), total municipality population 4,603 (2001). Nin was historically important as a centre of a Christian Bishopric in the Middle Ages. Up to the abolition and Latinization imposed by King Tomislav in the first half of the 10th century, Nin was the centre of the autonomous Croatian branch of the Church.
Nin was also the seat of the Princes of Dalmatia. The Bishop Gregory of Nin (Grgur ninski) was an important figure in the 10th century Church politics of Dalmatia. A small town near Zadar, Nin has a very rich and tumultuous history. Its location is intriguing; the heart of Nin is its historical center on an islet only 500 meters in diameter.
Nin is situated in a lagoon on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, surrounded by natural sandy beaches and linked with the mainland by two stone bridges from the 16th century. According to historians the area of Nin appears to have been settled 10000 years ago. The present-day town on the islet developed 3000 years ago and is one of the older towns on the eastern Adriatic. The area of Nin was colonized by immemorial people of the Mediterranean.

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(b Maty-Bulak, Semirechye [now Krasnogorsk], 1884; d Almata, 1976). Kazakh traditional composer, singer, narrator and dömbra player. He was born to the family of a poor herder and lost his mother when he was seven years old. His family was musically talented and Azerbayev gained the nickname Bala-aqyn (‘Child-singer’) early in his life. At the age of ten or 11 he wrote the songs Ri qoyïm (‘Shoo, my Sheep’, a shepherds' cry) and Boz torgai (‘Sparrow’), which revealed his outstanding talent and became widely popular. Kazakh and Kyrgyz musicians often met in the region of Semirechye, and Azerbayev became famous as a performer of Kyrgyz songs and the Manas epic as well as the Kazakh traditional repertory; his songs also became popular in Kyrgyzstan. More than 200 of his works were recorded by the folklorists B. Erzakovich and A. Serikbayeva. Azerbayev's songs are stylistically linked with aqyn genres of recitation in their melodic construction, which follow the rhythm and meaning of the verse. He composed many songs in response to important events in Kazakhstan; songs such as ...


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Björk has released her new video for The Gate, the first official single from her upcoming ninth studio album, Utopia.
Originally previewed at the NOWNESS installation at London Fashion Week over the weekend, Björk has now shared the visual in its entirety on YouTube.
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The elegant look of our White Scrolled Wall Mirror is second to none. You'll love the way this ornately carved neutral piece brightens up your wall!
- Mirror measures 31L x 1.5W x 31H in.
- Crafted of polyresin and glass
- White finish
- Ornate scrolled design
- Comes ready to wall mount; no additional hanging hardware required
- Care: Dust with a soft, dry cloth. To clean glass, spray a small amount of glass cleaner onto a lint-free cloth and wipe clean.
This item is available at Kirklands.com only, not available in stores.


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About Don Mayo
Flavour description: This is a well-structured cup with a caramel-like aroma. Flavour notes of orange peel and single cream and medium red grape acidity. It is medium-bodied with an almost silky mouthfeel.
Producer: Héctor Bonilla Cruz
Location: Leon Cortes in Terrazu
Farm Name: La Loma (next door to the Don Mayo mill)
Harvest: February 2022
Processing: Yellow Honey, which means that about 50% of the mucilage is left on the coffee cherry as it drys.
Roast: A fairly long profile landing in light to medium roast level. Roasted to present the natural characteristics of the coffee.
Price transparency: The FOB price paid for this coffee was 3,80$ /lb.
We love coffee from Costa Rica. This coffee is close to the farm La Pira in Terrazu that we also buy from. We have visited Don Mayo many times over the last decade, but there are however a lot of details to keep track of here; Don Mayo is the name of the process station and La Loma is the farm next door to it and Héctor Bonilla Cruz is the producer behind it.
Don Mayo won the 2020 Cup Of Excellence with a coffee from La Loma, not with this coffee though, but the Gesha from here. The producer Héctor Bonilla Cruz and his family are the model mill and farm of every producer all over the world.
Héctor has five decades of experience in coffee production and has passed this on to his entire family. Their team approach and dedication to quality are truly impressive.
About Héctor Bonilla Cruz and the mill Don Mayo
Héctor started with coffee at a very young age. At 14 years old he planted a small number of coffee plants on a small lot that his family owned. he kept it small because he had no intention to transport the harvest. He delivered it by hand to large cooperatives. Over the next six years, he increased the number of plants and was able to alternate his work with studying for a nursing degree. He would work during the day and study during the night. Hector combined nursing and coffee up until he was 37 years old, working in a managing position at Llano Bonito RL Coffee Growers Cooperative. When he saved enough money to dedicate full time to coffee and decided solely to grow his coffee plantations and increasing his professionalism. In 2004, he started his own project, Don Mayo. It was a micro mill where he could process his own coffee and use the skills he learnt to secure the family's future. Only four years later, he came 3rd in the Costa Rican Cup of Excellence and bettered that in 2009 by being the overall winner. After that, his daughter won the Costa Rica Barista Championship, twice. Don Mayo also won the 2020 Cup Of Excellence with a coffee from La Loma, not with this coffee though, but the Gesha from here.
Héctor finds the climatic variations and the phytosanitary diseases the biggest challenges in coffee. To him, meeting roasters that buy his coffee is the most awarding moment and also helps to market the coffee, get more money for the product and pay the workers more.
The limit to water is also a barrier. The coffee cherries are yellow honey, which means it is processed without water. About 50% of the mucilage is left on the coffee cherry as it is dried.
As an action towards the coffee price crisis, we are sharing the FOB price on all coffees we buy. The Yellow Honey Cauaí from Don Mayo was 3,8$/lb.

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These Yin and Yang shaped selenite candle holders are a perfect addition to any room or altar display, and make a great healing gift for a friend of loved one! The Yin side is carved from natural Orange Selenite, while Yang is carved from white.
2 interlocking candle holders can be displayed together or moved apart.
Holds 1.5 inch diameter candles. Tea lights are not included.
Size (When pieces are together):
5 inch diameter 1.75 inches deep.
In Chinese philosophy Yin and Yang describes how seemingly opposite forces may actually be complimentary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world.
Selenite possesses healing properties that remove any negative or harmful energies from the body or home.

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We love it that this beautiful photo of Brandon and Nicole Wylie is changing the way people view vitiligo. The couple became an inspiration to thousands of people after their Facebook photo went viral across the web.
The Wylies shared their story with Black And Married With Kids :
Photos don’t go viral as often, but over the last few weeks a beautiful wedding photo has done just that. This photo belongs to Nicole and Brandon Wylie, who recently celebrated their 6th year wedding anniversary
BMWK: First, I want to thank you both for sharing your story. We were excited to hear from Nicole. Can you share with us what happened when you posted the wedding picture on Facebook recently? Nicole, you posted it right?
Nicole: Well, Actually, both of us posted it.
Brandon: So, we were at dinner celebrating our 6 year wedding anniversary and I was looking across the table over a bucket of crab legs just gazing into her eyes and I thought to myself, let me update my Facebook page with a picture of my boo. I said alright I’ll change my background picture. When I did that, didn’t think anything of it. That’s all I did and I showed it to her and said remember this? And she goes “ahhh” while she’s cracking the crab legs and the juice hit me in the eye. So I started crying cause the crab juice hit me in the eye.
Brandon: By the time we got home that evening we literally had about 700 likes. I said what is going on. She doesn’t know 700 people.
Brandon: I’m like babe this thing is growing. Then it’s like over 1.4k. I’m like what! Before that night was over, the first night, the picture on my page got to about 3,000 likes, the first night. The first 6 hours of the posting.
BMWK: Okay, I found that to be so interesting. What were the other sites it was posted to?
Nicole: There were several sites. First, I was taken back by how many people liked the picture. When I looked at other sites, I was then like wow. A lot of people were making comments. Some were nice, like congratulations. Others were more like, he married her despite how she looks. Just a little unsettling, some of them. As if I was unworthy to marry. I would spend nights looking at the comments to see what people were saying.
Brandon: There were comments from across the world. There were some in Arabic, Spanish, Chinese.
Hit the flip for more on their experience and how they met, along with more photos
BMWK: What was your initial reaction?
Nicole: At first I thought, that’s cool that so many would like my picture. Then once you start reading, the sensitive side was like oh that’s mean. But after a while, I just kind of accepted it. Because I received personal emails from people. One of them from a young lady who actually has Vitiligo and she was basically telling me I was an inspiration because she’s younger, she’s 18. She thought she was doomed to never get married and no one was ever going to love her or like her because of the way she looked. That touched me, because she’s telling me I’m an inspiration to her to let her know she doesn’t have to hide from being who she is and she hopes she can find love, because I found love. That right there was a blessing. If it only touched one person…
BMWK: Then it was worth it.
Brandon: There was one young lady who looked like she was in her early 20s she went to my personal page and copied a different picture, and copied 4 pictures and made a picture collage on her page. She wrote a comment on her page, this is real love and hopefully I’ll find real love like this one day. It touched her family members. They commented “we love you, you’re loved, you’ll be happy”. She was encouraged, but it touched the family members who may have felt like they weren’t showing her love. It was ironic, she opened up through us and got a message to her family.
Nicole: When I was getting married, my skin was at it’s whitest. I’m not as white as I was then.
Brandon: No where near it.
Nicole: No where near. My Vitiligo was really bad when I was getting married. I mean, I look like I have Vitiligo everyday, but my face is more brown now. It’s noticeable, but not as out there as it was when I was getting married. Maybe that’s the reason. I have no idea what triggered it to go how it went. It was nothing extra about the picture.
Brandon: It’s a beautiful picture.
Nicole: Yes, it’s a beautiful picture.
BMWK: Why do you feel it was important to share your story?
Nicole: I feel that, first off I have Vitiligo, it’s not contagious. There’s nothing that’s awful. My husband actually loves me. He didn’t marry me cause I was different or cause…
Brandon: Her father had paper though.
Nicole: Whatever. We had comments like she must be rich. Or he didn’t want to bring home a black woman to his mom. So she’s turning white, so now it’s okay.
Brandon: There was also a brother who said I had the best of both worlds.
That’s crazy that people have nerve to post such ignorant comments… Hit the flip for Brandon and Nicole’s beautiful story of how they met.
BMWK: Okay, now let’s get to the good part. How did you meet?
Brandon: Coincidently, I was at Morehouse as a freshman the same year she was at Clark Atlanta as a freshman. We never met, never crossed paths. I’m from Connecticut, she’s from Jersey. We moved down here the same year in 95.
Just so you know. My mom introduced me to her high school boyfriend, when I was 14 and he was an older guy and he had Vitiligo. So I was 14 when I was introduced to a person who had the skin disorder. Of course I was a kid, so I asked questions. He explained it was just a skin disorder, and your body stops producing melanin. I learned that and didn’t think of it again because I never saw anyone else who had it. I moved down here 7 years later, we were both taking classes at a community college, here in Atlanta. I came to class on time, she came two weeks late.
BMWK: Two weeks?
Nicole: See, that’s where he exaggerates. It was just a late registration.
Brandon: It’s a pre-calculus class, not an easy class. I sit in the furthest back row with a buddy of mine. There is a chair between us, there are empty chairs everywhere. Class probably occupied 28, there were probably 14 students in the class. Again, back row middle of the classroom, she walks in across the room to teacher who says oh nice of you to join us. Yeah, she stunted across the room, left foot in front of right foot. My buddy and I were already peeping out the females in the the class. I peeped at him and said to him “I got this one”. Remember, half of the room is empty. Teacher said find a seat ANYWHERE. She comes to the back row and sits right next to me.
BMWK: Brandon, how did you know she was the one?
Brandon: I don’t know if guys go through that “the one” thing. We do become suckers for love though. We do succumb to the writing on the wall. We feel the same way, but I never had that sense of she’s the one. I had confirmation throughout our relationship. My mom and Nikki are Scorpios. My sister loved her. My friends all like her personality and her approach to womanhood being an individual. And her positive outlook on things. How strong of a person she is. They all know that Vitiligo is something some people just can’t deal with. The stares from adults out in public, the questions and comments from kids not knowing any better. We’ve traveled to the East and West Coast, Islands, people from all walks of life can walk right by her and not think twice about her skin. Then, there are people right here in the hood, in the city, show they have no couth, the pointing and the staring. It’s sometimes uncomfortable for me. But she just swings her hair and keeps walking. She leads a great life, and walks a good walk and is a great mom. She is “the one” so I did choose right. She’s cool people.
What a heartwarming story!


Antibiotic Abuse: A paper from China, and one from India
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I just read a brand-new and very interesting paper by Janet Currie, Wanchuan Lin and Wei Zhang, entitled, “Patient Knowledge and Antibiotic Abuse: Evidence from an Audit Study in China.” The authors find that antibiotics are very often prescribed when unnecessary, and suggest that doctor’s incentives to prescribe expensive antibiotics (they get kickbacks from drug companies for prescribing their medications!) could have something to do with it.
Although we know that antibiotics are being overprescribed, and taken improperly around the world, we don’t know so much about why it is happening and how it can be prevented. Das and Hammer (2004) observe patient provider interactions in public and private facilities in Delhi and find similarly high levels of inappropriate prescription of antibiotics. They find that part of the problem of over-use of antibiotics is a competence problem; may doctors do not know when antibiotics are inappropriate. They also find that private providers prescribe more antibiotics than public providers for the same conditions, suggesting that patients expect antibiotics (private doctors depend on patient flow to make money, public doctors are paid the same salary no matter how many patients they see). As in China, there is often also a direct financial incentive to overprescribe antibiotics—sometimes the “private doctors” are also purveyors of medicines.
Interesting, both of the studies suggest that patient knowledge could be an important way to curb over prescription of antibiotics. Currie, Lin and Zhang find that when fake cold patients report having read on the internet that antibiotics should not be given for the common cold, doctors are less likely to prescribe antibiotics (although over 30% of them still do!). Das and Hammer talk about how, if patients were less insistent on receiving antibiotics, doctors would be less likely to prescribe them unnecessarily. Both articles talk about the huge costs to poor consumers of paying out-of-pocket for these unnecessary drugs.
The findings of these papers are really important in an age of increasing antibiotic resistance. More studies like these two should be done to better understand the overuse of antibiotics; others should focus on better understanding the threats posed by antibiotic resistant bacteria and how fast they’re likely to evolve. I know that Dean and Michael Geruso are starting to look at some data from the United States, and I look forward to seeing their results!


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A beautiful round mother of pearl and marcasite pendant set in silver with detailed reverse. Seen here on a 30" silver baby belcher chain. Pendant measures approximately 28mm in diameter.


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Discovering Rural Tourism in Argentina: The Yungas Region
Last February, Hervé, a member of our Argentinian ground team took part in a journey to experience rural tourism in Argentina with members of the local NGO ProYungas, an organisation which supports rural communities in the Yungas region of northern Argentina to develop sustainable tourism programmes as a supplement to their traditional livelihoods.
In his own words…
Community-based tourism in the Quebrada de Humahuaca
I met Avelina from the ProYungas Foundation in Humahuaca, a small village located in the heart of Quebrada de Humahuaca (Humahuaca Valley), an official UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999 which owes this status to the beauty of its landscape and the richness of its culture.
The high altitude of the region didn’t take long to affect us, but it was nothing that couldn’t be solved by a traditional coca tea – a herbal infusion made using the leaves of the coca plant, and a typical remedy used by those in the Andes region. We enjoyed a homemade dinner in the evening and sat down to plan the last details of our trip for the next day.
Homestays with the indigenous people of the Jujuy province
Early the next morning, we were met at the hotel by a local driver from the Omaguacas native community. We started our journey to the rural area of the Jujuy province and the heart of the Yungas region (humid jungle). Our first stop was El Hornocal, a colourful mountain range that impressed us, as you can imagine!
After passing through some small, abandoned-looking villages, we reached Santa Ana, a town surrounded by nature and peaceful landscapes. We were warmly welcomed by and enjoyed a hot tea with our hosts Gabriela and David, a local couple who run their own homestay project.
Once we had settled in, we joined David to learn a little about his day-to-day activities, including how to fit horseshoes on his horse, after which we went for a walk through the empty gravel streets. I felt as if the whole town was deserted – there was not a soul in the streets!
That night we enjoyed a homemade guiso (stew) prepared by the shy but welcoming Gabriela. Her warm smile made me feel comfortable enough to start asking about life in this small village, so rural that they’re still without internet connection or mobile signal. She talked to me about her son, who is a teacher in the rural school of Santa Ana, the everyday work and life of local artisans, and how the people of Santa Ana are starting to consider tourism as a viable option for those who are ready to interact with travellers. It seems that nowadays, agricultural activities alone are not enough to sustain the livelihoods of people in this region.
The project that David and Gabriela are involved in is part of the Asociación de Turismo Comunitario Las Queñoas (Las Queñoas Association of Community Tourism or A.Tu.Co.Que), a community-based rural tourism network that helps manage projects alongside ProYungas.
Trekking across the Yungas region and the Qhapaq Ñam Incan road network
The following day, the Yungas trekking started! Our first stop was Valle Colorado (Coloured Valley), a small, quiet village a 6-hour walk away from Santa Ana. We were lucky that David was heading the same way with his horses and so was able to take our backpacks!
On the way to Valle Colorado, we came across a part of the Incan road system, also known as Qhapaq Ñam, meaning highroad in the Quechua language. It has recently been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and is extensive, crossing different provinces of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Perú and reaching as far as Ecuador and Colombia.
After the trek, which was generally low-intensity with a few challenging stretches at intervals, we reached Martina´s house. Local to the area, she had just returned from the pastures where she takes care of the cattle. While we were chatting to her husband, her daughter joined us with some tea and tortas fritas (a fried bread snack). That night we cooked ourselves some pasta in a very basic but functional wooden kitchen.
The next day we walked for 3 hours to Valle Grande, another small village in the Yungas region. After arriving we had a wander around and enjoyed some homemade empanadas (Argentinian pasties) while waiting for our local bus, which would take us on to the town of San Francisco.
That afternoon, we strolled around the relatively ‘developed’ town, which boasts not only wi-fi, but also a single, functional ATM. In the evening, we met a local marmalade producer and shared dinner at her comedor, a comfortable bar located in the heart of the town.
The following day, this journey was over for me. It was time to say goodbye to my travel partners and return to Quebrada de Humahuaca. The rural teachers had invited me to travel back with them in their bus and I enjoyed a return trip rich in beautiful natural scenery and warm smiles.
The whole trip was an incredibly enriching and mind-opening experience. This way of travelling has given me the opportunity to both meet and connect with local people, while discovering the incredible natural environment and cultural diversity of northern Argentina.

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Family Literacy Week
January 24 @ 9:15 am
to Jan 27 – bringing literacy programing to Sunshine Coast classrooms.
Here’s a look at some of the amazing authors who will be presenting their books, stories and insights about writing and storytelling to students across the district! Check out the details here.
Sorry not open to the general public but such an opportunity for our students.

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Valley Dzigokudani (translated as "Hell Valley") in Nagano Prefecture, in northern Japan. Name of the area due to the numerous hot springs and geysers, gushing out of the ground. Now these geothermal water - a popular resort, where you can in the bosom of the relic mountain nature plunge in natural healing bath - onsen. The remarkable quality of geothermal waters of these places appreciate not only Japanese and foreign tourists, but local natives - the Japanese macaque, all day long to take a warm water therapy in the onsen in the winter when the temperature drops below zero.
The Japanese macaque - the only species of monkeys that live on the Japanese islands. This is the most northern monkey in the world.
Japanese macaques live mainly in northern Japan, where snow can lie up to four months of the year, and the average winter temperature is -5 ° C
Helping them to transfer the cold thick and dense fur is dark gray with a brown tinge, which has given its nature.
The fur covers the entire body of the animal, with the exception of the muzzle, hands and buttocks. If you look at macaque ruffled, it seems that it is quite thick and heavy. In fact, Japanese macaques are not that great.
The growth of males is about 80-95 cm, weight - 12-14 kg. Females are shorter, and their body weight of about 1, 5 times smaller. The tail of the Japanese macaques short, no longer than 10 centimeters.
One of the distinctive features of the exterior of the Japanese macaque - red leather
No cold Japanese macaques are not afraid of, thanks to the warm geothermal bathrooms, where they spend most of the time in the winter.
According to local legend, the first to take a warm bath has become one of the females, who climbed into the water to get spilled the beans. And only after it learned that the rest of the monkeys
During particularly cold weather they are immersed in water up to his neck. So sit most of the time, and when it gets warmer, go look for food. If wet monkey climbs out of the water, then bitter cold wool covered with ice and it becomes colder. For such cases, the monkeys provided duty system. Several animals with food trays, dry hair, while others sit in water
Macaques perfectly swim and dive
Eat macaques mainly plant foods - leaves, fruits, roots, sometimes as small animals, insects and bird eggs.
From time to time macaques raid the peasants' fields, and it is exposed to extermination
On the one hand, the Japanese macaque - unique animals listed in the Red Book, which must be protected, on the other - they are pests with which farmers have to fight to save the harvest
Japanese macaques live in flocks of 10 to 100 animals of different sexes, usually 20-25. During leisure, if there is no place for swimming, huddling together and bask in each other
Unique monkey resort has no analogues in the world. Monkey Dzigokudani made it his fiefdom. Outsiders are not allowed here. It is said that macaques from other mountains, hearing about the amazing healing springs, trying to relocate here to the waters. But there were hounded out by local inhabitants.


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K-Pop 99-line Idols To Attend Graduation Ceremony at Hanlim Multi Art School
Located in the Songpa district of Seoul, South Korea, the Hanlim Multi Art School held its graduation ceremony on February 9th. As you already know, another graduation ceremony was held at School of Performing Arts Seoul yesterday.
Stars including YeRi (Red Velvet), Joo HakNyeon (THE BOYZ), Kim Lip (LOONA), JooE (MOMOLAND), and YeonJung (WJSN) wore their uniforms for the very last time in 2018. It was a moment recognize and honor their efforts and hard work.
Despite the cold weather, all the members of WJSN, CLC, DIA, IZE and SF9 were present to congratulate their members and add excitement to the ceremony through their presence.
Red Velvet YeRi (Birth Name: Kim YeRim)
THE BOYZ Joo HakNyeon
WJSN Yoo YeonJung
MOMOLAND Nancy and JooE (Lee JooWon)
LOONA Kim Lip (Kim JungEun) and Chuu (Kim JiWoo)
SF9 HwiYoung (Kim YoungGyun)
DIA EunChae (Kwon EunChae)
CLC EunBin (Kwon EunBin)
Golden Child Tag (Son YoungTag), JaeHyun (Bong JaeHyun), and JooChan (Hong JooChan)
*Special MC for the graduation ceremony*

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This is a well known, profitable, ethnic themed restaurant and sports bar located in a growing market. They have experienced growth year after year, and made a revenue over $1,500,000 for 2017! The upgraded building, full late night menu, and a new delivery service has positioned them for continued growth. Their menu includes a variety of both ethnic and American options to ensure that they reach a broad target market. Indoor and outdoor seating is available and typically offer a view to one of the 17 TV’s located throughout the facility. Key employees and managers are all in place for a new owner coupled with an established menu and recipes. This is a turn-key business and great opportunity to own a very profitable restaurant in Mobile, AL.
This full service restaurant and sports bar is located on the corner of a very busy intersection and benefits from a long history of serving customers from this prime location. Specialty foods coupled with American cuisine and a late night menu make this a unique and sought after eatery.
Growth / Expansion overview
The business just added delivery service and has already seen the increase in revenues. Additional marketing of this service and their UFC events will have a positive impact on sales.
Support / Training Comments
The owner will train the buyer up to 60 days if needed to ensure a smooth transition.

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Paul Lambert will return to the dugout in the Premier League for the first time since 2015 on Saturday after replacing Mark Hughes as Stoke boss.
Elsewhere, leaders Manchester City are aiming to bounce back from their first league defeat of the season last weekend and Theo Walcott is set to make his Everton debut.
Here, Press Association Sport picks over the weekend’s potential issues.
Paul Lambert impact
Lambert returned to management earlier this week when he was the shock name to replace the sacked Hughes. The Scot watched on from the stands as the Potters were beaten 3-0 by Manchester United, but will have seen signs of encouragement at Old Trafford after Stephen Ireland missed two glorious first-half chances. A lack of confidence throughout the squad was evident, though, meaning Lambert has a tough job on his hands to lift spirits ahead of the Huddersfield match. Stoke also face Watford, Bournemouth and Brighton in their next few games and Lambert will be looking for a reaction as his side, currently one point from safety having lost eight of their last 11 league matches, look to pull away from the drop zone.
How will City react to first league defeat?
City head into their home clash with Newcastle in unknown territory after losing a league game for the first time this season at Anfield last Sunday. Liverpool ran riot in the second half, scoring three goals in nine minutes, before City responded to make the scoreline respectable. But they have a great chance to return to winning ways and extend their 12-point lead at the top against a Newcastle side struggling at the wrong end of the table.
Chelsea need to start firing
Antonio Conte’s team have not experienced a great start to 2018, drawing all five matches, although they did beat Norwich on penalties in the FA Cup last time out after the score was 1-1 after 120 minutes. They have scored only three goals since the turn of the year and Conte has been linked with a whole host of strikers in the January transfer window. They are without Pedro and Alvaro Morata at Brighton following their red cards against Norwich and need the likes of Eden Hazard and Willian to step up.
Theo Walcott to end Everton’s striker issues
The England forward ended his long affiliation with Arsenal earlier this week, opting for a fresh challenge with Sam Allardyce at Everton. Like Chelsea, the Toffees have struggled in front of goal and have found the net only twice in their last six matches, which were all winless, and will need Walcott to hit the ground running. Allardyce, who is set to take charge of his 1,000th match, has been criticised for his lack of adventure during the early stages of his reign at Goodison Park but has no excuses now he has Walcott and £27million signing Cenk Tosun on board.
Uncertain times at Arsenal
Walcott has left behind an Arsenal side seemingly in turmoil, both on and off the field. Not only are the Gunners without a win in their last five matches, including defeats to Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth, they are reportedly on the verge of losing star player Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United. There could be an unsavoury atmosphere at the Emirates on Saturday when they take on resurgent Crystal Palace, the last team they beat, and they need three points to keep the fans on side.


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Ahead of the grand reopening of The National Civil Rights Museum, the Museum will be hosting the Drop the Mic Poetry Slam competition.
The event is aimed at giving youth and adults ranging in ages from 15-25 a chance to express their views on freedom and what it means now to the current generation.
The ‘Drop the Mic’ Poetry Slam takes place on February 22, under the theme “My Freedom Is.”
The National Civil Rights Museum’s “Drop the Mic Poetry Slam” competition will be awarding the grand prize winners $1,000 along with a performance spot on the main stage at The National Civil Rights Museum’s reopening, amongst other prizes. The second place winner will receive $750 and the third place winner will receive $500.
The competition will have celebrity judges including Danny Simmons, brother of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and co-producer of Def Poetry Jam, spoken word artist and 88.5 WQOX radio personality Aisha Raison and music producer and rapper Drumma Boy.
Contestants, who were looking to participate in the Drop the Mic Poetry Slam competition, were required to submit a two minute video uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo at poetryslam.civilrightsmuseum.org.
All contestants that entered will be voted on by online viewers from February 11-14 in each age division. The contestant in each age division that gets the most votes will be selected as finalists to perform in Memphis, Tennessee on February 22, 2014.
The Drop the Mic Poetry Slam will be held at the Rumba Room, 303 S. Main, Memphis, TN on February 22, 2014, while the grand reopening of The National Civil Rights Museum will be taking place on Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 450 Mulberry St., Memphis, TN.
The grand reopening takes place one day following the yearly commemoration of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, who was assassinated on April 4th, 1968.


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This is a topic in which I actually thought about all day yesterday and all throughout the night, yet I’m still unsure on how to approach this without sounding like ‘buy this or you’re a fool!’, so please accept my apologies in advance if I do come off to you in that way. This is just something that is by far in my eyes the greatest thing ever produced! I must urge you though, if you have the time, please check out all the songs on Youtube or you can even PM me and I’ll get you a copy of the album in some shape or form! But if you do check them out on YouTube, make sure you watch them in the correct track listing!
Some may know that I’m an active musician; some may not have known that little fact. I believe I mentioned it a long time ago, but music is something in which I’m very passionate about. And with that passion comes a burning necessity to tell you about my musical tastes.
Old action shot at a practice session
I grew up a hardcore Metallica fan, knowing all the lyrics and every guitar riff (I even knew the live riffs compared to the album riffs). It wasn’t until a few years ago that everything changed. It only took one album, just one album in which was an emotional roller coaster that can still leave me in tears at the closing track. This album is by Sixx AM, and it’s called The Heroin Diaries.
With a titular name such as The Heroin Diaries, many may be turned off immediately. But rest assured, it’s the singular greatest album ever produced in my eyes. It was created by the bassist from Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, and it’s basically a reiteration of a diary he kept from December of 1986 until December of 1987. You can definitely tell it starts in December by the opening track X-mas in Hell which is a monologue of Nikki speaking of when he had a near heroin overdose on Christmas Eve, leaving his Wife and family to find him naked under a Christmas tree with a needle in his arm and lacking any form of consciousness. From the opening track until the end, this album is a musical story book in a sense, starting with his addiction and going through the forms and procedures of recovery.
After the opening track comes 12 songs, month by month in accordance to his diary (or his long time suicide note according to the first track) following his despair, rehabilition, relapse, him blaming his family, his overdose and out of body experience, his second battle with heroine, and finally his mental/physical/emotional rehabilitation leading to him to finally quit heroin. And whether or not it’s the lyrical content, the steady beat of the drums in Dead Man’s Ballet, the amazing vocals on the track Permission, the ground and pound bass throughout the album, or the soothing guitar riffs that seamlessly fit together throughout the track, this album is truly a stand-alone piece of musical genius.
I’ve included some of the highlights of the album below; but like I said before, if you would like a copy of the album, let me know and I’ll find a way to help you obtain it. Hell, I may even mail you a copy if that’s what it takes. But check it out in one form or another. Just do me the favor and if you do get it, listen to the tracks in order, for like I said before it’s a story and there’s no sense in only reading the first page and last page of a book. Just remember that this album isn't really about the addiction itself, but it's about Hope. Enjoy, and I’ll be sure to bring a gaming blog to you all tomorrow!
Life IS Beautiful
Nikki blaming everyone for his problems
My personal favorite.
Be warned though, amazing vocals and possible tears ahead at 2:44


Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commissioner Marty Ross says it's the planning and zoning commission's job to write the county's new comprehensive land-use plan, but so far, that's not happening.
“We are required to do it; it's our job and right now we are not doing our job. We are a spectator, in my opinion,” Ross said at the end of the commission's Feb. 9 meeting.
Ross, a retired Delmar-area farmer, is concerned the commission is not at the forefront of writing the new plan. He says the only way to do that is to dissect the old plan and make changes with input from county officials, staff, the consultants and the public.
Ross, who has served on the commission for eight years, said there is no process in place to compare the old plan with the new plan, which is critical to gain a better understanding of land-use in the county.
Commission Chairman Bob Wheatley said a process would be worked out.
“There better be because I'm close to saying this is not working well for me. We are a year in, and we are bystanders. I'm not a happy camper. And if I have another councilman tell me he doesn't want to hear my opinion, he and I will do more than dancing,” Ross said.
Ross was referring to a debate he had with County Councilman George Cole during a Feb. 7 plan workshop.
Wheatley and assistant county attorney Vince Robertson said county council has given direction to write a new plan and not rehash what's in the old plan. Wheatley said this will be the first new plan in 20 years because previous plans were updates.
Ross stressed that by state law, it's the commission that writes the draft plan that is eventually submitted to county council for approval.
Ross: 'That's bad government'
Ross said during the joint workshop with consultants McCormick and Taylor and county staff, the commission and council were asked to agree on 115 bullet points listed as goals and objectives. “It ended up that we all agreed, but we didn't know what we agreed to,” he said. “That's bad government, and I will not be a part of that. I did it one time; I will not do that again.”
Ross said, and other commissioners agreed, that before another joint workshop with council is scheduled, the commission wants a workshop with consultants and staff. “We need quality time with the consultants,” Ross said.
“We need a process within the commission to work with the consultants and staff to have the commission write the plan, which is required by law,” Ross said. “And we already have a draft – the old plan.”
He said there will be differing opinions on some material in the plan, but the commission and council will agree on about 95 percent. Ross said when the commission and council have differing ideas, they should be presented to the public as multiple-choice options. “The public needs to be able to discuss the pros and cons of the choices and let us know what to focus on,” he said. “That's why we have a preliminary draft.”
“It sounds like you are saying write the plan first and then get public input; we do it the other way around,” Wheatley said. “One thing is certain, that at some point planning and zoning commission and county council have to commit to a course of action and stop dancing around and pick an approach. The consultants can give us ideas, but at the end of the day we have to decide.”
Wheatley said it's a misconception that the new plan will be totally different from the old plan. “In my mind there is no way that can happen because the county is different but not totally different than it was 10 years ago,” he said.
He said about half to two-thirds of the old plan's language will be contained in the new plan.
Wheatley suggested the commission set aside time to look at each element in the plan. “We need time to compare to the old plan and suggest modifications. We need a draft to work from so in an orderly fashion we can go through it section by section and do our thing with it,” he said.
“We will get public input, but at the end of the day we will be the ones to decide. The public has entrusted that responsibility to us and county council. The issue we are struggling with is the order these things happen,” Wheatley said. “Staff and consultants need direction from us and county council. We don't need to write every word, but we do want the opportunity to edit it.”
Janelle Cornwell, the county's planning and zoning director, said another joint workshop will be scheduled in March with another public meeting to be scheduled in the spring. She said once the vision statement, goals and objectives and land-use scenarios are agreed on, staff and consultants can start writing the required elements in the plan. She said some of the elements would be ready for the commission's review during the summer with all completed by the fall.
She said the spring public hearing would be to gain input on the goals and objectives established by county officials.
The plan must be approved by state planners and signed by the governor by June 30, 2018. To comment on the plan, go to sussexplan.com.


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Banana Leaf restaurant is situated beside An Hoi river bank. It is a great restaurant for dinner and enjoying the wonderful scene outside.
Banana Leaf restaurant is situated beside Hoi An river bank. It is a great restaurant for dinner and enjoying the wonderful scene outside. The staffs are nice and helpful as well.
Facing the river, Banana Leaf is one of the most noticeable restaurants as you slowly walk down by the river. The menu is large and the food is authentically Vietnamese. Expect to pay about $10 for a 3-course lunch or dinner.
From Hoi An Stadium, go head east on Tran Hung Dao toward Nguyen Hue. Take the 2nd right onto Hoang Dieu then take the 3rd right onto Bach Dang to reach the restaurant.
Facilities & Services
- Non-smoking restaurant
- Air conditioning
- Credit card / Debit card accepted
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Gippsland farmer 'shocked' by Crown land campsites announced by Victorian government/ By Peter Somerville
A Gippsland farmer has described his shock at the location of several new campsites being established on what he considers "totally inappropriate" sections of land licensed from the Victorian government.
- The Victorian government unveils details of four new campsites along Gippsland rivers
- The campsites are on land farmers licence for grazing, with dogs and campfires banned
- Campers must access the sites by foot and bring their own toilets with them
The government last Friday published details of the first four camps in Gippsland — two are on the Wonnangatta River, and two are on the Dargo and Macalister Rivers — on Crown land river frontage.
Access to many of the campsites is from narrow country roads with limited parking opportunities and strict conditions.
Trevor Archer manages the farm that hosts the Macalister River campsite and said it was "totally inappropriate" because there was "nowhere to park".
The site is 4 kilometres from Cheyne's Bridge Recreation Area, a campsite with toilet facilities popular among trail bike riders.
"It gave me a bit of a shock, actually," Mr Archer said.
"I knew it was proposed but they hit us pretty quick with it.
"There's nowhere to park. The closest safe park is 4 kilometres away [at Cheyne's Bridge] on a dangerous windy narrow road.
"It's an accident waiting to happen if people are on foot down there."
Access to the campsite involves scaling a barbed wire fence beside a narrow two-lane road and walking through a paddock often grazed by Mr Archer's cattle.
"The entry point is 40 metres from where I bring my cattle up a little cutting … and later in the year there are 130–140 cows and calves coming up here and I've got to try to get them through [the campers]," Mr Archer said.
"If someone's here trying to unload their gear when I've got cows and calves coming in … it's just not going to work."
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning said all potential campsites were subject to a "thorough and consistent assessment process".
A spokesperson said it helped ensure "cultural, environmental, public safety, and other regulatory matters are considered at each site — including public access".
Fulfilling an election commitment
The Labor government made a 2018 election commitment to open licensed Crown land river frontages to camping.
The land was previously accessible for day use, with the four campsites opened on areas that are frequently grazed by cattle.
The sites have to be accessed by foot, campers must bring portable toilets with them, and dogs and campfires are not permitted.
Campers are welcome
Mr Archer said he was not opposed to having campers on the land but expected the 4km walk from Cheyne's Bridge would deter many.
"I don't see that anyone's going to carry their gear 4 kilometres down the road, 4 kilometres back," he said.
"And they can only get in that one entry and exit."
It would not be the first time campers have set up on the property.
"Before the 2007 flood when the river blew out and changed course, I had 14 sites where people could choose to camp," Mr Archer said.
"But we had them where we wanted them. They were in a bend in the river and it didn't interfere with our stock work or anything."
Calls for a 'level playing field'
Further downstream, Paradise Valley camp and caravan park operator Neil Williams was surprised to learn about the free campsite.
"It doesn't really seem fair that we have to go through all the compliance rigours that we do, and the state government feels like it can open up a parcel of land for anyone at any time," Mr Williams said.
He said many Paradise Valley guests had visited the park over many years.
But Mr Williams conceded he may lose business to the free campsites upstream.
"I'd just like everyone to be on a level playing field," he said.
"There are caravan parks all over Victoria that have had to comply with Country Fire Authority regulations.
"There's a whole host of other council health and safety compliance issues that we deal with on a regular basis and it all adds to our overheads."


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Today’s Post by Joe Farace
Not too long ago, there was a discussion on-line about what inspires people to create photographs. For me, new things inspire me. It could be a new camera or maybe it’s new lens (look for a post on this topic soon) or just a new place to make portraits. But the number one influence on my photography is the movies…
Today’s featured image is my homage to the late François Truffaut’s 1971 film Two English Girls. OK, I know; there’s only one woman in the shot but, to me anyway, the image’s seventies vibe is right. As a young photographer, coming of photographic age in the 1970’s I was influenced by Truffaut’s films but for some reason it took me many years to make this image. And if you think that I’m obsessed with using the movies as a source of inspiration, you would be right. For another post on this subject, please read my post “Old Hollywood Style Glamour Photography,” when you have the time.
How I made this shot: I photographed this young model using a Contax 137 MD Quartz film SLR that I’m still kicking myself for selling and a beautiful Carl Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 lens. It was originally shot on Kodak color negative film, the type of which and the exposure were unrecorded.
(Before COVID-19) while traveling around my area, I would look for and make notes and sometime snapshots of the different kinds of places that could serve as locations for a portrait session. You can even go looking for portrait locations on purpose and they may be closer to your home than you might otherwise think. This specific portrait was made in a friend’s backyard photo studio with me using that chair as a posing aid. (Thanks, Brad.)
A Note about posing: As the old joke goes… the best way to get to Carnegie Hall is practice. The best way to improve your posing is by practicing too. One tip is it to make sure that you shoot something new each week so you eventually get to the point where you don’t have to think about how to operate your camera so instead of fiddling with its controls you can concentrate on your subject to obtain the most flattering and natural pose.
The original title of my book Posing for Portrait and Glamour Photography was The ABC’s of Portrait Posing. On this blog there are lots of posts about portrait posing. Use the Search box on the upper right-hand corner and type “posing” to find appropriate posts. If you want something more lasting, take a look at my book that’s available from Amazon for $19.64. Used copies start at $18.76 as I write this and the Kindle version is $20.03 for those preferring a digital format.


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The Nashville Sound - The A Team - The Musicians Hall of Fame
All above and much, much more are accomplishments of Nashville musician Ray Edenton.
Ray and a special group of fellow musicians and friends were unsung architects of some of the greatest records to hit the music charts worldwide.
From Country to Pop to Bluegrass and Jazz, Ray's uncanny ear for rhythm made the art of playing rhythm guitar an untapped resource to be used by record producers for almost 40 years.
Self-taught and skilled on several instruments, Ray Quarles Edenton, following a career as a touring musician, has played in Nashville studios since 1953, until his retirement in 1991.
In one particularly busy stretch, Edenton did 22 sessions in 5 days. He could play many different instruments and often did, but rhythm guitar was his specialty. By his estimate, he played somewhere around 15,000 sessions, although he has no way to get an accurate count.


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As of June 17, the U.S. has seen nearly 2.3 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 alongside 120,000 confirmed deaths. However, a deeper look into these numbers shows that this pandemic has exposed the long-standing health disparities present in the U.S. healthcare system.
According to Marion Kelly, the director for the Office of Community Affairs at the Mayo Clinic, minority groups in the United States — including black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American populations — are suffering disproportionately in comparison to others within the majority population.
“I think that you’ll find in any database that has been appropriately tracked, that all minority groups have outcomes that are worse than those of the majority population,” Kelly said. “For the African descent population, depending on where you are, the health outcomes are sometimes more than double than of the majority Caucasian population when it comes to health outcomes.”
The American Public Media Research Lab recently released a set of findings which indicated that the population of black Americans in 43 states have had the highest rate of death per 100,000 people. The study found "the latest overall COVID-19 mortality rate for Black Americans is 2.3 times as high as the rate for Whites and Asians, and 2.2 times as high as the Latino rate."
Kelly believes that these disparities are the result of systemic racism, meaning a deeply-embedded racial inequality in regards to education school systems, banking systems, housing systems and more.
“They exist for a number of reasons, the first one I’ll state is the obvious — we live in a racist society that causes people of color to be judged and viewed differently than other populations, and it’s systemic racism,” Kelly said.
In addition to this and the underlying health conditions endemic in the black population, another hard-to-ignore reason as to why blacks have been hit harder by the pandemic can be tied back to the type of jobs they are more likely to hold compared to their white and Asian counterparts.
A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute showed that from 2017 to 2018, 19.7% of black or African American workers could work from home compared to 29.9% of white workers and 37% of Asian workers who could do so. When a worker holds an "essential" job and is unable to work from home, they become more likely to contract the virus and fall ill.
RELATED: Congressman Ruben Gallego and two health experts hold press conference for spike in COVID-19 cases
In Southern Arizona, the Hispanic/Latinx population is also continuing to be hit disproportionately hard with COVID-19.
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, the Hispanic/Latinx population accounts for 26% of COVID-19 cases in comparison to the white population which accounts for up 17%, as of June 17. At the same time, whites make up about 54.4% of the population in Arizona compared to 31.6% from the Hispanic/Latinx population.
Anahi Valenzuela, a project coordinator for Amistades, a Latino serving nonprofit organization in Tucson, identified a list of reasons why these health disparities exist.
“With the families that we work with, a lot of the families are undocumented and they are afraid to seek medical treatment,” Valenzuela said. “The majority of families are also single-parent households. and so those parents have to decide whether to go to work or stay home with their children.”
According to Valenzuela, many of these families must go to work because they do not have any other source of income, and many work “essential worker” jobs.
In times of COVID-19, though, Valenzuela and the Amistades team are working vigilantly to combat these health disparities and other issues surrounding the Latino community in Tucson.
“We’ve been working with different partners to address these disparities,” Valenzuela said. “This is why the agency was created, to give our Latino community a voice.”
Native Americans have also been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 in Arizona. The Navajo Nation saw a slight decrease in cases the past few days, according to AZFamily; however, during the past few months, they saw a flood of cases.
Native Americans have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus for a lot of the same reasons as the black population. A high percentage of underlying health conditions combined with less access to healthcare and treatment puts them in a very difficult situation.
According to the Indian Health Service, "American Indians and Alaska Natives continue to die at higher rates than other Americans in many categories, including chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, unintentional injuries, assault/homicide, intentional self-harm/suicide, and chronic lower respiratory diseases.”
However, many have recognized the need for wearing masks to slow down the spread of the virus despite no official governor’s order to do so for the rest of the state.
"I truly believe wearing masks helps slow down the spread of COVID-19,” Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said to AZFamily. “And in the state of Arizona there's no public health order that mandates citizens to wear masks, and maybe that is a factor in this real big spike."
Nez’s belief can be backed up by the current research that looked at the benefit of a wearing mask to slow down the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
A recent study by the National Academy of Sciences revealed that the "wearing of face masks in public corresponds to the most effective means to prevent interhuman transmission."
Another study by BMJ, a high-impact medical research journal, found that wearing a mask "was 79% effective at curbing transmission before symptoms emerged in the first person infected, but it wasn’t protective once symptoms had developed."
In response to the health disparities that exist among the Navajo people, the Navajo Nation COVID-19 Fund was established and has now raised over $1,500,000.
With public health disparities becoming more evident during times of COVID-19, Valenzuela urges marginalized communities to “keep fighting” and to “keep using their voice.”

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This is a weekly meme started and hosted by @marysimms72 on her brilliant Book Craic blog which I urge you to read. Also, please check out all the other posts and Tweets with the #MGTakesOnThursday tag, you will be sure to find many fantastic recommendations!
If you love books written for an MG audience and wish to take part, the steps to follow are:
- Post a picture of a front cover of a middle-grade book which you have read and would recommend to others with details of the author, illustrator and publisher.
- Open the book to page 11 and share your favourite sentence.
- Write three words to describe the book
- Either share why you would recommend this book, or link to your review.
Authors: M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman
Illustrator: Elisa Paganelli
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books
Favourite sentence from Page 11:
“ Would you like us to arrange a crime for you to solve on board?”
This book in three words: Safari – Murder – Family
Murder on the Safari Star is about to steam onto the shelves of your local bookseller or library so get hold of a copy and book your ticket for the adventure of a lifetime.
This is the third in the Adventures on Trains series from the writing partnership of MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman; I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all three and this is my favourite so far! The combination of the stunning southern African setting, the nods to Agatha Christie plots and the astounding artwork throughout the book all added to my immersion in the adventure and enjoyment of this book.
For those of you who haven’t read The Highland Falcon Thief or Kidnap on the California Comet, the series features Nathaniel Bradshaw (Uncle Nat) a widely respected travel writer and his nephew Harrison (Hal) who has an incredible talent for art, swiftly capturing scenes in his ever-present sketchbook, which help him analyse his observations and detect crimes.
This time around Uncle Nat has invited Hal to accompany him on a journey from Pretoria in South Africa to the Victoria Falls on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. Hal gets to see the wildlife that he was hoping to sketch, some of it at rather closer quarters than he anticipated…and once more finds himself unweaving a web of intrigue.
Before the journey even begins Hal spies a suspicious exchange of money between railway owner Luther Ackerman and a stranger, and from that moment the reader is caught up in Hal’s mission to spot clues and inconsistencies in his interactions with the glorious cast of fellow travellers. These include tweedy, novellist Beryl Brash, handsome actor Patrice Mbatha, entrepreneur and women’s rights activist Portia Ramaboa, a devoted Japanese couple Dr and Mrs Sasaki, a retired South African police detective Erik Lovejoy and a super-rich American family. When the deeply unpopular, brash, bullying billionaire Mervyn Crosby is found dead in his luxury cabin, everyone falls under suspicion and Hal discovers that murder is not the only crime aboard his latest train journey.
I am a huge fan of mystery novels and this series has swiftly become one of my favourites. Hal is such a likeable character, he is shy and quiet but his remarkable observation skills and talent for art help him organise his thoughts and spot details missed by adults. The books brilliantly incorporate Hal’s sketches, with the actual artwork being expertly rendered by awesome illustrator Elisa Paganelli. Whenever Hal sets off on a journey he makes friends who become allies in his crime-solving activities, in this case it is Winston Tsotsobe and his cute yellow mongoose Chipo, he has joined the train with his mother Liana, a zoologist and safari guide. As children are swept along in the adventure they just can’t help absorbing knowledge of geography, the natural world and conservation which I consider to be a great way to learn. There is also an interesting theme of “family” in this story and the way that families shape us and our behaviour which I think could lead to some interesting discussions with upper Key Stage 2 children.
While we are once again stuck at home I highly recommend taking a journey aboard the Safari Star to anyone of 8+.
I am most grateful to publisher Macmillan Children’s Books and NetGalley for allowing me access to the eARC of Murder on the Safari Star, the book will be published on 4th February 2021.


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A Guide to Newfoundland: A Rugged, Remote Foodie Haven - VOGUE
Tour Gros Morne as featured in VOGUE Magazine - Tour Gros Morne guided writers from around the world through an adventure to remember in Gros Morne National Park. From multi-day backpacking to day hikes, culture and culinary adventures we curated the adventure for this group and were happy to partner with other local operators to make it a huge success.
Here is a link to the full article in VOUGE and some snip-its are found below...
“Newfoundland has all that western Canada has, from soaring mountain ranges to deep valleys and gorges, yet it is truly untouched. You can go and hike in peak season with a handful of people, not thousands,” said Ian Stone, owner and operator of Tour Gros Morne. “You can experience a national park that is not bursting at the seams with people but bursting with natural surroundings, moments of peace. I feel this is the type of place that Banff was 100 years ago.”
We had the chance to showcase some of the best in culinary experiences in Gros Morne with Taste of Gros Morne food tours in two vastly different areas of the park featuring local seafood paired with wine, craft beer and local spirits.
"Food tours are also a great way to sample the different dishes of the area. Taste of Gros Morne, for example, offers a few different tours around western Newfoundland’s national park. Each tour takes you around to the area’s best restaurants to sample the gastronomy, as well as gives you local insight into the community from owner Rebecca Stone, who also brings a sample of her homemade cuisine for you to savor."
We always make sure to include local culture and immerse our visitors in the communities throughout the park.
"Gros Morne offers more remote towns, like Trout River, which vaunt no cell-phone service, pastel-colored houseboats, and a way of life that’s been since forgotten (like the local matriarchs who sell handwoven socks on lines in front of their homes)."
With a passion for sustainable tourism experiences, we offer a variety of tailor-made multi-day vacations and interactive day excursions. Try one of our exciting hikes to amazing vistas, savour culinary excellence on a food & wine tour or create your own masterpiece at one of our artist's studios. We focus on local, authentic adventures. Every tour is an interactive, fun way to learn, explore and experience the true essence of Gros Morne National Park. Contact us so we can plan the adventure of your dreams.


Amir sits down with Craig Bailey
Upcoming artist Amir has already announced tours supporting The Jacksons and Jocelyn Brown. He sat down with me today for a chat and a live session. His new single is out now and you can keep up to date with Amir on his social media.
One of the best voices I have heard in the past twenty years. Take a listen to his interview and live session.
You can keep up to date with everything Amir on his social media accounts
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InstructionAn instruction is a form of information which is communicated in order to explain how an action, behavior, method, or task is to be begun, completed, conducted, or executed.
In Computer architecture, an instruction is a single operation of a processor. The width of an instruction depends on the architecture of the platform, but it is usually from 4 to 64 bits wide. The content of an instruction is determined by the platform's Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), but it usually contains an opcode, which determines the type of instruction, register sources and destination operands, and maybe an immediate field.
At a higher level, in computer science, an instruction could also be part of a computer program in a programming language; see also Procedure.
In the context of French law (or inquisitorial systems based on France's), the instruction is the pre-trial phase of a criminal investigation that is led by a judge.
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BI-L Mailing List Archive
A searchable archive of message digests from the Bibliographic Instruction Mailing List, BI-L. Postings on the list include topics like: approaches to information literacy, strategies and tools for teaching specific skills and concepts, and managing electronic library classrooms.
California Clearinghouse on Library Instruction North Depository
Provides information literacy materials including catalog guides, subject guides, syllabi, tutorials, and tours.
National organization advocating library user education issues. Includes information on related conferences and workshops, the LOEX newsletter, and best practices in bibliographic instruction.
Lessons Learned: Exemplary Practices in Teaching Web Evaluation
Stategies and resources for teaching students to evaluate Web resources are described here.
Understanding Call Numbers
Guide to help students understand how call numbers work.
Resources for Designing Library Electronic Classrooms
Bibliography of resources useful in creating library instruction spaces.
Measuring Up? Assessment and Library Instruction
Partially annotated bibliography of souces relating to bibliographic instruction and assessment.
Collaborative effort between Ohiolink and the Academic Library Association of Ohio which provides access to tutorials and guides for library databases.
Remember the Gin and Tonic! Using Alcohol to Teach Boolean Searching
Humorous article describes how drink mixing can be used as an analogy for Boolean search construction when teaching students.
Round Table on User Education
IFLA group dedicated to international library instruction and information literacy education.
LIRT Research Committee -- Library Instruction Teaching Tips
Provides access to a series of brief brochures on teaching issues like classroom management and presentation skills. Each brochure includes a bibliography. Developed by the Library Instruction Round Table of the American Library Association.
Bibliography of Print Resources on Library Instruction
Extensive list of print resources relating to information literacy and library instruction divided into ten categories.
Library Instruction Related Sites
ACRL annotated list of sites pertaining to instruction in library use.
Using Tattooing to Teach Boolean Searching
Provides a library instruction lesson plan that details how to teach students about Boolean searching using tattooing as an example.
Includes library instruction articles and lesson plans. Encourages submissions from teachers and librarians.
OBE and Library Instruction
Examines the concept of outcome-based education as it relates to library instruction.
Library Instruction Resources
Brief list of web resources relating to bibliographic instruction.
Interest group of the American Library Association provides resources and articles relating to library user education and information literacy.
Library Instruction Tutorials
A guide to evaluating web sites for use in a library and links to tutorials.
Personalization Tools for Active Learning in Digital Libraries
Article analyzing the use of active learning in libraries as it relates in media tools.
Provides a brief literature review highlighting good practice in bibliographic instruction.
International Bibliographic Instruction Activities in the 20th Century: A Literature Review
Literature review examining the development of bibliographic instruction around the world.
MLC Communique, March 2003
Provides a favorable review of LibraryInstruction.Com and the Loex Clearinghouse.
ACRL Instruction Section
Includes resources to aid librarians in library instruction activities. Includes reports, links, and sample assignments.
Recommended Readings for Librarians New to Instruction
Annotated bibliography of papers that give an orientation to library user education.
Discussion group on information literacy instruction, including bibliographic and library instruction.
Wikinfo - Library Instruction
Encyclopedia article which examines the issues and history of library instruction.
Find it Fast: Enticing Faculty to Library Instruction Workshops
Article which looks at ways librarians can get faculty to library use workshops.
The Infography about Library Instruction
Sources recommended by a librarian whose research specialty is library instruction.
Collaboration Between the Library and Business Faculty
Article discusses the experiences of a business librarian and business faculty member who team-taught a course in business research. It covers some of the content and applications of that material in developing students' knowledge and skills in Information Literacy, and includes a limited list of search engines used and a short list of the required outside readings.
Bibliographic Instruction Resources on the Internet
Annotated list of resources on the Web relating to library instruction.
Library Instruction Annotated Bibliography
Listing of papers relating to bibliographic instruction divided into ten categories.
Library Instruction - Wikipedia
Encyclopedia article on the library instruction movement. Includes information on history and leaders.


The case has been made to have Semple Stadium included as a venue for Ireland’s joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup.
Local TD Jackie Cahill says the Thurles stadium is ideally located should Ireland and the UK succeed in securing the soccer showpiece.
The Fianna Fáil TD says some investment would be needed but it would be money well spent.
“We’re only an hour from either Cork or Dublin and we have the rail infrastructure in the town as well.”
“Some people would say you haven’t got the hotels to stay in but if you were in any other sports stadium you could have to travel an hour from that stadium to get to where you’re staying so I don’t think that’s a feasible argument against the potential that Thurles has to offer.”
“This bid to be realistic for the World Cup 2030 is going to need a number of stadiums to qualify and I have made that Point to the Sports Minister Jack Chambers.”