Three full weeks down and another half to go - and sorry to disappoint anyone who is waiting for me to trip up here but nope, still going to plan!
Shopping last week was done as a spur of the moment decision in Morrisons after MrEH came home from putting fuel in his car with a voucher for 2000 extra "Morrisons More" points on a £20 shop. This is worth £2 so is a decent saving on a shop of that level - it's nice to find a supermarket that are happy to reward those of us who don't spend £40 - £50 every week! As I think I've mentioned before I'm quite a fan of Morrisons and would very much like to have one more locally to us - their quality is good, I like their ethics regarding stocking British meat, and also the less popular cuts. They also make a point of trying to sell off as many parts of the animals as they can with things like Pork Cheeks and lamb bones that you don't always find the other mainstream supermarkets offering. The sustainability of this really appeals to me. Our shopping list and meal plan was all in place and the shopping came to £20.38. The usual weekly visit to Aldi was also made - £2.54 in there, and unusually a second visit there the following day when I remembered that we needed bread flour - well worth making a special trip as they sell for 65p a bag while ThaT supermarkeT want £1 a bag for the same amount! So an additional £1.95 for the three bags I bought, making our full weekly shopping bill £24.87 - not bad at all! I suspect we will be using Morrisons next week also as I got given a till-spit for a further 2000 extra points so am keen to use that!
The weekend was a quiet and low-spend one for us aside from the shopping. I went for a run on Saturday afternoon but then spent the rest of the day at home, and after a delicious roast dinner on Sunday we headed out on foot for a walk across country to a local pub for just a couple of beers each. it was a lovely if slightly muddy walk exploring a few places locally that we'd heard about but never seen on the way, and we walked back round the road as it was dark by the time we left the pub! It was really nice to have a day where we didn't use either car at all!
I mentioned the roast dinner - this used the Pork Loin Joint from the "Heartier" meat box I bought a few weeks ago. I'm happy to recommend Heartier to anyone - so far the stuff we've had from them has always been great quality and a not at all unreasonable price for the products too. The loin also gave us enough leftovers that we had a tasty stir-fry from it on Wednesday evening - I just tear the cold meat into chunks or strips and then cook off lightly in a wok before adding the veggies and some cooked noodles. The other really tasty meal we had over the weekend was home made pizzas - and these are incredibly frugal as well! I use the bread machine for the dough as it does a far better job of kneading than I ever will. For variation this time I used garlic infused rapeseed oil in the mix and also threw in some dried basil as well - the small as it was rising was heavenly! I then flipped the risen dough out, knocked it back lightly and divided it into two, then each piece into 2 again. 2 portions were popped into bags to go into the freezer and the other two were pressed out to form nice thin bases which crisp up beautifully. For the sauce I use a mixture of 50% ketchup with 50% tomato puree which gives a nice mix of sweetness and tomatoeyness (is that a word?) and also spreads easily onto the uncooked bases. From there it's as simple as choosing your toppings - this time we went for a few thinly sliced mushrooms, the remains of a pack of bacon from the freezer and also from the freezer some of the slices of pepperoni that were given to me when we had toasties for lunch in the office a few weeks back. I then scattered the tops with a ripped up ball of T's value mozzarella (always rip, never slice, as that way you get a great variation in thickness on the pieces and it goes far further across your pizza too!) The pizzas were then popped into a moderately hot oven along with a pack of Aldi Garlic butter doughballs (I *think* I paid 69p for these and they were every bit as tasty as the more premium brands!) and taken out when the bases were crisp on the edges and the cheese had started to bubble and brown. Gorgeous!
- Accommodation booked for a planned few days away later in the year. We weighed up a holiday-let -v- a budget hotel and in the end found a holiday let for the same price - this will save us money as it's got its own parking (Hotel would have meant another £22 in parking costs) AND will mean that we can prepare our own breakfasts and packed lunches for the days we're there rather than having to rely on eating out for all our meals.
I mentioned that trip away above - and this has been the main thrust of our financial planning this week, in fact. We have a bit of a plan to try to visit as many RSPB reserves across the country as we can manage, and there were a couple up north that have been fixtures on our "to do" list for a while now - Bempton Cliffs and Blacktoft Sands. We've found accommodation a short drive from both reserves, and are planning to loop in catching up with a friend while up there as well as visiting a favourite pub which I've used a lot but MrEH has not yet made it to, on the way. We're fans of having our own space when we're away for more than a couple of nights, as we've found that often it costs little more than a budget hotel while giving us a lot more freedom, and saving us money as mentioned above as we're not forced into cafe breakfasts every day of a stay and also have easy options to throw together packed lunches to take out, and to bring back a takeaway or cook something tasty and local that we've bought on our travels rather than eating out each evening. It also means that in the event of a day where the weather is simply too poor to do much we can more comfortably decide to just stay in, and more easily dry wet clothes if we decide to brave it and go out! We're RSPB Members so entry to & parking at the reserves will be free to us, and we also plan to do some exploring around the market town that we're staying in, including the market itself which apparently happens every Saturday. There's also some lovely (and some very cheesy!) seaside within a short distance that we'll try to get to. Food will be our main spend and we're planning to eat out in the evenings in some of the town's excellent pubs - this will be budgeted from our personal spending money, and our "fun" budget while the cost of the accommodation is covered by the money that doesn't get spent in March on Council Tax & Water rates. Diesel will come from our regular monthly fuel budget. I will set aside any Morrisons vouchers we acquire ahead of the trip to cover some of the spend for breakfast goods and lunches. There will no doubt be some tea & cake incidents...again from our personal spending money. It won't be a cheap weekend, but it will be planned for and within a budget, and thanks to the work we put in in years gone by on clearing our mortgage and paying off all debt, the ability to do stuff like this is there for us. It's one of the good things when life becomes more about "experiences" than "stuff"!
Half way through the challenge and still ticking along. Gone are the sweeping financial sacrifices of years gone by - we're not in that place any more and this was never the purpose of this challenge. The name of the game this time round is to stop and think, to re-train ourselves to return to the habit of "yes but is it actually needed? Is it of value to us?" before spending. And so far, it's working!
Our shopping spend this week ended up precisely where I hoped - with the arrival of the meat box expected for Tuesday we were keen to see what stuff we could use from the freezer before the spoils from the box needed squeezing in there. The meal plan reflected this, and I pulled out a couple of "ends of loaf" ready for weekend breakfast toast. (Sometimes if MrEH doesn't get time to make rolls we make a loaf for our weekday lunchtime sandwiches - and when this happens there is always a bit of loaf left over past the point when it's fresh enough to use for sandwiches - he's taken to slicing this ready for use and popping into a bag in the freezer ready to take out a slice at a time and toast). Last Friday night's dinner of "home-made Indian takeaway" used up a couple of naan breads that had been waiting for just such an occasion. A chunk of shin of beef was taken out for defrosting ready for a massive pot of beef stew that fed us on Sunday and again on Tuesday, some liver and bacon came out ready for Monday night's meal, and the second half of a pack of pork was used to make a "use up the veggies" stir fry yesterday. As a result of this the shopping list veered towards the minimal and spends were £17.48 total spend which we were happy with. I took out £10 food money and the Aldi spend came from this with that balance being on the Pay+ app again. Unusually for me there was a second supermarket visit yesterday when I popped in to grab a sandwich to take with me to Scampton today - wanting to avoid the "meal deal" option I picked up a sandwich then wandered to the crisps and snacks aisle and grabbed a multipack of crisps well below our "target price" of 10p per packet at £2.49 for 30 packs. While in store I also noticed a deal on for the wholewheat couscous we use - 2 packs for £1 rather than the standard 70p a pack is a good saving and I decided it was well worth purchasing a couple of packs. If the offer is still on at the weekend I will be stocking up on a few more as well - it's not an offer I've seen before and on a product we use a lot of it's a deal worth having. Total of £5.99 spent.
Spends this week then: Not too many.
- Some accommodation has been booked for airshow trips for me for later in the year. I've shopped around, studied a few of the booking sites AND double checked that I can't get a cheaper price by going direct to the properties themselves rather than through a booking site. It's all budgeted and saved for ready and cashback has been earned where possible.
- MrEH needed to put money on his smartcard for his work travel.
- Beers at the rugby club while we watched the match on Saturday - £10 from me for a round and MrEH and others bought rounds too.
- On Wednesday night we had a meal out. We budget to eat out once a month but do't always do this - on this occasion though we decided to do so as I was taking part in a 5k race at the Olympic Park after work and I knew it would be late to eat by the time we got home. We shared starters and had a main course each at a nice pub locally to where I work and it cost just over £30 which was paid on the credit card.
- Sunday we had intended to get ice creams at the RSPB reserve we visited but got back to the shop too late to allow it so instead stopped and got a bar of chocolate each as a treat.
- MrEH also treated me to a cup of tea and a piece of cake at parkrun - it felt richly deserved after a freezing cold and very icy run and was in aid of a good cause too with donations going to MIND.
Our monthly takeaway budget remains untouched for a second month - and will stay that way for another week also as I've a quick but tasty meal planned for tonight.
The rugby club is forming a key part of our social life these days - with the club having moved to its new location last year it now has the advantage of being a short walking distance from home so we're tending to spend more time there than we used to at the old club. The bar prices are good and it's really nice to socialise with friends a bit more than we used to particularly without having either a long walk or needing to think about getting a cab home. From my perspective I can tend to "hibernate" a bit during the winter months and it's been god for me to be out and about a bit more than usual too.
Next week's main plan on the financial front is to work out what we intend to do for a long weekend we have coming up and plan ahead for that, making any bookings that are needed at the best prices we can find and planning things to do while we're away. If there is anywhere in particular that we want to visit that is chargeable this will give us time to get Clubcard vouchers changed if this will help, or to look for any discount codes that might come in handy. Also to have a proper discussion of where we see things going from here in relation to our cars - currently we both drive diesels and with the changes coming in on the MOT Test shortly this may have to change. Finally I want to take a look at our electricity costs and pay any outstanding balance we have there as winter starts (hopefully!) to draw to a close and we will be discussing whether an increase in the Direct Debit amount would be sensible. Sitting down on an occasional basis to have a "summit meeting" on all things financial means that we're both singing from the same hymn sheet and we both know where we stand. Although I look after our household finances on a day to day basis we both keep infiormed on everything as should anything happen to take me out of the loop this means no nasty surprises for MrEH.
Finally - fancy the chance of some "Free money"? Who doesn't! For those of you not already in the know the Free Postcode Lottery basically does what it says on the tin - it's free to join, you just register a single postcode (can be work, home, anywhere you like!) and then check the site daily to see if you've won. They guarantee not to generate you any spam, and don't sell your details on to third parties. I already know of one person who's won the main daily prize and it's absolutely genuine - so why not sign up and have a go for yourself? (For transparency the link in this post is a referral link which will add to my "bonus" on the site although not generate me any actual money unless I do win one of the draws at any stage.).
It's been a funny winter on the weather front - lots of very grey days forecast have lead me to cancel several planned trips up to Scampton although ironically had one of those gone ahead I'd have had a day of wall to wall blue skies - the moral of this is clearly "never trust the Met Office" but there you go - you can only work with the information you're given. Suffering from a nasty case of "I want to see some flying-itis" I switched my working arrangements around and committed to heading up last Monday - regardless of forecast!
...they don't often use that end so that was an unexpected treat!
Sometimes a day in the cold and nearly 6 hours of driving is worth it! We Pretty much gave up shooting after that - the light had gone, the sky was flat, and the final session of the day was a 3-ship repeating the same formation over and over , plus the temperature had dropped dramatically and it was making a determined effort to snow on us. I'll be planning another trip up shortly and will be hoping for more jets, more blue sky and more degrees centigrade too!
Frugal February - end of week 1.
1 down, three to go and so far, so good. Shopping last week went to plan - Meal plan & list, albeit I did make some considered changes while actually shopping but for the best reasons I think.
Started at Lidl - leeks. 2 x 69p for good sized packs.
ThaT supermarkeT saw our main shop although I had in mind what I had on my list for Aldi also. We grabbed MrEH's pears in T's as they looked like decent ones for only 4p more than Aldi's price. My list for Aldi included Blueberries and plums from the Super Six offer, and my list for T's had a pack of their fresh pomegranate seeds - I buy those regularly for £1 and we use them in couscous. I'd noticed a few weeks back that T's do a pack of frozen pomegranate seeds for £2 - 300g as opposed to the 80g Packs of fresh, so we decided to try those instead as better value - then realised when we got there that they were part of a "3 for £5 offer". I quite often buy packs of frozen fruit to have with yogurt or porridge so decided this was worthy of altering the list for! That also meant that I abandoned the plums & blueberries from Aldi, just using S6 for the citrus "Easy Peelers" and buying my planned Greek Yogurt & butter.
£7.50 was food money which was stashed at home, and the balance was spent on the Credit card via T's Pay+ app.
Also on the food side of things - a "sort of unplanned" spend as we got a very good offer from a meat supplier we have used before - their stuff is great quality, with good provenance, and is all high welfare, grass fed rare breed animals - the deal we got means that I have ordered what I reckon will produce at least 35 portions and that will include several Sunday roasts which I always budget a bit extra for, for a spend of £50.40 - I ordered extra items to avoid paying postage as it seemed to me that spending £5 on delivery when I could spend it on food instead would be a bit silly. I'll count 50% of that as part of this month's food spend as obviously it will last well past this month. Having ordered this means that my meal plan for the upcoming week will need to really focus on using up items from the freezer as if at all possible I'd like to avoid turning the second freezer on to store this order. It also means we won't go to the Farmers Market this month.
Having started well on the shopping front I need to continue that, but my next focus is to think about how mindfulness can help with spending and most of all with not frittering! It's one of those silly habits that you can just slide into without realising - popping into a charity shop because there's one nearby and emerging with a handful of paperbacks. Going into Poundland for a single item that's needed but coming out with a fiver's worth of bits and bobs. Or going to the supermarket for milk and ending up with stuff that will either go to waste or throw your meal plan off track entirely - whichever it is (or maybe all of them!) it's easy to end up "losing" hard earned money buying things you never planned for or even needed. I started thinking more about this last month - trying to get back into the habit of stopping to think before I spent, and already it's made a difference - the end of January saw a surplus in our joint bank account after the credit card bill was settled. A great feeling and I have the feeling we can do even better this month.
As I mentioned previously I've had no choice but to do a fair amount of clothes-buying over the past few months - having gone from a size 16 (bottom) 18 (top) to a 10 (bottom) 12/14 (top) not a lot of my old stuff is even close to fitting! I've kept what I can - some shirts that were on the right side before I can still just about get away with now. I've also got a few t-shirt style tops from before which are still OK for wearing under other layers. Beyond that though, it pretty much all had to be replaced, and the same will have to happen all over again when summer comes along. So for the past few months as well as buying what I've needed to set myself up again, I've also been keeping an eye open for summer clothes at a good price - which seemed sensible. There are still things I need but I intend to use this month as "thinking space" - time to really work out where the gaps in my wardrobe now are and what my priority is for further purchases - so to initially whittle it back to the things I need rather than getting bogged down with wants. As I think of items I'll add them to a list so I can keep my eyes out for the items I need at a good price. The good thing about being smaller is that there is a lot more chance of me finding bits available in charity shops - I already have a pair of summer trousers set aside that I paid about £2.50 for a couple of months ago.
Saturday - beers at the Rugby club while we watched one of the 6 Nations matches - MrEH paid from his weekly spends.
Thursday - My usual weekly gym session = £7 (Cash from purse).
- Tea & Cake at the RSPB Reserve cafe - MrEH's treat and from his weekly spends.
- £25.20 - 50% value of the meat I ordered.
- Fancied stopping at the services on the way home on Monday to grab a bar of chocolate but instead told myself just to head straight home.
- From habit planned a visit to the Turkish Supermarket for flatbreads on Tuesday then decided that I'd do home made ones instead.
Although the Cafe visit was not planned ahead we did make a conscious decision to do that rather than it just being an impulse or habit thing. The reserve is one we visit from time to time - we went there because they have a shop so we could get the bird food that we needed, and as RSPB members we got a lovely walk round the reserve absolutely free of charge so £7 on tea & cake seemed fair enough. On Monday I also saved some money by choosing to fill the car up with diesel in Lincoln rather than at home - saving of 4p a litre on a full tank. I've also stepped right away from using the contactless option via my phone for payments at the moment. And strangely enough I've got back out of the habit just as quickly as I slipped into it in the first place! It's made me uncomfortable realising just how fast you can slip into bad financial habits like that - there is no question that handing cash over makes you think more than paying by card, but even the act of physically getting the card out and entering your pin number still provokes more of a thought process than paying by contactless does.I don'[t consider myself to be someone who routinely spends without thinking, or impulse buys, but even I found myself getting sucked into spending more because of the ease of it.
There is a great article on the Clearscore Website about mindful spending which touches on many of the same points I've mentioned above and is worth a read. It's amazing how even when you think of yourself as living a quite frugal lifestyle you slip into odd habits that you'd rather avoid - but I'm already finding that this is relatively easily countered too with a bit of thought.
If you're having a frugal month how are you getting on with it and have you learned anything about your spending habits so far this month?
My intention is that for the duration of #FrugalFebruary I will do a Friday update each week focusing on a particular aspect of the stuff I'm looking at along with some more general notes on the challenge as a whole. Now regular readers will be fully aware that my intentions on the blogging front do not always meet my achievements so we'll have to wait and see how this goes - but for now, let's assume that's the way it will go!
I reckon that my very first task for this month needs to be to sort out the food aspect of things. As you probably know for meal planning purposes I work on the basis of planning evening meals and having an established set of foods that cover lunches and breakfasts. For us, that works - breakfasts are generally a piece of fruit or cereal in the week,and toast or porridge at weekends. Lunches on working days are either a filled roll or a sandwich and some pieces of fruit, MrEH also takes a bag of crisps most days. Non working days are often soup, but sometimes vary depending on what I have that needs using. Having those guidelines in place means that it's one aspect less of planning things out that needs to be considered, and knowing that we have the right stuff lined up saves on the risk of "needing to nip out for a sandwich". MrEH sorts out lunches, I sort out main meals, on weekdays, as a general rule. We budget for one takeaway a month but for this month (and last, as it happens!) we're not necessarily going to have that. My aim for the month is to thin down the freezer, use up some stuff that's been languishing in there for a while, and make use of what we have as far as possible.
Meal planning and good shopping habits is in my view one of the most important subjects for anyone wanting to live life more carefully from both a food waste and a financial point of view to master. Once you have the hang of it, your bills drop considerably. Cooking from scratch is undoubtedly another - kudos to all you parents out there passing the message on to the next generation - being able to feed yourself on a fraction of what others can manage? That's a super-cool skill-set! (Not least as it frees up more money for beer which I believe is a key consideration for your average student!) Whether you've emerged from Christmas feeling as though your bank account has been plundered or the New Year has provoked a lightbulb moment on wanting shot of credit card debt, then tackling the grocery spend can be a fabulous way of boosting your finances and uncovering money you never realised you could have spare.
- Stew - I have diced beef in the freezer.
- a pasta dish with smoked chicken - again from the GFS and frozen, and just a single breast left so this dish will help it stretch to feed two of us.
Initially it's best to just try to plan a week ahead - anything more gets more challenging. Cross items off your "what I have" list as you use them, and make sure you revisit those "need using" items weekly. Your shopping list is of course those items that you will need to complete your chosen meals, storecupboard items that you will use up (we usually replace rice, pasta, couscous etc when we open the previous bag) and of course your routine bread, fruit etc. For vegetables as far as possible plan around what is seasonal and thus generally cheapest. If you live alone frozen veg might work better for you than needing to eat - for example, cauliflower for a week. Personally I LOVE frozen sliced peppers and frozen sweetcorn to have in the freezer as it means I can just add a handful to a dish without needing to have fresh in or open a tin. If you have a discount supermarket nearby then look out for their "Super 6" and "Pick of the Week" offers as those can be brilliant building blocks for your week's meals too - this week Aldi will be dictating some of our fruit - I'll be buying apples elsewhere and these will be British, but it's tricky to get a lot of home-grown fruit at this time of year so my citrus will come from Aldi, along with almost certainly plums (crumble - yum!) and blueberries (to have with yogurt or in porridge at the weekend). MrEH may well put in a request for pears too. Lidl meanwhile will offer me British Leeks at a great price - and as I will be in the area anyway I'll almost certainly grab a pack or two of those. I also have a quick scout about online to see what is particularly good value and this influences where I shop each week to a degree. Write your shopping list, and shop according to it - try not to stray even if an offer looks tempting - oddly enough all the really good offers tend to come around again and again, and regardless of how cheap something is, if you won't use it then it's no bargain at all!
For so many people cracking overspending on groceries can make a HUGE difference to your budget - it's one area where you can see an immediate saving too of course. Why not establish what you've spent previously and then set yourself a budget to come in at a certain level less, to start with? And then any savings you make could be paid off a credit card perhaps, or stashed aside as the start of an "emergency fund". And if you have any great tips for cutting your food spend or planning meals, please do pop them in as a comment below!
Well well - here we are again! Seems like ages since I last did this and sure enough, looking at the tag on my blog it looks like the last time was 2014 - so more than time to give myself a kick up the backside and take another month-long look at the small stuff on the Frugal Home Front.
In all honesty we're still pretty good on the bigger stuff. I keep an eye on things like the cost of our electricity and gas - we still use electricals overnight where possible to make the most of the lower electricity cost. We don't sit around in short sleeves with the heating turned up higher than it needs to be in midwinter. Sky get a phone call when the cost goes up to bring it back down to a level that we feel means we're getting decent value. We still shop with a keen eye to prices and know what we expect to pay for particular items. We use the credit card for purchases where it's sensible to do so, collect a small amount of cashback on those purchases, and pay off IN FULL (channeling my inner Martin Lewis there!) every month without fail. We save for planned expenditure, and shop around for the best prices on things. We meal plan and shop to a list. BUT...I'm pretty sure there are bad habits that have crept in *almost* unnoticed, and that is where I'm looking to make savings.
We agreed when the mortgage was paid off that we would increase things a little. The flat is now kept slightly warmer than it used to be, we've increased food spending a little. We're signing up for slightly more pure "fun" stuff - albeit we're planning carefully how that will be financed. For me personally, necessity has played a part - with a substantial weightloss over the course of the past year I've had no choice but to replace most of my clothes - pretty much the only stuff from older than a year ago that I'm still wearing are shoes and socks! There *are* things I still need too - so I have a list of items that I need to purchase as and when I find the right thing at the right price. One of my plans for this year is to set myself up a savings account which will get fed with a small sum monthly to budget for clothes purchases. All of the above is stuff that we're aware of, and conscious about - the things I want to target are the unconscious habits and frittering - things like the tendancy to pop into a charity shop or two because I'm nearby, not finding anything useful (clothes) but leaving with another couple of books; the purchasing of bargains that are excess to the level I/we need purely because they ARE bargains; going to Aldi for yogurt and items from the Super-6 and leaving with a few other odds and ends that tempted me. This month will be about retraining myself to not just routinely use ApplePay on my phone to pay for something because it's easy - but to think about whether I'd be better using cash for that transaction, and about returning to being more mindful about spending.
I'm not intending to set any hard and fast budgets this time round - it's more about thinking about keeping spends down and not spending unnecessarily. As we no longer have our ClubCardPlus account we're less tied to ThaT supermarkeT than we used to be (hurrah!) and I've been making the most of that by shopping about more and keeping my eyes on offers. I've got £12.50 sitting in my Nectar account ready to use which I will probably spend this month. Clubcard points will as ever get saved towards converting to deals - our railcard will need renewing later in the year, and we usually use points for the Good Food Show tickets too. We don't currently have enough Morrisons points to do anything with. Should I need anything in the toiletries line, my Advantage Card has £11.54 on it to spend. I want to return to keeping an eye on the Aldi & Lidl "Super 6" and "Pick of the week" fruit and veg deals and then think about planning meals around what is best value - however we will still be keeping to our principles of where possible buying British produce, and keeping meat British and high welfare. As I have done before I'll post weekly with spends, thoughts and any confessions - I'm sure there will be a few! On a personal level this will apply as well - I intend to return to my old habit of starting the week with a set amount in my purse, retaining notes of £10 or above value from the previous week but feeding anything smaller into my Airshow Savings tin. (Change below £1 coins will continue to get fed to the pigs - and the sheep - as ever.) I'll also be going back to paying cash for the gym each week to see if it suits me better than using ApplePay.
- We have a weekend away later in the month - spread over 2 locations, Derby & Norwich, for me and one (just Norwich) for MrEH. Travel for me to the first is booked, travel between that and the second is being covered by a lovely friend who will be driving between the two places and is giving me a lift. Accommodation for both is already booked - including a superb £19.50 bargain for me on my overnight in Derby - but there will be spends at both locations on food and drink...possibly mostly drink! MrEH will in turn be taking our car to Norwich - there will be a £4 spend for parking there plus obviously the cost of the diesel.
- I intend to travel to Scampton to photograph those Little Red Jets at least once during the month, possibly twice. Diesel and food costs will be involved - but I will price check fuel at home and up there and fill my tank there if as is so often the case there is a good saving to be made.
- There may be some Airshow tickets and/or hotel bookings to make - anything on these lines will come from my "Airshow Savings Account" though as usual.
As ever if anyone wants to join me on this I'd be utterly delighted!
So - only one thing left to say then....LET'S GO!


I hope you are all enjoying your classes and the wet Rochester weather.
To kick off the start of October/Hacktoberfest, we are having a project collaboration night this Friday. This will be a casual meeting where we will work on projects and hang out. This is a great time to find a project for Hacktoberfest and share your own projects.


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Q: Local connectedness is preserved under retractions I want to show that if $X$ is a locally connected topological space, $A\subseteq X$ is a subspace and $f:X \rightarrow A$ is continuous such that $f|_{A} = Id_{A}$, then $A$ must be locally connected as well.
My progress so far:
Take $U\subseteq A$ $A-$open and $x\in U$. Since $f^{-1} (U)$ is $X-$open and $x\in f^{-1} (U)$, there exists a connected, $X-$open subset $V\subseteq X$ such that $x\in V\subseteq f^{-1}(U)$.
Now we have $x\in V\cap A \subseteq f^{-1}(U)\cap A = U$
My guess is that $V\cap A$ should be connected, but I am unsure if this is correct.
Any help would be appreciated!

A: It is easier to instead show that components of open sets are open, which is equivalent to local connectedness. Let $r\colon X\to A$ be the retraction and suppose $N$ is an open set in $A$ and $C$ is a component of $N$.
Let $p\in N$ and $U = r^{-1}(N)$. By continuity, $U$ is open and by local connectedness, there is a connected open $V$ such that $p\in V\subseteq U$. Again by continuity, $r(V)$ is a connected set containing $p$, hence $r(V)\subseteq C$.
Now, $p\in V\cap A\subseteq r(V)$ and $V\cap A$ is open in $A$, therefore, $p\in V\cap A\subseteq C$, hence $C$ is an open set.
Therefore, the connected components of $N$ are open, hence $A$ is locally connected.

A: Let K be the nonnegative x and y axis.
Project every point of the 1st quadrant at a 45 degree angle o  K.
Thus K is a retract of the first quadrant.
In general, every V is retract of the space between the two lines.
Let C be the comb space of all lines from (0,0) to (1,1/n)
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The Holy Spirit Theatre provides an annual opportunity for any and all Holy Spirit students (K-8) to utilize their talents either on or off stage to participate in an original theatrical production. On average, over 1/3 of the student body participates in the annual play. Read more about this year's production.
Holy Spirit's Band (grades 5-8) is the largest in the Archdiocese for a school of our size. Our band program provides both weekly small group lessons and full band experiences.
Piano (grades K-8) lessons are available for students in grades K-8. These weekly lessons are 20-30 minutes in length and emphasize both piano theory and application.
Children's Choir (grades 3-8) is one opportunity for our students to enrich their own and others participation in the liturgical life of Holy Spirit Parish.


Just 2.5 games in the standings separate the third place Miami Heat from the eighth place Chicago Bulls in the highly contested Eastern Conference. These two teams prepare to play each other today with quite a lot on the line as the NBA season enters into its final stretch (7.30pm ET, Tuesday).
The Bulls have had their ups and downs this season and once again been forced to fight off an injury bug which has led to both Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler missing important games recently. As a result, Chicago has barely held on to their eighth and final spot in the East's playoff picture. The team, which is 3-4 in their last seven, is coming off of back-to-back losses against the Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trailblazers. The team has seen the losses pile up since Butler and Rose went out and has seen their standing in the East drop as well.
They are coming off of two days' rest, however Butler is still about a week away from returning and Rose is a game time decision for this, which seems to be delaying the sportsbooks' game odds. Chicago is running out of time to right the ship as other teams are closing the gap on that eight-seed. Not to mention, Miami is not exactly an easy opponent and for Chicago to be missing two of their best players doesn't bode well for their chances in what is starting to amount to a run of must-win games.
Although, as good as the Heat can be, recently they've only been slightly better than Chicago, posting a 4-3 record in their last seven.
Miami is coming off of a win however against the New York Knicks and a very competitive close loss against the class of the NBA in the Golden State Warriors just a few games prior. They have played a tough schedule but have handled it well, especially with the trade deadline addition of Joe Johnson (pictured) who helped the team win big over the Knicks.
Both teams have the capability to play big games however and they share quite an extensive history of competitive contests including the last time they met. Needless to say, Miami is likely to be favored but it really is anybody's game. It will come down to a few factors, a few keys, which I've detailed in this preview below.
Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler: Can the Bulls win without their Stars?
Obviously, Derrick Rose is an asset and one that Chicago would rather have in their lineup than not. That said, the team has been able to somewhat hold their own without their top player. At least, they had before a two-game losing streak against top teams has shown the team's weaknesses without Rose.
Chicago is currently 6-4 without Rose who has missed quite a significant amount of time over the past few years. If history is any indication, Chicago can only weather the storm for so long. Without Rose, the Bulls have struggled offensively and it's expected this will continue with the more time he misses. In the past few years, the Bulls have been unable to stay competitive without Rose. This year that pattern is repeating as the Bulls began the Rose-less stretch 6-2 before dropping the last two.
To be fair, it's not just Rose's absence however that is playing into Chicago's struggles. Jimmy Butler has been as much of an issue, as both his offensive and defensive contributions are being heavily missed. Butler leads the team with 22.4 points per game but has been away from the action since February 3rd. In that period, the Bulls have lost six of nine. It was also in this period that the team began to drop in the standings.
Health has been Chicago's biggest enemy over the past few years and it seems to be striking in full force again. The team has only been able to field a makeshift lineup and while it started successfully has broken down a bit as of late. Unfortunately, against the Heat, this is not a position the Bulls want to be in. Without Rose and Butler, the losses are beginning to pile up and the Bulls' playoff hopes may be fading just as quickly.
While the Bulls have undoubtedly struggled to put together a lineup capable of competing and winning consistently since Rose and Butler went down, the Heat have done just the opposite. They have dealt with injuries as well, most notably to Chris Bosh, but have managed to mesh old faces with new to produce what has been a cohesive and extremely dangerous team.
Miami's success has been in large part due to Hassan Whiteside, a D-league find from last year who has been a double-double machine. He has five straight double-doubles off of the bench and is averaging 18.8 points and 16 rebounds as a reserve. He's one of the best bench players in the league right now and seems to only get better.
Then there is Luol Deng, who has been critical to the Heat's success ever since Bosh has been forced to miss significant time due to recurring issues with blood clots. Deng has averaged 18.7 points and 11.2 rebounds in the last six games. Another guy who has picked up the slack is Goran Dragic who has averaged 18.7 points and 6.8 assists in his last six as well.
And then there's Johnson who has come to Miami in a seamless transition. Johnson was a star in Brooklyn and Atlanta before that and enters into a Heat situation with incredible chemistry. A perfect role player, Johnson has fitted in well, even if the sample size is small.
Point being, Miami is a team that plays like a team whereas Chicago, with all of the injuries, is still trying to figure out just exactly who that team needs to be.
Miami is at home, has chemistry and, for all intents and purposes, is healthy. Chicago is still finding their way without Rose and Butler and while those two may be back in time to help the Bulls return to the playoffs, they won't be back for this game against the Heat.
The sportsbooks have been slow to price up the betting lines for this NBA game and the odds are not available at time of writing. It makes a betting pick hard in the dark, but we expect the spread to have Heat as around 8pt favorites @ -110 odds. If that is the case then bet on Miami -8pts to beat that deficit with Bovada, BetOnline or 5Dimes.


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Q: Android emulator crashes on 2nd monitor I installed Android Studio and when i launch the AVD and drag it to my 2nd monitor it immediately crashes.
It works perfectly fine on my primary monitor
I've tried changing to hardware graphics but the same thing happens. Also tries to change the "OpenGL ES renderer" to "ANGLE (D3D11)" but the UI of my app is messed up.
Any one had the same issue and know a fix for it?
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Petelo Wakalina (né le  à Futuna et mort le ) est un athlète français, spécialiste du lancer du javelot.

Biographie

Petelo Wakalina remporte deux titres de champion de France du lancer du javelot en 1966 et 1968.

Il a été quinze fois international.

Palmarès
 Championnats de France d'athlétisme : 2 fois vainqueur du lancer du javelot en 1966 et 1968.
 Champion du monde militaire en 1966 avec un jet de 80,16 m. (voir Le dictionnaire de l'athlétisme par R. Parienté).
 Vainqueur du javelot des Jeux du Pacifique Sud de 1966 à Nouméa.

Records

Notes et références

Voir aussi

 Vitolio Tipotio

 Felise Vahai Sosaia
 Lolesio Tuita

Liens externes

 Docathlé2003, FFA, 2003, p. 536

Lanceur de javelot français
Naissance en avril 1933
Naissance à Wallis-et-Futuna
Décès en février 1982
Décès à 48 ans

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On the 12th October 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered the America's, and 523 years on from that notable date in history North East glamour things Lee Forster (Last Waltz) & James Hadfield (Elizabeth Collective) discovered each other. Musically that is! In truth, the pair have been making music together on and for the past decade, and following years of not managing to finish owt, yesterday finally saw them buck that trend with the release of their highly anticipated debut production under their newly formed 'Lizards' guise.
Now if that doesn't make you want to go out and buy this immediately then nothing will.
It's also worth mentioning that this is just the start for Lee and James with new material due out on Leng, Legend Of Gelert, Futureboogie over the coming months, along with remixes for Koncret Cutz and Cabaret Nocturne. Glamour Catty is out now on Join Our Club Records. Pick it up here.
Keeping it in the family, their close pals and the fellas behind East London's Bad Passion parties Chris Stoker and Andy Bainbridge launched their long overdue 'Not An Animal' imprint last week, with the ever impressive Man Power having the honour of marking the labels first release with his 'Power Theme' EP. There's been loads of hype around this project and you can expect to hear more cracking new material on the label in 2016, including more from Lizards.
Finally, to celebrate the launch of 'Not An Animal' Chris and Andy called on 'Above Machine' owner Steve Lee to provide a tidy mix of Balearic all-sorts, which I've been pleased to discover features the ace 'Golden Garden' from Pender Street Steppers, one of my favourite records of the year to date.
Brooklyn's Real Estate: Is 'Atlas' better than 'Days'?


Online crosswords are incredibly convenient, environmentally friendly, and generally very cheap.
In fact, most of the crossword puzzles I download regularly are completely free!
Even better, most of the highest quality crossword puzzles published in American newspapers today are available online.
Online crossword puzzles are usually served up in one of two ways. Many crossword publishers, like the New York Times, offer both formats.
In the first format, the crossword puzzle appears on the publisher's webpage, and you solve it interactively using the usual click & scroll keyboard functionality. Usually, the crossword widget will only work properly in your browser if you have Java installed. You probably already have Java installed on your computer, but if you don't, it's no biggie — Java is free, safe and easy to download and install.
The second way is to offer the puzzle for download. In this case you simply click on the download link and save the file to your computer. Once you have downloaded the puzzle to your computer, you then need to open it. To do this you'll need make sure you've installed the appropriate crossword solving program — most publishers nowadays use a free program called Across Lite, which is very easy to use.
Here's me using Across Lite to make inroads into a CrosSynergy puzzle..
As you can see, there are enough excellent online crossword puzzles around to keep most solvers busy for the best part of the day, seven days a week.
It's called Crossword Butler and it's completely FREE (a very reasonable donation is requested, but it's not mandatory). Crossword Butler is available for both Windows and Mac OS X, and is so easy to use that you'll be downloading today's crossword puzzles online in a couple of minutes!
Oh... one more thing. You can download Crossword Butler here.


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Controversial Music Modernization Act on Verge of Crucial Senate Verbal Vote
September 18, 2018 September 17, 2018 Jason M. Reynolds
The U.S. Senate is on the verge of holding a verbal vote on the Music Modernization Act, leaving many in the industry to say it is a step in the right direction while a few say the legislation is out of tune with established business practices.
Nashville Public Radio reports that advocates of the Music Modernization Act say the legislation will clear the U.S. Senate soon. Supporters include U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN).
The measure has been stalled in the upper chamber after having passed in the House of Representatives earlier this year.
Companies like Sirius XM and private equity firm Blackstone, which owns performance rights organization SESAC, have concerns with the act, Nashville Public Radio says.
Streaming services like Sirius XM say they already fairly pay artists. The company sent a letter to the Senate saying the act would force it to pay again for music produced prior to 1972 that it already has licensed, Billboard reported Sunday.
The bill was planned for a verbal vote in the Senate early this week, Billboard said in a story Monday. One no vote could force the measure into a formal vote, and time is running out for such action before the November elections. Three backers are leaving Congress: Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT).
Matt Fitzgibbons, a singer-songwriter and founder of PatriotMusic.com, said in National Review the act is full of compromises that fixes some problems, ignores some and creates new issues.
"To fix problems pertaining to paying songwriters for their work in the streaming era, the proposed legislation mandates the creation of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC)," Fitzgibbons said. "The MLC would, with full financial transparency, match copyright owners to compositions in a 'searchable, online format free of charge.'
"While this sounds surprisingly fair to songwriters, there are serious concerns about unfunded costs and who will be permitted to run these services on behalf of the government."
The act would have companies with the largest market share run the MLC, he said. Corporate giants like Google have shown they do not have artists' best interests at heart.
"As a songwriter and recording artist with four albums of self-published work celebrating our nation's founding principles, I find the idea that different media should pay drastically different rates for playing my music under the MMA both arbitrary and absurd," Fitzgibbons said. "But while the proposal is not the best deal possible for songwriters, it is certainly a better one than the system that exists now."
Jason M. Reynolds has more than 20 years' experience as a journalist at outlets of all sizes.
NewsMatt Fitzgibbons, Music Modernization Act, Representative Darrell Issa, Senator Lamar Alexander, Senator Orrin Hatch, Sirius XM
Commentary: Last-Minute Kavanaugh Attack by Feinstein Dirty Trick on Eve of Confirmation
Phil Bredesen Picked Winners and Losers on Taxpayer-Funded Electric Cars
Rep. Steve Cohen Wants Taxpayers to Pay to Reduce Memphis' High Crime Rate
Commentary: NEA Embraces the Woke Agenda, But Votes Down 'Student Learning'
Peter Thiel Blasts 'Treasonous' Google For Choosing China Over US Military

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The online configuratior for the aggressively-angular 2014 Lexus NX crossover is now live, giving you free reign to set one up and spin it around in any of the four trim levels, assorted wheel options, and ten colors it's going to be available with at launch.
You can access the tool here on Lexus's NX site; scroll down a little and click "configurator" at the lower-right. Still no prices, but the 360º rotator lets you inspect the insanity of the crossover's shape to your heart's content. I'll be driving the NX at the end of the month, so start thinking about some questions you'll have about it!
Share your build here and tell us which angles you love and which you don't.
Hat tip to Taylor V and the Lexus NX Forum!


Weehawken probably won't be joining that list anytime soon.
During the last 40 years F1's visionary leader Bernie Ecclestone has achieved it all. He's transformed a sport comprising a bunch of scruffy, amateur, oily-rag racers tooling around in sheds and racing mainly in Europe into a sporting global behemoth, backed by the world's greatest mega-brands, all desperate to get a share of the sport's unrivalled media reach. No other year-on-year world championship comes close.
For all Bernie's achievements, the putative grand prix around the streets of New Jersey – read New York – will (most likely) be the one that got away.
Sure I know it sounds negative of me, especially in the face of such effervescent positivity and exuberant over-hyping by just about everyone in F1. But five minutes – just five minutes – research and rational thinking may make even the most excitable high-fiving, fist-pumping dude pause for a reality check.
The scale of what's being proposed by the Grand Prix of America promoter, media multi-millionaire Leo Hindery, is simply immense.
Widening the roads and flattening their sizeable crowns; ripping up pavements, light stands and landscaped areas; rerouting drainage pipes; constructing new (moveable) walkways; building sizeable platforms in the Hudson River; repaving the circuit length with expensive F1-standard Tarmac; building pit garages, hospitality and media areas; getting the notorious US unions (to say nothing of New Jersey crime gangs) on side – I could go on.
This little list would be difficult enough in some rural backwater, but we're talking about a busy commuter hub used every day by thousands upon thousands of people to get to work in Manhattan. The disruption will be immense. In addition to the effect on commercial activities, on either side of the proposed circuit route are hundreds of residential homes. They must be looking forward to the planned mess with relish!
You may have seen pictures of construction captioned as F1-related sites. They're not. New condominiums, shops, offices and a multi-level car park are actually what's been photographed.
Politically the road doesn't appear too smooth, either. I know Hindery has said there'll be no cap-in-hand visits to municipality, government or state offices, but are elected officials going to be willing to deal with disgruntled New Jersey home owners (still occupied with the damage caused by 2012's Superstorm Sandy) when they see hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on a race they have no interest in?
Famously keen on controlling New Jersey's purse strings is state governor Chris Christie. An ardent supporter of projects that benefit his electorate, Christie has been supportive of a privately funded grand prix, but, with momentum gathering apace for the Republican politician to challenge for a 2016 Presidential nomination, he'll want to steer well clear of any perceived interests in ventures that don't have majority support.
Don't get me wrong – I'd welcome the opportunity to photograph a grand prix against a New York city skyline and hope one day to do so, but it's been a long time coming.
Ecclestone has long harboured the desire to race in the Big Apple. Way back in the '80s Bernie proposed a two-day F1 extravaganza racing around the streets of lower Manhattan using Wall Street as the focal point. It never happened.
Philip Morris – owner of the Marlboro cigarette brand – during the '90s poured close on US$100M into various New York arts and cultural projects, not just as a clever way of promotion (and of course a tax write-off) but also to create goodwill towards a possible Formula 1 race and subsequently a CART (Champ Car) event in the city.
In this age of overly keen, superficial newsgathering, many people who should know better blindly believe everything they're told. The regularity of this trend is only increased when a story is reported on and subsequently read by people who want the project they're concerned with to come to fruition.
It was bought, hook, line and sinker by all 'n' sundry. Thirty seconds of thought might have made people aware that such an event was about as likely as a Caterham driver winning the 2012 world title!
Bernie's answer to the BBC – on the grid at last Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix – when asked if we're having a race in New Jersey in 2014 may be revealing: "We're trying, we're trying, it's not easy…" was his less than positive reply.
A group of guys willing to chase the dream. They may just make it happen. If, and it's a big if, they can convince potential investors with plenty of 'dumb' money to front-up the cash – for a modest return – then within a month or so we could see GP America on a provisional 2014 F1 calendar.
Of course, having the money in place doesn't guarantee a race but it certainly makes the event a whole lot more likely.
…who doesn't (always) believe the hype!
Please enjoy my 2013 Canadian Grand Prix picture gallery by clicking here.


Warm waxing continues to be one of the most popular beauty treatments today. From leg waxing to bikini line waxing, you will be one of the best in the industry on this one day course for beginners in Dunfermline. Master the art of hair removal using warm wax and pick up the tricks of the trade to offer this treatment in both a salon and /or mobile setting using both the traditional spatula method and the roller method, both using waxing strips.
The waxing course covers the preparation and practical skills for leg waxing, bikini line waxing, underarms, eyebrows, upper lip and chin waxing. You will learn the waxing skills required to carry out professional treatments to a high standard. You will leave with a sound knowledge and understanding of the health and safety and principles of good hygienic practices. We offer an excellent aftercare service to all of our students.


How do I place an order with S2Media?
Unless otherwise requested, stock items will ship within 1-day of order receipt, Monday through Thursday. If the item is not in stock, lead time is 5-10 business days. You will be notified of product availability and options if there is an issue.
Is media considered temperature sensitive?
Yes, which is why we have shipping restrictions. Unless other arrangements are made, we will only allow product to be in transit for 2 days (max). We will ship product for overnight delivery on Thursdays. If 2-day shipping is requested, product will not ship until Monday.
How late are orders received?
We can process orders for same-day shipment (Monday-Thursday) until 3:00 pm PST. If you have an immediate need, please call us at (509) 919-3714.
What is the lead time for a custom order?
2-3 weeks, depending on the nature of the product and order requirements. Expedite orders are available. Please contact us for more information.
Do you ship product on-test?
This is not a routine process. Contact us if you have an expedite need.
What is the fill volume for a standard plate?
Our standard fill volume is 20mL. Products with a deep fills (i.e. – 25mL) indicate so in the product information. If you have other requirements, please contact us directly.
What is the average batch size available?
The average batch is ~1600 plates.
What is included in QC release testing for media?
Sterility, pH, gel height, gel firmness, appearance, and growth promotion testing is typically conducted on each batch of media manufactured. Organisms utilized have been selected to be compliant with the M22-A3 standard from CLSI, pharmacopoeia, and/or client needs.
Yes, our minimum order quantity for stock items is 10 plates (or 1 pack). For custom items, this quantity may increase and will be included on the quote.
There was not a Certificate of Analysis (COA) in my shipment. How do I get one?
All CoA are available for download under "Documents" on our website. The batch number is required to search for CoA. You can also email a request for batch specific CoA to info@s2cm.com.
What is the difference between a 90mm plate and a 100mm plate?
Nothing – they are common measurements for the same plate. One measurement is taken at the base (90mm) and one measurement is taken at the lid (100mm).


The track continues the softening dreaming pop introduced on debut track "Dark Matter", a luxurious 80's influenced slow jam that moulds ethereal melody to breathy vocal coos with heart-melting results. Sweetly addictive, if you've not come across this duo below you should definitely listen below.
A London date is in the diary, September 6th at Old Blue Last - details.


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Tumblr Returns After A 24-Hour Outage
By Michelle Castillo Dec. 07, 2010
Bloggers rejoice: Tumblr has returned. (And no, though many speculated it, the site was not down as a result from 4 Chan.) The company's official blog, which we can finally read, states that a critical data base cluster had an issue during planned maintenance that took down the whole site, but failed to go into more specifics than that.
"We can't apologize enough, nor can we thank you enough for putting up with these growing pains," a statement on Tumblr's blog reads. "We know how impossibly frustrating it is to see your work offline. But please always know that we truly care about your work as much as you do, and we have an incredibly capable team working incredibly hard to take good care of it."
Just in the past month, Tumblr has quadrupled its engineering staff, according to CNN. According to the company, they now receive upwards of 500 million page views a month. Some sites like The Daily What chose to move their website to the rival platform WordPress during the downtime, but constant Tumblr links on Twitter now show that people are slowly crawling back. Of course if you are one of those individuals who use a blog, now's a good time to remind you to back up your files on sites like Tumblelog, lest you lose that zealous rant about the state of the vintage clothes market these days.
More on TIME.com:
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Joan Rivers,s Profile
Feb 10, 2009 Author: Admin | Filed under: Joan Rivers
Although these days she's known for fashion quips and myriad trips to the plastic surgeon, Rivers was a pioneering woman in stand-up comedy whose hilarious self-deprecating humor, biting one-liners and "Can we talk?" catchphrase got her bookings in Las Vegas and on The Tonight Show, where Johnny Carson declared her a future star in 1965. The kooky comedian did indeed become a celebrity — primarily as a host, although she also appeared in a number of TV shows and movies (usually as herself or some version thereof). Carson provided a big career boost by booking her as guest host of his show, a regular gig that ended when Rivers angered the late-night king by launching her own short-lived show in 1986. She suffered a personal blow off screen as well when her longtime husband and producer, Edgar Rosenberg, committed suicide the next year. She bounced back in the '90s, hosting a number of daytime talk shows, appearing on Broadway, hawking her own jewelry line on QVC, playing herself in a TV-movie about her dramatic life, and finally signing on to E! Entertainment Television in 1995 (along with her only child, Melissa) to cohost fashion and pre-award-show programs from the red carpet. The duo jumped to the TV Guide Channel in 2005 but left two years later.


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**Python 3**: Follow the TensorFlow install steps to install Python 3.

**Pip**: Follow the TensorFlow install steps to install Pip.

**Tensorflow >= 2.3.0**: AutoKeras is based on TensorFlow.
Please follow
[this tutorial](https://www.tensorflow.org/install/pip) to install TensorFlow for python3.

**GPU Setup (Optional)**:
If you have GPUs on your machine and want to use them to accelerate the training,
you can follow [this tutorial](https://www.tensorflow.org/install/gpu) to setup.

## Install AutoKeras
AutoKeras only support **Python 3**.
If you followed previous steps to use virtualenv to install tensorflow,
you can just activate the virtualenv and use the following command to install AutoKeras.
```
pip install git+https://github.com/keras-team/keras-tuner.git
pip install autokeras
```

If you did not use virtualenv, and you use `python3` command to execute your python program,
please use the following command to install AutoKeras.
```
python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/keras-team/keras-tuner.git
python3 -m pip install autokeras
```

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The Future of Work: The Mobile Lawyer
Most lawyers are now accessing work documents on the move, a potential security and compliance nightmare for law firms, says Barrie Hadfield, founder and CTO at Workshare.
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Today's digital-savvy-employee boom has changed the way people work. They are turning to software and applications that enable them to work from anywhere, and reap the benefits of increased mobility. This movement is radically altering the types of applications that legal firms and corporate counsels need to provide for their legal professionals. The younger generations' mobile-first approach is fuelling an explosion in mobile working – to the point where it is now an integral part of most businesses.
Recent research by the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) and Workshare revealed that more than four out of five workers (81 per cent) now access work documents on the move. Law firms that fail to embrace this cultural shift towards mobile document collaboration and file sharing will find themselves tiptoeing through a compliance and security minefield. As a result, the pressure is now firmly on law firms and their IT groups to provide systems and applications that are not only easy-to-use, but ensure corporate documents and data remain safe and secure.
BYOD strategies for legal
The rise in mobile working has also resulted in a significant adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) strategies across firms. In Workshare's survey of 5,895 of IT professionals worldwide, 62 per cent of employees are already using their personal devices in the workplace – be it a phone, tablet, or laptop.
The surge in applications that facilitate mobile working and collaboration outside of the office environment is clearly evident in the legal sector, where 96 per cent of IT professionals report using mobile devices to access documents on the move. Our research also indicated that this trend is becoming a common requirement for knowledge workers across other semi- and highly regulated sectors that include the legal, financial services and pharmaceutical sectors.
Moving away from corporate-owned devices enables employees to use the productivity applications they know and love in their personal lives – such as Dropbox – for work. Although providing an easy way to share personal photos and documents, these unsecure applications pose a number of data security threats when used to share high-value corporate content. These threats can include sensitive information being inadvertently leaked, data loss, and risk of data breaches.
The research also revealed that over two-thirds of employees (69 per cent) are bypassingcorporate policies and opting for free file sharing services to share corporate documents, this is a concern that legal firms should be paying close attention to. Employees working in legal and professional (88 per cent) and financial services (78 per cent) reported the highest usage of free file sharing services, and therefore robust BYOD strategies must be put in place by IT groups in order to mitigate this risk and secure company data.
Provisioning secure and easy-to-use cloud applications
To successfully meet lawyers' needs, firms and their IT groups must consider enterprise-grade cloud collaboration applications. In the immediate future this will enable firms to dramatically reduce the volume of emails being sent and received, by enabling multiple users to work simultaneously on one document. Employees can accurately compare versions of a document to instantly see what changes have been made; make direct comments on a document with all collaborators retaining visibility and auditability of the conversations; or make comments within a group, ensuring that all conversations are in context and document-centric.
The new generation of collaboration tools ensures that all users can view a single version of the truth and that everyone has access to the latest version. Further still, users are notified of any changes – preventing long email trails and reducing the time it takes to track down various versions of documents. Over the next five years these file sharing and collaboration applications will drive advances in Cloud Content Management and usher in a new era of applications that drive productivity due to their simplicity and ease-of-use.
The onus is firmly on IT to strike a balance between user demands and the firm's data security requirements. IT must keep up with the fast-paced shifts in mobility trends and proactively introduce file sharing and collaboration applications that benefit both users and the organisation. Doing this effectively will ensure users no longer feel compelled to keep the IT group in the dark about what they're doing, as they are being provided with everything they need to get their job done.
The first step in achieving this harmony is to reassess the tools being offered to users and cooperate with employees to gain a deeper understanding of the file sharing and collaboration solutions they prefer to use. IT can then ensure relevantapplications are built from the ground up to meet the bespoke needs of bothemployees and the firm. Only when this is achieved will the organisation begin to realise the true benefits that file sharing and collaboration applications can bring to the business.
An example of a legal firm which is making technologic leaps to mobilise its workforce is Garrigues, the largest global law firm in Spain. Garrigues selected Workshare to enable its workforce of over 2,000 employees to securely compare, share, and collaborate on high-value documents without the risk of inadvertently exposing sensitive information.
Prior to using Workshare, Garrigues faced a number of security issues with clients turning to unsecure, consumer-grade file sharing applications to share large files with lawyers. One of the major reasons for using Workshare was its ability to integrate with the law firm's legacy document management system.
Garrigues is now able to enforce policy to ensure all metadata is removed by default, preventing inadvertent leaks of "hidden data" and allowing users to continue to work as they always have. The law firm can also control how documents are accessed and shared and can maintain a full audit trail, even after the document has left HP Worksite's environment.
Enabling collaboration & maintaining data control
With firms having invested huge amounts in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Document Management Systems (DMS), which hold years of corporate information and intellectual property, it no longer makes sense to go through costly 'rip and replace' processes. IT groups within legal should look at ways to extend their valuable IT infrastructure by implementing file sharing and collaboration applications that integrate with existing systems. This approach will help IT become enablers, allowing legal professionals to collaborate, while maintaining an audit trail of content being shared via mobile devices and exert some level of control IT groups need to fulfil their role as the guardians of company data.
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Not long after Manhattan's ochre and sepia autumn, gentle blowing breezes become fiercely gusting winds. Winter's gale wants so perversely to whip the flesh off our bones. It seems as if the city might blow away. Merciless, it was my first New York December. Circa 1986, a-city-freezing-over.
Snow appears shortly, a freeze paralyzing a monumental city. Sharp icy spirits bite my body. My skin, a brittle armor, feels weak and fragile—like the first thin layer of ice over a vast lake. As wind chills my stone dry face, snow starts to gather along my eyelids. The gust of a snowstorm. This frigid onslaught.
Days pass and snow continues to fall. Falling from nowhere in particular, trying so damn hard to cover the Earth, the snow stays afloat in circles of windy nonsense.
All is white. A severe week of this albinism weakens the city, strips the land not just of pigmentation, but of courage as well. Everyone hides inside. Different than a yellow and orange fall, a new color scheme is upon me. This palette is of white nothingness, aggressive in its modesty.
Around the city, I see colorless loosely-formed shapes, rounded soft configurations, like a world made child-safe. Everything is homogenous: an opaque white Jell-O poured into a city-scale mold.
At night, snow reflects the downward light from street lamps back upward. Peculiar because light is rarely thought of as illuminating up from the ground. Imagine walking on light. Imagine no shadows. Every piece of this mighty city has been ungrounded.
Any evidence that might suggest a breathing city, vanishes under a deep blanket of white silence. The town freezes to a death-like passivity. The great city lays low in forced hibernation. The quiet death I witness is poignant. The white repose is gentle as it is also frightening. A metropolis brought to its begging knees, is immobilized into delicate foreboding beauty. When a community sleeps a sleep as deep as this, the apparent finality is conclusive enough to rival mortality itself.
As the snow finally stops falling, as ice softens, the inhabitants come slowly out of their hiding places to once again stomp as they will, eager to take back their environment. The city turns an ugly scene of brown mud and slush. The colorless beauty I saw only moments ago is now trampled on by belligerent life. This vigor of street activity pecks away at winter's lush blanket, leaving it a dirty muddy mess. I prefer the elegance of a resting death to this combative unattractive life.


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