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February 6, 2013, CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Founding Members Commit to Creating an Opportunity Culture and Extending the Reach of Excellent Teachers to More Students. Public Impact today announced its selection of four founding members of a national network of charter school organizations that will create an Opportunity Culture for teachers and extend the reach of excellent teachers to more students. Read full press release…
October 26, 2012 – In this abridged version of the Commentary that appeared in Education Week, Celine Coggins of Teach Plus joins Public Impact’s Bryan Hassel and Emily Ayscue Hassel to discuss why schools and policymakers must expand the impact of excellent teachers, now. With new information demonstrating the great variation in teacher effectiveness and the availability of better teacher-evaluation systems, schools have increasingly accurate data to identify which teachers are exceptional. Plus, recent reports have shown that early-career teachers want more opportunities for leadership and professional growth in the classroom. School reform efforts that do not acknowledge these two crucial trends are bound to fall short. Read the full Education Next blog post to learn how schools can create an Opportunity Culture that embraces excellence and opportunity for students and teachers alike.
October 25, 2012 – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools recently announced that Tonya Kales of Ashley Park Pre-K-8 School was named the CMS 2012-2013 Principal of the Year. Earlier this month, she was also named the Project L.I.F.T. Principal of the Year. Project L.I.F.T. is a nonprofit organization working to eliminate educational disparities within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district. In May, a set of schools working with Project L.I.F.T was selected as the first implementation site for Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture Initiative. Schools in this innovative zone, including Ashley Park, are receiving intensive design assistance from Public Impact and its partners to begin extending the reach of excellent teachers to more students.
October 24, 2012 – Huffington Post featured Public Impact’s “Extending the Reach” videos on its Education page. Despite the fact that both presidential candidates have spoken a lot about the importance of excellent teachers, the article says, teachers in the U.S. earn less than 60 percent of the average pay for full-time college-educated workers. Huff Post Education noted that Public Impact’s financial analysis offers suggestions for how to pay teachers up to 130 percent more — without increasing school budgets.
October 17, 2012 – In his Ed Week blog post, Tom Vander Ark presents 10 strategies “that offer state, district, network, and philanthropic leaders leverage in their efforts to encourage more deeper learning, ” including the Opportunity Culture initiative’s effort to extend the reach of great teachers to more students. See the complete list in the blog post.

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With our focus on people, built over three decades of working in traditional and emerging markets, our approach to master planning delivers wonderful spaces for hundreds of thousands one day and the local community the next.
At Populous, we design a long-term vision, the framework in which a development can evolve such as the Melbourne Olympic Park Masterplan, Lord’s Cricket Ground Masterplan or the London 2012 Masterplan.
Our Masterplanning team considers cities and towns on a strategic level and how to create environments and places that not only interact with the venues we create but also capitalise on the potential and value they embody to make sustainable places that embed our buildings into both new and existing communities and their fabric.
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WE'RE all familiar with the allure of coffee, but one man has taken it a step further, turning your daily cup into art.
Based in New York, Mike Breach has turned his barista job into a lesson in creativity, transforming cups of coffee into celebrity portraits and pretty pictures.
Using a toothpick, Breach quickly manipulates the foam and crema into faces and shapes before they melt or are sipped away.
"The time it takes to create each work depends on how complex the design and how over the top I am willing to go!" he told news.com.au.
"On average it takes 5-6 minutes, from pulling the shot of espresso to the finishing touches. But the coffee isn't usually cold by the time I'm done - it's perfectly drinkable" he said.
Breach, who started making coffee into art while working at a 'lonely hotel barista station', now has over 22,000 followers on instagram, and says a visit to Australia to do specialist events is certainly on the cards.
"I hear coffee culture is huge in Australia and I feel it would get great response!" he said.
But surely after making so many cups of coffee, his inspiration is starting to wane? Not at all, he tells us. "I get a lot of my ideas from humorous coffee puns, current events, even dreams! In fact my whole concept came to me in a dream" he said.
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The last two years have seen some of the most challenging trading conditions for many decades with British manufacturers not only facing up to the economic downturn but also meeting the ever increasing challenges of low cost economies.
Towards the end of 2009 Tridan Engineering increased its capacity with the addition of another Mazak VTC 200 machining centre and also an XYZ 760 to help satisfy the demand for smaller batch work.
During the last twelve months in particular the demands of our existing and new customers have begun to change and this has resulted in the current capacities and capabilities of Tridan being reviewed. This process has now been completed and we are pleased to announce the purchase of two further machining centres. In order to enable us to service the ever-increasing demand for 5 axis machining we have agreed the purchase of a second Mazak VRX 500-2 machining centre to compliment our existing machine.
In addition to this we have also agreed the purchase of Tridan’s first horizontal machining centre. The purchase of a Mazak HCN 5000 will not only allow us to expand our business with our established customers but will also enable Tridan to compete in new markets to which we have previously not had access.
We expect these new installations to be complete by the end of March 2011 and this investment will total some £450K. This once again not only demonstrates Tridan’s commitment to invest in order to meet the changing and evolving demands of its customers but is also proof of the continuing support that we receive from within the Langham Industries group.
In order to both support these investments and also plan for its long-term future Tridan continues to recruit skilled personnel to add to its already strong workforce. We have also recently reaffirmed our commitment to both our in-house training and apprenticeship schemes.
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February 13, 2017
MDOCS, Documentary, Storytelling, Event, Film, Screening, After Trujillo, Jorge Dominguez Dubuc, Lisa Blackmore
Screening: "Despues De Trujillo"
Monday, February 13, 2017, at 6PM-8PM, Davis Auditorium
Después De Trujillo (After Trujillo) (2016) draws on media archives and filmmaking expertise to explore the connection between landscape and memory in the Dominican Republic.
The documentary film, which was first shown in the DR last fall, probes the relationships between dictatorship, modern architecture, and cultural memory.
Narrated by Dominicans, this journey through modern monuments, memory gardens, and contemporary ruins, reveals landscapes where the ghost of the Trujillo regime lingers.
Directors Lisa Blackmore and Jorge Domínguez Dubuc will be present for a discussion after the screening.
This event is hosted by MDOCS, Latin American Studies, and World Languages & Literature.
Wakeman, Jesse and Dym, Jordana, "MDOCS Poster-2017-02-13, After Trujillo" (2017). MDOCS Publications. 166.


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Georgia Washington, 79, can't drive. Whenever she needs to go somewhere, she asks her daughter or her friends to pick her up.
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Welcome to This Date in Aviation History, getting of you caught up on milestones, important historical events and people in aviation from January 4 through January 7.
January 7, 1942 – The first flight of the Supermarine Seafire. When England entered WWII, the country faced a critical need for a modern, high-performance fighter to operate from their aircraft carriers. As early as 1938, the British government considered adapting the Supermarine Spitfire for carrier operations, but that idea was dropped in favor of production of the much larger Fairey Fulmar. With the Fulmar, the Royal Navy had a rugged, long-range airframe suitable for carrier use, but the aircraft lacked the agility to dogfight with more modern German aircraft. As a result, the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) ended up starting the war with two woefully unfit fighters: the Gloster Sea Gladiator biplane and the Blackburn Roc which, though it first flew in 1938, was simply no match for contemporary German fighters. As a stopgap measure, the British purchased the Grumman F4F Wildcat from the United States, which was known as the Martlet in British service.
Following the success of converting the Hawker Hurricane to naval service, the FAA revisited the idea of converting the Spitfire to carrier service, and existing Spits were modified with an A-frame arrestor hook and a reinforced fuselage. However, the Spitfire’s narrow undercarriage proved unsuited to landing on a moving deck, and the intake scoops under the wings made ditching in the water particularly hazardous. But even with these modifications, and increases in fuselage strength, the result was still not a purpose-built naval fighter. Further refinements continued, but the Seafire became heavier and its performance suffered. Range, which was already relatively short since the original Spitfire was designed as a land-based plane, also suffered. And it wasn’t until the third variant that the Seafire finally received folding wings. During 1942 and 1943, the Seafire gradually replaced the Hurricane in fleet service, and saw its first action during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. In the Pacific, the Seafire proved to be a match for the Mitsubishi A6M (Zero), but still not as effective overall as contemporary American fighters that were designed as naval fighters from the beginning.
Unlike many aircraft that were designed before WWII, the Seafire remained with the Royal Navy after the end of the war, but was given a more powerful Rolls-Royce Griffon engine in place of the Merlin. This gave the fighter a significant boost in performance, but created a new problem. Unlike the Merlin, which turned to the right, the Griffin engine swing to the left, and even with full rudder correction on takeoff, the Seafire would move towards, rather than away from, the carrier’s island. This problem was eventually rectified in the definitive Mk 47 variant, which was fitted with a contra-rotating propeller. Mk 47 Seafires saw service as late as the Korean War in 1950, but by the following year all Seafires had been removed from front line service. In all its variants, over 2,300 Seafires were produced.
January 4, 2004 – The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit (MER-A) lands on Mars. Following its launch on June 10, 2003, Spirit was the first of two robotic exploration rovers sent to Mars by NASA. Three weeks after Spirit touched down, its sister rover, Opportunity (MER-B), landed on Mars on January 25, 2004. Originally intended to have a 90-day mission, Spirit operated for an astonishing 2,269 Earth days and covered nearly five miles of the Martian surface. On May 1, 2009, Spirit became stuck in soft soil, and after seven months of attempts to get the rover moving again, NASA declared that it could not be freed. Spirit continued to make stationary observations until contact was lost on March 22, 2010. Opportunity, also designed for a 90-day mission, was last heard from on June 10, 2018, a remarkable 5,295 Earth days after landing.
January 4, 1996 – The first flight of the Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche. Designed as a stealthy complement to the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, the Comanche underwent nearly $7 billion of development before being canceled in 2004. The Comanche was designed to designate targets for Apache helicopters to destroy, but it would also be armed with missiles of its own to engage enemy targets. Two Comanches were built and tested, but the Army decided the money would be better spent upgrading existing helicopters and developing unmanned aircraft. Both Comanche prototypes are on display at the United States Army Aviation Museum at Fort Rucker in Alabama.
January 4, 1989 – For the second time, US Navy fighters shoot down Libyan fighters over the Gulf of Sidra. Contrary to international convention, Lybian leader Muammar Gaddafi had claimed the entire Gulf of Sidra as Lybian territorial waters, rather than the internationally agreed 12-mile limit. The US Navy, in a challenge to Gadaffi’s claim, was operating 80 miles north of the Libyan coast when two Libyan MiG-23 fighters appeared to engage two US Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcats flying from USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) that were providing air cover for the American fleet. The Tomcats shot down both MiG-23s, killing the Libyan pilots, though Libya made no attempt to rescue the downed airmen. The Libyan government claimed that the aircraft were reconnaissance planes, but gun camera footage showed that the fighters were armed with missiles and had locked on to the American fighters.
January 4, 1958 – The death of Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe, a pioneering aviator and the founder of the A.V. Roe Company (Avro). Roe was born on April 26, 1877 and first worked as an engineer for the Merchant Navy, where his interest in flight was reportedly kindled by observing albatrosses in flight. He began his work in the aviation industry as a draftsman before working on his own design for gliders, and Verdon-Roe won a prize in 1907 for one of his aircraft. He built his first full-sized aircraft, the Roe I Biplane, based on this model. On January 1, 1910, Verdon-Roe teamed with his brother Humphrey to found the A.V. Roe Company, better known as Avro. The company’s most successful design of WWI was the Avro 504, of which more than 10,000 were built during a 19-year production run. During WWII, Avro produced England’s principal heavy bomber, the Avro Lancaster, and built the Avro Vulcan jet-powered bomber during the Cold War. In 1948, Verdon-Roe left the company he founded to join with Samuel Saunders to form Saunders-Roe, which functioned until 1953 and was best known for its flying boats before the company was absorbed by Hawker Siddeley.
January 4, 1936 – The first flight of the Vought SB2U Vindicator, the first monoplane dive bomber to serve the US Navy. The Vindicator had an all-metal folding wing, but its fuselage was still of the older fabric-covered tube construction, strengthened by aluminum plate from the nose to the end of the rear cockpit. It carried a single 1,000-pound bomb on a trapeze to clear the propeller, plus additional bombs under the wings. The Vindicator served the US Navy, Marine Corps, the French Navy, and the Royal Navy (where it was known as the Chesapeake), but was mostly obsolete by the outbreak of WWII. A few Vindicators fought in the Battle of Midway in 1942, but all were relegated to training duties by 1943. Vought produced 262 Vindicators, and the type was retired in 1945.
January 5, 2018 – The death of John Young, an American aeronautical engineer, US Naval Aviator, test pilot, and astronaut. Young was born in San Francisco, California, on September 24, 1930 and began flying with the US Navy as a helicopter pilot in 1954 before transferring to jets, flying Grumman F-9 Cougars from USS Coral Sea (CV 43) and Vought F-8 Crusaders from USS Forrestal (CV 59). Young joined NASA in 1962 as part of Astronaut Group 2 and was the first member of his group to fly in space when he joined Gus Grissom in the first manned flight of the Gemini program in 1965. During his time with the space agency, Young made six space flights including Gemini 3 and Gemini 10, Apollo 10, where he became the first man to orbit the Moon alone, and Apollo 16, where he drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle on the Moon. His flights aboard two Apollo missions made Young one of only three astronauts who have flown to the Moon twice. He made the first of two flights aboard the Space Shuttle as commander of the maiden flight in 1981, making him the only astronaut to fly in four different classes of spacecraft: Gemini, the Apollo Command/Service Module, the Apollo Lunar Module, and the Space Shuttle. Young’s retirement from NASA in 2004 after 42 years of service marked the end of the longest career of any NASA astronaut. His logbook contains more than 15,275 hours of flying time in all manner of powered aircraft (more than 9,200 hours in Northrop T-38 Talon alone), and 835 hours in spacecraft logged over the course of six space flights.
January 5, 1995 – The death of Benjamin Robert “Ben” Rich. Born on June 18, 1925 in Manila, Philippines, Rich began working with Lockheed as a thermodynamicist before succeeding the legendary Clarence “Kelly” Johnson as head of Lockheed’s Advanced Development Programs, better known as the Skunk Works. Early in his career with Lockheed, Rich worked on the A-12 and SR-71 Blackbird programs, but he is best known as the “Father of Stealth.” Rich championed the development of stealth technology at a time when many inside Lockheed, including the retired Johnson, believed that it was a waste of time and money. Rich’s team first developed the Have Blue stealth demonstrator, and followed it with the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the world’s first operational stealth aircraft. Rich retired from Lockheed in 1990, and died of cancer in Ventura, California.
July 5, 1941 – The death of Amy Johnson (CBE). Born on July 1, 1903 in Yorkshire, England, Johnson was a pioneering British aviatrix and the first female pilot to fly alone from England to Australia, making the 11,000-mile flight in a de Havilland DH.60 Gipsy Moth named Jason. In 1931, she made another historic flight from London to Moscow with copilot Jack Humphreys in a record time of 21 hours, and made other record-setting flights from England to India and from England to South Africa. During WWII, Johnson served as a pilot for the Air Transport Auxiliary. On her final flight, Johnson bailed out of her Airspeed Oxford over the Thames Estuary when the aircraft ran out of fuel. The crew of HMS Haslemere witnessed the bailout and attempted a rescue, but Johnson was killed when she was struck by the ship’s propellers.
January 6, 1928 – USMC aviator 1st Lt. Charles F. Schilt rescues Marines from a besieged town in Nicaragua and is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions. During the so-called Banana Wars of 1912-1933, when the United States intervened in the affairs of Caribbean and Central American countries, the US twice occupied Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Lt. Schilt, one of the first Marine Corps aviators, was assigned to Marine Observation Squadron 7 (VMO-7) as a reconnaissance pilot flying the Vought O2U Corsair. When a unit of Marines became trapped in the city, Lt. Schilt volunteered to land on a crude runway and, over the course of ten flights under enemy fire, he evacuated 18 wounded Marines, brought in a replacement commander, and delivered critical medical supplies. Schilt went on to become the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps for Aviation, and retired from the Marine Corps in 1957 at the rank of General before his death in 1987 at age 91.
January 7, 1960 – The first launch of the Polaris missile. The United States, along with Russia, utilized what is known as the nuclear triad, which is the ability to attack their enemies with nuclear weapons from three sources: aircraft, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and submarines. The US was the first to drop an atomic bomb from an airplane during WWII, and they followed that with the Atlas land-based ICBM in October of 1959. To complete the triad, the Polaris, a two-stage, solid fuel rocket that could be launched from a submerged submarine, entered service in 1961. USS George Washington (SSBN-598) was the first ballistic missile submarine and carried sixteen Polaris A-1 missiles. Forty more SSBNs were launched from 1960-1966, and the Polaris was finally removed from service in 1996.
January 7, 1947 – The death of Helen Richey. Born in 1909, Richey was a pioneering aviatrix and the first woman in the United States to be hired as a commercial airline pilot. Richey obtained her pilot license at age 20 and, with the help of pilot Frances Marsalis, she set an endurance record in 1933 by staying aloft for 10 days with midair refueling. She also competed in air races, toured with Amelia Earhart, and set an altitude record of over 18,000 feet. In 1934, Richey was hired by Central Airlines of Pennsylvania, where she piloted a Ford Trimotor, though she was eventually forced to quit her job by the all-male pilot’s union. Richey was also the first woman to be certified as an airmail pilot, and one of the first women to serve as a flight instructor. She died in 1947 of an apparent overdose, and her death was ruled a suicide.
January 7, 1785 – The first aerial crossing of the English Channel. Before the arrival of the airplane, the first forays into air travel were made by balloons, and France served as the center of balloon development in the mid- to late-18th century. Jean-Pierre Blanchard was an early French balloon pioneer, and made his first flight in a hydrogen balloon in 1784. Blanchard moved his ballooning operations to England where he met American John Jeffries, and the pair set to making flights together. Blanchard and Jeffries performed the first flight ever across the English Channel when they flew from Dover Castle to Guînes, a flight that took about 2.5 hours. For the successful flight, Blanchard was awarded a pension by the King of France, and he went on to become the first to fly a balloon in Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, and Germany.
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I have to tell you, there are times when, as much as I felt like I wanted and needed a vacation, as much as I yearned to have a little bit of space from the constant mommy life, that there was a little fear, a little voice that said, "What if you go on vacation, or go away for a few days and you don't miss the girls? What kind of mother would that make you?"
Well, I can happily report that I don't have to answer that question because I miss them like crazy! Alright, maybe not like crazy all the time, I am enjoying the break (just a little bit!), but I do miss them a lot. It's weird, it's like all the other mom's have always said, it's like there is a little piece of my heart that I'm walking around without this weekend and it makes me feel just a little lonely.
I want to kiss Ella's head and belly and legs. I want to hug Ava and smell her hair. While I'm at it, (and just in case Scott is reading!), I do miss you too honey! But missing him is different than missing them. Perhaps because they are and were literally part of me.
For those that don't know, I'm in Grand Rapids Michigan this weekend. One of my closest friends Sarah and I are attending the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College. She has family here and so the trip was as follows; Sarah drove from Massachusetts to Buffalo (a trip that took her 8 hours by herself, the brave girl!), she spent the night in Buffalo (at my in-laws of all things, because Ella had a bug and we didn't want to chance passing it on), and then we drove from Buffalo to Grand Rapids on Wednesday. The conference started Thursday.
It was been a wonderful trip. The conference has been encouraging and inspiring. Like a little pep talk to the artistic sides of both of our souls that can get a little thirsty and frustrated in the midst of mothering.
I have heard some wonderful writers speak; Eugene Peterson remains one of the most moving so far (he is the writer of "The Message" among many other works). I've also heard Kate DiCamillo (Because of Winn Dixie), Sara Zarr (a young adult author), and yesterday I met Steve McCurry the photographer most people know best for that amazingly beautiful picture from National Geographic of the beautiful, young Afghani girl with the incredible blue/green eyes.
It is a privledge to meet these people and hear them speak. They are role models, in some ways, in artistic pursuit. And as much as I miss the girls and that part of my heart feels a little lonely, the writer part of my heart is being nourished this weekend, and it needed to be.
I've had moments where I've wondered if I'll leave here feeling frustrated that I can't go home and jump, with full force, into all the writing that I want to do. But mostly I feel peaceful. I feel peaceful that God has me right where he wants me. That he KNOWS me so much better than I know myself and that he SEES my passions to write and to reach others.
I am peaceful that because he knows and sees and that because he most likely placed the desire in my heart in the first place, that he has an ultimate plan for it. I am content with where I am now because I feel as it is part of the journey that I am on and I need to experience this part of the journey, with the challenge of finding time to write, in as much as I'll hopefully someday experience other parts of the journey in which I have much more time to write and maybe even more published words to my name.
Eugene Peterson is a humble, faith filled, incredibly spiritual man who is nearing 80. He has journeyed through a lot of life. And though all of his words were meaningful the thing that stuck with me the most was his references to his wife and his family; crucially important parts of his journey. He talked about certain writing and teaching dreams that he let go of at a young age to become a better husband and eventually pastor, and the teaching dreams and ideas his wife gave up to become a pastors wife. It seemed as if there is/was a give and take in their relationship. A sacrificing of some things for the betterment of others- like being a good husband and father, mother and wife.
In the end, as I said, this trip has left me peaceful about the WHOLE person that I am...a mother, and a wife, and a writer and a daughter of God, on a journey.
There are times in our lives when the focus has to be more on one of these things than the others. Right now the mothering, but it doesn't mean the other parts need to cease existing. They are all inherent to who I am and they will all come to fruition in larger ways at different seasons in my life.
Today is the last day of the conference and I am looking forward to the rest of the pep talk. I am grateful to have been here and peaceful about my place in life. I'm ready to go home and see my girls and my husband and I'm content in my season.
I know I may not be feeling that way when the girls are screaming at each other Monday morning while I'm trying to make scrambled eggs and tripping over dirty diapers, but I am glad to have had the realization and feel like it has added a layer to my life, that despite up and down emotions, is now a new layer woven into who I am.

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Lawson W. Brigham discusses the future of the Arctic region.
Lawson W. Brigham discusses the future of the Arctic region.
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Treaty covers a variety of ocean-usage issues such as transit, mining, research, pollution, and resource management and sets out guidelines for nations. Territorial claims can be submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. On December 15, 2014, Denmark and Greenland submitted a claim to part of the Arctic, including the North Pole, which Russia and Canada each claim as their territory.
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Music student Jessica Tigchelaar performed last term as part of the RBC Foundation Music@Noon Recital Series.
(From The Brock News, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019)
For the second week in a row, Brock University’s Music students are the focus of the RBC Foundation Music@Noon Recital Series.
The instrumental students will perform on Tuesday, Feb. 12 in the Recital Hall of the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in downtown St. Catharines.
The upcoming recital will include performances by Jacob Gill, Synthia Khairallah, Rebecca Heathcote, Zack Guo, Alyssa Shanghavi and Jessica Tigchelaar.
Music@Noon is a free, one-hour recital series that takes place most Tuesdays at noon during the academic year. The Department of Music invites and encourages staff, faculty, students and the community to attend.
For more information about the Music@Noon Recital Series, please visit the Music@Noon web page.


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Rice Krispie Bites
Servings: 24 mini squares
Large mixing bowl
- 6 Cups Rice Krispies
- 3 Tbsp Salted Butter
- 16 oz Marshmallows
- food coloring optional
Add the butter & marshmallows in a bowl and melt them together. This can be done in the microwave or on the stove top.
pour in food coloring, if making colored bites
add in Rice Krispies and mix thoroughly
Spread the mixture into a greased pan with a greased spatula.
Allow mixture to cool (about 30 minutes)
cut into 4 x 4 squares
cut each 4 x 4 square into quarters to make several 1 x 1 squares
serve and enjoy


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Do you ever take your pet for a ride in your car? Sure you do—even cats are driven to the veterinarian or the groomer or to a new home when you move across town or across the states. Heck, our cats had to endure a car ride a few weeks ago when we evacuated during that awful fire that lapped at our backdoor here in Ojai, CA.
While some cats and most dogs enjoy a car ride, for some cats and a few dogs, it can be downright frightening. I once had a dog who got car sick. He was not a happy traveler. And the driver and passengers who must accompany an unhappy cat or a puking dog on a car ride find it stressful, at the least. But the real horror occurs when there’s an accident and the pet is not securely strapped or crated in the car. Not only is there the risk of serious injury or death, the animal might (and often does) run away from the chaos and either get hit by another car, lost, or he hides someplace and dies of the original injuries from the accident. Sounds grim, I know. But it certainly happens.
Today is National Pet Travel Safety Day. I found an article I’d like to share written by a former EMT-medic in Southern California where, she says, she’s seen many incidents where an inexpensive harness or a crate could have saved a pet’s life.
Have you ever thought about the danger to your dog when he sticks his head out the car window while riding at high-speed along a roadway or freeway? Sure, the dog looks happy as he rides along with the wind in his face. I’ve always wondered what the dog is thinking about. The expression on his face resembles pure bliss. However, his joy can be seriously interrupted by road debris—you know, like the kind that can chip your windshield. He can be injured by cars swerving too close to you. And what about when a motorcyclist splits the lanes, as they do on the busy freeways in Southern California?
If you commonly take your dog for rides in the car or in the back of your truck, and if your cat enjoys riding in the car or you need to drive her somewhere even occasionally, here’s an article I highly recommend that you read. http://www.pettravelsafetyday.com/index2.htm
Learn the best way to secure a pet in the car. For a cat, she recommends a safety hammock. She suggests that the dog be able to sit near an open window, but be restrained so that he can’t hang outside it. She says that at the very least, a cat should be crated and a dog on a leash and secured to the seat belt.
She also gives some good ideas for preparing a pet for travel. For a nervous dog, for example, making sure he gets some exercise before the ride might help to calm his nerves. For a cat, bring along her favorite toy. If catnip mellows her, sprinkle a little in the pen. Another idea that may help you to load your cat into a carrier the next time it’s necessary to crate her is to leave her carrier in the house and let her get used to it. Feed her in there, for example.
If you ever take your pets in the car, I sincerely hope you will read this article and consider some of my suggestions, too. If you don’t already, begin to take precautions to protect your precious pet cargo in the future.
I’d love to hear how you deal with pets who must travel. Have you ever had an accident with a pet in the car? Leave your comments here.

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While Aliso Beach may be synonymous with Skim Boarding, it is also great for Body Boarding. There is a good sized community of body boarders that would call Aliso Beach their home away from home. By the nature of the sport, body boarders love shore break waves and conditions found at Aliso Beach. In many ways, it is relevant to say that the waves at Aliso Beach were tailor made for the sport of body boarding. This takes nothing away from the amazing skim boarding talent that regularly takes on the waves at Aliso Beach. Body Boarders don’t care much that the waves at Aliso Beach close out often as the love affair is with the tube ride. While most of the waves ridden at Aliso close out, there are days when the conditions align perfectly and offer some of the best waves seen in South Laguna Beach. For those that spend enough time in the area and checking the coves and beaches of South Laguna Beach, perfect waves at Aliso Beach are no myth. They are a reality. The waves at Aliso Beach are capable of providing some of the most memorable surf days that body boarders can remember.
There are a couple of factors in addition to swell, swell direction, wave size and wind direction that sculpt the best waves for body boarding. Sand has a lot to do with the shape of the waves at Aliso Beach. Aliso Creek, which outlets on the north end of the beach, carries sand out and places it on the north end of the beach which is advantageous to body boarding. This process forms sand bars that the waves of Aliso Beach work well with. This produces a thick, barreling wave that body boarders like to call home. The second factor is the reef down on the south end. With the right tide, the right amount of sand, and the right direction south swell, waves reverberate off the reef sending a side wave across the water running perpendicular to the wave. This bends the waves north on lefts in a way that creates big tubes that body boarders can make it out of . By far the south end of Aliso Beach produces the best wave for body boarding that the spot has too offer. When it is working, body boarders in the water are all smiles!


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While playing on a typical 18-hole golf course, a golfer walks up to five miles, which adds up to about three to five hours of standing and walking. In addition to spending many hours on your feet, the biomechanics of a powerful, successful swing also rely on properly-positioned feet. Golf shoes should therefore be comfortable, lightweight, and well-cushioned, with a snugger-than-usual fit in the mid-shoe area for support during swings. They should be made of a breathable, water-resistant material. The sole should provide traction; serious golfers may choose to wear spikes for additional traction and stability. There are many different types of spikes available, and some golf courses have regulations as to what types of spikes can be worn. When trying on golf shoes, always wear the socks you will actually wear while golfing to ensure a proper shoe fit.
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I used the following ingredients for this little dye-along:
1 hank 100%wool
tied with cotton thread
soaked in water and a large amount of vinegar
Mixed two colours:
purple out of burgundy and turquoise
green out of cobalt blue and lemon yellow
Off into the pot!
The blue won! No green to be found, only a small amount of purple and very little colour-splitting. This is due to the fact that I used quite a large amount of vinegar. The less you use the higher the chance that you get some interesting colour-splitting.
I will repeat this experiment with
- less vinegar
- two tones of purple, one mixed out of cobalt and pink and one mixed out of blue and red.


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The debate will tackle different issues influencing the future of the EU building sector: among these, the key role of building performance certifications to reduce finance gap in the sector. This session will bring together engineers, building certification organisation and investors to share perspectives and exchange ideas. Joule Assets Europe will join the Summit discussion on what is needed in the HVAC and building sector to deliver on these ambitious targets with focus on practical implementation.
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Athens, Greece | May 31, 2018 | 9:00 AM CEST
Joule Assets Europe participates to the SEIF Forum in Athens focused on sharing best practices from Greece and Cyprus as well as further countries on how energy efficiency investments can be financed. This includes the use of private funds and innovative financing instruments. Speakers will focus on practical experience in developing and structuring investment programmes.


You guessed it Curbed readers. The intersection posted yesterday was a 1910 throw back at the corner of Queen Street and Spadina Avenue. Back then, the rich history of Toronto was showcased in the area which included the Mary Pickford Theatre at the southwest corner that was later converted into a "Bargain Benny's" sign shop and then (much, much later) into a greasy unimpressive McDonald's. Hollywood movie star Mary Pickford was born in Toronto at 211 University Avenue, now the site of SickKids Hospital. On the northeast corner, there's a CIBC Bank located in the same historic building back in 1910. Today, Queen West offers some of the best Boxing Day shopping, pubs and a 24-hour streetcar ride. There's also a proposal in the works for a 15-storey condo development at 170 Spadina Avenue, replacing the former vacant Blockbuster Video. Thankfully, the McDonald's on the corner won't be demolished. What do you think should happen at the intersection of Queen and Spadina? Have your say in the comments below.
· Cornerspotter Archives [Curbed Toronto]
· Condo Replaces Blockbuster Video at Queen and Spadina [Curbed Toronto]
· Toronto Public Library Archives, photo [TPL]
· Then and Now: Mary Pickford and SickKids [UrbanToronto]


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Tagged: Unités d'Habitation
La Cité Radieuse, Marseille
In 1920, the renowned Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier started to develop the concept behind what was to become his Unités d’Habitation buildings. These vast concrete apartment buildings went on to be enormously influential and are often cited as the initial inspiration for the Brutalist architectural style and philosophy.
The first and most famous of Le Corbuiser’s Unités d’Habitation buildings was La Cité Radieuse in Marseille, which was built from 1947 to 1952. Constructed in rough-cast concrete with its instantly recognisable primary-coloured panels, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016 and a historic monument by the French Ministry of Culture.
Set over 12 storeys, La Cité Radieuse was built to house 337 apartments, two indoor streets of commercial units on the third and fourth floors (currently occupied by a hotel, restaurant and a number of high-end stores), a nursery school and an art gallery, all topped by a expansive communal terrace featuring sculptural ventilation stacks, a running track, a shallow paddling pool for children, an open-air stage, a children’s art school in the atelier and unobstructed views of the Mediterranean and Marseille.
The building’s design incorporated 23 different apartment types, the most common being a two bedroom split-level duplex. It was a (very) faithfully preserved version of one of these duplex apartments that we stayed in during a recent visit to Marseille.
The apartment was arranged over two levels, opening from the seventh floor corridor onto a mezzanine level containing the original Cuisine Atelier Le Corbusier type 1 kitchen and a dining area overlooking the living area below. A Jean Prouvé-designed open tread steel staircase led down to the lower floor of the apartment which stretched all the way from one side of the building to the other with a balcony on each side (the building was designed with a interlocking scissor layout – the apartment across the corridor had a staircase leading to an equivalent upper floor spanning the entire width of the building).
The lower floor living space contained a living area, a bathroom with separate toilet and shower cubicle built into a cupboard-like pod and two long, narrow bedrooms at the opposite end, each with their own sink and dressing area and divided by a sliding door. All of the rooms were furnished with original free-standing and built-in furniture, including “storage walls” with various cupboards with sliding doors designed by Charlotte Perriand in collaboration with Atelier Le Corbusier.
So, what was the experience of living in a perfectly preserved (i.e. almost completely unmodernised) Le Corbusier apartment like? It was definitely an experience. Certain aspects of the original design still worked well – the double height ceiling and window over the living area was dramatic and allowed plenty of light to flood into both the upper and lower floors of the apartment, enhanced by the dual aspect on the lower floor. The extensive built-in storage was functional and attractive.
Other things worked less well: the way that the lower floor stretched all the way from one side of the building to the other combined with the relatively narrow width of the apartment made it feel a little corridor-like, especially the bedrooms which were particularly long and thin.
The original kitchen, while beautifully preserved, was lacking from a practical perspective by modern standards (the oven was particularly difficult to use without scorching yourself) and the less said about the claustrophobic shower in the windowless cupboard (painted black, no less), the better. Lastly, those gorgeous-looking Charlotte Perriand sofas in the living room made for the least comfortable seating I have ever sat on.
The communal areas of the building and roof terrace (even though the shallow pool had been drained for the winter when we visited in March) were, however, spectacular.
I understand that you can join a tour of the building which includes access to at least one of the apartments. If were to redo our visit to Marseille, I would probably join that tour rather than rent an apartment for the full authentic experience of staying in a Le Corbusier building.


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WHEATLAND – For the second time in less than a month people were traveling the Oregon Trail without the use of gas powered engines.
The first was a solo covered wagon and two accompanying riders who were reenacting the first Mormon journey from Illinois to Salt Lake City. The latter came in last week and it was actually part of a race that was going on with authentic racing cars.
The catch was, there was no gas or oil needed for the racing vehicles as the race was part of the American Solar Challenge. Students from Universities all over the country gathered in Independence, Missouri, which was where the race would begin.
The challenge this year was to race the historic Oregon Trail.
The competition which actually started the first day of college classes was set up to design, build, and drive solar-powered cars in a cross-country time/distance rally event. Teams compete over a 1,500-2,000 mile course between multiple cities across the country. The event has had over two decades of organized events in North America.
The main cities that the cars were shooting to stop at for checkpoints were Topeka, Kansas, Grand Island, Nebraska, Gering, Nebraska, Casper, Wyoming, Lander, Wyoming, Montpelier, Utah, Pocatello, Utah and the finish line at Twin Falls, Idaho.
Due to delays and technical difficulties, the race doesn’t always go as planned and some of the cars had to make an unscheduled stop at the El Rancho Village RV and Cabins for the night as drivers must start at 9 a.m. and must finish each leg at 6 p.m.
With the deadline coming close, the students began to google local campsites as they were passing through Guernsey and found accommodations at the RV Village in Wheatland. They had supper at Guadalajara’s Mexican Restaurant in Wheatland and then traveled back to the RV park to set up camp for the night.
Each of the two cars that were there, one from the University of Illinois and the other from Appalachian State University were actually solar cars competing in different categories, the UI car was a single passenger vehicle and the A-State car was a multi occupant vehicle (MOV).
The race which began July 9 from Independence, Missouri finished up last Saturday in Twin Falls, Idaho.
According to the American Solar Challenge Website, the 2022 Event is once again a distance-based competition. The primary goal is to compelete the 1470 mile base route, however teams will have numerous opportuntities to complete additional optional loop segments to gain addition miles (or person miles for Multi-Occupant Vehicles) which will help increase their ranking.
Distance completed was updated at each stage stop & checkpoint. Official time, penalties, and MOV scores were updated at the end of each stage.
“There are lots smaller teams than us,” said University of Illinois student media director Aaryaman Patel who was part of the team accompanying the SOV car. “I think ours may be the biggest team. We have over 100 people in our solar club, but we chose to take 27 people to travel with our race car.”
Out of the multiple people that join these solar clubs each year at their prospective colleges, the team that is chosen to be a part of the actual race is determined upon performance in the club and familiarity with the car during the year. The teams are made up of engineering students, mechanics, electrical technicians, media people and drivers. Each team will have between 3 and 5 drivers who will actually drive the vehicles. Each vehicle is built from the ground up and built specifically to be a solar vehicle.
The rest will accompany the car, following in a Caravan in school vans and other vehicles.
“The first thing about being a part of our team is that you don’t need any prior knowledge to be a part of it,” Patel said. “At the beginning of every academic year we have what we call ‘quad day’ where all the student organizations gather in one place and both incoming students and other current students can look around and see which organizations they find interesting. We also do a lot of outreach events. There are no pre-requirements. If you are passionate, interested in the project and are willing to be a part of this committed group, we are interested in them. It’s an extremely cool project.”
The University of Illinois placed sixth in their SOV category and missed two checkpoints due to technical difficulties that the vehicle encountered.
The MOV vehicle that was camping in Wheatland for the night was from Appalachian State University and placed second in the final competition.
Kyla Willoughby, student media director for the project and part of the traveling team with the ‘828’ car said that she was extremely proud of the team that has placed first place last year and second place this year in spite of being one of the smaller schools that participates in the race each year.
“Our car is a student-built car built in 2018 and designed and built in eight months,” North Carolina native and college senior Willoughby said. “This is its third race and it’s called ‘Rose Running on Solar Energy.’ The race is awesome, but one of the main challenges is juggling being a media lead and also being one of our four drivers.”
The App-State team has 20 accompanying members who travel with the vehicle in the race.
“One of our accompanying vans actually got side-swiped right after we left Kansas,” Willoughby said. “So sometimes the challenges are not just with the solar vehicles, but also the gas-powered vehicles that the team travels in.”
Single Occupant Vehicle (SOV) Class
The single occupant class is scored solely on miles driven. The team that completes the most miles will win the event. Stage winners are also determined by miles driven on that stage. In the event of a tie, elapsed time is the tie-breaker.
Multi-Occupant Vehicle (MOV) Class
Multi-Occupant vehicles are scored on a variety of factors including person-miles driven, their practicality score, amount of external energy used, and whether they maintain the 35mph target speed. For the overall event winner all of these factors are used. For individual stage winners only person-miles and target speed are considered. See our vehicle classes page for more info on class scoring.
This year’s winners of The Oregon Trail race were:
1st Place: #4 MIT
2nd Place: #32 Principia
3rd Place: #3 Kentucky
MOV Class Scores
1st Place: #32 Minnesota
2nd Place: #828 App State
3rd Place: #55 Poly Montreal

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Leonardo DiCaprio arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Leonardo DiCaprio, right, presents the lifetime achievement award to Robert De Niro at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles.
From left, actors Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio pose for the media as they arrive for the Germany premiere of the movie 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood' in Berlin, Germany.
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Actors Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, left and Brad Pitt, right, pose for photographers alongside Director Quentin Tarantino, centre right, upon arrival at the UK premiere of Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, in London.
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From left, actors Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Leonardo DiCaprio pose for photographers upon arrival at the UK premiere for Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, at a central London cinema.


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Film as Film: las películas de Gregory J. Markopoulos
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Bliss, 1967, 6 min
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Gammelion, 1968, 54 min
Introduced by Mark Webber
Markopoulos’ elegant film of the castle of Roccasinibalda in Rieti, Italy, (then owned by patron, publisher and activist Caresse Crosby) employs an intricate system of fades to extend six minutes of footage to an hour of viewing time. This inventive new film form, in which brief images appear amongst measures of black and clear frames, was a crucial step towards Markopoulos’ final work Eniaios (1947-91). Though seemingly an abstract architectural study, Gammelion is based on Julien Gracq’s surrealist novel Chateau d’Argol, and incorporates elements found at the site to represent the characters and events of the book’s narrative. Bliss was the first film Markopoulos made after relocating to Europe. This exquisite portrait of the interior of a Byzantine church on the island of Hydra was composed in-camera in the moment of filming.


Top coronavirus advisers Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Redfield and Adm. Brett Giroir, are testifying before a House panel on the coronavirus response. Refresh here for live updates:
Jordan presses Fauci on coronavirus transmission from protests
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, pressed Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, on the safety of protests, asking him if they posed a public health risk and should be limited by the government.
“I don’t understand what you’re asking me as a public health official to opine on who should get arrested,” Fauci told lawmakers. “That’s not my position.”
Jordan continued to pepper Fauci with questions, asking why churches and gyms were closed.
Asked by Jordan why gym owners were arrested for flouting COVID guidelines while protesters were not, Fauci said, “I don’t understand what you’re asking (of) me as a public health official to opine on who should get arrested. That’s not my position.”
Fauci reiterated his concern that crowds of all kinds should be avoided.
Jordan later introduced articles into the record on Fauci’s comments about the risk of disease transmission at protests.
“Any crowd, whether it’s a protest – any crowd of people close together without masks is a risk. And I’ll stick by that statement,” Fauci responded. “It’s a public health statement. It’s not a judgment.”
CDC’s Redfield says he was told after the fact about change in data reporting
CDC Director Robert Redfield told lawmakers he was informed of the Trump administration’s decision to bypass the CDC and report coronavirus hospitalization data through the Department of Health and Human Services after the decision was made.
“I was told actually once the secretary’s office made the decision that that was the decision and we work together,” he said, noting he was not involved in the final decision, he said.
Redfield did not discuss the decision with Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the coronavirus task force, or with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, he added.
Advocates warned the reporting of the data through HHS instead of CDC could lead to politicization of the data, though Redfield told lawmakers the change in reporting did not change the CDC’s access to data.
Trump slams Clyburn during hearing
A chart presented by the top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., about the continued increase in coronavirus cases provoked the wrath of President Donald Trump.
In a tweet, Trump said Clyburn “doesn’t have a clue” and incorrectly claimed that the rise in cases was because the United States conducted more coronavirus tests than Europe, though experts say the rise in cases in the United States cannot be attributed alone to the increased number of tests. “If we had no testing or bad testing, we would show very few CASES,” Trump wrote.
Asked by Clyburn about the increase in cases, Fauci said the reasons were complex.
“We started off with a very difficult baseline of transmission that was going on at the time that we tried to open up the country,” he said, and noted that some states reopened earlier than federal guidelines had recommended. Fauci added that the increase in cases could also be because some people were not adhering to federal guidelines and were not wearing masks or social distancing.
Clyburn told reporters after Trump’s tweet was posted, “his level of respect is improving. He called me mister.”
Senior Trump aide: US ‘cannot test our way out’ of pandemic
Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services Admiral Brett Giroir, the administration’s lead official on testing, defended the nation’s testing capabilities and urged Americans to take responsibility for keeping themselves safe despite criticism of delays and the lack of a national testing plan.
“We cannot test our way out of this or any other pandemic,” he said. “Testing does not replace personal responsibility. It does not substitute for avoiding crowded indoor spaces or washing hands or wearing masks, and a negative test, does not mean that you won’t be positive tomorrow,” he said. “A negative test is not a substitute for avoiding crowds, or wearing a mask or protecting the vulnerable with your actions.”
According to Giroir, “unprecedented demand” had “strained” testing capacity, but test turnaround times had started to improve.
Top coronavirus task force members testified before a congressional panel Friday as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll and states face a resurgence of cases.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, and Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services Admiral Brett Giroir, the administration’s lead official on testing, testified before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on national coronavirus strategy
At the hearing, which began at 9 a.m. EDT, Redfield, in addition to addressing the CDC’s current efforts, urged Americans to “be part of the public health solution.”
It was “critical,” Redfield said, to be “smart about social distancing and being in crowded spaces,” to stay six feet apart if possible and to be “vigilant” about hand washing.
In his prepared remarks, he also told Americans to get a flu vaccine this year because of the risk of the flu and COVID-19 overwhelming the health care system.
“If there is COVID-19 and flu activity at the same time, this could place a tremendous burden on the health care system related to bed occupancy, laboratory testing needs, personal protective equipment and health care worker safety,” he is set to say.
Addressing the development of a vaccine for the virus, Fauci, who walked into the hearing wearing a Washington Nationals face mask, told lawmakers he was hopeful that a “safe and effective” vaccine would be available by late fall or early winter.
President Donald Trump paid tribute Thursday to former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, who died after battling the coronavirus at 74. Trump also said the nation grieves for all COVID victims but another shutdown is not “the answer.” (July 30)
The experts’ testimony comes as the nation battles spikes in cases and deaths from COVID-19 across the country. The United States two days ago marked the grim milestone of 150,000 deaths from the pandemic.
Clyburn assailed the Trump administration for having “failed” on testing.
“The federal government has still not yet developed and implemented a national strategy to protect the American people,” he said.
The top Republican on the committee, Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., responded by saying the witnesses would not even be before the committee today “if there wasn’t a plan.”
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Fosdinovo is a lovely small town set high in the hills just inland from Sarzana
and the sea. Dominated by its restored 14th century Malaspina castle, the town
is built around the castle and the sunny west-facing escarpment from which
there are wonderful views to the sea and the island of Elba beyond. Until the
thirteenth century, the village was ruled by the Erberia family and the Bishops
of Luni, until the Malaspinas gained control in 1340. For many centuries, the
castle represented the political and military centre of the Malaspina family
until as recently as the early 19th century. In 1861 Fosdinovo was incorporated
into the province of Massa Carrara.
The earliest part of the castle dates from the middle of the fourteenth century
when it was built on the orders of Spinetta Malaspina who had understood the
importance of its strategic, political, and military position. From the fortress
it was possible to control Tuscany, Liguria, and Emilia Romagna. Subsequently
the castle was enlarged and transformed to a Baroque style with the adding
of the theatre and court chapel.
The fortress of Fosdinovo has been perfectly maintained and is open to visitors.
The castle also hosts concerts and exhibitions and it also houses a school
of trekking. During your trip to Fosdinovo also include a visit to the Church
of Saint Remigio. The church houses the important marble funeral monument of
Galeotto Malaspina, which, dates back to the fourteenth century.
Next to the church, you can find the Oratorio dei Bianchi (Oratory of the
Whites) that was destroyed at the beginning of the sixteenth century and rebuilt
during the seventeenth century. The building has a bright fašade in white marble
and houses a few prestigious works, such as the thirteenth-century wooden statue
representing Our Holy Lady, a nineteenth-century wooden sculpture that represents
the dead Jesus, and a nineteenth-century canvas of the Madonna and Child.
More recently the famous English travel writer Eric Newby and his wife Wanda
had a house close by; detailed in his book "A small place in Italy"
There are also one or two nice bars and restaurants in the town which is also
a very good base for a days walking in the area.

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On Jan 4 2018 Postnord issued this very nice set of lighthouse stamps. I apologize for taking so long to post these images. I ordered the set from Postnord but for some reason they never shipped them. The first two stamps are individual perforated stamps from the large sheet show below. Långe Jan, or Tall John lighthouse is Sweden’s tallest lighthouse an is located in the Baltic Sea on the south end of Öland. Vinga Lighthouse is located on the island of the same name in the archipelago near Gothenburg.
The remaining five stamps are self-adhesive stamps and are available in booklets of 10 stamps. Falsterbro Lighthouse was built to mark the hazardous route near Falsterbro headland. Pite-Rönnskär Lighthouse was built in 1905 and is located on its namesake island. När Lighthouse is located on Gotland Island and dates to 1872. Örskär Lighthouse is located at the southern end of the Gulf of Bothnia north of Stockholm and was one of the first lighthouses built in Sweden.
See more lighthouse stamps from Sweden here

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Luminex Corp. LMNX agreed to acquire molecular diagnostics company GenturaDx in a cash deal worth $50 million designed to expand Luminex's presence in the market.
Shares fell 9.9% to $21.95 in recent trading. The stock is up 3% so far this year.
Privately held GenturaDx aims to make nucleic acid testing more affordable and practical for laboratories. The company is developing a polymerase chain reaction system to enable rapid and accurate diagnosis with minimal sample volume. Luminex expects commercial availability of assays for use with the system by early 2014.
Luminex hopes to integrate this system with its MultiCode-RTx chemistry to boost its position in the molecular diagnostic testing market.
Luminex expects the acquisition will add about $6 million in operating expenses this year, excluding acquisition-related expenses.
The company also expects to record charges for cash and noncash acquisition-related costs in connection with the deal.
"This acquisition accelerates the development of integrated sample processing capabilities for our technology, and aligns with our mission to reduce healthcare costs and improve clinical outcomes by providing innovative and affordable solutions to today's clinical laboratories," Chief Executive Patrick J. Balthrop said.
Luminex develops, manufactures and markets biological testing technologies with applications in the diagnostic and life science industries. The company in April reported its first-quarter profit dropped 21% on a revenue decline.


This Saturday! Please join us for an evening of singer/songwriter goodness with your favorite piano and guitar muses, Samantha Turner and Vanessa Vincent! Vanessa opens the set at 9pm accompanied by her favorite cellist, Jennifer Baker...There will be new songs! Samantha kicks off the real deal at 10pm, guitar and piano style with percussionist Jack McKee. The fee is $5 cause We gots to eat ;) Hope to see you there!


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Downtown Redlands is the place to do your shopping! Shops with the latest styles of home decor, up-to-the-minute clothing, skate and snowboarding merchandise, antiques, and personal services are just a sampling of what’s available to you.
Whether you’re looking for unique, one of-a-kind, boutique shops or you prefer to visit trendy national retailers carrying all the top brands, Redlands has it all. In addition to major shopping districts that are easily accessible throughout the city, shoppers will also find a walkable, historic downtown complete with specialty shops, antique galleries and much more!
If you’re looking for great atmosphere, try downtown for dining and wine tasting! If you fancy the fare of an English pub, Mediterranean cuisine, spicy Mexican food, or crave a great burger, our downtown restaurants and wine bars offer all that and a whole lot more. Then take a stroll down our tree-lined streets and top off your meal with an ice cream or a delicious specialty dessert.