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15) 7 Operation Buttons, Beep Sound on/off available.
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17) Support SD Card up to 64GB.
19) Alarm light flashing when battery power level goes low.
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21) Nine-rectangle-grid mode to view images.
22) Auto play in "Slide Show".
23) Device Serial No. setting enables you to code locations in the photos. This helps multi-camera users identify the location when reviewing the photos.
24) Lockable and password protected.
25) Color pictures at daytime, monochrome pictures at night, switched automatically.
26) SD card can be set in "Loop Recording" mode, which automatically deletes the earliest photos or videos and makes room for new ones.
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28) Battery covers to avoid erosion from battery leakage and potential damage from the camera being accidentally dropped.


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The Three Musketeers Society and Class
By Alexandre Dumas
The characters in this novel come from a number of different class backgrounds ranging from servant to king, but nobody disputes their place in the social hierarchy. Rather, they all understand the limitations that class places on their ambition and work within that framework. Also, being a member of the royalty does not necessarily correlate with power. In the novel, members of the monarchy are portrayed as figureheads while real power rests elsewhere.
Questions About Society and Class
On one hand we have four young men – Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan – and on the other hand, we have their four servants – Grimaud, Mousqueton, Bazin, and Planchet. What is the master-servant relationship like between each of them? Are the servants similar to their masters? To what extent?
How are appearance and class correlated?
What does it mean to say that Milady is "only a queen while among queens" (56.4)?
To what extent do the royal institutions carry any power? Cardinal Richelieu and the Duke of Buckingham, for instance, are the true powers behind the thrones in their respective countries. Are the royals just figureheads? What role do they play in the novel?
In The Three Musketeers, there is no correlation between class and money. You can be dirt poor but still belong to the upper class, while you could conversely be very wealthy but not considered as one of the elite.

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As today was back to work day for this chicken, I am devoting a few hours today to getting ahead on this weeks dinners – otherwise I might be tempted by the restaurant strip outside the door, which is not only not good for me, but expensive too.
You know the kind of dinners I am talking about – the ones that you can pre-prepare, and are not costly, are mostly healthy, and you can even freeze half of them so that you are way ahead for next week!
These meals have been around our house for a long while. It's not the sort of food I would ever serve you if you came for dinner (unless your name is Anna or Vincent, and then I treat you like one of the clan and it's nothing fancy).
I will start with my tuna casserole (which the kids call White Lasagna – because it is nothing like lasagna, but it is white). Hope you enjoy!


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Corn would become Nebraska's official state vegetable under a bill heard Feb. 11 by the Executive Committee.
Elkhorn Sen. Lou Ann Linehan said she introduced LB105 at the urging of fourth-grade students from Millard Public Schools' Reagan Elementary.
As part of learning about the legislative process, students had researched how a bill becomes a law, Linehan said, and were prepared with a suggestion when she visited their classroom late last year.
"Students were surprised to find that Nebraska does not have a designated state vegetable and believe the 'cornhusker state' should designate corn as our state vegetable," Linehan said, adding that she also would pursue having the governor do so through a declaration.
Testifying on behalf of the bill was the students' teacher, Thomas Whisinnand. He said elementary students often have difficulty understanding the abstract concept of how an idea from an engaged citizen can become a legislative bill and eventually a law.
Whisinnand said his students were inspired by a class that went through a similar process to have the orange designated as Florida's state fruit. His students were excited to learn of the success of their efforts to have a bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature, he said.
No one testified in opposition to LB105 and the committee took no immediate action on it.


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2009 U16 European Championship report
August 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
This summer, I had the opportunity to go for my first ever U16 European Championship and combine it with a first ever trip to the Basketball country of Lithuania. I decided to make just a short scouting report on the teams I have seen (Places 1-8) as these kids are all only 16, or even 15 and 14 for some. The player scoutings will be less detailed than for U18 or U20 events but they will however break up the main players of the tournament in my eyes.
SPAIN – Gold Medal
The Spanish U16 team took the Gold Medal at the end of a tournament where they stepped up big when it counted the most. After a disastrous loss against Latvia, it looked like they were done but three big games from the quarterfinals on secured the first spot. The player who made this all possible along the great team effort displayed by the squad was the 1m84 tall guard Jaime Fernandez. The current player of Estudiantes simply took over the team's scoring and he especially excelled in the semis and the Final. Fernandez is tough scoring guard, undersized to play the SG spot, and not the occupying the PG role on his team right now. Fernandez showed great aggressiveness with the ball attacking the rim where he can score the layups with good protection or go for the floaters too. He uses quite a good first step to open the spaces and he can also stop to take the jump shot out of these drives. His three point shot is particularly good when he receives the ball to catch and shoot it immediately. He would have deserved the MVP trophy because of what he did during the two last games but a voting process which was closed during the game for the 7th place prevented this selection.
Jaime Fernandez attacking the basket
Fernandez got the scoring support by the two inside players Daniel Diez and Alejandro Suarez. Diez was more the hard worker on the offensive glass to get some nice put backs and he had also a major presence in defense through block shots and his lateral speed. His jump shot looks soft and can connect hit from around the key, even in old-school of the glass fashion from 45 degrees. Suarez looks to be more of the modern type of forward who can step out and hit the three point shot. Being 2m04 tall, he has a good size and with his good looking shooting mechanics, he should be able to occupy a PF spot in the next years. He understands the game pretty well and his decision making looks interesting right now.
LITHUANIA – Silver Medal
The player that attracted the most interest on the Lithuanian team was of course Tauras Jogela. The 1993 born forward displayed the best combination of skills, size and athletic abilities of the team and earned the MVP trophy of the tournament. However, his performances on the weekend where I was in Kaunas were not that really great so the scouting on him is not that big. Being 2m00 tall, Jogela has the tools to become a very SF in the future. He is present in every part of the game, scoring, rebounding but also shot blocking and defense. However, he did not really know how to use his tools at best and some coaching decisions prevented him to do so in the Final too. He can read the defense pretty well and understands the game, playing the pick and roll pretty well in the role of the ball handler. He likes to drive baseline with his right hand and his three point shot will become more regular in the future in order to be a great scoring forward prospect.
Tauras Jogela pumped up
The second scoring option for the Lithuanian team was the tough guard Mantas Mockevicius who excelled with his powerful drives on the baseline where he scored several time in a very tough way. He is however already ahead in terms of physical development which makes him probably less interesting on the long term. He was living probably a bit too much from his force alone as his game in general has still several points to develop. His shot looks a bit strange right now especially from long distance. A more interesting player in my eyes was the very versatile forward Tomas Lekunas. The forward showed some different possibilities in his game with good passing, big three point shooting and presence in the rebound. His shot selection was not great but his aggressiveness gave him a lot of foul calls in his favor. He needs to improves his ball handling though as he will probably play SG in the future because of his limited height. Paulius Semaska finished the tournament as best passer. The tiny guard run the Lithuanian offense pretty well but as there was no major backup to help him doing this job, his turnover ratio was quite high as the fatigue was a factor for him in the end.
SERBIA – Bronze Medal
The Serbian squad that turned up in Kaunas was more or less a two-men show without being a real team. Nenad Miljenovic and Aleksandar Cvetkovic took nearly 40% of all the team's shots which did not give their team mates a lot of opportunities to show their skills, especially in the two games I saw. Miljenovic, who had a big showing during the Nike International Junior Tournament in Berlin this summer was of course the player that everybody was looking at. But without the presence of a massive Center like he has with Dejan Musli at FMP, Miljenovic lost a bit of his greatness that he displayed in Berlin. Still, you have an extraordinary talented guard who can both score and pass. His great ball handling offers him more than once great open looks from where he connects the jump shot with ease. But he had also some trouble in defense where he got overpowered several times in rebound situations for example.
Aleksandar Cvetkovic on the other hand showed more of a uni-dimensional scoring role next to the more organizing Miljenovic. Cvetkovic can hit the ball from everywhere and he is not afraid of taking a lot of difficult shots. Catch and shoot three, in-out step back three, corner shots, out of spin-moves, Cvetkovic hit some from everywhere. Additionally, Cvetkovic played the PG role during moments, where he look more regular and his turnover ratio underlines this too. While his shooting looks a bit crazy at times, his PG skills look very well thought of and organized. With his limited size, his future will of course be the point guard position where he may need to develop his court vision and focus a little less on his shot.
Two other players in the Serbian team that I want to mention though are the long forward Vukasin Vujovic who displayed some very interesting skills and a good shot. His shot selection though was not that good but he is certainly a played to look at in the future. Nemanja Bezbradica struggled from the presence of the two guards as the post player barely saw any possession in his hands during the final weekend. The inside player displays a huge body and good shot blocking timing and some powerful plays in the paint.
POLAND – 4th place
The nice surprise of the tournament was Poland who finished in the end at a great but somehow disappointing 4th place for them. A medal would have been deserved for what they did during the championship in my eyes but they could not bring up the final effort to beat Serbia in the Bronze Medal game after the tough loss in the semis on Saturday. Still you have a team that has a multitude of interesting players on its roster.
The first player you saw when seeing the team on the court was of course the massive 2m11 Center Przemyslaw Karnowski. And the big kid, that in the beginning looks more like "just a big huge guy", is really an interesting potential. Right now, the left handed center has not a multitude of back to the basket moves except a powerful left handed drop step which he finishes of the glass and a turn around jump shot. However, Karnowski has an excellent feel for the game and is a great passer (he had at least two no-look behind his head passes out of the dribbling and several back-door dishes). He is not a big time athlete but despite his massive body, he can run the court at a correct speed. He needs to develop his right hand as he finishes everything of left even when attacking from the right hand. But the physical tools he brings with together with his understanding of the game, winning will and defensive presence make him already now an interesting target for the major European teams. The Polish press reports (via The Hoop) that a multitude of teams from Spain, Italy, Greece and France are trying to get Karnowski with among them Barcelona, Unicaja, Baskonia or Panathinaikos. Still, it is not sure what Karnowski will do as he is also eyeing the possibility of an NCAA career.
Przemyslaw Karnowski got elected All-Tournament Team at Center
Another very interesting prospect in the Polish team was the PF Piotr Niedzwiedzki. Being probably the exact opposite of Karnowski when it comes to body structure, the 2m06 tall wing showed excellent athletic abilities and a great physical frame. Niedzwiedzki had several ups and downs during the tournament which were caused by the foul trouble he was regularly in. Offensively, Niedzwiedzki showed a shot up to the three point line even if his mechanics are not perfectly stable right now. He was probably one of the most athletic players of the whole tournament and with a lot of additional work to understand the game better, he is one of the most interesting prospects of the whole tournament in my eyes. He needs to become stronger though as his finishes were often a bit soft which prevented him to go the line more often.
Michal Michalak was the top scorer of the Polish team through his shooting skills. The Guard has a very nice looking jump shot that is taken high in the air and with a very sweet and quick release. He recognizes the situations when to shoot and when to drive but he also struggled a bit when it came to passing the ball inside to the big post players.
RUSSIA – 5th place
The Russian team was built around a quartet of athletic wings that occupied the positions 2 to 5. Gleb Goldyrev got the All-Tournament spot but an injury in the Saturday game prevented him from finishing the championship in beauty. He is a pretty athletic wing who is very present in rebounding and scoring. His three point shot is currently a work in progress though. Sergey Karasev on the other hand is mainly living from his long distance stroke which is pretty streaky though. His shot is more of a set shot right now and his driving and passing needs some improvement over the next years. The player that I liked the most was Vladislav Trushkin as the 2m00 tall wing had probably the most complete game with a correct three point shot, strong offensive rebounding, good passes and great athletic abilities. Trushkin was also the player that made the game-deciding plays during the two games I attended. Andrey Loginov had to play the Center position but he will probably step up to the PF in the future. His positioning in the paint is good and he works very hard in the rebound situations, especially offensively.
CROATIA – 6th place
The main prospect of the Croatian team was of course the 1994 born Dario Saric. The Sibenik native is a 2m02 tall guard with terrific ball handling skills who clearly was among the most talented players of the whole tournament. Extremely versatile, Saric can shoot the ball, has a good court vision, great foot work and ball handling, can finish with both hands, the full package to be a great player. Right now, he is a bit soft in his finishes of course as he is rail thin and he is only a 15 year old kid. It will be highly interesting to see him next year, where he is still eligible to play for the U16 European Championship and where he will most likely be the full leader of the Croat team. He got support this year from the streaky shooter Matej Buovac who lead the tournament in three point attempts and made. His shooting stroke looks perfect and he has good balance in the air while taking his shot. Marko Ramljak was the never-tired fighter of the team, pushing them at all moments with his intensity. He is a very versatile forward who can run the break, is present in the rebound and has a nice shot.
FRANCE – 7th place
The French team has totally dominated the first six games but a loss in the quarter final destroyed all their hopes of winning a medal. Being lead by Hugo Invernizzi in the beginning of the tournament, the 1m94 tall shooter who had to play PF during some moments, he could not continue to excel when it counted the most. The biggest prospect of the team is probably Livio Jean-Charles. The 2m02 tall inside player displayed some great moves in the paint, but also a good court-vision, strong rebounding and an already present three point shot. Jean-Charles needs to use his forces even more as you could think that he is not playing at full and retain himself. William Howard had a good finish during the tournament with two strong games on the final weekend. The forward showed a nice three point shot and a quick first step which he used to drive strongly to the basket and finish on dunks or tough layups. He is also present in defense especially with his interesting wingspan to play the steal. Another interesting player on the French roster is the skinny inside player Yannis Morin who excelled in offensive rebounding and some left handed post moves despite being right handed.
TURKEY – 8th place
The Turkish team was lead by the strong PF Berkay Candan who displayed some nice lost post skills but he mainly lived from his physical force than from an above average skill level. With 1m99, he may also be limited to play this position in the future and as he does not have a good three point shot, it will be interesting to see how develops over the next years. 1994 born forward Burak Yildizli showed a more interesting skill set as he works a lot with his good footwork, fakes and has three point range despite not taking a lot of shots from behind the arc at the moment. His ball handling needs some improvement but he can score of both hands on his drives and a mid range jump shot is in the making. However, the most interesting player of the Turkish team is the only 14 year old Kenan Sipahi who is already right now a vocal leader on the floor. He showed great ball handling skills and defensive reading so that he emerged with some terrific plays during the minutes he was on the court. He has still two years to go in this age category and I really want to see what he is able to do over the next years. With his natural leadership and PG skills, Sipahi is already starting to gain experience on the highest level being that young.
All Pictures are courtesy of FIBA Europe.
1 U17 World Championship Preview: Poland – EuropeanProspects.com // Jun 29, 2010 at 10:26 pm
[…] Poland qualified for the U17 World Championship by finishing fourth in the U16 European Championship 2009 in Kaunas. They lost 63-70 in the semifinals against Lithuania. Find here my report on the U16 European Championships 2009. […]
2 NIJT Belgrade 2011: the Guards // Feb 25, 2011 at 6:30 am
[…] soft skills showing in every game, Cvetkovic is an excellently talented player that already did a great job with the U16 National Team two years ago. When during that event, it was mostly Nenad Miljenovic […]


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package campyre.java;

import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;

import lgpl.haustein.Base64Encoder;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.http.auth.AuthScope;
import org.apache.http.auth.Credentials;
import org.apache.http.auth.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.CredentialsProvider;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicCredentialsProvider;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

public class CampfireRequest {
	private String format = ".json";

	private Campfire campfire;

	public CampfireRequest(Campfire campfire) {
		this.campfire = campfire;
	}

	public JSONObject getOne(String path, String key) throws CampfireException, JSONException {
		return new JSONObject(responseBody(get(path))).getJSONObject(key);
	}

	public JSONArray getList(String path, String key) throws CampfireException, JSONException {
		return getList(path, Collections.<String,String>emptyMap(), key);
	}

	public JSONArray getList(String path, Map<String,String> parameters, String key) throws CampfireException, JSONException {
		return new JSONObject(responseBody(get(path, parameters))).getJSONArray(key);
	}

	public HttpResponse get(String path, Map<String,String> parameters) throws CampfireException {
		return makeRequest(new HttpGet(url(path, this.format, parameters)));
	}

	public HttpResponse get(String path) throws CampfireException {
        return makeRequest(new HttpGet(url(path)));
	}

	public HttpResponse post(String path) throws CampfireException {
		return post(path, null);
	}

	public HttpResponse post(String path, String body) throws CampfireException {
		HttpPost request = new HttpPost(url(path));

		if (body != null) {
			try {
				request.addHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
				request.setEntity(new StringEntity(body));
			} catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
				throw new CampfireException(e, "Unsupported encoding on posting to: " + path);
			}
		}

		return makeRequest(request);
	}

    public HttpResponse makeRequest(HttpUriRequest request) throws CampfireException {
    	request.addHeader("User-Agent", Campfire.USER_AGENT);

    	String username, password;
    	if (campfire.username != null && campfire.password != null) {
    		username = campfire.username;
    		password = campfire.password;
    	} else {
    		username = campfire.token;
    		password = "X";
    	}

    	Credentials credentials = new UsernamePasswordCredentials(username, password);
		CredentialsProvider credsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider();
		credsProvider.setCredentials(new AuthScope(domain(), 443), credentials);

		DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
		client.setCredentialsProvider(credsProvider);

        try {
        	return client.execute(request);
		} catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
			throw new CampfireException(e, "ClientProtocolException while making request to: " + request.getURI().toString());
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new CampfireException(e, "Couldn't connect to the Internet. Check your network connection.");
		}
	}

    public static String responseBody(HttpResponse response) throws CampfireException {
		int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();

		try {
	        if (statusCode >= 200 && statusCode < 300)
	        	return EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
	        else
	        	throw new CampfireException("Bad status code: " + statusCode);
		} catch(IOException e) {
			throw new CampfireException(e, "Error while reading body of HTTP response.");
		}
	}

	public String domain() {
		return campfire.subdomain + ".campfirenow.com";
	}

	// lets you override the format per-request (used only for file uploading, which has to be .xml)
	public String url(String path, String format, Map<String,String> parameters) {
		StringBuilder url = new StringBuilder("https://")
			.append(domain())
			.append(path)
			.append(format);

		if (!parameters.isEmpty()) {
			url.append("?");
			Iterator<Map.Entry<String,String>> params = parameters.entrySet().iterator();
			while (params.hasNext()) {
				Map.Entry<String,String> param = params.next();
				url.append(URLEncoder.encode(param.getKey()));
				url.append("=");
				url.append(URLEncoder.encode(param.getValue()));
				if (params.hasNext())
					url.append("&");
			}
		}

		return url.toString();
	}

	public String url(String path, String format) {
		return url(path, format, Collections.<String,String>emptyMap());
	}

	public String url(String path) {
		return url(path, this.format);
	}

	public void uploadFile(String path, InputStream stream, String filename, String mimeType) throws CampfireException {
        String lineEnd = "\r\n";
        String twoHyphens = "--";
        String boundary = "---------------------------XXX";

        try {
        	// Unlike other parts of the API, this must be posted to the .xml endpoint, not the .json
        	// This seems to be because .json endpoints require a Content-Type of application/json,
        	// and with a multipart post it must be multipart/form-data.
        	// I consider this a bug, since it is inconsistent with the rest of the API, and undocumented.
            URL connectURL = new URL(url(path, ".xml"));

            HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) connectURL.openConnection();
            conn.setDoInput(true);
            conn.setDoOutput(true);
            conn.setUseCaches(false);
            conn.setRequestMethod("POST");

            // authentication
            String token = campfire.token + ":" + "X";
    		String encoding = Base64Encoder.encode(token);
    		conn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + encoding);

            conn.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", Campfire.USER_AGENT);
            conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=" + boundary);

            DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream());

            // header for the file itself
            dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
            // OH MY GOD the space between the semicolon and "filename=" is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
            dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload\"; filename=\"" + filename + "\"" + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary" + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes("Content-Type: " + mimeType + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);

            // insert file
            int bytesAvailable = stream.available();
            int maxBufferSize = 1024;
            int bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
            byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
            int bytesRead = stream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
            while (bytesRead > 0) {
                dos.write(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
                bytesAvailable = stream.available();
                bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
                bytesRead = stream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
            }

            // file closer
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);

            // end multipart request
            dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + twoHyphens + lineEnd);

            // close streams
            stream.close();
            dos.flush();
            dos.close();

            int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();

            if (responseCode != HttpStatus.SC_CREATED)
            	throw new CampfireException("Could not upload file to Campfire.");
        } catch (IOException e) {
        	throw new CampfireException("Network error while uploading to Campfire, file not uploaded.");
        }

	}
}

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package org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.internal;

/**
 * Catalog of human readable error messages.
 */
public abstract class MessageCatalog {
    private static MessageCatalog INSTANCE = null;

    public static final String getMessage(int id) {
        if (INSTANCE == null) {
            if (ExceptionHelper.isClassAvailable("java.util.ResourceBundle")) {
                try {
                    // Hide this class reference behind reflection so that the class does not need to
                    // be present when compiled on midp
                    INSTANCE = (MessageCatalog) Class.forName("org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.internal.ResourceBundleCatalog").newInstance();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    return "";
                }
            } else if (ExceptionHelper.isClassAvailable("org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.internal.MIDPCatalog")) {
                try {
                    INSTANCE = (MessageCatalog) Class.forName("org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.internal.MIDPCatalog").newInstance();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    return "";
                }
            }
        }
        return INSTANCE.getLocalizedMessage(id);
    }

    protected abstract String getLocalizedMessage(int id);
}


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ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT WILL
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The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today that Academy Award® winner Dame Judi Dench will be honored with the twelfth annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film. The award will be presented at a black-tie gala dinner at Bacara Resort & Spa on Thursday, November 30, 2017. Perhaps best known for her iconic roles in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, PHILOMENA, NOTES ON A SCANDAL and SKYFALL, Dench will next be seen as Queen Victoria in Stephen Frears' VICTORIA & ABDUL, in theaters on September 22, 2017.
Victoria & Abdul tells the extraordinary true story of the amazing and unlikely friendship between Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and a young clerk, Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), who becomes her teacher, her spiritual advisor, and her devoted friend.
In 1887, Abdul travels from India to present a ceremonial medal as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee but surprisingly finds favor with the elderly Queen. The unprecedented and unlikely relationship causes a battle royale within the royal household, pitting the Queen against court and family. Victoria & Abdul humorously explores questions of race, religion, power, and the farce of Empire through the prism of a highly unusual and deeply moving friendship.
The screenplay of Victoria & Abdul is by Academy Award nominee Lee Hall (Billy Elliot), based on journalist Shrabani Basu's book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant, which brought to light the long-hidden history of Victoria and Abdul from their own diaries and journals.
Since 2006, the annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film has been awarded to a lifelong contributor to cinema through their work in front of the camera, behind, or both. Past honorees include Warren Beatty, Jane Fonda, Jessica Lange, Forest Whitaker, Robert DeNiro, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Quentin Tarantino, Ed Harris, and John Travolta.
"I am especially delighted to learn that Dame Judi Dench will accept the award that bears my name. She is a consummate artist of stage and screen who is a particular favorite of mine," says Kirk Douglas, original award recipient. "I wish I could have had the joy of working with her, but I am happy for the pleasure of seeing my name coupled with hers in support of the Santa Barbara Film Festival."
The 33rd annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival will take place from Wednesday, January 31st through Saturday, February 10th.
About the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and educational organization dedicated to discovering and showcasing the best in independent and international cinema. Over the past 30 years, SBIFF has become one of the leading film festivals in the United States – attracting 90,000 attendees and offering 11 days of 200+ films, tributes and symposiums, fulfilling their mission to engage, enrich, and inspire the Santa Barbara community through film.
SBIFF continues its commitment to education and the community through free programs like its 10-10-10 Student Filmmaking and Screenwriting Competitions, Mike's Field Trip to the Movies, National Film Studies Program, AppleBox Family Films, 3rd Weekend and educational seminars. In June of 2016, SBIFF entered a new era with the acquisition of the historic and beloved Riviera Theatre. After an extensive renovation, the theatre reopened in September of 2017 with state of the art Dolby audio and projection along with many other features. The theatre is SBIFF's new year round home to expand their mission of educational outreach.
EMMY'S SEPTEMBER 17
EMMY FUN IN HOLLYWOOD 2017 . . .
DORIS BERGMAN'S EIGHTH ANNUAL EMMY® STYLE
LOUNGE & PARTY AT FIG & OLIVE A STAR FEAST!
Actor Steven Bauer "Coming Home" & "They Shoot Horses Don't They" Charming on the Red Carpet
Once again the highly anticipated who's who Emmy Luncheon was held on Thursday, September 14, 2017 at Fig & Olive – THE Hollywood Hotspot on Melrose Place. It was yet another outstanding Bergman's Style Lounge and Party honoring the upcoming 69th Annual Primetime Emmy® Awards. Over 100 of Hollywood's finest turned out to celebrate and honor the television industry's Emmy® Nominated actors, former Emmy® winners, presenters, stylists and industry VIPS. This highly anticipated invitation-only event, hosted by Buywine.com and presented by Skinside Drinkable Collagen, featured an incredible array of fashion for him and her including couture gowns, bespoke tuxedos & suits, the finest in beauty, skin & hair care, stunning jewelry collections, gorgeous accessories, fashion forward luggage, exquisite timepieces, chic chapeaus, fabulous fragrance, everything for the pampered pooch, gourmet cuisine, unique spirits, delectable sweets and much more! A star feast was served by the Fig & Olive staff that was outstanding!
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Celebrities in attendace included 2017 Primetime Emmy Winner, Kim Estes, Best Actor, Short Form ("Dicks"), Patrika Darbo, 2016 Primetime Emmy Winner, Best Actress Short Form ("Acting Dead), Primetime Emmy Nominees, Kevin "The Bull," Host of Emmy Nominated Series ("American Ninja Warrior"), Kelsey Scott ("Walking Dead"), Mo Collins ("'F' Is For Family"), joined Multiple Oscar Nominee Bruce Dern, Genevieve Buechner ("UnReal"), Shiva Negar ("American Assassin"), Hollywood Icon Deidre Hall ("Days of Our Lives"), Brigitte Nielson, Denise Boutte, Tony Denison ("Major Crimes"), Michael Campion ("Fuller House"), Naomi Grossman ("American Horror Story"), Nathan Davis, Jr. ("Detroit"), Gleb Savchenko ("Dancing With the Stars"), Steven Bauer ("Ray Donovan"), Lotte Verbeek ("Madam Secretary"), Marilu Henner, Dee Wallace, Maria Conchita Alonso, Rosa Blasi ("The Thundermans"), Toks Olagundoye, to name a few, who were among the cadre of celebrities and industry VIPS who were treated to the best of the best!
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In the spirit of giving back, guests & sponsors donated unwrapped gifts for young adults (ages 13-18) for a Pre-Holiday Gift Drive benefitting 'Wednesday's Child' -- a weekly segment airing on KTTV FOX 11 News, Los Angeles, with Anchor Christine Devine. 'Wednesday's Child' highlights 'harder to place' children in the LA County foster care system who are in need of adoptive families. "In Los Angeles County, alone, there are over 35,000 children receiving child welfare services," says social worker, Dr. William Wong. . Bergman always invites 2 foster children to join in on the festivities and experience what it feels like to be treated as a VIP. http://www.foxla.com/wednesdays-child
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SAOIRSE RONAN TO STAR AS
Photo: Saoirse Ronan Presented "Outstanding Performer"
Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
OPPOSITE MARGOT ROBBIE AS ELIZABETH I
IN JOSIE ROURKE'S FEATURE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT;
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY WRITTEN BY BEAU WILLIMON
Filming has begun on location in England and Scotland on the Working Title Films production of Mary, Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan in the title role opposite Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I. Josie Rourke, artistic director of The Donmar Warehouse, makes her feature directorial debut on the movie. Focus Features holds worldwide rights and will release Mary, Queen of Scots in the US and Universal Pictures International (UPI) will distribute the film internationally.
The producers of Mary, Queen of Scots are Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and Debra Hayward, all Academy Award nominees as producers of Best Picture Oscar nominee Les Misérables.
Beau Willimon, an Academy Award nominee for The Ides of March and Emmy Award nominee for "House of Cards", has written the screenplay adaptation. Mary, Queen of Scots is based on John Guy's acclaimed biography My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots.
Joining the cast are Jack Lowden (Dunkirk, England is Mine), Joe Alwyn (The Sense of an Ending, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk), Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen, "Line of Duty") and Brendan Coyle ("Downton Abbey", Me Before You). Also featuring in the cast are David Tennant ("Doctor Who", "Broadchurch") and Guy Pearce (Memento, LA Confidential, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).
Mary, Queen of Scots explores the turbulent life of the charismatic Mary Stuart. Queen of France at 16 and widowed at 18, Mary defies pressure to remarry. Instead, she returns to her native Scotland to reclaim her rightful throne. But Scotland and England fall under the rule of the compelling Elizabeth 1. Each young Queen beholds her "sister" in fear and fascination. Rivals in power and in love, and female regents in a masculine world, the two must decide how to play the game of marriage versus independence. Determined to rule as much more than a figurehead, Mary asserts her claim to the English throne, threatening Elizabeth's sovereignty. Betrayal, rebellion, and conspiracies within each court imperil both thrones – and change the course of history.
Saoirse Ronan earned her first Academy Award nomination for Focus and Working Title's Atonement, and was again an Academy Award nominee for Brooklyn; she also starred for Focus as the title character in Hanna, and other past credits include The Grand Budapest Hotel, How I Love Now and The Lovely Bones, as well as the upcoming Ladybird, On Chesil Beach and Loving Vincent. She recently made her Broadway debut in The Crucible. Ronan resides in Ireland. Margot Robbie, a BAFTA Award nominee, has starred in such blockbuster hit movies as The Wolf of Wall Street, The Legend of Tarzan, and Suicide Squad, for which she won a Critics' Choice Award.
The filmmaking team for Mary, Queen of Scots includes Academy Award winners costume designer Alexandra Byrne, make-up and hair designer Jenny Shircore and editor Chris Dickens, Emmy award winner production designer James Merifield and BAFTA award winner director of photography John Mathieson.
Focus chairman Peter Kujawski said, "We are privileged to be collaborating with our partners at Working Title on this stellar production, and with Josie as she makes the exciting move from stage to screen work. With two of today's most vital actresses bringing to life two female titans, Mary, Queen of Scots will be one of the movie events of 2018."
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner have been co-chairs of Working Title Films, one of the world's leading film production companies, since 1992. Working Title has made more than 100 films that have grossed over $6 billion worldwide, including over $1 billion at the U.K. box office. Its films have won 12 Academy Awards (for Tom Hooper's Les Misérables and The Danish Girl; James Marsh's The Theory of Everything; Tim Robbins' Dead Man Walking; Joel and Ethan Coen's Fargo; Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth and Elizabeth: The Golden Age; and Joe Wright's Atonement and Anna Karenina), 39 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, and prizes at the Cannes and Berlin International Film Festivals.
Mr. Bevan and Mr. Fellner have been honored with the Producers Guild of America's David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, the PGA's highest honor for motion picture producers. They have been accorded two of the highest film awards given to British filmmakers: the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award at the BAFTA Awards, and the Alexander Walker Film Award at the Evening Standard British Film Awards. They have also both been honored with CBEs (Commanders of the Order of the British Empire).
The company's commercial and critical hits include The Interpreter, About a Boy, Notting Hill, Elizabeth, Fargo, Dead Man Walking, Bean, High Fidelity, Johnny English, Billy Elliot, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Bridget Jones's Baby, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Love Actually, Shaun of the Dead, Pride & Prejudice, Nanny McPhee, United 93, Mr. Bean's Holiday, Hot Fuzz, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Burn After Reading, Frost/Nixon, Atonement, Senna, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Anna Karenina, Les Misérables, I Give It A Year, About Time, Rush, The Two Faces of January, Trash, The Theory of Everything, Legend, Everest, The Program, The Danish Girl, Grimsby, Hail, Caesar! and the recently released Baby Driver.
Working Title's slate includes The Snowman, directed by Tomas Alfredson and starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, and Val Kilmer; James Marsh's untitled Hatton Garden project, starring Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, and Ray Winstone; Victoria & Abdul, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Judi Dench as Queen Victoria; Darkest Hour, directed by Joe Wright and starring Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill; and the untitled Entebbe project, a gripping political thriller directed by José Padilha and starring Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl.
Focus Features (www.focusfeatures.com) acquires and produces specialty films for the global market, and holds a library of iconic movies from fearless filmmakers. In addition to Victoria and Abdul, the untitled Entebbe project, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Darkest Hour, current and upcoming domestic releases from Focus include Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled, winner of the Best Director award at the 2017 Cannes International Film Festival; the breakneck action-thriller Atomic Blonde, directed by David Leitch and starring Charlize Theron and James McAvoy; Jason Reitman's new comedy Tully, starring Charlize Theron and written by Diablo Cody; and the untitled new film from Paul Thomas Anderson starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
Focus Features, Universal Pictures International, and Working Title Films are part of NBCUniversal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
GOODBYE TO A KID WHO LOVED HIS MARCH OF DIMES KIDS! Jerry Lewis Leaves Legacy of Entertainment and Philanthropy in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- Iconic entertainer and humanitarian Jerry Lewis, who made Las Vegas his home onstage and off for decades, died on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, at the age of 91. The Las Vegas News Bureau shares photo.


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Since I Saw You: A Because You Are Mine Novel
Written By: Beth Kery
Narrated By: Brianna Bronte
Publisher: Penguin Audio
In the "exceptionally hot" (USA Today) Because You Are Mine, Beth Kery redefined what's possible, what's desirable, and what's forbidden between a man and a woman. It's time to go further...
When enigmatic billionaire Ian Noble sets Lin the task of "taming" his brilliant yet half-savage brother Kam Reardon, she eagerly accepts. She's more than curious about the solitary genius and everything she's heard about him. During their electric first meeting, her fascination increases a hundredfold. Kam practically oozes raw sex appeal. Lin is interested...very interested. But does her intense attraction and willingness to go places with him she's never gone before in the bedroom really have to do with Kam? Or is her carefully hidden desire to blame for wanting a man she knows she can never have?
An elusive outsider, Kam avoids intimacy, yet never shies away from satisfying his erotic appetites. But there's something different about Lin—a reserve he's anxious to break. She's a woman he's eager to take his time with…and possess completely. A sophisticated beauty like her would never want him anywhere but in bed, but he finds himself unable to resist her.
Immediately Lin's smooth facade is undone by Kam's overwhelming masculinity and by his irresistible erotic demands—a lesson in subjugation that leaves Lin confused, reeling, and open to things she never thought possible. Now, as the unpredictable nights between them grow darker, Lin and Kam are certain of only one thing: they're made for each other.
Romance >
by Beth Kery
This title is due for release on May 6, 2014.
This title is due for release on May 6, 2014


This morning, I was intrigued by a question on LinkedIn. A person felt offended, a salesperson had criticized the this individual's company. The individual was very upset, complaining to the sales person's management, and posing the question on LinkedIn asking whether anyone else had experienced sales people being impolite and criticizing the customer to the customer and how to handle it.
My reaction was rather immature, particularly for a senior executive, and would have failed if it had not been for this one customer having the character and courage to consider a different point of view (he later became a nice friend). I wouldn't recommend others do this, but I do think there is an important point to be made, the customer isn't always right! Often they are prisoner's of their own experience and can't see things differently. Often, they don't know what they don't know and need to be informed and educated. Often they are so focused on "a tree," completely missing the other trees or the fact they are in a forest.
We've Trained Our Customers Too Well!


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Q: Download metadata .xml file from geonode / geoserver I am new to both geonode and geoserver. I have a problem with downloading xml file from layer that I uploaded.
For example, I have a.shp, a.shx, a.prj, a.dbf, and a.xml. I uploaded them to geonode. I check in geoserver data directory, the files are exist.
But, when I tried to download the layer in shapefile zipped format, it doesn't include the a.xml file.
I know that geoserver uses WFS. But I can't find option to download the .xml file.
How to do it? Can I access directly to the directory (which is not so good), or is there a way to do it?

A: There are two "download" buttons in GeoNode layers. The zip shapefiles are in the "data download", while the xml is in the "Metadata download". You only have to choose the second one and download your metadata as "Standard-Metadata xml format". zip file will not contain it because is only for the geometry data.
NOTE: this answer works in GeoNode2.6.3 version. It might be diferent in others.

A: So, I finally able to download / access the xml file that I uploaded.
def get_metadata_file_path(self):
    """Obtain metadata (.xml) file path of the layer."""
    base_file, _ = self.layer.get_base_file()
    if not base_file:
        return ''
    base_file_path = base_file.file.path
    xml_file_path = base_file_path.split('.')[0] + '.xml'
    if not os.path.exists(xml_file_path):
        return ''
    return xml_file_path

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Politics|Gennifer Flowers at Debate? Just Making a Point, Says Team Trump
Gennifer Flowers at Debate? Just Making a Point, Says Team Trump
Hofstra University on Long Island will host Monday night's debate between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton.CreditCreditGeorge Etheredge for The New York Times
By Ashley Parker and Maggie Haberman
Donald J. Trump's campaign moved on Sunday to squelch reports — set off by the candidate himself — that Gennifer Flowers, the woman whose claims of an affair with Bill Clinton imperiled his 1992 presidential campaign, would be Mr. Trump's guest on Monday at his first debate with Hillary Clinton.
In television interviews on Sunday morning, Mr. Trump's running mate, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, flatly denied that Ms. Flowers would attend the debate, at Hofstra University on Long Island. And Mr. Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, said that in threatening on Saturday to invite Ms. Flowers, Mr. Trump had merely been making a point.
"He wants to remind people that he's a great counterpuncher," Ms. Conway said on ABC's "This Week."
The specter of Ms. Flowers's attendance arose during a skirmish of psychological warfare between the two campaigns and their supporters in the run-up to Monday night's matchup.
Mark Cuban, the voluble billionaire who owns the Dallas Mavericks basketball team and is supporting Mrs. Clinton, announced on Twitter on Thursday that Mrs. Clinton's campaign had given him a front-row seat at the debate to watch her "overwhelm" Mr. Trump.
For good measure, Mr. Cuban — who once hosted a short-lived reality television show called "The Benefactor," and more recently offered $10 million to the charity of Mr. Trump's choice if the Republican nominee would let Mr. Cuban interview him for four hours about his "policies and their substance" — suggested the debate would become known as the "Humbling at Hofstra."
On Saturday, Mr. Trump responded even more provocatively.
The thrice-married Mr. Trump, whose second marriage grew out of an affair during his first one, has repeatedly raised Mr. Clinton's infidelities as a character attack against Mrs. Clinton. Several of Mr. Trump's advisers have a long history of calling attention to Mr. Clinton's scandals.
Ms. Flowers herself lent credence to the idea: "Yes I will be there," she wrote in a text message to The New York Times on Saturday. She did not respond to follow-up messages on Sunday.
Each campaign receives tickets from the Commission on Presidential Debates to give to supporters at its discretion, and campaigns often engage in mind games when picking guests, as appeared to be the case with Mrs. Clinton's choice of Mr. Cuban. But inviting Ms. Flowers would be in a different category.
In 1992, Mr. Clinton denied Ms. Flowers's claim of an affair, but years later, when asked in a deposition whether he had engaged in "sexual relations" with Ms. Flowers, he admitted having done so one time, in 1977. Ms. Flowers, in recently broadcast interviews, has accused Mrs. Clinton of being an "enabler" and has said the scandal is a relevant issue in 2016.
Inviting Ms. Flowers would be risky for Mr. Trump, because he faces a potentially record-high gender gap with women, who might be troubled by such an aggressive and personal move.
On NBC's "Meet the Press," John Podesta, Mrs. Clinton's campaign chairman, portrayed Mr. Trump's Twitter post about Ms. Flowers as yet another example of behavior unbecoming of someone seeking the presidency. "You saw his reaction, which is to do his favorite sport, which is to dive in the sewer and go for a swim," Mr. Podesta said.
But on "Fox News Sunday," Mr. Pence, the Indiana governor, sought to put an end to the matter.
"Gennifer Flowers will not be attending the debate tomorrow night," Mr. Pence said. "Donald was using the tweet yesterday really to mock an effort by Hillary Clinton and her campaign to really distract attention from where the people — the American people — are going to be focused tomorrow night, which is on the issues. It's on the choice that we face."
Megan Twohey and Amy Chozick contributed reporting.
Find out what you need to know about the 2016 presidential race today, and get politics news updates via Facebook, Twitter and the First Draft newsletter.
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Tool to support pastors, teachers and leaders with adapting curriculum using the five senses for inclusion of all learning styles.
…for concrete understanding. Ideal for small group ministries, disability ministries, classrooms, families and new Christians. Covers Christian holidays and some secular holidays and celebrations. Ideal for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be fully included in the group.
…reading level for concrete understanding. Ideal for small group ministries, disability ministries, classrooms, families and new Christians. Includes an activity and object lesson section for leaders. Ideal for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be fully included in the group.
…at a 3-4th grade reading level for concrete understanding. Ideal for small group ministries, disability ministries, classrooms, families and new Christians. 52 devotions, one a week for a year. Ideal for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be fully included in the group.
A Celebration of Life for families regarding the birth of children with disabilities.
Sampler containing 2 each of our Wonderfully Made Series: Adapting Curriculum, Communicating for Success and Welcoming a Child.
The Building on the Rock Communication Cards provide visual cues to help teach faith concepts. The set includes 50 concept cards that help teach words and phrases from the Bible and support learning about baptism and communion.
Helpful tool for communicating and interacting with people of all abilities.
Offering envelopes for Bethesda Lutheran Communities that read: Together, the Best Life is Possible!, and the prayer "I'm thankful I can bless and support the lives of people with disabilities. My gift will help share the Good News of Jesus Christ with the people Bethesda supports." Pack of 25.
Coloring book that focuses on everyone's abilities and ways we live in community together. Intended for grade 5 and under.
Coloring book that focuses on everyone's abilities and ways we live in community together. Captions have been translated into Spanish. Intended for grade 5 and under.
Prayers written for individuals or groups at three different reading levels for inclusion of all abilities. Includes devotions supporting prayer and space for individualized prayers, and a CD of audio prayers to encourage prayer for non-readers or those who may be uncomfortable praying out loud.


...it's quite often an entrancing spectacle. And sometimes even a pretty disgusting one: witness this rendition of Darth Sidious (left) as if it has been done by the great master Beougereau.
Worth1000.com is currently hosting Round 3 of their Star Wars/Classic Art mashup series, and it will have you both in stunned awe and sidesplitting laughter! And yet, Renaissance art ever seems to be the perfect motif for that saga of a galaxy far, far away.
And if you want to see some earlier Star Wars/classic renderings, here's Worth1000.com's first batch and here's the results of their second call for the same theme. And Something Awful has a similar thing going on too.
Love 'em! Thanks for posting these!


Re: Is Graham Hancock writing a sequel to Entangled?
Its been eight months after this last post, any word on the arrival date of Entanglement 2? Ive been seething with excitement over it for the past two weeks since I finished the first one!
I am now reading Fingerprints of the Gods and am loving it the deeper i get.
Also, the TED thing over the past few days has been LUDICROUS and I want you to know I respect you for doing the right thing and exposing the hypocracy.


Recycled cans, bottles and old CDs decorate trees at Kauai's Festival of Lights | Oceanfront Realty International, Inc.
The Los Angeles Times has an article in their Travel News & Deals section about Kauai's Festival of Lights, at the Historic County Building beginning December 1 and continuing every Friday from 6–8 PM until December 24. We encourage everyone to come see the beautiful holiday display, with its decorations made from recycled scrap, which has been a local tradition for 21 years.


There is no better way to advertise and promote an event other than through the means of video.
Using video before your event is all about generating enthusiasm for people as well as persuading those who are on the fence about attending. By offering a sneak peak, you can give people a feel for what their experience will be like.
Do you have an up-coming event that you would like filmed? I can put together a package of videography for your event and attend your venue or offices to film a video promo for inclusion on your website and on social media.
Contact Tim Cowell Videographer to get your event noticed.


Gamka is a full service distributor of construction and landscaping products serving commercial contractors, municipalities and industry. Our construction equipment and materials showroom, service department and warehouse is located in Edison, New Jersey and covers 60,000 square feet. Inside we inventory more than 43,000 items. There is more outside! A partial list of items on hand includes light to medium construction equipment, construction and concrete chemicals (cures, sealers, grouts, patching, epoxies, etc.), parts, filter and stabilization fabrics, construction hardware and concrete application materials, safety items, moisture and thermal protection and supplies. Gamka rents over 1,700 pieces of construction equipment such as air compressors and tools, bar benders, compactors, diamond cutting drills and saws, excavators, fans, flood lights, heaters, lasers, mixers, pumps for grout and water, ride-on and walk-behind trowels to finish concrete, screeds, surface preparation equipment and vibrators to name just a few categories. Deliveries by our own truck fleet go throughout the state, plus if our customers are working there, we will go to metropolitan New York and Philadelphia for them. Call Gamka for your specific needs. We focus on concrete issues and the creative application of construction technology. Solving problems for our customers and offering alternative solutions is a matter of pride.
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Chris Nikic Becomes First Person With Down's Syndrome To Finish An Ironman Triathlon
A 21-year-old triathlete from Florida has become the first person with Down's syndrome to finish an Ironman event – swimming 2.4 miles, cycling 112 miles and running a 26.2-mile marathon.
Chris Nikic crossed the line in 16 hours 46 minutes nine seconds – less than 14 minutes under the official cut-off time at the Visit Panama City Beach Ironman in Florida – to earn official recognition from Guinness World Records.
"You have shattered barriers while proving without a doubt that anything is possible," the official Ironman account tweeted.
In Ironman's 42-year history, no athlete with Down's syndrome – a genetic condition that can cause varying degrees of learning disability and slower physical development – has even attempted an event, let alone finished one.
On Saturday, footage circulated on social media of Nikic's father helping put running shoes on his son's feet while – his voice breaking with pride – telling him "you are almost an Ironman buddy. You're two thirds of an Ironman"
Sporting cuts on his knees from a minor bike crash earlier in the day, Nikic duly did the rest, completing the marathon leg in darkness in six hours 18 minutes.
His journey to the finish line had started three years earlier when, after noticing his son was becoming increasingly sedentary, Nik Nikic encouraged him to become 1% fitter each day. Training began with a single push-up.
"To Chris, this race was more than just a finish line and celebration of victory," said his father.
"Ironman has served as his platform to become one step closer to his goal of living a life of inclusion, normalcy, and leadership. It's about being an example to other kids and families that face similar barriers, proving no dream or goal is too high.
"If Chris can do an Ironman, he can do anything."
An Instagram 'superstar'
Guinness World Records called Nikic's achievement "awe inspiring" and registered him as officially the first person with Down's syndrome to complete the gruelling challenge.
He has 33,000 new followers on Instagram, where he has received messages calling him a "superstar" and thanking him for inspiring the parents of children with Down's syndrome.
"Goal set and achieved," posted the man of the hour, a keen public speaker. "Time to set a new and bigger goal for 2021."
He now has his eyes set on a being part of the 2022 Special Olympics, which will take place in Orlando, Florida.
"No limits. No boundaries," tweeted tennis legend Billie Jean King. "Keep dreaming big and going for it, Chris!"
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This view from San Marco past the gondolas and across the river to the island of San Giorgio is one frequently photographed by tourists and photographers when visiting Venice, Italy. At first glance my photograph appeared tranquil, with early evening light and colorful reflections. Once I started painting, I realized that the diminishing light created intense darks in the black gondolas and black reflections. So strong were the darks that I felt like it might create more of a somber mood than what I wanted to convey. I switched to an Impressionist palette in which blacks became purples and blues with a tad of Titanium White added to lighten up the darks. I found myself using colors that would compliment each other in order to create an overall twilight tone. It became an exercise in color exploration which I found challenging, frustrating and fun.
Sometimes the painting process flows and sometimes it's experimental and takes longer. The latter is the case with this painting. A couple of times I thought I was close to finishing and the next thing I knew I was almost starting over. Finally, I felt like I was onto something and progressed to where I could sign my name.
The bright white church on San Giorgio, along with the bold surrounding architecture, I felt deserved to be in focus even though the distance could have easily muted any definition. Being a maritime artist, of course the colorful, reflective water and gondolas captured my eye from first glance.


If you are like me, your sewing machine has a plethora of fabulous stitches and fancy feet, and you use maybe 5 of the stitches and two of the feet. I have decided that I really should at least try out all the options my machine has. So I decided it was time to try out the blind hem stitch. I decided a skirt with an elastic waist band was a quick and easy project to accomplish in an afternoon and I could try out this stitch. To my fabric stash I went and because I was felling a little festive this weekend, I pulled out the red fabric with velvet polka dots for the project.


Refreshment is becoming more and more feasible these days. We have a flurry of options to sideline all the work tension or any other mental pressure fir that case.
Our latest recommendation for refreshment activities is district gravity – Amusement park. Here's the reason why.
They have a number of fun activities like Slingshot, giant swing, rope course, and the multi-activity tower that can keep you entertained for hours together.
The interesting part is that their physical activities lay out a few challenges to your mental capabilities as well. This can come a really long way in providing some sort of relief.
District gravity also has a number of options to choose from. They have a separate package for kids and adults.
While the kid's package is priced at Rs. 599, the adult's package costs in upwards of 999.
Another interesting point to be noted is the special amenities they provide for corporate bookings. This should cut-off the massive bill payments in the end.
Located in the picturesque location of Shamirpet, this locality has quite a few positives going its way.
You can give this crazy hangout space a try this weekend for sure.


The area surrounding the Fort de Douaumont saw a lot of action during World War I - and the area still shows many "scars" of the World War I battles. So if you visit the Fort de Douaumont there are a lot of "bonus" things that you will pass by in the area.
One of the many smaller French bunkers near the World War I Fort de Douaumont - outside Verdun.
One of the many World War I trenches that still are visible near Fort de Douaumont - outside Verdun.


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Collage New Music shines in new and newish music for sextet
By David Wright
David Hoose conducted Collage New Music Sunday night at Pickman Hall.
After attending the concert by Collage New Music Sunday night at Longy School of Music's Pickman Hall, one could be forgiven for thinking an ensemble of violin, cello, flute, clarinet, piano and percussion was as standard as a string quartet.
Following a brief and hilarious opener for violin and piano (Evan Chambers's Fire Hose Reel), the contemporary-music ensemble of six instruments plus conductor took the stage four times at full strength, performing music of such variety that one imagined a vast repertoire of mixed-sextet compositions stretching away to the new-music horizon.
Three of the four sextets were receiving their first Boston performances—not a surprise, since groups comprising these six instruments aren't so thick on the ground after all, and these scores demanded a high level of technical proficiency and musical imagination. The six veteran players of Collage New Music, conducted by the equally venerable David Hoose, delivered amply on both.
According to his account in the program, composer Chambers found his title printed on fire-department boxes all around Belfast, Northern Ireland. A little joke—that "fire hose reel" could also be the title of an Irish fiddle tune—grew into a big piece for piano and amplified violin.
Violinist Catherine French and pianist Christopher Oldfather stepped up the tempo several times and cracked innumerable rhythmic jokes as they evoked a party swinging into high gear. The music seemed ready at any moment to break into an actual Irish reel, only to dance dissonantly away.
The microphone on French's violin subtly adjusted the balance between the instruments, and probably wasn't necessary, given this artist's fiery playing and authentically scrapy fiddle sound.
For Oldfather, it was the first of several technically dazzling outings on this program. In addition to his many contributions in terms of atmosphere and tone color, the pianist edged out percussionist Craig McNutt for Busiest Player of the Night, if only because his athletic skills were on display in five pieces instead of four.
The Irish theme continued in a different vein with Nicola LeFanu's Sextet: a wild garden—fásach, surely the winner of the Short Attention Span Award for this evening. The composer's estimate of "about a dozen short sections" in the piece seemed conservative as she evoked the "luxuriant growth" in favorite Irish places such as the Roundstone bog and the Connemara coast.
Opening with Debussy-like sunken-cathedral bells on the piano, the picturesque music roamed widely in timbre and mood from deep-toned, whimsical dialogue for cello and bass clarinet to dazzling bursts of high clarinet, vibraphone and piccolo. As with New England weather, the rule was: If you don't like what you hear, wait a minute.
If not exactly Irish, Mario Davidovsky's Flashbacks was at least Joycean in its stream-of-consciousness depiction of the experience of suddenly and randomly remembering music. In this volatile piece completed in January 1996, the composer, a pioneer in electronic and electro-acoustic media, produced on the all-acoustic sextet something like the beeps, boops, and burbles that came from his synthesizer in other works.
The burbler-in-chief was surely percussionist McNutt, who executed choreography no figure skater could match as he prowled his large array in search of just the right subtle (or not so subtle) accent, changing beaters seemingly every bar, making each of his countless notes materialize at the right time and the right volume.
One wondered how different one's perception of a percussionist's playing—not to mention the elaborate architectural project of setting up for the next piece—would be if it were performed out of sight of the audience. With this instrument, it can (for example) take a lot of activity to make one soft sound, and what you see is often not what you get.
In Sunday's performances, the live action was so eye-catching, it was hard to close one's eyes and just listen. But it was worth doing so for a little while, just to appreciate McNutt's fine phrasing, color sense, and collaboration with his colleagues.
Kyong Mee Choi's Tender Spirit I mixed actual electronic sound with the live sextet in a threnody for the children and teachers lost in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting of December 2012. In the subtle blend, electronic and acoustic sounds mimicked each other, and it was often hard to tell which was which.
The piece opened in a warm glow of long notes with rapid piano and percussion figures running softly underneath, progressed through a wide variety of emotional states and timbres climaxing in a kabuki-like screech of piccolo and whack of woodblocks and snap pizzicato, and closed with a haunting electronic sound resembling children's voices receding in the distance.
After such melancholy reflections, some affirmation was needed, and Stephen Jaffe's Light Dances amply supplied it. Commenting in the program, the composer attributed his title to a saying by the photographer Brian Peterson about his work being "a dance around the light." He went on to say, à la Magritte and his "this is not a pipe," "These are not dances per se. Instead, the movements reflect dance and light in different ways."
It was good to be told that, because otherwise one might have sat back and enjoyed Jaffe's piece as the rambunctious, toe-tapping, Bernsteinian piece of elegant fun it plainly was.
The second of the three movements was playful in a different way, calling on the players to snap their fingers, shuffle their feet, and play suspended crotales in sequence like a handbell choir. Nostalgia seemed an element here too, as piano-and-strings music curiously like Ravel wafted through the percussion effects.
Jazzy energy and humor à la Milhaud returned in the finale. With the skill it had shown all evening, the ensemble crisply executed the intricate syncopations, then blended elegantly for the soft close.
Composers Kyong Mee Choi and Stephen Jaffe were present for Sunday's performance, and came onstage following their pieces to receive the audience's enthusiastic applause.
Besides the players mentioned above, cellist Joel Moerschel, clarinetist and bass clarinetist Robert Annis, and especially Christopher Krueger on three flutes (alto, standard, piccolo) also made adept and imaginative contributions to all the works for sextet.
Conductor Hoose appeared fully in charge of the proceedings, beating the complex meters and guiding the interpretation in spite of stage lighting that, he told the audience, got in his eyes. His efforts with the stage manager to get the lighting adjusted caused much merriment among audience and performers as lights flickered on and off all over the house, only to end up the same as before. It was about the only "same" thing in a vive-la-différence kind of night.
The next concert of Collage New Music will present music of Balch and Festinger, and the world premiere of a new work by Gunther Schuller, 8 p.m. March 1 at Longy School of Music's Pickman Hall.
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You might think that my middle initial, 'S', stands for Scrooge, as I don't generally give Christmas presents (note: that's 'give', not 'gift'). I like going around the shops looking for ideas, I'm happy to wrap even awkward-shaped items, and I love to see a heap of presents under the tree, but the problem with presents is that they're often bought out of desperation to find something–anything! Even when the recipients like them, they often have no use for them. Instead of giving people things that they don't want, I'd rather people didn't give me anything except their love, good wishes and company, and either spent their money on something they do want, or gave it to charity.This year, however, I've realised there is a way to give everyone a present–should they choose to accept it–without it taking up house-room or making them feel that they have to reciprocate. The answer is–free books!
Smashwords is holding a Christmas sale from 25th December to New Year's Day. If you visit https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/ksdearsley, you'll find codes to get Artists and Liars and Discord's Child FREE. Plus, anyone who buys Discord's Child from Smashwords will find a code number at the end for a FREE copy of Discord's Apprentice valid until 31st January 2018. There are no strings attached, but I'd love to have your feedback on Facebook, email or Twitter. If anyone fancies writing a review on Smashwords or anywhere else–well, then you'd be giving me a present too!
P.S. The 'S' stands for Sally.


By providing sound information and new knowledge, the Colorado Geological Survey contributes to economic growth and improvement in the quality of life for Colorado's citizens.
The newest edition of the annual CGS review of the state's extractive industries.
This report is based on 2015 production data and sketches a comprehensive overview of Colorado's mineral resource production including oil & gas, coal, and non-fuel minerals.
This beautifully offset-printed 42x39-inch color chart was designed from the ground up to illustrate the Proterozoic to Holocene stratigraphy that spans the state's many sedimentary basins.
The Interpretive Geothermal Heat Flow Map of Colorado depicts the movement of heat from the Earth's interior to its surface in Colorado. The geographic distribution of heat flow is one of several indicators of the location of potential geothermal resources in Colorado.
Seismicity in Colorado is more active than one would imagine and there is potential risk associated with numerous fault zones around the state. Earthquake loss assessments are part of our statewide risk analyses.
Our STATEMAP mapping program has produced a total of 107 geologic quadrangles to date, with another 10 in progress. The maps are focused on high-growth areas throughout Colorado. STATEMAP is one of three components of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP).


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El cabo Mondego (en portugués Cabo Mondego) es un cabo de la costa Atlántica de Portugal, situado en el parte central del país.

Se encuentra en el borde occidental de la sierra da Boa Viagem, tres kilómetros al norte de la ciudad de Figueira da Foz y de la desembocadura del río que le da nombre, el río Mondego. Cortado a pique y con numerosos acantilados, tiene unos cuarenta metros de altura. Está situado cerca del faro de Cabo Mondego, de quince metros de alto, destinado al apoyo de la navegación marítima. Desde el punto de vista geológico, este cabo tiene un alto valor científico, como es reconocido mundialmente, siendo clasificado como Monumento Natural por el Decreto Regulamentar n.º 82/2007, de 3 de octubre.

Estratotipo de la base del Bajociense
En los afloramientos rocosos de la costa, a unos dos kilómetros al norte del cabo, en la denominada sección de Murtinheira, la Unión Internacional de Ciencias Geológicas ha establecido la sección y punto de estratotipo de límite global de la base del piso Bajociense (datado en 170,3±1,4 millones de años), segundo del Jurásico Medio, referente mundial para esta unidad cronoestratigráfica de la escala temporal geológica.

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Figueira da Foz
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Eli's tough. He's played tough ever since Jerry called him skittish. Now he's also playing smart. He's simply amazing. He's not the greatest QB. But, I'll take this Eli Manning as QB over any other... in history.
I was wondering why they weren't running more max protect in the second half after the Niners adjusted.
If it wasn't for Vernon Davis (that guy's a beast) this game would have been no contest for the Giants. It's a good thing that best thing Alex Smith could do was run. As Tuck said post game, "Defense doesn't win championships. Teams do."
The next game should be a doozie. The last time they had played their best earlier in the season. The Patriots are playing their best football of the season now. Belichick and Brady are scary good.