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Audi e-tron 50 In Norway Priced 25% Lower Than e-tron 55
Audi e-tron 50 cost 25% less because it drives 25% less than e-tron 55. The price is on par with Tesla Model 3 Performance.
Aug 28, 2019 at 6:02pm ET
Audi announced in Norway prices of the e-tron 50, a slimmed-down version of the e-tron 55 with only a 71 kWh battery instead of 95 kWh.
As it turns out, the Launch Edition at 499,000 NOK (€49,940/$55,432) is about 25% cheaper than the e-tron 55 (662,900 NOK) which is about exactly the same as the difference in battery capacity (24 kWH or 25%) and range (300 km or 408 km WLTP).
Audi Reveals New Entry-Level E-tron 50 Quattro SUV With Less Range
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Audi e-tron is one of the best-selling electric cars in Norway (2,783 new registrations in the first seven months of this year), but it's not clear whether there will be high interest in a shorter range version. In winter, the range of the e-tron 50 might be significantly lower than 300 km, which might not be something that premium car buyers would like to see.
Interesting finding from Teslarati is also that the e-tron 50 is now comparably priced to the Tesla Model 3 Performance (499,900 NOK), which however can go up to 530 km (329 miles) under WLTP test cycle. The Standard Range Plus version with a range of 409 km (254 miles) WLTP starts at 367,700 NOK. Of course, those are a different type of cars, but at least if range is considered, it will be difficult to win customers.
In U.S. Audi e-tron 55 starts at $74,800 (before destination charge and federal tax credit deduction), which means that the e-tron 50 might start at $56,100 with over 150 miles of EPA range (if it will be offered).
Source: Audi, Tesla, Teslarati


SDPD arrest an Occupy San Diego activist. Fall 2011.
A report released just recently detailed a government spy network that was employed to monitor the Occupy movement "hour-to-hour" during 2011.
The Washington DC- based Partnership for Justice Fund just released an investigative report, "The Hidden Role of Fusion Centers in the Nationwide Spying Operations against the Occupy Movement and Peaceful Protest in America." It took two years to carry out this investigation. Its principal authors are PFJF members Maria Verheyden-Hilliard and Carl Messineo.
Fusion Centers, funded by hundred of millions of dollars from the Department of Homeland Security, sprung up across the nation after the 911 attacks. Their mission was ostensibly to fight terrorism. But ten years later they made fighting the Occupy Movement their Number 1 priority.
"show the communications, interactions and emails of a massive national web of federal agents, officials, police and private 'security' contractors to accumulate and share information, reporting on all manner of peaceful and lawful protester activity that took place during the Occupy Movement, from protests and rallies to meetings and educational lectures," the report stated.
"This enormous spying and monitoring apparatus included the Pentagon, FBI, DHS, police departments and chiefs, private contractors, and commercial business interests.
The PFJF is organizing a campaign to abolish Fusion Centers.
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Basic musicianship skills, including sight-singing and rhythmic skills, basic piano skills, an understanding of music theory and history, and a healthy vocal instrument are expected of all incoming students.
All music must be sung from memory. A pianist will be provided for your audition, but you will need to bring your own sheet music. Taped accompaniment is not appropriate.
ALL Voice applicants must bring a completed Voice Questionnaire to their in-person audition.
Three of the four following style periods should be represented: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th and 21st century.
At least one piece, but no more than two pieces, should be sung in English.
At least one piece should be sung in one of the following foreign languages: Italian, French, German, or Spanish.
Note: Incoming freshmen receive a maximum of 12 quarters of private vocal instruction.
Each of the following style periods should be represented: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th and 21st century.
At least one of piece should be sung in English.
At least one of piece should be sung in Italian.
At least one of piece should be sung in German or French.
Note: Transfer students receive a maximum of 6 quarters of private vocal instruction.
One year of coursework in diction (English, Italian, German, French) and demonstrable skill with the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet).
Repertoire representative of the previous year's study, including (minimally) 6 arie antiche and 6 German Lieder.
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4th Annual Celebrate First Generation College Students
Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and alumni joined in celebration of Toros who are the first in their family to attend or graduate from college on Nov. 8 for the fourth annual CSUDH "Celebrate First Generation College Students." Rain caused a location change for the celebration, but the weather did not dampen the spirits of those who attended. They enthusiastically demonstrated that while first generation students don't have the family history of college to lean on as they navigate college life, they do have a strong network from other first-gens, the entire campus community, and the many services in place at CSUDH to support their success. Teddy the Toro, the CSUDH ... Read More
Retrospective Exhibition Highlights Career of CSUDH Art Professor Emerita
CSUDH Professor Emerita of Art Gilah Yelin Hirsch has been honored with a retrospective exhibit at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) in Santa Ana. Titled "The Archeology of Metaphor, the exhibit runs through Oct. 29 and features work from throughout her lengthy and varied career, from her earliest 1968 paintings to the present. Hirsch, who joined the art department faculty in 1973 and taught at CSUDH for almost 50 years, is considered one of the first feminist artists. She was a founding member and wrote the manifesto for the Los Angeles Council of Women Artists, one of the first women's art organizations. The statement protested the underrepresentation of women in ... Read More
CSUDH English Lecturer Connects with First Novel
Author and CSUDH Department of English faculty member Laura Warrell has found that much of her writing revolves around a similar theme. "Everyone is interested in certain aspects of living, which keep showing up in their work," she says. "I'm noticing that my patterns are about a desire to connect, a desire to have intimacy, and the blockages and challenges around that, whether they're societal or internal." That striving for connection is one of the major themes of Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm, Warrell's debut novel, which was published Sept. 27 by Pantheon Press. "These are characters who are trying to connect. I think that we all are like that. Every woman I know has been in a ... Read More
Physics Student Wins 2022 CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement
When CSUDH physics major Jeisson Pulido was a child growing up in Las Cruces, an impoverished neighborhood in Bogotá, Colombia, he used to stare up at the stars in wonder. He never imagined that he would one day be working with the European Space Agency (ESA), helping to create a cutting-edge research satellite. "The resources in my neighborhood schools were very low," he remembers. "I didn't receive a lot of education in math or physics, just the basics. I was never able to see myself studying in college or pursuing a science degree, because of the lack of funding in my schools. I was very good at math, but I didn't even know that subjects like astronomy or physics existed." After ... Read More
President Parham Addresses CSUDH's Present and Future at Fall Convocation
CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham welcomed the Toro Nation back to campus for the fall semester with a stirring, wide-ranging speech at the 2021 Fall Convocation on Sept. 8. The event was held at the University Theatre, and was livestreamed on YouTube for those unable to attend in person. Provost Michael Spagna opened the proceedings with some light-hearted remarks about reassimilating onto campus after 18 months in COVID-19 seclusion, joking that he never wanted to use the words "unprecedented" or "pivot" again. Spagna introduced CSUDH Senate Executive Team member Terri Ares, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing. Ares noted that this year marks 30 years since she stepped ... Read More

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The St James' Hospital Cancer Biobank has had applications from several academic groups and has supplied both frozen and FFPE samples of breast, colon and other cancers to local researchers and Irish research collaborations. The biobank has streamlined the sample and data application process, formerly managed by Histopathology, by using the same application procedure for frozen and FFPE samples. With the active participation of the other network hospitals, a much greater number and variety of projects can be supported. Cost recovery is being introduced following discussions with Science Foundation Ireland and approval by the Ethics Committee.
Biobank Ireland is a partner in the Irish Blood Cancer Research Network. Biobank Ireland is participating in an Irish Cancer Society / Science Foundation Ireland-funded research consortium on breast cancer. In 2015, Biobank Ireland, through the agency of St James's Hospital Cancer Biobank, signed a contract with The All-Ireland Cooperative Oncology Group (ICORG) to store blood samples for a clinical trial involving the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.


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RAP3 supports capacity and institutional development across all of its components. We agree Annual Support Plans with target groups – including government bodies, NGOs, the private sector, and civil society organisations – which define the capacity building strategies and targets for each group. This includes extensive formal and on-the-job training and support programmes, including experience sharing.
RAP3 also consults with national level organisations and associations to promote wider reach of the capacity building programme. This includes advising university departments and training organisations on revision of curricula and course content to promote an Asset Management culture among young engineers.
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How millionaires under 40 manage their money
Young millionaires keep a third of their money in cash, a report found, partly to finance their lifestyle
There are some people who are lucky enough to be both young and rich. And a report released recently by Capgemini Consulting showed some interesting trends in the strategies young millionaires use to manage their money, reports Jonelle Marte for LA Times. In many ways, millionaires under 40 are even more conservative than their boomer counterparts. They are more likely to hold on to cash, less likely to invest in stocks and more prone to stashing money in alternative investments.
The findings, combined with other studies on how the younger-than-40 crowd handle their money, may even offer lessons for people who don't have much wealth yet but are striving for it.
Here are some of the money management strategies that stand out among the young and wealthy.
They have plenty of cash on hand. Millionaires under 40 held about a third of their total assets in cash, including physical cash and money kept in the bank, like a checking account, according to the report. When asked why it was important for them to have so much cash, 17% of young investors said they wanted to be ready to pounce on the right investment opportunities when they arise. Another 31% said they wanted money on hand to be able to live the lifestyle they want. (Those vacations, shopping trips and nice meals need to be paid for somehow.)
Millennials who are more concerned with paying off their debt and covering the bills may have a hard time relating to that mentality. But some of the motivations pushing young millionaires to have cash in the bank aren't that different from the reasons that are encouraging other millennials to build up a cash cushion.
About 28% of young millionaires said it was important for them to have cash as a way to protect themselves from market volatility, according to Capgemini. But there is a cost to holding too much cash, said Greg Popera, a private wealth advisor with Merrill Lynch. People who neglect to invest at least part of their funds in stocks, real estate and other assets may miss out on potentially higher returns over time, he said.
They spread their bets. As for the part of their wealth that is being invested, the young and wealthy are not relying too much on any single approach. Roughly 30% of their assets were held with wealth managers who could help them build a portfolio of stocks, bonds and other traditional investments. But about 40% of their portfolios were split up among less traditional investments, including real estate, a business and other alternative investments.
That broad category of alternative investments can include gold, hedge funds or other asset classes that are expected to behave differently than the stock market, financial advisors say.
By branching out into real estate, which can lead to rental income, investors are creating additional income streams that are not tied to their main jobs, financial advisors say. Investing in a business by buying a sizable stake in a company or by starting a small business can boost wealth and lead to big payouts when a business does well.
But because such investments always require more risk, business investments tend to make up a smaller portion of the overall portfolio — about 13% — when compared to cash.
They consult friends and the Web. When seeking advice on how to best manage their money, younger millionaires are more likely to turn to family, friends and the Internet for guidance than they are to hire a professional when compared to older generations.
Consider, among the under 40 group, just 17% of assets were with a primary wealth manager, compared to 27% for millionaires of all ages in North America.
They invest with a purpose. Many young investors — and not just the rich — want to know that their dollars are going toward the social causes that matter to them. Some work with an advisor to dedicate a portion of their money to companies they feel are working to advance a certain issue, such as climate change.
The approach is particularly common among younger investors. Some 60% of millennials and 34% of Generation X investors said they wanted to use or were currently using social impact investments, according to a 2015 report from U.S. Trust, a unit of Bank of America.
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Embedding themselves in a fundamentalist Mormon community, journalists Sarah Ventre and Ash Sanders wove together the stories of both those in thrall to its all-powerful prophet and others seeking escape. They take Alan behind the scenes of their gripping and evocative podcast Unfinished: Short Creek. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The recently renovated Carnegie Center for the Visual Arts is the hub of the program. The former historic Carnegie Library houses the Department of Art, Design, and Theatre offices as well as providing large, open, light-filled studios for drawing, painting, and design. The building also accommodates individual studio space for upper-level students.
Completely renovated in 2013, the Alford 3-D Design Studio houses generous workspace for all levels of sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Significant investment from the University has created a top-of-the-line woodworking shop, materials and equipment for metal sculpture and welding, as well as tools for reductive stone carving. The ceramics studio houses 15 potter's wheels as well as space and equipment for hand-built pottery, glazing, and firing. The printmaking studio houses equipment for relief, intaglio, and lithography processes.
Jeremiah Hall serves as a temporary home to studios for the digital photography classes. While much of the student's work is completed in the Mac labs in the Tyler Digital Communication Center, Jeremiah Hall provides portrait and still photography labs and is available for documenting art work and setting up photo references for subjects.


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2014 Peach Bowl Preview and Predictions
December 26th, 2014 Zach Bigalke
(Tony Gutierrez/AP Photo)
#9 Ole Miss v. #6 TCU
Georgia Dome — Atlanta, GA
December 31, 2014 — 12:30 pm Eastern (ESPN)
Why You Should Watch
After years of hovering just outside the elite tier of the bowl hierarchy during the BCS era, the Peach Bowl has graduated to New Year's Six status in the new College Football Playoff system. It's enjoyed 17 straight years of shutouts and was annually the highest-attended non-BCS bowl game, making it a logical addition to the top tier of games. It's also the fourth time in the past five years that the game matches up two ranked teams. This year's contest features one team that looked like a threat to win the SEC until November and another that feels justifiably snubbed after being dropped by the CFP selection committee from third to sixth in the final standings after Championship Saturday. The kickoff of this year's Peach Bowl marks the commencement of a new era in college football history, and you certainly don't want to miss out.
What Each Team Brings to the Table
Ole Miss threatened for the SEC West title a year earlier than expected, going 7-0 to start the season before losing three of its last five to end the regular season. Despite the late swoon, though, it was still quite an impressive season for Hugh Freeze's squad. The Rebels managed to go 9-3 against the fifth-hardest schedule in the nation according to Jeff Sagarin's computer rankings, illuminating just how talented this team was in 2014.
The offense, at first glance, was nothing particularly spectacular. Senior quarterback Bo Wallace completed 61 percent of his passes for 3085 yards and 22 touchdowns to lead the 31st-ranked passing offense. Junior tailback Jaylen Walton led the team with 583 rushing yards, but one-quarter of that total was compiled in the Egg Bowl victory; Walton rushed for fewer than 50 yards in seven of his other 10 appearances. It all added up to an average of 30.4 points per game, good for just 57th nationally in scoring offense.
The defense was the real star for the Rebels in 2014. The team allowed 20 or fewer points in 10 of its 12 games, finishing first overall nationally in scoring defense while allowing less than two touchdowns on average per game. The Landsharks also held opponents to 321 total yards per game, fourth-best in the SEC and 13th nationally . The secondary snagged 19 interceptions, with the defense also recovering nine fumbles during the regular season.
If not for a 61-58 loss at Baylor on October 11, in a game that the Horned Frogs led by 21 in the fourth quarter, TCU would be an undisputed, undefeated Big 12 champion and undoubtedly part of the four-team CFP field. As it is, Gary Patterson's crew won a share of the Big 12 title in just its third year as a conference member. Finishing 11-1 against the 44th toughest schedule, TCU will return to a big-time bowl game for the first time since its win over Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day 2011.
The offense was the key to turning around TCU's fortunes in their new conference. Co-offensive coordinators Sonny Cumbie and Doug Meacham were instrumental in the turnaround of the unit, which finished the year second nationally in scoring offense with nearly 47 points per game. Quarterback Trevone Boykin was a major beneficiary of the new system, throwing for 3700 yards and 30 touchdowns and adding another 600-plus yards and eight touchdowns on the ground. Five different receivers finished the year with over 300 receiving yards, led by Josh Doctson's 59 receptions for 959 yards and nine touchdowns. And bolstering the nation's seventh-best passing offense was a ground game that averaged almost 210 yards per game.
TCU didn't slack on defense, its usual calling card. The team allowed 20.3 points per game, finishing the year 17th in the country in the category, and held teams to an average of fewer than 360 total yards. Only Louisiana Tech generated more turnovers than the 36 forced by the Horned Frogs, with the secondary picking off 23 passes and the unit recovering 13 fumbles.
What is Likely to Happen
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Something will have to give when two of the nation's 20 best defenses square off in Atlanta on New Year's Eve. The Rebels come into this contest with far less momentum than the Horned Frogs, suffering some uneven efforts in November while TCU is on a seven-game winning streak. Boykin and Doctson are going to find ways to gash an Ole Miss secondary that can be beat, and the Horned Frogs are far more likely to find the endzone against an elite defense than the Rebels. The goodwill of the Egg Bowl evaporates in the Georgia Dome as TCU completes its first 12-win season since moving from the Mountain West.
Final Prediction
TCU 28, Ole Miss 21
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Q: How to clear DropDown List within a With block in VBA? I have a With block that has a condition to see if a value exists in the drop down list.
   With wb.Sheets("BudgetLines").DropDowns("Drop Down 22")

    For Each c In refData.Range("G7:G" & LastRow_RefData).Cells

    Set Findo = wb.Sheets("BudgetLines").Cells.Find(c.Value, LookIn:=xlValues, _
                        SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
                        MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False)

    If Findo Is Nothing Then
                Debug.Print "Name was not found."

                'DropDowns("Drop Down 22").Clear
            Else
               Debug.Print "Name found in :" & Findo.Address

                'Add title to drop down box
                .AddItem c.Value

            End If

    Next

End With

However, I want to clear the dropdown list completely. I have tried .Clear but it doesn't seem to pick up as this is in the With block.
Is there a way to do this within the With block?

A: You need the RemoveAllItems function
Dim dd As DropDown
Set dd = wb.Sheets("BudgetLines").DropDowns("Drop Down 22")

With dd
    .RemoveAllItems
End With

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I claim to be Queen of Randomness but my blog is mainly about beauty and fashion (with some bits of lifestyle, cooking, DIY and arts).
I think back in 2009. But just lately I seriously committed.
I've always been a fan of writing. I have had a personal journal since I was 9. Writing about things I love or I'm passionate about makes me happy. So why not?
I think it was a cheesy presentation of myself.
My iPhone. I use it to take all my pics and I really think you don't have to spend a fortune on a Reflex to do nice pics.
I don't like to sponsor my blog in real life. It's not a secret but I don't overtalk about it!
Working in IT environment it surely helped my personal knowledge.
I'd say the post called "It's very simple" because it enwraps all my ideas on life and blogging.
I hope it will be an happy place where more people get together to share thoughts and opinions.
To find people who find it worth to be read.
I'd wish I know more about blog networks. I'd love to be involved with other fellow bloggers in nice activities.
I just post about things I really want to write about. I never force myself to write just to post something. It's not a job so I'll always do it moved by passion.
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Das Dresdner Stollenfest ist ein Festtag zu Ehren des Dresdner Christstollens. Es wird seit 1994 alljährlich am Sonnabend vor dem zweiten Advent gefeiert und vom Schutzverband Dresdner Stollen e. V. sowie der Hommage Dresden GmbH veranstaltet. 2019 wurde das 26. Fest am 7. Dezember gefeiert.

Geschichte des Dresdner Stollenfests

Historischer Ursprung des Stollenfestes ist das Zeithainer Lustlager, das der sächsische Kurfürst August der Starke im Frühjahr 1730 als opulente Truppenschau veranstalten ließ. Für seine royalen Gäste aus ganz Europa ließ er von Bäckermeister Johann Andreas Zacharias und dessen 60 Bäckerknechten einen 1,8 Tonnen schweren Riesenstollen backen. Anfang der 1990er Jahre forschte der baden-württembergische Kunst- und Kulturforscher Dr. Peter Mutscheller im Auftrag der Hommage Dresden GmbH nach sächsischen Kulturschätzen, die in der Zeit der DDR in Vergessenheit geraten waren. Dabei entdeckte er im Kupferstichkabinett einen Kupferstich des Künstlers Elias Baeck, der den riesigen Stollen zeigte. Daraufhin wandten sich die Hommage Dresden GmbH und Dr. Mutscheller an den Schutzverband Dresdner Stollen e. V. mit der Idee, dies aufzugreifen und ein modernes Stollenfest zu initiieren. Seit dem 1. Stollenfest im Jahr 1994 findet das Dresdner Stollenfest stets am Sonnabend vor dem 2. Advent in Anlehnung an die barocke Großveranstaltung statt und gilt inzwischen als ein Höhepunkt des Dresdner Striezelmarktes und der Weihnachtshauptstadt Dresden.

Hintergrund und Inhalt
Mit dem Stollenfest feiern die Dresdner und ihre Gäste gemeinsam mit den Stollenbäckern den Dresdner Christstollen sowie die Leistungsfähigkeit des Dresdner Bäcker- und Konditorenhandwerks. Mehr und mehr wird das Fest durch die Teilnahme befreundeter Handwerker-Innungen, z. B.  Müller, Klempner, Tischler, Schornsteinfeger, auch zu einer Schau traditioneller sächsischer Handwerkskunst.

Mittelpunkt des Stollenfestes ist der etwa drei Tonnen schwere sowie ca. vier Meter lange, zwei Meter breite und einen Meter hohe Dresdner Riesenstollen, der größte Stollen der Welt. Nach seiner feierlichen Enthüllung vor dem Kulturpalast fährt der Riesenstollen auf einem vierspännigen Pferdefuhrwerk in einem farbenfrohen, traditionellen Festumzug mit 600 Teilnehmern durch die Altstadt. Unter den Blicken tausender Schaulustiger folgt die Umzugsroute einem Rundkurs durch die Dresdner Altstadt, vorbei an der Hofkirche und durch das Georgentor. Ziel des Festumzuges, der aus dem Riesenstollenwagen, weiteren Festwagen, historischen Umzugsbildern, Fanfaren- und Spielmannszügen besteht, ist der Striezelmarkt auf dem Altmarkt.

Auf dem Striezelmarkt angekommen, erfolgt der feierliche Anschnitt des riesigen Stollens. Die Anschnittzeremonie führen der 1. Deutsche Meister der Bäckermeister René Krause und das Dresdner Stollenmädchen mit dem 1,60 Meter langen und zwölf Kilogramm schweren Großen Dresdner Stollenmesser durch. Der Riesenstollen wird dann in ca. 500-Gramm-Portionen zerteilt und innerhalb weniger Stunden an die Besucher des Festes für sechs Euro verkauft. Die Einnahmen aus dem Riesenstollenverkauf kommen einem karitativen Zweck zugute.

Rekorde
Mit ihrem 2.720 Kilogramm schweren Dresdner Stollen vom 1. Stollenfest 1994 schafften die Dresdner Bäcker und Konditoren den Einzug in das Guinnessbuch der Rekorde und konnten den Rekord in den darauf folgenden Jahren mehrfach überbieten.

Der bisherige offizielle Weltrekord stammt aus dem Jahr 2000: Der Super-Striezel des 7. Dresdner Stollenfestes brachte 4.200 Kilogramm auf die Waage. Im Jahr 2013 wurden zum 20. Stollenfest 4.246 Kilogramm erreicht. Mit dabei waren 150.000 Besucher.

Zum 25. Fest 2018 wog der Stollen 3.850 Kilogramm.

Vorbereitung
Beim Backen sind ca. 60 der 112 Bäcker und Konditoren des Schutzverbandes Dresdner Stollen e. V. beteiligt, die ca. 400 Stollenplatten mit je acht Kilogramm Gewicht liefern. Diese werden am 1. Advent in etwa vier Stunden Arbeit mit einem komplizierten System zu einem riesigen Stollen zusammengebaut und mittels Butter und Puderzucker in die Form eines Dresdner Christstollens gebracht.

Für die Stollenplatten werden 2018 unter anderem etwa 1.350 Kilogramm Mehl, eine Million Sultaninen, 830 Kilogramm Butter und 310 Kilogramm Zucker verarbeitet.

Das Dresdner Stollenmädchen
Seit 1995 begleitet die Figur des Dresdner Stollenmädchens die Stollensaison und das Dresdner Stollenfest. Als Repräsentantin des Dresdner Stollens und Schirmherrin des Stollenfestes wird das Stollenmädchen alljährlich zum Beginn der neuen Stollensaison für die Dauer eines Jahres gewählt. Die Kandidatinnen kommen aus den Reihen der auszubildenden Bäckerinnen, Konditorinnen und Bäckereifachverkäuferinnen des Berufsschulzentrums für Agrarwirtschaft und Ernährung in Dresden. Der Ausbildungsbetrieb des Stollenmädchens muss Mitglied im Schutzverband Dresdner Stollen e. V. sein. Wer Stollenmädchen wird, entscheidet der Stollenschutzverband.

In der Öffentlichkeit agiert das Stollenmädchen als Repräsentantin des Stollenbackhandwerks, steht Pressevertretern Rede und Antwort und vertritt den Dresdner Christstollen in diversen Unterhaltungsformaten. In der nationalen und internationalen Vermarktung des Dresdner Christstollens tritt es als Markenbotschafterin und Testimonial in Aktion.

Die Idee zum Dresdner Stollenmädchen hatte Holger Zastrow im Jahr 1995.

Die Dresdner Stollenmädchen seit 1995

Weblinks
 Website des Dresdner Stollenfestes
 Website des Dresdner Stollenmädchens
 Website des Schutzverband Dresdner Stollen e. V.
 Offizielle Facebook-Seite des Schutzverband Dresdner Stollen e. V.
 Offizielle Facebook-Seite des Dresdner Stollenmädchens

Einzelnachweise

Stollenfest
Stollenfest
Stollenfest
Volksfest in Sachsen
Innere Altstadt


Concorde Fire Coaches provide Goalkeeper Training and Friday Clinics throughout the season for our members. Listed below are the times and dates for each location during the week.
Each GK must bring the proper training attire of cleats, GK gloves and GK sliders. They should also arrive 10 minutes prior to the session to be prepared to start on time.
Friday Clinics are open to all Concorde Fire players and offer an opportunity for all field players to improve their skills.


Tejano superstar Jay Perez surprised a young fan during a visit to a children's hospital in San Antonio on Monday (Jan. 8).
Golie is a 10-year-old fan of Perez and has been hospitalized since Dec. 29. She loves to watch music videos of "The Voice" and sing along to his songs as it helps her to recover.
Perez brought the young fan gifts, sang a couple of songs with her and even invited her to sing on stage with him once she is released from the hospital.
According to Golie's family, she may be released as soon as later this week.


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Embracing Chance: Post-Modern Meditations on Punishment
Bernard E. Harcourt, Columbia Law SchoolFollow
Since the modern era, the discourse of punishment has cycled through three sets of questions. The first, born of the Enlightenment itself, asked: On what ground does the sovereign have the right to punish? Nietzsche most forcefully, but others as well, argued that the question itself begged its own answer. The right to punish, they suggested, is what defines sovereignty, and as such, can never serve to limit sovereign power. With the birth of the social sciences, this skepticism gave rise to a second set of questions: What then is the true function of punishment? What is it that we do when we punish? From Durkheim to the Frankfurt School to Michel Foucault, 20th century moderns explored social organization, economic production, political legitimacy, and the construction of the self – turning punishment practices upside down, dissecting not only their repressive functions but more importantly their role in constructing society and the contemporary subject. A series of further critiques – of meta-narratives, of functionalism, of scientific objectivity – softened this second line of inquiry and helped shape a third set of questions: What does punishment tell us about ourselves and our culture? What is the cultural meaning of our punishment practices? These three sets of questions set the contours of our modern discourse on crime and punishment.
What happens now – now that we have seen what lies around the cultural bend and realize that the same critiques apply with equal force to any interpretation of "social meaning" that we could possibly read into our contemporary punishment practices? Should we continue to labor on this third and final set of questions, return to an earlier set, or, as all our predecessors did, craft a new line of inquiry? What question shall we – children of the 21st century – pose of our punishment practices and institutions?
In this essay, I argue that we should abandon the misguided project of modernity, recognize once and for all the limits of reason, and turn instead to randomization and chance. In all the modern texts, there always came this moment when the empirical facts ran out or the deductions of principle reached their limit – or both – and yet the reasoning continued. There was always this moment, ironically, when the moderns took a leap of faith. And it was always there, at that precise moment, that we learned the most: that we could read from the text and decipher a vision of just punishment that was never entirely rational, never purely empirical, and never fully determined by the theoretical premises of the author. In each and every case, the modern text let slip a leap of faith – an ethical choice about how to resolve a gap, an ambiguity, an indeterminacy in an argument of principle or fact.
Rather than continue to take these leaps of faith, I urge us to recognize the critical limits of reason and, whenever we reach them, to rely instead on randomization. Where our facts run out, where our principles no longer guide us, we should leave the decision-making to the coin toss, the roll of the dice, the lottery draw – in sum, to chance. This essay begins to explore what that would mean in the field of crime and punishment.
Criminal Law | Law | Law Enforcement and Corrections
Prepared for the New School Conference on Punishment, November 30, 2006.
Bernard E. Harcourt, Embracing Chance: Post-Modern Meditations on Punishment, University of Chicago Law & Economics Olin Working Paper No. 318; University of Chicago Public Law Working Paper No. 143 (2006).
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Find Radioshack S-video Cable 2022
Fortunately is that as of today RadioShack. Radioshack S-video Cable… has formally been acquired by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), providing the distressed company a new lease on life. The downside, at least for folks like us, is that there are no immediate strategies to return the iconic electronics merchant to its brick-and-mortar roots. As the name suggests, REV focuses on online retail, having previously revamped the Web existence of other bankrupt organizations such as Pier 1 Imports and Dressbarn.
While the press release doesn't straight-out preclude the possibility of brand-new physical RadioShack areas, it's clear that REV believes the future of retail isn't to be discovered in your regional shopping center. As the United States mulls further lockdowns in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, it's hard to disagree. There will be countless bored kids and grownups looking for something to do throughout the long winter nights, and an electronic set or two delivered to their door might be just the thing.
REV states they plan to relaunch the rather outdated RadioShack website in the nick of time for the company's 100th anniversary in 2021. Since this composing the website presently says that sales have actually been momentarily stopped to enable inventory restructuring, though it's unclear if this is straight related to the buyout or not. Getting a precise count of how much product the business still has on hand after shuttering most of their physical places in 2017 certainly seems like something the brand-new owners would want to do.
We all understand how that story ended.
RadioShack's shambling remains were given another shock of life today when they were acquired by another business that plans to relaunch the once-great merchant as an online-focused brand.
The shop's remains were bought by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), a start-up founded in 2019 that's been scooping up brand names from other faded retail giants too, consisting of Pier 1, Modell's Sporting Item, Dressbarn, and more. REV says RadioShack's site already has "strong existing sales and sales potential," and the business is "confident" it can even more raise awareness of the brand name internationally.
REV claims it's effectively reversed other business it's launched as online brand names. The Wall Street Journal reported that Dressbarn more than doubled its earnings in between the second and very first quarter of 2020.
RadioShack was founded in 1921 and ended up being a retail staple in the '80s and '90s for anyone aiming to grab tech essentials. For a very long time, that meant real radio components, however ended up including lots of electronic toys (one Brink editor fondly remembers his Armatron) and eventually phones. Its fortunes declined significantly as online shopping got here, and the business applied for insolvency twice in the past 5 years. RadioShack still licenses its name to third-party "licensed" stores and sells top quality items within some locations of HobbyTown, a crafts seller– comparable to how you can still find "Sharper Image" items at Kohl's even though that merchant shut its physical doors over a years ago. REV didn't say whether those RadioShack licenses would stick around. Radioshack S-video Cable
REV states it will "soon relaunch" RadioShack's site. So for those of you still clinging on to fond memories of the shop, there'll be a familiar adequate place to go when you wish to buy costly HDMI cable televisions and knockoff earphones.
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If you think your wireless router is only good enough to dish out IP addresses to devices around your house, you need to infuse new life into it with OpenWRT Router.
The OpenWRT project produces custom firmwares for a variety of routers. The cool thing about the OpenWRT firmware is that you can flesh it out by installing apps and services just like you would on a normal desktop Linux distribution.
Using OpenWRT's package manager, you can install the best open source tools and make your average router do specialized tasks like shape and monitor traffic or act as a VPN server and a lot more.
You can, for example, install server software into the router itself and use it as a web server, or an IRC server, or BitTorrent client. If you were running them on a standard computer, all these functions would involve a router. With OpenWRT, you can roll these functions into the router itself.
You can manage OpenWRT either from the command-line, by logging into it via SSH, or by using its web-based interface from your browser. OpenWRT includes BusyBox which includes a number of common command-line utilities, like the Vi editor. If you haven't heard of it earlier, BusyBox is designed for embedded devices and has a very small footprint. You can also fully manage OpenWRT from its web-interface dubbed LuCI.
OpenWRT supports a variety of routers. Before you begin, make sure the project produces firmware for your router. Also, the exact steps for installing OpenWRT varies from router to router. The page for your router on OpenWRT's website will have the exact steps.
Basically, the process involves replacing or flashing your router's firmware with the OpenWRT firmware. This is also the riskiest part of the entire operation. Unlike the old days, on most routers today, flashing the firmware is as easy as clicking a button on the Web interface. But still do read the instructions carefully on the OpenWRT website.
You can now fire up a browser and enter the router's IP address in the address bar. This will take you to OpenWRT's administration interface.
Take some time to familiarize yourself with this administration interface. From here, you can get a detailed status report and real-time graphs about the traffic on the various wired and wireless interfaces of the router.
You can also schedule tasks and add and remove software. OpenWRT's package manager will auto-resolve dependencies for packages you want to install. You can also configure some of them from OpenWRT's web interface as well.
OpenWRT considerably extends any router's capabilities and can make cheap off-the-shelf routers do things you'd expect from expensive feature-rich enterprise-class routers.
The basic OpenWRT firmware comes with quite a few features that you wouldn't find on the factory-installed firmware. On top of it, you can further customize the firmware by installing additional packages.
While the process of flashing the OpenWRT firmware isn't an involved one and the firmware has a nice administration web-interface, OpenWRT isn't for everyone. You run the risk of rendering your router useless if you aren't careful. Also, if you don't intend to use your router to do more than what it was designed for, then there really isn't any point of using OpenWRT.


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was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Noto Province. He was the sport's 6th yokozuna. He trained ōzeki Tsurugizan Taniemon.

Early career
He was born in Shitsumi, Noto. His birth name remains ambiguous, but was claimed to be . He was born to poor farmers and worked as a stable boy in the countryside. There, he earned a reputation in amateur sumo and decided to move to Edo in 1815 and got introduced to . He made his debut under the shikona  in March 1815 and won the jonokuchi tournament.

Makuuchi career
He reached the top makuuchi division in October 1822 and transferred to the Shikoroyama stable. He began to wrestle for the Chōshū Domain under the ring name . In January 1824, he was defeated by Inazuma, but defeated others at the maegashira #2 rank and was promoted to komusubi. In the summer of 1825, he defeated Inazuma at the Hirakawa Tenjin Shrine. He was promoted to ōzeki in October 1826. In March 1827, he was given his definitive ring name by his lord and was renamed  to evoke a famous scenic spot in Hagi, Yamaguchi (once part of the Chōshū domain).

Yokozuna
Ōnomatsu was awarded a yokozuna license by the  in February 1828. At the time, he was the first yokozuna to be promoted in 31 years, since the promotion of Onogawa Kisaburō. On 25 March 1829, Ienari Tokugawa was present to see Ōnomatsu defeat Inazuma. Ōnomatsu retired in October 1835 after eight years as yokozuna. In the top makuuchi division, he won 142 bouts and lost 31 bouts, recording a winning percentage of 82.1. He was permitted to stay as an elder under his ring name. He died in Edo in 1851 and his remains were divided between the Gyokusen-in temple of Kōtō, Tokyo and the Ritsuzo-ji temple in Teramachi, Kanazawa. Since the funeral of Ōnomatsu in the Tokyo temple, it was cutsomary to have the wrestlers using the Ōnomatsu shikona buried in this temple (from the first to the fourth).
In 1936, a monument made of natural stone pulled up from the seabed of Ugawa Port was erected the by a resolution of his hometown Ugawa Village.

Fighting style
Ōnomatsu  was known for being extremely careful in his moves, often waiting for his opponent to start first. In practice,  he would want to shake his competitors' confidence by oftenly do matta, waiting at the initial charge (or tachi-ai) of his sumo bouts. He would also attempt to win bouts by fair means or foul.
He was often criticised for his fighting style but was a mild-mannered, righteous man, and never became egoistic, which made him very popular among Edo people. His rivalry with 7th yokozuna Inazuma boosted the popularity of sumo during the Bunsei era and Tenpō era. His overall career record was quite far behind Inazuma, but his record over Inazuma was five wins (including two other than honbasho), four losses, five draws and one hold.

Top division record
The actual time the tournaments were held during the year in this period often varied.

*Championships for the best record in a tournament were not recognised or awarded before the 1909 summer tournament, and the unofficial championships above are historically conferred. For more information, see yūshō.

See also

Glossary of sumo terms
List of past sumo wrestlers
List of yokozuna

References

1794 births
1852 deaths
Date of birth unknown
Japanese sumo wrestlers
Place of death missing
Sumo people from Ishikawa Prefecture
Yokozuna
19th-century wrestlers


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How Resident Evil's Horror Could Survive
Capcom has been going in new directions with Resident Evil for a while now with mixed results. After being one of the most well known series in the survival horror genre with Resident Evil 1-3 and Code Veronica, Resident Evil was always an anticipated release when a new installment was announced. The Resident Evil REmake and Resident Evil 0 were well received on GameCube and a Resident Evil 2 REmake is one of the most fan requested games out there.
But with Resident Evil 4, Capcom switched to over the shoulder gameplay rather than the old clunky "tank control" scheme, yet 4 was still highly praised despite getting away from Umbrella Corporation's T-Virus. That warm reception wasn't waiting for Resident Evil 5, which followed Chris Redfield and his new partner Shiva in Africa where the T-Virus's origins were first discovered and Umbrella as fans came to know it was born (which las plagas from Resident Evil 4 still factored in). Resident Evil 5 split fans as the game seemed to get further away from its survival horror roots and go more towards an action game. Resident Evil 6 had fans hopeful with the apparent return to a city devastated by a new outbreak similar to Raccoon City, but while the game started with more familiar elements of survival horror, it started showing signs of action. When the game picks up with Chris Redfield, it's more of that action game style with giants stomping through cities and battles of 2 men against tanks. The final chapter takes it even further with motorcyles outrunning tanks and jumping over helicopters and a plane crashing into a city before a fresh outbreak of a new virus.
Resident Evil has been going bigger and bigger like a Hollywood action film. Explosions are more frequent than tense jump scares as Capcom has sought to pursue a more broad audience. Left in its wake are the faithful fans who still long for survival horror like Resident Evil was built upon.
Resident Evil Revelations 2 is supposed to be a return to survival horror while still using the over the shoulder model and hopefully Capcom gets it right. We'll see how that pans out in February 2015, but in the meantime, here are a few things that I think Capcom should do with the series to get it back on track.
1. Start over but continue forward
Fans are familiar with the established characters of Resident Evil. Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Rebecca Chambers, Leon Kennedy, Claire Redfield, and Albert Whesker are the familiar faces the series follows, but that may also be detrimental at this point as well. These characters are likewise familiar with these events. While they tried to give Chris some PTSD elements, he's overall able to push through and Leon has become so hardened to bioweapons he's pretty much a specialist specifically for such operations.
For that reason, I think it's time to get away from bioweapons being common and time for the old cast to step aside for new characters. For Resident Evil 7, I would set the game about 5-10 years after Resident Evil 6. After the incident in China, almost all nations around the globe unified to outlaw the research on bioweapons and aggressively hunted down any cells still continuing work from the days of Umbrella (and Neo-Umbrella was just a ridiculous name). Essentially start the game in a world where the events of Resident Evil 1-6 are a dark mark in human history but no indication of such things have been seen for years now.
Set the game anywhere you like, though I would likely pick a more remote country – perhaps somewhere in South America. Perhaps an Interpol task force or a drug taskforce infiltrate a compound on information of a major drug production operation. During the infiltration, something goes wrong and only a handful make it into the facility (yes, mirroring the set up of the original Resident Evil). As they begin to investigate the facility, they find out a group has been doing research from the ground up based off Umbrella's T-Virus and have successfully recreated it. Thus we are thrown back into a game where the protagonist is just as terrified as the player is when creatures start coming at them rather than cool and collected and the player is dealing with claustrophobic corridors, zombie workers, undead dogs, spiders, rats, or whatever creatures you like, and a few mutants as well. Perhaps you can even bring back a new version of Tyrant if you really wanted.
The key point is to get back to basics of the plot and have this scenario be completely new to the characters in the story so they have reason to be terrified. Sure, people would have still heard of these things, but even 5 years after the China incident, a 25 year old operative would have been in college and possibly less than concerned with such events. It yields itself for fear from the characters and if done well, that fear will be passed on to the player as the new research can be completely unknown and with enough variations the game can keep players unsure of what to expect.
2. Over the shoulder, under pressure
The over the shoulder perspective worked well in Resident Evil 4 and has worked well ever since on its own. Slow moving zombies are easy to get headshots on when you're able to aim reliably. But 6 headshots only kills 6 zombies if there's a dozen shambling towards you and your 6 shooter is slow to reload or worse, you only have 20 bullets to your name and have no clue what's in the next hallway.
That's a bit key to survival horror in my opinion. Limited resources and inventory management. In a game like Resident Evil 4-6 where you're moving forward, I understand the need to suspend disbelief and have magical storage units that hold items, but having a dozen guns on your person is a bit much. Bring back the limited inventory and the storage chests with their own limited inventory. If the facility we're in is designed so it makes sense, don't even have the storage units share inventory and make players have to go back to retrieve what they stashed.
That sense of "did I bring the right weapon and do I have enough ammo" helps build tension as you open one more door or go down one more dark set of stairs. In Resident Evil 6, having "enough" ammo was okay because you'd be able to blast through the zombies or monsters and collect more ammo from their body to keep blasting away. In the old Resident Evil games, realizing you were at max capacity on two weapons and just found three more boxes of bullets actually instilled a bit of fear because "Why are they giving me this much ammo? Oh no, what's about to come after me?!"
3. Bruce Lee doesn't train zombie defense
This one is a problem we brought upon ourselves. In the old tank control Resident Evil games, we were always grumbly about having to wildly swing a knife when we were low on ammo. Why couldn't we side kick a zombie in the chest? Why couldn't we have any form of hand to hand combat?
Well, we eventually got it and it honestly made the games trivial enough that survival wasn't a big deal. Even without the abundance of zombies dropping ammo, you could conserve a lot by taking two shots and then giving a round house to splatter a zombies head, or deliver a running bulldog worthy of Rick Steiner from WWE. If you can take out monsters without guns, why worry?
Having this be a new recruit on the team would make the idea of going hand to hand against creatures willing to bite your face off a bit outlandish. And if they've only gone through basic hand to hand, they aren't in a position to reliably fight off these creatures anyway, giving a reasonable excuse for removing the feature and putting us back to relying on our ever diminished ammunition and somewhat unreliable knife, or maybe a collapsible baton this time. Just cuz…
4. We can still acknowledge our favorite characters
Just because a new character is green behind the ears and about ready to soil himself over this horror he's stumbled into doesn't mean we can't give him some reassurance now and then. After managing to find a radio, you could get word out reporting what you've found. Later on, your next opportunity to try and make radio contact could be none other than Leon Kennedy, Jill Valentine, or any other of the familiar characters. While not on site with you, they could offer some insight and advice to the new character, encouraging him to keep it together and make it through this alive while they marshal resources to get there.
5. And don't go straight into the same problem again
At the end of the game, why not have the problem unresolved and even escalating? Why not have the protagonist stop the researchers at the facility in this game only to radio into HQ at the end to tell them he's found there are other facilities set up and something worse. Our final scene could show that the virus has already somehow been spread to contaminate a nearby city.
And that easily sets you up to go right into Resident Evil 8 with an outbreak in a city just like Resident Evil 2. And again like Resident Evil 2, why not go even worse than Leon's predicament? Why not have a protagonist that isn't part of any organization or organized force? Perhaps a retired police officer, or even just a random citizen trying to survive this. You could have your new character from the previous game arrive and split the game between the two like the old games used to at times and you could again have our established characters remotely involved or arrive late. For that matter, I'd have them running clean up and just a few steps behind to contain the situation before it gets out of hand so all their specialized skills and knowledge aren't enough to prevent the horror from breaking out again.
I'd even consider it worth thinking about having each game take place with a new character who may come into contact with familiar characters, and only rarely have the game mostly focus on familiar characters arriving to work in a new location.
I'll admit some of this might come across as just re-visiting Resident Evil 1 and 2 with new characters and a new location, but I think that's almost what Capcom should do at this point. By going forward without a reboot, it lets fans of the series continue on while also introducing those old games' style of survival horror elements to a generation that never played the old games. A generation of gamers never played the Playstation entries and likely have no interest in doing so, which would make this a new experience for them while nostalgia would likely make these worthwhile, yet still different enough, to be interesting for old players.
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Saturday Anime Review – Log Horizon & More
Alright, so it's a day late, but I'm still keeping the title of Saturday Anime Review 😛
LOG HORIZON – THE OUTLAW AND MITHRIL EYES
The pain of waiting on Log Horizon to resume has subsided (now it's just the week long wait between episodes) and so it's a little easier to be objective instead of just plain giddy that the episode is simply on. I've watched the first episode again to make sure I didn't miss anything and I have to say there are a few weaknesses in there. It feels like things move along a bit quickly, just throwing out mentions and expecting the audience to just go with it. From my understanding the season isn't quite following the light novels in terms of tone (the light novels having more mystery vibe that's already somewhat given away in the first season). That said, I suspect there may be some aspects that aren't delved into to get things moving along.
What's more jarring is the differences from season 1 and 2 with the change in the animation company. Marielle and Demikas in particular look rather different from the previous season with the way their hair is drawn. With lines missing to detail the strands of hair, it looks more like there's a bit of a dread lock feel to them. Kanami's new design is even more jarring. I'm caught up on the background: how Kanami moved from Japan to Europe, contributing to the Tea Party's dissolving, and created a new character on the European server (and her side story is apparently going to be presented this season as she's making her way back to Japan from what I understand). So it makes sense for her character to look different and I dig the Tifa vibe; heck, the comic I'm working on features a busty monk gal of my own, but the animators just went a bit overboard with her size to the point it looks awkwardly drawn. And that's saying something when anime fans disagree with an increase in bust size. Hopefully the little we've seen of her isn't just the first pass and she'll be more reasonable as she's featured.
There's also a few scenes where the animation just seems less detailed somehow. There are others where it looks fantastic and on par with season 1, but overall I'm not entirely sure I like the new studio.
We get introduced to a new character as well – Tetra, who doesn't look like she belongs in Elder Tales with the outfit designs from season one. The magical girl genre injected into the fantasy genre is rather out of place and her outfit doesn't seem like what you'd see based on our experience so far. But, if adventurers can wear pretty much a black tutu and a top hat in Eorzea, I can't really complain about the diversity in outfits in Elder Tale! At first I didn't like her much, or at all, but the way she rode Naotsugu's shoulder when she was tired and randomly popped up from inside his armor just to pop away again was pretty funny! I'm hoping the two become something of a comic duo with Tetra being a pest that aggravates Naotsugu.
Speaking of Naotsugu, I really liked seeing the developments with Marielle. I rather liked how Naotsugu had scenes showing small signs of affection towards her in the first season rather than being blatant. The "open pervert" being afraid of her forwardness when they first meet, then later bringing her food, and when she's exhausted just sitting nearby and waving the fan for her was a nice development. In the time since the first season, that's apparently grown more as the two are talking via telepathy on a daily basis while Naotsugu is on his secret mission with Shiroe.
As for the main story, it's still true Log Horizon style with slow development. We're building towards a full scale raid, which we saw a glimpse of in the first episode. We've also had a final scene suggesting Shiroe dies at some point, experiencing his first death (as does Akaktsuki apparently). I'm expecting this is going to be a fairly big deal based on what William Massachusetts told Shiroe. When you die, you experience the weight of your failure and after experiencing that repeatedly, a lot of players couldn't face it anymore. Combine that with the loss of memories of the real world, and death may have more weight than they've believed.
Either way, since Shiroe and Akaktsuki apparently die and meet prior to their respawn at the Cathedral (some assumptions there) on Christmas Eve, I expect we'll see this raid story arc resolved by end of this year, about 14 episodes into the season. Kanami's story will be mixed in there some, I think, so we'll see what the second half of the season holds!
SWORD ART ONLINE – DEBRIEF
If you've been keeping up with Sword Art Online II but didn't catch episode 14.5 yet…don't bother. It's completely a recap episode. I got irritated and fast forwarded towards the end to see if at least something was added on the end, but nnnnope.
That's two disappointments with SAO this season. The last episode was somewhat annoying pulling the threat of sexual assault at the end, which felt awkward and out of place. I really felt like the episode should have culminated in a heavier focus on Kyoji wanting to kill Shino and respawn with her in "the next world" to be together. It would have been a much better emphasis on his psychosis and break with reality. It would have been moreso if they Kyoji had more clearly a member of Laughing Skull himself and, after the SAO incident, desired to live in a world like that again with the real world being boring after the excitement of a life of adventure and combat.
Ah well, we'll see how things go from here.
WELCOME TO THE NHK
This is one I've heard about repeatedly as being a top notch anime worth watching and I just have never gotten around to watching it. It's been in my queue for a long time, but I finally got to starting it.
Based on the description and the little I'd heard, the first eight episodes are not at all what I expected. Conspiracies aren't a factor (yet) at all. I'll do a full review of the series when I finish it, but I have to ask….how does one become a NEET? Anytime they're brought up in anime, the focus is that they don't have a job, and aren't in school or training, yet they seem to still be able to pay rent and splurge on manga, trips, video games, or whatever they want. No work, but still able to spend at will? Yes, please.
10/4/14 Saturday Anime – Log Horizon
The first episode of the new season of Log Horizon aired today. Huzzah! I've probably watched the first season of this show half a dozen times now and have been greatly looking forward to the new season to start. I have a rather fond affection for the fantasy genre in books, film, and anime, which sadly is somewhat lacking in the last category in my opinion. I was introduced to anime by the Sci-Fi channel when it was still known as Japanimation by us silly Americans, one of those titles being Record of Lodoss War.
I spent all day today watching the first season for that sixth(ish) time and watched the new episode twice to make sure I caught everything. I learned there's a lot I'm still catching for the first time in the first season, though I will say here I haven't read the light novels (yet!). I had missed the comment that the song played at the ball with Eastal was the title screen theme of the Elder Tales game. I realized one time through that the Man With a Mission band members appear in the crowd when Rayneshia (Lenessia) is giving her speech. Speaking of that speech, I still get goosebumps after she speaks and that silence is broken by the adventurers pounding their weapons and a group blows their war horns. The speech itself and that scene is masterfully crafted.
Log Horizon is a fantastic entry into the growing "trapped in an MMO" genre. I'm not going to delve into the comparisons many make with another current anime, nor with older ones (admittedly, I've not watched those older ones), but at the moment, Log Horizon is my favorite of them, primarily because of the detail that's been put into building the world of the MMO Elder Tale rather than just the world of the anime once the game becomes reality. Tying in game mechanics into lore is a nice touch – one that most actual MMOs don't do. The explanations of how the monster tribes came to be, where adventurers came from, how resurrection works as a concept rather than game mechanic, and even where enemies get gold from are nice touches. On top of that, there's the well details interdependence of classes that's rather well designed (if perhaps not perfectly balanced for actual gameplay…we'll leave that to game designers).
The next aspect Log Horizon explored that really drew me into this world was then the exploration of it as a new reality. Gender swapping and player bodies feeling odd due to differences from normal bodies were touched on in the first season, though I think enough men play females in MMOs that there's a lot that could be explored there for a series at some point. The fact that players resorted to PKing not out of sadistic tendencies or malice so much as just boredom was a nice touch as well, as "just something to do" is a real driving motivation for many players in MMOs. They just find things to do "for the lulz" after all. The discovery of how to make food that tastes good (though I have a hard time believing nobody else would have figured that out in all of Akihabara's territory, but I let it slide), the use of game mechanics in a new world to establish a method of enforcing law and order, and the use of telepathic conferencing were nice touches. The big thing I liked about the development of the new world they're living in was that they actually did approach economy as a driving factor to everything. Shiro needed money to enact his plan to enforce law, supply and demand drove higher costs of the Crescent Moon Refreshment Stand, new discoveries that weren't in the game led to new demand, which led to demand for supplies, which led to work for adventurers. It was nicely put together, I thought.
Finally, what I particularly appreciate is that Shiro, nor the others, are truly perfect characters that can handle everything alone. Each supporting cast member has their own strengths and while Shiro is the main character and sometimes given a lot of lip service from others, in action all of the players have been shown to be quite strong in their own right. I give a lot of respect Mamare Touno for making a support class character the main protagonist and I have really enjoyed seeing the story from the perspective of the strategist. I find it quite fitting that a strategist would be nicknamed "villain in glasses" considering the strategist's job will often require some choices that seem cruel, but are done to move pieces into a better position for the endgame. While Shiro excels in planning and putting together the grand schemes, and has some convenient items at his disposal such as the gryphon whistle and appearance changing potion (to be fair, I'd have one to offer if this happened to me with FFXIV…I haven't used mine), it's believable things that a multi-year veteran of the MMO would have.
While Shiro is the protagonist and strategist, though, I think it's safe to say he wouldn't succeed without Naotsugu and Akatasuki. For that matter, they may not have saved Serara without Nyanta's presence, and they certainly wouldn't have succeeded in saving the low level players, including Tohya and Minori, without the Crescent Moon guild's work allying with Radio Market, Marine Agency, and Shopping Street 8. And even still, Crusty is named as one of a handful of players who has commanded 100 players simultaneously, a feat that Shiro likely couldn't do even if he could plan a strategy for the battle. Plus, for all the praise Shiro is given, a level 20-ish Minori is already following in his footsteps as a strategist.
The first episode of the new season starts off with a quick glimpse at some characters in new armor, probably a look at fights we'll catch up to later similar to how season 1 started. We first see the leader of Silver Sword who we haven't seen since he pulled out of the Round Table council. We also see a few characters we don't know, one of which is Kanami, former leader of the Debauchery Tea Party, who I've read was a swashbuckler in the flash backs we saw in season 1 though she dressed as a monk. With a new character on the new server after moving in real life, she's not actually playing a monk. Despite me being a total boob guy (Naotsugu would be proud of me being an open pervert, right?), her appearance here was really over the top. She's bigger than her flash back appearances from season 1 and I'm hoping they tone her down a bit. I'm also a bit grumpy she seems a lot like my own character for the comic/book I've been working on. Dang world stealing my ideas…I really do need a tinfoil hat!
After that prologue scene, we get the new opening animation. I've seen comments on Crunchy Roll and have to agree with them; it was the right call to keep Database as the opening theme. The new animation, though? Wow, that's a lot of new characters. I counted over 25 new faces I didn't recognize (though I've read enough to recognize Kanami, as mentioned, and her TMNT-inspired companion Leonardo).
The first episode, and thus the new season, starts off fairly appropriately with a conflict to overcome that revolves solely around money and economy. The Round Table has purchased not only the Guild Building in season one, but since added the Cathedral and the Trade Building as well as "several other facilities." Well, it actually starts off with a post-Halloween festival (good timing there on the release) and appropriately enough for this time of year…PUMPKINS PUMPKINS PUMPKINS! Gourds aside, though, we catch up with our established characters, many of whom are wearing different clothes. Normally I don't care for changes in character design, but I like that the changes and additions appear to be warmer clothing, fitting with the fact that it's Autumn and October in the world.
But back to the main conflict. Some spoilers ahead from this point onward. You have been warned.
Seriously, heed the warning if you don't like spoilers. 😛
The Round Table needs 10 million gold per month to keep up with everything they own now. They've tried reaching out to the clan that runs the world's banking system, but it's revealed there's no loan system in the world and no subclass for it either. Shiroe has a plan, though, and leaves Akihabara with Naotsugu to meet with a representative of the Kunie Clan, the one that runs the banking system, in a cabin in the snowy mountains near their village, which he determined with the help of Regan, the Sage of Mirror Lake. Shiro's plan is to access a fountain of gold that lore claims is how gold is distributed to souls upon their reincarnation (in other words, the lore-explanation for why respawned monsters drop gold for players). They're told they'll need a large group of companions to meet and the Kunie Clan's decision to help will depend on how they meet the challenge ahead. Rather cryptic just what exactly said Clan will offer and what exactly the representatives words mean.
All in all, the episode wasn't action packed, but definitely set the stage to get things moving. Log Horizon's strengths is its ebb and tide with the story. It builds up to a crescendo, then comes back down to prepare for another build up, so I'm not worried about a boring season by any means. The intro and what we've gleaned of Shiro's plan, though, does raise questions for me. If they were to succeed and get the 80 trillion gold they need (I'm guessing Shiro is calculating to have enough to cover the Round Table expenses for a length of time), what impact would that have on the world? If they plunder the device that puts gold on monsters, will the device still function, and if it doesn't, won't that mean greater economic strife for all adventurers, and even all regions of the Japan, if not the world? Could the master strategist's plan actually do more harm than good this time?
I guess we'll just have to wait and watch the next 23 (probably less for this first conflict to be resolved) episodes to find out. Or we could start reading the light novels. I should get on that, but I still need about 6 million gil for our FC House in Final Fantasy XIV.
So until next week, I guess I'm living in the database….
Just say "whoa whoa whoa whoa."


What should I use to clean my epoxy floors?
Epoxy floors are easy to clean. No porous grout lines to worry about or seams in the cove where dirt can hide. Using a mop with soapy water will suffice. If you have a facility with open square footage and need another option to manually cleaning your floors, a floor scrubber may be for you. If you choose to go this route, choose one with soft scrubbing bristles and a recovery tank.
Are epoxy floors easy to clean?
Yes! As long as mopping is done on a regular basis. After time if dirt does begin to build up, nothing more that a soft scrub brush (found at any local hardware store), soap and water with do the trick. To make this job easier, opt for a brush that can be attach to a handle.
Why does my epoxy floor look "dull" after I mop it?
We have found that mopping the floor with dirty water leaves a dirty soap film on the surface leaving the floor looking "dull". Always keep the water in the mop bucket clean.
Can I use a high pressure washer to clean my epoxy floors?
Yes! A high pressure washer can be used, but with caution. Although the epoxy floor can with stand the high pressure and water, other aspects of your facility should be taken into consideration (painted walls, drop ceilings, etc).
What should I NOT DO to clean my epoxy floors?
NEVER steam clean your epoxy floors. NEVER use harsh chemicals or solvents to clean your epoxy floors. NEVER wax your epoxy floors. NEVER use any abrasives to clean your epoxy floors.


Most of us keep in mind Charlie Brown's buddy Linus; the blanket-carrying child who by no means, ever put down his blanket. In fact, that was his "safety" blanket and he wasn't going to let it go. Many youngsters will expertise a bout the place they want a "safety" merchandise. A few of these youngsters will cling to stuffed animals however most will cling to their blankies.
They hold them secure from hurt. When it's darkish and scary, they'll pull the blankets over their heads and every part "cannot see them". When they're chilly, they'll cowl up and so they'll be heat. So, it should not be shocking that they consider their blankets are "safe". In fact, we all know higher however what hurt is there in letting your youngsters have a safety blanket (except they're all grown up and moved out)?
Discovering the precise child blanket is extraordinarily vital. Each youngster is totally different and subsequently it is best to discover one which they may like. To do that, it is best to decide what kind of colours and/or animals they like. When you've got a woman, you may most likely need to look for a woman child blanket (not a boy child blanket). As an illustration, you may search for Pink ones which have hearts on them for a woman. For a boy, you may most likely search for blue or inexperienced ones which have lions and tigers on them Blanket Deep Sleep Relaxation B07KQZN4LS.
Now, Linus's blanket was not themed, nor was it clear, but it surely was his. Most children have a favourite animal, at the same time as a child. I do know that my little woman loves puppies so if I have been going to get her a blanket, I will discover one which has printed puppies or has an precise pet head on it just like the, "Poodle Blankie".
Now, an important place to discover a themed boy and woman blankets is on the web. Yow will discover a big choice which can be nice in your youngsters. As an illustration, some on-line distributors have blankets formed like Ladybugs and so they have Dinosaur themes. They've pink ones and so they have cow sample blankets. It doesn't matter what your youngster likes, you'll discover a blanket that matches them, and that they will love perpetually.


I love all the pretty and oh so hard to resist seasonal things that show up (three months ahead of time) in Hobby Lobby, the dollar spot at Target and The Dollar Store but I find as the years go by there is only so much holiday decor I can display and store.
So what's a seasonal decorating girl supposed to do? Here are my top five suggestions for keeping your holiday decor festive yet simple.
1. LIMIT WHERE YOU DECORATE - I limit where I add seasonal decor to just a couple of key areas like our large white dining room hutch, the kitchen table centerpiece and a tray arrangement on the buffet.
2. FOR EVERYTHING I PURCHASE I HAVE TO ELIMINATE ONE THING - This one is hard and fast. If something comes in...something else goes out.
3. ONLY ONE STORAGE TOTE PER HOLIDAY - With the exception of Christmas and Thanksgiving, I allow myself to store only what fits in one plastic tote per holiday. I will admit that some holidays have a larger tote than others but if the lid doesn't close, I need to purge.
4. TUCK DECORATIONS INTO EXISTING DISPLAYS - I don't remove everything from our hutch or buffet display when I add my seasonal decor. I find that adding key items like a flag for 4th of July, can give the whole arrangement a festive look.
5. THINK AHEAD ONE SEASON - I always think to what season will follow and use items that will transition into the next. For summer I love sunflowers and fresh fruit so I used them in my Patriotic displays so that when I remove the stars and stripes the areas will simply need to be filled in and not totally changed out.
By sticking to these simple rules I can happily change a few things out for whatever season comes next without breaking the bank or disrupting the entire household with totes and knick knacks out of place for days on end. I save that torture for Thanksgiving and Christmas, at which time the rules go right out the window.
I hope you found this helpful. If you did, let me know in the comments, pin this on pinterest or share it on facebook.
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Nice Patty! Your Summer garden tour was fabulous! The yard is looking so pretty!!


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master_path = File.expand_path(File.join(__FILE__, '..', '..', '..', '..', '..', 'dsc','lib'))
$:.push(master_path) if File.directory?(master_path)
require 'puppet/type/base_dsc'

Puppet::Type.newtype(:dsc_xdscwebservice) do

  provide :powershell, :parent => Puppet::Type.type(:base_dsc).provider(:powershell) do
    defaultfor :operatingsystem => :windows
  end

  @doc = %q{
    The DSC xDSCWebService resource type.
    Originally generated from the following schema.mof file:
      import/dsc_resources/dsc-resource-kit/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/DSCResources/MSFT_xDSCWebService/MSFT_xDSCWebService.Schema.mof
  }

  validate do
      fail('dsc_endpointname is a required attribute') if self[:dsc_endpointname].nil?
    end

  newparam(:dscmeta_resource_friendly_name) do
    defaultto "xDSCWebService"
  end

  newparam(:dscmeta_resource_name) do
    defaultto "MSFT_xDSCWebService"
  end

  newparam(:dscmeta_import_resource) do
    newvalues(true, false)

    munge do |value|
      provider.munge_boolean(value.to_s)
    end

    defaultto true
  end

  newparam(:dscmeta_module_name) do
    defaultto "xPSDesiredStateConfiguration"
  end

  newparam(:dscmeta_module_version) do
    defaultto "3.1.3.4"
  end

  newparam(:name, :namevar => true ) do
  end

  ensurable do
    newvalue(:exists?) { provider.exists? }
    newvalue(:present) { provider.create }
    newvalue(:absent)  { provider.destroy }
    defaultto :present
  end

  # Name:         EndpointName
  # Type:         string
  # IsMandatory:  True
  # Values:       None
  newparam(:dsc_endpointname) do
    isrequired
    validate do |value|
      unless value.kind_of?(String)
        fail("Invalid value '#{value}'. Should be a string")
      end
    end
  end

  # Name:         CertificateThumbPrint
  # Type:         string
  # IsMandatory:  False
  # Values:       None
  newparam(:dsc_certificatethumbprint) do
    validate do |value|
      unless value.kind_of?(String)
        fail("Invalid value '#{value}'. Should be a string")
      end
    end
  end

  # Name:         Port
  # Type:         uint32
  # IsMandatory:  False
  # Values:       None
  newparam(:dsc_port) do
    validate do |value|
      unless (value.kind_of?(Numeric) && value >= 0) || (value.to_i.to_s == value && value.to_i >= 0)
          fail("Invalid value #{value}. Should be a unsigned Integer")
      end
    end
    munge do |value|
      value.to_i
    end
  end

  # Name:         PhysicalPath
  # Type:         string
  # IsMandatory:  False
  # Values:       None
  newparam(:dsc_physicalpath) do
    validate do |value|
      unless value.kind_of?(String)
        fail("Invalid value '#{value}'. Should be a string")
      end
    end
  end

  # Name:         Ensure
  # Type:         string
  # IsMandatory:  False
  # Values:       ["Present", "Absent"]
  newparam(:dsc_ensure) do
    validate do |value|
      resource[:ensure] = value.downcase
      unless value.kind_of?(String)
        fail("Invalid value '#{value}'. Should be a string")
      end
      unless ['Present', 'present', 'Absent', 'absent'].include?(value)
        fail("Invalid value '#{value}'. Valid values are Present, Absent")
      end
    end
  end

  # Name:         State
  # Type:         string
  # IsMandatory:  False
  # Values:       ["Started", "Stopped"]
  newparam(:dsc_state) do
    validate do |value|
      unless value.kind_of?(String)
        fail("Invalid value '#{value}'. Should be a string")
      end
      unless ['Started', 'started', 'Stopped', 'stopped'].include?(value)
        fail("Invalid value '#{value}'. Valid values are Started, Stopped")
      end
    end
  end

  # Name:         ModulePath
  # Type:         string
  # IsMandatory:  False
  # Values:       None
  newparam(:dsc_modulepath) do
    validate do |value|
      unless value.kind_of?(String)
        fail("Invalid value '#{value}'. Should be a string")
      end
    end
  end

  # Name:         ConfigurationPath
  # Type:         string
  # IsMandatory:  False
  # Values:       None
  newparam(:dsc_configurationpath) do
    validate do |value|
      unless value.kind_of?(String)
        fail("Invalid value '#{value}'. Should be a string")
      end
    end
  end

  # Name:         IsComplianceServer
  # Type:         boolean
  # IsMandatory:  False
  # Values:       None
  newparam(:dsc_iscomplianceserver) do
    validate do |value|
    end
    newvalues(true, false)
    munge do |value|
      provider.munge_boolean(value.to_s)
    end
  end

  # Name:         DSCServerUrl
  # Type:         string
  # IsMandatory:  False
  # Values:       None
  newparam(:dsc_dscserverurl) do
    validate do |value|
      unless value.kind_of?(String)
        fail("Invalid value '#{value}'. Should be a string")
      end
    end
  end

end


We've talked a lot about building a strong brand that sits apart from competitors, but you must back up your brand promises. Nothing kills a brand faster than unmet customer expectations.
How to maintain a unique brand personality. Tips on creating and continuing your brand without mimicking competitors.
You would be surprised how many people feel sheepish about their website or logo. You know you need to market your business, but an outdated brand could hold you back from spreading the word as much as you should. It's time to rebrand.
Texture and shape in design give your marketing materials life and depth.
We can spend hours choosing just the right words and phrases to tell a brand's story. However, we're designers first, so we know the incredible power images and white space can have on the overall campaign.


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'You See that Your Work Counts for Something'
Written by: Stephanie Desmon
When Victor Igharo was six, he saw his mother battle for her life after she suffered a hemorrhage shortly after giving birth. Miraculously, she survived. But the shock of the experience was the first of many that shaped his work ensuring that women and girls have access to appropriate health care and family planning tools.
This lifelong passion led Igharo to the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and his work directing The Challenge Initiative (TCI) in Nigeria, where he has helped local governments increase their allocations for family planning by 23 percent in the last year alone and has seen more than 900,000 women and girls access family planning services through targeted interventions.
For this work, Igharo, 36, has been named one of 120 Under 40: The New Generation of Family Planning Leaders which recognizes and highlights the achievements of the next generation of family planning leaders worldwide. The 120 Under 40 project is organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with sponsorship from Bayer. Igharo's cohort is the last of three groups of 40 named since 2016.
"The award is a form of validation, especially for many of us who are out in the field who work really hard to advance the family planning agenda," Igharo says. "All the effort and hard work is beginning to pay off. Whether you get an award or not, you see that your work counts for something."
Mwikali Kioko, who leads CCP's work in Nigeria, says that Igharo and his team are supporting states "to finance and implement family planning programs in a way that aims to be truly sustainable."
"This takes an incredible amount of hard work, passion, patience, creativity and a genuine desire to work in the true spirit of partnership," she says. "These are all values embodied by Victor and the team. We are proud of Victor and the great team for the contributions to and achievements in family planning in Nigeria."
The 40 winners for 2019 were chosen through public online voting, scoring by a jury of experts and leaders in family planning, and the project secretariat. The winners each receive $1,000 from the Gates Institute to continue their work in family planning.
This year's 40 winners are advocates, researchers, service providers, epidemiologists, medical doctors, program officers, communications/media professionals and founders of NGOs and nonprofits. They work all over the world — in clinics and universities, in offices, and in the field — to advance family planning and reproductive health.
"This final group of winners is as remarkable as the first," says Jose "Oying" Rimon II, Director of the Gates Institute and chair of the 120 Under 40 jury. "These young leaders are creating lasting positive change worldwide, and their impact will only multiply as they forge new relationships and collaborations with their fellow 120 Under 40 winners."
In 2017, CCP's Elizabeth Futrell and Chizoba Onyechi were named 120 Under 40 winners. Margaret Bolaji, who works with CCP's Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative, won in 2016.
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Stephanie Desmon
Director of Public Relations & Marketing
Email: sdesmon1@jhu.edu
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Published on Nov. 20, 2017 | Updated 6:45 a. m.
Lorain native Jaclyn Bradley Palmer sings on "The Voice of Holland."
A Lorain native became an official part of the eighth season of the "The Voice of Holland" on Friday evening.
Jaclyn Bradley Palmer, who grew up in Lorain and is the daughter of local defense attorney Jack Bradley, is the only American contestant in the show.
Much like the American version, the show features singers who perform for coaches — successful artists in the industry —who can hear them but can't see them. When coaches hear a singer they'd like to mentor, they press a button that turns their chair around, inviting the singer to be on their team.
The show airs 8:30 p.m. each Friday on RTL4 in Holland, and afterward clips are available on YouTube.
Palmer sang Natasha Bedingfield's "These Words," ending on a high note. At that high note, coach Roos-Anne (Sanne) Hans — also known as Miss Montreal in Holland — turned around and claimed Palmer for her team. The Lorain native will move forward to face an opponent in a singing battle on a future episode.
She attended Indiana University's School of Music to concentrate on classical opera. Later she lived in New York and Los Angeles and began writing her own music, which resulted in two studio albums and having her music featured on MTV, VH1, HGTV, Bravo and TLC.
Palmer works as a music therapist in Holland, where she and her husband, Oliver, and daughter Roma, moved in 2015. She said she is excited to be sharing her talent abroad.