My last post highlighted the December/January Cook the Books selection, Feast of Sorrow by Crystal King.
I felt like I got bogged down in some of the cruelty and indulgences of the novel and did not allow myself to be inspired by the food.
Thrasius' tale is one of inspiration as well as King creates a character that triumphs against many odds and truly has the luck of the gods with him during his life journey. Born a slave in ancient Rome, Thrasius' cunning and talent in the kitchen allowed him to not only survive, but to also prosper. Despite all the pain and suffering that is around him, he finds love and happiness ultimately.
Chop leeks, coriander, (mix with) cumin, raisins, and flour. Put the mixture in the middle (of the beet leaves); tie up and (boil). Serve in a sauce of liquamen, oil and vinegar.
From these two references, I decided to create a salad using the flavors described. I added farro, an ancient grain, that Thrasius would have also had in his larder.
Use this dressing on any salad or drizzle on grilled chicken.
Toast coriander, cumin, and fennel seeds in a dry small skillet over medium heat, tossing, until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Let cool.
Place toasted spices in a spice blender and grind.
Place ground spices in a bowl with vinegar and mustard; whisk together. Drizzle in olive oil while whisking to incorporate. Season with salt and pepper.
Set dressing aside while you assemble the salad.
This recipe combines an ancient grain with beets, beet greens, leeks and herbs.
Heat olive oil in a small skillet and saute leeks until limp. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Add the roasted sliced beets, chopped beet greens, sauted leeks, raisins and parsley to the farro. Toss to combine.
Toss with the Spiced Vinaigrette. Serve. (Salad is better the next day.) Re-season if needed with salt and pepper.
This ancient inspired recipe is much better than the "authentic" honey cakes I made for the last Feast of Sorrow post. I don't know if Thrasius would have served this to Apicius as a gustatio and if Apicius would have approved; however, in our house, this salad will appear again.
I am linking up with Beth Fish Reads' Weekend Cooking.
I am the host for this round of Cook the Books. You can read the announcement post here. You still have a bit of time to participate. The deadline for Feast of Sorrow is January 31, 2018. Anyone can join in by reading the current selection, preparing a dish inspired by its contents, and writing about it. Let me know when your entry post is up by commenting on this post and/or sending me an email at eliotseats@gmail.com.
If you've run out of time to participate this month, please note that Simona (bricriole) is hosting The Discovery of Chocolate by James Runcie for February/March.
Look for her announcement post soon at Cook the Books. If you like historical fiction, this novel promises another excellent read, set during the time of discovery and Cortés' travels to the New World.
I'm again linking up with January's Foodies Read.
That beets and farro dish looks awesome. I just got this book from the library — I hope I get around to reading it before I have to return it.
I hope you like it. It has seemed to be a favorite with the CTB members thus far.
The salad sounds and looks great! I must try your spiced vinaigrette for my next salad.
I'm keeping that vinaigrette recipe in our repertoire. .
"Farro" seems to have quite a few meanings — I just read a couple of articles about all the different types of grain that have that name in various geographic locations. Really interesting. I haven't tried it, though I do use wheatberries which are similar. I'm always amused by the term "ancient grains" because in fact wheat is very, very ancient, and some of the ones that have this name are actually more recent. I guess "farro" is sort of in between.
Ha! Yes, wheat (and other grains) are very very ancient. Got to love marketing trends.
Another good pick for representation of this marvelous book! I'm looking forward to the roundup.
oThe salad sounds good, haven't had farro for a long time. The book, not really my kind of read. 🙂 Thanks for the recipe and review!
Thanks, Pam. It's a good book, though.
The beetroot and farro dish appeals and I would love it as my lunch to take into work. My husband would also approve. I am hoping to read more books this year, a change from cookbooks so may join in one day.
I hope you can join up one day. This is a good dish and could work with a lot of different vegetable combos.
Oooh, if you stuff some you must post it, Claudia!
This salad sounds wonderful Deb…I loved the novel even though it was at times cruel and sad…such was the life of the slaves.
I loved it, too, Wendy. It was just a dark tale. I guess it hit me hard because I connected with the characters so much.
I considered that recipe in Apicius as well, since I like beet greens a lot. I like how you let it inspire your salad recipe. Nice!
I need to revisit this salad with some kale and chard as I have a lot of it right now.


10th October 2018 marks World Mental Health Day. We are huge advocates of pushing for the conversation around mental health to always be open and kind. I suppose this blog post is one of the small ways in which we are able to contribute towards that.
"Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary." - J.M Barrie.
"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another." - Dickens.
"I'm not afraid of storms. I am learning how to sail my ship." - Louisa May Alcott.
"The world breaks everyone. Afterwards many are strong at the broken places." - Ernest Hemingway.
"Beware; I am fearless, and therefore powerful." - Mary Shelley.
"We need never be ashamed of our tears." - Dickens.
"Well now that we have seen each other, said the unicorn. If you believe in me, I'll believe in you." - Lewis Carroll.
"Happiness can be found in even the darkest times, if only one remembers to turn on the light." - J.K Rowling.
"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for." - J.R.R Tolkien.


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The Last Days of the Philippine Jeepney?
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Michael Beltran
Michael Beltran is an activist and musician from the Philippines.
It is less a question of modernity and more about profiting from the plight of millions under the disguise of 'progress.'
We have been hearing about it for a while. The jeepneys — iconic symbols of daily Filipino life — are set to be declared obsolete by the Duterte government. Previous administrations have talked a big game on this matter but now there is a terrifying feeling it could really happen.
The Jeepney phase-out plan aims to "modernize" the local public transportation system by ridding the streets of the timeless pimped-up rides for more eco-friendly electric jeeps (e-jeeps). Sounds good, right? The catch is, drivers and operators will shoulder the costs.
E-jeeps will cost 900,000 to 1.5 million pesos each (US$17,900 to US$29,800), and Euro 4 engine jeeps will cost up to 1.6 million pesos. Drivers and operators rely on the number of passengers per day, and on good days, drivers earn more or less the same amount as the current minimum wage of 481 pesos; on bad days, a driver can go home with just enough to buy rice for the night.
Transportation unions estimate that 650,000 drivers and 250,000 operators will be left unemployed along with the small businesses whose trades revolve around the unique automobile design and production of the jeepney. Moreover, millions of disenfranchised commuters will have to bite the bullet as the most accessible and common form of public transportation ceases.
Before seeing the world high up from buses, trains and planes, most Filipinos have early memories of riding a jeepney. Many will tell you that learning the routes at a young age were part of growing up. It is common small talk to ask, "How old were you when you got to ride on your own?"
From taking the cue from parents or elders to familiarizing oneself with the proper etiquette of a ride, riding jeepneys represents the most basic of human activities in the modern Filipino society. But the issue goes beyond gripping onto a collective nostalgia; at the heart of the phase-out is a national corporate takeover.
All too familiar
They did it to the trains, universities, roads, hospitals and so much more. Ordinary Filipinos are paying for past and current administrations' superficial perceptions of "modernization." According to a local survey conducted by the Social Weather Station during the final quarter of 2016, self-rated poverty is at an all-time low with an estimated 44 percent of Filipinos considering themselves poor.
Independent think tank IBON foundation reports that 66 million Filipinos are living on less than US$2.4 a day. Conversely, the net worth of the country's 40 richest Filipinos has grown by 14 percent in the last year.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is requiring all drivers and operators to have a minimum working capital of 7 million pesos and 20 e-jeeps in order to set up shop with their own franchise. Typically, a jeepney operator handles about one to three vehicles, costing 400,000 pesos each. A few operators can band together to form associations that are eligible to apply for accreditation as a franchise and are regulated as such.
Put simply, the phase-out plan will bury many Filipinos in debt by forcing associations to pay north of 400,000 pesos when they are struggling to scrape US$3 a day.
Who then gets to own a franchise? The same people or corporate entities who took the trains, schools and hospitals from the public domain. The government is pushing hard for the corporatization of our daily movements. At the end of its implementation, jeepneys will forever be confined solely to nostalgia.
Allergic to strike
In response, thousands of jeepneys led by some of the biggest transportation unions (PISTON, No to Jeepney Phase-out Coalition and Stop and Go) on Feb. 27 paralyzed urban areas across the nation. A significant number of major cities had reached full suspension of jeepney operations.
There was an overwhelmingly positive support for the strike. Students, teachers and concerned citizens rallied behind those on strike in various protest centers. A moving testimonial of support posted on Facebook by a student on scholarship at an elite school went viral. Her hard-working father drove jeepneys and slept inside the vehicle for years to put her through school. She called on the public to listen and not dismiss the demonstration's demands.
But many local media chose to highlight different angles, including stranded commuters whose day was thrown into disarray or businesses whose important transactions went on hold. Social media was also alight with crude sentiment that branded jeepneys as pollutants crowding the streets holding a futile strike. The DOTr took a swipe at the protesters as well, labeling them as against urban development and modernization.
But nobody is opposed to more eco-friendly vehicles. By taking this as the center of the discussion, the motives of the phase-out and the opportunity for less harmful options are not taken into account. The government supposes that drivers and operators unwilling to pay for modernization are automatically against any kind of innovation. This is ironic, since the government should not be asking them too. Accessible public transportation falls under state responsibility.
Administration officials and the DOTr know this. Their heads aren't purposefully narrow-minded; that it is less a question of modernity and more about profiting from the plight of millions under the disguise of "progress."
A day of transportation paralysis is a small price to pay to avoid the extinction of jeepneys. A few more strikes could change that.
Editor: Olivia Yang
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Marten Hulst (ca. 1931) is een Nederlands politicus van de CHU en later het CDA.

Hij was directeur van het bureau 'Stichting Kamp en Reiswerk' van de Vrijzinnig Christelijke Jeugdcentrale (VCJC). Daarnaast was hij vanaf eind 1967 lid van de gemeenteraad van Utrecht. In januari 1974 werd Hulst benoemd tot burgemeester van de gemeente Renswoude, wat hij tot midden 1996 zou blijven.

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Sara Milford: Choosing love means choosing hope
Love imagined leads to hope by SARA MILFORD Faith Matters | October 26, 2019 at 1:00 a.m.
In the Christian tradition, our commandments can be summed up in two: love God and love your neighbor. While the daily news seems to thrive on highlighting all the ways we fall short of loving one another, there are times when we get this "love" thing right as people in community.
Around Bentonville, the "Choose Love" signs display our school district's adoption of The Choose Love Enrichment Program, which will teach "educators and their students how to choose love in any circumstance and help them become connected, resilient and empowered individuals," according to the jesselewischooselove.org website. Jesse Lewis died in the Sandy Hook mass school shooting, and his mother Scarlett Lewis has dedicated herself to honoring her son's message of "Nurturing, Healing Love" that he left on a chalkboard in their kitchen. She has taken this message not only into schools but also into prisons. You can learn more not only by visiting the website but also by attending the Nov. 9 Choose Love Celebration from 10 a.m. to noon at Old High Middle School.
The fact that the program in its very name suggests one to "choose love" encourages me, and I hope it thrives among our children. Yet I also know that choosing love can be a risk and isn't always readily received.
Not far from one of the "Choose Love" signs in downtown Bentonville, the Confederate monument on the square stands tall, soon to be surrounded in holiday lights. During the farmers market this season, a concerted effort has been made to raise awareness that such a monument does not convey inclusivity for a community that prides itself on its diversity. More than 5,700 signatures on the petition to remove and relocate the statue agree. Interestingly, some people do not recognize the monument as a Confederate soldier, if they notice it at all. Others say they hadn't thought that the statue might be offensive, while still others hold fast that there's nothing wrong with such a monument. If we were to choose love collectively in our community, choosing the kind of love that connects and empowers everyone as radically and graciously as I believe God does, I wonder what kind of monument we would have in our town square. What could capture the spirit of inclusiveness that embraces all our neighbors across all nations and traditions?
There isn't one program or one sculpture that can convey true love the way that we can through our actions. Intentional acts done with empathy and compassion demonstrate not only that we believe in love but that we choose it. We don't get manuals on how to talk to our neighbors after a tornado or a car wreck, but we know these are tender moments, like so many others, when we reach out to one another. Seeking ways to reach out to one another and connect, preferably without first having to experience tragedy, we show that we value each other. Valuing someone else as much as we value ourselves; that's choosing love. We get love right when we choose it not solely because we are commanded to love but because we want to love.
When so much in our world careens toward seeming chaos and violence, moments affirming love help us imagine a world where beloved community is possible, and where there's imagination, there's hope. May we all choose love.
The Rev. Sara Milford serves as Vicar of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Bentonville. You can reach her at mothersara@allsaintsbentonville.org, especially if you'd like to meet up for coffee and a chat.
NAN Religion on 10/26/2019
Print Headline: Love is needed choice
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Q: Django Celery installation Error I'm been trying to install celery for a couple of days and the problem , I'm facing is . when I try to do manage.py syncd . I get the error message  .
C:\o\17\mysite>manage.py syncdb
Error: No module named djcelery

When I already successfully installed the celery using easy_install
 C:\o\17\mysite>easy_install django-celery
 Searching for django-celery
 Best match: django-celery 3.0.17
 Processing django_celery-3.0.17-py2.6.egg
 django-celery 3.0.17 is already the active version in easy-install.pth
 Installing djcelerymon script to C:\Python26\Scripts
 Installing djcelerymon-script.py script to C:\Python26\Scripts
 Installing djcelerymon.exe script to C:\Python26\Scripts
 Installing djcelerymon.exe.manifest script to C:\Python26\Scripts

 Using c:\python26\lib\site-packages\django_celery-3.0.17-py2.6.egg
      Processing dependencies for django-celery
 Finished processing dependencies for django-celery

I already set up my broker which is the django database i'm using.
BROKER_URL = 'django://'
I added djcelery to installed_app
INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',

    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
    'django.contrib.admin',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
    # 'django.contrib.admindocs',
    'pet',
        'kombu.transport.django',
'djcelery ',
)

I also added the following lines to my setting.py
 import djcelery
 djcelery.setup_loader()

I have experience in installing django plugins before , I just don't understand why this won't let me syncdb at cmd
What am I doing wrong? Can someone please help me :)

A: Try:
INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',

    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
    'django.contrib.admin',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
    # 'django.contrib.admindocs',
    'pet',
    'kombu.transport.django',
    'djcelery ',
)

A: I think the problem is with a space char at the end of djcelery in INSTALLED_APPS. Try to remove it and run syncdb again. Hope that helps.

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Rotary Youth Exchange student learns understanding and appreciation of another culture and the key to global citizenship, progress, and peace.
Improving quality of life. Rotary members founded the People for People Foundation, which has helped 10,000 families afford food, clothing, rent, utilities, medications, and other necessities.
Raising awareness of bullying. Rotaract clubs in the Philippines conduct antibullying campaigns in schools to teach children how to handle conflict peacefully from an early age.
Protecting domestic violence survivors and their families. The U.S. state of Louisiana has the fourth highest incidence of death caused by domestic violence. Local Rotary members met this issue by helping a shelter provide food, clothing, legal advocacy, and counseling to over 500 women in one year.
Promoting positive peace. Rotary has partnered with the Institute for Economics and Peace, an independent think tank and leader in the study of peace and conflict, to help address the root causes of conflict and create conditions that foster peace.
The Rotarian Action Group for Peace gives Rotary members resources and support to advance world peace and turn ambitious ideas into life-changing realities.
With your help, our foundation can promote peace through projects and education.
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Austin Baird | State of Alaska Nov 28, 2018.
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker approved the release of funds to complete the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process for the Ambler Mining District Access Project.
The decision does not approve new spending but instead allows the use of $3.6 million that was frozen by Administrative Order 271, signed by Governor Bill Walker and directing departments involved in several large-scale projects to cease all discretionary spending pending further review by the Office of Management and Budget.
The decision is in response to an August 24 request from the Alaska Industrial and Development Export Authority to release the funds. No additional state funding is expected to be needed for completion of the EIS process.


The Founder of Many Hands Community, David Many Hands Maloney, will join us to share about the programs offered through this unique local outreach project.
The Many Hands Community includes a land stewardship program and the Many Hands Community School (MHCS); a year-round program involving children, parents, & community members in education & multi-cultural programs, recreation, community improvement, & service activities. Incorporating elements of Social and Emotional Learning, Life-role Education and Community Awareness, education through Peace Village Curriculum, the traditional wisdom and the applied spirituality of the Native American Sacred Hoop teachings, this community offers a wealth of resources.
Currently, David is the President of Peace Village board of directors, the Founder, Executive Director and Manager of 'Many Hands Community' non-profit organization and teacher of Circles of Change curriculum at the Network Charter School.
David presently develops and coordinates community assistance and service learning opportunities. He is a dedicated educator with elementary, high school and university teaching experience, as well as experience in curriculum development. Thus far, he has been responsible as the Executive Director for the majority of the effort in establishing Many Hands Community non-profit: for the organization, structure, site development, and documentation. He holds a BA in Psychology and a Masters in Education in Counseling, Family and Human Services. He also holds a Not-For-Profit certificate from the Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management at the University of Oregon.
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Watch the Knife's New Concert Film
Live From Terminal 5 captures one of the duo's final shows
Photo by Alexa Vachon
The Knife's new live film, album, and photo book are out today, and you can watch the concert movie on YouTube. Check it out below. Shaking the Habitual: Live at Terminal 5 captures one of the Knife's "final" live performances, which took place behind their last album before calling it quits. The release arrives today in mainland Europe, via Rabid, but as previously reported, its international release is in jeopardy. Although it's streaming internationally, fans in North and South America, the UK, and Asia will not be able to buy physical or digital copies due to a dispute between the Knife and Brille, their label partner in those territories. Read more here.
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Home Celebrity 10 Celebrity Kids Who Won't Watch Their Parents' Movies
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Alexa PenaVega said. E! News that her three children don't like her big hit Spy Kids. Her children are big fans of one of the other children's favorite films of filmmaker Robert Rodriguez. The adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl. "Everyone thinks I am a Lavagirl. I am not a Lavagirl, I am my children. only see Sharkboy and Lavagirl' said Alexa. Spy Kids."
in an interview with Entertainment WeeklyBen Affleck has confessed to his best friend Matt Damon that his kids don't watch his movies except for movies. Armageddon. "It's funny because it's one of my kids' movies. Even if they mock me and me relentlessly, they'll all admit they like it. 'What are you, driving a tank on the moon?' But they had fun, you know what I mean, they won't even look Town. So you have it."
Regarding Matt Damon, he said: CBS Sunday morning His teenage daughter loves to keep him humble. "My 15-year-old refuses to see. [Good Will Hunting]'" Matt said. "She doesn't want to see a movie she thinks I'll like."
Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter "thinks it strange" to see her on screen. in an interview with people, Guinness admitted, "my kids never saw me in a movie." "I mean, I think my son saw it. Ironman But I don't think my daughter has ever seen me in a movie."
Adam Sandler said Ellen DeGeneres His children begged him to watch his films so that they could understand all the inner jokes people shout at him, but after seeing them, he quickly changed the song. "You type in about 20 minutes and you see what you hear and you hear it," says Adam. "They are nervous to talk, but [they're] 'Can I see something else?'
when good morning america When asked what the kids' favorite movies are, Ben Stiller candidly said, "They saw my movies. museum night." He has a handful of great family comedies, but "You don't want your parents begging your kids to watch your movies. But I think they will come when they come."
at the premiere DifferentKate Winslet admits BBC News Her previous films weren't the kids' cup of tea. "To be honest, they've never actually seen what I actually did. they saw half giant, But that was about it."
in an episode of Watch live with Andy Cohen, A viewer asked Reese Witherspoon if he could let kids watch it. cruel intentions. She said, "I'm not interested in seeing me in the movies. It's weird. It's weird to them. They're like, this is weird. Especially like watching me and their dad having sex in a movie…"
during an interview about jungle cruise In ~ Living with Kelly and Ryan, Emily Blunt spoke about what her daughters were looking forward to in one of their first films. "Interestingly, this was the only trailer they saw multiple times. They generally weren't interested in seeing me on the screen. Jungle Cruise."
Co-parents Courteney Cox and David Arquette additional Their daughter Coco couldn't have been less interested in their films. "She saw some. scream One… She doesn't like to see everything we do… I will make her open her eyes and see… ."
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CB Chng (right), executive director at Logan Property Singapore, collecting the award for Best Private Condo Development at the recent gala dinner.
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A trio of shining stars in Singapore's first satellite town are connecting condo living in the suburbs with nature-inspired lifestyle experiences, with the development of two 40-storey towers and a 38-storey tower that make up Stirling Residences. Logan-Nanshan's forest-themed Queenstown development, with 1,259 units set in a close to 230,000 sq ft plot, is an imaginative ambition. With 18 sky terraces and two roof gardens, Stirling Residences will take residents "between the sky above and the earth below".
Upon completion in 2021, Stirling Residences will boast panoramic city, sea and green views with 80 facilities spread across three forest zones. Meanwhile, Logan-Nanshan are proud to be Best Private Condo Development winners at the 8th annual PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Singapore) in October 2018, with the architectural and interior design talents of P&T Consultants and landscaping by Ecoplan Asia creating a winning combination.
It is the concept of integrating a condo development on high ground with a green-retreat design influence which extends to the outdoors that impressed the judging panel. "Stirling Residences is a contemporary and luxurious interpretation of tropical architecture with its elevated units, extensive landscaping and sky gardens. An impressive addition to the skyline with special attention given to minimise overlooking," commented Kristin Thorsteins, one of this year's judges and vice president of development, East and South Asia & Pacific at Club Med. "Stirling Residences stood out with its preservation of existing mature rain trees and its integration of landscaping with a children's nursery."
The verdant Tropical Forest of Stirling Residences promises pools, ponds, a tennis court, hammock lawn, pavilions, a meditation park, steam room, kids' club, and more. The Fern Forest, a relaxing oasis, is offering a stargazing lawn, ponds, decks, playgrounds, fitness facilities, a stream, putting green, trekking hill, and more. The tranquil haven of the rainforest area is designed to be inviting with massage facilities, a cabana club, rainforest track, aqua foot reflexology, a teppanyaki grill pavilion, water wall feature, hillside greenery, canopy walk, and more.
Softscaping and landscaping that use the land's existing contours are adopted by Logan-Nanshan to create a sense of fluidity between the architecture and the landscape that are carefully thought out at Stirling Residences, with design elements and furnishings harmonising with the purposeful ambiance of relaxed, resort-style living at home. Stirling Residences is a residential complex designed to act as a counterbalance to city life, with a concierge service too. These carefully crafted facilities are strategically placed within the site so that residents can, for example, look out to a grand 50-metre lap pool from the function room.
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J.T. Lane, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Population Health and Innovation, explains how public health has a unique opportunity to modernize its data systems to prepare for the next crisis in a preview of the upcoming Public Health Tech Xpo; Ioana...
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J.T. Lane, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Population Health and Innovation, explains how public health has a unique opportunity to modernize its data systems to prepare for the next crisis in a preview of the upcoming Public Health Tech Xpo; Ioana Ungureanu, ASTHO'S Senior Analyst for Public and Behavioral Health Integration, discusses how ASTHO and a national group of educators are working to identify strategies to help lower stress in young people; Isolation and quarantine orders are reviewed in a new ASTHO blog article; and Dr. Umair Shah, Secretary of Health in Washington, joins a panel discussion today on the impact of the pandemic on the public health workforce.
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This is Public Health Review Morning Edition for Thursday, April 28th, 2022. I'm Robert Johnson.
Now, today's news from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
Public health needs to quickly modernize its data systems to prepare for the next crisis. The pandemic has created an opportunity to do that, raising unprecedented awareness and providing new funding.
ASTHO's J.T. Lane says public health professionals can learn more at this year's ASTHO Public Health TechXpo, planned for May 10th and 11th online. He makes the pitch in today's morning conversation.
What's the goal of the TechXpo?
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We want to provide a platform for the public health community, the governmental public health community, technology and data vendors, all of the other professional services, firms, nonprofit community, think tanks to come together to have a meaningful dialogue about the future of public health data systems and technology.
We have sort of been in a place over the last few decades where our systems have been siloed due to funding and policies and sharing information across various jurisdictions, and that's created over a pretty complex data ecosystem in the U S. And so, we're at a point because of the pandemic that we want to really start moving aggressively with plans that we were making before the pandemic to modernize the country's public health data infrastructure.
So, we want to provide a forum for all of those public and private sector leaders to discuss the status of the pandemic and the role technology and data solutions play in the response; and also, provide a space for all of those leaders to plot the course for modernizing the nation's public health data technology infrastructure over the next decade, because this is going to be a long-term effort.
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Why would someone want to attend this event?
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Well, I first would say I want to acknowledge our supporters. Because of the generous support of our sponsors, public health professionals, and those in the public sector with a .mil or.gov or.edu, and the media can register at no charge. So, that's maybe the first reason those individuals want to attend—that it's free.
As I've mentioned, data modernization is a multi-year complex effort, and we need everyone at the table. It's not just public health expertise that's needed for this to be successful. We need the best technology expertise—the best engineers, developers, and solutions architects—and we need healthcare providers and their insights at the table as well. And so, we have speakers and leaders and agency heads from ONC, CDC, HHS, state public health officials and their agency technology leaders; tech firms like Google Health, Amazon, Microsoft, as well as smaller vendors like WellSky, STChealth, RSM; as well as professional consulting firms like McKinsey, Guidehouse, and many others that are going to be part of the conversation on day one and day two.
And so, it's a really good mix of experts and organizations that we're going to need to move forward. And I don't think anybody's going to want to miss what any of these leaders have to say to contribute to the conversation.
What should attendees expect to take away from this event?
First off, as I mentioned before, data modernization is a complex multi-year effort, and I think that we're coming out of the speed and multifaceted mode of the COVID-19 responses. And so, it's time for everyone to sort of reflect and get a greater awareness of this massive effort that's underway in public health.
And then secondly, states are already engaged in their modernization assessments and planning actions now, so it's a good time for others to get engaged and walk away with clear concrete actions and ways that we're moving forward as a community and how everyone else can get involved and get engaged if they're not already.
You can sign up for the TechXpo using the link in the show notes.
Tomorrow, Lane tells us more about the agenda for the event.
America's young people are dealing with a concerning amount of stress, largely the result of the pandemic. ASTHO and a national group of educators work together to offer strategies to address these concerns.
ASTHO's Ioana Ungureanu cites one example included in the report.
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So, one of the examples that we're going to highlight during the webinar as well is from Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention—which is the department of health for the state of Maine.
And what they've really done is a data-driven action approach. So, they're collecting data from all schools, and they're looking at both the risk factors, but also protective factors for behavioral health issues. So, everything from why youth matter to their schools, do they have protective environments, do they have protective adults in their life.
So, that's been really key for them to build their resiliency programs in their states, and to make sure that they're working with their local and state partners to make sure that youth feel like they matter in their communities. And that's been really key to this work.
A webinar explaining the new report is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Eastern time today. There is a link to the event in the show notes.
Isolation and quarantine orders are reviewed in a new ASTHO blog article. It provides a brief history of these public health tools and examines recent attempts to limit their use—at least four states passed laws in 2021 to modify these authorities.
Read the article using the link in the show notes.
Finally today, there's a discussion this afternoon on the impact of the pandemic on the public health workforce. It's all part of a summit hosted by Government Executive, Nextgov, and Route Fifty. Dr. Umair Shah from Washington state is on the panel.
You can watch the event using the link in the show notes.
Before we go, we want to remind you to follow the show on your podcast app. And if you're on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn, we'd love a shout out.
That'll do it for today's newscast. We are back tomorrow morning with more ASTHO news and information.
I'm Robert Johnson. You're listening to Public Health Review Morning Edition. Have a great day.
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HBS Professor Teresa Amabile's in-house study of creativity at a high-tech Fortune 500 firm took on new implications when the company began a significant reduction in the size of its global workforce. Expanding the research to measure changes in the creative environment during and after the layoffs, Amabile and colleague Regina Conti of Colgate University showed that downsizing can have surprising effects on the creativity of remaining employees and the company's strategic position in the marketplace.
Not long ago, the senior management of a leading high-tech company was surprised to learn that research showed their R&D groups' creative performance to be in a prolonged slump following a corporate downsizing. The company's executives fretted that many of the new products they had been counting on to drive sales over the next few years might not be forthcoming.
Corporate downsizing is hardly anything new. Indeed, in recent years it has often been management's tool of choice for improving competitiveness. Ironically, new research by HBS Professor Teresa Amabile suggests that creativity, a vital weapon in the competitive arsenal of most organizations, may be seriously handicapped by the very action intended to increase a company's competitive position.
Amabile has been studying creativity in the workplace for some 25 years. "It's not just the likes of high-tech and pharmaceutical firms that rely on creativity," she says. "Today's fast-changing global markets place increased pressure on companies of every kind to continuously create new products, services, and competitive strategies if they are to survive and prosper. I've come to realize that firms in any industry do better, all else being equal, when they are able to harness creativity."
During the course of her research, Amabile has discovered several factors that influence creativity in organizations, factors that either inspire or stifle the creative process. Stimulants include workplace autonomy, challenging assignments, adequate resources, supportive work groups, management that places a premium on creativity, and project leaders who understand the creative process and have strong communications skills. At the other end of the spectrum are a slew of barriers to creativity. According to Amabile, many organizations unwittingly construct impediments by fostering an atmosphere where turf battles are commonplace, where fresh ideas are negatively criticized, and where everything new is viewed with suspicion.
Since much of Amabile's research prior to 1993 had been done under controlled laboratory conditions, she was eager to confirm her findings in a real-world setting. That opportunity came when a Fortune 500 high-tech electronics firm agreed to an in-house study that would measure factors affecting creativity within their many R&D groups.
Amabile and Professor Regina Conti of Colgate University designed a study to compare the work environments surrounding two distinct sets of projects, one producing a much higher level of creativity than the other. Implementation of the initial research (which was funded by Lehigh University's Center for Innovation Management Studies while Amabile was on the faculty of Brandeis University) entailed a survey using a previously developed and tested questionnaire. In exchange for the company's willingness to open its doors to the project, Amabile offered to provide management with an assessment of the company's creative environment, a step that was to have unexpected significance later.
"Our primary findings confirmed what we had learned through controlled experimentation," Amabile explains. "The stimulants to creativity were significantly stronger among projects the respondents had categorized as 'highly creative,' while the factors that dampen creativity were found to be higher among projects classified as 'least creative.'"
Soon after completing this work, Amabile learned that the company was planning an 18 percent reduction in its global work force of more than thirty thousand employees. Hypothesizing that a downsizing of such magnitude could have a very negative impact on the firm's creative environment, Amabile and Conti obtained the company's permission to conduct three more waves of research to measure changes in the creative environment during and after the layoffs.
Extending over eighteen months, the downsizing changed the size of each work group differently, reports Amabile. While some units were decimated, others were only slightly affected, and still others expanded their ranks, perhaps the result of consolidation. "The additional research," she explains, "enabled us to distinguish between the effects of anticipated versus experienced downsizing as the event rippled through the firm's various work groups. Surprisingly, it was anticipated downsizing that proved more demoralizing to the creative process." In addition, work groups whose stability had been disrupted by substantial changes in membership during the downsizing had poorer work environments and lower levels of creative behavior than those that remained stable amidst the chaos. Overall, lower creativity resulted from the degraded work environment that followed the downsizing.
The study also found that the creative environment, and creativity itself, remained depressed four months after the layoffs had been completed. To corroborate this conclusion, Amabile and Conti compared how many invention disclosures had been filed by employees before and during the downsizing. They discovered that the numbers had declined significantly during the event. "Either creative thinking was in fact lower," Amabile says, "or employees were withholding the results of their efforts for possible use after leaving the company. Neither situation boded well for the organization's future." Caught completely off guard, the management team quickly implemented a series of corrective measures.
While more research remains to be done, Amabile believes that what has been learned to date has several important implications for executives. First, she says, if downsizing is a necessity, managers must understand the long-term impact on creative output and do everything possible to expedite the process and return the operation as soon as possible to a stable work environment. Second, while downsizing is under way, managers need to open and maintain wo-way communication with their employees, especially those in highly creative roles. Finally, it helps to keep work groups intact and informed of corrective procedures.
"We were fortunate to have had the chance to observe and measure changes in a real workplace during a very adverse period," Amabile concludes. "This opportunity was especially rare because, by coincidence, we had previously completed a company-wide assessment that later became a baseline for the next stages of our research. What amazed everyone was the long negative impact of the layoffs. Managers must recognize the implications of that for their employees and for their competitive position in the marketplace."
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Despite living in the age of e-mail, wireless networks, smartphones, and tablets, many small businesses are still beholden to paper. There are a variety of reasons for this. Often, it's the other businesses or government agencies that you interface with that demand paper forms or faxes. Sometimes, it's just that old habits die hard.
However, there are software solutions to some old paper problems that don't require the network infrastructure of a large corporation. And making a small technology investment now could save your business a bundle long-term — not to mention reducing its wasteful reliance on paper products.
1. NitroPDF
We mostly see PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) files as immutable documents — the opposite of an editable MS Word file. But PDFs are actually extremely versatile, and can be edited, graphically manipulated, and used as fillable forms — if you have the right software.
The standard in PDF editing software, Adobe Acrobat, will run you $299 for an individual license, but there are alternatives. One of them is NitroPDF, an extremely powerful editor that starts at $99 for a single license. With it, you can easily create PDF forms that clients can view and complete with standard software, like Adobe reader and most web browsers. You can also edit existing PDF documents without resorting to printing and white-out.
Another great paper-saving feature is the built-in and extremely stable PDF printer driver. Instead of sending that important e-mail or Web site to your laserjet, select Nitro's printer option and generate a full-color PDF that you can archive digitally on your hard drive and in the cloud (more on that below).
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On the topic of PDF printing, if you don't need the full editing suite that comes with NitroPDF, but you're looking for a way to render important documents such as PDFs, check out PDF995. It's a PDF printer driver, plain and simple — no user interface or controls. Simply install it and it will add a PDF option to the print menu of all your applications.
A PDF printer driver is an excellent way to digitally render invoices, graphic mock-ups, and long text documents that you'd like clients to read, but not change — all without ever touching a piece of paper or a scanner.
PDF995 is free, but it is ad supported. Whenever you generate a PDF, a small pop-up window will appear in your default browser, which you can simply close when the file is done rendering. It may take a few seconds of your time for each one, but it's a small drawback for an excellent free product.
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In the words of Michael Scott from NBC's comedy The Office, "Fax? Why don't you just send it over on a dinosaur?"
Indeed, there is little excuse for using a fax machine in 2010, but many businesses do so because other businesses they correspond with, including the U.S. government especially, still rely on the technology. Your business can break this vicious cycle (and save piles of paper in the process) by switching your fax number over to an e-mail conversion service.
Setting up an account will assign a new fax number, ideally in your business's area code, and use a web or e-mail interface to send and receive faxes as PDF files. New faxes will come directly to your inbox instead of that paper-spewing fail machine in the break room.
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Rates and features vary between services, so investigating how much faxing you plan to do each month is worthwhile. Additionally, if you already host your website and/or business e-mail with GoDaddy.com, they offer an integrated fax to e-mail feature for an added monthly fee.
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One of them is EchoSign, a feature-rich and user friendly service for generating and archiving digital contracts. If you're already working with a paper version of your business agreement, simply upload it to EchoSign and enter the recipient's e-mail address. They will receive a copy of the document with a link where they can e-sign. The executed contract is stored in your EchoSign account for reference. The software is completely web-based, so there's nothing to install, and you can access your documents from any Internet connection.
EchoSign has a scalable pricing model, starting with a free account that lets one user gather up to five signatures per month, through unlimited signature accounts with multiple users, starting at $40 per month.
Besides saving paper, the speed at which your business can execute binding agreements via e-mail should be enough to make you part ways with the old mail and ink system.
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Even if your company has gone digital in a number of paper-centric areas, perhaps the over-arching challenge, especially for small businesses, is archiving your records and files.
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Depending on the volume of your existing paper records, it may not be cost effective to digitize older files. But if you start fresh by printing to PDF instead of paper going forward, you can create your web-accessible archive with a number of services, including these highly recommended ones:
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De Paviljoensgracht is een rond 1900 gedempte gracht in de oude binnenstad van Den Haag. Er bevinden zich aan deze gracht een aantal bijzondere en monumentale panden. De straat heeft te maken met een druk autoverkeer en vormt tegenwoordig onderdeel van de parkeerroute. De gracht was vroeger verbonden met de (Dunne) Bierkade.

Spinoza
Een van de beroemdste bewoners van de gracht was Spinoza. Het Spinozahuis, waar hij de laatste jaren van zijn leven woonde en in 1677 overleed, is op nummer 72. Het is herkenbaar aan de rode luiken. Op de middenpad, tussen de bomen, staat een standbeeld van Spinoza. Spinoza was een Nederlands filosoof en denker.

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Aan de Paviljoensgracht 51-125 is het Heilige Geesthofje uit het begin van de 17de eeuw. Om een bijna vierkante tuin heen staan negentien dubbele huisjes, elk met een trapgevel. Bij de toegangspoort is de Regentenkamer van het hofje, die pas in 1647 werd gebouwd.

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Op nummer 18 was een klein theater met 72 zitplaatsen, de naam staat op de gevel. Het pand stond een tijdje leeg voordat het in 2009 verkocht werd aan de WOM (Wijkontwikkelingsmaatschappij) die het opknapte en nu verhuurt aan een oud-papierwinkel aldaar.

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Tussen 1906 en 1926 reed tramlijn 6 (Station HS-Vaillantlaan-Om en Bij-Herderstraat-Spui-Plein) in één richting (richting Plein) over de Paviljoensgracht. In de andere richting werd via Gedempte Gracht-Herderstraat gereden. Toen in 1926 de Grote Marktstraat geopend werd verhuisde lijn 6 daarheen.

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Computer memory capacity has expanded greatly, allowing machines to access data and perform tasks very quickly, but accessing the computer's central processing unit, or CPU, for each task slows the machine and negates the gains that a large memory provides.
To counteract this issue, which is known as a memory wall, computers use a cache, which is a hardware component that stores recently accessed data that has already been accessed so that it can be accessed faster in the future. Song Jiang, an associate professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, is using a three-year, $345,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore how to make better use of the cache by allowing programmers to directly access it in software.
"Efficient use of a software-defined cache allows quick access to data along with large memory. With memory becoming more expansive, we need to involve programmers to make it more efficient. The programmer knows best how to use the cache for a particular application, so they can add efficiency without making the cache a burden," Jiang said.
Jiang's grant is an example of data-driven discovery, one of four themes of UTA's Strategic Plan 2020: Bold Solutions | Global Impact, according to Computer Science and Engineering Department Chair Hong Jiang.
"As we ask our computer systems to work with increasingly large data sets, speed becomes an issue. Dr. Jiang's work could provide a breakthrough in how software developers approach software-derived caches and, as a result, make it easier and less time-consuming to analyze big data," Hong Jiang said.


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The Public Investment Corporation (PIC), the largest investor on the JSE, has strongly endorsed the push for mandatory rotation of audit firms by voting against the reappointment of audit firms at JSE-listed companies where there has been a 10-year plus relationship.
The PIC's voting results for annual general meetings (AGMs) held during the December quarter show it voted against the reappointment of auditors at 14 of the 40 AGMs it attended.
This means mandatory rotation of auditors is now at the top of the PIC's hit list of corporate governance issues, along with independence of directors and flawed remuneration policies.
Resolutions to reappoint auditors at Distell, Impala Platinum, Group Five, Imperial Holdings, Northam Platinum, Clover, MMI Holdings, Harmony, Kap International, Woolworths, African Rainbow, Aspen Pharmaceutical, Blue Label and Spur all received a thumbs down from the PIC.
In no instance did the PIC's vote result in an audit firm not being reappointed.
Chris Logan of Opportune Investments said on Friday that while he had sympathy for the view of Remgro CEO Johann Rupert that auditors needed time to become familiar with a company's operation, he also felt increasing concern about the need for independence.
"The issues around the Guptas and KPMG do raise concerns about independence," he said.
In early June 2017, the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (Irba) issued a rule prescribing that after 10 years listed companies had to implement mandatory audit firm rotation with effect from April 1 2023.
Ahead of that implementation date the resolution relating to the approval of an auditor is an ordinary one, which means a 50% plus one share vote against could block reappointment.
However, substantial blocs of other shareholders would have to back the PIC in such a vote as in most cases its stake is from 5% to 10%. The exception is Distell, in which the PIC lifted its stake to almost 28% two months after the October 2016 AGM.
Reflecting its dominant position in the South African market PwC was the audit firm that received the most "no" votes from the PIC. Research recently released by Irba revealed that PwC was the largest audit firm by far in terms of clients. It audits 48% of companies on the JSE. Deloitte comes second with 22%, EY audits 14% and KPMG audits 12%.
These same four firms dominate the global industry after years of consolidation both locally and internationally.
The research revealed that audit tenure frequently lasted several decades.
Although there is no reference to audit firm rotation in its proxy policy, the PIC began to take a position on the matter in the September 2016 quarter, which coincided with Irba raising it as a governance issue.
The approach may be too new for consistency from the country's largest fund manager.
On Friday, the PIC did not provide an explanation as to why it did not vote against the reappointment of PPC's auditor Deloitte despite its 15-year tenure. Lewis' auditor PwC also escaped despite its 26-year relationship with the company.
Legal Securities, which always recommends that shareholders vote against reappointing auditors after nine years, said mandatory rotation brought SA in line with global best practice.
The AGM voting results show that the PIC continued to take a firm stand against directors it deemed to lack independence and remuneration policies that were inconsistent with best practice or that did not contain sufficient detail.


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Funded under Axis 3, through Lagan Rural Partnership, the project has resulted in a larger kitchen area, additional toilet and staff office that offers privacy for parents and staff to meet.


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The Television Critics Association (TCA) announced today the winners of the organization's 38TH Annual TCA Awards, recognizing the absolute best television offerings from the 2021-2022 season. The winners were selected by the TCA's membership of more than 200 TV journalists from across the United States and Canada. The awards were announced virtually, due to concerns over the latest COVID strain.
ABC's first-year public school sitcom "Abbott Elementary'' made the grade as the night's top winner with four victories. The series took home some of the TCA's highest honors including Individual Achievement In Comedy for series creator, producer, writer, and star, Quinta Brunson; as well as Outstanding Achievement In Comedy, Outstanding New Program, and the prestigious Program Of The Year Award.
Other winners include "This Is Us" star Mandy Moore, who earned the award for Individual Achievement In Drama; acclaimed Disney+ rock doc "The Beatles: Get Back," which won the Outstanding Achievement In News And Information Award; CBS' globe-hopping smash "The Amazing Race," which shared Outstanding Achievement In Reality Programming with HBO Max's glam favorite "Legendary;" the surreal Netflix comedy "I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson," which left with Outstanding Achievement In Variety, Talk, Or Sketch; Hulu's gripping opioid epic "Dopesick," which scored the award for Outstanding Movie, Miniseries Or Specials; HBO's media dynasty hit "Succession," which took home Outstanding Achievement In Drama; and the Netflix adaptation "The Baby-Sitter's Club," which pocketed Outstanding Achievement In Youth Programming for the second-consecutive year.
Today The Television Critics Association (TCA) announced the winners of the organization's 37th Annual TCA Awards, honoring exceptional programs and performances from the 2020-2021 television season.
Winners were selected by the TCA's membership of more than 200 professional TV critics and journalists from across the United States and Canada, who each cast their votes to determine top standouts from a diverse roster of stars and series. Featured categories included Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Reality Programming, Individual Achievement in Drama, Outstanding Achievement in News and Information, Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch, and Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming, as well as the prestigious Heritage Award and Career Achievement Award, among others.
2021 TCA Award nominees
Today The Television Critics Association (TCA) announced the nominees for the organization's 37TH Annual TCA Awards. The 2021 TCA Awards showcase a diverse roster of TV content across a wide array of platforms and genres, spotlighting outstanding creators, series, and stars of the 2020-2021 TV season. More than 200 TCA members, professional television critics and journalists from the United States and Canada, nominate programming available on broadcast, cable and streaming outlets
The TCA presents awards in 13 distinct categories, honoring outstanding achievements in drama, comedy, miniseries, youth, news and information, reality, and variety, sketch or talk shows, among others. Categories have been expanded this year to feature a total of eight nominees each, with the exception of "Outstanding Achievement In Variety, Talk Or Sketch," which has nine. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TCA will forego its formal in-person presentation once again. Winners will instead be announced at a later date.


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With a name like Cloud 9, it's hardly surprising that this spectacular 74m from CRN dominated the last Monaco Yacht Show.
Spread over five decks and one sub-deck, Cloud 9 showcases truly imposing volumes that lend her a sense of extreme dynamism. The ever-reliable Studio Zuccon International Project has crafted a system of effortlessly balanced lines that imbue her with a sleek, aerodynamic beauty.
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A little bit of subterfuge on the designers' part also adds to the impression: the superstructure's surfaces angle inward as it rises, lightening the volumes without detracting in the slightest from the yacht's imposing stance.
"It was only when she was actually being launched that I realised just how much more aesthetically striking she was than we had envisaged at the design stage," explains architect Gianni Zuccon, adding:"I think that's one of the biggest compliments you can give a boat".
Unfolding from its modern yet timeless exterior design, Cloud 9's layout seems purposely crafted to ensure that her guests enjoy both the boat and sea in complete freedom.
She also brims with technology – its presence, although pervasive, is subtle and cleverly hidden from view.
All the onboard audio, video, entertainment and lighting systems, for example, were custom-created by Videoworks and integrated into structures and furnishings.
Cloud 9's Revolution Acoustics SSP6 speakers will vibrate any surface they are installed into and unleash a three-dimensional sound that is equalised by a DPS audio processor to suit the particular space and even the surrounding material.
Videoworks is also responsible for the comprehensive onboard security, bandwidth management and server farm systems which can be remotely controlled. Many and varied solutions allow clients to control navigation speed, fuel consumption as well as to enjoy the full potential of the entertainment systems.
The interiors and guest areas are the work of Winch Design. One of the main access is on the lower deck, where a teak-panelled lounge with wave-like inlays has been thought to create a sense of continuity between exterior and interior.
On the same deck are also the galley, the crew quarters and two garages, of which the portside garage opens onto a 25sqm sea-level platform.
The beach club of over 60 sqm extends from the transom, that becomes a large lounge area of 100 sqm including the interior bar and the living area. Upstairs, the main deck hosts a large open-plan saloon to the stern and six guest cabins.
The day and night quarters are separated by a spa area with a terrace. The upper deck is comprised of the very versatile dining area, creating a unique large area with the panoramic saloon, designed to give guests an indoor-outdoor experience, thanks to sliding glass doors that open up 120°. The VIP suite has a majestic sweep of opening glass at the side too.
The wheelhouse is flanked by the captain's cabin cabin, a forward lounge area with sofas and a relaxation space that can be shaded from the sun by a bimini top.
One of Cloud 9's most delightful and attractive features is her fourth deck: a massive 400 sqm of space dedicated entirely to the owner and complete with multimedia room and private terrace. The sun deck is really the only traditional deck aboard, with conventional sun beds and Jacuzzi.
All of Cloud 9's interiors are awash with oak, in various finishes and colours. Warm neutrals have been selected for the furnishings on all decks with touches of navy blue lifting them.
The detailing is exclusive but never showy, with striking artwork on display. Particularly beautiful are the 3D porcelain panel by Fenella Elms above the sofa in the saloon and the two Vortex sculptures by Tim Royall that flank it.
And what to say about of the fresco adorning the two aft walls on the upper deck, depicting dreamy skies filled with puffy clouds? Or the bas-relief decoration with its leaf motif in the ower suite? Cloud 9 is a very special, exclusive yacht. But she doesn't shout about it.
The only exceptions being the Star Wars character name plates on the cabin doors. Such is the owner's passion for the saga that the triumphant notes of George Lucas masterpiece's theme song were even used for Cloud 9's launch. A day when her owner's family surely was on cloud nine.
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