Recently, temperatures here in the Pittsburgh area have dipped well below the 20's and wind chills have been in the single digits or negatives. When it gets cold like this, it quickly turns miserable for those of us who crave the heat. You can't go outside without a hat, gloves, and tons of layers and everything is frozen from your car to your driveway. As a result, you throw on a jacket and some sweatpants and burrow deep under some thick blankets.
Trying to stay warm can occupy a lot of our energy and in our own attempts to keep warm, it can be easy to forget that we aren't the only ones suffering from the bitter cold.
Don't forget that the cold can be hard on your pets as well. Ever since the frigid temps began, I've noticed that my dogs are sleeping a lot more and they tend to spend the day curled up on their beds under their blankets. They hardly move all day long!
Ivy, who is are littlest dog, shakes and shivers when she has to brave the cold and it's obvious that she hates to step on the frozen, salty ground during bathroom breaks.
So what can we do as responsible pet owners to ensure that our pets are as comfortable as they can be during the coldest winter spells?
Follow these tips to help your dog beat the winter chill!
1. Invest in a heated dog bed.
For dogs who really struggle to keep warm, (seniors, small and short haired dogs, or sick dogs) investing in a thermal dog bed or pad for the crate can be a real life saver. A heated dog bed can provide your shivering pet with the extra boost of heat that they need. Consider this heated bed from Chewy.com (about $63 for a medium sized dog bed), but know there are a ton of options out there! Check out Amazon, Wayfair, and other pet retailers for more options!
Gifting your dog his own heating bad and slipping it on his bed is another option. Just be sure to keep the heat on low and provide a barrier between your dog's skin and the heating pad.
2. Purchase a blanket especially for your dog.
While some pet owners let their dogs have the run of the entire house (couch, blankets, and all) others are more strict about what their dog can and can't lay on. Purchasing a small, warm blanket that's specifically theirs not only provides them with a way to stay warm this winter, but can also be a great source of comfort for your dog.
3. Limit the walks and outdoor time.
Even when it gets really, really cold out your dog still might beg for a walk. If that's the case, still be sure to limit their time out on walks to thirty minutes or less. In addition, if you tie your dog out for bathroom breaks be sure to bring them back inside. Some states and cities now have laws that dictate how long your dog can be outside in the extreme temperatures.
4. Invest in a quality jacket for your dog.
With dogs it's impossible to avoid braving the frigid temps in the winter time as bathroom breaks are a must. For dogs that really struggle with the cold, consider investing in a jacket or hoodie for your dog. Quality jackets such as this jacket from the Dog Outdoors are the best option, but if you aren't looking to spend a ton of money, any jacket that covers your dog's belly should help.
The salted roads and sidewalks can reek havoc on your dog's tender paws. Be sure to invest in pet safe salt for your own driveway or sidewalk, but for protection from the salted roads consider purchasing a good pair of winter booties for your pup.
If your dog refuses the boots, make sure to slather some paw pad protector such as Musher's Secret on their paws before walks and outdoor trips and wipe off their paws when they are back inside. If you run out, Vaseline will do the trick as well!
6. When all else fails-cuddle with your dog.
Having a deep cuddle session will keep you warm and happy as well as your dog!
Right now my dogs are in my bed all snuggled up next to their sick momma (me) so we're getting the cuddling in for SURE! This is a great post – I preach this stuff alllllll the time!


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The Bible Clicks: A Creative Through-the-Bible Series in 365 Stories
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It is 2019. Jeff Bridges tours between acting gigs with his band The Abiders. The name, of course, was lifted from his character's oft quoted line in his 1997 movie The Big Lebowski, "The Dude abides" ('The Dude' being his self-bestowed handle in the movie). From what I have seen and heard, Bridges' work with The Abiders straddles the musical line now called country rock (which probably explains why he didn't name the band 'The Trons'), a genre his Dude character loathes in The Big Lebowski. Sayeth The Dude, "I hate the (expletive deleted) Eagles" but that probably wasn't Bridges talking. The movie hipster Coen Brother's no doubt brought the line into their film because it was cool to thump on the biggest band in the land when their chips were down. Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ranks #1 on the all time US Charts having moved 38 million copies. It became the first album to earn platinum level sales. The only other bands and artists to have exceeded The Eagles' 150 million worldwide album sales are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley, and Garth Brooks. The problem was, by the end of the 1970s, the band was crumbling and perceived as more than a little arrogant. They were so successful, it was easy to hate them and revel in their millionaire misery.
songwriter J.D. Souther called 'America's band' (a term drummer/vocalist Don Henley hates almost as much as the notion that they invented the soft California country rock sound). Henley told Classic Rock Magazine, "I think all of us were misfits in our own way, which is why we got into the business," to remind everyone that the Eagles formed and evolved like many other bands. What the Eagles haters forget is they weren't just anointed as 'America's band'. They worked for it and each misstep and/or success along the way contributed to both the myth and the reality of the band.
The story opens with Henley living a lonely life in Los Angeles at the dawn of the 1970s. Like many aspiring musicians, he left his small town Texas roots for the big glitz of Los Angeles. Like many other aspiring musicians, he filled his idle hours at the famed Troubadour club. It seemed to be the place where something was bound to happen and it was where he met a native Detroiter (and buddy of Bob Seger back in Michigan) named Glenn Frey. Frey had moved west to escape being sucked into a life on the auto assembly line. They were far from famous and life in the fast lane when they met, but they shared a work ethic had been formed on a Texas farm and in Michigan's industrial belt. They had more than just musical talent; they had the will to work hard to become successful. As Henley continued his "misfit" comments, he mentioned that seeing fellow Texan Janis Joplin at the Troubadour less than a week before she died: "She looked sad and lonely sitting at a table with no one talking to her. She was another one who wanted to show everyone back home. She was bullied in high school because she was different. She was looking for acceptance and that is why a lot of us came to California; to find our tribe. The popular kids at school were the football players and they got the pretty girls. A lot of famous rockers were high school nerds." From the release of their eponymous first album in 1972 and their 'flame out' sessions for their 1979 The Long Run LP, they struggled at times, but along the way (as Souther put it), "They wrote songs that evoked memories of the life you wished you lived." It would be as hard to separate the Eagles from the fabric of America as it would be to removed The Beatles from the tapestry of England.
Playing in a bar band during the Eagles' prime meant playing Eagles' songs, but that wasn't as easy as it sounds on paper. The craftsmanship displayed in their writing and performance made it difficult to do their music justice. If a band couldn't do the music well, then it was best to leave it alone. It wasn't until I was in my third band (Sledgehammer) that I got to perform the Eagles' songs. We had four musicians who could play and sing plus our lead guitar player, Barry, was just beginning his studies as a vocal major in college. Barry would break down the harmony parts and put the right voice in the right place to make the music work. To perform it onstage, our bass player and budding electronic engineer Mike designed a new PA from scratch replete with stage front monitors. A few man hours in my dad's workshop (and a little expert table saw help from dad) and we had the tools to make our on-stage performance better. Singing with monitors so one can hear how all the parts blend together gave us a great advantage. The difference in the vocals isn't so obvious when cranking out three chord rock-n-roll (which was a good share of our set list), but we tended to erupt into smiles on stage when all the parts clicked on the Eagles' material. I never had a dedicated monitor in the back line, but I certainly could hear the stage front monitors enough to make me wonder how I had ever managed without them.
As phase one of the Eagles career wound down (1972-1979), things were slowly coming unwound. Henley and Frey had taken charge of the band early on and it was their shared ambition that drove the band to keep moving forward. They ran the show, but they weren't clones of each other by any means. Henley's intensity and white-soul voice complimented Frey, the laconic, fun – loving R&B freak. They looked at other successful bands of the era (Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin being good examples) as competition. It was this 'winner take all' attitude that generated some of the 'arrogant' perceptions. Henley noted. "We were on good terms with everyone, but we'd take note of how other bands were doing, chart-wise. We wanted to be in the game. We had a competitive spirit." They may have been living in the penthouse, but the foundation of their building was beginning to crack.
Henley recalls the 1970s as a time when their extravagant behavior (like spending both an eon and a fortune in the studio recording The Long Run) was fueled by their success. He told CRM, "Everybody gets frightened when success hits and you're in your twenties and suddenly you've got all this notoriety and money being thrown at you and you don't know what to do with it. Everybody has that insecurity: 'Am I worth of all this attention? Am I good enough?'" When asked if the success should have made the band more bulletproof, Henley explained, "No. During the seventies, every morning I woke up and thought: 'This could end today.' We all did. Sometimes we'd do a concert and have a really bad night or get a bad review and I'd go: 'Okay, that's it. That's the end.' You question it. So you turn to drugs or you explode your career somehow." It seems that the Eagles proceeded to try both routes.
The first sign of trouble in a band is the "we changed out a a band member because we had creative differences" cliche. Multi-instrumentalist Bernie Leadon was the first tire to be swapped out. It is hard to say exactly what friction brought about Leadon's departure, but bassist Randy Meisner wasn't too far behind. Leadon was replaced by Don Felder whose Hotel California guitar work helped propel yet another strong album to the top of the charts. Meisner was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit, late of the band Poco, who brought his crystal clear high voicals into the mix. Ex-James Gang member and quirky solo artist Joe Walsh expanded the band to a sextet and to quote one his own lyrics, "The band played on." Some questioned why the band even needed to add Walsh to the already solid line up, but the dividends of having him on board were evident in their live shows. It also never hurts to have another songwriter (and fun guy) in the band.
When Ohio's M105 radio began marketing itself as "Cleveland's Classic Rock" station in the 1980s, the new genre spread like wildfire and in the absence of the band, the Eagles' music was in constant rotation on the nation's airwaves. Frey had bailed on the first attempt at a reunion in 1990, but by 1994, they were ready to put the old animosities aside and recorded an album that could only be called Hell Freezes Over (which also became the name of the subsequent tour).
This became the template of the massive world tours that followed and surely would have continued if Frey had not succumbed to a host of illnesses and passed on in January of 2016. The Eagles haters would finally see the band come to an end, but their music would continue to be heard on many different platforms. Following Glenn's death, a February Grammy Award performance of Frey's signature song Take It Easy (with old friend Jackson Browne covering the lead vocal) was supposed to be the exclamation at the end of their story. Everybody knew that this was the end of the band, until two years later when Henley made another hard career choice: it was time to resurrect the Eagles, but would they be accepted? The band drafted Frey's son Deacon and they began the resurrection tour in March of 2018 and by July, it was already the sixth-highest-grossing tour of the year. The tour will close with six final shows in the UK (including the famed Wembley Stadium) in June of 2019. "F.Scott Fitzgerald once famously said that there are no second acts in American life," says Henley. "I think we've proved that not only are there second acts, but there are third acts, too." The band may have been unsure of how they would be received, but rather than book a few smaller warm up gigs, they played their first shows with the new line up in front of 56,000 at Dodger Stadium and 41,000 at New York's Citi Field.
Henley recalls that they were surprised at the warm reception that they received on both coasts: "It surprised all of us. That is when we knew we might be able to do this, we might be able to continue." Take THAT all you Eagles haters! d country star (and former member of Pure Prairie League) Vince Gill to fill out the line up.


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German prosecutors charge two nationalists with planning attacks on refugees
Thursday, 18 May 2017 14:17 GMT
A migrant carries a box with her goods upon her arrival at a refugee shelter in Friedenau city hall in Berlin's Tempelhof-Schoeneberg district, Germany, in this 2016 archive photo. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Far-right ideology is gaining popularity in poorer, eastern parts of Germany
BERLIN, May 18 (Reuters) - Two German nationalists plotted a nail bomb and petrol bomb attack on Muslims and asylum seekers, German prosecutors said on Thursday when they charged the men with terrorism and being part of an organised cell.
The pair, Daniel A., 41, and Marcel L., 29, were also charged with explosives and firearms offences in connection with their activities in a far-right group, which went by the English name of the Oldschool Society (OSS).
Far-right ideology is gaining popularity in poorer, eastern parts of Germany, and, on Thursday, a report on radicalisation commissioned by the economics ministry said xenophobia and right-wing extremism were a serious threat to social peace and economic development in the region.
The planned bomb attack on a refugee shelter in the eastern town of Borna in May 2015 was thwarted at the last minute by police raids on the homes of the men, who had already obtained explosives from the Czech Republic.
In March, four OSS members were convicted in Munich for membership of a terrorist group and are serving jail sentences of between three and five years.
A police spokesman said the cases against the four had proceeded faster because they were charged with more serious offences. The two remaining suspects have not been detained.
The group grew out of an online chat group in 2014, acquiring a formal command structure. The older of the two men was the group's "sergeant-at-arms", or enforcer, while the younger mediated in disputes between members, prosecutors said.
"Under the decisive influence of the accused, the OSS aimed to use fire and nail bomb attacks to spread its far-right ideology through terrorist attacks," they said in a statement.
The suspects also face charges relating to possession of illegal weapons after investigators found a butterfly knife and a knuckleduster at their homes during raids.
OSS, or the Office of Strategic Services, was also the acronym of the World War Two forerunner of the U.S. foreign intelligence service, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
(Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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Thousands of Cameroonians flee to Nigeria as violence flares


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Marina Esmeraldo Creates Defiant Girl Gangs with a Tropical Modern Twist
"I've been looking deeper towards my own Brazilian roots."
Madeleine Morley
Marina Esmeraldo, Women's March
When illustrator Marina Esmeraldo wakes up in her Barcelona apartment each morning, the first thing she does—even before a crucial cup of coffee—is settle down at her desk and put pen to page. In a fluid half-slumber images from her subconscious pour forth: depictions of luscious palm trees, ripe chili peppers, rolling waves, and cheerful, dancing women, all rendered in the sun-kissed colors of tropical modernism.
Marina Esmeraldo, personal sketch as part of the 100 Days Project.
Esmeraldo grew up in the UK but hails from northeast Brazil. She works between London and Barcelona, creating her colorful, ecstatic work for a variety of fashion and culture clients like Refinery29, Lenny Letter, and Wired, as well as Google and Adidas. In her spare time, she publishes and art directs a visually striking literary magazine called In Shades, and creates graphics in support of the women's movement.
Her path to illustration was by no means direct: after studying architecture and the built environment in her home country, Esmeraldo moved to Barcelona to pursue mural making, eventually combining her interests in color and space into her trademark illustration style.
Marina Esmeraldo, Beyoncé, IT Mag.
Marina Esmeraldo, Consent
"Studying architecture at university has definitely shaped not only my creative approach, but also my worldview and way of thinking," says Esmeraldo. "I learned how to see the world, how to deconstruct space and rearrange it on a flat surface." This has palpably influenced her approach to portraits, which often consist of shapes and lines that "form a whole" almost like a sweeping postmodern construction, derived from her interest in "mixing the figurative and the abstract." When drawing Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian or Grace Jones, Esmeraldo combines constructional thinking with an exuberant pop art sensibility.
"I also have a lot of experience with signage and wayfinding," says the illustrator. "The spatial awareness helps me with mural painting, in knowing how to blow up scale and having a holistic approach towards the medium."
After working for a number of years as a successful illustrator, Esmeraldo has now turned to a new morning routine of drawing whatever comes into her mind as a way to start her day—an exercise she finds mentally healthy and beneficial, but also helps her discover the styles and themes she most intimately cares about. "As a freelancer who has to take care of my own practice's marketing and accounting, there are long bouts of not being creative, and I was spending too much time on social media, which can be very crippling," she explains. "Drawing an image a day has been incredibly beneficial. The mind expands in its search for new references and inspiration: I've been looking deeper towards my own Brazilian roots as a reflection of that."
This has meant a renewed appreciation of Brazilian mid-century graphic design, from the '60s especially. "Especially the work of Rogério Duarte, who designed many classic movie posters from the time—I love the colors and curves, and the way he balances that with stark modernism," says Esmeraldo. "I also draw a lot from the visual antagonist Cesar G. Villela, who designed the minimalist Bossa Nova covers and mixed the figurative and abstract." Esmeraldo takes all these influences, lifts and intensifies the color palette, and then focuses on distinctly contemporary themes—illustrating pictures of stylish, defiant girl gangs, pro-choice graphics, and wide-open mouths demanding equal pay.
Marina Esmeraldo, Women's March illustration for Refinery 29.
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Lincoln Park Zoo is approximately 35 acres in the heart of Chicago, situated on the Lake Michigan shore. Due to it's variety of habitats and proximity to the lake shore spotting virtually any species of migrant is possible in the zoo or adjacent property.
We will start by working our way around the South Pond at Nature Boardwalk and then move north through the zoo exploring all the nooks and crannies that often harbor migrant warblers, sparrows, vireos, and thrushes.
This will be an easy walk as we will stay on paved paths and boardwalks.
Meet under the People's Gas Pavilion at Nature Boardwalk at 7 am.


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Carers Week 2015
I was pleased to attend an event in Parliament held to highlight Carers Week 2015 awareness campaign, which runs from 8-14th June. There are 6.5 million people in the UK who care for a partner, relative or friend, of which 9005 carers are in Newport Easta]. Without the right help and support, caring can have a devastating impact -; carers can quickly become isolated, with their physical and emotional health, work and finances all hit hard.
The six charities driving Carers Week 2015 are calling on individuals, organisations and services throughout the country to take action to improve the lives of carers by building 'carer-friendly communities' that consider and support their needs.
"Carers make a hugely valuable contribution to society and they need support to carry on the work they do. That is why I am supporting this initiative to encourage services in my community to think about the needs of carers and reach out to carers to help ensure they don't miss out on support."
Carers Week Manager Diana Walles said:
"It's fantastic to see MPs supporting carers. Families are increasingly taking on caring roles for older, ill or disabled loved ones, yet still struggle for recognition and support from health and care services and in their communities.
Much progress has been made -; indeed, over 1,000 people and organisations have already pledged to actively engage with carers in their local community for Carers Week and into the future. But we still have a long way to go. This Carers Week, we're calling on individuals and organisations to think about what they can do to improve the lives of carers in their community."
Carers Week is made possible by Carers UK joining forces with Age UK, Carers Trust, Independent Age, Macmillan Cancer Support and MS Society.
Thousands of events are taking place across the country this week, and thousands of people have already pledged their support for carers online. To find out more about this, visit www.carersweek.org


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You have finally signed that big deal that took forever to negotiate. Regardless of whether it was a SaaS, managed services, or cloud computing deal, you are just glad the deal is finally wrapped. After pen is put to paper and the contracts are all signed, you pop the corks, thank your tech lawyer for his great work, send him home, and get back to your "normal" duties as CIO. The legal part is mercifully over and now you can get back to business sans lawyers.
I hate to tell you this, but that is the wrong approach in tech deals, and in fact, is the wrong approach in any big deal of any kind. You must keep your contracting team intact and functioning in order to receive the full benefit of your negotiations, to fully protect your interests, and to help you manage your vendors. Keeping your tech attorney on your team helps you focus on other things while he manages the legal aspects of your relationship with your vendor. A little delegation here goes a long way, and could make you look good in the eyes of your Board.
Once you sign your agreement, you begin the process of managing the deal. If you do not manage the deal then your vendor will, and it should be obvious to you that you and your vendor may not have overlapping priorities.
The type of deal does not matter. Your deal could have been anything, from a custom software modification to, an overhaul of your website. If you manage the project right, you will maximize the value of whatever it is you bought.
You took the time to put together a negotiating team to decide what it is you needed, you evaluated several companies, and you spent time negotiating your deal. Keep the team together during the implementation process. One common mistake I see all the time is that at this point many CIOs dismantle the deal team because the deal is "done." They are then left to manage the relationship with the vendor alone.
Well, as Yogi Berra said (and if he didn't say it, he should of), "It ain't over til it's over." Don't dismantle the team!
There is no one-size-fits-all formula here, but the idea I am floating is your team must stay together throughout the implementation phase. You might need a weekly meeting or just a monthly conference call among your team members. You need to actively manage the process.
You want your team to give you input on issues such as: Are you getting the service levels required by your agreement? Are you receiving the required status reports from your vendor? Is your vendor meeting deadlines? In the broadest sense, you want to know if your vendor is complying with the terms of the agreement.
All too often, I see many CIOs not heeding my suggestion to keep the team together. Rather, they deal with issues like this through crisis management. Those CIOs tend to be reactive instead of proactive, and only become involved when stuff hits the fan. Only when the situation gets ugly do they reassemble the team they scattered to the wind to try to reel the vendor back in.
I know that in my role as outside counsel, some of my CIO clients do not take this advice. Once the corks pop, I am out of the picture unless and until the parties are staring down the barrel of a rifle (also known as litigation). Then, I am asked to fix it before there is a war.
It should be obvious that it is much harder to fix than prevent a problem, and part of your job as CIO is to prevent such problems. If you are actively managing the implementation process, you will notice when vendor's performance does not satisfy the bare minimum of what they agreed to provide. It is so much easier to deal with the issue amicably when you identify the problem in your routine monthly meeting and immediately bring it to your vendor's attention. If you wait, or if no one is minding your deal, then the problem can go on for a while and become much harder to resolve.
Beyond the issue of identifying minor problems when such problems are still minor, another issue is properly documenting the problem in the way required by your agreement. I have litigated too many cases in my almost 20+ years as a lawyer where I was up against a contract that said my client should have sent a written notice of a problem within 15 days and they did not.
My client, who had dismanted his team and did not have anyone watching the legal stuff for him, was doing a poor job of managing the business relationship. It is asinine when you consider a CIO jeopardizing any legal remedies he might have in a deal (and possibly his job) because he did not want to budget one-hour per month for their tech lawyer to participate in their monthly team meeting by conference call. It is crazy to conduct business that way.
Moreover, it is not really about "legal remedies." If we are talking about legal remedies, we are talking about a seriously ill deal potentially heading to a court room. News of which is sure to work its way throughout the CIO's company. What we are talking about is trying to avoid the use of legal remedies through the use of the terms of your contract. It may be a cliché, but "Good fences make for good neighbors" when managing your vendors.
As much as you want to have an informal "can't we all just be friends" relationship with your vendor, experience tells me that some level of formality is a good thing. Wait for the relationship to deteriorate before you re-involve your lawyer and an e-mail from me to your vendor is at best like moving your military to a higher state of alert. At worst, it can be like a shot across his bow.
The better approach is that when you first notice a minor problem during your monthly meetings, have the tech lawyer still on your team send a formal notice as required by the agreement. Now, that same e-mail from your tech lawyer, and others that follow, are more like a routine diplomatic exchange. Such exchanges can help keep the relationship and the implementation process on the right path.
So often I see CIOs reticent to send that formal notice. Don't be. It is the procedure everybody agreed to in the agreement, so use the procedure when required. If you do not, you may unintentionally waive rights you had under the agreement and unintentionally send the message to the vendor that you will let things slide. That is bad, and reflects poorly on you.
The right message is to let your vendor know that you are watching closely. You expect the vendor to do what the vendor promised to do in the agreement. And in return, the vendor will just love how progress payments arrive like magic—right on time.


There are a variety of ways the WWE can let a superstar know he is the face of the company. From putting a championship belt around his waist to having him headline a pay-per-view, there are several paths to reaching the summit.
Since "WWE 2K14," the first WWE 2K video game title, the company has chosen just one superstar to grace the cover.
In 2014 it was The Rock, followed by John Cena, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Brock Lesnar. If you were to rank the top five superstars in the WWE over the past 20 years, there's a good chance all four would be in there.
Now Seth Rollins can add his name to the list. Rollins will be on the cover of "WWE 2K18," the WWE and 2K Sports announced Monday. The game will be released worldwide on October 17.
"It was an honor for me," Rollins told ESPN of discovering he would be on the cover. "You look at some of the previous names who have graced the cover of WWE video games over the years and to be amongst those is truly an honor and I'm humbled by it.
"I'm also just excited for our generation of guys, the new generation of up-and-coming guys, to be the first of us to be on the cover. It's cool and not just exciting for me but our entire locker room."
The previous four superstars to grace the cover have either retired from wrestling (Rock and Austin) or are now part-time performers (Cena and Lesnar). The WWE is now trying to promote a new generation of superstars whom fans can embrace and follow as they did those previous four and Rollins is seemingly the face of that new generation.
In the trailer for the game, Rollins is in an abandoned warehouse filled with WWE artifacts, among them Triple H's skull mask, Dusty Rhodes' boots, Ric Flair's robe, Bret Hart's glasses and The Undertaker's urn. As Rollins walks through the warehouse, he begins to destroy each piece of WWE history.
"This is me putting my own spin on WWE history so to speak," Rollins said. "The catchphrase for 'WWE 2K18' is to 'Be Like No One.' So it's me just putting my foot through the door and not taking anybody before me."
Rollins made his WWE debut in 2012 and was first included as a character in the video game with "WWE 2K14."
"That was very surreal to be in the WWE video game," Rollins said. "Growing up I played WWE Smackdown vs. Raw and all the WWE video games, and I had to do my best to create what I would look like as a grown adult. So to be in the game as a playable character and the way graphics are nowadays, the likeness is almost uncanny. It was very surreal to see myself in the video game and being on the cover this year is going to be even crazier."
While Rollins looks forward to playing himself in "WWE 2K18," he spends most of his time playing Madden, where he is still trying to lead his Chicago Bears to a virtual Super Bowl.
"I like sports games. I grew up playing Madden and some of the baseball games like Ken Griffey Jr.'s baseball game and R.B.I. Baseball," Rollins said. "I like first-person story games as well. I can't get into Call of Duty and third-person games. It makes me dizzy and crazy. But Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid were my jams growing up. When I play Madden, I play at a very high level so it's competitive. I'm currently in the fourth year of my franchise and I haven't gotten to the conference championship game but I'm still building. We're a young team, we're coming around and sooner or later we'll make our Super Bowl run."


The Communication Workers Union, which represents staff at the Royal Mail that are postal, has condemned plans by the Royal Mail to employ 30,000 temporary employees to deal with the back-log created by union members working even less than normal.
Union workers are objecting plans by the Royal Mail to drag the institution into the 21st century. They fear that increased automation is likely to lead to job losses and a chance that your letter might get to the correct address, rather than just ending up in the first house on your street that the postie passes.
Other modernisation plans involve a radical scheme to have the sorting office check the intended address against it's own comprehensive database of possible addresses before handing it to a bloke on a bike who, if confused, will just deliver it somewhere that looks a bit like it.
People across Britain are believed to be taking no additional precautions to allow for the thousands of items of post that will become lost, damaged or stolen during the postal crisis. As most believe they will see no difference to normal postal service.
"staff at Royal Mail that are postal"! Hee hee - priceless.


During the past two decades, Malta has witnessed a high increase in car ownership and use. National statistics reveal that traditional derivatives of crude oil, such as diesel and unleaded petrol consumption have increased considerably.
The Government is striving to introduce more renewable fuels to sustain an economically-viable and more environmentally-friendly transport sector. The Ministry is committed to the implementation of Electro-mobility, because it believes that it is one of the solutions that will enable Malta to achieve its 2020 Climate change and Energy Targets. The relevance of electric mobility to the Malta land transport situation will have a number of different beneficial aspects. These will range from effects on traffic emissions, transport energy use, patterns of electricity generation, and effects on health, urban planning and road communications.
This Government has already put up a team of people together to move its policy forward and it has shown its willingness and commitment launching the first electric vehicle in Malta within the EU funded project under LIFE+: DemoEV (Demonstrating the feasibility of Electric Vehicles towards climate change mitigation – LIFE10 ENV/MT/O88). Besides demonstrating the use of this latest electric vehicle technology to Maltese potential users, DemoEV will also seek to deploy a national Electric Car-Charging Network.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure is the Lead Partner of the DemoEV Project. It is in charge of its implementation together with the three other beneficiaries: Ministry for Gozo, Transport Malta and Enemalta. The project emerges as one of the many actions the Government is involved in to implement an efficient electric transport system aimed at guaranteeing a better quality of life for current and future generations.
The overall mission of the Ministry for Gozo is to promote economic, social and cultural development in Gozo while retaining the island's natural environmental identity.
The Ministry for Gozo will strive to enhance further the quality of life in Gozo through education, economic development and social progress. The island will also strive to reduce its carbon and water footprints. Gozo's environment, resources, culture and identity play a significant part in attracting more visitors and investment towards the island.
DemoEV is in line with the Ministry for Gozo's vision, given that it aims to encourage the use of electric vehicles, which can replace fossil-fuel based vehicles. The role of the Ministry for Gozo within this project, is to assist the lead partner (Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure) in the implementation of actions and activities related to the island of Gozo.
Enemalta Corporation offers a broad range of services to both the industrial, commercial and domestic sectors in the energy field. Set up in 1977, the Corporation today undertakes a broad range of operations, incorporating the importation and distribution of petroleum products as well as the generation and distribution of electricity to all sectors of Maltese society.
Throughout the years, the Corporation has been instrumental in pioneering the usage of new technology to reach its corporate objectives whilst at the same time offering better products and services.Employing a workforce of around 1,500 people, Enemalta plays a significant role in the economic development of the country, contributing towards the growth of both the industrial and commercial sectors by strengthening the island's infrastructural base.
The last few years have seen the Corporation extending and consolidating the electricity transmission system whilst upgrading its generation facilities. At the same time, Enemalta is bracing itself to face the challenges of globalisation and a fast developing new world economy. Today, the Corporation is becoming more focused on environmental considerations to create a safer and more sustainable habitat for the Maltese people.
Enemalta Corporation is an Associated Beneficiary within the LIFE+ DemoEV project and has given its technical assistance throughout the various phases of this project. Furthermore, in view that this project also constitutes the setting up of a public charging infrastructure, Enemalta will also be assisting in connecting the Charging Points to the grid.
Each Charging Point will be equipped with a smart meter and data collected from the demonstration period of this project shall be analysed in order to assess and forecast the impact that electric vehicle uptake shall pose on the electricity grid. The data gathered shall also enable Enemalta to carry out monitoring in order to establish vehicle charging trends and nationwide data forecasting in relation to vehicle deployment. Furthermore, an analysis regarding the effect that electric vehicle charging would pose on the local generating plants shall also take place while taking into consideration integration with photovoltaic panels installed on households participating in the pilot project.
'TRANSPORT MALTA' is the Authority for Transport in Malta set up by Act XV of 2009 which brings together the Malta Transport Authority, the Malta Maritime Authority and the Civil Aviation Directorate. Transport Malta (TM) standardizes and regulates all modes of transport (road, sea and air) and is responsible for the public transport system.
The implementation of all government transport policies fall under TM's remit. It falls directly under the auspices of the Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure.
Ensure that the administration, services and operations of ports and yachting centres in Malta are more efficient and cost-effective.
Urban transport emissions are responsible for 40% of all CO2 emissions in Europe while 70% of all other pollutants are caused by traffic. As the Authority primarily responsible for road transport, Transport Malta feels that it is within its responsibility to find ways how to mitigate excessive carbon emission resulting from road transport and thus improving the quality of life of Maltese citizens by contributing towards the achievement of cleaner air and an overall healthier environment. This triggered Transport Malta's interest to participate in DemoEV as an Associated Beneficiary.
The ever-improving technology in electro-mobility has provided Transport Malta with the perfect solution to establish clean, emission-free transportation and it was therefore for this reason that Transport Malta chose to support the DemoEV project. By demonstrating the efficiency of the new second generation full electric vehicles and providing the necessary infrastructure for public charging, Maltese drivers can learn to appreciate the advantages that this new technology can bring to our air and urban noise levels. Combined with Port-PVEV (an Italy-Malta 2007-2013 funded project) Transport Malta shall seek to demonstrate carbon-neutral transport by charging electric vehicles directly from solar-powered points provided around Malta.
By implementing these measures Transport Malta is contributing not only to greening transport and cleaning Maltese air but it is also contributing to reaching the pan-European energy targets of 20% renewable energy by 2020.


Should you move your HR operations to SAP SuccessFactors?
The current rapidly and continuously changing business environment demands greater agility than ever and the ability to quickly develop new strategies as circumstances evolve. But, it's also critical to be able to execute those strategies rapidly and effectively. It's the people inside the company that execute these strategies, so organisations that desire to succeed know they need a business solution optimising their workforce for today and being prepared for tomorrow. SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite is that solution.
However, the decision to move over to SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite, a cloud based HCM solution can be tough for any business. With a number of factors such as technical advancements and costly implementation to consider, your decision can be far from an easy choice.
In this post, we'll look at some of the key considerations to make before choosing whether to move your HR solutions/system to SAP or not.
Within most successful organisations, almost every employee understands internal business processes and systems. SuccessFactors provides the perfect opportunity to review, rethink and redesign these business processes to be simple, consolidated and efficient for the orgnisation's needs.
SAP's SuccessFactors HCM Suite is comprehensive, engaging and offers flexible deployment options to start anywhere in the suite and to go everywhere, to other products as best fits the business. SAP SuccessFactors ties people strategy to business strategy with workflows, content, insights and expertise that directly impacts business results and drives company success.
In addition, establishing a change management strategy, is essential to enable important buy-in from all involved. Employees and end users should be part of a clear development pathway, taking them through awareness and understanding to acceptance, adoption and ownership. But of course, this should be balanced with the potential disruption to day to day operations, both financially and practically.
Current, up to date and ready for millennials - that's SuccessFactors. Unlike other older and somewhat dated HR systems, SAP's platform offers engaging interfaces and actions akin to millennial's familiarities and digital surroundings. This is crucial, as by 2020 it's thought around 50% of the workforce will be millennials, bringing different requirements and expectations to organisations and HR teams across the globe.
SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite is delivered on a secure, reliable, and highly scalable architecture that offers customers rapid deployment, rapid results, and continuous innovation at a lower total cost of ownership than other solutions. It leverages technology to remove complexity with the organisation's functions and yet remaining compliant with each country's legislations.
Success Factors also offers a consumer type experience with their modern user interfaces through Fiori Applications available in most mobile devices.
With four upgrades a year, SuccessFactors is quick to deliver exciting product advancements and functions every few months. While for some businesses this may prove overwhelming, for others it presents the chance to be transformed and to remain at the forefront of technologies and capabilities. If your business finds itself under the former bracket, you may choose to perform mini re-implementations every year or so instead. Alternatively, you may decide implementation and such regular updates are unrealistic or unnecessary for your organisation's current status.
The cloud platform offers a seamless integration with all mobile devices and on premise systems, allowing an easy and simple access to business applications. SAP will be able to provide assistance in delivering and integrating other systems, using the SAP Cloud Platform, to align all business functions and process in the same strategic direction.
However, while SAP provides free standard integration content, further assistance and support comes at a cost with expensive and often hard to understand integration variations. Combine this with the challenge of building and maintaining integrations from scratch when using a non-SAP middleware, and you can see why some businesses may decide against integration.
Along with UKISUG, SAP offer a large and strong network of support. This provides crucial collaboration for businesses going through similar experiences, processes and implementations.
Our SuccessFactors Special Interest Group, provides an opportunity for likeminded users to connect, and share experiences and knowledge. The group runs events twice a year, offering an open, collaborative forum for networking, learning and discussions around human capital management.
UKISUG JAM also offers the same collaboration possibilities, but through an online portal throughout the year and in a neutral environment.
As with most personal and corporation data, the future of business technology is largely in the cloud. With SAP SuccessFactors, you will receive access to powerful memory, analytics, and mobile capabilities, allowing you to do more in the cloud and accelerate business results in the process.
The cloud can also reduce the cost of managing and maintaining an on-premise IT system. Colleagues will benefit from an increase in collaboration efficiency and flexibility, meaning tasks and projects can be viewed and worked on from different locations, and by more than one team member at a time.
As is frustratingly the case with a host of SAP products, transparency and clarification on licensing is not easy to come by. We're doing our best to improve things, as are SAP. You can read more about that in our recent licensing update.
SuccessFactors subscriptions come under a number of models and brackets, but with all running on a monthly basis. While for some organisations monthly subscriptions are an efficient and practical way to manage finances, for others it may be wasteful and inconvenient.
After reading this article you may still be undecided on whether SuccessFactors is for you or not, but hopefully we've given you some food for thought and important considerations to make. It's evident SuccesFactors is not for every business, but there's undoubtedly significant benefits for those businesses that can effectively implement and integrate.
As always, it can be beneficial to seek professional advice and expertise to help you decide on SuccessFactors cloud, its potential advantages, long-term costs and ROI.
Register as a UKISUG member to find out about the latest news, information and developments relating to SuccessFactors. For those who have already implemented SuccessFactors, we have a SuccessFactors Innovation Event coming up on 22nd May, offering the chance to hear from subject matter experts and industry leading companies such as SAP, Accenture and NGA.


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// Copyright (c) Andrew Karpov. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.

using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CodeRefactorings;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CodeActions;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Text;
using System.Threading;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
using System.Composition;

namespace RefactoringTools
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides refactoring for splitting one LINQ Where invocation with conjunction
    /// of predicates into several Where invocations.
    /// </summary>
    [ExportCodeRefactoringProvider(RefactoringId, LanguageNames.CSharp), Shared]
    internal class SplitWhereRefactoringProvider : CodeRefactoringProvider
    {
        public const string RefactoringId = nameof(SplitWhereRefactoringProvider);

        public override async Task ComputeRefactoringsAsync(CodeRefactoringContext context)
        {
            var document = context.Document;
            var cancellationToken = context.CancellationToken;
            var span = context.Span;

            var root = await document.GetSyntaxRootAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);

            var node = root.FindNode(span);

            var statement = node as StatementSyntax;

            if (statement == null)
            {
                statement = node.TryFindParentStatement();
            }

            if (statement == null || statement.IsKind(SyntaxKind.Block))
                return;

            Func<SyntaxNode, SyntaxNode> action;

            if (!WhereSplitter.TryGetAction(statement, out action))
                return;

            var codeAction = CodeAction.Create(
                "Split Where filter",
                c =>
                {
                    var newRoot = action(root);

                    return Task.FromResult(document.WithSyntaxRoot(newRoot));
                }
            );

            context.RegisterRefactoring(codeAction);
        }
    }
}


Rosemarie Colvin holds a photo of her daughter, Marie Colvin, who died reporting in Syria on Feb. 22, 2012.
Rosemarie Colvin has experienced a whirlwind of emotions since the passing of her daughter Marie Colvin one year ago Friday, swelling with grief and sorrow when learning her eldest child died and then beaming with pride as people from around the world extolled her brave commitment to truth and justice.
This week is especially trying for Colvin as she and her family celebrate the life of Marie, who died at the age of 56 in war-torn Syria on Feb. 22, 2012 when the city of Homs was shelled, killing 20 people. French journalist Remi Ochlik was killed alongside her.
They were among 28 journalists who died in Syria last year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, and dozens of other Syrian and international reporters have been abducted during the conflict, which has reportedly claimed more than 60,000 lives.
But the past year has also been very rewarding for Colvin and her family. Soon after her daughter's tragic death, the family created a non-profit, the Marie Colvin Memorial Fund, in honor of the brave journalist who died reporting on the Syrian conflict for The Sunday Times in London.
"The fund will direct donations to charitable and educational organizations that reflect Marie's lifelong dedication to humanitarian aid, human rights, journalism and education," the organization says on its website.
A portion of the money raised by the family went to help fund the Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting at the Stony Brook University School of Journalism, spearheaded by Ilana Ozernoy, an assistant professor at the university and the coordinator for the program.
"She was just an incredible force and a completely larger than life figure," said Ozernoy, a former war correspondent who had met Marie Colvin while reporting in Iraq.
Marie Colvin, who was born and raised on Long Island and graduated from Oyster Bay High School in 1974, was best known for her in-depth shoe-leather reporting from some of the most unstable regions in the world.
Her travels took her to Syria, Libya and the snowy mountains of Chechnya. In 1991, Marie Colvin injured her eye while reporting in Sri Lanka. She wore an eye patch for the rest of her life.
"We want to nurture and grow the next generation of foreign correspondents," Ozernoy said, while noting the decline of international news coverage, a victim of the financially troubled newspaper industry.
The Marie Colvin Center for International Reporting opened in February and received a $50,000 donation from notable CNN war correspondent Christiane Amanpour. The center is hoping to raise public awareness for international news coverage and to bolster the journalism school's existing program, Journalism Without Walls, which allows students to travel around the word and do their own international reporting.
"They leave Stony Brook as student journalists and they return as foreign correspondents," Ozernoy said proudly.
While Rosemarie Colvin is appreciative of the efforts made by her daughters' former colleagues and local organizations, she's disappointed with the United States role—or lack thereof—in the Syrian crisis.
Last year, as she welcomed dozens of reporters into her home, Colvin cried out that her daughter was murdered. That belief hasn't changed.
Colvin was referring to her daughter's televised appearance on CNN's Anderson Cooper: 360, detailing the bloodshed in Syria. Hours later, she was killed when her makeshift press center was shelled by Syrian military forces.
While the world keeps a watchful eye on the civil war in Syria, Colvin is embracing the support from her friends and family and is taking comfort in her daughter's growing legacy.


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Why do shock-absorbing rubber tiles have to comply with the limit for consumer products while rubber granulate does not?
This has a legal background. Shock-absorbing rubber tiles are consumer products, and rubber granulate is considered a mixture of substances that have different limit. RIVM recommends adjusting the limit for rubber granulate to one that is closer to the limit for consumer products.
Is it safe to play on shock-absorbing rubber tiles?
Based on the calculations, it can be concluded that it is safe to play on tiles that comply with the limit for consumer products. The composition of rubber tiles as they are sold or are present in playgrounds has not been investigated. This study on the product limit for PAHs in rubber tiles is a theoretical one.
The limit for all consumer products containing rubber was tightened in 2015. What about the older shock-absorbing rubber tiles?
The composition of shock-absorbing rubber tiles was not investigated in this study.
Do the current tiles comply with the limit?
This is a theoretical study. The composition of shock-absorbing rubber tiles was not investigated in this study.
Why was this study done if the composition of the tiles in the Netherlands has not been studied?
The limit for consumer products was tightened in 2015. RIVM has calculated the health risks for playing children when the rubber tiles contain the maximum permitted amount of PAHs. In setting this limit it was agreed that it would be evaluated by the European Commission in 2017. The RIVM calculation of health risks from the shock-absorbing tiles that comply with the limit can contribute to this evaluation.
How is the risk of cancer-causing substances from the tiles calculated?
In general, the risks from the exposure to cancer-causing substances are indicated as the extra number of people who develop cancer per million of exposed people; the term 'extra' is used as people have the risk of developing cancer without this exposure. An extra risk of 1 in a million exposed people is regarded as negligible in the risk assessment of cancer-causing substances. Because of the uncertainties about the exposure, the calculated extra cancer risk due to the exposure to rubber tiles is presented as a range, meaning that the extra risk lies between two extreme values. At the worst-case extreme level, the negligible risk level is slightly exceeded.
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) made a recommendation in 2014 on rubber tiles and concluded that the future REACH limit value of 1 or 0.5 mg/kg is adequate. Why did RIVM make a new risk assessment?
The NVWA opinion is based on an RIVM assessment from 2013. This was made following an incident. That assessment was based on an exposure period of 6 months. The risk assessment that has now been established is based on an exposure period of 11 years. Both assessments have a fundamentally different premise. In the event of an incident, the harmfulness of the situation encountered is assessed, with a view to taking immediate measures to protect health or limit further damage. When assessing a safe limit, protection of the most sensitive population groups is examined, in which outliers (e.g. playing outdoors on rubber tiles for 11 years) are also protected. Therefore, this is the other side of the spectrum: at which concentration are we certain that there is no damage.
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Chocochino Trio – Conference Entertainment If you looking for a live vibe at your private party, wedding or corporate event you've got the right group.
Not to mention the Vocal repertoire with a fabulous female vocalist depending on the clients requirements.
Chocochino has done corporate events at venues such as Emperors Palace, Misty Hills, Radisson Hotels, Katzy`s Cigar Lounge, Smoke Restaurant, Westcliff hotel, Summer Place, Sun City and The Kyalami Castle amongst others.


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Praga-Północ (deutsch Praga-Nord) ist ein zentraler Stadtbezirk von Warschau östlich der Weichsel.

Da der Bezirk im Zweiten Weltkrieg weit weniger zerstört wurde als die westlich der Weichsel liegenden Stadtteile, hat er seinen historischen Charakter bewahrt. Der überwiegende Teil der Bausubstanz von Wohn- und Industriegebäuden stammt aus dem späten 19. Jahrhundert, dem frühen 20. Jahrhundert sowie der Zwischenkriegszeit. In den 1950er und 1960er Jahren entstanden aber auch hier große Wohnsiedlungen in sozialistisch-realistischer Architektur (Praga I, Praga II, Praga III). Die historischen Gebäude wurden jahrzehntelang vernachlässigt, sie waren nach der Wende sanierungsbedürftig. Entsprechend war der Stadtbezirk in Warschau wenig beliebt und galt als unsicher. Seit den 2010er Jahren steigt die Beliebtheit des Bezirks. In historischen Mietshäusern und verlassenen Fabriken siedeln sich Galerien, Künstler und moderne Gastronomie an. Die oftmals umstrittene Privatisierung von städtischen Objekten führte zu Haussanierungen und dem Beginn einer Gentrifizierung.

Geschichte
Der ursprünglich mit Stadtrecht versehene Warschauer Vorort Praga gehörte bereits seit dem Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts zum Stadtgebiet und ist somit einer der ältesten Teile der Stadt. Im Jahr 1945 wurde Praga in die Stadtteile Praga-Północ und Praga-Południe aufgeteilt. Praga-Północ ist seit 2002 einer von Warschaus 18 Stadtbezirken und besteht heute aus den vier Bezirksstadtteilen Pelcowizna, Nowa Praga, Stara Praga und Szmulowizna.

Infrastruktur
Mit den westlich der Weichsel gelegenen Stadtbezirken Śródmieście und Żoliborz wird Praga-Północ durch mehrere Brücken verbunden:
 Gdański-Brücke (Most Gdański), zweigeschossige Stahlkonstruktion aus den 1950er Jahren
 Śląsko-Dąbrowski-Brücke (Most Śląsko-Dąbrowski), von 1947 bis 1949 errichtet
 Stefan-Rowecki-Brücke (Most gen. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego), Teil der Nordumfahrung Warschaus (S8)
 Most Średnicowy (Durchmesserbrücke), 1931 fertiggestellte Eisenbahnbrücke
 Świętokrzyski-Brücke, im Jahr 2000 eröffnete Schrägseilbrücke

Das Zentrum des Bezirks bildet der Wileński-Platz (Plac Wileński). Hier lag der 1863 eröffnete Dworzec Petersburski, der 1920 durch den Bahnhof Warszawa Wileńska ersetzt wurde, und hier befindet sich die im Jahr 2015 in Betrieb genommene Metro-Station Dworzec Wileński der Linie 2 der Metro Warschau. Die Hauptverkehrsachse des Bezirks ist die vier- bis sechsspurige Targowa-Straße (ul. Targowa), die sich etwa 800 Meter entfernt und parallel zur Weichsel vom Wileński-Platz (eigentlich beginnt sie bereits an der ul. Ratuszowa) bis zum benachbarten Bezirk Praga-Południe erstreckt; dort läuft sie als Grochowska-Straße weiter Richtung Südosten. Im Stadtbezirk verkehren mehrere Straßenbahn- und Buslinien.

In Praga-Północ befinden sich u. a.
 Herz-Jesu-Basilika, katholische Kirche des 20. Jahrhunderts
 Kathedrale St. Michael und St. Florian des Bistums Warschau-Praga
 Maria-Magdalena-Kathedrale, Sitz des Oberhaupts der orthodoxen Kirche in Polen
 Isaak-Hersz-Jahrman-Synagoge, ehemalige Hinterhofsynagoge
 Museum Warschau-Praga, Darstellung der Geschichte von Praga
 Muzeum Polskiej Wódki, 2018 eröffnetes, multimediales Museum zur Geschichte des polnischen Wodkas
 Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego, private Wirtschaftshochschule
 Zoologischer Garten, Warschauer Zoo
 Wodkahersteller "Koneser", heute Centrum Praskie Koneser
 Hafen Praga, einer von ehemals drei Flusshäfen Warschaus, heute Entwicklung zum Port-Praski-Projekt
 Park Praski, ein im 19. Jahrhundert entstandener Park
 Bazar Różyckiego, ein seit dem 19. Jahrhundert bestehender Wochenmarkt an der Targowa-Straße

Im nördlichen Bezirksstadtteil Pelcowizna (früher ein Dorf mit Herrschaft, später eine Industrie- und Eisenbahnwohnsiedlung), war ab 1949 die Pkw-Fabrik Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych errichtet worden. Hier hatten bis zum Jahr 2011 wechselnde Eigentümer Fahrzeuge verschiedener Marken und Modelle, wie Syrena (FSO), Warszawa (FSO), Polonez (FSO), Fiat 125 (FSO), Lanos (Daewoo), Matiz (Daewoo) und Aveo (Chevrolet) produziert. Die Fabrikanlagen werden seit 2011 demontiert, eine Neunutzung des Geländes ist geplant.

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Full lineup announced for Epicenter 2020
The music lineup has been announced for Epicenter 2020, May 1, 2 and 3 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. As previously announced, rock icons Metallica will headline Friday, May 1, and Sunday, May 3, performing two different headlining sets. Multi-platinum band Disturbed will headline Saturday, May 2. The lineup also includes Lynyrd Skynyrd (in an exclusive 2020 North Carolina performance), Deftones, Godsmack, Volbeat, Staind, Papa Roach, David Lee Roth, Gojira, Chevelle, Cypress Hill, Rancid, Royal Blood, Anthrax, Dropkick Murphys, I Prevail and Alter Bridge.
As previously announced, Metallica—recently named the world's biggest all-time touring act by Pollstar—will headline all five Danny Wimmer Presents hard rock festivals in 2020 in a unique collaboration unprecedented for any American festival promoter or band. Epicenter is the first performance in this festival series.
"Metallica isn't just another headliner. When Metallica takes the stage, it's an event. It's an experience. That's the same standard we've set for every DWP festival—from the first band to the last band, and everything that happens in between. I can't wait to bring the biggest band in the world to the biggest rock festivals in America," said Danny Wimmer, founder of Danny Wimmer Presents, the largest independent festival producer in the United States. "Metallica paved this road that we travel. How many artists on the bill at these five festivals first picked up an instrument, or first started a band, because of Metallica?"
Epicenter will move to its new home at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2020. The venue hosted several years of the Carolina Rebellion festival before Epicenter moved to Rockingham, North Carolina, in 2019.
We're pleased to announce that Epicenter is moving to Charlotte Motor Speedway's Rock City Campgrounds," Danny Wimmer Presents CEO Danny Hayes said. "The new location offers plenty of nearby lodging, increased camping and convenient travel options. The number one request we received from the fans was to move the festival to Charlotte … and we listened."
The three-day destination music experience will feature a massive lineup of top rock acts performing on four stages, along with a variety of food and beverage offerings, and various camping options and amenities, with general admission, VIP tickets, and camping available for purchase now at https://EpicenterFestival.com.
The current music lineup for Epicenter is as follows (subject to change):
Friday, May 1: Metallica, Godsmack, Papa Roach, David Lee Roth, Royal Blood, I Prevail, Ghostemane, Ice Nine Kills, The Darkness, Starset, Sick of It All, Agnostic Front, ?????, New Years Day, Bones UK, Fire from the Gods, 3Teeth, NASCAR Aloe, Joyous Wolf, Killstation, Stitched Up Heart, Hero the Band, Through Fire
Saturday, May 2: Disturbed, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Staind, Chevelle, Cypress Hill, Anthrax, Alter Bridge, Code Orange, Of Mice & Men, Saint Asonia, Jinjer, Crown The Empire, Anti-Flag, City Morgue, The Chats, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Clint Lowery, Brkn Love, Brutus, Toothgrinder, Brass Against, Selfish Things, Zero 9:36, Like Machines
Sunday, May 3: Metallica, Deftones, Volbeat, Gojira, Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, Hellyeah, Bad Wolves, Hollywood Undead, Sleeping with Sirens, Power Trip, The Amity Affliction, Des Rocs, Goodbye June, Airbourne, Stray from the Path, Plague Vendor, Ego Kill Talent, Higher Power, Skynd and more TBA
Festival entry will being at 11:30 a.m. each day.
Current ticket prices for Epicenter are as follows:
3-Day Weekend General Admission: starting at $189.50 + fees
3-Day VIP: $499.50 + fees
3-Day Military General Admission: $175.00 (no fees)
Single Day General Admission: starting at $99.50 + fees
Single Day VIP: $199.50 + fees
Weekend Car Camping: $225.00 per car
RV Camping (no hookup): $299.00
RV Camping (full hookup): $499.00
A limited number of GA ticket 4-packs also will be available.
Camping at Epicenter will let patrons keep the rock 'n' roll party going all weekend long, with campgrounds open from Thursday, April 30, through Monday, May 4. All tent and RV campers will have access to showers, portable restrooms, food and drink vendors, charging stations, information and medical services.
VIP tickets include dedicated entrance lanes into the venue, access to the VIP hang area, VIP-only viewing area f the two main stages, access to the VIP tent, a commemorative Epicenter VIP-only laminate and RFID wristband. The VIP tent is a shaded hang space with dedicated premium bars and comfortable furniture, featuring live audio/video streams of the two main stages, air conditioned flushable restrooms, dedicated merch stand for convenient shopping, dedicated food and beverage offerings (for purchase) and private locker rentals (for purchase).
At Epicenter, fans 21 and old can enjoy multiple specialty curated beverage experiences. Varietals from Caduceus Cellars & Merkin Vineyards (owned by Maynard James Keenan, co-founder of international recording acts Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer) will be available at the Caduceus Wine Garden and the Heavy Tiki Bar will provide a shaded tropical oasis filled with killer cocktails.
Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway is at 7301 Bruton Smith Blvd. in Concord, North Carolina, just outside Charlotte. Visit www.CharlotteMotorSpeedway.com for directions and additional venue information.
For more information on Epicenter, visit:
Website: https://EpicenterFestival.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpicenterFest
Twitter: https://twitter.com/epicenterfest
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicenterfest
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I need advice. I'm a writer and a year ago I started a blog. Now I want to quit. It's not what I thought it would be. I feel like my writing is either ignored or criticized. The criticism is what's getting to me. It feels like every time I put myself out there—every time I show my heart—somebody criticizes it. And I just feel tired. I don't know if it's worth it. I'm asking you because you get so much more criticism than I do, but you never stop. How do you keep going? I don't know how much more I've got in me.
Sister, I know this one!!!
Okay. I went to your blog and your social media platforms. BEAUTIFUL WORK. You are, indeed, an artist.
Here is the problem. Here is why you are so tired and you want to quit: You are doing more jobs than the jobs you have as an artist.
This is what I noticed about your creation rhythm: You write a beautiful, you-filled piece—you create. Then you post it—you give it to the world. So far so good.
But actually, Jaded—you don't really give it. You don't release it.
You hang around your art. You follow it around and make sure everyone is being nice to it. When someone comments negatively, you argue. You defend your art. You become your art's lawyer, or its babysitter, or maybe its secret service agent. THAT is what's making you tired. Because you are not a lawyer or babysitter or armed guard, you are an artist. You have taken on too many jobs, Jaded. No wonder you're exhausted.
When I started Momastery eight years ago—I made a few rules for myself. One was that I would never defend my art. I would not follow it around and babysit my writing. I already had three kids, Jaded. Children we must look after. Art is a big girl. Bigger than we are. So for eight years, I have never spent my limited time or energy defending a piece of my writing. Even when my work is misunderstood, even when I've felt attacked, even when I wanted to fire back at somebody so bad that my fingers ached and I had to take deep breaths—I didn't sit down and argue. BECAUSE I HAD THIS RULE. My rule was, as our precious Liz would say: ONWARD. And that's why I'm still writing. Because artists have limited energy. If we use that limited energy doing jobs that aren't ours, we'll quit. Artists quit all the time and it's not because they weren't meant to be artists: It's because they weren't meant to be lawyers.
I noticed a strong Christian theme in your writing. I'm a Jesus freak, too. Maybe we could think of it like this: You know Genesis—the creation story? If we look at that story for hints about how the ultimate creator creates, we find this.
God created the seas. God called it good.
God created the land. God called it good.
God created the animals. God called it good.
God created light. God called it good.
What if this is a guide to the creative life, Jaded?
What if the rhythm to the creative life is: Create! Call it good! Rest!
God did not create the seas, then poll the internet about it. God did not create the land, then stand by the land making sure nobody looked sideways at it. God did not tap folks on the back asking them to "like" God's light. God did not ask anyone outside of Godself if the creation was good enough. God made it—so GOD called it good. Then God moved on and created more good things.
Here we learn that the one who decides whether the creation is good enough is the creator.
I get an idea. It feels like a little seed inside of me, taking root.
It start growing and growing and maturing and gets so big it starts pushing out of me. I love this part I love, I love, I love this part. I feel so FULL. Kind of like I really, really have to pee. Ready to explode. This is the BEFORE.
Then, when I can't take the beautiful pressure anymore—I sit down at the computer and it comes out. It pours out onto the screen and the good news is: Now it's out. The bad news is: It looks like crap. So I have to work. Hours and hours of work is what turns a pouring out into actual art. THIS IS THE DURING.
When it's finally art, I read it. I see that it's good, because I answered the call. Then push it out into the world. I give it away.
It's not time to follow my art around, making sure everyone gets it. It's not mine to protect. I gave it away.
So I rest and wait for the BEFORE TO START AGAIN. I wait for the pressure to start to build again.
All the magic of art is in the BEFORE, THE DURING, and the REST.
Artists who spend time and energy in the imaginary AFTER tend to quit. Once again–not because they weren't meant to be artists–but because they weren't meant to be lawyers.
Precious Jaded: You do have enough energy to do your work. You just don't have enough energy to do…not your work—AND your work.
I love you, Jaded. WRITE ON.
It's 2:41 am and I've been looking for this blog for an hour. Boy did I need to read it.
I can sleep now. Thank you so much.
This was so perfect and just what I needed to read this morning. I can call that prayer for encouragement answered. Thanks and I'm sharing.
This is PERFECT!! Let it go and rest. Someone will always find fault in even the best most heartfelt things. That is sad for the fault-finder. Let that person spin while the creator rests! Love this!
You not only described the perfect creative process, but the ideal sexual process as well. Wow. This is IT!
And then, you rest. And just wallow in the bliss of your BE-ing-ness.
The school of Chakras talk about how the 2nd Sacral Chakra is associated with creativity, reproduction, and sexuality. You hit the nail on the head. Thank you!
Glennon, this is the perfect description of a process I've experienced for my entire adult life. Just never been able to put into words. Thank you so much for this. And for the lesson of letting it go.
That was brilliant! Do you look at comments at all or do you comment towards the negative ones…I never thought about people criticizing someone's blog.
Oh, how I needed to read this today. Thank you my dear friend and advisor. Thank you.
Such great perspective, wisdom and what reads like advice. I know you don't like to give advice though, so let's just call it love. That's all that comes out of you, love, and it does wonders in the world, in me. I'm a new blogger and it's easy to forget why I started and what my goals are if I let myself get caught up in the after. So no more of that, that's my new goal.