The Voidz, for those who don't know, are weird.
The other band of The Strokes' lead singer Julian Casablancas, they combine a mix of neo-psychedelia, electropop, world music and hard rock with an underground, punky-80s aesthetic; which is about as far from The Strokes as you could get.
Nowhere is this more evident than in their choice of support for their gig at the Ritz in Manchester in early November. Promiseland is described as 'your imaginary friend come to life'. And judging from his set, it's a shame he's not imaginary. Arriving on stage, you're left wondering whether he's been dragged in off the streets as a last-minute replacement. His performance certainly seemed to suggest so – a jarring, synth-y, punk-y, thrash-y mess that seemed to be being made up as it went along. His long, rambling songs never appeared to go anywhere and seemed to run out of ideas early on.
If he devoted as much time to his singing as he did his prancing about, maybe he'd be half-listenable. This must go down as an attempt at experimentalism that completely misses the mark.
Thankfully, however, The Voidz were on hand to save the day. After finally coming on stage to a rip-roaring cheer for the audience – most of it for Casablancas, judging from the seemingly never-ending chanting of his name – they launched into a brilliant rendition of 'Leave It in My Dreams'. Arguably one of the poppier songs on their latest album, 'Virtue', this would prove to be a rarity for the band, with songs such as 'M.utually A.ssured D.estruction' and proto-metal rocker 'Black Hole' showing off Casablancas' darker side and illustrating the stark differences between his two bands. The Voidz have expertly cultivated their own sound and vibe: and unusual as it may be, it is definitely their own.
Much has been made of The Voidz's experimentation and the more explicit political undertones of their music. Little of that was on display, tonight, however, and the show was all the better for it. You often get the feeling that the band desperately wish to be taken seriously as social commentators, yet this comes undone when they try and navigate the current, tumultuous, political climate. Their aesthetic often undermines legitimate points they make in their music.
Fortunately, they let the music do the talking here and were more subversive as a result. Take 'QYURRYUS', for example, an utterly confusing and jolty song Casablancas describes as 'cyber Arabic prison jazz' (no, I don't know what this means either). The studio version fails to impress and makes the band seem experimental for its own sake; live, however, its sloppiness and quirks seem almost natural. This is a band that excels at performing live; making carefully constructed songs seem like on-the-spot jams.
Guitarists Amir Yaghmai and Beardo play with such fluidity and the band as a unit adapt and react to each other's playing perfectly. One of the best moments of the night was a jam devoted to a little girl in the audience whose dad was the subject of ire from Casablancas for irresponsibly placing her right next to speakers 'without earplugs'. I genuinely thought it was a new song at first. The crowd reacted very well to this and to other moments throughout the set.
Whilst this was not a sell-out gig by any means, the passion and energy of those there was enough to make this not matter. The audience hung off every one of Casablancas' words and it was clear how invested they were in the night. The band played songs primarily from 'Virtue', though did perform a few tracks from their debut album 'Tyranny', including 'Crunch Punch', a personal favourite of mine. Vocals were on point throughout; Casablancas in particular seemed to be a lot stronger live than he has been in the past.
The set was brought to a close with an epic 11-minute rendition of 'Human Sadness', a supreme, chaotic voyage through Casablancas' reaction to the death of his father. It was the perfect way to end – a song that summed up the approach and vibe of the night.
Although it was disappointing the set only lasted an hour – 13 songs – it was made up for the musicianship on display. When they focus on their music, The Voidz really do know how to entertain.
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The Travelling Homoeopaths Collective
by Marcus Christo
Written by Marcus Christo
Marcus Christo, founder of the Travelling Homoeopathy Collective, reviews some recent activities of that organization.
The Collective was set up in 1990 to provide a Mobile Homoeopathic Clinic to treat people with Homoeopathy and promote Homoeopathy at fairs, festivals and other outdoor occasions.We treat thousands of people every year at many festivals including Glastonbury, Cambridge Folk Festival, and The Big Green Gathering.
The Clinic offers:
Treatment for acute conditions, such as hay fever, sun stroke, sunburn, digestive upsets, coughs and colds.
Advice and support for people who have chronic or more long-term disorders or diseases.
You can see a report on the treatment given at Glastonbury 2000 here:
http://www.thc.org.uk/reports.php Our practitioners work on a voluntary basis and the Collective, as a whole, is a non-profit making organization.
Travelling Homoeopaths Collective has been registered with The Charity Commission, since 1997 and our registration number is 1063247.
On Your Bike!
18 – 24th May saw 5 Travelling Homoeopaths cycle over 200 miles over 5 days through the Dutch Cities and Countryside. We all had a fantastic time and the Dutch people were very interested with what we were up too and often repairing our bikes for free when they broke down. So far we have raised £7,500 of our targeted amount of £13,000. The money raised is going towards our new project, a mobile clinic to cover town and city centres from London to Bristol! So thank you to those of you who have made a donation. It's not too late to donate now go to www.thc.org.uk and follow the On Your Bike link, have your debit, credit card or Paypal details to hand and it will only take you a few minutes. We are aiming to have the next ride in Denmark in 2016.
Travelling Homoeopaths Collective Camp 10th-14th July 2014
Rix Pyke
Picture this: rolling English countryside, wind farm backdrop, camp fires, wood fired sauna, veggie or vegan home cooking, sweet smelling composting toilets, a wood powered shower/ sauna, gin club… Where can you get it? It's top of the range homeo-glamping with the THC. If you were not there you missed all this and more. While London was under a dark and dismal rain storm sky, the sun shone on us righteous ones in Wiltshire – we basked in the glory that is the THC in full swing.
But that is by no means all. In the midst of this glamping idyll we were also luxuriating in the knowledge, wisdom and brilliance of some amazing lecturers. On Day 1 (Thursday afternoon) we gathered in the big canvas tent that was to be our lecture theatre for the next four days. Yubraj Sharma met us there and took us into the outer realms of philosophy and esoteric wisdom. Being present to his teaching is one of the most powerful antidotes to being jaded from the constant awareness that we are working in a field of energy medicine at enormous odds with the reality of 21st century life.
Yubraj begins with etheric energy. Also known to us as the vital force, it underlies the physical world and homeopathic remedies are part of that etheric realm. To get from the physical to the etheric the vibration of a remedy spreads literally into a thin film – which accesses the etheric. Yubraj is speaking to raise our awareness and intuition in this work.
He not only raised our awareness but I felt he raised our aspiration and intention in his talk. He introduced us to Rudolf Steiner's esoteric understanding of the evolution of the planet and consciousness. We are at a point in our history where humanity is in its densest form. From now on we are literally en-lightening as we progress upwards. I found that inspiring, and somewhat comforting. The only way is up.
Yubraj reminded us that as homeopaths we need to remember that 'we do not need to 'help' our patients. Instead our job is to ensure we show the soul how to cure itself.' This is vitally important to understand, especially as it will help us keep our pride or ego out of the homeopathic treatment process. He also explained that 'the simillimum is how we create a healing crisis to enable the person to understand and see their own dis-ease.'
The afternoon turned into early summer's evening; the vibration in the tent had been raised by the information Yubraj was imparting. The journey he took us on was mind expanding and inspiring.
It was time for the gin club!
Friday morning, yoga in the sunshine, breakfast amongst friends. The programme said 'Open mic session – talk about whatever you want.' Then the most beautiful thing happened. Sitting in the teaching tent we gathered in an unruly circle and then began to share. Questions asked, answers offered, opinions aired, diverse opinions thrown in, no leaders, no followers, no experts, no novices, no right, no wrong. One group member described it as 'the most perfect example of Aquarian age communication.' We were able to pool our opinions and ideas without the need to 'be right' or to make another person 'wrong'.
That led beautifully to the wonderful Astrology session taught by Mary English. We had a fantastic afternoon playing a sort of astrological musical chairs. Mary had taken all our birth chart details: date, place and time if we knew it. From that she gave us our Sun, Moon, Mars and Ascendant, if known. Then, with the aid of a brilliant large sized astrological chart and some bits of blue tack she took us through from planets, to signs, to elements, to cardinal, fixed or mutable, and by the end of the afternoon we had met our astrological companions in multiple arrangements and in myriad ways.The session was enormously informative and a lot of fun.
After a good campfire singsong followed by the sauna and a 'wee dram o whiskey' I went to my bed high on the fine vibration we had raised…or maybe it was the wee dram or two..?
Saturday morning was chi kung in the sunshine. Shaking down into the earth, bringing light into our bodies, opening our channels, circling chi around our orbits, alchemically joining the earthly and heavenly chi, marrying brain, breath and body – and all this before breakfast!
The morning session on Saturday was led by Phillippa Fibert who gave a most inspiring and exciting talk about homeopathic research. I cannot believe I just said that either, as I am not a great lover of the R word. It gives me a headache. Pippa got us over that. She had had no science background and had literally pulled herself up by her homeopathic bootstraps in order to find a way to make research into her ADHD patients actually work – both scientifically and homeopathically.
She demystified the MYMOP (measure your medical outcomes profile), explained the CPRS (Connors parent rating scale) and introduced us to the demands of NICE and the medics that research be 'objective and peer reviewed' in order to be accepted. Homeopathy is a 'complex intervention' and in this regard sends conventional scientific research techniques into a tailspin. There are three things going on in a homeopathic consultation: the remedy, the therapeutic interaction and the homeopathic principles at work.
What I found most enlightening – indeed a light bulb moment for me – is that to do a trial which has the homeopathic consultation and the individualised remedy in one group and set it against the control group which has the homeopathic consultation and a placebo, poses a problem in itself. It is going to struggle to show any significantly different outcomes because of the powerful nature of the consultation itself. We have to develop truly homeopathic research methodologies which allow for the complexity and beauty of the whole homeopathic process.
Delny Britton continued with the research theme, exposing the dark side of what is happening in the world of basic homeopathic research. We listened in horror as she described some of the animal testing that is being done around the world, particularly in Brazil, India and Italy. Why is this? We were incredulous. One of the very tenets of homeopathy is that we do not study cadavers or test on animals. 'First do no harm' seems to have been completely forgotten by medical science but what became clearer is that as mainstream science wants answers about how, why or whether homeopathy works, it will trample our principles underfoot and bulldoze the very core of our gentle and ethical discipline.
Delny explained that this is not homeopathic veterinary research, where diseased livestock or domesticated pets are, or are not, given remedies. This is rats, mice and even non-human primates. It is deliberate injuries, stress tests and squeeze cages; electric shocks; the injecting of poisons and irritants; subjecting animals to swim tests, half submerging them in cages in which they cannot move, and so on. And all for what? Everything we need to know about homeopathy can be found out by studying humans. This is a basic homeopathic principle.
The scientists carrying out this animal research seem to have little understanding of homeopathy or the role of the vital force which 'governs without restriction' yet can't be measured or seen. Most of the time they are attempting to prove what we know already about remedies from provings and clinical experience. This seems more like a backward step than an advancement of homeopathic knowledge, and the cost in terms of suffering is completely unjustifiable. Mainstream science uses 11,000 lab animals a day in its industrial obsession with research. Delny explained that animals are not reliable stand-ins for humans anyway and that within mainstream medical research there are numerous new approaches being adopted including computer based models, sophisticated in vitro models and ironically, micro-dosing in human volunteers!
These two sessions on research complemented each other brilliantly. They clearly showed that if we are to develop research for our science/art we must ensure it adequately reflects homeopathy and our homeopathic principles. We need a clear ethical strategy with regard to animal research and no platform should be given to research involving laboratory animals.
As Philippa said 'homeopathic research should be tested as it is practised in the real world' and as Delny said 'a materialistic view of health and disease does not take into account the vital force and research into energy medicines like homeopathy requires a new approach.'
That night the campfire songs turned to things both homeopathic and philosophical. The sauna heated up nicely and the moon was full. The nourishment we had received – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual – was beginning its wonderful digest. Sleep came rapidly, gently and (thankfully) not quite permanently this night.
Sunday was the last day of the camp. Lionel Milgrom brought his Gemini sun and his Aquarius ascendant to the teaching tent. He ran through some science history, beginning with his own. 'I trained as a chemist. Homeopathy annoyed me. It infuriated me'. As a scientist he had to look into this annoying homeopathic conundrum and from that he developed a huge understanding of the state of modern science today. Sheldrake says science is a delusion – Milgrom concurs. The 2.68 million patients harmed by procedures and 'side' effects of drugs, the £8.2 billion spent on drugs and then the £2 billion spent on dealing with these so called 'side' effects all add up to a very, very expensive delusion. He ran us through crime after crime perpetrated in the name of medicine. From statins to Paroxetine and gun crime, to GSK selling off-label anti-depressants to minors to the abuse of the true meaning of evidence based medicine.
EBM used to be patient reported, clinically observed and research derived – in that order. Now it is the complete opposite where clinical and patient observation are downgraded and the RCT rules supreme. What is happening is, Lionel said, an evidence monoculture. He talked about fundamentalism in science – known as 'scientism' and referred us to the BMJ which published Smith and Pell's 'Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials' – a wonderful spoof which concluded that 'everyone might benefit if the most radical protagonists of evidence based medicine organised and participated in a double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, crossover trial of the parachute.'
Lionel yomped us through the 'fascistic scientific intolerance' to anything outside its present box. 'Performance figures' in hospitals overshadow 'patient care'. The NHS total drugs budget of £8.2 billion p/a overshadows the miniscule cost of NHS homeopathy which is a tiny 0.004% of that. The mantra from scientism that if something is not reproducibly measurable and observable in the scientific sense – then it does not exist!
Finally a good joke to remember: 'Do not trust atoms – they make up everything!' and the last words of wisdom in relation to the state of allopathic healthcare: "It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it is a nail.'
Thank you to the wonderful THC, inspiring speakers, the gods and goddesses of weather, the full moon in Capricorn and the homeopathic happy campers. See you all (plus friends and family?) next year – and many more of you too I hope.
Next year it takes place 9-12th July 2015 and the speakers are Myriam Shivadikar, Dr Nikunj Trivedi, Jerome Whitney, Oliver Dowding, Geoff Johnson, White Hawk and Open Mic.
For more information on how to book etc email [email protected] or call us on 01722 340792 see you there. Marcus and Charlotte
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Marcus Christo
Marcus Christo FSHom graduated from the College of Homoeopathy in 1990. Immediately after graduation he drove his camper van from London to the Glastonbury Festival to run the acutes clinic. A month later running the same clinic at the Cambridge Folk Festival whilst drinking some Guinness the birth of Travelling Homoeopaths Collective happened. For the last 29 years we have provided an acutes drop in clinic at outdoor events (mainly music events) here in the UK. We are a charity run by a handful of volunteers who are passionate about what we do. We have other amazing plans to take Homoeopathy from the fields into the towns and cities of the south and west of the UK. For further information visit www.thc.org.uk
You can find Marcus on line the second Wednesday of the month teaching The Art of The Acute 5pm BST on The Trinity Health Hub. https://www.trinityhealthhub.com/ This is an amazing teaching and information hub set up and run by Karen Allen CCH. It's worth the fee to join! When he is not doing this, he likes to learn to play the tabla!
Alan V. Schmukler says:
The Travelling Homoeopaths Collective is a marvelous grass roots program whose members not only treat people, but act as ambassadors of good will for homeopathy. It's a wonderful way for people to be introduced to homeopathy. Kudos for Marcus Christo and everyone involved in the Collective.

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1. The Chessington Off Peak Annual Pass is only valid at Chessington World of Adventures Resort. 2. Each Annual Passholder will be issued with his or her own Annual Pass. Visitors under the age of 3 may enter Chessington free of charge. 3. Annual Passes are non-transferable and cannot be sold or given away to a third party. 4. The Chessington Off Peak Annual Pass is valid for 12 months from the date of issue ('the Validity Period'). And is limited to off peak times only. In 2019 the dates the pass is valid are: 18th ,21st ,22nd , 25th ,28th ,29th March; 1st – 5th , 23rd – 26th , 29th April; 2nd , 3rd , 9th ,10th ,13th , 16th , 17th , 20th - 24th May; 3rd – 7th , 10th – 14th , 17th – 21st , 24th – 28th June; 5th , 8th – 12th , 15th -18th July; 3rd – 6th , 9th ,12th , 13th , 16th , 19th , 20th ,23rd , 26th 27th , 30th September. 3rd 4th 7th 10th 11th 14th 17th , 18th October. All dates are subject to change, please check full terms and conditions and Chessington.com for the latest opening dates and times. 5. Access to secondary attractions, including but not limited to Chessington Go Ape and special events, including but not limited to Chessington Winter's Tail, may be subject to an additional charge. Winter's Tail dates in 2019 are 23rd , 24th , 30th November, 1st, 7th 8th and 13th – 24th December 2019. 6. Chessington reserves the right to close or remove entire facilities within Chessington for any reason, including (but not limited to) special events or private functions, or for technical and/or operational reasons. 7. The Chessington Off Peak Annual Pass will entitle the holder to beat the queues on entrance, coffee & cake for £3 in Original Sandwich Company & Coffee Hut, Go Ape Discount of 15%, VIP discount off of all animal experiences, access to Merlin Holiday Club. 8. The pass includes car parking during off peak periods only and at Chessington only. 9. Visitors under 12 years of age to Chessington must be accompanied by an individual aged 18 years of age or over. 10. Photocopies of Annual Passes will not be accepted. 11. All Chessington Off Peak Annual Passes remain the property of Chessington and Merlin Entertainments Group and can be withdrawn in the event of fraud or misuse, or can be withdrawn from any person whose conduct is deemed to be inappropriate at the absolute discretion of management. Should your pass be withdrawn then the correct appeal procedure should be adopted should you want the Annual Pass returned. Inappropriate conduct includes, but is not limited to allowing a third party to attempt to gain access to Chessington with an Annual Pass of which they are not the valid holder. The management of Chessington reserves the right to refuse admission for any reason. 12. Failure to present a valid Chessington Off Peak Annual Pass will result in a charge of the "on the day" admission rate, which will be non- refundable. 13. Refunds are not available in any circumstances. For the avoidance of doubt, the full value or any part value of the Annual Pass will not be refunded if any or part of Chessington are removed or closed during the year. 14. Chessington Off Peak Annual Passes cannot be used in conjunction with any promotional offer, voucher or advance booking. 15. Lost Annual Passes should be reported to Chessington immediately. 16. In the event of a lost Annual Pass, Chessington will re- issue a replacement card. Up to two replacement cards can be issued during the Validity Period. New cards will only be issued at Chessington. An administration fee of £10 per Annual Pass will be charged for the re-issue of lost cards. 17. Height, size and ages restrictions apply to certain rides and attractions. 18. By using a Chessington Off Peak Annual Pass you agree to adhere to park regulations currently in force at Chessington.
1. The Chessington Annual Pass is only valid at Chessington World of Adventures Resort. 2. Each Annual Pass holder will be issued with his or her own Annual Pass 3. Annual Passes are non-transferable and cannot be sold or given away to a third party. 4. A Child Chessington Annual Pass is valid for those aged 3-11 years. An Adult Chessington Annual Pass is valid for those aged 12 and over. 5. The Chessington Annual Pass is valid for 12 months from the date of issue ('the Validity Period'). Opening dates for our 2018 theme park season are: 17th March until 31st October, Zoo Days are: 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 28th January 2018; 3rd, 4th, 24th, 25th February 2018; 3rd March 2018; 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th November 2018. Animal Adventures is from 10th – 18th February 2018. All dates are subject to change, please check full terms and conditions and Chessington.com for the latest opening dates and times. 6. Exclusion dates apply. Entry on the following dates is not included in this Annual Pass: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 18th 19th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 31st August 2018; 1st, 2nd September 2018. 7. Access to secondary attractions, including but not limited to Chessington Go Ape and special events, including but not limited to Chessington Winter's Tail, may be subject to an additional charge. Winter's Tail dates in 2018 are 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th and 13th – 24th December 2018. 8. Chessington reserves the right to close or remove entire facilities within Chessington for any reason, including (but not limited to) special events or private functions, or for technical and/or operational reasons. 9. The Chessington Annual Pass will entitle the holder to unlimited entry to Chessington for the validity period bar exclusion dates referenced in points 6 and 7. 10. The Chessington Annual Pass will entitle the holder to 20% discount at restaurants and retail outlets on park. Chessington outlets only. Excludes any of the photography units and paid for games. Excludes cigarettes and cameras. 11. This pass does not include car parking. 12. Visitors under 12 years of age to Chessington must be accompanied by an individual aged 18 years of age or over. 13. Visitors under 3 years of age may enter Chessington free of charge. 14. Photocopies of Annual Passes will not be accepted. 15. All Chessington Annual Passes remain the property of Chessington and Merlin Entertainments Group and can be withdrawn in the event of fraud or misuse, or can be withdrawn from any person whose conduct is deemed to be inappropriate at the absolute discretion of management. Should your pass be withdrawn then the correct appeal procedure should be adopted should you want the Annual Pass returned. Inappropriate conduct includes, but is not limited to, allowing a third party to attempt to gain access to Chessington with an Annual Pass of which they are not the valid holder. The management of Chessington reserves the right to refuse admission for any reason. 16. Failure to present a valid Chessington Annual Pass will result in a charge of the "on the day" admission rate, which will be non-refundable. 17. Refunds are not available in any circumstances. For the avoidance of doubt, the full value or any part value of the Annual Pass will not be refunded if any or part of Chessington are removed or closed during the year. 18. Chessington Annual Passes cannot be used in conjunction with any promotional offer, voucher or advance booking. 19. Lost Annual Passes should be reported to Chessington immediately. 20. In the event of a lost Annual Pass, Chessington will re-issue a replacement card. Up to two replacement cards can be issued during the Validity Period. New cards will only be issued at Chessington. An administration fee of £10 per Annual Pass will be charged for the re-issue of lost cards. 21. Height, size and ages restrictions apply to certain rides and attractions. 22. By using a Chessington Annual Pass you agree to adhere to park regulations currently in force at Chessington.
1. The Chessington Off Peak Annual Pass is only valid at Chessington World of Adventures Resort. 2. Each Annual Passholder will be issued with his or her own Annual Pass. Visitors under the age of 3 may enter Chessington free of charge. 3. Annual Passes are non-transferable and cannot be sold or given away to a third party. 4. The Chessington Off Peak Annual Pass is valid for 12 months from the date of issue ('the Validity Period'). And is limited to off peak times only. In 2018 the dates the pass is valid are: Theme Park dates are 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 26th – 29th March; 16th – 20th, 23rd, 26th – 27th, 30th April; 3rd – 4th, 10th – 11th, 14th, 17th – 18th, 21st – 25th May; 4th – 8th, 11th – 15th, 18th – 22nd, 25th – 29th June; 2nd – 6th, 9th – 13th, 16th – 20th July; 4th – 7th, 10th, 13th – 14th, 17th, 20th – 21st, 24th, 27th – 28th September; 1st, 4th – 5th, 8th, 11th – 12th, 15th, 18th October; Zoo Dates are 3rd – 4th, 10th – 11th, 17th – 18th, 24th – 25th November. All dates are subject to change, please check full terms and conditions and Chessington.com for the latest opening dates and times. 5. Access to secondary attractions, including but not limited to Chessington Go Ape and special events, including but not limited to Chessington Winter's Tail, may be subject to an additional charge. Winter's Tail dates in 2018 are 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th and 13th – 24th December 2018. 6. Chessington reserves the right to close or remove entire facilities within Chessington for any reason, including (but not limited to) special events or private functions, or for technical and/or operational reasons. 7. The Chessington Off Peak Annual Pass will entitle the holder to 20% discount at restaurants and retail outlets on park. Chessington outlets only. Excludes any of the photography units and paid for games. Excludes cigarettes and cameras. 8. The pass does not include car parking. 9. Visitors under 12 years of age to Chessington must be accompanied by an individual aged 18 years of age or over. 10. Photocopies of Annual Passes will not be accepted. 11. All Chessington Off Peak Annual Passes remain the property of Chessington and Merlin Entertainments Group and can be withdrawn in the event of fraud or misuse, or can be withdrawn from any person whose conduct is deemed to be inappropriate at the absolute discretion of management. Should your pass be withdrawn then the correct appeal procedure should be adopted should you want the Annual Pass returned. Inappropriate conduct includes, but is not limited to allowing a third party to attempt to gain access to Chessington with an Annual Pass of which they are not the valid holder. The management of Chessington reserves the right to refuse admission for any reason. 12. Failure to present a valid Chessington Off Peak Annual Pass will result in a charge of the "on the day" admission rate, which will be non-refundable. 13. Refunds are not available in any circumstances. For the avoidance of doubt, the full value or any part value of the Annual Pass will not be refunded if any or part of Chessington are removed or closed during the year. 14. Chessington Off Peak Annual Passes cannot be used in conjunction with any promotional offer, voucher or advance booking. 15. Lost Annual Passes should be reported to Chessington immediately. 16. In the event of a lost Annual Pass, Chessington will re-issue a replacement card. Up to two replacement cards can be issued during the Validity Period. New cards will only be issued at Chessington. An administration fee of £10 per Annual Pass will be charged for the re-issue of lost cards. 17. Height, size and ages restrictions apply to certain rides and attractions. 18. By using a Chessington Off Peak Annual Pass you agree to adhere to park regulations currently in force at Chessington.


Fatou Taal aka DJ Fatty is a whizz behind the decks mixing baile funk, afrobeats, grime and dancehall. An active soul outside the nightlife, she works with Swedish cultural association "Podium" for a more equal and inclusive cultural sphere. She produces music, teaches kids how to DJ, and shines bright in music videos. An all rounder and part of our Cherish fam.


There are three phases to the average person's life: childhood, adulthood and retirement.
The three are cyclical. They're all supposed to help prepare an individual for the next steps in the process of life.
For example, everything we do in childhood is to prepare us for adulthood, right? As kids, we learn values, right from wrong, work ethic and eventually education and skills that carry us into adulthood.
The longest phase, adulthood is from age 20-to-60+ for most — a time where we work, secure our future and better our lives.
But bodies age, stamina fades and we all must retire at some time and relax into the final phase of our lives.
But in retirement, life still moves forward and cost of living expenses, medical expenses and other factors make it necessary to plan for the future while we're still young.
Retirement planning is one of the most important things one can do in adulthood — a multi-year process which takes time, money and effort, but which can drastically impact the quality of a person's life once out of the workforce.
Tommy Meyer with Meyer Financial Group in Thibodaux said creating a plan is a must. He and his team of workers are available throughout the year to ensure that each person's needs are met — long before they ever actually have to move out of the workforce and into the final stages of life.
One is never too young or old to start planning for the future.
Many experts say that ideally, one would develop a retirement plan when they're younger — at the time they're just getting into the work force and are securing a consistent income. This allows for greater savings over the course of a person's income-earning years, which, of course, allows for interest to compound more times.
But if you're a 30-something, a 40-something or even a 50-something, please do not let those last few paragraphs cause you to lose sleep.
Meyer said retirement planning can be done at any time and the best plan for each individual varies from person-to-person — regardless of age.
Meyer said it's one thing to just save money as you work, but having an actual plan will help avoid some of the pitfalls that many don't consider when planning their financial future.
At Meyer Financial Group, trained professionals are always on-hand to tailor specific plans for each customer, while also educating them on the things that can happen along the way.
Likewise, even those who do plan ahead have to be cautious of some factors which need to be considered.
Meyer said people are living longer now than ever before, so the money we save today has to stretch out sometimes 20, 30 or even 40-plus years, which presents challenges.
People also have to learn how to live on a fixed income, while also enjoying day-to-day life, which presents challenges on its own.
But no matter how much one plans, saves or schemes for this next phase in life, Meyer said it's a transition — one that's difficult for some to cope with.
He said that a big part of retirement planning isn't financial at all, but is more geared toward a person figuring out what to do with the spare time that will become present and how to use it productively to maintain a happy, healthy life.


When you join a Dignity Health residency program, you become a member of one of the largest hospital systems in the nation and the largest not-for-profit acute care provider in California. Not only will you experience our commitment to delivering the next generation of excellent health care, you'll practice in a warm and supportive environment where you can grow professionally and personally.
You'll work with skilled attending physicians who will keep you informed and in touch with hospital procedures and administrators. And you'll be part of some of the most dedicated hospital staffs in America.
Our teaching hospitals provide excellent residency programs, a warm, welcoming Dignity Health culture and great locations throughout California and Arizona.


Stand out with a high quality vinyl die cut Because I Have Balls and You Don't decal from Cosmic Frogs Vinyl! Our Because I Have Balls and You Don't Sticker can be cut any size and a variety of colors to choose from. You can put your Decal on your car, truck, windows, walls, boats, metal and other smooth surfaces.


Big Time are pleased to announce the release of Dragon Born onto William Hill. Dragon Born will be situated on their prestigious 'Macau' tab, which takes visitors to an Asian-themed site featuring a mix of live dealer and RNG casino games. The Macau games are available on both desktop and mobile web, as well as on machines in Hill's retail betting shops.
This will is the first release to Macau from Big Time Gaming's broad roadmap and will be followed up shortly with their OMNI release of Gold™.


Pre heat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin pan with liners or grease.
Combine all the ingredients(minus the blueberries) for the muffins together until we'll combined. Stir in the blueberries once the batter is combined and smooth.
Fill muffin liners and bake on 350 degrees for 25 minutes until the tops of the muffins begin to turn golden.


We are delighted to present the oeuvre of Ferenc Rofusz, including his Academy Award Winner animation The Fly and another unique masterpiece, Deadlock, which had been censored during the communism.
Rofusz was the first Hungarian, who won the Oscar in 1981 with his short film "The Fly" - and became known all over the world - it is no surprise he made several more masterpieces. Sounds like a story of a straight career, but it's not that simple: Rofusz was born in Hungary, Budapest in 1946, at the hardest time of the Eastern European history.
Rofusz's career is a telling and positive example indeed, how an Eastern European genius can realise himself, despite the confrontations with authorities and narrow minded leaders. The enthusiasm of Rofusz about animation started in his early teenage, so during his studies he took special drawing and animating courses. In the late 60's he joined Pannonia Animation Studio in Budapest, and took part the production of several successful TV series, which was a great practice developing his skills. This period was a kind of golden age for the Hungarian animation: Gyula Macskássy, Marcell Jankovics or Péter Vajda (winner of Golden Palm in Cannes) made many hits all over the world. The successes were culminating in february of 1981, when Ferenc Rofusz won the Academy Award. Nevertheless, as a good example of the bizarre circumstances, the director was not allowed to attend the ceremony. Somebody representing the Hungarian official delegation accepted the award, who didn't have the rights bringing it to Hungary though, so Rofusz had not seen his Oscar for a while.
of the tree and the falling apple.
Despite his former results, new ideas and plans, Rofusz didn't get the support for his projects. For a shorter period he had worked as a musician - this job gave him the opportunity to travel abroad; in 1984 he decided to stay in Germany, then he moved on to Canada four years later to get a job as a director at the Nelvana Studio. In 1991 he founded his own studio RF Flyfilm. The company has made several quality TV series, advertisements, music videos (We also present Rofusz' show-reel.) In 2002 he moved back to Hungary, and started to work with passion on new films: he finished Ceasefire in 2003 and two years later another short animation, Dog's Life, a symbolical tale of how directors are at producers' mercy.
Ferenc Rofusz is a successful director, freelance animator, who has never made any compromise against his independence. His works and life-story can be examplary for young filmmakers.


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A closer look at the latest Louis Vuitton Women's Collection, in Artistic Director Nicolas Ghesquière's own words.
What is the inspiration behind this collection?
It reflects the somewhat forgotten period of the Belle Époque. Though relatively short, this period between the end of the 19th century and the First World War was one of France's most prestigious. It was the time of Universal Exhibitions, such as the one during which the Eiffel Tower was unveiled. It was a time of excitement and tremendous change. It's about revisiting all that. We wanted to explore notions about what's outdated and old-fashioned, and nostalgia for a time we can only dream about, and how to make it all relevant for today. In particular, it was about looking at dandyism and these very particular snobberies that later would become what the world now knows as French elegance.
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We have a new bag, the "Blade", which is deliberately very classic, with refined signatures that reprise elements from trunks and have inner gussets of bracket-like precision. The "Dauphine" bag is revisited in new shapes and materials. There are also transformable pouches that become little backpacks, change purses... We have revisited shapes recalling the Belle Époque. The shoes are flirty little moccasins with brightly colored patches. There are also brooches, flowers, cattleyas and other orchids with incredible colors, a nod to this romantic period.
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The University of Adelaide Teaching Awards and Commendations recognise the importance of learning and teaching at the University. They showcase the impact that teaching can have within the University but also beyond into the broader community. As staff we create this impact and this is an opportunity to celebrate the innovative and sustained ways that we engage our students to learn. Each year there are Award and Commendation categories for both academic and professional staff from all areas of the University.
The University of Commendations for the Enhancement and Innovation of Student Learning recognise the diverse range of activities, services and programs that contribute to student learning and engagement at the University of Adelaide, and the important role that staff from all areas of the University have in supporting us to achieve our strategic goals in learning and teaching.
In 2018, up to 7 Commendations of $2000 will be awarded, comprising up to 5 Commendations in the DASE-funded Categories, and up to 2 Commendations sponsored by the Adelaide Graduate Centre.
The Stephen Cole the Elder Awards for Excellence are the University of Adelaide's premier learning and teaching awards. They recognise the contributions made to student learning by both academic and professional staff, and reward the University's highest achievers in teaching, support of teaching, and supervisory practices.
The Stephen Cole the Elder Awards were established through bequest made to the University of Adelaide by a descendant of Stephen Cole the Elder, pioneer South Australian colonist. The Stephen Cole the Elder Awards were first presented in 1991.
It is anticipated that at least one award will be made in each of the three categories; however, the Selection Panel reserves the right to award in fewer in than three categories should the selection criteria not be met.
Each year, one application may also be selected to receive the Vice-Chancellor and President's Award for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, and will receive an additional $2000 in prize money.
In addition to the University awards, each Faculty offers their own teaching awards. Please contact the relevant Faculty for application guidelines and deadlines.
The national Teaching Awards Programs are administered by the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT), in the Commonwealth Department of Education. An overview of the Teaching Awards on offer in 2016 is given below.
For further information please consult the OLT website, or contact the Teaching Excellence Support Officer, 8313 4862.
"Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning recognise and reward the diverse contributions made by individuals and teams to the quality of student learning. Citations are awarded to those who have made a significant contribution to the quality of student learning in a specific area of responsibility over a sustained period, whether they are academic staff, general staff, sessional staff or institutional associates. Citations provide an opportunity for distinctive institutional missions, values and priorities in learning and teaching to be recognised. Citations are awarded for a range of contributions to student learning, both direct and indirect.
OLT Citation selection is a two-stage process. Applications must first be submitted to a University selection panel, who will then select up to six applications to send to the OLT for consideration. For this reason, it is important that you pay close attention to the following timetable if you wish to submit a Citation application.
Friday 4 March This all day intensive workshop will provide an opportunity for citation applicants to work on their draft submissions and receive peer feedback. Contact Ashleigh Ward for further information.
Monday 4 April This application must include your Written Statement, Photograph, References and Supporting Materials (as outlined in the OLT guidelines). You will not need to submit a nomination form at this stage; if your application is selected for submission, the Teaching Excellence Support Officer will organise this with you.
The selection panel meeting will take place in late April. If your application is selected for submission, the Teaching Excellence Support Officer will work with you to finalise your application. If your application is not selected, feedback from the selection panel will be made available to you.
Thursday 5 May If your application is accepted for submission to the OLT, it is important that you are available in the week leading up to the closing date, so that your application can be finalised and nomination form completed.
"Awards for Programs that Enhance Learning recognise learning and teaching support programs and services that make an outstanding contribution to the quality of student learning and the quality of the student experience of higher education. The programs and services that receive Program Awards must have demonstrated their effectiveness through rigorous evaluation and will set benchmarks for similar activities in other institutions.
*Please email the Teaching Excellence Support Officer or telephone 8313 4862 for details about internal application processes and deadlines.
"Teaching Awards celebrate a group of the nation's most outstanding university teachers in their fields. Teaching Awards give recognition to teachers (individuals and teams) renowned for the excellence of their teaching, who have outstanding presentation skills and who have made a broad and deep contribution to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education.
Priority Area for 2015 is: High impact intervention for progression, retention and attainment.


A gift wonderful from Dawn Emerson, (Assistant Editor and Bears&Buds Graphic Designer) for me this Christmas.
What a wonderful surprise to receive these two books, covering the front covers of Bears&Buds Online Teddy Bear Magazine and Dawn's thoughts on how she took featured artists' photographs and incorporated them into 36 of the first issues.
I'm very happy that my daughter is so talented and has been a great source of inspiration for me too. She puts the "Pizzazz" into our monthly online magazine.
The smaller book is exciting too, "Bears&Buds - Between the Pages" shows the progression of art and banners since 2007 to 2011.
Dawn explains how she was inspired and how at times she nearly pulled her hair out over the software glitches and deadlines!
To date Dawn has composed over 70 covers. "Can I expect the next 3 years of covers for Christmas 2013?"
Her personal inscription is so heartwarming too.
Many thanks for all your hard work Dawn.
I couldn't do all this without you!


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A Reopening Strategy
Resources to support students' physical and mental health needs
By Dr. Robert Darzynkiewicz
As schools begin to welcome students back in full force, there is increased attention on learners' physical and mental wellbeing. Since the latest round of COVID-19 relief funding includes dollars for in-school healthcare services, district leaders are encouraged to take this as an opportunity to revamp and strengthen existing student health programs.
For many families, school is more than a place to learn. It is also a place to receive access to healthcare, counseling, nutrition and other essential services. A continuous, sustainable approach to school healthcare services can ensure that the physical and mental health needs of students are being met—and also that school staThmembers are equipped to provide adequate support.
Here are some strategies for meeting students' physical and mental health needs as they return to school.
Strategies for Supporting Students' Physical Health Needs
District leaders will need to consider how they currently support the physical health of students, and if there are updates are needed before fully reopening.
Ensuring Compliance with CDC and Local COVID-19 Guidelines
In the CDC's COVID-19 K-12 Operational Strategy guidance, ffve key prevention strategies are listed to help prevent the transmission of the virus, including:
Universal and correct use of masks
Handwashing and respiratory etiquette
Cleaning and maintaining healthy facilities
Contact tracing in combination with isolation and quarantine
To safely resume operations, I strongly recommend that district leaders look at their existing processes and make updates as needed. For example, establish social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines with staThand students, and keep an inventory of essential supplies (like face masks) on hand at each school site.
Providing In-school Telehealth Care to All Students
While telehealth has been around for many years, its popularity is skyrocketing due to the pandemic. Telehealth is the marriage of technology and healthcare, using a wide variety of technology and electronic communications to promote remote health-related services. Telehealth companies can partner with schools to provide in-school and in-home telehealth care services to all students.
In addition to assessing symptoms related to COVID-19, telehealth providers are able to address common health concerns, like stomachaches or allergy symptoms, and to create a care plan tailored to students' speciffc needs. Having telehealth providers available to support the work of school nurses and other staThmembers can help districts address a wider range of student health concerns and reduce absenteeism.
Educating Families about the COVID-19 Vaccine
The COVID-19 vaccine is an important piece of the school reopening puzzle. With efforts to vaccinate educators continuing, a recent trial showing 100% vaccine efficacy in children ages 12–15, district leaders must work proactively to quell vaccine hesitancy.
The CDC compiled a COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit for School Staff& Childcare Workers that may be used to support communications with teachers and other staffmembers. In addition to this, I recommend that district leaders find a way to provide vaccine guidance and support to families, especially those in underserved communities.
Strategies for Supporting Students' Mental Health Needs
One of the most important considerations during this crisis and its aftermath is the mental wellbeing of students, staffand the community at large. The mental and emotional toll this crisis has taken on people is immense and will be felt for months, and years to come. Many students were in very vulnerable positions before this crisis hit. That has worsened. Social determinants of health have changed drastically, and situations are worse for many families than they were even just a few months ago.
With this in mind, district leaders and teachers must prepare for increased stress, anxiety and trauma and be ready to support students' mental health needs.
Expanding Existing Mental and Behavioral Health Services to Accommodate More Students
School counselors were already outnumbered pre-COVID, with an average student-to-counselor ratio of 430:1. Just as they are able to support the work of school nurses, telehealth providers can also support the work of school counselors, case workers and other staff. During a telehealth appointment, students can share their feelings and symptoms with a provider, who can then collaborate with the child and their family to create an action plan.
Providing Mental Health Support to Staff
To effectively meet the mental health needs of students, district staff members need support, too. In "Resources to Support Mental Health and Learning during School Reopening", the National Education Association (NEA) provides actionable strategies and resources for ensuring the wellbeing of staff, students and families. Applying Social-emotional Learning (SEL) Strategies Throughout Education
The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) recommends that district leaders make SEL an integral part of every student's education. CASEL compiled a list of COVID-19 SEL resources, which includes recommendations such as:
Providing consistency in daily routines to foster a sense of safety and predictability.
Taking the time to listen to students.
Supporting students in building or maintaining a sense of community and connection.
Keeping Every Student Healthy
Whether you are an administrator, a teacher, a counselor or a nurse, you play an important role in keeping students well. By offering physical and mental health resources in school, we can help more students receive the care they need so they can focus on learning.
With the support of district leadership and increased funding, there is an opportunity to reinvent school health and wellness services and to make a real, positive impact in the lives of students and their families.
This article originally appeared in the September / October 2021 issue of Campus Security & Life Safety.
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Mirjalol Qosimov's Uzbeks are expected to advance from Group B, which also includes Saudi Arabia and China.
But they need their tournament to start with a victory when they face North Korea at ANZ Stadium in Sydney on Saturday.
North Korea are Asia's 24th-highest ranked team, making them huge outsiders at the 16-team tournament in Australia.
Uzbekistan were fourth at the 2011 edition of the tournament and they could achieve that once more given they are expected to progress to the quarter-finals.
Qosimov's men played four December friendlies, so they should be match-ready for the opening game.
A pair of those were victories, while the other two finished in draws against Iraq.
Captain Server Djeparov is the man to watch for Uzbekistan, and with 23 international goals he is the top-scorer in the squad.
Anything other than a victory would be a huge blow to the Uzbeks, who are favourites to both progress and top the group.
North Korea and coach Jo Tong-sop have brought a relatively young squad for the tournament.
Only four of North Korea's squad ply their trade outside of their home nation - Cha Jong-hyok, Ryang Yong-gi, Ri Yong-jik and Pak Kwang-ryong.
Ryang was born in Japan and has played his entire professional career with Vegalta Sendai.
But it would come as a surprise if the 33-year-old could lead North Korea to even a draw against Uzbekistan.


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What Happens When the Supreme Court Gets the Facts Wrong?
For every ruling made by the U.S. Supreme Court, some will think the justices made the wrong decision. But a recent report shows that the court also gets the facts wrong in an alarming number of cases.
ProPublica, a nonprofit organization that produces investigative journalism, examined a sample of Supreme Court cases from 2011 to 2015.
In the 24 cases that relied on real-world facts, the group found seven errors. Some mistakes were arguably minor, but others concerned a central aspect of the case.
In the 2013 case of Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court ruled that Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was unconstitutional. Section 4(b) contains the formula that determined which states needed preclearance before changing their voting laws or practices, and the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, determined that section was unconstitutional because the formula was based on decades-old data.
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, published a chart in the body of the opinion showing the gap between black and white voter registration levels in the six states covered by the Voting Rights Act. The chart was meant to illustrate the undeniable fact that black voter registration surged between 1965 and 2004. But some of the numbers were wrong.
ProPublica discovered that Roberts relied on a 2006 report generated by staff members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Those staffers used a reliable source, the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 post-election survey, but they used the wrong numbers, perhaps due to unfamiliarity with how the census bureau handles race and ethnicity.
The staffers mistakenly pulled numbers from the "white alone" category, which includes Hispanics, rather than "white non-Hispanic alone," which would accurately show the registration levels for white voters.
As a result of the error, the chief justice's chart showed that black voter registration in Georgia in 2006, which had reached 64.2 percent, exceeded the white voter registration level of 63.5 percent. This was incorrect, as the actual white voter registration level was 68 percent. Roberts' chart also showed that white voter registration in Virginia in 2004 exceeded black voter registration by only 10 percent, when the actual gap was 14.2 percent.
In the 2011 case NASA v. Nelson, the Supreme Court unanimously held that independent contractors working for the federal government could be asked about their private lives in background checks, including questions about drug use. Justice Alito, writing for the unified court, wrote that such questions are "part of a standard employment background check of the sort used by millions of private employers."
Roberts cited an amicus brief submitted by background check industry groups that claimed "more than 88% of U.S. companies … perform background checks on their employees."
When ProPublica questioned the National Association of Professional Background Screeners about the source of its "more than 88%" figure, the association was not able to provide one, and ProPublica found that the association featured the 88 percent figure in lobbying materials months before the survey that supposedly provided the data was even conducted. ProPublica warns that its sample was too small to draw any conclusions about the rate of factual errors in Supreme Court decisions, but it is troubling that significant errors were uncovered even in such a small sample.
The errors are not really surprising, as neither the justices nor their clerks usually have any background in statistics, and there is not an established research service or group of fact checkers to assist them. The court often relies on amicus briefs that cite factual assertions, some of which are unsubstantiated. The justices sometimes acknowledge their own lack of expertise. During oral arguments in a recent gerrymandering case, Chief Justice Roberts referred to some of the evidence being presented as "sociological gobbledygook."
Legal expert Kenneth Culp Davis proposed a solution to the problem in the 1980s. Davis said that the Supreme Court should have its own research organization similar to the Congressional Research Service, to perform needed research and analysis. The idea did not take hold at the time.
Of course, the justices could choose to employ clerks with training in statistics instead of just law degrees, or hire experts with such training. But some solution must be implemented. The justices of the nation's highest court, deciding cases of the utmost importance, need to take seriously the need for accurate empirical facts in their decisions.
Brendan Conley
Brendan Conley is a staff contributor to Bigger Law Firm Magazine and legal content developer for law firms throughout the United States.


The BioSci department surveyed alumni in 2011 about their education. Here are the responses some of our grads gave to the question " Compared to grads from other programs, do you feel your Cal Poly education gave you an advantage?"
I was able to beat out applicants from Stanford, Berkeley and UC Davis for my first position, based on the hands-on experience and course-related internships I had at Cal Poly.
When working for NMFS I knew more and was more able to adapt and apply my knowledge than some of my co-workers.
In my current position, I use what I learned from my classes and also my experiences at Cal Poly and anecdotes from college to help tell valuable lessons.
Everybody looks at a Cal Poly SLO degree as something way more prestigious than I realized. I ride on my degree as the most important accomplishment in my life, except for my wife and adult offspring, of course.
Cal Poly is a respected university and my Biology degree carries weight in the industry.
Cal Poly really prepared me well for med school classes.
I felt well prepared going into dental school.
The methods of instruction from great instructors like Dr. Villablanca, Dr. Buffa and Dr. DeJong, etc. really put me 'in the driver's seat' and gave me real first-person-experience; the culmination of which was embodied in a well-done, strongly over-sighted senior project.
I learned a very reliable, consistent and practical approach to laboratory science. In all of my jobs, after being hired, I am always commended on my higher understanding of the research techniques being used (all thanks to my training at Cal Poly).
What do they credit for giving them that advantage?
"Hands on reality and critical thinking."
"Learning By Doing was pretty powerful."
"Learn by doing. This approach has enabled me to feel confident seeking new skills/roles throughout my career. Nothing beats the hands on experience received at Poly!"
"Quality program, quality professors, good hands-on training, high standards for admission into the program."
"The hands-on laboratory experience (bacteriology lab, mycology lab, clinical chemistry, and immunology)gave me an advantage in applying for jobs.
Alumna Serra Hoagland in her first job after graduating with her Cal Poly B.S. in Biological Sciences: Protecting endangered turtles on Texas' Gulf Coast.


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Why we choose ELP-IP1892 pinhole ip camera?
simple construction, low cost of transmission equipment (switches or fiber optic transceivers) required, and is conductive to routine maintenance.
and improve the equipment working effect.
3) Mini and hidden, can install at home or office elegently. ONVIF international standard protocol.


The Triple Crown of Hawaii!
I love my Renegade GTX® boots!
My identical twin brother and I took a couple of weeks off to go hiking on the Big Island. I thought it would be great if we could tackle our Triple Crown of hikes on the Hawaiian island (Waimanu Valley, Halape in Volcano National Park and the Mauna Loa summit).
My boots took a beating on the lava rocks but kept my feet safe. It was an amazing adventure and the highlight was reaching the summit of Mauna Loa on King Kamehameha I Day.
The day before reaching the summit we were blown away by something we have never seen before, a fog bow at 10,000 feet elevation.
Looking forward to my next adventure in my Renegade GTX boots!


Looking for a container ship for your loved one this holiday season? Or perhaps a French spa is more your style. While most small businesses and equipment are sold through brokers, a new Web site in Bingham Farms, SellMyBusiness.com, aims to do just that.
"We're sort of like eBay for businesses," says John Maddox, president of SellMyBusiness.com. "It all started 18 months ago when I wanted to broker some business deals, and I thought there just has to be a way to do this on the Web." After a few months of research and design, Maddox and several partners raised $350,000 to launch the site.
In its first month of operation in April, the site drew 800,000 visits. Since small businesses account for nearly 90 percent of all companies in America, the Web site found a ready market of prospective buyers and sellers. "A lot of small businesses don't have lawyers or accountants on staff, so a site like ours is another avenue for people to sell their businesses, or obviously for investors to find opportunities," says Mark Lundquist, vice president of the Web operation and CEO of Troy consulting firm Fulcrum Edge Inc.
Now nearing completion of a second round of funding of $5 million, the site has started to add more features, including a private business vault, where pre-screened investors can search for opportunities in a secure environment. The vault, which requires a $150 monthly listing fee, is targeted toward business owners who want to actively sell their company without alerting their employees or suppliers. A standard listing runs $59.95 per month.
By 2010, the company plans to generate up to $10 million in annual revenue. Different languages will be offered, as well.


Mississauga Metals & Alloys Rebuild – LANCA Contracting Ltd.
This complex project will test all project stakeholders, trades, and consultants on their ability to manage an ever-evolving scope of work as new discoveries by insurance adjusters and inspections reveal matters that need prompt attention and a detailed review. With Lanca involved from "Concept to Completion" of the refurbishment and rebuild this project will have hands on leadership directing and coordinating the many intricate aspects of disaster recovery.


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Minfo changes the way we interact with messages and ads ... from all sources via all media.
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I have finished rigging and texturing my character and I am preparing a background for him. It will be a boat out at sea. I have gotten as far as modelling the boat and now will begin creating the texture.
I did some bassis rigging for my character with some simple controllers.
The boat in profile and texture for the surface.
Today I decided to apply a wooly texture to my character's jumper. I first UV mapped the character using planner mapping, then created a seam up the front, which will be hidden by the over hanging beard.
My research is exploring ways of doing 2D hand drawn animation using the computer as a tool to help the animation. I like the misstakes and artist hand, which is produced in 2d hand drawn animation. The computer doesn't make misstakes it does exactly what you ask of it. Using my rotoscope technique I can do a complicated turn around and zoom in, which can be a difficult and time consuming to animate in 2D.
Very low tech just using the screen as a light box. For each new hand drawn frame I placed the last drawing underneth as reference going forward.
I bring the traced images to the line tester and start taking photos of each drawing.
We did weight painting in our maya class. Weight painting is part of rigging the character. When the character has all its joints and the joints and geometry have been binded together there needs to be touch ups made to tell maya what will be affected when you rotate joint. Some of the mesh will change and be affected more and you can control this by painting on the values for the verticies that are affected.


Ahead Therapeutics SL is a spin-off company shared by the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA). It offers the opportunity to exploit a technology based on encapsulation in liposomes for a wide range of autoimmune diseases.
On Sunday August 26 La Vanguardia interviewed the researchers behind it, including ICREA Prof. Daniel Maspoch, Head of the ICN2 Supramolecular Nanochemistry and Materials Group.
Read the article at www.lavanguardia.com.


For some reason, I have no problem standing up to adults, teachers, parents, other students, friends (and "standing up" is, in *some* cases a very kind way of putting it), and yet, somehow, I must be subconciously terrified of ten-year-olds.
On the tram on the way to school, there are two that always choose to sit RIGHT BY MY FRIENDS, leaving me the only wonderful option of finding a seat at the other end of the car.
They always get off at the next stop, so then I quietly rejoin the squad, meanwhile receiving judgemental looks from the people who saw my weakness.
So am I a coward? Or is it my good heart that doesn't want to take away something from a child?
Recently, I managed to destroy my trusty childhood bed by jumping on it a little too enthusiastically.
And, as sad as that is, it was decided that a new bed should be introduced to my teen cave, which wasn't altogether tragic.
So, as we were browsing the Ikea site, my mother succeeded in convincing me to get a full, queen size bed instead of a single-forever twin.
That's right! For the first time in my life, I'll be able to sleep next to my love without pushing them off the bed!
I mean, you get it.
When in reality, we know which love I'm talking about.
Hahahahahahaha just kidding, i use windows, obviously.
Look at those love-stricken eyes.


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package io.fabric8.itests.smoke.karaf;

import io.fabric8.api.FabricService;
import io.fabric8.api.Profile;
import io.fabric8.api.gravia.ServiceLocator;
import io.fabric8.itests.support.CommandSupport;
import io.fabric8.itests.support.ServiceProxy;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.felix.gogo.commands.Action;
import org.apache.felix.gogo.commands.basic.AbstractCommand;
import org.jboss.arquillian.container.test.api.Deployment;
import org.jboss.arquillian.junit.Arquillian;
import org.jboss.arquillian.osgi.StartLevelAware;
import org.jboss.osgi.metadata.OSGiManifestBuilder;
import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.Archive;
import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.ShrinkWrap;
import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.asset.Asset;
import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.spec.JavaArchive;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
import org.osgi.service.cm.ConfigurationAdmin;
import org.osgi.util.tracker.ServiceTracker;
import org.slf4j.Logger;

@RunWith(Arquillian.class)
public class ProfileEditTest {

    @Deployment
    @StartLevelAware(autostart = true)
    public static Archive<?> deployment() {
        final JavaArchive archive = ShrinkWrap.create(JavaArchive.class, "profile-edit-test.jar");
        archive.addPackage(CommandSupport.class.getPackage());
        archive.setManifest(new Asset() {
            @Override
            public InputStream openStream() {
                OSGiManifestBuilder builder = OSGiManifestBuilder.newInstance();
                builder.addBundleManifestVersion(2);
                builder.addBundleSymbolicName(archive.getName());
                builder.addBundleVersion("1.0.0");
                builder.addImportPackages(ServiceLocator.class, FabricService.class);
                builder.addImportPackages(AbstractCommand.class, Action.class);
                builder.addImportPackage("org.apache.felix.service.command;status=provisional");
                builder.addImportPackages(ConfigurationAdmin.class, ServiceTracker.class, Logger.class);
                return builder.openStream();
            }
        });
        return archive;
    }

    @Test
    public void testManipulatePid() throws Exception {
        System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommand("fabric:create --force --clean -n"));
        BundleContext moduleContext = ServiceLocator.getSystemContext();
        ServiceProxy<FabricService> fabricProxy = ServiceProxy.createServiceProxy(moduleContext, FabricService.class);
        try {
            FabricService fabricService = fabricProxy.getService();

            System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommand("fabric:profile-edit --pid my.pid/key=value default"));

            //Check that my.pid has been added to the default profile
            Profile profile = fabricService.getRequiredDefaultVersion().getRequiredProfile("default");
            Assert.assertNotNull(profile);
            Map<String, Map<String, String>> configurations = profile.getConfigurations();
            Assert.assertNotNull(configurations);
            Assert.assertTrue(configurations.containsKey("my.pid"));
            Map<String, String> myPid = configurations.get("my.pid");
            Assert.assertNotNull(myPid);
            Assert.assertTrue(myPid.containsKey("key"));
            Assert.assertEquals("value", myPid.get("key"));

            //Check append options for a pid.
            System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommand("fabric:profile-edit --append --pid my.pid/key=othervalue default"));
            profile = fabricService.getRequiredDefaultVersion().getRequiredProfile("default");
            configurations = profile.getConfigurations();
            Assert.assertTrue(configurations.containsKey("my.pid"));
            myPid = configurations.get("my.pid");
            Assert.assertNotNull(myPid);
            Assert.assertTrue(myPid.containsKey("key"));
            Assert.assertEquals("value,othervalue", myPid.get("key"));

            System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommand("fabric:profile-edit --remove --pid my.pid/key=value default"));
            profile = fabricService.getRequiredDefaultVersion().getRequiredProfile("default");
            configurations = profile.getConfigurations();
            Assert.assertTrue(configurations.containsKey("my.pid"));
            myPid = configurations.get("my.pid");
            Assert.assertNotNull(myPid);
            Assert.assertTrue(myPid.containsKey("key"));
            Assert.assertEquals("othervalue", myPid.get("key"));

            //Check append options for a pid.
            System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommand("fabric:profile-edit --remove --pid my.pid/key=othervalue default"));
            profile = fabricService.getRequiredDefaultVersion().getRequiredProfile("default");
            configurations = profile.getConfigurations();
            Assert.assertTrue(configurations.containsKey("my.pid"));
            myPid = configurations.get("my.pid");
            Assert.assertNotNull(myPid);
            Assert.assertTrue(myPid.containsKey("key"));
            Assert.assertEquals("", myPid.get("key"));

            //Check assign option with '='.
            System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommand("fabric:profile-edit --pid my.pid/key=prop1=value1 default"));
            profile = fabricService.getRequiredDefaultVersion().getRequiredProfile("default");
            configurations = profile.getConfigurations();
            Assert.assertTrue(configurations.containsKey("my.pid"));
            myPid = configurations.get("my.pid");
            Assert.assertNotNull(myPid);
            Assert.assertTrue(myPid.containsKey("key"));
            Assert.assertEquals("prop1=value1", myPid.get("key"));

            //Check multiple properties
            System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommand("fabric:profile-edit --pid my.pid/key1=value1 --pid my.pid/key2=value2 default"));
            profile = fabricService.getRequiredDefaultVersion().getRequiredProfile("default");
            configurations = profile.getConfigurations();
            Assert.assertTrue(configurations.containsKey("my.pid"));
            myPid = configurations.get("my.pid");
            Assert.assertNotNull(myPid);
            Assert.assertTrue(myPid.containsKey("key1"));
            Assert.assertEquals("value1", myPid.get("key1"));
            Assert.assertTrue(myPid.containsKey("key2"));
            Assert.assertEquals("value2", myPid.get("key2"));

            //Check import pid
            System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommands("config:edit my.pid2", "config:propset key1 value1", "config:propset key2 value2", "config:update"));
            System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommand("fabric:profile-edit --pid my.pid2 --import-pid default"));

            //Check that my.pid has been added to the default profile
            profile = fabricService.getRequiredDefaultVersion().getRequiredProfile("default");
            Assert.assertNotNull(profile);
            configurations = profile.getConfigurations();
            Assert.assertNotNull(configurations);
            Assert.assertTrue(configurations.containsKey("my.pid2"));
            Map<String, String> myPid2 = configurations.get("my.pid2");
            System.out.println("my.pid2 => " + myPid2);
            Assert.assertNotNull(myPid2);
            Assert.assertTrue(myPid2.containsKey("key1"));
            Assert.assertEquals("value1", myPid2.get("key1"));
            Assert.assertTrue(myPid2.containsKey("key2"));
            Assert.assertEquals("value2", myPid2.get("key2"));

            System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommand("fabric:profile-edit --pid my.pid2/key1 --delete default"));
            profile = fabricService.getRequiredDefaultVersion().getRequiredProfile("default");
            Map<String, String> configuration = profile.getConfiguration("my.pid2");
            Assert.assertFalse(configuration.containsKey("key1"));

            System.err.println(CommandSupport.executeCommand("fabric:profile-edit --pid my.pid2 --delete default"));
            profile = fabricService.getRequiredDefaultVersion().getRequiredProfile("default");
            configurations = profile.getConfigurations();
            Assert.assertFalse(configurations.containsKey("my.pid2"));
        } finally {
            fabricProxy.close();
        }
    }
}

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State Colleges
Florida's State Colleges are the primary point of access to higher education in Florida, with 65% of the state's high school graduates pursuing postsecondary education at one of these 28 colleges. Virtual tours of all the colleges are available on the Florida College System website.
DATA KEY: Enrollment: Total undergraduates, Fall 2019. Tuition/Fees: Lower Division, per credit hour for Florida residents, Fall 2020. Florida State Colleges are open access institutions that generally do not have strict application deadlines. However, specific deadlines do apply to certain academic programs. Contact colleges to learn which deadlines apply to you. Sources: Florida College System; FloridaShines.org, college websites.
Fort Lauderdale, Coconut Creek, Dania Beach, Davie, Miramar, Pembroke Pines, Weston
Enrollment: 38,976 | Tuition/Fees: $123
Chipola College
Enrollment: 1,939 | Tuition/Fees: $102
College of Central Florida
Ocala, Chiefland, Lecanto
College of Central Florida has more than 140 academic pathways, including the two-year Equine Studies program. CF is ranked in the top 1% for affordability across colleges in the United States. CF partnerships with University of Central Florida and University of South Florida guarantee you admission after you complete your CF associate degree. CF has a robust campus life with an array of cultural, sports and student activities. Low-cost tuition combined with personal attention in the classroom makes CF a top choice for higher education.
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach, DeLand, Deltona, New Smyrna Beach, Palm Coast
Daytona State College offers over 100 programs to help students discover their career pathways, including such new options as Additive Manufacturing, Hospitality Beverage Science and Database Technology. DSC features small class sizes, personal attention from expert faculty, seven locations and convenient, flexible class schedules that can fit your busy lifestyle. DSC students can take advantage of the Associate of Arts/University Transfer degree with guaranteed admission to the University of Central Florida.
Eastern Florida State College
Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Titusville
Florida Gateway College
Lake City, Bell, Cross City, Olustee
The College of the Florida Keys
Key West, Marathon, Tavernier
Enrollment: 874 | Tuition/Fees: $109
Fort Myers, LaBelle, Naples, Punta Gorda
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Yulee
Florida State College at Jacksonville offers you the chance to start your career in a year or less with a Career Certificate or choose an associate's or bachelor's degree program in a high-demand field. Flexible class scheduling, online, hybrid and traditional classes are offered. FSCJ has been named by the Aspen Institute as a Top 150 college in the nation for exceptional student outcomes and ranks #10 for Top 50 Colleges and Universities with the lowest tuition costs.
Gulf Coast State College
Panama City, Port St. Joe, Southport, Tyndall Air Force Base
Enrollment: 4,797 | Tuition/Fees: $99
Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, Brandon, MacDill Air Force Base, Plant City, Ruskin
Fort Pierce, Indiantown, Okeechobee, Port St. Lucie, Sebastian, Stuart, Vero Beach
Indian River State College (IRSC) offers more than 100 programs leading to bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, technical certificates, applied technology diplomas and career training programs. Students can discover their passions through Meta-Majors which provide guided pathways to academic success. IRSC programs in business, healthcare, IT/cybersecurity, education, criminal justice, public administration provide high-quality, affordable educational opportunities. Students at IRSC have a vibrant college experience with over 70 campus organizations.
Lake-Sumter State College
Leesburg, Clermont, Sumterville
Miami, Doral, Hialeah, Homestead
Miami Dade College offers more than 300 academic pathways on eight campuses, including computer animation & game art, aviation, biotechnology, cybersecurity, fashion, film/TV studio production and veterinary technology. As the most diverse higher education institution in the United States, students benefit from opportunities to learn in a culturally rich environment with an international perspective that makes MDC's graduates civically engaged and globally competitive. MDC's student achievement initiatives provide support to ensure success to enter the modern workforce or pursue higher educational goals.
Northwest Florida State College
Niceville, Crestview, DeFuniak Springs, Fort Walton Beach,
Hurlburt Field, Santa Rosa Beach
Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) is nationally recognized for excellence by the Aspen Institute and offers a wide variety of associate's degrees, bachelor's degrees, certificates and applied technology diplomas. Unique opportunities abound to explore military science and leadership, unmanned vehicle/drone technology, culinary arts, insurance and real estate. NWFSC's state-of-the-art facilities include the Raider Arena, Mattie Kelly Art Center and an outstanding welding education/testing site.
Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth, Belle Glade, Boca Raton, Loxahatchee Groves, Palm Beach Gardens
Pasco-Hernando State College
New Port Richey, Brooksville, Dade City, Spring Hill, Wesley Chapel
Pensacola State College
Pensacola, Century, Gulf Breeze, Milton
Winter Haven, Bartow, Lake Wales, Lakeland
Gainesville, Alachua, Archer, Keystone Heights, Starke
Santa Fe College offers associate and bachelor's degree programs, vocational certificates and continuing education options and has the highest performance rating in the state. SF students graduating with an A.A. degree are guaranteed admission to several state universities; the University of Florida accepts more transfer students from SF than from any other school. Student life is rich with over 90 different clubs, organizations and multiple sports. SF also has an accredited teaching zoo and the only planetarium in North Central Florida.
Seminole State College of Florida
Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Heathrow, Oviedo
South Florida State College
Avon Park, Arcadia, Bowling Green,Lake Placid
St. Johns River State College
Palatka, Orange Park, St. Augustine
St. Petersburg College
St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, Seminole, Tarpon Springs
St. Petersburg College offers more than 110 degree and certificate programs in high demand fields such as biomedical engineering technology, web development and additive manufacturing. SPC's SolidWorks Design Center, the first of its kind in Florida, makes use of Computer Numerical Control equipment, 3-D scanners and 3-D printers. The FUSE and Ignite programs guarantee admission to specific bachelor's programs at a University of South Florida System institution or Florida A&M University for eligible students who first complete an associate degree at St. Petersburg College.
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, Venice
Tallahassee Community College
Tallahassee, Havana
Tallahassee Community College offers over 70 different job training and degree programs that encompass a variety of fields, including building construction, business management, engineering, law enforcement and pharmacy. TCC was recently named one of 10 finalists for the 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence recognizing its exceptional achievements. The TCC2FSU and TCC2FAMU programs help students reach the goal of earning a four-year degree at Florida State University or Florida A&M University.
Orlando, Kissimmee, Winter Park


Having failed to win over voters with their anti-Life message, Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry are gasping for air in Pro-Life Texas. As a result of their failed election efforts, the Texas legislature is stacked with Pro-Life politicians, who in turn reflect their constituencies by working hard to advance strong Pro-Life measures. This is exactly what happened last summer when the Texas legislature – in spite of an imported abortion-promoting mob and rabidly anti-Life filibuster – successfully passed the majority-supported Pro-Life law, House Bill 2. But the cycle continued, and the debate over HB2 gave birth to abortion advocating gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis, who has proven herself an ideological farce and flop among Texas voters.
This lawsuit, filed in district court by attorneys from New York's Center for Reproductive Rights and five abortion businesses, challenges the ambulatory surgical center (ASC) requirements of HB2 that regulate the building and safety standards abortion clinics must follow. These rules are scheduled to go into effect in September of 2014. This lawsuit also asks the court for immunity for the abortionists at two abortion centers in rural Texas from admitting privileges requirements, which ensure that abortionists are peer-reviewed by the local medical community that will be left to care for the victims of injuries or illness caused by elective abortions. The motion was filed on April 2, 2014.
Next step: There will be a hearing in a US District Court on August 4th.
Read more: The full lawsuit can be read here.
In March, an all-female panel of three 5th Circuit judges flatly refused to overturn portions of HB2 that protect women's healthby requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital and to follow higher standards in committing chemical abortions. With its bottom line undoubtedly crippled by the measure, Planned Parenthood has chosen not to give up its fight against women's health and has requested a rehearing of the case before the full 14-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. This move is particularly indicative of the abortion industry's desperation in Texas. First, they failed to execute the election of pro-abortion legislators in Texas; then they failed to prevent HB2 from passing in the legislature last summer. After that, they failed to stop HB2 from being enacted in court through a flurry of appeals and hearings. Now they are just grasping at straws with requests for re-hearings. How long can they keep this up? Will they try to ask for a re-re-hearing?
Next step: We are currently waiting to hear whether the 5th Circuit court will re-hear the trial.
The Woman's Health Program (WHP), a healthcare program for low-income women in Texas, excluded Planned Parenthood from receiving funding in 2012 after a drawn-out legal battle, which ultimately resulted in re-funding the WHP with state funds, instead of federal funding. Planned Parenthood had been leeching funding from the WHP under the guise of sending the money to the "affiliates" of their abortion clinics. They claimed these affiliates solely performed non-abortion services, but in reality the organizations were not separate since all government funding is fungible and was controlled by the same organizations in Texas. The largest elective abortion business in Texas, Planned Parenthood, used these false divisions to circumvent regulations but failed to separate its actual facilities or practices. The abortion giant lost the federal lawsuit over the Pro-Life rule back in 2012, but recently revived a lawsuit in a state district court. After requesting a review of their ability to continue the lawsuit, in April of 2014 a Texas Court of Appeals affirmed that Planned Parenthood does have standing to challenge the rule that banned abortion providers and their affiliates from the Women's Health Program.
Next Step: Waiting to see if the Texas Attorney General appeals to the Texas Supreme Court or whether the case will continue in the Travis County District Court.
The abortion industry is still holding onto hope in its request of a rehearing of Planned Parenthood v. Abbott (as mentioned above), and is expecting the section of HB2 to stand that requires abortionists to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. Following the March ruling by the three-judge panel in the 5th Circuit court, two abortionists in Dallas sued a local hospital for removing their admitting privileges. Abortionists Lamar Robinson and Jasbir Ahluwalia are unable to legally commit elective abortions without the admitting privileges they have been unable to attain. The lawsuit which they filed claims that they are being discriminated against by UGHS Dallas Hospital simply because they are abortionists. A Dallas County District Court released a preliminary ruling in April allowing the abortionists to continue committing abortions without privileges until the lawsuit is settled. In settling the lawsuit, the court will determine whether the hospital broke any anti-discrimination laws by revoking the privileges.
Next Set:The Dallas County Court will have a hearing on June 30th.