Karney Properties, Co. is a creative placemaking real estate firm.
Our company focuses on bringing great building and landscape design, in tandem with art and culture, to activate adaptive reuse and real estate development projects.
Creative placemaking strategies apply broadly across many facets of Karney's assets. We use these strategies in the design of housing and commercial spaces, public plazas and open space, bike paths and pedestrian walkways, transit systems and public art. Our real estate development projects—ranging from mixed-use transit-oriented development in Culver City to adaptive reuse to creative office in Playa Vista to neighborhood revitalization projects in Anaheim, Hawthorne and Torrance —all employ exceptional design, thoughtful open space, and artistic expression.
Karney is especially unique in the on-going creative programming it brings once the projects are built, which creates an interactive community where people want to live, work, interact and invent. Programming examples include art walks, local music performances in the plazas, public art competitions integrated in building design, among countless other initiatives to engage and enliven the community. We have found by bringing superior building design, communal open space, art and culture to a real estate project and applying creative placemaking best practices benefit all stakeholders, and create healthy, economically thriving, and culturally vibrant places.
Artfully designed buildings, an inclusive community, and gathering places.
We accomplish this vision by employing the most creative, out-of-the-box architectural firms that view their design as an evolving, iterative artform, not a static practice. Local, creative, and innovative architectural firms like Lorcan O'Herlihy, Koning Eizenberg, Abramson Teiger, Gensler, and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) are just some of the firms we have selected for our projects.
The community and gathering spaces we design create meaningful interaction.
The community and gathering spaces we design in our projects need a special kind of landscaped environment to create meaningful interaction. We select our landscape architect very carefully to make sure the exterior atmosphere compliments the interior. Our choices in landscape firms – Design Workshop, Mia Lehrer Architects, LRM – focus on the open space design to ensure memorable private and public experiences.
Finally, we curate our buildings with creative tenants that appreciate and take full advantage of the inspiring buildings we renovate and build. Many of our tenants are at the cutting-edge of innovation and invention. Tenants include Tom's Shoes, Spacex, Disney, Digital Domain, Vista and Tesla.


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Enjoy a full day getting to know a different side of Amsterdam. You'll visit a fishing village, travel to Schiermonnikoog Island and see the famous Wadden seals. An incredible experience!
After meeting at the indicated time at Amsterdam River Cruise Dock, you'll start your tour driving through the Dutch countryside. Along the journey, you'll be able to see farms, fishing villages and windmills.
The tour's first stop will be the thirty kilometre long causeway which connects North Holland with the Wadden Sea. Contemplate this strange structure that runs through the middle of the sea, and see the IJesselmeer, a lake formed by the dike's construction.
Your drive will continue to Lauwersoog Harbour, where you'll board a boat which will take you out to the Wadden Sea, a UNESCO protected natural World Heritage Site. The area is an important stopover point for millions of migrating birds, and it's a great place for seal spotting.
As the boat sails through the Wadden Sea, you'll near the wetlands and marshes that are so characteristic of this area of Holland. From the deck, enjoy the incredible experience of watching several different species of grey seals, porpoises and other animals. Don't forget to take photos!
After saying farewell to the seals, the boat will head towards Schiermonnikoog Island. Here you'll be able to truly appreciate the amazing biodiversity of the island's National Park as you visit its sand dunes, beaches, marshes and forests. Afterwards, you'll have some free time to explore the historic 17th century village of Schiermonnikoog at your own pace.
To put the finishing touch on this exciting tour, you'll enjoy a delicious meal on the boat deck, including local fish, meat and other fresh produce. With sated appetites, you'll make the journey back to Amsterdam.
Seals are very common in the Wadden Sea. However, their presence is unpredictable and we therefore cannot guarantee how many or which species you will see during your visit.
Meal on board including local fresh produce.


For 20 long years, Carla Brooks was always there to care for her husband Karl following his stroke.
Then after two decades of devotion, Karl passed away last year leaving his wife heartbroken and lost.
So as a way of healing his mother's pain, Barton Brooks and his partner Gregg Goodbrod are taking her for 20 different European adventures – one for each of the years that she spent caring for his father.
This won't be the first time that Carla has traveled for therapeutic reasons either – she had been engaged to another fiancé before Karl, but then just before the wedding, she discovered that he had been unfaithful to her. The young woman took all the money meant for the marriage and backpacked Europe for a solo months-long adventure.
The trio's travel blog, The Little Girl From Kansas, is open to suggestions for their grand tour and will be posting weekly updates documenting their 20 adventures.


"The broadness of the course is fantastic. I would honestly recommend it. "
When I came into the College I was mostly a painter, and when I decided to do Textile Art & Artefact I just kind of felt that I wasn't ready to limit myself to any material. The broadness of the course is fantastic. I would honestly recommend it. I'm definitely concept-driven and I probably always was. You're encouraged in here to try every type of medium, to try photography, video, to try doing things with Illustrator, fashion design and then you kind of just latch onto something that you enjoy, or you're good at, or that just really suits your type of making.
I know last year I discovered a material I liked making from, which is rice noodle paper, I was encouraged loads and I just kept going with that. I was looking at the idea of one skin fits all and was experimenting with a lot of tights and different types of nylons and then painting on them. I didn't know why I was doing it and then I came across rice paper. I'd wet the rice noodle paper, place it on my skin, hair dry it until it vacuum-packed onto me, which looks like another layer of skin. I had always had an interest in science in secondary school and this material really allowed me to explore that deeper.
Now I'm looking at changing the body through a technique called vavilovian mimicry or what I'm calling vavilovian mammalial mimicry - looking at mammals and how they mimic each other. More specifically I'm looking at humans, and birds. I'm looking at mimicry in aviation, the human mimicking different types of aviation and at birds, insects and aeroplanes. People want to fly or at least experience what it's like to fly, or to be a bird. It's a fascination that starts at childhood and never really leaves us. I was looking at what birds have that we don't have and birds have extra air sacks. When they breathe in, twenty percent of their body is made up of air because they can take in so much. The oxygen goes all the way into these air sacks and goes straight to the body. I needed to look at how I would build bronchiole extensions, so I started researching into different types of scaffolds used within surgery and one of these ways was porcelain. I made a good few porcelain based scaffolds then I used a technique where I grew skin on top of them. At this point I had no idea what I was doing with it all, I was just making.
At the moment I'm gathering all of these different things. I'm going to try and compile them in an obsessive narrative of a person who was obsessed with flying from when they were young. I have a room on this floor which is fantastic because it looks a bit like a lab. I want to capture it through three encyclopaedias constructed in a museum curated way, showing everything this person did.
Different types of marking, obsessive labelling, looking at growing their own wings, attaching them to their skin, how they'd attach them best, doing the bronchiole extensions, building air sacks.
I want it to be informing. I want people to come out and ask more questions, that's why I'm constructing it in a way that it's going to be realistic.


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It's Tuesday 15 December 2020, and this is TheSouthAfrican.com Daily News Wrap - with the latest news you really need to know.
by The South African
This is the Daily News Wrap from The South African. Bringing you all the news you really need to know on 15 December 2020.
We start with our top story from last night's presidential address.
President Cyril Ramaphosa may have gathered us for a family meeting just 11 days before Christmas – but he was in no mood to dish out the candy canes and stocking fillers.'.
During his last address, President Ramaphosa warned that more action could be taken in other COVID-19 hot-spots before the festive season kicked in – he wasn't kidding, and Nelson Mandela Bay is no longer the only region of the country facing special measures.
Sarah Baartman and the Garden Route have also been declared hot spots, and similar restrictions as Nelson Mandela Bay will apply.
The three hot-spots mentioned above will only be able to sell booze for four days a week. Restaurants and bars will be asked to close at 9pm, ahead of a 10pm to 4am curfew.
There are new countrywide curfew hours, lasting from 11pm to 4am in non-hot-spot areas. That means hospitality venues will be asked to close at 10pm.
All across the country, liquor stores will only be able to open from 10am to 6pm, from Monday to Thursday. All public drinking – on beaches and in parks – is prohibited.
Beaches in all of the Eastern Cape and Garden Route will be shut down. In KZN, their beaches will be closed on 16, 25, 26, and 31 December 2020, and 1-3 January 2021.
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Create Laser Arts is the collaboration of three local artists to make imaginative laser-engraved goods and hand-made functional wares in wood, paper, leather, stone and acrylic. We make items that reflect our artistic vision using reclaimed materials. We make unique wood coasters, jewelry, magnets, small boxes, salt cellars, cabin wares, trivets and more. We also provide laser engraving and cutting services to artists, individuals and small businesses seeking to customize products and objects. We are based in the Seward neighborhood of South Minneapolis.
We make items that reflect our artistic vision using reclaimed materials. Our ultimate goal is to turn waste materials into something useable and beautiful. We are eco-conscious and the images we generate reflect our values and our connection to nature: images of vegetables, trees, animals, bicycles, vegetable and meat cuts–artichoke and tree earrings, for example. We choose to use found materials, and reclaim useable waste from local businesses and educational facilities; even the smallest scrap can be made into something new.


Intelligence does not determine our level of focus and prioritization.
Companies spend a lot of time and money hiring smart people, but keep them inundated with routine activities which often masquerade as priorities.
I use to be a personal trainer and yet started to habitually question the result of my time/effort at the gym.
I was just spinning my wheels. I wasn't making any progress.
I had quickly fallen into the fallacy of doing.
The more I do, the more I'm worth. I feel guilty when I'm not doing something.
There had to be a better way to work smarter and get back to the enjoyment of working out. I wanted to feel like I was winning again.
Then I started working with Kettlebells, the epitome of an 80/20 solution.
New inspiration was beginning to breathe into me; I finally felt like I was winning again, making progress and accomplishing results.
We love complexity and addition. But when we simplify and subtract, we start to produce at a higher level.
We breakthrough our ceiling of diminishing returns, where increased effort/time does not produce a higher level of output.
I see the mistakes I was making. We overtrain and overcomplicate.
We try to "do it all." We are on "information overload" and have no sense of what matters.
Kettlebell Thinking - or the 80/20 Principle - has become my belief, my work, and my way of life.
With that, I free people from the confusion and busyness that arises in living in a complex world.
Eric Papp is the founder of Agape Leadership, LLC is an intellectual capital firm focusing on leadership for business performance.
He develops custom concepts and strategies that are focused on application and results.
Since 2010 he has been evaluated as one of the top management trainers in North America.
He is the author of "Leadership By Choice" published by John Wiley and Sons.
And is the creator of the podcast Ownership At Work Available for free on iTunes and the internet.
Eric is a frequent guest on television and radio programs. He serves as a weekly contributor as the leadership expert on News Talk 1530.
"Stop managing people and start managing their promises."
He received his B.A. at the University of Notre Dame and is a graduate of Tampa Jesuit.
Find out more about Eric Papp: Workplace Performance Expert at http://www.ericpapp.com.


Academic Council | "Государственный гидрологический институт"
Balonishnikova Zh.A. Scientific Secretary of the FSBI "SHI"
Alekseev L.P. Head of SHI Department, Ph.D.
Anisimov O.A. Head of SHI Department, Dr. Sc.
Babkin V.I. Head of SHI Laboratory, Dr. Sc.
Bobrovitskaya N.N. Head of SHI Department , Dr. Sc.
Vuglinsky V.S. Chief Researcher, Dr. Sc.
Georgievsky V.Yu. Chief Researcher, Acting Head of SHI Department, Dr. Sc.
Gusev S.I. Head of SHI IAC, Ph.D.
Kalyuzhny I.L.Head of SHI Department, Ph.D.
CatoliKov V.M. Chief Researcher, Acting Head of SHI Department , Ph.D.
Klaven A.B. Chief Researcher, Dr. Sc.
Konovalov D.A. Head of SHI Department, Ph.D.
Kopaliani Z.D. Leading Researcher, Ph.D.
Lavrov S.A. Leading Researcher, Dr. Sc.
Lobanov A.G. Leading Researcher, Ph.D.
Markov M.L. Leading Researcher, Acting Head of SHI Department, Ph.D.
Rymsha G.V. Leading Researcher, Ph.D.
Tsytsenko K.V. Leading Researcher, Dr. Sc.
Yakovleva T.I. Head of SHI Department, Ph.D.


Your new, go-to pant for all your TrailblazerGirl adventures! The Pinedale Pant from our friends at Stio looks great on and is mega-versatile, taking you from the trails to a walk around town. They are snug fitting, like a pair of leggings, but the nylon/polyester/spandex blend is so comfortable because its stretchiness, that you'll be pleased with the flattering, trim fit. In addition to the stretchiness, the articulation at the knees ensures that your range of motion won't be affected. You can climb, run, bend, and bike to your heart's content without fear of these pants ripping or restricting your movement. They do run long, so for you long-legged TrailblazerGirls, they'll be just perfect for you, otherwise it's easy to hem them. Three zippered pockets with mess linings allow for secure storage and breathability. The Pinedale is a fantastic all-purpose, pants designed with the TrailblazerGirl in mind!
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We sure post a lot of content for you. :) Over the last few years there haven't been any major disruptions to the way we work. We have generated consistent content for your fans and ensured that you are connecting with them on a regular basis. We've been notified about some drastic changes coming to a couple of the different networks that we work with, and wanted to let you know that we are not only prepared but ready to help you stay on top. The biggest change that you're going to see is with how Facebook runs their graph API.
To explain what's going on: basically, when we post a link to Facebook, Facebook automatically generates a link preview. Whether it's content we found on your behalf (someone else created) or something you've written (ex. from your blog), Facebook pulls an image and text. We've always been able to edit that headline description and image as we've seen fit. That auto generated preview was completely editable, so it didn't matter what it was. We could make it fit social title space, social look and feel. It has given us the option to test different copy for the same link, focus on specific angles of content, and best share something that might be more longform on your website in a shorter digestible snippet.
It's understandable (if you think about it) why this could be a problem. Scammers and spammers use this as a way to trick people into clicking questionable things. They could create a scam, reframe it to look like it is, and cause big problems. In the same way, some alt news publishers were posting incorrect news articles and misleading information. With that perspective, it makes sense. But for those of us just trying to do the right thing, the functionality had been hugely helpful.
Facebook has begun to roll out this change and will give us until September to find ways to best post content. We will reach out to our partner manager if we see any large alerts but mainly what we need to know is that if we're posting content from your site we might need to work on the open graph tags. We will vet the posts and we can test them through the open graph debugger tool. It might take some adjusting but we'll make it work!
That one was probably a big doozy for you, so we'll keep this other one light and simple. It's very exciting to learn that Facebook is now creating groups for pages. We have long been fans of trying to organize and grow little niches on the Internet for your clientele. Groups have been trickier because it was hard to post as your brand. The good news is now we can create this space in the organization. We will be able to basically create your very own fan club!
Your account manager will be reaching out to you personally to double check that you understand the changes that are being made and that we are able to help you utilize them to your benefit. As always a big part of what we promise you at TBD is that we are aware of trends and changes so that you can be at the front of them. We're excited to move forward with you with these new opportunities (and challenges) to make sure you're getting the very best social available.


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from heat.common.i18n import _
from heat.engine import properties
from heat.engine import resource
from heat.engine import support

class KeystoneService(resource.Resource):
    """Heat Template Resource for Keystone Service."""

    support_status = support.SupportStatus(
        version='2015.2',
        message=_('Supported versions: keystone v3'))

    PROPERTIES = (
        NAME, DESCRIPTION, TYPE
    ) = (
        'name', 'description', 'type'
    )

    properties_schema = {
        NAME: properties.Schema(
            properties.Schema.STRING,
            _('Name of keystone service.'),
            update_allowed=True
        ),
        DESCRIPTION: properties.Schema(
            properties.Schema.STRING,
            _('Description of keystone service.'),
            update_allowed=True
        ),
        TYPE: properties.Schema(
            properties.Schema.STRING,
            _('Type of keystone Service.'),
            update_allowed=True,
            required=True
        )
    }

    def _create_service(self,
                        name,
                        type,
                        description=None):
        return self.keystone().client.services.create(
            name=name,
            description=description,
            type=type)

    def _delete_service(self, service_id):
        return self.keystone().client.services.delete(service_id)

    def _update_service(self,
                        service_id,
                        new_name=None,
                        new_description=None,
                        new_type=None):
        return self.keystone().client.services.update(
            service=service_id,
            name=new_name,
            description=new_description,
            type=new_type)

    def handle_create(self):
        name = (self.properties.get(self.NAME) or
                self.physical_resource_name())
        description = self.properties.get(self.DESCRIPTION)
        type = self.properties.get(self.TYPE)

        service = self._create_service(
            name=name,
            description=description,
            type=type
        )

        self.resource_id_set(service.id)

    def handle_update(self,
                      json_snippet=None,
                      tmpl_diff=None,
                      prop_diff=None):
        name = None
        if self.NAME in prop_diff:
            name = (prop_diff.get(self.NAME) or
                    self.physical_resource_name())
        description = prop_diff.get(self.DESCRIPTION)
        type = prop_diff.get(self.TYPE)

        self._update_service(
            service_id=self.resource_id,
            new_name=name,
            new_description=description,
            new_type=type
        )

    def handle_delete(self):
        if self.resource_id is not None:
            try:
                self._delete_service(service_id=self.resource_id)
            except Exception as ex:
                self.client_plugin('keystone').ignore_not_found(ex)

def resource_mapping():
    return {
        'OS::Keystone::Service': KeystoneService
    }

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Rochester's Musical Doctors to Perform On National TV This Weekend
Dr. Elvis Francois and Dr. William Robinson from Rochester's Mayo Clinic will be on national TV Sunday at 1:00 PM during the "Indy 500 Special: Back Home Again" on NBC. The musical doctors recorded a version of "God Bless America" as a tribute to front-line workers. During the Indy special on Sunday, COVID-19 survivors will be encouraged to donate plasma which can be used to treat people that are currently battling the virus and create medicines.
Dr. Elvis told NBC Sports, "Seeing so many of my colleagues and front-line workers across the country come together in the midst of such challenging times has been inspiring. This performance is dedicated to everyone who keeps showing up in the fight against COVID-19." Robinson added, "Our performance is very much about hope. It's important to remember that we're all in this together and we're all working tirelessly toward the same goal."
The special program, airing at 2 p.m. EDT on NBC, will take the place of the Indianapolis 500 which is traditionally held over Memorial Day weekend but has been postponed until August.
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14 September 2019 - Story
Welding together a better future
When his parents could no longer afford to pay his school fees, Richard Lajul's life seemed full of challenges. Like many rural youth in Amuru district who have to drop out of school, he then moved to Kampala and joined a private security firm. That was in 2015. A year later, he quit the job as his mother fell sick and he was unable to get leave approved to go and care for her.
Back at home, Richard became a farmer and also the chairperson of a drama group supported by the Straight Talk Foundation. Here he reached out to young people through drama aiming to change people's behaviour. "Me and my club members taught communities about HIV/Aids, sanitation, family planning and mobilizing communities to seek medical services," he says.
One day at a village meeting, the chair of the local council told Richard about Save the Children's Youth Empowerment Programme, which is funded through a partnership with the Italian jewellery company Bulgari and supports young people to start and develop their own businesses.
In 2017, the 22-year-old enrolled on the programme. His six months' training included a two-month internship with a local welding and metal fabrication company.
There, Richard says he learnt how to make windows, barber shop chairs, stools, ladders, cooking stoves, pot stands, counters, cash boxes, doors, sewing machine stands, signposts, and many other things that are in frequent demand from the local community.
He emerged the best in the programme's 2017 class.
After the training, Richard and four of his classmates decided to start their own fabricating workshop, which they called Diro Konyi Welding and Metal Fabrication. They contributed 40,000 Ugandan shillings each (about $10.80) to invest in wire cables and materials.
"The first job we got was a container house for a retail shop,"says Richard."The client bought the material and we were paid 200,000 shillings (about $54) for labour. This was a good start!"
The group re-invested all of it into materials and made doors, windows, tables, a barber shop chair and a signpost. On a good day, Richard says the team can make 70,000 shillings (about $19), depending on what they sell.
Through the programme Richard also joined a local Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA), where he invests his savings of around 6,000 shillings (about $1.60) every week. "In the 2019 action audit (where the group's savings and investments are assessed and shared out) I got 500,000 shillings, which I used to open up a shop for my wife," he says.
The programme has also provided training in literacy and numeracy skills, life skills and business management: "It's helping me to learn how to sell and advertise my business. I have leant how to handle different clients, how to budget the profits. The display of the products has made me attract more customers. My life skills (training) has taught me how to keep the right people around so that I do not spend my money on the unwise ways."
Richard also participates in quarterly outreaches promoting Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) within his Parish.
With business taking off, last year Richard built himself a two-room concrete house.
His ambition is to keep growing – he wants to train other young people in the skills he's learned, and by 2023 he plans to open a larger fabrication workshop, which he hopes will supply the largest construction in the Greater North.
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Together we are stronger.
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This week we will discuss the NFL Playoffs and headline football news with former NFL player Mitch Donahue.
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"Loving" that Sports Talk will be about sports of all kind. The show will keep you up to date on what is going on in the world of sports. We will cover the NFL training camp and what players are holding out. We'll talk about the veteran players that were released and why. Find out what teams are favored to go to the Superbowl, who the new starting Quarterbacks are and what is expected of them. We'll talk weekly key injuries. Our weekly guests will include former NFL Players and sports enthusiasts, guest co-hosts, and much, much more. Call in or e-mail your comments and questions. "Loving" that Sports Talk is broadcast live every Wednesday at 12 Noon Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Sports Channel.
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James Loving is a Former Professional American Football Player who played receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles. After graduating from Alan B. Shepard High School in 1984, Loving had a stellar collegiate career playing 2 years at Santa Rosa Jr. College (84-86) in California then at the University of Wyoming (86-88). He was drafted in 1988 to the Canadian League (British Columbia team) before being asked to sign with the Eagles that same year. He played 2 years with the Eagles before ending his NFL playing career due to a major knee injury. In 1994 he and some of his fellow former NFL buddies put on a football camp in Wyoming called "The Double Bay Football Camp." It was a huge success. He has dedicated his life to empowering the Inner City Youths by motivating them and giving them hope for a better future. Loving assures them that there are so many avenues that they can use to achieve their life goals. He does this by working hard to develop and implement programs such as football camps and other educational and social events designed to teach the fundamentals and build self confidence. Besides his camps and other Philanthropy work he also gives back by volunteering and donating money to "The Right Star Outreach Center" run by his mother in Robbins, IL. Loving currently resides in Litchfield Park, Arizona where he has gone back to school for his masters in Communications.
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Captivating violet lift to the aromas of blackberry, cassis and minerals. Wonderfully fine-grained, lightly medicinal wine with terrific inner-mouth definition and energy... This impeccably balanced wine finishes with suave, refined tannins and outstanding mounting length. Really stains the palate and reverberates in the retronasal passages.
Over the last 20 years, a small handful of California producers have solidified a reputation of highly coveted wines purchased by collectors the world over. Founded in 1986 by Jean Phillips, Screaming Eagle is one of these original cult wineries in California. Located in the Oakville AVA adjacent to Napa Valley's famed Silverado Trail, the 57-acre estate was comprised of only 80 vines at the time that Philips shared some homemade Cabernet Sauvignon with winemaking peers at nearby Robert Mondavi Winery. Upon realizing the property's potential to create top class wine for the Napa region, the name "Screaming Eagle" was born to signify Philips' dedication to perfection. In recent years, the 2015-2016 vintages of Screaming Eagle wine scored perfect 100s from Wine Advocate, but its popularity dates as far back as 1995, winning rave reviews from such critics as Robert M. Parker Jr. for the 1992 vintage. This attention to the well-crafted, signature California-style wines created a passionate following. Then-winemaker Heidi Peterson Barrett was responsible for producing vintages so sought after that in order to buy Screaming Eagle wines, one must become a customer through a mailing list with a decades-long wait list to be accepted. As of 2010, current winemaker Nick Gislason has continued to produce top tier wines, maintaining Screaming Eagle's reputation as one of the most revered producers in North America. This kind of popularity shaped the future of wine clubs, distribution, and wine collection within the industry. Like many of the wines produced in Napa Valley, Screaming Eagle wines are primarily Cabernet Sauvignon, though limited amounts of Sauvignon Blanc are produced. In 2012 the winery released Second Flight, a Cabernet Franc and Merlot blend. In 2006 Phillips sold the winery to businessman E. Stanley Kroenke, who continues to produce very limited quantities between 400 to 600 cases a year. Buy Screaming Eagle wine on WineBid today.
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Benedict J. Fernandez, (b. 1936), a Puerto Rican and Italian photographer from East Harlem, captured some of the most powerful and emotionally-resonant moments of America during the tumultuous 1960s. This exhibition comprises vintage prints and never before seen work prints from the archives of an underappreciated master.
The Sixties were arguably the years of greatest social change in American history. The country entered the decade full of idealism and hope – the Civil Rights movement was gathering steam and a charismatic president rallied the nation to explore a New Frontier. America limped out ten years later, devastated by assassinations, divided over the Vietnam War, cities aflame in unrest. Through it all were the movements: Civil Rights, Black Power, Students for a Democratic Society, pro and anti-Vietnam War, nascent gay rights, and more.
One can track these movements – and our nation's trajectory – through Fernandez's tough and revealing photos; he was perpetually in the thick of the action with a 35mm Leica, his wide-angle lens capturing it all on Tri-X. He worked with the eye of a poet and the hands of the crane operator he once had been. Fernandez's photos are brash and confrontational, capturing the mood of the times and his own hardscrabble upbringing.
Ben Fernandez met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a 1967 march in Central Park. They became friends; Fernandez was one of few photographers to have access to Dr. King's home. The resulting photos show the civil rights leader in intimate moments with his children and wife, Coretta. Fernandez's photos are among the most personal ever taken of Dr. King.
In the 1960s Fernandez founded the Photo Film Workshop at the Public Theater, educating a diverse group of inner-city children, including Ángel Franco, who became a Pulitzer Prize winner at The New York Times. Fernandez then created the photography program at Parsons/The New School, making it a national model. Fernandez's educational innovations helped change photography from a common craft to a respected profession and changed the lives of generations of students.


"The Exceptional" is a range of whiskies by American independent bottlers Sutcliffe & Son and we were given the opportunity to sample them as part of a tweet tasting hosted by The Whisky Wire.
The Exceptional releases consist of small batch blends which are married in first-fill Oloroso Sherry casks. The range was originally introduced in 2013, though launched into the UK in May 2016.
The Exceptional Grain is a blend of grain whiskies from a several distilleries. They're married and matured in first-fill Oloroso Sherry Butts for about 6 months and although the bottling carries no age statement; it includes a 12 year old (yo) North British, 21 yo Strathclyde, 32 yo Cameron Bridge and 33 yo Carsebridge .
This is the 3rd Edition of the expression; it's bottled at 43%.
Quite a soft nose initially, but gets sharper as it opens up.
Lots of coconut, vanilla and oaty porridge sweetness with some sweet nuttiness too. A little sharp green apple and then boiled sweets (fruit pips?) and icing sugar along with light milk chocolate.
Some buttery pastry makes an appearance and just a hint of Lemon Curd.
Arrival is much more fruit-driven than the nose would suggest; this immediately reveals sweet apple tart and rich lemon curd. Rich, slightly oily mouth feel.
Bit of a spicy kick with some cloves and pepper notes and a little leather into the dark fruity, slightly bitter finish. Medium length and sherry influence becomes clear at this stage.
The Exceptional Malt is a blended malt, consisting of 11 different malts Glenfarclas, Ben Nevis, Balvenie, Kininvie, Glenfiddich, Alt-a-BHaine, Auchriosk, Glenallachie, Westport and MAcallan casks.
Once again a mix of whisky ages with 11 yo, 20 yo & 21 yo Ben Nevis, 22 yo Auchroisk, 21 yo Glenallachie, 14 yo Westport, 13 yo Speyside and 30 yo Macallan.
This is the second edition of the Malt expression and it's again bottled at 43%.
Spiky nose and immediate flavour is a big punch of mango, though this does subside quickly. Still remains sharp, with vintage sweet shop specials such as Soor Plooms and Lemon Sherbet.
Cadbury's Fruit and Nut with apricot notes and a bit of buttered toast.
Very difficult to pin down the nose!
Quite dry mouthfeel; tobacco, dried ginger, dark chocolate dark cherries. Slight caramel makes an appearance, but pretty dark robust flavours otherwise.
From Fruit and Nut to Bournville; this leaves a slightly dry, bitter chocolate in the fairly long finish.
A blend of malts and grains (roughly 40/60 ratio), including a 33 yo Cameron Bridge which are then married in a first-fill Oloroso Sherry Cask.
This is the first edition of the Blend and it's bottled at 43%.
Very subtle, dry nose. Fresh parsley initially, but replaced by a pear drop acetone sweetness and just a hint of smoke.
Cut grass, sugared almonds, slightly salty butter and dry sponge cake appear as it opens up.
It's dark chocolate oranges all the way here, lovely waxy rich mouthfeel and becomes more milky and vanilla as it goes on.
Some dry tobacco and clove bitterness appears, but all feels very well balanced.
The dark notes subside a little in the finish, replaced by Fruit & Nut milk chocolate and just enough dryness to hold the flavour.
These are three very well blended whiskies and each is interesting in its own right.
For me, the Blend edges it over the Grain, but only just.
The Malt has a lovely nose; however just a bit too much bitter flavour for my liking, though it's still a great dram and you'd be happy buying any of these bottles.
Thanks very much to The Exceptional and Steve Rush from The Whisky Wire for the samples.
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FILE PHOTO: Representations of virtual currency are displayed in front of the Libra logo in this illustration picture, June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
What a Good Friday it is! It would appear the Spring has arrived, though I knock on wood as I type this, for we are almost assured another frost or two before winters gnarled hand loosens it's grasp until the other three seasons have their chance. Spring and Autumn are my favorite, when the sun gains or loses it's power that will surely redden my neck come midsummer, but I'm happy to soak in these shoulder season salutations for the present.
This coming week is planting week! I've had my beds tarped for the past two weeks in an attempt to smother out a bit of the ensuing weed pressure. Last week, I had 20 yards of organic compost delivered, as well as picked up a new sprinkler system for some overhead irrigation I'll be experimenting with this season, and had my companions pick up some bags of fertilizer for me, and come Monday, I'll be removing the tarp and spreading all these inputs atop the beds, mixing them in ever so shallowly so as not to bring up new weed seeds from the soils depths, setting up the irrigation, and get to planting! If any of you reading this are at all interested in coming out on Monday, or really any day next week, to help me with this bed prep and planting, I would be much obliged! I created an event on Facebook for this Bed Prep Bonanza, and if you should come out to the Lomax Incubator Farm to help, I'll buy you lunch, send you home with some eggs and microgreens, and invite you back to my place for some beers and chicken-gazing! I hope to see you there!
I look forward to seeing your Spring-flushed faces tomorrow morning at the Piedmont Farmers Market on Winecoff Shool Rd.! I'll be there with the first hints of my coming farmer's tan, slinging Pea Shoots, Radish Shoots and Sunflower Shoots, as well as Woodlot-Raised, Non-GMO eggs! I'm still very long on eggs, so come on out for a special 2 dozen for $9! Some people complain about the price of my eggs, but here's the deal: you can get your eggs from the grocery store very cheaply, but those eggs are produced by chickens that live their whole lives in tiny cages, eating nothing but grain, and never seeing the light of day. Those lackluster diets and stressful living conditions truly come out in the quality and nutrient content of the eggs, and to top it all off, most of the eggs you get at the grocery store are already a month old! My girls spend all day every day out of doors, scratching and pecking for tasty worms, grubs and bugs that enrich the quality of their eggs, supplementing their forage with leftover veggies and a locally grown, non-GMO feed that isn't cheap, let me tell you. I hand-wash each and every one of them every day(10+ dozen a day right now…), it's the first thing I do in the morning! And I will never sell eggs that are over 2 weeks old, most of them are laid the week that I bring them. Nothing beats fresh eggs, and nothing beats fresh eggs from happy chickens. And, being that it's Easter weekend, you could buy a couple extra dozen just to hide around the yard for your Easter Egg Hunts! Maybe?
I hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend, and find comfort in the fact that we were made as beings of love to reign over creation, and to shed that love on everybody and everything you encounter! Peace be with you!


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by RazorclawX
Apparently I got an alpha invite; the thing just randomly showed up on my Blizzard launcher tonight.
Re: Heroes of the Storm
by Lavarinth
Yep! They've been randomly releasing them without notification.
I got in a few months ago, it's changed significantly since then. Catch you on. :3
by IskatuMesk
So, how many cash shop mounts do you own now?
by Hercanic
Mounts look a little silly right now, and some champions can't even use them. It's a nice monetization idea on the surface, but is limited to bipedal characters. Not to mention the weirdness of clashing art styles between colorful Warcraft mounts and Starcraft/Diablo's gritty darkness.
I am really digging their game design, though. At least in theory, since I haven't played. They've focused gameplay toward pushing with mechanics like Tower ammo causing them to exhaust, merc camps joining a lane push when defeated, and team experience replacing last-hit gold. Tower ammo and those walls take away from the nuances of ganking, though, but the smaller map sizes and simplified gameplay direction make it understandable.
What I like most is the merger of items and skill points into the multiple-choice talent system, which we've seen in WoW's big talent update and the game Bastion before that. For the designers, a talent system gives per-champion balancing controls over items which have indiscriminate cascading effects on all champions. For players, it ensures there is no outright 'wrong' choice, and confines your choices to a tidy few each level rather than 100+ good, great, and terrible choices when you port back to base.
by wibod
Hercanic wrote: Mounts look a little silly right now, and some champions can't even use them. It's a nice monetization idea on the surface, but is limited to bipedal characters. Not to mention the weirdness of clashing art styles between colorful Warcraft mounts and Starcraft/Diablo's gritty darkness.
So it's basically WoW's talent tree? Because Blizzard has shown repeatedly that they can't balance talents and there always is a certain spec that is vastly superior to every other possible combination. It also seems that this design choice is going to pretty much push the game to a state of only 10 heroes being used. Dota had weaker heroes, but you saw a lot of variety due to item and hero combinations changing based on mathups. At a higher level I also see this being blizzard basically enforcing a metagame instead of players shaping it (hello resto druid/ms war 2s).
It's to my fortune that Uther is in the Free Hero rotation this week as he was the Hero in the current set that I was most interested in using. Unfortunately it also means I have to play a ton more games before I can unlock the guy permanently with gold; he's not cheap. Of course being a healer everybody and their mother comes running after you; I've only had serious problems when I get caught by myself.
I tried out Abathur (he's also in this week's rotation) and he's really... well, kind of hard to use. One of the big problems with using him is you're effectively down a Hero on your team while he's zooming around augmenting other Heroes.
Other than that, though... I'm still not entirely happy with what Heroes are available at the moment. Part of that is knowing that Anub'arak is coming and he's not playable yet.
@ wibod
I haven't paid attention to the game at all, other than what I have been told off hand, but to me it seems Blizzard never really intended to make a competitive game. They know they can't, so they're effectively trying to milk the casual audience from another teet, with Hearthstone playing that exact role in the card game sector. They know they can't make MTG or Pokemon, so they'll make something people who can't play MTG or Pokemon can play. Something that requires virtually no real effort to play, cannot be played wrong (exactly as herc described), and is mostly reliant on RNG or stats as opposed to skill (WoW, d3, sc2). (/e Also, I'd wager the whole ammo thing is just to reduce game time, since league games can average 30 minutes+ and that is generally too long for casuals to pay attention to.)
I mean, I have a hard enough time taking LoL or dota 2 seriously when both games are heavily anti-skill in many ways, I'd have a much harder time taking this one seriously. But, I guess when you can't lawsuit your way into the Moba market, you may as well try to wedge your way in another way.
I think the most interesting part that will come out of this is how dota 2/league will respond to their casual sector getting attacked. Because that's still the biggest contributor to their respective userbases.
One annoyance I quickly realized is your Battletag list isn't part of the Heroes alpha. Makes it ridiculous to sync with people.
by Whiplash!
I've had the alpha for awhile... as someone with a pretty deep dota/dota2 background it wasn't very impressive and I got bored of the game quick. I hope they add some more complexity to it, I love the Blizzard universe but the game just can't keep me entertained. Keys of Sealing was better IMO!
As someone with a DotA/LoL non-DotA 2 background, I find DotA 2 extremely boring... But enjoy Heroes. It's not a MOBA similar to those we've all been used to playing, and that's what I've enjoyed about it so far. I still enjoy League if I want something more.. "sporty" I guess would be the word, but for lighter and more entertaining gameplay, I go with Heroes for the time being.
by Mucky
I agree with that, actually. I'm sick of all these games that try to be a carbon copy of the original DotA with no attempt to add anything new or interesting. They act as if the original game's mechanics are sacred even though half of it was because of a buggy and archaic game engine.
I have to say one of the things I *really* hate about league (not sure if it's a problem in dota) is the insane CC/mobility creep the game has going on. Most of the non-adc champions have some kind of gap closer and/or hard CC, and since team fights end in like 2-3 seconds, it's really not uncommon to just be stunned for the entire duration of every fight you participate in, and a lot of the time you just can't do anything about it.
Also, Riot's balancing team doesn't actually attempt to balance anything it seems. Part of their business model seems to be releasing champions/VU's with insane power that are clearly going to be overpowered and then waiting for their sales to taper off before nerfing them.
If I was trying to solo queue rank or anything I would have gone mad. Thankfully for me, I can just watch Lyzol and Milldawg go mad instead.
The longest hard CC in LoL is Ashe's ultimate at 3 seconds, while other hard CC have an average duration of 1-2 seconds. Dota 2 goes up to 4 seconds, with some even higher like Overgrowth at 4.5 seconds, Chronosphere and Cyclone at 6 seconds, or Sleep at 7 seconds.
Ah yes. I remember chronosphere.
That was such a silly ability.
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by Zilla-
lol chronosphere


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Should JetBlue Airways Fear Delta's Growth in Boston?
Boston is a unique market for JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU). In most of its U.S. focus cities, JetBlue is a relative upstart, providing much-needed competition against the market leaders. By contrast, in Boston, JetBlue is the market leader, due to severe flight cutbacks by a variety of legacy carriers over the past decade.
JetBlue plans to solidify and exploit its market-leading position in Boston in the coming years by continuing to add service there. However, Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has also been growing aggressively in Boston recently. Will Delta spoil JetBlue's plans in this important market?
JetBlue plans to operate 200 peak day departures in Boston eventually. Image source: JetBlue Airways.
For the past few years, JetBlue's expansion in Boston has focused primarily on small and midsize cities, such as Savannah, Georgia; Cleveland, Ohio; and Nashville, Tennessee. It has also added more flights to leisure destinations in the Caribbean.
In 2016, JetBlue's focus started to turn toward larger cities. As a result, JetBlue is facing off against Delta in some of the latter's core markets.
Later this month, JetBlue will begin operating six daily round-trips between Boston and New York's LaGuardia Airport, competing with the lucrative Delta Shuttle (along with its rival, the American Airlines shuttle). In an even greater challenge to Delta, JetBlue will start flying five times a day from Boston to Atlanta -- Delta's largest hub -- beginning in late March.
While Boston certainly isn't a hub for Delta Air Lines, it is still an important city for the carrier. First, it's a major destination for business travelers. Second, the Boston regional economy has been performing well recently, boosting local travel demand. Third, no airline dominates Boston, so it's a sensible place to grow without triggering a vicious competitive response.
Earlier this year, Delta announced a handful of new Boston flights, including daily service to Nashville, twice-daily flights to San Francisco, and weekly flights to several Caribbean destinations. All of these routes will compete with existing JetBlue service.
Delta is steadily adding new routes in Boston. Image source: The Motley Fool.
Just last week, Delta said it plans to launch seasonal service to Dublin next May. That would be its fourth nonstop route from Boston to Europe. In total, Delta will offer 22% more seat capacity in Boston by June 2017 relative to June 2014.
While Delta Air Lines clearly wants to grab a bigger chunk of the Boston market, it's unlikely to build a full-blown hub there, as it has done recently in Seattle. Delta needed a hub in Seattle to become more competitive on routes to Asia. By contrast, it already has a large footprint in New York -- just 200 miles from Boston -- covering both domestic and international routes.
Delta is expanding in Boston primarily because it sees opportunities in underserved markets there. JetBlue's best response is to continue on its own growth trajectory in Boston. The more that JetBlue can satisfy demand on its own, the less reason Delta will have to expand.
Ultimately, international expansion could be the way for JetBlue to make its position in Boston unassailable. JetBlue is actively investigating ordering Airbus' A321LR long-range planes, which would allow it to fly from Boston to much of Europe. Delta would be unlikely to match a move like that, as it would cannibalize Delta's existing (and highly profitable) transatlantic service.
Flights to Europe would also allow JetBlue to provide better connecting opportunities in Boston than it can today. (Right now, JetBlue relies on a variety of codeshare and interline partners to bring customers to Europe.) This could enable a corresponding domestic expansion in Boston.
Boston is on its way to overtaking New York as JetBlue's most important market. Delta's growth there is inconvenient for JetBlue, but it won't stand in the way of JetBlue's long-term expansion plans.
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Beidh an chéad Maidin Caifé eile ar siúl amárach (Dé Sathairn, 28/05/16) ag 11 in Óstán de Faoite, Baile Loch Garman. Fáilte roimh chách i gcónaí!
The next Maidin Caifé is on tomorrow (Saturday, 28/05) at 11 in Whites Hotel, Wexford Town. All welcome!
Beidh Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Craobh Loch Garman ag eagrú ceolchoirm mhór le comóradh a dhéánamh ar 1916. Beidh an ceolchoirm ar siúl Dé Luain, 28/03/16 san Árás Náisúnta Ceoldrámaíochta, Baile Loch Garman. Féach an póstaeir iata.
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Wexford Branch are organising a concert to celebrate 1916. The concert is on Monday, 28/03/16 in the National Opera House, Wexford Town. See the poster attached.


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Dominican Republic's energy ministry joins World Energy Council
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Home > News & Views > Dominican Republic's energy ministry joins World Energy Council
The Dominican Republic's Ministry of Energy and Mines has joined as a member of the World Energy Council in a meeting held on 30 January.
[Pelegrín Horacio Castillo Semán, Minister of Energy and Mines for the Dominican Republic (centre) with José Antonio Vargas Lleras, WEC Vice-Chair for Latin America and the Caribbean to his left]
Pelegrín Horacio Castillo Semán, Minister of Energy and Mines, commented:
"Joining the World Energy Council is undeniably important as it will enable many interesting developments and is the main focus of public policy under our responsibility."
The ministry sees being a member of the Council as a first step towards the creation of a member committee in the country.
"We are confident that by coordinating efforts and triggering synergies we will find a solution in which the spirit of cooperation and continental integration will crystallise energy to be an effective instrument of equity and social inclusion, in harmony with environmental preservation," said Minister Castillo.
The ministry sees the Council as the ideal platform to debate energy challenges and discuss the critical energy and environmental situation for the Caribbean state, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.
Minister Castillo said that the extensive use of firewood and coal in marginal zones throughout the island presents the most serious environmental challenge for both countries. It is therefore urgent, he added, to form policies that support the development of alternative, clean, and renewable energies.
The news of the Ministry's membership came just days after the Dominican Republic announced its new national energy reform programme: the Electrical Pact. The Pact seeks to overcome many of the country's supply challenges while ensuring the electrical system is reliable, competitive and sustainable.
José Antonio Vargas Lleras, WEC Vice-Chair for Latin America and the Caribbean, said:
"The Dominican Republic has considered the principal aspects of the energy trilemma in its Electric Pact, seeking to build a sustainable energy system by working to increase access to energy among its population and secure its energy supply, all under strict environmental standards. This highlights the importance and relevance of this country to the World Energy Council."
The Dominican Republic's ranking in the 2014 Energy Trilemma Index can be found here.


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Similar Folk-Song Websites that are County or 'Area based'
Cornish, especially dialect
http://www.an-daras.com/music/m_dialect.htm Cornish traditional focus, including dialect songs
Hampshire Song Group
http://www.forest-tracks.co.uk/hampshirevoices/ or (http://www.forest-tracks.co.uk/). Lots of information about Hampshire songs and more.
Farne Folk Song Archive
http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=H2000011 Good site to listen to sound archives, tunes and singers. Feels a bit 'archivy'
Local Carols in UK
http://www.localcarols.org.uk/index.php places where local carols exist in UK and where sings take place, especially carol sings in the South Yorkshire andNorth Derbyshire areas
Scotland's Songs – Learning & Teaching Scotland
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scotlandssongs/ Good site, rather schools focussed 'it's all here in Scotland's Songs. Listen to more than 130 songs and tunes, in Scots and Gaelic, and learn about the long and rich tradition of Scottish music, still very much alive across the nation and known and loved across the world. There's a short introduction to each song or tune, along with song lyrics and the musical notation for almost every tune
Yorkshire Garland Group
http://www.yorkshirefolksong.net/default.aspx 'It is the Mission of the Yorkshire Garland Group to make Yorkshire's Folk Song Heritage as widely and as readily available to the General Public as current technology and copyright considerations permit, and at no charge. Over 125 songs (so far!) native to or sung for generations in Yorkshire, to play and download for free. Also explore their history, lyrics, scores and much more'
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I hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day! I spent the first half of the day running through sprinklers with the kiddos and my hubby and the second half at a family party for my grandpa. All and all, it was a wonderful day!
You have the best collection of maxi dresses! So cute!
Love your dress! In fact, I love your whole look!!!!
That dress is so Beautiful! I Love your hair too!
What a beautiful dress! I love you hair too!
You're so pretty! Memorial Day was really hot so you had the perfect outfit for it. I love the little buttons and ruffles on the dress! What other color did it come in?
oh my goodness I love that dress! You always have the most amazing maxis!
find something you love...buy it in ALL colors!! i do the same! this one is such a pretty color! love the hair do!
Such a lovely color for summer!
Thanks!! I the other color it came in was purple!
For my hair, I just did french braided pig tails and then made a bun with the 2 braids in the back. Super easy and super good for the humidity!
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