With the runoffs complete and the November elections set, nonprofits should be turning their attention to educating their constituents about policy issues that affect them most. Now that we know all of the players in respective races – from city councils, county commissions, state Senate and House races, congressional races and our gubernatorial race, nonprofits should be reaching out to candidates to find out where they stand on particular policy issues.
Of course, this also means that charitable organizations should continue to remain nonpartisan at all times and focus on issues – not candidates or parties.
Election season can be very tricky for nonprofits. Our organizations wield tremendous clout with our constituents and the public. Nonprofits shouldn't be surprised if candidates ask them for use as a public forum or even endorsement. Because of our nonpartisanship (and because of the Johnson Amendment prohibiting candidate endorsement), organizations should stay clear of anything that appears to be an endorsement through a polite decline.
However, many nonprofits will hold multi-candidate forums, so that candidates can talk about the issues, hear from constituents and be questioned about specific issues. In these cases, it is critical for nonprofits to invite all candidates for the election to avoid any appearance of partisanship.
Most importantly, now is a perfect time to train staff members and volunteers about the rules surrounding elections. Remind them that they should register to vote and get to the polls. Let staff members know that they can and should be part of the political process.
However, also remind staff members and volunteers that they are not to participate in elections at work. They should not wear campaign buttons, push out campaign information from their computers or phones, or otherwise support campaigns within the office. Let staff and board members know that they should not use the organization's name as they personally endorse candidates.
Finally, use this time to get to know your candidates for office. Tell them about your mission, your organization's impact and how the community benefits from that impact. Keep them apprised of your work.
November will be here before we know it, so get prepared now for the final push of the 2018 campaign season.


The Bogliasco Foundation is currently receiving applications for the Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 semesters, with January 15th and April 15th as the respective submission deadlines.
The Foundation is particularly interested in reaching out to the Dance, Theater, Film/Video, Music, and Architecture communities, as fewer applications are received in these disciplines.
Detailed information can be found in four different languages on the website www.bfny.org. Interested candidates may email the Foundation at info@bfny.org or info@bfge.org with any questions; the applicant brochure can be downloaded here.


Montreal-based drummer Sam Harrisson has made a name for himself throughout his 24-year career.
His talent, versatility and work ethic have made him the first call for many producers, artists and musicians over the years. Sam is a three-time Maple Blues Award Drummer of the Year nominee as well as the recipient of eight Quebec Lys Blues Awards.
Sam is currently touring with his power-trio blues-rock band The Paul DesLauriers Band (The PDB), promoting their self-titled album, released in 2014 to rave reviews. The album reached the #1 spot on the iTunes Canada Blues Chart within the first month of its release. A European tour is in the works for 2015.
Some significant past and present collaborations, both onstage and in-studio, include Grammy Award winner Jennifer Gasoi, multi-platinum and gold-selling artists Corneille, France D'Amour, Éric Lapointe, Nanette Workman, Gage, and Offenbach, in addition to successful artists Steve Hill, Hubert Sumelin (Howlin' Wolf), Dawn Tyler Watson, Angel Forrest, Steve Strongman, Edith Butler, Coral Egan, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Anik Jean, Antoine Gratton, Patrick Fiori, Christian Marc Gendron and Les Respectables. Sam has also been hired repeatedly by notable producers such as Guy Tourville (France D'Amour, Sylvain Cossette, Roch Voisine), Mark Plati (David Bowie, The Cure, Les Rita Mitsouko), Glen Robinson (Keith Richards, Tori Amos, The Ramones) and Rob Heaney (Cirque du Soleil, Kevin Parent, Jean-Pierre Ferland), to name but a few.
His busy touring schedule has carried him around the world. Sam has played hundreds of stages on four continents including many historic venues such as L'Olympia de Paris, numerous Zénith throughout France, the Centre Bell, Club Soda, Spectrum and Metropolis in Montreal, the Hard Rock Café and Universal Studios in L.A., and the Moscow International Performing Arts Centre in Russia, amongst others. Sam has also played prominent music festivals such as the Festival de Jazz de Nice (France), Playing with Fire Festival (Omaha, NE), South by Southwest (Austin, TX), the Festival d'été de Québec and has made regular appearances at the Montreal International Jazz Festival throughout his career.
In addition to being a seasoned live performer and a sought-after session player, Sam also excels at teaching. For the past eight years, he has been the drum teacher at the Montreal International Jazz Festival's annual TD Blues Camp and has been giving private drum lessons for almost 20 years.


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Team medizone has given us as enormous support as a hospital consultancy, right from the planning phase to the inauguration of the hospital. The support is still going on and hopes to have the medizone as a resource in the future as well. The credit of this successful hospital goes equally to team medizone.
As team members are having medical and management knowledge, which helped us to make the complex management processes seamless and smooth. medizone helped us to bringing our dream hospital into reality.
Medizone has proved themselves at par for giving inputs on different issues like record keeping, medico legal management, clinical management protocols, housekeeping, CSSD and other support services along with OT management, HMIS, quality system management and training.
Team Medione's innovative ideas and their execution in the simplest format helped us to become a state of art healthcare institute in the western vidharbha. We are fully satisfied with the services of the medizone.
Team medizone has given us the solutions on the issues pertaining to cash flow, budgeting ,break even point, monetary planning, fund raising activities, insurance of hospital and staff, cost benefit analysis, smooth processes of financial activities and transactions. Thanks to team medizone. Its appreciated.
Team medizone has setup our twenty beded critical care center in a record braking four months time and given us the fantastic technical, clinical, financial and marketing inputs at each level.
Team medizone has proved their capabilities by completing pulse critical care center in the shorter span of time and that too with the best possible inputs and results. Every major aspect of this center was taken care by team medizone.
Pulse critical care center has no doubt benefited strongly from the consulting inputs of the medizone. Team medizone has proved their professionalism throughout the project. We are glad to get associated with team medizone.
The best part of the medizone was that they understood the objectives of the critical care thoroughly and then provided their strategic inputs for the successful completion of this center. All the best to team medizone.
The experience of working with team medizone was really good, they understood each and every aspect thoroughly and clearly and after doing the critical analysis of that, team medizone came up with the absolute solution of that issue and resolved it. The experience of team medizone of delivering the various multispecialty hospitals has helped us a lot.


Electricite de France (EDF) has halted four nuclear reactors at three power plants in France because of the current heatwave affecting Europe, a spokesman for the utility said on Saturday.
High temperatures registered in the Rhone and Rhine rivers, from which the three power plants pump their water for cooling, led to a temporary shutdown of the reactors, the spokesman was also quoted as saying by Reuters. Two of the halted reactors belong to EDF's Bugey plant, one is located at St. Alban and one in Fessenheim near the German border. France, like much of Europe, is experiencing scorching weather in its southern regions, with forecasts showing temperatures reaching 37 degrees Celsius in the Rhone Valley.
Temperatures were near record highs on Friday in Spain and Portugal, and will remain above 40 degrees Celsius at least until Sunday. EDF's nuclear plants along the Rhone and the Rhine use the rivers' waters to regulate the temperature of their reactors, discharging warm water back into the waterway.
Curbs are placed on the volume of water its plants can use when the rivers' temperatures rise.


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Poets, Painters, and Storytellers (March 2, 7–9:30 p.m.) || Join Clement Arts for an evening of song, story, and art featuring musical guest Sandra McCracken at Christ Community Church. This event benefits an adoptive family from Columbus, and a portion of ticket sales will go to our own orphan ministry! Buy tickets online and mention CrossPointe.


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Al Tyll
Inducted into the Water Ski Hall of Fame in 1994 and described as the "magician" of trick skiing, Al Tyll commanded the tricks event during the 1960's, sweeping four consecutive national championships from 1962 to 1965, adding a couple of Masters titles, and holding seven world records. In 1965 he didn't lose a single tournament. After a two-year hiatus, Al returned to competition in 1968, winning the Eastern Regional Overall title and the National Senior Men's Trick Championship. Al set the pace for skiers of that decade because of his ability to perform the high point tricks, especially wake and ramp tricks, more sharply and rapidly than the others. He was the first to break 4,000 points and perfect a style that would set the pattern for the high-point trick runs of later years.
Born in Troy, New York, Al learned to water ski in 1954, saying in his first book, "Don't be discouraged — I didn't even make it on the first try!" His improvement was rapid, and soon he was attempting gymnastic tricks on water skis. He entered his first tournament in 1959 and began winning regularly in 1961. By then Al lived on Bantam Lake in Connecticut, where he skied and trained five months a year while leading a busy career as a court reporter. Yet Al still found time to design and endorse skis, trick handles, boats and equipment; to run Al Tyll Enterprises, a mail order house for custom ski equipment; and to serve as President of the Connecticut Water Ski Association, on the Rules Committee of the American Water Ski association, as a member of the Eastern Region Council, and as president and in various other roles for the now-famous Bantam Lake Ski Club, which he had co-founded several years earlier.
Al's passion for water skiing didn't stop there. He set standards of sportsmanship and promotion that were world class. He did features for many national magazines including Popular Mechanics, Boys Life, The Water Skier, Boating News, Waterski & Smallcraft Magazine, Scinautico, Look, West Coast Boating News, and The Boating Industry. He was seen many times on Sports Spectacular, Wide World of Sports, and Sports International, and made other TV appearances on shows such as To Tell the Truth and Story of Al Tyll. To give back to the sport that had become such a meaningful part of his life, he lectured regularly, conducted wildly popular shore clinics at tournaments all over North America, and authored two how-to books (Water Skiing, published by Fawcett in 1966, and The Complete Beginner's Guide to Water Skiing, published by Doubleday in 1970). Correct Craft even manufactured a tournament ski boat with his signature and named it the "Al Tyll Skier." A few can still be found online as collector's items.
From 1964 to 1983, Al was married to Chris Tyll, a regional champion water ski jumper herself and an important partner in Al's water ski endeavors. Their only child, Tracey, did a bit of show skiing, jumping, and trick skiing herself as a junior girl. The Tylls' home became the focal point for the Bantam Lake Ski Club as well as Al's own ski school. A handful of Al's students went on to win national championships themselves, including fellow Hall-of-Famer Wayne Grimditch.
Al and his family moved to Lake Ida in Boynton Beach, Florida in 1979 where Al continued to live and ski well into his 80's. He was one of the first to receive the American Water Ski Educational Foundation's Award of Distinction. Al passed away on August 2, 2018 at the age of 86. He enjoyed a tremendous presence in the water skiing world and will be missed overall for his huge iconic smile, positivity, enthusiasm, dynamic strength of character, and infectious zest for life and the sport. He was an inspiration and a mentor to countless water ski enthusiasts of all ages.

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[Exclusive] The Making Of Beyoncé's "I Was Here" Performance For World Humanitarian Day 2012

Beyoncé gave a tearjerker of a performance at the United Nations for World Humanitarian Day. We spoke with Kenzo Digital, SuperUber and Dirt Empire about what went into making this multimedia spectacle.

by Julia Kaganskiy
To honor humanitarian aid workers around the world, the United Nations tapped pop icon Beyoncé to help catalyze a global campaign around World Humanitarian Day this August 19th. Beyoncé dedicated her power ballad "I Was Here" to the cause, performing it at the UN back in August. Kenzo Digital led up the overall creative direction, bringing on collaborators SuperUber, Dirt Empire, and Founding Fathers, to create custom projection mapped visuals that transformed the UN's iconic General Assembly hall.
World Humanitarian Day is a tribute to all those who risk and give their lives helping people in need around the world—venturing into dangerous situations in war-torn nations and disaster-ridden regions. Every year, the UN tries to inspire the general public to get involved within their own communities and lend a helping hand through gestures big and small, mobilizing around the simple idea of "people helping people." This year, they decided to try something new—they enlisted creative agency Droga5 and Ridley Scott & Associates to engineer a viral multimedia experience they hoped would see more than a billion messages shared around the world.
Beyoncé performing "I Was Here" at the United Nations.
Getting global support for anything, even on the internet, seems like an insurmountable feat, but if you pair Beyoncé's global reach and popular appeal with jaw-dropping content, it just might be possible. To achieve the latter, they brought on director Kenzo Digital to conceptualize an epic, immersive visual experience that would coincide with Beyoncé's UN performance and live online in the form of a music video that would help drive the social media campaign. Kenzo decided to go for a larger-than-life projection experience that would transport the audience to the far-off lands where humanitarian efforts take place—turning the walls of the General Assembly hall into a canvas for sprawling desert landscapes, earthquake ravaged cities, and flood-lands.
"My initial idea for the project was actually larger than what took place," says Kenzo. "I was going to projection map the entire seating area on the floor to visually tie the viewer into the space, so that when you see floods happen in the foreground, it spills out into the audience and conceptually unifies the viewer into the experience, actually using them as part of the canvas, which also conceptually ties into the whole idea of unity in humanitarian work. Unfortunately, I found out we couldn't rig projectors onto the ceiling to project on the floor, which was pretty brutal, but I have to say that the impact was still pretty huge."
Kenzo brought on collaborators Dirt Empire, along with motion studio Founding Fathers, to help develop the narrative arc for the performance and provide creative direction for the visuals. The team had to weed through more than 50 years worth of archival photos and videos from the UN in order to compile the content for their animations. Each scene was painstakingly composited to faithfully depict the look and feel of the country or region it represents—Pakistan and India, Haiti, West Africa—and wrapped around the audience on an IMAX-sized screen that was mapped to the curved architecture of the General Assembly's walls.
Dirt Empire provided us with some stills from their animation, below.
Creators SuperUber were brought on board to realize the technical direction of the projections and aid in the engineering and construction of the massive screen. Since detailed blueprints for the building, which was completed in 1952 by Oscar Niemeyer, didn't exist, the team had to 3D scan the space in order to construct a faithful architectural model of the projection surface. Part of the challenge was the screen's irregular shape, called a compound curve, which meant any content projected on the screen had to be distorted precisely to its slope and curvature.
When you're working within a space as historic as the UN, installing a massive screen can become a feat unto itself. "We couldn't have anything touching the walls," says SuperUber co-founder Russ Rive. "We had to suspend everything from the ceiling but found out that there weren't enough bolts in the roof to support the screen. We had to literally fix the UN's roof and add more bolts in order to do this thing."
Although the team was working on a mission impossible deadline—having only three weeks to complete the project from start to finish—they managed to pull it off without a hitch.
On August 10th, hundreds of UN workers, friends, family, and fans poured into the General Assembly hall for a World Humanitarian Day celebration. Anderson Cooper was on hand to interview humanitarian workers, the UN's secretary general of humanitarian affairs, and even a former child soldier from Somalia who was freed by the UN. But the highlight of the evening was of course Beyoncé's emotionally stirring performance of "I Was Here," which was met with cheers and tears from the audience. The experience was then edited into an internet-ready music video co-directed by Kenzo Digitial and Sophie Muller.
In our behind-the-scenes video, we take you through the making-of process that made this performance the multimedia spectacle it is. With the help of Beyoncé and the powerful visuals that accompanied her song, the UN was not only able to meet their goal of reaching sharing one billion messages, but actually exceed it, clocking it at a total of 1,033,218,689 messages of hope shared around the world. Watch the video and find out more about how you can get involved and make a difference in your community by visiting the World Humanitarian Day website.
Some photos of the performance:
Photos courtesy of Cliff Watts for Parkwood Entertainment. Images of animations courtesy of Dirt Empire.
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Differences Between Field Hockey Balls & Lacrosse Balls
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Fast Pitch vs. Slow Pitch Bats
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Physical Exercises to Increase Swing Speeds
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Softball comes in two varieties, slow-pitch and fast-pitch. Although the basic game is the same in both instances, there are key differences. Because the pitch speed is different in each type of softball, the bats are designed slightly differently. They vary in use, weight and size. Because they differ, it is important to use the right bat for the right game.
Although fast-pitch and slow-pitch are both versions of softball, the pitching speed changes the game significantly. A slow-pitch bat is designed to hit a ball traveling around 25 mph. Fast-pitch bats are designed to hit balls traveling in excess of 80 mph. Consequently, fast-pitch bats are designed for speed and quick reaction, while slow-pitch bats are designed for slugging the ball.
According to Pennsylvania State University physicist Daniel A. Russell, fast-pitch softball bats tend to be lighter than slow-pitch bats. This is because a lighter bat allows the batter to respond more quickly to a fast-moving pitch. Fast-pitch bats range from 23 ounces to 28 ounces, while slow-pitch bats run from 26 ounces to 30 ounces. Traditionally, slow-pitch bats were even heavier, ranging from 34 ounces to 38 ounces in the 1970s and 1980s.
Slow-pitch and fast-pitch bats are almost identical in length, and there is a great deal of overlap in their size range. Slow-pitch softball bats range from 33 inches to 34 inches in length. Fast-pitch bats have a slightly wider range -- they may be slightly shorter, with a range of 32 inches to 34 inches. Both slow-pitch and fast-pitch have a narrow barrel diameter, measuring 2.25 inches.
Bat Choice
It is important to use the proper bat for the type of softball that you are playing. According to physicist Daniel A. Russell of Pennsylvania State University, it is possible to use a fast-pitch bat for slow-pitch softball, but it is not advisable. According to Russell, a lighter fast-pitch bat is likely to be damaged if you use if for slow-pitch softball. You could use a slow-pitch bat for fast-pitch softball, but this would reduce your reaction time and make it difficult to hit the ball.
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space dance project for everybody in the world.
I could edit "Butoh-Space Dance, Thalin in Cape Town, South Africa 2018.8.2". I danced with her at the beautiful seaside in Cape Town on March 2018. Also, on August 7 I will dance with her again in Tokyo.
What is Original ? / オリジナルとは?
Strictly speaking, it is not easy to answer the question "What is the Original?" It may be safe to basically think "Original don't exist". At one time, it is assumed that one person produces a work that is judged to be "Original" by himself and other people as a matter of course. However, that idea may be obtained from others. Also there might have been very similar work in the past. And it may be that he forgets or can't recognize that he gotten the idea from others or he was influenced by looking at similar works before.
My book "VISION of BODY" will be published at the end of August 2018. This plan is one of its memorial events.
Utilizing the experience of participating in "Articulated Joint Robot Project" in collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA) on 2004-2006, I also added what I have been considering later, as "APAROS Plan – AI Robot as My Alter Ego", this is scheduled to be presented at Kopernik Science Center in Warsaw,Poland on September 27 2018.
APAROS collects useful information from all over the world as my "Secretarial Robot" on the Net. and supports my movements as a "Robot Suit" in the real world, also when I take off it, it will be working as a "Humanoid" which take action together. After my death, APAROS will take over all my skills and memories to the artificial brain, and regenerate to the surplus dimension world as "New Me" to survive to the end of the universe.
Apart from discussing the feasibility and ethics of APAROS, APAROS will belong to "One of Best Dreams" among the myriad dreams that humans dream of. It is a challenge to see the end of the universe. I have set APAROS Realization as one of my life work.
The essence of Space Dance is "Recovering Lost Memories" and "Digitization of Tacit Knowledge". We will hold the following "Design Workshop 1-6" to realize these themes.
We make several objects which suggest the amicable relationship between the body and the space.
We make the several objects which support a dance with the affordance by space dancers.
We express the several postures which space dancers realize in Space Tube as "Image of History of Posture's Evolution, Fish, Amphibia, Quadrupted Animal, Bird, Monkey, and Human".
We design "4 Rooms, Balance and Postute, Light and Darkness, Real and Virtual, Restoration and Contemplation" to develop the way to exhibit Space Tube.
We develop Space Cube as a compact version of Space Tube, then we design "New Office for New Generation" using by Space Cube.
We imagine that in the near future the Humans will start the residence on the Moon also on the Mars, then we design "Living Room at the Environment of Less-Gravity Condition" using by the improved Space Tube or the improved Space Cube.


Duncan Scott could well be on course for a record medal haul by a Scottish swimmer at a Commonwealth Games as he won medal number three at the half way point of the swimming competition at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Swimming in his first ever international 200m butterfly, Scott lined up alongside some renowned fly specialists, including South Africa's Chad le Clos and Olympians David Morgan (Australia) and Canada's Mackenzie Darragh.
Indeed it was le Clos who dominated the event leading from start to finish taking the title in 1:54.00, a new Games Record. Scott himself turned for home back in 5th spot but used his strength in the latter stages of the race to power his way through the field to win a sensational bronze for Scotland and claim his third medal in 1:56.60, a new personal best. David Morgan of Australia won silver in 1:56.36.
"I've done a lot of different events here, the 100, 200 free, 200 fly and I can take both positive and negatives away from each and every one. I had an Aussie next to me but couldn't see the rest of the field. I felt if I could beat him I was in with a chance.
"I always seem to come back very strong in the fly and I had to do that tonight. My third 50m was poor but that last 50 was a lot better than it's ever been and that's something really positive to take away.
"Steve (Tigg) probably had more confidence in me than I did for that. We spoke in the holding camp about it and even this morning he was saying that if I put in a strong performance I could really challenge for medals. In my head I did agree with him and I have full confidence in the process but it's not until I'm out there with 100 to go that I really feel that I'm in a great situation.
Scott returned to the pool later in the evening for the semi-finals of the 100m freestyle. The British Record holder for the event finished second in his race and fourth fastest for tomorrow's final (48.72). Jack Thorpe, fresh from the part he played in winning Scotland's first ever 4x100m free medal, finished 12th overall with 49.75.
Ross Murdoch and Craig Benson were both involved in the final of the 100m breaststroke. In a class field which included Olympic, World and Commonwealth Champion, Adam Peaty (ENG), and Commonwealth Champion over 200m, James Wilby (ENG) it was always going to be a tough ask to get in amongst the medals.
"That was alright, a bit faster than last night for me. I'm happy to be moving on from round to round.
In other finals tonight Kathleen Dawson finished =6th in the 100m backstroke while Toni Shaw lowered her PB again finishing 6th in the SM10 200m IM.
The quartet of Lucy Hope, Camilla Hattersley, Abbie Houston and Hannah Miley showed strength to finish 4th in the 4x200m freestyle final.
Craig McNally made it through his semi-final of the 50m backstroke to take the outside lane for tomorrow's 50m backstroke final, while swimmers due to race in Sunday's heats include Kathleen Dawson in the 200m backstroke, Craig Benson, Euan Inglis and Mark Campbell in the 50m breaststroke, Lucy Hope in the 100m freestyle, while Toni Shaw will contest the S9 100m freestyle.
Hannah Miley returns for the 200m IM, while Sean Campsie and Corrie Scott are involved in the heats of the 100m butterfly and 100m breaststroke respectively.
Camilla Hattersley (City of Glasgow Swim Team) competes in the 800m freestyle. There's also the 4x200m freestyle, an event the Scottish men have won silver in for the past three Games.
Swimmers due to race in Sunday's heats include Kathleen Dawson in the 200m backstroke, Craig Benson, Euan Inglis and Mark Campbell in the 50m breaststroke, Lucy Hope in the 100m freestyle, while Toni Shaw will contest the S9 100m freestyle.


You can build your Ember applications on Travis CI. The default test framework is Qunit. The following example shows how to build and test against different Ember versions.
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Hi, I'm Jalabakis a new member of the 405th. When regarding the 'Armory Files' that you've posted on the forum, are they all safe to download without my computer being prone to infection from viruses or other malware? Please let me know as soon as possible because I'm eager to start crafting my own set of armor! Kind regards.
Hi, I am halo master a new member of the 405th. I saw that you have made a halo 4 recon pepekura file and I am wondering how to dimension the armor to my size. Also when making the helmet, do you make it out of paper and then resin it or do you make it out of foam from the helmet templates? Thank you.


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For family holidays, right on the waterfront, our residence is ideally situated between sea and mountains, and the nature lovers can explore a whole trail system set up by the Regional Park Corsica for hiking and horseback riding, and also practice all kinds of water activities.
30km south of Bastia on the road to Porto Vecchio in Poggio Mezzana, the Pinea Mare Residence offers holiday villas rental near Moriani Plage on the east coast of Corsica, ideal starting point to discover Corsica.
You can also relax on our beach of fine sand gently sloping (ideal for children) facing the island of Elba and Monte Cristo island.
We are located one hour drive from Corte, center island, a former historical capital of Corsica just waiting to be visited.
The residence is located about 3 kilometers from city centers of Moriani Plage and Folelli for outings and trips.
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What happens when your mind is right?
A Righteousness by Faith #36: What happens when your mind is right?
So is Paul just being a Dufflepud here? I mean, is he just simply reminding us who believe that lost people's lives are all about death, but we insiders obviously get to live out life and peace? That would just be a repeat of what he said earlier in this letter.
We can miss his point because we tend to apply this verse without checking the context. To get why Paul said this, think about what the Roman church at that time heard him saying.
Paul is explaining to his readers that it is the Spirit— not keeping the Law— that will transform the Gentiles minds so that they live righteous lives. And this is also true for their Jewish fellow believers. Pursuing another way of being transformed—keeping rules—may sound right in the ears of some believers. But people are only going to become what God intended for them to be by His powerful work in transforming their minds. It's also inevitable because it is what He has committed himself to do. So instead of pointing to the law, they need to remind each other who—and whose—they are.
Remember, Paul is already deep into his letter. He has rejoiced that the gospel is for everyone because everyone has sinned, both the Jews and Gentiles. By chapter five, he has switched from explaining how all are saved by faith in Jesus to explaining how to live out the life of Jesus by means of the Spirit. It gets a little rocky in chapter seven because the Jewish believers in Rome think the Gentile believers need to get their Christian righteousness act together by keeping the law. Paul crushes this idea by putting his own struggle as a Jew under the law on display. The best the Old Covenant can do is to make you miserable about your inability to be good for God.
Chapter eight introduces the New Covenant way of righteousness. It is the Spirit working within believers. Every good substitute for his work brings death. And here is Paul's point—if you worry that the Gentile believers are not going to be able to become righteous without keeping all the rules, rest easy. Since the Spirit governs their—and our—minds, they will live out life and peace. They will get it. We will get it. We will be led to it and we will not want to resist the life changes the Spirit brings because he is in charge of our thinking.
This is about being conformed into the likeness of Jesus (Romans 8:29). Life and peace is about restoration, about wholeness. Since you want to be whole, this is a reminder that you have the Spirit in you and you want to surrender to his control. You want your mind renewed. You want your mindset to be about the things of God and his glory. This is where the Spirit leads you so that your behavior is transformed all by itself.
Which brings me to the issue of being judgmental. We need to gear back on looking down on believers who are not where they should already be in the faith journey. Unwittingly, like the Jewish believers in Rome, we can set people up for long-term failure in their pursuit of God. We do this by encouraging them to clean up their act, expressing unending disappointment about their lives, and pointing them to external standards (rules that we set up) that have no power to change their minds.
If anything, we need to encourage believers to remain in Jesus and keep on being filled with the Spirit. And to love them no matter what, because we need their love too.
One of my heroes of the faith is Bob Childress. A Virginia mountaineer who followed the call of God to prepare for ministry by going to seminary, even though he had never finished high school, he went back to the mountains to bring light into a really dark place. Starting in 1926, he impacted the lives of a whole region with spiritual truth for 30 years. What fascinated me about him was the way he loved people who often messed up after they came to faith. In The Man Who Moved a Mountain, the story of his life, one person who attended one of the 16 churches Childress started and pastored stated that instead of condemning, Bob laughed at them when they fought among themselves like they were children that needed to grow up some more. Kindness and generosity were hallmarks of his ministry.
The result was that in a generation, people who had killed others for vengeance, who sold moonshine and lived in various states of drunkenness, who were plagued by depression and hopelessness, were changed. Not by Bob, but by the Spirit who now governed their minds.
At Bob Childress' funeral in 1956, two grizzled mountaineers lingered by his gravesite, reluctant to leave. One was heard to say, "Now that Bob Childress is gone, you won't have another Bob Childress. There just won't be another." To which his friend responded, "There won't never need to be." This is what happens when the Spirit governs the mind. There is life and peace.


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Human Services Minister Stuart Robert said the Department won the award for improving the quality and accessibility of social services for millions of Australians through its recent service delivery reforms and development of online services.
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Mr Robert said Australia was seen as a leader in the Asia Pacific region in using new technology to deliver services and support Australians who were vulnerable and isolated through outreach services such as Community Engagement Officers and Mobile Service Centres.
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ISSA said the Department of Human Services was awarded for its "ambitious service transformation program."
"The project details the transformation of the delivery of social welfare services in the country, moving from a traditional approach provided through three separate service agencies to a single and secure client-centred government service with comprehensive digital online support," said the Association.
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Thank Monaco it's Friday
May 28, 2011 whyohwhyohwhy	Leave a comment
Which way to the race?
I felt like I'd slept for a week, despite a good bottle of wine down me and only a shade under 7 hours passed out, but then Monaco seems to bring out the best in me. Today is far more sedate, in fact the most relaxed, racing wise, of all this week. With LCD Soundsystem's brilliant This Is Happening soundtracking my journey to the track today (I'll put thoughts of their break-up to the back of my mind, because nothing can break the good mood I'm in), I feel like I'm walking on air, and just as with the previous two days, like I'm the luckiest guy in Monaco. Maybe that'll switch to Hamilton or Vettel on Sunday, but until then, the title is mine. Today, with only the Porsche Super Cup qualy first thing, GP2 takes centre stage, with its feature race at 11.15 this morning. The stands are all free today, so there should be a substantial crowd, and compared to the deficit-bashing prices of the weekend, this 'free' day is a godsend. David is in good spirits after the birthday celebrations. Will, it turns out, is suffering a little, having downed a few more shandies than planned at the Red Bull party last night. I can't keep up with these A-listers. The thing is though, come 11am, he'll be grinning behind the mic alongside Karun Chandok – ex-GP2 and current F1 reserve driver and one of the nicest, most good-natured people you'll ever meet in the sport – and breezing through commentary as if he'd gone to bed at 10pm, the pair bouncing off each others verbals like childhood best friends. If I had even half his enthusiasm on Monday mornings I've be far more productive. To this end, it's a crime that the GP2 Series isn't available on free-to-air in the UK, but I can hardly complain this weekend!
While the sun is taking a while to duck out from behind the clouds – no great loss with my pink flesh, conveying all the stereotypical skill of an Englishman abroad, still a little tender from yesterday – the Porsches have already torn through qualifying, and it's time to go our respective ways: me back to Stand K and David to the pits in time for the start. However mad qualy was yesterday, and I've seen less exciting months in F1, there's no doubt that the one way to get the pulse racing is to get the red lights up for racing. Add the iconic location and I actually have butterflies as I weave through the streets to my perfect viewing spot, sandwiched between St Devote and Tabac. I may be sat amongst nationalities from across Europe and beyond, but we're all here for one thing: watching state-of-the-art cars throw themselves around one of the most famous circuits in the world. But while I'm glad for the overcast conditions, when drops of rain start peppering the air I suddenly wonder if my friend Andi is about to appear, after his incredible rain-making abilities at Valencia back in 2007, when he was almost responsible for costing Timo Glock the GP2 championship. Thankfully, it's just a passing shower, and the Andi Hawes voodoo fails to strike again.
GP2 racing at its best
And in a few minutes, the sun is back out, the drops of rain a mere memory, and the cars are screaming round the track on their parade lap. While qualy and F1 practise was sensational yesterday, seeing the cars ready to do battle proper is another level. I've always kept an eye on GP2 over years – as I've said before, its lack of free-to-air availability limits me to youtube clips and their well-stocked website – but this year with Monaco in mind I've been swotting up, and when you add to any prep work spending 48 hours in and around the race series itself, all of a sudden the names on the grid and the teams and personnel take on added significance. Motorsport in general is, considering its money and exclusivity, an amazingly open sport. Think of F1 grid walks, and even for those in pit and paddocks over racing weekends having access to drivers and teams, and there's no comparison. You wouldn't see cameras in the dressing room before a Premiership game in England, nor would you have the camera stuck into the middle of the England Rugby team's huddle before the game kicks off, and yet motorsport seems to have a great tradition of access to the people that matter the most. For me, being in and around the whole system over the weekend only serves to make the events on the track even more special.
And it's a great race. While Monaco may not be littered with overtaking, the sheer spectacle of the cars heading round the iconic twists and turns is enough to get the pulse racing. But Monaco is no walk in the park either. The claustrophobic barriers and barely two-car-width straights offer little respite for even the smallest of errors, and this would be in evidence today. The unluckiest man in the field is Englishman Sam Bird. A huge talent, leading the standings coming into Monte Carlo, but his car bogged down as the lights went out, and while he avoided being tagged (watch replays of similar incidents again and see just how lighting-quick drivers reactions are to avoid stationary cars on the grid), while the rest of the field was speeding up to Casino Square, he was limping out of the pits in P26. His race would be far from over though. Davide Valsecchi, of the newly formed Air Asia team of Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes, streaked away from the field and ended up giving a masterclass of how to handle the idiosyncratic character of the principality. He looked at ease all race, and got to say what many would give a limb to say: "I won in Monaco", something he has dreamed of all his career.
Race leader Davide Valsecchi
I witnessed most of this from the now familiar Stand K, peerage over the back as the cars flew through St Devote at the start, and being surprised to see no one approaching it in mid-air. As the race settled down, I decided to race back to the GP2 paddock. Purists may gasp, but with only a big screen 100m away up Massanet, and no commentary, I struggled for much of the race to see what the order was, and who was making moves. In an era where there's HD tv, online coverage, blogs, twitter and multiple commentary, sitting in a stand gets the adrenaline pumping, but leaves you bereft of where the cars shake down, and much as I feel like a philistine for doing it, I race away through the blistering sunshine back round the corner to the paddock. I arrive with 15 laps of 42 to go, astonished to see that 7 cars have retired in the 15 minutes since I ducked under the track. Perhaps I'm cursed, as while I've been on foot, Romain Grosjean's cut a swathe through the field to be P4, and Sam Bird, from flat last, is now dicing with his team mate for 9th. And, as predicted, calling the events is a refreshed Will and Karun, sounding for all things like they're chatting over a crisp beer, jousting with each other like best mates. I could listen to them commentate on tiddlywinks. Once again, while I love F1, there's something gloriously laid-back and inclusive about its little brother. Will even appears for a post-race lunch, looking jaded, but still with more energy than I can muster at work in the week. I don't know how he does it.
THIS is what you call close to the action
In the end, the race is more than eventful, with safety cars aplenty in midfield, while the top three of Valsecchi, Parente and Fillipi cruise to a comfortable podium, iSport's Bird and Ericsson seem to get into a tit-for-tat ding-dong that starts with Bird budging his team-mate into the wall at Noghes, and ends with both retiring as Ericsson's rear wing gives way at speed coming to the chicane, and Bird's tyre punctures. Either way, the team meeting will be interesting this afternoon, and two drivers will see the dreaded DNF against their name. The series may lack the glamour of F1 but no one can accuse it of coming second in terms of competitiveness. These guys know that good win and a strong championship and they could be in the big show next year, and it's a golden carrot dangled tantalisingly in front of the grid every year. And, breathlessly, in 24 hours, we'll be doing this all over again. It's a relentless weekend, and I'm caught up in it helplessly. And the more time I spend here, in Monaco, but more pointedly, with the GP2 circus, the more I wish I was around it every race. You get to feel part of the action, and that's addictive in the extreme.
Who let this lot in?
In Monaco, you're never short of a bit of glitter, even if you are parked round the corner from Port Hercule. During the GP2 race as I rush back to the paddock, I pass a couple of familiar looking middle-aged men in fairly uncool denim and shirts talking at the entrance to the car park. On second glance, when I get up top, it's Jeremy Clarkson and James May (I recognise that bald patch and Wurzel Gummidge hair anywhere) from Top Gear. Lord knows what they're doing, but it's no surprise they're here, no doubt about to squeeze their expanding waistlines into some shiny sports car and drive around Casino Square insulting the locals. Ho hum. I know I'm in a minority but I grew out of Top Gear years ago. It's like the Daily Mail on wheels, so count me out. Strangely, there's no sign of Richard Hammond though. Maybe he was behind one of the bollards. Or a hub cap. We're also buzzed by a helicopter, that hovers around the building for a good half hour over the sea. There's a jet-ski, and boats aplenty in the sea, so maybe it's a rescue, but it's not clear until we zoom in that none other than Prince Albert at the centre of the flotilla. We never quite work out what's going on, though scuba diving appears to be involved. But when you rule the Principality, if want to head out for a spot of sea air in the afternoon then who are we to argue? In Monaco after a while, nothing seems strange. That's the beauty, and the wonder, of the place.
The Crown Prince
Being a half day, it's late afternoon when the dust settles, driver interviews complete, and the hubbub dies down (until the stewards do their work) – refreshing, as last night we left the paddock at gone 9 – but as ever behind the scenes no rest is really taken if you're one of the army of support staff here, be it caterers, production, administration, not to mention all the teams, mechanics and everyone else. At 5pm it may be quiet in the paddock but the GP2 team are still hard at work, and I'm anticipating another top-notch blog from David. Beers will be richly deserved tonight. But sitting here, looking over the sea outside the marina in Monaco as the sun gets lower in the sky, part of me is more than happy to watch it all go by. I'm sure many motor racing fans in Monaco are heading home to get their gladrags on, or sitting in one of the hundreds of cafes thinking about F1's big boys tomorrow. For me, THIS is where it's at.
Nando v Racing Engineering
Walking back to Rascasse with David for a cold one, we pass two joggers, and I almost miss the fact that the smaller one is Fernando Alonso, taking the chance to get some laps in under the golden skies before the big weekend. As we're in Avenue de la Quarantine, he must've run straight past the massive banners with his face on. I wonder what he'd have made of the huge one next to him for Racing Engineering, cheering on Dani Clos and Alvaro Parente. It was almost as big as his. Maybe next year it'll be bigger. Rascasse is its usual packed with the full spectrum of fans, teams, hangers-on and randoms. It's something to just stop, look, chuckle, and wonder at the whole cross-section of motor-racing faithful mixing in one place. So many people are sporting over-glamorous garb; understatement doesn't seem to be a term that's well abided by here, but that makes it all the more entertaining. A band starts up as David and I wait for Will to arrive, and it's fair to say they're not going to be memorable for musical reasons. Murdering a series of 'big hits' – starting with Coldplay's The Scientist, and further maiming the likes of With Of Without You, and even Radiohead – it actually becomes a fantastic game of spot the intro, often proving wrong as the song that's played sounds only vaguely similar to the original. The singer's interesting inflection – I love a good song when English isn't the singer's first language, it's why Eurovision is so classic – is intriguing, so when Will turns up with motor racing photo whizz Matt, we spend a fantastic half hour extolling our music tastes, good, and bad, and getting misty-eyed about the golden days of Britpop. What I'd do for a bit of Bluetones now.
Rascasse reunion time
We leave the fun after a quick couple before things get too shifty, as next stop is back to Beaulieu for dinner with the GP2 team. Unfortunately we keep them waiting longer than planned when we narrowly miss our train but all seems to be forgiven as we settle down at Le Max in the marina in Beaulieu. It's one of a small boulevard of restaurants that cluster along the waterfront, and just down from where David and I enjoyed a birthday drink the night before, and it's a nice arena of calm after Monaco's daily bluster. I'm very lucky to have been invited along for dinner, treated as I have been throughout this trip as a grateful guest of the GP2 crew, and once again, just as I was in Bahrain and Valencia in 2007, I'm overwhelmed by their hospitality. I could just as easily be heading off for a bite, but I'm ushered along and made to feel part of the family. The food is good, as is the conversation with Alexa, Tony, David and Didier and his wife, with my attempts to speak faltering French to her taken with patience and good grace! I may have spoken it fluently as a child and teenager, but I still struggle to find the correct words, even after a few glasses of vin rouge to lubricate the vocal chords. It's frustrating, but it's better to try I always feel, even if the end results are a bit of a mess! As we head back for the night, I reflect on another brilliant day and look forward to rest before the GP2 Sprint race, F1 Qualy and the business end of the weekend tomorrow. I'm tired, but, as I have been all week so far, elated.
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For a minute…. I lost myself
July 4, 2008 whyohwhyohwhy	1 Comment
At the risk of sounding stale, and conformist, a certain band from Oxford happily turd from a great height on nearly everything else around, still, ten years and more on. Despite mild derision for green credentials (good on them, fuck all other bands give a toss), or middle-class roots (so what), and the usual criticism for staying to the same musical path (variations, imo, on a wonderful theme), they are still one of the most important bands on the planet. I can't think of many others that have consistently produced interesting, edgy music over such a long period of time, and through changes in style and method that would've alienated many others fans to nothing.
And seeing them live is the pinnacle of the experience. I was lucky enough to catch them at V in 2006 (though sadly, not Glasto in 1997) and the anticipation with which I greeted their return to London in Victoria Park this June. There was the backdrop of the 'free' album (I bought the box-set, of course) and some lukewarm reactions to the album (it's a grower, and as good as anything that's about at the moment), they mesmerised for over two hours, two encores, and a set that dipped into tracks all the way back to the Bends (My Iron Lung, The Bends…. still magical).
They really are an ethereal experience live, Yorke's voice somehow being otherworldly, not fitted to his slight frame or meek appearance, but onstage, he, and the others, become more than the sum of their parts. Playing Karma Police was a personal highpoint, bringing goosebumps to the neck and tears to the eyes, (too many memories and people to go into really) and finishing with Paranoid Android capped it all off almost perfectly. If it hadn't taken 2 hours to get home then it'd have been 10/10. So, it's a 9.9 instead.
I may be in my thirties and middle class, but then I'm their perfect demographic, so no-one's going to tell me they're anhything but the best band in the world. And anyone that disagrees, they're just plain wrong. Cool beans, eh?
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Somehow, TA-ing a course entitled Food & Communications got even more enriching than it already has been; I had the fortunate opportunity to join the professor and 8 students in the Jura for three days of critical exploration to "gain an in-depth understanding of France's relationship to local foods, taste, and 'terroir'" as we "follow[ed] the renowned Comté cheese from cow to consumption." Talk about embracing "eating well".
We arrived in a small town three hours Southeast of Paris around 11am. Once we settled into the gite, French taste educator Claire Perrot led us through a study of "taste" and its implications by all the senses.
Then, we prepared lunch: fresh radishes with salt and butter, vegetable lasagna, green salad, and a medley of incredibly local goat cheeses with sliced bread. The meal began with a champagne toast, too, of course.
Following our leisurely déjeuner, we went out for a hike led by the gite's botanist. He not only explained the Jurassic history of the region but pointed out edible plants as well, most notably, stinging nettles.
While we had our second round of taste education, the botanist cleaned and prepped the stinging nettles we'd collected for two dishes. We prepared dinner after, and set the table with bouquets of wild flowers.
I love love love this! This is sustainability, not only for yourself, but your region and friends. This is what I want to bring here since France does it so well. I learned there, I loved there and I'm so happy you're experiencing all of it too!
So true, so true. I'm so excited for the work you're doing!
Wow, Danielle. What an incredible experience!
Lately, I've been reading about the history of agriculture and food in France. What a strong history of activism and respect for the environment much of which has carried through. Thanks for this timely post.
Yes, exactly - sharing my recent experience with such a history is my pleasure.


Showcasing pieces by celebrated artists including Susan Hiller, Lubaina Himid, and Mary Kelly, as well as sometimes controversial artists such as Sam Taylor-Johnson, Sonia Boyce, and Margaret Harrison, also including Head by Glenys Barton, the exhibition will not shy away from difficult subjects, nor underplay the genius behind these artworks.
In 1977, the National Portrait Gallery staged a landmark exhibition, featuring nearly ninety portraits of eminent British women photographed by Mayotte Magnus. It was the first photographic exhibition in the Gallery's history to focus exclusively on female achievement. In September, a new display will revisit a selection of key portraits from Magnus's 1977 exhibition, alongside more recent acquisitions. The portraits were taken in the sitter's homes or place of work, and are rich in narrative and composition. The display celebrates a range of creative women, including artists Liliane Lijn and Glenys Barton, authors Marina Warner and Margaret Drabble, actresses Glenda Jackson and Judi Dench and Nobel Prize recipient Nadine Gordimer.
Tattoo Head I, will be part of Flowers Contemporary III, at 529 West 20th Street, New York.
Small is Beautiful - Joan.
Joan. Clay Drawing III and Joan. Clay Drawing IV will be part of the 36th edition of the annual 'Small is Beautiful' exhibition at Flowers, Cork Street.
Disc Dance XIV No 1 will be part of the 35th edition of the annual 'Small is Beautiful' exhibition at Flowers, Cork Street.
Gliding II will be part of the 34th edition of the annual 'Small is Beautiful' exhibition at Flowers, Cork Street.
Glenys has joined other British artists inspired by dance, music and performance in an exhibition of work now on display at Regents Place. On loan from Flowers Gallery, these pieces combine with the venues on-site works to provide a sculpture trail throughout campus, all artworks are free to view and can be seen within and from the public spaces.
The ceramic portrait of Baroness Joan Bakewell will be unvailed at Birbeck College, London.
Group exhibition featuring 'Shami Chakrabati I' and 'Joan Bakewell II' at the Collyer Bristow Gallery, London.
Newly acquired portrait of Baroness Joan Bakewell, the broadcaster, journalist and writer, has been unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery.
The ceramic half-length sculpture is part of an ongoing series of portraits of influential women.
It is on display in Room 33 at the National Portrait Gallery. Admission free.
As an invited guest to the Wedgwood International Seminar, Glenys was able to visit the Wedgwood Museum and see the displays of her work.
Blue and White: British Printed Ceramics.
Pieces from the Daniel's Mirror and Elodie's Hands series will be part of the 33rd edition of the Small is Beautiful Exhibition, this year, for the first time, taking place simultaneously in Flowers New York and Cork Street London.
Explores the relationship between visual art and dance.
Group exhibition featuring 'Blue Dancer' at Flowers Gallery, Kingsland Road, London.
The image by Mayotte Magnus is a modern bromide print from an original negative, size: 355mm x 453mm.
Currently displayed in Room 37a.
Medal for British Art Medal Society, c/o Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum.
Glenys Barton's work currently on display.
The National Portrait Gallery, London in "The Actress Now"
display in Room 41 & 41a.


At the end of October 2016, there were 150,669 refugees and asylum-seekers registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Malaysia; 54,856 of whom were Rohingya. Estimates suggest tens of thousands more Rohingya refugees remain unregistered in Malaysia. This working paper considers the institutions, organisations and policies that affect the lives and livelihoods of Rohingya refugees in Malaysia. It begins by describing the stakeholders involved with refugees in Malaysia: their roles, constraints, interactions and key policies (such as registration) as they pertain to Rohingya refugees. Subsequent themes explored in the working paper include refugees and employment – such as potential advantages and concerns regarding the introduction of work permits for refugees – and interactions between refugee community-based organisations, aid actors and Malaysians.
This working paper is a companion to Livelihood strategies of Rohingya refugees in Malaysia: 'we want to live in dignity', which considered the lives and livelihoods of Rohingya refugees in Malaysia from the perspective of refugees. It is part of a broader programme of HPG/ODI work that considers the livelihoods of refugees in protracted displacement, with a focus on refugees living outside of camps. In addition to Rohingya refugees in Malaysia (specifically Kuala Lumpur), the working paper includes case studies on Central African Republic refugees in Cameroon and Syrian refugees in Turkey and Jordan.


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Balqa (region), the central highland region of Jordan where Amman is situated.
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Leicester and Plymouth keep up chase
Both Plymouth and Leicester kept up their pursuit of second placed Worcester with wins over Sheffield and Guildford respectively on Saturday night.
Plymouth kept up their push for second place in the BBL with a routine win over Sheffield.
The Sharks, backing up from Friday's 99-82 win over Mersey Tigers, were never really in the contest, and it was only a high scoring fourth quarter that added respectability to the scoreline.
Jeremy Bell top scored with 24 for the Raiders, who led 25-16 after the first quarter, and were 18 points to the good at half time.
The third quarter continued in much the same vein until the Sharks salvaged some pride, winning the fourth quarter by 11 points.
Mike Tuck, once again playing in front of his mum in the crowd, landed 19 points, bettered only by Ryan Patton (23) and Jimmy Langhurst (20).
It was a similar story in Leicester, as toothless Guildford let the game slip from their grasp in the first half, against a Riders side also looking to keep up their push for second in the BBL.
With Worcester winning once again, the Riders, like Plymouth, were keen to keep their number of losses to five, and in truth, it was never under threat.
A six point lead after ten minutes was turned in to a 20 point half time advantage, and by the start of the fourth quarter, Rob Paternostro's men had opened up a 27 point gap.
Bradd Wierzbicki (24), Cameron Rundles (23) and Ayron Hardy (18) were the top scorers for Leicester, who finished 106-80 winners.
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28/09/2021 by Editorial in: Games
ESL partners with Shadow Esports
ESL is excited to announce a brand new partnership with Berlin-based Shadow Esports, a startup that uses the power of Big Data to develop tools and services that help players and fans master their favourite games.
With esports viewership having exploded in the last year on both digital channels and TV, widgets like the one created by Shadow.GG are even more important, as they offer appealing visuals and statistics that help immerse viewers and create a more involved experience. In the case of Shadow.GG's Esports Widget, a detailed 2D map of the game that can be used as a supplement or replacement of the live stream is just one of the many features available. ESL will be expanding the distribution of said widget as part of its partnership with Shadow Esports.
"We are delighted that we have gained ESL as a leading Dota2 and CS:GO tournament host to promote our widget solution and that they have trusted us to positively influence fan engagement with their valuable brand," said Benjamin Riewe, CEO of Shadow.GG.
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ANCA-WR and Museum of Tolerance to Host Screening of 'My Mother's Voice'
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My Mother's Voice
LOS ANGELES–The Armenian National Committee of America – Western Region (ANCA-WR) and the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles will be hosting a screening of the film, My Mother's Voice, on Sunday, April 28 at 4 p.m.
The screening of the film will be followed by a discussion with the film's writer, narrator, and co-producer, Kay Mouradian, its director Mark Friedman, and publisher of the California Courier, Harut Sassounian. The discussion will be moderated by the director of the museum, Liebe Geft.
My Mother's Voice chronicles the story of Flora Munushian, a fourteen-year-old from Hadjin who lost her family in the Armenian Genocide and found her way to America to marry a man she knew only from a photograph.
"Flora's voice is that of all the victims and survivors of the Armenian Genocide, a story that must not be forgotten," said Mouradian.
The Museum of Tolerance, the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is a unique institution that teaches about the bigotry and discrimination that have plagued human history and which continue to this day. The museum's engaging and interactive approach aims to impress upon visitors the need to feel a personal responsibility in making the world a more peaceful place for everyone.
"There is nothing more powerful than a personal story to bring history to life. We are honored to show "My Mother's Voice" at the Museum of Tolerance in a special program to commemorate the Armenian genocide," said Ms. Geft.
The special screening was made possible by generous grants by Harry and Cheryl Nadjarian and Ignatius Foundation Trustees Walter Karabian, Esq., George Phillips, Esq., and Michael Amerian, Esq.
The event is free and open to the public but attendees are required to register online. Free underground parking is available.
The Museum of Tolerance is located at 9786 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035.
The Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region is the largest and most influential Armenian American grassroots advocacy organization in the Western United States. Working in coordination with a network of offices, chapters, and supporters throughout the Western United States and affiliated organizations around the country, the ANCA-WR advances the concerns of the Armenian American community on a broad range of issues.
Israel Knesset Discusses Genocide Recognition
Tsoghig says:
What a perfect opportunity to talk to Ms. Geft about having a permanent display of the Armenian Genocide in the Museum of Tolerance as Rabbi Marvin Heir, the founding father of the museum, had originally intended and as he pitched it to the CA State Assembly when he asked for funding. I laud the museum for after 20 years in existence is finally considering the Armenian Genocide a worthy cause and co-hosting an event with the foremost Armenian organization in the country. I would like to see if not a permanent exhibit at the Museum, an exhibit that runs all of 2015 in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Genocide. I strongly urge the ANCA everywhere as well as the 100th Anniversary committees on both coasts to request that both the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, and the Smithsonian's Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. both have a year long exhibit on the Armenian Genocide starting January 2015. We have their attention and we should advocate for a greater involvement by both institutions in our 100th Anniversary commemorative events.
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Koh Samui, Thailand Jet Charters
Koh Samui, Thailand Airports & Charter Routes
Embrace the balmy sun from your private bungalow, or hit the rocks for a trek to some of the country's best waterfalls. Whether you're a sun-seeker, a lover of world-class flavors, or an adrenaline chaser, a private jet to Koh Samui is just the start to an epic Thai vacation.
Famed for its palm tree enshrouded shorelines and azure waters, you may find yourself spending an entire weekend at Chaweng Beach, laying under the sun, sand between your toes and a cocktail in hand. With a number of luxury resorts and villas lining the shore, the island's beaches are a magnet for hedonists and elite travelers. A private jet charter to Koh Samui is the best way to start your trip.
Discover hidden lagoons, thick jungles and sky-high mountains when you charter a jet to Koh Samui, home to Ang Thong Marine National Park. This archipelago stretches across the turquoise waters, like a strand of shattered emeralds, forming a stunning landscape unlike any other. A utopia of hidden, tropical gems, this park is meant to be explored by curious backpackers looking for breathtaking views, abundant marine life, and nature's finest.
Enjoy a break from the waters and zip through Fisherman's Village, a local treasure and where you'll find the flavorful aromas of Thai delicacies from food stalls lining the streets. From herbs and spices to home-made jewelry and trinkets, Fisherman's Village has a charming, yet hipster vibe that must be explored.
Experience the peace and serenity of the many temples and sites of worship—which are in abundance throughout the region. Perched benevolently on a small island off the coast, is the golden sculpture of The Big Buddha Temple. The shining statue is so grand, it can be seen aerially, overlooking the sea, when flying by private jet to Koh Samui.
Whether you're looking to relax on the shores of pristine beaches, hike through thick jungles for breathtaking views, or indulge in a Thai feast, book your private jet to Koh Samui with evoJets.
Koh Samui Private Jet Airports
Samui International Airport (USM / VTSM) — This is a privately owned airport on the island of Koh Samui only a mile and a half from the city center. It features high-speed ferries to transport visitors from island to island.
Popular Private Jet Charters to Koh Samui, Thailand
Jet Charters to Koh Samui from London – Explore the various cuisines from the melting pot of ethnicities that Thailand is home to, with a private jet to Koh Samui.
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Cost to charter a private jet to Koh Samui, Thailand
The cost to charter a private jet can range widely, and is based mostly on flight time and the type of aircraft. A charter flight from London to Koh Samui, Thailand will cost $80,000 or more in a Heavy Jet, for example.
Here are some target prices for private jet charter flights to/from Koh Samui, Thailand that we aim to offer our clients:
$80,000 Heavy Jet 10-16
$27,500 Midsize Jet 7-9
$45,000 Supermidsize Jet 8-10
Luxury Hotels in Koh Samui, Thailand
Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui
Villa Riva Samui
W Koh Samui
The Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui
Cape Fahn Hotel
Restaurants in Koh Samui, Thailand
Chez Francois
Tree Tops Sky Dining & Bar
Zazen Resturant
Arts, Culture, and Sights of Koh Samui, Thailand
Fisherman's Village
Wat Phra Yai
Na Mueang Waterfalls
Lamai Beach


Outsourcing services such as ESCO is useful in the management of energy-related public services and energy cost savings.
When should businesses and organizations opt for an ESCO?
An energy service company (ESCO) aims to provide your business with energy-saving solutions like retrofitting, energy conservation and generation.


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Valley Uprising documentary shows the extreme rock climbing revolution
The documentary Valley Uprising captures the history and evolution of rock climbing at the National Park in the Sierra Mountains as more than 50 living climbing legends bring to life the counterculture, rebellion and innovation that have defined and redefined climbing at Yosemite for the past 60 years.
Nelson Rice
On January 14, 2015, in the fading sunlight of a clear California afternoon, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson achieved a feat that many had deemed impossible. After 19 days, the duo completed the first free ascent of El Capitan's Dawn Wall—the most difficult route up the 3,000-foot granite monolith in Yosemite National Park. Upon reaching the summit, Caldwell and Jorgeson embraced their family members. They celebrated. They sprayed sparkling wine.
Their achievement further confirmed Yosemite's standing as the mecca of rock climbing.
Life on the Edge: Dean Potter Opens Up About His Daredevil Secrets
"All the standards of rock climbing have been set in Yosemite," Caldwell said last week from his home in Estes Park, Colo. "It's the center of the universe for big wall climbing."
Valley Uprising, a 90-minute documentary by Sender Films, captures the history and evolution of rock climbing at the National Park in the Sierra Mountains, 200 miles east of San Francisco. Co-directors Nick Rosen and Pete Mortimer spent seven years and interviewed over 50 living climbing legends to bring to life the counterculture, rebellion and innovation that have defined and redefined climbing at Yosemite for the past 60 years.
The documentary will air on the Discovery Channel on April 25 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Caldwell and Jorgeson with El Capitan in the background after they completed 19 days of free-climbing.
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"Valley Uprising will take viewers to places of tremendous natural beauty they will otherwise never experience in their lifetime," said John Hoffman, executive vice president, documentaries and specials. "This extraordinary film tells the story of how Yosemite became ground zero for generations of rock climbers and the proving grounds for the sport's elite."
Climbers complete free-climb ascent of El Capitan's 'Dawn Wall'
The film focuses on three specific generations of the climbing movement at Yosemite. First, the Golden Age, defined by Royal Robbins and Warren Harding's 14-year duel to outdo each other.
"We got hooked quite frankly by the adrenaline of it," said Robbins, who became the first American climbing icon after he completed a five-day ascent of the 2,000 ft. Northwest Face of Half Dome in 1957.
A rivalry emerged after Harding set his sights the biggest wall in the valley, El Capitan, 1,000 feet taller than Half Dome. Instead making the climb in a single push, Harding opted to use fixed lines and nylon ladders that allowed him to make several trips from the base of the valley. He finally summited the central prowl on El Cap, dubbed The Nose, after 18 months.
The tension culminated in 1970, when Harding along with Dean Caldwell attempted to ascend the Dawn Wall. After 28 days, over 300 bolts, torrential storms and repeated called off rescue efforts, Harding and Caldwell reached the top and were greeted by dozens of reporters.
Hill made the first free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in 1993.
Discovery Channel/Valley Uprising
The next wave of climbers, known as the Stone Masters (1973–80) and led by Jim Birdwell and a host of other Camp 4 climbers, introduced a new athleticism to the sport and popularized free climbing, where one only uses their hands and feet on the rock to make upward progress. Equipment is only utilized to prevent a fall.
"We wanted to set new standards," said Lynn Hill, who made the first free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in 1993.
Yosemite's most recent crop of climbers, The Stone Monkeys, have carried on that lineage and have continued to push the boundaries of what's considered possible or even sane.
The summit is no longer the destination. Now it's the beginning.
"I consider myself a rock climber but the definition of rock climbing as has changed," says Dean Potter, one of the leaders for the Stone Monkeys.
Besides free soloing—climbing without the aid of any gear—Potter is known for his BASE Jumping and highlining, or tightrope walking at high elevations with no tether.
Potter and the Stone Monkeys' pursuit for innovation doesn't arise from an absence of fear but rather its presence.
"All of us that do what we do struggle with fear at beyond level," Potter says. "The knowledge that in a split second that I could be dead almost overwhelms me. But it is through constant exposure to that fear that keeps me alive and lets me do what I love."
Potter carries out the first ever free solo climb of the Eiger with parachute (freebase) in August 2008 in Switzerland.
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Not everyone is thrilled.
This past November, Clif Bar, the energy bar company and a sponsor of Valley Uprising, dropped its backing for five climbers profiled in the film, including Potter and Alex Honnold.
It wasn't the first time Potter's "dangerous arts" clashed with his sponsors' interests. Patagonia withdrew their support for Potter in May of 2006 after he received criticism for free soloing the Delicate Arch—a 65-foot sandstone structure in Utah's Arches National Park.
"When you do things that are different and extreme, some people like it and some people don't," Potter said. "I don't really care if I am liked or not liked."
Not your ordinary workout: Climbing the Great Wall of China
Clif Bar's decision highlighted the clash between climbing's rebellious roots and counterculture ethic versus the sport's increasing popularity and media coverage.
The collision of the two worlds was evident during Caldwell and Jorgeson's effort to free climb the Dawn Wall that Harding ascended 45 years prior.
"Yosemite is where my heart is," Caldwell said. "I feel like climbing is this incredibly positive way to live. It satisfies this primal need to battle and seek adventure. Climbing is this incredible life driving force that creates these beautiful challenges and makes my life so rewarding."
After he summited the Dawn Wall, Caldwell fielded countless interviews. He let his battered fingers heal. He played with Fitz. But on January 21, he posted a picture on Facebook from the top of El Capitan.
"I started to go a little crazy," he said with a laugh when asked why he didn't take a longer break. "I need climbing like I need water."


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Audition Superhero Guidebook
Whether you are just starting out, or a working actor, this practical guide that is both kid and parent friendly will help you deliver consistent call-back worthy auditions. Includes practice exercises and games to hone your skills. Available in paperback on Amazon for $14.99. Or, as a downloadable PDF with this link for $9.99
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Acclaimed Kid Acting Coach Releases Must-Have Guide to Becoming an Audition Superhero
Helen Gordon Unleashes Her Superpowers to Help Kid Actors Everywhere Transform Their Auditions
LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 22, 2020 – With more than 20 years of acting coach experience under her superhero belt, including instructing stars Rico and Raini Rodriguez early in their careers, Helen Gordon releases her first book, Your Guide to Becoming an Audition Superhero, a must-have resource to help kid actors prepare and nail commercial and theatrical auditions.
"Whether a beginner in the business or a working actor, the guide I've developed includes game-changing tips and techniques that will help readers deliver consistent, call-back worthy auditions," said Helen Gordon, Author and Acting Coach. "At Helen Gordon Studios, we know casting directors don't want actor robots, which is why we focus on the importance of our students being themselves, acting natural and having fun," she added.
Both kid- and parent-friendly, Your Guide to Becoming an Audition Superhero is a practical guide that keeps on giving and can be referenced repeatedly as needed to prepare for auditions. Gordon infuses her no-holes-barred, effective coaching style throughout the book, which is full of specific examples, worksheets and how-to tips and tools that address:
Bringing out your best personality
How to be good at improv
Mastering monologues
How to listen, react and respond during scenes
Keeping it real when it comes to emotions
How to create memorable characters
What matters most from self-taping to table reads
"When you coach with Helen Gordon, you feel like you are seeing the audition through a casting director's mind because she can quickly recognize all positive and negative aspects of a performance," said Judy Marino, parent of one of Gordon's students. "My daughter started getting theatrical call-backs as a direct result of Helen's coaching."
Your Guide to Becoming an Audition Superhero is available now on Amazon in paperback for $14.99 or a downloadable PDF for $9.99.
About Helen Gordon
Helen Gordon is a NY-trained professional actress and has been coaching young actors in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. Her students are some of the most successful young actors in Hollywood who have worked with Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, among others. Helen was the on-set acting coach for Nickelodeon's hit TV show, The Haunted Hathaway's (50 episodes), Santa Hunters, and other pilots. She has been named one of Backstage's Favorite Acting Coaches for young performers three years in a row. Helen lives in Sherman Oaks, California with her husband and daughter. Go to http://helengordonstudios.com.
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