As expected, Amazon entered the tablet fray with a 7″ offering it's calling the Kindle Fire. At just $199, it promises to be the first serious challenger to the iPad's dominance in the tablet market.
With a 7″ color LCD touchscreen instead of the iPad 2's 9.7″ screen, the Kindle Fire is smaller, lighter, and cheaper than the iPad, but is designed even more for content consumption rather than the iPad's limited content creation capabilities. It boasts Wi-Fi connectivity, and is designed for watching movies, playing music, surfing the Internet, using apps, playing games, and reading magazines, comics, and e-books. It lacks cameras, GPS, bluetooth, and some other advanced features of full-fledged tablet computers, but at less than half the price of Apple's cheapest tablet (which runs a hefty $499), that's a trade-off many people will be willing to make.
Amazon also has the advantage of connecting their new Kindle Fire to their burgeoning content marketplace: Amazon Video on Demand, the Amazon MP3 Store, the Amazon Android App Store, and, of course, Amazon's class-leading Kindle E-Book Store. In fact, a $79 subscription to Amazon Prime (which nets users free 2-day shipping on Amazon purchases) comes with a library of free streaming movies and TV shows, free apps and games, and even a free library of Kindle e-books.
Similarly, Amazon offers to store any content you purchase from them (movies, music, apps, newspapers, magazines, e-books) in their Cloud storage for free — so you can always download your content and don't have to worry about running out of space on the device itself. Amazon's WhisperSync service also saves your place in e-books and movies, so you can pick up reading or watching where you left off if you switch to your Kindle or computer.
Still, the most impressive spec is probably the sub-$200 price, which gets you a portable mini-tablet connected to the Amazon content ecosystem. For current Amazon customers (especially Amazon Prime subscribers), it's an almost irresistible gadget for the price. And for anyone looking for a 7″ tablet, it's a great bargain — handily undercutting the competition.
My only gripe about the Kindle Fire is the same gripe I have with all LCD-based tablet computers being marketed as e-readers: most people find LCD screens tiring on the eyes, and would prefer the reading experience on an e-Ink screen (which is easier on the eyes, visible in bright sunlight, and allows for much longer battery life). But as a movie-streaming, game-playing, Internet-surfing device, the Kindle Fire looks like a hot gift this holiday season.
When Amazon finally came-out with a color, backlit reader, I was certain that it would have the hybrid screen that I know has been in development for a couple years, now… a screen that is capable of being both backlit via either LED or LCD, just like any other tablet computer, as well front lit, like any e-ink screen. I was surprised, then, that Amazon released the Kindle Fire in its present form.
I just don't see how its really any different from any normal tablet, but just with the Kindle app installed on it. In fact, given that the Kindle Fire doesn't, in fact, have the hybrid/combination LCD (or LED) backlit and front-lit e-ink screen, virtually any 7-or-8-inch-screen Android or Windows tablet/slate computer with either an LCD or LED screen, running the completely free both Kindle and Nook book apps would be a far, far, far better purchase; and would give even better utility with regard to both Amazon and Barnes and Noble e-book downloading and reading. In fact, Google Books and other such apps could all be added, too, resulting in a far, far better and more flexible overall product than the Kindle Fire product.
Now, the little $79, e-ink regular Kindle that Amazon's selling for Christmas this year… that's a whole 'nuther story! That's actually a quite nice little Christmas gift for someone wanting to get into the whole e-inked Kindle world.
…not when for not very much more (maybe even the same price), one can get a fully-fledged Windows or Android tablet/slate computer which will do a heck of a lot more than even the Kindle Fire in terms of regular everyday computing; and which can then use the downloadable Kindle, B&N, Google Books, etc., apps and have the best of alll worlds!
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. I was also a bit disappointed (but not too surprised) that Amazon didn't use a color e-Ink or Mirasol reflective display, especially when I just saw news of a Mirasol-based e-reader by Kyobo (a South Korean company) that looks promising.
I guess Amazon, B&N, etc. don't think Mirasol or color e-Ink are quire ready for prime time yet, but I would certainly love to see a device by next year that combines the best of e-Ink (easy on the eyes, read in the sun, long battery life) and LCD (color and video) screens.
As to your point about getting a generic tablet, I understand that you actually can run the Nook app on the Kindle Fire. I also understand that Amazon is not preventing users from rooting the Fire and using it as a generic Android tablet. And its specs seem to be pretty impressive for the price — I don't think there are other generic Android tablets for $199 that beat it. That being said, it does seem to be better-suited to people who want to use Amazon's large content ecosystem.
As for the $79 Kindle, I agree that Amazon will probably sell a ton of those — and that they make a great, low-cost way to introduce someone to e-reading. Amazon's press release today says they've sold 4x as many Kindles this Black Friday as they did last year (when sales were already impressive).
The Kindle Fire has far superior hardware specs and a much nicer screen. I haven't used the Archos, but just from the specs it doesn't look like a great alternative to me. But to each his own.
I didn't mean to suggest that it's an exact match. Don't forget that it's an Android device, not a desktop or laptop PC. The differences you point out are HUGE when running Windows; and so the word "superior" is more appropriate in that case. But those very same differences are comparatively — and that's the operative word — insignificant, in terms of overall net performance, when running the Android OS. The most salient of the differences, as a book reader, is the screen resolution; and all that that particular difference means, in real terms, is larger letters on the screen on the Archos.
Remember, also, that slate/tablet computers are rarely asked to do the kind of work that a desktop/laptop PC — even one running Linux, on which the Android OS is based — is typically asked to do. A little CPU and RAM goes a long way on an Android device.
…and at least PART of that opinion is based on the point I made in the first post, to wit: That regardless which device one chooses, they're both, because of back-lighting, the wrong way to read. In lesser-of-two-evils situations, choose protecting the pocketbook while simultaneously getting the best featureset. All the speed in the world won't help a Kindle Fire be everything that a true and fully-featured Android tablet/slate can be. The "superior" specs of the Fire won't make a whit of difference if the device can't, because it's a reader first and a computer second, perform the non-reader task. Take a larger step back and see the bigger picture, is all I'm saying.
Oh, I definitely agree that if you mainly want something to read on, a Kindle 3 or Kindle 4 is the way to go (and cheaper, too).
And better on the eyes, too, because of the e-ink reflective technology! More than just early Kindles and Nooks have it. There's Sony, iRiver, and a long list of well-known others.
Ultimately, that's what makes any e-book reader something special. I'm sad to see the new color ones without at least the hybrid LED/e-ink display. It's just going down the wrong road, in my opinion.


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• In Dadaab, she has become the talking point, something the community can be proud of, for once. Young girls are encouraged to read and "be like Fatuma".
Somalilandsun – On September 15, a young, towering Somali girl landed in Toronto, Canada. Looking at the 20-year-old, everything seemed just fine.
She did not look like she would be a befitting image on a booklet about squalor and abject want, especially if the narratives in mainstream media are used as yardsticks.
Just a few hours earlier, she had been driven hundreds of kilometres from Dadaab, home to the world's largest refugee camp, to Nairobi, from where she would take the flight to Toronto.
She was heading there, not to tour the land or visit a friend, but to study chemical engineering at the prestigious University of Toronto, which is ranked at position 24 in the latest Academic Ranking of Word Universities.
To make it to such an institution of higher learning from the dusty Dadaab is a great achievement, but it is much more extraordinary for a girl to leap that far in a society that still favours boys.
Just before she left, Fatuma Omar Ismail, 20, granted DN2 a short interview at Hagadera, one of the camps within the Dadaab complex. She grew up here, surviving on two things — the donor-dependent economy of the place, and her instincts.
Like many her age here, life did not look that promising. No, not at all. All around her she could see people barely surviving, young and old beaten by the vagaries of a refugee camp, fathers unable to fend for their families, and mothers watching helplessly as disease wasted their children.
But it was not just sadness that characterised her early childhood. Children tend to be naïve, almost ignorant.
As such, as the mothers and fathers struggled to feed their families, their children, among them the young Fatuma, jumped around, singing nursery rhymes and maybe jumping rope. Dadaab was home, and home is always a celebration.
This, though, had not always been home. Fatuma was born in Kismayu, a port city in the Lower Jubba region of Somalia best known for once being a stronghold of the notorious Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group, Al-Shabaab.
Her parents fled the country when the civil war gobbled up all that they had. After a long and tortuous journey, the family arrived in Hagadera, where they were settled inside the refugee camp. They have been there since.
When she came of age, Fatuma joined a primary school in the camp, where she slowly learnt how to read and write under the watch of inexperienced teachers, some of whom were primary school dropouts.
To supplement the little she learnt in school, her father bought her books and encouraged her to read them at home. He told her that everything was possible, that she could break away from the yoke of refugee life if she wanted, and that books were her only hope out of the squalor she had known all her life.
As a young girl, Fatuma listened to her father, reading her books diligently and seeking help whenever she was stuck. But as she approached the teenage years, the rebellious nature of the age started to stealthily replace the uprightness that had guided her all through.
She stopped reading at home, arguing that she had a retentive memory, so she did not need to put in the extra effort.
She was wrong, and the folly of her thinking hit her when she joined Standard Seven at her school. Where she had been performing exceptionally well in the lower classes, she failed miserably, scoring a miserly 177 marks out of the possible 500.
Her father hit the roof. How could she, he asked, fail so badly when he had dedicated so much time and money to providing her with all the books she needed, and more? Fatuma knew her father was justified.
She had performed badly in the exams because she had stopped taking matters seriously, and that had to stop. And so she buried herself in books.
It worked. By the time she sat the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination in 2008, she was so prepared that she did not expect to get less than 400 marks out of the possible 500.
When the results came, however, she had scored 36 marks less than her 400 target. "I was disappointed," she says, "even though I was still the best girl in the entire north-eastern region." As a result of her sterling performance, she received a scholarship to study at the Kenya High School the following year.
Elated, she boarded a bus to the capital city, home to Kenya High. She was, however, not prepared for the culture shock that awaited her; first of all, she had to wear the school uniform, leaving behind the hijab she was accustomed to, and which she had always viewed as a religious obligation.
She was uncomfortable about it at first, but she settled down and life became a little bit more bearable. The ban on her hijab, however, troubled her for a number of days, but she did not report it to her parents because, she says, "they would have immediately withdrawn me from the school".
The hijab is a mandatory head covering for Muslim girls, and has been a source of friction between conservative administrations and religious purists, both locally and internationally.
In April this year, for instance, female Muslim students put their head teachers on the spot for forbidding them to wear, among other religious pieces of clothing, the head scarf while in school.
"The rule is putting us at a crossroads," said Rehema Waqo, a student from northern Kenya during the sixth student leaders' conference at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi.
The issues she was raising were the same that had troubled Fatuma years earlier, and to divert the dilemma she buried herself in books once more. The learning environment was far much better than that in Dadaab, and Kenya High was well-equipped and staffed.
"The teachers were quite an inspiration and the laboratories well stocked," she says. It was while at Kenya High that she noticed she had something for chemistry, yet she had always thought she would fare better in biology and medicine.
In 2012, Fatuma sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), scoring a 78-point A-. A year later, she was selected for the World University Service of Canada (WUSK) scholarship.
As she prepared to travel to Canada, Fatuma started talking to students back home in Dadaab. She wanted to change their attitude towards school, and of course reading.
Even refugees, she told them, can perform equally well in national examinations if they prepare well in advance.
"You would think the girls would listen to me, but the boys were much better. The girls were disgruntled because they did not want a fellow girl to lecture them," she said.
On her relative success, she said, "It does not matter whether you are in Dadaab or Nairobi, if you really work hard in school, it will definitely pay off".
Fatuma strikes you an as open-minded person, some sort of liberal, but she is also equally God-fearing. Before she set foot in class, she studied the Quran and other books of Islam at a madrassa.
A decade from now, when she completes studying and makes a name for herself, she hopes to establish a foundation to assist women and children back in Somalia.
In Dadaab, she has become the talking point, something the community can be proud of, for once. Young girls are encouraged to read and "be like Fatuma".
They might not all make it to Toronto, or to any other high-end university for that matter, but, as you read this, a girl who was once just like them will be dealing with test tubes at one of the best universities in the world.


Just a friendly reminder to please be extra cautious out there as the roads are deceptively icy. We've noticed that Olmsted has been especially slippery on the hill and even with winter tires we've slipped a couple times.
Please stay safe this New Years Eve!
'cause what you would be doing then is disregarding the safety of everyone out there trying to get home.


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What's on at the Old Bailey on May 20
We are delighted to announce that on the 27th May we will be again hosting our Crime & Punishment Seminar. We have three expert speakers, who will all be tackling the fascinating subject of forensics and CSI. David Tadd, the former head of New Scotland Yard's forensics unit, who led over 950 officers. Dr Hilary Hamnett, an expert in forensic toxicology, who has presented at international conferences and is a senior lecturer. Barrister, Harry Potter, who will be using his extensive courtroom experience to demonstrate the importance of forensics in the criminal justice system. This will be an intriguing insight into crime detection and a chance to pose your questions to expert practitioners, who are top of their field.. Click here to purchase your tickets for this fascinating insight into our criminal justice system
Court 5 at 10.15am trial in the case of Edison Brahimi and another accused of murder. Grineo Daka, 27, was shot dead at the Phoenix Snooker Club in Leyton, east London, on July 7.
Court 8 at 10.30am trial of Samual Agyeman and others in relation to a shooting of a 26 year old man. The victim survived.
Court 9 at 10am trial of Reanne Phillips, an alleged stalker, who is claimed to have sent thousands of instagram messages branding musician Franck Kouassi a rapist and a paedophile in an 'attempt to destroy his music career after she had slept with him once.
Court 11 at 10am trial in the case of Emeka Dawuda-Wodu and others accused of perverting the course of justice. William Algar's dismembered body was discovered at an address in Barnes, London SW on January 3, following concerns for his welfare. The 53 year old's arms and legs had been removed from the body and a post-mortem examination carried out at Kingston Mortuary gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the chest.
Court 12 at 10am trial of Clive Spencer and others accused of murder. Chad Gordon,27, was shot in the head in Haringey, North London in May.
Court 13 at 10am Sentence in the case of Sam Parsa accused of trying to set fire to a diplomatic car outside the Iranian embassy in London with a Molotov cocktail.
Court 13 at 11am trial of student, Andrew Dymock, 23, who is alleged to have promoted the neo-Nazi System Resistance Network (SRN) group through his Twitter account and website.
Court 14 at 10.15am trial of Kiziku Tuwizana, Besnik Berisha and Bobby Rogers accused of a double murder. Two Eastern European men aged 30 and 35 years old were stabbed to death in Hertfordshire just before Xmas 2019.
Court 15 Not sitting trial of two alleged gunmen accused of stealing a luxury Range Rover in a plot to kill a rival. Leon De Silva, 21, and Rached Itani, 20, allegedly planned to murder Kemal Bassaragh on 6 November last year.
Court 16 at 9.30am Mention in the case of Ainsley Watson and two 17 year old accused of attempted murder. Cyclist Riccado Smith-Atkin, 22, was stabbed in his bike shed on 11 January.
Court 16 at 10.30am New trial of Connor Gwynn-Bliss and others accused of murder. Former England taekwondo star Amrou Greenidge, 18, was riding his bike through Fulham, south-west London when he was hit by a car and then attacked while on the ground. He suffered severe head injuries and died in hospital.
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From staff management to stock orders.
High levels of competition and increasingly tight margins in the restaurant industry has led restaurant managers across the country to look for ways to save money in every area of their business. Regardless of how big or small your restaurant may be, increasing profit margins is always a priority.
Of course, you could consider raising menu prices but that may upset loyal diners which is the last thing you want. Instead, use these simple solutions to start slashing costs in your restaurant's kitchen, without charging your customers more.
It's not news to kitchen managers that controlling portion size plays a significant role in keeping food costs under control. But it is important to note that even a slight imbalance in serving can affect your margins significantly. Creating standard portions means consistency in the taste, quality, and quantity of food, which eventually results in customer satisfaction and more importantly reducing waste, oversupply and undersupply, leading to more cost savings in the long run.
One of the main reasons why QSRs and franchise fast food restaurants are so successful is because they ensure consistency in taste as well as quantity. Even if you own or operate an independent restaurant, café or take away outlet, consistency is still vitally important. This is where chefs and cooks should focus on quality over quantity.
Give diners a dining experience; crafting high-quality, reasonably-sized dishes. From a carefully balanced blend of spices to a new cooking technique, focusing on a dish's taste instead of its size will allow you to impress diners with the quality of the meal not the quantity while still charging the same amount.
Food wastage, both in the form of leftover food that is sent back by the customer or unused stock that has gone off, is one of the worst ways restaurants damage their bottom line as money is literally thrown in the bin. Portion control can help reduce leftovers but kitchen managers should also focus on stock ordering; using techniques that reduce food wastage before it gets to the customer. Ordering frozen bread in bulk is one example of an effective technique to reduce food waste costs. Eliminating the need not only for an in-house baker but also the guesswork associated with ordering fresh bread which often sees restaurants throw out loaves upon loaves of fresh bread in quiet periods.
Kitchen staff are often at the front line of cost-saving strategies for restaurants so managers should ensure they aren't being ignored in discussions around reducing costs and waste. On top of this though, restaurants should consider cross-training back-of-house staff to reduce the number of employees needed to run the kitchen during quiet periods.
Human resources and staffing accounts for the majority of the hospitality industry's expenses so having staff that can man the fryer and also plate up entrees will increase efficiency in your kitchen, and allow you to schedule fewer employees on nights of the week when your restaurant is not packed. This is usually a nice change for kitchen staff who will see pathways for career growth.


.NET Barcode Generator for Crystal Reports is a .NET barcode SDK library that allows C#.NET &VB.NET programmers to built Crystal Report for .NET Winforms and ASP.NET Web Projects. .NET 2.0/3.5 and MS VS 2005/2008 are supported. Using Barcode Generator for Crystal Reports, over 40 linear barcodes could be generated in Crystal Reports, including Code 128 barcode, EAN-13, GS1-128, and Code 39. 2 dimensional barcodes could also be created in Crystal Report for .NET.
Except for Code 128, Code 39, EAN-13, &GS1-128, almost every popular linear barcode symbologies are supported. Compressed version of EAN-13(EAN-8) as well as UPC barcodes could be printed in Crystal Reports. See Linear Barcode for the complete list of supported linear barcodes. 2 dimensional (2D) barcodes such as QR Code, Data Matrix, and PDF-417 could be printed with MacroBarcode .NET Barcode Generator for Crystal Reports 2D package. To learn more, jump to 2D Barcode.
This barcode solution developed especially for Crystal Reports that bundled with Microsoft Visual Studio versions 2005 through 2008. The barcode generation features could be added into C# Crystal Reports, VB .NET Crystal Reports. Native Crystal Reports and Crystal Reports in ASP.NET are also supported. The linear or 2D barcode is drawn programmatically in Crystal Reports in .NET. No fonts, UFLs, or plug-ins for barcode printing is need.
The setting of the image is from two aspects: the image resolution setting and the image format setting. In the integrated Crystal Report, the printing resolution of the barcode image could be set with the unit of DPI (Dots Per Inch). Supported image format include Gif, Tiff, Png, Bitmap, and Jpeg.


MUSD's Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) is now available on our district website.
California's new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is intended to equitably allocate dollars from the State capitol to school districts. The LCFF moves toward a more equitable, rational and efficient approach to allocating resources to school districts. It is important for Montebello Unified School District to consider how well we are doing in achieving improved outcomes for all students. We invite you to provide your input in developing our Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP).
Each school district must engage parents, educators, employees and the community to establish these plans.
The plans will describe the school district's overall vision for students, annual goals and specific actions the district will take to achieve the vision and goals.


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Making It Happen – Tips to Succeed, from a Stevie Award Winner
Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Mon, Sep 14, 2015 @ 10:00 AM
Chandra Clements, Director of One Legacy Pty Ltd, in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia won the Gold Stevie for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in Asia, Australia or New Zealand in the Individual Awards categories of both the 2012 and 2013 Stevie Awards for Women in Business. (The 2015 Stevie Awards for Women in Business are looking for the world's best female entrepreneurs, executives and employees. REVIEW THE ENTRY KIT HERE.)
After consulting to and working for several industries in multiple countries, Chandra Clements recognized an escalating need to increase levels of operational excellence, innovation, equity, and empowerment for the benefit of organizations, individuals, and communities alike.
Chandra founded One Legacy Pty Ltd in 2013 as a result. One Legacy offers customized solutions to address leadership, commercial and engagement issues across any industry or business. The business teaches leaders and team members how to leverage the power of their thinking and mindset to achieve the goals they desire.
We asked Chandra what areas she felt would be the most important ones for her organization to focus on in 2015. Her response: "The business world has faced a lot of challenges in recent times. People want solutions to their complex business and leadership challenges but need the solutions to be straight forward and easy to communicate to their people. One Legacy offer simple training and coaching tools to help address these problems. Simplicity is critical. "
It's All About Impact
Chandra left her role as CEO of global powerhouse Sentis to pursue her passion of changing people's lives through the application of neuroscience. She founded One Legacy so that, among other things, she could mentor and support various women, young girls, and charitable organisations towards achieving their goals.
Chandra has designed and written countless neuroscience and leadership programs targeting women's empowerment, entrepreneurialism, innovation in the workplace, confidence building, downsizing, redundancies and mergers, effective psychosocial leadership for managers and—her recent flagship— You First, a program targeting business culture and effective followership in the aviation industry.
"Winning a Stevie Award has rapidly expanded my profile across the globe," Chandra told us. "I have had the pleasure of working across 28 countries, seven languages, and nine industries and people readily recognize that winning a Stevie is testament to the quality of my work. It has been invaluable."
Added Chandra: "Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. Don't doubt yourself: enter the awards!"
Asia-Pacific: A Great Opportunity
Chandra was the Guest Speaker for the Global Mining Conference in October 2013, alongside some of the top mining CEO's in Australia. She was the Guest Speaker at the 2013 Women's Global Empowerment Conference in Bangkok. She was MC and Key Note Speaker for the Annual OHS Leaders' Summit in Australia and will be the key note speaker for the Newcastle University's largest business and commerce fundraiser in October 2015.
As someone whose work frequently takes her to other Asia-Pacific countries, we asked Chandra for her view on the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
"The Asia-Pacific region is in many ways an 'acid test' for the current economy," she told us. "If you can succeed there, you can succeed anywhere. The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards is a great opportunity to put yourself out there and explore where you are benchmarked against your peers and competitors in the region."
In addition to her other achievements, Chandra is a 2014 Inductee in to the Australian Businesswoman's Hall of Fame, and was the 2012 Telstra Young Business Woman for Australia. She has won nine Stevie awards across four years.
We asked her where she found the inspiration for all this activity. "You get one life," she told us. "It needs to have impact and it needs to leave its mark on the world while making it a better place than when you entered it. This is the test of life as I see it. People will forget your wealth or your title but they don't forget, they never forget the impact you have on them. This is my inspiration."
About Chandra Clements:
After completing her business studies in 2001, Chandra Clements rapidly climbed the ranks of the corporate world to lead the global psychology-based workplace safety consultancy firm, Sentis. In 2013, she decided to turn entrepreneur and established One Legacy, which consults to companies on operational growth measures, ethical business, human capital improvement, innovation, and sustainable business modeling.
Chandra built her professional career in organizational development and management roles at Rio Tinto, Fluor, Campbell Brothers, and Reward Distribution. In 2009 at Reward Distribution, she led a business of 380 employees to achieve a Lost Time Injury rate of zero, down from 19 two years earlier, whilst managing 26 sites, 2,800 suppliers and 75,000 product lines across Australia and New Zealand. As CEO of Sentis, Chandra delivered a 33% growth in revenue and a 230% growth in earnings before tax. She took the business from broke to bestseller in two short years.
In addition to winning the Gold Stevie Award for Best Female Executive (Asia, Australia & New Zealand) in The Stevie Awards for Women in Business two years running, Chandra was named the 2012 marie claire National Young Business Woman of the Year Award and also holds an Australia Day Young.
About One Legacy:
One Legacy is a successful coaching, keynote speaking and consultancy business dedicated to equity, empowerment and ethics. It was founded to change the world, one mindset at a time! The business fosters sustainable change through an understanding of the "Total Human Workplace" and what people need in order to succeed.
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Zone 800 is a slim, vertical bath cabinet for those corners and walls where a more conventional size will not fit. The door front is a conventional polished edge mirror but mounted inside there's a special times five magnification mirror to give a much bigger close up view. Extending hinges mean the door opens wider so no awkward positioning needed to use the magnifying mirror.
The cabinet can be fixed for either left or right hand opening. A full edge rebate extends on three sides to make door opening easy. Inside there are three moveable, polished, tempered glass storage shelves.
The oak cabinet is assembled with filet corner joints giving strength and rigidity.


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Philippe (en ) est le satrape d'Inde sous le règne d'Alexandre le Grand, de 327 à sa mort en 325 av. J.-C.

Petit-fils de , le dernier archonte d'Élimée, il est le frère d'Harpale, le trésorier d'Alexandre et probablement le père d'Antigone le Borgne.

Biographie
En , Philippe participe, aux côtés d'Héphaistion et de Cratère, à la campagne dans la vallée de l'Indus, moment où il est fait satrape.

Arrien affirme que sa satrapie comprend les provinces situées à l'ouest de l'Hydaspe, la limite orientale correspondant à l'Acésinès à la confluence de l'Indus. Il devient le gouverneur des Malliens et des Oxydraques après leur soumission . Philippe obtient la cavalerie thrace et des troupes suffisantes pour tenir le pays. Il est chargé de la construction de la ville nouvelle d'Alexandrie de l'Indus à la confluence l'Indus et de l'Acésinès, où il fait établir des chantiers navals.

En , alors qu'Alexandre est en Carmanie, Philippe est tué lors d'une insurrection de mercenaires stipendiaires ; sa satrapie passe dès lors sous la tutelle de Taxilès et d'Eudamos.

Famille

Mariage et enfants
De son mariage avec une femme inconnue, il aurait eu trois fils :
 Antigone le Borgne ;
 Démétrios ;
 Ptolémée.

Ascendance

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Bibliographie
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Naissance en Macédoine-Centrale
Date de naissance incertaine (Ve siècle av. J.-C.)
Décès en 325 av. J.-C.
Gouverneur ou satrape d'Alexandre le Grand
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A new book of never-before-published photographs offers readers an intimate glimpse of a pivotal day 50 years ago in America's civil rights movement.
Written by author Kitty Kelley, "Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the March on Washington" commemorates the 50th anniversary of the event that influenced the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The 161-page book offers a brisk journey to the epicenter of the largest mass protest in American history.
Tretick's black-and-white, sepia-toned and color photos capture 250,000 people of all races and ethnicities who gathered at the nation's capital Aug. 28, 1963, to demand equal rights. The renowned photojournalist, a World War II veteran, is noted for his intimate images for Look magazine of President John F. Kennedy and his family. His most famous photo is of Kennedy with his son, John Jr., playing under the president's desk in the Oval Office.
Kelley, a good friend of Tretick, found the never-before-published photos of the march in an old Marine Corps locker he left to her after his death in 1999. She tells the story with captions accompanying Tretick's photos of behind-the-scene moments, marchers on the front lines and the masses across the National Mall.
There are photos of the Big Ten organizers, six black and four white leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr., A. Philip Randolph and a young Rep. John Lewis, sitting before the marble statue of Abraham Lincoln.
On a photo sheet, march leaders wait in Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen's office to "press their case" for the passage of the Civil Rights bill. King is in the foreground beside Rabbi Joachim Prinze, expelled by Adolf Eichmann when he was rabbi of the Berlin Jewish community.
The narrative takes readers into meetings at the White House, as the Kennedy administration mapped out pre-emptive strategies in the event of possible unrest among the crowds.
There are images of marchers from across the nation bearing thousands of signs that called for freedom and equal rights. Many in the crowd wore their Sunday best suits and dresses as the sun shone upon them.
Edelman's words echo the spirit captured in Tretick's photos and Kelley's retelling of one of the life-changing events of the 20th century.


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Best Upcoming Movies 2020 And 2021 | Venom 2 | Top Gun: Maverick
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There were a lot of movies delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the movie industry has obviously had a hard year. Take a quick look at the list of best upcoming movies 2020 and 2021 that you may almost forget.
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Minions: The Rise Of Gru continues to revolve around the surprising adventure of the cutie and smart Minions and young Gru, a fanboy of supervillains. After conquering the Minions in the previous movie, Gru starts his plan to become the greatest supervillain in the world. Knowing that the infamous Vicious 6 recruits new members, he confidently registers, regardless of his young age. However, the Vicious 6 despises him, leading to his risky plan to steal their precious stone to prove his skills.
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When it comes to the best upcoming action movies 2020 and 2021, Top Gun: Maverick deserves on the top list. The movie revolves around the aerial battles of captain Pete Maverick Mitchell. However, instead of human pilots, he has to face remote-controlled drones. The cast of Top Gun: Maverick consists of Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, and more. This movie was initially scheduled to be released on July 12, 2019; however, the filmmakers then decided to postpone it to have the complex flight sequences further processed.
Top Gun: Maverick.
After the vast success of the 2018 movie Venom (which earned over 850 million dollars when it comes to the box office revenue), fans have longed for the sequel about the symbiote. Tom Hardy continues to appear as the lead role in Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage while Woody Harrelson plays the role of Cletus Kasady or Carnage - the main villain.
Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage.
Black Widow was one of the 2020 most-expected superhero movies that get inspired by the Marvel Comics books. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed two times and its latest release date is May 07 this year. At least, Marvel fans believe that it will be no doubt one of the best upcoming movies 2020 and 2021. Black Widow plays the role of the sequel in the new phase in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is supposed to depict further the painful past in Avengers: Age Of Ultron.
Black Widow.
Fast & Furious 9 or F9 continues to follow the story in Fast & Furious 8 after Cipher (Charlize Theron) successfully escapes from the hunt of Dom and his family. This time, she once again aims at Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) with the help of another villain, Dom's younger brother Jacob.
Fast & Furious 9.
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If you are wondering what movies are coming out in 2020 and 2021, don't miss Raya And The Last Dragon. A lone warrior from the world of Kumandra teams up with strange friends on the adventure to seek the last dragon and restore her kingdom. If you are a big fan of Moana and Frozen, Raya And The last Dragon must be a great option. Like many other movies on this list, it was initially scheduled to be released in 2020 but then was postponed.
Raya And The Last Dragon.
A Quiet Place: Part II continues to mention the incidents when Evelyn (Emily Blunt) and her children flee away to an allegedly safe city. However, they never think that the outside world is now attacked by alien creatures who can hunt prey by sound. A Quiet Place now becomes a silent world in which people aren't allowed to make any sound at any time. The Abbot family have gradually discovered a series of mysteries surrounding their world.
A Quiet Place: Part II.
Another movie on the list of new movies 2020 and 2021 comes from Marvel Studios. At the end of 2021, Marvel Studios will release The Eternals - a superhero movie that revolves around an immortal alien race called the Eternals. They are created by the Celestials to protect humans from the Deviants, the Eternals' enemies. In this upcoming movie, Angelina Jolie plays the role of Thena whose mission is to lead a rescue team to struggle against the Deviants and their secret weapons.
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The next movie about Spider-Man is written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, and directed by Jon Watts. Tom Holland once again portrays the main character. Although there have been no specific details about its official title and plot, Spider-Man: Homecoming 3 must deserve one of the most-expected blockbusters this year.
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Israel's deputy prime minister Silvan Shalom has become the latest victim of the escalating cyber conflict between Israel and Palestine after his social media accounts were hacked and used to issue pro-Palestine propaganda.
Shalom's Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogger and LinkedIn accounts were hacked by a pro-Palestine group known as ZCompany Hacking Crew (ZHC), The Times of India reported.
Although the social media accounts have now been reclaimed or taken offline, the hackers threatened to release private documents, contacts and even personal photos they claimed to have obtained by cracking Shalom's Gmail and Picasa account.
The attacks are the latest in a continuing online theatre of conflict which sparked into life after Israeli forces launched Operation Pillar of Defense – pounding Gaza for over a week in what it claimed was a bid to target terror groups in the region that had been firing rockets at civilian targets within Israel.
Pro-Palestine hacktivists, including Anonymous, have sought to hit back, launching an estimated 100 million DDoS and web defacement attacks on Israeli web sites, according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
"In the first two days of the operation, we saw as many attempts to hack government websites as we usually see in a full month," acting head of E-Government, Ofir Ben Avi, told the paper.
"The number of denial-of-service attacks is like nothing we've ever seen before."
The Bank of Jerusalem's online services were apparently taken out for a few hours, as was the Israel Defense Force's blog, and hundreds of privately-owned Israeli web sites were defaced with pro-Hamas and Palestine messages.
However, for the most part Israel's tech defences appear to have held firm, which one would expect from a country which allegedly had a hand in the development of the infamous Stuxnet and Flame malware.


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Published by Wiley, Recruitment Marketing For Dummies is Glassdoor's second e-book. The first, Employer Branding For Dummies, was Wiley's best performing eBook in 2014 and thus far in 2015, and was also honored for a 2015 Killer Content Award by Demand Gen Report.
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The top reason I wanted to visit Australia was to pet a koala. We chose to go to Featherdale Wildlife Park where they let guests pet a koala and pose for a picture with it as well. When we arrived in the morning almost all the koalas in the sanctuary were napping. Some were sleeping peacefully while others chose the most awkward positions to nap in on branches. In the area where they have a koala specifically for photos, we were presented with an adorable sleeping koala. Later in the day we went back again around 1 p.m. during feeding time when all the koalas were active and eating eucalyptus leaves. We were tempted into taking pictures again with the koala who was now happily munching on lunch. This was the most expensive and distant activity on our visit, costing approximately $30 AUS each.
Ice cream cones chocked full of green grass are apparently what kangaroos and wallabys like to eat, at least at the Featherdale Wildlife Park. For $1 we bought a cone to attempt to feed some of these creatures. Mark offered the cone to one of the wallabies and quickly chomped the entire cone out of his hand. So we bought another cone for me and I chose a different wallaby that was more mellow and took its time eating it with smaller bites as I petted it. If skillful enough you could capture a selfie with a kangaroo like we saw the guy in our picture do.
The second reason I wanted to go to Australia was to see the iconic Sydney Opera House. Even with my high expectations it didn't disappoint. We visited the opera house every day while staying in Sydney. On the first day walking along the waterfront to Circular Quay we noticed so many people running on the park paths. So the next morning I decided to join the locals and run with them through the Royal Botanic Gardens to the waterfront and the opera house. I have to say it's one of the prettiest runs I've been on, especially in a large city. Best of all, it was free!
We visited The Rocks, which is a historical part of town on the other side of the cove from the Sydney Opera House. One of the neighborhoods, Millers Point, reminded me a lot of the town from Goonies since so many homes had posters and banners protesting the sale of their neighborhood. We learned that the government has planned to sell off public housing properties in the next two years in the area and obviously the residents weren't happy about losing their homes. While visiting The Rocks we also made sure to eat at Pancakes on the Rocks. We might have made the mistake of ordering a regular entree instead of breakfast pancakes…if we could have a re-do we would've ordered breakfast pancakes instead.
We visited two museums while in Sydney: Art Gallery of NSW and Museum of Contemporary Art. I wish I could say we planned these visits because we're cultured and educated, but that wasn't the case. The first we went inside to escape the heat and the second we went inside desparately looking for a restroom. So although both times we didn't go in strictly for their art, we came out glad we paid a visit. Luckily for us, both museums were free admission except for special exibits. My favorite parts were the Aboriginal art in the Art Gallery of NSW and the light exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Next time we visit Sydney we'll have to do the popular, thrill-inducing Bridge Climb across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This visit we took the safe, free way to get a good view of the Sydney Opera House and waterfront: walking on the bridge's pedestrian walkway. First we took the train to Milsons Point Station and then walked back on the bridge to the other side. It was a great view of the city and worth the walk!


I started decorating my front room and thought the mirror would be perfect to replace what was previously in that space... but of course the problem remained that I still needed to find someone to attach it to the wall!
Ben joined me for dinner on Friday I explained how I was thinking about putting the sconces in the front room but couldn't decide where and he queried why I didn't put them alongside the mirror - brilliant idea... so that is what I have done... and I love it!
Mum decided that the white candles I originally had in place weren't suitable so she has popped in yesterday and replaced them with black ones which I agree are far more striking!
Following an unscheduled absence from my blog I'm back and should share what has caused my lack of blogging!
You may remember the "big reveal" of my living room back in March and since then I've been adding finishing touches, moving things around and generally pulling everything togetherI don't want to overload you with too many photos in this post but I will initally draw your attention to the fact I can now invite friends over for dinner and they'll have something to sit on!
The table was still missing something so I added some colour with another articifical flower arrangement. I can't recommend artificial flowers enough, this arrangement cost me £30 and will outlast the equivalent spend on fresh flowers.


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Fund public services, end corporate tax dodging
Back to School Tax Reform Rally
Jill Cohenour speaks at the rally, with Shannon Bender on the left.
Rally-goers get the message out.
It's time to stop corporate tax dodging and invest in our schools and other public services.
That was the message of the "Back to School Tax Reform Rally for Kids" held today at the state capitol in Helena.
MEA-MFT member-leaders Shannon Bender and Jill Cohenour led the charge at the rally, which was co-sponsored by
MEA-MFT and the Montana Organizing Project.
Rally-goers were asked to sign this petition: "Main Street or Wall Street? Stop Corporate Tax Dodging and Invest in Montana"
"As a public employee, I have seen the effect of cuts to services that Montana families need most," said Cohenour, a chemist at the Montana state lab.
Cohenour added that as a former Montana legislator, she has also experienced the struggle to fund public services while trying to hold onto revenues from corporations that need tax breaks the least.
"We pay taxes to collectively invest in things we cannot do alone," she said.
"Education, highways, and health care are public systems that improve the Common Good. In the past we invested in quality programs and services at a level that moved the economy forward and invested for the future."
Congress poised to continue unnecessary budget cuts, Cohenour said, "we ask them to choose our children's educational welfare over corporate welfare."
Cohenour noted that corporate profits are at a 60-year high, but corporations stash much of their profits in overseas tax havens like the Cayman Islands. Montana loses millions of dollars a year because corporate tax dodgers take a vacation from paying their fair share of taxes.
"We are asking Congress to close tax loopholes and restore funding to education at all levels," she said.
"Montana's economy has already been negatively affected by cuts to many public services that Montana small businesses and working families need. The strain caused by cuts has caused the American economy to stagnate and working families to pick up the slack."
Shannon Bender, a Family Advocate for the Great Falls Head Start program, talked about devastating cuts to Head Start, a national program that helps low-income children and their families.
"Every day, I see the miracles that Head Start works in the lives of disadvantaged children and their families," Bender said. "For thousands of Montana children, Head Start breaks the cycle of poverty and gives their families a shot at a more hopeful future."
Now, however, sequestration has forced Head Start programs to take a 5% cut across the board. More than 200 Montana children and their families will lose Head Start services.
Nationwide, unnecessary sequestration cuts will force 70,000 children and their families out of Head Start.
"When sequestration cuts hit the airlines, all the airlines had to do was complain that people would have to wait an extra 30 minutes to an hour, and their money was reinstated," Bender said.
"I believe the services we provide every day to Head Start children are far more important and far longer lasting than people having to wait a little longer to board their plane. Study after study shows that every dollar spent now on early childhood education, including Head Start, saves taxpayers $7 down the road. That's an incredible rate of return!"
Jan Siemens, a mother and grandmother, talked about how cuts to higher education have forced students to acquire staggering debt in order to finish college.
Cohenour concluded the rally saying, "We have come before you today to draw attention to the budget fight coming in the next few months in the US Congress.
"In this game of tug-of-war, corporations have stepped out of the game and left the rest of us to hold the full freight. This is not a game for our kids. Their future depends on our priorities. As our kids get back to school next week, we ask that Congress prioritize education over corporation tax giveaways that are not moving our economy forward."
She called on Montana senators Baucus and Senator Tester and Representative Daines "to be fiscally responsible and make corporations pay their fair share."
Montana families pay their fair share. It's time for corporations to step up and tdo the same.
WHAT YOU CAN DO: Consider signing the petition calling on Congress to Stop Corporate Tax Dodging.


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Buffalo, NY — 28-year old Kenneth Walker, the only Black volunteer firefighter at the fire department in North Tonawanda (in upstate New York), received a racist letter that included the N-word in his mailbox. Two days later, his home was burned down. He told reporters that his family is safe, and he was not home at the time of the fire – but that his family has lost everything.
The letter says, "N-word are not allowed to be firefighters" and "no one wants you in this city." The letter also pressures Walker to resign from his position based on his race "or you will regret it."
After the local police department and the FBI started investigating to determine if this was a hate crime, they found arrested Matthew Jurado, a former firefighter who lived directly across the street from Walker. 39-year old Jurado, who police said knew Walker personally, admitted to them that he started the fire and has been charged with arson in the second degree. Jurado, however, has denied writing the racist letter.
Mayor Arthur Pappas, who spoke out against the letter and the arson, is calling for justice. He commented, "We're totally disgusted that anyone would continue to do this. Whoever is responsible is certainly doing something that's very distasteful and hateful."
Meanwhile, local residents are being very supportive and have been asking for ways they could help at the scene of the fire. One local business owner told reporters, "I'm just shocked. The people in North Tonawanda would never do something like this so I'll find this interesting to see who the suspect is. I hope they prosecute to the full extent of the law."
The Gratwick Hose Fire Company even held a donation drive to benefit Walker and his family. Local residents donated furniture, household items, clothing, toiletries, food and toys for their two children.
A GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign has also been launched for Kenneth and his family at www.gofundme.com/2hunioc. It has already raised more than $100,000.
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Did the February 28 Process provoke the Gülen Movement into a situation of crisis or conflict?
The February 28 Process severely challenged and tested the unity and identity of Hizmet as a collective actor and the firmness of its hold on its worldview. However, the Gülen Movement was able to respond positively and peacefully, and preserve its coherence in each of the spheres in which it provides services. This most serious situation failed to initiate a breakdown or fragmentation of Hizmet or any breach of its external boundaries.


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Iron Maiden Bucharest 2013 – Concert – Events in Bucharest
Concert Iron Maiden Bucharest 2013
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013 – 18:00
Constitutiei Square, Bucharest
Iron Maiden / Anthrax / Voodoo Six
Iron Maiden will thrill Romania with an amazing show, "MAIDEN ENGLAND". The band will play in front of the "heaviest" building in the world – Palace of the Parliament – in Constitutiei Square, Bucharest.
The event, organized by East European Events, Marcel Avram and D&D East Entertainment welcomes the legendary heavy metal band IRON MAIDEN in Romania. On the 24th of July 2013 the band will perform in the outdoor venue organized in Constitutiei Square from Bucharest. The special guests of this event are the 4 masters of the thrash band Anthrax, and also the band Voodoo Six.
The tickets are available in Eventim network, in Orange, Vodafone, Domo, Humanitas and Carturesti stores and online on www.eventim.ro.
The MAIDEN ENGLAND tour marks the third chapter of Iron Maiden history, a journey that started in 2004 with the "The Early Days" followed by the tour "Early Days", in 2005. The second chapter started in 2008, with the DVD "Live After Death" and the new tour of the band which has torn down the frontiers "Somewhere Back In Time World Tour 2008/9", a tour where they played in front of over 2 million fans from almost 40 countries, flying between continents with their personalized aircraft Boeing 757, named "Ed Force One", piloted by the band's vocalist Bruce Dickinson, plane covered entirely with the image of the DVD "Flight 666".
The current show MAIDEN ENGLAND will reproduce the stage show from their 1988 tour "Seventh Son" where the band will perform several songs from the legendary tour, as well as from the video VHS concert from 1989, entitled "Maiden England", which gives the name of the current tour, launched on DVD on 23rd of March 2013.
Bruce Dickinson says: "We are excited to bring this event to our fans in Romania. Thanks to modern technology, we were able to update and improve the original production from 1988 for 'Maiden England'. MAIDEN ENGLAND brings us an impressive and new light show, stage arrangement, various embodiments of Eddie, lots of pyrotechnics and all sorts of exciting elements."
Steve Harris continues: "We know how popular the History of Maiden Tours is with fans of all ages and we will be bringing with us the full production we had on tour in North America earlier this year. We've also had a huge amount of fun with the set list as we got to play songs we've not played in a very long time like Seventh Son, The Prisoner and Afraid To Shoot Strangers, as well as fan favourites like The Trooper, Aces High, The Clairvoyant, The Number Of The Beast, Wasted Years and Run To The Hills. The opening leg of the tour was so enjoyable for the whole band, we're really looking forward to taking this whole show to our fans around Europe"
Widely considered one of the most important and influential rock acts of all time, IRON MAIDEN have sold almost 90 million albums worldwide, played over 2000 live performances across 58 countries around the globe, and released 15 studio albums including the most recent, The Final Frontier, their biggest ever album chart success attaining No.1 positions in over 28 countries.
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The 23rd Olympic Winter Games: Pyeongchang 2018
Last modified: 2019-05-23 by zoltán horváth
Keywords: olympic games | korea | pyeongchang |
image located by Zoltan Horvath, 21 January 2014
Candidate cities
IOC - International Olympic Committee
The city of PyeongChang (South Korea) has been elected host city of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in 2018. Fifteen winter sport disciplines, organized as seven Olympic sports, are scheduled in the 2018 Winter Olympics program scheduled to be held between 9 and 25 February 2018. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted on 6 July 2011 at the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa. Other candidates that applied to host the games were Annecy, France and Munich, Germany. PyeongChang was elected with 63 votes to Munich's 25 votes and Annecy's 7 votes.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Winter_Olympics
Zoltan Horvath, 02 February 2014
The official Flag Manual of the Winter Olympic Games Pyongchang 2018 can be found on the site: https://library.olympic.org/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/175959/flag-protocol-manual-pyeongchang-2018-olympic-winter-games-the-pyeongchang-organising-committee-for-?_lg=en-GB
Jens Pattke, 7 December 2018
The emblem's design has its roots in Hangul, with the shapes that form the logo stemming from the first consonants of each syllable in the word "PyeongChang" when it is written in Hangul. The first character in the emblem also represents a gathering place where the three elements of Cheon-ji-in - heaven, earth, and human - are in harmony. The second character symbolises snow and ice, as well as the athletes' stellar performances. The emblem symbolises a grand gathering of people from all around the world in celebration of Olympic winter sports, which is taking place in the harmonious land of PyeongChang.
Source: http://www.olympic.org/
The ratio of this flag is unusual, the reverse is unusual (or is it the obverse), having advertising on it is unusual. This is not anything like an ordinary Candidate City flag at all. (Well, it's really an Applicant City Flag, but still.) But I like the fact that is says "Ville Requérante", rather than "Applicant City". I wonder whether that's limited to official Olympic languages, or whether cities do that in their local language.
Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/181303255993.
I've found another image as well, but there it's in the state of "Ville Candidate" ("Candidate City"). By then it also the logo had also developed into a version with different shades for different mountains.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 17 January 2014
Regarding the ebay picture, it seems to be a part of decoration or background rather than a real flag.
Zoltan Horvath, 21 January 2014
It's now a flag, but I guess that's how it started out. I've now found at that even the applicant flag had a logo with multi-shaded mountains. I even know when that logo was introduced: 1 December 2009.
http://www.gamesbids.com/forums/topic/15967-new-logo-coming-soon/page-2. I just can't find it on something that could be a normal flag.
Even the logo before that, which was used for the French candidacy of Annecy, has mountains in different shades of blue. And that one I've at least seen in a sort of street banner in the video.
So, the logo with only one colour for the whole massif is a bit of an exception. As is almost everything on that one.
Hm, at the bottom of http://annecy2018collectors.e-monsite.com/pages/annecy-ville-candidate.html is a two colour version. I'm not sure they mean they were giving them away at winter sports events in France, or were given to those events to be flown there.
The flags were "distributed during different international competitions organized on the French territory, such as the different ski World Cups".
Accordingly, I understand that the flags were offered to the spectators, who were expected to show their massive support to Annecy in front of TV cameras. The visual effect of a crowd waving copies of the same flag is, for sure, more impressive than of a flag hoisted on a single pole.
Ivan Sache, 22 January 2014
Sure, but the Annecy 2018 next to the event flag and organisers flag would give it an undeniable authority.
But the really impressive thing is a flag surfing over the heads and hands of the people, of course. (Do we have a good word for such flags or for displaying a flag in that way?)
A small example can be seen during this behind the scenes video (don't mind the commentators if you let it run until the actual event). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGySy5VaAdo
It not only shows a practice session with people forming their colours into a French flag or an Olympic flag, and with some waving of smaller Annecy 2018 flags comes a larger Annecy 2018 flag to cover the whole group. Plus, all of those flags have the Applicant City logo, proving that that really existed as a normal flag (not just as the curious thing being offered on eBay).


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After several trials and tribulations with the adoption process (http://adventuredad.org/534/reflections/king-for-a-day/), we had just about resided ourselves to early retirement, travel and golf. Then, last August, while recovering from shoulder surgery, we received a call from the agency about a 7 year old girl. Just weeks later, we were meeting with her grandfather and talking about his desire for her to have a family who could nurture and raise her. Having lost his wife years earlier, he tried his hardest to parent her but realized it wasn't going to work out.
After months of visits to Northern Colorado, little Lily moved in with us this past December. Things were rough at first as she was coming to grips with yet another loss and transition in her young life. Yet, we hung in there with lots of love, many fun adventures, security with her new parents, and loving siblings and a faithful dog. Most excitingly for me was watching Alex welcome her into his life as he came down from college on weekends and breaks. Many a fun adventure was had with Lily and her new brother.
This past July, we are excited to report that Lily became a permanent member of our family. I will never forget looking back at her when the judge asked me if we would adopt her. She smiled at us both and then gave us a big thumbs-up!
Lily continues to flower during this new school year. Surrounded by family and friends, she is thriving. We are looking forward to many a great adventure together and it's been a whole new experience for me learning how to be the father of a girl. Believe me, if you have ever seen my golf game, you'd understand why this was the perfect choice for finding meaning and joy in this next phase of our lives!
It was parent's weekend for my freshmen year of college and my dad came all the way from Colorado to visit me in Oregon. Instead of engaging in the customary parent weekend activities at the college we ditched the crowd and went off on our own adventure, a hike in the Mt. Hood National Forest. I had been deeply missing many things in Colorado including the Rocky Mountains and was in need of some time in nature.
We set off on a hike near Mt. Hood and visited Tamanawas Falls. The view of the waterfall was spectacular and the trail winded through a lush forest with trees changing their color for fall. We also visited the historic Timberline Lodge and got to experience a Pacific Northwest blizzard!
After not having seen my father for nearly two and a half months, I could not have imagined a better way of spending the weekend than on a scenic Saturday hike. We talked about college and my new adult life and the resulting trials and triumphs I had experienced over the past months. It had seemed that almost everything in my life had changed. Our hike in the Mt. Hood National Forest reminded me one thing that hadn't changed: I am a Colorado girl who is in love with the truth and beauty of nature.
I just needed my dad to remind me of that.
Some of our earliest adventures involved driving up to the mountains for an afternoon of poking around old mining sites. For kids, there is nothing like 4-wheeling and then seeing old structures, finding giant pieces of mining equipment on the side of a mountain, and picking up all sorts of steel parts and gadgets. On one occasion, we came across an old miner's tobacco pipe which was hand carved from a tree limb.
In addition to the claims dotted throughout Colorado's mountains, we've also enjoyed formal tours of gold and silver mines as well as mill sites (the building where the rock was crushed and processed). While there is a cost involved for these tours, it's always been fun to descend into dark tunnels with the notion that you are being safe and not breaking any rules. When underground you get the chance to see how the miners worked: the tools they had, the conditions they dealt with, and the potential profits they could make. The established mining museums often reveal historic photos from the mining industry that shed light on a miner's way of life.
In the last several years, our attention has turned more to hiking and climbing. So, on last summer's trip to Whistler, Canada, we were happily surprised to find the giant, and fully restored Britannia Mine. As we learned in the new visitor's center, Britannia was the largest cooper producing mines in the British Commonwealth by the late 1920's. Some 60,000 workers pulled out 650,000 tons of copper between 1904 and 1974. The tour into the mine was impressive as they demonstrated how the tools worked (the famous widow maker drill was our favorite) and what the average day was like for the miner. You really can't imagine what dark is until you are down in the mine so learning about the advances in underground lighting tools was extremely meaningful. Also impressive were the number of buildings housing the core samples from years and years of exploration. Imagine giant straws of rock stacked next to each other and housed in sheds for assaying.
For younger children, the Britannia mine's visitor center offered a gold panning area with water chutes allowing the kids to manipulate and play with. This was one of the most all-around comprehensive mine tours we've taken. The tour guides at Britannia eloquently presented memorable tidbits of history while maintaining a rustic attitude and operating machinery of the times. What's more, the old Mill and mine shafts are used in numerous mystery movies and TV shows. We got to see a film crew preparing for a shoot while we were there. The Britannia museum has done a great job reviving mining history and the trip was a great revival of one of our old pastimes. To learn more about the Britannia mine and tours, visit their website at britanniaminemuseum.ca.
It sounds like you and I have had similar experiences when it comes to sharing our passion with our children. Every year since my daughter was born, I took her up to Montana to visit my family. Shortly after she turned one, we took a slight detour into Idaho for a biking adventure. We met my dad, who was in his late sixties at the time, and rode the Route of the Hiawatha bike trail. Of course my daughter was in a bike trailer for the trip, but I was worried that she would get scared when we biked through the long tunnels. As it turns out, she absolutely loved the tunnels and would start crying when we came out into the sunlight.
We had so much fun on the Idaho trip, that I started looking around for similar trails. I was told that there were a whole series of these things called rail-trails around the country. But back in the 1990s, I had a heck of a time finding information about family biking trails. The internet was starting to fill up with information about wild-and-crazy mountain biking trails and bike races and road rides. But I had a tough time finding good, long family trails. If the rumors were true, they were out there, but it was difficult finding information about them.
So I started collecting snippets of trail information from newspapers and magazines. Friends and family members sent me information in care packages and emails. Pretty soon I had a stack of folders filled with trail information, so I decided to start a website. It was my network of trails on the internet, and I called it Trailsnet.com. Since then, I have traveled all over the country riding trails and sharing them on Trailsnet.com. Sometimes I was able to take my daughter with me, and other times I scouted the trails on my own. But I was always on the lookout for trails that could be ridden by Dads, Moms, kids, and grandparents. At the time, I was a teacher and sponsor of a middle school mountain bike club in Boulder, CO, so I would throw in the occasional mountain bike trail, but most of my trails were focused on family fun and accessibility.
Nowadays, I continue to add trails to Trailsnet.com, but I've opened it up so others can add trails, too. Even though the family focus is still important to me, I love it when people add any kind of trail. I've even started catering to trails for those folks who enjoy navigating personal transportation vehicles such as recumbents, Trikkes, Elliptigos, inline skates, etc. There is no longer a lack of trail websites out there, but Trailsnet.com is the only one that started as a family-friendly trail site. While the other sites still seem to think the only types of bikers are mountain bikers and road bikers, Trailsnet realizes there are cruisers, electric cycles, hybrids, urban cycles, tandems, recumbents and more. And, in addition to hikers and backpackers, there are trail runners, snowshoers, cross-country skiers, and mobility- impaired trail users.
So what started out as a dad/daughter/grandfather trip, turned into a lifelong passion. From the time when my daughter was an infant, we have enjoyed getting out on trails together. That was always our special dad and daughter time. I hope that other parents learn the joys of exploring trails with their children, as I did. It's healthy, it's environmentally friendly, it's a great time for bonding, but most of all, it's a lot of fun.
The original seed was planted by my Uncle Bernie over 30 years ago when I moved from Ohio to Colorado to work for him. I was intrigued when Bernie first mentioned that it is very possible to ski 12 months in a row here. While I knew that ski areas often opened in October, and might stay open until July, Bernie reminded me that one could hike and ski on St. Mary's Glacier during the summer months, and thus complete the cycle of year-round snow sliding. Although I'd skied from Halloween to Memorial Day, I never actually took it to the next level…not until my son proposed THE QUEST.
My son Jordy (age 12) has become quite a skier, sharing my passion and joining me on many of my favorite runs, including some that I've already chronicled here at AdventureDad.org. And he must've heard me mention Uncle Bernie's notion of a year-round ski season, because one day last spring Jordy said to me "Dad we need to do that, we need to ski 12 months in a row!" Twist my arm was the first thought I had, and I soon began to consider what it would take for us to successfully complete this quest. As I noted in a couple of earlier postings, our ski season began with some amazing early snow in November and December, along with a special Christmas Day slope-side picnic at Loveland Basin. The new year began with an artic cold day at Winter Park/Mary Jane, and then found us at Copper Mountain every weekend for Choppers (group ski lessons), plus some fun with friends at Vail. In February we ventured north to explore Steamboat Springs, where we also returned for a couple of days in March, after an awesome backcountry ski and hut adventure. And in April we celebrated the month that most major areas close by skiing back at Copper and Loveland.
To keep our quest alive, Jordy and I made a point of sampling the spring and summer snow at Arapahoe Basin in May and June. While the terrain was limited at that point, the spirit of the snow riders was jovial, including those who dared to try pond skimming. While neither of us wanted to risk a dunk in the icy waters, we laughed aloud watching skiers and snowboarders attempt to stay dry going from snow- to water-skiing across a makeshift pond located in a flat area halfway down the mountain.
A-Basin closed on July 4, and we were already on vacation on the west coast, but with some advance planning – I shipped my telemark boots and our helmets, gloves, and layers ahead – and the support of friends in Portland, Oregon, who loaned me some tele skis and gave us directions, Jordy and I ventured to Mt. Hood for some rare and wonderful turns at the famous Timberline Ski Area. What a kick to see racing and snowboard camps in full swing during mid-summer, and to mix with tourists staying at the massive timber and rock lodge built by Federal Works Progress Administration in 1937. And that's where Maggie, the Adventure Mom of our family, awaited us after we checked off the July date of our quest.
Back home to a blistering Colorado summer, where temperatures reached 90 degrees for more than 45 consecutive days, August found us without an actual lift-serviced ski area, and thus taking our quest to the next level. We ventured to St. Mary's Glacier near Idaho Springs, Colorado, where a short hike to a year-round snowfield offered us the best way to keep our string of consecutive months on skis alive. Joined by our friends, Adventure Dad and Copper Mountain Ski Patroller Jamie, and his daughter Sasha (age 16), fresh off of a 30-day NOLS course, we enjoyed bluebird skies, and light winds on our hike past St. Mary's Lake, and up the Glacier. With skis lashed to our packs, and our ski boots packed inside, our load and the slick surface made for slow going. At a level area near the névé (top) of the glacier, we pulled over to the edge, put on our ski boots, and carefully made our turns down the crusty brownish snow that was cut with strange, undulating ridges for most of the way down. Not the prettiest skiing we'd done all season, but each of whooped with the joy of midsummer's day fun at a typically winter time activity. Jamie, Jordy, and I repeated our sojourn to St. Mary's again in September and hoped that a Colorado ski area would open the next month and permit us to come full-circle and complete our quest.
When October commenced with unseasonably warm temperatures, I became just a little worried, but soon learned that cold nights at altitude were permitting snowmaking at two front-range ski areas. Arapahoe Basin was the first to open for skiers on Thursday, October 13, with Loveland following the next day. And just one day later, Jordy and I were aboard Chairlift #1 for a few quick runs on "Mambo," our quest complete, having skied 12 months in a row.
Our friends Jamie and Sasha are now aiming for the same goal, and Jordy and I plan to join them, wondering how many more consecutive ski months we might be able to tally.
It's Never Too Early to Hit the Trails and Explore Europe!
As a professional mountain biker and adventure racer, I look forward to the days when I can spend time engaging in serious athletic activities with my son, Wyatt. I realized this summer, however, that it's never too early to begin the adventure!
Wyatt has stamps from five countries (Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland) in his passport, and it was a joy to be able to share our love of traveling with him. He also has two "grandmothers" in France and one in Italy, who have all sung him songs, played games with him, and provided some extra love along the way.
When we returned home, Wyatt attended his first Leadville 100 event, once again as a member of the support crew while I rode in the race. I began crewing at the Leadville 100 run when my dad raced it for the first time when I was six, and we have been treating these races a family get-togethers since then. This was our first three-generation Leadville event, and I hope it is the first of many!
Wyatt, Grandpa, and Dad hung out after the Leadville 100 MTB race. Wyatt was still fresh, but dad was a bit dusty!
The following snapshots describe the summer highlights of my summer with Wyatt.
Wyatt and I look forward to a lifetime of adventurous memories together. He's definitely got the spirit, the attitude, and the flexibility, and I think we're in for some good times!
I had planned a weekend away for us all… a weekend of adventure (rappelling and fishing)… a weekend of masculinity bestowing masculinity.
When it came time to suit up our harnesses for our rappelling adventure… it was evident that Isaac was nervous. To say that he's not fond of heights is an understatement. But he wanted to go over the edge and down the cliff nonetheless. And so he began. He pushed through his fears, and went over the edge… maybe 1 to 2 metres down the vertical rock-face, before telling our guides he wanted to climb back up to the top, and not continue downward.
Even though he had navigated through the scariest part of any rappelling experience (going over the edge), I knew as his father, I was needed at that moment, to speak against all of the waves of accusation that would come against him. And that's exactly what was going on within him. He was ashamed that he had not completed the adventure. He wept openly, and referred to himself as a failure. That's when I spoke truth into him… that he was not a failure… that despite his fear of heights, he went over the edge.
After I had helped him to calm down, I asked him if he'd like me to buy him a Coke. He said that he didn't deserve it, and so in I went again… to play my part as his Dad… to rescue him, to guard his heart, to speak against the lies with truth. It was beautiful.
I wonder how things would have been had I not been there to interpret what he thought was failing?
The adventure started in 1989. I was six years old, and my dad and I raced up and down the washboard dirt roads of Evergreen on our bikes. I was Greg LeMond, and he was Bernard Hinault. The stakes were high as we saught victory in the Tour de France, and I always seemed to edge him out at the line even though he was a formidable ultra-endurance athlete.
Over the next twenty years, I watched in awe as my dad completed the Leadville 100, Badwater 146 Ultra Marathon, and Eco Challenge Adventure Races all over the world, among other events. When I began competing in adventure races in 2003, Dad was right by my side. Always my number one fan, he has helped me numerous times as a member of the support crew, and we have raced together in races involving snowshoeing, running, mountain biking, paddling, and a number of other sports.
In 2009, we traveled together to the Rock and Ice Ultra, a 200+ mile self-supported running/snowshoeing stage race in the Canada's Northwest Territories. Hanging out in the warm tent with my dad while the northern lights shined outside was one of the highlights of my life.
I'm looking forward to becoming a dad in January, and I can't wait for three generations of Macy's to hit the trails together!
Good morning my son. I will say good morning to you many times for the rest of your life but now you are not quite able to understand it. You are just months in the womb and I hope that as I talk to you each day, my mouth against your mother's stomach, that you will recognize my voice when you finally enter this world.
I am starting my journal to you for several reasons. I need a space to reflect upon what it means to be a father, a place to ponder your creation and all of the emotional experiences that I will be going through. Hopefully, by understanding the experiences better, I will be more enlightened about what it means to be a father.
I am also writing this so that one day I can share it with you as a memoir of your earliest days. I hope that my reflections will give you a greater sense of your roots and remind you of how much you are loved as you become a man someday. One of my favorite philosophers is Soren Keirkegard who said: "Life must be lived forward, but understood backwards." If you understand where you come from, I believe you will be centered and strengthened for your own journey in life.