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Cal Lutheran University to launch women's lacrosse program in 2020
Joe Curley
Cameron Mendez saw the news and had to compose herself.
The Cal Lutheran University freshman actually ducked out of class for a moment to avoid interrupting her professor.
"I had to breathe for a little bit," Mendez said.
That was at least one student's reaction on campus Tuesday to the announcement that CLU was planning to launch a women's lacrosse program, which will begin play in Spring 2020.
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"I think we knew for years that we wanted to have women's lacrosse," CLU athletic director Dan Kuntz said. "Our challenge was the timing. When we would have the infrastructure in place to do it the way we really want to do it?"
The timing made sense for several reasons, Kuntz said.
The new program will give CLU an even 22 programs, balanced by gender, 11 male and 11 female.
The sport already has a strong foothold in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The CLU team gives the SCIAC a seventh program, which, per NCAA rules, means the champion earns an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Lacrosse has also gained a strong foothold over the past decade in CLU's immediate community, the Conejo Valley.
"The community, in lacrosse, has grown more and more over the years," Kuntz said. "We're at a place now where no matter the school, there's some really top coaches and top athletes."
All five Marmonte League schools have offered the sport for years and, beginning next year, another of the area's athletic leagues, the Coastal Canyon League, will begin league play.
Agoura is coached by Courtney Schneck, who grew up playing the sport on Long Island. Oaks Christian and Westlake have first-year coaches, Lyndsey Munoz and KC Emerson, who played goalie for Johns Hopkins and Stanford, respectively, after growing up with the sport in Maryland.
"This is an opportunity for us to have a place where some of those athletes who want to stay home and do something special in their community can do it in lacrosse," Kuntz said.
Mendez and her twin sister, Sarah, who both starred on the lacrosse field at La Reina High, were caught in a quandary during their senior years.
The sisters, who were both members of The Star's All-County girls lacrosse team, wanted to continue playing the sport they loved. They also wanted to attend CLU.
Since arriving on campus last year, they had tried to push for a CLU program, meeting with college officials and enquiring about starting a club program.
"I definitely did everything I thought I could do," said Mendez, who is spending this spring as an assistant coach at Oaks Christian. "So I'm emotional. I'm super excited and super hyped for this opportunity."
The area's most successful coach, former Agoura High coach Steve Omlor, actually played baseball at CLU.
"You look at the programs up where we are, like Agoura and Oak Park, and how much we've dominated and how many schools have added it over the past five years," Omlor said. "and I'm surprised it took this long.
"Cal Lu has all these dominating athletic programs. They've got all new facilities. It was definitely time."
CLU plans to go through the process of hiring its first coach this summer, according to Kuntz.
"The job will be posted really soon," Kuntz said.
The team will likely play their games on the North Field, which is adjacent to KCLU and the Los Angeles Rams football facility.
"That's the space that's available," Kuntz said.
Mendez will be a junior by the time the Regals play their inaugural season. Although she seems ready to grab her stick and take the field immediately.
"I'm still smiling," Mendez said. "It just feels amazing, knowing I'm going to get back into the game and doing what I love to do most."


Guys, sometimes I can't believe how much focusing on joy has been able to turn around my life. Even in simple things, like the things I see around me. Somehow, I end up snapping pictures all week long of beautiful vistas and plants. My iCloud storage has been full for weeks. I just keep snapping. This world is a beautiful place, lately. See for yourself.
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That house is super charming!
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Realm of the Dragon | Komodo Islands
When people think about travelling through South East Asia, you generally think they are talking about Thailand, Laos or Vietnam. But we often forget places like Indonesia, which hold a multitude of exotic destinations and diverse cultures. Its hidden beauty and unique inhabitants is what entice thousands of travellers to its shores each year. More specifically, travellers hauling large amounts of equipment, from the farthest reach just to experience what lies beneath the mysterious Komodo Islands.
Flying into one of the largest towns in Flores, Maumere situated approximately 800km east of Bali, I got my first glimpse of life in the region. Like in many parts of Asia, getting around is a matter of necessity and not necessarily a luxury. Small motor scooters lined the streets and moved around in a somewhat organised chaos. The larger vans transporting people from one destination to the next would honk their horn indicating for those on a scooter, now was the time to get out of the way. Good thing the port from which I was embarking was only minutes away from the airport, as I was certain that it was only a matter of time before I witnessed my first accident.
As we approached I could see a flurry of activity around the trading port. Ferries and local ships tied to the dock awaiting an array of cargo and passengers. In the midst of massive shards of metal was a picture of a bygone era. The ship was timeless, a cross between and old wooden sailing ship and a Balinese trading vessel, this Traditional Phinisi Schooner was spectacular to say the least. Upon closer inspections I could see the boat not only had character but a luxurious sense of style and comfort. Hand crafted wooden design, sturdy twin masts and large open decks that you could tell had stood the test of time. It screamed adventure on the high seas at its finest.
No sooner was I given permission to come aboard, than the trip leader decided that we should don our gear and get in the water. The agenda was to be a night dive under the pier. Later on I found that this was due to the port authorities making it difficult for us to leave and insisting on checking and rechecking paperwork, so we had some time to kill. I did find it strange at the time that the customs officials were moving around the boat with their families in tow as if it was a tour. But I was in no position to question their methods.
A night dive under the Maumere pier was my first taste of diving in Indonesia. After a long day, I wasn't too excited about jumping in the water where all the local ships docked. But I never miss an opportunity to experience something new, so this was not going to stop me. I was certain the dive was not going to live up to my expectations of what diving in this part of the world was meant to be. I was sceptical that I wouldn't find anything more than old cans, broken bottles, tires or remnants of an underwater junk yard.
I hit the water, an extremely comfortable 27 degrees and with torch in hand proceeded to follow the other beams of light into the depths. As expected, there was a lot of junk, but there was something more, a myriad of macro life teeming below. Lion fish, stone fish, nudibranch, cleaner shrimp and cuttlefish to name a few. Soon the images of junk subsided as I explored this underwater world. Further along two ship wrecks housed an eclectic range of fish and soft corals. I was excited about exploring these living organisms. Not far from the wrecks I could see the towering pylons that held the massive jetty together, an eerie sight as a flicker of light from the surface amongst a concrete labyrinth of dark was the only thing between me and what was emerging from the abyss.
Fish darted out from behind the structure, squid dazzled by the light, streaked towards the surface. It was a dance of light awakening the underwater creatures of the night. I kept thinking to myself that in one dive I had seen more critters than most dive trips I had been on over the years. Ironically I did not have the camera with me to capture the multitude of life but it was still a good memory nonetheless.
I was eager to find out what my journey to Komodo had to offer if this was the first day I knew the adventure was only beginning and the stories I would have to tell would be varied and unique for all the places I would visit along the way.
The crew consisted of about 22 people and would greet me each day with a smile and upon return to the boat after each dive with a 'High Five' to congratulate us on a dive well done. The one thing about diving on a live aboard is that you very rarely have to lift a finger. The staff takes care of your dive gear, your meals and your general well being. Our dive masters Nyoman and Bawa were experts in finding all sorts of marine life and didn't hesitate to tell me what the perfect photo opportunity was and how it should include them as the subject matter. But what could I say, they are so positive and eager to please that I knew it was one of those things that I would remember most about the trip.
In between dives we are fed substantial amounts of food I can only assume to keep our energy levels high for the dives ahead. But I really didn't think I was going to lose any weight on this trip, because I definitely wasn't dispersing too much energy on any of these dives. But I guess it was only the beginning of the trip and who knew what was in store.
The dive schedule ran like clockwork, an 8am, 11am, 3pm and night dive were what we aimed to fit in everyday, but it was always dependent on what part of the islands we were near and how good the weather was on the day. The first dive site was in a place called Raja Island and was a spectacular wall of coral and sea fans climbing up the side of the wall creating an extrusion of colour and shapes. A huge number of fish swimming around the structures only highlighted the beauty of the reef and how pristine this area had managed to remain.
I have always loved being in the water with large marine animals but I had a new found appreciate for the macro world. There are countless critters in this part of the world that represent a range of different species. I found myself becoming more intrigued by each dive. I guess when you have people that know what they are looking for it opens your mind to all the things that can be experienced beneath the waves.
We were on a tight schedule to get to the Komodo islands as this was where we were promised some of the best diving in Indonesia. But I was also excited to see the mysterious Komodo Dragons that ruled the Islands with their fierce reputation. I knew there was more to see but I was hoping an encounter with a prehistoric lizard would be adrenalin pumping.
Another day, just on the edge of the Komodo National Park boundary, saw a number of interesting dive sites. We explored an area called Sobayan between two small Islands. The water was a sapphire blue and the visibility was ideal for a morning dive. Gigantic parrot fish grazed the coral like cattle and the odd turtle would glide by in no real rush to get anywhere. A spotted stingray decided to take a sneak peak from beneath it's crevice but just as quickly scurried back in to its hiding place.
As the sun went down the large creatures made way for the nocturnal scavengers that peruse the ocean floor. Shrimp, crabs, squid and other night dwellers were performing their evening ritual of cleaning and searching for food. Beams of light all focussed on the smallest of small creatures. However the lights also attracted a number of other unwanted visitors. The water was crawling with microscopic worms or shrimp like creatures that were taking a bight out of me as I ascended to the surface, wherever the lights appeared so did these little vultures. It was like someone had thrown a swarm of mosquitoes on my neck and they were enjoying the buffet of soft tissue. The obvious thing to do was turn of the light, but floating in pitch black in the middle of the ocean is not always a wise move, no sooner was I at the surface and our trusty crew were there to rescue me from the carnivorous critters. I lived to fight another day.
We headed south into the Komodo National Park, I was excited to be here and was hoping for a rare treat. Little did I know that when I woke the next morning not only were we in a new location but we had made anchor only 50 metres from where three Komodo dragons were patrolling the beach looking for food I suspect, and any food source would do. After our first dive we took the tenders across to the beach for a closer look. And these 3 metre, 70 kilogram, prehistoric lizards did not hesitate to come and investigate our intrusion on their beach. Approaching with some pace these ancient looking creatures with sharp claws seemed to show no fear. For a first encounter I was quite impressed with their overwhelming presence. But I knew we would get another opportunity to get up close and personal with these living dinosaurs again soon.
Finally, a night dive before dinner would wrap up day four in Komodo. Ironically the thing about night diving is that you are usually looking for the smallest critters under the cover of dark, with nothing more than a torch in hand. Definitely not an easy task, I was used to looking for big creatures in crystal clear waters during the day. But I had started to adapt to this routine and was eager to participate, well at least to extent of looking at some fascinating creatures in this micro cosmos.
We were heading south towards the port on Komodo Island to register the boat and do the paperwork required to enter the National Park. This was our opportunity to check out what was on offer in these parts while waiting for the go ahead to proceed further into the National Park. Upon our arrival we were greeted by a number of small boats with at least 20 people trying to sell wares and handicrafts, they literally climbed on to the rails of the boat and eagerly awaited our return from our scheduled dive.
This morning was the day we were set to do the Dragon walk on the main Island of Komodo (Loh Liang). We were scheduled for an 8am tour which consisted of a guide taking us for a walk around the Island. As we walked up to the information centre we were immediately confronted by three lazy Komodo Dragons and a large number of long tail Macaques. Rogue monkeys that roamed the island causing havoc. We started our walk up a path towards the top of a hill, and no sooner were we on our way when we had to make way for one of the Islands resident predators walking down the same path. There was not even a second thought about who had right of way as we urgently got out of its way. The dragon continued down the path peacefully and we continue our search for more dragons on other parts of the Island.
As we started down the hill towards a watering hole, we could see deer in the distance and dragons lurking high on the hills. Further into the creek we found a large water buffalo taking a drink and cooling down in a muddy bath. Around every corner we saw signs of life or were they just a food source for the dragons. The ranger mentioned that a buffalo had been attacked by a dragon and had taken 3 weeks to die. The dragons tracked the Buffalo until it collapsed and then they ate the carcass in a matter of days. They may only look like giant lizards, but the bacteria in their saliva can slowly kill you if you are unfortunate enough to get bitten.
We were now heading north where the water was warm and the reefs were quite healthy. We were eager to get back in the water after a long trek in the scorching sun around Rinca Island. This dive would prove quite spectacular with amazing tropical fish and an abundance of turtles along the reef. We had spent a lot of time in the south in search of small critters and now we were moving into an area where I was hoping to see Manta Rays and sharks.
I was told that it wasn't the season for Manta Rays and we may not see them unless the currents were right and we weren't in the right dive location. So you can imagine my excitement when, on a dive, known for its large schools of fish and soft corals, all of a sudden a giant Manta Ray with a 3 metre wing span came out of the blue right up behind one of my fellow divers. I could hardly contain myself and I headed towards this flying leviathan as it gracefully moved through the current. It was spectacular to see such an amazing creature up close. I literally followed this Manta for most of the dive and only discontinued the pursuit because I was low on air, but it was well worth the risk. It was the highlight of my day or even the entire trip. Once back on the boat I was speechless but with a smile on my face.
The sunset was exquisite as a red hazy sun slowly descended behind a volcano in the distance. The only lights that could be seen were the stars above and the flood lights on our boat below. The lights on the water often draw a number of small fish, blood worms and various other microscopic creatures. These tend to be a food source for other predators including larger fish. On returning from a night dive that evening, we were greeted by several Mobula or Devil Rays, which look remarkably similar to Manta's only a lot smaller. They were skimming the surface of the water for food and made continued passes directly below our gangway. A group of seven rays would glide by below just breaking the surface as they took a mouthful of food.
I jumped in the water with my mask, snorkel and fins to see if I could watch this behaviour from a Devils eye view so to speak. It was amazing to watch the seven rays make a pass like a squadron of fighter planes, coordinated in an attack, but in this case it was a feeding assault on thousands of tiny creatures. I didn't last too long in the water as the smaller creatures started to make their own attack on my bare exposed skin. So I decided to watch the rest of the action from the deck of the boat.
Muck diving is not really a term I had a lot of knowledge about until I came to Indonesia. I really got a good grasp of the concept in a place called Sangeang Island, which is a dormant volcano. The volcano is relatively inactive, but there are signs of volcanic activity below the surface. The black sand beaches around the island, was our proposed dive site. As we descended we could see streams of bubbles being expelled from the black sand below. The heat from the volcano deep below the surface was creating these hot streams of water. You could feel the distinct temperature change as I passed my hand across the stream of bubbles. It was another example of nature's power.
The nutrient rich waters around the volcano have created an environment where fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods thrive. A place where the smallest of the small dominate the landscape. These types of places are ideal for night diving when creatures you would not normally find in the day are overwhelmingly present at night. On any given outing I came to expect sightings of octopus, decorator crabs, frog fish and many other rare species that I knew little about. It was like being in a marine biology class and seeing all the specimens alive and demonstrating their tell tale behaviours.
Over the period of my stay in Komodo, I came to appreciate night diving even more and looked forward to what we would find each evening as the sun went down. I had a few favourites that I was always eager to find including, octopus, crabs or shrimp in anemones, small cuttlefish and anything bizarre which I had not seen before, this however was most things but I was learning more about these tiny critters as each night dive went by.
Diving in Indonesia is about finding the small and interesting things that dwell beneath. I now had an appreciation for the multitude of different types of species and the diversity that could be seen in these waters. A whole new fascinating world had been open up to me and I wanted to tell everyone. The short amount of time I spent in Indonesia left me with one recurring thought, 'I am inspired by the smallest of creatures living in the largest of oceans'.

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HomeFake Bomb Detectors Finally Banned in Iraq
Fake Bomb Detectors Finally Banned in Iraq
After years of equipping important security checkpoints throughout Iraq with non-functioning bomb detectors, the Iraqi government has finally banned their use. According to an ABC News story, "For nearly a decade, anyone driving through one of Baghdad's many checkpoints was subjected to a search by a soldier pointing a security wand at their vehicle and watching the device intently to see if its antenna moved.
If it pointed at the car, it had supposedly detected a possible bomb. The wands were completely bogus. It had been proven years ago, even before 2013 when two British men were convicted in separate trials on fraud charges for selling the detectors." The wand devices, marketed under various names including ADE651 and GT200, were not faulty nor defective; they were completely useless.
They had no working electronics in them that could detect bombs or anything else. The device has only one moving part, an antenna-like piece of metal that freely swivels, supposedly detecting explosive and other materials. The devices, which have been compared to dowsing rods, were sold for up to $40,000 each in lucrative government contracts eventually totalling $60 million.
Despite clear evidence that the bomb detectors were fake—ranging from fraud convictions to warnings by the U.S. military—many remained in use for years, not only in Baghdad but around the country. Corruption and complacency played a role, and it wasn't until July 3 that the catastrophic toll of these fraudulent devices became too obvious to ignore. That was the day that a massive suicide bombing killed almost 300 people.
According to ABC News, "Officials say the explosives-laden minibus used in the July 3 attack... would have encountered at least half a dozen checkpoints, most of which likely used the wand. Investigators say the vehicle carried a 250-kilogram (550-pound) bomb." The devices have been used in other countries including Mexico and Niger; reporters for Reuters discovered them being used recently at checkpoints in volatile regions of Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt.
Before we get too smug about the silliness of bogus security measures in the Third World, it's important to note that airport security in the United States (as administered by the Transportation Safety Administration or TSA) operates largely on just this sort of self-deception. As "The Wire" noted, "the TSA's main purpose isn't security so much as 'Security Theater,' or the appearance of safety."
The TSA's security measures (detecting weapons and bombs specifically, using proven technology) have failed undercover tests about 95 percent of the time, making them arguably only marginally better than the bogus devices which will "detect" a few potential threats by random chance. Ironically the devices—though demonstrably worthless—could still conceivably make checkpoints at least slightly more secure.
That's because they can serve as a psychological deterrent, just as fake (or non-functioning) convenience store video cameras make potential shoplifters and robbers think twice. Bogus and counterfeit products are common in the marketplace, ranging from herbal supplements and olive oil to cheese and fish.
Usually the damage to the consumer is financial—paying top dollar for cheap substitutes sold as high-quality products, for example—but sometimes the fraud can be a matter of life or death. There is no way to know exactly how many innocent lives these bogus bomb detectors cost, but one life is too many.
By Ben Radford


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Adam Izhan 1 year old & Welcome to Toddlerhood!
Happy 1 year my deary baby 👶🏻 Adam Izhan. My Lil baby is a toddler already. Officially we as parent entering toddlerhood phase. This turning year happens so fast and time flies with my unrealize goes by. It feels just like yesterday I was delivering my baby.
And now he is 1 year old now. I do missing moments when Adam is newborn. Smell like heaven and fresh from my womb. What a wonderful feeling that I would never ever forget. My first born from my womb.
Turning 1 year is just a number😌. Mommy still babying you. Hahaha.
When someone asks me why you still calling your son 'baby'? Your son is a toddler now. I just smile away and said he's always gonna be my baby 👶🏻 🌸 and make him be mommies boy haha.
You can say mommy is hard 😂 to accept the fact that.. Adam is growing to be a Lil boy, teenager and a fine man one day..Aminn Inshaallah.
Mommi feels little sad when daddy is not around to celebrate Adam's very first 1-year born day. Mommi really hopes that daddi can make it happen on Adam's next birthday.


Casa Estrelas is a wooden guest house for a maximum of 3 persons. This little chalet a situated in the shadows of the surrounding forest. It consists of one big double bedroom, a smaller single bedroom and a bathroom. The covered porch provides a stunning view over the valley and mountains of Spain. The pool, lounge house and outdoor kitchen / barbecue are complementary. Bedding and linens are provided.


Time also has a framing role in The Wild Party, shot soon after Autobiography of a Princess. It has a curious history, having been inspired by a blank-verse narrative poem of 1926 by Joseph Moncure March about a disastrous Greenwich Village party given by a vaudeville comic in his walk-up apartment. The lyricist Walter Marks saw in it the idea for a musical film, with the setting changed to Hollywood at the end of the silent-movie era. Shortly after the project was brought to Edgar Lansbury and Joseph Beruh, producers of Godspell and other Broadway musicals, Walter Marks's brother Peter discussed it with Ivory and mentioned that a director was needed. It was in this way that Ivory, as director, and Merchant, as coproducer with Lansbury and Beruh, were brought in. An important change was made in the script on which Ivory and Marks collaborated: the musical became a drama with music.


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I have configured dhcp server in Linux with mandatory options like routers,subnet mask,tftp server name,range,etc... and optional parameters like domain,dns etc.... But now i would like to know how we configure option 122 or 177 and their sub options in Linux?
Can i configure all options in windows DHCP server in Linux as well?
Pffff, I dunno?? The amount of options is incredible, so I never got round to a side by side comparison But kidding aside, DHCP is platform agnostic. It's a protocol. What you probably mean to ask is whether your application of the protocol offers the same options.
That's hard to say without knowing which application you use. I use dnsmasq, and that is a general DNS/DHCP/PXE/TFTP all-in-one. It's pretty flexible, but doesn't have the same amount of options as for example a dedicated dhcpcd (where 'd' is for daemon).
So can you tell us what you are using for your server, and which distro you are running it on?
I really don't know what this is. A quick google left me only vaguely able to tie this in to the DHCP mechanism. But I take it it is security related, and leaning on Kerberos autentification? Hmmmm, do you have more info on that??
First of all, I am new to linux so cannot explain much about it. DHCP is a service which we install on Linux right. so I have installed it and configured parameters required for a cable modem to come online. The option required for CM to come online are the same one's which I mentioned in my first post.
I have dhcp and tftp. To explain about option 122 or 177, we need to have prior knowledge of eMTA (embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter). Do you have idea abt the eMTA?
As I require dhcp,tftp and dns (and optn 177 too), i will check out dnsmasq once and let you know.
Sorry couldn't check the links you have given. Will check them tomorrow and let you know.
Today i tried configuring options but when I restart dhcpd service then it was throwing error saying space is not defined.
The links which you gave mostly talk about the RFC of option 122 and its sub options and not how to configure them.
I'm afraid this error of yours I cannot explain without more knowledge of your configs.
But also the system we're talking about is to specialistic. I have no first hand experience with it. That said, there's a great deal of information, specially about option 122, found here.
It does seem that searching for option 122 yields more results than searching for 177. But at this stage I'm afraid I'm no longer helping, just guessing unhindered by first hand experience.
I'm sorry, unless anyone else has something prudent to add you may have better chances at a more specialized forum. Good luck!
Of course, if you have any questions about the Linux side of things don't hesitate to ask.


As part of The Art of Bots showcase, Emma Winston presented the Graphic Score Bot.
Graphic Score Bot, originally a Twitter bot posting hourly images, and adapted for live use specifically for this event, generates graphic musical scores in the style of modernist composers Xenakis or Stockhausen, which are interpreted live by a human performer using a variety of noise-making instruments, devices, and props. During The Art of Bots, the performer will, at times, be accompanied by a second layer of automation in the form of drones or beats provided by generative music software Noatikl. No two performances featuring the bot will ever be entirely alike, and the style and sound of the live pieces is informed as much by the given performer's taste, abilities, and available equipment as by the bot's on-screen scores. The resultant musical works represent a true joint effort between human and machine.
Emma Winston is a PhD student, musician and artist based in London, UK. She makes synthpop (as Deerful), sound art, and Twitter bots (of which the best-known is The Tiny Gallery), and Graphic Score Bot is her attempt to create a synthesis between them. She is particularly interested in how automation and limitation can be used as inspirational tools, and in rediscovering playfulness in creativity. When not making things herself, she researches identity, community and creativity amongst ukulele groups at Goldsmiths, University of London.


Lots of alligators and birds. Our Captain, Sami was very passionate and knowledgeable about the lake and the wildlife. This made for a very authentic experience and a good break from the theme parks.
Had a great time. Guide was great. Would do it again. Gator tacos were good too!
We had a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. I have taken two other central Florida Airboat rides and this is my current favorite.
Would recommend getting the speaker headsets to hear the captain. Everything else was great.
Captain Sam is the best. She is so excited about the wildlife that is was infectious! We had such a great tour! Can't wait to come again!!!


For those who are so afflicted, a good place to start is the realization of how insidious and dangerous it is. Procrastination ruins careers, pocketbooks, marriages. It saps energy and hinders creativity. I'm not going to go into its causes this time, but I will show you how to get it under control. So debilitating is procrastination, so difficult to overcome, that it requires a minor religion.
First, you need a symbol. This symbol is the circle. The circle means that you can start any process at any point on a circle. This is a basic principle — there's no single spot in the book where it says "start." You need to pin the circle on the wall over by your colour-wheel.
Then you need a statement of faith: "There is always now," is one of the most holy. It should be printed out big and hung on your easel. "Do it now," and "Simply begin," are others. I think the best are where you put your own spin on your statements.
Then you need a prayer. This is not to ask for a special dispensation from a higher power — it's an affirmation of intention and commitment.
Then you need a retreat. For most of us it's right here in our studios. We artists have a deep need to become one with our work — unsullied, un-tempted, unspotted and uninterrupted. Incidentally, genuine contemplation-time is not procrastination. It's a part of working. When you are properly in retreat your work grabs you.
Finally you need an anthem. "Start" can be simply when you turn on the radio — or it can be favourite canned music. Music that encourages marching or dancing is good — it stirs the blood. Incidentally, when you turn the music off — you can be off as well. You're outta here. One day at a time.
This letter was originally published as "There is always now" on June 25, 2004.
Words fail to completely describe the level of appreciation I feel for having invited your correspondence into my life. Thank you, the combination of you and your Dad's articulation of spirit, brought about by living these inspirations, is clear and powerful.
This reminder of the moment and, one day at a time, are very near and dear.
I love that instructions to help remedy are included. I certainly know the symptoms, but to also have some different flight instructions to apply is brilliant.
Thank you Sara and Robert!
Sending bright wishes to all, it is lovely that we are all in this together, be well.
I feel the same as Shellee. I wish these letters could interest all my art friends. they are so practical and therefore inspiring. thank you again and again.
Since I retired some years ago, I've had mixed results on this issue. Robert's checklist is somewhat familiar. My 'Start' is the radio, as he suggests. CBC Radio 2. Classical all morning with no commercials. I have my 'Retreat' well-organized and I'm practically an 'urban hermit'. I do not engage in 'Prayer' – as a 'lapsed Catholic', I don't believe in gods. I already have 'Circles' adorning my walls from a variety of sources, including a bicycle wheel without a tire and a clock without a minute-hand. If there's a 'Statement of Faith', it might be the card from my chiropractor which says: Expect Miracles. This is pinned to my door, on the inside, so is only visible when I'm going outside, which I must do shortly. I'm in need of some materials from the nearby Art & Graphics shop. Browsing there always gives me a few ideas and helps to combat the persistent mantra that I can't always ignore: Why put off untill today what you could have put off untill tomorrow?
The card from the chiropractor is the best nudge of all. It's like finding the story to write — not hard when you start to see stories under every roof and bush. Expect miracles and you shunt into another zone, from the everyday to wonder and sharp awareness. Lists are fine if they work for you. But breathless anticipation, belief that something great can come from very little, is art's catalyst.
Wow! Your father was such a wonderful painter. I love his subject matter and compositions, so diverse.
This spring I am finally feeling myself after 3 weeks recovering from the flu. Working on paintings as I normally do from early morning until late at night everyday, these three long weeks of laying around with barely enough energy to get out of bed makes for a lot of concern for how I am ever going to get back on track. I recently found a faded note dated over 25 years ago to myself that I kept in a journal. It was a list, to my then stressed-out type A artist personality. I was giving myself important permission to not feel guilty.
I was to have whole days of walking in the flower gardens I had created. I was to consciously take time to walk slower, eat slower, chew, chew, chew, tasting each bite, time to take care of my pets, grooming them, playing with them. Some days were to be spent cleaning, getting into corners, dusting the precious treasures I have inherited and collected over the years, appreciating each of them for their beauty, or letting them go. Whole days of spending quality time with friends, sharing a cup of tea. Although I have done all these things, time had put me back on that racehorse, but when I was forced to slow down I found that list. What synchronicity. I once again had permission from that younger self to still live all those moments of my life without guilt. Suddenly I see a painting nearby, it is asking me to give it 2 hours of my time. Just enough. Always enough. That is an affirmation that carries me beyond this world and into an eternity of plenty.
Sara and DAD somewhere up in the ethers of ART Space: Once again I stopped by to urge me forward….and you were there…..much as my Grandmother did when I was young…..your message today is….get going woman DO IT NOW… no more dragging your brushes out and there they lay. NO MORE JUST thinking……. GET UP, Take that Brush, DIP it in the paint AND DELIVER the best example of your skills ——–DO IT NOW!
My problem is not starting paintings but finishing them. I've always said the trick is knowing when to stop. That seems to be more troublesome lately.
I have just used "Melissa" as the wallpaper for my iPod lock screen. A beautiful reminder in a place where buttons can count for minutes lost or redeemed in my day.
When I remember God I am ready to play.
Thank you, Sara! Your Dad is appreciated by so many artists. Love all the letters and fellow artist responses.
Funny thing about lists…..I've noticed myself writing down my accomplishments at the end of the day instead of writing a list of what needs to be done. Might be worth a try for someone else.
I like Michael Jackson for my marching music!
I think this is the first time I have seen your father's figure paintings they are as wonderful as his landscapes!!
Re. procrastination, I have just received a gift of a large A3 bag to carry my painting gear in. It is white and has written on it in large. black, capital letters "SHUT UP AND PAINT". Good advice, so I do!!
"….the creative mind is not always ordered – nor is it always desirable to be so. The creator needs merely to keep going…." YES! Thanks for that! Order is good, but too much order can be as bad as none at all, sapping the spontaneity out of everyday life and art itself. This coming from someone (myself) who struggles constantly to free himself from the shackles of too much order, always trying to put things in place before I get started, and then never getting started, or waiting for just the right moment and the right moment never asrives. This article is very helpful. Thank you. Peace and love to you always.
I did know know your dad did portraits! These two are gorgeous! I love "In a Moscow Cafe." In fact, I'd love to see it in person someday!
Once again, this "writer" forgets to proofread. I meant "I did NOT know" he did portraits!
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today about old industrial businesses on Rock Island Street, a quaint one-block lane tucked between the Trinity River levee and Lamar Street a mile due south of downtown. Several businesses there are fighting to keep City Hall from zoning them out of existence in deference to the Trinity River project, and it looks as if they may win their case at council.
Thompson's piece is a fair-minded , well-rounded story with color and character, turning a bone-dry topic -- zoning -- into a compelling little narrative. I guess I feel compelled to say something, because I so often use this space as a flail against The News for just the opposite kind of journalism; maybe there should be some acknowledgment when they manage to get it right.
What makes Thompson's story all the more poignant is the perfect example on the editorial page of the same edition of the pissed-off frat-boy voice of The News when it comes to anything that interferes, in the paper's view, with its beloved Trinity River Project, a hopelessly screwed up billion-dollar boondoggle designed to enhance the real estate interests of the people who own the paper.
In this case the editorial, written by one Tod Robberson, is a strident attack on, among other businesses, Orr-Reed Wrecking, an architectural salvage yard that is a favorite haunt of young couples -- and a person who lives in my house -- re-doing old houses themselves and decorator-designers looking for a certain look. The editorial comes about a millimeter shy of calling Orr-Freed and a couple other businesses along Rock Island terrorists ("A VIRTUAL RIVERSIDE BOMB!!!!) (exclamation mark and caps added).
Their sin? They have been lobbying the council to spare them from a unilateral Draconian re-zoning intended to put them out of business because their presence is considered offensive to the design of the Trinity River Project. In fact -- get this -- the editorial argues seriously that these long-established and privately held businesses should be eradicated because during the winter, when leaves have fallen, the sight of these businesses might be offensive to trail-walkers on the top of the levees, should a trail ever be placed there.
This absolutely fruitcake argument passes over the fact that the whole Trinity River Project is in the crapper because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decreed that the existing levees are decrepit to the point of worthlessness, imposing serious risk to life and property. People walking on trails when the leaves have fallen? How about some urgency for the possibility of baby carriages and old folks washing down the river when the levee blows?
Ah, but stop me. No, that's not how we started here today. The point is that today's Morning News is a huge departure from the newspaper we saw during the 2007 referendum on the river project, when even the poor sods who normally write the Captain-Billy's-Whiz-Bang columns on the Metro front were required to toe the company line and attack critics of the project as if they were Taliban. Today's Morning News is better.
We are left, nonetheless, wondering how much more money, treasure and inflammatory rhetoric will be wasted on the Trinity River Project before we admit as a city that most of it, especially the toll road, was the single dumbest idea in the history of Dallas.
A step at a time.


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Platycerium madagascariense - waffles and dream
The Tastiest type of Waffle!
Developing shield frond on a young Madagascan dwarf staghorn fern, Platycerium madagascariense.
Platycerium madagascariense is a remarkable and very sought-after staghorn fern species occurring mostly as a branch epiphyte restricted to the remaining premontane wet forests of eastern and northern Madagascar. At least one tongue-twisting local name for it has been documented and annotated on an herbarium sheet at a US botanical garden; "Ramandrakotra". It is, broadly-speaking, one of the more cool-growing "rare" staghorn fern species since it originates at elevations from about 1,300-3,900'/400-1,200 m in nature. It is also the smallest staghorn species or hybrid when mature (~22"/55 cm across fertile frond span), which makes it especially interesting to space-constrained small garden or apartment growers. It also offsets freely, even in youth, which distinguishes it from many other commercially-valuable platyceriums.
A pair of wooden basket-mounted Platycerium madagascariense offsetting vigorously 18 months after transplant.
This species is extremely popular among tropical fern growers in the EU, Asia and the US despite a rather mixed past record in cultivation. Recently, its availability in the ornamental trade has increased exponentially when compared to the the limited, mostly wild accessions that made their way to market in the 1980s-90s. Both spore-grown plants and established clonal offsets are now readily available from staghorn fern specialists and online nurseries that deal in rare tropical ornamental plants. A number of man-made hybrids are also occasionally available from some nurseries and hobbyist sellers, including crosses with P. elephantotis (Erawan), P. alcicorne ex-Madagascar (two named hybrids; Dawboy and Larry Weed), P. quadridichotomum (Harry Luther), P. andinum (Roy Vail) and P. alcicorne ex-Africa (Horne's Surprise). There are also a few spontaneous hybrids involving an unknown second parent, such as Durval Nunes (although allegedly another cross x P quadridichotum). At least one of these hybrids are now available as starts from micropropagation in Taiwan and Thailand (P. Erawan 'Emerald Queen').
As higher quality, artificially-propagated P. madagascariense make their way into horticulture, more growers are experiencing success maintaining this species in their collections over the long-term. Early accessions were reputed to be very delicate and slow-growing, which fostered a narrative that this very desirable fern species was exceptionally challenging or nigh impossible in cultivation. In spite of recent successes, it continues to have a reputation for being delicate with some nurserymen and growers. But, as images here demonstrate, with intermediate environmental conditions and plenty of good-quality water, some clones can be very vigorous and attain large sizes (for the species) from very small offsets in time spans comparable to those required to produce specimen-sized plants of the more common staghorn fern species. Plants from spore are far slower than those started from 2"/5 cm pups from rhizomes, taking from five to eight years to mature depending on cultural conditions.
Shield frond and spore-bearing patch detail on specimen plant
Platycerium madagascariense thrives under very bright, humid, "cool tropical" and intermediate conditions. My observations, both at my home in Guatemala and in a central coastal California greenhouse, indicates that it can be grown successfully alongside P. ridleyi and other sometimes delicate staghorn fern species if the temperature is not kept too high for prolonged periods. In my experience in both countries, these ferns are unfazed by brief dips into the 40s F/8 C and pops to highs into the 90s F/35 F. Unlike P.ridleyi, the root mass of P. madagascariense should not be allowed to dry out for any prolonged period of time. Feeding should be frequent but consistently low dose to avoid marginal burn on the fronds. Most soluble orchid fertilizers designed to be drench or spray fed are up to the task at labeled rates. High quality water, with low TDS (i.e. rain, distilled, RO/RODI, etc.) is required to succeed with this species. Well-grown adult plants should hold between two to five fertile fronds in good condition. I establish offsets in NZ sphagnum in 4"/10 pots, then transfer to tree fern mounts when the first fertile fronds are produced by the young plants. Unlike other members of this genus, I find that it does not grow well on cork plaques. Redwood mounts are used by some growers with apparent success.
Spore-grown greenhouse recruits of Platycerium madagascariense in California.
Its primary pests are mealybugs that often congregate around the meristem where they can be difficult to detect at first. Control is straightforward, but emerging fronds should be checked with some frequency to avoid mealies or aphid activity producing deformed new growths. Occasional free-riders can be taken care of before they invite friends and family over with rubbing alcohol and water at 1:1, applied with a fine watercolor brush.
Many fern collectors have noted the remarkable convergence between the channeled appearance of the shield fronds of the two Platycerium species that are currently accepted as being myrmecophytic; P. madagascariense and the tropical SE Asian native, P. ridleyi. While they are not particularly closely-related, it is tempting to speculate that these attractive shield fronds, whose morphology is unique in the genus, provide a kind of ready-made home or pathways for ants, much as is evident in the channeled interiors of the domatia of other ant ferns.
Famed Sobralia orchid breeder and author ("The Orchid Whisperer") Bruce Rogers pointing out one of the author's flowering Cymbidiella rhodochila with attendant staghorns, May 2019. Note one of the new inflorescences growing right to left just at the brim of his hat.
Where this species of staghorn fern and the red-lipped cymbidiella (Cymbidiella pardalina), a large-growing and showy-flowered orchid, occur in sympatry in east-central Madagascar they normally form a mutualistic relationship together with ants. I have not been able to determine what ant genera are associated with these two plant species, but it is commonly noted by botanists who have collected them. Since the fern has a much wider distribution and elevational range than the orchid (which appears to be restricted to ~1,950-2,600'/600-800 m), there are large swaths of eastern and northern Madagascar where they presumably do not co-exist. A careful online search for images of Platycerium madagascariense will reveal at least a couple of in situ photos of the fern growing as a branch epiphyte on high trees, absent the orchid. There are published reports that also link this species to the Madagascan (and East African) mimosa, Albizia gummifera that, as a canopy tree, is also known to host ants as well as P. elephantotis and P. stemaria elsewhere in its range on the African mainland. The orchid is very attractive both in and out of flower (lime green is a rare color in orchid blooms), with healthy pseudobulbs to 6"/15 cm and strap-like leaves to a yard/meter in length.
Some botanical gardens and private growers have experimented with mounts combining these two very attractive Malagasy plant species for display purposes. I set up two such mounts in 10"/25 cm net pots during the summer of 2015 using young mature plants of both species. Hanging in a warm, humid but well-ventilated greenhouse, both very quickly grew to mature sizes. Due to recent requests for divisions of these plants from clients, I decided to break up one of the mounts recently (August 2018) and found that the roots of the orchid had completely infiltrated the nest fronds of the ferns, and that the fern rhizomes had completely infiltrated the orchid's root mass and growing media in the net pot both were planted in. The orchids were seed-grown siblings and plant growth in both mounts was almost identical.
Mature Platycerium madagascariense showing how roots from a Cymbidiella pardalina have completely infiltrated its rood mass and dead leaf tissue behind the shield fronds.
For longer-term displays, I would definitely recommend planting in larger baskets (12-14"/30-35 cm) or mounting a large tree fern or manzanita log, to minimize the need for frequent root disturbance. Above, I have shown two images of a recently-established mount (taken April 2019) on a 10"/25 slat basket using three starts; one mature and two small offsets. This mount is six months old and should be completely covered by the ferns on both sides in another year.
I have included several photos showing the breakup of the mount and subsequent plant material derived from the planting after three years. Note that a number of fern offsets had been harvested from the mount in the 18 months prior to its breakup, so it can pup prolifically under optimum conditions.
Mature plants of both fern and orchid species grown together in an 8"/20 cm net pot for three years. May 2018.
I highly recommend that growers with enough space to display this very interesting example of mutualism do so when the opportunity to obtain plant material avails itself. In lieu of growing the partnership due to space limitations or a lack of interest in this particular orchid, the fern alone is a fantastic addition to any ornamental plant collection that can attend to its requirements.
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Several mature Madagascan staghorn ferns and assorted pups removed from the display mount shown and discussed above. Note the dense rhizome mass on the lower right with multiple offsets sprouting from this clump
Microgrammas - New World Snakeferns
Exotica Esoterica April 15, 2019
Tropical Filmy Ferns & Danaea species
Exotica Esoterica August 3, 2018


The Roman Ruffle Blouse seen here in silk POLKADOT is the descendant of the ever popular Fifth Avenue Blouse. It is still as glamorous as its Hollywood predecessor, just with a little more tailoring for a refined fit.
SOLD OUT in Polkadot but there a variety of other fabrics and prints available.
The Simonetta Pencil Skirt seen here in BLACK CHECK/birds, with pocket detailing and two tastefully cut front splits is made from a stretch cotton and cut with precision to contour your curves. Available in other colours and prints.
This is where vintage aesthetics meets the modern age.


Louth County Council finally adopted their draft budget late on Sunday evening following two failed attempts earlier in the week. Councillors had initially rejected the budget put forward by Chief Executive Joan Martin with the proposed 20c increase in pay parking the main bone of contention for a number of councillors.
Councillors had been told by Joan Martin on a number of occasions this year that the 2019 budget would be tough as there was a significant shortfall in the council's funds. She said she anticipated making cuts of €1 million in discretionary areas such as funding for community groups, tidy towns and libraries. Her appeal to increase the Local Property Tax rate was also rejected by councillors.
Councillors were also told that they were legally obliged to pass a budget and if they failed to do so then the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy could potentially remove them from office.
The initial meeting took place three weeks ago and when asked to vote on the draft budget councillors rejected it by 19 votes to 7 with 26 out of 28 councillors voting on the issue.
Having initially rejected that budget councillors met up again last Wednesday but once again they failed to adopt the budget with just five councillors voting in favour of passing it. Nineteen councillors rejected it while three abstained from the vote.
Councillors met again on Sunday afternoon and after a lengthy debate and many arguments the budget was finally passed. After a vote the councillors were split on 14-14 but chairman Liam Reilly used his casting vote to pass the budget.
The main sticking point for councillors in Dundalk had been the proposal to hike pay parking rates up to €1.20 from €1. After much toing and froing councillors finally agreed to meet the council half way and rubber stamp a 10c increase which will bring the rate of Pay Parking to €1.10. Pay Parking in Drogheda will also be €1.10, a reduction of 10c.
Speaking after the meeting Cllr Maria Doyle stated that the meeting had been fractious at times but noted that she along with the majority of councillor were happy that the pay parking rates didn't increase by 20c.
"It was a very forthright meeting with both councillors and council officials expressing their views. We had rejected the budget twice before Sunday as we felt that it wasn't fair and one of the main sticking points was the proposal to hike pay parking rates by 20c. With Brexit on the horizon I did not want to see that increase come in and in the end we managed to half the proposed hike.
"It's been a tough budget to pass and unfortunately we can only look at a tiny portion of it to suggest changes and give our own ideas. Most of it is set in stone by law. Unfortunately Louth County Council are near the bottom of the list in the country for rate collection and rent and that has contributed to a severe shortfall in County funds," stated Maria.


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Chinese Opera Inspires Room Design at Santa Grand Hotel Lai Chun Yuen
by Alison Cavatore
Image: Santa Grand Hotels
Santa Grand Hotels just opened their Lai Chun Yuen property and the inspiration for the boutique hotel's design came from a piece of Singaporean history in the form of an early 19th century Chinese opera.
Santa Grand Hotels has eight properties in their portfolio, including two new properties they recently opened in Singapore. Officially opened this month, the Santa Grand Hotel Lai Chun Yuen property takes its name from an 1887 theater located in Singapore's Chinatown. Lai Chun Yuen theater was an extremely popular Chinese opera theater, which was originally designed in the style of a Chinese teahouse. It is a prominent landmark where patrons used to sit around small tables sipping tea while opera singers performed on stage. Wealthier patrons were privy to private cubicles where they enjoyed personalized services. In 1941, Lai Chun Yuen theater was converted into a cinema, however it did not survive the Japanese occupation. Today, full opera performances are rare but cultural and musical performances are sometime held here.
Image: Chinese Opera courtesy of ygblog4
Taking its design inspiration from the Chinese opera, Santa Grand Hotel's new property features red, white and black-themed rooms, corresponding to Chinese opera face-painting techniques. Named after the roles played by the actors in the opera, rooms available at the hotel are labeled "Warrior," "Scholar" and "Majestic". Rates start around $110.
Hotel facilities include: LCD TVs, complimentary Wi-Fi, business center, laundry and dry cleaning services, shuttle bus service, a lounge and a bar. It is located in the heart of the Chinatown district within close proximity to the city center, local metro station and a less than 20 minutes drive away from the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort, Orchard Road and Universal Studio.
Source: Hotel Chatter
CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION AND THE PEGGY SIEGAL COMPANY
By Ashley Joy Parker
Miami City Ballet Presents its Second Program of the Season
By Regina Arriola Cauff


Our sales team will be able to tell you everything you need to know about the development and the individual house types that we are offering for sale. They will be able to guide you through the sales process from reservation through to legal completion.
Select the plot you would like to buy.
Photographic proof of ID for all purchasers, a valid driver's licence or a passport will suffice.
Proof of address for all purchasers, a utility bill or bank statement will suffice but must be no older than 3 months.
Please note that we will need to take copies of these as these will be sent to the solicitors with the reservation paperwork as part of our due diligence procedures.
You will need to pay a holding deposit; the amount will vary depending on your circumstances, for example if you are buying on Help to Buy you will need to pay £500. If you are not using Help to Buy the deposit will be £2,000 on properties up to £1m and £5,000 on properties over £1m. The deposit is refundable should you withdraw from the purchase but please note may be subject to administration fees being deducted. These deductions will be explained to you during the reservation process and you will be given details of the costs.
You will take away with you your Reservation manual which is full of information that you will find useful. It is advisable to keep any documents relating to your new purchase safely within.
You will need to be able to exchange contracts within 28 days; the solicitors and Allensons will be made aware of this deadline.
You will now need to instruct a solicitor to act on your behalf, we do have recommended solicitors that you can choose from, these are solicitors that are familiar with our contracts therefore will keep the cost to a minimum and they will be aware of the exchange deadlines that will be imposed. We may offer you £500* for using one of these solicitors. You will need to formally instruct then they will require fees from you to enable them to apply for the local searches. At this stage you will need to speak to the mortgage advisor and confirm that you have made a reservation, they will need to know all the details of the purchase. They will let you know what you will need to do next to complete your mortgage application; you may be required to pay them a survey fee on behalf of the bank or building society.
Depending on the stage of construction your property is at when you reserve, you may be able to choose your kitchen, tiles & paint colour from our pre-selected range, the Sales Executive will inform you if this is the case.
The sales team will be talking regularly with the solicitor and Allensons so that they can give you regular updates and save you the time trying to make calls during your work day. They will also be able to keep you updated about the build stage of your property.
We appreciate that is very exciting buying a brand new home and we are sure you will at times want to visit your actual property as it under construction. We have a very strict health and safety policy that staff and customers must adhere to. Please at no time wander onto the development without a member of staff. This can be arranged during normal working hours but only with the site manager's permission.
Just prior to exchange of contracts: you should have received your mortgage offer; your solicitor will want to discuss with you the mortgage offer and the contracts. You will be required to sign the mortgage documents and return them to the lender. Your solicitor will require your signature on the legal documents, at this stage you will need to pay the exchange deposit which is 10% less your reservation fee for non-Help to Buy sales and 5% less your reservation fee for Help to Buy sales.
Note: This must be in your solicitor's bank and cleared so that exchange can take place.
Once exchange has taken place we will write to you to confirm and we will be able to give you an indication of the expected legal completion month (if your new home is not already built). We will send you a pack of "we are moving cards" to send to your family and friends now that your move is definite. You will be invited to a Home Demonstration usually about two weeks before you are due to move in which is a tour of your new home to show you where everything is located and how everything works. You will have the opportunity to ask as many questions as you like.
You will need to start making arrangements for the move, you will need to let people know you are on the move, on exchange we would have sent you a what to do next sheet; hopefully this will make things a little easier. However if you need any help please just ask.
Then finally the day arrives when you move into your new Antler home!
Your solicitor will have to request funds (if you are taking a mortgage) a few days before completion to ensure they arrive on the day expected. Once the funds arrive in our solicitor's bank the Sales Executive will be advised that the keys may be released.
Before you can unpack which we know you will be dying to do there are just a couple of last things that need to be done.
You will be met by the Sales Executive and the Site Manager who will be handing over your new home. You will need to have a walk round and just make sure you are happy with everything. Then we will need to take the meter readings so that we can inform the relevant utilities that you are now the home owner and we will take care of the bill at that stage.
The only thing left to do is to hand you your keys and wish you every happiness in your new home!
Now that you have moved in, our dedicated Customer Care team will make contact within a few days to make an appointment to come and meet with you, so if any issues have arisen they can deal with them accordingly.
*Terms and conditions apply. Please liaise with a Sales Executive.


The cassette table was sitting in the mechatronics lab at UVA with very little happening, so we decided to add something special. The opening in the front of it was covered with panels of WS2812 LED strips. These were then programmed using the Propeller chip in Propeller Spin in order to display patterns.
The patterns included do a range of cool things, from writing Gizmologists to awesome flashing patterns.


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CD REVIEW: Arthur Honegger – JEANNE D'ARC AU BÛCHER (S. Rohrer, K. Wierzba, L. Scherrer, K. Pessatti, J.-N. Briend, F. Le Roux; Hänssler CD 098.636)
ARTHUR HONEGGER (1892 – 1955): Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher—S. Rohrer (Jeanne d'Arc – spoken rôle), E. Kisfaludy (Frère Dominique – spoken rôle), K. Wierzba (La Vierge – soprano), L. Scherrer (Marguérite – soprano), K. Pessatti (Cathérine – alto), J.-N. Briend (tenor), F. Le Roux (bass), M. Saniter (La Mère aux Tonneaux – soprano), S. Müller-Ruppert (L'Âne – baritone), J.-P. Ouellet (Bedfort – tenor), F. Schmitt-Bohn (Guillaume de Flavy – bass); Knabenchor collegium iuvenum Stuttgart; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR; Helmuth Rilling [Recorded in Liederhalle Stuttgart, Beethovensaal, 2 – 3 April 2011, in conjunction with the 2011 Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart; Hänssler CD 098.636; 2CD, 84:30]
Among the musical milestones being celebrated in 2013 is the bittersweet occasion of the retirement of Helmuth Rilling from leadership of the Oregon Bach Festival. Born in Stuttgart, Maestro Rilling's education recalls the paths taken by the great composers of the 17th and 18th Centuries, with periods of study in Germany and Italy allied with tuition under one of the great masters in his field, Leonard Bernstein. Gifted from the beginning of his career with uncommon affinities for building and maintaining choruses, Maestro Rilling developed an early affection for the music of Bach that ultimately became the guiding impetus of his artistic life. Having begun his affiliation with Bach-Collegium Stuttgart in 1965, he was the co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival—justly acclaimed as one of the world's best sources of thoughtfully-conceived, thrillingly-executed performances of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries—in 1970, his forty-three-year tenure there giving the United States not only a bastion of Bach performances of consistent integrity but also an invaluable setting for the commissioning and creation of new works. In a sense, Arthur Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher might be regarded as a bridge between the legacy of Bach and the music of the later 20th and 21st Centuries: the basic structure of Honegger's score pays homage to the Passion oratorios of Bach while also incorporating the full pallet of orchestral colors typical of post-Ravel Francophone music of the 20th Century. Issuing a recording of a performance of Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher might seem an enigmatic way of honoring an eminent Bach conductor in the year of his retirement from what has perhaps been his most coveted post. The insightful minds who manage Hänssler score a coup with this recording, however, revealing as much as in their tremendous catalogue of Bach recordings that Maestro Rilling's artistry places him among the most thoughtful and musical conductors of recent years.
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher has to its credit a number of qualities that should lend the score appeal to modern audiences: an impressively literary libretto by Paul Claudel, one of France's most important 20th-Century poets and playwrights; a relatively brief running time of approximately eighty minutes; and an opportunity for an actress to recreate a part commissioned and first performed by the celebrated Ida Rubenstein. Musically, Honegger's score has much to recommend it, not least its characteristic rhythmic verve, the structure of every scene built upon a meticulously-maintained rhyme scheme as surely as in any of Bach's works. Honegger was a member of Les Six, and his music for Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher shares with the works of his colleagues the cosmopolitan but rugged rejection of Impressionism typified by the music of Debussy. As in the works of Poulenc, the casual listener may be surprised to hear in Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher melodies of genuine beauty; indeed, in an unrepentantly modern work, any melodies at all. More than many of his contemporaries, Honegger did not discard melody, regarding it as a passé means of pandering to an audience of Philistines: rather, he employed melody much as any of the great painters of the first half of the 20th Century used form to symbolize the increasing disorder of the world. Thus, Honegger's Joan of Arc endures the indignities of trial, conviction, and execution made all the more expressive of the crushingly destructive capacity of humanity by emerging from a sonic landscape dotted with lovely vistas. Honegger enhanced the orchestration of Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher by including a part for the ondes Martenot, the strangely atmospheric electronic instrument superbly played in this performance by Christine Simonin-Fessard. In fact, all of the players of the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR rise to the challenges of Honegger's score, providing the compelling setting that is required if the score is to be as effective musically as it is theatrically. All of the choristers involved—the boys of the Knabenchor Collegium iuvenum Stuttgart and the mixed choir of the Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, an ensemble founded by Maestro Rilling in 1954—sing with consummate musicality and great dramatic power. Maestro Rilling's long experience in the music of Bach proves to be remarkably useful in Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher: he approaches this piece like any of Bach's lesser-known works, not as a 'problem piece' to be finessed but simply as a score to be played. Maestro Rilling identifies the structure of each scene and paces the performance so that climaxes, whether spoken or sung, occur organically. The skill with which Maestro Rilling manages the choral and orchestral forces in this performance is not unexpected, but his mastery of Honegger's unique idiom is an especially propitious discovery.
In the context of an audio recording, Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher faces a certain danger of seeming like a radio play with incidental music. The success of a performance of the piece depends greatly upon the talent of the actress who performs the title rôle, and central to the histrionic strength of this performance is the Jeanne of Swiss actress Sylvie Rohrer. No stranger to the concert hall, Ms. Rohrer has also taken part in performances of Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, and she appeared in the film Antigone by Jürgen Flimm, a familiar presence in Europe's opera houses. Ms. Rohrer's voicing of Claudel's text is both poetic and fiery, her Jeanne dignified but defiant. There is appealing ambiguity in her delivery of lines such as, 'Une petite larme pour Jeanne! / Une petite prière pour Jeanne! / Une petite pensée pour Jeanne.' The intensity of Jeanne's sense of duty to her calling is tempered by a palpable weariness, and the suggestions of fear that Ms. Rohrer conveys make her Jeanne a credibly human figure, one whose actions are those of a conflicted young woman caught up in events of importance that she need not comprehend fully in order to pursue her destiny. Hungarian actor Eörs Kisfaludy is also a frequent presence on European concert stages, and his reading of Frère Dominique in this performance ideally complements Ms. Rohrer's Jeanne. Though his French diction is not idiomatic and suffers slightly in direct comparison with Ms. Rohrer's, Mr. Kisfaludy is nonetheless an alert, engaging participant in the drama.
Vocally, Honegger's music makes demands as great as those in any opera. Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher offers no arias, of course, but the score provides exciting opportunities for the vocalists. Portraying la Mère aux Tonneaux and other parts, Martine Saniter sings characterfully, her phrasing consistently shaped by the natural flow of the text. Also unfailingly musical and attuned to the nuances of multiple rôles are baritone Stefan Müller-Ruppert, tenor Jean-Pierre Ouellet, and bass Florian Schmitt-Bohn.
As la Vierge and Marguérite, sopranos Karen Wierzba and Letizia Scherrer sing beautifully, their voices responding excitingly to the challenges of Honegger's music. Born in Canada, Ms. Wierzba has thus far built a career that includes performances of some of the most challenging coloratura soprano rôles, notably Mozart's Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte and Richard Strauss's Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos: nothing in Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher equals the bravura requirements of these parts, but the security of Ms. Wierzba's upper register is a decided asset in this performance. Security, both of intonation and placement of tone, is also a pleasing quality of Ms. Scherrer's singing. Having sung under Maestro Rilling's baton in a lauded Carnegie Hall performance of Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem, the Swiss soprano was familiar with the conductor's method and follows his lead succinctly, the dark timbre of her voice contrasting effectively with Ms. Wierzba's brighter tones. Brazil-born contralto Kismara Pessatti also maintains a varied repertory: in addition to having sung Baroque music under Maestro Rilling's direction, she also sang the rôles of the Rhinemaiden Floßhilde in Wagner's Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung and the Valkyrie Schwertleite in Die Walküre in the concert performances recorded for commercial release by PentaTone. The involvement that Ms. Pessatti brings to her singing of Cathérine's lines is audible, and her interactions with her colleagues reveal a grace lacking in the work of many young singers.
French tenor Jean-Noël Briend endures some murderously high tessitura in the music that he sings in Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, and his performance is nothing short of a triumph. One of the few tenors singing today whose ringing top C justifies the interpolation of the note in pieces like the Act Three finale in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette and Alfredo's cabaletta in Act Two of Verdi's La traviata, Mr. Briend magnificently sustains a tessitura in Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher that is scarcely less high-flying than that for Tonio in Act One of Donizetti's La fille du régiment. Mr. Briend's native French diction adds to the overwhelmingly positive impression made by his performance, of course, but the wondrous security of his upper register and virility of his voice are the qualities that raise the question of why the work of this talented singer is not more widely known. The singing of bass François Le Roux is anything but unknown, his vocal versatility having been displayed in a large variety of parts. Mr. Le Roux is more successful than almost any other bass of his generation at conveying mystery solely via manipulation of the natural colorations of his tone, and this skill contributes to moments of great tension in this performance. The authority with which Mr. Le Roux intones the Latin texts—'à la Bach,' as stipulated by Honegger in the score—is aptly representative of the preeminence of the Church in the social order in which Joan functioned. With this recording, Mr. Le Roux adds another intriguing performance to his multifaceted discography.
Performances of Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher are infrequent, and considering the drive to attract new, younger audiences to Classical Music this seems counterintuitive. There is considerable expense inherent in assembling a cast of actors, singers, and musicians capable of executing Honegger's music in a manner that honors the composer, but this recording confirms that Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher is a work that examines the too-familiar story of Joan of Arc, a figure about whose life and tribulations a provocative but almost certainly mostly apocryphal mythology has grown, from an utterly original perspective. In his fusion of the Medieval mystery play with the oratorio traditions of Bach and musical techniques of his own 20th-Century musical milieu, Honegger likely got closer to the heart of Joan of Arc in Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher than any of the composers whose fantastical creations contribute to the legend rather than to any real understanding of the woman and her circumstances. Looking beyond the primary colors of a musical portrait in order to explore the emotions that dwell in shadows has ever been a special achievement of Helmuth Rilling's conducting, and under his gaze Joan of Arc shines across the centuries with rare hues. Hänssler's excellently-engineered, exceptionally-presented recording of Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher crowns the recorded career of one of the most quietly important conductors in recent memory and reminds the listener that the ardently-pursued ideal of 'relevance' in Classical Music lurks even in the least-heard music: dedicated musicians and attentive audiences need only to find it.
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One of the hardest parts of going through a divorce is dealing with custody. While property and assets are easy to sell off and divide, deciding who your children will stay with can be tough. If you are determined to retain custody of your children, here are some tips that can help you do it.
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In a Nutshell: Silicon Valley Bank, a financial institution that backs startups in several industries, has helped fund many of the top startup companies in the last 30 years. With headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley in Santa Clara, California, and offices around the world, the bank has created contacts with foreign businesses and governments that make it attractive to new companies looking to expand. Going beyond geographical boundaries, SVB is a leader among venture capitalists in promoting inclusion and diversity among its workforce. //
An idea is simply an idea until it's put into practice. No one knows just how many world-changing ideas have been lost or neglected over time because of a lack of funding to get them off the ground. Nearly every startup in its early stages struggles with money, the lack of which is the second major cause of failure for a large portion of sidelined businesses.
These problems aren't new to the startup space, but for the last 30 years, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has done its part to take some of the stress out of starting a new venture. SVB is a commercial bank with a proven track record of working with the most innovative companies and their investors.
With headquarters in Santa Clara, California, and offices across the globe, SVB has partnered with, or invested in, some of the top startups in the last three decades. With 67% of its clients listed on Entrepreneur's hot tech companies to watch in 2016, 64% of clients on the Wall Street Journal's US Billion Dollar Startup Club, and 78% on the 2016 Forbes Midas list, it's no wonder SVB is a popular choice among startups worldwide.
SVB services a range of industries, including software and internet, hardware and infrastructure, life science and health care, private equity and venture capital, and energy resource and innovation. Located less than two hours from Napa Valley, SVB even has banking services specifically designed for premium wine vineyards with its Wine Division.
"We strive to help innovative companies succeed," an SVB spokesperson told us. "At our core, we're a commercial bank. We take deposits, make loans, help companies manage their cash and treasury functions and international banking, like foreign exchange."
But SVB is more than a place to deposit and collect cash, offering SVB Startup Bundles that give new companies and entrepreneurs everything they need to focus on their idea or product. This bundle includes a commercial bank account, payment solutions, and a host of digital banking solutions.
"We have developed a level of expertise that has allowed the bank to provide services that evolve with a company's needs from the earliest stages when we primarily take deposits and make connections, to later-stage companies, when we provide loans and global services," the spokesperson said. "We also offer asset management, valuation services, and private banking/wealth management."
While SVB's focus centers on top industries in the startup space, the company is doing its part to make that space more inclusive to an underserved population.
Diversity and an Inclusive Workforce are Critical to Success
Only 17% of venture-funded startups have at least one female founder, a number that has remained stagnant since 2012, according to a 2017 study. Meanwhile, only 1% of funded startup founders were African-American, another study found.
In 2014, SVB partnered with Enact Leadership to launch a firm-wide inclusion and diversity survey to understand its employees' experiences, interests, and priorities. Survey results prompted the company to establish the Neuroscience of Unconscious Bias workshops in 2015. Since then, the company's goal has been to be a leader internally and set an example for the innovation community to increase diversity and acceptance among its ranks.
"Innovation is global, and it is touching every aspect of our lives, which is creating even more need for inclusiveness of ideas and approaches," the spokesperson said. "Businesses that understand how to incorporate and maximize diverse points of view will create new opportunities for themselves, as well as their employees."
Expanding to Further Serve Startups Outside of the US
Innovation isn't exclusive to American soil. SVB has expanded its base of operations across the continent and overseas, with offices in the UK, Ireland, Israel, and China, including a joint venture bank with Shanghai's Pudong Development Bank. This extended reach has led the company to create vital international contacts that it shares with its clients.
"We're helping our clients expand internationally, and we're serving clients where innovation is happening," the spokesperson said. "We're looking at expanding into other international markets to better serve our clients. Pending regulatory approval, we're working toward being operational in Canada and Germany (in 2018)."
The bank's push into foreign markets comes at a time when many large American companies are struggling to gain footing in thriving countries like China. US giants, including Apple, have made substantial investments in China, but have found little progress as profits in the territory have fallen at a rapid pace. SVB's success in China, and other countries, make it very attractive to startups with their eye on the global economy.
"The knowledge, experience, and networks in the innovation space we've built over three decades, and the pace we deliver our service, make a meaningful difference in our ability to increase our clients' probability of success," the spokesperson said.
That success is demonstrated in the growing number of the company's startup clients that have gone from startup to public offering with SVB's help.
From Startup to IPO, SVB Supports Tech Entrepreneurs
Only 42 venture-backed companies went public in the US in 2016, making it the most challenging year for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) on the American markets since 2009. That number is expected to increase in 2017, but of last year's total, 58% of the IPOs were companies partnered with SVB.
Part of that success comes from the bank's ability to spot trends and focus on the industries that can withstand difficult times and changes to the world economy.
"We are exclusively focused on the innovation sector and have been for more than 30 years," the spokesperson said. "Because we specialize in working with companies at their earliest stages and supporting them as they grow into mature, large companies, we are able to be flexible and highly responsive to our clients in a way that other banks can't or won't; and to tailor solutions to their needs."
Tomorrow and Today — SVB has Its Eye on What's Next
For 30 years, SVB has carved its niche among the elite startups in the world. The company has developed knowledge, contacts, and a strong financial position, that allows innovators in key sectors the luxury of focusing more on their startup and less on the minute details inherent in everyday business.
The company's Startup Bundles and resources for emerging ideas have helped to author many success stories in that time. As a new generation of ideas approach the starting line, SVB is playing its role in promoting diversity and inclusion in the startup space.
As the worldwide rules of venture capital continue to evolve over time, SVB holds fast to its time-tested strategy to take the next great idea and turn it into the next life-changing startup.
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