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Today PCS, together with the EBA, Santander, LBBW and an academic presented to and answered questions from Members of the European Parliament at a hearing in Brussels. Each person invited to the hearing was able to give a five minute presentation before being required to respond to queries. PCS' presentation to the European Parliament on the STS proposal acknowledged that the starting point of any investigation of the proposal should be the crisis of 2007/2008 and what lessons can be learned from the performance of some types of securitisations during that crisis. Having learned those lessons, the question before the Parliament was whether the current proposal did incorporate those lessons. PCS also drew attention to some missing elements of the proposal and to the recent report by Paul Tang.


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$4.99 of 14.5oz at The Kansas City BBQ Store
Cane Sugar, Water, Apple Puree, Apple Cider Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Molasses, Distilled Vinegar, Apple Juice Concentrate, Tapioca Starch, Salt, Spices, Malic Acid, Guajillo Chile Powder, Onion Powder.
American Stockyard is a sub-brand of Spicin Foods, which came into being in 2018 when Scott Morse purchased Original Juan Specialty Foods. Original Juan's roots run deeper though, starting in Kansas City in 1999 with small batch hot sauces and salsas created by founder Joe Polo. Original Juan grew quickly and by 2002 they already boasted 13 unique brands that included over 150 sauces. In 2009 the company expanded even further by venturing into co-packing and private label partnerships. The American Stockyard brand currently has five different barbecue sauces, three rubs, and a couple of condiments.
A heavy hit of cloves is an unexpected centerpiece in the aroma of this sauce. There's a fruity and sweet base that's an apple and tomato combo which combines with the heavy spiced smell to create an apple pie-like profile. The clove smell is very strong and dominant, although you can pick up a little cinnamon and pepper in there too. The prominence of those spices hides a lot of the aroma from other ingredients with exception of a mellow vinegar that is primarily noticeable by the tingle it creates in the nose.
Thickness & Texture
This maroon sauce has a very light and fine texture created from all the spices, and also has a semi-glossy sheen to it. While the hue is dark, the sauce is still semi-transparent, which doesn't make it too hard to see those spices which come in small and medium bits that are white, orange, and black. The sauce's thickness sits right in the middle of the scale and due to its syrupy consistency, the sauce falls in a fast and even pour from a suspended spoon. The pour quickly changes to fast drips after most of the sauce has released, and then following three or four slower drips, the sauce ceases flowing and leaves a thin coating left clinging to the silverware.
Out of the Jar
The flavor starts out with a taste of sweet apple that gains a little tomato, creating an extra-fruity ketchup-like flavor. As the sauce settles on the tongue, the spices that were so prominent in the aroma come in with strong clove and cinnamon flavors. These remain front and center for a while until the vinegar makes a play and starts to counteract the sugar with tang, and then an earthy pepper kicks in. There's still some lingering sweetness as the peppers turn spicy and the tartness amplifies, leaving a tongue tingling tangy and spicy aftertaste with the strong flavor of clove still very present.
Slathered & Cooked
The sauce coated the chicken in an even, medium coating that baked down well over indirect heat. When moved directly over the coals, there was only light caramelization and very little sauce loss. That intense clove and cinnamon was present from the first bite, giving the chicken a very unique flavor. It took a few more bites for the apple and overall sweetness to really come out and start to create a barbecue taste. By the end of the leg, there was a minimal tang and spiciness, but much less than tasted out of the jar.
Put to Use
I'll preface this summary with the fact that I shudder at the start of "pumpkin spice" season. With the exception of the few pies and dishes that the clove, allspice, and cinnamon combo is well suited for, I really don't think it belongs in much else. The problem as I see it is that it's an overpowering combination of spices, and that's exactly what's happening in this sauce. There's a very heavy clove flavor and I never really thought I wanted my barbecue to taste like cloves, and after tasting it, I know why that thought never crossed my mind. Now, that being said, I know my opinion is an unpopular one—the "pumpkin spice" season is becoming longer and more prominent every year for a reason, so if you're in the majority here, you may love this sauce. The sauce's foundations are solid with a good balance of sweet, fruity, tart, and spicy, and the apples are noticeable and add a nice touch—it's just that damn clove that kills it for me. Since it worked well both on and off the grill and has a strong flavor, this stuff will pretty much serve you well in any application where you want a barbecue and pumpkin spice flavor combo.
Published on Tue Oct 13, 2020 by Joshua Bousel
Williams-Sonoma Maple Mesquite BBQ Sauce
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Gluten Free for Men BBQ Sauce

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Today the piano concerto is one of the most popular genres of orchestral music. The classical and romantic piano concertos belong to the core of the repertoire of symphony orchestras and pianists. It was Johann Sebastian Bach who laid the foundation for this genre. With his seven concertos for harpsichord and strings he was the first in music history to give the keyboard such an important role. His sons followed in his footsteps, and later in the 18th century and the first decades of the 19th others further developed the genre of the keyboard concerto, in particular Mozart and Beethoven.
None of Bach's concertos was originally written for the harpsichord. All are arrangements of some kind of concertos previously written, probably during Bach's time in Köthen, where he also wrote his Brandenburg Concertos. There was a specific reason for Bach to make these arrangements. In 1729 he had taken over as director of the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig, founded by Georg Philipp Telemann in 1702. The harpsichord concertos became part of the repertoire of the Collegium Musicum. The performances usually took place in Gottfried Zimmermann's coffee-house or in his gardens. Often Bach's sons were participating in the concerts.
The harpsichord concertos have been preserved in one manuscript, which also contains the fragment of an eighth concerto (BWV 1059). It is assumed the manuscript was compiled about 1737-1739, and one may assume it lays down what was played in the previous years. The longest of the harpsichord concertos is the Concerto in d minor (BWV 1052) which opens this disc. It is probably a reworking of a lost violin concerto. According to Gunnar Wiegand in his programme notes Bach used movements from some cantatas here. But it is much more likely that these cantata movements are also reworkings of the same violin concerto.
We have the same situation with the Concerto in E (BWV 1053): it goes back to a lost concerto for oboe, and movements from this concerto were transcribed as instrumental movements with obbligato organ in the cantatas 49 and 169. The slow movement of the Concerto in f minor (BWV 1056) also appears in a cantata, as the Sinfonia to Cantata 156, 'Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe'. In its original form this concerto very likely was scored for violin. The Concerto in D (BWV 1054) is the only piece on this disc whose original form has survived: the Concerto for violin, strings and bc in E (BWV 1042), one of Bach's most popular instrumental works.
The harpsichord concertos are often numbered among Bach's 'orchestral works', but considering the number of players Bach usually had at his disposal it is more appropriate to describe them as chamber music. They are scored for harpsichord, with two violin parts, a viola part and bass. Only one of the concertos (BWV 1057, not recorded here) has two additional parts for recorders. There is general agreement that it is very unlikely Bach ever used more than two instruments per part; that was the practice in Köthen, and it is unlikely the situation in Leipzig was much different. Furthermore, the fact that the harpsichord and string parts are completely intertwined, and that the keyboard is merely a 'primus inter pares' point into the direction of a very small string band.
In these performances three of the four concertos are played with four violins; that should work but here the balance is rather unsatisfying, especially as the ensemble mostly plays very loud. In the Concerto in E no less than seven violins are used. What is the reasoning behind this remains a mystery; the booklet doesn't pay any attention to matters of performance practice. The result is disastrous: the ensemble only produces a lot of noise, and so does Francesco Cera, who needs to couple the manuals of his harpsichord to make himself heard. Just by listening to the various recordings of Bach's harpsichord concertos one has to conclude that the balance between the keyboard and the strings is best served by a performance with one instrument per part. This is how Gustav Leonhardt in his recording of the complete harpsichord concertos has scored his Leonhardt Consort, and Ottavio Dantone has followed in his footsteps in his recent recording of four concertos with his Accademia Bizantina.
Another mystery is the use of a 'violino di spalla', which is played by Duilio Galfetti, the leader of the ensemble. Recently much attention has been given to the 'violoncello (or viola) da spalla' which, according to some musicians and musicologists, is the instrument which Bach meant when he scored a part for the cello. New Grove mentions the instrument, but there is no reference to something like the 'violino di spalla'. I assume it is the same instrument as the one I just referred to. But then, if it is used to play the cello part, why is the traditional cello used as well? It is one of the anomalies of this recording, I'm afraid.
But the scoring of the ensemble and the volume it produces aren't the only things which are problematic here. Francesco Cera's performance is very straightforward and rhythmically rigid: there is no place for something like rubato which would make the performances much more engrossing. But while doing too little in regard to rubato Cera does too much in regard to ornamentation. There is really no need to add a lot as Bach has written out most of what has to be played. Cera obviously has different ideas: at the end of the first movement of the Concerto in D, for instance, he turns over a whole bin with additional notes.
Returning to the ensemble: it isn't only loud and aggressive, it also fails to differentiate its articulation, and Diego Fasolis chooses to largely ignore the dance rhythms. The first movement of the Concerto in f minor comes off best in this regard.
The best way to characterise these performances is: much noise, little expression. I really can't find any reason to recommend this disc. And the record company should be embarrassed by misprinting the name of the ensemble on the reverse of the tray: I Barocchisi.


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{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string[] LabOne = { "Hello World" };
            for (int i = LabOne.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(LabOne[i]);
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
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}

A: I know this is a old question.
        string str = "hello World!";
        char[] a = str.ToArray();
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = str.Length -1 ; i > 0; i--)
        {
            builder.Append(a[i]);
        }

Hope this helps.

A: Your problem is, you have an array of strings and you are printing each element from back to front of the array. However, you only have one element in the array: the string "Hello World." So the back IS the front. I think this is what you are looking for.
namespace Lab1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
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            for (int i = LabOne.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
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                Console.WriteLine(LabOne.[i]);
            }
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}

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The ideas behind smart contracts are over twenty years old, but smart contracts only became a major talking point in the past five years, with the release of Ethereum and its Solidity programming language.
For much of 2017, you couldn't move for ICOs promising to use smart contracts to revolutionize the way we transact and do business, and the cryptosphere is still awash with articles explaining the coming smart contract revolution, how smart contracts are going to disrupt everything from logistics to real estate, will put lawyers everywhere out of jobs, and render thousands of years of developments in human contract law obsolete.
That's a little harsh on ICOs and CryptoKitties, which are undeniably important, at least as proofs of concept. But what else is there? Where are the billion-dollar, market disrupting businesses people promised? Where are the life-changing dApps? Of all the Ethereum dApps written so far, only 10% are used on any given day. EOS dApps fare a little better, but fewer than 5% have more than 2000 daily active users.
The fact is, smart contracts are useless and will continue to be useless for the foreseeable future. There's nothing smart about them — they're dumb programs with limited capabilities that can only access data stored on the blockchain and cannot talk to the outside world. The breathless crypto pundits claiming that all contracts are just fancy chains of nested IF-THEN statements, so obviously they can be replicated in machine language, haven't grasped the first thing about what makes contracts useful, how and why they work, and why problems and disputes arise.
How have we ended up down this blind alley, and what should we be doing instead?
First, let's look at how smart contracts work, and then I'll explain why they emphatically don't work in any meaningful way.
Smart contracts are small computer programs that every blockchain node is required to run periodically. Nodes have no control over the instructions that a smart contract executes and thus should not trust it with full access to the resources of the machine the node runs on.
Due to this lack of control, blockchain projects come with virtual machines (VMs) that focus on making smart contract execution safe. The VM serves as the sandbox that prevents smart contracts from wreaking havoc on the host computer. Each VM runs a very limited set of instructions, also called byte codes, that comprise each smart contract (e.g., arithmetic operators, blockchain transactions, etc.). Naturally, this means that smart contract functionality is super-limited compared to natively running machine code.
Smart contracts also cannot be allowed to run forever, indefinitely tying up the resources of their host computer. Smart contracts are guests in someone else's house and must leave eventually. Unfortunately, one of computing theory's most famous results means it's impossible to know whether your average smart contract will ever stop running, so VMs resort to counting byte code and forcing the smart contract to stop at some point. This is the only way to ensure smart contracts stop without restricting functionality even further, but it makes them extremely obnoxious to actually use.
Are you a smart contract owner? Did you pay enough to deploy the smart contract? No? Then your contract will just stop mid-execution. Even if you're careful, the gas price fluctuates all the time, so it's impossible to properly budget the costs of running contracts.
And the problems aren't limited to the owners. The block winner updates the blockchain with the results of smart contract execution and is compensated with block rewards and transaction fees. But the rest of the network must run the same smart contract to check these execution results for no reward. Are you a node operator who didn't win the right to sign the block? Tough luck — you still have to waste computing cycles executing the smart contract. And no, you won't get paid for it!
It's often argued that many or most real-world contracts can be expressed as collections of IF-THEN statements. If some condition is met, then process the appropriate clause of the contract. If I receive 100BTC, then transfer ownership of my house. If the customer doesn't return your rental car by the agreed upon date, then apply the fine. IF-THEN statements are a computer's bread and butter, and blockchain lets us run these programs in a trustless environment, so why should we fork out $200 an hour for a lawyer?
This might sound compelling, but it's sneaky sleight of hand. Lawyers and notaries and thousands of years of legal apparatus aren't all just a clumsy input/output processing system. The problem of validating whether real-world conditions have been met and then reaching an agreement on that validation is extremely hard, and smart contracts get us precisely nowhere towards solving it.
Imagine: Say how your contract resolves is contingent on what time it is when it executes. That seems reasonable, right? But blockchains have no objective source of time. So your smart contract needs to access an outside time service. Calling the time service returns the current time down to the millisecond, which is then used to execute the contract. The results of this contract execution are then added to the blockchain.
But because the results are being added to the blockchain, all nodes must agree on them. This is part and parcel of maintaining blockchain consensus. But remember, every node is running these contracts independently in their own VM. So they're all accessing the time service at slightly different times and receiving slightly different timestamps. So when it's time to validate the next block the results of smart contract execution will be different for every node.
No matter how you swing it, the nodes will never agree with each other and the blockchain will never reach consensus.
Since smart contracts cannot access the outside world, the outside world must be brought to smart contracts. Some entity can put data from the outside world onto the blockchain, making it available for all future smart contracts run across the network. These entities are called oracles.
But this doesn't really help us. The data needs to be on the chain before we use it, but how can we know what data we'll need? We can't stuff every fact of life onto the blockchain. All modern blockchains already suffer from bloat.
So oracles are limited to a very narrow view of the real world. But the problem doesn't end there. Even if we agree on a handful of data sources to have oracles for, that data will evolve with time. And every time it does, the oracle must add more data to the blockchain. The old data often becomes obsolete, yet it stays on the chain. Think of the time service mentioned above and how incredibly wasteful it would be to include timestamps on a blockchain that keeps all transaction history.
Oracles need incentives for putting data on the blockchain — they want to get paid. But oracles aren't like blockchain validators, who receive ongoing rewards for maintaining the blockchain: once an oracle has put data on the blockchain, that data will be available for anyone to access. The oracle developer has no control over how many times data will be accessed, potentially spreading that single payment over thousands or millions of smart contract invocations and reducing the payment per access to a minuscule amount. This reduces the incentives for oracles to provide truly valuable information.
Smart contracts are supposed to be trustless, but this only applies while they're tethered to the trustless nature of blockchain consensus. As soon as they leave the blockchain sandbox, an element of trust is introduced. Smart contract developers and users must trust the oracle to provide true and precise information. Lack of proper oracle incentives encourages the proliferation of scammy oracles that provide junk data. Such an oracle would hope to collect at least one payment from someone before the smart contract developer realizes the data is crap and stops using the oracle.
Blockchain developers could try to prevent the plague of oracle scams by building a reputation system into their platform. But there's nothing preventing a sly oracle developer from building up a reputation by providing a few valuable answers before switching to providing stale or junk data and collecting payments for free. Social stigma does not translate to machine code!
Nor can you sidestep this by obtaining answers from multiple oracles and cross-checking or averaging them. Relying on multiple oracles for answers increases security and decreases the need for trust in a single oracle answer, but quickly devolves into a blockchain consensus issue of its own. Think of it as the oracle consensus problem. Plus, the still unresolved-problem of oracle incentivization just got exponentially worse!
Oracles need to be both incentivized for providing correct answers and punished for providing false information. Consensus needs to be reached on the one true answer among those provided by different oracles and this mechanism needs to be cheap to use for smart contract developers or it will not be used. None of these things are possible without introducing an element of trust, and if you're prepared to do that, then why are you messing around with blockchains? We have plenty of long-established trust-based systems which are far cheaper and simpler to use.
But perhaps your ambitions for smart contracts are less lofty. Blockchain and smart contracts have been proposed as a way to streamline logistics, by tracking shipments and following raw materials and products all the way along the supply chain.
Automatically tracking, say, oranges all the way from the farm to our fruit bowls seems like the kind of tedious busywork that computers excel at. But using smart contracts to automatically release payments when a shipment arrives just runs into the same trust problems, though. We still need to trust a human to make sure the oranges are in good condition and to enter correct data into the system that will put the data on the blockchain. We also need to trust some external system to correctly verify that the oranges arrived. There are certainly some auditing benefits here, but it's still a billion miles away from the automated paradise people were schilling during the ICO boom.
So that's the IF part of our IF-THEN statements. What about the THEN? Well it turns out things aren't any better there, either. Smart contracts have no power to rule over the outside world; they can only adjudicate on digital assets. Sure, you can tokenize your house, sell it on the blockchain and try to collect mortgage payments through a smart contract, but the smart contract won't be able to repossess the house on your behalf in the event of non-payment. The smart contract won't be able to access the government registry to update ownership of the house either. So you're still going to need lawyers and notaries and governments and bailiffs and the whole messy trust-based apparatus we've been using for thousands of years.
And that's just the theoretical problems. The practicalities are a nightmare too. Despite smart contracts being pitched as the simple alternative to paper contracts, people are absolutely terrible at writing and securing them. Billions of dollars have been lost and stolen due to loopholes and bugs in smart contracts.
In short, smart contracts are trying to solve the wrong problem. They're looking at IF-THEN and deciding the important part is the dash.
The truly smart contracts are the legal contracts we have been using for centuries now. We don't need a computer to run these contracts — we have the best computer to interpret them right between our ears! We can use the courts to adjudicate over these contracts and the power of the government to enforce them.
But enough griping. Hopefully I've convinced you smart contracts are nothing more than a beguiling blind alley. But what should we be doing instead?
Smart contracts are useless, but the blockchain is still an incredible innovation. Decentralized ledgers facilitate triple-entry accounting, otherwise known as the most important invention in the last 500 years that everyone missed. Think of the blockchain as the master ledger into which all transactions are entered and from which other internal systems are updated.
Instead of trying to get the blockchain to access the outside world, let's focus on doing the opposite. The capabilities of smart contracts pale in comparison to applications that can directly access the blockchain. The distributed ledger and consensus are great mechanisms for implementing web, mobile, and other kinds of applications, the kind that we have been writing and deploying for ages now.
We've gotten really good at building computer applications using the full power of the hardware available to us. The missing link is how to allow apps to communicate privately and securely in a way all parties can trust, all without having to pay some centralized authority to manage (and doubtless spy on) the proceedings. What we really need is a decentralized message bus that these applications can use to communicate. We are building just such a message bus at Stegos and it's part of our platform for building privacy applications.
Stegos will enable a future where smart autonomous agents communicate using a blockchain, privately and confidentially. In a future article, I'll be explaining how that will work and why it's so important. In the meantime, join us on Telegram to follow our progress!


Check this out, I don't know if it was a good buy, but maybe some day down the road it will be worth something to someone. Thoughts?
Errors generally aren't worth anything more than a non-error. Some collectors like to collect the errors, some stay away. Whatever floats your boat.
Yeah, I saw those auctions a couple days ago. Those are slippers I would buy if I found 'em. But I don't like the fact that both of those auctions are in Canada. Might be a tough think to find in the US?
What the Shell's this book all about????
That book is the 2004 TMNT Annual released in England. I don't know if they've been releasing them the last few years, but during the first craze they did. They contain comics and stories and misc other things. Kinda neat.
I want one of those Monster Trucks, but they are no where to be found around here.
"The sceptor has returned at last; and it's all mine!"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...p;category=769 Don't worry, some auctions have them all unopened too.
This is the first auction on Aus ebay iv'e seen in 6 months that has entirely 100% figs that i don't own. There's usually lots with 40+ figs and I have em all but one so it's great to get somthing for a change.
Too expensive for me, but I'm sure some of you really need this guy.
They are harder to get but i don't think their worth that much, could be though but Iv'e seen them cheaper. I guess 2 or more people really wanted em.


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Last month Wonder Woman Workshops UK hit the Lake District for a weekend of adventure sports. Myself, Suzie, Jannet, Flic, Ezgi and our one token boy Andy piled into a rental car and settled in for the 6 hour journey north.
The trip was off to a brilliant start when 2 hours into the journey I received a call from our activity leader informing us that with Gale force winds happening in the Lake District we would be unable to kayak as originally intended, however all was not lost and we settled on abseiling as an alternative activity.
We arrived at our hostel, half way up Hellvelyn, at around midnight and headed straight to bed. We had a full day of abseiling and ghyll scrambling ahead of us, which would begin with a 7am wake up call!
After a full english breakfast we packed our bags with towels and spare clothes and once again loaded into the car to make our way into Keswick to meet our instructor where we would then convoy up to the big rock we would be launching ourselves off.
My much improved navigation skills (since the last trip to the Lakes), ensured we arrived with no problems and we set about harnessing each up and putting our helmets on, after a quick photo and a briefing on how to abseil it was time to climb the rock.
Nerves were apparent as the pathways got narrower and we got higher until eventually we reached our destination and prepared to throw ourselves over the edge. Jannet bravely volunteered to go first, exclaiming, "I'm f****ing abseiling", and made it back down with no problems, she unclipped herself from the rope and it was then that we realised she had kept an important part of equipment at the bottom with her (even after much warning from our instructor on the importance of sending it back up), cue much shouting and screaming from us and much waving from Jannet, who had zero idea what we were on about. Luckily our guide was obviously an ex boy scout (or this must happen a lot) as he whipped out his spare and I got tied on and set off to join Jannet.
Flic was next, closely followed by Suzie and then Andy. Ezgi lucked out as when nerves got the better of her she came down accompanied by the guide!
By this point we were all more than a little chilly and so we headed back to Keswick for a quick pit stop in Booths for lunch. A bowl of warming pea soup later and we were ready to hit the road (again) up to the base of the ghyll.
Getting out of the car half way up another mountain, it was clear that the wind had picked up somewhat and the temperature had dropped, we aren't ones to give up though so we tugged our (pink) wetsuits on and after another quick picture we were off to climb our 2nd hill of the day!
Ghyll scrambling is essentially making your way down stream by jumping and sliding off rocks into water below, and since this was early March and a pretty cold weekend, the water was freezing! We soon warmed up (or got so cold we could no longer feel it) and managed to make it half way down in pretty good time.
At this point we were given the option to get out and go the rest of the way on land or carry on, we reached the unanimous decision of getting out pretty quickly and we fell ran the rest of the way back to the car.
After drying off we made our way back to the hostel to shower, nap and get ready for our evening meal. I had booked us a table at a gastro pub called The Troutbeck Inn and couldn't recommend it highly enough. The menu had lots of options, including duck (my favourite), steaks and pork belly – yum! We all indulged in a glass of wine and a dessert, we deserved it!
We were lucky enough to be able to sleep in a little on the Sunday as we weren't booked in to do via ferrata until midday, so we headed into the town for a coffee (wifi), and some shopping first. Via ferrata is Latin for 'iron way' and sees participants scaling a cliff face using metal handles to make their way around and up the rock, clipped on via a harness and carabiners.
Unfortunately for Suzie, but to the relief of everyone else, via ferrata finished a little too late to make it to the Derwent pencil museum, so it was off back to Keswick for some dinner before beginning the long journey home.
The car journey back was filled with lots of suggestions for WWWUK's next trip away, and the South Coast seemed to be a popular opinion. If you're interested in coming away with us later in the year, drop us an email to register your interest!


Embarking on a project with a new client is exciting business. But before you start, you want to make sure you're both on the same page. You're talking kerning and pantone swatches, they're throwing in words like asymmetric shock and back-end ratios – in short, if you don't get versed in each other's language, the project is likely to quickly become a hot mess!
Besides, you need to establish the foundations for a thriving professional relationship. To do this, you have to put the client at ease, prove your value and reassure them that you're the best business for the job. Basically you want to show off how awesome you are – so the client feels secure about their decision to hire you.
All of this is part of the client onboarding process.
Part 5: When is client onboarding complete?
Why are first impressions in business so important?
Because they can make or break a budding client relationship. The client wants to see they're working with an experienced, professional team that's highly attuned to their needs and the agency wants to put their best foot forward to win further business.
Meet clients in a place of power. This should be somewhere you feel comfortable, and have some control over the elements of the room. Arrive early, prepare the space, and figure out how to work any equipment. Make sure you have everything you need set up beforehand – a whiteboard? A converter for Mac to PC? Good coffee?!
Set the tone from the get-go. Show the client you're in control by making eye contact, introducing yourself and shaking their hand. Take a few minutes to get comfortable and establish a rapport.
Dress appropriately. You might be a creative, but rocking up to a client meeting in jandals isn't a great look.
Be prepared. Before the meeting you should have spent a certain amount of time familiarising yourself with the client, their business and industry.
Focus on their needs. Often in an initial meeting, it can be easy to get carried away selling your services as the best in the biz. But bringing your attention back to the client is a surefire way of getting their approval. Start by establishing the client's pain points. What are they looking for? What is the problem they are looking to solve? Ask good questions and listen!
When you first win over a new client, it's easy to want to jump right into a new project – but before you do any work, make sure that you've created a project estimate, sent it to the client for approval and have received, in return, the promise of payment for your services.
First determine whether you quote based on staff rates, project rates, or time. Then use an online quoting software to create your quote. You'll be able to easily send it to the client and convert it into a job once it's been approved – all from one place. In WorkflowMax, Xero-owned all-in-one job management software, you can create beautiful, professional branded quotes in just a few simple clicks.
A cloud-based software will help you manage quotes more easily too – for example if you need to edit certain details or find an old quote for a similar job.
Client details. Client name, address and contact details.
Project information.The project name, and a brief description.
Quote number. Your system might generate this automatically, but this helps keep your quotes organised and makes finding them again a breeze!
A 'valid until' date.30 days starting from the quote date is standard, but it's worth checking out the norm in your industry.
A visible breakdown of phases and costs. Separate out individual tasks as well as any external costs for complete transparency. This will help you gain the client's trust.
Your company's branding. This might be your logo, tagline, company name and address/contact information.
Custom information.For example, any terms and conditions you want to highlight upfront. Since this is a legal area, you may want to talk to a lawyer or use a T&C template.
You want to make it as easy as possible for your client to say YES so give them the right information in a visually appealing, highly legible format.
Preparing a client contract is a crucial step before you begin any project work. Without getting into the nitty gritty of contract law, this section provides an overview of what you need to know when it comes to your contract or customer service agreement and format.
Do you want to receive a portion of your fees up front?
Or do you prefer partial payments throughout the project?
How will you be compensated if the project dissolves halfway? Perhaps you'll stipulate a cancellation fee if the client changes their mind?
How many revisions will be allowed?
What are the terms and conditions around confidentiality and asset ownership?
Request a meeting with a lawyer to draft a robust contract and when you're satisfied, make sure to go through the contract with the client point by point, so they have full understanding of every detail. Never let them sign without reading the fine print! This is for your own protection as well as theirs.
Now that the quote has been agreed upon and the contract has been signed, it's finally time to get to work! The kickoff meeting is the first meeting you will have with the client and your project team. This is where you agree on how to work together effectively, discuss ways of working, and preferred communication tools.
Prepare a kickoff meeting agenda to help you stay on track during the meeting. If possible, circulate it to the client and the wider team beforehand, so everyone knows exactly what to expect. This will also help establish your leadership and authority.
Introductions - Introduce yourself and the project team, including roles and responsibilities specific to the project. The client should do the same.
Company Background - Get ready to knock the socks off your client! Prepare a showreel of appropriate projects. See that glint of excitement in their eye? Score!
Client Overview - This is an opportunity to understand more about the project background and hear about the client's business problem straight from their perspective. Can they provide any additional relevant information that will help the project brief?
Project Objectives - Here you can delve a little deeper into the project goals. What are the KPI's? How will you measure and evaluate success? What should the project accomplish?
Project Timeline - Present a high-level project plan, breaking down the project into major phases and milestones. Do all stakeholders agree with the proposed flow of activities? sequencing of activities and any dependencies that may impact the timeline are clearly stated.
Expected Costs/Invoicing Procedure - This section isn't always included or necessary in the client kickoff meeting – some agencies may prefer for it to be reserved for a discussion between your account manager and the client – but we have added into this section just to be thorough!
Communication Plan - How will you work together effectively, share updates and collaborate during the project? How frequently will you meet? Do these meetings need to be physical, or can they be remote? You might have a preferred set of tools and apps you already use – make sure you get agreement with the client on what you're going to use and how you're going to use it.
Most clients should be well versed in these kinds of collaboration tools, but if it's new technology be mindful that they might need support and you should show them enormous benefit they'll gain in using the tools!
Pros: Create private or public channels for conversations. Easily make use of direct messages or calls. Drag and drop to share files.
Cons: A lot of restrictions in terms of what you can and can't do with the free app.
Pros: Pretty ubiquitous. Get started for free. Good for video calls and group chats.
Cons: You can't "tag" people in conversations and file sharing can be somewhat clunky!
Pros: Get started for free. Easy to set up (just use your Google account!). Even the basic version allows for video conversations with up to 10 participants.
Cons: File sharing is a little bit clunky.
Pros: Organising ideas is a breeze with notes, tags and notebook stacks. Handy browser extensions allow a seamless sync.
Cons: You pay for what you get. Premium features have a hefty price-tag.
Pros: Great for teams who like to work visually. There are a lot of tips on the blog on how to get the most out of Trello, including customisation options. Check out the Ultimate board of Trello tips & tricks, or Beginner Tips For Using Trello.
Cons: Communication can be limited to comments format.
Pros: Quickly and easily create interactive mockups for your designs. Share these mockups with your team or clients. Get feedback for all your projects in one convenient place, hold conversation threads, moodboard, share, and easily access all your project assets.
At the start of the this chapter we discussed "90 days" as a general guideline for the client onboarding phase, (depending on the size of project and project timelines of course). As the 3 months near a close, you should schedule a one-on-one with your client with the aim of gathering feedback on the project process and relationship so far. This could be a phone call, an informal coffee meeting or even dinner, depending on who the client is and what the circumstances are!
End on a positive note, reiterating how much you're looking forward to the next stage of the project and relationship.
Once you've done all of the above, the onboarding process can be considered to be completed and it's time for your team to get stuck into the rest of the project and produce amazing results!


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AWFJ Presents CORPO CELESTE – Review by Erin Trahan
October 14, 2022 October 14, 2022 Erin Trahan Alice Rohrwacher, awfj presents, Corpo Celeste, Film Movement, Hélène Louvart, Pasqualina Scuncia, Salvatore Cantalupo, Yle Vianello
If a cinematic canon were to prioritize an adolescent girl's point of view, Alice Rohrwacher's Corpo Celeste from 2011 would top the list. The first of Rohrwacher's now several features as writer-director of fiction, Corpo Celeste succeeds as a highly original coming-of-age story set among worn out but still potent Catholic traditions.
Marooned by her family's move from Switzerland to an urban wasteland in Southern Italy, 13-year-old Marta (first-time actor Yle Vianello) spends her days in catechism, preparing for confirmation—the transition into adulthood in the eyes of the church. Here, the saintly Santa (Pasqualina Scuncia) does all the work and gets no respect. In the sanctuary, a neon cross serves as a placeholder for the "real" crucifix promised by the corrupt priest (Salvatore Cantalupo). While not taken in by the lessons, Marta keeps showing up anyway, throwing sideways glances at her peers, and moving her lips to the secular-leaning songs. Only in the privacy of their cramped apartment does Marta whisper the lyrics into her mother's ear.
Among the clattering din of grown-ups, Marta's persistent wordlessness draws attention to her inner life. That fact alone sets Corpo Celeste apart from other girl-centered movies. Marta loves her overworked mother without irony and still clings to her like a child. But she can't ignore the slow-moving trainwreck of change brought on by adolescence. She feels pressured by her venomous older sister, who uses anger as a cynical shield, to stop "sucking the life" from their mom. When Marta steals her sister's pushup bra, the sister calls her out among extended family. The humiliation sends Marta running. As the title suggests, Marta longs to reconcile the corporal with the celestial.
Another director could easily fumble teen angst signposts like smuggled bras, messy periods, dramatic haircutting – and one risky decision to see Marta's developing body through her own eyes. But Rohrwacher and the wisely innocent Vianello prove up to the task, turning those moments into an unusual story of self-determination. (Though given the pervasiveness of the male gaze, this critic still feels protective of Vianello.) Rohrwacher deploys familiar, even potentially damaging iconography without lessening its influence on an individual or selling it back to the viewer.
Perhaps because she also makes documentaries, Rohrwacher works outside of narrative predictability. She also gets help from cinematographer Hélène Louvart, who brought decades of experience in both fiction and non-fiction (Pina) prior to shooting Corpo Celeste. Even in its most farfetched moments, the naturalistic palette of grays and browns shot in grainy Super 16mm keeps the story grounded. The pair has continued to collaborate (The Wonders, Happy as Lazzaro, two episodes of the superb series, My Brilliant Friend). Together and separately their work calls to mind a growing cohort of storytellers who explore who and what goes missing under patriarchy.
Louvert, for example, shot one of 2021's best films, The Lost Daughter, an Elena Ferrante adaptation along with "My Brilliant Friend." Both storylines deal in part with women's struggle between inner lives and outer limitations. Short fiction writer Shirley Jackson (and the excellent movie she inspired, Shirley), fiction writer Deborah Levy, and filmmaker Lucrecia Martel (The Holy Girl) swim in similarly symbolic seas. Though Rohrwacher has not limited herself to young female protagonists she continues to explore the challenges that befall characters like Marta, with earnest spiritual longing.
In the case of Corpo Celeste, Rohrwacher dangles the prospect of losing Marta to unnatural disasters, best depicted in a pivotal scene when windblown trash envelops her like a swirl of leaves. Yet even Rohrwacher's critique of religion, an easy target and openly taunted here (a crumbling institution "only for babies, toddlers, and old women. People who have nothing else to do," says one character), maintains an air of sincerity that strives toward understanding. When Marta finally raises her voice to clarify a key phrase uttered by Jesus, she sets in motion a journey that pushes her to act on her beliefs.
Until this point Marta has kept her distance from the adults playacting at church and the boys she studies from the open rooftop of her high-rise apartment. Through the course of the film they create a makeshift fort or house from trash they gather from the edges of a dried up riverbed. She watches them as the audience watches her, weighing what to rescue and what to discard. Time and time again in Corpo Celeste Marta walks up to the edges and peers over. But to manage in a post-religious, post-feminist world that's neither, this movie suggests she needs to leave her perch.
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Erin Trahan edits The Independent (www.independent-magazine.org), where she has overseen the publication of two books on film distribution and spearheaded the preservation of the Association of Independent Video & Filmmakers' organizational archive and print magazine. She's a regular contributor to WBUR (Boston's NPR news station) and has written about movies for The Boston Globe, MovieMaker Magazine, NewEnglandFilm.com and other publications. She has served as series moderator for The DocYard and created or led film discussions for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston Public Library, and several film festivals, where she's also served on juries. She is a past president of Women in Film & Video/New England and is currently a board member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists.
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Virus: One Minute Silence/Infidel – single review
Virus – One Minute Silence/Infidel (Grow Your Own)
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Virus take on extremists and the nuclear legacy on this latest release from Grow Your Own. Nathan Brown reviews.
Grow Your Own is one of the more interesting labels in the DIY punk scene at the moment. Although the majority of the bands they carry started out in the 1980s and fall into the "anarcho" sub genre of punk (i.e. they have anarchist or protest lyrics knitted into their DNA and purpose), it's the attention to the package as a physical artefact that makes them stand apart. Full colour art rather than monochrome, large posters, 3D inserts: you name it, they have played with it. Oh, and coloured vinyl of course.
For this single, Virus bag themselves transparent blue vinyl and full colour photo cover + insert featuring the iconic ruin of a domed building at Hiroshima against a blood red sky. On closer inspection, the lyrics to the songs are overlaid in grey on the building.
One Minute Silence is almost like three songs melded into one (by the nuclear flash perhaps?) although it doesn't sound like a cut and shut – just well crafted and complex. While it does not sound anything like them, the opening riff borrows heavily from Icons Of Filth. By the middle section, singer Dave's vocal takes on a demonic pitch intoning "Nagasaki Never Forget" sounding very much like Nick Blinko of Rudimentary Peni before a heavy chuggy riff with a Hawkwind-esque guitar solo floating over the top. In this third section, the vocals take on something of a Lydon quality (something I have remarked on before) with a bit of Stig Icons of Filth thrown in for good measure, intoning "Nuclear makes no sense". Finishing the song with a gong and geiger counter at the end of the song was a great move and make this the stronger of the two offerings.
Okay, the A-bomb is not exactly ground breaking material for a song – especially from a punk band – and Virus have touched on the nuclear threat before, but it doesn't make it any less relevant – the current pursuit of Trident and nuclear power in this country and all the international nuclear activity is testament to the danger we still face. And it's more interesting than hearing about someone's love life.
Virus single by virus
The double A-side "Infidel" starts with a bit of atmospheric, (gothic?) Killing Joke style picking on the guitar with driving rhythm section before opening out into a strumming twang a la Buzzcocks circa "Ever Fallen In Love…". The lyrics are open to interpretation. "I've seen you losing your grip on reality on a way trip into insanity" could equally apply to somebody who has been radicalised online and refers to others as infidels, or to one of the far right gangs who label themselves "infidels". Both sides of the same coin if you ask me! As with the other side of the single, towards the end of this song we get some neat guitar work and a bit of Lydon-style vocalising.
Both tracks clock in at 3.19, which is 199 seconds. I don't know if that was intentional or coincidence and what the significance is, but I like stuff like that!
Get the limited edition vinyl or download from the Grow Your Own bandcamp site.
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All words by Nathan Brown. You can read more from Nathan on LTW here.
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How To Use Condom?
By Mars by GHC on August 28, 2021
A condom is a flexible sleeve made of latex, a kind of rubber, or other impermeable material such as sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STDs. Condom is the best way to guarantee avoidance of pregnancy from sexual intercourse between a male and a female human being.
In layman terms, a condom is a rubber-like thin coated substance worn onto an erected penis to collect ejaculated semen into the balloon-like substance instead of going into the vaginal cavity. Condoms have elastic behavior and could stretch to fit different penis sizes.
There are two advantages of wearing a condom during sexual intercourse. Safe sex is the primary theme of condoms. Preventing unwanted pregnancy is the secondary goal.
Condom is the only type of contraception to prevent most STIs and unwanted pregnancies. This is available for both men and women. Male condoms are worn on the erected penis which acts as a barrier from sexual fluids during sex. Female condoms are worn right before sex. It can be worn in the vagina or anus to stop semen or other fluids from entering.
The upholding of the condom between two genitals during sexual intercourse could save them from tearing and sexual injuries.
How to use condoms?
The tightness or firmness generated upon wearing a condom holds the penis standing still for a long time. This keeps the erected penis stay erect for a longer time. This forces men to stay longer during intercourse.
Sex is a great force between two persons. There would generate a lot of friction between two genitals which are already temperature oriented. This friction, temperature, and force between two genitals can wear and tear the skin layers attached to genital outer structures, namely the foreskin. A condomless penis or its attack on the vagina or anus could stipulate a bleed during sex. That is so if a condom is applied gently onto the penis skincare and vaginal skincare, the lubrication stored in the manufactured condom and the lubrication restored due to the semen ejaculation could comfort the sexual intercourse between the sensitive skin layers of the penis and the vagina or the anus.
The use of condoms, right from opening the cover of the condom packet, to wearing a penis or vagina, to using it during sexual intercourse, is all fun and sexy in front of a sexual partner. The use of condoms additionally provided enhanced sensation and increased pleasure.
One can satisfy their sexual passions with the presence of a condom. Not everyone is satisfied with a single sexual partner. The unsatisfied personalities look for multiple sexual partners. The use of a condom would support them in providing safe sex and preventing unwanted pregnancies.
It is recommended to protect yourself and your partner by using condoms during penis-vagina sex, oral sex, or anal sex. The major ailment of condoms is their flavors of odor during use. There are jasmine flavored condoms, there are mango-flavored condoms, there are strawberry flavored condoms that all naturally encourage a human mind to intensely high into the sexual intercourse with full heart presence.
The new condoms are intensely marketed in the sexual society stating that they have double lubrication for intense stimulation and to double the fun. This kind of attraction would blow the sexual mind to get addicted to the use of condoms and the pleasure exerted through their presence.
To reduce discomfort on condom wear as it covers the penis tip and shaft and captures ejaculate that's released during orgasm, it is a little bizarre and benevolent to perfectly stick condom elastic onto penis skin. The foldings of condoms on the penis could cause pain or irritation during the sexual intercourse of the penis and vagina or penis or anus.
Steps to wear a condom onto the genitals and hold it during sexual intercourse
Condom is generally an unblown balloon size during its opening. This has to be set onto the erected penis. To cover up the penile shaft, unroll the condom all the way down the penis.
Place the condom over the tip of the penis. While squeezing the tip of the condom, roll it down over the length of the erect penis.
Pinch air out of the tip of the condom
Hold the tip of the condom between your forefinger and thumb to make sure it's kept in the right way around the penile shaft so that there is no air trapped in the fitted condom.
To remove used condoms
After sex but before pulling out, hold the condom at the base. Carefully remove the condom which is filled with semen ejaculation from the penis after orgasm so that the way semen does not need to touch the whole penile shaft. Then, throw it in the trash.
The promotion of the use of condoms in a population is called condomization which is a must of matter during sex between who carry it with multiple partners. The use of condoms has become an act of revolution ever since it came into the market with the slogan to eradicate AIDs like death-causing infections from human lives.
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Shah Alam: Demi meringankan beban mangsa banjir di Pahang, Terengganu, Johor dan Kelantan, Yayasan TSM Charity Golf (TSMCGF) menghulurkan sumbangan RM100,000 kepada Tabung Bencana Banjir The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad (NSTP)-Media Prima, semalam.
SHAH ALAM: Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin presented the cheque from Yayasan Tan Sri Muhyiddin Charity Golf to Media Prima Berhad's Corporate Social Responsibility Advisor Datuk Ahmad A. Talib at a ceremony in Shah Alam today.
Aid for the victims of the monsoon floods continue to pour in with 100 thousand ringgit being contributed to the NSTP-Media Prima Disaster Fund.
SHAH ALAM: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as TSM Charity Golf (TSMCG) 2013 Chairman/Founder today donated RM100,000 to flood victims from the recent floods in Pahang, Kelantan, Johor and Terengganu.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has always been committed to community welfare responsibilities to ensure the people's well being, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
He said the Government's role in improving the health of the people not only emphasised prevention of disease, but offering treatment service that is effective besides promoting a positive health agenda so that the people led prosperous lives.
"The issue of health care and treatment is closely related to social development and the economy. A good state of health of the people gives continuity of a good life.
"This in turn contributes to increased productivity and quality as a result of individuals working, in particular, and the country in general," he said when opening the Tan Sri Muhyiddin Charity Dialysis Centre) in Titiwangsa Friday.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia might have just found its own "Tiger Woods" in Gavin Green, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Green, 19, won the best amateur award and beat local professionals to clinch the best Malaysian player title at the Maybank Malaysian Open yesterday.
MUAR: The Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (TSM) Charity Golf Foundation plans to build a 10-room dialysis centre on a plot next to the Pagoh Umno division complex.
The centre costing RM1mil, would be managed by the Kumpulan Perubatan Johor (KPJ) and caters to the needs of kidney patients in the constituency.
SHAH ALAM: IN THE spirit of giving, 11 children and three teenagers were given hope for a new lease of life at the Tan Sri Muhyiddin (TSM) Charity Golf Raya celebration last night.
SHAH ALAM, Dec 4 (Bernama) — Seven former national athletes who contributed to the country"s sporting glory received a total of RM35,000 from the Tan Sri Muhyiddin (TSM) Charity Golf here, today.


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Guests can expect several changes this year, such as new season pass offerings and upgrades throughout the facility.
MERCERSBURG - With Old Man Winter starting to hit the area, Whitetail Resort is gearing up for a ski season that could open ahead of schedule.
The resort is feeling "very optimistic for the upcoming winter season," according to general manager Don MacAskill. He said he has been following several long-range forecasts, and recently AccuWeather and a local television station in the Washington, D.C. area updated their predictions to include lower temperatures and double the amount of snow the area received last year.
So far, Franklin County has gotten several inches of snow from a storm on Nov. 15, in which temperatures dipped into the 30s.
Although the weather hasn't cooperated yet for Whitetail to begin making snow, MacAskill said it is testing its equipment in anticipation of beginning this process sometime next week.
"We're ready to go and make lots of snow for, hopefully, an early opening," he continued.
It typically takes about four consecutive nights of sub-freezing temperatures before the resort can open, the manager noted. He added the facility began accepting guests last year starting on Dec. 16, which keeps in line with its plan of opening in early to mid-December to build momentum before Christmas and let residents know they are operational.
When guests arrive at Whitetail this year, they can expect to see a few changes. The facility spent about $1.7 million over the summer in capital improvements, which included adding 17 new state-of-the-art snow-making guns and upgrades to its Limelight trail.
MacAskill also discussed how snow tubers and their families this year can sit by the fire in a new outdoor pavilion that overlooks the slopes. In addition, the resort has a new tube storage building, along with 200 new rental snowboards for its fleet.
Guests will also have another big benefit available to them this year now that Whitetail is in the process of being acquired by Peak Resorts, which owns 14 other ski resorts in the Midwest and Northeast.
The Missouri-based company agreed to acquire York-based Snow Time Inc. for $76 million. Snow Time owns the resorts in Franklin, York and Adams counties.
The acquisition won't be finalized until sometime next week, according to MacAskill, but Whitetail is already offering guests the opportunity to upgrade their season passes to Peak Resort access, which grants the holder the ability to use any of the company's resorts in the country. This will include 17 facilities once the sale is finalized.
Aside from this change, MacAskill said overall it will still "remain business as usual." He noted Peak's philosophy is that each resort should operate independently and retain its own "personality."
Even though voters in Montgomery County gave the green light to Whitetail to sell beer, wine and liquor, guests most likely won't see any alcoholic beverages at the resort until next season.
Residents in the area approved the sale of alcohol at the ski resort 1,339-862 (61 percent to 39 percent) and the sale of alcohol at the golf resort 1,387-851 (62 percent to 38 percent) during the mid-term elections on Nov. 6. All four precincts voted in favor.
MacAskill said both facilities have begun the process of obtaining two liquor licenses by filing its preliminary information with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. He added this process could take three to four months, which means if the ski resort did get a license, it probably wouldn't be until the end of the season. However, it will definitely have a license for the start of the spring golf season.
The passage of the referendum is going to open a lot of doors for Whitetail, MacAskill said. He noted the resort will now be able to host activities that weren't previously viable, such as a chili cookoff, endurance races like Tough Mudder and summer concert series.
"We think that there's a lot more opportunity that we're going to be able to take advantage of as a result of having those licenses once we have those in hand," he continued.
How to apply: Fill out an application online at skiwhitetail.com or attend an open interview on Tuesday, Nov. 27 and Wednesday, Nov. 28 between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.


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Berube likes lines as Lecavalier remains in limbo
By Ryan DadounDec 11, 2014, 8:58 AM EST
The Philadelphia Flyers have gone 1-1-2 while Vinny Lecavalier has served as a healthy scratch. That doesn't mean he's likely to be welcomed back into the fold for Thursday's game against New Jersey.
Nothing is set in stone of course, but Flyers coach Craig Berube is happy with the team's current lines.
"[Scott] Laughton is in the middle of the ice now, he has that speed, he balanced it out," Berube told CSN Philly.
"Him, [Wayne] Simmonds and [Brayden] Schenn have been a good line. They've made mistakes defensively, but for the most part, they've been an effective line for us.
"[Pierre-Edouard] Bellemare is in a good spot with [Chris] VandeVelde and [Zac] Rinaldo. They have energy and they all skate well."
Lecavalier is trying to do what he can to work his way back into the Flyers' picture. He was the first on the ice and one of the last off during Wednesday's optional skate. When the possibility of him requesting a trade was brought up, he sidestepped the topic and instead said that he's ready to play whenever Berube wants him to.
At the same time, this can't be looked at as a short-term issue that will simply go away when he's eventually reinserted into the lineup. The 34-year-old forward didn't seem to see eye-to-eye with his bench boss last season either and that led to persistent trade rumors over the summer. When it became clear that he wasn't going anywhere, Berube suggested that both of them need to compromise. However, Lecavalier only ended up averaging 13:27 minutes per contest this season. That's at the heart of this as it's not just whether or not he plays, it's how much Berube sees fit to use him once he does.
Meanwhile, unless the Flyers can trade Lecavalier, they're looking at the possibility of a buyout or another four years of him (including this season) at an annual cap hit of $4.5 million. Even if they trade him, Philadelphia might end up having to retain part of his salary to make it work as his final legacy with the team.
Or, perhaps, Lecavalier will yet find a way into Berube's good graces. Given what's happen so far though, that seems like an uphill battle.
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The Masters is coming. It's always the second weekend in April. It is not possible to overstate how important The Masters is to A Golfer. Their year is divided into: Before The Masters, The Masters, and After The Masters. If you are going to spend any time at all with A Golfer, you need to understand The Masters.
Scores of books have been written about this particular tournament, and I'm not going to rewrite the wheel here. But you need to know enough to understand why, when The Masters is on, you can't disturb A Golfer unless the house is on fire, or someone is in danger of bleeding to death.
So. Short history. There was A Golfer named Robert Tyre Jones Jr. Bobby Jones. He was arguable the greatest golfer who ever lived. Many books have been written about him, as well as several movies made about his life. An icon, both here and in the birthplace of golf, Scotland. Bobby Jones was from Atlanta, and when he retired from golf ( which he did at 28 ) he headed home. In 1933 he founded the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. He got together with renown course designer Alister MacKenzie, and together they created what is, except for The Old Course at St. Andrews, the most revered golf course in the world. In 1934 Bobby Jones hosted the first Masters tournament. And because he was Bobby Jones the world's greatest golfers came to play. And so The Masters was born.
The Masters is TRADITION. Tradition as only southern, white males can do it. Golf has changed a lot since the days of Bobby Jones. The Masters has not. Augusta National is a private club. Not much has changed there since that first Masters. Women are still not allowed to become members. And we won't even get into the 'people of color' issues.
The Masters is not a PGA tour event( meaning the tournament itself is not managed by the PGA ), but every PGA tour player prays for an invitation, and no one will watch any other golf when The Masters is on, so the PGA prudently avoids having an official tournament on Masters weekend. Augusta National retains complete control over the tournament. It is an invitational, and if you get an invitation you play. You do NOT say
no to Augusta National. An invitation to play in The Masters is the most coveted piece of paper in golfdom. The winner of The Masters gets ( in addition to money and a trophy ) the coveted 'green jacket'. This is a green sport coat that is actually the official Augusta National attire, worn by club members. After you win you are allowed to keep the jacket for one year, then it must be returned to Augusta, and can only be worn when you are on the grounds. Did I mention that Augusta National is run by a bunch of very controlling southern white males? Augusta enforces a standard caddy uniform. All caddies are required to wear a white jumpsuit, green cap, and white tennis shoes. On the back of each jumpsuit is the players last name and a number. The caddy of the previous year's winner gets number 1. The other numbers are assigned in the order the players register.
In addition to everything else, Augusta National controls the TV coverage. CBS has televised the Masters every year since 1956. Initial coverage was only allowed on the final four holes. Coverage slowly increased, but coverage of the entire rounds on Sat. and Sun. didn't happen until 1993. In 1982 USA Network began coverage of the first and second rounds ( Thurs and Fri ), but it was produced by CBS. Beginning this year week day coverage moves to ESPN, but will still be jointly produced by CBS. Unlike other sporting events, who negotiate multi-year television contracts, the CBS/Masters contract is year by year. Augusta National insists it doesn't have any rules, or impose any mandates on CBS. However if CBS something Augusta National doesn't like they won't get The Masters the next year. That is a HUGE stick. Here are some of the 'not imposed' mandates: the gallery will be referred to as 'patrons', no discussion of any 'controversies' involving Augusta National, minimal commercial interruption( currently limited to 4 minutes per hour ), no promotions for other network programs, no blimps, no sponsored graphics shown on air, no on-course announcers, restrictions on the number of broadcast hours ( currently only 3 hours of coverage allowed on Thurs and Fri ) and if the tournament runs long coverage stays on the network ( as opposed to switching over to USA or The Golf Channel, as happens with other tournaments ). And of course there is the famous Gary McCord incident. Gary McCord is a very jovial former PGA tour player, who is part of the regular CBS announcer team. In 1995 he remarked, on air during The Masters, that the 17th green was so fast it seemed to have been bikini-waxed, and that body bags were located behind the green for players who missed their approach shot. Augusta National did not think this showed proper decorum, and informed CBS it would prefer if McCord was not present for any future Masters. CBS, of course, complied. Even David Fehery and Nick Faldo watch their P's and Q's at The Masters.
As for the coverage itself, well, I think it's sort of like watching a baseball game. There is a lot of time to fill when announcing a baseball game, and to fill it the announcers rely on baseball history and statistics. There is a lot of time to fill in a golf tournament, and if there is one thing The Masters has it's history. There are constant discussions of what happened on the same hole in years past with various players. In fact in general there is pretty much a constant stream of 'remember when'. The Masters is not so much about what's happening on the course right now, as it is about how what's happening on the course right now compares to what's happened in the past. TRADITION.
Here are some other Masters traditions. Every year The Champions dinner is held on the Tuesday evening before Thursdays first round. All (living) past champions attend the dinner, and the menu is chosen by the winner from the previous year. The previous year's winner always puts the jacket on the current winner. Which is interesting when someone wins 2 years in a row. Three players have done this, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods. The older courses in Scotland/England/Ireland tend to have names for each hole, and the holes are referred to by those names, instead of by number. Augusta National has adapted this to a degree. The course is covered with various types of flowering shrubs, which are all in full bloom in April. Each hole is named for the shrub with which it is most associated. In addition, the 11th, 12th, and 13th holes are called 'The Amen Corner'. The reason for which I won't go into here, but you can find it in any book on The Masters.
Based on everything I've said you may think that, despite the importance of this tournament in the life of The Golfer, I see the whole thing as an example of southern white male hegemony and tend to avoid it. You would be wrong. In spite of, or perhaps even because of, all this strict adherence to Tradition, and enforcement of the Augusta National Way, The Masters actually represents all the best of golf. The players exhibit the utmost in courtesy, etiquette and, above all, respect for the game. The patrons are among the most knowledgeable and well behaved on the tour ( not least of which because if they are not they will very quickly be removed from the grounds, and never allowed to return ). And if you actually listen to the coverage you will learn more about the game, it's history, and the character of the people who have played it, than you will from reading 10 books on the subject. Golf has evolved through the years, and other tournaments have evolved with it. The Masters is the one time each year when everyone takes a step back and says 'This is where we came from, and this is how golf is at it's best. It can't be like this all the time, and quite frankly we don't want it to be. Things have to move on. But once a year there is The Masters'.
So, it will probably be a tough slog the first time you watch. You will say to yourself 'If I hear about The Butler Cabin one more time I am going to throw a golf ball at the TV'. But if you really want to understand golf and A Golfer, stick with it. I heard an interview with Jim Nantz once, where they asked him 'If CBS came up to you and said, it's time to let the younger folks start moving in. You need to give up most of your announcing duties to others. You can keep on thing. What would it be?' He answered 'Without hesitation, it wold be The Masters. There is nothing else like it in sports.' And there isn't really.
Fortunately for you first timers Mr. Feherty and Mr. Faldo will be back, Mr. Feherty slightly the worse for wear. In The Household it is already set on the TIVO, and every minute will be watched with complete, undivided attention. Even by me.
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Savant Returns with a Spectacular Surprise!
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After a two year hiatus to refresh and refocus, electronic music scene iconoclast Savant returns with a mischievous gift box of musical originality, "Surprise." A lighthearted, coming-of-age preview of what's to come, "Surprise" takes all of the best elements of the last ten years of electronic dance music–House, Glitch, Dubstep, etc.–and melds them into a single masterpiece that will dominate both dancefloors and headphones.
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"I believe people want listening music – even on the dancefloor!"
Aleksander Vinter, the Norwegian artist who in the last 7 years has released over 20 recordings under different project titles like Savant, Vinter In Hollywood, and Blanco to name a few, is best known dance-music culture's most unpredictable, impossible-to-pigeonhole enigma. With releases as diverse as they are experimental, that reputation has remained constant and well earned throughout a madly prolific career spanning numerous singles, remixes, nominations for Norwegian Grammys, and 11 (!) full-length albums.
On the one hand, Savant deploys the kind of speaker-shredding bangers that have made him one of dance music's most popular rising stars: his dynamic live set drives crowds at mega-festivals like Electric Daisy Carnival into abandon, yet Savant refuses to conform to EDM genre demarcations – or any, for that matter.
"'Electronic Dance Music' is the most generic term, which doesn't apply to what I do," Vinter explains of the sound he's dubbed "complextro." "It's all about putting everything into one pot of musical ether. I don't have a rigid formula; my music manages to be comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time. I like breaking rules – that's where new stuff emerges." Indeed, this is not your grandmother's moombahton: 8-bit videogame soundtracks, trap, disco, house, electro, classical, '90s big-beat electronica – even '70s glam rock and '80s new wave finds its way into his sonic odysseys. "I like how a group like Queen is very theatrical and harmonized," Vinter says. "That epic feeling, plus the style of David Bowie, and the spunk of Prince – that's what I'm going for, but via dance music.
His fan base is as religious as his music is diverse. His live act is a live interactive set of music of his own creation, peppered with favorites, that never repeats from show to show. Each show it truly unique but tied together by his tendency to share his newest music with his fans. Savant wants to create the same feelings that early DJ's would evoke on their dance floors, that feeling of discovery and seeding the question, "WHAT SONG WAS THAT!? I NEED TO HAVE IT."
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Discussion in 'iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting' started by ForbiddenApple, Sep 19, 2014.
Just picked up my iPhone 6 and I noticed each time I take a picture in a bright room or I point at a bright object, like a light bulb, there's a bright green line on the picture. It's very annoying.
Is this a fault with my camera or do others have this issue too (ie. is it normal?) Any help would be appreciated.
Can you attach a photo so we can see what you mean? Sounds like you're just getting a flare from the light which is totally normal for cameras being pointed directly at light. As for the green effect, it all has to do with what the light source is and the lens itself - probably not a defect but give us a look.
Like I posted originally, I have no idea if this is normal or if it's a fault with my phone. I appreciate the help!
Thats not flare, it's something in the camera/sensor.
Does it happen in the same spot ?
I have the exact same problem on the iPhone 6 plus. So is this everyone experiencing this or some "lucky" folks only.
this reminds me of the iPhone 5 purple/green dot fiasco which indeed was glare hitting the camera lens or sensor in a strange way. many threads on this from back in the day.
I've done some more testing and it looks like it is some sort of flare. It only happens when the bright bulbs are in the picture, if I take a picture without a light bulb, then there's no dot. Also, going back to my ancient 4S' camera, it's there too (although not as conspicuous) and testing out my cousin's 5S, he has the same thing when the camera is pointed at a bright bulb.
It's annoying since it's quite visible but it doesn't look like there's a fault with my camera.
Actually if it is the filament in the lightbulb, then it's a reflection off of one of the elements or filters in side of the cameras lens. Like the double headlights at night you see in films.
If any one else can post photos of the problem that would be great.
I have the same direct light green dot issue. I did not have this problem with my 5. Camera is great in all other situations. Is there any solution to this problem beside not taking pics of direct light?
Looks like what happens when a laser damages the image sensor.
Same problem here? What to do? Await software update or take to Apple store?
Small lenses like the ones in our iPhone are very hard to protect from flare. It is quite common.
Hi there, just wondering if anyone found a solution to this problem? I just got an iPhone 6 and it's showing a green spot when I take a picture when pointing the lense directly at a light source. Thanks!
Use you free hand to "shade" lens. This should help but not fix lens flare. You can download a camera app to cover over the flare. All my suggestion are to help not expert fix.


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With One Month To Go, Team USA Is Excited About The Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018
Jan. 08, 2018, 5:56 p.m. (ET)
We're one month away from the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang! Hear from Team USA athletes as they share what they are looking forward to experiencing in South Korea. #ThankYouPyeongChang
Relive The Moment: Team USA WinterFest Meets The U.S. Figure Skating Championships In San Jose Jan. 08, 2018
Heather Bergsma Qualifies In Mass Start And Is An Olympic Medal Contender In All 4 Of Her Events Jan. 07, 2018
Brian Hansen Wins Mass Start At Speedskating Olympic Trials, Emery Lehman Named To Team Jan. 07, 2018
23-Year-Old Codie Bascue Punches Ticket To PyeongChang As Team USA's Top Four-Man Bobsled Driver Jan. 07, 2018
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