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Sunday, Oct. 7 (Bargain Day): 12-4 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 8 (Bargain Day): 9-11:30 a.m.
Anyone wishing to donate or consign items is encouraged to go to the Minks to Sinks website, to review the list of items accepted before bringing their merchandise to the tents.


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Hello again! My weekend robofont training (self imposed) continues, and I may have discovered a bug.
I am attempting a live update on the compatibility of two glyphs from different fonts.
The idea at its most basic could manifest as a red mark drawn to the glyph window canvas whenever the glyph becomes incompatible whilst you are drawing/editing the glyph.
It reports when I make a change to the glyph, calling a function that for now simply prints the result of isCompatible.
It works fine if I remove a contour, and it works fine if I add a point to an existing contour using knife, but it seems to crash if I use the bezier tool to start drawing a new contour.
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Intermediate PostgreSQL
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This course covers a wide range of SQL techniques, beyond basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations in PostgreSQL. You will learn the specifics of aggregation, transactions, reading and parsing CSV files and inserting data into a database. You'll also take a look at how PostgreSQL handles and indexes text data. Specifically, students will do assignments that alter table schemas, create stored procedures, construct advanced queries, explore sorting and grouping query data, and techniques for working with text in databases including regular expressions.
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Great lecture material, the assignments seem overwhelming at first but are actually quite easy if you pay attention to the lectures.
In our final week, we will focus on regular expressions: their functions, and how to construct them to select rows from a table that match a pattern.
Regular Expressions11:42
Using Regular Expressions10:53
Demonstration: Regular Expressions9:52
Demonstration: Flat files, Regex, Email6:58
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We just got done using where clauses and regular expressions to pick which rows to show. Now, what we're going to do is we're going to actually do stuff with the columns that come back from those rows, so we're actually parsing the results. Now, in general, if you just need the whole column, you just select email and away you go, but basically, we can then also use regular expressions to parse the columns. If we take a look at this first thing, we see we're going to select substring of email, and so this can be select email. Here's a where clause, just like we did before. But basically, what we're going to do here is we're going to actually pull out those digits. This is read that email address and find zero through nine, which is digits, so that bracket zero through nine is a digit and then we have this plus. Now this plus is a modifier that modifies that, and that's one or more. If you put a star, there'd be zero or more which would match everything because zero or more digits is everywhere. Plus means one or more digits. But it also is going to be greedy in that it's one or more contiguous digits. If there were like a string that had like one, two and a string that had three, four and a string that had five, six, it would get the first one. We'll talk in a second how you get the second one, but in this case, it gets the first one. You see that 79 from one of the email address is in one and so this actually you can see this is pushing out and expanding and like find me all the numbers that are contiguous. Then we can do a much more complex one. This is a way to pull the domain name out of an email address, and so this one takes a little bit of explaining. If you go back to your cheat sheet matches any character, plus is a modifier that matches that. That says that means any character, one or more of those characters followed by an at sign. What that does is if there is something here and then at sign, it's a way of scanning up till the moment that you find the at sign. Then what we have is the parentheses character. The parentheses character says start extraction here, start extraction at the character after the at sign. Dot star means any character as many times as you want [inaudible] Then chop that out, and then dollar is the end of the line. This literally stated basically says scan the line delay find an at sign and then give me everything from the at sign to the end of the line. That's what this regular expression says. It's awesome, and again, if you just got to look at these things. Remember the plus modifies the one before it, and the star modifies the one before it. Parentheses the start, at sign is just a character, dollar sign is the end of the line. The only thing that's really just a character that's not programming in this whole thing is the at sign. That's basically, how to pull the domain name off of an email address column. You can do that in Python, and I'm sure you have done that in Python if, especially if you've taken one of my classes. But here's how you do it in regular expressions. You can actually use this exact same regular expression in Python, and if you took my Python class. But I'm for everybody, you actually saw this example which I borrowed liberally from Python for everybody. This one here is pretty much the same. It is adding a distinct, so that now that basically says all of the domains of all the email address is from this database. That's what that's doing. I could even say an order by. We'll do some order buying here. That's the same regular expression that basically says go up to the asterisks, start extracting, extract all the way to the end of the line. Now, we can do other things. Now, this one here that you'll see is a little ugly. I'll just tell you that this part here email from that email from that and all the places it says email, those are identical. I couldn't put that like in a variable or something, so just think of that as like gets us this email address from a column of email. What we're going to do is we're going to select, pull up the email address, and then we're going to count each email address. Then we're going to do a group by this same thing, which is that domain name and the email. You can almost think of this as domain name. We're going to select it, I'm going to count them, and then we're going to use a group by, of this same thing. This is a variation on distinct except that when it's taking the apple.com and it turns out that there's two of them, it remembers that were two of them. Uiuc.edu, it remembers that there are one UMUC that remembers there one and there were two umich.edu addresses. You can put these in various parts of the select statement. That looks a little cryptic by the time it's all said and done, but it runs just fine once the database engine can take a look at that. Now, that was, remember, I said that if there's a 1, 2, 3, 4, everything I've shown you so far is going to pull the first one out and ignore all the rest. It could be 5,6, right? So it ignores the rest of them. Sometimes you want to get all of the matches. The substring call gets the first match in a text column, ignoring the other matches, even if the regular expression would match more than one. But we can get an array of matches which is different than a column. It's like an array that you get when you do a select statement. We use the function regexp_matches, which basically says, it looks pretty much the same as a substring, is just now I want all the matches instead of whatever. You have to in your code do something a little bit differently when you've received these. The application that we're going to do is hashtags. We're just going to be looking. We put some hashtags in like these might be tweets or whatever. We have hashtags and then we're going to take a look at how to pull these hashtags out. Here's our tweets with lots of hashtag in them. We can put this in a where clause, but this is exactly what we did before, where it was like okay, find all the tweets that have hashtags in them or the hashtag SQL. So this one goes through and finds SQL, finds SQL. We could've done that with a light clause if we wanted to and we don't see the one here that says UMSI Python. That's just a where clause. That is something that we did before. Now we're going to use regular regexp_matches. Let's take a look at the code. Pound sign. That's just a character. Parentheses says start extraction, other parentheses says end extraction. Then we have a set. This equals one character. Inside it are what the logit characters are. Capital letters, lowercase letters, and numbers, and underscores. We've decided that's what our tweets or our hashtags are, is a pound sign, followed by then at least one, the plus means at least one, upper, lower numbers, and underscores. That's what we're matching. But what we've done is we've said regexp_match, and that means go across the line and find it and because we didn't put the pound sign in the parenthesis, I could have put the parenthesis outside it. You'll see in the matches, we don't get the pound sign. Again, that was my choice. I could have done it either way, but I just wanted the tags without the pound signs. That is the list of tags and if we can use select distinct, G means all way across, that's all the way across. We do a select distinct, we remove all of the tags in this database, there they are and we've removed any duplicates. But then we can also do things like say, okay, I want to select an edition. This is the same. In addition, I want to know what the primary key of the tweet is that had that particular thing in it. Tweet 1 has SQL and FUN, tweet 2 has SQL and UMSI and tweet 3 has UMSI and Python. This would be a thing that you could then do something with, but you basically extract it and expand it and kept track of which tweet you're in. Who knows what you're doing with this, but that's the thing that you can do. The main thing we talked about here is this regexp_matches, which goes across the whole line, grabbing as many times as this pattern can be fit to that line. Then giving you an array of all the things where they matched. That sums up this set of string manipulation lectures. I'm going to do a code demo where I do one of my favorite examples of reading three email addresses, parsing email addresses, and calculating counts of things, and we're going to do it all in SQL. Some of you who may have taken my class online or others that use my book see, I have done this in Python with dictionaries and lists and tuples and sorting, etc and we're going to do it all in one or two statements with SQL in this particular demo. So I'll cover that demo. This is a tantalizing look into it. We're going to actually read a file. We're going to pull it all in as flat text lines in a database and then we're going to run some regular expressions. We're going to use a where clause to pick the right lines and then we're going to do some group buys, and order buys. When it's all said and done, we're going to end up with a list of e-mail addresses and counsel at times those people sent the e-mail. We're going to do it two ways: We'll do it with and without a select statement. We'll take a look at some of the performance implications and why it is that you don't want to use a select statement.


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I was tidying and setting gear out when I thought it would be great to see some options on personal handheld GPS devices and software or accessories add-ons.
Any chance snowboarding/ski equipment/gear getting some Massdrop treatment? I was thinking since it's seasonal there could be good chance of getting consistent/yearly deals (Idk if it works that way) but there's definitely lots of things to be sold. A lot of my friends go skiing/snowboarding and lots of them would probably end up buying other stuff from the other communities in Massdrop. Plus we all kind of hop on sales for winter gear/clothes/equipment every chance we get every year. What do ya say?!?!
Outdoors is becoming its own community! After the great response from everyone, it is graduating out of incubation and we are preparing for a super exciting launch. The Outdoors Community will be launched as a stand alone community this Friday (February 17th).
Would love to see an angling community!
I guess I'm still confused. It sounded like you were going to start an Outdoors community but it wasn't ready yet. OK, I eventually got that. Now I'm seeing drops with the words "NEW COMMUNITY: OUTDOORS" but when I go to the Communities dropdown it's missing. But I do see them under Massdrop Hub community (which just seems weird to me). I think it would be easier for people to find the drops if they could subscribe and view the Outdoors community. I can't believe I'm the only one being confused by this roll out -- looking forward to the new community though.
The idea is to launch a new community in Massdrop Hub which acts like an incubator to see how it would perform before the full roll out. Here is a link with how this process will take place: https://www.massdrop.com/talk/1094/how-massdrop-decides-on-new-communities. That being said, an "Outdoors" community is pretty much certain and we'll soon be making an update about when it is launching.
I hear you about the surfacing of drops for the new communities being incubated within Massdrop Hub and we are working on it.
Thanks for pointing me to that article. It made the process much clearer.
In the current Massdrop web design, there appear to be a hierarchical grouping of various communities under "Communities" which is represented by the drop down at the top of the page. What isn't shown, is that there is a sub-hierarchy under Massdrop Hub for the incubator communities. This is what confused me because I wanted to see the Outdoor community but it's not listed.
May I make a humble suggestion or two. If you want to have the new communities under the Massdrop Hub community, it might be nice to have the dropdown (and the subsequent community page) clearly show these communities. Alternately, you might want to have a new top level drop down on the page saying something like "Beta Communities" (Incubator Communities?) that would make it easier to access them and to make it clear that these are still in the beginning/testing phase and haven't been incorporated into the main Communities structure.
It's good that Massdrop is changing to reflect the communities interest. I'm looking forward to the Outdoor community and would like to see all the drops/discussions/polls/etc and also to subscribe -- even if it's only a beta community which may undergo changes or be dropped completely.
The outdoors means to me hunting and fishing, reels, rods, tackle, and stuff like that, hunting isn't all guns and ammo plus to be a vendor for that there are LOADS of restrictions in the states and the ability to vend weapons is restrictive in and of its self. Just providing things like hunting vests in orange to comply with laws and get some function for the added clothing, maybe some thermal clothing, camouflage, game calls, and more to garner some interest from this group of people. There are more things you could provide there just needs to be some research to find out if there is a community here that will want these offerings or if they are looking for something else.
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Would love to have Canoe and Kayak represented here...Wilderness Systems, Necky, Perception, Jackson, NRS, Kokatat, Werner paddles, AT, Bending Branches, Wenonah, Yakima, Stohlquist and many, many more.
Would also love to have more Tenkara fishing stuff (now in Ultralight) and regular flyfishing. St. Croix, Sage, Lamson, Ross, TFO, Rio, Scientific Angler, and so on.
Finally, it would be great to have archery represented, not necessarily bow hunting, but archery. Martin, Bear, Hoyt, Samick, Easton arrows, Truglo, Matthews, Morell and Block targets, Delta McKenzie targets, Allen accessories, NAP, Quad arrow rests, Trophy Ridge, etc.
Please tell us how to add it to My Communities.
They will be here https://www.massdrop.com/hub/drops for now and once we see that community is thriving we'll make it into its own community.
edit: you can subscribe to Massdrop Hub and you'll see all new community drops.
Where do I find it!?
Right now it'll be in Massdrop Hub. Once there is enough momentum, it'll become its own community on the site.
I wanted to quickly paste the most recent update from us over here as well.
I think it would be good to define the clear difference between this and Ultralight. Also maybe EDC. I think ultralight has been handling a lot of the items that would have gone to outdoors. And EDC has some.
Sure, but they're keeping ultralight right? So what's the distinction?
"Sure, but they're keeping ultralight right? So what's the distinction?"
They shouldn't. Outdoors drops and ultralight outdoors drops should both be under Outdoors, imo.
No matter what Massdrop is trying ,first thing to do is finding a way more reasonable shipping company ,often the shipping is killing the deal not to speak of exchange rate ,duties ,taxes and other costs added to this!!!!
Have a canoe/kayak sub-section in the outdoor community.
Please,add "bushcraft" to this section too!!!!
Thank you ,I'm a long time outdoor enthusiast,but fairly new to what is now called "bushcraft', but in effect was for centuries just "survival" in nature. I'll see what I can do to help out, to start anybody can wath very good video shows on You Tube by looking for Ray Mears,they are very nicely done and give some good information.
Also Paul Kirtley give good on line bushcraft courses and like Ray Mears good"hands on" bushcraft courses in different parts of the world. Paul also has a weekly blog where he answers people's questions about camping ,bushcraft etc etc.,he will email it to you . They give good advice about tools ,clothing and equipment they are using in the wild.
Really happy here to get more outdoor drops coming! Maybe we could get some diving gear too! Masks, fins, spearguns etc.., :) PLEASE! Then we can really have Sea to Summit drops!
I'm interested in the Outdoors community. Just a suggestion, you might want to mention that this is a community that will be coming but doesn't exist yet. I spent a bit of time trying to find it so I could subscribe and eventually figured out that it isn't really a problem that I can't find it. I don't want anybody else to waste their time looking for it until it's available.
It might be nice to have some backcountry stuff on here. Basic avalanche safety equipment would be a great start especially with more people venturing into the backcountry these days.
I'm a backcountry skier myself, and the gear can be quite expensive, so I think it would be a good fit. I hope there is a lot of community support for this! I'll see what I can start sourcing, maybe some shovels and probes, then transceivers and climbing skins.
That would be awesome! I started a poll for climbing skins.
this might get me to come back to massdrop.
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I'd like to see some cool survival gadgets here. The Ultralight Community has offered a lot so far, so I really look forward to see what else can be offered under "Outdoors!"
I just met with Sea to Summit at Outdoor Retailer last week. I've been trying to get them to work with us for a long long time, and am now seeing the tides turning in our favor. I'll keep you posted. I think Sea to Summit is a great brand too!
I've been eyeing an ultralight drop from Underground Quilts ( UGQ) . Specifically, the UGQ Outdoor Equipment Cat Cut Hex Tarps. Interested in others opinions on it? Anyone already take advantage of the drop?
I picked up a 12 foot cat cut hanger. It's high quality, and the french seam on the ridge means no seam sealing. At 1 lb. it really helped lighten my loadout for summer backpacking. I'd absolutely recommend it.
Sweet , that's the response you love to hear. I opted w/ the 4 pull outs for addl options. I read that seam sealing was recommended for the pull outs and possibly the French seam @ ridge. I have a bit untill it drops, hopefully I can read up more and get more excellent responses like yours.
In Reply for your request for the re-brands to be posted on the Community Announcement Thread.
Is it ok if I use your third option and circle it into the thread?
Hyped about more Communities! especially outdoor!!
anything in particular that you want to see in Outdoors?
Not particularly but I am excited for the community picks on backpacks, rock climbing gear, etc.
Will this help the ultralight community be more ultralight centralized and take some of the not so ultralight items in so it can have more that are in its category?
I think we aiming for a start in the next couple of weeks, given the support we're seeing here in Hub, the requests and discussions we've had previously in Ultralight, and the success our staff has had in talking with more outdoor brands.
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Sophie Theallet is a French fashion designer whose clients include First Lady Michelle Obama and she is promoted by the famous American fashion gourou, Anna Wintour, herself.
Sophie Theallet, inspired by French Casual Chic, designs swatches of lace wrapped around models' necks which pushed the romance or the flirty vibe which seems slightly fussy. There were a few stumbles — quite literally as the final model tried to make her way up and down the runway in her gold full-length ruffled dress, but no stumbles for Sophie, who for a long time has been considered as a very promising designer. She successfully combines a Spain trip with a France 1950's and, thus, reinvents the casual chic.
It is always extraordinary that such French fashion designers have to go abroad to be recognised. This is surely due, still the same problem, a lack of professionalism and agoraphobia from the people who lead the Federation or institutions governing fashion in France!!!
Last Monday, the favorite designer of the former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Carolina Herrera made waves on the catwalk for a Fall/Winter collection inspired by water.
Anna Wintour, the famous fashion journalist of Vogue, dressed in a black leather and red fur coat, went directly backstage before the show for a quick embrace and to give a look at the new collection designed by Herrera.
At the first row we could notice the actress Dianna Agron and Olivia Palermo as guests of honor. Among the celebrities atttending to the show there was also Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald and a businesswoman with her own jewelry, the american supermodel Karlie Kloss and the newly designer Victoria Beckham.
Caroline Herrera has designed clothes which move in a fantastic way and it is a young collection. She broke with catwalk rules by kitting her models out in flat shoes and foots, rather than towering stilettos.


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6 Tips for Booking Lufthansa First Class Awards
Ethan Steinberg
International first class awards are getting harder and harder to book as airlines reduce the number of first class-equipped planes they operate and continue to devalue their award charts. Still, as hard as it may be, booking first class on airlines that still offer it is often as simple as having enough miles and finding award availability.
Lufthansa is a notable exception, though. While the German airline operates a diverse fleet of planes with a first class cabin (including A380s, 747-8s, A340s and A330s) to its hubs in both Frankfurt (FRA) and Munich (MUC), you're going to have to jump through a number of hoops to land a Lufthansa first class award. This is because the carrier generally doesn't release first class award space to partner programs until roughly 15 days before departure. Unless you're a member of Lufthansa's Miles & More loyalty program, you'll need a combination of hard work and good luck to get that ticket.
All good things in life require a little bit of work, and Lufthansa is no exception. Simply put, the carrier offers one of the world's best first class products. The seats aren't as private as some other carriers, but the cabins are sleek and beautiful with an understated German elegance to them.
The catering is also top-notch, and the carrier's CEO claims that its first class passengers account for as much as 5% of global caviar consumption.
Still, one of the biggest highlights has to be the Lufthansa First Class Terminal in Frankfurt. Rather than simply building an exclusive space within the airport, Lufthansa constructed an entirely separate building for first class passengers and top-tier elites. Everything from check-in to immigration happens in the privacy of this terminal, and when it's time to depart, you'll be chauffeured across the tarmac in a German sports car right up to the side of your plane.
Personally, Lufthansa first class holds a special place in my heart, as it was my first ever international award redemption several years back. If you're already salivating at the prospect of such a luxurious experience, here are a few in-depth Lufthansa first class reviews to further pique your interest:
Let's Call it a Fluke: Lufthansa (747-8) in First Class From Frankfurt to Newark
Review: Lufthansa First Class on the A330, A340, A380 and 747-8
I Wish It Never Ended: Lufthansa First Class From Chicago to Frankfurt on the 747-8
Today, we're going to take a look at a few tips you can use to help increase your odds of booking this dream trip and earning a serious badge of honor in the award travel community.
1. Use ExpertFlyer to Set Flight Alerts
ExpertFlyer is one of the most powerful tools you can use when searching for award space. It can make your life much easier, especially when you're gunning for a hard-to-get product like Lufthansa first class. Assuming you're planning your travel more than 15 days in advance, you're not going to find first class award inventory when you search on United, Aeroplan, Avianca or other Star Alliance loyalty programs. Still, once you lock down your travel date (or range of dates, as flexibility will definitely help), you should head over to ExpertFlyer and set an award availability alert.
(If you don't currently have a premium membership, click here to sign-up.)
Once you're logged in, you'll want to click on the "Create new flight alert" button at the bottom left.
On the next screen you'll want to enter you flight information, including the departure and arrival airports, travel date and flight number. The important thing to note here is that you're searching for O class availability, which is the fare code for all Star Alliance first class awards (including Lufthansa). When you're done just hit verify and create, and ExpertFlyer will email you if availability opens up.
If you don't have (or don't want to pull) the specific flight details, you could also do a normal search for award availability and set an alert from there. Simply click on Awards & Upgrades at the top left, enter your search criteria, select Lufthansa from the drop-down, and check the box for O first class awards. When your desired flight appears in the search results, click the icon with the exclamation point.
Enter the requested information, then click Verify and Create and you'll be all set.
2. Do Your Homework
ExpertFlyer is a great safety net and you should absolutely take advantage of it, but if you're serious about booking a Lufthansa first class award, you need to be ready to do some homework yourself. Sometimes you learn more from mocking up award trips you don't take than you do from the ones you actually take. By playing around with various search engines and trying to learn availability trends, you'll be much better prepared when it's time to actually book your trip.
What does this look like in practice? On any given day, open up your Star Alliance search engine of choice (more on that later) and start searching for Lufthansa first class awards from the US to Frankfurt. Check how many of the next 15 days have first class availability, and play around with different routes. You might find that Chicago-O'Hare (ORD) has consistent availability while New York-JFK barely has any, and you can leverage that flexibility to increase your odds of finding an award. ExpertFlyer can help here, allowing you to search seven days at a time, though it doesn't always return results for flights departing in the next 24-72 hours. Obviously holidays and busy travel seasons will impact award availability, but if you can start to identify the trends, you'll have a huge leg up.
Another possible consideration, if you're willing to put in the work, is figuring out exactly when in the day Lufthansa releases its first class award availability to partners. Your ExpertFlyer alert will search periodically, but odds are you're not the only award traveler waiting for space to open up on any given flight. Before I booked my own Lufthansa award, I spent a few days searching every hour for award space 15 days out. It took a lot of dedication, but I ended up with a pretty good idea of exactly when Lufthansa would be releasing space for my flight. Sure enough, I was able to book the space less than five minutes after it became available, long before ExpertFlyer caught on.
3. Have A Backup Plan
Unless you're a spontaneous, last-minute traveler, waiting to book your flight until 15 days before departure is a risky proposition. If you have limited vacation time or a work event you can't miss, you should absolutely have a back-up plan ready to go. This can take many forms, but what most people will end up doing is booking an economy or business class award on their preferred travel dates. That way, if space never opens up, you have a flight that works for you and you can get on with your trip. Of course, if space does open up, you'll end up incurring a change fee to upgrade to first class, but it's a small price to pay for such an incredible flight.
4. Pick the Right Program to Use
US-based travelers looking to book a Lufthansa first class award generally have three programs to use, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. There's a serious push and pull between low award rates and low taxes and fees (as Lufthansa fuel surcharges can quickly approach $1,000), but luckily you do have some flexibility. The best option by far is Avianca LifeMiles, which charges 87,000 miles and less than $50 for a one-way first class award from the US to Europe. You can top up your LifeMiles balance by transferring points from Amex, Capital One, Citi or Marriott; you can also boost your balance by purchasing them during one of Avianca's frequent sales.
Avianca is an even better option if you have a connection to another European city thanks to the way Lifemiles handles mixed-cabin awards. By connecting in business class (or even economy class), this price falls even further.
You'll spend fewer miles if you book through Aeroplan instead, which is a transfer partner of Amex, Capital One and Marriott. The downside is that Aeroplan does pass on fuel surcharges, so your 70,000-mile ticket will also cost you ~$750 in taxes and fees.
United MileagePlus is another option, offering low taxes but higher award rates. Generally speaking I would only recommend going this route if you don't have access to Avianca as a transfer partner or want to avoid paying the high taxes and fees on Aeroplan. One-way first class awards cost 110,000 miles and ~$100 in taxes depending on your departure city (which includes United's close-in booking fee, which thankfully will disappear when the carrier removes its award charts later this year). You can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points 1:1 to United.
The good news is that bank points transfer instantly to all three of these loyalty programs, meaning there is no reason at all to transfer points preemptively. You can wait patiently until you find the award space you need, and then transfer your points without having to worry that your award will disappear.
5. Consider Routing Through Munich Instead
The hype surrounding the first class terminal causes many people to focus solely on flights from the US to Frankfurt, but you can increase your award options by looking at flights to Munich (MUC) as well. You'll find first class-equipped planes flying between Munich and Chicago-O'Hare (ORD), New York-JFK, Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO). The onboard experience will be the exact same no matter which hub your flight arrives; the only difference is that you won't have access to the first class terminal.
That being said, this may be a hard argument to make, as visiting the first class terminal can be a bucket list item for travelers. Still, this is a good option to consider, especially if you're flying to/through Germany as opposed to the other way around. The first class terminal is designed for passengers originating in Frankfurt, and while you can visit it on a connection, you'll have to clear customs and immigration, leave the airport, and walk a few minutes to find it. Many people would be just as happy staying airside in one of the several other first class lounges, in which case there's no real reason not to consider flying through Munich.
6. Focus on Non-US Routes
Lufthansa operates first class on many non-US routes, and you may have better luck finding award availability on these flights. (Photo by Zach Honig / The Points Guy)
I've observed repeatedly that Lufthansa first class awards are hardest to find on routes to and from the US. While the same 15-day rule applies no matter where you're flying, it's easier to find availability to other destinations within that window. This is something you can leverage to save money/miles, increase your odds of finding award space, and still enjoy the full Lufthansa experience. Let me explain how I did that.
My initial goal for my Lufthansa trip was to fly from Chicago (ORD) to Delhi (DEL) via Frankfurt, with the first leg on a 747-8 and the connection on an A380 (and of course a long layover at the first class terminal). This would've cost me 140,000 Chase points transferred to United, which I'd spend 8 months carefully saving up. As it came time to book my trip, I was having trouble bringing myself to spend so much on a single, one-way award, so I started to look for other options. I ended up booking a one-way American Airlines ticket from Chicago to New York (~$100) and a one-way economy ticket on Singapore's fifth-freedom flight from New York to Frankfurt (~$350). From Frankfurt, I booked a first class award ticket on to Delhi for only 60,000 miles (now 65,000).
My total cost came out to 60,000 United miles and about $450, as opposed to 140,000 miles. This means I paid $450 to save 80,000 miles, effectively buying them for ~.56 cents each, well below TPG's valuation of United miles. Obviously a lot of things had to fall into place to make this work, and it was a nerve-wracking experience nesting three different trips on a single day, but the value was unbeatable. I got a full eight and a half hours of first class bliss and plenty of time to spend at the first class terminal. When I redeemed those miles a few months later for a free business class flight home from Japan, I knew I'd made the right decision.
Lufthansa awards are difficult to find but are by no means impossible to book. In many ways, the restrictions on partner availability actually make it easier to find award space for those willing and able to work within the 15-day window. If you have your sights set on this lofty prize, make sure to leverage tools like ExpertFlyer to help you get there, don't shy away from performing an embarrassing number of award searches yourself and don't forget to think creatively about how to get the best value for your miles.
Featured photo by Nick Ellis / The Points Guy.
Ethan Steinberg joined TPG as a points and miles contributor in early 2017 and loves sharing his high-value redemption strategies with readers. If you asked him where he wants to travel next he'd quote Anthony Bourdain and tell you "anytime I'm eating spicy noodles in a bowl, I'm happy.


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This work is a new work by Kyota Hashi (*1), an experience-based art work in which visitors go around the park and collect glittering colored pieces.
When you go around all five "fountains of light" (photo 1) in the park and reach the goal point (photo 2), you can enjoy your own special light production (photo 3) along with music. increase. It is a work that allows visitors to have a more impressive experience by actively engaging with the work. It can be enjoyed by people of all ages, including small children.
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This work is a work of light created by inserting a small LED light into a fruit bag with a smiling face drawn on it. increase.
The night view is created by the participation of each person, and it is an exhibition work that creates a lot of smiles and healing scenery. The area will be filled with gentle harmony music to create a space surrounded by warm light and sound.
This time, 2,500 people's "Hikari no Mi" will be replaced and will be reborn as a new smiling "Hikari no Mi" from October 22nd. "Hikari no Mi" workshop held
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Artist name: Kyota Takahashi (*1)
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Overview of "Rokko Meets Art Art Walk 2022 Hikari no Mori-Night Art Walk-" [Exhibition period] Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from September 23 (Friday / holiday) to November 23 (Wednesday / holiday), 2022 [Time] 17:00-20:00 (passport sales end at 19:00, final entry at 19:30) [Venue] ROKKO Forest Sound Museum, Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden 【price】
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*Viewing passports with night passes are available for paid venues ≪Natural Experience Observatory Rokko Shidare, Rokko Alpine Botanical Garden, ROKKO Forest Sound Museum, Church of the Wind Area (Rokkosan Art Theater/Art Center), Rokkosan Silence Resort (former Rokkosan Hotel)≫ This is a passport that includes admission and admission to the "Hikari no Mori ~Night Art Walk~" venue where nighttime works will be exhibited for a limited time.
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Within Temptation continue to orient themselves towards the mainstream. Which in this case, however, is by no means to be understood as a reproach. After all, the Dutch were already relatively easy to consume in the past, and regular top ten chart positions and precious metal awards are not necessarily conquered with rough edges. "Hydra", the sixth album of the band around singer Sharon Den Adel and guitarist/ songwriter Robert Westerholt, presents all of the popular facets of the band in a modern sounding Cinemascope-Breitwand production with a catchy pop guarantee. In addition, a whole squad of illustrious guest stars are being played. "Paradise (What About Us?)", Sharon's duet with the former Nightwish soprano Tarja Turunen, had already been decoupled. In addition there is now the cooperation with HipHopper Xzibit ("And We Run" sounds like it takes getting used to - does it make you even more averse to the US market?), Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum) and Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch-Engage). A forward looking album.
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This song is from the album "Ledges" by Noah Gundersen, due to release in February. Link to order is below.
I was thrilled when Noah asked me to shoot another project with him. I first reached out to him a couple years ago after hearing his music and being blown away. We met in Seattle and have been friends ever since. For this video, Noah wanted a story based around a "younger Noah" in search of himself. We had originally planned on shooting in Washington, but ended up changing it to Nashville.
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Drive an out of control car and prevent it from traffic accidents as long as possible. Players need to avoid hitting obstacles and vehicles parked on the roadside, but also avoid patrolling police cars or even tanks on the road!
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The last digit is divisible by 2.
The sum of all the digits in the number is divisible by 3.
The last 2 digits are divisible by 4.
The last digit is 5 or 0.
The number is both divisible by 2 and divisible by 3.
Cut the number into 2 parts: the last digit and everything else before that. You now have 2 numbers. Take the number that was the last digit and multiply it by 2. Now subtract that from the other number. If this new number is also divisible by 7, then the original number was divisible by 7.
Is 854 divisible by 7?
The sum of all the digits in the number is divisible by 9.
The last digit is a 0.
Break the number into two parts (like you did for the division by 7 rule). This time just subtract the two numbers (without multiplying by 2). If that new number is divisible by 11 then the original number is divisible by 11.
If the inner digit is larger than the two outer digits, then it is divisible by 11 if the inner digit is the sum of the two outer digits. If the inner digit is not bigger than both the outer digits, then carry the 1 from the hundreds place.
When examining 407 for divisibility by 11, don't think of it as 4, 0, and 7, but 3, 10, and 7. 3 + 7 = 10 so 407 is divisible by 11.
For example, to tell if a number is divisible by 31, multiply the last digit of a number by 3 and subtract it from the rest of the number.
3437 - 9*3 = 3410 which is also divisible by 31, therefore 34379 is divisible by 31.
To see if a number is divisible by 2^n or 5^n, check to see if the last n digits are divisble by 2^n or 5^n. For example, 123489012349375 is divisible by 5^3 because the last 3 digits are divisible by 125.
You can also combine division rules for composite numbers. For example, to tell if a number is divisible by 3298 (2*17*97) it must be divisible by 2, 17, and 97 which you can now figure out the rules for.
Using these rules and patterns in different combinations, you can figure the divisibility rules for absolutely any integer divisor.


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Drug cocktail that could be a saviour: New Covid treatment is FOUR TIMES more effective
A new drug cocktail is four times more effective at keeping Covid patients out of intensive care, initial tests have suggested.
While the steroid dexamethasone was the first drug to be licensed for treating the virus, trials indicate that combining it with heart failure medication spironolactone yields better results.
A study, conducted by former vice-chancellor of Newcastle University Sir Christopher Edwards, analysed hospital patients in Delhi.
In hospitalised patients taking the 'Spidex' cocktail, just 5.4 per cent were admitted to intensive care compared to 19.6 per cent of just dexamethasone
He found that, in hospitalised patients taking the 'Spidex' cocktail, just 5.4 per cent were admitted to intensive care compared to 19.6 per cent of those taking dexamethasone alone.
Now he is calling for wider trials of the Spidex regime as he believes more lives could be saved.
His findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Endocrinology, revealed 40 Covid patients taking Spidex performed better on every clinical, biochemical and radiological measure than 40 patients on a high dose of dexamethasone.
The treatment works by 'turning off' the impact the virus has on the body, rather than targeting the virus itself.
Sir Christopher hopes the combination should also work against the mutated Omicron virus.
One of two survivors of the migrants tragedy in the Channel gives a shocking account of the horror
Paris backtracks on refusal to negotiate with UK over Channel migrant crisis
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A 50 caliber paintball just means that the diameter of the paintball is .5 inches. A standard paintball is .68 inches. So this means the paintball is slightly smaller which gives a lot of advantages to using it!
A smaller paintball means less sting.
Actually, 1/3 the sting of normal paintball.
The math is pretty easy. One of our 50 caliber paintballs weighs 1/3 of what a normal paintball does. And if you have 1/3 the weight, you have 1/3 the energy and 1/3 the energy equals 1/3 the sting. We could do the math all day long, but to really know how it is, check out the young kids with smiles that are 3 times bigger!
50 caliber paintballs make 1/3 the mess.
And with our non staining formula – it washes right out.
Even though it is less mess, and washable, we do offer protection packages which include head to toe coveralls, a chest and back protector, and padded gloves. Just wear a layer or two and you should be fine, but if you want to rent the protection package, it's just 10 bucks. Then when you're done, just unzip and leave it for us to wash. Besides – they make you look really cool!
The 50 caliber Paintball gun is much lighter.
This makes it easier for younger kids to use.
Not only are the paintballs lighter, but the gun and the tank are much lighter as well. A paintball gun uses compressed air to shoot out the paintballs, and with the 50 caliber paintballs, you don't need as much air so you can use a smaller lighter tank!
And the Advantages are not just for kids.
Everyone would rather have fun without the pain and welts of standard paintball.
You've probably seen the pictures of people with nasty looking welts on their body after playing paintball. That is not a good look for the Bachelor or Bachelorette the day before their wedding pictures. It's also not a great look for the company team building group to return to the office with welts. By using 50 caliber paintballs and other low impact paintball techniques, we supply all the fun without the bruising!


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Buchinger Wilhelmi is a successful, family-owned business, which is currently being passed on to the fourth generation.
Yet the spirit of the founding generation continues to have a vibrant and undiminished effect. This unique blend of change and continuity can be explained by what we do and how we do it.
It is conservative because it is about preserving health and a joy of life.
It is progressive because we combine the knowledge handed down from previous generations with modern scientific methods and are continuously evolving.
And we are passionate about it because helping people to take responsibility for their own health is a wonderful and meaningful thing.
Doctor, philosopher, pioneer of medical fasting – Dr. Otto Buchinger lived an eventful life in eventful times: Born in 1878 in Darmstadt to a civil servant, he grew up at a time when the Lebensreform ("back to nature") and social reform movements in Germany were in full swing. Against the wishes of his father, who had envisaged a legal career for his son, Buchinger studied medicine, was awarded a doctorate and spent the First World War as a naval doctor, until he was thrown off course in 1917 by severe rheumatoid polyarthritis.
His mobility was soon so severely restricted that he was forced to retire from the navy as an invalid. The personal psychological strain and the powerlessness of conventional Western medicine led him to consider alternative forms of treatment. In 1919, he started fasting with Dr. Riedlin in Freiburg, who prescribed fasting therapy following traditional methods. It was a resounding success and saved his life, which he devoted from then on to developing a method for a medically sound fasting therapy .
As a doctor, he focused on all aspects of holistic medicine. As a spiritual person, he concerned himself with the correlation between the body's emotional and physical self-healing powers. As the founder of medical therapeutic fasting, he combined the two to create a holistic form of therapy – Buchinger therapeutic fasting – which he successfully applied and continued to develop from 1920 in his own fasting clinic, Kurheim Dr. Otto Buchinger in Witzenhausen.
In 1935, the same year as the publication of his most important work, "The Therapeutic Fasting Cure", which is still in print today, Dr. Otto Buchinger moved his clinic to Bad Pyrmont, enlarging and modernising it. The clinic now employed a team of doctors, physiotherapists and artists. Buchinger was also a nature lover and a deeply spiritual person, who saw fasting not as deprivation, but as a state of frugality and inward orientation. He concerned himself with the spiritual side of convalescence and health care in addition to the physical aspects, holding "collective consultation sessions," among others, in which music by Beethoven was played or poems by Goethe and Rilke recited. He valued aphorisms and coined the phrase, "During fasting, the body thrives, but the soul hungers". To counter this, people who fast should be given "spiritual food", which he described as "dietetics for the soul".
Dr. Otto Buchinger regarded fasting under experienced medical supervision and in an inspiring atmosphere not simply as a one-time corrective measure for an imbalanced state of health. Rather, he considered it to be the "true path of holistic medicine" that can help people to achieve a more responsible lifestyle and lead them to the source of their self-healing powers.
In 1953 he was rewarded for his efforts to successfully pave this way with the Federal Cross of Merit. In the same year, together with his daughter Maria and son-in-law Helmut Wilhelmi, he set up a new clinic in Überlingen on Lake Constance, which he continued to manage for several years as a senior physician. Throughout his lifetime, he continued to fast regularly. It gave him strength for a long, healthy and active life in which he achieved great things before he died in 1966 aged 88.
His spirit lives on in his work. The wealth of experience gained from evaluating more than 250,000 fasting treatments at Buchinger Wilhelmi to this very day forms the foundation for the work carried out in our two clinics on Lake Constance and in Marbella.
Following the tradition of Dr. Otto Buchinger, his daughter Maria and her husband Helmut Wilhelmi opened Clínica Buchinger in Marbella, Andalusia, in 1973. The clinics in Überlingen and Marbella continued to hone the Buchinger method. Maria Buchinger received international acclaim as the "Grande Dame" of therapeutic fasting. Like her father before her, she was presented with the Federal Cross of Merit for her work, among numerous other awards.
The third generation managed both clinics until 2017: In Marbella, Maria's daughter Jutta and son-in-law Claus Rohrer continued the work started by their mother and grandfather. The clinic on Lake Constance was managed by Maria Buchinger's son Raimund Wilhelmi and his wife Dr. Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo after 1985. During this time, both clinics were not only enlarged with a great deal of loving attention, but were also continuously updated to incorporate the findings of the latest scientific research. Particular focus was placed on aligning the standard of the rooms and catering to the steadily growing demands of the clinics' increasingly international clientele.
Furthermore, the spectrum of the medical team was continuously expanded: The two clinics in Überlingen and Marbella now employ a team of more than 60 nurses as well as almost 20 doctors, with expertise in the fields of diabetology, internal medicine, psychosomatics, nutritional medicine, naturopathy and other areas of specialisation. The clinics also cultivates relations with other clinics and universities such as the Charité in Berlin, the CNRS in Strasbourg and the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California (USC).
After 35 years running the clinic in Marbella, Jutta and Claus Rohrer decided at the end of 2017 to retire from day-to-day business. Katharina Rohrer-Zaiser and Victor Wilhelmi joined the management team in 2018 as members of the fourth generation of the Buchinger Wilhelmi family.
But the spirit of the founding generation lives on in both clinics. They are havens of recuperation and personal growth, where we help more than 6,000 guests from 60 countries year after year to lead a healthy, happy life.


This article first appeared in Enterprise, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on November 13, 2017 - November 19, 2017.
One of the biggest headaches for event organisers is securing a good location, whether it is for a wedding or a company dinner. You have to find a suitable venue at an affordable price and book early enough before the venue is taken by others.
Vincent Kok, an entrepreneur who has been hired to run multiple start-ups, understands this struggle personally because of his experience running a travel booking company. "We could help you book a hotel room in London, for example, but when it came to organising our own events, we couldn't book a meeting room in a hotel online. We had to call or fax," he says.
Booking was just one part of the process. He also had to figure out if the venue was available at the time he wanted, how many people it could fit, whether parking was available and if the venue operators would allow them to bring their own liquor.
The experience led Kok to set up a company in 2014 called VMO (pronounced vee-mo), which serves as an online venue booking platform. Users can visit the website, www.vmo.rocks, browse for different venues and make a reservation online immediately. The venues listed on the website range from cosy cafés to premier wedding spaces and grand ballrooms.
While it may seem like an obvious idea in an age where platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com are common, Kok had trouble convincing the various key players to get on board. "It was slow going in the beginning. When we started, the first person I met in Singapore told me that it was the dumbest idea he had ever heard," Kok recalls.
Others were just as polite. But Kok has the tenacity of a bulldog. The rejections only spurred him on. He knew he was on to a good thing. He just had to make a few tweaks to his original vision. "Either I was dumb or they were wrong. And I don't think I am dumb," he laughs.
And so it began. "We thought that hotels would love the idea, but they have a habit of saying, 'That is a good idea. We will think about it', when what they mean is no," says Kok.
Restaurants were no different. "So, we decided we were just going to list them first, for free. If they did not like being listed, they could tell us to take it down," he says.
The number of venues listed gradually increased and people began using these listings to find venues and call them to inquire about bookings. Seven months later, in May 2015, there was enough interest for Kok and his team to start charging for listing.
"We have more than 1,000 listings now and we grow by two a day. There is always something new," he says. Browsing VMO is still free, but it charges a 10% fee for successful bookings.
Having proven the demand, Kok has been able to secure funding to fuel the company's expansion. In May, it raised RM500,000 via equity crowdfunding platform CrowdPlus.asia and through a co-investment deal with Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd.
VMO is now the leader in Malaysia in terms of the number of listings online, says Kok. This is what sets it apart from its competitors. The demand for new venues will only increase in the future because the new generation of Malaysians are always on the lookout for new experiences, he points out.
"The younger generation is such that they do not organise an event in the same place twice. If you have your birthday party at a certain place, for instance, your friend may not want to have hers there as well," says Kok.
The types of venues that it offers are geared to serve evolving demands. In the past, many would book hotels for their events or weddings, but tastes have changed. That is why VMO features more unique locations for events such as premium bungalows.
"One of the reasons restaurants continue to choose us is that there is a trend of moving events out of hotels. It is also because of the cost. Customers want to get married on a yacht, for example. So, the hotels turning us down in the beginning has turned out to be a blessing in disguise because we did not concentrate too much on them from the outset," says Kok.
Over 40% of VMO's business comes from wedding-related events. Kok observes that more people will begin organising their own events instead of hiring event planners. This will benefit the company as it offers convenience and a range of options to potential customers.
"Those with a budget of more than RM100,000 may hire professional event planners. But if you wanted to book a company dinner, for instance, you don't need an event planner. You just need a place to eat, a musician and an emcee," he says.
Anticipating this trend, VMO plans to increase the services it offers to include things such as photography services, catering, magicians, musicians and even event planners. The charge will be 10% for every successful transaction.
In October, four service platforms signed on with VMO to provide some of the add-on services. This includes Loanstreet, which will provide loan or advisory services for financing events; FeedMyGuest, a catering marketplace; Boozeat, a wine and liquor provider; and The Picture Team, which has a pool of professional photographers and videographers.
"This year, we are expected to do 2.8 million bookings, which means our revenue will be about RM280,000. Next year, our target revenue is almost five times that, which means we will need to do 14 million bookings," says Kok, who plans to increase the number of listings in the Klang Valley, Penang, Ipoh, Melaka and Johor Baru to 1,500 establishments.
The average value of bookings made on the site since VMO was launched until September this year is RM5,900, from RM4,900 last December. Business has been good for this year. Gross bookings at end-September exceeded those of last year and 2015 combined.
The company is embarking on its second round of fundraising in November and hopes to raise between RM500,000 and RM1 million. The funds will be used for expansion as well as building a mobile app.
"Malaysia has a lot of room for expansion. It has more than 30,000 food and beverage outlets. If you take your McDonald's and OldTown out of the picture, you still have about 20,000 outlets left. So, we are just scratching the surface. We are travelling from city to city and have just hit over 100 listings in Johor. Sabah is next and then Melaka," says Kok.
The first international location VMO may go to is Mongolia, an unusual first choice for a Malaysian start-up, but Kok says he has a contact who has a business there and is eager to get technology companies such as VMO into the country.
"He has people on the ground and he knows quite a number of F&B operators there. So, he is actually going to fund the Mongolian expansion," he says. "The capital of Mongolia has two million people and Mongolians party every night. If you think that our establishments close late at midnight, their establishments close at 4am.
Kok has his eye on other international locations such as Thailand, which he calls the hospitality capital of Southeast Asia. Expanding to Singapore may pose a challenge because a competitor, Venuerific, is already there.
"My approach in Singapore will actually be through Johor. So, it will be getting Singaporeans to do their events in Johor and Melaka rather than trying to get into Singapore," he says, adding that this would work to their advantage as it may be cheaper for them to do events in Malaysia.


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Thomas Strauch is a dedicated musician teaching private in-home viola, violin and cello lessons in the Houston area.
Viola, Violin, Cello
Mr. Tom Strauch began playing the viola when he was 9 years old. He played all through junior high and high school, making Region and State Orchestra. He was also principal viola through junior high and high school. While in high school, he taught himself to play violin and read treble clef. He attended UTSA on a music scholarship, majoring in Music Performance and Education. He studied viola with Allyson Dawkins, principal viola with the San Antonio Symphony and also with Terry Franco of the San Antonio Symphony. He performed with the UTSA Symphony, and was the viola player for the UTSA String Quartet.
He started teaching private lessons to beginners while still in college at a private school. He continued teaching private lessons after college and had several students win prizes at local competitions.
Currently, he is the principal viola for the Galveston Symphony Orchestra for the past 5 years. He has also been principal viola for the Texas Chamber Symphony Orchestra since 2017 and plays gigs regularly with the Texas Medical Center Orchestra and the Brazosport Symphony. He also plays many string quartet gigs including weddings and stage shows. He has also played with the Baytown Symphony, the Brazosport Symphony, the Houston Civic Symphony, the Austin Civic Orchestra and was principal viola with the Starlight Symphony Orchestra for over 10 years. He has also played in pit orchestras performing various works including The Nutcracker, Fiddler on the Roof, and Les Miserables to name a few. He also has a great passion for music arrangements and orchestration, having made hundreds of arrangements for string quartet and other chamber music combinations, as well as some fully orchestrated symphonic works. He currently has well over 200 works published in all genres including classical, pop, rock, country, folk, musical theatre, EDM, and jazz.
As far as teaching, he believes that everyone has their own individual journey and style, and he likes to find that special spark in each individual that makes them unique. Communication and understanding are key components to any lesson, and he believes he learns as much from the student as they learn from him. "No two students are alike, so no two lessons will be alike. Let's explore possibilities together!"


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World Meteorological Day – March 23!
March 23 is celebrated as the official World Meteorological Day. This year its theme is "Powering our future with weather, climate and water." On this day, many conferences, exhibitions and public meeting are held to raise awareness about meteorological related phenomenons.
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