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Dream Harder (1993) is the sixth album by The Waterboys. Led as always by Scottish singer-songwriter-instrumentalist Mike Scott, the album features none of the earlier UK-based band members and instead finds Scott backed by American session musicians.It was the last Waterboys album before Scott spent seven years pursuing a formal solo career, with Bring 'Em All In (1995) and Still Burning (1997). The album reached position 171 on the Billboard Top 200 charts, surpassing the previous Waterboys album Room to Roam , in spite of a less-than-enthusiastic response from critics to the album's sound.
The album art was provided by the photography of Michael Halsband and John Hardin and the painting of Pal Shazar, under the direction of Frank Olinsky and Tom Zutaut.
Dream Harder was a return to a rock, or even hard rock, sound after the traditional Celtic-influenced preceding two albums. It did, however, continue The Waterboys' tradition of arranging a William Butler Yeats poem, in this case "Love And Death". "The Return of Pan" is The Waterboys' second ode to the Greek deity, and the album contains a number of references to the romantic Neopaganism of Dion Fortune and the mystical Christianity of C. S. Lewis, as well as a tribute to guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
"The New Life", one of many Scott songs which are both optimistic and touch upon spirituality, contains a phrase "Are you under the mercy?", which Scott explains as "a phrase I nicked from a Christian fan who wrote me a letter and signed off with "under the mercy", which I took to mean (and this is what I intended in the song) "under the mercy of spirit/the sacred/the presence of love" – though Christians would say under the mercy of Christ".
"Glastonbury Song" was released as a single, backed by the songs "Chalice Hill", "Burlington Bertie And Accrington Stanley", and "Corn Circle Symphony". Scott, discussing the song in 2003, described the song as "one of the most commercial, radio-friendly songs musically that I've ever produced", and ascribes its lack of success to its theme, "..the chorus is 'I just found God where He always was'... In many countries it was successful, but in Britain, they wouldn't play it because of the chorus.".James Heflin, the interviewer, notes that the song reached the Top 30 in the UK and was performed live on Top of the Pops broadcast on the BBC. The song was covered by Italian singer-songwriter Samuele Bersani, with new Italian lyrics, released under the title of "Cosa vuoi da me" (What do you want from me?) and included on his 1994 album Freak and released as a single a year later.
"The Return of Pan" was also released as a single, with the songs "Karma" (also the name of one of Scott's earlier musical projects), "Mister Powers" and an untitled track. "The Return of Pan"'s lyrics recount an episode from Plutarch's "The Obsolescence of Oracles".Plutarch writes that, during the reign of Tiberius, a sailor named Thamus heard the following shouted to him from land; "Thamus, are you there? When you reach Palodes, take care to proclaim that the great god Pan is dead." After retelling the story, the singer of "The Return of Pan" insists that "The Great God Pan is alive!". The single charted at position twenty-four on the UK singles chart May 1993.
"Love and Death" is a poem by William Butler Yeats. It first appeared in the 1885 Dublin University Review.
Upon release, Neil Spencer of The Observer considered the album to have a sound "dominated by fretboard-throttling rock guitar". He added: "While more appealing to a US audience, the new sound sits oddly with Scott's pagan concerns, but Scott's enthusiasm for thundering tunes and offbeat themes is infectious."Robin Denselow of The Guardian commented: "For all its New Yorkised production sheen, the new album is still Scott-as-hippie-gypsy." He felt most of the songs had a "starchild vein" and a "run-reading ambience".
John Swenson of Rolling Stone felt Dream Harder was the band's "most fully realized album" at the time.Troy J. Augusto of Cash Box selected Dream Harder as his "Pick of the Week" in June 1993. He believed Scott sounded "more confident and emotive than ever", with the album containing a "bold new edge" and "no filler". Augusto concluded: "Remember this one when asked for your 1993 Top 10 list." Jim Farber of Entertainment Weekly described the album as "straight-on rock" and added: "Moments entice, but mostly Dream Harder shows what could've happened to U2 if they never lightened up."
Billboard wrote: "Scott returns to basics with a slightly subdued recap of the style with which he rose to prominence. Problem is that his instrumental foils are largely undistinguished, and sidesteps into folk, middle Eastern and mild reggae don't display much punch."Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic considered the album to be a return to the "big rock sound of earlier albums like This is the Sea", but felt the material did not "carry the same weight" as the material on the band's previous two albums.
Tracks written by Mike Scott, except where noted.
|Australia (ARIA Charts)||69|
|Dutch Albums Chart||54|
|German Albums Chart||67|
|New Zealand Albums Chart||28|
|Norwegian Albums Chart||3|
|Swedish Albums Chart||13|
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The Waterboys are a Scottish-Irish folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Mike Scott has remained as the only constant member throughout the band's career. They have explored a number of different styles, but their music is mainly a mix of folk music with rock and roll. They dissolved in 1993 when Scott departed to pursue a solo career. The group reformed in 2000, and continue to release albums and to tour worldwide. Scott emphasises a continuity between The Waterboys and his solo work, saying that "To me there's no difference between Mike Scott and the Waterboys; they both mean the same thing. They mean myself and whoever are my current travelling musical companions."
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This Is the Sea is the third The Waterboys album, and the last of their "Big Music" albums. Considered by critics to be the finest album of their early rock-oriented sound, described as "epic" and "a defining moment", it was the first Waterboys album to enter the United Kingdom charts, peaking at number 37. Steve Wickham makes his Waterboys recording debut playing violin on 'The Pan Within' and subsequently joined the band, appearing on the video of "The Whole of the Moon". This Is the Sea is the last album with contributions from Karl Wallinger, who left the group to form his own band, World Party.
Fisherman's Blues is a 1988 album by The Waterboys. The album marked a change in the band's sound, with them abandoning their earlier grandiose rock sound for a mixture of traditional Irish music, traditional Scottish music, country music, and rock and roll. Critics were divided on its release with some disappointed at the change of direction and others ranking it among The Waterboys' best work. The album was the Waterboys' best selling album, reaching a number 13 placing on the U.K. charts on release, and 76 on the Billboard 200.
Room to Roam is an album by The Waterboys; it continued the folk rock sound of 1988's Fisherman's Blues, but was less of a commercial success, reaching #180 on the Billboard Top 200 after its release in September 1990. Critical response continues to be mixed. Allmusic describes it both as "not quite as [musically] successful" as Fisherman's Blues, but also as a "Celtic rock classic". The front and back covers were designed by Simon Fowler based upon photography by Stefano Giovannini and Sean Jackson.
A Rock in the Weary Land is the seventh studio album by The Waterboys, released in 2000 by BMG International. It was their first album after a seven-year break. The album cover photography is by Steve Gullick.
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The Live Adventures of the Waterboys is a concert recording, released by The Waterboys in 1998. Mike Scott refers to this album as an "unofficial release" or bootleg recording, but praises the recording period as a "classic" period for the Waterboys. Most of the live songs on The Live Adventures... indeed already appeared on the bootlegs A Golden Day (1991) and Born To Be Together (1992). It is the only Waterboys album on which member Guy Chambers appears.
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Karma to Burn is the first official live album from The Waterboys. It also contains tracks from Mike Scott's solo career: "Bring 'em All In," "Long Way to the Light," "My Dark Side," and "Open."
"A Girl Called Johnny" is a song from Scottish-Irish folk rock band The Waterboys, released as the lead single from their debut studio album The Waterboys. The song was written by Mike Scott and produced by Rupert Hine. It reached No. 80 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for three weeks.
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"Glastonbury Song" is a song from Scottish-Irish folk rock band The Waterboys, released as the second single from their sixth studio album Dream Harder. It was written by Mike Scott, and produced by Scott and Bill Price. The song reached No. 29 in the UK and No. 12 in Ireland.
Book of Lightning is the ninth studio album by The Waterboys, released on 2 April 2007 through W14/Universal Records. The album contains ten tracks, produced by Mike Scott and Philip Tennant, with musical contributions from Steve Wickham (fiddle), Richard Naiff (keyboards), Brady Blade (drums), Mark Smith (bass), Leo Abrahams, Jeremy Stacey (drums) plus long-time Waterboys alumni Roddy Lorimer (trumpet), Chris Bruce and Thighpaulsandra (keyboards). Book of Lightning was recorded in London with the exceptions of one song recorded in Vancouver with members of Canadian art-pop band Great Aunt Ida, and another in Scott's home studio.
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The Lagos State University (LASU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has flayed the management of the school for increasing the acceptance fee for 2017/2018 session by 100 percent.
Newly admitted students at LASU would have to pay N20 thousand for acceptance fee, N10 thousand more than what was charged last session.
ASUU rejected the increment in a statement signed by its coordinator, Olusiji Sowande.
The statement reads: “It is pertinent to ask the university administration for the logic behind the recent increase in acceptance fee by 100%! Whereas, LASU gets steady monthly subvention of N450 million compared with Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye and Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode both within our Lagos zone, which receives far less.
“Without mincing words, it is not out of place to conclude that the desire to generate funds internally, is largely meant for the comfort of those in the administration at the expense of education seeking children and their economically well-battered parents.
“The Vice Chancellor’s anti-peoples policy manifests in the excuse that lack of infrastructure made the Institution to admit 3,500 candidates for the incoming session instead of 8,000 candidates approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
“The immediate implication of this is that 4,500 youths in Lagos, had been denied the opportunity to fulfil their aspiration of university admission this year with its attendant social consequences on Lagos and its environs.
“In order to fill the financial gap created by the reduction in number of admitted candidates therefore, led to the outrageous increment of acceptance fee from N10, 000 to N20, 000!
“It appears that the vice-chancellor needs an organisation as bold and courageous as our union to tell him that this is more than likely to impact on the number that the supervising agency of government (NUC) will allocate to LASU in subsequent admission exercise having demonstrated lack of capacity to absorb its calculated actual potential.
“It is our considered opinion that the authorities of LASU should be put on notice that our Great Union in conjunction with other interest groups in the state and beyond will resist this increment until it is reversed.”
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TVs with 4K resolution were everywhere at this yearâ€™s IFA show. We probably should not expect to see 4K resolution in next yearâ€™s mainstream living room TVs but 4K is coming. In this article we take a look at the many 4K TVs from IFA and tell you how we experienced picture quality.
Hands-on with 4K TVs
Samsung, LG, Toshiba, Sharp and Sony all exhibited 4K TVs and we even saw some 4K TVs at less prominent Asian TV manufacturersâ€™ IFA booths. This means that 4K panel production has begun and that the panel manufacturers have started selling panel to other TVs manufacturers without LCD manufacturing.
Sonyâ€™s 84-inch 4K TV in action
Sony, LG and Toshiba all unveiled an 84" TV with a 4K panel, and picture quality was also consistent on all three models. Content was shot in 4K resolution and the combination of a true 4K panel and real 4K content revealed a stunning level of picture detailing. Particularly close-ups looked amazing and the experience far exceeds what Full HD TVs deliver today on large-size TVs.
In some sequences detailing was so close to reality that images almost had a 3-dimensional effect, despite only showing 2D images.
LG exhibited their 4K TV in January and again at IFA 2012
4K and TV size goes hand in hand and when consumers move to 60â€ť, 70â€ť and even larger TVs, 4K resolution starts to make a lot of sense. Samsung exhibited a 70-inch 4K TV and even on a TV of this size, the improvement over Full HD was easy to spot.
Samsung exhibited this 70-inch 4K TV
But there is not much fun in having a 4K TV without any 4K content. So were should this 4K content come from? It was a question that we asked repeatedly at IFA.
Toshiba has a 84-inch 4K TV, too
Actually, some old analog movies can be re-mastered as 4K versions but movies recorded when switching from analog to digital equipment are typically recorded in Full HD. Recent digital movie productions such as The Hobbit and Avatar have moved to higher-resolution cameras and 4K movies are coming to cinemas but we also have to acknowledge that we need more real 4K content to stage the introduction of 4K TVs.
When it comes to gaming we have started hearing some chatter about 4K gaming being part of the â€śPlayStation 3â€ť and â€śXbox 720â€ť releases. We have not real evidence to support this but we should soon start hearing more about the products. Let us, hypothetically, assume that PlayStation 4 launches next year with 4K. That would be enough time to incorporate 4K resolution into cheaper TVs and give 4K resolution the same push that PlayStation 3 gave to Full HD and Blu-ray.
Sharp and Panasonics have also exhibited TVs with 8K resolution – 16 times higher than Full HD.
Are you ready to go all-in on 4K TVs within a few years and therefore also buy a larger TV? Can 4K resolution make you buy a new TV?


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New York Interior Design, 1935-1985
NEW YORK INTERIOR DESIGN 1935-1985 (2 VOLUMES)
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Many men don’t realize how damaging pornography is to their wives. Most will admit their wives don’t approve of it. However, this is often because they believe their wives simply view it as “dirty.” Women’s reasons for despising pornography go deeper. For them, it’s a devastating attack that reaches down to their very core.
This is what Max discovered when he and his wife Kelly sought counseling because of his pornography use. Although he knew she wouldn’t like it, Max initially thought there was nothing wrong with occasionally viewing porn. For him it was simply a “guy thing” that he did to relax when he was stressed. Most of his friends were into it too, so how could it be wrong. Besides, to him, the women in pornography were mere “images on a computer screen.” How could that be so offensive? As Kelly expressed how deeply hurt she was by Max’s pornography use, he began to realize how damaging it really was to him, to Kelly, and to their marriage.
While porn harms in many ways, here are three particular ways pornography is devastating your wife:
1. They feel deeply hurt and betrayed.
For them, pornography isn’t simply “images on a screen.” They are other women. Thus, pornography use is a form of adultery. When a man chooses to spend time with pornography, he is choosing to spend time with other women.
Furthermore, he is sharing his sexuality with them, a precious gift that must only be shared with his wife. He is giving away something that belongs to his wife. This is no different than having an extramarital affair. Because pornography depicts men sexually exploiting women, a wife might also end up feeling used in her sexual relationship with her husband.
2. They feel ugly and rejected.
Many young wives don’t object to their husbands viewing pornography because they know they can compete with the young women in porn. However, this view changes with time. Naturally, wives get older, but the women in porn stay young. Here is where a husband’s pornography use gets really hurtful.
A wife in her 40’s may see what her husband is viewing in porn and think to herself, “How can I compete? He must think I’m ugly. I’m no longer beautiful or sexually desirable. He would rather be with those young women in porn than with me. He wants to replace me.” This can result in wounded self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and even body image disorders for wives.
3. Trust is broken.
Most wives feel they have an open and honest relationship with their husbands. They believe they can share anything with each other and they have healthy intimacy. This view disintegrates when a wife discovers her husband viewing pornography. She realizes he has a dark secret life that she never knew about. The man she thought she knew thoroughly for years now seems like a total stranger.
This a very deep trust wound. Not only is her ability to trust her husband damaged, but she also realizes her husband may have never trusted her enough to share his struggles with her. Thus, she realizes the trust she thought she had in their relationship never existed. She begins to wonder what other things in their relationship he has lied about. In addition, she often no longer sees him as a good role model for their children. Her whole image of her husband is destroyed.
Steps Toward a Healthy Marriage
For many women, their husbands’ use of pornography is deeply traumatizing. Some even struggle with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Pornography is so damaging that it plays a significant role in over 50% of all divorces. Unfortunately, men never hear this from the mass media. All they hear is that it is “harmless adult entertainment.” I am convinced that if husbands really knew how damaging pornography use is to wives and marriages, they would never want to go near it.
Fortunately, most people and relationships can, and do, heal from the devastation of pornography. It takes time, patience, and commitment to the healing process. Whenever I work with a couple struggling with the effects of pornography, there are three kinds of counseling I offer:
- I work with the husband to successfully overcome his use of pornography.
- I work with the wife to recover from the trauma caused by her husband’s pornography use.
- I work with the couple to heal the damage caused to their relationship because of pornography use.
Many couples claim they simply want to go back to the way things were before their marriage was damaged by pornography. However, this is not what I recommend. Because pornography use and its root causes often predate the marriage, one or both spouses probably were not healthy when they entered the marriage. The goal of counseling is to help them work on individual and marital healing so that they can create a healthy and happy marriage.
While the healing process seemed daunting for Max and Kelly, they still loved each other and were committed to their marriage. As they worked on their individual healing, they were able to develop a new and healthy marital relationship. For the first time, there were no secrets in their relationship. They felt safe with each other and could talk about everything. They felt truly connected and had a healthy level of intimacy. After several months of therapy, they were truly in love with each other and had the marriage they had always wanted. While they wished they never had to go through their ordeal, they could see how God was using it to give them the marriage they had always wanted and the marriage He wanted for them.

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Angels from Louvre
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There are so many different contraptions out there to control the timing and temperature of your internal heating, it can often be a tad overwhelming having to choose which one you are going to purchase for use with your central heating system.
The first thing to acknowledge is that there are heating controls, timers and room thermostats that only work with specific models of boilers, whereas there are other heating controls that universally work with all types of boilers (Honeywell and Danfoss being 2 popular such manufacturers).
There are also different types of boiler controls – so you can get a mechanical, digital or wireless heating controls, depending on your preference and how much you are prepared to pay for them.
We talk about some of the most popular heating controls below to give you an idea of what types of thermostats and timers are available.
The following heating controls use a digital interface. They are all easy to use thanks to the high quality digital screen and simply programming functions.
- Honewell CM901 Room Thermostat (aka Honeywell CMT901)
Set your central heating how you want it over a 24 hour period using the CMT901. It is compatible with all combi boilers (thanks to its 2 wire, volt free connections) and has a simplistic, LED screen that makes it easy to use.
- Honewell CM927 Room Thermostat (aka CMT927)
The CM927 gives you 6 different temperature options per day – so you can have optimum control over a 7 day week. Like the CM901, the CM927 is easy to install alongside all combi boilers (thanks to its 2 wire, volt free connections) and has an LED screen- which makes it easy to programme the thermostat how you want it. The additional option of holiday mode makes it easy to set when you plan to be away for a set amount of time – so it’s one less thing to worry about when you are going away.
- Vaillant TimeSWITCH 160 Digital Timer
The Vaillant 160 Timeswitch plugs into the boiler fascia and lets you stipulate when your boiler is on/off over a 7 day period. It is fully compatible with the entire range of Vaillant new boilers; including the EcoTEC Plus, Pro and Exclusive boiler models. It’s renowned as being easy to set up thanks to the simple operating approach.
- Vaillant VRC470 Thermostat
The VRC 470 Programmable Room 7 day Digital Room Thermostat from Vaillant allows you to set 3 different temperatures for each day of the week. The VRC470F is only compatible with the new range of ecoTEC boilers produced from March 2012 onwards.
- Worcester DT20 Twin Channel Programmer
The Worcester DT20 allows you to set 3 temperature settings a day, for each day of the week. This gives your maximum control over your properties central heating functionality. With an easy to use digital display, green light (to make it usable in low light conditions) and an automatic summer/winter clock update, the DT20 really makes itself easy to use.
The following heating controls use a mechanical function to control the temperature of your property. In many cases you have to physically flick a switch or use a series of dials to stipulate the desire room temperature. They are all simple to use and ideal for those that don’t want a digital timer.
- Worcester MT10 Mechanical Timer
Control when your heating comes on and off over the course of a day using the Worcester’s MT10. This model is compatible with Worcester Greenstar Si, CDi, Highflow CDi and i Junior boilers.
- Vaillant 150 Analogue Timer
Vaillant’s version of the Worcester MT10 is the 150 Analogue Timer – it gives you optimum control over a 24 hour period. It works with all new EcoTEC Plus, Pro and Exclusive boiler (brought before March 2012).
Wireless heating controls allows your boiler to talk to your heating control unit wirelessly, in many cases using radio frequency. The main benefit of this is that can place your heating controls in another part of your property, making it more convenient to programme your properties heating.Find out more about some of the popular wireless devices available:
- Worcester MT10RF Wireless Mechanical Thermostat
The MT10RF works wirelessly with your Worcester boiler to control your heating over a 24 hour period. You can stipulate different temperatures depending on whether it is day or night, meaning you can maximise the heat in your home and .
- Worcester DT10RF Wireless Digital Thermostat
Using radio frequency, the DT10RF talks to your Worcester boiler wirelessly to utilise 6 heating settings over the course of a day. It is fully compatible with all Greenstar combi boilers in addition to Greenstar system boilers where an optional integral diverter valve is being used.
- Vaillant VRC470F thermostat
It couldn’t be easier to programme your heating over a 7 day period (with 3 bespoke temperature settings for each day) using Vaillant’s wireless thermostat. Please note this is only compatible with the new range of ecoTEC boilers produced from March 2012 onwards.
Visit the Direct Heating Supplies website for more information about the staggering array of thermostats and timers available.


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Best Restaurants For Breakfast In Jacksonville Fl. Metro diner started in jacksonville almost 25 years ago. The feeling that happens in good company with conversation, a glass of wine and sharing a bite.
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Glee's Jonathan Groff will guest-star on an episode of The Good Wife, TVLine reports.
Groff will appear on an episode scheduled to air during sweeps in February. He'll take on the role of Jimmy, the brother of a woman who goes missing while protesting in Syria. In the episode, Groff will head to court in an attempt to sue a software company.
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Did you know that if you cut the border made with the EK Success Large Circle Border Punch in half, it makes a large postage strip border?
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I finally convinced our book club to read A Hypnotist’s Love Story, by Liane Moriarty, and of course they liked it. They were initially concerned that I picked the book because I’m like Ellen, the hypnotherapist. Which, admittedly, I am. I am definitely the kind of person who would want to be friends with my boyfriend’s stalker. But I also think like Ellen.
I swear, I think Liane and I must be twins separated at birth–except that she’s not Filipino. Her dialogue sounds like it could have come straight from my blog. Or does my blog sound like her dialogue because I read the book a few years ago? No, I’m pretty sure I liked the book because she thinks like me. It gave me hope that I could be a writer, too.
One of the things we talked about was whether the portrayal of hypnosis was accurate–which it was–and whether it could be used for weight loss. It can, but it works best for things that we are motivated to do–like to avoid pain, reduce anxiety. It is less effective for things like losing weight and quitting smoking because people are ambivalent about giving up food and nicotine.
I was telling them how I encourage clients to use suggestions as a way to tolerate negative feelings. I tell clients to predict for themselves that at some point, perhaps even in a few hours, they will feel differently.
I also use it to get out of bed in the morning. Because I am a night owl, waking up early is torture. I used to let my inner drill sergeant get me out of bed: Wake up! Get out of bed already! What is your problem? Are you trying to be late for work? GET UP GET UP GET UP!!!
Hmmm. Maybe that’s why I wake up feeling anxious.
These days I allow myself to hit snooze twice, but the second time I tell myself that I might not even need to wait for the alarm to go off. I might be ready to get up in 5 minutes.
I’ve been sick for over a week now, which is really starting to get to me. I’ve cancelled tennis 5 freaking times, and I still can’t sing because my voice is hoarse from coughing. Not that I’m a good singer or anything; I just like to do it.
I had to leave book club early to pick up some drugs, and one of my friends half-jokingly gave me the suggestion that I was going to feel better. I thought that was funny. But then I thought, why am I not using it to get better? Or to stop obsessing. Or for all kinds of things.
So I’m going to start using suggestions for everything. You are going to be focused with your clients today. You are going to play awesome in your tennis match. You are going to write a fantastic blog post. You are going to publish a book.
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The Rijksmuseum has the largest lace collection in The Netherlands. It comprises around 3,500 pieces dating from the late sixteenth to the early twentieth century. An important part of the collection consists of pieces belonging to Queen Wilhelmina, who had a great love of lace and assembled a beautiful range of items. The Rijksmuseum commissioned Hellen to develop two scarves with the use of material from the Rijks studio. She used pieces from the Extended Laces Collection and lovely prints from the Japanese Print Room.
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text: Tropical butterflies have landed in Colorado. The Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center just outside of Denver features scarlet mormons, zebra longwings and more than 100 other varieties that fly through glass-enclosed buildings. While at least 30 butterfly centers have emerged in the past decade - most of them associated with zoos - the 7,800-square-foot pavilion is America's only nonprofit facility dedicated wholly to butterflies. A brainchild of the Rocky Mountain Butterfly Consortium, the pavilion received support from private and corporate donors and the city of Westminster, which provided the land. When the butterfly mecca celebrated its first anniversary July 14, some 130,000 lovers of six-legged creatures had already visited. For more information, contact the Butterfly Pavilion at 6252 W. 104th Ave., Westminster, CO 80020 (303/469-5441).

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Modeling the EUR/USD Index Using LS-SVM and Performing Variable Selection
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- Herrera LJ. et al. (2015) Modeling the EUR/USD Index Using LS-SVM and Performing Variable Selection. In: Rojas I., Joya G., Catala A. (eds) Advances in Computational Intelligence. IWANN 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 9095. Springer, Cham
As machine learning becomes more popular in all fields, its use is well known in finance and economics. The growing number of people using models to predict the market’s behaviour can modify the market itself so it is more predictable. In this context, the key element is to find out which variables are used to build the model in a macroeconomic environment. This paper presents an application of kernel methods to predict the EUR/USD relationship performing variable selection. The results show how after applying a proper variable selection, very accurate predictions can be achieved and smaller historical data is needed to train the model.
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The inlet fogging of gas turbine engines for power augmentation has seen increasing application over the past decade. This paper provides the results of extensive experimental and theoretical studies conducted on impaction pin fog nozzles. It covers the important area of the fog plume pattern of impaction pin nozzles and examines fog-plume uniformity. The subject of sprinkle (large droplet formation) from the nozzles is also examined in detail and is shown to be nonsignificant. The effect, on evaporation rate, of ambient climatic conditions and the location of the fog nozzle with respect to the gas turbine inlet duct has been analytically and experimentally analyzed. An analytical model is used to study the evaporation dynamics of fog droplets injected in the inlet ducts. The model is validated experimentally in a wind tunnel.
Inlet Fogging of Gas Turbine Engines: Experimental and Analytical Investigations on Impaction Pin Fog Nozzle Behavior
Contributed by the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received October 2002, final manuscript received March 2003. Assoc. Editor: H. R. Simmons. Paper presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, June 16–19, 2003, Paper No. 2003-GT-38801.
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MCTI preparing for hybrid or remote models as school approaches
Monroe Career & Technical Institute is preparing for all possibilities as the county’s four school districts finalize plans for returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’re ready for the students to be here,” Director Dennis Virga said Tuesday. “However, with that said, if the school districts end up deciding to go virtual for whatever reason, we’re ready for that too.”
Like most plans now, MCTI’s could change, and it’s still subject to final approval by the Joint Operating Committee on Aug. 24.
But the gist of the plan is that if a district is hybrid, “we would allow students to even come on the days they’re not scheduled,” Virga said. “We’re a little bit different because of our building. Our program areas are much larger than typical classrooms,” so social distancing is easier at MCTI.
If a district goes virtual, its MCTI students would learn remotely too.
“Ultimately, we serve the four districts, so whatever they choose or decide is best for the students, we’ll do what we have to do,” Virga said.
While some hands-on training would be tough to deliver online, “there’s a lot of knowledge behind the actual skills,” Virga said, and those lessons can be adapted for remote learning.
Virga and two MCTI instructors, Jim Granahan and Lori Bruce, noted that the school was using Google Classroom and another online platform, Schoology, even before Pennsylvania schools went virtual in the spring. Granahan, a precision machining instructor, was using an online textbook already.
MCTI bought GoPros for instructors, so teachers can make videos in their own classrooms with their own equipment, rather than sharing an impersonal YouTube clip.
In some cases, students at home can do exactly what they would do in the classroom. Granahan’s students, for example, use simulation programs to practice programming machines before using the real tools.
“We have simulators in our classrooms anyway. Well, now they’ll be able to do those online. A lot of the manufacturers and software people are pushing that out to the kids for free,” Granahan said.
On a hybrid schedule, Bruce, an applied horticulture instructor, would have students complete “theory work” at home, and hands-on tasks at school. For students designing and planting a garden at MCTI, for example, that would mean doing research and design at home, and preparing the land at school.
She’s hoping for a hybrid model, “but we’re prepared to do whatever we need to do to educate our students.”
Floral students learning remotely might be tasked with collecting items and sending a picture of a floral arrangement. “I might include bark. I might include a stick. I might include three flowers from outside, three types of greenery from outside,” Bruce said.
Students in the landscaping program might prune or pull weeds and send a before and after picture.
“This is something new for all of us,” Granahan said. “We’re going to be positive about it and we’re going to work through it. This will pass. It’s not forever. So we’ll just make do.”


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A brand new nationally consultant examine revealed on-line within the Journal of Alzheimer’s Illness Reviews discovered listening to impairment and imaginative and prescient impairment to be independently related to cognitive impairment.
After contemplating intercourse, age and different socio-demographic traits, older adults with listening to impairment had greater than double the percentages of cognitive impairment, whereas these with imaginative and prescient impairment had greater than triple the percentages of cognitive impairment. When an older grownup skilled each listening to impairment and imaginative and prescient impairment, the percentages of cognitive impairment had been eight-fold. Roughly one half of adults aged 65 and older with each listening to and imaginative and prescient impairment additionally had cognitive impairment.
There have been a number of research prior to now decade linking listening to loss to dementia and cognitive decline, however much less consideration has been paid to imaginative and prescient loss and twin sensory impairment.
“On condition that half of adults with each imaginative and prescient and listening to loss expertise critical cognitive issues, sensory loss could possibly be used to assist determine these in danger for cognitive decline and dementia,” says lead creator Esme Fuller-Thomson, director of the College of Toronto’s Institute for Life Course & Growing old and professor on the Issue-Inwentash College of Social Work (FIFSW) and Division of Household & Group Drugs.
The examine was based mostly on 10 consecutive waves of the American Group Survey (2008-2017), a nationally consultant annual survey of roughly half one million American respondents aged 65 and older. A complete of 5.4 million older People had been included within the examine, together with each institutionalized and group dwelling older adults
“Twin sensory impairment prevents a person from compensating for the lack of one sense by the usage of one other,” stated co-author Aliya Nowczynski, a latest Masters of Social Work (MSW) graduate from the College of Toronto “Our findings emphasize the necessity to attain out to older adults with twin sensory impairment, to evaluate whether or not there are alternatives for early intervention.”
The authors emphasize the significance of contemplating remedy choices for sensory impairment to help the cognitive well being of older adults.
“It can be crucial that we contemplate the accessibility of widespread therapies for sensory impairment, resembling listening to aids and cataract surgical procedure” says co-author Andie MacNeil, a latest College of Toronto MSW graduate. “It’s attainable that those that have problem accessing these remedy choices will likely be extra weak to cognitive impairment. Extra analysis is required to find out whether or not interventions for sensory impairment lower the danger of subsequent cognitive decline.
A number of attainable theories that will clarify the affiliation between sensory impairment and cognitive impairment embrace cognitive deterioration resulting from decreased auditory and visible enter, social disengagement and loneliness resulting from issues speaking, and age-related degeneration of the central nervous system.
“Future analysis continues to be wanted to find out if the affiliation between sensory impairment and cognitive decline is causal,” says Fuller-Thomson, “Figuring out the mechanisms that underlie this relationship can assist information the following steps in supporting older adults.”
Social isolation and nervousness in older adults with cognitive impairment
Esme Fuller-Thomson et al, The Affiliation Between Listening to Impairment, Imaginative and prescient Impairment, Twin Sensory Impairment, and Critical Cognitive Impairment: Findings from a Inhabitants-Primarily based Research of 5.4 million Older Adults, Journal of Alzheimer’s Illness Reviews (2022). DOI: 10.3233/ADR-220005
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Pewano out of the 2012 Dakar
This is the moment the Swedish Team Pewano takes it leave from the 2012 Dakar rally. And who knows if this is all we got to see of the Pewano XC60 RR in the Dakar, ever.
Talked to Olle Ohlsson from Team Pewano, who said:
"It almost seems as if thers´s a curse. Pelle dying earlier this year, me getting the pneumonia and not being able to come across to this year´s edition of the rally. And now the car...It is a very sad situation for all of us"
Pelle Wallentheim, initiator of the project, passed away earlier this year due to illness. This was his dream and his vision. Lets hope the team, which has suffered a number of set backs will be back again.
Pewano - new brand to hit the rally raid market


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Some 800,000 Australians own cryptocurrencies, a 63 per cent increase since 2020, the Commonwealth Treasury says. Australian Taxation Office data suggests $227 million worth of crypto assets are held by self-managed superannuation funds, or 0.03 per cent of net assets.
The government agencies do not break their data down to the level of specific cryptocurrencies and digital tokens. But given that bitcoin accounts for 42 per cent of global cryptocurrency assets, an educated guess would posit that the largest and oldest of the digital tokens is best represented in the portfolios of Australian investors.
That is a problem, say some professional crypto investors.
“Our view is that only holding bitcoin as your crypto exposure would be like buying BHP as your Australian equity exposure,” says Richard Galvin, the Australian-born CEO of Digital Asset Capital Management, which runs the world’s top-ranked, long-only, crypto fund.
“We wouldn’t say it is a good or a bad idea in of itself, but the opportunity set is far, far wider in our view. Our Global Digital Asset Fund usually holds eight to 12 key active positions in different coins or tokens, and we feel confident that this will outperform bitcoin and [second largest coin] ethereum as single holdings over time.”
Crypto differs markedly from traditional asset classes in many ways, including the decentralised legal structures underpinning the tokens and highly controversial methods of valuation. A notable list of critics from Warren Buffett and Vanguard Group to local industry super fund UniSuper believes the asset class is not something to invest in because of the inherent volatility and prevalence of scams and cybercrime, among myriad concerns.
But clearly many investors are unfazed, given the Treasury data and the large number of people who do not own crypto but describe themselves as “crypto curious”.
Galvin’s argument is that despite the unique characteristics of crypto investing, the old school rules of portfolio construction apply, including diversification.
And that means having an exposure to “altcoins” – the thousands of digital tokens other than the original bitcoin. Given many are in their very early stages, that is where the “alpha”, or ability to generate an above-market return, really lies, he says.
As a financial adviser, Cody Harmon says diversification matters, adding that doesn’t mean crypto investors need to go too far down the rabbit hole deploying their capital to obscure altcoins, which are sometimes disparagingly called “shitcoins” by critics.
That’s because ethereum, which, at a market share of about 20 per cent, is almost four times the size of the next biggest token tether, and is among the most important “layer one” blockchain ecosystems on which other tokens are built. Blockchain is the technology underpinning crypto assets – a networked public ledger that records transactions.
There is widespread confusion among investors about the difference between these “layer one” assets and other tokens, says Harmon, who runs the Cruz Family Office and takes an active interest in digital asset markets.
Some tokens such as ethereum, solana, terra, cardano and lunar represent separate and alternative blockchain ecosystems, meaning they are “competing for the attention of developers and miners and entrepreneurial capital”. Many other altcoins represent applications and businesses built on top of those blockchain networks.
“Ethereum is already very diversified,” Harmon says. He likens buying its native currency, known as ether, to buying an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the technology-heavy Nasdaq index.
It is broader than an individual stock holding but still slightly more niche than a broad-based national market like the Australian Securities Exchange or New York Stock Exchange.
Since many altcoins are linked to applications built on ethereum, buying them while also holding units in the ether token is a bit like buying an ASX 200 ETF but also holding a blue-chip ASX stock such as BHP, Harmon adds, borrowing Galvin’s analogy.
Investors can also access an emerging range of tokens that give an exposure to a broader range of tokens, not dissimilar to the way an ETF is listed on an exchange but also invests in companies listed on that same exchange.
Harmon gives the example of the DeFi Pulse Index, a token that tracks the performance of decentralised finance (DeFi) assets across the crypto market. DeFi applications seek to cut banks and other financial intermediaries out of transactions through use of blockchain technology.
For investors who want to take on more risk, however, and try their hand at active altcoin-picking, Harmon has two pieces of advice. First, they should read the “white paper” associated with each token. Second, they should think about “utility”.
Coin-picking ain’t easy
While many tokens are very early stage and either do not have any obvious real-world use cases or are very “crypto-native” in that they largely service other blockchain-based operations, Harmon suggests assessing whether their stated purpose is likely to make sense as the market matures.
For example, SushiSwap is an application that allows users to swap one digital token for another – a function Harmon says is no different to the multitrillion-dollar foreign exchange (FX) market for fiat currencies, with which many investors will be familiar. “Is this an idea that has legs?” he asks. “Absolutely.”
But Galvin says that, just like stock picking, selecting individual coins is a tough business – and arguably much more so, since the assets are in infancy and there is little in the way of reliable, third-party, investment research and access can be difficult.
“The challenge for the individual investor is which coins or tokens to own and then how to buy them as they are not all on centralised exchanges like Coinbase or Independent Reserve,” he says.
Unsurprisingly, Galvin’s solution is to instead invest in a fund managed by seasoned, crypto-specialist portfolio managers. But most are only open to wholesale and sophisticated investors with at least $2.5 million in assets and have minimum buy-ins north of $200,000.
That’s why Mark Monfort, a data analyst and co-founder of the Australian DeFi Association, would like to see mainstream sharemarket-listed ETFs play a role in providing retail investors with access to altcoins.
Australia’s first crypto ETFs are set to begin trading on the Cboe Australia exchange later this week after a delay, and will also commence trading on the main ASX exchange in coming months as well.
But the corporate regulator ASIC restricted the market to bitcoin and ether, ruling that only the two large-cap crypto tokens have the requisite scale, pricing mechanisms and mainstream institutional investors to be eligible as underlying assets for ETFs.
“If ASIC had broadened the scope it would have made for a wider range of options for existing and new ETF issuers to bring choices to the ETF investing public,” says Monfort, who also founded the ETFtracker analysis tool.
“Instead we’ll have to watch how others innovate, and hopefully, we won’t be too late to play catch up.”
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With a fiscal deficit way above the internationally accepted benchmark, Barbados bears the heaviest debt burden of Caribbean countries when compared to its level of production of goods and services, according the Caribbean Development Bank.
And this island is not expected to perform much better in 2018 as its gross domestic product is projected to grow the least, by only 0.7 percent, as CDB states, “new inward investment is … planned for Barbados, but uncertainty over the future of economic and fiscal policy during
a general election year is likely to affect investment decisions.”
To be sure, citizens and other residents of Barbados are not alone in this economic hole as the majority of the CDB 19 borrowing member countries (BMCs) are being made to carry high loads of their national debt burdens.
“Debt is still above 60 percent of GDP in 12 BMCs. In addition, following the passage of hurricanes Irma and Maria, it is anticipated that there will be sizeable fiscal and / or debt slippages during the period 2018 to 2019, as reconstruction efforts pick up,” CBD stated in its annual report.
That debt mark of above 60 percent currently suffered by the 12 Caribbean countries puts them beyond the danger sign for developed countries as set by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF has, however, stated that developing countries, such as the economies of most Caribbean states, should not have a debt to GDP ratio beyond 40 percent.
This IMF formula illustrates how deep is the economic hole in which Barbados finds itself with a debt to GDP ratio of 157.1 percent. Though also in a deep debt hole, Jamaica is placed a distant second at the end of last year with a debt to GDP ratio of 113.4 per cent.
The British dependency of Montserrat was the 2017 top performer with a debt to GDP ratio of 6.1 percent. In fact, the other British dependencies of the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Cayman Islands, and British Virgin Islands round off the four territories carrying the lowest debt burden.
Naturally the report on Barbados’ wretched performance and outlook did not go unnoticed by local politicians including Leader of the Opposition Mia Mottley who has said that for CDB to paint such a stark economic picture of the island is remarkable because that regional bank tends to focus on the upside of the economy of its members.
“They like to talk pretty about the people who are members, so they wouldn’t bad talk Barbados,” Mottley said at a political meeting of her Barbados Labour Party.
She continued, “but what they told us is that in spite of the hurricanes in the Caribbean that mashed-up countries in the Caribbean, that the country that is going to perform the worst in the Caribbean is Barbados.”


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The three county Superior Court Judge candidates “tea’ed off” last Wednesday night in El Dorado Hills. The candidate forum, which included District 1 and 2 supervisor candidates filled the Holiday Inn event room, capacity 160, for two-plus hours to hear a total of seven local candidates discuss the challenges of local government and pitch their best ideas to fix things.
The Tea Party Patriots of El Dorado Hills hosted the forum, which included a brief presentation by Darwin Thorne on the evils of Obamanomics.
Veteran El Dorado Hills Realtor Steve Ferry moderated the forum and reminded his audience that Tea Party principles extend to the local level. “Local government is as big an issue as the national races,” he said. “Nationally, 685 Tea Party patriots were elected to local offices two years ago.”
Ferry gave each candidate 10 minutes to make their case.
Attorney Joseph Hoffman introduced himself as an El Dorado Hills resident who has practiced law in El Dorado County for 18 years. He’s served as a volunteer “pro tem” judge for the last 10 years, and said many local lawyers now seek him out as a private judge.
“It’s a sad commentary that they’re willing to pay money to get a fast, well thought out ruling,” he said. “That should be the job of the court, but because of backlogs they come to me.”
He specializes in family law, but said he also has vast experience in real estate, personal injury, inverse condemnation, business litigation, “virtually every area of civil law … and I’ve done it in this county.”
Hoffman and his wife, who’s also an attorney, operate law offices in Cameron Park and Folsom, which also makes him a local small businessman, he said.
The local judicial system is understaffed, time-consuming and expensive, he said, then suggested that the root of the problem is a lack of consistency from the bench,
Many of the cases which come before a judge are similar, he said, but lawyers can’t predict with any confidence how a judge will rule. As a result, the docket is cluttered with cases that should have been settled in advance.
Consistent judges “create the environment for attorneys to reach agreement outside the court, and saves money for all of us,” he said.
Hoffman boasts dozens of local judges and attorneys on his endorsement list, “the people most involved in the system,” he said.
He defended the practices of local attorneys endorsing judge candidates. “They want the most qualified candidate,” he said. “These are the people who believe I would be a good judge.”
Retired Superior Court Commissioner Stephen Valentine emphasized his breadth of legal and judicial experience, and pitched himself as someone who can make tough decisions quickly and effectively.
He said he’s ruled in thousands of cases over his six-plus years as Small Claims Court Commissioner in both Placerville and South Lake Tahoe. He ruled in a wide variety of cases, including unlawful detainers, contract disputes, personal injury, family law, “everything short of major criminal trials,” he said.
Big counties allow judges the luxury of specializing, he said. “But this is a small county. Our judges must step up and take whatever case they get.”
Small claims court, which caps out at $7,500 claims, may not have the big price tag, “but the cases can be every bit as complex,” he said.
He also presided over “tens of thousands of traffic cases,” most of which were wrapped up in six to eight weeks, he said. “If you fought a ticket in El Dorado County, you came to my court.”
Most of his decisions were made from the bench, but he often visited the site of the infraction after hours to check out the situation firsthand, he said.
Valentine spent the 1980s as a reserve deputy in Ventura County, an experience which taught him sound decision-making, he said. He subsequently became a lawyer. Most of his legal career was in family law from his Cameron Park office.
He also taught ethics, and said took issue with Hoffman’s statement that many cases are similar. “There’s no such thing as a typical case,” he said, “Especially in family law.”
“If you want someone who can handle any case that comes down the pike, then you want me,” he said. “I’m also the only one up here that’s ever served a search warrant, arrested someone, investigated crimes or rolled around in the dirt handcuffing someone.”
Warren “Curt” Stracener was appointed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to fill a newly created Superior Court seat in 2010, according to the website judgepedia.org. His term runs through December.
He told the Tea Party listeners he’s heard over 2,000 matters in dependency and delinquency court, plus over 5,000 traffic cases. “I decided every case and not one has been reversed,” he said.
Stracener has lived in El Dorado County for 15 years. He described himself as “experienced, tough and fair.”
Early in his career, Stracener was a school teacher. After becoming a lawyer he spent 19 years as a litigator for the state, eventually taking a lead role in the state worker furlough litigation during the 2010-2011 budget impasse, when 21 public sector bargaining units sued the state. Stracener said he carried the case successfully all the way to the California Supreme Court.
He served as a hearing officer and pro tem small claims court judge in Sacramento County, before being named to new El Dorado County Superior Court seat in 2010.
He told the Tea Party audience “I spend 19 years facing off against the toughest labor unions in the state and we beat them consistently.”
He mentioning the Service Employees International Union by name, and the “even tougher prison guards union,” neither of which was tougher than taking a child away from its parents in Dependency Court, he said.
Stracener said he’s appeared in superior courts around the state, and even made an appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court, prompting him to boast, “None of my challengers have that breadth of experience.”
He said he disagrees with Hoffman on the propriety of local attorneys endorsing judge candidates. “I’m not soliciting local endorsements,” he said. “I have over 50 judges and between 20 and 30 attorney [endorsements],” he said. “Only two of them are from this county, so there won’t be a conflict of interest.”
The election will be held on June 5. If no single candidate gets a simple majority, a runoff will be held in November.


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Lunchbox celebrates Bobby's paperback book release with a gift.
February 14, 2017 | 5 min
|3-1: Read Across America Week|
Eddie and Lunchbox read to third graders for Read Across America Week
March 1, 2017 | 5 min
|3-1: Ray Stalks Jason Aldean|
Ray ran into Jason Aldean at a restaurant.
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Blossoms in Spring Necklace
Carry your favorite seasonal florals all year round, as a gentle and beautiful reminder to give yourself grace, flourish and bloom your own way! Each blossom was thoughtfully hand-drawn by Kelsey Davis, making this piece truly one-of-a-kind! Choose your most loved based on beauty or meaning - Tulip, Magnolia, Buttercup, Lilac or Primrose.
Comes in: Gold Plated, Sterling Silver, Rose Gold Plated and 10K Solid Gold, Solid Rose Gold, and Solid White Gold.
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Juneau, AK (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau passed a resolution on Monday night that names the intersection of Front and Seward Streets "Heritage Square" in an effort to further recognize the Sealaska Heritage Institute's efforts to make Juneau the Northwest Coast art capital of the world.
Juneau Mayor Ken Koelsch was excited to have the resolution on the consent agenda.
"The area bordered by Sealaska, Heritage Coffee, and Juneau Drug is now called Heritage Square. It is very cool."
There were recently three bronze posts depicting Native art installed on the corner next to SHI, further creating the image of a space not only proud of Native heritage but one that uplifts those efforts to globally promote Pacific Northwest Coast art for all to see. City maps and signs will soon highlight Heritage Square. SHI President Rosita Worl said in a press release that the idea came to them while they were unveiling the new bronze posts.
The process was moved through quickly and helps solidify the goal of making Juneau the place for Pacific Northwest Coast art.


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Spring Seminar and Special Events
Computer Interest Group
Spring Seminar, Saturday, May 17th, 2014:
Denver Public Library Main Branch (lower level Conference Center)
10 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO 80204
Pamela Boyer Sayre, Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer, has developed, coordinated, and taught in the Techniques and Technology Course at Samford University's Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research; Boston University's Professional Certificate Program in Genealogy; Genealogical Institute of Mid-America, University of Illinois-Springfield; and St. Louis Missouri Community College. She is a former NGS Director of Education and Publications and a former board member of the National Genealogical Society and the Federation of Genealogical Societies.
Richard G. Sayre, Certified Genealogist and Certified Genealogical Lecturer, is a longtime researcher and instructor in genealogical topics. He coordinates the Using Maps in Genealogy Course at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University. He instructs in the Advanced Methodology Course, the Techniques and Technology Course, Advanced Military courses, and a variety of other IGHR courses. His areas of expertise include records of the National Archives, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Daughter's of the American Revolution.
• Capital Treasure: Rick and Pam Sayre
• Mapping for Genealogist: Rick Sayre
• NARA Website and More: Pam Sayre
Registration 9:00-9:30 a.m.
Morning Session 9:30 a.m.
Lunch 12:00- 1:15 p.m. (lunch on your own)
Afternoon Session 1:15-4:00
MATERIALS FEE $35.00
Lots of prizes and free memberships!
Richard and Pam Sayre
Pamela Boyer Sayre and Richard G. Sayre
Capital Treasure (two-hour session with Pam and Rick Sayre)
This presentation features four brief case studies that demonstrate
the wealth of records that can be found in the Washington, DC area on websites of repositories such as the National Archives, Library
of Congress, Bureau of Land Management General Land Office, National Park Service, and Civil War Trust. Cases show how to find records
of birth, marriage, and death for a burned County in which all such records were destroyed; how to learn how a Civil War
veteran was shot to death in his old age; how to locate detailed facts about a person's life from a simple land record; and why numbers
of Union Civil War soldiers are buried at a site far from where they fell.
Mapping for Genealogists (one-hour session with Rick
If you want to learn practical applications for a variety of mapping tools (both online and software programs), this is
the session for you. Learn about geography, from platting and individual piece of land, to identifying its location in a given area,
to mapping an entire community. Learn how to identify the correct courthouse in a given era for the record you need, and how typographical
maps can provide clues to ancestors occupations.
NARA Website and More (one-hour session with Pam Sayre)
Even if you never go to
Washington or one of the regional branches, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has information to help your genealogical
search. The NARA website and Fold3.com provide access to tomorrow's records. The website is a portal to information about records,
genealogy research information, and even access to many individual records. We will discuss researching records, researching people,
ordering publications, and ordering records. Also, we will explore NARA's partnership with Fold3.com.
May 2013 Seminar photos with Thomas MacEntee
Photos courtesy of Gary Ratay
May 2012 Seminar Photos with Dick Eastman
"ACCESSING THE RECORDS FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME"
Thomas MacEntee..."Today's genealogy can often mean moving outside of your comfort zone and outside of the usual boundaries of research and resources. Rick and Pam Sayre are the perfect tour guides for such a journey of discovery. You'll be amazed at how Google Maps and Google Earth can be used as valuable reseach tools. So fasten your seat belts and get ready for your genealogy to zoom!"