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Getting back into the swing of things! And still hoping for some warmer weather.
This morning it was -22F and blowing here. By the time I made it up to the goats with my gallons of hot water and molasses, I could barely breathe. I keep my nose and mouth wrapped up in temps like this, but it didn't seem to be making much difference today. Obsessively scanning the 10-day forecasts multiple times a day, I am seeing that nighttime temperatures are going to be slowly rising, which is the fact that I keep a death grip on. And daytime temperatures are going to be doing a little dance up and down, but by next week we should be seeing pretty steady 20-degree+ days. It will feel like a preview of the breath of spring!
But the big excitement in my week: NETA (New England Textile Arts) Spa weekend is coming up! I have been impressed into a little service for the weekend, but it is a pleasure. It's such a great thing for the toughest time in the season. Spinners, knitters, crocheters and rug hookers converge on Freeport, Maine, and fill up all the hotels, inns and B&Bs. All the common areas of these places are full of chatter and fiber work, with new friends and acquaintances being formed each day. We have 20 vendors at the Hilton Garden, and lots of great food and friendship can be found anywhere you go. It's a bright spot during some of the coldest days of the year. Sigh. I can hardly wait! The Harraseeket Inn has a fabulous salt water pool! My favorite.
Round Pond Harbor (salt water). Boat launch. Hah!
Of course, it's SNOW. We just can't get past it. Even though the weather people dropped the snow totals for today, we ended up getting another foot of the white stuff.
We have more snow predicted for Saturday night as well as next week sometime. I am not putting my tall Boggs boots with Yaktrax away anytime soon. And the long underwear, let's not even discuss putting that away yet!
Snow cave central. Can barely see the fences anymore.
The latter part of this past week we were prepping for the next Big Blizzard, due to hit us yesterday and into today. But the midcoast area of Maine got incredibly lucky this time. I think if we got 3″ that's about it. Phew! Dodged a 20-30″ forecast. Unfortunately, the Boston area, southern Maine, and way Downeast Maine did get the full blow. It's the only big storm that has missed us this winter and I am as grateful as I can be.
We are, however, still getting the blizzard-force winds, and the wind chill is as cold as I have felt it this winter season. Instant headache at chore time, even with my face covered. Just simply brutal.
The goats are in a greenhouse that is not fully closed up, but the snow banks are so high, and the snow is covering the structure so completely, that they are in their own little snow cave. I sat down in there with my girls this morning and it was very pleasant, in spite of the howling winds. As much as I am groaning over trying to keep the shoveling up to date, all the snow has been a blessing in disguise (or so I am going to consider it, anyhow!). The ventilation up at the top of the greenhouse is also helping to keep the shelter free of toxic ammonia build-up as well, which is much healthier for the goaties.
One more thing to be grateful for: first kids aren't due until April 22nd!!! It's got to be warmer by then, although I am having a great deal of trouble imagining it!
We have a brief reprieve before the next storm that's supposed to hit tomorrow night into Friday. The sky was beautiful and clear, we even saw some sun today.
I stood next to the greenhouse that shelters the goats and just reveled in the sky and the light. Loveliness.
And white. Yesterday the newest storm began, early in the dark hours. It's been a slow-moving one and has not ended up being as bad as predicted, as folks in southern Maine are getting the brunt of it. Even so, the roads have been bad and we had a 2 hour delay to school this morning. I am glad, it definitely helped.
Snow is so high we can't see out the library windows!
I am not sure that I can imagine living in a very flat, cold, white landscape like the tundra. Whiteness everywhere, unbroken by trees or any change in the landscape. I think we are lucky to have the trees and the hills here. And the salt water. Even if right now we cannot see out of our windows due to the snow and the drifting. We can navigate by the woods and the tree lines, and a mile down the road is the ocean. It's all good, even if it is not spring yet!
What a week! I only ended up having 2 days of work. Monday, big storm, so school was called off. Tuesday we had a 2 hour delay, but I couldn't get out at all because the tractor wouldn't run in the extreme cold (diesel fuel kept gelling up) and my car got caught behind it. It took all day for John to get us dug out. I am kind of glad I didn't get out because the roads were quite bad and one of the district teachers was in a severe accident on her way to work. So I went in on Wednesday, and then more snow yesterday, so school was called off again. Today we all made it to work and are now trying to get ready for the storm that's going to begin on Sunday and go through Monday night. Up to about 14″ for our area. I have no idea even what to do with it all!
Paddocks are full to overflowing. Can barely even see the bunker feeders now.
Snow sky breaking up yesterday afternoon.
And thinking about the next storm coming, supposedly tomorrow. Another 8-12″ of snow. It's exhausting as the blowing and drifting snow keeps filling in our shoveled areas. It's definitely turning into the winter that keeps on giving!
We have been having a visit with our grandson, and enjoying the sun pouring in the windows today. The temperatures have been dropping and staying down there. It was 0F this morning and I don't think it's gone about 16F yet, with winds doing their best to give us biting wind chills. So we are hunkering in and I am getting some knitting done, John is baking cookies, and the grandboy is watching a video and coloring.
I probably should be doing laundry and things to get ready for the workweek, but I can't imagine that we will be going to school tomorrow, even though it doesn't sound as if the storm is going to get rolling until dawn or a little after. Most of the school districts around here were closed all day Friday, but we went in and were released early. Roads were not great for the return trip, but at least we got a "legal" day logged. We now have used 4 of our 5 allotted snow days. Always a balancing act… we don't want to be holding classes until the 4th of July!


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Solange On Theater
Covering a rainbow of theater from Broadway to the classroom.
The Hamilton birthday rap
How does a mom beg, steal borrow or barter
A gift for her only daughter
Now turning twenty-one
Show her history and a night of fun?
A musical named Hamilton
Sellin' tickets by the metric ton
They're the price of an airfare
Take a trip to another age
The mom loves history
Not rap or hip hop
Mom says check out this old song
the daughter says, what?
The World Turned Upside Down.
That's the one, says mom, with violins and flutes
That's the tune they played
On the Yorktown parade
When the British went mute.
Nah-unh says the girl
It's in this great show
Lemme play it all for you
Mom says whoa!
They play it all again and again
Sing the songs from Miranda
A time-breaking story for us today
With the music and the colors,
It's a whole new play.
Fast forward to the day.
They start at Fraunces Tavern
Downtown Manhattan.
In the late 18th century,
The room that they sat in.
The centuries meet
They walk past Federal Hall
Where Washington took the oath
And started it all.
They arrive soon at Trinity.
Alexander, Angelica,
Philip, Eliza
Resting for infinity.
Up at Times Square
At last they're gonna walk in
The Rodgers theater
So excited they're barely talkin'.
Daniel Breaker starts the show as Burr
Man what a performance
From suave to anger-murder
We clutch hands
We get the whole sense.
Michael Luwoye
Yeah, we say Whoa yay
A Hamilton with passion
When brilliance was in fashion.
Lexi Lawson does Eliza
Alex's wife with her sister to advise her
Mandy Gonzalez, Angelica
Sees in Alex a new America
The story of the nation
Born from war with the King
Euan Morton as George
You rebels don't get a thing
The American miracle
Seen at heart-pounding speed
The dancing, the costumes
Light the words and seal the deed.
Tired, happy, sated
They leave the theater slowly
In awe of the work
Now none of it's dated.
Make Hamilton and all of
the rest of them proud.
Go high, don't go low
and do it out loud.
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In Nashville, It's Still Grand
On a trip to Nashville this summer, I finally made it to a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, but it was a long time coming.
Elvis at the gates of Graceland
On the evening of Aug. 16, 1977, I paid homage by driving past the Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, home of the Opry for 31 years. The radio was playing Elvis songs, as was every other station on the dial, no matter the format - rock and roll, blues, gospel, country, easy listening.
I had arrived in town a few hours before, heading east on the road across America, interviewing for reporter jobs at newspapers along the way. Earlier that day, I'd visited the Memphis Commercial Appeal and driven past the musical-note gates of Graceland, just to see the legendary house where Elvis lived.
Upon arriving in Nashville, I phoned the Banner's editor, Bracey Campbell, and identified myself as calling from the Associated Press, since I was working for AP Broadcast in New York at the time.
"You must be calling about Elvis," he said. "Why, Mr. Campbell?" I responded. "He's dead!" the editor said. "Oh, Mr. Campbell, that's terrible, Elvis being dead and all. We had scheduled my job interview for tomorrow," I said. This was, understandably, the least of Mr. Campbell's concerns. "Honey, I got more here than I can say grace over. I can't give you your job interview. "
So that night, not having much else to do, I drove around Nashville, twirling the radio dial. Even then, the Grand Ole Opry was no longer at the red brick Ryman, having moved in 1974 a few miles out of town to something called Opryland. Downtowns were deteriorating and theme parks with car-friendly acreage were on the rise.
Upon my return, I discovered Opryland was long gone and my conference was booked into a huge hotel called the Gaylord Opryland Resort, but the theater was right next door.
The Opry started in 1925 as a live broadcast on WSM radio featuring an hour of "barn dance" music. It followed a classical music program, and one night announcer George Hay said the grand opera program would be followed by the "grand ole opry."
It was a Saturday night staple for decades, where Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl and Ernest Tubb reigned. Today, the Opry runs four nights a week in the same live-broadcast format, mixing the biggest stars in all sorts of music genres with up-and-comers.
Tickets were remarkably easy to get for a Saturday night. It's like a vaudeville or TV variety show, with each act doing 10-15 minutes. We took our seats in the pews, a style transferred from the Ryman. I was beyond excited, ready to experience American musical history.
However, not being real country music fans, my daughter and I agreed we would each get a point if we had heard of a particular act.
The host of the opening segment was Jeannie Seely, a dynamic, 78-year-old veteran of the Opry, tough and funny as hell. But there was also a male radio announcer reading broadcast ads for such products as Springer Mountain Farms chicken between sets.
Seely introduced The Sisterhood, the duo Ruby Stewart (daughter of Rod Stewart) and Alyssa Bonagura, whose soaring harmonies were more rock-tinged folk than classic country. They just made their Opry debut last year.
Banjo player Mike Snider took the stage with his group, beginning with self-deprecating humor, assuring us that his group would not "over-entertain" us. Snider, of course, then launched into banjo riffs that proved his National Banjo Champion credentials.
Next up was an old-timey Western group, Riders in the Sky, complete with chaps and amusing patter. I was starting to warm to a show that clearly welcomed performers in their 70s who still had a lot to give.
A couple of times, between other acts, the Opry Square Dancers filled me with joy as they pranced through their paces in teal satin costumes on a stage that really didn't have a lot of room for square dancing. The Opry stage production, however, was absolutely top-notch -- especially the sound, which transmitted every note and voice with absolute clarity.
The people sitting around us were from Tennessee and Iowa, enthusiastically into the music. By the way, the Opry is apparently perfectly all right with people snapping cell phone photos during the show, as I looked around and saw lots of folks doing just that. Other acts were Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press, bluegrass group Dailey & Vincent, TV star Charles Esten and comedian Heather Land.
For me, the best came at the end. Charley Pride is 84 and one of the very few black country music stars -- a situation that occurred when he started out in the 1970s and exists to this day. In her autobiography, Loretta Lynn pointedly said she thought Pride was good for country music, to prove "it belongs to everybody." But as I looked around the theater, it appeared the audience was overwhelmingly white.
Still, Pride is a big star, yet he can amble onto the Opry stage, smoothly sing a couple of songs and uphold decades of history by himself.
Jamey Johnson
The final singer's name had only crossed our path the day before, as we were waiting for breakfast at the local Cracker Barrel. A friendly young man from Mississippi insisted we listen to a video of Jamey Johnson, who looks like he just came down from the mountain.
Johnson and his acoustic guitar stood at the WSM microphone and simply held the audience spellbound with his deep baritone singing voice and storytelling. He sang one of his hits, "In Color," about a grandfather looking through the black-and-white photos of his life, saying "you should have seen it in color." I swear even men were weeping.
I had set aside any thoughts of politics as I attended the Opry, wanting simply to experience the music on its own terms. Johnson expressed the best of country music: stories about people that ring true. "In Color" may or may not have been based on an actual person, but the people listening to it clearly were walking through the histories of their own families.
I ended up with two points (Charley and Jamey) and Flo had one (Jamey). In the next post: we attend a musical and spiritual experience with an audience of a different color.
Mozart and Sly Stone may not have much in common besides music, but it was Sly's hit "It's a Family Affair" that ran through my head after Distinguished Concerts International NY's (DCINY) latest concert, at Carnegie Hall.
The performance, titled "Perpetual Light: The Requiems of Mozart and Duruflé," was the second in DCINY's tenth-anniversary year, which is playing on the concept of light in a couple of its 20 programs.
As I wrote in this post about singing in DCINY's "Messiah," the company invites choirs from around the world to perform in New York, maintains a regular orchestra and engages soloists.
At "Perpetual Light," the 250+ singers on stage came from 20 choirs (U.S., Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, U.K.). Many family members were in attendance, buoyant with pleasure at seeing a relative onstage in the glamorous venue.
At intermission, I met two ladies from Louisiana, there to support an 87-year-old mother-in-law. The program listed the First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir from Lake Charles, La., which also had a 92-year-old member in the concert, the ladies said.
A young man named Chaz Adams, from San Francisco, was there for his mom, Ingrid Gosney of Kalama, Wash., not too far from Portland, Ore. (Portland Choir). For her, performing at Carnegie Hall was "a dream come true," he said.
The invited choir members support the concert financially. To its credit, DCINY staff maintain a professional but warm atmosphere while handling 3,500-4,500 singers a year. You could call it a family.
The real bottom line lies in this question: is the music of high quality? The answer, with a couple of qualifications, is "yes."
DCINY supports and enhances its amateur singers with solidly professional conductors, orchestra musicians (especially concertmaster Jorge Ávila) and soloists. If my experience in December is any guide, the choirs generally have been working on the music at home for weeks before coming together to rehearse in New York for a couple of days before the concert.
For me, the Mozart Requiem towers above all others in its high drama and emotion. There is not much going gently into that good night in the work that Mozart was composing even on his death bed.
Maestro James M. Meaders set an exciting pace in the "Dies irae" ("day of wrath") and brought out the lovely melodic line in the "Hostias" section. Soloists Maribeth Crawford (soprano), Ceclia Stearman (mezzo-soprano), Shawn Mlynek (tenor) and Patton Rice (bass) navigated their parts expertly, but Crawford projected most fully into the hall.
The choir sang with real feeling, but often the precision wasn't quite there that exists when a group sings together regularly, and it seems the singers gave way to the temptation to blast. I recall from my experience that maintaining piano and varying the dynamics, according to the conductor's rehearsal instructions, sometimes was forgotten in the excitement of the moment.
However, the singers really seemed to gel in the Duruflé, conducted by Jean-Sébastien Vallée, with its echoes of Gregorian chant. Stearman really shone in a sublime "Pie Jesu," scored for accompanying solo cello and organ, and the soprano section stood out in the "In Paradisum."
One advantage of these family events is the presence of young people in the audience, and (a few) in the choir. A girl, perhaps 15, sat in front of me, intently absorbing the music. Across the aisle sat one girl with blue hair and another with fuschia hair. It may not be explicitly stated in DCINY's mission, but the "parent" organization is also raising the classical music children of the future.
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Solange De Santis
I am an arts journalist who takes blog readers into a wide variety of theater - from Broadway to schools, from off-Broadway to play readings. I also write plays, direct, design sound and play the piano. I have been hopelessly, absurdly, illogically in love with theater since my first Broadway show, the original production of My Fair Lady. And yes, I was a mere child at the time. From this blog, I hope you will gain news, insight, smiles, food for thought, opinions and a sense of why theater is one of the glories of being alive.
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Police stress need to take care as burglaries increase
Tuesday May 15, 2018	Written by	Published in Crime
Burglaries continue to increase on Rarotonga, according to statistics recently released by the Cook Islands Police.
"Burglaries are following a similar pattern to last year, but are trending slightly higher" a statement accompanying the statistics said.
A total of 57 burglaries were reported within the first four months of this year, up 10 on the same period last year.
Avarua and Vaimaanga continue to be hotspots for those with "sticky fingers", with all burglary incidents reported last month occurring solely in those two areas. Commercial properties were the main target for thieves, comprising 46 per cent of last month's incidents.
"Front doors, side and rear windows were the most common points of entry," said the police statement. Police also stressed that these points of entry may be vulnerabilities overlooked by property owners.
"Unlocked front doors and windows present too much opportunity for those who may be scouting neighbourhoods for easy and convenient targets."
Cash was the main target for the opportunists, making up 46 per cent of stolen goods last month. Slightly more than a third – 38 per cent, of victims were not at their residence at the time of the burglaries.
A visitor had a cell phone and debit card stolen from accommodation in Titikaveka on Friday night.
A complaint was also filed with Rarotonga International Airport police last Wednesday night after a passenger realised part of her luggage was missing.
Two bottles of Moët champagne were taken from where the passenger had left them on board the aircraft.
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ideal for maximum storm surge." - RICK LUETTICH. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL right into Atlantic hurricanes. But they only probe conditions at altitudes of several thou sand feet, above the worst turbulence, Jack Beven of the NHC says-"not at the surface, where they really matter to people." Last year, though, scientists flew a robotic air craft straight into the maelstrom when tropical storm Ophelia was parked off the mid-Atlantic coast. The craft, called Aerosonde, swooped and circled for ten hours, as low as 1,200 feet, mon itoring winds and the flow of heat and moisture from the ocean into the storm. That foray was a test, but forecasters routinely probe the heart of storms with shorter lived devices called dropsondes. Released from high flying aircraft into hurricanes and the surround ing winds, these instrument-packed tubes descend by parachute. "They take about 15 minutes from 40,000 feet to splash," Majumdar says. Along the way, they measure temperature, pressure, humid ity, and wind every half second, transmitting it all to the airplane before they hit the water. By cranking dropsonde data into computer models that can simulate a storm and how it is likely to evolve, researchers have sharpened their forecasts of storm tracks. Three-day forecasts of Atlantic storm positions were off by an average of 440 miles in the 1970s; by 2005 the average error had dropped to 173 miles. But one-day fore casts were still wide of the mark by an average of 70 miles-more than enough to keep coastal dwellers second-guessing the experts. The data and models still can't capture storms in enough detail to forecast all of their feints and swerves. Storm intensity is proving even harder to fore cast. Three-day wind-speed forecasts, off by an A Devastated Shore Twenty-five feet of water smashed into coastal Mississippi the morning Katrina hit, splintering buildings and killing hundreds of people. In Harri son County (western portion shown above) the water dumped ten-foot piles of debris hundreds of yards inland (red line)-enough, USGS coastal experts estimate, to fill 375,000 city garbage trucks. Scien tists warn of the dangers of rebuild ing within the debris zone, ground zero for surge in future hurricanes. average of 23 miles per hour in the early 1990s, had improved only marginally by 2005. Hurricanes regularly surprise observers with their mood shifts. In a matter of hours, a Category 5 storm (winds over 155 mph) can fade to a Category 3 (111-130 mph), or a mere tropical storm can explode into a killer. "Intensity changes are the things that really hurt people," says NOAAs Bell. The state of the ocean below a storm explains some intensity shifts. In 1995, tropical storm Opal was inching toward Category 1 status an entry-level hurricane-as it made its way through the western Gulf of Mexico. Then, in just 14 hours, it surged to Category 4. Satellite readings of the warm sea surface showed noth ing unusual. But Nick Shay of the Rosenstiel School and his colleagues discovered that the warm layer wasn't limited to the top few yards of the ocean, as it usually is in the Gulf. Cold wa ter at greater depths acts as a brake on hurricane MOSAICAND DEBRISLINE: MARKHANSEN,USGS;AERIALIMAGES:NOAA HURRICANES 71
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The British media preaches to new nations like India on how to run their economy and government while dithering and fumbling on how to tackle Brexit.
Just absorb the most humiliating historic defeat of the British Prime Minister Theresa May in parliament on 15 January 2019.
After losing by 230 votes, yes, 230 votes including members of her own party – the biggest government defeat in British history — Theresa May did not resign and faced a no-confidence motion which she won by a very slim majority.
No wonder the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called Brexit defeat "catastrophic".
Yes, catastrophic it is because no matter on what conditions or no conditions Britain exits, it is a slide all the way, for its economy and political status.
High time to eat the humble pie and stop lecturing to India on what and how to run the economy and how to manage its government as the Indian economy has already overtaken the British economy and as India takes its place at the high table of world powers.
How the hell did Britain get into this Brexit mess?
First it joined the EU on its own tough terms keeping its pound to mint money, opting out of a common visa for Europe and many other conditions.
Now it wants to move out from this club and still enjoy many membership rights without contributing to its budget.
Wake up and smell the tea.
And it's the same story with the American media that never fails to publish negative news about India.
With President Donald Trump triggering the longest shutdown in US history going on right now and his unending gaffes, the American media is usually critical of India. The mainstream US print media pays hefty sums to its correspondents who provide exactly what the media wants: stories on violence, minority rights, social injustice and so on. The Western media keeps pushing stories about intolerance, cow protection and strife.
How come these papers never publish any stories about India's space achievements arrived at a fraction of the budgets of the West or its digital progress? India now has the world's second-largest internet user base. Further, it is a leader in mobile internet usage, with close to 80% of its web traffic accessed through mobile phones (as compared to around 55% for China and a global average of 50%). This is giving rise to unique mobile-first business models and is reshaping industries, including e-commerce, entertainment and the sharing economy. Plus, transparency in government.
No mention of over a billion mobiles connecting India's 1.3 billion people and Total Transaction Value in the Digital Payments segment amounting to US$ 62,234m in 2019. Or hundreds of such projects and initiatives.
Before castigating India and other upcoming countries, take a hard look at the mess in Britain and USA.


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Future Food: Impossible's Retail Launch, Is 3D Printing the Future of Plant-Based Meat?
by Catherine Lamb
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Ladies and gentlemen, mark your calendars. At the time of writing, Impossible Foods is heading into retail in 7 days, 23 hours, 43 minutes and 16 seconds. 15 seconds. 14 seconds.
Obviously we're excited. We've been big fans of Impossible's "bleeding" burgers for a while now and have been anticipating the retail launch ever since the company first teased the news back in November of last year.
Now, thanks to a tweet from Impossible Foods earlier this week, we know a little more about what to expect.
We know their first product will be a 12-ounce ground beef-like product, similar to Beyond Beef.
We know it will debut in a city that "smells like palm trees."
My first question is, what do palm trees smell like?? My second question is, is the tweet referring to Miami or LA? My money is on LA because of its trend-setting cred and abundance of celebrities, but my colleague Chris Albrecht is placing his bet on Miami because of its reputation as a center for testing out retail innovation.
Really though, it doesn't matter where Impossible first launches in retail. Unless there's some sort of catastrophe it'll eventually roll out in grocery stores around the country. What's more interesting is what product Impossible has chosen to launch with: a 12-ounce package of ground plant-based meat.
Honestly, I think this move makes a lot of sense. By launching with fresh ground "meat," Impossible has to jostle with far fewer competitors to stand out in the refrigerated grocery aisle, which is becoming crowded with plant-based burgers. As of now its only really going up against Beyond Beef (which, admittedly, is pretty delicious) and Hormel, who just debuted a vegan ground meat product last week.
Starting with a ground product is also an opportunity for Impossible to show off its versatility. Thus far, the vast majority of Impossible's restaurant partners have served the alterna-meat in burger form (the notable exceptions being Qdoba and Little Ceasars). This first product is Impossible's way of saying "Don't pigeonhole us!"
The flip side of that strategy is that as of now, the vast majority of consumers associate Impossible with burgers. They might not think to look for a ground Impossible product in retail, or they might not want to do the work of forming the patties themselves.
Then again, I doubt they'll have to wait too long before Impossible follows up with a pre-formed burger product. Though it'll certainly be longer than 7 days, 23 hours, 42 minutes and 49 seconds.
Photo: Novameat
3D printing money
When I first heard about startups 3D printing plant-based meat, I thought it was a cool, futuristic-sounding technology that would likely never be affordable or practical enough to actually scale up.
It seems I might have been a little too hasty. In the past week two companies which 3D print meat alternatives have snagged funding: first Novameat announced an undisclosed amount of funding at the Good Food Conference last week, then Redefine Meat followed up yesterday when news broke that it had raised a $6 million seed round.
The two startups have a similar go-to-market strategy. Both companies are planning to sell/rent their machine and corresponding plant protein pods to third parties — Novameat to high-end restaurants and Redefine Meat to large meat companies looking to diversify their offerings. And they're both based in Europe! Novameat in Spain and Redefine Meat in Israel.
Clearly there's something to this whole 3D printing plant-based meat thing — or at least investors think so.
(photo: Chris Albrecht).
Much ado about processed food
This week WIRED writer Matt Simon published a fascinating dive into why people are making such a fuss about the processing it takes to make plant-based meats.
In the piece he notes that yes, buzzed-about plant-based products like Impossible and Beyond are highly processed. But so are a lot of other staple things we eat, like yogurt, beer and bread.
I think you can also flip the processing question on its head. Plant-based meats are alternatives to meat sourced from animals. And isn't animal meat one of the most processed foods of all? Animals themselves process plants into muscle, then are butchered to become hamburgers, steaks, or what have you. Comparatively, growing some heme through genetically engineered yeast or pushing pea protein through an extruder to mimic the texture of chicken seems relatively low-key.
In short, processing does not always equal bad. Especially when the choice is between a plant-based burger and industrially farmed meat.
Photo: JUST
Protein 'round the web
According to a press release sent to the Spoon, starting next week, Le Pain Quotidien will sell frittatas in select locations made with JUST's plant-based eggs.
Kroger announced it would try putting a plant-based meat section in their refrigerated meat aisle just a week after news broke the retail giant would launch its own line of meat and dairy alternatives.
Ento, the Malaysian startup which farms insects and makes edible cricket powder, has secured a seed round (h/t AgFunder News).
My colleague Chris Albrecht tried out Perdue's new blended meat + veggie nuggets and they fooled his 8-year-old!
That's it from me! I'll be off next week exploring the Alaskan wilderness so one of my lovely Spoon colleagues will be taking the Future Food reigns in my stead.
Eat well,
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Jon's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with special emphasis on matters involving intellectual property and data security. Jon joined the firm following clerkships with Chief Judge Randall Rader of the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
He is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional with a concentration in both European and U.S. private-sector privacy issues, including GDPR compliance; data privacy management; enforcement models; essential privacy and cybersecurity concepts and principles; and legal requirements for handling and transferring data. He advises clients on crafting privacy and cybersecurity programs as well as informing them of changes to privacy laws and the impacts these changes might have on their businesses. He also advises clients in responding to data breaches, in defending data breach litigation and in responding to government investigations following a data breach.
Jon also shares the firm's commitment to pro bono legal representation. He has assisted an individual with multiple disabilities prosecute a disability claim before the Social Security Administration and has also participated in providing legal services to veterans in need.
Jon served as a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School from 2012 to 2014, teaching scholarly writing and guiding students through all phases of writing scholarly articles in areas under the Federal Circuit's jurisdiction, including patent law, government contracts, veterans benefits, vaccine injury claims, tax, and constitutional takings.
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When will Casual season 2 come out on HULU? The streaming channel has already renewed the series for the new season. Let's wait for the premiere in 2016!
Original network: Hulu
Created by: Zander Lehmann
Starring: Michaela Watkins, Tommy Dewey, Tara Lynne Barr, Nyasha Hatendi, Frances Conroy
Comedy television series Casual was presented to TV viewers in the frameworks of Toronto International Film Festival in the current year. Later it premiered on HULU.
After the release of several episodes, experts and critics shared their opinion concerning the project of Zander Lehmann. It turned out that the majority supported the given show.
Regular viewers also reviewed it positively, that was why the rights holders decided to renew the given project for Season 2, which was announced on October 21. It has been confirmed that 13 new episodes, the premiere date of which was scheduled for 2016, were financed. The exact terms of the release haven't been announced by HULU yet, but we're following their news.
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Jody Hice is a minister and talk show host running for the Republican nomination for the 10th Congressional District in Georgia.
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stated on December 4, 2020 in a tweet:
A forensics examination of a Ware County, Ga., Dominion Voting Systems machine found votes were switched from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.
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Democrats "spent 4 years refusing to acknowledge Trump's 2016 victory."
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Thomas Jefferson said, "That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves."
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Joint submission to the Communications and the Arts Standing Committee inquiry into Australia's creative and cultural industries and institutions
Copyright access reforms
Creative and cultural industries and institutions inquiry
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts
The proposed Copyright access reforms would improve the position of Australia's creative and cultural industries in the face of COVID-19 and future challenges.
A joint submission by us and the Australian Digital Alliance (ALCC) to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts' inquiry on Australia's creative and cultural industries and institutions. Amidst the closure of arts and cultural venues and cancellation of arts events early in the coronavirus pandemic prompted the shift to online access to creative works by artists and cultural organisations. This increased reliance on digital technologies to connect with audiences has exposes the limitations of the Copyright Act for creators, institutions and audiences.
In our joint submission we argue that many of the copyright issues artists and cultural bodies experienced during COVID-19 stem from Australia's outdated and inflexible copyright laws which could be solved by the proposed Copyright access reforms announced by the Government in August. As such, the ADA and ALCC call on the Committee to recommend the introduction of the copyright access legislation as a priority.
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VN to meet Laos in third-place match at AFF U16 girls' champs
Vietnam will meet Laos in the third-place match of the AFF U16 Girls' Championship at 3 pm on May 13 at Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam will meet Laos in the third-place match of the AFF U16 Girls' Championship at 3 pm on May 13 at Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia.
At 7:30 pm the same day, Thailand and Myanmar will vie for the championship title in the final match, which will also take place at Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium.
Earlier on May 11, Vietnam lost to Thailand in the semi-finals of the tournment. The Vietnamese girls were defeated 4-5 in a penalty shootout following a goalless draw in official time and so miss the chance to play in the final.
In the other semi-final match, Myanmar beat Laos 6-5 after the two sides tied 1-1 in official time.
The 2018 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship, the third of its kind, is an international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). This year's event is hosted by Indonesia from May 1 to 13.-VNA
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The Ministry of National Defence on January 28 handed over the President's decisions to seven officers who will be sent to the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), a mission established by the UN Security Council in 2011 for peacekeeping in Sudan.


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A magnificent visual masterpiece, Bruegel-Bosch Bus consists of a 1960 Volkswagen that appears to pull a post-industrial universe displaying a cornucopia of fantastic and seductive worlds that play with our senses.


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A Pyrolobus fumarii egy Archaea faj a Pyrolobus nemben. Az archeák – ősbaktériumok – egysejtű, sejtmag nélküli prokarióta szervezetek. Képes túlélni extrém magas hőmérsékletnél ami megöli a legtöbb szervezetet. Először 1997-ben fedezték fel egy fekete füstölgő hidrotermális kürtőben a Közép-Atlanti-hátságnál, az élet felső hőmérsékleti határát 113 °C-ra terjesztette ki. A Geogemma barossii egy mikróba azonos családból a Csendes-Óceánon egy kürtőnél találták, túlél és szaporodik egy 10 órás intervallum közben 121 °C-nál egy autoklávban eltöltve.

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I may have been the only person on Friday to open my work email and do a little dance of excitement when I saw the good news -- Biofinity XR is launching on November 4th! To most of us, wearing contact lenses seems like a normal part of our day. We don't ever worry about what would happen if there were no contact lenses being made in our prescription. But for some people, having a soft, disposable contact lens that is available in their power at their doctor's office is a luxury they have never experienced. With Cooper's new launch, we will finally have a contact lens that offers the thin material and high oxygen benefits that lower prescription wearers have been enjoying for a decade!
Most soft disposable contact lenses are available in limited power options. On average, +8.00D to -12.00D is the span of options. If your prescription needs more correction than this, our only options become specialty contact lenses: either hard RGP contact lenses that provide less comfort, or custom soft contact lenses that are usually very expensive or lower in oxygen to the eye, creating risks for scarring, blood vessel growth into the cornea, and infection even when worn appropriately. The new Biofinity XR lens will be available up to +15.00 D and -20.00 D, a very generous span of power options.
Biofinity XR lenses will be monthly disposable soft contact lenses and have a measured Dk/t of 160 (amount of oxygen to the eye). The breathability of this lens will be unparalleled on the market as the first available high Rx lens made in silicone hydrogel material. Most lenses in these power ranges having Dk/t of no higher than 55 (some as low as 8 still on the market today!!). With that being said, keep in mind that the thickness of the prescription does influence Dk/t, so a -10.00D lens will have more oxygen to the eye than a -20.00D lens.
Price is another point where Biofinity XR should offer great performance. For a custom contact lens in these power ranges, a year supply with monthly disposable lenses may be as high as $800-$1000 dollars. Expect Biofinity XR to be available for around $260-$300 for a year supply. A huge improvement for the wallet!
finally. i know they have been talking about this lens for awhile. i actually had a patient that needs these parameters so hello biofinity xr =). great post dr. lyerly!


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Sensors based on cytochrome P450 and CYP mimicking systems
: Yarman, A.; Wollenberger, U.; Scheller, F.W.
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.03.154
Electrochimica Acta 110 (2013), S.63-72
International Society of Electrochemistry (Annual Meeting) <63, 2012, Prague>
Zeitschriftenaufsatz, Konferenzbeitrag
Cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs) act on more than 90 percent of all drugs currently on the market. The catalytic cycle requires electron supply to the heme iron in the presence of oxygen. Electrochemistry allows to characterise the reaction mechanism of these redox enzymes by observing the electron transfer in real time. According to the number of publications on protein electrochemistry CYP has the third position after glucose oxidase and cytochrome c. CYP based enzyme electrodes for the quantification of drugs, metabolites or pesticides have been developed using different iso-enzymes. A crucial step in the sensor development is the efficiency of coupling the biocatalytic systems with the electrode is. In the 1970s the direct electron transfer of heme and heme peptides called microperoxidases (MPs) was used as model of oxidoreductases. They exhibit a broad substrate spectrum including hydroxylation of selected aromatic substrates, demethylation and epoxidation by means o f hydrogen peroxide. It overlaps with that of P450 making heme and MPs to alternate recognition elements in biosensors for the detection of typical CYP substrates. In these enzyme electrodes the signal is generated by the conversion of all substrates thus representing in complex media an overall parameter. By combining the biocatalytic substrate conversion with selective binding to a molecularly imprinted polymer layer the specificity has been improved. Here we discuss different approaches of biosensors based on CYP, microperoxidases and catalytically active MIPs and discuss their potential as recognition elements in biosensors. The performance of these sensors and their further development are discussed.


This light is situated on a tiny, rocky islet immediately to the south of the main shipping channel about one and a half miles east of Dyvik. I was extremely lucky to get the first photo just as a large shower was passing to the south of us and producing a spectacular rainbow. The rather strange lighting effect in the shot above that appears like a spotlight shining on the lighthouse seem, as far as I can recollect, to have been produced by a shaft of sunlight that was actually shining through a gap in Queen Victoria's superstructure.
The image below gives a wider view of the islet and also shows more clearly the large number of black birds perched in the trees. The birds, as far as I can determine from the Internet are ravens. The trees look dead which is strange as there were no other dead trees that I saw between here and Stockholm, and I just wonder if their condition has something to do with the large number of birds roosting here.


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Olympus 12-45mm f/4 Pro Field Test: Olympus' tiniest Pro zoom packs performance without the bulk
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by William Brawley
posted Monday, April 6, 2020 at 2:00 PM EST
Click here to read our Olympus 12-45mm f/4 Pro Field Test
One of the major selling points of the Micro Four Thirds system is its compact form-factor. Both cameras and lenses can, and often are, much smaller and lighter than competing systems that use larger sensors. For lenses though, when you start to factor in qualities like constant aperture zooms, weather-sealing and metal construction, the size and weight tends to increase. For Olympus' Zuiko Pro line of high-end lenses, while they are still much smaller and lighter than their counterparts for other larger-sensor systems, they are still fairly hefty for most smaller, lighter Micro Four Thirds cameras.
E-M1 III: 12mm, f/4, 1/160s, ISO 200
That is until the new Olympus 12-45mm f/4 Pro lens came around. Seemingly tailor-made for the equally compact E-M5 Mark III, this new 24-90mm-eq. zoom lens is, admittedly, very similar to the earlier 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro (and in some ways, also similar to the 12-100mm f/4 IS Pro), but it's a much smaller, lighter yet still weather-sealed lens for those looking for a versatile zoom that's also ultra-compact. Plus, it's much more affordable than Olympus' other Zuiko Pro zoom lenses, with a retail price around just $650.
Similar to other Olympus Zuiko Pro lenses, the new 12-45mm f/4 lens offers excellent performance, with sharp image quality across the zoom range, well-controlled vignetting and CA, and fast AF speeds. Of course, the f/4 aperture is a drawback for those wanting a bit more subject isolation or low-light performance, and the focal length range has a lot of overlap with existing Olympus lenses. If you already own a 12-40mm or 12-100mm and are fine with the size and weight of these zooms, the 12-45mm might be less appealing. However, if you want a versatile, high-quality and still weather-sealed zoom lens that's very compact, the Olympus 12-45mm looks quite nice.
For all the details on how the lens handles out in the real world, check out our just-published Olympus 12-45m f/4 Pro Field Test!
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I have to admit, I'm at the point that I'm re-reading (and re-re-reading) the manuscript and have a weird mix of emotions. Part of me loves Rey and Kate and the other part thinks I'm a crap writer who couldn't tell a story if her life depended on it. Luckily, I know this is just…
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All my books can be read as standalone stories, but I LOVE connections (with people, places, things…) so if you pick up one of my books from the Something Borrowed, Healing Hearts or Bad News series, chances are high you'll recognise someone or somewhere or something that has appeared in another of my books. For…
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I've had so many emails and messages about this book, the first in the Something Borrowed series. Readers seem to love it and, because they've read it, dive into the rest of the series. So, after a lot of deliberation, I've decided to make it free. Currently I have a giveaway with Free Kindle Reads…
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I have news! I have been very busy behind the scenes. Some of my older books have had a make-over with new covers, blurb and even titles. They are also on offer at the moment at reduced prices. The Secret Art of Forgiveness is now The Summer Of Lost and Found …
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I write medical romances, I was a nurse for 22 years and I'm married to a doctor. I know and understand the Junior Doctor's life more than most, but this book took me right back to working on the wards and had me laughing, eye rolling and crying. Adam Kay's This Is Going To Hurt…
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Well, the reading challenge hasn't exactly gone to plan. Let me remind you- January was for RITA judging books. February was for autobiography, March was Science and Technology, April is for graphic novels and comics. So…. I received 7 RITA books and, to make sure I did them all justice and completed each one, having…
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I'm kind of stuck in a rut with my reading…I have my favourite go-to authors and then my comfort zone genre of romance and generally I'm happy here. I know which shelves to go directly to in the bookstore and those I zoom straight past. But I think it's time I shook things up a…
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Just because your divorce is through does not mean your work is. You still have three important things to do to secure your future.
Ideally, this should be a part of the divorce process, but sometimes it takes the reality of living under different circumstances to fully realize the change in your financial health. You need to create a new budget to live by that accounts for legal fees, lost assets and lower income (whether you are a new breadwinner or the one paying child support). You cannot maintain your previous lifestyle if you want to stay out of debt. Talk to a divorce financial planner if you need assistance.
While divorce in Michigan does revoke some aspects of your estate plans, it does not automatically invalidate everything concerning your former spouse. It is best to be clear with your intentions for your property and decisions made on your behalf by updating all of your estate planning documents to reflect your current situation. Eliminating ambiguity and errors means a quicker probate process and likelier adherence to your wishes.
Delaying the pursuit of a modification can adversely affect your finances, so as soon as you know changes will occur and you have evidence, contact your attorney.


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A retail bank is a bank which offers financial services to the general public. This sets it apart from private banks – which only service select clients – and central banks – which only service financial services providers.
Retail banks may be universal banks which offer a broad range of services, or they may be specialized in a certain category of banking, such as personal loans, business loans, mortgages, savings, money transfers or securities brokerage.
Some universal banks, including large Swiss banks like Credit Suisse and UBS, have retail banking and private banking divisions.
Some of the services which may be offered by retail banks in Switzerland are private accounts, savings accounts, business accounts, 3a retirement accounts, currency exchange, precious metal exchange, payment card issuance, personal loans, mortgages, Lombard loans, business loans, money transfers, check issuance and cashing, safe deposit boxes, investment funds, custody accounts and securities brokerage.
In Switzerland, retail banks are supervised by regulatory authority FINMA and participate in the depositor protection scheme operated by Esisuisse. They are governed by the Swiss Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks, which defines bank customer confidentiality among other things.


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of the sign were provided.
problems with leaks and other issues with the glass roof.
was made by D. Mayville, supported by S. Kroes and unanimously approved.
roof-mounted solar thermal system on the building. Photos and renderings were provided.
effect on the view, since most of the unit would not be visible from the street. D. Mayville and S.
Shaw discussed some design and placement details.
made by L. Spataro, supported by J. Hilt and unanimously approved.
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by L. Spataro and unanimously approved.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:25 p.m.


Shipping A Car To or From Cape Girardeau County | A-1 Auto Transport, Inc.
One of the most remarkable things about Cape Girardeau County is how the Mississippi River straddles it along the eastern border carving out the boundary. The Interstate 55 also in a coincidental twist cuts right through the middle of the county. Nothing speaks easy transportation like A-1 Auto Transport in the heart of Missouri.
While on the subject of transportation we would like you to seek out our services at A-1 Auto Transport. Our business is simply about shipping cars to or from Cape Girardeau County. We are involved in auto shipping across major US states and international territories. A1-Auto has a nationwide coverage and including many of the counties within Missouri.
We make sure that your SUV is shipped and gets delivered safely and at affordable rates.
If you're thinking of getting a boat, let us think of how to get it to you. The same applies to yachts, snowmobiles, jet-ski's; name it, buy it and we ship it, at jaw-dropping rates.
We have not left out classic and antique car enthusiasts. We take special care in shipping your high value vintage giving it utmost care and protecting its condition. You may be transporting a non-op classic or even just an ordinary stalled one. A-1 Auto Transport has that experience.
No auto-shipping goal is too big for us and none too small. We transport RV's and motor homes, trucks, limousines, golf carts, motorcycles, ATV's at the national and international level.
If you are running an auto dealership then leave the business of shipping cars to or from Cape Girardeau County to A-1 Auto Transport, and concentrate on your core, that is selling cars.
We are comfortable treading the international waters. We will help you with the logistics and paperwork and expedite your international automobile shipment. We have the options of shipping your car between air freight and sea cargo. We will dispatch your delivery to a select pick up point or you can ask for delivery to your doorstep.
We know that some auto-shipping companies may turn you away when it comes to transporting electric and hybrid cars. We don't do that. We are not afraid of technology. We embrace it. We will deliver your hybrid with the best care and no extra charges.
A-1 Auto Transport professional staff knows what you expect from them when shipping cars to or from Cape Girardeau County and will take the necessary details like harnessing and packaging, depending on the requirements. You can check out the local DMV regulations here, for the regulatory requirements that you should fulfil. Visit our website to get a free and non-obligatory quote. You can also talk to us on +1-800-452-2880.


Direct Lenders vs. Lending Marketplaces | Which is Best?
Direct Lenders vs. Lending Marketplaces: What's the Difference and Which is Best for You?
Direct lenders provide personal loans and other lending products directly to consumers. The big banks used to dominate the direct lending space, but online lenders have grabbed a significant portion of the market share in recent years. Online lending marketplaces leverage powerful algorithms to match consumers with the direct lenders that best meet their needs.
When you apply to a direct lender, you effectively limit yourself to one interest rate or APR (annual percentage rate, comprising interest rate and fees). If you're fortunate, the lender might offer you a low APR. On the flipside, it might offer a high APR. The point is, it will only offer you its interest rate and nobody else's, giving you no basis for comparison. There are 2 ways to compare lenders by APR: you could apply separately to multiple lenders and examine the results yourself, a time-consuming exercise; or you could get an online marketplace to do the job for you.
The beauty of online marketplaces is they do all the heavy lifting: you fill out one online form, and the marketplace scans its network of lenders to find you the best rates. By pulling in results from multiple lenders, online marketplaces are able to match consumers with the best rates on the market for their credit profile. In fact, shopping around for personal loans can save consumers around 35%, according to popular lending marketplace LendingTree.
Best marketplace for low rates: Monevo is a marketplace that scans dozens of top American lenders to match borrowers with the best personal loan rates. Its APRs start from a very low 3.34%, as long as the borrower meets certain credit requirements.
With most direct lenders, the gap between the minimum and maximum loan term is around 24-36 months. For example, Marcus by Goldman Sachs offers loan terms ranging from 36 to 72 months, with a gap of 36 months between the minimum and maximum terms. Upgrade, another direct lender, offers terms of 36 to 60 months, a gap of 24 months.
Online marketplaces offer more flexibility when it comes to loan terms. For example, if one of the marketplace's partnering lenders offers loan terms ranging from 3-24 months, a second offers terms 36-72 months, and a third offers 84-120 months, the online marketplace can match consumers with loan terms ranging from 3 months to 120 months.
Top marketplace for flexible loan terms: LendingTree is one of the largest online marketplaces for personal loans, partnering with a range of lenders offering repayment terms of anywhere from 3-180 months.
The same rule applies to loan amounts as to APRs and loan terms. The further your loan amount departs from the average, the less likely you'll find it just by applying to one direct lender. Some lenders offer a max loan amount of $20,000, others offer $100,000. But how are you going to know which lender can offer the right loan amount for you? By using an online marketplace.
Online marketplaces allow users to search by measures such as APR, loan term, and loan amount. When you search an online marketplace for a personal loan worth $10,000, it shows you lenders that can offer you at least $10,000. When you search an online marketplace for a personal loan worth $50,000, it only shows you lenders that can offer at least a $50,000 loan amount… and so on.
Top marketplace for flexible loan amounts: Credible is an online marketplace that matches borrowers with personal loans ranging from $1,000 to $100,000.
For direct lenders, the success or failure of their business depends on the level of customer satisfaction. Without borrowers, lenders can't issue loans; without loans, lenders can't earn interest. The best direct lenders open their doors to customers using one or more of the following channels: toll-free phone number during extended US business hours; email; live chat; and, increasingly, mobile app. Another way of measuring a lender's commitment to customer service and transparency is by looking at the FAQ section on its website. The best direct lenders offer extensive information about their rates and products, as well as free tools and resources to help you make your decision.
Lending marketplaces earn commissions for referring borrowers to lenders. They don't charge the customer any money. Their powerful search engines help connect borrowers to lenders, but they have little incentive to speak to borrowers directly (and there aren't many reasons a borrower would want to speak to them directly, either. The best lending marketplaces offer useful tools and resources, such as loan calculators, and some of them offer phone support, but their level of support doesn't usually reach the level offered by direct lenders.
Top lender for customer support: Marcus by Goldman Sachs is a direct lender that lets customers speak to its loan specialists on a toll-free number 7 days a week (Mon-Fri, 8am–10pm ET; Sat-Sun, 9am–7pm ET). Despite being a relative newcomer to the lending market, Marcus offers an excellent level of customer support.
If your credit score is fair, good, or excellent, then you shouldn't have much trouble getting a direct lender to offer you a personal loan. If your credit is poor, it might be worth using an online marketplace to search for a suitable direct lender.
When you formally apply for a personal loan, your lender runs a hard credit check, which temporarily lowers your credit score. The major credit agencies process multiple queries made within a 45-day period as just one query. Therefore, if you're planning to apply to multiple lenders, you'd be best off doing this within the same 45-day period. Alternatively, you could use an online marketplace to find out which best lender can offer you the best rate—which would save you time and energy, and lower the risk to your credit score.
Top marketplace for all credit scores: LendingTree can find market-beating personal loans for borrowers with poor, fair, good, and excellent credit.
And the winner is… lending marketplaces. If you're planning to take out a personal loan, you'll need to do so from a direct lender. But you can save time and energy by using a lending marketplace to find the best direct lender for your needs. With hundreds of direct lenders vying for your attention, it would take months for you to research and compare all of them on your own—and by the time you finish, their rates would all have changed! Thankfully, online marketplaces like LendingTree, Credible, and Monevo let you use their automated search tools to research and compare the best lenders in minutes.


Olympus UK E-System User Group > Out of Focus area > The lounge > Can anybody identify this?
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Apparantly there is a chap who sells bits of it for the second hand market from the next door unit, I was told that the wings are 'round the back'! As ever I had my trusty 770SW in my top pocket.
Anyway I am struggling to ID it, so thought I would enlist your help my first thoughts were 'Jaguar' but I really am a bit out of touch on military aircraft, much better at civillian aircraft ID.
Takes me back to my earliest days at work. One of the first aircraft types I worked on as an apprentice back at the Strand road factory in Preston Lancs. As I started on the shop floor the project was coming to a close as production was ramping up for the Tornado aircraft.
Hi Folks, consulted my oracle, AKA Chris round the corner, and the following reply just turned up.
SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1 XX763 constructor's number S.60; First flight, 12th May 1975, delivered 26th June 1975; allocated to 226 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Losseimouth, Scotland; allocated Air Ministry Maintenance Serial 9009M and moved to 4 School of Technical Training RAF St. Athan as a ground instructional airframe. The airframe was sold in 2007 and is noted as being with a private owner at Winterpick Industrial Estate, East Sussex as of June, '07.
That's outstanding Bill, seriously impressed Thanks for the information.


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DAYTON, Ohio – Two errors led to six unearned runs as Ohio Dominican's baseball team fell 11-5 to Northwood on Friday in a game played at Wright State.
ODU led 2-1 going to the sixth inning, but Northwood scored five runs – four of them unearned – in the inning, then tacked on five more runs in the seventh, two of which were unearned.
The Panthers finished with 11 hits and drew six walks, but stranded 13 runners in the contest as well.
Seniors Brad Hull (Gahanna, Ohio), Colin Kaucher (Toledo, Ohio) and Chris Sackett (Loveland, Ohio) each had two hits and junior Joey Machuga (Canfield, Ohio) drew two walks to lead ODU's offense.
Senior Mitchell Bault (Maineville, Ohio) was tagged with the loss, allowing two earned runs in 6.0 innings while striking out six. He did not walk a batter for the second time in his three starts.
Sackett drew a bases loaded walk in the first inning to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead, then had an RBI single in the third inning to extend the lead before Northwood scored 11 unanswered runs.
The two teams are scheduled to conclude their series with a doubleheader at noon Saturday at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe.


Merry Christmas 2014 from Bothen Hill!
We are now in the throes of our busiest time of the year, with our Christmas turkeys and vegetable boxes all ordered and getting ready to be delivered across Dorset over the next few days. We will be closed between Christmas and the New Year but back to usual deliveries and opening times on January 2nd.
Our Christmas turkeys are reared as day old poults, arriving in the Summer, and allowed to grow and mature slowly over the months running up to December. Their feed is supplemented by our organic vegetable waste – we've found that cabbage is their favourite! – and they are allowed to roam free in the field during the day. We have a very loyal customer base who have been returning to us for years and are very proud of our reputation for producing what many customers describe as the most delicious turkey they have ever had.
On the vegetable front, winter veg is in full swing, with plenty of greens, including sprouts, sprout tops, curly kale, Red Russian kale, cavalo nero and purple sprouting to complement our usual range of root vegetables. One of the biggest challenges that we are faced with during the winter months is ensuring a continual supply of staple items such as carrots is possible; this involves planting the crop at intervals throughout the Autumn, including some sowings in our polytunnels for the latter months.
2014 has been a busy year for us, with the excitement of planting our own broadleaf native woodland and yet more asparagus, we are looking forward to watching our hard work grow! We'd like to wish all of our customers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – we look forward to seeing you in 2015.


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package de.bitshares_munich.autobahn;

/**
 * WebSockets connection options. This can be supplied to WebSocketConnection in connect().
 * Note that the latter copies the options provided to connect(), so any change after
 * connect will have no effect.
 */
public class WebSocketOptions {

    private int mMaxFramePayloadSize;
    private int mMaxMessagePayloadSize;
    private boolean mReceiveTextMessagesRaw;
    private boolean mTcpNoDelay;
    private int mSocketReceiveTimeout;
    private int mSocketConnectTimeout;
    private boolean mValidateIncomingUtf8;
    private boolean mMaskClientFrames;
    private int mReconnectInterval;

    /**
     * Construct default options.
     */
    public WebSocketOptions() {

        mMaxFramePayloadSize = 128 * 1024;
        mMaxMessagePayloadSize = 128 * 1024;
        mReceiveTextMessagesRaw = false;
        mTcpNoDelay = true;
        mSocketReceiveTimeout = 25000;
        mSocketConnectTimeout = 20000;
        mValidateIncomingUtf8 = true;
        mMaskClientFrames = true;
        mReconnectInterval = 0;  // no reconnection by default
    }

    /**
     * Construct options as copy from other options object.
     *
     * @param other Options to copy.
     */
    public WebSocketOptions(WebSocketOptions other) {

        mMaxFramePayloadSize = other.mMaxFramePayloadSize;
        mMaxMessagePayloadSize = other.mMaxMessagePayloadSize;
        mReceiveTextMessagesRaw = other.mReceiveTextMessagesRaw;
        mTcpNoDelay = other.mTcpNoDelay;
        mSocketReceiveTimeout = other.mSocketReceiveTimeout;
        mSocketConnectTimeout = other.mSocketConnectTimeout;
        mValidateIncomingUtf8 = other.mValidateIncomingUtf8;
        mMaskClientFrames = other.mMaskClientFrames;
        mReconnectInterval = other.mReconnectInterval;
    }

    /**
     * When true, WebSockets text messages are provided as
     * verified, but non-decoded UTF-8 in byte arrays.
     *
     * @return True, iff option is enabled.
     */
    public boolean getReceiveTextMessagesRaw() {
        return mReceiveTextMessagesRaw;
    }

    /**
     * Receive text message as raw byte array with verified,
     * but non-decoded UTF-8.
     *

     * DEFAULT: false
     *
     * @param enabled True to enable.
     */
    public void setReceiveTextMessagesRaw(boolean enabled) {
        mReceiveTextMessagesRaw = enabled;
    }

    /**
     * Get maxium frame payload size that will be accepted
     * when receiving.
     *
     * @return Maximum size in octets for frame payload.
     */
    public int getMaxFramePayloadSize() {
        return mMaxFramePayloadSize;
    }

    /**
     * Set maximum frame payload size that will be accepted
     * when receiving.
     *

     * DEFAULT: 4MB
     *
     * @param size Maximum size in octets for frame payload.
     */
    public void setMaxFramePayloadSize(int size) {
        if (size > 0) {
            mMaxFramePayloadSize = size;
            if (mMaxMessagePayloadSize < mMaxFramePayloadSize) {
                mMaxMessagePayloadSize = mMaxFramePayloadSize;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get maximum message payload size (after reassembly of fragmented
     * messages) that will be accepted when receiving.
     *
     * @return Maximum size in octets for message payload.
     */
    public int getMaxMessagePayloadSize() {
        return mMaxMessagePayloadSize;
    }

    /**
     * Set maximum message payload size (after reassembly of fragmented
     * messages) that will be accepted when receiving.
     *

     * DEFAULT: 4MB
     *
     * @param size Maximum size in octets for message payload.
     */
    public void setMaxMessagePayloadSize(int size) {
        if (size > 0) {
            mMaxMessagePayloadSize = size;
            if (mMaxMessagePayloadSize < mMaxFramePayloadSize) {
                mMaxFramePayloadSize = mMaxMessagePayloadSize;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get TCP No-Delay ("Nagle") for TCP connection.
     *
     * @return True, iff TCP No-Delay is enabled.
     */
    public boolean getTcpNoDelay() {
        return mTcpNoDelay;
    }

    /**
     * Set TCP No-Delay ("Nagle") for TCP connection.
     *

     * DEFAULT: true
     *
     * @param enabled True to enable TCP No-Delay.
     */
    public void setTcpNoDelay(boolean enabled) {
        mTcpNoDelay = enabled;
    }

    /**
     * Get socket receive timeout.
     *
     * @return Socket receive timeout in ms.
     */
    public int getSocketReceiveTimeout() {
        return mSocketReceiveTimeout;
    }

    /**
     * Set receive timeout on socket. When the TCP connection disappears,
     * that will only be recognized by the reader after this timeout.
     *

     * DEFAULT: 200
     *
     * @param timeoutMs Socket receive timeout in ms.
     */
    public void setSocketReceiveTimeout(int timeoutMs) {
        if (timeoutMs >= 0) {
            mSocketReceiveTimeout = timeoutMs;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get socket connect timeout.
     *
     * @return Socket receive timeout in ms.
     */
    public int getSocketConnectTimeout() {
        return mSocketConnectTimeout;
    }

    /**
     * Set connect timeout on socket. When a WebSocket connection is
     * about to be established, the TCP socket connect will timeout
     * after this period.
     *

     * DEFAULT: 3000
     *
     * @param timeoutMs Socket connect timeout in ms.
     */
    public void setSocketConnectTimeout(int timeoutMs) {
        if (timeoutMs >= 0) {
            mSocketConnectTimeout = timeoutMs;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get UTF-8 validation option.
     *
     * @return True, iff incoming UTF-8 is validated.
     */
    public boolean getValidateIncomingUtf8() {
        return mValidateIncomingUtf8;
    }

    /**
     * Controls whether incoming text message payload is verified
     * to be valid UTF-8.
     *

     * DEFAULT: true
     *
     * @param enabled True to verify incoming UTF-8.
     */
    public void setValidateIncomingUtf8(boolean enabled) {
        mValidateIncomingUtf8 = enabled;
    }

    /**
     * Get mask client frames option.
     *
     * @return True, iff client-to-server frames are masked.
     */
    public boolean getMaskClientFrames() {
        return mMaskClientFrames;
    }

    /**
     * Controls whether to mask client-to-server WebSocket frames.
     * Beware, normally, WebSockets servers will deny non-masked c2s
     * frames and fail the connection.
     *

     * DEFAULT: true
     *
     * @param enabled Set true to mask client-to-server frames.
     */
    public void setMaskClientFrames(boolean enabled) {
        mMaskClientFrames = enabled;
    }

    public int getReconnectInterval() {
        return mReconnectInterval;
    }

    /**
     * Set reconnect interval
     *
     * @param reconnectInterval Interval in ms, 0 - no reconnection
     */
    public void setReconnectInterval(int reconnectInterval) {
        mReconnectInterval = reconnectInterval;
    }
}


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### Running in Java
_Note: This section gets complicated so have a try and see how you go. If you can't get it to work just move on and come back to it another time._

At this point you could email a friend with the `Hello.groovy` file and they could run it using the `groovy` command. This would also let them read the file and "hack" it if they wanted. Alternatively you could email `hello.class` and they could use the `groovy` command but wouldn't be able to read it.[^If they were skilled then they could decompile to class file so this approach isn't as secure as you might assume]. In both cases your friend would need to have Groovy installed on their own machine.

That last point is an important reason why Groovy and the other JVM-based languages are so useful. Our compiled `class` file can actually also be run using the standard Java application installed on so many PCs, laptops, servers etc. Using the `java` command, our friend could run our application but we need to send them two things:

 1. Our `hello.class` file
 2. A copy of a file containing the Groovy core and support modules.

The second item is packaged as a `jar` (or *J*ava *AR*chive) and contains the set of essential compiled Groovy classes. We need this as Groovy, in compiling our script, relies on using its own library. Fortunately, you got a copy of this file when you installed Groovy. It's likely to be named something like `groovy-all-2.3.6.jar` and is stored in the `embeddable` directory of you Groovy installation. On most systems you can find it by running the following command in the command prompt:

On Linux and OS X:

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ls $GROOVY_HOME/embeddable
````

On Windows:

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dir %GROOVY_HOME%/embeddable
````

If you're having no luck using the command prompt, try the search feature in your file browser or open the archive you downloaded to install Groovy. As a last-ditched effort try <http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/codehaus/groovy/groovy-all/2.3.6/groovy-all-2.3.6.jar> - just change the version number to match what you've installed.

Once you've found the groovy-all jar file, *copy* it to the same directory in which you've saved `hello.class` and then run:

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java -classpath groovy-all-2.3.6.jar:. Hello Kramer
````

This does much the same as our call to `groovy --classpath=. Hello Jerry` but the call to the `java` application requires us to tell Java where to find the groovy-all archive. Essentially, the `groovy` application sets this up for us and then calls `java`.

If our friend has Java installed (they'd only need the JRE, not the JDK) then we could email them both `groovy-all-2.3.6.jar` and `hello.class` and tell them how to run our program. Well maybe this is OK for our fellow coders but it isn't something to email your nan.


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Home / Blog / The World Job and Food Bank Inc. case – CRA wins another FCA case on revocation
The World Job and Food Bank Inc. case - CRA wins another FCA case on revocation
Published March 13, 2013 by Mark Blumberg
In The World Job and Food Bank Inc. (WJFB) CRA revoked the registered charity's registration for 3 reasons namely "WJFB failed to demonstrate that it devotes all of its resources to charitable activities carried on by itself, it failed to keep information in such form so as to enable the Minister to determine whether there are any grounds for the revocation of registration, and it failed to keep a duplicate of each receipt containing prescribed information for donations received by it." The Court noted " In order to succeed in this appeal, WJFB had to demonstrate that all three bases for the Minister's and the CRA's conclusion are unreasonable, as each of them is sufficient to justify the decision to revoke. WJFB has evidently not done so. There is evidence in the record to support the decision on all three grounds. It is not this Court's role to re-weigh the evidence. "
Here is the Federal Court of Appeal decision:
"Federal Court of Appeal Cour d'appel fédérale
Date: 20130305
Docket: A-382-11
Citation: 2013 FCA 65
CORAM: NOËL J.A.
GAUTHIER J.A.
TRUDEL J.A.
THE WORLD JOB AND FOOD BANK INC.
Heard at Calgary, Alberta, on March 5, 2013.
Judgment delivered from the Bench at Calgary, Alberta, on March 5, 2013.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY: GAUTHIER J.A.
Federal Court of Appeal
Cour d'appel fédérale
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Delivered from the Bench at Calgary, Alberta, on March 5, 2013.)
[1] The World Job and Food Bank Inc. (WJFB) appeals to this Court pursuant to paragraph 172(3)(a.1) of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.) (the Act) from the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) confirmation of the Minister's proposal to revoke WJFB's registration as a charitable organization based on the list of non-compliance set out in the Minister's Notice of Intent to Revoke.
[2] The Notice of Intent to Revoke was issued after the CRA had completed an audit for the period of 2003 to 2006. The grounds listed therein and in CRA's Notice of confirmation are that WJFB failed to demonstrate that it devotes all of its resources to charitable activities carried on by itself, it failed to keep information in such form so as to enable the Minister to determine whether there are any grounds for the revocation of registration, and it failed to keep a duplicate of each receipt containing prescribed information for donations received by it. During the hearing, WJFB conceded this last ground.
[3] The conclusion that WJFB ceased to qualify for registration as a charitable organization under the Act is a finding of mixed fact and law reviewable on a reasonableness standard (Hostelling International Canada v. MNR, 2008 FCA 396 at para 7; House of Holy God v. Canada (Attorney General), 2009 FCA 148 at para 4).
[4] Before this Court, WJFB argues that the decision-maker erred in ignoring evidence submitted to establish that it devotes all its resources to charitable activities carried on by itself as well as some comments in the auditor's report. It argues that it supplied sufficient documentation to prove that it meets the Act's requirements, particularly subsections 149.1 and 230(2).
[5] In order to succeed in this appeal, WJFB had to demonstrate that all three bases for the Minister's and the CRA's conclusion are unreasonable, as each of them is sufficient to justify the decision to revoke. WJFB has evidently not done so. There is evidence in the record to support the decision on all three grounds. It is not this Court's role to re-weigh the evidence.
[6] At the hearing of the appeal, WJFB raised for the first time the argument that the Minister's published guidelines prevented her from exercising her discretion by revoking WJFB's status. Even if we assume that the guidelines somehow restrict the exercise of the Minister's discretion to revoke, the record support the fact that this is a case of aggravated non compliance as the organization cannot or will not bring itself into compliance. (see Guidelines for applying the new sanctions, page 2- aggravated non compliance)
[7] Accordingly, the appeal will be dismissed with costs.
"Johanne Gauthier"
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
STYLE OF CAUSE: THE WORLD JOB AND FOOD BANK INC. v.
PLACE OF HEARING: CALGARY, ALBERTA
DATE OF HEARING: MARCH 05, 2013
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: NOËL J.A.
DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY: GAUTHIER J.A.
APPEARANCES:
Mr. Matthew Clark
FOR THE APPELLANT
Ms. Justine Malone
FOR THE RESPONDENT
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Shea Nerland Calnan LLP
William F. Pentney
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
Here is a link to the FCA decision on the FCA website:
http://decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/en/2013/2013fca65/2013fca65.html
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