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Burke, 38, met Matthew, 42, on "Dancing with the Stars", they started dating and after a year, they ended their relationship for the first time in 2008, but love made them repair the damage of the relationship and they came back.
It took nine years for them to talk and date again, this in 2017. A year later they got engaged and in 2019 they decided to get married in San Diego, everyone thought their relationship was going to be eternal as love stories go, a year later they adopted a dog.
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Three years later, in January this year they decided to separate and only a month later they signed the divorce, making it clear that their relationship was over. Cheryl commented on social networks that their marriage was over.
A relationship that had been very dear to the fans, ended very quickly, this was the first marriage of the two and we hope they both succeed in their projects.
Cheryl Burke announced the end of her relationship with Matthew
Cheryl made public the end of her relationship with her ex-husband Matthew. Although the divorce papers had been signed in February, it wasn't until this month that Matthew left the house.


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Since The Advance will not be offering any matching funds for Giving Tuesday this year, the UMVIM, SEJ Staff and Board has come together and pledged $12,000 to be used as matching fund. So, on November 29: #GivingTuesday 2016, donations will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $12,000. We believe our mission is big, and we also believe that we can't send trained, equipped volunteers into the field to show Christian Love in Action without the support of our community.
This year, learn more from those who have personally experienced the impact of all UMVIM has to offer. We asked South Carolina Early Response Team Coordinator, Billy Robinson to share about his experience.
How do volunteers help you carry out your mission as the coordinator of Early Response Teams in South Carolina?
We in South Carolina, like most everywhere, are all volunteers. Without volunteers we would have no Early Response Teams, and we would miss out on so many dire needs and opportunities to allow God's love to flow through us in our actions, care, love and concern for others. Coordinating disaster response is chaotic, especially in the early stages of any disaster such as our October 2015 floods and recent tropical storm Hermine. It is the same in emergency response like my paid profession as a Fire Officer/Paramedic. It is vital to have people who will fill in leadership positions and coordinate responses in regional locations, especially in large scale disasters. Without them and all the other wonderful volunteers and support across UMVIM and the United Methodist Church, it would be impossible. Volunteers are the backbone of all we do: helping with training (we have eight UMCOR Trainers); preparing and maintaining our seven ERT Trailers; providing leadership as team leaders and regional coordinators and participating on our state ERT Board; Of course, volunteers are the hard working dedicated people who put tarps on roofs, run chainsaws and muck out while always being listeners across South Carolina, the southeast, and the entire United States. A South Carolina ERT team recently came back from Louisiana.
What differences do you see in teams whose leaders have been trained by UMVIM, SEJ?
We require our leaders to be trained through UMVIM & ERT. This gives them a firm foundation of expectations and quality management that we expect out of them and their teams. It instills in them the true Christian values and attitudes that we expect them and their team members to put forth at all times.
Share a brief story about the impact of volunteers.
During our South Carolina "1 in 1000-year flood" of October 2015, we quickly became overwhelmed especially across the midlands to the coast. One of the hardest hit areas was the Charleston/Summerville area. I immediately called out to Troy Thomas, who is our Low Country ERT Coordinator (our state is divided in four regions, and we have an ERT Coordinator and two Assistants in each). He already had volunteers out helping people on day one and continued coordinating ERT efforts for three months among various agencies and organizations plus teams coming in to South Carolina from other states. His wife, Renee, was instrumental in helping get teams housed and taken care of. Troy also performed his paid job as an officer with Mount Pleasant Fire Department on the days he was not doing muck outs, and he let his secondary construction business lapse for the three-month period.
Many times we do not see the impact or fruits of our labor, but Troy saw it first hand in a man named Peter. Peter was a big man that was angered that his home was flooded and no one had made it out to help him. He also had very little to do with the church or Christians. He flagged Troy down in the street and told him that he needed help. Troy turned to see Peter's flooded home with water still up to the windows. As soon as the floodwaters subsided Troy was able to send a team of 32 people in to help Peter. Peter began to see the love, care and compassion of Jesus Christ through the ERT volunteers' witness of "Christian Love In Action" including their intensive labor to muck out his home. At the end of the day, they all gathered together in a circle in the street in front of Peter's home to pray. During the prayer, Peter broke down to his knees and with the ERT gathered around him, he gave his life to Jesus Christ!
We even saw volunteers cross state, district and conference lines to help. In the Pee Dee Region (Georgetown to Myrtle Beach) of our state, the ERT Coordinator, Rev. Ken Phelps, was land locked for three days due to roadways and bridges being washed out. So, Rev. George Olive of Surfside Beach helped coordinate ERT efforts and provide assessments along with Ann Huffman and others from North Carolina ERT until Ken could get freed. They continued to assist Ken for months due to the widespread damage.

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Mr Mann later told Sky News the EU was "fundamentally
anti-democratic" and the free movement of people under EU rules means
"we can't plan anything".
He said: "If you're a Labour voter, a former Labour voter, a
would-be Labour voter, it's perfectly acceptable for you to be voting
out, and you'll probably be in the majority of Labour voters, possibly
the large majority, in doing so.
"It's because people think that democracy needs to be shifted back to Britain."

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed an anticipated lawsuit against Miami-Dade, saying the county is not abiding by the federal Clean Water Act.
The 30-page complaint demands the county take measures to prevent overflows of pollutants, prevent blockages, and to repair deteriorating and broken sewer lines, pumps and force mains. It also seeks damages of $32,500 for each day the county violated the Clean Water Act prior to Jan. 12, 2009, and $37,500 for each day after that date.
The lawsuit was expected, as a procedural matter. The county, EPA, state Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Department of Justice have been negotiating a new consent decree over the failings of the county's water and sewer department since May. A consent decree is a negotiated settlement of a lawsuit, yet no lawsuit had been filed until Thursday.
Two weeks ago Miami-Dade forwarded a $1.5 billion, 15-year plan to the federal government, proposing to rebuild rusty pipes, brittle pumps and sewage treatment plants throughout the county that in some cases are almost 100 years old. One of the largest fixes would be spending $555 million to reconstruct the controversial Virginia Key Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The county would spend another $394 million fixing two other plants, in Goulds and North Miami. The plan also calls for spending $408 million replacing miles of brittle transmission lines and to replace or rehab most of the 1,035 pump stations throughout Miami-Dade.
The $1.5 billion bill would be covered with new revenue bonds, and an increase in county water fees, which are among the lowest in the nation, administrators say.
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Above: Students Maia Vital and Taylor Barrett enjoy some quality time outside on a shaded bench in Rivers Green.
Students at the College of Charleston are spending the last days of the semester in the many green spaces offered around campus. If not studying for finals in these sunny spots, students are playing games with friends, hanging with their pets or simply soaking in some sun.
Numerous studies suggest that natural light helps boost mood and reduces feelings of stress and anxiety. From Rivers Green to the Cistern Yard to Stern Gardens – and even Marion Square – College of Charleston students have no shortage of green spaces to help keep them focused and stress-free during finals.
Katie Cole and her dog, Willie Nelson, enjoy some sunshine on Rivers Green.(Photos by Justice Wehrmeyer)
On a recent warm, sunny afternoon, Marion Square and Rivers Green were filled with students searching to relieve their stress and enjoy the nice weather. First-year students Charlotte Bradshaw and Lilly Nichols, two sun worshippers in Marion Square located just a block from campus in the heart of downtown Charleston, love that they can take in the sights, sounds and people of the city so close to the College.
“I really enjoy the people watching,” says Bradshaw.
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“I like how we have a lot of different options for places to go,” adds Nichols, who’s majoring in English.
Katie Cole, a first-year student majoring in psychology, and her puppy, Willie Nelson, often frequent Rivers Green and Stern Gardens on sunny days.
“I think that Stern Gardens is super underrated,” says Cole, of the tidy garden and turtle filled pond tucked behind the Stern Student Center, adding that the back of the garden is “so pretty.”
Kyle Carpentier, Simon Vaughn, Holden Silverman, Andrew Langsam, John Carter and Isaiah Shatz like to play spike ball at Marion Square.
Simon Vaughn, a sophomore majoring in commercial real estate finance, says he and his buddies often come out to Marion Square to play a game or two of spike ball. Vaughn agrees that urban green spaces such as Marion Square are unique to the College of Charleston experience.
“I’ve been to other colleges. [They’re] nothing quite like this where everyone can gather around in the sun and play spike ball or volleyball,” he says.
Meanwhile, first-year students Maia Vital and Taylor Barrett spent the afternoon chatting on a bench just outside of Rivers Green near Addlestone Library.
When asked “On a scale from 1-10, how much more likely are you to study or de-stress in an outdoor space rather than an indoor space?” both answered 9 out of 10.
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Vital expressed her love for the outdoor spaces offered at the College.
“Most other colleges don’t have that. I feel like it’s because we’re downtown, we can’t have huge grass areas, so they’re so special to the campus,” says Vital, who’s majoring in biology. “It’s so welcoming. Everyone’s like ‘Yeah, we’re all outside!’”
Without question, the green spaces around campus are the places to go for a break from the classroom, and that being outside, whether it be for studying, relaxing or playing a game of spike ball, is a therapeutic experience for students that keeps them focused on their studies.
“Being outside definitely relieves my stress for sure,” says Vaughn.


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In 1638, he composed the music for a ballet La piazza d'Orlando for the Carnival of Venice in 1638 and the intermedi for Chi soffre, speri for the Carnival of 1639. These two pieces were performed at the Palazzo Barberini. After 1640, he began composing more for patrons in Ferrara and Venice, including an opera, L'Amore trionfante dello Sdegno (or L'Armida), for a Ferrarese wedding in 1641. In 1641, the Barberini were embroiled in the Wars of Castro, and Marazzoli set the events of the battle fought by Taddeo Barberini and Luigi Mattei in October 1641 to music in Le pretensioni del Tebro e del Po, probably composed late in 1641. Marazzoli's L'Armida was performed in a revised version in January 1642 at a celebratory fete. At Carnival in 1642, Marazzoli had another opera performed, Gli amori di Giasone e d'Isifile; following this, Marazzoli returned to Ferrara and directed another performance of Le pretensioni to celebrate Taddeo Barberini's return to the city in March 1642. Returning to Rome by midyear, Marazzoli composed the opera Il giudito della ragione tra la Beltà e l'Affetto (or Il Capriccio), which was first given at Carnival 1643.
Towards the end of 1642, Marazzoli was granted papal permission to travel to Paris with a group of Italian musicians; here he was employed at the court of Anne of Austria, composing chamber cantatas which greatly pleased his patron. In April 1645 he returned again to Rome, finding to his chagrin that the Barberini family had been exiled to France (where they would remain until 1653). He then turned to composing oratorios both in Latin and Italian, some of which were written for the Arciconfraternita del SS Crocifisso. Upon Antonio Barberini's return, he commissioned an opera from Marazzoli for the wedding of Taddeo Barberini's son Maffeo Barberini; pressed for time, Marazzoli collaborated with Antonio Maria Abbatini to create Dal male il bene, given at Carnival 1654 at Barberini's theater. Le armi e gli amori was to be given at Carnival 1655, but the papal conclave of 1655 interrupted production, and it was not given until 1656, alongside Dal male e bene and Marazzoli's latest opera, Vita humana (composed to honor the visiting Queen Christina of Sweden). Marazzoli may have composed the prologue to a ballet by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1657 entitled L'Amour malade, but this is not certain. From 1655 Marazzoli composed works commissioned by Pope Alexander VII, including festival cantatas. Alexander named him cameriere extra in 1656, but a plague hit that year, and musical life in Rome ebbed until 1660. Marazzoli was also a famed harpist, and played the gilded "Barberini harp", which was painted by Giovanni Lanfranco and which is now owned by the Museo degli Strumenti Musicali in Rome. Marazzoli was seriously hurt in an accident during a mass at the Sistine Chapel on 25 January 1662, and died the following day.
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China is tightening its public security and surveillance programs by launching bird-like surveillance drones in a number of provinces.
People familiar with the program dubbed as “Dove” told local news outlet South China Morning Post that over 30 military and government agencies have already launched surveillance drones that resemble birds in certain areas of China.
The drones and other related devices were reportedly flown in and around five Chinese provinces these past years.
Unlike regular drones, China’s hi-tech flying machines are small and can hide in plain sight. They are specifically designed to fly by mimicking the flight of a little bird.
The drones are also said to have a wingspan of around 50 centimeters and can operate at a maximum speed of up to 25 mph.
The surveillance drones are equipped with high-definition cameras, flight control systems, GPS antennas, and data links which allow communication via satellite.
According to reports, the new drone tech is still in early development stages and is still hindered by strong gust of winds, rain, or snow. It is also vulnerable to electromagnetic disturbances. However, people involved with the project are hoping that it could still be improved in the future.
The drones were developed by a team of researchers from the Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian. They have already conducted over 2,000 test flights and firmly believe that while the program is not yet widely used, it has enormous potential.
“We believe the technology has good potential for large-scale use in the future … it has some unique advantages to meet the demand for drones in the military and civilian sectors,” Yang Wenqing, an associate professor in aeronautics, who is involved with the project said in an interview.
This is not the first time that a country has developed bird-like drones. Back in 2011, the German-based Festo Corporation developed a similar drone they called SmartBird. Another drone was also developed in France, a so-called bionic bird which is currently available for public purchase.


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House in a Field is LABC’s Best Individual New Home 2022!
Glazed 3 storey elevation at Old Ashley Hill in Bristol
Glazed gable end on House by the River’s boathouse with timber cladding
House on a Hill tucked into the woods.
The anchor for our House in a Field is this gable which was designed in reverence to the workers cottages historically on the site.
House in a Field 2.0 designed suspended above ground
House by the River entry hall, herringbone door and cantilevered chimney
House in a Field‘s gable, with windows on display, alongside Shou-Sugi-Ban larch cladding.
Gable end window framing the trees at House by the River
31’s symbiotic dormer detailing is nearly complete with the galvanised form wrapping new and old on the principal elevation @31cowork
A moody one of our house on a hill
Plot 3 oriel window on a sunny Sunday.
Blue sky thinking for our new office.
House on a hill’s master bedroom has a world class view down the valley to Bath.
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You know, when the elitists rulers in Congress begin to believe that their power comes from the laws they make and not from the US Constitution that gives them the rights to make those laws, then you know that we are very near to a tyrannical form of governance.
When our foundational documents that created our system of governance means nothing anymore, then is it time for a change?
Currently, Madam Speaker "I can't feel my face" Pelosi and Senator "leaky mouth" Leahy both do not care that there is no authorization in the Constitution for the ObamaCare bill that would FORCE citizens to buy health insurance, or face jail.
CNSNews.com: “Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?”
Pelosi: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”
CNSNews.com: “Yes, yes I am.”
Pelosi then shook her head before taking a question from another reporter. Her press spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, then told CNSNews.com that asking the speaker of the House where the Constitution authorized Congress to mandated that individual Americans buy health insurance as not a "serious question."
“You can put this on the record,” said Elshami. “That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question.”
And, this is the law that they base their unconstitutional actions upon.
CSNNEWS: “If it is the Speaker’s belief that there is a provision in the Constitution that does give Congress this power, does she believe the Constitution in any way limits the goods and services Congress can force an individual to purchase?" CNSNews.com asked. "If so, what is that limit?”
Elshami responded by sending CNSNews.com a Sept. 16 press release from the Speaker’s office entitled, “Health Insurance Reform, Daily Mythbuster: ‘Constitutionality of Health Insurance Reform.’” The press release states that Congress has “broad power to regulate activities that have an effect on interstate commerce. Congress has used this authority to regulate many aspects of American life, from labor relations to education to health care to agricultural production.”
Regulating how safe your food is, regulating how the state teaches your kid is "similar" to dictating citizens to purchase into a government run health system.
And, that thought isn't relegated to just the House...
CNSNews.com: "Where, in your opinion, does the Constitution give specific authority for Congress to give an individual mandate for health insurance?"
Sen. Leahy: "We have plenty of authority. Are you saying there is no authority?"
CNSNews.com: "I’m asking--"
Sen. Leahy: "Why would you say there is no authority? I mean, there’s no question there’s authority. Nobody questions that."
And, it gets worse from there:
CNSNews.com: "But where, I mean, which–"
Sen. Leahy: "Where do we have the authority to set speed limits on an interstate highway?
CNSNews.com: "The states do that."
Sen. Leahy: "No. The federal government does that on federal highways."
Prior to 1995, the federal government mandated a speed limit of 55 miles an hour on all four-lane highways. The limit was repealed in 1995 and the authority to set speed limits reverted back to the states.
Technically, the law that established the 55 mile-an-hour limit--the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act of 1974--withheld federal highway funds from states that did not comply with it. The law rested on the Commerce Clause...
So, you see, they give themselves the right to force CITIZENS to purchase in to their system because, over the years, they have been able to force STATES to do what they want in return for federal dollars.
Pelosi's mouth-piece goes on...
[Pelosi's] release further states: “On the shared responsibility requirement in the House health insurance reform bill, which operates like auto insurance in most states, individuals must either purchase coverage (and non-exempt employers must purchase coverage for their workers)—or pay a modest penalty for not doing so. The bill uses the tax code to provide a strong incentive for Americans to have insurance coverage and not pass their emergency health costs onto other Americans—but it allows them a way to pay their way out of that obligation. There is no constitutional problem with these provisions.”
Ok, let's go through this one illegal line at a time.
First, it IS the state's authority to regulate auto insurance. The Feds can not take that authority away since the state's have claimed that right. And, to say that mandating auto insurance for accidents is comparable to mandating forced insurance coverage is ludicrous in the extreme.
Second, this will not just be a citizen's mandate. They intend to go after small businesses. If the small business does not provide coverage for their people, that owner will be forced to pay a penalty ON TOP of his mandated coverage he has to pay for himself and his family. So much for making the people responsible for getting their coverage. Why target the business owners if this bill forces citizens to pay for health insurance?
Third, I thought this bill was to insure everyone GOT health coverage? But now it would appear that this is designed to COVER those uninsured people who go to emergency rooms? Why not then have a specialized insurance program just for those people? Why lay the bill on to everyone else just because a small % of citizens fail to pay their doctor's bills?
The problem with emergency room finances is not that citizens are passing the buck to everyone else, it is that illegals are flooding the emergency rooms and not paying. This is the true revolving door. Hospitals are closing due to the massive debt illegals have inflicted upon hospitals.
Make no mistake, THIS is the real reason for this government mandated health insurance. To repay the government for the expense of treating illegal citizens.
Fourth: No constitutional problem? I don't even know where to begin with this. These people who are supposed to protect and defend the constitution don't even believe in it. They spit on it. They have deemed the constitution invalid and antiquated. Thus, they turn to their laws and ideologies to dictate their actions.
“The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States. An individual mandate would have two features that, in combination, would make it unique. First, it would impose a duty on individuals as members of society. Second, it would require people to purchase a specific service that would be heavily regulated by the federal government.”
You must be registered with the federal government to buy, sell or trade goods and services. Now, where have I heard that before?
The Congressional Research Service puts it in perspective for those who are still confused:
[T]he Congressional Research Service, an entity that is usually deferential to Congress' prerogatives and prone to take an expansive view of congressional powers, when asked by the Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus about the constitutionality of individual purchase mandates could only say that this is a 'novel question.'"
"This mandate can only be based upon a view that Congress can exercise general police powers, a view profoundly at odds with the Framers' vision of the federal government as one of limited and enumerated powers," he said. "If the federal government can mandate an individual insurance purchase mandate, it can also mandate an unlimited array of other mandates and prescriptions, including the mandate to buy health club memberships or even to purchase a given quantity of fruits and vegetables."
"This state of affairs would completely warp our constitutional fabric, vitiate any autonomous role for the states and eviscerate individual liberty," said Rivkin. "It is profoundly un-American."

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For me, one of the great joys of the Web is to visit other writer’s web sites and check out what is happening with their lives, work and interests. The following is a list of writer sites that I enjoy visiting and you should too…
http://www.carlhiaasen.com/ One of my first writer’s conferences was in Vancouver and I had the pleasure of listening to Carl Hiaasen talk about writing and his work. He has a quirkiness and an attitude that I admire.
http://www.nelsondemille.net/ Nelson DeMille writes characters that ring true, have scars that make them real and again, the right attitude towards life’s priorities.
http://www.michaelconnelly.com/ Any writer who names a character after Hieronymus Bosch is okay by me.
http://www.danbrown.com/ Okay, Mr. Brown is THE publishing phenomenon of the 21st Century. Go thou and do likewise…
http://www.ken-follett.com/ Mr. Follett is a great writer, great researcher. Check out his Master Class on writing…
http://www.harlancoben.com/ Harlan Coben is a great writer of the individual thrust into the hell of circumstance. His books are unique and disturbing. He also had a series of detective novels about an ordinary guy named Myron mixing with extraordinary characters.
http://www.donaldwestlake.com/wks_bkex5.html Donald Westlake is an inspiration to me, a production god of the craft of writing. Just check out his list of over 60 books that he has produced under at least four different names.
http://www.elmoreleonard.com/ He is the man of sparse prose, crisp dialogue and characters that re-affirm your faith in the resourcefulness of good and the stupidity of evil. Absolutely check out his 10 rules of writing.
http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/ A very crisp, informative and almost friendly site, one of the best writer sites you will ever visit. Hats off to Mr. Gibson for spending the effort to make it wonderful.
http://www.stephenking.com/index_flash.php The Stephen King web site has a slick, glossy look and feel with lots of information about his current work, movie adaptation and a message board. I keep tabs on Mr. King because of his great book On Writing that is about the clearest and most honest book about a writer’s life and methods that I have read.
http://www.suzeorman.com/home.asp Another publishing phenomenon, who talks about one of my favorite topics. Okay, my favorite topic…money. I hope one day to write a personal finance book that is 1% as successful as Suze.
http://www.neilgaiman.com/ I respect writers with a visual style and Neil Gaiman is very visual and always imaginative. His journal entries on his web site are great and one wonders how he gets time to do half the stuff he does.

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Thierry and Marie-Sophie are crazy about decoration. Once their workday ends, they indulge their insatiable appetite, reading decoration magazines, specialized online sites and regularly visiting the Drouot auction house. What is their motto? Feed on what they love: furniture! When they were moving into their new apartment only six months ago, they did all the work themselves. They rolled up their sleeves and got on with it. They demolished partitions, chose the glass, painted the walls and chose the wallpaper for the bedrooms. Everything was meticulously planned. Now the apartment is a real gem; spic and span as if they were awaiting a new baby. The Socialite Family wonder whether their secret dream might not be to drop everything to start their own interior design business…
Thierry, Marie-Sophie, what do you do for a living?
I am a jurist.
I am responsible for partnerships in a financial management company.
For how long have you lived here?
Six months. We redesigned the space and redid everything from floor to ceiling: it took three months; the apartment had been unchanged for forty years.
How did you design the décor?
One thing led to another. We had lofty ideas: a corridor with a strong presence, grey for the child’s room, a conservatory, a retro bathroom, black and white, a few carefully gauged patches of colour. And then when we imagined each room, we would imagine other things for the room next door…and this is the result! Everything was meticulously thought out, which was no small feat! But it’s very nice to glimpse a project, to move forward, to conceptualise it and then see it come to fruition.
We love to do up old apartments, we did it four years ago and we are already thinking about the next apartment! But for now we’ll calm down and enjoy this one… And maybe one day we’ll do it for other people!
What education did you have in terms of interior design?
My mother has always been sensitive to decoration and interior design, with a very keen eye for detail; she seeks to create spaces in which people feel good. In fact, we love exchanging suggestions about furniture and send each other photos of our finds. My father’s passions lie elsewhere: he is very sensitive to beautiful objects, to antique furniture with a story. We used to (we still do, in fact) visit auction houses very often. They are so exciting! That I think is why I like the mix of furniture: a 1970s lamp on a Louis XVI commode is a very good depiction of what I was taught.
How do you transmit a taste for beauty and beautiful materials to your children?
By surrounding them with things that we find pretty and explaining the life and origin of these objects. By asking their opinions of things around them, things that are part of our daily lives.
Can you reconcile a beautiful décor and family life?
Yes, I think so, with a bit more fussiness and a little less family life! The hardest part is the little fingers on paintings; but they’re learning.
We’re lucky because our son is very good from that perspective.
What are your favourite objects, works or pieces of furniture in your home?
An ancient mirror in a gilt wood frame, with a floral pattern that I find charming and poetic, though a little tarnished now, in which I used to gaze at myself as a child.
I love the marquetry commode: a classic but ultimately also very trendy. It fits easily with our interior and the idea that it spans the centuries is “cool” I think.
Describe your fantasy piece of furniture.
Where do you feel most at home?
Everywhere, really! Everything is still very new so we are still enjoying every room. Sleeping with my head against the glass, sitting to dinner with a view of the whole apartment, settling into the couch and getting lost in the subtle nuances of the colors in the paintings, crossing the corridor and getting this feeling of flowing, or reading stories in our son’s bedroom…
Do you have any décor advice for us?
Mix colors and prints. Daring color on the walls. Avoid uniformity. Combining beautiful objects from different periods works quite easily in the end; that way, pieces of furniture enhance each other. So do not hesitate to mix! And go for small objects that give tone to the décor and make the place feel lived-in: a nice notebook lying around, a box, a candle.
What is the no-no in terms of taste?
I do not think there’s any real bad taste if the object itself is beautiful or has a backstory. But sticking to closely to one period does seem a little museum-like, like something in a catalogue! Mixing plus the certainty that one is not mistaken.
What is the cheap item of which you are the most proud?
The table, which we purchased when the work was going on, without realising its size given that the living room was buried under tools, debris and paint cans! It is exactly what we wanted: beautiful and friendly!
Which is the latest restaurant you would recommend in Paris or elsewhere?
Les Novices. Really nice decor and great food. Ideal with families or friends as there are two large tables in the back and very practical benches. Plus the owner is very nice!
Could you give us two décor addresses on the web or in Paris?
Marie et Benoît, in Paris and Ars en Ré: a flea market style, small 1950s/1960s furniture, vintage military items that give character and great charm to a décor, super great linen cushions, just so many little finds, at very affordable prices! Also, Twicy Store: lots of small decorative objects (tableware, storage, stationery, …) fresh, fun and inspiring.
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My profession is architectural design, and when I was a high school student, I wanted to be a researcher of literature. Literature and architecture are both aspects of culture that are passed on over a long period of time. Today, I would like to introduce you to some of these classic literatures. It is about a novel from the Ming Dynasty in China The Story of the Three Kingdoms, which is very popular in Japan.
What makes the story so interesting is that it is similar to the Trojan War described in the ancient Greek poem The Iliad, with many characters and vivid descriptions of their personalities. Also, the Story of the Three Kingdoms is about a war that was fought on water and on land on a scale and over a period of time that surpassed even that Punic War.
The Story of the Three Kingdoms are also based on historical facts and the historical books of this period exist separately from the novels. It is an entertaining piece of theatre, so some of the characters and events are slightly exaggerated from the facts in the historical books. My father wrote an essay based on the history book on which the novel is based, which I would like to share with you.
First of all, I would like to talk about the geography of China. China has two great rivers, like the Nile in Egypt. The Yellow River is to the north and the Cháng jiāng River to the south, both flowing from west to east. The characters in “The Three Kingdoms” are divided into three regional powers: Wèi, Wú and Shǔ. Wèi ‘s capital was Luò yáng on the Yellow River, Wú ‘s capital was Nā jīng on the lower reaches of the Cháng jiāng River and Shǔ’s capital was Chéng dōu on the upper reaches of the Cháng jiāng River.
The story describes the period when the Hàn dynasty, which began in 206 BC and was destroyed in 220, lost its power and civil war broke out.
The main characters in this story are a man called Liú Bèi, the founder of Shǔ, and his two friends. They are honest and don’t like corrupt officials, but they are not good at political games. On the other hand, Liú Bèi ‘s choice for military strategist and politician was a man of high conceptual and practical ability. This man, Zhū gé Kǒng míng, is one of the most respected men of later times.
The history books say that Zhū gé Kǒng míng was a competent and well-liked man who became the Minister of Shǔ and developed the country’s strength by developing agriculture and enforcing the laws fairly. It is said that the reason for Zhū gé Kǒng míng ‘s popularity was that, despite his genius, he had a completely unselfish character. Later, Dù Fǔ, one of the most famous poets of the Tang Dynasty, visited the mausoleum dedicated to Zhū gé Kǒng míng and wrote a poem about him. In Japan, a poet called Doi Bansui wrote a poem about Zhū gé Kǒng míng ‘s achievements and regrets that he died before his vision was fulfilled（in 1899）. In the novels, Zhū gé Kǒng míng is also described as a military genius. However, due to the mismanagement of the leaders of Shǔ (Liú Bèi and his friends) and the lack of human resources, Shǔ was not able to unite the country in spite of the good works of Zhū gé Kǒng míng.
On the other hand, Cáo Cāo, who is the founder of Wèi and is described as the evil villain of the Story, was a clever, daring and capable man who used his human resources well. Cáo Cāo also had a very cruel side and many brutal episodes have been described. During his battles with lords and princes in various provinces, Cáo Cāo carried out unnecessary massacres. In addition to that, he killed the wife and family of the Han emperor who had attempted a coup d’état.
Also, when Cáo Cāo decided that someone might become his enemy, he did not hesitate to kill him. For example, when Cáo Cāo passed by the house of a friend of his father, he asked the friend if he could visit and stay with him. So, His father’s friend gladly welcomed Cáo Cāo into his house. However, while the friend was out shopping to entertain him, Cáo Cāo mistakenly killed his friend’s entire family. (This was because he overheard a conversation about how to kill a domestic pig and thought they were going to kill him.) Cáo Cāo ran away from the house, and when his father’s friend came back, Cáo Cāo killed him too. Cáo Cāo explained to his companion that it was better to kill them all so that he would not get revenge on them, but the man who accompanied Cáo Cāo were surprised and decided that he could not follow Cáo Cāo and left when the time was right. Although Cáo Cāo was a man of such a brutal nature, he continued to win wars and became a hero in turbulent times. If Niccolò Machiavelli had been acquainted with Cáo Cāo, he would have praised Cáo Cāo as an ideal statesman in his book The Prince.
Sūn Quán, the leader of the third kingdom, Wú, took over the role of leader after his older brother, a man of great military ability, was killed by the enemy when he thoughtlessly goes hunting in secret.
The Story of the Three Kingdoms is a long novel, telling the story of the generations of Liú Bèi , Cáo Cāo, Sūn Quán and Zhū gé Kǒng míng, and their children. One of its most famous episodes is the Battle of Red Cliff. The Battle of the Red Cliff, fought by the combined forces of Sūn Quán and Zhū gé Kǒng míng against Cáo Cāo was even made into a Hollywood movie. The Battle took place in 208.
How did the Three Kingdoms period end? There was a talented politician named Sī Mǎ Yì who served Cáo Cāo and his son. Finally, Sī Mǎ Yì ‘s grandson replaced Cáo Cāo ‘s family in power. Shǔ was destroyed by Wèi in 263 and Wú was destroyed by Wèi in 280. As a result of these events, Sī Mǎ Yì ‘s grandson unified China in 280.
The oldest known publication of The Story of the Three Kingdoms was published in 1522. This is relatively close to the time when Shakespeare created his plays.
The Story of the Three Kingdoms was first translated into Japanese during the Edo period (1603-1868) and has since been enjoyed in a variety of forms, including novels, manga, puppet shows and games. I like the film The Story of the Three Kingdoms shown as a Japanese puppet theatre show. The puppets are very well made because of the culture of ningyo joruri(puppet theater) in the Edo period.
This video shows an episode from the early days of The Story of the Three Kingdoms, performed by a puppet theatre. It tells the story of a dictator who is assassinated by a commander who has taken him in as his adopted son. A beautiful woman is playing a role in bringing these two powerful men to an end. In the final scene, the young Cáo Cāo invites Liú Bèi to join him. Even though it is performed by puppets, the psychological description of the characters is excellent and wonderful.
The photo at the beginning of this blog is the mausoleum dedicated to Zhū gé Kǒng míng, which stands on the spot where he died in the middle of a battle.

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“The work you have begun so well, complete it!”
—Letter to Ermentrude of Bruges
Stop and think of yourself in Clare’s place. It’s difficult, isn’t it? That’s because we are all called to serve Christ in different ways. Clare’s way is not your way, nor is it anyone else’s. What we must do, however, is to seek and pray about our calling to bring God’s message to others. St. Clare can serve as an inspiration, but it is up to each of us to chart our own paths.
Gaze | Consider | Contemplate | Imitate
Clare is a mystic who delights in living in the mystery of God. She assures Agnes that God has invited her into the divine embrace if she is willing to accept the invitation. As she enters into that embrace, she is to realize the transience of earthly things and the infinite wealth of heaven, which is not a place but a relationship of love. In the cross of Jesus Christ, Clare realizes that God does not hold back anything for himself but rather gives himself completely to us.
Divine revelation is the movement of God to poverty. The One who is rich in love comes down to where we are, takes on our humanity, and extends his arms on the cross to embrace us in love. In the mystery of the cross, therefore, Clare sees that God is self-giving and self-gift. God gives everything to us in the gift of the Son or, in Clare’s words, the “beloved Spouse.”
God loves us to such a degree we might say that God “throws it all away” out of love to be God-for-us. The poverty of God is the source of our true riches because “God promises the kingdom of heaven to those who possess and desire you [poverty].” The sign of God’s outpouring love is the cross which manifests to Clare the victory of love. She tells Agnes that she is already caught up in God’s embrace (of love), indicating that God does not love us for what we do but for who we are. God does not love us because we are good or perfect or do nice things but simply because God is love. Love is what God does because God is love.
Those who “desire and possess” poverty, Clare indicates, live in the embrace of God’s love. –from Clare of Assisi: A Heart Full of Love
In you we see a model of faith.
In that model, may we find inspiration
to discover our own way of fulfilling our ministry to the world.


As the race of foldable phones gets intense among big names in the market like Huawei, LG and Samsung, it’s OPPO that also announces to be part of the competition with OPPO foldable smartphone.
The popular Chinese brands were nowhere in the news except for Huawei but suddenly OPPO and Xiaomi have come up with the announcement that they are going to release their foldable phones next year.
OPPO Foldable Smartphone
According to media reports, OPPO is likely to unveil the OPPO foldable smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019, scheduled to be held in Barcelona, Spain on February 25th next year.
A Dutch tech site, Let’s Go Digital breaks the story while referring to Chuck Wang, the product manager of OPPO who has not gone into the detail of the upcoming device, though.
Foldable smartphones have become talk of the town amidst introduction of the in-display camera by a number of manufacturers. Top brands seem to be in a state of competition to roll out a unique foldable smartphone.
For now, there are only speculations and patents about the potential design of the foldable smartphones. For one, LG has applied for multiple patents for the shape of foldable phones.
OPPO has also considered a variety of designs for the said device that makes it hard to speculate on the look of OPPO’s foldable smartphone.
Keep visiting these pages to know more about the upcoming tech news.


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Verizon stated Thursday it is working with the Shopper Product Security Fee (CPSC) to recall 2.5 million hotspot devices after an investigation discovered the gadgets’ lithium-ion batteries could overheat and pose fire and burn hazards.
The Ellipsis Jetpack cell hotspot fashions MHS900L, MHS900LS, and MHS900LPP had been imported by Franklin Wi-fi Corp. and offered between April 2017 and March of this yr, in accordance with the CPSC. The mannequin numbers are all for a similar gadget however fluctuate relying on how the client bought the gadget — by way of a shopper pay as you go or postpaid plan.
“The security of our clients is our highest precedence,” Verizon said in a statement. “We’re taking the state of affairs very significantly, and we’re working diligently to find out the cause of the problems with the provider and to supply substitute gadgets for all of our clients, freed from cost.”
The CPSC bulletin indicated Verizon had acquired 15 stories of the gadgets overheating; six of the stories concerned fire damage to bedding or flooring. Two incidents included minor burn accidents, the CPSC stated.
Recalled Ellipsis hotspot.Picture: CPSC
A Verizon spokesperson stated in an e mail to The Verge that about 1.3 million of the hotspot gadgets are at present in use by clients. The recall is centered on your complete gadget, not simply the batteries, and clients mustn’t attempt to take away the batteries themselves.
Demand for hotspots increased over the past year in the course of the coronavirus pandemic, with faculties and libraries searching for the gadgets for college students who didn’t have web entry at dwelling in order that they could full their schoolwork remotely.
Verizon has despatched a software program replace to the affected hotspots that are powered on that ought to assist scale back the danger of the gadgets overheating, because it prevents the hotspot from charging up whereas it’s on. The corporate additionally recommends turning off the hotspots whereas they’re not in use and retaining them on flat surfaces with out something overlaying them. It’s additionally not a good suggestion to reveal the hotspot gadgets to excessive temperatures for lengthy durations, Verizon stated.
To request a substitute hotspot or get extra data, clients can go to ellipsisjetpackrecall.expertinquiry.com or name 855-205-2627.


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The outstanding character of our school music class is the spirits of making this music class the greatest and most supportive stage for our gifted and ambitious children to polish their talents and to shine brighter under support, guidance and motivation of teachers and parents.
Music is powerful and boundless. We hope by inspiring our students with melodies, we will be able to uplift Taipei Municipal Dun Hua Elementary School Music Class to a place that intrigues senses of love, purity and kindness. And through the beautiful vocals of our little angels, we are looking forward to spread love to every single corner and share the pleasure of touching moments when appreciating music. We love to sing the sound of music and hope this will help us to get our message across in contribution of molding a loving and caring society.

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This thread reminds of the those brainy people who know all the correct terms:
"hey, its not a clip for your 1911, its a magazine! and your Colt revolver is in 45 colt, there is no "long" in the name"
Wow, how not impressive.
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THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday said it has approved a $450-million loan (around P24.9 billion) to fund the Philippines’ Universal Health Care (UHC) program.
In a statement on Wednesday, the ADB said the loan aims to strengthen health policy reforms in the Philippines, as well as improve Filipinos’ access to medicine and health services. It also seeks to “sustain universal healthcare coverage and increase financing for UHC.”
The funds will go to the implementation of the Build Universal Health Care Program (Subprogram 2), which will implement reforms such as sustainable financing for UHC, the integrated delivery of quality health services, and the interoperability of health information systems.
“The Build UHC Program is part of ADB’s commitment to deliver long-term support to the country to ensure all Filipinos have equitable access to quality health services without exhausting their finances… The program will also help ensure the reforms are responsive to gender-specific health issues and the impacts of climate change on people’s health and well-being,” ADB Principal Health Specialist Eduardo Banzon said.
The ADB said the Philippine government has adopted an updated health financing strategy, a national medicine access policy, and the National Health Data Repository framework under the Build UHC Subprogram 2.
The government also implemented the Green and Safe Health Facilities program to ensure public health facilities are “disaster-resilient, environmentally sustainable, and gender-responsive.” It also boosted the number of available primary care providers, as well as enhanced the primary care benefits under the National Health Insurance Program.
“The government expanded health promotion activities in communities, workplaces, and schools across the country, including the designation of barangay health workers as community-level health education and promotion officers. The government also initiated an annual monitoring of UHC outputs and introduced performance incentives for local government units,” the ADB said.
In 2019, President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11223 or the Universal Health Care Act. It aims to ensure all Filipinos have access to cost-effective and quality healthcare services.
Last month, the ADB approved a $400-million loan for the Philippines to reform tax policies and ramp up revenue collection.
Earlier this week, the ADB said it is allocating $10 billion (around P553 billion) in climate finance for the Philippines starting next year until 2029. This would allow the Philippines to implement its commitments to climate action under the Paris Agreement.
The ADB was the country’s top provider of active official development assistance (ODA) in 2022. It extended $10.85 billion worth of assistance, equivalent to 33.47% of the total ODA portfolio.
The multilateral lender is looking to earmark between $3.5 billion and $4 billion annually in loans for the Philippines until 2029. — Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson

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Everdome is tossing out block-like experiences with their ultra-realistic Metaverse launch and settlement of Mars.
The Hope Probe will carry with it the UAE Nation Brand’s logo when the spacecraft built by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre takes off for Mars later this year, according to WAM.
Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur and visionary who has already had a seismic impact on our society, but his …
The UAE has set the launch date between 14th July to 3rd August 2020 for its unmanned space mission to Mars, according to Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC).
HP Inc. and a global community of creators have unveiled a virtual reality simulation of what life on Mars could …
UAE students who dream of traveling to space, engineering rockets, or delving into the depths of designing a mission to Mars will be able to attend the summer camp led by NASA experts.
UAE’s Mission to Mars will not only contribute to scientific knowledge, but also inspire the next generation, according to Minister of State for Advanced Sciences Sarah bin Yousef Al Amiri.
The UAE Space Agency is vital in promoting the nation’s stature as an advanced country in the area of space science, according to Dr. Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills and Chairman of the agency.
The Dubai Future Foundation’s new think tank the Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Accelerated Research has received the results of its first funding programme this week, the Space Settlement Challenge.
Mars Scientific City – a first-of-its-kind Dubai-based project that will simulate life on Mars – is set to help find the answers needed to sustain human life on the Red Planet.


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Having successfully self-released their danceable-indie debut album, Reservoir, back in 2009 to a fair level of critical acclaim, London based five-piece Fanfarlo have just returned with their second offering, Rooms Filled With Light, which hit the shelves in the UK back in February. Before the band set off on their imminent US tour, The Line of Best Fit got a chance to catch up with Simon and Cathy from the band in a small room inside London’s Rough Trade East, to talk about the new album, the tour, and persuading their twitter following to bring them stuff
“We don’t really read reviews” Simon admits, after being informed that Rooms Filled With Light is going down rather well. “But that’s good to hear!” Both he and bandmate Cathy look somewhat sheepish, and genuinely relieved. “I think it can start to affect how you work. It’s better just to do it for ourselves, and not worry too much about what the reviewers are saying,” Cathy continues. “But it is nice to hear that what they’re saying is good.”
It may be surprising to them that there’s barely a bad word been written about Rooms Filled With Light (here’s what The Line of Best Fit had to say), but it’s not difficult to love an album so charmingly shiny, but still so lyrically engaging. We get them talking about the writing of the songs on the album. “We like to write about the big stuff. I’m not the kind of person who can write songs about ‘Oooh she left me, oooh’” says Simon. “Not that there’s anything wrong with that, there are people who do that really well, but that’s not us. We’re more into writing stuff about bigger things. Comets and viruses… they’re both in there… things like that.” “But I think” adds Cathy, “it all links back to smaller personal things, we’re just not so direct about it.”
Although these more encompassing themes seem to run through the entirety of the bands work, Rooms Filled With Light was, we’re told, recorded and released under very different circumstances to Reservoir.
“It was a different experience this time,” Cathy tells us. “Last time we pretty much did everything ourselves. We’d have to lug sacks of CDs down to the post office and send them all off… This time round it was much simpler, easier, for us.” “We had a lot of stuff sorted out for us… But I think doing the self release thing is a really good thing to have done. We definitely wouldn’t say we’d never do it again, but it just wasn’t logistically plausible for this album.”
The sound of the new album too, is undeniably different to the band’s debut, but it seems, to this writer, at least, to represent more of a development of the band’s sound than an utterly new one. We get talking about how this progression occurred.
“The sound of this album is really different,” says Cathy, resolutely. ‘There was a really long time in between the recording of the last album and this one, and since then we’ve spent a lot of time together, on tour, getting to know each other really, erm… intimately…” she admits, grinning. “Not like that, though!” she corrects herself quickly, and they both laugh knowingly. “I think that really affected the sound changing. We knew each other so much better, so the songs came together in a different way…”
“But it’s also that,” Simon continues, “because such a long time has passed, we’re all listening to different stuff and reading different stuff. There’s a lot of diverse interests within the band, we’re all into really different things, and I think that’s all come together much more on this record.”
This different range of influences is pretty clear from listening to the album too, the most obvious change being the instrumentation. Gone is guitar-based, more traditional indie sound, and instead we hear an abundance of synth and electronic noise largely fills out the songs.
“There’s something a bit sort of pompous about really loving something you’ve made when you look back on it. It’s like anything you do, after some time has passed, you’re not going to be all like ‘Yeah! That’s amazing!’. You kind of grow away from it. Not disown it exactly, but you definitely want to do something different,” Simon muses, before Cathy cuts in. “I definitely feel like we want to distance ourselves from what we were doing before, just because it was such a long time ago for us.”
However we might feel about the new sounds, they’re not the only thing which have been keeping Fanfarlo in our consciousness. The band are also an active and interesting presence on Twitter, not only to self promote, (or share with fans in-depth thoughts on the sandwich one of them might be eating, as we’ve all seen bands do before…) but also to interact and (slightly cheekily) get stuff off their fans too. They’ve been known to ask their Twitter following to bring them things they’re wanting for on tour on more than one occasion.
“Yeah, we’ve had people bring us quite a lot of stuff. Someone bought us a bike once… and we once asked if someone could bring some painkillers or something, so a few people did, and then a doctor turned up with a prescription. I’m sure that wasn’t legal… but it was amazing,” laughs Simon. “We ask people to bring books along in exchange for coming into the show for free. It’s really nice, you know, ‘cause, when you’re on tour you have a lot of time… and we’re all pretty big readers, but there’s only so many books we can take with us… And it gives us a chance to meet and make a connection with people through what we’re interested in.”
As far as we can tell, no one brings the band anything along this evening for the in-store performance which they soon hurry away to set up for, but nevertheless, the enthusiastic crowd lap up Fanfarlo’s warm indie-pop on the small stage at the back of the iconic London record shop, in one of the band’s last UK shows before they head out to share Rooms Filled With Light live with their American fans.
Rooms Filled With Light is available now through Atlantic.


text: Boeing is facing delivery delays that are forcing airlines to revise their growth plans, according to CEOs. The company is struggling to stabilize its supply chain due to quality control problems. Southwest, Alaska, and United are among the airlines impacted by the late-arriving aircraft. The Max crisis has prompted some of Boeing’s biggest customers to reconsider their growth plans, as they have been affected by quality control issues, slow output growth, and delayed certification of new aircraft. The airlines have made adjustments to their capacity forecasts and financial guidance as a result.


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Is Lance Armstrong the first person to be a pathological liar over decades? No…
Is he the first person to seemingly get away with cheating, deception and betrayal for years while the people he cheats, deceives and betrays pay the price? No..
Is he the first person to start a lie, and then start believing the lie, becoming arrogant and a bully in the process? No..
Will he be the last?…no…
What fascinates me about this case is the timing in the larger global context. We are surrounded, right now, by massive liars and cheats who are still getting away with their lying and cheating. Hmm…the banking industry? Politicians?
Why is it OK for ‘we the people’ to not demand these liar’s and cheats be brought to justice? Its our money they are using to line their coffers? And line it they are, with amounts of money most of us cannot comprehend.
So why is Lance Armstrong going down in flames, while the CEO’s of most of the world’s major banks get away with obscene financial rape? Again and again? (Not to mention the big oil companies, the agri companies, mining…?)
And what is the global cultural significance of this occurrence, now, at this time?
We love a hero. We yearn for a hero. The child from the single mother family who raised himself up, survived cancer and then went on to be a 7 time hero, with each victory his star rising higher. It gives us hope that we too may find a hero inside. That we may rise. We want that hope. Desperately. We want to believe in the hero who raises up against all odds, to pave the way for us.
Its called hope.
We want to feel our own hero by seeing it in others. And we yearn for the true hero…the one that has conquered all, who has the wealth and fame and fabulous life. Or the illusion of such.
Our moral compass is so skewed that the hero is defined by media success, wealth success, and occasionally, talent success, with a good back story thrown in as highly beneficial. We fall at the alter of celebrity. Often cleverly manipulated by the lords of industry to keep our illusions fed and watered, to distract us from the larger game being played right under our nose.This trance like state over celebrity says so much about our own inner bankruptcy and the absence today of any true hero…the Mandel’s and Gandhi’s of our time.
When the hero turns out to be a fraud, forgiveness is almost impossible, because in forgiveness we also must accept that we participated in the deception by being so easily duped. Its our anger at ourselves for believing that we need to forgive. Our anger at being seduced and betrayed.
And in remaining unforgiving we inadvertently become trapped in their own self betrayal.
Yet our lying cheating lords of industry and public office have not been placed in a such a office of hero. The very system they inhabit is designed to allow the cultivation of lying and cheating. They merely play the game. Many of us know they play the game. Yet what do we do? We stand by and watch, accepting for now some illusion that we are powerless.
Where is their remorse?
Why should they be remorseful? Like Lance believed, rightly or wrongly, they play in a game where lying and cheating is the playing field.
Does that make it right?
And this is where it gets down to integrity. Integrity is hard. Its one of the hardest things to build as a practice. Its foundations are de-stabalised the moment we allow one small, seemingly insignificant little atrocity to be perpetrated. Then we have chosen the path of evil. That is the first act that makes all the other acts easier.
Most people, with the exception of those who have a psychological disorder, know the difference between a lie and the truth, right back to the first lie when you were a child.
But that first act allows the next to follow. And the next. And the more we get away with it, the more arrogant we become, until we do believe that we cannot be caught. That we are bullet proof. Above the laws of good and evil.
This time in history is the age where lying and cheating has become pathological in our systems and institutions. The new ‘normal’. At the personal level, where lying and cheating lives in our own hearts and minds as ‘normal’. From an historical view we have been here before. Look to the fall of most empires and you will see the lies, corruption, hubris and vast inequality as normal right before the fall.
Like any system that has disease, there is only so long until the diseased system breaks down. It has to break down. For each lie is a deposit into the bank of pathology.
Like Pandora’s box, the lid is now wide open. The Lance Armstrong story is the metaphor of the times.
By coming out of his illusion we may come out of a larger collective illusion we are all under.
We are being lied to. By the media, by the politicians, by the money men, by celebrity. We lie to ourselves to continue to prop up the illusion. And the price is far higher than the Lance Armstrong case.
The break down of the larger collective lie and illusion won’t happen overnight. Its a process, just as Lance is now in his ‘process”.
We also need to come out of the illusion that we are powerless. We the people have the power. We always have. It lies within the community voice, the collective voice. The one that says enough! The voice that says I will not compromise my soul to this system.
The price is our lives and the lives of our children’s children, as reflected in our ability to do worthwhile work for a lifetime, to be paid well, to have money for retirement, to have a viable environment to enjoy life in, now and in the future, to contribute to the larger community. To live with dignity, justice and in integrity. Behind the heroic quest, this is what we truly yearn for.

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A Mother's Love
8" x 10" Oil on Panel
This was painted LIVE on UStream - start to finish.
Come by and watch! The first 1/2 of the painting process is shown below this post.
My daughter-in-law's horse Magic and her baby boy "Stitch" were the models for this painting. The photo was taken when he was only a few hours old. He is now 3 and sort of learning how to be a big boy . . . at least he had a saddle on for a little while, there's hope for him.
If you've been by my Daily Painting by Liz site today, you'll have noticed that I've been working hard all day. I wanted to make the remaining paintings available for purchase easier to find. I did manage to make a section with the few pieces I have - but mostly - I spent the day junking it up!!! Auuuughhhh! I do know a good website when I see one, I'm just incapable of recreating it. I just have so much stuff I want to show you and then, of course, I love color, so a little color here . . . a little color there . . . and the next thing I know, it's all cluttered up and icky looking. But it's been a very long day and I"m going to call it quits no matter how bad the site looks now LOL. My son is going to fix it up for me, he is a web-guru and has been asking me for years to let him fix it for me . . . so I am finally saying 'uncle' and letting him have a go at it. I'm sure it will be an improvement!
The second painting today is Justus - an absolutely gorgeous German Shepherd with the Portland Oregon Police Department. His partner wrote a really funny story about Justus's third capture and I hope you take a minute to go read it at Portrait Of A Hero - and appreciate those who put themselves in harm's way to keep the rest of us safe. Thank you very much Ryan & Justus!
4" x 6" Oil on Panel
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The eastern ethos of serenity is taking root also in European gardens as the popularity of Japanese style in the landscaping of contemporary architectural spaces in the western world increases.
Designers and architects are increasingly focusing on eastern practices in shaping green spaces. Authentic Japanese gardens, however, proves to be a serious challenge for the Western man, with its complex layers and deep meaning embedded in the choice of colors, materials and symbols. Japanese consider gardens as a place to balance during long walks and meditation in a natural environment. These spaces do not exist simply to be observed or to stay in them. They are designed to stimulate the mind. This philosophical approach to green spaces gives Japanese gardens another value, turning them into a real treasure with year-round impact on the senses. They have evolved over the years, along with Zen Buddhism, from which much of the symbolism emerge.
Japanese gardeners strive to emulate the wild mountain scenery by recreating it in a miniature. A great example of this is the gardens at the Adachi Art Museum in Yasugi. Those in the ancient temples in Kyoto are a typical example of early Japanese gardens, where different green plants are in focus. Pine trees, mosses and shrubs are arranged in cascades, naturally around beautiful lakes and wooden bridges. These miniature forests the Japanese enjoy during their tea rituals or meditative practices and walks.
To recreate an authentic Japanese garden in the West however is a very ambitious venture that hides risks of disregarding the rules and symbolism in this art. For example, as in many Japanese gardens, gravel raked into graceful patterns stands in for fast-flowing water. It has no practical function, but is a metaphor for the transience of time.
Perhaps where the Japanese garden tradition differs most from its European counterpart is in its approach to flowers, which are a much rarer presence. Certain flowers are used in planting schemes, but chiefly as symbols of the fleetingness of life. The blossoms of the Japanese cherry gardens in Kyoto are a truly unforgettable experience, but it lasts for a very short time. When the blossoms falls, however, the black branches of the tree are as striking as ever. Trees are always pruned in such a way that when they lose their leaves, the trunks form a beautiful silhouette. Pruning, known as niwaki, is regarded as an art form in itself in Japan.
People from the land of the rising sun believe that the connection with earth and mother nature in all its aspects improves the welfare of humans. Nowadays, when the dynamics of the Western world create a growing need for a slower and more balanced way of living, the necessity of spaces in which modern man finds a seclusion for meditation or spiritual practices also logically arises. This explains the tendency toward the ever stronger influence of the East in the design and architecture in the Western world recently.
The potential of green spaces around us is being reconsidered. The gardens are now seen as spaces of discovery and wonder that can reveal something to us about nature that we have lost touch with.


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Alessandra Maria creates distinctive creative portraits using graphite, carbon pencil, black ink, twenty two karat gold on coffee stained paper. Alessandra Maria, is a talented wonderful artist, born 1989 and presently living and dealing in Brooklyn, New York. She has Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute 2012.
“Though she graduated from Pratt Institute only in 2012, rising artist Alessandra Maria is already
making waves with her delicate, mixed-media artworks.” – Hi Fructose Magazine
“Alessandra’s beautifully eerie illustrations appear to be illuminated by the night sky.
Her subject’s glowing eyes make us wonder who exactly they are.” -Juxtapoz Magazine
Click to view more of her work: Maria


Hardly any other material is as resistant and durable as titanium. That’s why the material used in construction comes from bicycle frame for use. We look at the advantages of a titanium frame for bicycles.
What is titanium?
Titanium is a chemical element, which is one of the light metals. With a density of 4.50 grams per cubic centimeter, the substance is at room temperature heaviest of all light metals. The metal is one of the ten most common elements in the earth’s crust, but is usually only found there in bound form with minerals and in low concentrations.
As a pure variation, the material is rare, so the raw material is usually complex from titanium iron ore or rutile is won. This makes titanium a material very expensive. When it comes to wheels, this is noticeable in terms of price. A titanium bike costs significantly more than a bike with a carbon frame, aluminum frame or steel frame.
Titanium as a material for bicycle frames
Titanium has special properties that make it an interesting raw material for the construction of bicycle frames. The Material is very durable against temperatures and corrosion and has a low density compared to other raw materials. Titanium also stretches well and brings less weight on the scales than, for example, steel. In terms of stiffness, the material is in the middle of all materials.
Bolzano, a city in northern Italy, is considered the birthplace of the titanium frame. A technician welded it there in 1982 first bicycle frame made of titanium together. Shortly afterwards, he founded Rewel Bikes, a company that still produces titanium frames for bikes entirely by hand. Another well-known company that also produces titanium bicycle frames is Van Nicholas from the Netherlands.
Thanks to its shiny white-metallic appearance, titanium is an attractive material for bicycle frame. However, titanium wheels are not made entirely of titanium. There are small amounts of other materials in the bicycle frame. Aluminum is added at three percent and vanadium at 2.5 percent to increase the strength of the frame. There is a frame available on the market Titanium alloy marked with the character string TiAl3V2.5.
Titan bikes are robust and insensitive
Bicycles with a titanium frame are stable and robust Protection against damage. Compared to an aluminum frame or carbon frame, a bicycle frame made of titanium usually survives a fall undamaged. The surface of the material is resistant to dents, cracks or scratches.
In addition, titanium does not corrode, even if road salt or sweat sticks to it. Titanium bikes are due to longer durability more stable in value, so that initially expensive investment Expect it to be resold later at a good price.
Also read: Roller Brakes: Capabilities and Ideal Users.
Advantages and disadvantages of titanium frames
Bikes with a titanium frame offer strengths, but also have some weaknesses. For an overview we have each advantages and disadvantages of a titanium frame summarized in the following lists.
- low weight
- lighter than steel frame
- Frame can be individually designed technically and visually
- very high driving comfort
- resistant and durable
- no rusting or deterioration
- very easy to repair
- stable in value
- very high purchase price
- heavier than carbon frames or aluminum frames
The overview shows that the the advantages of a titanium frame outweigh the disadvantages. Whether a bike with such a frame is suitable depends more or less on how the bike is used.
What types of bikes are titanium frames suitable for?
Titanium tubes are available with specially shaped ones wall thicknesses. The wide range expands the area of application, so that titanium frames can be used for every requirement let it be built. In practice, above all, have Racing bikes and mountain bikes about this type of bike frame.
The decisive factors for using these types of bicycles are the light weight, the flexible design and the robust properties. In addition, a titanium frame offers a driving experience that sporty cyclists on a racing bike or MTB.
Custom made titanium bike frame
If you’re interested in a titanium frame, you can get the component for your bike produce individually let. The frame then fits your own body measurements like a tailor-made suit. And it features a design that would be unique. But even without custom-made, a titanium frame is not cheap. It costs several thousand eurosalso because there are only a few manufacturers that make such frames by hand to produce. Therefore, delivery may take some time once the frame has been ordered.
Despite overwhelming advantages and robust features, titanium frames have not yet made it to mass production. The high effort involved in production and the price are certainly the most important reasons for this.
Titanium frame or frame made of steel, aluminum or carbon?
Which bike frame is better for a racing bike or MTB depends on your requirements. All materials have their advantages, so there is no perfect bicycle frame. The choice of frame is always personally motivated and by the type of bike dependent. Others can also do this, especially for racing bikes or mountain bikes classic frame types made of carbon or aluminum can be just as good as a titanium frame – and much cheaper.
On the other side is a bike with titanium frame expensive, but the price is put into perspective over time. The bike is so sturdy that it… a life long lasts and you can drive it forever.
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Phosphate Test Kit
Phosphate is an important indicator of pollution, an excess of which causes rapid growth of algae. When the algae dies, oxygen is used in decomposition which negatively affects all aquatic life. This LaMotte kit uses ascorbic acid with Octet color comparator (included) to determine phosphate concentrations (0-2.0 ppm range). The kit provides enough materials for 50 tests. A refill is also available for this kit (see Related Products, below).
For use with freshwater (pond, lake, stream, river, etc.) or saltwater (marine, oceanic) samples.
To view the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for this LaMotte kit, please click on the component links below:
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For Phosphate Reducing Reagent, please click here.
Receive 10% off when ordering 10 or more of this item. Upon checkout, discounts for all items are added together and collectively subtracted from the total.

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Exposure to nature is beneficial to mental health. Therefore, activities including green areas or aspects of nature such as plants, Earth, and water can be therapeutic (Ramshini et al.,2018). Scientific literature suggests that “green time” improves mental health and physical movement. (Crnic & Kondo, 2019). Nature exposure is linked to quicker recovery of illness and a boost in attitude and self-esteem. Involving oneself in nature and quite literally getting your hands dirty with the elements decreases the risk of chronic disease and loneliness. Something is so satisfying about feeling the grass beneath your feet and breathing in the fresh morning air. Whether it is merely taking a walk and appreciating the sights and sounds, planting a garden, or
improving Mother Nature by volunteering.
Researchers have discovered when children interact with the natural environment, they improve behavior in the classroom environment, such as task completion, focus, and ability to follow directions (Swank et al., 2015). During the teen years, school, work, and social lives routinely take precedence over time spent outdoors. Busy teens might claim that there is no time to enjoy the outdoors. (Birch et al., 2020). However, adolescents can interact with nature by picking plants, skipping rocks in the pond, fishing, or swimming. Another option is for teens to seek part-time employment that immerses them in nature, such as working at a garden center, landscaping, youth camps, or volunteering. Working outdoors can be fun, calming, and a booster in self-confidence and self-reliance because they see the effects of their efforts.
Wildlife can also be a natural teacher. A study of three participants indicated that equine therapy positively impacted young people. For example, animals can help children build attachments, follow procedures, gain bodily awareness, reduce impulsivity, and help them feel free and calm. Additionally, animals can improve executive functioning skills, teach safe boundaries and kind touch, and promote empowerment (Naste et al., 2017).
Take a moment to think about how you feel when you spend time outside doing something you love. Then, challenge yourself to take a walk, eat a meal on the patio, complete homework, or plan outside. Better yet, do an outdoor activity with someone you love. Just a few
minutes outside daily can help our bodies reset and tremendously impact our physical and mental health.
Currently, I am an intern pursuing my Master’s in Counseling and Psychology from St. Mary’s University. I received my undergraduate degree as an Academic and Behavioral Strategist from Mankato State University. Before interning at Lighthouse Counseling, I was a special education teacher who served Indigenous youth. In addition, I implemented programs to ensure the growth of educational and social/emotional learning.


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Legal research in the computer age: A paradigm shift?
Abbreviated Journal Title
Law Libr. J.
DOCUMENT-RETRIEVAL; LAW; PERFORMANCE; DATABASES; LANGDELL; CURSE; Information Science & Library Science; Law
The digest system represents the present paradigm of legal research. The authors contend that there will be a gradual shift to a new legal research paradigm as a greater percentage of research is accomplished on the computer The new legal research paradigm will be the computer code used in computer-assisted legal research.
Law Library Journal
"Legal research in the computer age: A paradigm shift?" (2001). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 2921.

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Georgia Street Improvement
In the heart of downtown Indianapolis, a streetscape project transformed a four lane roadway into a two-lane, mixed-use event plaza. A three-block section of Georgia Street that connects the newly expanded Indiana Convention Center to Bankers Life Fieldhouse has been uniquely re-purposed. During special events, such as Super Bowl XLVI, the shared-use space will accommodate vendors, performance stages and pavilions. The project provides an innovative and sustainable model for managing stormwater in an urban setting. The street’s unique, curbless design was completed in just seven months and adhered to federal, state and local standards. The transformation, including the center boardwalk and catenary light system with roman shades, has made Georgia Street one of the most unique urban street/plaza spaces in the nation and will contribute greatly to Indy’s downtown revitalization.
As a subconsultant to Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. (CMT), Infrastructure Engineering, Inc. (IEI) provided traffic design and engineering services for the project. Tasks included Maintenance of Traffic Plans requiring coordination with multiple stakeholders including planned conventions with specific pedestrian requirements, traffic signal modifications, pavement markings, and signing. Unique elements included the use of durable decorative pavement markings at crossing to increase aesthetic and pedestrian safety, eliminating left turns at major intersections, allowing pedestrian crossing across median of Georgia Street through intersections, and creative us of pavers as pavement markings. IEI also provided the structural design for basement top slab below sidewalks, basement backfills, cast-in-place utility vaults, the preliminary structural design of the catenary lighting system and the foundation design for the catenary light pole foundations, and the foundation and anchoring design for special event staging.
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Lava flows from a fissure in the aftermath of eruptions from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, May 22, 2018.
Andrew Richard Hara/Ena Media Hawaii via Getty Images
Volcanoes might seem like nature’s incinerators, but using them to burn up trash would be dangerous and disrespectful to indigenous people who view them as sacred.
A key goal of the Chang'e-5 mission was to find evidence of some of the youngest volcanic eruptions on the Moon.
Men cross the front of the still smoking lava rocks from an eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo on May 23, 2021 in Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
GUERCHOM NDEBO/AFP via Getty Images
Nyiragongo is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of its fast-moving lava. It can flow at a speed of about 100km per hour.
Still standing: a structure surrounded by lava following a volcanic eruption on 23 May 2021 in Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Moses Sawasawa via GettyImages
National governments need to wake up to the volcanic risks posed by tectonic rifting around Mount Nyiragongo.
Himalayan rocks hold magnetic clues about their origins.
Craig Robert Martin
Earth’s magnetic field locks information into lava as it cools into rock. Millions of years later, scientists can decipher this magnetic data to build geologic timelines and maps.
Rocks contain a layer-by-layer record of the history of our planet.
As strange as it sounds, rocks are made from stardust.
Some explosive volcanoes can send ash high up into the sky and it can travel around the world over different countries.
When magma rises towards the surface gas bubbles start to form. Whether or not they can escape as the magma is rising affects how explosive the eruption will be.
Lifeguards and volunteers run across an ash covered slope after the June 3 eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala.
Important points about volcanoes: location matters, explosiveness can be predicted to an extent, and fast-moving flows of volcanic materials (known as pyroclastic flows) are deadly.
Deadly volcanic eruption in Guatemala.
Pyroclastic flows are biggest danger in these eruptions.
A massive fast moving lava flow from Kilauea consumes everything in its path, as the flames from the remnants of one home burns on the left, while it approaches another on the right.
EPA/Bruce Omori/Paradise Helicopters
The current eruption of Kilauea on Hawai'is big island can tell us a lot about what is going on beneath the volcano and may provide lessons for future eruptions.
Lava flows from Kīlauea.
At Kīlauea in Hawai'i, a recent volcanic eruption has created some of the most spectacular sights in nature. But also danger for those around it.
In the field studying the rock association in the Doolena Gap greenstone belt, 30 km north of Marble bar in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The remote Pilbara region of Western Australian formed many billions of years ago when the Earth was much hotter and the crust softer than it is today.
Seismic shockwaves after a meteorite’s collision could affect systems all over the planet.
Research suggests a new threat to life on Earth from the meteorite’s crash: Via seismic waves, the impact triggered massive undersea eruptions, as big as any ever seen in our planet’s history.
Volcanologists often visit active volcanoes in order to observe eruptions and collect samples of lava and ash.
Volcanologists study the formation and eruptions of volcanoes - surely one of the most interesting jobs around. However, it can also be very dangerous.
The planet is more similar to Earth than any other – except when it comes to supporting life.
Magma is molten rock below the Earth’s surface. Once erupted, it becomes lava (pictured).
Benjamin van der Spek / shutterstock
In Iceland, an audacious project to tap into magma deep below the surface may usher in a new era of geothermal power.
Scientists have found a way to narrow down the best signs that a specific volcano is about to blow.
Many villagers will have little to return to.
Around 60 volcanoes erupt in the average year. On any particular day, there are usually about 20 volcanoes erupting somewhere in the world. Naturally, they can’t all make headlines. But when there are…
Bardarbunga from the air.
The Bárðarbunga (or Bardarbunga) volcano has erupted, evoking memories of the 2010 Icelandic ash cloud that caused chaos across European and North American air routes. Dave McGarvie, a volcanologist at…


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Thursday evening at almost 9pm KCPD Officers were dispatched to the area of Peery & Benton Blvd on a reported shooting. Upon arrival officers found a male victim suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was transported to an area hospital where he later died. Police have no suspect information at this time. If anyone has any information regarding this crime please call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8467)
Homicide near 11th & Benton Blvd.


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Darryl has graduated with a Bachelor in Management Studies degree from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai in 2009. He graduated with a LL.B. degree from University of Mumbai and simultaneously completed the Company Secretary’s Professional / Final Programme in 2012. He has also obtained a LL.M. degree with specialisation in Business laws from the University of Mumbai in 2014. He is enrolled as a Solicitor with the Bombay Incorporated Law Society and admitted as an Associate Member or ACS of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Darryl has comprehensive experience in transaction & regulatory advisory (capital markets, foreign direct investment, and banking), corporate law, M&A, contract drafting, data protection and privacy laws.
Darryl has advised on issues related to start-ups, banking & finance sector, construction, logistics, IT & ITES sector, the real estate sector,and e-commerce.
Darryl has also handled arbitration, and civil/criminal litigation in India. He has worked on assignments related to wills & probates, succession, real estate, rent control, commercial disputes, regulatory litigation, employment disputes, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, regulatory matters, and intellectual property


"Doctors, nurses and other staff members will use Wi-Fi enabled laptop computer carts and tracking devices to deliver a host of applications designed to improve patient care and efficiency of the hospital staff."
-Liverpool Women's Hospital
Xirrus’ Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) allow network administrators the ability to identify and track the physical location of devices in real time for the purpose of inventory management, tracking a person’s location and optimizing workflow. RTLS uses the Wi-Fi signal strength from a device to derive its approximate location, using triangulation across multiple access points (APs). RTLS can read the Wi-Fi signal from built-in Wi-Fi adapters (e.g. in iPads, iPhones, laptops, etc.) or from external tags attached to a device (e.g. a projector).
With Xirrus’ RTLS, customized information can be enabled to be delivered or made available based on the specific location of the user. The backend software aggregates the signal data, processes it to determine location, and presents the results in a meaningful way to the users. The backend software system can be composed of multiple parts depending on what is needed by the enterprise implementing the solution. For instance, one system might aggregate the location data to provide the location of a particular user. Another system might be used to provide specific offers to that user based on where they are located. For RTLS solutions, different pieces can be mixed and matched to get the best solution for a particular need.
A main component of the RTLS system is the wireless infrastructure. The wireless infrastructure picks up the signal of the client devices, than relays the information to the backend location system software. Xirrus Arrays provide several advantages over traditional APs as the wireless infrastructure. The Arrays have multiple radios, which provide more signal data points for locating a client. Also, Xirrus Arrays use directional antennas compared to traditional AP’s Omni-Directional antennas, which give a more precise location of a device because they RF signal is focused on a particular area.
RTLS can provide many benefits to organizations, including:
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You know you’re eating authentic tamales even before you unwrap them thanks to the aroma steaming from within. Open up to get to the delicious insides, but be careful: you may just end up ordering more than you thought!
Come for the carne asada tortas and stay for our extended menu of Mexican food. We serve our dishes with freshly cooked rice and deliciously flavorful beans, so that every plate is packed with authentic Mexican food.
The best pupusas reveal their flavors in every bite, from the melting, gooey cheese to the flavorful stuffing. The same goes for all Salvadoran food. Every bite matters, which is why we put the same care into every single ingredient.
Big events need a suitable event catering service complete with hot food, a wide selection, and reliable caterers. Our Mexican catering will get you what you need for however many people you need it for. Call El Tazumal Restaurant Salvadoreno & Mexicano in Bakersfield, CA for more information.
We ended up eating here , after my brother soccer game in Bakersfield . They have homemade tortillas , menudo was soo good ! Enjoyed it . Will come back !
Ah, pupusas, El Salvador's bit of heavenly goodness shared with the world. This literal hole in the wall restaurant in a swap meet style location is a diamond in the rough with great pupusas.
Lacks a little ambiance but more than makes up for it with their food. On an Rv trip and found little restaurant only 3 miles from the RV park. Glad we stopped.
This hidden Gem in Bakersfield's Los Amigos Swap meet building is the go to place for delicious & authentic Mexican and El Salvadoran food !!! The combination plates are well served and reasonably priced. The carne asada Tortas and burritos are to die for :) The Salvadoran pupusas are delicious and come with all the traditional toppings. I highly recommend and promise you will be back for more !!!!!
I am sitting in the restaurant as I write this review. This place doesn't look like much, but you will be impressed by their food. This is my third time here in less than a month. Our first visit we happened to order fried yucca with chicharones: it was the best my wife and I have ever had in the US. We ordered the same thing on our second visit and it wasn't as delicious as our first visit, but it was still pretty good. I came in tonight, hoping to repeat my first experience here. We have also enjoyed the fajitas and the pupusas. I think their pupusas are amongst the best in Bakersfield. I ordered two of those for dinner tonight (and it's likely I will have one leftover for lunch tomorrow.)
This place is worth the visit.
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At Royal Farm, we spend most of our time making healthy and tasty products. However, after many years in industry, we know that great taste is not ‘just’ about finding the right recipe. It’s just as much about using good, fresh and safe ingredients. And when it comes to health, we at Royal Farm believe that ecology and organic ingredients are especially important.
Royal Farm’s organic milk powder is available in two variations. Whole milk powder and skimmed milk powder – both are made using only milk from Danish cows.
Our milk powder is produced by extracting the water from the fresh milk. Before this the milk has been gently pasteurized so the rich taste is preserved. This is why we like to say that Royal Farm’s milk powder is the closest you will come to a fresh glass of milk straight from the cow.