Posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 at 8:09 pm.
Jet Services, Inc. proudly presents this Cessna Citation Bravo as the newest addition to our aircraft charter fleet. The Citation product is a time tested leader in the general aviation segment and enjoys tremendous product support provided by Textron Aviation. The Bravo has proven to be very successful serving as the cornerstone of the light jet offering for many larger charter companies. And now, JSI is making this superb aircraft available to our charter clients.
While the Citation Bravo will be available for retail charter trips, it will also join the rest of of fleet in servicing our jetKey Membership Program. Member benefits on this aircraft include a reduced flight hour rate structure paired with decreased minimum flight charge requirements per trip. For more information on retail charter or jetKey membership pricing, please contact Bobby Marks, VP of Marketing and Sales, at bobby@flyjetservices.com.
Posted on Monday, March 13th, 2017 at 3:19 pm.
Every May, the central gulf coast town of Gulf Shores, Alabama is transformed into one of the newest, most awesome music festivals around. If you haven't been to the Hangout Fest, you need to place it on your short list. Last year, the three day, multi stage event entertained 40,000 beachgoers, which is the highest attendance to date since the festival began in 2010. Headliners include Mumford & Sons, Twenty One Pilots, Frank Ocean and Chance The Rapper, among other greats. Check out the video below for more on the acts, or click here for a full listing.
Chow down on gourmet food in our private Super VIP air-conditioned dining room.
And of course, nothing caps off a VIP experience better than luxury transportation provided by Jet Services, Inc. The Gulf Shores – Jack Edwards Airport is only a few miles north of the festival location. The airport facilities are perfectly suited to accommodate any one of our Citation or Beechcraft fleet aircraft. Give us a call today to book your flight to one of the Southeast's premier music festival events. For more information on the Hangout Music Festival, please visit http://www.hangoutmusicfest.com/.
Jet Services, Inc. is a licensed aircraft charter operator located in the southeast with the capability to meet all of your travel needs. We are ARGUS Gold Rated, Wyvern Registered and offer jet charter in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Bahamas as well as other Caribbean destinations. Our exclusive jetKeys include competitive charter pricing, flexible membership programs, and complete ownership solutions. From shorter regional trips to nationwide requests, our fleet of Cessna Citation and Beechjet aircraft is ready to serve. Contact us today and let our experienced team provide you with first class safety and service at a price that is far more cost effective than the national operators or brokers.
Posted on Friday, July 1st, 2016 at 8:55 am.
Posted on Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 9:05 am.
Jet Services, Inc. is proud to present N646RH for immediate charter operations. This Citation XLS+ incorporates midsize aircraft comfort with superb short field capability. Combine those attributes with the efficiency and reliability of the Cessna Citation brand, and this is one package that's hard to beat. This is why the Citation CE-560XL line has been proven to be the most popular charter aircraft in the world.
Features include a luxurious midsize cabin that is nearly 6 feet tall, a large airstair door for easy transition in and out of the aircraft, spacious lavatory with hot and cold water sink, auxiliary power unit (APU) so the aircraft is powered up and climate controlled when you board, large refreshment center, state of the art Rockwell Collins avionics systems with XM satellite weather, and more.
When comparing aircraft of this size, flights into shorter landing strips are typically ruled out due to the limitations of the aircraft performance. Other midsize aircraft simply can't make it work. But with the XLS+'s straight wing design and powerful Pratt & Whitney engines, the shorter runways remain attainable. This aircraft provides our clients with more options when making their travel decisions. It's been said, and should be said again: You simply won't find a better combination of short field capability paired the comfort of a midsize cabin. This aircraft is available to our jetKey Membership and jetKey Charter customers alike.
What are you waiting for? Give us a call at 251-300-6600 or email scheduling@flyjetservices.com to book this aircraft with Jet Services. You won't be disappointed!
Posted on Wednesday, June 15th, 2016 at 8:30 pm.
Let Jet Services get you to your dream destination.
Jet Services, Inc. is pleased to announce our capability for international Jet Charter operations. Based out of the Mobile Regional Airport (KMOB) in Mobile, AL, Jet Services is located in the perfect position as an international launching point for charter customers all along the central gulf coast. International trips can be amazing, and we can get you there fast!! But it's always important to be prepared when traveling out of the country. Included for reference below is an amended traveler's checklist from the U.S. State Department designed to help mitigate issues while out of the country. Reviewing this guidance will have you as prepared as possible to take that next memorable international vacation.
We can get into the checklist in a bit–but let's talk about the possible trips! We are authorized to operate in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and Canada. So you have many choices for that next get away. Did you know that our jet charter fleet can have you in Cancun, MX in as little as two hours from the Mobile area? It really doesn't take long!
Jet Services has also secured a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Overflight Exemption. This allows us to operate our flights directly back into most local airports provided that Customs officials can meet the aircraft upon arrival. Without an exemption, flights would always be required to land at the first available airport nearest the point when the U.S. border is crossed during the flight. For example, if you were travelling from the Bahamas to Mobile, AL, a stop would be required at an airport such as Ft. Lauderdale to clear into the United States. This stop includes unloading the aircraft to inspect all baggage, aircraft inspection, customs paperwork, etc. And worse yet, if the aircraft needs fuel before continuing the flight, they may be required to load up, taxi to another location on the airport and receive the fuel there. We have worked hard to be sure this authorization is available to our customers. It's just another way that Jet Services adds convenience to you during your trip.
Does your local airport qualify for the overflight exemption? Ask our scheduling department at 251-300-6600 or scheduling@flyjetservices.com.
It is crucial to be prepared when traveling outside of the United States. Traveler documentation issues, travel warnings, health issues, etc. can cause many unforeseen problems for those who aren't prepared. We recommend reading the information below and utilizing the links to gather as much information as possible about your destination, it's customs and laws, and anything that may adversely affect your trip. If you find you still have questions, be sure to ask us and we can help.
Read up on your destination at travel.state.gov. Learn about visa requirements, local laws, customs, and medical care in the countries you are visiting. Some travelers, such as those with disabilities, women, and LGBTI persons, may face additional challenges when abroad. Be aware of any Travel Warnings or Travel Alerts for your destination country, which describe risks to you and may affect your travel plans. Also check the website of the U.S. embassy or consulate where you will be traveling for the latest security messages. Find out about health precautions. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) provide recommendations for vaccinations and other travel health precautions for your trip abroad. Prepare to handle money overseas. Before you go, notify your bank and credit card company of your travel, and check exchange rates. For information about using cash, debit/credit cards, and ATMs, read about your destination. Carry contact details for the nearest U.S. embassy or U.S. consulate with you, in English and the local language. We provide help for emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, overseas and in Washington, D.C. (888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444). Read more about what the Department of State can and cannot do for you in an emergency.
Apply early for a passport, or renew your old one. It should be valid for at least six months after you return home, and needs to have two or more blank pages. Otherwise, some countries may not let you enter. Check all family members' passports because those for adults are valid for 10 years, but children's passports only for five. U.S. citizens must use a U.S. passport to leave and come back to the United States. If you are traveling by land or sea, you must show proof of both your U.S. citizenship and your identity when you return to the United States. For many land or sea trips, this means you can travel using the new U.S. passport card instead of a normal passport book. Read more about U.S. passport requirements. You may need to get a visa before you travel to a destination. Contact the embassy of the foreign countries you will be visiting for more information. Get a letter from your doctor for medications you are bringing. Some countries have strict laws, even against over-the-counter medications, so read about your destination before you go. If you are traveling alone with children, foreign border officials may require custody documents or written consent from the other parent. Check with the embassy of your foreign destination before traveling. Make two photocopies of all your travel documents in case of emergency. Leave one copy with a trusted friend or relative at home and carry the other separately from your documents in case of loss or theft.
Make sure you have health insurance whenever you are traveling abroad. If your U.S. health care plan does not cover you overseas, consider buying supplemental insurance to cover medical costs and emergency evacuation. Foreign hospitals and doctors often require payment in cash, and Emergency medical evacuation can cost up to $100,000. Social Security and Medicare does not provide coverage outside of the United States. Learn more at Your Health Abroad. Also check if you have coverage for trip interruption/cancellation and loss or theft, to help pay for unexpected expenses.
International trips can be a great experience. Get prepared and call Jet Services to book your next trip. Our knowledgeable staff will handle the details of getting you there safely so you can enjoy everything else. To check availability, call us at (251) 300-6600 or email your trip request to scheduling@flyjetservices.com.
Posted on Monday, March 21st, 2016 at 7:13 pm.
Local operators will have the best pricing!
It's true!! Utilizing a local operator to service your round trip operations could save you thousands as compared to the pricing of the national operators/brokers. So what's the catch?
The national operators have aircraft that literally crisscross the country servicing trips nationwide. And they do their best to utilize their aircraft in the most efficient manner possible. The problem lies in the fact that they must still deadhead their aircraft, with regularity, to get to the next trip on the schedule. Those deadhead legs, that are flying empty from point to point, have to be funded by someone—and that's where the extra expense comes from! While the national operator's programs and offerings are impressive, money can and will be saved by utilizing the local operator. We are already in place and ready to serve, without needing to fly an hour or so to get to you first.
Let's check out a comparison of a round trip flight out of our home base in Mobile, AL. We have many business clients that conduct same day or two-three day trips that are round trip operations from the Mobile Regional Airport. One trip we often operate is a run to Philadelphia with a one night layover. For comparison, we are using the pricing for a 25 hour jet card program from a prominent national broker.
As you can see, the difference in one trip is drastic. When customers are interested in getting the best value, the choice is clear!! And for those that might think a national charter broker will provide better service… Think again!! If a trip to Philadelphia was requested out of Mobile, most of the national brokers would call us first to see if we can operate it for them. And we would be happy to service that request. But we would be happier to build that relationship with you as the customer directly. When you have your next round trip opportunity, be sure to contact us so we can show you the savings by operating with Jet Services, Inc. For more information on our exclusive jetKey programs, please contact Bobby Marks, VP of Marketing and Sales, at bobby@flyjetservices.com.


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Les borborygmes sont des bruits émis par les intestins, parfois dans l'estomac, pendant la digestion. Dans le langage courant, ils sont souvent appelés gargouillements, gargouillis ou glougloutements.

Description

Il s'agit de bruits de gargouillement produits par la mobilisation des gaz dans un segment du tube digestif qui contient une abondante quantité de liquide. Il peut s'agir également d'air coincé par des spasmes ou les interstices du gros intestin. Dans leur tentative de passage, des bruits peuvent survenir.

Souvent les gens se désolent des borborygmes. Leur présence peut gêner en société, mais ils ne sont pas dangereux. Cela peut même être rassurant puisqu'ils indiquent qu'il y a du mouvement, de la circulation dans le système digestif.

Causes

La colopathie fonctionnelle, la laxophobie, de l'air avalé (certaines personnes avalent plus d'air que d'aliments lorsqu'elles mangent ou boivent), des aliments gazogènes (choux, sodas, bière, aliments sucrés) et la diarrhée en sont les principales causes. Une attaque virale (la gastro-entérite) est aussi une cause possible.

Selon le , trop se retenir d'aller à la selle, peut provoquer des spasmes au niveau du gros intestin et induire une constipation qui peut durer des jours. Pour se libérer, l'organisme pourra réagir par une fausse diarrhée qui comportera des borborygmes.

Traitements

On peut trouver du siméticone en vente libre. Un prescripteur peut aussi suggérer du lopéramide (Imodium), qui devrait également réduire les gaz et les borborygmes en cas de diarrhée.

Le charbon activé permet l'absorption des gaz très rapidement. L'addition de certaines levures (saccharomyces) permet de réduire la formation de ces gaz.

Une autre solution consiste à évacuer les gaz, notamment par l'intermédiaire de flatulences (pets) et d'éructations (rots). Comme le système digestif peut contenir beaucoup d'air, cela peut être fastidieux, mais très efficace. En effet, en l'absence d'air, le système digestif ne peut produire de borborygmes.

Références

Symptôme de l'appareil digestif
Appareil digestif

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My Editor's Pick for this edition focusses on an important hot topic. Young men (and, I would add, women) affected by cancer should always have the possibility to preserve their future fertility and receive appropriate counselling. Being responsible for the male gamete cryopreservation bank at the University Hospital of Careggi, Florence, Italy, I am aware that, all too often, consultants in a variety of fields forget to provide appropriate counselling to young male cancer patients regarding the possibility of fertility preservation before initiating any therapy that may affect testicular function. This article analyses the perceptions of all the stakeholders regarding fertility and cancer, remarking that banking spermatozoa reassures patients and helps them to face the battle against cancer. The article also analyses the main obstacles to fertility preservation, giving insights on how to surmount them. I found this article a very helpful read.
The prospect of cancer survivorship has changed significantly in the past decades. Cancer patients are now living longer and healthcare professionals are increasingly aware of the concerns of survivors with regard to quality of life. It is well known that psychological and social problems are created or exacerbated by cancer. At any stage of cancer survivorship, individuals may experience depression, a high sense of vulnerability, fear for the future, and other types of worries, such as changes in sexual function and reproductive ability. For many survivors, the ability to conceive and deliver a healthy baby is of paramount importance. However, in many circumstances, and for a variety of complex reasons, the importance of fertility is under-addressed and sometimes disregarded by the healthcare team. This article describes the significance of addressing fertility as a psychosocial need in male cancer patients, followed by a discussion on cancer patients' and family members' perceptions about the importance of fertility preservation. The authors also present practical strategies to improve the quality of services for cancer patients to address their fertility needs.
Since perceptions may differ from the time of cancer diagnosis to the various stages along the trajectory of survivorship, it is important to analyse all of these points of view. Thus, the different stakeholders' opinions regarding fertility of AYA cancer patients are briefly summarised in the following sections.
Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors' Points of View: One of the various themes discussed by AYA cancer survivors is the fact that infertility often comes as a surprise to cancer survivors, and patients have voiced regret about fertility risks not being addressed at the time of cancer diagnosis.23 Cancer experience increases the value many patients place on family, therefore, increasing their desire to have children.3,6 Moreover, cancer survivors have expressed desire that oncology healthcare providers and fertility specialists have a proactive involvement with patient fertility.
Taken together, infertility is a cause of concern and anxiety among cancer patients and their parents. Contrary to the common assumption of clinicians and parents that cancer patients are too overwhelmed to handle information regarding risks of infertility due to cancer treatments, patients want to receive information on their current reproductive status and future reproductive risks.23,28,29 Moreover, cancer survivors and their parents share a sense of regret for not considering fertility preservation at the time of cancer diagnosis. Discussing infertility with AYA cancer patients during diagnosis is therefore needed to prevent the issue from becoming a silent concern and to minimise negative future effects.
Finally, as previously mentioned, for young cancer patients, cost could be a barrier to pursue fertility preservation.27,32 Moreover, since cryopreserved sperm are of finite quantity, the more sessions of sperm cryopreservation carried out the lower the risk of sperm quantity limiting the success of future assisted reproduction. In 2010, the province of Quebec, Canada became the first North American jurisdiction to offer full financial coverage, through provincially funded Medicare programme, for 5 years of sperm cryopreservation and storage for cancer patients. It has been shown that there has been a significant increase in the number of sperm banking sessions per cancer patient after the provincial implementation of the sperm banking coverage, when the practice pattern of oncologists was constant,33 suggesting that once cancer patients are aware of the option of freezing sperm, and when cost is no longer a barrier, they are interested in banking sperm and quality of care is improved. Based on the research described, it is important that oncology care providers, who are at the front-line to counsel cancer patients, are aware of the availability, accessibility, and reproductive success of fertility preservation.
What are the challenges encountered when establishing a successful fertility preservation programme? Although sperm freezing is a relatively accessible clinical procedure that is accepted as part of the standard of care when managing male cancer patients, there are several challenges inherent to the decision-making process in fertility preservation. Firstly, since sperm banking is most effective before cancer treatment begins, gathering and assimilation of information about fertility preservation need to be accomplished within a relatively short timeframe, usually within days but often hours.15 Secondly, sperm banking requires the involvement of a multidisciplinary team, such as oncology healthcare professionals, urologists, mental health professionals, and fertility specialists, with continuous interaction, open communication, and knowledge-sharing being essential to bridge the gap between specialities. Thirdly, as previously mentioned, cost may be a significant financial burden for patients at cancer diagnosis. Therefore, the establishment of a successful fertility preservation programme should be equipped to address many of these potential hurdles regarding decision-making in fertility preservation.
The goal of a clinical fertility preservation programme is to help patients and their physicians evaluate the impact of cancer treatment on fertility and to facilitate fertility preservation options in a timely manner.34 When developing a successful fertility preservation programme, there are several key considerations, some of which are outlined in the following sections.
An Efficient Fertility Preservation Referral Process: It is important to recognise that patients are strongly influenced by the messages they receive from their oncologist and may be more likely to seek fertility preservation services if the clinician introduces this topic as a legitimate concern.28,37 Therefore, it is essential for clinicians to feel comfortable initiating fertility discussions with their patients. In order to facilitate this task, clinicians need to know where and how to refer interested patients to reproductive specialists and be educated about the topic. It is important to cultivate a strong relationship between the oncology and fertility teams to facilitate a fertility preservation referral process and bridge the gap between these two specialities.
Professional Education on Fertility Preservation: As previously mentioned, for patients to receive proper fertility preservation counselling, oncology healthcare providers need to feel comfortable conveying this information to patients. For this purpose, educational presentations could be delivered effectively through various, continued, medical education channels, including ground rounds, staff orientations, case presentations, and medical conferences.38-40 Also, clinicians should be provided with access to resources at the time they encounter the patients. Printed resources, such as posters and brochures, as well as an internal website on fertility and cancer treatments, can aid clinicians with fertility counselling.
In conclusion, research has clearly demonstrated that cancer patients wish to receive information about fertility, that a large proportion of cancer patients informed about the infertility risk of cancer therapy choose to freeze their sperm, and that professional guidelines recognise the value of future fertility of cancer survivors. However, there are still persistent obstacles for oncology healthcare professionals to initiate a discussion on the reproductive risks and management options with their patients. Both patients and clinicians should adopt a proactive approach towards fertility preservation, and the creation of institutional policies addressing fertility as a psychosocial need should be an integral part of cancer care.
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LIVESTRONG Foundation. How cancer centers can create a system for addressing fertility. Available at: https://www.livestrong.org/we-can-help/fertility-services/how-cancer-centers-can-create-a-system-for-addressing-fertility. Last accessed: 20 June 2018. Kelvin JF, Reinecke J. Institutional approaches to implementing fertility preservation for cancer patients. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2012;732:165-73. Achille MA et al. Facilitators and obstacles to sperm banking in young men receiving gonadotoxic chemotherapy for cancer: The perspective of survivors and health care professionals. Hum Reprod. 2006;21(12):3206-16. Vadaparampil ST et al. Reproductive health in the adolescent and young adult cancer patient: An innovative training program for oncology nurses. J Cancer Educ. 2013;28(1):197-208. Quinn GP et al. Expanding the oncofertility workforce: Training allied health professionals to improve health outcomes for adolescents and young adults. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2016;5(3):292-6. 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Graceful, curving foundation plantings really make this landscape! Set against a carpet of green grass, the mixed plantings contain shrubs, perennials, bulbs and groundcovers chosen for compactness as well as for attractive foliage and flowers. One of a trio of handsome multi-trunked deciduous trees with attractive peeling bark anchors the largest planting. Set near the porch, the tree contributes cool shade during the summer. The tree to the far left softens the driveway, as do the cobblestones bordering the asphalt. Like the cobbles, the other paving materials--brick and flagstone--are selected for their compatibility with the house style. A brick walk leads to an arching entry landing set at the base of the stairs. The curved landing and planting beds echo the curves in the porch detail and some of the windows. Both the walk and terrace are edged with flagstone, a material repeated in the pavers leading from the opposite side of the driveway to the back of the house. The third tree in the triangle is planted at the front of the lawn, where its picturesque bark can be admired close up by passersby. At the same time that the tree attracts attention, it also provides some screening and privacy. It is set in a ring of mulch for easy mowing. Also shown here is home plan HWEPL03284.
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Falkirk working parents 'could gain £2,000 per child' for holiday clubs
Working parents in Falkirk could be entitled to tax-free childcare worth up to £2,000 per child every year to pay towards regulated holiday clubs during the school break.
Parents can choose from more than 68,000 childcare providers that have signed up, including school and summer camps across the country.
If parents pay into their Tax-Free Childcare account regularly, they can "save up" their money and use it for childcare during school holidays.
For every £8 that families pay in, the UK government will make a top-up payment of an additional £2.
The money saved can be put towards a wide range of other childcare options, including before and after school care when term time starts again in September.
The scheme is open to working parents, including the self-employed, who earn between the minimum wage and £100,000 per year and have children aged 0-11 years old.
Liz Truss, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said: "We understand making arrangements for summer childcare at this time of year is important and can be a stressful time for parents.
"Tax-Free Childcare makes things easier, putting more money in the pockets of parents and supporting as many families as possible to secure high-quality, affordable childcare.
"Parents should visit the Childcare Choices website and take advantage of the range of offers to help balance their work and family lives while saving money."
You can find out more and apply through the Childcare Choices website at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk. It includes a Childcare Calculator (www.gov.uk/childcare-calculator) that compares all the government's childcare offers to check what works best for individual families.
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All stakeholders must understand and agree on the objectives and important characteristics of an IT strategy development project, such as high-level estimates for scope, staffing, budget, and schedule.
Stakeholders must also have the opportunity to adjust the IT strategy development project to better address their needs and concerns.
Develop a charter to communicate an overview of the project to your stakeholders, facilitate decision making, reach agreement, and obtain official approval.


Cleveland, Ohio / News Release — Magnus International Group has received its second Smart Business Innovation in Business Award for being among Northeast Ohio's most forward-thinking, visionary organizations.
The company won its first Innovation honor in 2011 in the Rising Star category. This year, Magnus is a Master Innovator, along with the esteemed Lincoln Electric Company. Organizations in this category have annual sales of at least $50 million. View event photos.
Magnus Co-owners Eric Lofquist and Scott Forster are being recognized for their pioneering strategies as producers of natural animal feed ingredients, natural industrial and consumer waxes, and alternative liquid fuels.
The Innovation in Business commendation is the company's sixth award for business excellence since 2011 and the seventh win overall.
The 2012 Innovation in Business Conference is Thursday, September 20 at LaCentre Conference & Banquet Facility in Westlake. The event begins at 5 p.m. with a networking and cocktail reception, followed by the awards program.
Smart Business publisher and vice president of operations Dustin Klein says that this year's winners represent some of the most innovative businesses in the region. He notes that, like Magnus, their stories are rousing, their ideas are fresh and their perspectives on business are unique. Smart Business Network, Inc. is a multimedia company with more than 20 years of experience producing quality news, marketing content and events.
Magnus will be featured in the September editions of Smart Business Cleveland and Smart Business Akron/Canton as part of a special report on the 2012 Innovation in Business Conference & Awards.


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Rock Make Street Seeking Band Submissions
By Kathleen Richards
Wed, May 19, 2010 at 3:47 PM
Breaking News / Just-Announced Shows / Bay Area Bands
The annual music-craft street fest Rock Make Street is seeking bands to play its third event, reports The Bay Bridged, a co-organizer of the event. This year's expanded festival, which takes play August 22nd at Treat and 18th Street in San Francisco's Mission district, will featured 3 stages, 15 bands, and 100 vendors. Bands must submit their materials by May 31st (instructions here); vendors have till July 19.
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Treasure Island Music Festival's First Year in Oakland Runs Smoothly
Headliners Tame Impala and A$AP Rocky led a full weekend of quality sets.
by Janelle Bitker, Kathleen Richards and Madeline Wells
The Forces Driving Gentrification in Oakland
The East Bay has seen a widening gap between rich and poor and the displacement of people who are low-income and of color. But it doesn't have to be this way.


In the black-walled confines of the intimate Blue Room Theatre sound clips fill the air – white people (some famous, some everyday folks) talking about 'the black problem.' A figure stands silent, providing a vigil against the tirade of horrendously racist and misinterpreted thinking. This is Ian Michael, solo performer and co-writer of Hart – he tells the stories and thoughts of four Noongar men, tackling the sad but true tales of Stolen Generation Aboriginal people.
This play is not for the faint-hearted. Let's be clear – it is beyond sad, the sorrow of these men seeps into your bones, as it should. The stories and words come from four men but they are intertwined and jumbled – similar to the story of the Stolen Generation. There are common threads and vast differences. There are humorous anecdotes and a cheeky spirit that runs through all of the threads. There are heart-wrenching tales of separation, loss and deep pain.
Michael is a phenomenal performer. The audience hangs on his every word. His delivery is humorous and filled with pathos – his very mannerisms and quiet, regretful tone brings the audience to tears, and rightly so. Hart isn't about making you cry or laugh – it's about making you feel. It's giving a voice to a generation and race that have been silenced and still are today. It highlights the way we were and how we haven't really changed that much.
As a reviewer, I have seen many shows, but Hart was the first time I experienced, and was part of, a standing ovation. It was well deserved – brilliantly written, flawlessly performed, and wonderfully touching, Hart is the show everyone needs to see.


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Whilst working on a recent project I needed to enforce a fixed ratio on some elements in the layout. In this case I used the 'Aspect Ratio' method which uses a '0' height element with a percentage-based 'padding-top' value (More info about that in this CSS Tricks article).
The problem I ran into was that I was also using Flexbox for layout so each element was a Flex item, all of this was fine in Chrome and Safari and also in recent versions of Firefox and Microsoft Edge 17, 18 and in the upcoming 19.
But when testing in Edge 15 and 16 I found that the elements with the aspect ratio method applied to them were just completely invisible. Looking into it further I came across a Stackoverflow post and discovered that the issue was that in these versions of Edge they were supporting an earlier version of the Flexbox specification which meant that the percentage-based padding-top had no effect, basically rendering these elements with a '0' height so they didn't show up. It seems that the Flexbox specification was updated circa 2018 and basically brought it in line with the way Chrome and Safari have always behaved.
An alternative way of specifying the padding-top value is to use the 'vw' viewport-width units instead of percentages, whilst I found this did work to some extent it was harder to keep the ratios exactly how I wanted, but at least it was a way that would get these elements working in older version of Edge. Rather than having to completely redo my markup and CSS just to support these older browsers I wanted to see if there was a way to target only these earlier versions of Edge and use 'vw' units for Edge 15 & 16 but keep percentages for all other browsers.
As it happens I was also using "Variable Fonts" on this site which are only supported in Edge 17+, as such as I was already testing for Variable Font support by using '@supports (font-variation-settings: normal)', so combining this with another parameter '(-ms-ime-align: auto)' which allowed me to target Edge I came up with a workaround.
Here's an example of how it would be used, in this case it is a 3-up layout so each element is 1/3rd of the page width so set at 33.33333% of the width and then a padding-top set to the same percentage. The first CSS block sets the main styles and the second block adds the '@supports' check which overrides the first for matching Edge versions:
.aspect-block {
flex: 0 0 33.33333%;
padding-top: 33.33333%;
@supports (-ms-ime-align: auto) and (not (font-variation-settings: normal) ) {
.aspect-block  {
padding-top: 33.33333vw;
Adobe Edge Preview 5
I wrote a post "My thoughts on Adobe Edge" back in August last year which looked at Edge Preview 1 where I was mainly interested in seeing how the output of Edge compared with Flash in capability, size and efficiency.
Since then Adobe have been regularly updating the Preview releases for Edge and have just released Adobe Edge Preview 5, since the initial Preview 1 release – which was pretty bare bones in regard to functionality – they have added a lot of new functionality.
In particular two things I'm pleased to see in Preview 5 are "Publish to Web" which brings code minification and "Down-level Stage for non-HTML5 Browsers" which provides a way to set fallback content for non-HTML5 browsers:
Publish to Web — Optimize your content for deployment by specifying if jQuery should be packaged with the composition, or downloaded from a CDN to improve caching.Edge also transforms the _edge.js file, and minifies both the _edge.js and _edgeActions.js files, resulting in significantly smaller files.
Down-level Stage for non-HTML5 Browsers — Use the new down-level stage to design static (non-animated) compositions that are compatible with older non-HTML5 browsers such as Internet Explorer 8 and below.
It's good to see the minification capabilities added as this definitely helps deal with the size issue that I highlighted in my Preview 1 post. I think there's probably still a load of work to do in minimising file sizes as this is especially important for mobile devices.
I'm keen to see what new features are added in future Preview releases, one issue is in regard to responsive web layouts and how content created in Edge can possibly adapt to the dimensions of the device / browser window that it is viewed in, again for mobile access this is very important.
One other feature that would be very good is some way to reproduce the masking capabilities that is possible in Flash, in particular the ability to apply a non-square mask over some content. It is possible to clip content but this uses rectangular clipping by limiting the overflow of a containing div to be hidden. I can't see how non-square cropping would be possible with the limitations of current CSS3 capabilities, I'd happily be proven wrong on this though.
Here's a preview video published on Adobe TV which introduces the updated features in Beta 5:
Review: Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
Adobe have just announced the new version of their Creative Suite software, CS5 adds a whole range of new features across the whole range of their applications.
As a web designer / developer it's the updates to Dreamweaver CS5 that I'm most interested in. I've used Dreamweaver as my main development environment for years even though I've used it in a very code oriented way and haven't relied much on the Design view mode in the application.;
Part of the reason I haven't relied on the Design view aspect is that historically it was pretty poor at rendering more up to date HTML / CSS techniques. It was also unable to render the custom PHP code used in my own PHP applications or in any other PHP based CMS apps like WordPress, Drupal etc.;
Dreamweaver CS4 did bring some improvements with the addition of the WebKit framework as the rendering engine for Design view and Live view which solved a lot of the HTML / CSS rendering issues and added support for many of the CSS features that WebKit supports.
Improved PHP Code Hinting and Introspection, Live View
Dreamweaver CS5 takes those steps a good deal further and now adds greatly improved PHP Code Hinting which can discover your own PHP functions and classes as well as those in CMS frameworks WordPress, Drupal and Joomla. The major benefit of this for the Design view and Live view is that instead of a jumbled mess of un-renderable PHP and HTML code you get the actual site running right inside Dreamweaver.
When you combine this with the new Inspect mode you get the ability to inspect elements on your page and see the CSS properties used, it's very similar to some of the features offered by the Firebug add-on for Firefox or Web Inspector inside Safari.
The combination of these features together make it a huge leap forward for code-based designer / developers like myself. If you've previously been put off by the rendering aspect of Dreamweaver before then it's definitely worth checking out again.
What about HTML5, CSS3, Web font support?
There's been a lot of noise about HTML5, CSS3 and Web Fonts (@font-face) in recent months, not least because of the prominent debate over Flash support on iPhone OS devices. A lot of people might expect Dreamweaver to add support for HTML5 and CSS3, however, at first glance you might be a bit disappointed.
David Powers over on the FoundationPHP blog wrote a great writeup of Dreamweaver CS5 in which he makes a valid point about the lack of prominent support for HTML5 and CSS3. The HTML5 and CSS3 standards are still evolving so it's difficult for any IDE to add support for them without the risk of something changing or breaking, especially with the HTML5 standard.
Dreamweaver CS5 does however offer support for using the HTML5 doctype for your documents, also the WebKit framework used in Design view and Live view will also render many of the CSS3 features that the WebKit framework supports, so if you're writing code by hand then you can still use and preview many of these CSS properties.
(The screenshot above shows https://suburbia.org.uk viewed right inside Dreamweaver's Live View, note the TypeKit fonts rendering happily inside Dreamweaver's WebKit based Live view).
Web Fonts are still a hot potato in many ways so as yet there is no direct support for adding those within Dreamweaver, but again WebKit will render them so adding the @font-face code by hand will get you there.
The good news for CSS3 and Font-face etc is that Dreamweaver can be extended very easily to add support for, even better news is that I have already written a couple of Extensions for Dreamweaver which can be downloaded for free from the Dreamweaver Exchange, you can also read a bit more about them on the Projects page of this site.
@Font-Face Code Hints Dreamweaver Extension
CSS3 Code Hints Dreamweaver Extension
I'm hoping to write on to add support for HTML5 tags too, with these extensions you'll get code hinting support for adding these into your code. Please try them out and give me feedback as to how they can be improved and I'll see what I can do to make them better. David Powers has also written an extension for adding / converting RGBa colour values too which is another handy tool, you can download it and other useful DW extensions from his Extensions and Tools page.
Improved Subversion support
Subversion version control support was added with Dreamweaver CS4, however I wasn't very keen on how it was implemented and it lacked many features so I've continued to use alternative standalone apps for managing version control on OSX. Subversion support has been improved in CS5 though so it looks to be a more viable option now, I will try and give it a fresh comparison to see how it compares to the standalone alternatives now. One major difference in CS5's support I believe is that Subversion can be upgraded without Dreamweaver itself having to be updated so this will help keep it more up to date.
BrowserLab integration
I've written about BrowserLab before, BrowserLab is a great way to test web pages in different browsers and Adobe has continued to improve it by adding more target browsers to the list as well as the ability to save local copies of the rendered previews as jpeg images.
The integration of BrowserLab in CS5 along with all of the improved Live view rendering improvements makes for a great development environment. BrowserLab has been a free service so far as part of Adobe's Labs beta program, it will however ultimately be a paid service but purchasers of CS5 software will get included access for a year. Standalone pricing has yet to be announced.
Recommended upgrade
All in all Dreamweaver CS5 is a great step forward, it's definitely got some genuinely useful improvements to offer my own code-centric workflow especially that I'm now using WordPress for many projects. I'd definitely recommend giving it another look if you haven't been using Dreamweaver for any of the reasons I'd previously mentioned.


The Editorial Pages of the Richmond Times-Dispatch have hired a new writer and promoted two editors.
James Bacon, the founder of the Bacon's Rebellion website and a former publisher of Virginia Business magazine, joins the staff as senior editorial writer. He started on Monday.
Robin Beres, associate editor of the RTD editorial pages, has been promoted to deputy editor, and Cindy Paris, the RTD Op-Ed editor, has been promoted to senior editor for commentary.
Bacon, who started Bacon's Rebellion in 2002, will continue to own and manage the blog, which is one of the premier websites analyzing public policy in Virginia. The blog will remain completely independent of The Times-Dispatch. The opinions he expresses on Bacon's Rebellion are not necessarily those of The Times-Dispatch.
Beres began working for the RTD in 2004, after serving 23 years in the U.S. Navy. She retired as a chief petty officer. As deputy editor, she will write columns and editorials, oversee the production of the daily Editorial page, manage letters to the editor, and help shape the Editorial department's policies and points of views.
Paris, who started at the paper in 1979, will continue to oversee the selection of opinion pieces, to manage design and editing of the daily Op-Ed page, and to help develop editorial viewpoints. Her new position will include a larger role in the creation and editing of the Sunday Commentary pages.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is Central Virginia's leading source of news, advertising, commentary and community conversations.
The RTD is part of the BH Media's Richmond Group, which also includes The Mechanicsville Local, the Ashland-Hanover Local, The Goochland Gazette, Powhatan Today, Chesterfield RTD, Henrico RTD, Cumberland Today and The King William Local. Online, access the RTD on Richmond.com.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch and BH Media Group are owned by Berkshire Hathaway Co.


Baptism of infants are scheduled twice a month; once during one of the masses and once at 11:45am. Please call Father O'Brien for arrangements at 652.6591.
Please call Mrs. Elizabeth Fallon at the Faith Formation Office at 652-1094 or faithformation@verizon.net for registration of classes or program questions.
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: A process of Inquiry into the teaching of the Catholic Church and formation into the Catholic Christian way of life. Adults interested in becoming members of the Roman Catholic Church can call the Parish Office at 652-6591 for details.
Please call Father O'Brien at 652-6591 to make arrangements.


Plenty of fear tactics have been used by the Religious Right and its allies this campaign season to encourage others to vote the way these far-right fundamentalists want.
More recently, former U.S. House speaker and failed Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would, if elected, appoint U.S. Supreme Court justices who would shove secularism down America's throat.
Speaking on a teleconference call hosted by the Association of Mature American Citizens on Monday, Gingrich called Clinton's aides "radically anti-religious" and "radically anti-Christian" based on emails from the Clinton campaign that were recently exposed by WikiLeaks.
Some claim that the emails, which came from some of Clinton's staffers rather than Clinton herself, appear to show her staffers making jokes about Roman Catholics and evangelical Christians. The staffers involved in those emails, however, have refuted that claim.
No, Gingrich, judges won't regulate church prayers.
Not only is this a huge reach, it's quite funny that Gingrich thinks Clinton – or any future president – could have the power to regulate church prayers. In fact, it's unconstitutional and essentially impossible. After all, there are roughly 300,000 houses of worship in the United States. Closely regulating what they all say and do would be quite a challenge.
It's hypocritical that Gingrich, a Religious Right favorite despite his well-known history of marital infidelity, would complain about government defining or limiting anything. His words often echo the ideology of the Religious Right, which supports the government defining and restricting marriage, women's healthcare access and immigration – all in the name of religion. But now he's scaring people into thinking Clinton is coming for their prayers? Really?
Gingrich also misses the mark on religious freedom when he implied that a "secular America" is a bad thing. Freedom of religion also means freedom from religion, and his comments shed light on how he prioritizes Christian and some other religious communities (though not Muslim, probably) more than non-believers. That's sad, and it isn't what America is supposed to be about.
Gingrich is absolutely wrong, but he probably won't quit playing this game until the followers of the Religious Right stop eating up these blatantly false fear tactics.


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Q: LineString in OpenLayers: Is it possible to draw segments in different colors? I'm a newbie in OpenLayers. Can you help me with this:
Is it possible to assign color not to the whole linestring, but to different segments?

A: Bad news: it's not possible. You will have to break up your lines and assign different styles to each of them as suggested by @Aragon.

A: All GIS tools treat a set of connected nodes do not having same start and end nodes as a single linestring unless you break it explicitly as mentioned by @unicoletti. And openlayers is not an expecption in this case. ofcourse you can do it using some code to break up every node and visualize on web or whatever.
But this creates problem and GIS tools will not consider it as a single valid linestring. Only a big answer is to hack into OL code and consider each line as a set of two nodes which are drawn individually. or create a different layer with you line broken into set of two nodes.
Hope this helps

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Contexts / December 2014
Wenceslas squared
by Andrew Gant Comments
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English Christmas carols are a hotchpotch, like the English themselves. Perhaps that's why they are so popular. They have the power to summon up a special kind of midwinter mood, like the aroma of mince pies and mulled wine and the twinkle of lights on a tree. It's a kind of magic.
How did they get that magic? Most of these songs were not composed as Christmas carols. Many were not 'composed' at all. Almost all did not begin life with the words they have now. Some didn't have words at all. Several evolved from folk songs: some are evolving still. One much-loved carol started out as a song about a delinquent farm-boy and a couple of dead cows1. Many of the most 'English' carols have at least one ancestor in another country, in the mountains of Austria, or nineteenth-century America, or a Pyrenean hillside, in Lutheran psalters, handsome volumes of illuminated plainsong or sturdy hymnbooks from Finland, first opened by the flickering light of a fire in some stone hall one dark evening, deep in the sixteenth century.
Few carols have had so much scorn heaped on them as poor little 'Good King Wenceslas'. Elizabeth Poston called it the "product of an unnatural marriage between Victorian whimsy and the thirteenth-century", which is both 'bizarre' and 'ridiculous'. Several writers have used the word 'doggerel'. One went as far as calling it "ponderous moral doggerel". The great Percy Dearmer expressed the pious hope that, "with the present wealth of carols for Christmas, 'Good King Wenceslas' may gradually pass into disuse."
Good King Wenceslas wasn't a king, and he wasn't called Wenceslas. But he was good, so our mythologizing lyricist scores one out of three for historical accuracy."
But it didn't. The fact that Dearmer and Poston were wrong tells us something important about our carol tradition.
Good King Wenceslas wasn't a king, and he wasn't called Wenceslas. But he was good, so our mythologizing lyricist scores one out of three for historical accuracy, which is probably better than some. Our hero's real name, in his native Czech, was Vaclav ('Wenceslas' seems to be a German version of the name), and he ruled as duke (not king) of Bohemia in the early tenth century. His family life was a trifle irregular. He was brought up by his grandmother until she was murdered by his mother, who then ruled as regent, but with such cruelty that she in turn was overthrown and exiled by Vaclav. He proved a wise and sympathetic monarch, deeply pious and dedicated to his beloved Catholic church, building many churches and shrines including St Vitus's Cathedral, still standing within the walls of Prague castle. In 935 he was invited to dinner by his own brother, Boleslav, and was murdered. In a plot-twist worthy of 'Macbeth', Boleslav's son was born on the very day of the murder.
There are lots of stories of Vaclav's piety and good works. The tale of the page, the peasant and the pine-logs, of course, isn't one of them. It's fiction: one of those myths that gather around the image of a favourite saint or celebrity.
Almost a thousand years later a Victorian hymn writer and clergyman was looking for material for a new collection of carols. John Mason Neale was a prolific and popular writer. He has a whopping thirty-nine entries in the New English Hymnal, more than any other author, thirteen ahead of his nearest rival, Charles Wesley. Among his familiar efforts are 'Jerusalem the Golden', 'All Glory, Laud and Honour', 'Christ is Made the Sure Foundation', 'Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Anthem', 'The Day of Resurrection', and many others. On this occasion he wanted a carol not for Christmas Day itself but for St Stephen's Day, 26 December, one of the several feast days that fall during the liturgical 'octave', the eight days following a major festival of the church year.
The story of Stephen does not really lend itself to Christmas jollity, so Neale turned instead to the legend of Vaclav, which happens to be set on the right date. The link with Christmas is already looking a bit thin. True, St Stephen's Day is chronologically, if not liturgically, closer to Christmas than some of the events we bundle up together and sing about at Christmas (Advent, Epiphany, the Annunciation). But the Feast of Stephen has nothing to do with Christmas, and anyway the carol is not about Stephen, it's about Wenceslas, whose own feast day is in September. Any remaining tenuous link with the meaning of Christmas has been stretched almost beyond breaking-point.
This was one of the reasons why the brainy chaps of English music and letters took such a dislike to Neale's carol. The other was his verse. Perhaps, at some level, they were nervous about his dangerously subversive message of social equality and redistribution of wealth. This was, after all, the age which readily got to its feet in church to heartily applaud the Almighty's good sense in putting "the rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them high and lowly, and ordered their estate". Some found his moral tone hectoring and kitsch. Others just thought it was bad poetry. Some tried to untie his more tortured syntax. "Good my page" becomes, in some later editions, the rather more sensible "my good page". But it didn't stick. People didn't like it.
Why? Because, whether we like it or not, a certain kind of sentimental, Victorian cod-mediaevalism rings the right bells. Or, as Neale might have put it, the right bells rings.
Statue of Saint Wenceslaus, probably by Peter Parler, 14th century, in St Vitus Cathedral, Prague. Wikimedia Commons
But on a more serious level, there is something challenging in Neale's choice of subject-matter for his carol. Wenceslas is a saint of the Catholic church. The story Neale uses is not based on any documented incident in his life. It's a myth. There are pictures of modern-day cardinals, red-hatted and resplendent, carrying Wenceslas's 1,000-year-old skull on a gilded cushion in procession to the altar. This is the sort of thing which the men who founded Neale's church in the sixteenth century absolutely loathed. Is there something slightly disturbing in the idea of an English cleric putting this sort of idolatry into the mouths of English choristers? His contemporaries thought so. Many were deeply distrustful of his brand of high-church Anglo-Catholicism. Once he was attacked at a nun's funeral. Crowds threatened to stone him and burn down his house. His own bishop banned him from ministry for nineteen years.
For his tune, Neale turned to a book published in Finland in 1582. Piae Cantiones ecclesiasticae velerum episcoporum is a collection of school songs assembled by Jaako Suomalainen, headmaster of Turku cathedral school. In 1853 a British diplomat brought a copy home to London and gave it to Neale, who in turn shared it with his friend and fellow high-churchman Thomas Helmore, and forth they went together through the task of translating the texts, transcribing the musical notation and turning the results into suitably Victorianised choral arrangements, like some half-forged antique or bad bit of Gilbert Scott.
Few collaborations have produced such a concentration of repertoire items. Among their Christmas hymns are 'O Come, O Come, Emmanuel', 'Of the Father's Love Begotten', 'A Great and Mighty Wonder', 'Good Christian Men, Rejoice' ('In dulci jubilo'), 'Unto Us is Born a Son' ('Puer nobis nascitur'), 'Gabriel's Message Does Away' ('Angelus emittitur'), 'Christ was Born on Christmas Day' ('Resonet in laudibus'), 'Let the Song be Begun' ('Personent hodie'), and many others. Within the manner of their age, Neale and Helmore were scholars, and brought much of the writing and music of the early and eastern churches back into the light of day. They virtually invented the modern use of plainsong.
Jaako Suomalainen, the singing headmaster in the sixteenth-century snows of Finland, used his song book as a vehicle for moral as well as musical instruction. This was a deeply Protestant notion, a flame still burning resolutely in the England of three centuries later. In 1854, Neale issued his carols in a 'condensed' version for children, and several other books aimed at young people. Others did the same. The carol we know as 'Infant Holy, Infant Lowly', for example, was imported from its native Poland by Edith M. Reed and published in Primary Education: A monthly journal for Primary Teachers, vol. XXVIII, no. 10, December 1920. Same idea: turn an exotic original into a polite English carol with a neat moral and a nice tune, though no doubt Neale's Finnish lacked a certain polish.
Neale took the tune for 'Good King Wenceslas' unaltered from the Piae Cantiones. The tune probably pre-dates the book by about three hundred years. On this occasion, unlike his other gleanings from the Cantiones, Neale chose not to translate the original words. Easy to work out why. 'Tempus adet floridum' is a secular song about spring. Another version of this poem, from the Carmina Burana of the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries, goes into rather more detail about some of the activities traditionally associated with that time of year, principally among priests and virgins, apparently. Neale would have turned away a blushing eye.
It's a great tune. Elizabeth Poston thinks it sounds better sung as intended, as an earthy spring song, stamping your feet and playing the hurdy-gurdy. She has a point. The quirky melisma in the last bar ('fu-u-el', etc.), which gives the last line the wrong number of beats, sounds as if it is inviting the singer to hurl his glass of schnapps skywards towards the roof-tree. But, not for the first time, an English clergyman decided to press a rambunctious old tune into the service of higher things.
'Good King Wenceslas' is a song. Just another winter's tale. It may be only distantly related to Christmas, but it has the warm glow of a nice moral and a rousing tune, and it's snowing. That'll do. Our carols may not all turn out exactly as the grown-ups intended, but we can still love them for what they are.
1 The common tune for 'O, Little Town of Bethlehem' in the British Isles is 'Forest Green', adapted by Ralph Vaughan Williams from the English folk ballad 'The Ploughboy's Dream'.
This is an edited extract from Christmas Carols: From Village Green to Church Choir, an exploration of traditional carols and their unusual histories, published in hardback by Profile Books (£9.99)
Andrew Gant is a composer, choirmaster, church musician, university teacher and writer. He has directed many leading choirs including The Guards' Chapel, Worcester College Oxford, and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal. He lectures in Music at St Peter's College and St Edmund Hall in Oxford, where he lives with his wife and their three children. Christmas Carols is published by Profile Books in hardback and eBook. Read more.
andrewgant.co.uk
Author portrait © Katie Vandyck
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Ballet Hispanico in Eduardo Vilaro's Asuka.
BOTTOM LINE: An enjoyable dance show highlighting Latino culture and the company's talented dancers.
NYC-based dance company Ballet Hispanico's mission for the last 43 years has been to exemplify and celebrate Latino culture. What better way than starting with great music? Ranging from Catalonian folk music to Celia Cruz to club beats, the range of music gives this show some historical perspective. And for the first time that I can remember, there was music playing in the house before the show started.
All of the dances performed were made in the last four years with the exception of Nacho Duato's stunning first work, Jardi Tancat, made in 1983. In this piece, the dancers portray farmers in an "enclosed garden" waiting for rain and planting seeds in Duato's larger-than-life fashion. Catalonian folk songs by Maria del Mar Bonet set the stage for three couples to complete complicated and yearning duets. The partnering was extremely quick and technical and the dancers showed their anatomical organization and artistic prowess.
The second piece on the program, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Sombrerisimo was made for 2013's Fall for Dance Festival. This slinky and masculine dance for six men is meant to reflect the surreal paintings of Magritte. The men in button-ups and pinstripe pants exchange and toss bowler's hats, but there is more to Magritte and the dance than this. The salsa moves paired with athletic handstands and leaps through the air made for a display of machismo balanced with a few moments of slapstick. The music by Banda Ionica allowed for a playful and quirky musicality.
The show ended with artistic director Eduardo Vilaro's Asuka, his first full company piece for the company. This celebration of Celia Cruz's music that traveled from Cruz's music, to radio clips, to club music begins with an intense and captivating solo by Jessica Wyatt who portrays Celia Cruz. The rest of the group waits in a line, seemingly to get into a concert, while we catch the Cruz, the Queen of Salsa, in a personal moment. Then, the party starts. The women clad in flamboyant tutus and the men in fiery colors transformed the stage with their vibrant energy. A playful and youthful duet and another love crazed duet feature high legs and seamless partnering. The dancers get interrupted by an old radio clip that could have been informative to a not so knowing audience about Cuba. The sound of some of the radio clips were covered with white noise which may have been intentional, but the applause sounded like rain at one point, which was out of character in this polished performance. The last duet between Wyatt as Celia Cruz and Alexander Duval to Guantanamera took the show to it's highest point yet. Wyatt lit up dancing with her partner as if possessed by love. The joy of live performance and seeing someone swept up in it is what it's all about. Eduardo Vilaro, the director for the last five years is keeping it contemporary, fun and meaningful.


Katie Hopkins is back to her controversial ways, and this time she's having a go at pregnant women.
In her latest column for The Sun, the queen of mean tells her readers how 'baby on board' badges 'really chip my ice' (her words, honest).
'They are bad enough in cars,' she writes. 'Yes, I can tell you've got kids, you dingbat. You've got a pink car with chocolate fingerprints all over the window.
But Katie's real anger is aimed at mums-to-be who wear the stickers, saying they are unnecessary because 'bad maternity jeans and leaky norks' give them away anyway.
She also tells pregnant women who wear the stickers to get over themselves.
Katie writes: 'You don't need a pin badge, love. You have bad maternity jeans and leaky norks.
She adds: 'You may want the world to think you are special but you are not.
'Baby on board' stickers and pins are a common sight on public transport – even the Duchess of Cambridge was pictured wearing one when she was pregnant with Prince George in 2013 – so it's likely that Katie's comments will spark a backlash.
But this isn't the first time that Katie has said something that's upset mums and mums-to-be everywhere. Just last month she caused controversy after saying she considered herself a 'proper mum' because she had a natural birth, rather than a Caesarean.


Essential Qualification : M.Sc or M.Phil in Physics with atleast 55% marks from recognized institution.
Eligible candidate send their detailed resume through email at given email address vsingh@ptu.ac.in. Shortlisted candidates would called for interview. Candidate must also bring original as well as copies of all relevant documents & 2 latest passport size photographs at the time of interview.


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Home JAPANESE ANIME Zero No Tsukaima summon a Human As a Familiar
Zero No Tsukaima summon a Human As a Familiar
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Zero No Tsukaima summon Hiraj Saito specifications: Saito is a young man with blue eyes and black hair. He wore a loose blue sweater, long sleeves, and a short-sleeved white collar. He wore black jeans with a blue sneaker and a white shirt.
Saito's character: Before we start the story there is a biography of Saito, who in the light novel had a middle personality in everything, whether those grades are athletic or charming to his classmates.
He or his character traits are curiosity and this was greatly interested in him This is followed by, and Saito is a savior and special to Mrs. Louise, who has shown readiness to fight despite the harsh conditions and hardships facing him and was intended to protect him as a student.
Saito was hired to some degree of mundane life, waiting for anything of importance to him, By saying that he has little suck because he never thinks Before A, acting thus ends that call.
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he proved that he could have been highly adaptable, had been ignored by the commissions, had the instincts of the dependency of Luthiz, where Zero No Tsukaima had violent behavior, and was properly raised, yet.
This was severely disrupted, having been summoned to fight and help Saito has proved that there are rumors that he is manipulating a little because he has weaknesses and emotions for others and this against a personality and there are also conflicts and has been in fits of anger in terms of Louise continued, and are considered weaknesses.
It is also characteristic of Saito that he sometimes seemed emotionally strong and in many situations involving the defense of his lover, and was seriously trying to see others and those who had a social place or whether they had magical abilities and despite this.
Saito is a teenage boy with perverse desires for women, but he was loyal to Louise and Louise was always jealous and also betrayed.
It is known that Saito belonged to a world of high technology that had a lot of history but there were many conflicts but he overlooked all the selfishness of many of the region's nobles.
Saito had many female relationships because his personality is romantic and has many positions in this matter and shows him and this was causing jealousy towards Louise.
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Background on the personality and life of Saito
Saito lived a very normal life in Japan. He always walked home and in his hand a computer found a large green gate. Saito continued to touch the gate. He was taken to a foreign world after touching that gate and he said that Louise would be with.
It was time to recall after Saito had his computer after a great attempt to repair that computer, but he came home through that magical gate and was also in the mood and curiosity of Saito was always improving but he was so confused.
When he got to the other side so he was not forced to sit down He was shocked at the anime and did not know much about the language they spoke but after Louise's attempts to give him a mantra.
But there was someone who spoke in Japanese and there was full knowledge of concealment, although the gate between the world of Saito and the world of Luiz and knew the names of the characters around him Who is Dthon in French.
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A little bit of filming with my phone and an edit session with iMovie resulted in a mini BTS video of one of our photoshoots for The Holographic Principle album.
Since Blogger isn't displaying the video, I have to upload it to Instagram. Hope to have this issue resolved. Enjoy!
Face Lace has some great summer discount codes! I made another order, because these will look great for live shows!


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Q: ListView not working on MapView window? I am using a MapFragment to display a Google map. On a Google map point I am displaying the custom window with a ListView. I have added a list of view items in ListView but the scrolling is not working on ListView in this window.
Please help me get scrolling work on my ListView.
Here is my code:
mapview.xml
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when click point on the mapview we display the listview.xml
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In the list, we have added the same item.

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*According to your listView properties, you have define the height as  wrap_content. So it will not scroll , it will define the height according to the amount of adding elements.

In order to fix that, define some fixed height for the listview.

*Also make sure you have enough element where total height is bigger than the definded height of the listview.

Try with large number of elements.


Adam is delighted to be taking place of guest Chef at The Cellar Key, South Manchester. On the 16th September guests can enjoy his signature tasting menu with hand-picked pairings from the Cellar's award-winning 101 bottle wine list – the ultimate evening of great food and wine.
The Cellar Key is wine bar & bistro in Chorlton, South Manchester, serving a wide range of small plates and bar snacks to share and wine pairings. Their revolutionary Enomatic wine vending machine epitomises the concept of food and wine synergy. Guest Chef nights were established to lure some of the country's leading Chefs to our restaurant, offering them a blank canvas format to deliver menus that encapsulate their culinary philosophy and showcase their individual style with hand-picked pairings from the restaurant's 101 bottle wine list.


We continue to study the implications of IR Cohen's theory of immune cognition, in the presence of both sudden and chronic pathogenic challenge, through a mathematical model derived from the Large Deviations Program of applied probability. The analysis makes explicit the linkage between an individual's 'immunocultural condensation' and embedding social or historical structures and processes, in particular power relations between groups. We use methods adapted from the theory of ecosystem resilience to explore the consequences of the sudden 'perturbation' caused by infection in the context of such embedding, and examine a 'stage' model for chronic infection involving multiple phase transitions analogous to 'learning plateaus' in neural networks or 'punctuated equilibria' in adaptive systems.


Windels Marx was engaged by a newly formed joint venture, comprised of affiliates of Advance Realty Group, a long-time client of the Firm, and a Boston-based real estate investment firm, formed for the acquisition of the former Sanofi-Aventis research and development campus in Bridgewater, New Jersey.
The recently-vacated 110 acre campus, improved with over 1.2 million square feet of laboratory, research and manufacturing facilities and office space, represented a unique opportunity in the regional marketplace that had been the object of an intense bidding war amongst competing investors. After winning the bid, in part based on a commitment to close the transaction on a compressed timeline, the joint venture turned to Windels Marx to get the transaction concluded in just over 30 days.
Windels Marx formed a multi-disciplinary legal team, comprised of lawyers in its New Jersey and New York offices, led by Karl Piirimae (Partner, New York and New Jersey) to negotiate the joint venture agreement, bridge financing documents and acquisition agreements. The team also provided due diligence support and advised the joint venture with respect to environmental matters. The joint venture and bridge loan documents were negotiated by Rob Rossi (Partner, New York) with the assistance of Christopher Dean (Associate, New York) and Dan Pocchiari (Special Counsel, New York). The environmental team comprised of Andrew Craig and Richard Crooker (both Partners, Madison), and Leo Motiuk (Special Counsel, Madison) advised the client with respect to ISRA compliance, permit transfers and the negotiation of environmental insurance coverages. Michael Brenna (Associate, New Brunswick) handled the conveyance of the property and related asset transfers.
This is the second representation in recent months on which Karl and the Windels Marx team have played a prominent role involving sophisticated real estate assets within the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. Read more here.


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HDDs and SSDs are controlled by EMSs.
A SAS-format HDD has two ports, allowing redundant access by two EMSs. See Redundant EMS Control of SAS-Format Drives for a table which lists HDD slots and the EMSs that provide redundant access.
A SATA-format SSD has one port, so it can be accessed by only one EMS. See Nonredundant EMS Control of SATA-Format Drives for details.
Note - The Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe Card is installed in an I/O card slot, not in a hard drive slot. See Sun Flash Accelerator F40 and F80 PCIe Cards.


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Fish withdraws from Farmers Classic
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LOS ANGELES - Late Monday, eight seed Mardy Fish arrived in LA fresh off his title in Atlanta.
After battling through a week of oppressive heat to claim his fifth career title, Fish has decided to withdraw from the singles competition in Los Angeles, citing fatigue as well as an ankle injury he suffered during his second round match against Robby Ginepri in Atlanta.
"Due to fatigue and a sprained ankle in Atlanta I am not in good shape to play," Fish said. "I need to rest in order to compete at a high level"
Fish's replacement in the draw will be determined on Tuesday morning at 11:30 a.m., which is the lucky loser sign in deadline.
A lucky loser spot goes to the highest ranked player who lost in the last round of qualifying who signs in before the deadline on any given day.
For more information, visit the official website of the Farmers Classic presented by Mercedes-Benz.


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AMC 2017 Series: Preacher – Season 2 (Trailer Song)
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Preacher Season 2
Preacher returns to AMC, this summer, with its second season. The TV channel has released a teaser trailer for its dark comedy series, revolving around former outlaw Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper) who returns home to Annville, Texas, to take over his dad's church and become a preacher.
Based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's popular 1990s comic book franchise of the same name, the TV show follows Jesse, whose body is inhabited by a force that gives him the power to control people with just a word, as he, together with his ex-girlfriend Tulip and his friend Cassidy, who is a vampire, are thrust into a twisted battle spanning Heave, Hell and everywhere in between.
The series, starring also Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Lucy Griffiths, Dereck Wilson, and others, is set to return with new episodes on Sunday, June 25.
The promo launched by AMC invites you to get a first look at the mayhem of the upcoming season, featuring the trio embark on a wild road trip. The song playing in the background is "Come On Eileen" by English pop band with soul influences Dexys Midnight Runners, from their 1982 album "Too-Rye-Ay".
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Netflix UK 2017 Series: Power – Season 4 (Trailer Song)
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Best known for her modelling and designing career, British beauty Kate Moss is ever the trendsetter. For an almost thirty-year period, Moss has graced the world with her knack for style and influence on contemporary art and trend aesthetics. During Milan Fashion Week 2015, this golden girl donned a Gucci python coat from their 2015 resort collection. Take cues from this fashionable femme, and DIY her sleek snakeskin look.
Like Moss, are you looking for something to complement a LBD? Take basic to a new level with a studded snakeskin clutch in an eye-catching color. Drab to fab in a DIY moment.
Not just for little ones anymore, hair bows are making a comeback. Join the hair-accessorizing crusade with this cool and super modern spin on a classic bow.
Who says fashion stops at clothes and accessories? Channel yourself into a color combination all your own, and try your hand at this snakeskin nail effect created with lace. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Like Moss's coat, shoes can also act as a statement piece. In attention-grabbing glitz, these kicks patterned with fishnets and fabric paint will put a skip in your step.
Turn that old tank into a masterpiece with this sharpie snakeskin print technique. Now you can stay comfy and cool with this subtle nod to jungle fever.
Made with textured sponges, these printed jeans will become a staple in your wardrobe. Dress them down, dress them up. Once you put your revamped pants on, you'll slither among fashion's best dressed.


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London police seize $7M after spotting man struggling to carry bags stuffed with cash
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN
Published 11:22 AM EDT, Sat May 29, 2021
Police found $7 million in cash at a southwest London flat following an investigation into firearms offenses and drug supply.
London CNN —
London's Metropolitan Police seized £5 million ($7 million) in cash – the largest amount ever taken by the capital's police force – after police noticed a man struggling to carry bags stashed full of money.
Authorities said that on June 5, Ruslan Shamsutdinov was spotted exiting an address in Fulham, southwest London, and was "noticeably struggling" to carry heavy bags, which he put in a nearby parked car.
Police officers stopped him, and found a "considerable amount of cash" in the bags, according to a police statement.
A search of the apartment revealed a money-laundering scheme and cash worth more than £5 million, police said.
Some 39,000 euros ($47,000) and more than £8,000 ($11,346) was also found at Shamsutdinov's home address, police said.
"As part of a long running operation against gun crime and large scale Class A drugs supply across London, over five million pounds in criminal cash was seized from an address in Fulham. This is the largest ever single cash seizure by the Met and I believe one of the largest ever nationally," Detective Superintendent Jason Prins, from the Specialist Crime Command said in a statement.
Cash was discovered under the bed.
Three men were sentenced to custodial sentences following the police investigation.
"Organised crime is motivated by money and is one of the biggest causes of violence on our streets. Tackling this violence is our main priority. This seizure, and the conviction of these men for laundering that money, will have a major impact on the ability of a number of crime groups to carry on with their activities," he added.
The discovery came following a protracted operation focused on firearms offenses and large-scale drug supply across London, police said.
Three men – Ruslan Shamsutdinov, Sergejs Auzins and Serwan Ahmadi – were sentenced on Friday at Harrow Crown Court after pleading guilty last year to conspiracy to conceal/disguise/convert/transfer/remove criminal property.
Shamsutdinov, 36, received three years and nine months' imprisonment, Auzins, 46 was sentenced to three years and four months' imprisonment, and Ahmadi, 35 to one year and eight months' imprisonment, suspended for two years imprisonment and ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work.
Auzins was identified as a large-scale money launderer during the investigation, police said.


Marseille - Indulge in finger lickin' good mussels!
You probably know that France holds a special place in my heart since it was in Paris where we got engaged and began our love story.
So it was a joy to be able to step into Marseille, the second largest city in France after Paris, during our MSC cruise round the Mediterranean.
It was a Sunday so knowing how European cities work, we were pretty apprehensive if there would be anything to see or shop in that short afternoon.
I guess it's true in life that the greater the expectation, the deeper the disappointment. So in other words, when you don't pin high hopes on something, you will treat anything that pops up as a bonus and be grateful for it. Positive thinking, yeah. In the very least, we could at least walk around to get a feel of the city and admire its architecture.
We arrived in Marseille at Vieux-Port, the Old Port of Marseille.
Despite it being a Sunday, the port was bustling with people and there were fishermen who were butchering fishes on the spot, some even alive and flapping, which was quite a sight. In addition, it was also a delight to walk around visiting the stalls along the market and picking up some souvenirs along the way.
Then we took a walk to Fort St. Nicholas, which was built during the 17th century when Marseille lost its independence and Louis XVI (whom by the way is the only King of France ever to be executed) wanted to keep an eye on his unruly citizens.
We were on our way to visit Notre-Dame de la Garden and it must have been over an hour's walk. Halfway, the rain started to pour and we decided to seek shelter in a cafe. It actually felt nice to just relax and have a sip while listening to the sound of raindrops. Oh yes, I could hear that because my girl fell asleep in her stroller so it was a romantic tea break for me and the hubby. Woohoo!
Notre-Dame de la Garde is a basilica situated at the highest natural point (162 meters) in Marseille. It is traditionally regarded by the population as the guardian of the city. Locals commonly refer to it as la bonne mère ("the good mother"). It is also the most well-known symbol and most visited site here with an estimated 1.5 million visitors each year.
Alas it probably would take us another hour to make our way up the slope and in view of time constraint, we decide it would suffice to just admire the building from below, purchase a souvenir magnet of it, and of course take a picture to remember that moment.
While walking back along Vieux-Port, we were not really craving for food because we already filled our stomachs from the buffet lunch on board the ship. That said, we were walking past a restaurant called La Tavern de Maitre Kanter when we simply had to stop and stare.
Because everyone inside was sucking and licking on mussels that seemed to be out of this world. Even the young kids. Seriously.
We took a few steps forward, then both the hubby and I couldn't help it but slow down our pace.
"Hmmm. Those mussels really look yummy huh."
"Yar lor, even though I'm not a seafood fan but they look so good."
And so we backtracked and entered the restaurant.
While eagerly waiting for our food, Angel was intrigued by the huge fish tank that had live lobsters, crabs and fishes swimming in it. One thing I was assured of: The food had gotta be fresh!
We paid around 13euros and ordered a pot of mussels in white wine sauce. Yeah that seemed the best bet and we weren't really thinking Angel would be interested in mussels.
The waitress was waiting for more orders when we told her that was all and she went "What? Just one pot?"
What do you mean, like everyone has to have one pot each? We kindly explained to her we had lunch already and this was a snack, so she went off and pretty soon returned with a big plate of complimentary french fries, much to Angel's delight.
And boy oh boy! The mussels were indeed out of this world.
Firstly, there were huge. I mean, really ginormous.
Secondly, they were so fresh. No stinky smell at all.
Thirdly, they were finger-licking good. The white wine sauce was so yummy, juicy and delicious that guess what, even Angel enjoyed them! No joke. She must have eaten at least 5-6 of the mussels and we were hoping she would K.O. from the wine pretty soon once we went back on board.
Lastly, for the amount we paid, it was a big bunch of mussels we got. My last count was 87.
Yes! 87! I'm not really a seafood fan, like I don't dig into crabs, prawns, lobsters, oysters or anything in the family. Hard as it is to believe, I ate like at least 30 of these mouth-watering mussels.
I amazed even myself that day.
It probably wasn't the best in the world, but as far as we were concerned, it was the best we had ever tasted. Yum yum. Plus it was the first time Angel gobbled up mussels like a pro.
That night we had mussels on the ship as well. But you know what, they were not even half as good as these.
So thank goodness we made the decision to come here. Definitely one of the best ways to chill on a hot summer day.
That's it, I'm going to remember Marseilles because of the mussels. Off to wipe my drool now.
Haha I don't really dig into mussels too but this was something different. Which happens when you are away from home and everything in a foreign land seems intriguing and yummy. =p Anyway I love love love Paris because it was where I got engaged! =) Thanks for popping by!
such a great set of photos!
Thanks! I hope there'll be more to come!
Found your blog through Mom Bloggers Club. Since I have not yet been able to visit France, I loved looking at all your photos. I'm now following your blog.