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2019 ANL Maritime Art Awards & Exhibition
BY Mission to Seafarers | 19-Jun-2019
Entries Open until August 30! In its seventeenth year, the ANL Maritime Art Prize calls artists to respond to the theme of 'The Relationship of Humanity to the Sea'. Maritime art is a genre significant to all Australians, as our home is girt by sea, and shipping is THE vital connector for our economy. The ANL Maritime Art prize has a finalist selection of 80 artworks competing for 4 major awards including the acquisitive ANL Maritime Art Prize, Best in Traditional, Emerging Artist, and the People's Choice. The total prize pool is over $27,000. Artworks in the medium of painting, mixed media, collage or drawing are accepted into the exhibition.
Venue: Mission to Seafarers Victoria
Address: 717 Flinders Street
Date: 4th October to 20th October, 2019
Time: 10 am to 8 pm
Ticket: Gold coin
Web: https://missiontoseafarers.com.au/art-prize/
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2018 ANL Maritime Art Prize Winner, Joni Dennis 'Aye Aye Captain'.
This year's judges are Professor of Contemporary Art from the University of Melbourne, Dr Charles Green; artist, and author of several books on Contemporary Australian Art; Mr Graeme Williams OAM, Board Member & Chairman of the Lorne Sculpture Biennale Artistic Committee; and Ms. Catherine De Boer, Artist, Designer & Educator.
The event is the major fundraiser of the year for the Mission to Seafarers Victoria. The exhibition is held our enchanting and iconic building in Docklands from 4th - 20th October. The Mission to Seafarers is a not-for-profit welfare organisation caring for seafarers in the Ports of Melbourne since 1857.
Entries open May 1st - August 30th through Mission to Seafarers.
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Contemporary indigenous art at its finest...A rare exhibition and sale of works from the Hank Ebes collection.
One of Australia's foremost art collectors and authority on Contemporary Indigenous Art, Hank Ebes, offers some of his favorite paintings from his extensive and valuable private collection for exhibition and sale at Gallery Elysium.
THE LAST FOR 2019 , GREAT ITEMS FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR AT AMANDA ADDAMS ON DECEMBER 15TH
Christmas Auction with something for everyone, a must to view and not to be missed, majority will be sold unreserved, it is the first time ever we are holding an auction at our office/shop at 75a Tucker Road Bentleigh.
Sunday 15th December 2019 at 1 pm. Important and outstanding onsite contents auction. Onsite at 75 a Tucker Road, Bentleigh, Victoria.Viewing: Saturday 14th December 11 am to 5 pm- Sunday 15th December 10am -1 pm. Under instructions from Estate of Helen Halpin, Brighton East, St Marks Church, Collingwood, Collections from homes in Bentleigh East, Kew, Brighton and Toorak
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Minisite / ICOM Milan 2016 / EXCURSION DAY / Excursion Day proposals / Piacenza
Piacenza and the Parma and Piacenza Dukedom castles
The Castles of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza are scattered in the blooming land which extends from the Po Valleys to the Apennine Mountains; once residence of the most ancient dynasties, they are nowadays living testimonies of the rich cultural heritage of the Emilian area. The route starts from Palazzo Farnese, which houses the Municipal Museums in Piacenza, and continues in Rivalta, in the flourishing Val Trebbia, where the country house with a fairy atmosphere is reflected in the waters of the river, whose banks saw the Roman legions confront the Carthaginians, commanded by Hannibal, and their elephants, in one of the most famous battles of the Second Punic War. The trip concludes at the Rocca Sanvitale in Fontanellato, where is kept one of the masterpieces of Italian Mannerism, the hall with the myth of Diane and Acteon painted in 1524 by Parmigianino.
Palazzo Farnese, Carlo Pagani, 2015 | © Archivio Comune di Piacenza
Piacenza rises almost at the end of the ancient way which stretches from the Adriatic Sea down to the Po, on the right bank of the longest Italian river, at the border between Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy; a crossroads position that has been always setting the town in a major cultural sphere, from which Emilian as well as Milanese contaminations do originate. The foundation of Placentia, the original name of the town, given to it by the Romans enchanted by so much prosperity and beauty, goes back to 218 b.C., a date which places it amongst the first colonies of Latin right in Northern Italy. The town reaches the top of its splendour in the Middle Ages, as testified by the great Romanesque cathedral, erected with the contribution of the flourishing merchant and craft guilds, and by Palazzo Gotico, whose walls overlook Piazza Cavalli, heart of the historic centre, which is embellished with Mochi's seventeenth-century equestrian statues. The fame of Piacenza starts shining again in the sixteenth century thanks to Margaret of Parma, daughter of Emperor Charles V: we owe to the new duchess of Parma and Piacenza the will to build a royal palace as a symbol of the power regained by the Farnese family. The imposing and stately massive structure of the Palazzo is the work of the architect Jacopo Barozzi, called Vignola, one of the most representative of the late Renaissance and a central figure of the manneristic phase. Today the magnificent ducal residence is an icon of the town and the museum which keeps the art of a millenary journey, marked by the passage of noblemen, traders, pilgrims and masters who wanted to leave their mark here; a common thread which takes the visitor from the early Palaeolithic finds to the great nineteenth-century canvases, passing through the major works of the five collections of Palazzo Farnese: the Liver of Piacenza, an Etruscan unicum of extraordinary value, and the tondo portraying the Madonna with the Young St John, painted by Sandro Botticelli. The visitor will find of great interest the Museum of Coaches, hosted in the basement of the mansion, which is one of the most prestigious in Italy due to the number, the variety and the integrity of its pieces.
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An enchanted Castle along a quiet river
Rivalta Castle is a lavish noble manor, located along Trebbia river, in the province of Piacenza and surrounded by its beautiful park. It introduces itself with the unique silhoutte of its "torresino" (main tower). Among its historical guests, there are some components of the English Royal Family. Historically, Rivalta was one of Emilia's main military bastions and is still inhabited by Counts Zanardi Landi, a branch of the Landi noble family, that has owned it since the fourteenth century. You will discover wonderful spaces with decorations from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: the Castle is entirely furnished and is home to the new Musaeum of the Military Costume, with a display dedicated to 90 military uniforms from Risorgimento up to second World War and banners of Christian vessels from the Lepanto battle. The Honour Salon, the dining room, the kitchen, prisons, bedrooms, the tower, the room of arms, the gallery and the Billiard room can be visited; cellars with their refined wines are also a "must-visit". Rivalta is also a wonderful borough, that offers 12 luxury rooms, located inside an old noble manor. The Castle is also a perfect location for feasts and banquets, wedding parties and meetings. Rivalta Castle is combined with the Tarot "The Sun" in the itinerary called "Misteries of the Duchy" elaborated by Castelli del Ducato di Parma e Piacenza and supported by Provincia di Piacenza and Regione Emilia-Romagna.
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Castello di Rivalta | © Archivio Castelli del Ducato di Parma e Piacenza
The Castle on the water with frescoes by Parmigianino
The Castle mirrors itself in the moat surrounding it and you will be charmed by the Optical Chamber (the only one still working in Italy). A tour of Fontanellato Stronghold, located in the province of Parma, can be defined a real back-in-time journey: once crossed the bridge, you will find many furnished rooms with old memories of the Sanvitale noble family, its members and stories are narrated in the Ancestors' Gallery.
The myth of Diana and Atteone is portrayed in the famous frescoed room realized by Parmigianino in 1523 and has at least a thousand of different interpretations... you will admire the bright colours and the dynamism of the human bodies.
At Sanvitale Stronghold you can enjoy the "Magical Sundays" for families with children and the educational workshops, while the town of Fontanellato is home to more than 140 markets every year with open shops even during the weekend. The Sanvitale Castle is an exclusive location for weddings, meetings, dinners and private parties. The Sala delle Donne Equilibriste, decorated with frescoes of 1500, is available for civil weddings. The Sanvitale Stronghold is combined with the Tarot "The Empress" in the itinerary called "Misteries of the Duchy" elaborated by Castelli del Ducato di Parma e Piacenza and supported by Provincia di Piacenza and Regione Emilia-Romagna.
Rocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato | © Archivio Castelli del Ducato di Parma e Piacenza


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Veronica's Women's History Tour: a reading list!
Hello history explorers! Here are a few of my favorite sources for learning about women in U.S. history. Please note: if you purchase the books using the links I've listed here for Better World Books or Amazon, I will receive a small referral fee for everything you buy. This is a nice way to support my work while also checking out some of my favorite books. Speaking of checking out, I've also included public library links—one of my favorite sources for checking out new books!
I love this book! (And Coontz's work in general.) Turns out that the history of marriage is the history of economics, family relationships, lineages, and more. Chapter 2 is not to be missed: an overview of what marriage looks like in cultures quite different from our own, and includes the one culture in the world (!) that doesn't have marriage of any kind.
The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd [Amazon | public library] A novel about the Grimke sisters, Sarah and Angelina. Apparently people love this book; I'm looking forward to reading it myself!
To Believe In Women, by Lillian Faderman [Better World Books | Amazon | public library] I've read the first chapter, and it was fascinating! This is where I found out what Susan B. Anthony had to say about her lovers.
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Finding Patrick
No one has seen Patrick Shea since May 4. He is 66 years old and needs his medication. His family, his support network, and Wakefield police are looking for him, but so far no sign of him.
By Kevin Cullen Globe Columnist,Updated May 21, 2020, 7:28 p.m.
A poster seeking information on Patrick Shea
When he was a kid, growing up in Malden, Patrick Shea was a good athlete.
Baseball and basketball came naturally to him.
He didn't think being a good athlete made him any different than anybody else. He was just easygoing Pat Shea.
"Everybody loved him," his brother Larry recalled.
But then as Patrick hit his mid-teens it became clear that he was, in fact, different.
"It was mental illness," Larry Shea said, "but the diagnoses were all over the place. They'd say he was schizophrenic, then he was bipolar. He tried to hurt himself when he was younger. But by the time he was in his 40s, he came to accept his condition and became content with his life."
Ever since the onset of his mental illness, Patrick Shea was a vulnerable man in a challenging world.
"People used to beat him up," Larry Shea was saying. "He'd say, 'Oh, it must have been my fault. I must have said the wrong thing.' He's very passive."
Patrick Shea loved Sundays. Larry would drive in from Springfield and their sister Barbara Mackey would drive in from Nahant and they'd all meet for lunch at Kelly's Roast Beef on Route 1 in Saugus.
Before the pandemic, they'd sit at the same table every Sunday. Patrick was a roast beef guy for years but more recently he went for the Reuben. When the pandemic hit, they still met up on Sundays, but Patrick would stay in the car with Larry and Barbara would pull alongside them in her car and they'd chat through the open windows.
They couldn't linger too late in the afternoon because Patrick had to get to the 5:30 Mass at St. Joseph's in Wakefield, where he did the collection.
"He loved doing it," his sister Barbara said. "It gave him purpose."
Sundays meant a lot not just to Patrick but to his sister and brother, because they could bring him groceries and get him out of his apartment for a few hours.
"Sunday was Patrick's favorite day, by far, going to Kelly's," Larry Shea said. "That would make him so happy. His face would light up. Patrick would call me on Monday and go, 'Are we going to Kelly's on Sunday?' And I'd say, 'Yes, Patrick. We go every Sunday.' He'd call me every couple of days, to make sure we were still on for Sunday."
But they didn't meet the last two Sundays because Patrick Shea has disappeared. He was last seen on May 4 on Main Street in Wakefield Square. He is 66 years old, has COPD, and can't walk far without having to rest. But somehow he disappeared.
"Just vanished," his brother-in-law, John Mackey, was saying. "No clues."
A day after Patrick Shea disappeared, someone found his wallet and keys and dropped them off at the Wakefield apartment complex where he lived.
"The police think it was a Good Samaritan who just saw the address in the wallet," Larry Shea said. "Unfortunately, the Good Samaritan didn't leave a note so we don't know who they are or where they found Patrick's things."
Mackey said Wakefield police have been terrific.
"They've done everything they can do," Mackey said. "They had the State Police helicopter up, looking for him. They had the fire department boats go around both lakes in Wakefield."
Mackey said Ryan Bates, the case worker who helps Patrick and others like him who are living independently, spends his weekends scouring anywhere and everywhere for Patrick.
"Ryan's a very decent guy," Mackey said. "He and his girlfriend were walking through the woods, at Pine Banks Park in Melrose looking for Patrick."
Barbara Mackey said Detective Ken Silva of the Wakefield police was organizing a 12-person search party to do a perimeter search for a half-mile radius around his apartment this week.
"Detective Silva has been so kind to us," Barbara Mackey said. "When you hear they're doing that kind of search, you don't want to think he's gone. Your mind wanders. But I still have some hope. You have to have hope."
Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at kevin.cullen@globe.com.


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David Lloyd George makes a speech to the crowds in Canada and visits a hospital.
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Anthony Eden speaks at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool, Lancashire.
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Today's Waves – 22nd September
Today's Waves September 22, 2020 by william vega
1 Stocks steady as Powell testifies
2 U.S. home sales near 14 year highs
3 UK's Boris Johnson sets new COVID-19 guidelines
Stocks steady as Powell testifies
After falling for the last 4 sessions, U.S. indices today steadied the ship, as markets were once again in the green as traders appeared to be buying the dip.
This came as Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified before the Houses' Financial Services Committee. Powell stated that the economy has recently shown "marked improvement" as it attempts to battle its way out of a COVID-19 led rescission. However, warned that the path ahead remains highly uncertain and the Federal Reserve may be forced to do more.
As of writing, the Dow Jones had gained 0.56%, while the S&P 500 was up almost 1%, and the NASDAQ gained 1.73%. Amazon was a big mover, climbing 5.16%.
U.S. home sales near 14 year highs
U.S. home sales climbed to their highest level since 2006 last month as the housing market continued to bounce back.
The report which was released by the National Association of Realtors said that existing home sales had increased by 2.4% to an annual rate of 6 million units in August, which is the highest level in 14 years, December 2006 to be precise.
An uptake in workers being asked to work from home is said to be one of the main contributing factors. This has helped the housing market to remain resilient despite nearly 30 million people claiming unemployment benefits.
UK's Boris Johnson sets new COVID-19 guidelines
In an attempt to help contain the recent upswing in coronavirus infections, Boris Johnson today gave a speech to parliament outlining his new plans for the UK.
One of the headline moves will be that all pubs, bars, restaurants and other hospitality venues in England will be expected to close at 10PM, starting on Thursday. The move comes as the UK has recorded close to over 4,926 new COVID-19 cases; government figures have shown this to be the highest daily total since early May.
The FTSE 100 was surprisingly up on the news, as markets seemed to have already priced in today's announcements. However, GBP fell to its lowest level since late July against USD.
Quote of the day – "In this business, if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out of ten."
Today's Waves – 2nd October
by william vega October 2, 2020
UK Gov't Set to Launch a £1 billion Omicron fund, German Consumer Sentiment Falls & Oil Prices Rebound After Selloff
by Eliman Dambell December 21, 2021


Buying top end property in London is far from straightforward. Not only is the market currently suffering from low levels of supply, meaning competition for the best properties is incredibly tough, but much of the stock available to buy never reaches the open market. This, in turn, makes it increasingly difficult for both domestic and overseas buyers to find either the right domestic or investment property. Nevertheless, London remains one of the safest and most desirable places to invest in property, but how do you access the market if so much of it functions under the radar? This is where buying agents come in.
The job of the buying agent has never been more necessary at the prime level of the market. Their ability to offer impartial advice, to cut through mixed messages relayed by the media, their expert negotiation skills and perhaps most importantly, their ability to access properties that are marketed privately, makes their services indispensable. Time poor, cash rich individuals are not in a position to build the relationships necessary with estate agents, to ensure first access to properties hitting the market, or crucially to be made aware of those that don't ever get there.
In such a competitive market, strong relationships with estate agents are essential. Estate agents know us and know that we represent clients who are committed to buying and can move quickly, therefore we are often the first to hear about properties before they come onto the open market. Agents register hundreds of buyers every week, how can they know which are the serious ones and how can they keep in regular touch with all of them? Instructing a buying agent to advise you shows a serious, considered commitment to buying a property, which gives strength and credibility to any offer put on the table. If an agent can sell a house by making one call, he often won't bother making two. A diligent buying agent will be a lifelong estate agent stalker! They will have worked hard over years to guarantee that they are always number one on the estate agent's call list, receiving the first call as soon as that agent has seen a new instruction.
For international investors with no knowledge of the local market, the appeal goes even further, as a good buying agent will have extensive local knowledge essential for a home search – from good schools to transport links, to nearby development plans and intricate price variations that can vary from one side of the street to another. Increasingly buying agents are being asked to handle much more than the search and acquisition process, but are relied upon to recommend legal professionals, and even design experts.
Finding the property is only part of the job, the work doesn't stop there….
The job of a buying agent, especially when you are a small outfit, is a 24/7 job and you are always on call, often acting as a confidante in more than just the property search. We help with sourcing finance, a good solicitor or tax adviser, and are able to provide our clients with introductions to the best architects, interior designers, landscape design gardeners and even professionals in sourcing antiques and artwork.
Negotiating the deal is another essential string to the buying agent's bow. Buying agents can negotiate aggressively for investor clients, potentially saving a healthy percentage off property asking prices. However, whilst getting a good price might be important for many, the saving is not always the most important thing but securing the best deal is, especially if the buyer is searching for the perfect lifetime home. The successful structuring and presentation of the offer put forward to the seller, is as important a part of the negotiation process as securing the best price. Savings are not the main thing for many of our clients. We are employed to identify what the client is looking for, find it and once having found it, making sure that we secure it. Sometimes price is immaterial.
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Hosted by Chris Dyer, the CEO of PeopleG2 – TalentTalk Radio features engaging conversation with CEOs, thought leaders and HR executives. TalentTalk connects professionals who care about talent-related issues and having the cultural mindset to embrace the needed diversity of the workplace.
Today's guests are David Darmstandler, CEO and Co-Founder of Datapath and Ashley Huynh, Founder and Principal HR Consultant at BEDR, Inc. To hear the entire show, click here.
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David Darmstandler
David Darmstandler co-founded Datapath ten years ago with a childhood friend of his. Datapath is an IT company that manages IT systems for government, public school districts and enterprises. The company either takes on the role of an IT department for the companies it works with or it enhances the existing IT department. Whether it's managing servers or consulting on improving processes and systems, Datapath offers a range of IT services.
Being an IT company in a very crowded space Darmstandler believes it is very difficult to differentiate themselves from their competitors. "We're not a very sexy business. We're not a new creative restaurant down the street. Hence, it's really hard to get people to pay attention to us," explains Darmstandler. Thus, at Datapath, they focus on building a great culture. They make sure their employees and the people in their community are fans of what they are doing. The company is also big on giving back to the community. In fact, community service is one of their core values. Darmstandler believes that even from a talent recruitment perspective this has made a big difference as there are many people who like to know that the company is impacting the society and is not just interested in making a profit.
Hiring the Right Fit
"We're extremely picky about who we bring in. We are very heavy on orientation and onboarding, making sure they understand who we are as a company and they take in our values. As leaders it is our jobs to make sure we have the right people in the right team," he explains. He also says that leaders should know where their employees are going and similarly employees should let their managers know where they'd like to go. This defines a career path for the employees and the managers can help them get there. He believes that they'd rather have someone with a lower skillset but with the right values. The company is willing to then invest in training and mentorship of these individuals. In the past, Darmstandler says that they had hired a few exceptionally talented people with the highest level of technical skillset but they weren't the most collaborative workers and they would belittle others and never let anyone else grow. Thus, having people who believe in the core values of the company is very important. They spend a good number of hours on making sure everyone in the company is aware of what the core values are and how they can align themselves with these values.
Sense of humor is very important in IT because the nature of work is usually very stressful. They're dealing with disasters or breaches or other crises constantly. Darmstandler says that people in IT should be able to laugh at themselves or the situations to make the best out of them. At the end of the day, everyone has to go back home to their families and it's important to not carry the stress from work back home. It's good to let loose a little, according to him. "We're a pretty wacky bunch here. Our favorite day of the year is Halloween when we all dress up. We also have a lot of spirit days and we play pranks on each other all the time. We can't play the pranks we used to in the earlier days as we've gotten bigger now. But we know how to have a good time," he says.
Darmstandler is currently re-reading "Mastering the Rockefeller Habits" by Verne Harnish that shares tools and techniques for building an industry-dominating business. He is also reading "The Surprising Power of the Coil" by Greg Campbell and Steve Halliday that talks about enriching personal and professional life through an insightful process of relationship building.
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Ashley Huynh
Ashley Huynh is the Founder and Principal HR Consultant at BEDR, Inc. BEDR is an acronym for Build, Engage, Develop and Retain which are the company's key focus areas. Huynh has over 16 years of experience in human resources, an area she has been extremely passionate about. BEDR, Inc. deals with employee relations with regards to some complex workplace investigations, employee termination, policy violations and other various employee issues.
Huynh is very passionate about talent acquisition and talent management. She believes that the two are intertwined because with organizations today employee issues are no longer just internal. Recruitment happens internally and externally and the entire process has undergone a huge change in the last few years which makes it exciting to her.
Organizational Development Issues
Huynh believes that businesses looking to undergo reorganization should really focus on their vision and business strategy. One of the issues she commonly observes in big organizations is that every department becomes siloed. They look at their own department goals instead of looking at the bigger organizational strategy. Thus, every department ends up going in different directions. Huynh strongly recommends business leaders and executives to communicate the company's vision to everyone. "Every employee should know how his or her job responsibility contributes to the overall business strategy. We all want to know how our work impacts the organization," she explains.
Regular town hall meetings, communication meetings and creating cross-functional teams for special projects can work as a solution for breaking departmental silos, according to Huynh. More formal programs such as job shadowing and job rotations also increase inter-departmental communication. The key is for each department to know what the other departments are working on and understanding what the larger organizational structure and strategy is. At the end of the day, everyone should be moving towards the same direction.
According to Huynh, engaged employees are the ones who come up with the most out-of-the-box ideas and suggestions. They are the ones that come up with true concerns that potentially affect the organization. They have a positive attitude and they are constantly trying to make improvements. It is important to give employees an opportunity to make their voice heard because sometimes great ideas come from the most unexpected people. Executive and management support is important for giving employees the freedom to come up and share their ideas and feel involved. "Employee involvement is the key to employee engagement," sums up Huynh.
Succession planning, according to Huynh, is an important aspect of employee development. She believes that the company should build and create programs that allow employees to grow and develop. Mentorship programs are really helpful for succession planning. High potential employees should be given plenty of opportunities for holistic growth so that they can develop into future leaders.
Global Human Resources
Huynh has been in the global HR arena for a few years and she believes that the three biggest differences when you're dealing with multiple countries are culture, legal compliance and benefits. For instance, in Europe it's fairly common to take three weeks or more off for an extended summer vacation which is pretty rare in the US. Legal requirements are also very different globally. Thus, it can get pretty complicated. "We have to be culturally sensitive to our counterparts in other parts of the world. Having an understanding of the different norms in other countries is very important," explains Huynh.
Huynh is currently reading "Living with Intent: My Somewhat Messy Journey to Purpose, Peace, and Joy" by Mallika Chopra. The book gives a message of focusing on finding the real intent and joy in our lives.
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I myself am pained with a similar failed Photoshop situation and can empathize entirely with this finely physiqued fellow. To save you the trouble of clicking the AUTHORS tab way up above, I will present my photo here in just a few more well chosen words.
We asked tanning expert, Patricia Krentcil, for tips on how to avoid this kind of situation known professionally as 'tantrast' (think tan-contrast). Unfortunately we couldn't understand what she was saying because her face had been baked to the point of immobility. If her mouth moved even fractionally, her face would crack, like some severely overcooked bacon being stabbed by a fork.
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Every Friday in the Blue Bay anchorage in Tenacatita the mayor organizes a dingy potluck with the boats in the anchorage. These are always interesting, fun and bring the already small cruising community closer. We have been in the area for three weeks and are beginning to understand how easy it would be to just be in the area for months! Supplies are close, beaches are beautiful, snorkelling is fantastic , every day there are a number of activities, surfing, Bochi on the beach, Mexican train in the palapa or ….. the days just drift by. This area is also the dividing line between those heading further south. A small group go as far a Zihuatanejo for Sailfest and the Guitar Festival then return, the rest head on to destinations further south. Zihuatanejo is usually a motor both ways at this time of year ( 400 kt miles in total ) and the temperatures pops up another 5 + degrees so with out AC or bigger fans Sue would definitely over heat! As a result we will be soon saying adios to a number of boats heading further south on bigger adventures. I can't express how wonderful and open the people we meet cruising are – becoming friends in such short time only to find ourselves saying heart felt good -byes. The saying "ships passing in the night" has a whole new meaning for us on Adesso.
This entry was posted in Adventures on January 17, 2015 by tbannister.
Josh riding a knee high peeler.
Well Josh has made it past the learner stage and is now catching way more waves than this old guy! The wave a Tenacatia is not huge but on the larger sets there is a great right pealing into the beach. If you crouch low enough you can even get tubed!!!! We are all having a great time with Matt ( a San Diego local ) on sailing vessel Tipsea pulling nose rides and all sorts of tricks that only someone who has spent his youth on the beach could do. We have loosely called our surf group the Wolf Pack, when the surf is good you can hear the howling in the bay. Sue has joined us, catching her first ride, her smile was a mile wide.
Sue riding a wave with Adesso in the background.
This entry was posted in Adventures on January 15, 2015 by tbannister.
As you might have surmised from earlier posts Josh is our fisherman and he can spend hours at it. Sue and I often wish he would take his High School as seriously as the fishing, he spends hours working on lures, even inventing his own designs and if he doesn't catch fish, he is not a happy camper! He has even taken to feeding the fish in hopes that they might grow bigger, his latest pet is at least a couple of feet long, a Jack he names – Googies -that has come regularly for snacks. This Jack has been known to nibble on toes if left dangling in the water a well.
Here in Tenacatita Bay Josh has a couple of equally fanatical fisherman (surfers as well), Dave on Aussie Rules and Matt on Tipsea. Dave and Josh caught the Dorado below as the sun went down and it was pitch black by the time the fish was landed in the dinghy. From the smiles you can tell how happy they were!
This entry was posted in Adventures on January 13, 2015 by tbannister.
Laurie in their town car, a VW jeep that is the envy of the town!
Melaque seems to be the best provisioning town in the area and the only one with a Bank! It is so great that Laurie (my sister) and Rob have made this town their winter home. She has all the inside info on where the best meat is, which grocery store to get veggies, what restaurants are good … They also have made a fantastic home base, a beautiful palapa over the upper floor where they live, with guest suites below. Oh, and a garden that we are told is a yearly challenge to keep under control. Rob also put his panga fishing boat in the water and has taken Josh on a few fishing trips, which is always a highlight from him.
The Grand Hotel with marina in front.
Part of the pool at the Grand!
Next we drifted over to Tenacatita Bay where we went in a biathlon, organized a blind dingy race, made some wonderful new cruising friends, did the daily swim to shore for bochi ball, snorkeled in the Aquarium, watched the baby turtles make their first ocean entry, walked cobbled roads, socialized copiously, hid from hordes of nightly mosquitoes, drank coconut juice and ate fresh fish ….well as you can imagine… it hasn't been easy, but we are managing!
Josh's almost daily haul of coconuts!


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Located off Chamberlayne Avenue near Battery Park, Tabol Brewing is North Side's first craft brewery.
The majority of beers at Tabol will be brewed using foeders.
Tabol Brewing is filled with barrels in which the beers age and develop more complex flavors.
Tabol's brewers employ small-scale experimentation with foraged yeast.
Travis Dise (left) and Nic Caudle are the founders of Tabol Brewing.
Caudle's shirt pokes fun at the rising number of breweries in the area.
Tabol (pronounced "table") Brewing, North Side's first small-batch brewery, will bring the funk when it opens in the coming weeks at 704 Dawn St. off Chamberlayne Avenue. The owners are aiming for a late-September/early October debut.
When you take a look around the brewery, things may appear a little different: Instead of the massive stainless-steel vats present in many area breweries, Tabol is filled with wooden barrels, puncheons and foeders.
"We're treating the wood as the vessel," says co-founder Nic Caudle, sporting a Tabol shirt that reads, "Another Brewery Nobody Asked For."
"We were joking that all the breweries have to trademark [names] because eventually there would be nothing left," he says with a smile.
Hence the name Tabol, a homophone for an inanimate object and a good-natured poke at themselves and the booming craft beer movement that is sweeping the city. But Tabol does possess an edge, a funky core that the founders hope sets them apart.
Their focus: wild sour ales. Rustic, refreshing and tart. Lighter, more elegant, yet complex flavors that the oaky barrels aid in bringing to life. Some are acidic, some not so much. Some fruity, others reminiscent of wine with earthy, oak-vat aromas. Saisons, ales and sours are at the forefront of styles beer enthusiasts can expect from the newest brewery on the RVA beer scene.
Time is also of the essence at Tabol — some of their beers have been aging and fermenting for three to four weeks, some three to six months and others more than a year.
Wild, specifically local, yeast strains play an important role in producing the types of sour-style beers Tabol hopes to achieve. Instead of purchasing yeast from labs, Tabol captures and forages honeysuckle, tree bark, berries and other natural items from friends' gardens as well as their own.
"We'll let the yeast and microbes tell us how its growing; we just try to help guide it," says Caudle about the process.
The space is the former home of Research Glass, a 25-year-old scientific glass company focused on making beakers and cylinders, some of which were left behind to become handy tools for the former home brewers as they transition to a full-fledged craft brewery.
"To me, it's almost getting back to how beer used to be," says Caudle's co-founder and fellow home brewer, Travis Dise.
"Before [people] discovered yeast, they didn't know what caused that fermentation, but they liked the certain flavors that it provided, and up until then, every sour [beer] went sour because they didn't know better," Dise explains.
The brewing duo's relationship also began spontaneously: Avid D.C. United soccer fans, they found themselves flocking to Gus's Bar & Grill and Penny Lane Pub to watch televised games. A passion for beer and the desire to be their own bosses led them to collaborate on Tabol, just as the beer-drinking public has begun looking beyond bitter, heavy-hopped IPAs and embracing lighter, more sessionable and tart brews.
Only a few years ago, fans of a pucker were hard-pressed to find a wide variety of sour-style beers in Virginia; today there are several breweries exploring that flavor profile in Richmond alone, including Vasen, The Veil and Strangeways.
The majority of Tabol's beers, coincidentally, will be "table beers" — those with a lower ABV, typically around 4 or 5 percent, which will typically be available on site only.
Tabol does plan to dabble in small-scale distribution and bottle their brews, and possibly work with a restaurant or bar to offer their beers on tap.
Tabol Brewing plans to open its tasting room Wednesday through Friday from 4 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 9 p.m.


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Q: Entity Framework Set All Decimal Precision Values in a model programmatically The answer for this question (link below) lead me to wonder if my question is possible?
Entity Framework Code First fluent API setting field properties in a for loop
Is there a way to do this more dynamically? I have multiple models I want to do this with and do not want to clone the code in onmodelcreating for each entity class I want to configure. Possibly an empty base class?

A: In EF6 you would do this with custom conventions. Should be no more than a couple lines of code.
In EF5 you would probably have to discover your entity types using reflection and then configure them as described in the link you provided above. Here is the code I came up with (I stole the method for building expression for accessing the property from the post you linked above):
protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
{
    foreach (var contextProperty in typeof(Context).GetProperties())
    {
        if (contextProperty.PropertyType.IsGenericType &&
            contextProperty.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(DbSet<>))
        {
            var entityType = contextProperty.PropertyType.GenericTypeArguments[0];

            foreach(var decimalProperty in entityType.GetProperties().Where(p => p.PropertyType == typeof(decimal)))
            {
                var configurePropertyMethod =
                    GetType()
                    .GetMethod("ConfigureProperty", BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic)
                    .MakeGenericMethod(entityType);
                configurePropertyMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { modelBuilder, decimalProperty });
            }
        }
    }
}

private static void ConfigureProperty<T>(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder, PropertyInfo propertyInfo)
    where T : class
{
    var propertyExpression = BuildLambda<T, decimal>(propertyInfo);
    modelBuilder.Entity<T>().Property(propertyExpression).HasPrecision(10, 3);
}

private static Expression<Func<T, U>> BuildLambda<T, U>(PropertyInfo property)
{
    var param = Expression.Parameter(typeof(T), "p");
    MemberExpression memberExpression = Expression.Property(param, property);
    var lambda = Expression.Lambda<Func<T, U>>(memberExpression, param);
    return lambda;
}

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Q: Table added to MYSQL, but returning 500 on post I am using the Node module KNEX to make MYSQL calls. I want users to be able to add their own custom tables. I am able to add a database to MYSQL with all the columns, but in my console I get an 500 internal server error.
This is my custom file knex.js which access the MYSQL database:
knex.js

var knex = require('knex')({
    client: 'mysql',
    connection: {
        host: 'localhost',
        user: USER,
        password: PASSWORD,
        database: 'tasks'
    }
});

exports.createUserTable = function(x){
    console.log(x);
    knex.schema.hasTable(x.id).then(function(exists) {
        if (!exists) {
            return knex.schema.createTable(x.id, function(t){
                t.increments();
                t.string(x.type, 50);
                for (var y in x.val){
                    t.string(x.val[y], 255);
                }
                t.timestamps();
            });
        } else {
            return console.log("Error!");
        }
    });
};

As I mentioned before, the database gets created so this function seems to work fine. This next bit of code receives a post request from angular.js. The data gets compiled into a var called table and table is sent to knex.createUserTable(). However, no values show up in the console and I am returned with a 500 error:
tables.js

router.route('/addTable')
    .post(function(req, res){

    //code above omitted
        var knx = knex.createUserTable(table);

        knx.then(function(c) {
            console.log(c);
        }).catch(function(err){
            console.log("Error: " + err);
        }).done(function(){
            console.log("Mission accomplished!");
            res.status(200).end();
        });
    });

A: I figured out the answer. The outer most function should be returned as well.
   return knex.schema.hasTable(x.id).then(function(exists) {
       if (!exists) {
            return knex.schema.createTable(x.id, function(t){
                t.increments();
                t.string(x.type, 50);
                for (var y in x.val){
                    t.string(x.val[y], 255);
                }
                t.timestamps();
            });
        } else {
            return console.log("Error!");
        }
    });


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La croix de cimetière de Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche est un calvaire situé devant l'église de Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche, dans le département français d'Ille-et-Vilaine, région Bretagne.

Historique

La croix date du  et fait l'objet d'un classement au titre des monuments historiques depuis le .

Architecture

La croix est en granit et surmonte un socle sculpté d'animaux.

Références

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Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des monuments historiques d'Ille-et-Vilaine

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For decades, programmers have been manually initiating automation. The perennial example is the trusty shell script, run from the command line at the moment it's needed. When so much technology has advanced, it's notable this hasn't. Most engineers have a command line history that tells a story of starting these "automated" processes.
It prevents the flow of data from interruption. Data can pop in one app and then be enriched in another thanks to APIs talking to each other.
It allows software editors to build great vertical apps that focus on fixing one problem before sending the data to other apps to solve other issues.
Despite this post appearing on Zapier, it's not really about automation. There are times where we need a more user friendly approach to the shell script: a manually-activated automation. That's a technique we have used at noCRM.io to improve our app and give it a host of potential additional features.
Most of the time we think of Zapier as an automation tool. When something happens in application A, another action in application B is triggered - and Zapier is the glue that holds them together.
You don't always want actions to trigger automatically. You would like to provide the opportunity for users to trigger an action from application A in application B when they decide. You want them to be able to fire trigger events manually.
For example, your user may send a predefined email to one of their contacts or provide data about a new deal to a CRM or an ERP. You need what we call a manual trigger. Thanks to manual triggers, a new perspective opens when using automation tools.
Zapier has its own concept of a manual trigger in Push by Zapier, but the contextual data is entirely up to the user. All apps have a primary object that could be provided if the manual trigger was activated within an app itself. That object can be a contact, a task, an invoice, any goods like a house or car, a web page or an image. For example, in our app noCRM.io, the main object is a lead (a potential sale).
How can you easily add a new feature to your app?
Let's say we want to add a feature to our main object detail page, one that will allow the user to send a predefined email directly from their Gmail account.
You do not want to develop the template logic, nor the connection to Gmail. Automation tools are your friend, and a manual trigger is the key.
If your app has an API, you are likely to have Webhooks and REST webhooks. If not, you need to implement them. Webhooks are what make API usable in a real-life scenario, and REST webhooks are an enhancement that makes the whole process seamless. More precisely, REST Webhooks are a way to create, activate, and deactivate Webhooks through a REST API request.
Now, let's suppose that you already have Webhooks, and the core object of your app is a Contact. You have a detail page for each of your contacts that allows you to do actions – found through buttons, drop-down menus or links.
Then you need to modify your current REST Webhook controller, so it adds an entry in your additional_actions table when a webhook is created with the specific trigger: "manual_trigger".
Now that we have our tables and controllers, let's look at the flow of data and how it will work for the end user. For clarity, let's name your app theGreatApp and use Zapier as the automation software.
Zapier shoots a request to your API, which creates a webhook with a manual trigger. The API controller notices the request is with a manual trigger and creates an entry in additional_actions.
We now have an entry with a webhook_id in our additional_actions table. This means that the detail page of the object, in the action menu, has the "Send Template One" entry.
It will trigger webhook no.149, which sends all the data of contact 2321 in a JSON format to Zapier. Zapier then uses the user-defined template and sends the email with their Gmail account.
Well done! You have just sent an email to a contact from the Gmail account of your user without knowing anything about Gmail, its API nor its authentications rules.
Tech tips: When you do such an action, we don't recommend activating the webhook as a background task. Instead, do it directly to get an answer from Zapier that everything is working fine and then display a positive result to your end user.
This is one example, but it demonstrates how simple it can be to enhance your app with many features coming from other apps that you use. You can also make it more complex and more powerful by capturing additional data like a specific message from within your interface when the user fires the actions.
This can be used in any app to communicate data to other apps, send an invoice, send data to an ERP, start packaging a command, mark a project as 'done', or whatever else is needed. From the user's perspective, it's beneficial because of the ease of setting up and giving them access to a feature from thousands of software.
From the developer/product manager perspective, it's helpful because it allows you to create incredible features in your app at a low cost by leveraging all the work done by the automation software.
Sunny Paris is CEO of noCRM.io. He is well-known as a French Internet pioneer with a scientific background. In 1996, Sunny created his first website—an AD&D online campaign— using PERL. Later he started coding in Ajax before the name was invented.


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import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { withStyles } from 'material-ui/styles';
import Card, { CardContent, CardMedia } from 'material-ui/Card';
import IconButton from 'material-ui/IconButton';
import Typography from 'material-ui/Typography';
import SkipPreviousIcon from 'material-ui-icons/SkipPrevious';
import PlayArrowIcon from 'material-ui-icons/PlayArrow';
import SkipNextIcon from 'material-ui-icons/SkipNext';

const styles = theme => ({
  card: {
    display: 'flex',
  },
  details: {
    display: 'flex',
    flexDirection: 'column',
  },
  content: {
    flex: '1 0 auto',
  },
  cover: {
    width: 151,
    height: 151,
  },
  controls: {
    display: 'flex',
    alignItems: 'center',
    paddingLeft: theme.spacing.unit,
    paddingBottom: theme.spacing.unit,
  },
  playIcon: {
    height: 38,
    width: 38,
  },
});

function MediaControlCard(props) {
  const classes = props.classes;

  return (

      <Card className={classes.card}>

          <CardContent className={classes.content}>
            <Typography type="headline">Live From Space</Typography>
            <Typography type="subheading" color="secondary">
              Mac Miller
            </Typography>
          </CardContent>

            <IconButton aria-label="Previous">
              <SkipPreviousIcon />
            </IconButton>
            <IconButton aria-label="Play/pause">
              <PlayArrowIcon className={classes.playIcon} />
            </IconButton>
            <IconButton aria-label="Next">
              <SkipNextIcon />
            </IconButton>

        <CardMedia
          className={classes.cover}
          image="/static/images/cards/live-from-space.jpg"
          title="Live from space album cover"
        />
      </Card>

  );
}

MediaControlCard.propTypes = {
  classes: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
};

export default withStyles(styles)(MediaControlCard);

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In the video, Germany's sweetheart Sylvie van der Vaart joined shoppers in Munich's famous Karlsplatz to create a breathtaking piece of interactive art inspired by Kinect. State of the art technology allowed shoppers to take control of the iconic Stachus gate; bringing the ancient medieval structure to life by jumping, dancing, waving and gyrating. Kinect – you are the controller.


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Reluctant Rally Still Has Life
Sandra Ward
Oct. 23, 2006 12:01 am ET
A YEAR AGO, JAMES PAULSEN, STRATEGIST for Wells Fargo's institutional investment advisory firm, Wells Capital Management in Minneapolis, broke from the pack: He predicted that small-caps would extend their outperformance, oil prices would drop and stocks generally would continue to deliver superior returns. Paulsen was right, of course. Now, he expects more of the same as global growth stays strong and interest rates remain at manageable levels. A maverick throughout his nearly 25-year career, Paulsen is accustomed to making bold calls. His clients have the pleasure of seeing them borne out. And we give you the pleasure of hearing his views.
Barron's: We've come 180 degrees from last quarter in terms of sentiment. What do you make of the market and the economy?
Paulsen: A couple of months ago, there was the impression consumers were suffering under the weight of a stock market that was down 10% and being told everyday that their house values were going to hell. Mortgage yields had risen to their highest level of the cycle, job creation seemed like it was grinding to a halt and everybody was paying $3 at the gas pump. It was a disaster. Now, mortgage yields are back to where they were at the end of last year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is at an all-time high, [former Federal Reserve Chairman] Alan Greenspan says the housing market has bottomed, and we found another 810,000 jobs we didn't know we had. Last night, when I paid $2.09 at the pump, it seemed cheap.
The nature of this whole recovery has been to switch sentiment every 120 days or so from concerns about an overheating economy to one headed for recession. But the undertow of the rally has been good throughout. In the short term we've come off the market lows of June and gone to new highs. Longer term, this recovery cycle started in March 2003. Before the cycle ends or truly peaks, there's got to be some increase in long-term borrowing costs. Right now, the 10-year-yield is at 4.80%, not much different from where it's been for four or five years. Yields were up to 5.25% in June but were promptly taken down again. One of the reasons the economy keeps going is we haven't sat on it with any kind of force, and some of the things that were biting at it have changed of late, mainly energy.
How long do low oil prices last?
In early September, I wrote that oil was going to break down and head back into the 40s because it is fairly valued around $50 a barrel based on what other commodities have done. Commodities are up a lot because of world growth, but oil went up a lot more than the rest of them. If it had gone up about as much as non-energy commodities, it would be around $50 now. The excess pricing of crude has come about because of speculative risk premiums and not fundamental supply and demand forces. As some of those risk premiums diminish, crude is going to go back to a fundamental price level and it will probably overshoot on the way down just as it overshot on the way up. I might get interested in that energy complex again if we break into the 40s. There is still quite a bit of risk there for equity investors, but there is nothing bad about that for the economy. The Goldman Sachs non-energy commodity price index is within 2% of breaking above its May highs and going to new cycle highs, and it has been going straight up the last few weeks. It is possible we could have a new high in non-energy commodity prices at the same time oil collapses. Watching that develop says a lot about oil, because if it were truly a global slowdown that is causing oil to pullback, as many people suggest, then it would also cause a pullback in other commodities.
A lot of these fear stories get so far ahead of themselves and into the pricing of the markets. There were worries about severe oil shortages and oil going to $100 a barrel, and I'm not sure supply and demand ever got that bad. There's been a long litany of items to derail the economy and the markets. Remember the bird-flu pandemic? Remember the jobless recovery? Remember, there was going to be a major blowup as soon as the yield curve inverted? It has been inverted for a year and no one mentions it any longer. Meanwhile, it will be another double-digit year for stock-market returns, and GDP [gross domestic product] growth is at 3½% to 4%. Job creation has been over 2% and income trends are good. That is on a domestic basis. The story gets better when you look at global trends.
Yet, investors seem cautious.
I'm looking at a corporate sector that is making profits faster in this decade than any decade in the postwar era. It makes the 'Nineties profit miracle look paltry. The result is tremendous excess cash flow relative to capital-spending trends -- it's off the charts and has been all decade long. Corporations have never made so much money, but they are also refusing to spend it. Every quarter they beat their numbers but say the future looks tough, just the opposite of the corporate culture that existed in 1999 and 2000. They are sitting on this boatload of buying power because they are cautious.
Investors, meanwhile, are happy with 5% money-market returns. No one cares that for the last four years running the stock market has beaten bonds and cash, by two to three times. The return for stocks off the cycle lows is better than 10% a year. Cash has probably averaged 3% and bonds maybe 4% in that time. So here we've got this asset class that, for the past three or four years, has beaten cash and bonds by double and yet it is still the least favored.
Are you surprised the Fed took a time out in raising rates?
For a 'Seventies economics student trained on the Phillips Curve, I never thought I would ever hear the Federal Reserve in this country use the words "patient" and "measured" in the same sentence with inflation ever. Yet those are the buzz words around their policy, because they don't want to hurt the fragile economy. Never mind that commodity prices have had their biggest move of any cycle in the postwar period. Never mind, we've never had more global powers contributing to global growth, ever. Never mind, we have full employment and 82% capacity-utilization rates.
So you see a tightening down the road?
We have got to go higher. We have core inflation and we are going to have a little more of that. But to go back to my last point, I think bravado and optimism begets bad times and chronic cautiousness paints a beautiful picture for the future. It is a low-risk, high-return situation created by cautious players. If businesses aren't spent out, that implies they can drive faster growth in the future. If investors are sitting in money-market funds, they can get enticed into the stock market as they keep reading about record highs. If policy officials want to be patient and measured, it just means they aren't stomping this sucker down and it can grow harder for longer than anyone thinks.
How do you square this bullishness with the massive trade deficit?
The trade deficit is real debt because it is owned by foreigners and we have to pay them back. And while the trade deficit is at record levels, the more important record in my book is the number of consecutive years we've run a deficit: 15 continuous calendar years. To me, what we've been through in the last 15 years with our trade picture is equivalent to the Marshall Plan after World War II, which was directed at rebuilding war-torn Europe and Japan. At the time, it was highly criticized as throwing money down a rat hole. But it turned out to be one of the greatest investments in U.S. history because it is still paying dividends today.
Today's trade deficit is exactly the same thing; it is a massive stimulative policy aimed at jump-starting economies and utilizing previously underutilized resources in the world. It has been an incredibly expensive policy. It has cost us jobs. It has cost us lost domestic spending growth for a decade and a half, and it is just now starting to bear fruit. Last year, our trade deficit with Malaysia represented 18% of their GDP. We gave China 9% of their GDP. In 2001 emerging-market consumption in U.S. dollar terms was 40% of U.S. consumption. In '05 it was more than 50%. I am not saying where the money is being spent, just that in a few years the emerging economies will exceed U.S. consumption in dollar terms.
Interview -- Part II
Interview With James Paulsen, Chief Investment Strategist,<br/> Wells Capital Management


Keller, Texas - On Friday, September 16th, VLK Architects attended a dedication ceremony commemorating the new additions and renovations to Keller High School. The design of the facility, originally built in 1985, had an overarching theme of maintaining the rich history, while modernizing it to accommodate next generation learning practices.
This Keller High project is the product of Keller ISD's 2014 bond referendum. Community members, district administrators, school board members, teachers, and staff gathered to celebrate the start of something new for this beloved and revered high school.
"We are very excited today to celebrate a physical change to our building, but the renovations and additions at Keller High School is symbolic of what is going on within these walls," said Keller High School Principal, Dr. Michael Nasra. "Our teachers and staff are holding onto traditions and sacred practices while still being innovative in our approach to the teaching and learning environment for our students."
The additions and renovations to Keller High School included adding a new secure front entry, renovated student commons, new band and orchestra halls, new administration offices, renovated science labs, additional classrooms, as well as new flexible and innovative learning spaces to aid in supporting various student learning styles.
"To have many conversations about what we were looking for and then see it come to fruition is really something special. All I can say is wow,'' said Dr. Randy Reid, Keller ISD Superintendent.
Reid went on to mention the determination of the partners that invested in this project from the beginning, which not only included the support of the community, but also the pride and determination VLK Architects took in developing the design of these new additions and renovations.
"When we select an architectural partner, we go through a big process, but sometimes it comes down to intangibles when you choose them," said Reid. "When Leesa Vardeman talked to us about her vision for Keller High School, you could see the passion in her eyes and the desire to take the history of Keller High School and wrap it into this new facility."
Leesa Vardeman, VLK Architects Principal, spoke at the ceremony and mentioned the long-standing, 30-year relationship VLK has had with Keller ISD. She expressed that a beneficial tool was the design charrette in assisting a tailored solution to a community deeply invested in the continued growth and success of Keller High School.
"The long held tradition of excellence here at Keller High School prompted us to develop a collaborative effort that would bring together representatives of the community, staff, administration, the board of trustees, and most importantly, the students of Keller High School who are so talented and creative to develop a list of goals for this particular facility and the concepts that we would employ," said Vardeman. "My personal career long goal for this campus has been to introduce a ray of sunshine into the student commons at the heart of the school. It was a great experience for me this Summer when Buford Thompson cut through the roof and we were able to see. We have learned to affectionately call that area the 'campfire,' and I hope you guys will enjoy it."
"We are so very proud of our partners in VLK and Buford Thompson as they have worked masterfully to engage our community and family members to recreate a uniform and modern Keller High School, equipping us with the facilities to meet the learning demands of the 21st Century," said Nasra. "This process has only made us stronger as a family. For that, I would like to thank you."


"Jesus Christ – The Exorcist" is a monumental project in Neal Morse's already impressive discography. A Progressive Rock Opera 10 years in the making, it was written and produced by Morse and includes performances by Neal and an all-star cast of vocalists and musicians. "Jesus Christ the Exorcist" will be released on June 14, 2019on a double album set featuring about two hours of music that will encompass all the spectrums and genres Neal Morse is known for and will, of course, tell the Story of Stories.
"I don't know why it came to me in quite this way, but definitely the influences on this song are Black Sabbath and Deep Purple primarily. I even asked Rich Mouser when he was mixing the song to listen to "Paranoid" because I thought that vocal effect would be cool on Ted's (Leonard) voice," says Morse of the track.
"Jesus Christ – The Exorcist", had its live world premiere in 2018 and was performed by a Prog Rock all-star cast featuring Neal Morse (keys, guitar), Paul Bielatowicz (lead guitar), Bill Hubauer (keys), Randy George (bass), and Eric Gillette (drums). Featured vocalists included Ted Leonard (Spock's Beard, Enchant), Nick D'Virgilio (Big, Big Train, Spock's Beard), Jake Livgren (Protokaw), Matt Smith (Theocracy), Wil Morse and more. Also, John Schlitt (Petra) and Rick Florian (White Heart) have been added to the performance as well.
Widely regarded as one of the world's leading Progressive ("Prog") Rock musicians, Neal Morse is a prolific musical driving force and his desire to move people through his music burns brighter than ever before. Born in California in 1960 to a musical family, Morseplayed in many bands during his youth, learning and mastering several instruments along the way. In 1995, he wrote and recorded "The Light" with his then new band, Spock's Beard. It was an album grounded strongly in the then-unfashionable progressive rock genre, but the album and especially the title track became modern prog classics and brought Morse and the band global recognition. Over the next seven years, Spock's Beard released six critically acclaimed studio recordings and multiple live recordings, while establishing a passionate fan base in the Prog Rock community.
In 2001, Morse shocked his followers with word that he was stepping away from secular music…with no indication of where he was heading. Morse was now walking an unknown road. After success with Spock's Beard, he was starting all over again, this time boldly declaring his Christian faith and risking fan rejection and financial failure. He needn't have worried. As the "Testimony" Live DVD triumphantly documented, his solo tour was full of magical moments and was a deeply life affirming experience. Morse returned to the studio with Mike Portnoy and touring bass player Randy George to record 2004's "One", a conceptual album that was a vast, rewarding piece of music that reached new heights.Morse, Portnoy, and George stayed on this musical journey together until Bill Hubauer and Eric Gillette were added as permanent members of the Neal Morse Band in 2015 on "The Grand Experiment" album. This collective effort saw collaboration between all of the members and has subsequently yielded another studio album, the astonishingly brilliant "Similitude Of A Dream", and two live releases.


The three main areas to be disrupted by FinTech in China over the next five years are consumer banking, investment & wealth management, and fund transfers & payments. E-retailers, financial institutions and large technology companies will be the biggest sources of disruption.
FinTech business model needs to follow the basis of financial services in order to be closely related to the development of the real economy. As the economy evolves to a digital, smart and personalised business model and lifestyle, financial services needs to transform to a 3.0 model. This means they need to evolve from a product and channel-oriented model to a customer-centred one, with technologies as an important pillar.
Customers - Being low-cost and pervasive, FinTech enables financial institution to expand their customer base to under-served groups.
Products - As customer expectations shift from product-based to experience-driven, the service offerings of financial institutions are moving from unsophisticated and standardised to tailored and contextualised.
Channels - In the next five years, the importance of physical branches will diminish, with e-channels – especially mobile – moving centre stage.
Competition - There is an increasing "winner takes all" tendency in the internet and technology sectors. Does this model work for financial services?
Regulation - The challenge for regulators is how to strike a balance between encouraging innovation and controlling financial risks.
Talent - Inter-disciplinary talent is the key to success in FinTech. Institutions need to figure out how to build such a talent pool.
Strategies & mindset - Over the next three years, Chinese financial institutions expect to strengthen innovation through internal efforts and partnerships with FinTech companies.
Resource allocation - Chinese financial institutions are looking at emerging technologies and are willing to allocate almost a third of annual turnover to FinTech investment.
Action plan - While financial institutions and FinTech companies are willing to increase partnerships, challenges need to be addressed. IT compatibility and differences in business models top the list.