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I am a blacksmith producing hand-forged wrought iron work in the tradition of the old world craftsmanship. My designs range from contemporary to more traditional in a wide variety of metals and for many different purposes.
Born in Germany I began as an apprentice blacksmith at the age of sixteen learning the trade from a well-known German blacksmith. The apprenticeship alone for becoming an ornamental blacksmith is three years in which the knowledge of design, architecture and engineering must all be considered. Furthermore you learn how to apply the specific needs and wants of your client to your product. Another aspect is the enhancement of your ironwork through painting techniques.
After the apprenticeship I worked in Germany for many years as an ornamental balcksmith and fabricator in different well-known shops. During this time I acquired a substantial knowledge in producing a wide variety of traditional and contemporary ironworks in using various metals for commerical , industrial, and residential needs.
In 1993 my family and I immigrated to the United States and a few years later I started my own iron shop now known as German Blacksmith, LLC. My shop produces unique railings, balconies, gates, doors, furniture, etc. in a wide variety of metals for residential as well as industrial or commerical needs. I can offer you a design service as well. Just give me your specifications and ideas and we will turn it into a beatuiful addition to your home.


Looking to get some bright young sparks through the door? Here are some tips for getting the best ones - and keeping them.
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Do your chosen institutions 'get' employability? Do they have programmes in place that ensure that graduates are able to hit the ground running? Employers often complain that many graduates leave British universities without the basic capabilities to get a good job, let alone have a successful career. It is crucial that students learn everything from how to work in teams to solving practical problems while remaining intellectually curious and entrepreneurial.
A good relationship with a university's careers service can do wonders for finding talent. All careers services have job boards, careers fairs, networking and educational events and they welcome help and support from employers.
Once you have established a good relationship with the university, they can help you identify the brightest and best-suited candidates for your organisation. Don't be afraid to give feedback directly to the university about what graduates are good at and where the gaps are. Do this on an ongoing basis rather than waiting until you've hired them.
Generation Y are digital natives. Facebook and Twitter are how they communicate on an everyday basis. They have very little patience for poorly constructed websites. Don't underestimate 'word of mouth' - if you are able to engage today's youth on a platform and provide them with a clear sense that their participation will make a difference, you'll be well ahead of the game.
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Offering short work experience stints is a great way to assess whether a candidate is a good fit for your organisation and way to weed out the 'good interviewers' from the 'good potential employees'. This is also very beneficial for the candidate as these days, students are constantly on the hunt for work experience.
Keeping everything personal is key to getting the very best students and retaining them. Write them personal emails, call them and show them you are genuinely interested in them.


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Q: Black dot on circuit diagram
See black dot on "OUT". Is it a junction or does it mean something else? This is the only black dot on the diagram, despite it having multiple splits and junctions elsewhere in the circuit.
So my oven just broke. The OUT connector (in grey) looked chipped, possibly from a short. This is what it look like in real life. The camera angle might not show it, but I think the connection is same as the IN below.

A different angle:

A: The black dot most likely represents the terminal with the black silkscreen outline on the PCB, the designers wanted people to make sure 'out' pin gets special attention and demarcation.
I've done this for service people in documentation to make sure they 'don't screw up' polarity (and sometimes they still do)
It also appears that the terminal is even a different color for this purpose .
If you didn't plug the common terminal of the heaters into 'out', it could be really bad. It probably won't matter as much if you got BA and BR swapped.

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namespace fe
{

class Word;

typedef std::vector<Word> TWordVec;

extern const std::string DEF_WORD_STRING;
extern const std::string DEF_WORD_HINT;
extern const Word 		 InvalidWord;

class Word
{
private:
	std::string m_String;
	std::string m_Hint;

	void Copy(const Word& toCopy);

public:
	Word(const std::string& str = DEF_WORD_STRING, const std::string& hint = DEF_WORD_HINT);
	Word(const Word& toCopy);
	Word& operator=(const Word& toCopy);
	virtual ~Word();

	friend bool operator==(const Word& A, const Word& B);
	friend bool operator!=(const Word& A, const Word& B);

	const std::string& GetString() const;
	const std::string& GetHint() const;

	void SetString(const std::string& str);
	void SetHint(const std::string& hint);

	bool IsValid() const;

	void PrintDebug(const std::string& spaces = "") const;
};

bool operator==(const Word& A, const Word& B);
bool operator!=(const Word& A, const Word& B);

}

#endif

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package admission

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"
	"time"

	kadmission "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/admission"
	kapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
	kclientset "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/internalclientset/fake"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/informers"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/wait"

	"github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/image/admission/testutil"
	imageapi "github.com/openshift/origin/pkg/image/api"
)

func TestAdmitImageStreamMapping(t *testing.T) {
	tests := map[string]struct {
		imageStreamMapping *imageapi.ImageStreamMapping
		limitRange         *kapi.LimitRange
		shouldAdmit        bool
		operation          kadmission.Operation
	}{
		"new ism, no limit range": {
			imageStreamMapping: getImageStreamMapping(),
			operation:          kadmission.Create,
			shouldAdmit:        true,
		},
		"new ism, under limit range": {
			imageStreamMapping: getImageStreamMapping(),
			limitRange:         getLimitRange("1Ki"),
			operation:          kadmission.Create,
			shouldAdmit:        true,
		},
		"new ism, over limit range": {
			imageStreamMapping: getImageStreamMapping(),
			limitRange:         getLimitRange("0Ki"),
			operation:          kadmission.Create,
			shouldAdmit:        false,
		},
	}

	for k, v := range tests {
		var fakeKubeClient kclientset.Interface
		if v.limitRange != nil {
			fakeKubeClient = fake.NewSimpleClientset(v.limitRange)
		} else {
			fakeKubeClient = fake.NewSimpleClientset()
		}
		plugin, informerFactory, err := newHandlerForTest(fakeKubeClient)
		if err != nil {
			t.Errorf("%s failed creating plugin %v", k, err)
			continue
		}
		informerFactory.Start(wait.NeverStop)

		attrs := kadmission.NewAttributesRecord(v.imageStreamMapping, nil,
			imageapi.Kind("ImageStreamMapping").WithVersion("version"),
			v.imageStreamMapping.Namespace,
			v.imageStreamMapping.Name,
			imageapi.Resource("imagestreammappings").WithVersion("version"),
			"",
			v.operation,
			nil)

		err = plugin.Admit(attrs)
		if v.shouldAdmit && err != nil {
			t.Errorf("%s expected to be admitted but received error %v", k, err)
		}
		if !v.shouldAdmit && err == nil {
			t.Errorf("%s expected to be rejected but received no error", k)
		}
	}
}

func TestAdmitImage(t *testing.T) {
	tests := map[string]struct {
		size           resource.Quantity
		limitSize      resource.Quantity
		shouldAdmit    bool
		limitRangeItem *kapi.LimitRangeItem
	}{
		"under size": {
			size:        resource.MustParse("50Mi"),
			limitSize:   resource.MustParse("100Mi"),
			shouldAdmit: true,
		},
		"equal size": {
			size:        resource.MustParse("100Mi"),
			limitSize:   resource.MustParse("100Mi"),
			shouldAdmit: true,
		},
		"over size": {
			size:        resource.MustParse("101Mi"),
			limitSize:   resource.MustParse("100Mi"),
			shouldAdmit: false,
		},
		"non-applicable limit range item": {
			size: resource.MustParse("100Mi"),
			limitRangeItem: &kapi.LimitRangeItem{
				Type: kapi.LimitTypeContainer,
			},
			shouldAdmit: true,
		},
	}

	for k, v := range tests {
		limitRangeItem := v.limitRangeItem
		if limitRangeItem == nil {
			limitRangeItem = &kapi.LimitRangeItem{
				Type: imageapi.LimitTypeImage,
				Max: kapi.ResourceList{
					kapi.ResourceStorage: v.limitSize,
				},
			}
		}

		err := AdmitImage(v.size.Value(), *limitRangeItem)
		if v.shouldAdmit && err != nil {
			t.Errorf("%s expected to be admitted but received error %v", k, err)
		}

		if !v.shouldAdmit && err == nil {
			t.Errorf("%s expected to be denied but was admitted", k)
		}
	}
}

func TestLimitAppliestoImages(t *testing.T) {
	tests := map[string]struct {
		limitRange  *kapi.LimitRange
		shouldApply bool
	}{
		"good limit range": {
			limitRange: &kapi.LimitRange{
				Spec: kapi.LimitRangeSpec{
					Limits: []kapi.LimitRangeItem{
						{
							Type: imageapi.LimitTypeImage,
						},
					},
				},
			},
			shouldApply: true,
		},
		"bad limit range": {
			limitRange: &kapi.LimitRange{
				Spec: kapi.LimitRangeSpec{
					Limits: []kapi.LimitRangeItem{
						{
							Type: kapi.LimitTypeContainer,
						},
					},
				},
			},
			shouldApply: false,
		},
		"malformed range with no type": {
			limitRange: &kapi.LimitRange{
				Spec: kapi.LimitRangeSpec{
					Limits: []kapi.LimitRangeItem{},
				},
			},
			shouldApply: false,
		},
		"malformed range with no limits": {
			limitRange:  &kapi.LimitRange{},
			shouldApply: false,
		},
	}

	plugin, err := NewImageLimitRangerPlugin(fake.NewSimpleClientset(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("error creating plugin: %v", err)
	}
	ilr := plugin.(*imageLimitRangerPlugin)

	for k, v := range tests {
		supports := ilr.SupportsLimit(v.limitRange)
		if supports && !v.shouldApply {
			t.Errorf("%s expected limit range to not be applicable", k)
		}
		if !supports && v.shouldApply {
			t.Errorf("%s expected limit range to be applicable", k)
		}
	}
}

func TestHandles(t *testing.T) {
	plugin, err := NewImageLimitRangerPlugin(fake.NewSimpleClientset(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("error creating plugin: %v", err)
	}
	if !plugin.Handles(kadmission.Create) {
		t.Errorf("plugin is expected to handle create")
	}
	if plugin.Handles(kadmission.Update) {
		t.Errorf("plugin is not expected to handle update")
	}
	if plugin.Handles(kadmission.Delete) {
		t.Errorf("plugin is not expected to handle delete")
	}
	if plugin.Handles(kadmission.Connect) {
		t.Errorf("plugin is expected to handle connect")
	}
}

func TestSupports(t *testing.T) {
	resources := []string{"imagestreammappings"}
	plugin, err := NewImageLimitRangerPlugin(fake.NewSimpleClientset(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("error creating plugin: %v", err)
	}
	ilr := plugin.(*imageLimitRangerPlugin)
	for _, r := range resources {
		attr := kadmission.NewAttributesRecord(nil, nil, unversioned.Kind("ImageStreamMapping").WithVersion("version"), "ns", "name", imageapi.Resource(r).WithVersion("version"), "", kadmission.Create, nil)
		if !ilr.SupportsAttributes(attr) {
			t.Errorf("plugin is expected to support %s", r)
		}
	}

	badKinds := []string{"ImageStream", "Image", "Pod", "foo"}
	for _, k := range badKinds {
		attr := kadmission.NewAttributesRecord(nil, nil, unversioned.Kind(k).WithVersion("version"), "ns", "name", imageapi.Resource("bar").WithVersion("version"), "", kadmission.Create, nil)
		if ilr.SupportsAttributes(attr) {
			t.Errorf("plugin is not expected to support %s", k)
		}
	}
}

func getBaseImageWith1Layer() imageapi.Image {
	return imageapi.Image{
		ObjectMeta: kapi.ObjectMeta{
			Name:        testutil.BaseImageWith1LayerDigest,
			Annotations: map[string]string{imageapi.ManagedByOpenShiftAnnotation: "true"},
		},
		DockerImageReference: fmt.Sprintf("registry.example.org/%s/%s", "test", testutil.BaseImageWith1LayerDigest),
		DockerImageManifest:  testutil.BaseImageWith1Layer,
	}
}

func getLimitRange(limit string) *kapi.LimitRange {
	return &kapi.LimitRange{
		ObjectMeta: kapi.ObjectMeta{
			Name:      "test-limit",
			Namespace: "test",
		},
		Spec: kapi.LimitRangeSpec{
			Limits: []kapi.LimitRangeItem{
				{
					Type: imageapi.LimitTypeImage,
					Max: kapi.ResourceList{
						kapi.ResourceStorage: resource.MustParse(limit),
					},
				},
			},
		},
	}
}

func getImageStreamMapping() *imageapi.ImageStreamMapping {
	return &imageapi.ImageStreamMapping{
		ObjectMeta: kapi.ObjectMeta{
			Name:      "test-ism",
			Namespace: "test",
		},
		Image: getBaseImageWith1Layer(),
	}
}

func newHandlerForTest(c kclientset.Interface) (kadmission.Interface, informers.SharedInformerFactory, error) {
	plugin, err := NewImageLimitRangerPlugin(c, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}
	f := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(c, 5*time.Minute)
	plugins := []kadmission.Interface{plugin}
	pluginInitializer := kadmission.NewPluginInitializer(f, nil)
	pluginInitializer.Initialize(plugins)
	err = kadmission.Validate(plugins)
	return plugin, f, err
}


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Bob Joseph Is Back with Tips for Making 'Reconciliation a Reality'
Bestselling author wants to help readers do a better job relating to Indigenous people.
By Katie Hyslop 9 May 2019 | TheTyee.ca
Katie Hyslop is The Tyee's education and youth reporter. Find her previous stories here.
Author Bob Joseph sees lots of progress on reconciliation in Canada. And he's hopeful it'll continue.
Bob Joseph wrote the national bestseller 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act to help answer questions about Indigenous history, particularly First Nations history, since Canada imposed the genocidal Indian Act in 1867.
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But it ended up sparking many questions from readers about what they can do to improve Indigenous relations, given Canada's 150-years-plus failure.
"A lot of the media interviews that we got had a lot to do with that, where people were just asking, 'What do we do? How do we do it?'" said Joseph, son of hereditary Chief Robert Joseph Sr. of Gwawaenuk, who founded the charity Reconciliation Canada.
That sparked the idea for Joseph's second book, Indigenous Relations: Insights, Tips & Suggestions to Make Reconciliation a Reality, published by Page Two Press.
Co-authored with Cynthia F. Joseph, Bob Joseph's wife and colleague in their business Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., Indigenous Relations is a guide for entrepreneurs, governments and individuals wanting to work successfully with First Nations.
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Whether the ultimate goal is a business deal, partnership or a reconciled Canada, the Josephs have suggestions on what to do and what not to do when creating respectful relationships.
The Tyee spoke to Bob Joseph on the phone earlier this month about their new book and his thoughts on Canada's reconciliation progress. The interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
The Tyee: Who is this book for?
Bob Joseph: We would hope that Canadians would want to reach out and gravitate to it. Most of the experience that I gleaned can apply to lots of different organizations. We've trained everybody from the Ontario SPCA to Fortune 100 companies, and all levels of government in between.
Is this book also for someone who's interested in helping to further the 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on an individual level?
Absolutely. A lot of the information initially was gleaned from those sorts of corporate, government clients. But we did realize there was a need for the average Canadian citizen to learn.
I started blogging a few years ago as a way to get out the free hints and tips. And to give you a sense of how interested people are, when I first started blogging we maybe had 700 people a month come to our website, which I thought was fabulous. But we're at 106,896 visitors in April. And they are just from all walks of life: we had people who've reached out about going kayaking or canoeing with their family and wanting to do protocol; conference organizers wondering how to acknowledge Beothuk [in Newfoundland and Labrador] who are not even there anymore.
And they're downloading free ebooks. When we published '27 Tips on What to Say and Do to Get Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples' after the first month we had maybe 1,200 people download the copy of the ebook. Then I thought, I'm going to publish '23 Tips on What Not to Say and Do,' because I'm just curious more than anything. And that one was downloaded over 10,000 times. That's what people want to know: they're interested, they're curious, but they don't want to say the wrong thing and get off on the wrong foot. We definitely have been trying to reach that very mass audience.
How well can reconciliation work under capitalism?
We're sort of stuck with capitalism right now. And we do need to work together, and I think that may give us some different ideas about capitalism as we get to know each other a little bit better... Indigenous Relations will really pull people together and get them onto a common ground and help them avoid the things not to say. And in doing that, we'll really start to learn each other's points of view.
The Indian Act was put into place on the basis that [Indigenous cultures] are primitive cultures. 'They live short, brutish lives, and what we need to do is help and make things better for them.' And my dad, he'd say, 'If anybody ever says that to you, tell them that we were working less than nine weeks a year, and we weren't paying taxes at the time of contact, and ask them how what they have is better than that.'
I think, as we get into the relationships, we'll start to pull each other in those directions. We'd [find a] more communal sort of collectivism, and not be so worried about growth for the sake of growth. I think there'd be a lot of learning that would come out of getting to understand each other and being able to create a safe space to see different world views.
A lot of your recommendations in the book boil down to Indigenous awareness and sensitivity training. Why is this so important?
If the readers go and check out the 94 Calls to Action a lot of them say that — to learn about the history, the culture, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. It is just a common theme. The political leadership who were working on the Calls to Action, they just saw that as a really crucial step. It was serendipitous in that sense. We've been already doing that work for decades, but they came out and said 'yes, this is what needs to happen.'
I was just reading a report on employment recruitment and retention. And they were interviewing Indigenous employees who are leaving organizations, asking them, what's your biggest reason? And the biggest reason they listed was actually lack of awareness [of Indigenous cultures and history] on the part of the employers they tried to join, fit in and be a part of. It just seems to be a very common theme.
And of course, it's something that we do. We have online and public workshops, and we do lots of private sessions. It's just thematic; whether they do it with us or not us, it really doesn't matter.
For those individuals who want to help further reconciliation, it's a lot of research and a lot of work. Is it possible to simplify that? Or is the research part of the work that should come with reconciliation?
One of the exercises we do in all of our workshops is we ask people to think of a date in history that's specific to Indigenous people. We start to flip chart those responses, and at the top of the flip chart we'll have the old dates: Christopher Columbus; Jacques Cartier; and the land bridge. At the bottom of the flip chart will be all the recent dates, like the 2010 Winter Olympics. What often ends up appearing, though, is a gap in the middle from 1867 to the 1970s.
People were looking for a place to start filling in the gap, and that was what we were trying to accomplish with the 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act, because that's where all of that stuff was happening: residential schools; banning of potlatches; and overthrowing hereditary chiefs with elected chief and councils.
My tip for getting started — start at the beginning, and work through today. And what I tell our learners is, 'As you're working through the timeline, just try to always get a different perspective.'
If your sense of history includes Christopher Columbus discovering the New World, try to find out what the views of Indigenous peoples would be about that discovery. 'Columbus discovered the New World,' bothers them, because there were a lot of people there that didn't consider it a 'new world.'
How are we doing with reconciliation in Canada?
I'm really happy about reconciliation. I know academia has committed to this, kindergarten to Grade 12, certainly indigenizing their content and decolonizing their institutions. Give it 15 years, and that stuff will just transform this country. And I think it'll have great effect.
I do hear the frustration of 'It's not happening fast enough,' 'It's a dead horse,' but I just keep trying to encourage people not to make reconciliation a political football. It's going to be an ongoing process. It took us over 130 years to get into this mess, there's no way we're getting out in three or five, it's just not practical to even think that that could happen.
And honestly, in Ontario, there was a big pullback from reconciliation education. So there may still be large pockets of the country that aren't taking important steps. But there'll still be lots of other places in the country. Teachers in Ontario organized a national Twitter chat about 21 Things and how to incorporate it in curriculum. It was just so cool that even though there's some pullback, the teachers are still saying, we're in; we want to do this. That's why I'm bullish on reconciliation: it's just going to take more time than people are sort of giving it.
In the book, you asked people to imagine a future Canada. Where do you see reconciliation in 150 years?
I think what will make us a great society and a great country is that we'll have this shared common understanding, and that we'll really be respectful of differences. Respect has always been a core thing. We've tried to teach people that's the way that we're going to be able to survive — if the world can actually go another 150 years at the rate that we're seeing climate change.
To be able to do that, though, would require a group of peoples to be able to get along. That's what reconciliation can deliver, that ability to get along, even though we got off to a really, really bad start. If we can make amends and figure out how to live and work together, coexist and be respectful, I think it's going to be a pretty cool world. If we let divisions in there, then we're going to really struggle.
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CPST - Capstone Turbine Corporation
NasdaqCM - NasdaqCM Real Time Price. Currency in USD
Previous Close 3.1800
Open 3.1500
Bid 3.0800 x 1000
Ask 3.1400 x 1100
Day's Range 3.1000 - 3.1900
52 Week Range 1.8800 - 10.5000
Market Cap 26.086M
EPS (TTM) -2.4150
Earnings Date Feb 04, 2020 - Feb 09, 2020
Forward Dividend & Yield N/A (N/A)
Ex-Dividend Date N/A
1y Target Est 5.00
Capstone Signs 9-Year FPP Service Contract on New C1000S Trigeneration Installation at Historic 100-Year-Old Washington, D.C. Area University
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / January 16, 2020 / Capstone Turbine Corporation ( www.capstoneturbine.com ) (NASDAQ:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, ...
Australian Distributor Optimal Commissions Capstone C1000S for Oil & Gas Producer Santos Fuel, Cutting Costs and Carbon Footprint in Half at Remote Facility
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / January 14, 2020 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today that Optimal Group Australia, Capstone's exclusive Australian distributor, recently commissioned an innovative energy project for Santos Limited, one of Australia's largest independent oil and gas producers in the Asia- Pacific region, supplying energy needs across Australia and Asia. The project required Optimal to deliver a stand-alone system to power one of the Santos remote oil production facilities as they wanted to replace their aging and inefficient reciprocating engine-based power system at their Tarbat Oil Production Facility in Southwest Queensland. In addition, Santos also wanted to achieve significant emissions reductions as part of the energy system upgrade.
Federal Tax Credit Reinstated in 2020 for Microturbines Fueled by Renewable Energy Sources
Capstone Completes Major UK Remanufacturing Facility Upgrades Designed to Improve Aftermarket Margins as Part of Management's Positive Adjusted EBITDA Plan
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / January 6, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation ( www.capstoneturbine.com ) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced ...
Capstone Turbine Reports Select Preliminary Q3 Fiscal 2020 Financial Results and Strategic Changes to its Sales & Marketing Organization
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / January 3, 2020 / Capstone Turbine Corporation ( www.capstoneturbine.com ) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, is ...
Capstone Secures a Follow-On Order from the National Science Foundation for the Largest Research Station in Antarctica
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 30, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today it secured a follow-on order for a C200 Signature Series ICHP microturbine with a 20-year Factory Protection Plan (FPP) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of a multi-phase modernization of the McMurdo research station with the goal of increasing energy and operational efficiency. The order was secured by Arctic Energy, Capstone's exclusive distributor in Alaska. The C200S ICHP microturbine will be delivered in 2020, and is expected to be commissioned in February 2021.
Is Capstone Turbine Corporation (CPST) Going to Burn These Hedge Funds?
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Capstone Turbine Receives Certification for Australian Grid Interconnection per AS/NZS 4777.2:2015 Interconnection Standard
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 19, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced that its Model C200 and C1000 systems are now certified to the Australian AS/NZS 4777.2:2015 Interconnection Standard. "Certification to the Australian standard is a significant accomplishment for our organization as the Australian certification comes on the heels of certifications for California and the United Kingdom," stated Darren Jamison, President and Chief Executive Officer of Capstone.
One of the World's Largest Oil and Gas Companies Expands Long-Term Microturbine Rental Fleet with Another Capstone C800S in the Permian Basin
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 17, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today that it continues to expand its long-term microturbine rental business with the deployment of a C800 Signature Series microturbine in the Permian Basin with one of the world's largest oil and gas companies. The new long-term rental was secured by Lone Star Power Solutions, Capstone's exclusive distributor in Arizona, Texas, and the Gulf states. The C800S microturbine is expected to be delivered in December 2019 and commissioned in the first quarter of 2020.
alphaDIRECT Advisors to Host Capstone's Chief Revenue Officer, Jim Crouse, on December 17, 2019, as Part of The alphaDIRECT Virtual Conference Series
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 12, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, will be participating in the alphaDIRECT Virtual Conference Series on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, at 12:00 PM ET. Jim Crouse, Capstone's Chief Revenue Officer, will present an overview of Capstone and the renewable future followed by a short question and answer session.
Capstone's Single Largest Combined Heat and Power Installation of Microturbine Technology Enters into a 9-Year Comprehensive Long-Term Service Contract
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 11, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation ( www.capstoneturbine.com ) (NASDAQ:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, ...
Investors Who Bought Capstone Turbine (NASDAQ:CPST) Shares Five Years Ago Are Now Down 98%
This month, we saw the Capstone Turbine Corporation (NASDAQ:CPST) up an impressive 47%. But will that repair the...
Capstone Turbine to Present at the 12th Annual LD Micro Main Event Investor Conference in Los Angeles on December 11, 2019
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 9, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation ( www.capstoneturbine.com ) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, ...
Major Eagle Ford Oil and Gas Producer Orders Another Capstone C800S for South Texas Shale Play Bringing its Capstone FPP Covered Fleet to Over 4 MWs
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 9, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today it secured a repeat order from one of the largest oil and gas producers in the Eagle Ford Shale Play region of South Texas. Lone Star Power Solutions, Capstone's exclusive distributor in Arizona, Texas, and the Gulf states secured the order for the C800 Signature Series microturbine and associated 5-year long-term Factory Protection Plan (FPP). The new system will be used to provide electricity for an existing oil and gas gathering facility.
Capstone Announces the Appointment of Eric Hencken as Chief Financial Officer
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / December 6, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today the appointment of Frederick (Eric) Hencken III, the Company's current Interim Chief Financial Officer, to the position of Chief Financial Officer, effective as of January 1, 2020. Mr. Hencken will continue to serve as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer, and principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of the Company. Mr. Hencken was appointed to Interim Chief Financial Officer of Capstone effective October 1, 2019.
Largest Oil and Gas User of Capstone Microturbines Adds Another 2 MW's of Long-Term Service Contracts in the Marcellus and Utica Shale Region for a Total of 14.5 MWs
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Q2 2020 Capstone Turbine Corp Earnings Call
Capstone Strengthens Board with the Appointment of Denise Wilson, Former Executive Vice President and President, New Business for NRG Energy, Inc., a Fortune 500 Company
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 20, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation ( www.capstoneturbine.com ) (NASDAQ:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, ...
Capstone Secures Significant 1 MW Flare Gas Project with Ecopetrol, the Largest National Oil Company in Colombia
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 18, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today it secured its first-ever flare gas project in Colombia with Ecopetrol, one of the top 25 oil companies in the world. Supernova Energy Services, Capstone's exclusive distributor for Colombia and Venezuela, secured the order for the 1 megawatt (MW) project, which is expected to be commissioned by the end of the year. Ecopetrol is one of the largest oil producers in the world, with multiple hydrocarbon extraction fields throughout Colombia.
Capstone Turbine Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2020 Financial Results
Adjusted EBITDA Improves 35% Sequentially as Company Executes Against its Strategic Business Initiatives and Positive Adjusted EBITDA Plan Product Revenue Grew 19% on a Sequential Basis on a Book-to-Bill ...
Kimball Electronics, Inc. Announces Election of Directors
JASPER, Ind., Nov. 07, 2019 -- Kimball Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KE), (the "Company"), today announced the election of two new directors at its Annual Meeting of Share Owners.
Capstone Executes 1.6 MW Follow-on Long-Term Service Contract for Industrial End-Use Customer in Mexico
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 5, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation ( www.capstoneturbine.com ) (NASDAQ:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, ...
Capstone Distributor RSP Systems Secures a Follow-On 1 MW Order with Brookfield Properties Manhattan West in the Heart of the New York City Hudson Yards District
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 31, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation ( www.capstoneturbine.com ) (NASDAQ:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, ...
Capstone Secures First-Ever Offshore Oil and Gas Order in India as the Country Aims to Increase Crude Oil Production and Reduce Imports Significantly by 2022
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 29, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today it secured its first-ever offshore oil and gas order in India. Brio Energy Private Limited, Capstone's exclusive distributor for India, secured the order for two C65 microturbines on a wellhead platform in the Arabian Sea. Today India imports 82% of its crude oil needs but aims to bring that down to 67% by 2022 by replacing it with increased local exploration, new renewable energy, and other indigenous fuels.
Capstone Secures Initial Flare Gas Pilot Project in France for One of Europe's Largest Energy Producers
VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 25, 2019 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today that it secured an initial order for six C65 microturbines for a critical flare gas pilot project in France. Microturbine Power (MTP), one of Capstone's exclusive European distributors, secured the initial project, which is set to be commissioned by January 2020. The six microturbine array will provide on-site power for one of Europe's largest energy producers, utilizing the associated gas generated by one of the firm's Electrical Submersible Pump's (ESP) located at the wellhead.


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Yamamoto was born in Yokohama, Japan on October 3, 1943. He studied law at Keio University and graduated in 1966 with a law degree. He continued his studies on fashion design at the famous Bunkafukuso Gakuin, a fashion institute in Tokyo. Yamamoto blends the exotic and powerful designs of traditional Japanese dress with Western daywear, and achieves a unique, abstract style. He is an uncompromising, nontraditional designer. Yamamoto drapes and wraps the body in unstructured, loose, voluminous garments, similar in style and philosophy to those of Rei Kawakubo. Many of his clothes have additional flaps, pockets and straps.
The top icon of fashion design, Elsa Schiaparelli was born on September 10, 1890, in Italy. After working at a boutique in New York, Schiaparelli moved to Paris, where she began designing her own clothes. Her work and sense of style shaped the look of fashion in the 1920s and '30s, and her clothes were worn by some of the world's most famous women, including American actress Greta Garbo. Schiaparelli died in Paris on November 13, 1973.
Fashion designers may work full-time for one fashion house, as 'in-house designers', which owns the designs, or they work alone or as part of a team. Freelance designers work for themselves, selling their designs to fashion houses, directly to shops, or to clothing manufacturers. The garments bear the buyer's label. Some fashion designers set up their own labels, under which their designs are marketed. Some fashion designers are self-employed and design for individual clients. Other high-end fashion designers cater to specialty stores or high-end fashion department stores. These designers create original garments, as well as those that follow established fashion trends. Most fashion designers, however, work for apparel manufacturers, creating designs of men's, women's, and children's fashions for the mass market. Large designer brands which have a 'name' as their brand such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Justice, or Juicy are likely to be designed by a team of individual designers under the direction of a design director.
A designer with a notorious past, Christian Dior was also known for being in cahoots with the enemy during WWII, when he dressed Nazi wives and French collaborators in his designs. Despite this questionable choice, he still rose to prominence during the late-forties when the war was over…primarily due to his unparalleled mastery of line and shape. He gave women a desirable "flower silhouette" which always featured a nipped-in waist, a full, voluminous skirt, and a feminine, corseted bodice. Often, the hips of his suits and dresses were padded to balance the bust line and accentuate the wasp-waisted effect.
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Gianni Versace launched his first clothing line in Milan, Italy, in 1978. In 1989, Versace debuted his first couture collection. He became known for his glamorous styles, producing a range of siren dresses that became his trademark. Gianni Versace was also known for his marketing genius, turning nameless models into international superstars and regularly recruiting celebrities for his campaigns. Gianni Versace was murdered in 1997. Nevertheless, the house Versace is one of the most know and admired luxury fashion trends until our days.
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Thomas Burberry was born in 1835 in Brockham Green, Surrey. Burberry opened his own small clothing outfitters in Basingstoke in 1857. At that time Basingstoke was a small country town. Nowadays, the Burberry Group is a leading global fashion brand which now sells womenswear, menswear, non-apparel and children's wear. It is famous for its iconic trademarked check design and British heritage branding.
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Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel revolutionized the contemporary women's clothing. Her bold fashion designs freed women from the constrained, time limited trends. Chanel suits have become style icons, as well as her Chanel bags. It was 'Coco' who has created the innovative concept of "little black dress", without which it can not do any one woman. There is no doubt that Coco Chanel is one of the top fashion designers of clothing of all time!
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The Spanish fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga was born on January 21 in 1895. After studying dressmaking as a child, by age 20, Cristobal started his own brand and became Spanish's leading couturier. In 1937, he moved to Paris due to the Spanish Civil War. Balenciaga's designs are famous by its capes, flowing clothes without waistlines, as well as the use of plastic for rainwear. Cristobal died in 1972 in Valencia, Spain.
Like Halston, Calvin Klein epitomized disco glamour in the freewheeling late Seventies. His tight designer jeans, which clung to the sleek bodies of the greatest beauties of the day, including the young Brooke Shields, cemented his fame and made him millions of dollars. However, Calvin Klein's reign continued well into the 80's and 90's – his spare, stripped-down designs offered a minimalist perspective that carried a very modern message. The use of sexuality in his ads was often a keystone of his success; his campaigns were designed to send overt messages and perhaps to shock. Today, his empire is still strong, despite some turbulence in the late nineties: his suits, dresses, and couture still offer a unique viewpoint.
Giorgio Armani was born on July 11, in 1934, in Italy. Armani is an iconic and unique fashion designer. His popularity skyrocketed in America in the 1980s with his men's 'power suits'. Armani attracted an enviable fashion following in the 80s with the unstructured jackets and soft trousers in mineral hues. With more than three decades in the business, Armani has enjoyed a longevity as a designer experienced by few others.
Although many autumn colour trends abound (as you can see from the first section of this trend report), I kept noticing the exact pairing of red and pink together too—ideal when the two hues have been en vogue for such a long time now and you're likely to have them sitting somewhere in your closet. From dusky combinations at Anne Demeulemeester through to vibrant partners at Balenciaga, there are many ways this trend can play out. Over to you, pals.
Fashion. Fashion is completely transparent. It's fun, it's confusing, and it never dies off. Fashions from the past are still being worn by women across the country and new fashions are being designed every day. There's SO many different fashion styles, and we've come up with a list of the top 20 looks, from elegant to gothic, exotic to casual, and everything in between.


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Getting To Know José Araguz & His New Book, An Empty Pot's Darkness
Tell us a little bit about your new collection: what's the significance of the title? are there over-arching themes? what was the process of assembling it? was is a project book? etc.
In terms of the title, I always like to find a word or phrase that seems significant. As this collection deals in elegiac sequences, I struggled a bit at first. The phrase "an empty pot's darkness" is in one of the few poems not dealing directly with death. Soon as I singled it out and took it out of context, I saw the fruitful ambiguity it lived in. I see the pot working as both a cooking one (as in the poem it's from) but also a funeral urn (one of the sequences does deal with a friend who was cremated). And pulling further out, I see more metanarrative meanings: that we are the mortal pots left empty when we die; also, since the poems in each sequence are strictly eight lines each (which I call octaves for the book's purposes), form becomes a kind of pot whose darkness I revel and roam in.
Themes range from friendship and mortality, but also the writing life. I elegize two writing friends from my hometown, Corpus Christi, Texas, poets who had a major influence on my life early on. I'm also in conversation with dead writers. William Stafford gets a nod, so does William Blake in the naming of two sequences "Octaves of Youth" and "Octaves of Experience," respectively. I also have a sequence of octaves in conversation with the work of Octavio Paz. Mortality is a theme not only in elegy but in a personal way as well. In the sequence "for La Llorona," I interpolate some of the lore of the figure La Llorona as portrayed in folksongs to speak indirectly about a past problematic relationship. In the closing sequence "An Empty Pot's Testament," I delve into some of my own darker moments in my life. The tone I go for is one of public testament, similar to the way Pablo Neruda ends his poetic epic, Canto General. For me, it was important to acknowledge the gift that it is to get to live to write this book.
As for process, this collection is comprised of three sequences published in an earlier chapbook (Corpus Christi Octaves, Flutter Press) along with four newer sequences which take on the thematic and formal project of those early sequences and takes them in new directions. What mattered to me in pursuing these octaves as a collection was putting these themes and experiences in conversation with each other and honoring the richness of that conversation.
This is your fourth collection of poetry. How does this collection feel different from the others?
In a lot of ways, this may be my most vulnerable book. To flip through it, the individual poems are each eight lines and without titles. Which means that the poems hinge on the phrasing I work out in a short space. I remember after a reading in 2012, one person came up to me and asked: "Is that all you have? Short poems?" This comment came long before this collection, but it has stayed with me. My immediate reaction was to double down and write a hundred more short poems, followed by an anxiety-driven rush to write a hundred long poems. I share this story and reaction to show that I've always been sensitive to formal decisions. When this book came out, I came back to that conversation in 2012 and felt self-conscious again.
Vulnerability and form intersect in another way in this collection, namely in the formal and conceptual decisions made. Formally: along with each poem being eight lines long, each has an individual syllabic structure. Some sequences follow the same syllabic structure, and some vary widely, but each has been worked out to fit the individual lyric. This attention to form down to the syllable was important for me as it was a way to give personal material torque and resonance, a way to trouble the traditional elegy both in tone and approach. I didn't want a high tone; I wanted voices present, my own and others, and I wanted images clear. Conceptually, there are all the personal and literary homages and references that the poems make. I didn't want to hand readers a book riddled with footnotes, so I worked at each poem for a clarity that stood alone from whatever outside reference it could be making. Ultimately, it's a book of poems and not an academic treatise. If you catch a reference, that adds to the experience, but it isn't the point. I worked so that something of my friends and life could be caught across the troubled syllabic terrain.
I consider my previous book, Until We Are Level Again (Mongrel Empire Press), a love letter to the short lyric; this collection feels like a set of notes passed in secret to the octave form.
Which writers (living or dead) do you feel have influenced you the most? Are these influences evident in this collection? How so?
Sharon Olds is one of my biggest influences, I feel. Her steadfast attention to honoring the linguistic richness of each poem as well as the personal narrative that informs it is something I aspire to. I mention William Stafford in the book, but the poet who led me to Stafford, Naomi Shihab Nye, is also a great influence. Her poems kept me alive at a specific time in my life, one covered in this book actually, where I lived in a house without electricity. Without light, her poems kept me able to see the world. In terms of this collection, I have to mention the Greek poet Yannis Ritsos whose short poems teach me so much. He has a sequence for the poet Cavafy where he elegizes him, at times focusing on everyday objects, like the poet's glasses. Ritsos' sequence on Cavafy is definitely a direct influence on this book.
Tell us about your love for the short poem.
When I was in second grade, the teacher then taught me the 5-7-5 version of haiku. I remember writing about all the things that interested me then: Ghostbusters, aliens, vampires, ghosts, etc. That was perhaps my first experience with the short poem, one that I can only vaguely recall; what I do remember is just the joy of it. Over the years, I continue to admire the great possibilities in a variety of short poetic forms, how short forms work like bouillon cubes to hold so much in a small space. From haiku then later tanka, I later learned to engage with lyric aphorisms as evident in my chapbook The Book of Flight (Essay Press). The work of Olivia Dresher had a great effect on me in this regard. Octavio Paz himself said that the short poem is the hardest to write. I agree, and would add that it is also one of the most joyous to write.
What are you working on now that the book is out in the world?
I have a number of projects that I'm always working on, each ranging from complete to in-process. The most complete of these are a poetic memoir and two poetry collections, one dealing with religion, the other with politics. As I say that I realize such heavy topics aren't easy to separate as easily as all that, ha.
What art, writing, or media is moving you right now?
I've been keeping Olivia Dresher's latest book, A Silence of Words (Impassio Press), nearby these days. Rosa Alcalá's MyOTHER TONGUE (Futurepoem, 2017) and her work in general continues to be illuminating and formative in a number of ways. I also keep coming back to Rainer Maria Rilke, might be the third time I return to his work across the twenty years I've been writing. Still something I'm learning from him.
As for art, the artist Karla Rosas (KARLINCHE) has been doing some dynamic work that engages with and subverts typical Mexican immigrant narratives. I was excited to feature her work in my first issue as Editor-in-chief of Salamander Magazine.
Also: I'm always listening to new music, and if you're friends with me long enough, I might share what that is. As for TV, The Witcher on Netflix is impressive for its nonlinear approach to narrative as well as for its honoring and updating of fantasy tropes.
sample poem from An Empty Pot's Darkness
You lived without power like a
grudge, lit lamps as others puzzled. This is just
how one lives. The nights I lived there, I stumbled
in the dark and wrote my poems by
the light of a kerosene lamp.
When the light gave out, I would write by the moon.
When the moon gave out, I'd write trusting the words
would still be there in the morning
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José Angel Araguz is a CantoMundo fellow and the author of seven chapbooks as well as the collections Everything We Think We Hear, Small Fires, Until We Are Level Again, and, most recently, An Empty Pot's Darkness. His poems, creative nonfiction, and reviews have appeared in Crab Creek Review, Prairie Schooner, New South, Poetry International, and The Bind. Born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, he runs the poetry blog The Friday Influence and composes erasure poems on the Instagram account @poetryamano. A faculty member in Pine Manor College's Solstice Low-Residency MFA program, he also reads for the journal Right Hand Pointing and serves as a co-editor of Airlie Press. With an MFA from New York University and a PhD from the University of Cincinnati, José is an Assistant Professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston where he also serves as Editor-in-Chief of Salamander Magazine.


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Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Towers (Chicago) // The Dead Licks J.A.M. (Just A Minute) // Cory Wong (ft. Chromeo) Checked Out // Pet Fox It Ain't Over // The Black Keys Blindside // Alice Merton Two Days // Mewn Falling Apart (Right Now) // Wilco A Random Act Of Kindness // Kevin Morby Pants Is Overrated // Lyle Lovett Buddy // Tim Heidecker
Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. High Heels // Paul Cauthen Kaleidoscope // Carli Brill Goodbye Mr. Blue // Father John Misty I Can't Lie // Avi Kaplan Know Your Demons // Tré Burt Wild Child // The Black Keys Creek Boy // PROF Little Lies // The Dead Tongues Coalinga // Band of Horses That Man of Mine // Joyce Street New Person, Old Place (New Feelings Version) // Madi Diaz (ft. Courtney Marie Andrews) West Virginia // The Builders and the Butchers With the Lights Down // Ocie Elliott It Gets…
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Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Earthquake Love // Stray Local Nowhere // Black Match Ain't It Magical // Mauwe I'm Your Man // Grace Gillespie Go // The Black Keys Upcoming Boston Area Show: Friday, October 11th @ TD Garden House Fire // Tyler Childers Honor Among Thieves // Dylan LeBlanc You and I // Reuben and the Dark One Way Ticket // Spirit Family Reunion
New Music | The Black Keys – Fever
Published March 24, 2014 By Kyle Mitchell
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZZUY32iCzU[/youtube] [A] band that needs absolutely no introduction, The Black Keys announced last week via Mike Tyson (yes that one) that they'd be releasing a new album, and a new single today. Well here we are, and we've got new tunes. The Black Keys' new album, Turn Blue, will be released May 12 on Nonesuch Records. The album Turn Blue was recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood during the summer of 2013. The band is definitely exploring some different moods and textures that are apparent on "Fever," its definitely exciting, and I desperately want to hear more.
Top 50 Albums of 2011 25-21
We all love lists, and we all love sarcasm. Though, I think its important to reflect upon the last year of music, I'm going to do so through the use of a list. It was a fantastic year full of awesome albums, and I'm going to count down a bunch of my favorites, and give you something to listen to while reading. 25. City & Colour – Little Hell City and Colour – Fragile Bird Dallas Green's highly praised solo project City & Colour put out their 3rd album, a lyrically moody & morose album about pulling through all of…
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New Music | The Black Keys – Run Right Back
The Black Keys – Run Right Back [LBYB] 2 Guys that really need no introduction are going to release arguably the most wanted album this year (and its out in december). What's awesome, is how they just dropped the bomb on us about this album no more than a month ago. The album in question, El Camino, will release in less than a month (12/6) is extremely exciting out of my huge love for Akron OH's finest. This new track, "Run Right Back" rips right into some screeching blues riffs that your used to from Dan & Patrick. The song is…
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New Music | The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
Published October 26, 2011 By Kyle Mitchell
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_426RiwST8[/youtube] Time to get crazy about another Black Keys album. Dan and Patrick do it again in their first single off their upcoming record El Camino. I don't need to tell you anything else. Preorder the album.
My Top Albums of '10 15 – 11
It's near impossible to pick one top album with the massive amount of music I listened to this year but I thought I'd try to at least give you an idea of what you should grab this year before we start anew. Yesterday I debuted 20 thru 16; today my 15 thru 11. 15. Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks Frightened Rabbit has quickly become one of my favorite acts out there; and this album was absurdly fantastic. This was a post post-breakup album with bombastic epic songs about loneliness, misery and rebirth. Hear: Swim Until You Can't…
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The Black Keys Too Afraid to Love You
Published July 9, 2010 By Kyle Mitchell
Recorded live in studio in Muscle Shoals, AL during the making of their newest album, Brothers. The Black Keys continue to be one of the coolest rock bands around today. The eery nature of this song, the howling and airy sounds and Auerbach's voice bring this song into a deep dark corner of your mind.


Geo Tv has finally decided to commence its morning show, this time the name of the show is Subh e Pakistan and it will be hosted by famous host Aamir Liaqut. Geo Tv cancelled its morning show in May 2014 after airing objectionable content in a live show hosted by Dr. Shaista Lodhi. As per Geo Tv the whole team of that morning show named Utho Jaago Pakistan was suspended, and the morning show was finally ended.


If the save the dates for your upcoming wedding can be found buried beneath a stack of comic books and Star Wars novels on your coffee table, you are probably hunting for ways to incorporate a few of your favorite nerdy things into your big day. With the buzz surrounding geek culture at an all-time high, the search is on for ways to extend the wedding invitation to our pop culture heroes, but in ways that still look like they belong alongside traditional roses and lace.
So, how can you bring together the over-the-top nerd wedding of your dreams and the sophisticated wedding ceremony you've always imagined? Sprinkle a few of these geek chic ideas throughout your reception for a unique celebration that reflects the fictional places, characters and stories you love.
This tie clip is a sleek, subtle way to let your guests know that your husband-to-be is the starship captain of your dreams. If your bridal party is full of Star Trek fans, this can also make a fantastic gift for your groom to give to his groomsmen.
Don't let your ring bearer get lost on the way to his seat at the reception with this Lord of the Rings themed seating chart. Download and personalize the chart to your guest list, then frame it and place it on an easel by the door to your reception to charm your guests with this beautiful, geeky treat.
What better way to work something you love into your wedding day than to choose a guestbook alternative that will decorate the walls of your home for years to come? This gamer's twist on the trend of fingerprint guestbooks is one of those "if you know, you know" nerd references that will bring delight to guests who love Link and Zelda as much as you do.
Bring a little superhero flair to your guest table centerpieces by incorporating two or three handcrafted flowers made from the pages of your favorite comic books. As an added benefit, you'll be able to treasure these flowers long after the rest of the blooms fade.
Enchant your wedding guests with table numbers in the impossible-to-mistake font used on the cover of the Harry Potter books. These table numbers bring a little magic to reception centerpieces while giving a nod to the world famous lightning scar of the Boy Who Lived.
It may be bad luck to bring Game of Thrones into a wedding day, but for the bravest among you, these seatback signs are as poetic as they are nerdy. Attach a ribbon to these hand-painted wooden signs to hang them on the chairs at your sweetheart table, and feel like a Khaleesi on your big day.
An entertaining way to make your signature drinks even more, well, signature, is to give your featured beverages Harry Potter themed names. An old-fashioned becomes Felix Felices and a vodka cranberry is a Love Potion, all with just the wave of a wand…and a few minutes on a computer.
What better way to begin a marriage than with a wish to live long and prosper? This personalized cake server, with bonus Star Wars themed bride and groom cake forks, is not only perfect for your wedding day, but a precious keepsake to be revisited when serving any sweet treat throughout your long and prosperous lives together.
If you're looking to bring the distinctive artwork of comics into your big day, this Mr. and Mrs. head table sign will wow your guests. Not only are the letters uniquely handcrafted, but they will also make you and your new spouse feel like superheroes.


Cifonelli's dress shirt is composed of light blue and blue striped cotton poplin. This lightweight Italian-made style is tailored with darting at the back for a slim fit.
Spread collar. Single-button mitered barrel cuffs. Back shoulder yoke. Shirttail hem reinforced with side-seam gussets.


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We're just starting the full devising and writing process for The Woods. As I mentioned before, the devising process we use is constantly evolving and changing, but we do know that the early stages are the fun playful bit. It's the time where any idea counts… where Milky White could indeed be a cyborg as James suggested last night, or Cinderella secretly a ninja who wields her glass slipper as a weapon. The early devising stages are no-holds-barred, wild ideas required, think outside the box time. The young people we work with are incredibly good at this.
By next week, we'll already have started focusing that in. We'll be moving up the democracy triangle, starting to weed out the craziest notions, starting to find a sense of purpose and cohesion in this narrative we're co-constructing together.
It's really important that we're all telling the same story. That involves negotiation, finding our way together.
So last night, at our Doorstep Youth Theatre session, we had a team production meeting and drew design concepts, wrote character dream plans, and continued songwriting.
Writing the original music for the second half of the show will become an increasing focus over the next month – and so will design and script-writing. We've cast the first half of the show now (the company finds out their roles tonight, oooh the nerves!). But we're still looking for our technical team, which includes 'Technical Lead' roles for design, music, costume/wardrobe, and lighting. Any interested young people can email doorsteparts@gmail.com.


Wedding is one of the vital undertakings which choose your dimension of dependability – mostly in South Asian nations. What's more, for a similar reason, this event is praised with much valor and pride. It is commended as a standout amongst the most essential occasion of each woman's life and hence, she wants to look the best and stand out amidst the crowd, to mark her special day.In a place like India, design has a strong association with Pakistani couture. Those really loose shararas, lehengas, and so on are made to take your heart without a moment's delay. You owe a great deal to your wedding dresses; a tiny thread here and there could spoil your mood and the big day. Similarly, if you are looking for Eid Dresses, you will find a lot of inspiration from Pakistani culture.
Pakistani lehengas and long wedding or Eid dresses will steal your heart the minute you lay your eyes on them. They are known for their overwhelming hand-woven works, long streaming outline and unique consideration towards dupattas or veils.These perfect customary outfits have been worshiped around for a very long time and savored the districts of the North India and Pakistan. These are the prevailing zones where this style mirrors its best part however these days contemporary ladies are exploring different avenues regarding their conventional wedding dresses and embrace appealing Pakistani Bridal shararas, salwar sets, and other Eid dresses. The best thing is that they suit all body types and enhance only the things that you want to.You can find them in all sizes and lengths.
Pakistani long dresses and gowns came in the market a few years ago and have stuck around. They come with heavy embellishments on net, silk, or even velvets which give them the ultimate royal look and finish. A lot of their dresses are accentuated by long trails or tails, which makes the whole outfit look much grander and picture perfect. You will find a lot of hand, thread, zari, or even sequin work on them to add the bling and the oomph factor. When you start looking, you will find a lot of shades of green and blue, especially teal because these are considered sacred and auspicious for them. But they are definitely not contained to these colours. You can choose your wedding dresses from the bright reds or pastel pinks or sunny yellows!
Along with these long Eid dresses another thing that is a hit is, is a sharara. The loose fitted pants with a thigh high kurta and a heavy dupatta, depending on the event, is definitely a show stopper. This style was extremely popular back in the days but can be seen again in the market. Young girls and even older women are seen sporting them in all sorts of colours and patterns. They are super comfortable too! Again, not a very popular choice but definitely looks stunning. Lehengas again are a hit when you are trying to find the right options for wedding dresses. You can never go wrong with them. Depending on the show you can go either heavy or light on the dupatta and the jewelery. It is a classic, it is fun, and it will make you look gorgeous.
A lot of brides and bridesmaids are going for contemporary layered Pakistani wedding dresses and gowns. These are generally a long skirt with a knee length top, both of which have heavy embroidery and embellishments. The look is exemplified by the use of cancan in the skirt, which gives a beautiful ball gown impression to the whole attire. People also wear them with a short bodice and a longer jacket. As we can see, the current Indian wedding dresses have multiple flavours. They have jackets with zari and skirts in brocade. Hijab sets with a front slit and long skirt are again quite popular as Eid dresses. They are modest yet fashionable and most definitely affordable, if you are trying to find them online.
Designers are experimenting with Pakistani long gowns all across the world because of their regal look. Women love them because they are comfortable, easy to keep, and have an exquisite feel. Another thing which is prominent in them is the intricate mirror work. This gives them the glitter and glamour needed without having to go very heavy on the jewelry. This is what makes it popular amongst young girls. New hemlines, pleats and falls are being experimented and people are loving them as Eid or wedding dresses, because this is the season for both.
Paisley design and long patchwork in these dresses with deep royal colours is what has made Pakistani long dresses or gowns popular all across the globe. They are being showcased in runways and sported by celebrities. Women are buying them all over the world because of their traditional and ethnic look and feel. If you haven't got one as the next wedding dress then what are you waiting for. Start looking for them online and make use of the discounts on upcoming websites. We are sure you will find the Eid dress which will make your heart stop. You can also go and try to find something in a store to try the fit and then order them online. With easy return policies, you will definitely find exactly what you are looking for.


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Patrick Kane breaks Bobby Hull's record for consecutive games with a point
By Z P December 7, 2015 1 Min Read
What a start to the season Patrick Kane has had.
The 27-year-old notched another assist late in the third period giving him a streak of 22 straight games with at least one point, breaking the previous record of 21 held by legend Bobby Hull. Kane's assist came on an empty net goal from Artemi Panarin with 46 seconds left in a 3-1 win over Winnipeg.
That's some kinda record-breaking assist for @88PKane.https://t.co/ivLIpyPeUT
— NHL (@NHL) December 7, 2015
Hull was in attendance for the record-breaking moment and after the game Kane spoke on being mentioned in the same sentence with greatness. "Any time you can put your name with Bobby Hull, Denis Savard, or Eddie Olczyk, you've got to be doing something right," Kane said via Mark Lazerus of the Chicago Sun Times.
Kane has a long way to go if he wants to break the all-time streak which is at 51 held by Wayne Gretzky.
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Gardenstown är en ort i Storbritannien.   Den ligger i rådsområdet Aberdeenshire och riksdelen Skottland, i den norra delen av landet,  km norr om huvudstaden London. Gardenstown ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Gardenstown är platt. Havet är nära Gardenstown norrut. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km söder om Gardenstown. Runt Gardenstown är det ganska glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Fraserburgh,  km öster om Gardenstown. Trakten runt Gardenstown består i huvudsak av gräsmarker.

Klimatet i området är tempererat. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C.

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There has been no doubt in my mind for many years now that Sally Kempton is one of the greatest living meditation teachers. Added emphasis on the word "living" is critical to understanding that she and the teachings she shares are vibrantly alive with Kundalini Shakti.
For those of us who have had the opportunity to attend Sally's courses since she began teaching independently in 2002, the transmission is palpable. There is a subtle, loving current of wisdom in every word and gesture. Now, the gift of her new book, Meditation For The Love Of It, has arrived just in time for 2011 with a potent dose of that wisdom.
Even if I never had studied with Sally, to contemplate the ability to "contain the entire universe" is provocative enough for me to enter a place of deep stillness. The book immediately succeeded in guiding me to meditate. Now, I realize that one sentence may not be enough for someone else. In fact, it may not have been for me either at another time in my life. The wonderful news is that I am willing to wager that somewhere in the subsequent 13 chapters, and or in the final Troubleshooting Guide, a spark will be ignited to go on your own great adventure of the Self.
After the initial year of the Transformative Journey with Sally Kempton, a smaller group of us decided to do a meditation teacher training with her in Carmel, California. At this point, my partner and I had separated physically, and yet, emotionally and psychically, he and I were still very much "attached". I was hell bent on our getting back together and was willing to wait for an undetermined period of time for him to heal, as I "knew" we would prevail.
My Method trained mind was spinning all kinds of stories of when, how and where our reunion would take place. I was creating the most beautiful of scenarios. When emptiness alluded me in meditation, I simply reverted to thinking emotionally satisfying thoughts now that I realized I had this creative license.
My friends and colleagues patiently observed, "knowing" that I did not "know" no matter how much I believed that I did.
I hated hearing that I did not "know".
I secretly felt myself superior in my abilities "to know".
What I didn't know was that I was trapped: Adept now at replacing planes of devastation with valerian fields. I wickedly slapped away any darkness with Ham Sa or what had become my most intimate mantra Om Namah Shivaya.
And, yet, instead of staying with the space of pure Presence that eventually erupts from the mantra repetition, I would immediately begin to create an emotionally rewarding story which I believed with every cell of my being.
Lingering in spaciousness seemed like a waste of precious time with an agenda to fulfill. I was willfully determined to carve my life into what I wanted.
An intense year of continuous mantra repetition ensued to cut off the still very alive and darkly intense subterranean layers of my mind. Mantra had become my salvation or so it seemed.
The words were raw. They struck me painfully because I knew them to be true. I had been pushing the truth away with mantra because I never allowed any space, and therefore the wisdom that arises from that space.
The next morning, Om Namah Shivaya, was the first phrase to move through my waking mind. And, then… I paused, breathing… listening quietly for the message. I chanted the mantra again silently, this time almost reverently, to what is called the Inner Teacher. Om Namah Shivaya.
I felt an urge rising within the field of my perception. The urge to… Let Go.
Thus began my true love affair with mantra.
I am excited for 2011 in a way I haven't experienced since I was 9, 10… possibly 12 years old. Doubtful 12, as life had already become very complicated by then, with murky despair whispering her first hellos to me. Every New Year moving forward was a desperate promise to be better, brighter, more "together"; strictly resolute to never miss a step, an opportunity… and never, ever make a mistake.
It has taken me decades to realize that Life mostly happens on Life's terms.
In fact, I can pinpoint exactly when it began to shift: early in 2006 I was on a week long retreat in Joshua Tree with Sally Kempton and a diverse group of people committed to meditating and studying together in a year-long course called The Transformative Journey.
It was a heavy start to that January with my then beloved partner slipping slowly down a steep slope towards a relapse after years of recovery from drug addiction. My "mind" was telling me that I could control, prevent and fix it. There was no awareness of my identity being anything other than the thoughts in my head. As far as I was concerned, I was stuck with whatever I was thinking. There was no possibility, no choice other than to continually think, plan and obsessively strategize. Anything that passed through the lens of my mind was absolutely real and true. What was playing out "inside" was something akin to a David Fincher film. What came with those dark thoughts was agonizing emotion.
One pitch black, cold desert morning, as Sally ushered us to a deeper plane of meditation, I began to free fall inside of myself. It was simultaneously terrifying and exhilarating. When I seemed to land, there was nothing there. Emptiness. Presence. I searched for thought, and nothing arose. I heard Sally's voice far, far away guiding us to silently call within "Ham Sa".
Blissfully, it didn't matter what I was, how I was or why I was. I just was… no place, no time, no thought.
"No." she simply answered with a gentle, slightly amused smile on her luminous face.


tofu | shirley does Feminism.
I have been a vegetarian for 14 years. When I was 12 I decided to stop eating meat for a number of reasons. I have never really cared for the taste and I have been traumatized by animal veins in my food one too many times. When I decided to stop eating meat I received a lot of slack for it from my family. During middle school and high school my diet preference was never really considered when our family chose restaurants or made meals. A result of this lack of consideration was me consuming a ton of broccoli, popcorn, and dinner rolls. You can only imagine the results…over weight and not balanced. During college I started to explore vegetarian options, but even then I was scared of foods because I was never taught to try food or explore different cultures. I decided to take control of my health and make healthier choices while in grad school. My tastes have progressed, my culinary skills have improved, and I have lost a ton of weight (a by product of living well).
10th grade: Did I mention I wore "Meat is murder" shirts in middle school? ha!
I bring up my journey towards healthy delicious vegetarian food because I realize that I was raised within a house that did not understand that vegetarian food could be well-rounded and yummy. I do not think this belief is restricted to my childhood household, I encounter this mindset all of the time. If people dare to think about vegetarian food they often jump to tofu. I will be the first to admit that tofu can be bland. However, if prepared properly tofu can be wonderful. It assumes the flavor of whatever spices it is prepared in.
I found this recipe on Pinterest and hot dang… it was divine! Husband approves! I can not recommend this dish enough. It would be a great date night meal or dinner party dish. The recipe takes approximately 35 minutes from start to finish.
Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the pan. Add the tofu steaks (2 at a time) and cook until browned on one side, about 3 minutes.
Spoon the mushroom mixture over the tofu, pour marinara over the mushrooms and scatter mozzarella on top. Cover and cook until the sauce is hot and the cheese is melted, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle with basil and serve.
General Tso knows how we do.
Tonight Stephen and I tag teamed General Tso tofu. He made this recipe a few weeks ago, however in his first go around 2 tsp of cayenne pepper were involved. Lets just say, Stephen and Mike were sweating while they ate and I gave up. This time we went without the cayenne pepper and it was sooooo much better, not to mention tolerable! I highly recommend this dish. It is sweet, filling, and healthy!
Before making the dish you need to prep the tofu. Cut the tofu down the middle, making it a bit thinner and easier to drain.
Once you have cut the tofu, place the tofu between two pieces of paper towels. Pile on heavy dishes to squeeze the water out of the tofu. Let the tofu sit in this position for at least 10 minutes.
After the tofu is pressed, cut into cubes and set aside for later.
Heat oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat. Add scallions, garlic and red pepper flakes; cook, stirring frequently, 2 minutes.
Add tofu; sauté until browned all over, about 5 minutes.
Add reserved sauce to pan and simmer until sauce thickens, about 3 minutes.
Serve tofu and sauce over rice. Yields about 1 cup chicken with sauce and 1/2 cup rice per serving.


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What is Youth Exchange
For over 75 years, students and host families have broadened their horizons through Rotary Youth Exchange.
Each year in our district, over 30 inbound students participate in exchanges and in return 30 students from our district spend a year abroad.
By living with host families and attending school in the communities in which they live, students experience the culture and ways of the country they will call home for an extended period of time.
At the same time, host families will gain a new perspective on the cultural norms of the country from which their exchange student hails. Both student and host family will come out of the experience with a new appreciation for how others live and quite possibly, a new friend abroad.
District 7090 is part of the North American Youth Exchange Network (NAYEN). If you know someone who lives outside our district that is interested in this study abroad opportunity, please have them go to www.studyabroadscholarships.org and fill out the contact us form to find a sponsoring Rotary district near them.
District 7090 Youth Exchange
Youth Exchange builds peace one young person at a time. The program is executed by local Rotary Clubs and this website represents clubs in District 7090. At club level, students are selected and the district prepares them for their time abroad.
Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders who dedicate their time and talent to tackle the world's most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members from more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work impacts lives at both the local and international levels.
Keep in touch, or reach out to us from our social media websites!
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Premier League – Manchester United vs Arsenal Predictions
So many story lines converging into one match. Another chapter in the unfair battle between Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, as Arsenal try to put the ghosts of the 2-8 defeat from last season behind them. Robin van Persie playing against his former team stands above them all.
How much did that loss actually mean? Arsene Wenger didn't lose his job, Arsenal didn't fall apart, Manchester United didn't win the title. It did lead Wenger to some sort of panic shopping spree and a complete overhaul of his squad, but Arsenal still finished third and reached the Champions League.
This season? Well, United seem to be going for the title along with Chelsea and Manchester City while Arsenal have already fallen behind, six points behind United & City, 7 points behind Chelsea. They've scored 14 goals to United's 24 and while they offer plenty of quality and intelligent play with their unbelievable depth in central midfielders, their string of forwards is running pretty thin in terms of goal scorers.
The story couldn't be any different for Manchester United. Alex Ferguson changes approaches in his trial & error method constatnly. After losing to Barcelona in the Champions League final (2011), Ferguson decided he needs his team to start playing more attractive, more attacking football. That experiment ended with a 1-6 thrashing at home against Manchester City, and Ferguson went back to his old tactics. Extremely potent defending, poaching goals and living on that.
This season began in that same manner, but the problems in the back and his extremely slow midfield when Tom Cleverley's not playing forced Ferguson to change direction again. All-out-attack to secure as many goals as possible. While he doesn't have much talent in the middle, the kind of quality he has on the wings and up front, with Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez, Danny Welbeck and Antonio Valencia makes it a pretty obvious choice to focus on attacking football.
Arsenal haven't won at Old Trafford since 2006, when Emmanuel Adebayor was still playing for the team. In order for Arsenal to win there again, they need to go into the toughest away fixture in England with the same mindset that Tottenham used almost one month ago to secure the victory. Counter attacking instead of possession football, something that worked for them pretty well at Anfield earlier this season, coming up with a 0-2 win.
Using quick players to man the front positions – Theo Walcott, Lukas Podolski, Santi Cazorla. The rest should be busy defending and holding up play, keeping the match away from United's front men. Mikel Arteta, Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey. None of them are natural defensive midfielders, but the back four is going to need all the help they can get in this one. Referees, as we all know, are a factor in these matches, usually leaning towards the United side. Not a conspiracy theory, just facts about the amount of penalties and such that go to United's favor.
Maybe it's because they are usually the dominant side, maybe it's something else. For Manchester, it's about controlling the pace of this match and whoever starts in the middle to keep pushing the pace and the direction of the match forward. To have Valencia, Rooney and Van Persie get as much as possible of the ball. Arseanl's defense has improved this season, but not by enough.
Prediction – Arsenal showed character against Manchester City in their previous visit to Manchester this season. The forms of both sides are a bit different this time, and United, a tad tired from their double meeting with Chelsea, are packing more heat heading into the match.
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