Then a bit of admin work before going to meet up with representatives from the main organisations supporting the campaign. We ended up being a small group but we felt like we had some immensely productive discussion. One of the topics being tackled in Siem Reap at the moment is the use of plastic straws. Many organisations have made a change to bamboo, though I still feel like we don't really need a straw all the time anyway. Sara from Haven Training Restaurant said they never give a straw unless their customer requests one, which is 4-5 per day. She feels this was still really damaging for the environment but wasn't sure about being able to clean bamboo straws well. So they did some experiments and have found they can effectively clean, then sterilise the straws in boiling water before they get used again – brilliant!
Nesa from JWOC teaches the students science with a strong focus on the environment and wanting to make changes to how we see plastic. She was happy to take a bit of food away in the biodegradable packaging that New Leaf Book Cafe supplied.
Next meeting; with a friend starting to look at introducing biodegradable shopping bags. Early days but he had some samples which were great to see! and touch! They're strong, they feel nice and the even smell natural! My colleague Sambath then joined us for a quick game plan discussion pre the launch party in the evening. The first 'dilemma' for me occurred here. Despite asking for no straw… my drink order came with a straw! Then Sambath embraced the opportunity to talk to the manager and he got them signed on to give up straws for the month of July! Brilliant!!
Then it was time to spruce up and get to the venue! Swing by the restaurant doing the catering – who were a generous supporter of the event, then get ready at Long's Bar the venue chosen to launch Plastic Free July due to their eco friendly attitude.
As people flooded in it became even more apparent how much people care about this issue and it was wonderful and reassuring that we can make a difference. A brief speech explaining how the campaign works and some excellent questions from the crowd and my was it a crowd!
At the end of the month we will donate any collected plastic to local NGO/projects that are reusing plastic waste to create great things! Rehash Trash will take plastic bags and make fancy handbags and cute nesting bowls. Eco Soap will be able to distribute more of their soap to NGOs and hygiene projects when we give them more containers for the soap and Husk will use all the little bits and pieces in their plastic bricks project. Just great work by all!
More for you soon, in the meantime, take care of each other and take care of the planet.


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Q: I cannot use fonts in a folder to my asp.net web application (not asp.net website) I used to utilize custom fonts in my previous project. I used to, for example, put the font files DroidNaskh-Bold.eot, DroidNaskh-Bold.woff, DroidNaskh-Bold.woff2, and DroidNaskh-Bold.ttf. Then I used the following CSS code in my stylesheet file:
@font-face
{
    font-family:"Droid Arabic Naskh";
    font-style:normal;
    src:(DroidNaskh-Bold.eot) format('embedded-opentype');
    src:url(Fonts/DroidNaskh-Bold.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'),
    url(Fonts/DroidNaskh-Bold.woff2) format('woff2'),
    url(Fonts/DroidNaskh-Bold.woff) format('woff'),
    url(Fonts/DroidNaskh-Bold.ttf) format('truetype');
}

which worked. Now I am working on an asp.net web application, where I created a Fonts folder where I placed the fonts. I am using the very code above, but it does not work. Is there anything I don't know on how to do it in web application?

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It's holiday time which means a full house and plenty of temptation to zone out with your tablet or in front of the TV. Here's how to make sure your daughter stays engaged and actually gets something out of the time she spends with her devices.
On a cold or snowy day, a day of Netflix or video games and hot chocolate can seem like the most perfect activity in the whole world. Still, there's a lot of talk about how excessive amounts of screen time can be detrimental to children. The truth is, though, that not all screen time is bad, and in fact, it can be beneficial when done right!
Follow these 5 tips and you'll be set!
Sit with your daughter when she watches her favorite shows or movies, and ask her questions. Have no idea who certain characters are? Ask her to explain their backstories! Better yet, ask her what she thinks will happen next, or what she hopes will happen. The trick is to get her thinking and talking. This helps both her cognitive skills and her social skills.
Video games get a bad rap as being mindless entertainment, but playing a game that involves strategy is engaging her brain, making her think, and possibly even teaching her something, depending on how educational the game is. That's why many experts say that game-based learning time is better than time spent passively watching videos. If there's a two-player option, all the better! Challenge her to a game, or have her teach you how to play.
We all love our phones, but it's important that your family spends time really connecting face-to-face over the holidays, too. Set aside dinner time as a tech-free time.
For adolescents today, social media plays an important role in helping them form their self-identity, strong friendships, and communication skills—especially when she's away from her besties over break. You don't want your daughter to be left out, but obviously you want to keep her safe, too. If she's on social media sites, make sure you know which ones, and talk to her about what she does on them. Healthy spot checks to make sure all is okay on her pages is a good idea, too.
The type of light that shines out of our phones, tablets, and other devices messes with our sleep patterns, and actually has an even greater effect on teenagers than on adults. Help your daughter get a good night's sleep by making sure all screen time is finished at least an hour before bedtime.


Dr. Joseph Murphy wrote, taught, counseled, and lectured to thousands all over the world for nearly 50 years. Years of studying the world's major religions convinced him that some great power lay behind them all: The power is within you!
Dr. Murphy was minister-director of the Church of Divine Science in Los Angeles for 28 years, where his lectures were attended by 1,300 to 1,500 people every Sunday. His daily radio program during all that time was immensely popular.
This book will help you to learn and discover more about your self and become more!Enjoy!!!!!
Loved it very much. This audio book has changed many of my limiting belief about who I am and what I can achieve in life. Namaste!
Wow, wow, wow! I love Dr. Murphy"s techniques on igniting the power of this invisible force within. Very simple but effective real-life techniques. I wonder why these technique are not being taught in every High School!
Have read many books by this author 5 stars, but this audio skips and that's why it's a 1 star. I returned it for a refund.


During the latter part of 2018, those who were volunteering time to the Red Springs Trail Project were earning RMMC Race Gas credits for their RMMC account. Recently I received an email from Mac L. of RMMC. Unfortunately we will no longer earn Race Gas credits for work on the Red Springs Project. Review Mac's message below.
Here at Rocky Mountain we appreciate everything that organizations like TRS do for the sport and for trail maintenance. You guys have been great!!
Please respond with an acknowledgement to the terms of the program.
Should you have an event with 50 or more participants, we would be happy to provide RaceGas credits.
I have also attached a PDF letter that you can provide to your riders. This will help them understand the program better, access their credits easier and provide you more complete data.
I'm looking forward to great season with your group. If you have any questions, please let us know.


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Ravi and Rabish has extensive expertise in business analysis and development, marketing and team management. Rabish plays the role of multiple characters as and when needed, make sure the clients are happy and gets what is promised at best with additional services. Ravi is a Marketing Professional with 4 years distinguished performance in the Information Technology (IT) Industry. He started his career in marketing and business development after completing his MBA from Bangalore University.
Ravish also has an MBA in Marketing from Symbiosis and started his career as a marketing executive. Both of them came up with an idea of launching a startup catering to interior design. This is when interiorwalaa came into existence. Their goal is to build what client wants within budget and quality professionally.
We are in "Interior Design and Execution" business. We have onboard senior architects and interior designers. Have partnered with Interior Fabrication Companies (These are the same companies who supply to some top players in the industry). They, based on our designs, deliver items and our team fixes it for the clients. This is not only cost effective but also saves time. We also have Carpenters, Plumbers, Electricians, Masons working full time with us.
Our Services include end to end in "Interiors" i.e. we visit the clients premises, study it and propose our designs, sit together, brainstorm on some changes and start executing. The craze of Modular kitchens for newly married couples is more, so we bring the real value and give them what they want at 30% lower cost.
The Real Estate Market! As we have known Roti, Kapda and Makaan is the basic need of every individual. People may not need a Lawyer, Doctor in their lifetime, but they need Carpenter, Plumber, and Painter once. Bangalore being "Silicon Valley" of India nests more than a million IT professionals earning handsomely whose first agenda is buying a car and then booking a luxury flat in an apartment. The city has grown vertically, we can see many apartments by well known and local builders coming up in the outskirts of the city and this was our market that inspired us to offer our services professionally in "Interior Design and Execution" vertical.
"Quality, Affordability, Availability and Trust" We are building Interiorwalaa's brand on these pillars.
Getting the First Break..! We had renovated an unused ATM center, (People start with Garage Offices, rather we started with an unused ATM Center) opened our office in the early third week of September 2015. Days were passing and we did not have a single assignment. Daily we traveled some 100 km in the area where constructions were going on, introducing ourselves (My Partner is a typical sales guy, he brings the experience of selling of enterprise IT services & I had spent 5+ years in this industry building somebody's dream, this was a different industry than IT). I knew the competition was more, nothing was moving then, our frustration was increasing day by day since expenses were almost doubled with no job or salary in hand, even we had not informed our family that we started something. The first half of the day was spent in the field and second half we spent emailing the quote and BOQ with those whom we met. Finally, end of September a social friend has recommended our "Interiorwalaa" on Facebook to his known friend, we got our first break…, and since then we are on job…!
"Patience and Consistency" I never remember warmth under my office chair, as I do not sit for long, I am always out in market chasing the unknown prospect.
I and My Partner Ravi Thakur (co-founder), put our savings that we managed to save.
We initially asked some friends for some help, but somehow we managed with our own kitty. There are known industry veterans who are interested in investing but we are holding this for some time, we are in the process of building something disruptive in the industry (Interior Vertical – E-commerce) which will increase our valuation in the market. Then we would go for external funding.
Two Brains Started this "Ravi & Ravish" – i.e RR Enterprises – A partnership firm, we run the brand "Interiorwalaa", have a dream of making RR Enterprises into RR Group.
Currently, we use Excel, I believe if one really knows excel well they can manage million dollar business on it.
Getting Up early in the Morning.. Sleeping at whatever time..
I need to make exercise a Habit, currently; I have given it a back seat.
Be Focus and Consistence, if you have not started any business its better but if you have started something as your dream, do not sleep more to add another dream. Get up and work.
Plan your investments, Initially money is the only fuel which keeps you driving if you are running a car make sure the tank is full and will, at least, take you to next fuel station. Do not underutilize or overutilize the fund, you will soon run out of fuel. Spend on what is stopping you from moving. Do not buy costly printers (We did) if you have to share soft copies more.
Customers are Customers their religion is same, every customer worships the same – Quality, Affordability, Availability. Make sure you earn their Trust.
I think I started my career..!


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Q: How to remove highlightBlock strings from generated code I have a Blockly app that generates the following code as a string.
highlightBlock(':_1ku_aN%|65~:kO;KFA');
start();
highlightBlock('3TGkH,fdPJ^sYiBQj{uX');
moveForward();

This is the function i use to display the code:
function showCode() {
    Blockly.JavaScript.INFINITE_LOOP_TRAP = null;
    var code = Blockly.JavaScript.workspaceToCode(workspace);
    document.getElementById("JSCode").innerText = code;
    console.log(code)
}

How can I remove the highlightBlock('some-id');\n strings? maybe using regex?

A: You can use index of
First split the string based on new line character ie using (;), then push all line in an array using loop check array string contain highlight then split the line use rest of other line you your execution;
 code  = code.split(";");
 var newcode = []
 for(var i=0; i<code.length; code++){
  if(code[i].indexOf("highlightBlock") < 0){
newcode.push(code[i]);

   }
}
console.log(newcode);

Note: blockly will create id randomly in that semicolon is also part of it please remove that then you wont get any problem in splitting .
its available in blockly.utils core folder


Hey good to hear, Im definitely trying to get back into the game. Unfortunately a lot of the names I grew up with arent in the league anymore.
The first 2 you should start with are Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles. Rudy Gobert is also the reigning DPOY.
Were you in a Thai prison?
Steph Curry really was something else wasn't he?
Solid team, really fun, have an exciting second year shooting guard named Donovan Mitchell, the team as it exists right now probably has an upper cap of a second round playoff exit in the West without a major shakeup.
They relocated to Montreal in 2007 and are known as the Manic. Their best player is Anthony Bennett who's averaging 24,10,6 and is the captain of the eastern conference all stars.
Thats the kind of news I came to hear!
Your Center is nicknamed "The Stifle Tower".
They are fun and good. Click the Utah symbol at the top of the sub to learn more.


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Graphic Visuals A Growing Part Of Media Landscape
WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7 | By Mary Shedden
Published December 23, 2016 at 7:30 AM EST
AP photographer Burhan Ozbilici was a witness to the assassination of Ambassador Andrey Karlov in Turkey.
When news broke a few days ago about the assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey at photo exhibit in Ankara, a handful of journalists who happened to be there captured the shooting with graphic photos and video.
And within hours, images of that shooting were leading newscasts and filling social media feeds around the world.
An Associated Press photographer's image was shared on facebook and twitter, and according to an analysis reported by Mashable, the image spread at a rate 175 times that of a normal social media engagement.
Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies says the story was newsworthy in that the assassination of Ambassador Andrey Karlov has the potential to start an international incident. What make the images so compelling, she said, was that it showed the assassin standing over the victim, gun thrust in the air, in the middle of a sparse, sterile-looking art gallery.
There's another reason why the images were so readily used by news organizations, McBride said.
"If you're a news organization, as soon as the photo is out there, and it's this compelling, you know that other people are going to be sharing it. And so it almost neuters your independent ability to make that decision because all of your audience is seeing it somewhere else," she said. "If you don't share it, if you don't publish it, you become irrelevant."
Making Sense of the Mediagraphic images
Mary Shedden
Mary Shedden is news director at WUSF Public Media, where she oversees a team of reporters covering 13 counties on Florida's west coast.
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Giuseppe Martinico ist Professor für Vergleichendes Verfassungsrecht an der Scuola Sant'Anna, Pisa, und Research Fellow am Zentrum für Föderalismusstudien in Turin.
One of the options in Jean-Claude Juncker's White Paper on the Future of Europe is an asymmetric Europe. While some comparative lawyers still treat asymmetry as an exception in the life of federal polities, actually this concept has progressively acquired a key role in the history of federalism. In other words, today asymmetry is the rule rather than the exception in this field.
In their reaction to the Brexit referendum, some EU institutions have shown a troubling understanding of law – law as the mere crystallisation of power relationships, norms as just technicalities, annoying obstacles standing between the political actors and their legitimate goals. This is profoundly wrong and dangerous.


Aaron is a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania pursuing an M.S. Ed. in Secondary Education. Areas of interest include: the development of curricula and learning materials in international education, education in postwar societies, and technology in education. Regional interests include Eastern Europe and South & Southeast Asia.
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Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc is a mineral mining company. Through its subsidiaries, it is engaged in the evaluation, acquisition, and exploration of mineral properties in Ecuador and Chile. The group is organized into business units based on mineral properties and has one business segment.
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Throughout Scripture, God intends for His people to live in community (Hebrews 10:24-25). In the New Testament, Christ followers lived in community with each other (Acts 2:46-47, 4:32). The church functions as a connected body with each part playing a significant role (Romans 12:4-5, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31). At Sanctuary, we believe that the local church is the hope of the world. In a culture of consumerism, God is calling His people to be committed members of a community of believers they can call family. It is our desire to function as a family, and we invite you to be a part of our Sanctuary Faith Family.
is a comfortable environment over lunch designed for you to meet our staff, learn more about our story as a church, and ask any questions you may have.
is a 3 week interactive class designed to further connect you into the life of Sanctuary.
Once you have attended both First Steps and Next Steps you will be asked to complete our membership covenant form which includes our Belief Statements and Membership Covenant, and briefly share about your journey of following Jesus.
Finally a pastor or elder will contact you to set up a time to complete the process. Our goal is for each member to be connected to a Sanctuary Elder for ongoing questions and care.


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Countach Designer Gandini Styled A Top-Secret, Composite...Tata?
Stephen Edelstein December 13, 2013
Is this avant garde city car for real?
Aston Martin Shows Why The Cygnet Costs What It Does: Video
A new video from Aston Martin shows the lengthy process involved in converting a Toyota iQ into an Aston Martin Cygnet.
Kurt Ernst December 14, 2011
Aston Martin Cygnet Sales Slow, Supply Problems To Blame
Grand Prix racing legend Sir Stirling Moss might have a shiny new Aston Martin Cygnet parked on his driveway, but he's currently in a minority. Dr. Ulrich Bez, chairman of Aston Martin, has admitted that initial sales have been slow - though rather than disinterest in Aston Martin's controversial...
Antony Ingram September 19, 2011
Future Urban Mobility Relies On Real-Time Data Access
The requirements for travel within the urban environment comes under greater pressure with every passing year. We're already past the point at which more than 50 percent of the world's population live in cities rather than rurally, and it's only set to increase. The Future Urban Mobility (FM)...
Antony Ingram July 28, 2011
General Motors Picks U.K. For EN-V City Car Euro Manufacture
Small cars are becoming big business. The smart fortwo, Scion iQ, Gordon Murray's upcoming T.25, the Renault Twizy... more and more carmakers are developing tiny vehicles to provide our city transportation of the future. General Motors has jumped on the bandwagon too. GM showed the cleverly named...
First Working From Home... Now Commuting From Home [VIDEO]
James Bond has had a lot of cool gadgets, but one of our favourites had to be the remotely controlled BMW 7-Series from Tomorrow Never Dies. Controlled by a touch-screen cell phone (which still manages to look old-hat now, such is the pace of technology), our hero was able to drive, and indeed...
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A new report has Toyota swapping the iQ to BMW and getting the Mini Coupe platform to use in return.


MARTINEZ (KPIX 5) – The City of Martinez is debating whether a pot shop and a youth center can exist side-by-side.
The debate that could derail plans for a new dispensary.
On most days, Power Endurance is filled with kids and student athletes. Most of them come to train after school and during the summer.
So when a medical marijuana dispensary recently proposed to open up next door in the same building, coaches and parents became very concerned.
"Doesn't sit well in my stomach for sure," said parent Alex Snyder.
Jose Ortiz is a parent who coaches baseball.
"They should be pretty far away at least from schools and from kids," he said.
But not everyone believes having a pot dispensary next door is a bad mix.
"I don't understand how they're going to get exposed by having a marijuana store next door. The kids aren't going in there to buy it. It's the adults going in there to purchase it and then leave. What exposure?" she said.
"We don't need to be advertising to kids," insists Snyder.
Councilman Mark Ross says it's not the right location.
The owner of the facility, former NFL running back, Maurice Jones Drew, considers Power Endurance a youth center and under state law, a dispensary cannot set up shop within 600-feet of a youth center or school.
But regardless of whether or not the city sees it as a youth center, many parents say it's the wrong location.
"I'm against it. I hope they don't put it there," said Ortiz.
"I'm all for dispensaries, why this location?" asked Snyder.
The Martinez City Council will likely vote on this within a few months.


Several recent reports found that cloud security is still a big worry among enterprises, even with adoption at near all-time highs.
Obviously, it is necessary to evaluate the connection's security. Unless you are operating a private cloud network, use a VPN to protect access to your cloud services. The public Internet is a risky place for your sensitive data. Services like AT&T NetBond® provide highly-secure connections to the most popular clouds.
Andy joined AT&T in 1988 as a Data Network Planner. During his tenure, he has held various positions inNetwork Engineering, Product Planning, Product Management, IT, Customer Service, and Security.In his current role, Andy is responsible for scaling the companys cloud services across its global network and integrating them into AT&Ts business solutions portfolio.
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Casanova: The Complete Edition, Vol. 1: Luxuria
By Matt Fraction
Format: Oversize Hardcover
Publisher: Image Comics
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Civil War: Punisher War Journal
Publisher: Marvel
Hey there, Marvel Universe. The Punisher is back - with a vengeance. And he's taking no prisoners...literally! With Civil War in full-throttle mode, Frank Castle is feeling the heat. His safe houses have been raided and his munitions seized, and he's square in the crosshairs of a Marvel Universe big gun who always gets his man. Until now, this wasn't Frank's war. But when spandex-clad baddies start carrying badges - well, let's just say that's something the Punisher can't abide. Frank Castle doesn't play well with super heroes, and they don't play well with him.COLLECTING: PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL 1-4
Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon
Hawkeye, Vol. 2
Team Hawkguy has been hit hard, and now they're going their separate ways. Kate Bishop is on a journey to find herself in L.A. Trouble is, Madame Masque finds her first. Meanwhile, Clint's back home in his apartment building. Kate took the dog, so he's badly in need of a best friend. It's a good thing that Barney Barton, world's greatest brother, is back in town - right? The Tracksuit Draculas want their building back, and they're getting serious. Clint's going to end up deaf, or worse. It's all racing to the big finish. Hawkeye against an army, with a little help from all the friends he can find. Like that movie Rio Bravo, if John Wayne wore purple.COLLECTING: Hawkeye 12-22, Annual 1
Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman
In L.A., Kate Bishop, aka Hawkeye, helps a reclusive and Sixties-damaged pop music genius find his lost masterpiece, but Madame Masque is also in town and is plotting to kill Kate the first chance she gets. Written by an Eisner Award-winner. Original. 15,000 first printing.
Invincible Iron Man, Vol. 2: World's Most Wanted, Book 1
Publisher: Marvel Books
Published: November 2009
As director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Tony Stack had sole possession of a database that contained the secret identities of every registered hero in the country. But now, S.H.I.E.L.D is no more. A casualty in the aftermath of the Skulls' Secret Invasion, the international peacekeeping organization has been replaced by the Dark Reign of Norman Osborn and his newly conceived H.A.M.M.E.R – a less kind, decidedly less gentle remaking of the legendary security force founded by Nick Fury. This volume collects Invincible Iron Man #8-13. Color illus
Just the Tips
Just in time to come down everybody's chimneys this holiday season, the creators of Sex Criminals are proud-ish to present Just the Tips, a curated collection of tips, tricks, moves, advice, suggestions, stories, and confessions, how-tos, do's, don'ts, and do-agains-but-slower-this-times from the unmissable letters column of Sex Criminals, alongside all-new material specially created for this collection only. Finally, a book to teach you how to not be a sex dumby no more. It's this book.
ODY-C, Vol. 1: Off to Far Ithicaa
An eye-searing, mind-bending, gender-shattering epic science fiction retelling of Homer's Odyssey starting with the end of a great war in the stars and the beginning of a very long journey home for Odyssia and her crew of warriors. The journey to Ithicaa begins HERE, by Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals) and Christian Ward (Infinite Vacation, Olympus).
Punisher War Journal, Vol. 1: Civil War
With Civil War in full swing, Frank Castle's safe houses are being raided and a Marvel Universe big gun is out to get him, and although this was not Frank's war, the Punisher will have to get involved.
Satellite Sam, Vol. 3
The popular star of a children's show during Golden Age of Television dies, sending waves of scandal and shock through the community of men and women inventing an entire medium on the fly in this blistering finale to this twisted tale of sex, death, and live TV. Collects Satellite Sam #11-15.
Sex Criminals Volume 5: Five-Fingered Discount
By Jonathan Coulton
Publisher: Image Comics (Canada)
Two guys, connected by a name and hundreds of years, somehow stand at the end of man's beginning, and the beginning of man's end. Most of all, though, it's a funny science-FACTion nightmare about the end of everything - but how that's all kind of okay.
The Defenders, Vol. 1
The final member of the Worthy is on a global rampage, and everyone's favorite Marvel misfits must band together to solve the secret of Wundagore Mountain.
The Immortal Iron Fist, Vol. 2: The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven
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Got a growler in a trade from HoppyKilaMonster! Thanks dude!
A: Poured into FFF teku a dark and murky chocolate brown, almost black. Looks like a stout. Very little head, other than some frothy bubbles. As to be expected from a growler.
S: A nice sweet pinapple up front, with some bready malts and some dank hops. Definitely wasn't expecting this much pineapple, especially especially after the growler baking in a box during shipping.
T: Pine an resinous hops up front, giving way to a pleasant pineapple surprise, accompanied by some subtle roasted malts and a crisp bitterness. Real nice malt backbone that interplays beautifully with the pineapple. Finishes with a slightly syrupy sweetness, more roast and carmel in the malts, and a wet piney bitterness cutting through the sweet pineapple.
M: Definitely more thick and syrupy that I would have expected. Carbo faded a bit from the growler, but this was real full bodied and sticky.
O: Really liked this one. Surprised at how well it held up after baking in the sun for a week while it was shipped to me. Not only was this a great black IPA, but the pineapple was perfectly exectuted. I was expecting either no pineapple at all, or that it would be incredibly overdone, but kudos to tired hands for blending it just right. Real enjoyable.
Opaque black pour with a tanned, creamy head resting on top. Streaky rings of lacing left behind while drinking. Dark malts, baker's chocolate and pine in the nose with spicy hops and pineapple juicy. Biting hoppiness smacks the tongue up front with piney resin. Charred malts, cocoa, molasses. Spike of tropical pineapple kisses the tongue, finishing bitter and a little dry.
Perhaps not as much pineapple as I initially expected (conditioned on 100 lbs), but this was a nice change of pace from a typical hoppy black ale, which I'm not the biggest fan of.
Thanks to Slatetank for the growler share. The brew pours black in color with a brown cap a finger strong that holds fairly decent. Some faint brown clarity is seen through the edges when held to the light.
The aroma is fruity, floral and dank. The fruit aspect seemingly coming from a blend of hops and alcohol before the simcoe takes over with a weedy to herbal note. Inbetween the alcohol esters and dank simcoe aspects is plenty of tropical character that is quite enjoyable.
The flavor is roasted and earthen with a slight coffee charcter before blending to full on fruity alcohol and hop tastes. The flavor of simcoe is unmistakeable and enjoyably bold with its dank appeal and slight tropical aspect. For being advertised as 138 IBUS, it is very well balanced between roasty and hoppy. This is quite flavorful and as it warms up, it gets almost a bit of a dusty grain aftertaste.
This is a medium bodied brew with a modest amount of carbonation. Overall well balanced and super enjoyable. This black ipa is so good that it might make me a believer out of black ipas after all. Would drink again, get this before its gone. Where I fault other black ipas with clashing roasted malt verse fruity/herbal hoppiness, this brew finds the sweet spot that perfectly blends the flavors. Just thinking about it makes me want to have more. Awesome stuff.
From 07/13/13 notes. Had on tap at the brewpub in Ardmore, PA.
a - Pours a deep brown color with one inch of tan head and low carbonation evident.
s - Smells of pineapples, tropical fruits, citrus hops, roasted malts, cocoa, and some earthy notes. Nice nose with some definite tropical fruit up front.
t - Tastes of roasted malts, citrus hops, chocolate, cocoa, burnt malts, light fruit, and toasted malts. No bitterness, but not a lot of hops in the taste. Not much pineapple here.
m - Medium body and moderate carbonation. No bitterness, pretty easy to drink.
o - Overall a good beer, par for the style. The nose is nice with some hops and tropical fruits, and the taste is good, though much less hoppy and just a lot of roasted characteristics. A good beer though they have some better offerings. Would have again and recommend if you like black IPAs.


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Aarhus is a mix of young and old. Historically, it is one of the oldest cities in Scandinavia established by the Vikings around the year 770 but being a university city means that it is the youngest city in Denmark measured by the average age of its inhabitants.
Aarhus is the largest city on the Jutland peninsula and the second largest in Denmark overall. 315.000 people live in the city and 1.2 million people live in the greater Aarhus Area. Aarhus presents itself as a major city crammed into a mega village.
Here, the city centre, beaches, harbour and forests are all within reach of a 15-minute bike ride.
Aarhus offers a wide array of experiences for every taste, be it culture, shopping, cafes and restaurants or stunning nature.
In 2017, Aarhus will be the European Capital of Culture (ECOC) - one of the most prestigious and prominent cultural events in Europe.
The 2017 project focuses on urban development, integration, business development, tourism, infrastructure and international collaboration, and operates under the title "Rethink".
Main attractions in the city include ARoS, Aarhus' Museum of Art where you can visit the Rainbow Panorama for a colourful view of the city and The Old Town, an open air museum, which gives you a living experience of what it was like to live in a Danish market town in the 1800s and 1900s.
There is also ample opportunity to do some shopping while in Aarhus. The shopping mall Bruuns Galleri, located just beside the train station, and the 850 meter long pedestrian high street Strøget offers a wide array of shops and in the narrow cobblestoned streets of the Latin Quarter you will find chic shops selling one-off items.
At the conference venue, nature is just outside the doors. The Marselis Hotel Aarhus is located right on the beach where you can walk along the sand down to the Marselisborg Yacht Harbour. Behind the hotel, the forest provides beautiful paths for walking and mountain biking and in the Deer Park nearby you can visit deer and wild boar.
In 2014, not far from the conference venue, the new Moesgaard Museum on prehistory and ethnography opened in a building designed by Henning Larsen architechts. The building features a grass covered roof from where visitors can enjoy the view of the forest, the ocean, and the landscape surrounding the museum.
The forest is also home to the NRGi Park & Arena, home ground of the local football club AGF, and the Marselisborg Palace, the Danish Royal family's summer residence.
Aarhus is furthermore the home town of Play the Game.
For more information about the experiences Aarhus has to offer go to visitaarhus.com
If you are looking for a guided tour of Aarhus, the Aarhus Guides is the city's authorised guide organisation. They offer guides in Danish, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian in Aarhus and its surroundings on foot and by coach. The Aarhus Guides also offers tours made on the basis of your requests.
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At the conference venue, Hotel Marselis Aarhus, a number of bikes will be avaiable for rent, either by the hour or on a daily basis. The rent of bikes is administered by Cycling Aarhus and by using the code "PlayTheGame2015" delegates will get a 20% discount on the price. Book your bike here
If you are looking for a guided Aarhus tour on two wheels, Cycling Aarhus offers a two-hours tour along the Aarhus habour on Saturday 24th October at 14:00.
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Just 123 miles south of our hometown is the city of Galveston, Texas. On our most recent excursion to the island, Jeff and I decided to visit the Pier 21 Theater to preview its presentation of The Great Storm. This 27-minute multimedia documentary is of the greatest disaster in Galveston history, the hurricane of Saturday, September 8, 1900.
Digitally restored from a previously shown 35mm slide presentation, The Great Storm plays on a wide-screen in high definition. The documentary pulls from letters, journals, diaries, and other accounts from the surviving Galveston residents. It uses voice-overs, sketches, and black and white photos, taken both before and after the disaster, to tell its tale.
According to the reel, business transactions were made in saloons and days could be spent "bathing" on the coast or lounging in attractive gardens, while evening entertainment included ballrooms, music halls, and "hastening to the darker areas of the porches" at The Beach Hotel.
A few days later Joseph Cline, working as an assistant weather observer under the tutelage of his brother Isaac, reported that conditions on September 7th were ideal as far as weather was concerned, although the extremely heavy swell of the gulf startled him, keeping him from "bathing" in it.
"Unusually heavy swells from the Southeast.
city, three or four blocks from the beach.
Naturally, there were no photos caught in the midst of the storm, but as the voice-overs told the personal stories of those who were caught up in the midst of it I found the hairs on the back of my neck standing straight up imagining the horror of it.
Residents were forced to the second stories of their homes as the homes were battered with all manner of trash, from masonry to telephone poles, even to trestles ripped from the moorings of the railway lines.
As homes collapsed from the surge, residents who were not trapped and pulled-under by debris in the sea, grasped whatever floating items they could find, and held fast as the waves mercilessly whipped them out to the sea and back.
Sunday morning, September 9th, the storm waters receded.
A clear sky and brilliant sunrise was reported, as well as streets filled up to two stories high with the remains of houses, dead bodies, furniture, sewing machines, pianos, and animals.
Dazed men, women and children who survived the storm walked throughout the streets barely dressed, often bleeding from their heads and bodies.
The photos of the aftermath of the storm are ghastly enough to still the heart, but as is often the case after tragedy of this sort, law is ignored and vagrants abound.
Martial law was quickly and officially proclaimed to communicate the chain of command and for managing clean-up and looters.
Likewise, notices were released so residents knew who to contact to locate food. This really points to the extent of individual loss. With homes demolished by nature, nowhere to be found, people were unable to even fulfill their most basic need for food.
Documentaries like this strike at my very core. I think of the terror of not being able to protect my children. I cannot imagine searching for them or my husband, hoping not to find them among the bodies and debris, but wanting to know what happened to them at the same time.
The hurricane's exact wind velocity is unknown as the last velocity measured, before the instruments were blown off the roof of the weather bureau, was 100 mph. The storm tide reached 16 feet above the sea wall and the barometric pressure was the lowest ever reported in the U.S. up to that date.
At least 6,000 perished in the storm of 1900. The morgue was unable to handle the sheer number of bodies, and while originally it was thought the bodies could be attached to weights and sunk out at sea, the ocean callously, yet promptly, returned the bodies to the shore to be dealt with once again.
Eventually it was determined the bodies would all be incinerated beneath piles of wreckage wherever they were found throughout the city.
In a matter of days relief poured in from all over the world. And as the city began to rebuild itself, in January 1902 recommendations were made to protect the city with a solid concrete wall that would extend 17 feet above sea level.
Beyond the wall the city would surmount the amazing task of raising the grade of the entire city.
Sand was excavated from the extreme eastern and western sections of the city, as well as the ship channel, and deposited in the town through dredge pipes and canals. Over 2000 buildings were raised on stilts, some raised as much as 13 feet.
The entire project cost around six million dollars (a significant amount of money NOW, but even more awesome in 1900). Surprisingly, the work was funded to a great extent by Galveston's dedicated citizens.
Fifteen years later the seawall proved its value by protecting the city from a hurricane reported as equivalent to the storm of 1900. While 8 victims did die in this 1915 hurricane, it was a far cry from the thousands who died before.
This year Meredith is studying Texas History alongside many of her friends in our local homeschool co-op. Her class requires outside Texas History readings, so I found two historical fiction readers about the storm of 1900. She has completed Galveston's Summer of the Storm and she is now reading Dark Water Rising.
Since The Great Storm is recognized as a significant part of the history of our "local" area, I was excited to preview the documentary and hoped it worthy of a return visit with at least my own children, if not a group of our co-op kids. It was worthy and I highly recommend it to anyone visiting Galveston island.
As Jeff and I walked throughout the city, we saw this "1900 Storm Survivor" seal on multiple buildings. I began to think if we did take a group of kids it would be exciting to follow-up the documentary with a historical scavenger hunt. Students could be divided into teams to scout-out buildings proudly bearing this seal. Along the way their guide could give them clues as to how to get to the next location, pointing out the architectural and historical significance of each building they came across.
If you ever find yourself in Galveston, Texas, take time to go and watch the The Great Storm. It is well worth the $5.00 fee. You will leave the theater feeling that swell of pride that comes after encountering a story of how people can pull together through hard times, and not only survive, but thrive.
We live in Friendswood, just about 30 minutes north of Galveston. And I LOVE going down there to look at the houses and buildings. I am amazed anything at all survived that storm without the sea wall that they have today. It was a tragedy but still Galveston is such an interesting city of history.
My husband also read that book and thought it was excellent.
LOVE "issacs storm"! well written and a easy read! it is one of those books that i have reread many times!
Liz, I saw that one at Pier 21. I thought about getting it for me. The books I ended up purchasing were readers for Meredith, and then, Kenny. I may get "Isaac's Storm" for Emelie and I to read though. Thanks for the recommendation.
Agreed. Even if I wasn't from this area the documentation of the events would capture my attention. That said, there are multiple truly horrific natural events that have happened across the globe in the last decade. Many of those rival and even surpass the tragedy of that storm.
I learn SO much from your postings! I'm a native Texan and while I learned about the Galveston tragedy years ago in school, it was so interesting to read your narrative. Well done. Your children are blessed with you as their momma.
Isaac's Storm was, indeed, an excellent book. It really gave a lot of insight to things that Liz mentioned, as well as the feelings that people must have dealt with after surviving such a disaster.
The "duck" tour in Galveston is also very educational- they go by the houses down the street that runs straight from the Gulf to Galveston Bay on the other side of the island, and one thing I specifically remember is that they point out a house where the fence used to be 6 feet high and is now only 2 or 3, because of raising the grade of the island.
Fascinating. My aunt and uncle lived not far from Galveston Island, and I have visited there, but wasn't aware of this terrible piece of history! Such a beautiful place.
I was also going to suggest Isaac's Storm.
I love learning about historical events so if I ever travel to the area, I will definitely be making a stop a Pier 21. The human spirit in hard times always get to me. Thanks for sharing!
Stories like this make me even more thankful to live in today's time! I cannot even begin to imagine what those poor people were feeling, especially with being caught by surprise. Living in Florida, we have had our share of hurricanes, but at least we have warning and can prepare or leave. I don't think that I can sit through a movie like that, though. I am sitting here shaking just reading your post. Maybe I am still a little traumatized by Charley, Frances, and Jeanne in 2004.
We live in the Houston area and love to visit Galveston. The tour guides (at least the ones I've had) at the Moody Mansion and the Bishop's Palace in Galveston also do a wonderful job of painting the turn of the century scene in Galveston and what happened to some of the people during and after the storm. For example, did you know that Galveston was considered the "Wall Street of the West" at the time of the Great Storm? Prior to the storm, Galveston had such a rich history – not just its "movers and shakers", but also as the "Ellis Island" for many people. In fact, my great-great grandparents immigrated through Galveston and settled in Texas. The history in Galveston is wonderful – it's so much more than just a beach!
I was also going to recommend Isaac's Storm. I worked in Galveston for over 7 years, and I read that book while I worked there. It's an odd feeling to be so familiar with the places in the book.
I'll ditto the remark's about "Isaac's Storm." I read it several years ago, after seeing it on display at my local library. It was my first introduction to the 1900 hurricane and how deeply it affected Galveston and its residents.
I grew up hearing stories about this storm. My great-grandmother and Great great-grandparents survived the storm! The story I have always been told is that the family were in the school on the second floor and my great-great grandfather started feeling uneasy, so they left. He tied all the kids, his wife and himself to a wagon and when the storm hit, the wagon floated and they were able to survive.
I grew up in Virginia, but I live in (West) Texas now and I have visited Galveston. I was surprised to find that there is not a memorial to the victims of this storm. I guess they felt it would more commemorate the storm rather than the people.
We didn't see the film you discuss when we were there, i was more interested in genealogical research at the time, but now that my kids are older, I would like to take them back and see some of those things. They were only 3 the last time we went.
I love history. Especially Texas history. (I'm an Austinite). Will definitely add this to our summer travel list.
I was going to recommend "Isaac's Storm," too! Such a haunting book.
Heather, thanks for posting this info! I'm going to head to Galveston sometime soon and check it out. Such an incredible tragedy…so many mistakes, so many lives lost. Changed the course of Galveston, that's for sure!
A fair warning that Isaac's Storm – while well-written – is FICTION being marketed as non-fiction. There are many things written in the book that cannot be documented and are pure conjecture (from the author's own admission). When we helped the author with his research, we had no idea that he would twist the truth to match his own version of the story.
If you want a REAL non-fiction book try A Weekend in September by John Edward Weems. Mr. Weems wrote the book in collaboration with many (then-living) survivors to the point that he mailed them their portion of the narrative to ensure its accuracy. (His working papers are in the Rosenberg Library, with these letters and postcards.) That would be a much better read for homeschooling students.
We put together Through a Night of Horrors FOR STUDENTS so that they could use the actual primary materials in their personal research no matter where they lived. (ie: if they couldn't visit Galveston to do research) We envisioned students using these first-hand accounts for National History Day entries, research papers, and other in-class projects. We even enclosed maps showing where each author lived (and survived) the Storm. You could easily take a tour of the island reading portions aloud and compare photos to what is there (or not) today. Try to imagine being able to see clear from Bishops Palace to the Gulf with only a few houses in between.
Sadly, more schools picked up Isaac's Storm and we spent a good deal of time explaining how much of it is complete fabrication. If you tell a lie well enough and often enough, people will believe it as fact.
You should also take notice of the more recent bldg. placards showing the water level for Hurricane Ike only a few years ago. We lived there at the time and my bldg. which is the Shearn Moody Plaza Bldg on 25th and Strand has one for sure.
There is a memorial bronze statue at 46th & Seawall for the victims of the 1900 storm it's a women with her children with their hands raised to heaven or drowning whichever you prefer to believe, and it actually survived Hurricane Ike in 2008 that flooded the island in the same manner as the 1900 storm, Ike came in bay side and still today there are hundreds of people without homes. Every day new houses are being buildt or raised, Hurricane Ike was 3 1/2 years ago if that gives any kind of refernce to how long it takes to recover from a disaster.
An interesting teaching to tie old to new (since kids tend ot only think about the now) would be to compare the plaques for the 1900 storm to the water lines drawn in the strand area and around town to show the dept of the waters during both disadters. Most of the same structures were affected by both storms.
When I was about 10, we were visiting people who had no children so I grabbed a book from their shelves called Disaster. I was mesmerized by the book, especially by the account of the Great Flood. The looters getting caught with whole fingers, broken off from bodies for their rings made quite the impression, obviously I've never forgotten it. Wish I had that book today.
Ditto on Isaac's Storm — really interesting read.


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Water District manager says drought is still not over
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LONGMONT — Water storage conditions are in better shape this fall than at the same time a year ago.
But that doesn't mean the drought is over, a crowd of about 130 water users was told Wednesday at the fall water users meeting of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. The meeting was at the Raintree Conference Center in Longmont.
Eric Wilkinson, general manager of the water district, said the area was blessed this past summer with timely rains that helped irrigators and water purveyors as some gain was made on storage.
"But it is the district's position that the drought is not over. We've got a lot of ground to cover before we're back to normal," Wilkinson said.
He added that current conditions are promising, but it's way too early to get excited about those conditions, noting that a Western Slope newspaper headlined a story noting that snowpack conditions are 129 percent of normal for this time of year.
"But average conditions are 1.8 inches in October, so that means there's a little over 2 inches. That's not much to get excited about," Wilkinson said.
One reason for that, he said, is the Colorado River feeds Lake Powell and that massive storage project that feeds Arizona, Nevada and California is at 40 percent of capacity. If those conditions don't improve significantly soon, serious problems could develop on the river, and that could mean trouble for Colorado.
"The water community on the Colorado River is treading on ground never seen before," Wilkinson said, adding that if conditions continue for the next few years, Powell will not be able to provide the electrical energy it has in the past, let alone meet water demands of the entire basin.
Northern Colorado gets a supplemental water supply from the Colorado River through the Colorado-Big Thompson Project which the water district manages.
Darell Zimbelman, the district's associate general manager, said that while water storage throughout the district was "not in great shape at the end of the 2004 water year, we're better than we have been" in the past couple of years. The district, he said, delivered 30,000 acre-feet more water in 2004 than it did in 2003 — an acre foot supplies two families with a year's supply of water — but storage capacity this fall is 76 percent of average.
"So we're about 100,000 acre feet below of where we would like to be," Zimbelman said.
Jim Hall, who heads the Greeley office of the state division of water resources, said that while reservoirs east of Greeley are near empty, storage in tributaries of the South Platte River are in pretty good shape. There is about 100,000 acre feet of water in storage in gravel pits along the river, he added.
But Hall warned that as usual, next March, April, May and June will be the key.
"If we get good spring snow and a few spring rains, we should be in good shape next year," Hall said.


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➪ Phase 1 April 2021 (ONLINE)
What is Chinese UNtraining?
The Chinese UNtraining program is an opportunity to identify how we internalize messages from the dominant white culture to be our own, and to explore the effects of internalized racism in a group setting with others who identify as people of Chinese descent. Internalized oppression affects our ability to love ourselves, to be advocates for ourselves and for our communities. Together we have learned how this work can bring further healing and liberation for ourselves and others.
In 2009, a small group of friends and colleagues of Chinese heritage were given the opportunity to work with Rita Shimmin on issues of internalized racism. Rita invited UNtraining co-founder Robert Horton to explore with her and the group how the UNtraining could be adapted to work with a specific group of people of color. Since then the Chinese group has expanded, and a unique curriculum has evolved (and continues to evolve). Some members of the original group are now facilitators for new groups.
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It's an opportunity to form deep and powerful connections with a diverse group of Chinese people! People of Color are conditioned to adhere to social norms determined by the white/Anglo dominant culture, which exist to keep the dominant group safe, in power, and privileged. While People of Color share many common experiences, internalized oppression roots itself, expresses itself, and impacts each ethnic-specific group differently. Working in a Chinese-only group allows us to:
· Speak and work with our experiences without worrying about having to "take care of the white people," a common manifestation of internalized oppression.
· Notice and appreciate the diversity within a Chinese cohort, to challenge stereotypes imposed through social media, daily micro (and not so micro) aggressions that "Chinese people are all the same."
· To appreciate where we may share common history and experiences as Chinese people. While the experience of each person in the group is unique, we also have common collective experiences. The work is to uncover how internalized oppression has prevented us from being able to connect with our history, communities, families, and ourselves within the context of Chinese in America.
· Explore how we have been impacted (and have internalized) the cultural conditioning from our own Chinese heritage, including aspects of Chinese cultural conditioning that may be a direct response to oppression; the challenge in having to negotiate two different cultures; and the curious and sometimes persistent feeling that we can never truly belong here nor there.
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