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Iowa City born Jessica Faselt wins opera award
Photo by Richard Termine
Photo: National Council Grand Finals Concert; guest artist, Bryan Hymel and host Joyce DiDonato; 2018 MONC Winners: Ashley Dixon, Mezzo-Soprano; Jessica Faselt, Soprano; Madison Leonard, Soprano; Carlos Santelli, Tenor; Hongni Wu, Mezzo-Soprano; Finalists: Danielle Beckvermit, soprano; Emily Misch, soprano; Megan Grey, mezzo-soprano; and Gretchen Krupp, mezzo-soprano photographed: Sunday, April 29, 2018; 3:00 PM at The Metropolitan Opera; New York, NY. Photograph: © 2018 Richard Termine. PHOTO CREDIT – Richard Termine
Paul Elwell, [email protected]
During her sophomore year at the University of Iowa, Jessica Faselt took a trip to New York City. Faselt, an aspiring opera singer at the time, made it a point to visit the Metropolitan Opera House, the largest in the Americas.
She and her brother went to the opera facility early one day with the intent of getting a backstage tour. They were in luck and received the final two tickets for the day. The tour group was eventually taken on the stage itself, but they had to remain in the back, because workers were changing the set at the front.
While on stage, the guide asked if anyone wanted to work at the opera house in the future. Only Faselt raised her hand, and the guide asked if she was willing to sing for the group.
Faselt obliged and performed part of an aria from the background of the stage. By the time she was finished, the room was silent — even the workers had ceased their work.
The silence broke when everyone in the room applauded her. Faselt had made her Metropolitan Opera House début.
Years later, Faselt was on the same stage again, only instead of singing from the back toward an almost empty room, she was front and center, serenading an audience of more than 3,000 people, including some of the highest industry professionals.
This performance took place at the April 29 Grand Final Concert, the closing event of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a competition designed to give young opera singers a chance to be heard and critiqued by professionals.
This was Faselt's fifth year taking part in the audition. Each year she participated, she moved up one spot as a finisher.
"Every year, I climbed up a rung on the ladder," Faselt said. "It shows perseverance and constant improvement. It made it all the more satisfying."
This year, she began at the Minnesota District, one of 42 across the United States and Canada. She then proceeded to the Upper Midwest Regional, one of 12. Finally, Faselt had made it back to New York City, where she competed in the semifinals and finals, becoming one of the audition's five winners.
She won $15,000 and exposure to some of the best in the industry.
Jimmy Longoria, who runs the upper-Midwest region along with his wife, Connie Fullmer, says Faselt's victory is all the more inspiring due to her being an Iowa native.
"Coming from Iowa, she has none of the backing many others do," Longoria said. "Many come from several generations of opera and have lots of experience. Jessica came from Iowa Cornfields to Metro Glitter."
Fullmer added to the idea that Faselt's familial origins were unusual amongst finalists in the competition. Many singers have been raised since birth to sing opera, unlike Faselt, who only started during her teenage years.
"Her parents were completely uninformed of what opera was about," Fullmer said. "They knew everything about raising football players, but nothing about opera."
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Hooked on a Feeling is an album by Swedish Rock band Blue Swede recorded in 1973 and released in 1974. They became known internationally recognized largely due to their 'ooga chaka' cover of Jonathan King's 1971 version of the 1968 Mark James song "Hooked on a Feeling". All tracks written by Bengt Palmers and Björn Skifs, except where noted. Björn Skifs - lead vocals. Hinke Ekestubbe - tenor saxophone, backing vocals, flute. Tom Berger - trumpet, backing vocals, flugelhorn. Michael Areklaw - guitars.
Lead singer Bjorn Skifs collaborates with producer Bengt Palmers (he changed his name to Ben Palmers for the next disc) on a strange attempt at the Philly sound. Gotta Have Your Love" doesn't work, but what is intriguing is "Lonely Sunday Afternoon," a strange blend of Sonny Bono meets Lee Hazelwood on the other side of the world. It is so totally different from the other originals on side one that the band surprises with sparks of creativity - chameleon moves that give a hint they could have been capable of more
Hooked on a Feeling Lyrics. Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga. I can't stop this feeling deep inside of me Girl, you just don't realize what you do to me When you hold me in your arms so tight You let me know everything's all right
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Hooked on a Feeling Video: I can't stop this feeling Deep inside of me Girl, you just don't realize. What you do to me. Your lips are sweet as candy The taste stays on my mind You just keep me thirsty For another cup of wine. When you hold me In your arms so tight You let me know Everything's all right. I, I'm hooked on a feeling I'm high on believing That you're in love with me. I've got it bad for you, darling But I don't need a cure I'll just stay addicted And hope I can endure
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Cover of "Hooked On A Feeling" originally a hit for B.J. Thomas in 1968 and Blue Swede in 1973.
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Rick Law named speaker and advisor for hospital group - Law Elder Law - a Division of Law Hesselbaum.
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As an approved Speaker/Adviser, Mr. Law participates in the training of medical personnel such as discharge planners, nurse case managers, social workers, and members of the senior community. The topics for these seminars focus either on Medicaid and Long-Term Care or Advance Directives (Living Wills, Powers of Attorney for Health Care, Do Not Resuscitate Orders, and The Five Wishes).


Speaker: We're here inside Performance Plus with Hank Feldman, how are you Hank?
Hank: Good morning, how are you?
Speaker: Good! Great to see you. We just wanted to talk a little bit about the history. I understand this is your 35th anniversary. There's got to be a lot of history there.
Hank: You know, there is, and it's amazing. Believe it or not, I went in business 35 years ago. My dad actually started in the tire business when he moved to California and he worked down the street at the Firestone Store. It wasn't a Firestone Store then, but when I was 16 years old, with some money that I had put away and some money my mom and dad put away, we opened our first store in Inglewood, California.
From there, there's been lots of stuff going on. My mom and dad got divorced, my mom wound up with the business. We grew our store into 10 stores and a distribution network.
At one time, we used to service lots of other major chains with custom wheels. We decided that wasn't a business we really wanted to be in and we focused on our retail stores.
Well, then the riots came along, and I don't need to tell you, that was not a lot of fun. We had a bunch of stores burned down, it was just financially devastating to our company. With a lot of hard work and perseverance, we regrouped down to several stores, this being one of them, this was not one our original stores here in Long Beach, and we were moving along pretty well.
We decided we were going to put it all back together and with the help of our landlord and our vendors, we were able to put the store back together into a new and more beautiful facility. We have since shed several other stores and we just have this one store.


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The Fiduciary Standard: Where Are We Now?
By Susan R. Olson
Over the past several years, the financial services industry has been readying itself for the rollout of the Department of Labor's (DOL) Fiduciary Rule, which was to put in place new standards around the management of retirement accounts. These standards caused controversy, as both supporters and critics of the rule debated their potential economic and legal implications. This debate was rendered moot in March 2018, when the DOL rule was terminated by the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.
The question now is — what's next? As I travel around the country speaking to advisors, many ask — is a new attempt at establishing a fiduciary rule forthcoming? If so, what does it entail?
I recently discussed this issue with Ira Hammerman, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or SIFMA. In the policymaking and legislative arena, SIFMA serves as the voice of the nation's security industry, bringing together the shared interest of hundreds of brokers and dealers, investment banks and asset managers. Mr. Hammerman has overseen SIFMA's legal advocacy efforts and outside counsel relationships since 2004.
Historically, what has been SIFMA's position on establishing a fiduciary rule?
Ira Hammerman: SIFMA has been advocating for there to be a uniform fiduciary standard of care, when an advisor or a broker was giving investment advice to the retail public, since 2007 — so before the Financial Crisis came into full existence.
What's the recent legislative history of this issue? How did the Department of Labor get involved?
Ira Hammerman: As a result of the Financial Crisis, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law by President Obama in 2010. It runs almost a thousand pages, but there is no mention of the Department of Labor [acting] in the fiduciary space. We were surprised when they initiated their own rulemaking on fiduciary. It led us to engage with [them] for eight years to challenge what the department was doing because in the Dodd-Frank Act, Congress [delegated] to the Securities and Exchange Commission. They are the primary regulator of broker/dealers and investment advisors. But to just accelerate the story — the industry reacted negatively to the DOL proposal.
Were you surprised when the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal threw out the rule?
Ira Hammerman: Anytime you go into litigation, there's a risk, even though you feel confident with your position and your case. But we were pleased with the outcome. I think at the core, you had a jurisdictional grab being attempted by the DOL into the jurisdiction of the SEC and the court in a two-one decision agreed that it violated the Administrative Procedures Act.
So where are we now?
Ira Hammerman: On April 18, the SEC put out a package of proposals called "Reg BI," B-I standing for "best interest," and this was a very significant development and milestone for the SEC. We've been at this for 11 years [and] this was the first time we had an SEC chairman — Jay Clayton — put out a proposal. This was a nice milestone development.
What do you think the SEC got right with Reg BI?
Ira Hammerman: The first thing that I think they got right is they are elevating the standard of care that applies today to broker/dealers to a "best interest of the customer" standard and clearly articulating that the broker/dealer cannot put his or her interest ahead of the customer's.
What are some things that SIMFA has suggested be changed?
Ira Hammerman: One quick example is the definition of who is a retail customer — a retail investor varies and the [current] SEC definition is different than the term that already exists under FINRA rules. We think it should be the FINRA definition, since firms have lived with that, developed technology around that and other compliant systems, so that's an example of something that we think can be improved without losing any of the import of the overall rule.
The SEC has said they're going to have a final rule ready by September 2019. Does that seem plausible?
Ira Hammerman: I think what you're referencing with the September 2019 dates for the SEC is some disclosures that they made in predicting what their agenda will be for the 12 months going forward. They're not obligated to stick to that timetable, but that's their attempt to put a marker down as to the timetable and thought process.
Can it be done sooner? Possibly. I would say that I think this rulemaking that we've been talking about this morning is Chairman Clayton's top priority.
How long do you think the SEC would give firms and advisors to comply with the new regulations? The DOL was going to give them 12 months, which got extended to 18 months — what about this time around?
Ira Hammerman: That's a very important piece to implementing what would be a very comprehensive new regulation. In our comment letter, we're asking for at least 24 months. Anytime you make a change in regulation, you need to develop compliance policies, procedures, computer systems, the technology — it all has to work and it has to work well from the get-go because you have exposure from day one of the regulation going into effect.
Do you have any final thoughts regarding this potential SEC rule?
Ira Hammerman: I think this would take a material step forward in elevating the standard of care that applies to broker/dealers — the Suitability Standard being elevated to a Best Interest Standard — and that could only benefit Mom and Pop customers.
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/* eslint-env browser */

import React from 'react';
import { Modal } from 'antd';

const CONF = require('../conf.js');

/**
 * Creates a big error modal if the MM can't connect to the websocket proxy.
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const wsError = () => {
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    title: 'Unable to connect to Websocket server!',
    content: 'In order to use this interface, the Redis<->Websocket proxy must be running.  \n\n' +
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};

/**
 * Generates a new V4 UUID in hyphenated form
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function v4(): string {
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}

/**
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 * @param {function} callback - The function invoked when a message is received over the websocket connection
 * @param {dispatch} dispatch - A piece of state passed along with the message to the callback function.
 * @param {string} ourUuid - The UUID of the instance creating this websocket server
 * @param {function} wsError - A callback invoked when the websocket encounters an error
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function initWs(callback: (dispatch: any, parsed: any) => void, dispatch: any, ourUuid: string) {
  let socketUrl = 'ws://localhost:7037';
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const getInstance = (name, living_instances) => {
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/**
 * create a dummy `dispatch` function to pass to any returned actions
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function *dummyDispatch (put) {
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/**
 * defines the shape of a `WrappedCommand` for use in `PropTypes` declarations
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const WrappedCommand = {
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};

/**
 * defines the shape of a `WrappedResponse` for use in `PropTypes` declarations
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const WrappedResponse ={
  uuid: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
  cmd: React.PropTypes.any.isRequired,
};

/**
 * defines the shape of an `Instance` for use in `PropTypes` declarations
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const InstanceShape = {
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};

/**
 * defines the shape of a `HistTickDst` for use in `PropTypes` declarations.  Corresponds to the Rust
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const HistTickDstShape = {
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  Postgres: React.PropTypes.shape({
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  RedisChannel: React.PropTypes.shape({
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How was your Memorial Day Weekend? We had a blast! More about our Memorial Day party, tomorrow (when I can post pictures).
I went a little overboard at our own picnic on Sunday and I am ready to get back on track for the week! Last night, as I laid in bed, I made sure to make a list of meals I would like to make for dinners this week and a plan for workouts this week.
We are going to have subs for dinner tonight because Subway is right next to the place where we buy our groceries, and we have a lot of grocery shopping to do after work tonight!
Since it is rainy outside, I am going to run a mile on Nordi (my treadmill) tonight. I am actually looking forward to it! I was eating leftovers from our picnic all day yesterday. I could really use a good run!
I am going to try to stick with some mini-goals for this week, just as I did last week.
Each mini-goal is just as important as the other. I'm going to start tracking these mini-goals today.
Do you have any mini-goals for yourself this week?
these are great goals! i need to work on the sleep one too . . .
I just stumbled across your blog and became a follower! I know how hard weight loss can be and look forward to reading about your success! Battle on!
It's agreat idea to have mini goals for the week :) I usually struggle with "what's for dinner" but having mini goals would make dinner choices and grocery shopping easier!


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Hillsborough: Andy Burnham MP on a major turning point in the campaign for justice – the day he was barracked at Anfield
IT WAS the day that changed everything – the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster and a memorial service like no other.
Paddy ShennanSpecialist Writer
Updated 21:05, 7 MAY 2013
The Kop is full for the Hillsborough anniversary service
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*Click here for a timeline of Hillsborough and the long road to justice
IT WAS the day that changed everything – the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster and a memorial service like no other. A record-breaking attendance of around 30,000, more than double the previous record of 14,000 for the 10th anniversary service, gathered at Anfield on a day marked out by its raw emotion, passion – and anger.
Many in the stadium had simply had enough of being fobbed off – and Andy Burnham, the then secretary of state for culture, media and sport, was about to feel the full force of their frustration.
He may be a Scouser and a football fan – on April 15, 1989, he was at Villa Park supporting Everton in that day's other FA Cup semi-final – but on April 15, 2009, he was a member of a Labour government headed by a Prime Minister who had ruled out the possibility of a fresh inquiry into Hillsborough, just as the then-home secretary Jack Straw had done months after Labour swept into power.
Liverpool-born, Cheshire-raised Mr Burnham had been invited to speak by the then Lord Mayor of Liverpool Steve Rotheram, now Labour MP for Walton, and he provoked much applause – not least when praising those fans who helped the dying at Hillsborough and saluting Merseyside's sense of community, spirit and solidarity.
But there was also booing, barracking and cries of "hypocrite" which, after the minister had sat down, prompted Hillsborough Family Support Group president Trevor Hicks to apologise.
Yet today many may say the ends justified the means, as the call for full disclosure of the unseen Hillsborough files gathered pace that day – Mr Burnham has stressed that he and Garston and Halewood MP Maria Eagle had already been working on this.
Today, recalling the 20th anniversary, Mr Burnham said: "I agonised about whether I should go. My main worry, and it seems strange saying this, was getting through my speech without crying."
He added: "Steve Rotheram asked me to be there and I could never have lived with myself if I'd not been there. I'd been thinking in the run-up that, in some way, this could be fate – that I was being put there for that moment in time. I was thinking 'Is there some way I can now open up Hillsborough again?'
"I felt more nervous than I had ever felt before in my life. But, knowing the city as I do, I thought I will take what comes – I'll deal with it as best I can. I sensed 'This has to happen – this feeling people have of a huge sense of injustice and a lack of a resolution has to have its voice'."
GALLERY: How the ECHO reported the Hillsborough disaster in 1989
Recalling the speech, he said: "It got very difficult when I mentioned Gordon Brown. I was there as his minister in the same way the Bishop represents the Queen on days like that. But I've always said, if I wasn't the minister, I'd have been one of those shouting at the minister.
"They were right. I don't hold anything against anyone who shouted at me that day. Hillsborough was in the spotlight then and when was it ever going to be in the spotlight again?
"Potentially this was one of the last times the country was going to focus on Hillsborough and the issues around it. People react to emotional situations in different ways. I don't think people had any need to apologise."
He added: "What people don't know is that literally minutes afterwards, I walked into the centenary stand and received a call from Gordon. He said 'That's a brilliant thing you've done. Thanks for doing it – you've done the right thing'.
"The next day, we had a Cabinet meeting and I said to Gordon 'I'm going to raise Hillsborough'. It wasn't on the agenda and it wasn't on the Government's radar, and I asked him if he minded. He said 'No, I don't'. I said 'I'm not saying this just because I had a bad time yesterday'.
To his eternal credit, Gordon Brown immediately backed me up and from that meeting came all the developments regarding the Hillsborough Independent Panel."
But, regarding the years of inaction, Mr Burnham said: "I understand and said it in the debate in the House of Commons – no political party can say they have done enough. Hopefully we are beginning to put that right."
Looking to the future, he said: "I am absolutely confident we will now get the whole truth. I don't know what's in the panel's report but I know how it has gone about its job and so I am confident we will have the whole truth. And, as Bishop James Jones says – 'Truth has its own power'.
"The first thing is we need to hear the whole story and feel the impact of the whole story. People need to be allowed time to understand the enormity of it.
"I have called Hillsborough one of the greatest injustices of the 20th century. I can't think of a parallel situation where a tragedy has occurred on this scale and immediate efforts were made to shift the blame onto those who died and their fellow supporters, causing more anguish to the families involved."
He added: "Also, I don't think it will be the end of the story. There will be things that come from it. What they are depends what's in the panel's report. I think we will get the truth. The question then is: 'What is justice and how do we best get it?' These are the things that will be asked on September 13, 14, 15. But it's very important, on September 12, for the truth to be allowed to speak for itself and to be heard.
"I am very conscious the families may react in very different ways. Let's first of all focus on September 12, which I think will be a momentous day for the city.
"People always say 'Why are they still going on about that?'
"I think, slowly, what's going to come from here is that the rest of the country will say 'We finally understand why the city of Liverpool has been unable to let this go'.
"It won't be a victory but a quiet vindication. That's my hope for the day."
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Andy Burnham: Stuart-Smith's Hillsborough inquiry had feel of Establishment cover-up
IN JUNE, 1997, a month after Labour came to power, new home secretary Jack Straw appointed Lord Justice Stuart-Smith to take a fresh look at the tragedy to see if there should be a new inquiry.
But there was immediate controversy as, when he met representatives of the families in Liverpool, the judge asked them: "Have you got a few of your people or are they like the Liverpool fans – turn up at the last minute?"
The following February, Mr Straw announced the review had found nothing to challenge the Taylor findings or the inquest verdicts and there would be no new public inquiry. This prompted families to decide to take their own action.
Andy Burnham said: "I was very proud that Labour fulfilled the manifesto commitment [to take a fresh look at the tragedy]. But looking back there might have been a factor of a new government not being used to holding civil servants to account properly.
"I don't know the man [Stuart- Smith]. I never met him. I never heard from him his reasoning. It had all the feeling to me of an Establishment cover-up.
"I don't know how anyone could look again at it and think a 3.15pm cut-off was anything other than morally indefensible. I have a feeling that's what the panel will reveal. A fixed deadline couldn't possibly be brought down on it."
At the inquests, coroner Dr Stefan Popper had refused to hear details of anything which happened after 3.15pm on the day of the disaster, on the grounds that those killed had already received their fatal injuries by then.
This was despite assertions by grieving families that some victims lived long after that time.
The cut-off point denied them the opportunity to submit evidence that South Yorkshire police failed to act quickly enough once the disaster was under way.
Mr Burnham added: "I wasn't an MP or minister at the time. I'm definitely not saying that Labour was part of a cover-up. What I am saying is that the full picture wasn't brought out at the time and it should have been.
"We were still in the pre-Freedom of Information age, but we're in a different era now when it comes to public information.
"Whether it was Stuart-Smith not wheedling out all the information or whether people didn't co- operate with him, I don't know. It felt to me that the Establishment closed ranks to frustrate Stuart-
Smith, or he didn't want to fully expose things."
Andy Burnham: I felt uneasy watching Everton at Hillsborough
ON APRIL 15, 1989, when early reports of the Hillsborough disaster began filtering through to Villa Park, where Everton played Norwich City in that day's other FA Cup semi-final, the thoughts of many fans – including a then 19-year-old Andy Burnham – turned to previous matches at Sheffield Wednesday's ground.
During the 1981 FA Cup semi-final between Spurs and Wolves, 38 Spurs fans were injured following crushing in the Leppings Lane end while, over the years, fans of other clubs – including Liverpool's after the 1988 semi-final – had voiced concerns about that part of the ground.
Mr Burnham said: "The thing I'd like to get over because I think it's so relevant to what is about to come out is my experience at Hillsborough for Everton's FA Cup third round tie against Sheffield Wednesday [on January 9, 1988]."
Everton salvaged a 1-1 draw thanks to a late Peter Reid equaliser, though that isn't the shadow health secretary's main memory of the day.
Mr Burnham explained: "I didn't watch anything on the pitch in the second half because I was deeply uncomfortable. I was just 18 then and I thought 'If I feel like this what are my brother, then 14, and my dad feeling?'
"I spent the whole of the second half watching them and as we sat in our car on the M6 after the FA Cup semi- final the following year, we all immediately started talking about that game.
"Instantly we knew what had caused the tragedy. All the stuff about hooliganism was coming out, but we immediately knew that ground was fundamentally unsafe. This wasn't something new. I'm not saying it was inevitable that something was going to happen, but there had been many near misses at the ground down the years.
"I think it's so relevant. I remember coming out of that game [at Hillsborough] feeling physically ill. I was relieved when that game was over."
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SAW Diagnostics has announced that Innovate UK has awarded the company a £1.5 million grant in support of its low-cost sample preparation system, for use in infectious disease detection and other applications.
The Innovate UK programme, which requires industry matched funding, will finance development of the Company's integrated sample processing technology platform over the next two years. The platform is designed to enable molecular detection directly from a range of complex clinical sample types in a range of 'near-patient' and research settings.
The funding comes on the back of the updated antimicrobial resistance (AMR) strategy, outlining the UK Government's plan to tackle AMR over the next five and 20 years – in which the development of, and access to effective diagnostics were key objectives.
"Automated extraction of nucleic acid from diverse complex sample types is a major bottleneck in clinical testing today, often requiring that samples are sent to remote laboratories for expert analysis," said Dr Iain Miller, CEO of SAW Dx.
Point-of-care testing provides nearly immediate results which allows the clinician to optimise treatment decisions while the patient is still in the clinic, rather than prescribing unnecessary antibiotics, which is often the case today.


Last week I had a very bad muscular pain in my whole body, for which tried Cassia Oil that i found miraculous as it removed my whole pain.
Known by the botanical Name Cinnamomum cassia, Cassia Oil is derived from leaves through steam distillation process. It is cheaper & more abundant than Ceylon variety with its value depending mainly on percentage of cinnamic aldehyde which it contains.
Balsam peru, chamomile, frankincense, caraway, ginger, nutmeg, Geranium, rosemary, black pepper, and all spices, coriander, & citrus oils.
Cassia Oil has a sweet, spicy-hot fragrance and is used as a physical & emotional stimulant, affecting the libido and known for its aphrodisiac qualities. Its aroma in a room also reduces drowsiness, pain, irritability and frequency of headaches. It also helps in relaxing tight muscles, menstrual cramps, ease joint pain and increase circulation. Further, it is also used as spice & food flavoring as well as for treatment of digestive complaints.


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This mobile shower commode assists transportation of the patient for showering and toileting.
It can be positioned over the toilet for toileting.
This shower commode model comes with a padded seat (available as open or closed front).
Wider seat widths and reinforced frame to suit the bariatric client.
It has swingback arms for side transfers and an adjustable safety arms for additional security.
This model shower commode has a PVC slatted backrest and sliding footrest that is textured weight-bearing for added safety. The footrest slides under the frame to assist patient transfers.
Mounted on 4 x 125mm locking castors.
Note: Pan carrier and pan is sold separately if you need to use it as a commode.


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Nigeria kicks off tender for 10 MW solar park
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) is seeking proposals for a 10 MW grid-connected solar plant in Kumbotso, Nigeria.
May 18, 2020 Emiliano Bellini
Image: Gerard Flores, flickr
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), an entity that manages the country's sovereign wealth fund, has issued an expression of interest (EOI) to pre-qualify developers interested in building a 10 MW solar plant in the Kumbotso Local Government Area, Kano State, in northern Nigeria.
The project will be owned by Haske Solar, a special purpose vehicle jointly held by the federal government, the state government, and the authorities in Kumbotso. It will be built on about 24 hectares of land at the south of Kano, around 16.5 km from the center of town, the NSIA said, without elaborating. Interested developers have until June 3 to submit their proposals.
According to the latest statistics from the International Renewable Energy Agency, Nigeria had only installed 28 MW of solar by the end of 2019, despite its huge potential.
The government of the populous West African state signed power purchase agreements in 2016 – via its offtaker, the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader – to buy power from 14 projects across the northern part of the country, with capacities ranging from 50 MW to 100 MW. None of these projects has been completed to date. The Nigerian government recently sought to persuade investors to accept reduced payments for the energy they would generate.
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Six contracts with the New York's Metropolitan Opera have catapulted Swedish soprano Erika Sunnegårdh right into the limelight from relative obscurity. But has years of waiting tables, working as a tour guide and cantor dampened opera dreams on a bigger scale?
When I meet with Sunnegårdh at New York's Café La Fortuna, her debut on the Met as Lenore in "Fidelio" is around the corner. But she doesn't seem frazzled or nervous, rather levelheaded and happy, and not the least bit smug over her sudden success.
Nobody, however, can make a living on singing art songs. So Sunnegårdh did a number of odd jobs on the side. As an opera singer waiting tables, she must have looked like the answer to "What's wrong with this picture?" but Sunnegårdh doesn't see it that way.
Luckily it did happen for Sunnegårdh. When she felt ready, she contacted an agent who helped her get some engagements in Sweden, so she sang "Turandot" at Malmö Opera och Musikteater and Norrlandsoperan to great reviews.
"It was a lot of fun, and it was all positive - people were very nice. I was very well received in Sweden," she says.
She also performed Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and sang her first Elsa in concerts of "Lohengrin" in Spain.
When she auditioned for the Met she was, she claims, "totally relaxed".
"It was sink or swim," she says, adding it felt like a good audition. After a callback a few days later, she sang on the Met's big stage for, among others, the artistic director James Levine. Everyone present wondered why on Earth they had never heard Sunnegårdh before, to which she responded in kind that she'd never sung before!
"I don't believe in always staying in one's own comfort zone. I believe I have the responsibility to give all of myself, to go beyond …" - Erika Sunnegårdh, photographed at the Metropolitan Opera by Henrik Olund.


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Puff Pastry from Scratch (with Video)
Begin this dough early in the day and you'll have plenty of puff pastry dough to bake by evening.
Puff Pastry, feuilletage or pâte feuillettée in French, is a light, flaky pastry of a laminated dough made with layers of butter and dough. It is the base for desserts like napoleons, pastries like Quesitos or fruit turnovers, and savory recipes like beef wellington and cheese straws. In this tutorial, I'll teach you everything you need to know to achieve success when making your dough.
This article was originally published in October 2019. I've updated the recipe to include metric measurements and snazzy new pictures.
What is Puff Pastry?
My most stressful class in culinary school was Classical Pastries. Chef Jan Bandula was the instructor, and he was also a Certified Master Pastry Chef. And he was European. Failure was not an option in any of his courses. But Chef Bandula also wanted us to win. He never made us feel like idiots if our bread didn't rise or our chocolate didn't set up. Because of him, I veered off of the culinary course I began culinary school on and navigated straight to the pastry shop. One of the recipes I learned in Chef Bandula's class, which I still hold dear to my heart, is Puff Pastry.
The two components of puff pastry are the détrempe and the beurrage. A mixture of flour, butter, and water make up the détrempe. The beurrage is simply butter mashed together with flour, an acid (lemon juice), and salt. The butter mixture is wrapped inside the dough, and the two become one. You end up with a dough with at least 513 layers of fat and dough. In the end, your pastries have dozens of layers of flaky, crisp, buttery goodness.
Where does Puff Pastry come from?
Puff pastry is a French invention. The classic French preparation of this recipe results in a pastry of 1,500 layers. This obscene amount of flakiness is where the French pastry, napoleons, gets its name mille-feuille, which means "a thousand leaves."
Why make Puff Pastry from scratch?
Before beginning this recipe, you need to know that it requires time. The preparation and folding are not difficult, nor does this recipe require advanced pastry skills. Most people avoid making puff pastry at home because it requires a couple of hours to make from start to finish. But, most of that time is the required chilling time that the dough must undergo to make the puff pastry properly. If you don't count the chilling periods, making the puff pastry takes less than an hour.
Making puff pastry from scratch is as easy as making pie dough. Homemade puff pastry also tastes butterier than store-bought dough. You probably have all of the ingredients to make puff pastry in your kitchen. In short, making puff pastry dough from scratch is worth it because it tastes better, you already have everything you need, and just because you can.
What ingredients are in Puff Pastry?
You only need 6 ingredients to make puff pastry. One of those is cold water, so, technically, you only need 5.
Breaking this recipe down into the two parts of the détrempe and the beurrage, I start with the beurrage because it needs to chill as long as the détrempe and it's messier. You need unsalted butter, bread flour, lemon juice, and kosher salt to make the butter layer for the puff pastry. The only piece of equipment you need is a mixing bowl. Maybe a knife to cut the butter into small pieces, but that's it.
Can I use a different fat to make Puff Pastry?
You shouldn't make puff pastry with any fat other than butter. Plenty of fats are marketed as the "best thing" for puff pastry, but they're lying. I would never lie to you. Forget the calorie count in this recipe. That's not what we're here to do. Puff pastry has a significant calorie count because it's a butter-layered dough. Butter is the only fat worthy of this decadent pastry. It melts in your mouth, leaves layers as crisp as fallen fall leaves, and tastes sublime.
Classic European puff pastry is made by hand. Use the warmth of your hands to mash the room temperature butter into a smooth paste. Break up the bigger chunks until the butter resembles peanut butter. You can use a hand mixer for this if you have dexterity or other issues with your hands.
Add the bread flour, lemon juice, and salt to the paste in the bowl. Adding the bread flour creates a loose dough that is closer to the consistency of the dough layer than butter alone. Additionally, the lemon juice gives the butter some pliability to make it "stretch" along with the détrempe.
Use your hands (or an electric mixer) to blend the flour and the rest of the ingredients into the butter. Once you have a smooth paste, you can form it to chill.
What do I need to make the Détrempe?
You need all-purpose flour, bread flour, unsalted butter, kosher salt, and ice cold water for the dough portion of this recipe.
The equipment you need for this stage is a mixing bowl, a sharp knife (or bench scraper), and, eventually, a rolling pin.
Do I have to use two types of flour?
Puff pastry is mixed exactly like pie dough is. The reason you use two types of flour to make puff pastry is to give the dough a balance of proteins. All-purpose is a softer flour, meaning it doesn't have a high protein content. Bread flour, on the other hand is a hard flour. It has a higher percentage of protein than most other flours. If you were to make puff pastry with only bread flour, you'd fight against it and the end result would be an inferior product in height and texture. All-purpose flour cuts the bread flour to make it more friendly to the folding process it's about to undergo.
Combine the two flours and the kosher salt on a clean work surface or use your hands to mix them together in a large mixing bowl.
What's the difference between Puff Pastry and pie dough?
Take the butter and grate, cut, or tear it into 1/4-inch pieces or thin shreds. Use your fingers to cut the butter into the flours until the mixture looks coarse and sandy, like coarse-cut cornmeal. If you have a food processor, you can also use it instead of your hands to do this, but I find it warms the butter too much and makes the détrempe gummy.
Gather the mixture into a pile, then use the bottom of a measuring cup to form a well in the center of the pile.
Pour the ice-cold water into the well (or over the flour in the bowl) and use your hand or a bench scraper to fold the flour into the water.
Knead everything together just until the mixture forms a soft dough. Don't over-mix the dough because you don't want to develop too much gluten. Producing excess gluten through mixing will cause the finished dough to shrink back while you try to roll out the puff pastry later.
Form the mixture into a rude rectangle shape and wrap it in plastic wrap. Transfer the dough to the refrigerator and let it chill for 10-15 minutes. This gives the gluten in the dough a chance to relax.
You can freeze the dough at this point, but you'll have to thaw it and bring it to the proper consistency before proceeding.
What is laminated dough?
You haven't made puff pastry yet. That only happens when you combine the beurrage and the détrempe. Puff pastry is a laminated dough. Some other examples of laminated dough are croissants and danishes. A laminated dough is one in which fat and dough are folded over one another to create multiple layers. Some laminated doughs have added leaveners to help the dough rise, but puff pastry relies solely on steam for its height. The water in the layers of butter quickly evaporates in the very hot oven, disappearing and leaving in its place empty pockets. Those pockets between the crisp layers of dough give the puff pastry its flaky texture.
Puff pastry is made with three four-fold turns of dough. Folding in the butter layer does not count as a turn or fold when making puff pastry.
Use a heavy rolling pin to roll the dough out into a large rectangle that around about 20-inches (50 cm) long by 15-inches (38 cm) wide. Measurements don't have to be exact, but you want to roll it out, so it's between 1/4 to 1/3-inch thick. Try to make or keep the corners as square as possible. Use an offset spatula to spread the butter mixture over 2/3rds of the dough layer. The butter layer should be spreadable, but not oozing. Make sure to keep the butter in an even layer.
How many times do I have to fold the Puff Pastry?
Fold the unbuttered dough third over the adjacent third. Then, fold the remaining third over the exposed dough. This is much like folding a letter.
Transfer the dough-butter package to a sheetpan and cover it lightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate the dough for 15 minutes to give the gluten in the dough a chance to relax.
After 15 minutes, uncover the dough and roll it into a rectangle about 20-inches (50 cm) long by 15-inches (38 cm) wide. The dough will be about 1/4 to 1/3-inch thick.
Fold the two short ends into the center of the dough so their edges meet in the middle of the rectangle. Next, take one of the short edges and fold it over the other, like you're closing a book.
This is your first of three 4-folds.
Why is it hard to roll out the Puff Pastry?
After the first turn is completed, return the "book of dough" to the sheetpan and cover it with the plastic film. Chill the dough for 25-30 minutes to give the gluten a chance to relax.
Turn the dough 90 degrees so the length becomes the width, or so the short ends are on the left and right. You're going to turn your dough this way after every fold to ensure your puff pastry layers are consistent and rolled in every direction.
Roll the dough out lengthwise into a rectangle with the same dimensions as the first rectangle. Keep those corners as square as you can. Don't press down when rolling. Instead, roll evenly and smoothly. Also, try not to run over and down the edges of the dough. This keeps the layers of dough from sticking together.
This is your second 4-fold turn. Give the dough a chance to rest another 25-30 minutes before repeating these steps once more for a total of three 4-fold turns.
If you find that the dough is too hard to roll out, it's most likely because it was over-mixed during the making of the détrempe. Giving it more rest time may help, but you might have to leave it overnight to give the gluten a while to rest.
What's the difference between Puff Pastry and Blitz Puff Pastry?
A quick note on the difference between the two.
Blitz puff pastry differs from puff pastry in that it does not contain a butter layer. Instead, more butter is cut into the flour, and the resulting dough is folded over, rolled out, and folded over again. My Buttermilk Biscuits recipe uses this technique.
Once the dough is finished, divide it into 4 pieces of equal (or as close to equal) weights. I usually get 3 1-pound 9-ounce bricks and one that is heavier. You can eyeball it, though. Wrap each piece of puff pastry in a layer of plastic wrap and store them in a covered container or food storage bag for up to 4 days.
What do I use Puff Pastry for?
Puff pastry can be used to make most of your favorite breakfast pastries, like:
Quesitos
Pastelillos de Guayaba
Fruit Galettes
Fruit Dumplings
And so many other recipes. You can use one piece of puff pastry for most recipes that call for a package (or box) of store-bought dough.
How thin do I roll the dough?
When rolling out puff pastry dough for your recipes, it's important to roll it thinly- or about 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick. You're going to be shocked at how much it rises once it's baked. The reason why it's important is that the dough will only rise so high in the hot oven before it starts to burn. The thicker you roll it, the more time it needs to rise.
Also, always bake the puff pastry in a very hot oven, at least 400°F (205°C). A blast of high heat encourages the dough to shoot up as that water in the butter evaporates and leaves those layers I told you about earlier. If you bake it at too low a temperature, you risk less-than-stellar layers.
Why does my Puff Pastry bake up soggy?
High heat is a must for baking puff pastry because it prevents the dough from becoming soggy as it bakes. If you don't hit it with high heat, the butter melts into the dough instead of leaving that void between the layers.
Check that you're baking at the proper temp of at least 400°F (205°C). Also, make sure you're cutting your dough with a very sharp knife to prevent the layers of puff pastry from sticking together while baking. Finally, never bake the dough while it's warm. If the butter is already soft, it will melt into the dough. It's better to chill the dough than bake it while it's warm.
How long can I store Puff Pastry in the fridge?
You can store prepared puff pastry dough in the fridge for four days. Don't store it any longer than that, or the flour in the dough will start to ferment and turn gray.
Can I freeze Puff Pastry?
The best way to store puff pastry is in the freezer. Wrap your pieces of dough in plastic wrap and put them into a freezer-safe storage bag. Store the puff pastry in the freezer for 6 months. Remember to thaw the dough in the refrigerator and allow it to warm up slightly on the countertop before rolling it out.
You're going to see that making your own Puff Pastry at home isn't nearly as hard as you thought. Be sure to pin this recipe to your bread or pastry board, and don't forget to share it with your friends and family!
Servings: 99 ounces (enough for 4 (1 1/2 1 3/4 pound)recipes
resting/chilling time 2 hrs 15 mins
heavy rolling pin
Butter Mixture (for folding in)
3 cups (6 sticks or 680 grams) unsalted butter whole or diced and at room temperature
1/2 cup (60 grams) bread flour
1 teaspoon (5 milliliters) lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon (3 grams) kosher salt
Dough Base
4 1/2 cups (585 grams) all-purpose flour plus more for dusting the work surface
2 cups (280 grams) bread flour
1 tablespoon (15 grams) kosher salt
1/2 cup (1 stick or 113 grams) unsalted butter grated or diced and very cold
2- 2 1/4 cups (500-560 milliliters) ice water
Make the Beurrage (Butter Layer)
In a large mixing bowl, use the heat from your hands to soften and mash the unsalted butter into a thick, peanut butter-like paste.
Add the bread flour, lemon juice, and salt to the paste in the bowl. Use your hands to mash these ingredients into the butter to create a smooth, thick paste.
Cover the bowl with the beurrage in plastic wrap and transfer it to the fridge to chill for about 20 minutes*.
Prepare the Détrempe (Dough Layer)
Mix or sift the all-purpose and bread flours onto a clean work surface (or in a mixing bowl). Use your fingers to toss in the kosher salt.
Use your fingers to cut the cold butter into the flours until the mixture looks coarse and sandy, like coarse-cut cornmeal.
Pour the ice-cold water into the well and use your hand or a bench scraper to fold the flour into the water.
Knead everything together just until the mixture forms a soft dough. Don't overmix the dough because you don't want to develop too much gluten.
Encase the Butter Layer in the Dough
Use a heavy rolling pin to roll the dough out on a floured surface into a large rectangle that's around 20 x 15 inches (51 x 38 centimeters).
Measurements don't have to be exact, but you want to roll it out so it's between 1/4 to 1/3-inch thick.
Try to make or keep the corners as square as possible.
Use an offset spatula to spread the beurrage in an even layer over 2/3rds of the dough.
Fold the unbuttered dough third over the adjacent third. Then, fold the remaining third over the exposed dough— like you're folding a letter.
Transfer the dough-butter package to a sheetpan and cover it lightly with plastic wrap.
Refrigerate the dough for 15 minutes to give the gluten in the dough a chance to relax.
Complete Three Four-Fold Turns of the Dough
After 15 minutes, uncover the dough.
Turn the dough 90 degrees so the length becomes the width, or so the short ends are on the left and right. Roll it into a rectangle 20 x 15 inches (51 x 38 centimeters).
Don't press down when rolling out the dough. Instead, roll evenly and smoothly. Also, try not to run over and down the edges of the dough. This will prevent the layers of dough from sticking together.
Fold the two short edges into the center of the dough to meet at the halfway point of the rectangle.
Next, take one of the short edges and fold over the other half, like closing a book.
This is your first of three 4-folds. Use the knuckle of a bent finger to press a divot into the end of the "book" to keep track of the turns completed.
After the first turn is completed, return the "book of dough" to the sheetpan and cover it with the plastic film.
Chill the dough for 25-30 minutes to give the gluten a chance to relax.
Turn the dough 90 degrees so the length becomes the width, or so the short ends are on the left and right.
Turn the dough this way after every fold to ensure the puff pastry layers are consistent and rolled in every direction.
Roll the dough out lengthwise into a rectangle with the same dimensions as the first rectangle, keeping the corners as square as you can.
Divide the Dough and Wrap to Use in Recipes
Once the dough is finished, divide it into 4 pieces of equal (or as close to equal) weights. Ideally, you can get 3-1lb 9oz (or 700 grams) bricks and one that is heavier.
You can eyeball it, though or even decrease the weights of each to get more portions of dough.
Wrap each piece of puff pastry in a layer of plastic wrap and store them in a covered container or food storage bag for up to 4 days.
You can use one piece of puff pastry for most recipes that call for a package (or box) of store-bought dough.
Replace the lemon juice with lime juice, white distilled vinegar, or vodka.
The butter stage can be done in a stand mixer, mixing on the lowest speed.
If you have a food processor, you can also use it instead of your hands to cut the fat into the flour, but I find it warms the butter too much and makes the détrempe gummy.
*You want the butter layer to be firm enough so it doesn't ooze when you spread it onto the dough layer, but not so firm that it breaks when you press a finger into it. The butter and dough layers need to be the same consistency when you fold them together.
Folding in the butter layer does not count as a turn or fold when making puff pastry.
If you find that the dough is too hard to roll out, it's most likely because it was overmixed during the making of the détrempe. Giving it more rest time may help, but you might have to leave it overnight to give the gluten a while to rest.
When rolling out puff pastry dough for your recipes, it's important to roll it thinly- or about 1/4-inch thick.
Bake the puff pastry at the proper temp of at least 400°F (205°C).
Make sure you're cutting your dough with a very sharp knife to prevent the layers of puff pastry from sticking together while baking.
Never bake the dough while it's warm or it will melt into the dough. It's better to chill the dough than to bake it while it's warm.
You can store prepared puff pastry dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, in the fridge for four days. Don't store it any longer than that, or the flour in the dough will start to ferment and turn gray.
Freezer Storage:
The best way to store puff pastry is in the freezer:
Wrap your pieces of dough in plastic wrap and put them into a freezer-safe storage bag.
Store the puff pastry in the freezer for 6 months.
Thaw the dough in the refrigerator and allow it to warm up slightly on the countertop before rolling it out.
Calories: 121kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 69mgPotassium: 20mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 0.1gVitamin A: 209IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 5mgIron: 1mg
Course Breads, Breakfast, Desserts, Entree
Keyword pastry dough, puff pastry
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Mahidua
This is very really unique helpful information.I learn so much from you as well! Thank you so much for sharing your helpful information. Keep it up.
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I'm so glad to read that you are taking things away from my posts.
Awwww you just reminded me that the last time I made puff pastry was in culinary school, then never again! You've just inspired me to make it for my family this season! Thank you!
Girl, you've got this. It's a lot easier when you're not making it for a commercial recipe.
Kenya Rae
This makes me wanna have at it. The sound of it with some chicken pot pie would be perfect during the fall!
Reply to Kenya Rae
Puff Pastry is my favorite crust for pot pies!
Omg those layers! This is such a thorough tutorial. Thanks for sharing this–just in time for the holidays.
It's my pleasure, Jazz!
I love how you broke down the steps and made this easy! I'm going to need to try a low-carb version of this! Beautiful Job!
Reply to Mila
Good luck experimenting, Mila!
Love your instructions so detailed!! Perfect recipe!!
I'm so glad you think so, Katrina!


While the world is becoming increasingly accessible online, despite email, Skype and FaceTime, when it comes to business meetings nothing has yet bettered a bit of good old fashioned face to face interaction.
For many of us that usually means getting out of the office. Long drives, train changes and airports often make journeys extremely stressful before you've even reached the destination, where you need to combat paperwork space, a 24/7 work lifestyle, spending concerns, poor diet and even loneliness.
Even if you are extremely passionate about your job, it is unnatural to work every hour of the day for weeks on end. Normally going home at the end of the day would help you unwind from it, but when you're on a business trip it can be easy to fall into the mentality of being 'at' work 24/7.
In order to combat this attitude, it is important when planning your trip to schedule in some time for yourself each day. Allow yourself at least an hour or two a day to pursue your own interests. Whether it's reading 50 pages of a book or popping the headphones in to learn a new language, by indulging in a personal activity just once or twice a day you'll feel a massive difference in stress reduction.
In addition to this, some of the best business travellers make sure they book an extra day away when organising a trip so that they can explore the local culture and entertainments, possibly one of the best ways to unwind. As a result, they feel that all the travelling wasn't solely for work purposes. Go out and have fun!
Many of us have felt it. No matter how successful your business trip is going, towards the last few days an uneasy feeling slowly creeps in and doesn't let go until after you've returned home and had an uncomfortable meeting with Peter from the accounts department.
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Usually the most boring and mentally taxing aspect of business travel is budgeting. Many often only make a half-hearted attempt at creating a budget, but it can be crucial to feeling at ease during the latter half of your time away. Properly planning ahead is the best way to avoid going over budget, and ensure you can unwind more easily at the end of each day while away.
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While away you should make every effort to stick to your regular home life diet. Although this isn't easy, it can be made drastically simpler by staying at an apartment, somewhere that offers you the facilities to cook healthier meals, just as you would at home. Hotels really can't cater to this need, but with our fully fitted apartment kitchens, along with a plethora of other facilities designed to help business travellers feel at home while working away, London Serviced Apartments are an ideal choice.
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Davide Canavesio published Monday an interesting article on Linkiesta about the culture of Failure and Silicon Valley.
E se fallisci nell'iniziativa? «We call failure experience»: se non hai fatto l'esperienza di fallire un'iniziativa non avrai mai la determinazione e la convinzione nel rendere un successo la prossima.
And if you fail? We call Failure Experience: if you've never experienced the failure of an initiative, you will never have the determination and strength needed to succeed in another one.
The problem is, in Italy we're afraid of failure. So afraid, in fact, that we hold back. We look for proof, for certainties. We prefer to go for a lower, guaranteed outcome. And this is bad, because it means that we settle, and don't even try to exploit our full potential. We don't try because we're too afraid to loose what we have.
That's not good, that's not sustainable. In fact we, as a country, are starting to face the consequences.
Davide tells the tale of a different attitude, an attitude towards future, risks and rewards that is driving the incredible growth of the Startup ecosystem in Silicon Valley.
There are many reasons why Italy is not Silicon Valley, it might very well never be. But we can do better than this, much better, and the first step is to remove the fear of failure.
Failure is an acceptable outcome of any enterprise that is innovative enough. if you're not risking failure, you're beeing too conservative.


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A Holiday Family Concert with LFSO and MYA
by Stacy Flannery • December 21, 2015
On Saturday, December 19 at 4 pm, the Lake Forest Symphony Orchestra (LFS) and the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory (MYAC) jointly presented a holiday concert entitled Sounds of the Season. Conducting the ensemble was the LFS Music Director, Vladimir Kulenovic and the site was the Lake Forest Country Day School, 145 South Green Bay Road, Lake Forest. Imagine a combined orchestra of over a hundred professional and student musicians sharing the stage and making wonderful music together for an audience of young families.
This is the first time that the Lake Forest Symphony has joined forces with a young conservatory orchestra for a collaboration of this scale. MYAC music director and founder, Dr. Allan Dennis also led the combined forces as part of this collaboration between the two Lake County cultural institutions.
The program contained works by Handel and Saint-Saens the Carnival of the Animals with two student pianists Alice Zhang of Vernon Hills and Kimberly Han of Lake Forest- performing. Fourteen student poets from Lake Forest Country Day School also performed original poetry inspired by Carnival of the Animals. Other music on this 60 minute program included Lake Forest composer, James Stephenson's Holiday Overture and BasSOON It will be Christmas featuring bassoonists from the LFS and the MYAC. The program concluded with Festive Sounds of Hanukkah and Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride.
The LFS is celebrating more than 56 years of performances and is the only fully professional orchestra in Lake County. The Orchestra presents five concert pairs annually and features both prominent guest artists and emerging young musicians. Maestro Kulenovic is now in his second season with the Orchestra and recently received the prestigious 2015 Conducting Fellowship Award from the Solti Foundation U.S.
This concert welcomed children and adults of all ages. There were over 400 children and parents in attendance. Funding for the project was provided by The Palmer Foundation, Lake Forest Bank & Trust, and Family Piano in Waukegan.
Vladimir Kulenovic, Lake Forest Conductor with combined orchestras
Photography by Bonnie Robinson
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Cindy and Dick Morehead of Lake Bluff and a member of the Lake Forest Symphony Board
Dr. Allen Dennis of the Midwest young Artists Conservatory mentoring young musicians prior to concert
Piano soloist of the Midwest young Artists Conservatory, Kimberly Han of Lake Forest
Lake Forest Symphony and Midwest young Artists Conservatory players in rehearsal prior to
Concert with Vladimir Kulenovic, Lake Forest Conductor


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The Internet Wants This Actress To Play Jughead's Mum On "Riverdale" And It's Genius
6 June 2017, 11:59
By Katie Louise-Smith
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WARNING: Perfect casting alert.
With Season 2 currently in production, and the tease of a handful of new characters on the way, Riverdale is ~still~ taking over our lives. Hiram Lodge is on the way, Betty's got a secret brother we haven't met yet (or have we?) and we still don't know what Jughead's mother and sister look like.
Well, it looks like the internet has some ideas about that last one...
As you already know, all the actors who play the parents on Riverdale were all once iconic 80's and 90's on-screen idols. Luke Perry (Fred Andrews) was in the original Beverly Hills 90210, Skeet Ulrich (FP Jones) was Billy Loomis in Scream, Mädchen Amick (Alice Cooper) was in Twin Peaks and Molly Ringwald (Mary Andrews) was in The Breakfast Club.
So, in keeping with the 'Famous Parents of Riverdale' theme, the actor who plays Jughead's mum would have to be someone who played an iconic role in a film or TV show that Riverdale takes some sort of inspiration from, right?
The good sleuths of the internet have come up with a GENIUS casting idea for Jughead's mum and we're already obsessed with it. You ready? It's Neve Campbell from the Scream quadrilogy.
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Why? Well, Sidney was the girlfriend of Skeet Ulrich's character Billy in the original Scream movie. She's got the dark hair required of the Jones family plus there's been a ton of Scream references throughout the first season too; from FP's dialogue ("I'm no killer") and movie buff claim (Billy was a movie buff too) right down to this shot for shot scene where Jughead climbs through Betty's window.
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Not to mention the word for word similarities between Jughead and Billy in the show and the movie. Surely all those references are not just a coincidence? It all makes perfect sense. Too much sense, if you ask us.
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So there you have it. Sign us up. Neve Campbell for Jughead's mum. Campaign starts now.
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Hangar 13's story of racism and revenge is well-told, but bugs, glitches and dull gameplay let Mafia 3 down.
Mafia 3 is so dark, even moments of titillation can quickly bring you back down to earth. While experimenting with the game's physics and AI - a process that involved placing knocked out bodies in the middle of the road to see whether drivers would happily career over them or not - a resident spotted my less than charitable exploits and made a bolt for the nearest phone box.
It's a common feature of Mafia 3 that if you're spotted breaking the law, one or more of New Bordeaux's citizens will call on the police and grass you up. Unbeknownst to me, however, my makeshift 'pedestrian crossing' had been formed in 'The Hollow', home to main character Lincoln Clay and also a predominantly African American area of the city.
The apathetic police operator suggested officers may like to check out the disturbance, but only if they have nothing better to do. It's a fact of day to day life in New Bordeaux that, should you commit a crime in a white, middle class area of the city, the police will be on your tail in seconds. Carry out the same act in The Hollow, however, and the cops will take their time, more than likely giving you the opportunity to escape.
From the very outset, Mafia 3 makes a point of highlighting the racial tensions that bubbled throughout 1960s America, both in terms of the game's script and facets of the gameplay. It's an odd composition, if only because it's almost impossible to stop your mind making instant comparisons to Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar's record-selling franchise is an obvious influence for the Mafia series' second crack of the open-world whip, from the structure of the missions through to the sense of ambition that fueled the sheer size of the game's metropolis. Visually at least, New Bordeaux is as big as it is diverse.
There are in fact some areas where Mafia 3 actually manages to outshine Rockstar's illustrious Grand Theft Auto 5. In particular, the physics of Mafia 3's roster of vehicles is an enviable step up; crashes have a real crunch to them, offering play that's about as close to capturing the feel of a dedicated racer as any open world game has achieved, bar Avalanche Studio's Mad Max.
Similarly, the animation and the acting within Mafia 3's extensive cut-scenes is to be admired. As you might expect, much time is devoted to Lincoln's story, given its role in highlighting New Bordeaux's racial tensions. Betrayed at the start of play by the city's Italian Mafia - very much the ruling class of the day - Lincoln sets out to exact revenge on local don Sal Marcano and his associated lackeys.
It's here that developer Hangar 13 makes much of Lincoln's former role as a special forces soldier in Vietnam, with players able to employ elements of stealth - stalking opponents until their back is turned, before taking them out unnoticed - or go in all guns blazing, taking cover behind scores of handily placed objects in true Gears of War-style. Combat is nicely handled, though a necessity to fire off multiple headshots before an enemy falls to the floor and some often amusing AI undermines the experience a touch.
Even less palatable are the bugs and glitches that are so frequent, they feel part of the furniture. Aside from objects disappearing and then reappearing out of nowhere (even when you're occupying the same space, which when in a car causes an immediate explosion and death), few of bugs actually break the game. Most seem to revolve around an inability to render objects correctly - whether in the right place, or even at all. It all smacks of a game that needed far longer in the oven. Simply put, Mafia 3 just isn't done yet.
Such a feeling carries through to the missions themselves, which quickly become monotonous. Unlike GTA, Hangar 13 has created an entire city and given you nothing to do within it bar drive around and kill people to order. Missions revolve around either interrogating targets (usually after murdering tens of men in your way) or taking them out, often forcing you to return to the exact same locations time and again. Though it would be remiss not to note there's fun to be had here (and, as promised, most missions can typically be tackled in more than one way), the fact there are no other modes, no other activities to flesh play out yet again leaves Mafia 3 feeling half baked.
What stays with you, however, is how the process of assassinating target after target has unexpected consequences. Almost echoing Steven Spielberg's Munich, the more pins Lincoln knocks over, the dirtier his world seems to become. New Bordeaux is most definitely not a happy homestead - not only for Lincoln but, indeed, the majority of its residents - and this is where any subconscious comparisons to Grand Theft Auto begin to feel a mite troubling.
To strip things back, from Mafia 3's loading screens right through to the action itself, Mafia 3 opts to mirror the GTA model. The language that powers its story, however, is quite different. While Los Santos is a veritable playground - a city where you can happily cause carnage, killing hundreds in the process of attempting to land a jumbo jet on a beach or something else equally ridiculous, New Bordeaux feels like a slice of genuine history.
So intentionally bleak is the developer's eye on all things Americana that it simply doesn't feel appropriate to mess around in its cityscape. Such acts, if they were even possible, would almost feel distasteful.
Undeniably, Hangar 13 has looked to do something far deeper with Mafia 3's narrative than most of its peers, but the gameplay and the story never truly gel. It feels like dropping a history lesson into a theme park: the gravity of the tale Mafia 3 looks to tell feels alien when presented in a world where you can kill for fun.
It's an unhappy marriage that raises the question of whether games are in any way a suitable medium for discussing issues as potent as racial inequality. That's a debate that will likely rage beyond this review, but it's with no small sense of irony that the game's legacy is to highlight just how limiting an open world can be. Mafia 3 is undeniably one of the most interesting games to have come from a major publisher in years, but there's no escaping the fact the gameplay just isn't good enough to do it justice.