The thing about photography is that you can approach it from many different points and enjoy many different aspects of photography. You can be an active photographer using a camera for many different things: self-expression, story-telling, journalism, or the perfect excuse to take travels to many different locations.
Then there are the folks that enjoy "being photographic." Among the many different types of "photographic" people are those that enjoy going to photographic exhibits because they like cheese cubes, box wine and hobnobbing with the local arts crowd. Or, they collect photographs to keep in a fire proof safe, or to hang on their walls. Some folks collect cameras, tripods, old chemical cans and various other forms of photographic ephemera. Other folks collect books of photographs, books of photographs on a specific subject, or books of pictures of cameras.
I write this blog, sharing my thoughts about photography because I can't get myself behind a camera and produce photographs as often as I would like. So, I have this outlet to make sure that I keep thinking about photographs, what they mean and the next photographic project I need to do. Until I conjure up some free time to complete my latest photographic project, I can write these blog posts and keep on "being photographic" when I can't photograph.
Here's your shot at being photographic for next weekend. My photographs are included in the exhibition, "Light on China" at the GreenHill Center for North Carolina Arts in Greensboro, NC. The show opens on July 11, 2014 and will be hung until September 6, 2014. I will be at the opening July 11 from 6:30 PM until closing. If you're in Greensboro this Friday evening, please stop by. Here's a link for more information on the show.


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Mr. Wintzeus holds a BSc in Business Administration & Economics from the University of Gothenburg, in Sweden. He has lived and worked in five European countries and done business globally. Apart from his native Swedish, he speaks fluent English, Dutch and French and is conversationally proficient in German and Spanish.


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Negative Asian markets, coupled with a slump in global crude oil prices and a weak rupee depressed the Indian equity markets during the mid-afternoon trade session on Wednesday. This led a barometer index to recede by 462 points.
Mumbai: Negative Asian markets, coupled with a slump in global crude oil prices and a weak rupee depressed the Indian equity markets during the mid-afternoon trade session on Wednesday. This led a barometer index to recede by 462 points.
The selling frenzy led both the bellwether indices of the Indian equity markets to trade at levels which were last seen during May-June 2014.
They even touched their new 52-week low during the intra-day trade.
Initially both the bellwether indices opened on a weak note in-sync with their Asian peers and due to the flat closing of the US markets on Tuesday.
Furthermore, investors were seen cautious regarding the sliding value of rupee which touched a low of 68.05 to a US dollar -- its weakest level since September 2013 during the intra-day trade.
The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) plunged by 462 points or 1.89 percent.
Similarly, the wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was trading deep in the red. It was down by 139.20 points or 1.87 percent at 7,295.90 points.
The NSE Nifty touched a new 52-week low at 7,281.95 points.
The S&P BSE Sensex, which opened at 24,325.77 points, was trading at 24,018.19 points (1.45 p.m.) -- down 461.65 points or 1.89 percent from the previous day's close at 24,479.84 points.
During the intra-day trade, the Sensex touched a high of 24,325.77 points and a low of 23,974.58 points -- its new low in 52 weeks.
The S&P BSE market breadth favoured the bears -- with 2,091 declines and only 384 advances.
"Bearish Asian markets, plunge in the rupee value and and continuous weakness in oil prices has pulled down markets," Anand James, co-head, technical research desk with Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services, told IANS.
"The general weakness that has plagued markets for the last fortnight has continued, in the absence of fresh positive triggers."


Max Martin — regarded by many as the most successful songwriter of this century — has revealed the secret behind his 22 Number One hits in an interview with journalist Jan Gradvall of the Swedish magazine, Di Weekend. In the interview, Martin — who will be inducted into the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame in June 2017 — highlights what he believes are the key characteristics of a hit song.
Martin believes listeners should be able to recognize a song immediately. But they should also be able to discover something new in the song every time they hear it, so that it holds their interest and lasts over time. "You must be able to have more than one favourite part in the same composition," he says.
Max Martin has had writing credits on 22 songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100, the third most of any songwriter after John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney. Martin's most recent Hot 100 hits have included The Weeknd's 2015 hit, 'Can't Feel My Face', and Justin Timberlake's 2016 single 'Can't Stop the Feeling' which won a Grammy in 2017. With sales in the hundreds of millions, Martin is considered as one of the most successful producers and songwriters of the 21st century.


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Equanimal es una organización no lucrativa española de defensa de los derechos de los animales. Proviene de la fusión en 2006 de "Alternativa para la Liberación Animal" (ALA, 1986) y "Derechos para los Animales" (2002).

Están centrados al combatir cualquier elemento que consideran explotación animal, como puede ser la experimentación con animales, las granjas peleteras y el uso de pieles como vestimenta, el abandono de animales, los circos que utilizan animales y los zoológicos, la caza y la pesca o la tauromaquia.

Los métodos que utilizan principalmente son la concienciación mediante campañas informativas,  los actos protesta frente a lugares públicos como embajadas, manifestaciones y en ocasiones rescates abiertos.

Desde 2007 participan en el saboteo de la "copa Nacional de Caza del Zorro", que se celebra cada año en Galicia, en la cual persiguen a los cazadores haciendo ruido con megáfonos para asustar así a las zorras y evitar que sean abatidas.

Junto con ésta, dentro de las acciones realizadas que más repercusión han tenido sueño las consistentes en saltar al "ruedo" al acabar una corrida de toros o el "asalto" en la pasarela Cibeles durante un desfile.

A veces han colaborado con organizaciones similares en protestas por situaciones como la caza de focas en Canadá.

Equanimal se unió a la organización Igualdad Animal en noviembre del 2012 convirtiéndose en Igualdad Animal / Animal Equality.

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Organizaciones por los derechos de los animales
Organizaciones no gubernamentales
Antitauromaquia
Organizaciones fundadas en 2006

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Q: Silverlight 3 - FindName returns null This looks a bug to me.. Using Silverlight 3 and i have a user control defined in XAML and trying to access the object during runtime returns a null.
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scannerParameter variable is assigned with null value, on further digging i noticed the below code in auto-generated section of the file.
this.scannerParameters = ((CommonGridEditPanel)(this.FindName("scannerParameters")));
Is this a known bug ?

A: There is no "Known bug" in this area.  Like itowlson asks, it would help you showed us what you are actually doing.  Most likely what you are actually doing is where the bug is.

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So I may have mentioned quite a few times with all this house stuff about putting up shelves. I've become shelf obsessed. I feel like shelfs in a home are where you can show your personality, and tell a story of your life. My favourite ones contains favourite books, pictures, heirlooms, found objects, plants and collections. I love objects that tell stories, and I love the fact you can display those stories on your walls.
I love clutter, but it has to be organised, when shelves become dumping grounds it really tends to wind me up! Everything has to have its place, but it doesn't have to be perfect! A little like organised clutter. I love that objects and style can change as the seasons come and go, as the family grows and changes and tastes develop. So basically I've got big plans for our shelves, they're coming along nicely, but I always love a bit of inspiration!
So that's about it...just thought you needed to know about my shelf obsession.
yeeeeep! There I was sighing over all those lovely shelves...and then spotted mine at the bottom!
@sarah-lou Oh will have to take a look, love a good old before and after! I love your shelves (that sounds a bit weird?!) and definitely an inspiration for mine! No I haven't joined in with the styling the seasons, I need to do more things like that! Thanks so much for stopping by!


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Donald Trump, you're the loser: Cruz wins Iowa
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at Iowa State Fairgrounds, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Image: Chris Carlson/Associated Press
By Cameron Joseph 2016-02-02 03:49:18 UTC
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Ted Cruz has won Iowa's GOP caucuses, giving the hardline conservative senator a huge boost in his quest for the Republican nomination and making a loser of Donald Trump.
The Associated Press has called the state for Cruz who led Trump 27.7% - 24.4% with 84% of precincts reporting. Marco Rubio was in third place with 23%.
See also: Ted Cruz did all the right things in Iowa. But can he beat Donald Trump?
"Tonight is a victory for the grassroots," Cruz declared, portraying himself as the second coming of Ronald Reagan. "Whatever Washington says, they cannot keep the people down."
The Texas senator had a perfect pedigree for the state's caucuses, which are often dominated by Evangelical Christians and hardline conservatives he's spent his career winning over. Cruz had the strongest ground game in the state, spent the most time there of the major candidates, and counted the most big-name endorsements from the state's conservative power players.
But Trump had climbed back into a lead in the state in recent polling as Cruz faced heavy incoming fire from both him and Rubio, leaving many wondering in the final weeks of the race whether Cruz's by-the-book strategy would be enough.
It was. And now Cruz is in a strong position to make a deep run in the primaries — while Trump now faces huge pressure to win New Hampshire one week from now, where he's been leading by double digits in recent polling.
Cruz has a big opportunity going forward. The GOP primary calendar soon heads south to a big swath of conservative states where he could perform strongly, with South Carolina next on the calendar after New Hampshire and states like Georgia and his home state of Texas part of the SEC primary.
Rubio also had a strong showing in the Hawkeye state, coming close to the two front-runners after trailing them badly in polling just weeks ago. The solid third-place showing gives him momentum heading into New Hampshire, a more moderate state where he may be Trump's biggest obstacle for victory.
The Florida senator made gold out of bronze in his speech, sounding like he'd won the night.
"They told me I needed to wait my turn, that I needed to wait in line. But tonight here in Iowa the people of this great state have sent a very clear message, after seven years of Barack Obama we are not waiting any longer to take our country back," he said exuberantly in his Iowa speech.
On the flip side, Trump now faces immense pressure to win New Hampshire next week. He's been leading in the polls there by more than 20 points for months. Those numbers are likely to be scrambled following Monday night's results — and if he hopes to remain on top of the GOP heap, he'll need to pull off a win sooner rather than later.
Trump was unusually gracious and concise in his concession speech, congratulating Cruz and declaring "We're just so happy with the way everything worked out with his second-place finish. That's a far cry from his comments earlier this week, when he said it would be a "waste of time" if he didn't win the state.
Topics: Donald Trump, Election 2016, Iowa caucuses, marco rubio, Politics, ted cruz, World


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A day at the archives – some thoughts on researching the Holocaust in Germany
Dictatorship	Doing History	Europe	Germany	Modern	Phd Stories	Violence	by Henning Pieper	on February 17, 2015 add comment	archives Holocaust Nazi war criminals 1954 views
Even 70 years after the end of the Second World War, the prosecution of the last Nazi war criminals is a heavily debated topic, as is exemplified by the case of John Demjanjuk.[1] As a historian of the Holocaust, I would argue that the significance of these investigations goes far beyond bringing individuals to justice. They strengthen our knowledge and awareness of crimes against humanity. They also tell us a good deal about the authorities and countries doing the prosecuting: the choice to prosecute is political. Two separate episodes from my work with documents from such proceedings show just how intensely the Nazi past can come alive for a researcher.
Both incidents occurred in the summer of 2011. Earlier that year I had interviewed a retired police inspector who investigated Nazi crimes in West Germany in the 1960s. He painted a vivid picture of a time when most people did not want to be reminded of the Third Reich. He and his colleagues were met with hostility on all sides. In this atmosphere, it was no surprise that the Frankfurt Auschwitz trial was only held some twenty years after 1945, initiated by a determined attorney general who had only survived the war because he had fled the country.
A few months after this talk, I was suddenly confronted with an ongoing investigation whilst looking into past judicial proceedings. During a visit to an archive in Wolfenbüttel I noticed that two visitors were looking at exactly the same documents I was interested in. They seemed very focused, working in a separate room with many files piled up on their desks. Around midday, one of them came up to me and asked me to join them in the other room.
There, he introduced me to the other man, referring to me as 'colleague', which astonished me at first. It turned out that the two were policemen investigating former SS officer Dr. Bernhard Frank, one of the last Nazi perpetrators still alive, who had made the headlines a few months before.[2] The archivist had told them that I was a PhD student with specialised knowledge of the SS. Therefore, they asked me if I could point out documents to them which proved Frank's involvement in the formulation of killing orders in 1941.
I soon realised that the files the three of us were looking at did not contain this sort of information. However, I recommended them the standard work on the Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS, the agency within Heinrich Himmler's organisation that Frank had belonged to at the time.[3] We then bid each other farewell, and I left the room, thunderstruck: I had suddenly found myself in the middle of an open investigation against a Nazi perpetrator! What was more, the case was closely related to my work!
The second episode was hidden deep within an investigation report from 1962, compiled in preparation for a trial against former Waffen-SS soldiers who were suspected of having been involved in the mass murder of Jews in Belorussia in 1941. In the file, I found a letter written by a fugitive fraudster to the criminal investigation division of the police. This source, despite its relative brevity, contained so many different layers of information that it instantly caught my attention.[4]
First, it was written by a criminal on the run who was surprisingly more interested in accusing his brother than in keeping a low profile. The language was very graphic: the writer's brother, an SS veteran, was referred to as a 'mass murderer' and 'little Nazi pig'. He had allegedly killed Jewish men, women, children and elderly people, boasted of his deeds and proudly showed photographs of massacres while on leave. His family seemed to have shared his antisemitic sentiments. Finally, the fraudster reminded him of the fact that a Jew vouched for him after the war and saved him from being interned in a camp.
I do not know what happened to the fraudster, or whether his brother was ever questioned by German authorities. All I know is that the former SS man was never sentenced, as was Dr. Bernhard Frank. This was not uncommon: of the formerly 4,000 soldiers of the SS Cavalry Brigade (who I researched at the archive), only four were convicted of crimes against humanity. The successor of this brigade was the 8th SS Cavalry Division 'Florian Geyer' (to which the fraudster's brother allegedly belonged) – only one veteran of this formation was ever sentenced.
However, the investigator who wrote the report more than fifty years ago turned out to be my 2011 interviewee, the retired police inspector! A few weeks after the archival visit, I also spoke with a former regional prosecutor who had worked closely with him on one occasion, and their cooperation led to the conviction of four former SS cavalrymen in 1964.
Working on the threshold of an era when all eyewitnesses will have passed away, these two interview experiences greatly complemented my research. They served as a basis for the interpretation of the two episodes, which demonstrate the actuality of legal proceedings against Nazi perpetrators and the complexity of court files. The combination of three different epochs – the Third Reich, the postwar period, and the present – as well as the impressions which can be gained from the last living perpetrators, survivors, and investigators, is what renders Holocaust research so unique in my opinion.
Image from Wikimedia Commons: an East German Auschwitz trial. Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-E0311-0010-003 / used under a CC-BY-SA licence.
Henning Pieper completed a PhD at the University of Sheffield in 2012, supervised by Professor Bob Moore. He is currently working at the Belsen Memorial and conducting further research on postwar court proceedings against former Waffen-SS soldiers. You can follow Henning on Twitter @hhpieper. His book Fegelein's Horsemen and Genocidal Warfare. The SS Cavalry Brigade in the Soviet Union is published by Palgrave Macmillan in the series 'The Holocaust and its Contexts'.
1. John Demjanjuk: Prosecution of a Nazi Collaborator. Encyclopedia article, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC; http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007956 (accessed on 30 January 2015).
2. See for example http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/dec/08/mark-gould-bernard-frank (accessed on 2 December 2014). Frank passed away in July 2011; see Martin Cüppers, 'Auf dem Weg in den Holocaust. Die Brigaden des Kommandostabes Reichsführer-SS im Sommer 1941', in Jan Erik Schulte, Peter Lieb and Bernd Wegner (eds.), Die Waffen-SS. Neue Forschungen. Paderborn: Schöningh, 2014, pp. 286-287.
3. Martin Cüppers, Wegbereiter der Shoah: die Waffen-SS, der Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS und die Judenvernichtung 1939–1945. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2005.
4. Schreiben der Soko Z an die StA Braunschweig vom 5.12. 1962, in: Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv – Staatsarchiv Wolfenbüttel, 62 Nds. Fb. 2, Zwischenbericht zum Stand der Ermittlungen 1962, Nr. 1268, pp. 187-188.
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This month we will begin a study of a new intervention targeting a major inflammatory mechanism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To this end, our respiratory team led by Dr Tjeert Mensinga (Principle Investigator) and Daniel Prins, MSc (Project Manager) will join forces with our collaborating network of pulmonologists. The study will include several sophisticated biomarkers, including gene expression profiling from nasal brushings, sputum and blood. In addition, our team is preparing for allergen challenge studies early next year.


My husband joined so I decided to join to provide re-hab....but as I discovered I was at all the training and decided I might as well became a firefighter too. I was hooked after my first wildland fire....a year later I am still here! .....I love my little town and our Fire Dept too.
Hey, how are things in Texas?
Lesa, welcome to the FF Nation. I am glad you dropped in to join the group. Dont be shy. There is lots to do, read and be involved with. Your participation and involvement is important to us all. Takes a bit to kinda figure it all out but you will be glad you did. Have fun and look around.
Lesa, sounds like you feel the same as I did when I found this group. It lifted my spirit to know I could talk other Christian brothers and sisters that have the same interest in FF/EMS. Welcome to the group and may God bless you in everything that you do today. By the way, whats the weather like down there in Texas today?
WELCOME TO THE FFN FROM EAST LIVERPOOL OHIO . BE SAFE OUT THERE .


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The Pentagon funneled coronavirus relief funds to defense contractors - The Washington Post
"A $1 billion fund Congress gave the Pentagon in March to build up the country's supplies of medical equipment has instead been mostly funneled to defense contractors and used for making things such as jet engine parts, body armor and dress uniforms.
The change illustrates how one taxpayer-backed effort to battle the novel coronavirus, which has killed roughly 200,000 Americans, was instead diverted toward patching up long-standing perceived gaps in military supplies.
The Cares Act, which Congress passed earlier this year, gave the Pentagon money to "prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus." But a few weeks later, the Defense Department began reshaping how it would award the money in a way that represented a major departure from Congress's original intent.
The payments were made even though U.S. health officials believe there are still major funding gaps in responding to the pandemic. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in Senate testimony last week that states desperately need $6 billion to distribute vaccines to Americans early next year. There remains a severe shortage of N95 masks at numerous U.S. hospitals. These are the types of problems that the money was originally intended to address.
"This is part and parcel of whether we have budget priorities that actually serve our public safety or whether we have a government that is captured by special interests," said Mandy Smithberger, a defense analyst at the Project on Government Oversight, a watchdog group.
The $1 billion fund is just a fraction of the $3 trillion in emergency spending that Congress approved earlier this year to deal with the pandemic. But it shows how the blizzard of bailout cash was — in some cases — redirected to firms that weren't originally targeted for assistance. It also shows how difficult it has been for officials to track how money is spent and — in the case of Congress — intervene when changes are made. The Trump administration has done little to limit the defense firms from accessing multiple bailout funds at once and is not requiring the companies to refrain from layoffs as a condition of receiving the awards.
Some defense contractors were given the Pentagon money even though they had already dipped into another pot of bailout funds, the Paycheck Protection Program.
Congress, at Trump's urging, is now debating whether to pass another massive stimulus package, and the Pentagon and defense contractors have called for another $11 billion to be directed toward their programs.
The $1 billion fund was allocated under the Defense Production Act, which allows President Trump to compel U.S. companies to manufacture products in the nation's interest.
Trump has described the law as a "tremendous hammer" and boasted in August that he has "used the DPA more comprehensively than any president in history." His administration was under intense pressure this spring to use the law to address dire shortages in medical-grade masks and other supplies.
But in the months after the stimulus package was passed, the Pentagon changed how the money would be used. It decided to give defense contractors hundreds of millions of dollars from the fund, mostly for projects that have little to do with the coronavirus response. Defense Department lawyers quickly determined that the funds could be used for defense production, a conclusion that Congress later disputed.
Among the awards: $183 million to firms including Rolls-Royce and ArcelorMittal to maintain the shipbuilding industry; tens of millions of dollars for satellite, drone and space surveillance technology; $80 million to a Kansas aircraft parts business suffering from the Boeing 737 Max grounding and the global slowdown in air travel; and $2 million for a domestic manufacturer of Army dress uniform fabric.
DOD officials contend that they have sought to strike a balance between boosting American medical production and supporting the defense industry, whose health they view as critical to national security. The Pentagon, which as of 2016 employed more than 156,000 people working in acquisitions alone, has also lent its expertise to the Department of Health and Human Services as it seeks to purchase billions of dollars in needed medical equipment.
Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said her office has worked closely with Congress and federal agencies to meet the needs of both the medical and defense industries.
"We are thankful the Congress provided authorities and resources that enabled the [executive branch] to invest in domestic production of critical medical resources and protect key defense capabilities from the consequences of COVID," Lord said in a statement. "We need to always remember that economic security and national security are very tightly interrelated and our industrial base is really the nexus of the two."
The Democratic-controlled House Committee on Appropriations has made clear that the Defense Department's decision to funnel the DPA funding to defense contractors went against its intent in that section of the Cares Act, which was to spur the manufacturing of personal protective equipment.
"The Committee's expectation was that the Department would address the need for PPE industrial capacity rather than execute the funding for the DIB (defense industrial base)," the committee wrote in its report on the 2021 defense bill.
Pentagon officials counter that they have been fully transparent with both Democrats and Republicans in Congress on their plans for the funds.
Defense officials say the Pentagon's funding priorities were influenced heavily by an industry study drawn up in 2018. The study, prompted by an early executive order from Trump and by economic adviser Peter Navarro and carried out in close consultation with defense industry associations, pointed to several hundred supply chain shortfalls that could hamper the U.S. military's ability to compete with China.
The Pentagon receives funding under the Defense Production Act each year to shore up companies it deems critical, but in much smaller amounts — the 2020 allocation was about $64 million. The money is disbursed by the Pentagon's industrial policy office under the law's Title III, which gives the president broad authority to mobilize domestic industry.
The pandemic funding "became an opportunity for the Department to take what is almost a windfall and use it to try and fill what are some very critical industrial base needs … but that are only tangentially related to COVID," said Bill Greenwalt, a visiting fellow with the conservative American Enterprise Institute who oversaw defense acquisitions in the George W. Bush administration.
The virus-related funding came at a time when U.S. military spending was already near all-time highs. The $686 billion defense budget for fiscal year 2019 is comparable to a typical year during the Cold War or the period shortly after 9/11, although it has declined somewhat as a percentage of the economy. Major defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman have remained financially healthy despite some pandemic-related disruption, and have continued paying stock dividends to investors.
Defense industry groups argue that the DOD awards are crucial to ensuring that important niche manufacturers don't wither away during the economic shock caused by the pandemic. Companies that sell aircraft parts for both military and commercial jets, for example, have been financially wrecked by a global slowdown in air travel.
"As you lose some of these capabilities, some of them are gone forever, and it comes at a very high price to reconstitute them," said Wes Hallman, vice president for policy at the National Defense Industrial Association, a trade group.
Over a third of the awards were for less than $5 million and went to smaller firms such as the American Woolen Company in Connecticut, which received $2 million to help make Army dress uniforms. Executives at the company did not return voice mails and emails. A batch of small awards went to companies working on drone technology.
"At the root of this was an enormous unprecedented crisis we were facing, and the need for government to move quickly, which it did," said Eric Fanning, a former Army secretary who is president of the Aerospace Industry Association.
But hundreds of millions of dollars also flowed to several large, established companies, such as GE Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric, which received two awards worth $75 million in June. A subsidiary of Rolls-Royce — a company best known for its luxury cars but that also has a lucrative line of business as a military supplier — received $22 million to upgrade a Mississippi plant.
Rolls-Royce did not respond to specific questions about the award.
"This funding pulled planned work on existing signed contracts between GE Aviation and the U.S. Government forward and is an important way to help ensure our engineering activities and supply chain, which includes many small and medium-sized companies, can continue to deliver for the Armed Forces, sustain jobs and support the economy," said Perry Bradley, a GE Aviation spokesman.
Critics say it's unclear why the defense industry should have gotten what amounts to a dedicated bailout fund when few other sectors of the economy got the same treatment.
And government data shows that at least 10 of the approximately 30 companies known to have received the Defense Department DPA funds also got loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, another relief package created by the Cares Act. That program, overseen by the Small Business Administration, offered millions of firms forgivable loans if they used the lion's share on payroll.
For instance, Weber Metals, a California-based subsidiary of German firm Otto Fuchs, received between $5 million and $10 million through PPP in April to support 412 jobs, and then got an extra boost through a $25 million DOD relief award in June. Weber officials did not respond to requests for comment.
Defense Department spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell said the two bailout programs are not "in conflict or duplicative," because a PPP loan does not make any directive with respect to supporting national defense.
ModalAI, a small California company that builds drone flight controllers and computing platforms, received $3 million through the Pentagon program for an 18-month effort to develop a new flight controller. In April, it received a PPP loan of between $150,000 and $350,000.
Chad Sweet, chief executive and co-founder of ModalAI, said the company's proposal was long-planned — it started applying for the Pentagon funds last summer, several months before the pandemic hit. The process gained steam in March and April.
The Defense Department asked ModalAI for documentation on how its business was affected by the pandemic, as well as information on other relief funding it has received. The Pentagon then made the decision unilaterally that ModalAI's award would come out of the Cares Act funding.
"I don't know how they made that decision," Sweet said. He said his firm has been able to hire about five to seven employees as a result of the DOD award.
The Pentagon did initially plan to spend the bulk of the $1 billion fund on medical supplies. In April, Lord told reporters that three-quarters would go toward medical resources, and the rest to defense contractors.
But in June, she told lawmakers during a congressional hearing that the department soon realized that defense contractors had "critical needs as well."
So DOD lawyers approved an arrangement whereby some $17 billion in HHS funds would be used for the medical industry instead, freeing up more money for defense contractors.
"So it expands the pool, and allows us to use even more money while taking the balance of the $1 billion that came through for DPA Title III, and use a portion of that for the defense industrial base," Lord said at the hearing. Ultimately, in the spending plan that the Pentagon presented to Congress in June, it set aside $688 million for the defense industry.
Thomas Spoehr, director of the Heritage Foundation's Center for National Defense, said Pentagon officials contend they have thrown all the money they can at the effort to produce the medical supplies needed to combat the pandemic.
"Their belief is that any investment that could be made to increase the production of covid-19 items has been made," he said.
One midsized company that benefited from the DOD awards was SolAero Technologies, an Albuquerque firm that makes satellite solar power systems and employs about 320 people.
When the pandemic hit, the firm was squeezed between the huge companies it supplies, which slowed down production, and the smaller, often cash-based businesses that make up its own suppliers, which it was trying to support, said chief executive Brad Clevenger.
Around March, the company heard from Lord's office, which was reaching out to defense contractors to understand how the pandemic was affecting them. SolAero worked with the Pentagon to check if the company was eligible for other relief programs, which it was not, Clevenger said.
In late May, the Pentagon announced a $6 million award to SolAero to expand production. Clevenger praised the process, which he said involved multiple layers of review but still delivered needed help in a span of two months.
In its news release announcing the deal, the Defense Department said the funds would "enable SolAero to retain critical workforce capabilities throughout the disruption caused by COVID-19 and to restore some jobs lost because of the pandemic." Clevenger estimated that the award saved the jobs of 25 SolAero employees.
But the Pentagon did not impose any requirement that SolAero refrain from layoffs as a condition of receiving the funds, only that it deliver on the agreed project, Clevenger said.
"How we do that, with what workforce, is up to us," he said."
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Fettucini Alfredo is like macaroni and cheese for adults. It's rich, creamy taste and hearty consistency takes us back to the macaroni and cheese mom made for us as a kid, making it one of the ultimate "comfort foods." Unfortunately, traditional Fettucini Alfredo isn't much healthier than mom's mac and cheese; homemade Fettucini, in particular, is often loaded with artery-clogging fat and hip-hugging calories. The good news is it takes only a few simple steps to make a delicious and nutritious Fettucini Alfredo dish.
Use whole-wheat fettucini noodles in place of traditional white noodles. While white noodles are a starch that turns to sugar in the body, whole-wheat noodles are a grain with up to six grams of fiber per serving. Not only is fiber good for your heart; it is also more filling and promotes portion control.
Use light cream instead of heavy cream, and low-fat Parmesan cheese instead of full-fat cheese. Similarly, substitute skim milk for whole or two percent milk, and margarine for butter. Add cornstarch for added thickness. Add green leafy vegetables—such as broccoli or spinach—for additional fiber, vitamins and minerals.
Bring eight cups of water to a boil on the stovetop. Add fettucini noodles to the water and cook until soft. For firmer noodles, boil for three to four minutes; for softer noodles, boil for up to 10 minutes. Drain the noodles in a colander and set aside.
Chop the vegetables and sauté lightly in olive oil, with a pinch of salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste. Do not overcook vegetables, as overcooking can compromise the nutritional value of the vegetables. Remove vegetables from heat and set aside.
Melt the margarine in a medium saucepan. Add milk and whisk with cornstarch on medium heat until thick. Add cooked fettucini to the saucepan and mix well. Add light cream and Parmesan cheese, and mix in vegetables. Turn the heat to low and allow the mixture to thicken to a desired consistency. The longer you heat the Alfredo, the thicker the sauce will become.


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Kassiopi is a village and resort sitting on a small peninsula on the northeast side of the island of Corfu. Historically a small fishing village, it is less than 40 kilometers from Corfu town and is a very popular tourist destination in the summer. Allegedly founded in the 3rd century B.C., it sits in the shadows of Mount Pantokrator. Though small, Kassiopi boasts a lively nightlife with a good mix of bars, restaurants and dance clubs around the harbor and town square.
One sight to see in Kassiopi is the former Temple of Kassios Zeus, which was converted to a church in the 5th century. Burned to the ground by the Turks and restored in late 16th century, the new church has altars to accommodate both Christian and Orthodox religions and inscriptions date from 1590, 1670 and 1832. Kassiopi Castle sits up above the village and was one of three Byzantine era castles that defended the island before the Venetian era. Though it is in a state of ruin today, it was once one of the most impressive castles in the Ionian islands.
Kassiopi is a 40 minute drive from Corfu airport and can be reached by taxi or bus. A taxi should cost 50 to 60 Euros, while the bus is only ten Euros. To take the bus, look for the blue bus station in Corfu town; they run regularly between 5:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily. Buses will take you as far as the village square, but not as far as the harbor. Excursions all over the island can be organized from Kassiopi and taxis can be found in the car park at the top of the town.
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package org.cloudfoundry.networking;

import org.cloudfoundry.networking.v1.policies.Policies;
import org.cloudfoundry.networking.v1.tags.Tags;

/**
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public interface NetworkingClient {

    /**
     * Main entry point to the Policies API
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    Policies policies();

    /**
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The 2019 Volkswagen Polo will get a brand new exterior colour, Satin Metal Grey Metallic. Moreover, hatchback models are now obtainable with the diesel engine. The 2019 Volkswagen Polo received a 5-star overall security rating from the NHTSA (out of a possible five stars). In IIHS evaluations, the 2019 Volkswagen Polo Price has only been tested in facet and average front overlap impression checks the place it acquired a Good rating (Good is the very best potential rating). It additionally acquired a Fundamental rating on the IIHS' entrance crash prevention test for having an obtainable ahead collision warning system (Superior is the very best score for the front crash prevention check).
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Working out of the home can be a challenge for many. Finding a space to store supplies for projects can be a nightmare. As a seamstress working out of my home I always have fabric and other supplies on hand.
But where do I put it all until I have a use for it?
Many years ago we were living in a small two bedroom apartment. The apartment was bigger than our first place but little did I know 1200 sq. feet would disappear very quickly as we began to move in. My sewing room was a small office off the master bedroom. I soon found out this small office was much too small to be a sewing room. But as anyone would do in my position we make do with what we have.
I have yet after all these years found the right way to store the fabric I have on hand. But as you can see a tall book shelf and some storage bins are a great way to add some sort of organization for the small items. A few of the bins were big enough to store some small projects that were incomplete at the time. Having all the pieces to an outfit in one bin really helps when you are working on a project.
So far the plastic shelving (I bought the white one at Wal-Mart in the hardware department) has been a good way for me to store my fabric. I have the fabric organized on the shelves by fabric type. If I want to work on a quilt I know to go straight to the cotton shelf to see what cotton fabric I have on hand.
When organizing, I always look at what I have at the time. I had these shelves already so I had to think of a low cost way to organize with these. Ideally something with doors would have been a better way to hide the clutter. I settled for these bins at Target as they are durable and easy to arrange in different spaces.
This is how I organized my small work space in 2008. Soon I will share pictures with you of my new larger space. And I will let you in on a few secrets to storing without cluttering.
If you have a twitter account be sure to start following my blog.
My blog will range from sewing and organizing as well as other crafty stuff.
If you have ever wondered "how did she do that?" well you might just find out here.
One of my favorite sewing projects is when someone sees and item in my shop for a little girl and they want one identical for their pet. This really is fun to recreate that one unique item to another for someones four legged friend.
Some would think that recreating a child's dress would be just as easy since the pets dress is smaller. Honestly, it takes my twice as long to create these dresses for pets. It is a challenge as they do not get and elastic bodice or waist on their dresses. Many things have to be taking into consideration: pets size especially. It is a challenge that I love especially when I see the finished project.
At this time the little girl tutu dress is still available in our etsy shop.


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package us.myles.ViaVersion.protocols.protocol1_11to1_10.storage;

import com.google.common.base.Optional;
import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.data.StoredObject;
import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.data.UserConnection;
import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.entities.Entity1_11Types;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

public class EntityTracker extends StoredObject {
    private final Map<Integer, Entity1_11Types.EntityType> clientEntityTypes = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
    private final Set<Integer> holograms = Sets.newConcurrentHashSet();

    public EntityTracker(UserConnection user) {
        super(user);
    }

    public void removeEntity(int entityId) {
        clientEntityTypes.remove(entityId);
        if (isHologram(entityId))
            removeHologram(entityId);
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    public boolean isHologram(int entId) {
        return holograms.contains(entId);
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Robin Gibb Quotations
Robin Gibb Quotes about:
English Musician
Robin Hugh Gibb, CBEwas a British singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of the group Bee Gees. He gained worldwide fame with his brothers Barry and Maurice Gibb. Their younger brother Andy was also a singer. Gibb joined his first band the Rattlesnakes which formed in Manchester, England... (wikipedia)
Born in England
Country International
Died On 5/20/2012
↪ Born On December 22, 1949
↪ Nationality English Quotes
↪ Profession Pop Singer Quotes
Missing You Quotes
When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you'd go, what did you just play... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That's what we're going to miss.
Soul Quotes
The Bee Gees were always heavily influenced by black music. As a songwriter, it's never been difficult to pick up on the changing styles of music out there, and soul has always been my favourite genre.
Long Quotes
I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be.
English Musician Quotes
Nobody will ever take Maurice's place, and he'll go on with us and he'll go on our music. He'll go on with us as the Bee Gees, and Maurice will always be with us.
American Musician Quotes
The Bee Gees, to us, was the three brothers. In Maurice's name, we would respect that and not be the Bee Gees anymore.
Air Quotes
Lots of people aren't comfortable with silences. They feel they've got to fill the dead air.
Zero Quotes
If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is.
Tragedy Quotes
I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had.
Ideas Quotes
My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book.
I don't have too much faith in destiny, or an afterlife. This is it.
Machines Quotes
Music is being treated as one big karaoke machine.
Attach Quotes
Rarely do I attach guilt to something pleasant. Life's too short.
I'd never try to be that distinctive from the Bee Gees' sound. I'm very proud of being a Bee Gee and am always aware that I'll be identified as a Bee Gee.
I don't like lifts and will walk up 20 flights of stairs if I have to. Crowded rooms make me uncomfortable, too, although I can sing to a stadium full of thousands of people no bother.
I think for anybody, any family, and I know there are families out there that are going through this even now, that it is the hardest thing in the world. Nobody is ever prepared for it.
In the beginning, Barry and I couldn't decide if we were going got go forward with the name of the Bee Gees or just as Barry and Robin. Now we've decided to continue as the Bee Gees because we feel we can, and Maurice would have wanted it.
Music Is Quotes
Music became an obsession, and eventually we felt more comfortable with each other then we did with anyone else. The three of us were like one person.
You know, we'd just had a birthday, he was... you know, he still had a future out of him, and all I can is he was just one of the most beautiful people in the world... a very gifted man, and it's a loss to the world, not just for us.
Right Time Quotes
It just felt like the right time to focus on solo material.
Firsts Quotes
I've always been thin. If you go back to when we first started I've always been skinny.
Realizing Quotes
Losing people makes you realize you've got to grab life - not put things off.
As the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I felt anger, panic, despair and helplessness.
Final Quotes
We will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on.
I'm not a party person or someone who likes to sit and drink in clubs all night, and never really have been. I have a good time through work.
With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.
Bee Quotes
The other weekend I was on the ferry to Ireland, and they were showing a documentary about the Bee Gees. They had these giant screens, and Maurice's face was everywhere. I couldn't look at them. I can't look at his face even in a photograph.
Complaints And Complaining Quotes
Maurice walked into that place complaining of a stomachache. He had eaten breakfast and hadn't been ill the day before that. They took one x-ray, gave him a painkiller... That was 4 p.m. Thirteen hours later, he was brain dead.
Feeling Quotes
One morning I'd woken up about 4 a.m., feeling nauseous. The feeling lasted about an hour. It was at the time Maurice was in hospital with pains in his stomach. It was probably some indication that something was wrong, because I have never, ever had that feeling before.
Anyone Quotes
He could play a few chords on a keyboard and inspire a whole song. I don't think anyone could play a few notes as magically as Maurice could. Maurice is a part of the history of the Bee Gees, so the music will always have Maurice in it. We've lost Maurice, but we'll never lose his inspiration.
I was in the car on my way to London, and Radio 2 was doing the Bee Gees story. They started playing the demos we'd made, then I heard Maurice talking. Suddenly that feeling of helplessness and non-acceptance came flooding back. I don't think you can ever come to terms with something like this. But you can learn to live with it.
Abreast Quotes
I was being kept abreast of everything by phone, phoned almost by the hour, so I knew everything that was going on... I still can't come to terms with it now. It's just almost like a dream. It's like a nightmare that you wake up to every day. That's all we can say. It's just devastating. It's going to take a long time even just for it to sink in.
We're both devastated. We've actually been in shock for the last few days since Maurice was taken ill, and so this has all gone too fast for us.
The real world was just too real, and we didn't want to be a part of normal life. We wanted to create a magical world for the three of us.
You're looking at the Bee Gees right now.
You realize that however much you don't think about death - or think that's for other people - you're just an organism living from day to day. I'm just grateful I'm here.
It makes us feel better that everyone out there is thinking of Maurice.
I left on the Saturday morning. The doctors were saying there was still a chance that they'd get him back. You hope against hope that they're right.
I hadn't accepted he was seriously ill. The idea that someone so close to you couldn't wake up was utterly incomprehensible. Then the doctor came in... Maurice had no brain left. There wasn't any activity at all.
I refuse to believe my brother is dead.
Accept Quotes
I can't accept that he's dead. I just imagine he's alive somewhere else. Pretend is the right word. Pretend is where I'm at.
I couldn't stay there. I still find Miami very hard, because from my dock I can see the hospital. I can't stand there and look at it.
Conscious Quotes
The illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do.
Rocks Quotes
I don't like rock opera with back beats.
Knows Quotes
I don't know what 'home' or 'abroad' is any more.
Kissing Quotes
We said we'd fly the flag without him and carry on. I didn't give him a kiss because I still hadn't accepted what was happening. I was hoping that some miracle was going to happen. Of course, it didn't. I wish I had kissed him now.
Everyone's looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.
I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity.
Games Quotes
My whole life has been a bit like a Nintendo game.
Years Quotes
I haven't really met anyone else who has influenced me, but you never know, it could happen next year or next month. I just like to go with the spur of the moment.
If even a small portion of the praise that is bestowed on Michael Jackson now in death was given to him last year, in life, he might well still be with us.
Not Happy Quotes
An artist is an artist because he is not happy with the world, so he creates his own existence.
I'll never get used to living without Mo, but the painful things that surround what happened to him aren't so painful any more-not so raw or so new.
Weight Quotes
It's hard for me to put on weight.
I've always been naturally thin.
I Love Food Quotes
I love food, I love eating.
Mean Quotes
My work means everything to me.
Fruit Quotes
I don't like fruit but I'm vegetarian, so eat a lot of veggies.
Stuff Quotes
I love stuff like Mozart.
Running Quotes
If some people can imagine that a person they love is alive in another world, why can't I imagine Maurice is alive in this one An artist is a person who uses art to run away from reality. It's not wrong-it's survival. There's nothing wrong with me creating a world in which Maurice is alive.
How do you explain the bond between man and wife? Well, for one thing, it's private. What people do in their own marriage is their own business.
Country Quotes
I visit English country churchyards where historical figures are buried.
Life Is Hard Quotes
I find it very, very hard. He was part of the fabric of my life. We were kids together, and teenagers. We spent the whole of our lives with each other because of our music.
Pockets Quotes
We've been in each other's pockets our entire lives
Bees Quotes
I'm very proud of being a Bee Gee and am always aware that I'll be identified as a Bee Gee.
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There's always something exciting happening at Grace! Select from the list above to see Church-Wide Events and events for Men, Women, Young Adults, and Children. Don't forget that every event needs volunteers to help manage all the details. If you see an event that interests you, be sure to sign up and be a part of the team.


When individuals who were previously married in China and got divorced move to the United States; they find that they have some paperwork to face regarding their previous relationships. United States law states that there is a lot of credibility made regarding the previous marriage that a Chinese person may have had. Therefore a certified Chinese translator is needed for Chinese immigration in America.
Where to get a certified Chinese translator?
USA Translate says that this is because of a general stigma, sadly, comes that says that there are many individuals who try and get married in the United States for visa or residency while they have spouses in China as well. This pushes the United States to carry out laws that encourage the Chinese and many other populations to show paperwork that proves severance of old relationships back home before making new ones in the United States.
Divorces are sad tragedies that occur because life isn't fair. But if you are a divorced couple in China and you want to immigrate to the United States of America, you have to follow a specific procedure to ensure that your papers are taken in and cleared effectively. Chinese immigration in America is a bit tough due to this but proper translations will get you there.
If you are dealing with Chinese immigration in America then you have two reasons to ask whether you need to go through special procedures in order to process your divorce papers through the US immigration system. Both will require a certified Chinese translator.
Marrying a US citizen: If you want to marry a US citizen and you are a Chinese national who was previously married in China; you will have to present a divorce certificate with a certified translation to the US Immigration and Citizenship office. You will require it to get your marriage visa or fiancé visa (K-1 visa or K-2) processed.
Chinese Residents: Even when you are already living in the United States and want to get married here, you will require a Chinese divorce certificate while you apply for civil marriage in US court to marry someone in the United States.
These translations are provided by the Chinese to English translators who are experts in divorce certificates. They have experience in dealing with agencies such as USCIS, US passport, US colleges, US schools and US courts. They know the legal requirements of the Chinese immigration in America by heart and they produce divorce certificate translation that caters to the specifications of these offices right down to the 'T'.
USCIS regulations ask that the translator himself certify that Chinese to English translation is complete and accurate. They also have to verify that they are competent in translations from Chinese to English.
USA Translate is here to help you out with all of your paperwork requirements to let the past go and begin a new life in your new home, including a certified Chinese translator. We have an excellent team that works with many professionals who will produce the best and most perfect paperwork for you to present to the legal office.


Union Lead Organiser, Alvin Livingstone says E tū has 150 members at the packaging plant, who have yet to learn who will stay and who will go, with workers experiencing a range of emotions.
"This is a big hit for workers, their families and the west Auckland community. Add the fact that Christmas is looming, and this is very hard news for them," he says.
Alvin says the company claims it remains committed to manufacturing in New Zealand, "but if these job losses go ahead, Huhtamaki will have laid off over 260 workers in the last eight years.
Huhtamaki will now manufacture paper and plastic hot and cold cups, plastic takeaway containers, and wine dividers at its Asian factories.
"It's just another example of a big multinational deciding to move production somewhere else, at a huge cost to local workers," says Alvin.
He says the priority now is to explore redeployment options for affected members, as well as job opportunities with local employers for soon-to-be redundant workers.
"The redundancy process will be worked through rigorously to ensure fairness and the best outcome for affected members," says Alvin.


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The very latest in the world of adventure cruising
Quark express Get to the ends of the earth and back in a week. Quark Expeditions, specialist in the Polar regions, is offering seven-day cruise adventures in Antarctica. There are 11 Fly The Drake itineraries (involving flying south from Chile rather than sailing Drake Passage) on two small ice-class vessels – Quark has added all-suite
Quark express
Get to the ends of the earth and back in a week. Quark Expeditions, specialist in the Polar regions, is offering seven-day cruise adventures in Antarctica. There are 11 Fly The Drake itineraries (involving flying south from Chile rather than sailing Drake Passage) on two small ice-class vessels – Quark has added all-suite Island Sky, offering all-inclusive luxury, alongside Sea Adventurer.
On the new trips, seven to 11 days, passengers skip Drake Passage sailings either one way or both, giving more time on the peninsular. A big focus is on land experiences, led by Quark's guides, historians, marine biologists and ornithologists. Landing sites include gentoo penguin-inhabited Neko Harbour, historical sites such as Port Lockroy, World Heritage Site Vega Island, and whale-watching hotspot Wilhelmina Bay. Seven-night all-inclusive cruises on Island Sky from £7,000pp, including flights from Chile to Antarctica. Return flights from London from £590.
Celebrity Cruises' new Celebrity Xploration, a 16-passenger catamaran base in the Galapagos Islands, has just emerged from being kitted out with all the things that are vital for expedition cruising: climate-controlled wine storage, well-stocked bar, sleek lounge with two 65-inch TVs, a barbecue area on the sundeck and, of course, wifi. The ship sails two itineraries from March 25 with shore excursions led by expert naturalists.
The all-inclusive Galapagos experience features local fish with menus inspired by Celebrity Cruises' Michelin-starred chef, plus regional coffee, spirits and chocolate. A 10-night Galapagos Northern Loop fly/cruise starts at £6,979. Celebrity Xperience, a neat, traditional ship for 48 passengers, is also new for 2017 and features al fresco, and the sun deck has a hot tub and exercise bikes. Both join 100-passenger Celebrity Xpedition.
Safari so good
There's wild, and there's wild and free. If you can stretch to the Sea. Sky. Safari. from SeaDream you haven't got a care in the world. This £86,000, 20-night adventure combines (after a couple of nights in Barcelona) a Med cruise on one of SeaDream's twin, 112-passenger megayachts with safaris and the like in Rwanda and Botswana. You get to Africa on a custom-configured first-class private Boeing 757 and then fly on to Morocco for two nights in Marrakech, followed by London for a night on Park Lane. Departs May 5.
Luxury small-ship operator Silversea is on the move. Silver Cloud will, in November, emerge as an ice-class vessel. The ship, for 296 people, will, however, mostly be on Arctic and Antarctic duty with numbers kept at 200. It will keep its five fine dining options, including a Relais & Châteaux restaurant, and have 18 Zodiac inflatables for landings. A 10-day round trip from Ushuaia, Argentina, on December 1, 2017, starts at £7,650.
Silver Cloud is replaced by one of the most luxurious ships at sea, Silver Muse, all suite for 596 passengers with eight dining options and a spa and pool befitting a country club. She launches in April for the simple pleasures of the Med then trips along the east of the US and Canada, plus South America, exploring Chile's fjords, the Falklands and other far-flung spots.
From March 25 there are two new seven-night Galápagos itineraries on 100-guest, all-suite Silver Galapagos, including the circumnavigation of the islands Isla Daphne Grande and Roca León Dormido. The all-inclusive cruises start from £6,150pp, including pre- and post-cruise hotel nights, transfers and flights from Ecuador to Galapagos.
Cuban hols
Cuban cruises from Celestyal Cruises have been so popular that Celestyal Crystal, which has been there the past couple of winters, is staying all year. Many companies visit, but this is a way of seeing the island to the full with a complete circumnavigation, calling in places less visited and with the chance to simply wander in a landscape and culture barely changed for many years. There are stops in Punta Frances, on the Isle of Youth, an idyllic desert island beach destination, Cienfuegos with its Castillo de Jagua fortress, built in 1745 to protect the city against real pirates of the Caribbean, and Santiago, as far as you can get from Havana, cradle of the recently departed Fidel Castro's 1953 revolution. And there's a night in Havana, allowing time to immerse yourself in the culture, and the rum. Combine a seven-night cruise with four nights in Havana, B&B, from £2,019pp, including flights, from The Holiday Place.
The Drake Passage in the Arctic
Luxury operator Crystal is expanding into river and even air and undersea adventures. With adventure in the air from an increasing demand for luxury cruises with a difference, its coming Crystal Yacht Cruises has already been reborn as Crystal Yacht Expedition Cruises. The banner encompasses three polar-class megayachts complete with submarines, helicopters and remote-operated vehicles. The sub, already operating on Crystal Esprit for cruises to hot spots such as the Seychelles, carries a pilot and two guests down to 300m.
The ships will cruise the Arctic then follow the route of migrating whales along the coast of the Americas and Europe to Antarctica in winter. Crystal Endeavor arrives mid-2019 with sister ships following at a rate of one a year. Current ultra-luxury yacht Crystal Esprit is despatched to the West Indies for a year from November 2017.
Gypsy king
Burma has been increasingly popular as an exotic river destination for several years largely through Pandaw, but the company has recently launched coastal ocean cruises. The six-night voyages from the port of Kawthaung potter around the 800 islands of the Mergui Archipelago, rarely explored since colonial times, yet filled with wonderful beaches. You might even get to chum up with Mokkein, sea gypsies once known as pirates, but who now stick to fishing. Sail on 10-room Andaman Explorer, a cool white 1960s motor yacht, with a supply of kayaks and snorkels. From £3,100, including flights.


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Surrounded by Texas Hill Country in Williamson County but only 20 minutes northwest of downtown Austin, Avery Ranch homes afford a great lifestyle in one of the most beautiful parts of the country.
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Built around an 18 hole championship golf course, Avery Ranch property will appeal to anyone who likes to get out on the green. This spectacular public course was designed by Andy Raugust and incorporates the natural limestone caverns, oak trees, rolling hills and streams that distinguish Texas Hill Country.
Of course, there's more than golf to this beautifully planned community. With a dozen distinct neighborhoods and a variety of housing types, Avery Ranch real estate appeals to all kinds of families, couples and individuals looking for a Hill Country home. Community perks include five outstanding rec centers, public pools and tennis courts, a family friendly internal trail system that links neighborhoods to each other without crossing roadways, tree-lined streets, swimming at Avery Lake, and plenty of natural open spaces to explore and enjoy.
Avery Ranch is bordered by the cities of Cedar Park and Round Rock. Major nearby employers include Dell and IBM.
See real-time statistics on the Avery Ranch real estate market. Get stats on active lisitngs, price ranges and average prices for Avery Ranch homes, condos and land for sale in Austin zip code 78717 (updated daily).
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Farias Family Law, P.C provides a unique and complete experience in MA Divorce and Family Law | Farias Family Law, P.C.
Farias Family Law, P.C, is changing the game in Divorce and Family Law practice. The firm's founder is Attorney Bill Farias who believes that aggressive and efficient representation combined with the highest quality client service are the keys to a positive client experience.
What makes this firm different?
First, it takes a more holistic approach to divorce. Clients receive the information, support and resources necessary to not only successfully navigate the divorce, but also to set themselves up for a happy and successful life post-divorce.
There's an ideal balance of addressing immediate needs while also considering and pursuing long-term goals.
The firm also prioritizes reducing the client's stress. Divorce often invokes feelings of uncertainty and fear. In crafting a client-service framework, the question is: What can the law firm do to decrease anxiety and put clients at ease?
It starts with information. The unknown creates most of the fear. The first appointment at the firm is generally a comprehensive assessment at which the client provides information and identifies key issues and goals. The attorney then provides an analysis, which includes a plan for attaining the client's goals, actionable advice that can be implemented immediately, and ensuring all of the client's questions are answered.
Most firms use the first appointment to sell their services. But this firm uses that time to guide the client toward making an educated decision on how to proceed and helping them create a plan of action.
There's also a guarantee of the highest level of attention and support throughout the process. Individuals going through divorce understandably may have a lot of questions and concerns, some requiring immediate attention.
Unfortunately, the general expectation in legal services is that if you leave a message for an attorney, you can expect to wait a considerable amount of time for a response. Especially if it's an attorney with a thriving practice. That shouldn't be tolerated, especially in an emotionally-charged area of practice, such as family law. This firm ensures your questions and concerns are addressed promptly, giving you piece of mind and ensuring information does not fall through the cracks.
The firm also utilizes the newest and best case-management technology to track and share information and documents with clients. No more waiting for the carrier pigeon to deliver your court documents! Items and information are shared with clients immediately so the client is regularly updated and informed throughout the process.
If you go to a restaurant and the service is awful, you'll think twice about going back. Why is it not the same with legal services?
The firm is also a hub of information and resources for clients, which helps them identify and address areas of need and connects them with other professionals who can help. Some clients need assistance with mental health, some with finance, others are having issues with their children.
Divorce is a perfect springboard for positive change. The firm has a reliable network of providers who can help clients with their specific needs. The goal is to put them in the best position to successfully transition to post-divorce life.
"Our firm was founded on the principle that quality client service is essential, especially in our area of practice. When people are going through family law issues, they're at their most vulnerable and require the highest quality service and attention. Our goals are to put them at ease, smoothly guide them through the process, and help put them in the best position possible post-divorce," says Attorney Farias.
Elite service is great, but what about the handling of the case?
The litigation philosophy is best described as the perfect blend of aggression and efficiency.
Aggressive representation creates leverage. In a divorce proceeding, you should work with your attorney to identify and work toward reasonable goals. And to optimize your chances of attaining those goals, you need leverage.
Attorney Farias is a former prosecutor and has extensive litigation experience and fights to obtain that leverage with customized strategies aimed at creating a bargaining advantage.
However, the aggression must be tempered. One of the firm's key operating principles is that it aims at resolving your case efficiently to avoid wasted time and money. Unfortunately, that cannot be said of some divorce practices that take full financial advantage of the client's often impaired emotional state.
The combination of aggressively and efficiently pursuing the client's goals and providing elite client service, which tends to the client's immediate and long-term needs makes for a positively life-changing divorce experience.
The firm focuses mainly on divorce, alimony, property division, child support, child custody and visitation, modifications, contempt's, and prenuptial agreements, etc.
They have two offices in MA in Easton and Fall River.
1. Makes false promises to feed into your unreasonable expectations.
2. Encourages you to make emotion-based decisions that result in loss of your credibility and unnecessary legal fees.
3. Walks into a case desperate for compromise and looking only for whatever the other side is willing to give.
1. Helps you set reasonable goals and fights to pursue them.
3. Has an operation that is completely transparent and operates with the highest integrity.
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Case Details: Mother had been primary caretaker of the children throughout their lives. Attorney Farias represented Father, who was breadwinner. Mother put a restraining order on father alleging abuse of herself and the children and left MA with the children to live in another state. Attorney Farias argued the move was not in children's best interest, and was only for mother's benefit of living with a new boyfriend. After hearing, the judge ordered that the children must be returned to MA and visitation was established with Father. After a subsequent hearing, Father was granted sole legal and physical custody of the children.


Indexical is an organization in Santa Cruz, California, dedicated to experimentation in music. We present events at Radius Gallery, Wind River, and elsewhere, and release recordings through our in-house record label.
Since 2015, Indexical has presented over 50 concerts, workshops, and artist talks in Santa Cruz.
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Indexical also runs an in-house record label, dedicated to documenting work that builds from our live performance series. These long-term collaborations allow artists to see their vision through to the end. Check out a sample below, or visit our Bandcamp store to pick up a physical or digital album.
We could really use your support! Indexical aims to provide artists with the time and resources they need to do their best work. We guarantee artist fees, provide substantial marketing and production support, and take care to curate thoughtful programs and shared bills.
In 2018, Indexical formed a 501c3 organization to create a permanent home for experimental music and art in Santa Cruz. We need your help to make this dream a reality.
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For more than a decade the festival celebrates the diversity of the dances and music of the Swing and Rock and Roll era from the 20s to the 50s. Over a span of 5 days, fantastic dance nights, hot live music, shows, competitions, numerous workshops, dance masters from the 30s, and passionate dancers from all over the world create an inspiring and unforgettable atmosphere. At the Rock That Swing Dance Camp more than 60 of the world's best teachers give classes during the daytime offering a vast variety of more than 200 workshops. Dancers at any level, from beginner to intermediate to advanced and all the way up to teacher, can create their own individual schedule. The 14th edition will again offer a fantastic line-up of the best bands and teachers in great locations, including two nights at the marvelous ballroom of the Deutsches Theater in the city center of Munich. As a special highlight we will celebrate the 95th birthday of the swing dance legend Jean Veloz. We are looking forward to welcoming you to one of the greatest parties of the year.


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This newsletter is a reminder that there is only a month left until April 15. We can still accept a few more tax returns, although we might be applying for extensions of time to file for some. Call Dawn Siemer on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday from 9am to 5:30pm at (408) 918-3162 for information or an appointment.
You might be interested to know we have clients in many different states. Thanks to email, fax, mail and the telephone, distance isn't an issue. We also have excellent tax return preparation software and reference material for other states.
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