We wish you could all fly down and visit us in beautiful Taxco, Mexico. But since that'd be pretty expensive (and we only have one guestroom), how about a virtual trip? We've compiled some of Taxco's main attractions, city history, and of course photos. So crank your heat up, fix yourself some tequila with lime, and pretend you're here. Bienvenida!
Grab your passport and hop a plane to central Mexico. Taxco ("tass-co") is in a hilly region about 100 miles southwest of Mexico City (2.5 hours by bus). If you keep heading southwest, you'll hit Acapulco on the coast after about three hours of driving.
Taxco's silver trade thrived during three major periods: the early 1500s, the early 1700s, and the early 1900s. I'll give you a fast rundown of each one, which will help you understand Taxco today.
From 1440 to the 1520s, the native Aztecs called Taxco "Tlacho," or ballgame place. Then colonialists arrived. Rodrigo de Castañeda claimed the city for the Spanish (and changed the name). The Spaniards realized Taxco was rich with silver and started exporting it throughout Europe. Taxco became famous for silver. But overeager colonialists used up all the available sources of the metal, and mining slowed down for about 200 years.
Taxco's silver trade all but halted until 1743. That's when a French man named Don José de la Borda was horseback riding in Taxco's hills. As the folklore goes, his horse tripped and unearthed a rock hiding a rich silver vein. Don José got rich off of the silver he discovered, using his wealth to build roads, schools, and a fancy Baroque cathedral that still stands. They say the Templo de Santa Prisca (Santa Prisca Cathedral) sits on the very spot where Don José first found silver.
American architect William Spratling moved to Taxco in the 1920s. First, he promoted other artists' silver work, and then he started to design his own. His workshop blossomed into a factory where many Taxco silver artists got their start. His legacy lives on as the Father of Mexican Silver. We sell reproductions of his famous art to this day!
You can't miss the cathedral. It's more nearly 250 years old and is in the center of town. The cathedral and its two bell towers are striking. Inside the pink stone building, you'll find sculptures, marble and gold altars, and colorful tile. It's probably the top attraction in Taxco…other than silver jewelry, of course!
See William Spratling's original silver jewelry designs! You can also look at almost 300 artifacts he collected, from jars to jewelry to a jade-covered skull. The museum is small but gives a great background on the evolution of Mexican silver.
The silver museum gives you an idea of how difficult silver mining was centuries ago, when they lacked the technology we have today. The Museo de la Plateria also explains the jewelry-making process, with some pieces for sale.
This building is on Taxco's main square, so it's easy to find. It sits on a steep drop: One side of Casa Borda has two stories, and the other has five! It's a cultural center, with language and arts classes as well as paintings and other art.
You've no doubt seen pictures of the famous Christ the Redeemer statue (Christ with outstretched arms) in Rio de Janeiro. Well, Taxco has its own version! It's about 9 feet tall and overlooks the city protectively. The Cristo Monumental is on the Cerro del Atachi, which offers amazing views at the price of sore leg muscles (or cab fare).
Due to its colonialist Catholic roots, Taxco is big on Easter, Palm Sunday, and the Holy Week in between. The whole city celebrates every spring, and there are parades through the streets!
Well, it's time to say ¡adiós, but we hope you enjoyed your virtual trip to Taxco and got a better feel for the town that is our home — and the home of some incredible sterling silver jewelry.
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It is toasty and warm right now for us in Ixtapa, but Taxco is typically a bit chilly around this time of the year. We're not there right now, but usually at this time of the year you'll want long pants and a light jacket for your dinner date!
Beautiful! I hope to visit one day.
Hi Jake – it truly is a quaint town, with a wonderful colonial charm!
Hi Sara, thank you for writing this wonderful article. Would you happen to know the dates for the 2015 Silver Fair? I can't seem to find them on the internet. The Hubban and I LOVE Taxco. We accidentally visited during the Feria de Plata on our way back from Alcapulco….it was a Fabulous couple of days that we only wished could have lasted much longer. The people were warm, kind and funny and soooo patient with my slow stammering attempts at spanish.
I'm not sure of the exact dates for this year's fair yet.
We're located in Ixtapa, approximately a 5 hour drive from Taxco, and we don't get there as much as we would like to.
Let me check with one of our vendors, and i will confirm that information for you as soon as possible.


GALESBURG -Michael Earl Godsil, 80, of Galesburg, died at 9:45 a.m. Thursday, February 7, 2019, at home.
Mike was born April 19, 1938, at home in Knox County, the son of William A. and Eleanor F. (Walker) Godsil. He married Mildred "Mickey" C. (Mehaffey) Behrens on July 23, 1971, in Las Vegas. She preceded him in death on July 14, 2009. Mike is survived by two sons, Gary (Kathleen) Reagen of Plymouth, Minnesota, and Marvin Behrens of Galesburg; three daughters, Leah Behrens of Galesburg, Diana Smith of Galesburg, and Nancy (Roger) Fones of Galesburg; seven grandchildren, Nick Fones, Justin (Kristin) Fones, Nathan (Erin) Reagen, Josh (Jessica) Reagen, Jay Behrens, Reagen Behrens, and April (Bill) Hughes; seven great grandchildren, Kaelyn and Keegan Fones, Cameron, Ian, Hope, Max, and Wes Reagen; and an honorary grandson, Donivan (Heather) Godsil, and an honorary granddaughter, Ellen (Ben) Petrila. Mike is also survived by seven sisters, Alice Timmerman of Omaha, Nebraska, Beatrice (Gary) Lundeen of Galesburg, Colette (Melvin) Slane of Peoria, Christine (Ricky) Cooper of Glencoe, Cecelia (Dan) Shea of Gilson, Loretta (Jerry) Bent of Oneida, and Julia (Tex) Jackson of Galesburg; five brothers, Patrick (Donna) Godsil of Galesburg, Dan (Jane) Godsil of New Windsor, Jess (Janet) Godsil of Galesburg, Kevin (Connie) Godsil of Galesburg, and Paul Godsil of Port St. Lucie, Florida; and one brother in law, Joe "Bud" Mehaffey. Along with his wife and parents, Mike was preceded in death by one son, Patrick M. Godsil; four brothers, Gordon, George, Stephen, and Matt.
Mike worked for International Harvester for over 30 years, retiring in 1993. He served in the U.S. Army. Mike was an avid collector of Farmall (IH) Tractors. He loved to read, especially western books and watching western movies. To Mike family was everything. He loved having his family together and it was important to him at Christmas for all the family children to receive a gift. He will be remembered as a man with a heart of gold and a great story teller.
Cremation rites will be accorded. A celebration of life will be 1 to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at Thomas Legacy Center at Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory, Galesburg. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to a charity of the donor's choosing in memory of Mike. Online expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.watsonthomas.com.
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HP Envy 13 review (2020, Wood Edition)
Stunning looks but one glaring fault
By Phillip Tracy 14 March 2020
(Image: © Laptop Mag)
HP's Envy 13 Wood Edition has a striking design with a real wood inlay, but poor battery life and a troublesome touchpad rot an otherwise-excellent laptop.
Gorgeous design with real wood panel
Bright, vivid 4K display
Comfortable keyboard
Good selection of ports
Wood touchpad needs refining
Disappointing battery life
Tons of bloatware
Limited to 8GB of RAM (for now)
HP leads the industry in laptop design, employing new materials, features and form factors in its latest models. The latest risk? Adding genuine wood to the deck of the Envy 13 (reviewed at $1,099). Visually, the laptop is a success, beautifully blending a natural walnut surface with dark-toned aluminum. Along with its head-turning chassis, the Envy 13 delivers a bright and vivid 13.3-inch, 4K display and a comfortable keyboard.
I just wish HP hadn't extended the wood inlay across the touchpad, because the coarse surface isn't comfortable to use over long periods. Moreover, the 4K Envy 13 did poorly on our battery test, which compromises the laptop's portability. I'm also annoyed by all the bloatware HP installed on such a premium notebook. For these reasons, the Envy 13 Wood Edition falls just short of being HP's latest success story.
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HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) price and configuration options
There is currently only one configuration of the Envy 13 available on HP.com. That $1,099 model, the one we reviewed, comes with a Core i7-1065G7 CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD with 32GBs of Intel Optane memory.
HP Envy 13 (Wood edition) specs
CPU: Intel Core i7-1065G7
GPU: Intel Iris Plus
Storage: 512GB
Display: 13.3-inch, 4K
Battery: 6:31
Size: 12.1 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
Let's hope HP adds a model with 16GB of RAM in the near future; 8GB just doesn't cut it for power users.
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) design
If I didn't work in a concrete jungle where driving is akin to playing bumper cars, then I'd buy myself a Jeep Wagoneer, an iconic station wagon more affectionately known as the "Woody." The wood panelling on this beloved vehicle makes it one of the most recognizable cars ever built.
Now, HP is using the same aesthetic on the Envy 13 laptop, and I'm all about it. Running across the Envy 13's palm rest and touchpad is a genuine wood inlay. Our review unit features a dark brown walnut panel, which matches well with the laptop's earthen "Nightfall" black aluminum deck and lid. Centered on that lid is HP's stylish chrome logo, while the deck flaunts a slim, illuminated power button and an attractive triangle-patterned speaker grill.
The dark natural tones make the Envy 13 a good fit for a buttoned-up business meeting, but don't be surprised when the person next to you leans in to marvel at the timber. The only knock I have on the design of this wooden notebook is that the fingerprint sensor, a solid-brown plastic piece, looks cheap against the wood grain.
HP showed us ceramic white and silver models with a pale birch-wood inlay. Unfortunately, there is no word yet on if or when these lighter options will be available.
At 12.1 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches and 2.8 pounds, the Envy 13 Wood Edition is the same size and weight as the previous, metal edition and predictably more portable than the 14-inch Lenovo Yoga C940 (12.6 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches, 3 pounds). The Samsung Notebook 9 Pro (12.1 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches) is a tad lighter and smaller than the HP.
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) ports
The Envy 13 employs a clever "drop-jaw" hinge that allows for two USB 3.1 Type-A ports, one on each side of the laptop.
Along with those two USB-A inputs, the Envy 13 has a Thunderbolt 3 port and a headphone jack on the left side, along with a microSD card slot on the right.
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) display
The 13.3-inch, 4K (3840 x 2160-pixel) panel on our review unit gets bright and has fairly saturated colors.
Splurging on those extra pixels gets you an incredibly detailed screen that is so sharp I could see individual petals in a floating sunflower moments before it crashed against pavement in a trailer for Artemis Fowl.
In a scene with hundreds of bikers driving down a ramp, each of their helmets popped with a different color, from ruby pink to baby blue. The Envy's nontouch panel doesn't have the same burst as others I've tested, especially those with HDR support, but I was happy with the vibrance of the colors. Best of all, the screen gets very bright — bright enough that I could focus on the screen despite my reflection bouncing off the glossy finish.
The Envy 13's 4K panel reached 401 nits, which is brighter than the displays on the Notebook 9 Pro (254 nits), the Yoga C940 (394 nits) and the previous Envy 13 (397 nits). The premium laptop average is 358 nits.
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According to our colorimeter, the Envy 13's display covers 116% of the sRGB color gamut, which is a decent, but somewhat disappointing showing for a 4K display. The Yoga C940's display (139%) is much more vivid, and the Notebook 9 Pro's panel (118%) also topped the Envy 13's. At least the new Envy 13 is an improvement over its predecessor (109%), even if it doesn't quite hit the category average (122%).
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) keyboard and touchpad
HP deserves props for resisting the impulse to use low-profile keys like those on Dell's and Apple's flagship laptops.
The satisfying travel on the Envy 13's keys assisted my fingers as they bounced from one key to the next. Better yet, I rarely made an error while typing this review (grammatical excluded), thanks to the large size and generous spacing of the keys. I'm also a fan of the lifted hinge, which angles the keyboard downward for a more comfortable wrist-resting position.
That said, there is a stickiness to the keys that makes them feel a tad sluggish. I hope HP continues to tinker with the keyboard, because it's a few tweaks away from perfection. Until then, the only laptop in this class with a better typing experience is the Surface Laptop 3.
I wrote at 125 words per minute with a 98% accuracy rate on the 10FastFingers.com typing test, which is faster and more precise than my usual 119-wpm at 95% accuracy averages.
Now, about the wooden touchpad. It's not great, to put it bluntly. The problem isn't that the touchpad doesn't work properly — I had no problems browsing the web and executing Windows 10 gestures with it — it's the wood finish itself.
The friction caused by what feels like unfinished wood is nowhere near as comfortable as a smooth, glass surface. I hope HP learns from this mistake and limits the wood detailing to the palm rests.
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) audio
These are some decent speakers. The Envy 13's quad speaker — a pair on the deck and two more below — got loud enough to fill our medium-sized lab. I was impressed that the speakers didn't distort or sound shrill when I played Anthony Green's "A Little Death" at maximum volume. The singer's soaring falsetto sounded clear throughout the song, even during the bridge and climax.
Bass-heavy songs, like Jay Z and Kayne West's "No Church in the Wild," suffer from anemic bass, and the treble in songs with electric guitar can sound overly bright. Overall, the Envy 13's speakers sound solid for such a portable laptop, but the Yoga C940 is still the king of audio.
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) performance
I used the Envy 13 Wood Edition as my work laptop for a week and didn't run into any performance problems. I admit, I do a terrible job of cleaning up Google Chrome tabs and often have dozens open at one time. But the HP didn't seem to mind; there weren't any slowdowns with 32 tabs opened simultaneously and four 1080p YouTube videos playing in the background.
Equipped with an Intel Core i7-1065G7 processor and 8GB of RAM, the Envy 13 Wood Edition did a decent job on our performance benchmarks. However, HP needs to add a 16GB of RAM option for power users.
The Envy 13 put in a score of 16,403 on the Geekbench 4.3 overall performance test, which lands between the scores of the previous Envy 13 (15,147; Core i7-8565U) and the Yoga C940 (17,199; Core i7-1065G7). The timber-trimmed laptop also topped the Notebook 9 Pro's score (15,432; Core i7-8565U) and the category average (15,995)
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For whatever reason, Intel's 10th Gen Ice Lake processors consistently tank in our video-transcoding test. The Envy 13 became the latest victim after it took a pedestrian 24 minutes and 56 seconds to convert a 4K video to 1080p resolution using the HandBrake app. The 2019 model (23:38), the Notebook 9 Pro (24:36), the Yoga C940 (19:32) and the average premium laptop (19:37) were all quicker.
The 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD inside of our Envy 13 isn't very fast, needing 13 seconds to duplicate a 4.97GB multimedia file. That equates to a rate of 383 megabytes per second, which falls a hair short of the rates from the SSDs in the Notebook 9 Pro (391.5 MBps, 256GB SSD) and the Yoga C940 (391 MBps, 512GB PCIe SSD). The Envy 13 topped its predecessor (363.5 MBps, 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD) but didn't come close to reaching the category average (613.8 MBps).
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) graphics
You don't buy the Envy 13 to game. That said, the new Intel Iris Plus graphics inside the Envy 13 played Dirt 3 at 39 frames per second, above our 30-fps playability threshold. It's a minor improvement over its predecessor (31 fps) and not anywhere near the Yoga C940's showing (55 fps) and the average premium laptop (61 fps).
Proving the limitations of even the best integrated graphics, the Envy struggled to run Sid Meier's Civilization VI, putting out just 13 fps.
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) battery life
If you're looking for a laptop to use on the go, then it needs to deliver two things: a portable chassis and long battery life. The Envy 13 nails the first but falls frustratingly short on the latter. The notebook lasted for just 6 hours and 31 minutes on the Laptop Mag battery test, which involves continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi at 150 nits.
That's better than last year's version fared (4:36) but still poor, even for a laptop with a 4K screen. In comparison, the 4K Yoga C940 (7:27) stayed powered up for another hour, and the Notebook 9 Pro endured for 8 hours and 53 minutes, although that laptop has a 1080p display. The category average, which includes both 1080p and 4K laptops, is 8 hours and 39 minutes.
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) webcam
The 720p webcam above the Envy 13's display is decent. There was more visual noise than what you get from a smartphone, but colors were punchy and I could make out a good amount of detail in a selfie I snapped. This is one of few webcams I've used that captured the green in my eyes and the individual hairs in my unkempt beard.
You'd still benefit from buying an external webcam, but I — and I don't say this often — wouldn't be embarrassed to use this built-in webcam for conference calling.
When you aren't using the camera, a kill switch located on the right side of the laptop cuts power to the webcam, preventing creepers from snooping on you.
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) heat
Don't worry, that wood inlay isn't about to turn into kindling. The Envy 13 did a great job keeping its cool in our heat test. After playing a 15-minute, 1080p video, the laptop warmed to only 95 degrees Fahrenheit, which matches our comfort threshold. The wooden surface raised to only 80 degrees, and the center of the keyboard maxed out at 89 degrees.
HP Envy 13 (Wood Edition) software and warranty
Come on, HP. How many times do I need to plead with you to package the nearly dozen apps you stuff onto the Start Menu into one neat program. Let me spell it out for you; the menu has: HP Command Switch, HP Audio Switch, HP Documentation, HP JumpStarts, HP PC Documentation Program, HP Privacy Settings, HP Smart, HP Support Assist and HP System Event Utility.
It's unacceptable. I don't want to fumble through multiple apps to find a solution to my problem. Sigh. Anyway, I won't fill this review with bloatware; just know that HP Support Assist is your go-to app for tech support.
It doesn't end there, though. On top of the standard stock of Windows 10 bloat — Farm Heroes Saga, Simple Solitaire and more — are a bunch of third-party apps: McAfee Personal Security, Amazon and Booking, to name a few. I'd understand if this were a budget machine, but the Envy 13 costs more than $1,000.
The Envy 13 ships with a one-year hardware warranty. See how HP fared on our Best and worst brands and Tech support showdown special reports.
HP's Envy 13 laptops have long been the best sub-$1,000 laptops on the market. While this pricier model doesn't fall into that category, it still offers a lot for the money. For $1,099, you get a gorgeous 4K display, a premium and portable chassis, and one of the best keyboards in the thin and lightweight laptop class.
And yet, I'm finding it difficult to recommend the Envy 13 Wood Edition. Not only does the battery die after 6 and a half hours, but the wooden touchpad, for how elegant it looks, isn't comfortable to use. If you're going to spend more than $1,000 on an HP, go with the Spectre x360 13, the current best 2-in-1 laptop. And if you're open to other brands, consider the Dell XPS 13, although you'll spend a bit more. Or, you know, keep the trees in your wallet instead of your laptop and go with the regular Envy 13.

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"Well, Grace she's gone, she's a half-written poem," begins the song "Saint Valentine" by Gregory Alan Isakov. It's a nimble track, skipping over strummed guitar and plucked banjo on Isakov's last album, The Weatherman. The sweet simplicity of the melody belies the weighty writing — lyrics that knock the listener breathless later, when they finally compute. But on his new record, Gregory Alan Isakov with The Colorado Symphony, emotions are further colored by swells of string and the peal of brass. It's a revelation.
Isakov will perform at The Orange Peel on Saturday, June 18, with The Ghost Orchestra, his eight-piece band including members of the Colorado Symphony and the Fort Collins Orchestra.
Not that performing with a symphony has always been the norm for the Johannesburg-born, Colorado-based musician. Going to an orchestra concert was "a cool feeling, but it wasn't in my atmosphere," says Isakov. "I'd change my pants to go see the symphony." Gregory Alan Isakov with The Colorado Symphony evolved out of a 2013 performance with his local orchestra; friends of his play in that ensemble. And the making of the record — its songs culled from Isakov's previous three releases (including This Empty Northern Hemisphere and The Sea, The Gambler) — took longer than planned. He usually manages a farm during the warm months and tours in the winter, but the delayed release has altered his agricultural schedule this year.
He continues, "I come back to this: I'm going to die. And I have a chance to make something that will affect somebody after I'm gone, [so] it's important to me that it has integrity." But the musician does have new songs in the works. He made several EPs last summer and winter, he says, and started work on a full-length album.
Still, it'll be a little while longer before fans hear that new work. Part of Isakov's process, he says, is to step away from the songs for three to six months. "A lot of it is letting things settle and then coming back to the recording to see, 'Does this make me feel something still? Is this still working?'" he says.
But the strange alchemy brings results. The singer-songwriter has crafted lines like, "The night fell with bicycle bells, the dark had wooden teeth" from "Living Proof" and "Fall swooned / left me drunk in a field," from "Dandelion Wine." His vocal, with its rounded vowels and burnished ache, is both an intimate whisper and a kind of universal yowl. It makes sense in the campfire closeness of acoustic guitar; it's equally well-paired with the shimmery resonance of French horns.


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International DJ Dal who is part of the leading Kudos UK Audio and Visual Company is all set to release his debut single Naal Nachna. The track features the vocals of Peeta Nakodoriya who is the lead singer from the world-renowned Bhangra dance group Gabhru Punjab De. Peeta and Dj Dal collaboration came from performing together at various events across the globe. Dj Dal has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to put together his first single. The track Naal Nachna is being released worldwide via E3UK Records on the 20th July 2017. Naal Nachna is described as an upbeat party song with catchy lyrics, bound to be a sure hit and have you on the dancefloor. The lyrics have been penned by Punjabi born Kinda Dhesian Wala, video directed by The video has been shot in Chandigarh and was Directed by Jack Sarwan, the desi visuals on this track has been captured beautifully in the heart of Punjab. Both Dal and Peeta have a massive passion for Panjabi music and this musical energy spilled into the studio to record Naal Nachna. Naal Nachna is due to be released 20th July 2017 exclusively on E3UK Records.


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The Mapmaker Chronicles: Breath of the Dragon
The Mapmaker Chronicles: Breath of the Dragon by A.L.Tait (Lothian/Hachette)
PB RRP $14.99 ISBN 9780734415813
Reviewed by Hilary Smillie
The third and last book in The Mapmaker Chronicles brings to an exciting conclusion the adventures of Verdanian, Quinn Freeman, mapmaker on board the Libertas, one of three ships vying for the prize offered by the king of Verdania for the best map of the world. A.L. Tait has skillfully recapped the previous two books in such a way that children reading Breath of the Dragon will enjoy it as a stand- alone title.
The story opens with Quinn and his fellow voyagers, Zain the captain, Ash his friend who masquerades as a boy, Tomas, and the rest of the crew all weak and close to starvation. The ship reaches a desolate landfall where no tree or sign of life is apparent other than a mountain belching smoke. Despite their lack of confidence, the only way forward is to explore and hope some form of life and therefore provisions will be discovered. A boat is launched from the Libertas and thus new adventures begin.
A strange group of dusty, goblin-like men shovelling out dirt and rocks on the mountain side, stop their work as Quinn, Tomas and Zain appear. They look blank as Zain then Quinn try various languages to communicate with them, but it isn't until Tomas speaks in Prate - the pirate language - that comprehension appears on the mob's faces. Egunon, one of the sand goblins (as Quinn calls them) steps forward and says he is in charge. Tomas introduces Zain as Hayreddin, a compatriot of the notorious pirate, the Golden Serpent, from the Black Hawk where Quinn was once held captive.
The mention of the Golden Serpent has a dramatic effect on Egunon. He quickly offers hospitality. But treachery threatens and the crew are fortunate to escape both the sand goblins and the might of the erupting volcano with its heat and stifling air the strange goblins call "dragon's breath". But escape they do, taking with them provisions and a sack of stones that Quinn thinks valuable and he is soon proved right. The contents of the rocks should give the Libertas extra credit towards earning the king's prize.
With food in their bellies, everyone is strengthened except for the old cleric who is still weak and ill. The cleric is the only one to know Quinn has two maps and the genuine one is hidden in his cabin. But will the confidence held in the true map prove to be misplaced?
There are more challenges ahead before the mapmaker and those on board the Libertas can return home: capture by marauding Deslonders, serious injuries and imprisonment for Zain and clashes with their rivals to name a few. Perhaps one of the more intriguing problems is Quinn struggling with loss of memory recall which is impacting on his capabilities.
I found the depth of the hatred and revenge Quinn feels towards Ira, at whose hands he suffered so much, a shock. Despite a welcome benefit from the fight which ensues, I am not a fan of these emotions and was pleased to find the author balanced this scenario later with the calm of Zain's mature, adult approach and wise influence on Quinn when a great injustice is done to the Libertas' crew. It is good for young readers to see that patience and restraint is preferable to violence.
The author brings her series to a satisfying conclusion with plenty of interest and unexpected events to surprise the reader right up to the last pages. The Mapmaker Chronicles showcases a vivid imagination and gift for storytelling which marries fantasy and reality together to great effect and is bound to be a favourite series on the bookshelf.
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Reign of Jaeger
1. With John and George dead, and Paul and Ringo diminished, the time has come at last for the . . . Reign of Jaeger.
2. Jaeger's kingdom was taken over before he ascended the throne. He's been living in exile in a small village ever since. He does plan on ousting the invaders. After the harvest, the barn raising, the baking tournament, the . . .
3. Jaeger backstabbed, assassinated, and bribed his way to the throne. War on the border? Starving citizens? Revolt? He's got his hands full making sure he looks his best for audiences and no one else is trying his methods. Oh, and the local rat catcher.
4. When humanity left the planet Volnura, they left behind their robots. Now Jaeger, the robots' head honcho, is on a quest to lead his fellow mechanical people to the spirit world, where all knowledge is stored. For knowledge is power.
5. May 25 to June 7, 1981, French Open. Mixed Doubles. That was it.
6. Jaeger dies without an heir the night before he's supposed to ascend to the throne. Rather than admit the fact and plunge the already war-ravaged country back into chaos, several upper level ministers decide to fake his life and reign. They've got the trickster god on their side, sort of. But if any of the others find out, another civil war will be the least of their problems.
7. Historians call him the worst king of Bohemia, but I've written a book about him because who wants to read a book about a good king? Unfortunately, I don't know much about him, but you can assume there was corruption and torture and starvation. Those are the only specifics I have for the query. More in the book.
BUILT, NOT BORN. NO MOTHER COULD SPAWN SUCH A CURSE.
JAEGER is steel. [Cool. Is he a Battlebot? I used to love that show. My favorite battle was the one where a guy attached a rake to his battlebot so . . . well you can watch it here.] A remnant of Mann, the ancients who once gripped Volnura, bending even nature to their will. But city-sized craters and poisoned lands speak of their brutal exodus, and Jaeger's mechanized people litter their ruins. Oblivious and abandoned, Jaeger unites with another droyde, [Short for androyde.] NOVA, and the two vow to discover the truth behind their existence, by way of the scholar or the sword. [This sounds like the plot of the next Star Wars movie, in which the rebels and the Empire have wiped each other out and R2D2 and C3PO are the only characters left, so they change their names and seek their origin story. If you tell me they eventually reign over the universe, I'm on board.] [I'm not that clear on what Mann is. Some ancient race or civilization on the planet Volnura? And you call it Mann? Did you think putting an extra "n" on Man would fool us? I mean, it's still pronounced the same as Man. People who buy the audio book will think it's Man. Change it. Or get rid of it and just go with Volnura. Is Volnura a planet? A country on future Earth?] [Did the ancients give all their robots names, or did the robots come from the factory already named?]
CHAOS IS MY TENET. MY ONLY GOD.
After losing a convoy to the benyne marauders, [who are, apparently, anything but benign,] Jaeger reunites with his seaside gang after fighting for his freedom in the 'Pit'. [It's called the Battlebox.] [Are the marauders and the gang all mechanized? Are there humans in this book?] He convinces the ringleaders with false tales of a spell that will lead the [them] [Or him or her, depending on which pronouns you favor.] to the 'Atlas', the map to Mannic riches they seek in the mountains. After they free Nova in a breakout, [Free Nova from what?/whom?] the two turn from expendable hired swords to magical wayfinders. But the Atlas, a derelict Mannic spire, will not lead to riches. It will give them the answers to humanity's catastrophe. [Aha! Humanity! So there are or used to be humans in this place.] And Jaeger has to hide that for as long as possible.
[Jaeger: You know that thing I said was a map leading to riches? It's actually a derelict spire, not leading to riches.
Ringleader: Before we destroy you, what the hell is a derelict spire?]
HARK, YE WHO FEAR THE METAL MEN...
I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DIE IN DISGRACE.
[Who started this new trend of titling each paragraph in a query?]
But the expedition takes on an unwelcome guest. To death and decay, Kyatt has pledged his worship. Tasked with bringing riches to Jord, Daughter of the Night, he partners with IAJINN to usurp the gang. [Kyatt, Jord, and Iajinn are all unwelcome guests . . . in the query.] When Kyatt's prying ears hear of an imminent expedition to Mannic riches, plans quickly change. Jaeger and Nova are given a warning: When the mutiny happens, make sure you're on the right side.
[AHOY, WHEREIN YE SHALL DISCOVER THE CLIFFHANGER.]
Mann has left dark footprints within Volnuran history, and time has kept them secret. A spirit world awaits, where all of humanity's knowledge has been stored. [You don't need a spirit world to store all of humanity's knowledge. You can store it in one iPhone.] And its creator is keen to tell Jaeger who is returning. [If only the creator of this book were keen to tell us who is returning.]
REIGN OF JAEGER is a genre-bending science fantasy novel sitting at 83,000 words. It has a story similar to ETERNITY ROAD by Jack McDevitt, and HORIZON ZERO DAWN. I am fully committed to making a career out of storytelling, and I've made great efforts to fulfil this dream. I work part-time as a freelance editor, working on other manuscripts for a fee on Fiverr. I also did ghost-writing for some time at The Urban Writers.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration, and I hope to hear back from you soon.
Would Data and C3PO win a doubles tennis match against Nova and Jaeger?
It's not clear why someone says no mother could spawn such a curse. Jaeger's your hero. Plenty of mothers have spawned curses worse than Jaeger.
The tone and vocabulary seem a bit heavy. Is the whole book written in this tone? It might be better to lighten up.
Is this your plot?
Humanity reached the stars, set up shop on Volnura, and proceeded to ruin the place. They then took off, leaving behind all their mechanical people, and some marauders and gangs, who may be human or mechanical. Two of these mechanical droydes, Jaeger and Nova, go on a quest to learn about their origins and the history of Volnura. Even though they know nothing about their history, they somehow know that the answers they seek are contained in something called a derelict Mannic spire. They trick some gang members into helping them find the derelict spire by telling them it contains a treasure map. Even though treasure is of no use on this dead planet, the gang members go along, planning to kill Jaeger and Nova once the spire is found. What they don't know is that humanity is on their way back to rescue their beloved robots.
You need something about halfway between your version and mine.
A standard plan of attack is to address these questions:
1. Who's your main character, what does he want, and what's his plan to get it?
2. What obstacles does he face in his quest to reach his goal (choose the main one)? What's his plan to overcome this obstacle?
3. What will happen if he fails? What will happen if he succeeds? What big decision must he make that will determine whether he succeeds?
#3 is a problem here. You haven't convinced me to care whether a robot finds out where he came from. Is Jaeger the leader of all the mechanized people? Is he hoping to lead his droydes into a new age of sentience and human-like civilization? Is he trying to reach the spirit world where all robots become human?
Hey author, congratulations on finishing your book.
In addition to what the brilliant EE said:
Ideally, comps should be books published in the past 2-3 years (not 13) and not a video game.
You don't need all caps for introducing characters in a query. If you're going to, though, try to be more consistent--you missed KYATT and JORD (who possibly isn't a character?). That being said, there are too many characters listed. Try to limit yourself to the mc, the antagonist, and maybe one other if they're highly significant to the plot.
The shouted/all caps heading things aren't making the story any clearer or more interesting. And the pun-like naming/weird spellings are distracting (ymmv)
Anonymous 3:39 again.
I forgot to mention, I like some of the ideas here, but they're buried under so much clutter I'm having to guess at what's going on.
If you rewrite, resubmit and we'll take another look


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How to Become a Psychiatrist
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Mental health cases continue to increase each year across the country, and the recent COVID-19 pandemic has put a significant strain on treatment centers, hospitals, and private practices. If you are wondering how to become a psychiatrist, there are plenty of education paths to choose from, where you can specialize in a specific field. If you are doing a Google search for "psychiatrist jobs near me," check out the Behavioral Health Jobs website to find your dream career.
Behavioral Health Jobs is an online resource for jobs in the behavioral health industry for men and women looking for a new career as a psychiatrist. Students can search for entry-level positions and internships, while more experienced candidates can search for mid and senior-level positions where they can diagnose and treat patients. Check out all of the available psychiatry jobs near you on the Behavioral Health Jobs website today.
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Psychiatrists use a combination of medication and behavioral therapy to treat patients with a number of behavioral health issues. They work in private and group settings with patients to better understand their condition and learn how to cope with their thoughts and feelings. Psychiatrists work in a number of different organizations, including K-12 schools and universities, treatment centers, state and federal agencies, community centers, private practices, and hospitals.
There are several different career paths in psychiatry that you can follow, including:
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"The Polar Express" Review ›
I Love The "The Polar Express", But The Movie Makes No Sense
A loveably illogical classic.
Katelyn Farmer
Photo by The Polar Express on Facebook
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for "The Polar Express."
Don't get me wrong ― I adore "The Polar Express." I will never not watch it at Christmastime and sing along with every single song and fall in love again with that weird ghost guy who drinks the coffee he cleans his laundry in.
But it's a strange one.
And not a brilliant kind of strange either, but strange in a "this movie's logic is held together with popcorn garland" kind of way. I'm not saying it isn't worth watching ― it's just a little questionable.
First off, we need to talk about the plot.
Or, more specifically, how the plot happens. Seriously, most of this movie wouldn't exist if "Hero Boy" (because they couldn't be bothered to give him a name for some reason) had the slightest bit of common sense. Let's take a look at all of what happens after he loses Hero Girl's ticket while trying to return it to her, even though everything would have been fine if he'd just left it on her seat:
1. We watch the ticket come back to the train through a series of extremely unlikely events, including being upchucked by an eaglet.
2. Hero Boy climbs on top of the train to follow the conductor and Hero Girl and has a cup of laundry joe with homeless ghost Tom Hanks (as opposed to conductor Tom Hanks, Santa Claus Tom Hanks, Hero Boy's father Tom Hanks, or older Hero Boy Tom Hanks), who is honestly the only character I like in this movie.
3. Hero Boy and "the Hobo," as he's called, ski to the train's engine so that Hero Boy doesn't, like, literally die an awful death at Flattop Tunnel.
4. Hero Boy discovers that he almost died for no reason since Hero Girl is safe and driving the train. The two of them and the conductor then go to the front of train at the caribou crossing and for some reason stay there as the train starts moving again, even though they're almost at Glacier Gulch.
5. After the Glacier Gulch rollercoaster nightmare and driving over tracks that weren't built high enough to keep them from being frozen into a lake, Hero Girl finally gets the ticket back that she apparently didn't even need to stay on the train in the first place.
And then, of course, once they arrive at the North Pole, there's the whole sequence with the runaway train car after Hero Boy steps on a lever to get into it instead of, you know, the actual step.
I mean, I guess the movie needed run time, but having a story happen only because the main character isn't the sharpest tool in the shed doesn't make for a hugely compelling narrative.
And what's the deal with Santa in this movie?
Is nobody going to talk about the fact that Santa has ignored or forgotten sweet little Billy enough to make him say "Christmas just doesn't work out for me"? He isn't even sure of the kid's name when he meets him! Like, I know Santa's busy and everything, but come on, Mr. C., that's awful.
And as for the way this movie handles the whole "believe in Santa" thing...look, just so we're clear, you can be a generous and happy person without forcing yourself to think that flying reindeer exist, OK? Like, I'm not sure the film is aware of that.
You're not a better person for believing something that has no basis in reality. (Nor for getting on trains when you don't know where they're going, no matter what conductor Tom Hanks says.)
However, should there ever be a present for one of your kids under the Christmas tree that has a note in it signed by Santa Claus and contains a bell that your kids can hear but you can't, don't be the parents in this movie and just...not react to it. If that ever happens, sure, you can start believing in Santa again. But until then, this film is about as morally uplifting as a cup of hot chocolate.
Like I said, I love "The Polar Express," but don't think too hard about it.
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Taking care of oneself is done mainly by women. But this person has completely changed its definition. She has taken it to the international level. Needless to give, her identity, separately. Each and every household has her products. What is the key to her success? How much struggle she had to undergo? Debjani Sarkar finds out answers to such questions from Aroma therapist Keya Seth.
Kolkata 24×7: Mockery of taking care of Women's beauty is always taking place. You have given a new dimension to this. Did you do this with full knowledge about the mockery part?
Keya Seth: I do not think that women's beauty care is mocked at nowadays. Women do their make-up in front of all, whereas men do it behind all. Is there anyone who dislikes doing their make-ups? But yes, women have become more conscious about their beauty regime. Today's generation knows how to take care of their skin, hair and health. It is very important to keep yourself healthy. I have proceeded with this aspect with full knowledge because I believe that, just as the way we brush out teeth to maintain proper hygiene, in a similar way we must take care of our skin and hair too.
Kolkata 24×7: "Pehle Darshandari, Baad Mein Gun Bichari"- Do you believe in this phrase?
Keya Seth: Yes, I believe it 90%. See, we cuddle a baby by pressing their chubby cheeks. We are more attracted to beautiful boys and girls. But it is also true that, beauty doesn't hold, if there is lack of talent and intelligence. I believe that shiny skin and beautiful hair boosts up one's personality.
Kolkata 24×7: Did you choose this profession for your liking towards taking care of beauty?
Keya Seth: Of Course! But it is not that I do a lot of make-ups. I even advice others to do that much make-up as is required. Extremes of anything is not good.
Kolkata 24×7: Did you achieve this sense for beauty from your mother?
Keya Seth: No. I had a good sense for beauty from my early childhood. I used to do a very good make-up on myself.
Kolkata24x7: Women want to become glamorous like film stars. For this, many women does a lot for achieving this. Do you support this?
Keya Seth: See, to keep one healthy, clean and shiny, one must take care of their beauty as much as required. But I do not support women running after film stars. In most of the cases, artificial make-ups are applied to the film stars. Tell me, how many of the artists have long and bouncy hair?
Kolkata 24×7: How much struggle you had to do to become 'The' (brand) Keya Seth?
Keya Seth: I have to go on with the struggle even now. But I have been successful in explaining to the people what aromatherapy is. I have brought back something from the past. It has been a tough job to get the trust of the people. But at the end, I have been successful. Initially, I had a parlour. From there, I came to product, then to the spa, and then to medi-spa.
Kolkata 24×7: What would be the uniqueness of Keya Seth brand?
Keya Seth: Keya Seth products, unlike other products, does not require aromatherapy preservation. It is preserved well in Essentious Well.
Kolkata 24×7: What do you like the most about yourself?
Keya Seth: I love doing creative work. Painting is my hobby, you can say.
Kolkata 24×7: What would you have done, if you would not have been an aroma-therapist?
Keya Seth: Then I might have become a designer, since I love painting. You can say that since I had the ambition of becoming a designer, I have thought of making a designer wear mall.


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package com.microsoft.azure.management.batchai.v2018_05_01;

import com.microsoft.azure.arm.model.HasInner;
import com.microsoft.azure.management.batchai.v2018_05_01.implementation.ClusterInner;
import com.microsoft.azure.arm.model.Indexable;
import com.microsoft.azure.arm.model.Refreshable;
import com.microsoft.azure.arm.model.Updatable;
import com.microsoft.azure.arm.model.Appliable;
import com.microsoft.azure.arm.model.Creatable;
import com.microsoft.azure.arm.resources.models.HasManager;
import com.microsoft.azure.management.batchai.v2018_05_01.implementation.BatchAIManager;
import java.util.Map;
import org.joda.time.DateTime;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Type representing Cluster.
 */
public interface Cluster extends HasInner<ClusterInner>, Indexable, Refreshable<Cluster>, Updatable<Cluster.Update>, HasManager<BatchAIManager> {
    /**
     * @return the allocationState value.
     */
    AllocationState allocationState();

    /**
     * @return the allocationStateTransitionTime value.
     */
    DateTime allocationStateTransitionTime();

    /**
     * @return the creationTime value.
     */
    DateTime creationTime();

    /**
     * @return the currentNodeCount value.
     */
    Integer currentNodeCount();

    /**
     * @return the errors value.
     */
    List<BatchAIError> errors();

    /**
     * @return the id value.
     */
    String id();

    /**
     * @return the location value.
     */
    String location();

    /**
     * @return the name value.
     */
    String name();

    /**
     * @return the nodeSetup value.
     */
    NodeSetup nodeSetup();

    /**
     * @return the nodeStateCounts value.
     */
    NodeStateCounts nodeStateCounts();

    /**
     * @return the provisioningState value.
     */
    ProvisioningState provisioningState();

    /**
     * @return the provisioningStateTransitionTime value.
     */
    DateTime provisioningStateTransitionTime();

    /**
     * @return the scaleSettings value.
     */
    ScaleSettings scaleSettings();

    /**
     * @return the subnet value.
     */
    ResourceId subnet();

    /**
     * @return the tags value.
     */
    Map<String, String> tags();

    /**
     * @return the type value.
     */
    String type();

    /**
     * @return the userAccountSettings value.
     */
    UserAccountSettings userAccountSettings();

    /**
     * @return the virtualMachineConfiguration value.
     */
    VirtualMachineConfiguration virtualMachineConfiguration();

    /**
     * @return the vmPriority value.
     */
    VmPriority vmPriority();

    /**
     * @return the vmSize value.
     */
    String vmSize();

    /**
     * The entirety of the Cluster definition.
     */
    interface Definition extends DefinitionStages.Blank, DefinitionStages.WithWorkspace, DefinitionStages.WithLocation, DefinitionStages.WithUserAccountSettings, DefinitionStages.WithVmSize, DefinitionStages.WithCreate {
    }

    /**
     * Grouping of Cluster definition stages.
     */
    interface DefinitionStages {
        /**
         * The first stage of a Cluster definition.
         */
        interface Blank extends WithWorkspace {
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster definition allowing to specify Workspace.
         */
        interface WithWorkspace {
           /**
            * Specifies resourceGroupName, workspaceName.
            */
            WithLocation withExistingWorkspace(String resourceGroupName, String workspaceName);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster definition allowing to specify Location.
         */
        interface WithLocation {
           /**
            * Specifies location.
            */
            WithUserAccountSettings withLocation(String location);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster definition allowing to specify UserAccountSettings.
         */
        interface WithUserAccountSettings {
           /**
            * Specifies userAccountSettings.
            */
            WithVmSize withUserAccountSettings(UserAccountSettings userAccountSettings);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster definition allowing to specify VmSize.
         */
        interface WithVmSize {
           /**
            * Specifies vmSize.
            */
            WithCreate withVmSize(String vmSize);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster definition allowing to specify NodeSetup.
         */
        interface WithNodeSetup {
            /**
             * Specifies nodeSetup.
             */
            WithCreate withNodeSetup(NodeSetup nodeSetup);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster definition allowing to specify ScaleSettings.
         */
        interface WithScaleSettings {
            /**
             * Specifies scaleSettings.
             */
            WithCreate withScaleSettings(ScaleSettings scaleSettings);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster definition allowing to specify Subnet.
         */
        interface WithSubnet {
            /**
             * Specifies subnet.
             */
            WithCreate withSubnet(ResourceId subnet);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster definition allowing to specify Tags.
         */
        interface WithTags {
            /**
             * Specifies tags.
             */
            WithCreate withTags(Map<String, String> tags);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster definition allowing to specify VirtualMachineConfiguration.
         */
        interface WithVirtualMachineConfiguration {
            /**
             * Specifies virtualMachineConfiguration.
             */
            WithCreate withVirtualMachineConfiguration(VirtualMachineConfiguration virtualMachineConfiguration);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster definition allowing to specify VmPriority.
         */
        interface WithVmPriority {
            /**
             * Specifies vmPriority.
             */
            WithCreate withVmPriority(VmPriority vmPriority);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the definition which contains all the minimum required inputs for
         * the resource to be created (via {@link WithCreate#create()}), but also allows
         * for any other optional settings to be specified.
         */
        interface WithCreate extends Creatable<Cluster>, DefinitionStages.WithNodeSetup, DefinitionStages.WithScaleSettings, DefinitionStages.WithSubnet, DefinitionStages.WithTags, DefinitionStages.WithVirtualMachineConfiguration, DefinitionStages.WithVmPriority {
        }
    }
    /**
     * The template for a Cluster update operation, containing all the settings that can be modified.
     */
    interface Update extends Appliable<Cluster>, UpdateStages.WithScaleSettings, UpdateStages.WithTags {
    }

    /**
     * Grouping of Cluster update stages.
     */
    interface UpdateStages {
        /**
         * The stage of the cluster update allowing to specify ScaleSettings.
         */
        interface WithScaleSettings {
            /**
             * Specifies scaleSettings.
             */
            Update withScaleSettings(ScaleSettings scaleSettings);
        }

        /**
         * The stage of the cluster update allowing to specify Tags.
         */
        interface WithTags {
            /**
             * Specifies tags.
             */
            Update withTags(Map<String, String> tags);
        }

    }
}


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Bradley N. Blake
Brad leads governmental relationships and capital markets for OHG. Over his 30+ year career, Brad has been involved in the development of more than $1 billion of multi-family, mixed-use and retail projects. Brad was a founder and CEO of Blake Hunt Ventures, Chairman and CEO of publicly traded Western Properties Trust, Senior Vice President of Spieker Properties, and a Partner with Spieker Partners. He is also on the board of directors of the Bailard Real Estate Fund. He founded and is president of College is Real, a non-profit educational organization in Richmond, CA (www.collegeisreal.org). He is a former member of the Young Presidents Organization Nor-Cal Chapter. Brad holds a B.A. from Stanford University (1980) and a M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (1985).
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President, Partner
Brad Griggs
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Vice President of Finance and Accounting
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Vice President of Asset Management
Director of Due Diligence
Gary Wallace
Vice President of Construction
Sage Sudbury
Investment Manager
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A quick primer on query strings: A query string is a way to provide data to the web server in order to make the web page that is requested in the URL (the address line in your browser) behave in a particular manner or display specific data.
LinkedIn provides special URLs that give users access to external web pages that other users have shared.
In this URL, you can see some numbers after the question mark that represent the articleID, the gid (group ID), and the item (posting ID), while the articleURL is followed by the encoded URL.
This is a fun site that keeps you informed of when your favorite shows are about to air new episodes.
Each of the items following the question mark represents a selected show. Add a show to your selections, and you add another parameter to the URL.
I have highlighted the parameters I am referring to so you can see them in these URLs.
List of referrers. Note that there is a plus sign next to the LinkedIn URL.
As you can see when you click the image to enlarge, 29 people clicked a link somewhere on a page on the LinkedIn website that directed them to someplace on my blog. You can get more detail – the URLs of the pages included in those 29 clicks – by clicking on the plus sign, as shown in the image below.
On the main stats page for your WordPress blog, http://YOURBLOGNAME.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=stats, when you expand by clicking the plus sign, the page only shows the top ten pages that referred to your blog.
Now, for many people, this would be adequate. For my promotion strategy, though, it is not.
However, when you click one of the links on the page as shown in the first image (7 Days, 30 Days, Quarter, Year, All Time), you go to a URL like http://YOURBLOGNAME.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=stats&blog=#######&view=referrers&numdays=7&summarize, which is a page that shows all of the referrers when you expand the plus. But it is all of the referrers for the date range, not one day, in a single list.
Full list of referrers for a period of time. Note that the number of referrers was too long to screen capture the entire list, but all of the referrers are there on the page.
I sent in a feature request to get all of the referrers in the list for just a single day. I was told that the individual day page displays would not be changed, but that there was a way to change the URL to get the date range page to show a single date with all of the referrers. Take a look at each of the two URLs above. One of the differences is the parameter "summarize" (preceded by the ampersand if it follows another parameter). If you remove the "&summarize" from the second URL, you get a page that displays the same date range, but as individual days. Unfortunately, without "summarize" the number of referrers shown when expanded is limited to 10. But if you instead add "&date=" as well as the date in the format "2011-01-13" (YYYY-MM-DD), and set the number of days equal to 1 ("numdays=1"), you will get the view of a single day WITH all of the referers!
Have fun hacking the URLs and see what hidden features you can find!
I'm an overachiever this week.
For this week, anyway. We'll see what happens going forward.
A blog entry with the word "hacking" in the title is spambait.
In the last 24 hours the number of spam comments directed at my blog increased dramatically. 10% of the spam I have gotten since I started this blog I got in the last 24 hours. And all of them are directed at this post.
And I am guessing that the word "spam" also is a target of spam comments… I mention my "spam guy" story on my About page, and my About page has been (until the last 24 hours) the biggest target of spam comments of any of my posts. I didn't understand until the last 24 hours. I figure that if the word "hacking" is a target, the word "spam" may be what is causing my About page to be targeted.


It is important to differentiate and understand that your workout doesn't end after your last rep. To reap as many benefits as possible from each training session, you need to devote as much time to your post-workout routine as you do to everything leading up to your first set.
This is usually an ignored part of post-workout. Don't run for the exit after you finish your last set. You should make sure that you allow yourself the chance to cool down after a workout for a good 10 or so minutes. Allowing the body to cool down after you exercise can prevent blood from pooling in the veins. Keep the cool-down activity specific to what they just exercised. For example, if you do an upper body workout, use the rowing machine to target the area you just damaged.
It may not be painless, but performing self-myofascial release techniques using a foam roller can help improve your flexibility, increase the blood flow and circulation, and break up "knots" in soft tissue. It can be very beneficial to complete foam rolling both pre-workout and post-workout. While it's similar to stretching, a foam roller targets more of the fascia connection and breaking up a superficial layer of tissue enables you to get a deeper stretch.
When you finish your workout and cool down, a post-workout stretch is important to allow the nervous system to relax. This is especially important for those who have bulked up and lost flexibility and range of motion. It is very important to do this correctly because if you work your stretch too hard you're more likely to pull or strain something. If you rush your stretch you are just wasting your time. The key to a good stretch is to find that balance between discomfort and pain. Stretch to where it's uncomfortable but you're not hurting. Put a lot of importance on your stretch routine!
The body sweats to cool itself down as you're blasting through a gruelling workout. Without refilling the fluids you're losing through sweat and urine you'll quickly get dehydrated. Also, sweating out just two per cent of your body weight will translate to negative effects on your performance. You'll notice the effects most during cardio. Proper hydration regulates the body temperature and also lubricates the joints. It can also help stave off constipation.


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'Launchpad' on Disney+ promotes diversity, gives new filmmakers a voice
BySandy Kenyon
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"Launchpad" is a series of short films from a half a dozen filmmakers who were asked to discover their own unique point-of-view.
On Friday, Disney+ subscribers will be able to hear from a new generation of storytellers who are being given a "Launchpad" in a new series.
It's a series of short films from a half a dozen filmmakers who were asked to discover their own unique point-of-view.
The idea is to promote greater diversity and more inclusion behind the scenes in Hollywood by giving new filmmakers a voice. These filmmakers each have something meaningful to say but also know how to entertain us.
A Mexican-American teen who is half human/half vampire finds herself "Growing Fangs" in one movie. In another called, "American Eid," a homesick Muslim, Pakistani immigrant is looking to celebrate the holiday of Eid in her new homeland. These are two of the six short films collected under one banner.
"Launchpad is about giving access and opportunity to those in Hollywood who historically have been left behind and not given those opportunities and access," said Mahin Ibrahim, who is a Director of Diversity and Inclusion at The Walt Disney Company.
"I was in film school for the last year at NYU when I heard about Launchpad," Moxie Peng said.
Their film "The Little Prince(ss)" is based on their own childhood when, like the character Gabriel in the film, "I was a little feminine, and I became friends with this neighbor's kid who was into sports. Then, his dad had a problem and came over for dinner, told my dad that I was not normal, that I needed to be fixed."
Peng's father took their side and stood up for them like the young dancer's father does in Peng's movie.
"Accepting your child for who they are," is so important, said the director, who added that they felt encouraged by their dad's actions.
Peng grew up in China where they were inspired by Disney's "The Lion King," so it seems fitting now to be employed by the company. They found the two mentors assigned got them to be especially helpful.
"They were like, 'this is your story, we are here to help you get your story, we're not here to change your story,'" they said.
The half dozen films made were chosen from more than 1,100 applications.
"What we set out to do," said Disney's Ibrahim, "is to tells stories for the child in all of us, who haven't seen themselves onscreen."
She notes that making any film is a struggle, and Peng agrees, but they found strength in numbers among the other artists in this program.
"It's like jumping out of a plane, but like doing it with them feels like we are parachuting together, like when you jump out of the plane with other people together, it's a little less intimidating," Peng said.
Ibrahim calls this "a moment of transformation for Hollywood" half a dozen years after #OscarsSoWhite pointed out the lack of diversity at The Academy Awards.
The Disney executive said the company remains "extremely committed" to inclusion, noting, "this is just the beginning for us."
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Cancer research at BESSY II: Binding Mechanisms of Therapeutic Substances Deciphered
The study is displayed on the cover of the journal Chemmedchem. © Chemmedchem/VCH Wiley
In tumor cells, the DNA is altered in comparison to normal body cells. How such changes can be prevented or inhibited is an exciting field of research with great relevance for the development of cancer treatments. An interdisciplinary team has now analysed the possible binding mechanisms in certain therapeutic substances from the tetrazole hydrazide group using protein crystallography at BESSY II.
Certain proteins such as human histone demethylases, including the KDM4 protein, play a role in the development of tumour cells. They bind to the DNA and modify it so that the cell can become cancerous. Therapeutic substances that are able to inhibit or even reverse such changes are of particular interest.
Biochemist Prof. Dr. Udo Heinemann from the Max Delbrück Centre in Berlin-Buch is investigating such processes. In cooperation with chemists led by Prof. Dr. Andreas Link from the University of Greifswald and the team led by Dr. Manfred Weiss at the HZB, he has now investigated how and where certain therapeutic substances from the tetrazole hydrazide group dock to these protein molecules and thus inhibit their harmful effect.
KDM4 protein crystals analysed
Link initially produced variations of tetrazole hydrazide substances. For structural analysis, crystals had to be grown from KDM4 proteins - a difficult task that Dr. Piotr Malecki and Manfred Weiss had taken on at the HZB. The KDM4 protein crystals were then soaked in a specific substance before being analyzed with strong X-rays on the MX beamlines of BESSY II. A refined analysis showed not only the three-dimensional architecture of the KDM4 protein, but also exactly where the active substances had docked to the KDM4 molecule.
"This class of substances has not yet been structurally investigated," explains Manfred Weiss. And Udo Heinemann from the MDC explains: "We will now evaluate where there are opportunities to dock even stronger within the 3D structure of the KDM4. Then we might also be able to develop drugs that inhibit the KDM4 even more and thus have the potential to become a therapeutic."
Recommended reading: Bunsen magazine with focus on molecular water research
Water not only has some well-known anomalies, but is still full of surprises. The first issue 2023 of the Bunsen Magazine is dedicated to molecular water research, from the ocean to processes in electrolysis. The issue presents contributions from researchers cooperating within the framework of a European research initiative in the "Centre for Molecular Water Science" (CMWS). A team at HZB presents results from the synchrotron spectroscopy of water. Modern X-ray sources can be used to study molecular and electronic processes in water in detail.
ChemMedChem (2019):
"Structure-based screening of tetrazolylhydrazide inhibitors vs. KDM4 histone demethylases", Piotr H. Małecki, Nicole Rüger, Martin Roatsch, Oxana Krylova, Andreas Link, Manfred Jung, Udo Heinemann, Manfred S. Weiss
DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201900441


OFA seems to be taking advantage of a "foreign donor loophole" by not using CVV on their campaign donation page. When you donate online to the Obama campaign using a credit card, the contribution webpage does not require donors to enter a secure CVV number (also known as CSC, CVV2 or CVN), the three-digit securing code on the back of credit cards. This code, although not 100 percent effective, is used to ensure a person making a purchase physically possesses the card. According to the report, 90 percent of e-commerce and 19 of the 20 largest charities in the United States use a CVV code, making its use standard industry practice in order to prevent fraud. Another anti-fraud security measure includes software, better known as an Address Verification System, to verify a donor's address matches the address on file with the credit card company. The investigation could not determine whether OFA is using this type of software to prevent fraudulent or illegal donations.
Because of the lack of a CVV code requirement, the door is opened for OFA to accept robo-donations, or in other words, large numbers of small and automatic donations made online to evade FEC reporting requirements. Although it isn't illegal to decline the use of a secure CVV credit card code for campaign donations, it is illegal to accept campaign donations from foreign sources. Campaigns are required under criminal code not to solicit, accept or receive foreign donations in any amount. The Federal Elections Commission doesn't require campaigns to disclose the names of donors making contributions of less than $200 unless audited. In addition, FEC rules don't require campaigns to keep records of those giving less than $50. These rules combined with the lack of a CVV numbers make it easy for campaigns to get away with taking foreign donations.
It's similar to the 2008 accusations.
It certainly is worth shining a light on this, and pushing it as hard as possible.
But keep in mind, Obama doesn't care. Not one bit. Neither does his campaign.
Obama will gladly take foreign money while looking the other way, then worry about it after the election. He'll return any documented foreign contributions, proclaim it all a mistake, and move on. That's what he did after the 2008 election.
Of course, it's the undocumented foreign contributions which are the issue, so Obama's response will be a non-sequitur.
He doesn't care about anything but reelection.
The Money Badger don't care about your rules.
It REALLY is true, and there's volumes of evidence.
There seems to be a little more to the story this time. Obama.com is owned by that Chinese business guy, located in Shanghai. He has visited the White House 19 times (19 more than most of us).
The volume of untraceable small donations is also suspect.
OK, yeah, that's what I came to say. If all this, or a good part of this even, is true, we've got solid impeachable criminal conduct here — possibly even approaching the treasonous. I dislike sounding vindictive, but it's really to the point that I don;t just want to see this guy gone, I want to see him go down in flames.
This is only part of the story – doesn't care? Most of the Obama supporters consider it a badge of honor to 'get over on the Man'. Anyone who 'get's over' is considered a person of worth, not a criminal. The distinction of being a criminal only rests in the mind of people who esteem and respect the law. Obama continues to be a hero amongst his supporters.
Indeed, it is what has made Bill Clinton the legendary icon that he is in the Democratic Party. He beat the rap, as the first Black President!
We need to have Richard Simmons narrate a commercial explaining this unlawfullness to the American people.
As I recall the FEC will not audit a campaign that is financed outside of the public funding rules. This is why in 2008 the McCain campaign was audited and the Obama campaign was not.
Question — is there a way to force the FEC to conduct an audit? Some legal process or court filing? I wonder if the mere threat of an audit would cause the Obama campaign to clean this up.
I don't think Obama can "clean it up", because it is where he gets most of the money. In both 2008 and 2012, Obama couldn't raise money. Then the magical month comes where everything changes and Obama raises at least 4 times the amount of money that he did the month before. The New York Times and others complained about this in 2008. The New York Times said that the money came from 3 or 4 banks in the Mideast. They ran the story in the first of July of 2008 (if I remember correctly).
In front a national audience this detestable punk excoriated the Supreme Court for their Citizens United ruling and "opening up the floodgates" to illegal foreign political donations. Whose floodgates? Whose foreign donations? Now, who among our brave GOP leaders will say anything?
As mentioned in the article a CVV _is_ required to buy gear from their website. It's not like they don't know that requiring a CVV helps cut fraud.
What? They don't want people to be able to rip them off for the cost of a Vera Wang tote bag or a Ricky Martin tee-shirt? How petty of them, especially considering that as much as 80% of last month's campaign haul was potentially from illegal sources.
There was a lot of talk about this four years ago. Not just foreign donations, but breaking up larger donations into multiple small donations so that they would not be reported.
Does anyone have friends in a few foreign countries who would be willing invest in a few $20 credit card donations that could be used as a sort of sting, evidence to file a complaint?
I was aware of the credit-card hanky-panky during the 2008 election.
This news is not the bombshell that some people led me to expect. The Breitbart people should study the saying Underpromise and overperform.
As a business owner, I've had a number of suspicious cc transactions on my web site in May and June. I could tell that they person was testing the cc to see if the number was good. They'd order something small and have it shipped to some asian country (like Thailand). But the billing address on the card was here in the USA.
Earlier this year, a large bank (I think it was BOA) was hacked, and over a million cc numbers were stolen. To my knowledge the owner's cards were not replaced with new numbers. Now the conspiracy theory hairs on the back of my neck are now starting to go up… Could it be that those card numbers are now being used to fund Obama's campaign?
Certainly possible, although I'm not sure how deep you're speculating any conspiracy might go. I would doubt the original hack was exclusively for this purpose; like any other stolen goods, cc numbers get fenced out and resold a couple of times before getting to a final destination.Which isn't to say of course that the final user doesn't know they're hot.
I have a BoA card, and suddenly one day in the mail I received a totally new credit card and new number. When I called the customer service rep blathered something about my having called in a lost or stolen credit card, which I most assuredly did not do. After pressing her further, she admitted that there was some kind of problem that occurred with a merchant but would not disclose anything further. Very annoying.
We have a GOP House and a GOP Speaker of the House with the power to stop this.
So don't blame these crooks for their crimes — blame the cops we elected, who are hiding out in a donut shop, namely the Sheriff: Speaker John Boehner. This guy's been hiding out at a Krispy Kreme since he started crying when the GOP was stupid enough to elect him Speaker.
Blame Boehner, the Barney Fife of House Speakers.
I don't think he even cares about reelection. I think that he could be doing a little better if he really really wanted to be reelected. He just doesn't seem to even look like he wants to run again.
My guess is that he only wants to raise as much funds as possible to make it easier to syphon off campaign donations. Syphon from the campaign and into the hands of appropriate people; that will in turn set him up for endless golfing and praise after he leaves office.
Although AK's view may seem "contradicted" by all the "hustle, bustle, muscle, and bundlers", I tend to agree. BO is a puppet–always has been. He must "go through the motions" of seeking re-election–to please his Masters.
BUT THE "BUYERS OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY" HAVE TO "RIDE THE HORSE THEY LAST CHEATED WITH"–and that horse cannot win this race.
There is nothing, nothing, that Obama and his supporters can do to get him re-elected at this time. A "perfect storm" of suddenly revealing truths; damning historical events; patently visible falsehoods and lies; irreconcilable acts and statements and more have pushed us PAST THE TIPPING POINT.
NO SUCH EFFORTS, OR OTHERS LIKE THEM, WILL SUCCEED.
Sorry, by AK I meant Kenshu Ani. Thank you KA, but be of good cheer.
This story is a good distraction, if it can get some legs. But Congress has plenty to do in 4 weeks, with the consulate murders, and Fast and Furious.
Is anybody questioning the $180M number that the Obama campaign claims? Is this inflated, like the polls, just for psy-ops?
My question is, why isn't the FEC all over this right now? Why is there not a Darryl Issa shouting this from the rooftops? Is the FEC like FEMA, they only spring into action after the disaster?
The FEC, like the other bureaus and agencies, is under Obama's regime, Obama's thumb. Therefore, unless the House investigates, there will not be any investigation. Period.
At least until after the election. If Obama is NOT re-elected, the new administration can choose to investigate – this, as well as Fast & Furious, the embassy/ambassador attacks in Libya, Hillary's negligence as Sec. of St., the DoJ nightmarish dereliction of duty (in many cases, including dropping all charges in the DEFAULT-WIN in the NBPP case), etc. Long, long overdue, IMHO.
Praying, and WORKING, very HARD for a Romney/Ryan victory on 6 November!
They are disenfranchising the American vote and dollar. Is it possible they have an ulterior motive?


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Public votes received for Tourism Superstar on the Daily Mirror website
Revenue from VisitBritain Shop with £2 million reinvested in marketing Britain overseas
In 2017/18 we continued to deliver customer-focused activity to drive economic growth across the nations and regions. Using our market knowledge, we've reached key target audience segments with inspirational messaging that spans the length and breadth of Britain.
Distributing bookable tourism products to international markets
In 2017/18 we worked actively with industry, the travel trade and partners to bring new bookable products, such as tours and itineraries, to market so visitors can experience more of what the nations and regions of Britain have to offer.
We've created itineraries of bookable products in two of our thematic areas – rail travel and food and drink. Over the past 12 months we have created a new content hub to promote travelling around Britain by rail, which hosts new itineraries spanning the nations and regions of Britain as well as our inspirational rail videos translated into seven languages.
We collaborated with leading travel trade partners to share the message further:
With Cox & Kings India, we trained to 400 agents on England's rail itineraries and our video was watched by 7.8 million.
We partnered with Flight Centre to introduce Manchester and Birmingham as regional hubs with rail travel as the enabler.
Another key theme within our product development activity was to put Britain's cuisine on the map. With our food and drink hubs of Devon and Cornwall, Yorkshire, Scotland and London, we entered the second year of our collaboration with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to boost awareness and perceptions overseas of Britain's food and drink. We took our message to China and launched the #FoodisGREAT campaign which achieved over 65 million impressions through social media, with the hashtag itself being used over 11.4 million times.
Collaborating with key tour operator Avanti Destinations, we created five new food and drink itineraries which promoted our national food hubs under the tagline 'Britain's Local Flavours'. We then trained their agents to upskill them on how to sell more British food and drink products.
Connecting international buyers with UK suppliers
Sharing the insight of Britain's tourism experiences was also on the agenda at our largest travel trade event, ExploreGB. Following our 2018 event, we took 264 key international travel buyers around the UK on educational trips to showcase our bookable, commissionable products that can be sold to market. Itineraries were tailored around our specific product themes, targeted to the needs of each market.
Over the last 12 months we delivered workshops, seminars and trade events to connect key buyers with UK tourism businesses. Through our sales missions including Destination Britain China, Destination Britain North America and exhibiting at leading trade shows such as ITB Berlin, we helped businesses across Britain's nations and regions have a platform to do international business. In partnership with UKInbound we have taken stands at both World Travel Market in London (November 2017) and Arabian Travel Market in Dubai (April 2018) to promote our product development, including providing a route to market for Discover England Fund projects.
Providing a route to market for regional products
Over the course of the last 12 months we have diversified the products on sale internationally through our online shop. Giving a route to market for British travel products, 60% of the products we now feature cover regions outside of London.
Our efforts have created a better choice of suitable products on offer and achieved £27.8 million of revenue in 2017/18 and over £2 million in net-profits all which is re-invested in marketing Britain overseas.
The VisitBritain Shop generated £27.8 million revenue in 2017/18. Over £2 million was generated in profit, all of which goes back into the organisation to support marketing activity.
#FoodisGREAT campaign in partnership with DEFRA achieved over 65million social media impressions with the hashtag used over 11.4 million times
Our online business advice hub received almost 140,000 visitors this year, helping businesses across England to grow and increase profitability
The VisitEngland Quality Assurance Scheme helped over 22,000 tourism businesses across England to remain competitive and engage customers
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Advising English businesses to grow and succeed
We provide guidance to small and medium-sized tourism businesses across the regions of England, to support their growth. Through a variety of tools, we've shared the latest trends and visitor preferences, to advise businesses on how they can become more internationally competitive and attract customers to their destinations.
We've used our online Business Advice Hub, which in the last year received over 140,000 visits, to share guidance on a wide-range of tourism issues, such as marketing advice, how to cater for visitors with accessibility requirements and the latest legislation changes that affect tourism businesses.
Alongside our dedication to support tourism businesses is our VisitEngland National Quality Assessment Scheme, which provided tailored advice to over 22,000 tourism businesses across England on how to reach their full potential. Those businesses who have gone above and beyond customer expectations are celebrated at our prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence. Championing the best of the sector, 21 winners were announced from hundreds of entries at this year's ceremony.
A national campaign to boost visits to England's regions
We coordinated English Tourism Week, our annual celebration of the English tourism industry that aims to raise the profile of tourism amongst decision-makers, stakeholders and Government whilst increasing consumer awareness of the tourism product available on their doorstep and beyond.
Taking place on 17-25 March 2018, this year saw us share details of local events and offers that were part of the campaign through an online event guide. Our press activity helped shine a spotlight on the benefits of the tourism industry to England, as well as promoting some of the events and offers from the week. This year we partnered with influencers with a combined reach of over 500,000, who acted as ambassadors to help boost awareness of the week and the experiences on offer across the regions.
We also engaged with over 60 MPs, who met tourism businesses in their constituency to support the week. And on social media, our hashtag #ETW18 received 13,000 mentions and 63.8 million impressions. Plus #EnglishTourismWeek trended on Twitter with 82.7 million impressions on the first day of the week.
Organised in partnership with the Daily Mirror, the Tourism Superstar competition runs alongside English Tourism Week to celebrate those individuals working in tourism who go above and beyond in their role to ensure visitors to all parts of England have an unforgettable experience. This year a revamped video format and an online competition on the Daily Mirror website boosted public votes by 260%, with 18,000 votes received, a record for the competition.
Tourism Superstar nominees 2018
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Yayoi Sakaki - pianist
Yayoi Sakaki - Pianist, MM, BMus
Founder, Creative Director, Project Ipsilon.
Yayoi Sakaki started her classical piano study at the age of 6 in her native city of Tokyo, Japan. She completed her BMus in piano performance at Trinity College of Music (now school has been renamed as Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance) and her MMus also in piano performance at the Manhattan School of Music studying with legendary pianist, Constance Keene.
Yayoi has performed in western Europe, metropolitan Tokyo area in Asia and greater metropolitan NYC area in North America, which includes notable venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Yayoi has also been actively performing as a vocal accompanist, works often with critically acclaimed soprano, Valerie Girard (Soprano).
As a teacher, Yayoi Sakaki has served as a faculty member at the Music School of Westchester in suburb of New York City over a decade and she also has her piano teaching studio, which has been her "lab" to test her method. Yayoi has been receiving rave reviews for her innovative piano method which maintains the benefit of traditional piano study while enabling the great extent of individualization for optimizing the learning experiences. Based on this, Yayoi has created the cognitive profiling method as well as digital sensory stimulation therapy using the same device system. This is how Project Ipsilon was born.
Yayoi also has been enjoying her weekend role of being Music Director at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Hartsdale, NY and coordinates their Season's Concert Series since September 2006 besides running the Project Ipsilon.
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