By and large, homeowners really don't give their HVAC systems much thought until something goes wrong. When your system does take a turn for the worse, it is downright distressing. Suddenly being unable to control your home's temperature has a way of making Aurora homeowners feel helpless and rightfully so.
Thankfully, whenever your HVAC system isn't working properly, Cozy Comfort Heating & Cooling's fully licensed and very experienced heating contractors can provide the necessary repairs to get it humming again. Don't get stuck in the cold, let Cozy Comfort Heating & Cooling's technicians take a look at what's happening in your furnace or air conditioner and we guarantee to get to the root of the problem quickly and conveniently.
There is never a bad time to get your furnace looked at by a professional so that you can rest easy knowing that a warm, comfortable home is at your fingertips. Furnace replacement is an expense we are confident no Aurora homeowner wants to take on. With that in mind, it's important for you to be able to recognize the signs your furnace requires repairs before the damage is too far gone and replacement is our only course of action.
If any of the symptoms listed below describe your furnace, give us a call right away and we'll be able to assist you.
To make sure that your furnace is working at peak efficiency, you need to get maintenance for it every year. Regular checkups are a surefire way of making sure that any problems that may arise are nipped in the bud. Your air filter should be changed as often as once a month. If you have neglected to do either, it's practically a guarantee that your furnace could benefit from a tune up.
A water leak isn't significantly dangerous, but it needs to be addressed quickly if you want your house to stay warm. If there is a leak, it's probably due to a clogged condensate line. To fix this, you need HVAC and plumbing expertise, which is why shouldn't try to do it yourself.
If you ever smell gas coming from your furnace, you need to shut off the machine immediately. Once it's off, you need to find the gas supply valve and turn it off. Don't light any matches or use any electricity and call us immediately. We'll be able to inspect the furnace, locate the issue and fix it.
Whether it's a banging, a thumping or a squealing, loud and strange noises are a definite sign that there's something amiss. It's likely a mechanical issue, but the only way to know for sure is to let us take a look.
It goes without saying that if cold air is coming out of your home's heater, there's a problem. There might be an issue with the thermocouple or the pilot light. Either way, these are complex components to the furnace, which will require a professional touch.
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VOIP service providers offer all different kinds of experiences in VOIP technology and services. How do you know what provider you're choosing is the right provider for your business VOIP system solution and its needs? Here are some things to consider before you hire help setting up your new VOIP system with a VOIP system provider.
Business VOIP service plans offer all kinds of set up options. You can opt for manual set up that you do yourself, which can be good if you're familiar with setting up your own VOIP system, or if you can easily figure out the details on your own. Offsite providers can offer internet downloads and any hardware that you may need that can be mailed to you. This is usually the cheapest option for setting up business VOIP since no labor from the provider is involved. Also, if you're technically inclined, you can mix and match different services from different providers to best suit your specific business needs. This provides an obvious advantage, allowing creativity and ingenuity in setting up your VOIP system that you tailor to your business, potentially saving you even more money than you would opting with a physical service installer. This DIY business VOIP installation solution is a good option if you know what you're doing and if you can provide your own technical assistance when things go wrong, although these service providers do offer over the phone and internet support in case you have questions or problems.
If you're more like most businesses however, you may not know anything about how to set up a small business VOIP system and you may feel more comfortable getting help and assistance to set it up. Hiring a U.S. based company can be your best option in this situation. Not only will they be able to provide full installation service with software and hardware alike, but they can also custom configure your system in your singular place of business or among several locales in an area if you wish. With their expertise backing you, you can take full advantage of what business VOIP has to offer. This level of service does typically come at a price. However, after initial setup costs, you'll be rewarded with a smooth working system that will pay for itself in a short amount of time, saving you hundreds or thousands of dollars over what your old communications system probably cost your business.
Consider your capabilities carefully and how much headache you're willing to put up with when you're deciding on a business VOIP service provider. Providers offer all levels of involvement in communication services that they offer. With these levels of involvement also comes different levels of customer service should issues arise. Costs also vary with level of involvement too, so if you're worried about your bottom line, consider that angle as well. Finding the right balance that's perfect for your business may take some research, but it'll be worth it in the end.


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Of course, you all knew this post was coming. I know I've been a bit sporadic with my posting schedule recently (sorry), but I still had to get my May favourites up for you guys. I've been loving lots of products this month (and hating a few, maybe that could be a separate post?) as well as some non-beauty faves. Some of these will come as no surprise to some of you, but keep reading to find out my latest obsessions.
I would go as far to say that this is my absolute favourite this month. If you read my L'Oreal haul post, you will know I spent a little too much money (no surprises there). I think, out of all the products I bought, this is the one I will continue to go back to the most. This bronzer is incredible! A little definitely goes a long way, so just be careful you tap off the excess and don't put too much product on your brush. It blends beautifully, with no patchiness and adds overall warmth to the skin without looking muddy. I haven't used any other bronzer since I bought this, and I am so glad I put it in my basket! Thanks, Boots 3for2!
Oh look, another L'Oreal product made it into my monthly favourites! What can I say, they're slaying right now. I won't go into too much detail on these drops as I did a full review here. All you need to know is, these drops are stunning, will give you a beautiful glow this summer, and you need to go buy them right now. Okay, so obviously there is more than that, but you get the gist. If you buy these drops, you will look like a glowing goddess in no time. I am definitely taking this interrailing with me.
I recently dived back into this palette as I wanted to try a fun, bright eyeshadow look this spring. If you have followed me for a while, you'll know I tend to stick to my bronzy, gold looks. Bright colours are a no go for me. But I thought I'd stray out of my comfort zone and be bold. You can see the pink eye look I did below. If anybody has any tips on how to take photos of eyeshadow looks, hit me up. I seriously can't do it! But anyway, dong this look made me fall back in love with this palette. I forgot how pigmented the shadows were, and how easily they blend. If you're looking for a versatile palette with both bright and neutral colours, this is the one for you. I won't go into much more detail as you can find a full review with swatches here, but this palette is such a bargain and I'm so happy I bought it.
Yay, a non-beauty fave! If you follow me on Twitter, you might have seen that I recently went watching Ed Sheeran live at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. It was such an incredible, emotional night. I had never seen Ed live before and I was not disappointed. He is crazy talented and has such a great stage presence despite it just being him and his guitar. Since the concert, I have been obsessively listening to his album and it blows my mind how he sounds exactly like the album live. If you ever get the opportunity to see Ed live, do it, you'll not be disappointed.
Since the cancellation and fast renewal of Brooklyn nine-nine I have been obsessively binge-watching the show on Netflix. Seriously, Netflix will be my downfall. That small gap between episodes is the reason I've been slacking on the blog haha. I love this show, and I may have accidentally binged 4 seasons in a few weeks… guilty! I'm so happy this has been picked up for a new season and I am ridiculously excited for the new episodes!
So those are my May favourites! What have you been loving this month? Let me know in the comments!
I'm always on the look out for a good drugstore bronzer so I think I need to try that L'Oreal one, do you think it would be good for my milk bottle skin though or would it look too muddy? If you get any tips on how to take eyeshadow pictures please share your wisdom as I can't do it either! That palette is so pretty and I'm so jealous that you got to see Ed Sheeran live! Great post lovely!
That eyeshadow looks so pretty on you!! I love Ed Sheeran and B99 too. I'm so glad B99 got picked up!


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Ever had one of those days where nothing goes right? Your alarm doesn't go off. You're late for work. Your car won't start. You hit traffic. You curse. Then curse some more. You miss a deadline or forget your homework. Your washing machine breaks flooding your laundry room. Dinner burns. Your kids are sick. Your dog is filthy and just trampled through your clean living room. And then you get lectured for not doing something to perfection.
Yeah, you know exactly what those days are about. Those are the days you just want to curl in a ball and have a good cry or flip off the world and take a temporary hiatus from everything and everyone.
I've had a few of those the last couple months. I've been sick and taking care of sick ones in my family. I've received more than a handful of "polite and promising" rejection letters (if there is such a thing). And the writing has been manic…and then non-existent…and then manic again.
Catherine Lanigan author of "Romancing the Stone" and "Writing the Great American Romance Novel" says that writing Act II of a novel is about character strength and growth. She states that Act I is about establishing status quo for the hero and heroine and then shaking it up a bit. Act II is for challenges and conflict.
Great romance novel. Great movie. Loads of conflict, remember?
Even though it's hard to remember at the time, those days when I feel like I'm being flogged by the world, I'm being challenged. I'm learning. I'm getting stronger. And you are too. Each rejection is strengthening my craft and getting me closer to my dream agent….at least that's my positive-self talking.
But her statement sure makes me wonder about those people who enjoy the status quo all the time…are their lives plodding due to lack of conflict and avoidance of challenges? Hmmm.
I remember the ending to "Romancing the Stone". (As if I could ever forget.) And I'm sure anyone who prefers their life smooth-sailing, absent of any challenges, would certainly be missing out on the adventure of a lifetime.
It's good to have those days when everything goes wrong. In fact, those days are necessary; they remind us how great life is when things go blissfully right.


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The Fate of the Tearling: (The Tearling Trilogy 3)
Author(s): Erika Johansen
In less than a year, Kelsea Glynn has transformed from a gawky teenager into a powerful monarch. As she has come into her own as the Queen of the Tearling, the headstrong, visionary leader has also transformed her realm. In her quest to end corruption and restore justice, she has made many enemies - including the evil Red Queen, her fiercest rival, who has set her armies against the Tear. To protect her people from a devastating invasion, Kelsea did the unthinkable - she surrendered herself and her magical sapphires to her enemy, and named the Mace, the trusted head of her personal guards, Regent in her place. But the Mace will not rest until he and his men rescue their sovereign from her prison in Mortmesne. Now the endgame begins and the fate of Queen Kelsea - and the Tearling itself - will finally be revealed . . .
"An unputdownable, epic conclusion filled with unexpected twists. You'll want to cancel all plans as this gripping adventure is easy to swallow in one sitting." BUZZFEED "Fantasy fans will flock to this electrifying conclusion to the best-selling Tearling trilogy." COSMOPOLITAN "Kelsea flourishes alongside the other female characters at the center of the novel: These are powerful, determined women who work hard to accomplish their goals even as their mistakes haunt them. Johansen doesn't punish them for these mistakes; she allows them to grow, leading to a well-earned ending." WASHINGTON POST "A thrilling conclusion to a fantastic trilogy." BOOKLIST "Johansen has consistently taken huge narrative risks with this series, which started as a traditional fantasy and then began incorporating glimpses of a dystopian alternate world... richly developed characters who are never boring black and white, and villains who are as fascinating as the heroes ... outstanding." LIBRARY JOURNAL
ERIKA JOHANSEN grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She went to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania before attending the celebrated Iowa Writers Workshop, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree. She eventually became an attorney but she never stopped writing. Her debut was the international bestseller, The Queen of the Tearling - the first novel in a remarkable trilogy. This was followed by the acclaimed The Invasion of the Tearling and The Fate of the Tearling. Erika now lives in England. Author photo (c) Victoria Webb
Imprint : Bantam Press
Author : Erika Johansen
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2017 TaxAct Plus, Premium, and Professional Editions users may import a prior year return that was created with any TaxAct 2016 Desktop program. These programs will import using any desktop return file with a ".ta6" file extension.
Using TaxAct Desktop, Online, and Preparer's 1040 programs, you may also choose to import a PDF copy of your 1040 return created with another program. When choosing to import the PDF, you must have a PDF saved version of the actual return. It cannot be a return summary.
IMPORTANT: When you import a prior year return, any data that has already been entered will be overwritten. For example, by importing from a 2016 return to a 2017 return, the result will be a brand new 2017 return with only the imported data. You must import FIRST and then enter data in to the new version.
Start the current year's version of TaxAct.
Click File from the menu bar.
Click either Import TaxAct 2016 Return or Prior Year PDF Data from the drop down menu.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the import of your return.
After completing the import of your return, the Import Summary will allow you to review the information transferred to your new return.


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When you instantiate an object, a designated initializer must be executed in every class in the inheritance chain.
For an example of this, check out the classes shown in Figure 1. ScientificCalculator is a subclass of Calculator, which in turn is a subclass of BusinessObject.
The Golden Rule dictates that when you instantiate an instance of ScientificCalculator class, the designated initializer of each class (shown in bold) mut be executed. Figure 1 shows one possible path of initializer chaining, but regardless of the path, a designated initializer must be executed in every class in the inheritance chain.
Now let's take a look at Apple's three rules and see how they are really enforcing the one Golden Rule.
Designated initializers must call a designated initializer from their immediate superclass - If you skip a level of inheritance, then you break the Golden Rule because one of the designated initializers in the inheritance chain would not be called.
Convenience initializers must call another initializer available in the same class - If a convenience initializer called an initializer in a different class or didn't call another initializer in the same class, the designated initializer in that class would not be executed, breaking the Golden Rule.
Convenience initializers must ultimately end up calling a designated initializer - If this rule is broken, then the designated initializer in the same class as the convenience initializer would not be executed.
The Translator object's initializer is executed and its properties are initialized.
The Translator object calls up to the superclass initializer and the BusinessObject properties are initialized.
The BusinessObject's initializer can optionally perform additional initialization.
Execution is transferred back to the Translator object's initializer, which can optionally perform additional initialization.
To help you fully understand how this two-phase initialization works, lets make the Translator class a subclass of BusinessObject and see how this affects its initialization.
In the InitalizerDemo project, select the BusinessObject.swift file in the Project Navigator.
Now let's create the inheritance relationship shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3 - BusinessObject and Translator classes.
This code calls the BusinessObject class's designated initializer, passing a value for the dbName parameter.
There are four basic safety checks performed by the Swift compiler to make sure Swift's two-phase initialization is set up properly in your custom classes. Let's take a look at each of these checks in the context of the Translator and BusinessObject relationship you have just set up.
Safety Check 1: A designated initializer must ensure that all of the properties introduced by its class are initialized before it delegates up to a superclass initializer.
The Translator class currently initializes both of its properties before it makes a call to super.init. If you comment out the code that initalizes the toLanguage property, you will see the compiler enforce Safety Check 1 as shown in Figure 4.
Safety Check 2: A designated initializer must delegate up to a superclass initializer before assigning a value to an inherited property.
If you add code to the Translator object's convenience initializer that sets the value of the fromLanguage property before calling the designated initializer, you will see the compiler enforce Safety Check 3 as shown in Figure 6.
Safety Check 4: An initializer cannot call any instance methods, read the values of any instance properties, or refer to self as a value until after the first phase of initialization is complete.
This convenience initializer first calls self.init, and then calls the getLastUsedLanguages instance method, which reads the previously used from/to langauges from a local database (we're just mimicking that here) and returns the languages in a tuple. The initializer then stores those values in the fromLanguage and toLanguage properties.
If you move the call to the instance method above the call to super.init, you would see the compiler enforce Safety Check 4 as shown in Figure 7.
This gives the Translator class two designated initializers (which is perfectly legal) and allows the initializer to set the values of the fromLanguage and to Language properties in phase 1 of the initialization rather than waiting for phase 2.
Unlike regular methods, in Swift, initializers are only inherited by a subclass under specific conditions. Let's try a hands-on example to help you fully understand how this works. Since you are already familiar with the Translator class and its initializers, let's create a subclass of Translator to see how initializer inheritance works.
Open the InheritanceDemo project in Xcode.
Right-click the Translator.swift file in the Project Navigator and select New File... from the menu.
On the left side of the New File dialog under the iOS section, select Source. On the right side of the dialog, select Swift File, and then click Next.
In the Save File dialog, change the Name of the file to Subtranslator.swift and click the Create button. This adds the new code file to the Project Navigator.
With the Subtranslator.swift file selected in the Project Navigator, go to the File Inspector (the first button on the left in the Inspector toolbar) and select the InitializerDemoTests check box. This makes the Subtranslator class accessible to the unit test target.
When you type the opening parentheses to invoke the Subtranslator initializer, notice there is only initializer shown in Code Completion as shown in Figure 8.
This is the default initializer provided by Swift when you don't declare any initializers for a class.
Let's see what happens when we make Subtranslator a subclass of the Translator class.
Press Command+B to build the project.
Go back to the InitializerDemoTests.swift file and delete the parentheses in the code that creates the instance of the Subtranslator class. Afterwards, add the opening parentheses back in and you will see the list of initializer methods shown in Figure 9.
Rule 1: If your subclass doesn't define any designated initializers, it automatically inherits all of its superclass initializers.
We didn't declare any initializers in the Subtranslator class, so it inherited the designated initailizers from the Translator class.
The third initializer in the Code Completion list shown in Figure 6.13 is a convenience initializer. This initializer is also inherited from the Translator class because of Swift's second rule of initializer inheritance.
Rule 2: If your subclass provides an implementation of all of its superclass designated initializers—either by inheriting them as per rule 1, or by providing a custom implementation as part of its definition—then it automatically inherits all of the superclass convenience initializers.
The Subtranslator class inherited all of the Translator class's designated initializers, so it also inherited its convenience initializer.
Now let's see what happens if we declare a designated initializer in the Subtranslator subclass.
Go back to the InitializerDemoTests.swift file and delete the parentheses in the code that creates an instance of the Subtranslator class. Afterwards, add the opening parentheses back in and you will see the list of initializer methods shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10 - No initializers are inherited.
According to the rules of initializer inheritance, the Subtranslator class no longer inherits any initializers from the Translator class because it declares its own designated initializer.
Let's change the Subtranslator class's designated initializer to a convenience initializer and see what happens.
Now go back to the InitializerDemoTests.swift code file, delete the parentheses, add the opening parentheses back in, and you will see the list of initializers shown in Figure 11.
Figure 11 - The inherited initializers are back!
From this, we learn that if a subclass only declares convenience initializers, it inherits all of its superclass initializers.
As with regular Swift methods, if you override an initializer from a superclass, you use the override keyword and declare an initializer with the same parameters and types. Let's give it a try.
Go back to the InitializerDemoTests.swift file and check out the initializers that now appear in the Code Completion list (Figure 12).
As you can see, the Subtranslator class still inherits the convenience initializers when it manually overrides the Translator class's designated initializers.
Another point to note about overriding initializers, is that a class can override a designated initializer and make it a convenience initializer instead. Doing this still allows the subclass to inherit the superclass convenience initializers.
Optional properties automatically receive a value during initialization. You should declare a property as optional if it's allowed to have no value during initialization or at some later point.
Constant property values can be set during initialization, but they must have a definite value by the time the initialization process is complete. Constant values can only be set by the class in which they are declared. This means you can't modify the value of a constant property in a subclass.
That covers most of what you need to know about initalizing your custom classes! I hope this has demystified Swift class initialization for you. I recommend reviewing the information in both parts of this post as you create initializers for your own custom classes.


Consider a cruise along the Norwegian coast between Bergen and Kirkenes. Time it right and take in the Northern Lights.
En español | Are the world's seas becoming jammed with passenger ships? With more than 20 million passengers taking a cruise each year, you would think so.
But the great majority of these ships travel the Caribbean and Mediterranean seas, which means that some other wonderful destinations remain uncrowded by cruising. Here are five unusual ports of call with lots to offer that are available on a variety of cruise lines with sailings coming up this season.
As you might expect from a 980-square-mile island that's officially part of France, bakeries here turn out buttery croissants, goods are priced in euros and a museum shows works by Renoir, Rodin and Cezanne. But Réunion lies in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, nearly 6,000 miles from Paris, and among the sights here that you won't find on the French mainland are white-sand tropical beaches, an active volcano and plantations perfumed with vanilla-producing orchids.
Located 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, this town of 3,500 is the northern terminus of the Hurtigruten shipping line, which provides cargo and passenger service along Norway's remote and craggy coast. The ever-shining midnight sun of summer allows plenty of time for feasts of king crab hauled from the fjord minutes before. But many adventurous visitors also come during the dark winter to stay at a snow hotel, take a dogsled ride and experience the magical Northern Lights.
Yes, it will be forever associated with the destructive power of the atomic bomb, and its must-see Peace Memorial Museum is a sobering plea for a world free of nuclear weapons. But modern Hiroshima is a thriving city of about 1.2 million and a far easier — and lovelier — introduction to Japan than massive, sprawling Tokyo. Stroll vibrant streets lined with small noodle shops, sushi joints and boutiques; eat a hotodogu (hot dog) as you take in a professional baseball game; or catch a ferry to nearby Miyajima, an island that's home to a pair of the country's oldest and most photographed Buddhist and Shinto shrines.
As a former penal colony and the current capital of an Argentine region known informally as Fin del Mundo — End of the World — Ushuaia may not sound promising. But this city, one of the world's southernmost, sits amid a stunning patchwork of lakes, bays, forests, waterfalls and glaciers. From-town excursions include the wondrous Tierra del Fuego National Park and an island rookery where you can walk amid thousands of Magellanic penguins.
The historic Southern city of gracious public squares, Spanish moss-draped oaks and evocative antebellum architecture recently nixed the idea of building a terminal to handle large cruise ships. The end of Savannah as a port of call? Not in the least.
Smaller ships that sail the network of bays and rivers known as the Intracoastal Waterway still call here. Wander on your own through the cobblestone streets of its National Historic Landmark District, the largest in the country, but for a richer experience consider a guided walk that makes Savannah's past — and its sometimes eccentric denizens — come alive.


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Contact Centre Complaints. Getting Worse or Better?
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Contact Centre Customer Complaints
Contact centres have always held an important role for businesses and their customers. However, since the start of the pandemic, they have really proved their worth with face-to-face contact reduced drastically almost overnight.
But how have contact centres coped with this sudden rise in demand and change of working dynamic as many Contact Centre Agents work from home? Awaken surveyed 750 UK contact centre customers to determine the attitude towards contact centres in the last twelve months. Which industries are succeeding in customer service and which are struggling to keep customers happy?
Who Has the Best Customer Service?
Finance and banking providers were the top scorers, with 23% of respondents declaring the best customer service from this industry.
However, the youngest and oldest demographics (18-24 & 54+) stated they had received the best service from consumer goods.
Who Has the Worst Customer Service?
Top Reasons the Public Are Irritated with Contact Centres
Speaking to chatbots or pre-recorded lines is the number 1 irritation for the public when it comes to calling contact centres, showing that even in a technology-focused world, we still prefer speaking to a human.
Long wait times and average call length are no new annoyance for customers and have been a regular occurrence for decades. Speech analytics is just one of the ways contact centres are addressing this issue.
First call resolution is imperative to keeping the customer happy and the public is highly irritated with their issues not being resolved quickly.
When given the opportunity to state any other irritations not listed, there were common, repeated responses:
By using call centre quality assurance, these grievances can be tracked, monitored and addressed to reduce inadequate agent performance.
What Is the Preferred Method of Contact for Customers?
Email was crowned the winner of the most preferred method of contact for customers with their providers, followed by phone, instant messaging and social media coming in last.
However, this doesn't discount the importance of all contact methods. 18-24-year-olds prefer instant messaging. 35-44-year-olds prefer email and 45+ still prefer a phone call.
Finance & banking were declared the best customer service provider since the start of the pandemic.
Utility providers are considered the worst when it comes to their customer service during this time.
Not being able to speak to a real person irritates the public more than anything else when it comes to contact centres, followed by long waiting times.
Email is the preferred method of communication for the public, with phone conversations coming in the second place. However, this varies between age demographics.
Predominantly, the public believes that customer service has gotten worse since the start of the pandemic.
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import java.sql.Date;

import org.jooq.Table;
import org.jooq.TableField;
import org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType;
import org.jooq.impl.TableImpl;

/**
 * @author Lukas Eder
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public class Table1 extends TableImpl<Table1Record> {

    /**
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    public static final Table<Table1Record>               TABLE1      = new Table1();

    public static final TableField<Table1Record, Integer> FIELD_ID1   = createField("ID1", SQLDataType.INTEGER, TABLE1);
    public static final TableField<Table1Record, String>  FIELD_NAME1 = createField("NAME1", SQLDataType.VARCHAR, TABLE1);
    public static final TableField<Table1Record, Date>    FIELD_DATE1 = createField("DATE1", SQLDataType.DATE, TABLE1);

    public Table1() {
        super("TABLE1");
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    @Override
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        return Table1Record.class;
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}

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PhD Studentship In Environment And Sustainability
Project title- Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
Full Funding, tuition fees + a stipend of £13,590 p.a.
Details about PhD Studentship In Environment And Sustainability
PhD Studentship In Environment And Sustainability is offered for PhD degree in the field of Project title- Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide . You can apply to this scholarship here. The deadline for the sending your application is 01 Jun 2015. This scholarship is provided by Cardiff University and the value of this scholarship is Full Funding, tuition fees + a stipend of £13,590 p.a. . This scholarship is open for: Open to all nationalities.
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Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a public research university located in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Founded in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, it became one of the founding colleges of the University of Wales in 1893, and in 1997 received (but held in abeyance) its own degree-awarding powers. It adapted the public name of Cardiff University in 1999, and in 2005 this became its legal name as it left the University of Wales to become an independent University awarding its own degrees. It is the third oldest university institution in Wales and is the only Welsh member of the Russell Group of leading British research universities.
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On May 28, 2008, a funnel touched down in the farm fields of central Iowa. Within minutes it grew into a massive, mile-wide monster. Damage surveys would later determine that the tornado was an EF5, the most powerful type of tornado, capable of reducing rows of well-constructed homes down to bare foundations. It roared through rural farmland for several miles before then heading due east towards the small town of Parkersburg.
Surveillance cameras were rolling at the First State Bank building in Parkersburg, a little before 5pm that Sunday. One exterior camera, used to record an outdoor ATM, showed calm weather only 20 seconds before the town was obliterated. What the camera captured next is nothing short of a nightmare.
The First State Bank was perhaps the sturdiest structure in the path of the tornado. Built with heavy brick and stone masonry, the building was one of the only things left standing in the Southern part of town. But the winds were able to penetrate through the bank's windows and unreinforced walls, and footage from inside shows how quickly it became filled with deadly debris.
The First State Bank's tornado footage is part of a growing collection of surveillance videos that are giving us a first-hand look at the fury of a tornado.
Only three weeks before the Parkersburg event, surveillance camera's at an equipment company outside of Leighton, Alabama captured an EF2 tornado as it tore through a parking lot. The tornado touched down only seconds before it came into frame and contained an embedded suction spot powerful enough to toss several cars and trucks into the air.
Back in 1998, a deadly outbreak of tornadoes occurred in central Florida. A newly opened Winn Dixie supermarket still had a few people inside when one of the early morning tornadoes roared over the store. Surveillance footage shows the powerful winds blowing through the plate glass doors at the entrance of the store and filling the air with debris and candy.
More recently, on August 19, 2009, a small tornado touched down near downtown Minneapolis. Although it was weak, the tornado still packed winds strong enough to blow out hundreds of windows and damage the roofs of several dozen homes and businesses in the area.
Incredible tornado footage is becoming more and more prevalent as the use of video and surveillance cameras continues to increase. And as unlucky as the businesses were that captured these images, their footage gives us a unique and fascinating view that few people have seen and actually lived through.


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Dodge Announces $5.2 Million in New Grants
Announcing $5.2 Million in New Grants
At its second board meeting of the year, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Trustees approved $5.28 million in grants to nonprofit organizations whose work in the arts, education, environment, and informed communities make life better for residents and communities throughout New Jersey.
"New Jersey's nonprofit organizations remain committed, determined, and resilient in their missions to build better communities despite the hurdles of reduced budgets, overtaxed staff, and the uncertainty of what federal policy changes might trigger," said Chris Daggett, Dodge Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer. "These are times that demand empathy, respect for the diversity of our differences, and celebration of the humanity in our fellow neighbors. Now is the time to test bold new ventures and to work toward deeper, meaningful collaboration across sectors in pursuit of more equitable, creative, and sustainable communities."
Dodge awarded 134 grants at the Trustees' June board meeting, the last of the year in which grants are slated to be approved. Highlights are below, and a listing of all grants is here. We invite you to explore full details about all the grants in our online grants database.
See the June Grants Listing
In Arts, Dodge awarded 47 grants totaling $1,592,500. A $200,000 grant to Creative New Jersey supports programming that brings communities together to advance dialogue on pressing issues and work toward solutions through creativity, cross-sector-collaboration, and inclusion, commencing at community "Call-to-Collaboration" convenings like those recently hosted in Asbury Park and Camden.
Twelve grants totaling $486,000 support New Jersey theater organizations, including Crossroads Theatre Company in New Brunswick, Premiere Stages in Union, and Passage Theatre Company in Trenton, and help provide the much-needed capacity to invest in new work, give voice to women and diverse playwrights, and explore important social issues.
"Beyond serving as an economic engine for New Jersey and its communities, our vibrant arts and culture sector unites people of all backgrounds in moments of joy, creative expression, and learning," said Sharnita C. Johnson, Arts program director. "New Jersey's theaters are training grounds for actors and musicians, as well as a launch pad for work that often goes on to enjoy regional and national acclaim."
In Education, Dodge awarded 49 grants totaling $1,641,000. A $140,000 grant to New Jersey Arts Education Partnership supports the statewide efforts to increase active participation in arts education, including the successful Arts Ed Now awareness campaign. Twelve grants totaling $654,500 support organizations championing Arts and Creativity professional development for teachers, including arts integration models offered by Young Audiences New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania, Foundation for Educational Administration, and William Paterson University's School of Education.
"Nonprofits are stepping up to meet the increased needs of the students, teachers and families they serve, and they are achieving more because of strong partnerships and their natural talents for creativity," said Wendy Liscow, Education program director. "At Dodge, we believe, and research shows, arts-infused teaching practices can ignite teachers, change classroom culture, help students deepen understanding, and retain more knowledge longer."
In Environment, Dodge awarded 25 grants totaling $1,323,000, most of which provide general operating support to organizations focused on land and water resource protection and stewardship. These include groups serving as watch-dogs and advocates for New Jersey rivers, drinking water sources, and coastal waterways, such as Hackensack Riverkeeper, Pinelands Preservation Alliance, and Clean Ocean Action, and land conservation and stewardship organizations working to protect, restore and steward critical watershed lands, such as Natural Lands Trust, The Nature Conservancy, and D&R Greenway Land Trust.
Mobilizing local action is also a priority for Dodge's environment program. A $370,000 grant to Sustainable Jersey will support engagement of hundreds of municipalities and schools to advance local sustainability policies and programs, and a grant of $157,500 to the Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association will benefit the Watershed Institute, which provides technical support and funding to small watershed organizations throughout the state.
"Healthy land and water resources are the foundation for sustainable, healthy communities," said Margaret Waldock, Environment program director. "We focus investments in organizations and initiatives that advance conservation and protection efforts that produce tangible outcomes for communities across the state."
In Informed Communities, Dodge awarded seven grants totaling $555,000. A $200,000 grant to Free Press supports its News Voices: New Jersey project, which will strengthen the relationships forged among journalists, residents, and others to launch projects in communities and continue to generate support for a fund supporting community information needs. A $100,000 grant to Center for Investigative Reporting will foster collaborative investigative journalism and creative community engagement projects in the state among an increasing network of partners to encourage meaningful conversation and community participation such as those generated by its Toxic NJ project last year.
"Trust in journalism starts at the local level," said Meghan Jambor, interim Informed Communities program officer. "News organizations that build strong partnerships and put the people they serve at the center of their reporting and storytelling produce the kind of journalism we all crave and that our democracy demands."
Through its flagship Technical Assistance program and other initiatives, including support of organizations working in its hometown of Morristown, Dodge awarded more than $175,000 in additional grants this round. A $75,000 grant to Morristown Neighborhood House advances its mission to support learning and increased academic success of under-served Morristown youth through quality preschool, after-school and other educational opportunities. Lead New Jersey and Leadership Newark each received $20,000 to support fellows in the respective leadership programs.
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SinCast - Episode 76 - The Good, the Bad, and the Sequels — Cinema Sins — No movie is without sins.
It's Deja Vu all over again as the SinCast crew roll through some of the best movie sequels of all time, covering everything from Harry Potter to Mission: Impossible.
Stick around to the end for a brief, spoilery mini-mini Wonder Woman review!
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Hearing them chat I don't know what to feel. A little annoyed cos I feel like I'm always the one doing the work and they enjoy? Like making the baby sleep and waking up and they will just snore through the night? And then he brags about what he has done for her when I have done those things and more, but I just don't say since there's no need to? And things he remembers are lagging in that he really hardly wasn't involved during baby days?
Don't know why I can't sleep! Have prayed for people who have come to mind and so I shall Dayre and hope I start to feel sleepy. Haha.


DU QUOIN -- Carol Lou Phillips, 76, of Tamaroa, passed away at 1:25 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018 at the Fairview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Du Quoin.
On Jan. 20, 1942, Carol Lou Brueggemann was born to Byron and Ada (Mahan) Brueggemann in Sparta. Carol was the oldest of five children.
She married Earl Richard Phillips on June 5, 1960, right out of high school, at the Steeleville Lutheran Church. He preceded her in death on Aug. 1, 2016.
Richard was in the Navy, so that had them traveling quite a lot every four years. Sometimes, Carol was able to go with him and other times she could not. In January 1962, while stationed in Winter Harbor, Maine, their first child was born. His name was Michael Scott and he was born on Carol's birthday, Jan. 20. That was the best birthday present Carol could have imagined.
Richard was stationed in Florida next, and three years later, they had their second child. Her name was Barbara Lee and she was born Sept. 17, 1965. Now their family was complete. Richard was stationed in Washington, D.C. next.
When Richard retired, they moved back to Illinois to be closer to the rest of the family. Carol worked for several years at Essex and then as the cook at the Tamaroa Grade School for many years. Carol was a member of the V.F.W. Auxiliary, Sparta Post.
In May of 1988, starting with Barbie's wedding, she began her floral career. She was a self-taught florist. Carol's Flowers began in an upstairs bedroom. Weddings were her main focus in the beginning. She worked afternoons and evenings until she retired from the grade school. Soon, she expanded and built a shop in the backyard. Carol's Flowers grew until 2015 when she closed due to Richard's health.
Carol's health also started to go down, and after knee surgery in July of 2016, her short rehab turned into two years and one month in Fairview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, where Alzheimer's took her from us with Barbie by her side.
Carol is survived by her son, Scott (Sherri Parrott); daughter, Barbie Brewer (Richard), all of Tamaroa; four grandchildren who she loved with all her heart and soul, Samantha Brewer Jean (Brett) of Benton, Dustin (Micaela Catron) Brewer, Zachary Phillips and Carli Phillips, all of Tamaroa; one great-grandchild whom she could not wait to meet and lit up every time she came to visit, Brynlee Brewer; four siblings, Dorothy (Joe) DeAngelo of Sesser, Ed (Vickie) Brueggemann of Sparta, Dean (Pam) Brueggemann of Evansville, and Gary Brueggemann of Sparta; and multiple nieces and nephews.
Carol was preceded in death by her husband, Earl; her parents; in-laws Earl and Glendola Phillips; several aunts, uncles, and cousins as well as one very special great grandchild, Baby Jean, with whom she is rocking in Heaven at this very moment.
Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6 at the Searby Funeral Home in Tamaroa with Brother Arven Kirkpatrick officiating.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Searby Funeral Home in Tamaroa. Burial will be in the Caledonia Cemetery in Sparta.
Friends may make memorials to the Fairview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Activity Fund or the Alzheimer's Association. Both will be accepted at the funeral home.


Jennifer Lopez is usually on the cutting edge when it comes to fashion. Sometimes she's a little loud (remember that sparkling jumpsuit she donned on New Years?), and at other times she's subtly stylish.
Earlier this week, photographers snapped pictures of the actress as she made her way from store to store during an afternoon of shopping in L.A. As she perused the latest threads, Lopez donned a pair of chic aviator sunglasses with an amber color and a plastic frame.
The classic, vintage shape added just the right amount of flair to her casual outfit and the warm tone complemented her sun-kissed complexion. Those who have coloring similar to Lopez' could look for similar shades.
Aviator sunglasses are likely to be flattering to nearly every face shape, and they'll add a dose of style to any ensemble.
In addition to giving Lopez a hip look, the glasses also guard her eye health. The American Optometric Association suggests that wearing sunglasses with at least 99 percent UVA and UVB protection can reduce one's risk of developing conditions such as glaucoma and cataracts.
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What Fiction Do You Recommend About Saudi Arabia?
I get asked this question a lot. Sometimes people qualify it, asking for something written by Saudis. I have some stock answers, but I am also trying to answer the question. What else is out there?
Arabic novels in translation (not necessarily Saudi). Click on the image for more info.
I wrote my novels with a specific aesthetic: I wanted to fight the annoying stereotypes we see so much of: the princess narratives, the he-stole-my-daughter narratives, the religious-guy-is-always-a-terrorist narratives. I don't want to read any more of that stuff. I also wrote my novels with a desire to open a window into the regular-life aspects of living in Jeddah. As a reader, I enjoy novels that give me a sense of place and that engage my interest in the characters.
I'm sorry to say that in ten years, there isn't much new stuff out there about Saudi. Not what I'd like to see in English anyway. It seems our publishing scene still weighs heavily toward non-fiction, and there is still a huge visibility of princess stories and the sort of sensational abuse stories that keep making the rounds: my husband beats me, my nursing job was hell, my brother threw acid on my face.
I had very high hopes for a novel called The Dove's Necklace by Raja Alem. She is an acclaimed Saudi writer and the novel was about a crime in Mecca. I was electrified by this. Crime? Mecca? Written by a Saudi? Amazing! You don't see many novels set in Mecca, and this one had a kind of magic-realist vibe that appealed to me (I grew up adoring Amy Tan and Isabel Allende). But the novel itself is strangely difficult to get through, and it loses its way. It's a certain type of literary fiction that is more like a fever dream than a coherent story.
One of the few books to really stick with me from the past ten years is Tanaz Bhathena's A Girl Like That. Bhathena was raised in Saudi and her novel has everything I love—a sense of place, suspense, compelling characters and thought-provoking problems.
Driving by Starlight by Anat Deracine also stuck with me. It's the story of two young women "delighting in small rebellions against the Saudi culture police." I'm quoting that phrase from the book description just because it makes me so happy.
I also really liked The Green Bicycle by Haifaa Al Mansour, which is based on the movie Wadjda, about a young girl in Riyadh who wants to break free and who finds riding a bicycle the ultimate way to do it. The book is fantastic.
What strikes me is that these novels are all of a type: teenage women navigating the complexities of a patriarchal culture and rebelling against it in various ways. I wonder if they were all, in some way, part of a path that was carved out by the success of Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea—another excellent book. I could see it being the ur-mother here.
But what if you're not into reading about teenagers? What about adults in Saudi? And what, if you're like me, you want to hear from women?
Sorry, you're on your own.
If you read Arabic, however, check out this list.
I think American publishers are negligent here. When I was first trying to get published, a number of editors turned my novel down. Their reasoning was often along the lines of "Americans don't want to read about Arabs." Maybe that was true in the Jurassic era of fiction, but today? I don't think so.
If you're interested in Arabic literature in general, and not just in Saudi Arabia, here's a handy list of what's coming out in English this year.


In order to justify imposing net neutrality in its December Open Internet order, the FCC stretched credulity by assuming that wireless broadband is not a competitor to wireline broadband, despite their obvious functional equivalence and the way consumers routinely substitute the services. Moreover, one quarter of households have cut the cord and substituted wireless for voice.
Much of the world's wireless innovation springs from American soil.
If the FCC would only take a moment of their time and look online, read a newspaper, listen to the radio, or watch TV, they would find overwhelming and undeniable, empirical, marketing and advertising evidence of how robustly U.S. wireless providers compete for consumer's business on price, choice, and innovation.
Only communications hermits could not be aware of the fierce and effective competition for consumers wireless and wireline broadband business in the U.S.
In addition, why would U.S. wireless companies spend more in absolute dollars than most any industry in the world to advertise to keep existing customers and to win new ones, if they were not effectively competing?
So why does the FCC apparently view competition policy as its enemy?
The FCC can't tilt the regulatory playing field to favor free ad-based business models that undermine property rights over fee or subscription-based business models that protect property rights.
What does the FCC want to do when it defeats competition policy by politically defining competition as ineffective?
The redistribution of wireless spectrum, away from the providers that have most need for it, that can put it to highest utilization, and that are most willing and able to pay top dollar for it to lower the deficit, in order to give it for free to Silicon Valley special interests seeking government subsidies.
In sum, the FCC's attempt to assert that the U.S. wireless market is not effectively competitive is preposterous on its face, and it is obviously not a fact-driven decision, but a politically driven decision.
Make no mistake, the real endgame behind the FCC declaring that wireless is not effectively competitive is this FCC's apparent desire to effectively reinstitute spectrum caps to redistribute the new spectrum coming available in the future, away from those who are willing to pay for it in full at a public auction, to Silicon Valley interests who don't want to pay for it and want FCC rules and actions that will effectively yield them multi-billion dollar subsidies of free or greatly reduced-cost spectrum.
Taxpayers beware. Silicon Valley interests are using the FCC to pick your pocket.


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The $750 million sale of Advanced BioHealing to the Irish drug giant Shire Pharmaceuticals, announced on Tuesday, has been hailed as a rare win for regenerative medicine, with an extraordinary 15x return for Canaan Partners, the venture firm that helped to found the company just five years ago.
But as I noted in a 2009 profile of Advanced BioHealing's San Diego operations, the development of the company's bio-engineered human skin substitute extends back quite a bit further—almost 20 years—to San Diego's Advanced Tissue Sciences (ATS). After pioneering the technology in the 1990s, Advanced Tissue Sciences filed for bankruptcy liquidation in 2002, having raised hundreds of millions of dollars from venture investors, and later from shareholders as a public company. ATS sold the global rights to Dermagraft and its San Diego manufacturing facility to the British company Smith & Nephew in 2003.
Smith & Nephew was ready to sell the Dermagraft business to Canaan by 2006—after spending three years and millions of dollars more in a second bid to commercialize the technology.
Stephen Bloch, the Canaan general partner who pulled the deal together, tells me that as much as $300 million in total might have been invested to commercialize Dermagraft before he entered the picture in 2006. In other words, roughly $300 million of capital that was invested to develop the technology and win FDA approval was basically written off before Canaan stepped in to restart the business for the third time.
Bloch told me by telephone that in the ensuing years, venture investors sunk about $40 million to re-capitalize the business. He also confirmed that Canaan's $15 million investment is expected to yield a roughly $225 million payout, "cash on cash," as he put it, in the Shire acquisition. Safeguard Scientifics, which invested about $11 million in venture capital, is expected to see a roughly $140 million return. Other investors accepting congratulations for their prescience are CDIB Bioscience Ventures, Channel Medical Partners, Horizon Technology Finance, Red Abbey Venture Partners, and Wheatley Partners.
Really interesting story. I was caught between admiring the people who stuck with the idea and pitying those who lost all the money in the first two incarnations of the idea.


The season premiere of Big Brother was adjusted up a tenth from Thursday's preliminary numbers to a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating. So You Think You Can Dance was also adjusted up a tenth, to a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating and Expedition Impossible was also adjusted up a tenth to a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating. There were no other 18-49 adjustments for Thursday night's originals.


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Pedro Mariño y Ortega (Benavente,1865-La Coruña, 1931), fue un arquitecto afincado en Galicia encuadrado en el eclecticismo, autor del Palacio municipal de La Coruña.

Trayectoria
Considerado cómo coruñés de adopción por trabajar en esa ciudad la mayor parte de su vida, donde se casaría con Isabel Caruncho.

Realizaría numerosas obras en la ciudad herculina desde finales del siglo XIX: la Casa del Sol (1903), antiguo centro médico y actual sede de la Comisión de Fiestas; ampliación del cementerio municipal de San Amaro (1904); antiguo mercado de la plaza de Lugo etc. Aunque por el carácter de la mayoría de sus edificaciones está adscrito al eclecticismo, en algunas construcciones proyectó con estilo modernista, así para las Escuelas Municipales "Curros Enríquez" y "Concepción Arenal", en la década de 1910, que no llegarían a edificarse.

Su obra más importante fue el proyecto —que sufriría diversos cambios desde lo inicial— del nuevo Palacio municipal de la Coruña (1901), que preside la plaza de María Pita, y construido entre 1904 y 1912. La planificación adoptada en principio se mantuvo en cuanto se conservaran las tres plantas coronadas por un ático central. Este conjunto con una torre, en la misma vertical del ático, relativamente elevada, y el estiramiento en altura, que imprimió a la cúpula en la solución final, sirvieron de eje focal donde converge la atención del espectador. La acumulación decorativa en esa misma zona contribuyó aún más a destacar el mismo efecto.

Cuando en 1910, el arquitecto Julio Galán Carvajal obtiene un puesto oficial en el municipio de Oviedo, abandonando La Coruña, Mariño se ve obligado a continuar la denominada "Casa Rey" obra que aquel había dejado inconclusa, respetando escrupulosamente los proyectos.

Entre 1913 y 1920, concluido el palacio municipal, Mariño apenas edificó, dedicándose a atender las crecientes obras de infraestructura de la ciudad y al mantenimiento de los predios de propiedad municipal.

Obras destacadas

Estilo ecléctico
 Casa del Sol (1903).
 Ampliación del Cementerio de San Amaro (1904).
 Palacio Municipal o de María Pita (1904-1912).
 Según Ensanche de la Coruña, en colaboración con Pan de Soraluce (1903-1910).
 Casa Iglesias, en la calle Linares Rivas 16-17 (1926).
 Casa Jesús Fernández (1927).

Estilo modernista
 Escuelas municipales, calle del Orzán, n.º 21 (1906).

Otras
 Remodelación de la plaza y jardines de Azcárraga (1896).

Bibliografía
 Barreiro Rey, Ramón ; Varasa Sobrino, Luis, Lana Coruña y su arte: desarrollo urbano y su manifestación artística. A Coruña. 1989
 Fernández Ferreiro, Xosé, El arquitecto Pedro Marino Ortega (1865-1931). Vigo. 1996.

Nacidos en Benavente (Zamora)
Fallecidos en La Coruña
Arquitectos de Galicia
Arquitectos de la provincia de Zamora

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London is such a vast and vibrant city that it can be difficult to imagine you could end up bored, but it happens! Sometimes we all need a little hobby in our life to make it more entertaining. It can be a great way to get a new skill, to meet new people or to get out and about in general. We have put together some ideas that could help you find something right for you.
This may seem a little out there, and it's definitely something that is for the more adventurous people reading this – but it can be lots of fun. There are schools out there that will offer 2 hour sessions so you can end up flying in the sky. There is usually some flexibility, so you can choose between actual courses, or just ad-hoc drop in options. Summer is here, and it's a great way to enjoy the warmer weather.
There are so many libraries that are based in London, that you could tuck yourself away and enjoy a nice coffee or tea and a good book. Since the world of Kindles and other kinds of e-Readers have arrived, it can be difficult to remember a time when you turned the pages of a good book. The great thing with libraries is that you don't need to pay for books – unless you bring them back late of course.
There are some fantastic photography classes in London for those of you who are a bit on the creative side. Photography schools can provide you lots of different course options, so you can hone your skills. It's a fantastic skill to learn and can be a great way to meet people who have similar interests to you.
Again, this is one for the creative people out there. Have you ever gone to a gig or watched a show like Britains Got Talent, and wished that that could be you? Learning a new instrument can be done with the help of lots of teachers and tutors based in London, or else there are even apps on your phone that can help you to learn.
This is another one that can seem a little out there, but burlesque dancing is something that's becoming an increasingly popular type of class. There are usually lots of options – so why not go to a taster session to see if it's for you? There's nothing to lose. If you are ready to commit straight away, there are some good courses that you could enrol in.
If you are looking for something new to try, or you want to take up a new hobby – hopefully this list gives you a good place to start.


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Ozil reveals Arsene Wenger breaks Arsenal tradition
Nia Griffiths
Arsenal's German midfielder Mesut Ozil (L) and French manager Arsene Wenger (R) speak during a team training session for the forthcoming UEFA Champions League Group F football match against SSC Napoli at Arsenal's London Colney training ground in north London on September 30, 2013. Arsenal will play against Napoli at the Emirates Stadium on October 1, 2013. AFP PHOTO/GLYN KIRK (Photo credit should read GLYN KIRK/AFP/Getty Images)
Mesut Ozil has revealed in his new autobiography, Gunning for Greatness: My Life, that it's Arsene Wenger who picks the shirt length for matches and not the club captain.
Sleeve length is traditionally chosen by club captain
Arsenal claim this tradition is important to them and upheld
Ozil says Arsene Wenger decides
Traditionally, it's the captain of the team who chooses whether the Arsenal players wear short or long sleeves during the match. It's something we questioned this season when it appeared that Theo Walcott was wearing a different length to everyone else.
This was something the club denied at the time when we contacted them.
"With regards to the length of shirt sleeves for matches, this tradition is still continuing," Football and Communications manager, Tom Bennett, told us.
"This tradition is important to us and the players are fully aware. However, on occasion, some either wear an under garment when we are wearing short sleeves, or roll up long sleeves."
However, according to Ozil, it's not the captain who picks the sleeve length, it's actually the manager.
In his book, he even complains that sometimes he would like to wear a long-sleeved t-shirt under his kit on cold days, but it's not allowed.
Obviously, as far as club issues go, especially right now, sleeve length isn't exactly a massive deal.
However, it's interesting that Ozil says one thing and the club says another.
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Learn how to skate faster in ice hockey with this video tutorial on improving your forward stride.
If your knee bent isn't deep enough, you only have a short distance to push from and will not be maximising on the power from the push (You can see the leg is not fully extended). This will not allow you to skate at your maximum speed.
By bending you knees as close to a 90 degree angle as possible, you can almost double the distance you have to push from. This will allow you to maximise on the power you get from the push as you are using your entire leg (full extension).
Leg extension – Making sure you fully extend your legs with each stride you take will have a profound impact on how fast you can skate. There is almost a vital motion that can be overlooked while parting our forward stride "Toe flick". The Toe Flick is an important step that if used and practiced can seriously increase your skating speed. After each stride, the last part of the skate to touch the ice should be the inside edge of your toe. Get into the habit of rocking your skate from heel to toe as you extend your leg out for the forward stride. Not only should this be the last point of contact between you and the ice, you should also focus on flicking or pushing powerfully with the inside edge of your skates toe off the ice at the end of your leg extension (listen for the ice crunch) this will have a massive impact on your skating speed.
Recovery – To maintain and build more speed, the recovery needs to be executed properly. This is the motion of bringing your skate back underneath you after the leg extension for the forward stride. "The shortest route between to points is a straight line" Keep your skates low to the ice during the recovery, avoid dragging your skates on the ice or lifting the skate high up during the recovery.
Leg low to the ice.
Side to side or lateral arm swing adds lateral movement to your stride, as your skating in a stride line, this will only slow you down.
If your arms are fully extended this will also reduce your speed during the stride.
Avoid bobbing up and down, you need to maintain the same level to throughout your stride.
Try and keep your chest up and shoulders square. This will not only help you see the ice better, but also help to control your breathing during the stride.


Jewish Family Service of Orange County mourns the lives lost during the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. We are horrified by this senseless hate crime, and we express our profound condolences to the families of those killed, and we wish a speedy recovery to those wounded. This assault is a direct attack on not only Judaism and American Jews, but on all peace loving citizens of our country.
It is a sad reminder of our continued need to fight hate and to promote respect for all people, no matter what their sexual preference, religion, race or country of origin. The suspect not only wished to kill all Jews, but he was angered by the work of the Tree of Life Synagogue with HIAS, founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, which is an organization that resettles immigrants from all countries. One of the reasons he targeted these Jews was because they are assisting refugees who are settling in this country. Our mission statement is to "empower all people facing challenging times to live with dignity, hope and strength." Our vision is envisioning "a welcoming and nurturing community in which individuals and families receive encouragement, support, and respect."
In accordance with Jewish ethics and values, we embrace the spirit of healing the world. Our greatest dream and goal is to promote our values of healing and inclusion to all those in Orange County. We mourn the lives lost; "Kol Yisroel Zeh Lazeh, all Jews are responsible for one another."