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British Airways 10th for flights in Europe, with even fewer than parcels firm DHL
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Even though British Airways increased flights by two-thirds over the past week, it is still only in 10th place in Europe – well behind its main rivals, and with even fewer flights than parcels firm DHL.
The latest data from air-navigation provider Eurocontrol reveals the dismal state of aviation across Europe.
BA operated an average of 197 flights per day last week. It was a rise of 68 per cent on the previous seven days, according to Eurocontrol. But British Airways only just scraped into the top 10 airlines.
The table is led by Turkish Airlines, on 550 flights, with Ryanair a distant second at 338 departures.
BA's network rivals were well ahead: KLM of the Netherlands at 299, Lufthansa of Germany at 255 and Air France at 235.
DHL operated an average of 219 flights per day last week, 11 per cent more than BA.
Also making the top 10 are the Norwegian regional airline Wideroe (261), SAS Scandinavian Airlines (231) and Turkey's second airline, Pegasus (199).
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Britain's biggest budget airline, easyJet, is in 14th place with 136 departures. It is well behind its main rivals, Ryanair and Wizz Air, which is 12th with 150 flights a day.
Eamonn Brennan, director-general of Eurocontrol, said: "Traffic week 50 was 62.7 per cent down on 2019 with 9,896 daily flights.
"We're seeing a small increase on the previous week due to the holiday season."
According to the latest analysis by Ralph Anker, editor of The Anker Report, the airports with the highest number of passengers in October compared with the same month in 2019 were Russian and Turkish.
St Petersburg tops the table with 67 per cent. Moscow's three airports – Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo – are second, third and sixth.
Fourth and fifth places are taken by Istanbul's second airport, Sabiha Gokcen, and Antalya.
London Heathrow is the best-performing UK airport, in 27th place at 18 per cent of last year's capacity.
Mr Anker said: "The two main countries doing rather better than the rest are Russia and Turkey, which both benefit from big domestic markets and popular domestic holiday destinations that require flights to reach them because of the size of the country."
He warned: "Travel demand for the rest of January and February is likely to be low, especially as the traditional ski season will be hit hard by a variety of international travel bans.
"A 'no-deal' Brexit, which looks increasingly likely, could also have significant consequences for international air travel to and from the UK."
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Concern over autopsies one reason Saginaw County looking to end deal with morgue company
By: Terry Camp
Terry Camp
Nov 30, 2021 Updated Dec 1, 2021
SAGINAW COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - New developments tonight on why a mid-Michigan county wants to end its relationship with a company that was handling its morgue services.
It was last week we told you a long-time medical examiner was fired by the company.
We are now learning the doctor who runs the firm was performing autopsies, even though he lacked the credentials Saginaw County required.
A former employee with the morgue services company alerted the Saginaw County prosecutor's office that something was not right when it came to the qualifications of Doctor David Stockman.
"It was a nightmare," says Marcus Atkins.
Atkins is talking about his one year stint with the Michigan Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, a private company which handles morgue and death reporting services for six mid-Michigan counties, including Saginaw County.
"I went from sales guy, to removing dead, decomposed bodies and I'm wondering, what in the hell has happened here," says Atkins.
Earlier this month, the firm fired its medical examiner, Dr. Russell Bush.
The company is run by Dr. David Stockman, who had been performing autopsies on people who may have died by homicide.
"He has done autopsies on burn victims, shooting victims, clearly prosecutable cases," says Atkins.
Atkins informed the Saginaw County Prosecutor's office that Stockman had been performing those autopsies, which was in violation of the county's contract with the morgue services firm.
"The county contract stipulates you must be board certified forensic pathologist to do prosecutable cases," says Atkins.
The prosecutor's office verified Atkins claim finding out while Stockman can perform autopsies, he is not a board-certified forensic pathologist as required by the county contract.
The office sent him a letter, telling him to stop doing autopsies on bodies involved in prosecutable cases.
The lack of that qualification now has the prosecutor's office reviewing criminal cases where Stockman performed the autopsy and has notified the attorneys of the defendants of the issue.
We attempted to reach Dr. Stockman for comment, but could not reach him today.
The full county board is expected to vote next month to possibly end the contract with the morgue services company.
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Lenticular clouds, not UFOs, over California's Mt. Shasta are 'huge part of living here'
Here's what concealed carry permit holders can do to protect personal information
Damon Arthur
North State law enforcement agencies on Thursday offered tips to people with concealed carry weapons permits who believe they are at risk of identity theft after the California Department of Justice leaked some personal information online.
Earlier this week the DOJ disclosed CCW applicants' personal information on its online Firearms Dashboard Portal about those who applied for CCW licenses between 2011 and 2021, according to the DOJ.
The information included names, dates of birth, gender, race, driver's license numbers, addresses and criminal histories. Social Security numbers and financial information were not disclosed, the agency said.
The information has since been removed and Attorney General Rob Bonta said he would investigate how the information was leaked online.
The DOJ will contact CCW applicants affected by the leak and offer credit monitoring services to those who had their personal information exposed, according to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office.
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Sheriff's officials in Shasta and Siskiyou counties both offered tips for residents to protect against identity theft:
consider monitoring your credit report; permit holders can also place a freeze on their credit report. The three major credit buraus, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion can provide more information on credit monitoring and freezing credit reports.
Report suspected identity theft to local law enforcement.
The Federal Trade Commission also has resources for reporting identity theft and can help people with a "recovery plan," according to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office.
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Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue said he was frustrated by the information leak.
"This is a disappointing and grossly irresponsible breach of public trust and confidentiality," LaRue said in a Facebook post.
"CCW holders have been put at risk due to the carelessness of the California Department of Justice. We expect an investigation that offers more than lip service and empty apologies to the law-abiding citizens of Siskiyou County who have been impacted by this negligence," LaRue said.
California officials issued about 40,000 conceal and carry permits last year, down from more than 100,000 during the peak year of 2016, according to the DOJ's website.
Shasta County sheriff's Capt. Gene Randall said there were currently 12,712 CCW permit holders in Shasta County.
Randall said his office has received numerous calls about the data leak. He said the sheriff's office also was frustrated by the leaked information and would continue to provide updates to the public.
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Hello there and thank you for stopping by today. Today is the first day of the MFT Make a Wish Card Kit Countdown. Only 1 day until the new release (yay)! Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog for the full kit reveal. It includes everything you need to make a plethora of gorgeous birthday cards.
My card today uses just about everything in the kit. I stamped 5 of the candles on the corresponding die cuts and used 2 of the sentiments for the front of the card. I die cut the set of 5 flames on the card front and then slipped a piece of smooth white card stock sponged with Lemon Drop to emulate the flames. When the piece is slid out, it "blows out" the candles.
This new card kit will be available for purchase in just one day, on June 21 at 10 PM EST. Be sure to check out the MFT Blog to see what the rest of the team has come up with today.
What a fab card, I know who ever received this would laugh - so much fun! Inspired card making and a fantastic kit.
I love this stamp set and can't wait to get one!
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This card is awesome!! This kit looks pretty amazing!
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So innovative and fun. The recipient of this card will love it.
This is very clever! I will have to do this when I get my kit.
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So cute and a surprise for the recipient.Will have to do this!
Very useful kit. Can come up with many ideas.
Wowza, How Clever! This interactive card is AWESOME! Great use of the Kit!
Oh my goodness, that slide out is so, so cute.
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Q: How do you draw freehand (like a pencil tool) in LibreOffice Writer? How do you draw freehand in LibreOffice Writer? Is there a "pencil tool"? I have a Wacom tablet and I want to use it there.

A: You can try the Drawing Bar - Freeform Line.
You can show the toolbar by select following option.
View -> Toolbars -> Drawing

Or by the 'Show Draw Function` symbol in upper right if it exists.
After open the Drawing Toolbar there will be a Freeform Line Option under Curves and Polygons.

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Q: py2app error: "can't copy '%s': doesn't exist or not a regular file" I'm trying to pack my Python app with py2app. I'm running the setup.py I created, and I get this error:
  File "C:\Python26\lib\distutils\file_util.py", line 119, in copy_file
    "can't copy '%s': doesn't exist or not a regular file" % src
DistutilsFileError: can't copy '--dist-dir': doesn't exist or not a regular file

> c:\python26\lib\distutils\file_util.py(119)copy_file()
-> "can't copy '%s': doesn't exist or not a regular file" % src

Does anyone have any clue what I'm supposed to do?

A: It looks like, for some reason or other, it's trying to interpret the command-line switch --dist-dir as a filename. Perhaps the actual switch is named something else and you typo'd it? Or perhaps it needs to be specified in a different order?


It's bound to happen sometime: you've researched and planned your upcoming travel, and you have several days dedicated to exploring a new city or region that others can't seem to get enough of. The excitement of your next adventure, however, quickly dissipates once you arrive at your destination and come to the disappointing conclusion: this is not the city for you.
Sometimes, you can't know until you get somewhere that you won't like it. Despite praise from friends, family, or the internet, it's just not the right fit and you find yourself dreading the remaining days of your trip.
It's important not to get discouraged and let your dislike of a place ruin the vacation for which you've worked so hard. There are better solutions than shutting yourself up in the hotel or throwing in the towel and heading home early. You can still enjoy the rest of your trip! Here are six ways to make the most of a disappointing destination.
If you've decided your destination is less than stellar and you don't enjoy your surroundings, it may be an excellent time to shift the focus of your trip away from the sites and onto the people. Strike up a conversation with your hotel receptionist or the waiter at the nearby café or a local shop owner or a street artist—anyone who calls your host city home. Many people in these service industries enjoy conversations with others, especially when you are curious about them or their city. Not only can you learn a little more about their culture, they may be able to steer you in a new direction. Getting to know the people of the city can help you see it in a new light and maybe help you to appreciate some of the things you may not like about it.
If you're having trouble finding others who speak a shared language, keep searching. Even if you have a conversation in broken English (or whichever language), you can still have a fulfilling experience. Many times, locals who speak some English love the opportunity to practice the language, or you can use this as a chance to expand your knowledge of the local language. Think of some information you would appreciate having—favorite sites, favorite restaurant, favorite meal, etc.—and ask around. Some of your questions may lead to deeper conversations and a greater understanding of the culture.
Be aware that there may be some people who are not interested, who are busy, or simply aren't comfortable with the attention. If you're a respectful traveler (which, of course you are!), then you'll be able to sense whether or not your attempts at conversation are well received. If not, simply say your goodbyes and move on to someone else.
So, you've decided you don't like the sites, museums, or attractions you were excited for, and that's okay—it happens. But maybe there's an interesting café, greenspace, plaza, boardwalk along the water, or some spot where you can get a beverage, find a place to sit (maybe with a book, notebook, or sketchpad), and simply be. Even if you're just people-watching, placing yourself in more calming surroundings can help to relieve some stress and allow you to relax during your vacation. It might even help you view the city differently or spark an interest that you couldn't see when you were focused on your itinerary.
When I visited Manila, the capital city of The Philippines, I did not have a great time. We were there for much longer than I'd recommend—the result of us not planning as well on the front-end—and I just did not enjoy the local sites as much as I usually do while traveling. Since I was with a couple of friends, I couldn't really go off on my own; and to be honest, I didn't realize this would have been a good option for me at the time. But I loved when we were along the water, and I think that would have been a great place to spend more time. There was also a serene little area outside the hostel we were staying in, filled with greenery, which would have made an excellent oasis to forget about my less than inspiring surroundings. It would have been a great place to mix and mingle with other travelers. That's an important part of any sort of oasis: the chance to talk to others and learn about their experiences and travel within the city or region. They may have ideas or other options that you hadn't thought about and that can help spur your next move.
Maybe it's not really the city. Maybe it's your itinerary. True, you've researched and come up with a list of sites and museums that you thought would be awesome. But sometimes an itinerary can hinder the experience—whether you have too much planned or you just aren't interested. You could easily burn out. If you find your itinerary isn't inspiring your wanderlust, throw it away. Ask around for hidden gems or local recommendations, and listen not just for sites but for neighborhoods where you can wander around. Don't be afraid to take a long walk and maybe even get a little lost. It could lead to a truly wonderful experience.
Tokyo, Japan, is not among my favorite cities. There is a lot to see and do but, for me, it wasn't exciting the way other cities are. Whether that was because there was so much to do it was a little overwhelming, or maybe because I was looking for a different experience, I was just tired of Tokyo. However, our last night in town, we decided to take a walk from the Meiji Shrine in search of food and to see if we could find a temple we had read about. Along the way, we saw many groups in some sort of traditional dress, clearly either coming from or going to some sort of festival. We found a great little place to have dinner, and then as we continued walking, we found the Asakusa temple and shrine near the middle of the city and discovered that all those people we saw dressed up had been there, as they were in the middle of an annual festival. For a couple of hours, it felt like we had left the bustling, crowded city behind and experienced a bit of the local culture and community.
Who doesn't love to eat? No matter where you are, you're likely to be surrounded by various restaurants and—if you're lucky—street food. Stop focusing on the lack of interest in your host city's attractions and rebrand your visit as a culinary adventure. Do some extra research, query the staff at your hotel or hostel, or talk to the locals about the restaurants, hidden gems, and local dishes you must try and then come up with a new itinerary. The times in between meals and snacks will be much more bearable because your next exciting destination is only a few hours away. You can even combine this option with some of the others and use the downtime to find your oasis or make friends with the locals.
And if you're not a big fan of the local cuisine, this is the time to expand your palate and find different dishes to satisfy your taste buds. Don't just limit yourself to local cuisines—check out the international restaurants as well, especially if you are in an area known for immigrant populations. Find out who historically settles in your host city and then find their food; it's bound to be authentic. For example, Melbourne, Australia, is home to the largest Greek population and one of the largest Italian populations outside of their respective countries. Sounds like an excellent place to seek out Little Greece or Little Italy, and try their international fare. (I can personally vouch for Italian food in Melbourne!) Or take Vancouver, Canada, which has the largest Chinatown in Canada and the third largest in North America; it's a great city to find more authentic Chinese food. The point is, when it comes to food, there is almost always something for everyone no matter where you are.
One thing that's great about staying in a city is that it can be an excellent home base for day trips. Use the city you may not be crazy about for sleep and start organizing some trips out of town. Whether via public transportation or car rental, it can usually be easy to get around. And if you're staying at a hotel or hostel, they may be able to take care of the planning for you. Many times they have partnerships with tour companies and a variety of day trips to choose from, generally available at a discounted rate.
I've found this to be especially true of hostels. I loved everything about my experience in Vietnam, but my friends and I took advantage of several day trip opportunities offered by our hostels in Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi—and none of them disappointed. In fact, the day trip I took to the Mekong Delta may be the most inspiring and unique, culturally-enriching experience I have ever had while traveling.
Taking an organized day trip or planning one yourself can be a great way to salvage your disappointing destination and help you explore more of your host country. Because many cities are centrally located, you will probably be within a variety of locations—from nature to small towns to another city (or even country)—and there will definitely be something to help satisfy your wanderlust.
If cancellation fees aren't a concern and you can get out of the rest of your hotel reservation, find your way to another city for the remainder of your trip—just don't go too far from your departure airport. Even if it's only a couple of days, you'll be able to more fully experience a different location. As much as research and preparation are important, sometimes spontaneity can lead to incredible opportunities. If you're open to learning about the people of your new destination, then you can fit in and find a truly immersive experience.
Have you had a negative experience in a city you've visited? How did you make the most of it? Share your advice with our fellow travelers below!


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By Marco Vigliotti Sep. 22, 2017
'This issue alone will impact how people will vote in 2019,' says pollster Eli Yufest.
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, 31, pictured being interviewed by CBC News' Rosemary Barton on July 7. The federal government apologized to Mr. Khadr for its role in his imprisonment and awarded him $10.5-million as part of the civil suit launched against Ottawa for Mr. Khadr's wrongful Screenshot from CBC News
A clear majority of Canadians disapproved of the Liberal government awarding $10.5-million and apologizing to former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr earlier this summer in a settlement over his imprisonment at the infamous U.S. military prison, with many saying the decision will affect their vote in the next federal election, a new public opinion poll suggests.
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St. Nazianz is a village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1854, the population was 783 at the 2010 census.

History

19th century
St. Nazianz was organized in 1854 as a religious colony by a group of German immigrants, led by Father Ambrose Oschwald, a Roman Catholic priest. The first settlers in the Oschwald group numbered 113 and came to the United States from the Black Forest of Baden, Germany, seeking religious freedom.

Oschwald and his group sailed for America on the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1854, on two separate ships. The voyage of one lasted 52 days, and the other 55 days. By the time they arrived in Milwaukee by train, several of the group had died. Oschwald bought  of land in Manitowoc County for $3.50 per acre. His down payment was $1,500, with the rest paid in five installments.

In late August 1854, Oschwald sent six men to locate the land he had purchased. They took a boat from Milwaukee to Manitowoc, the county seat, then headed west by oxcart, getting as far as the place where Valders now stands. They then cut their way through the dense forest, arriving at their destination on August 27. The men named the site St. Nazianz, in honor of Gregory of Nazianzus. Oschwald followed on September 1 with more men, and the group began working to clear the land and build log houses. Soon after, work started on the community's first church, a 32-by-24-foot structure, which was built by hand.  By October 21, the church was half completed, and Oschwald celebrated the first Mass.

Settlers began going by the name "The Association" and agreed to share everything in common and work without pay. That arrangement continued until 1896. The group built shops and mills and the community was thriving within just a few years of its start. People began practicing trades, including blacksmithing, carpentry, masonry, shoemaking, woodworking, tailoring, barrel making, rope making, tanning, weaving, brick-making, baking soda, and brewing.

In the ensuing years, Oschwald helped start several religious organizations, including the Oschwald Brothers and the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity. Oschwald died on February 27, 1873, and was buried under the altar at the old St. Ambrose Church at the Loreto Monastery. Several years later his body was moved to a shrine near Loreto Shrine Chapel in the village.

The Salvatorian priests and brothers came to St. Nazianz in 1896, 15 years after the Society of the Divine Savior was founded by Father Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan in  Italy. The Salvatorian priests and brothers and the Salvatorian sisters worked to improve the holding of the former association and built St. Ambrose Church in 1898.

2000 weather incident
Shortly before noon on May 12, 2000, St. Nazianz and surrounding communities were hit by a severe storm that caused major damage. The storm was initially considered a tornado but was later declared a "thunderstorm super cell moist microburst" by meteorologists. It was reported that the storm produced  straight line winds. The National Weather Service reported that at least  wind gusts were achieved.  Residents who were in St. Nazianz as the storm hit said that it went from noon light to midnight darkness in a matter of seconds.

The storm roughly followed U.S. Route 151, with St. Nazianz and Chilton receiving the worst of the damage, caused largely by wind and hail. The hail ranged from golf ball-size to baseball-size.  Many houses were destroyed by the storm, while others sustained major damage. Many cars were totaled or needed hail damage repair. The total damage caused by this storm to St. Nazianz and surrounding areas was estimated at $122 million. It was the state's first storm to exceed $100 million in damage. No casualties were caused by the storm. The village has since recovered considerably.

Geography
St. Nazianz is located at  (44.005717, -87.923604).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which,  of it is land and  is water. St Nazianz is accessible to I-43 exit 144, WIS 42, and WIS 67 by County Highway C, and accessible to U.S. 151 by County Highway A.

Demographics

2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 783 people, 324 households, and 209 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 346 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.1% White, 0.1% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.9% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.7% of the population.

There were 324 households, of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.5% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.97.

The median age in the village was 41.8 years. 22.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.7% were from 25 to 44; 27.2% were from 45 to 64; and 15.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.2% male and 49.8% female.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 749 people, 296 households, and 197 families residing in the village. The population density was 907.6 people per square mile (348.4/km2). There were 302 housing units at an average density of 365.9 per square mile (140.5/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 96.80% White, 0.13% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.53% from other races, and 2.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.27% of the population.

There were 296 households, out of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.4% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.2% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $40,139, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $35,341 versus $22,917 for females. The per capita income for the village was $16,989. About 3.9% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.1% of those under age 18 and 15.4% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people
 Joseph Filz, Wisconsin State Representative, lived in St. Nazianz.
 Victor A. Miller, who was Attorney General of Wisconsin, lived in St. Nazianz.

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References

External links

 Village of St. Nazianz
 St. Nazianz Storm
 Sanborn fire insurance map: 1894

German-American culture in Wisconsin
Villages in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Villages in Wisconsin
Populated places established in 1854
1854 establishments in Wisconsin

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Maximum Throughput won the prestigious Pick Hit Award for its MAXedit multiuser, server-based editing software from Broadcast Engineering World during the recent IBC held in Amsterdam last month. MAXedit was one of 20 winning products selected by an independent panel of judges from the roughly 1400 exhibitions held during IBC2008. At NAB2008, Maximum Throughput's MAXedit won two other awards.
With MAXedit, broadcasters, post-production facilities and studios can rapidly and cost-effectively set up a multiseat editing environment that's suited for news production, specialty programming, digital dailies, corporate and institutional productions and offline editing. Multiple users can access MAXedit by launching it from a Web browser. Users on a network can view, edit and render compressed and uncompressed SD and HD content without specialized software and hardware. Users connected over LAN or the Internet can simply log on to the MAXedit application server and begin editing; all editing operations are processed and executed on the MAXedit server. The scalable, multiuser HD/SD editing solution allows users to edit multiple formats natively in real time.
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Ohio Entrepreneurs focused on downtown revitalization
Our Town Coshocton and Ohio Heritage working with National Main Street Center on pilot program
Leonard L. Hayhurst
Coshocton Tribune
Ohio Entrepreneurs is a pilot program targeted at small business development on Main Streets.
Our Town Coshocton and Heritage Ohio are working with National Main Street Center on the pilot program.
A recent series of stakeholder meetings were held along with a tour of the downtown area.
Next steps will be analysis and surveys to identify were expansion and growth opportunities might lie.
COSHOCTON - A program targeted with revitalizing downtown Coshocton and beyond has taken its first steps through Our Town Coshocton and Heritage Ohio.
Representatives from the National Main Street Center recently toured the community and held various meetings with community stakeholders. Matt Wagner and Lindsey Wallace met with notables from economic and community development organizations, tourism, education and civic organizations, local government, and small business leaders.
Ohio Entrepreneurs: Supporting Place-Based Small Business Development on Main Street is a new statewide program focused on entrepreneurship on Main Streets in Appalachian Ohio. Coshocton is the host and manager of the three-year pilot program that also includes Cambridge and Martins Ferry.
Through a combination of assessments, strategy identification, asset mapping, trainings and research, Ohio Entrepreneurs will focus on the community's needs, strengths, and unique market position to determine strategies and implementation plans.
Ohio Entrepreneurs will also focus on research and case study development, tracking the effectiveness of the place-based approach in the three pilot communities, as well as what successes might be adapted in other Main Street communities.
The National Main Street Center works with about 1,600 communities across the nation and such downtown revitalization projects are a big part of their expansion.
Wagner said the purpose of the initial meeting was to get a picture of where Coshocton is and where it could go next from the people who know the community best.
"Before we get into some of the program development elements, it's just really good for us to better understand the issues and challenges unique to Coshocton and also where the opportunities are," Wagner said. "We don't want to make general suggestions of 'here is what we think' without hearing from local folks about what those things are. We understand programs and processes, but those need to be unique to the particular community."
Wagner said step two will feature data analysis on where market opportunities are with survey work and more. He said that will allow them to hone in on what growth potential and projects are possible for the local area.
As an example, in a small community in Michigan, the National Main Street Center helped community leaders development a drop-in space for remote workers and now they're looking at housing projects targeted at such employees as well. Could something similar work in Coshocton? Possibly, Wagner said, as that is a general trend they are seeing in rural areas across the country.
"Main Streets and downtowns in general are becoming key economic drivers and differentiating points, especially for rural communities," Wagner said. "For most industrial development, land costs, utility rates, that sort of stuff is pretty consistent wherever you go. The differentiating point is really about where small businesses are starting, public amenities, housing diversity and that's happening in downtowns."
Mayor Mark Mills said getting a fresh set of eyes and outside perspective on the city can only be beneficial. During the meeting with government officials, Mills and others from the city talked much about recent property code changes and enforcement to get dilapidated structures in downtown renovated, razed or in the hands of responsible property owners.
The small business leaders portion featured Kirby and Amy Hasseman and Jason and Carly Thompson, who in the past year have bought buildings on Main Street and started complete structural overhauls with the aim of bringing in new businesses and residents for rental apartments.
"With Main Street, for example, I think people get stuck on 'there is nothing to do there,' instead of 'let's make something to do there,'" Mills said. "It's taking the first steps. I think we've taken the first steps, but I think we have a lot of good real estate downtown that needs to be developed into working spaces and entertainment spaces.
"When we get our successes downtown, other successes will follow," Mills added.
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Writers of the Future Holds Live Q&A for Aspiring Authors
May 4, 2021 /2 Comments/in News & Press Releases /by John Goodwin
Hundreds of writers signed up for the first-ever Writers of the Future Online Workshop Q&A. Workshop instructor, David Farland, hosted the first Q&A explicitly created for those who had completed the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future free online writing workshop. Promoted as an hour-long event, each session went nearly two hours, with David Farland answering virtually every question proposed.
Two time slots were available, Friday evening to allow guests from Asia and the Middle East and Saturday afternoon to allow guests from the Americas, UK, and Europe to attend.
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David from Australia wrote in, "It was fantastic and far outweighed my expectations. The audio and video quality was excellent for me, early pre-dawn Sunday morning in Australia. A great way to start my day of writing. As I thought the zoom call was going to be for an hour, to get an hour and fifty minutes was priceless. Thank you again."
Ciaran in Ireland wrote, "To be honest, I took ten full pages of notes from the meeting. I was sure that most, if not all, of what David had to say would be relevant and inspiring. I was right."
Amy from North Carolina, USA, commented, "I enjoyed the session immensely and learned a lot. I am humbled by how much time and energy Dave has for helping nascent writers and Galaxy Press's role in this effort to carry out the legacy of L. Ron Hubbard."
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Based on the success of the Q&A, another has been scheduled for Friday, July 10, at 7:00 p.m. PT and Saturday, July 11, at 1:00 p.m. PT. It's free. The only requisite to be invited is that you complete the Writing Workshop.
The writing workshop comprises 13 videos by Orson Scott Card, David Farland, and Tim Powers. There are also essays written by the founder of the Contest, L. Ron Hubbard, and practical assignments that take a writer from research and concepts to a completed short story. Complete transcripts enable anyone to translate into their language and receive the benefits of this free course.
There are over 5,000 registrants from 108 countries. With a 4.7 out of 5-star rating, the course is well-received from aspiring writers worldwide, as it is designed for the participant to go at their own pace.
Welcome videos from each of the judges teaching the workshop can be seen at Free Online Workshop.
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L. Ron Hubbard initiated the Writers of the Future Writing Contest in 1983 to provide "a means for new and budding writers to have a chance for their creative efforts to be seen and acknowledged." Based on its success, its sister contest, Illustrators of the Future, was created five years later to provide that same opportunity for aspiring artists.
The Contests have recognized 786 writers and illustrators throughout its 36-year history.
The intensive mentoring process has proven very successful. The 428 past winners of the Writing Contest have published 1,150 novels and nearly 4,500 short stories. They have produced 33 New York Times bestsellers, and their works have sold over 60 million copies.
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For more information on the Contests, visit www.writersofthefuture.com.
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Doc Honour says:
Scheduling this with anticipation – but the article says the next sessions are Fri/Sat July 10/11. My calendar shows Fri/Sat as July 9/10. So which is correct, the days of the week or the dates?
John Goodwin says:
Sorry, Doc. Fri and Sat the 9th and 10th are the correct dates.
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Here and There in Yucatan/New Year's Day Among the Mayas
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New Year's Day Among the Mayas.
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4090965Here and There in Yucatan — New Year's Day Among the Mayas.Alice Dixon Le Plongeon
NEW-YEAR'S DAY AMONG THE MAYAS.[1]
The Mayas, like the ancient Egyptians, had a solar, or astronomical year of twelve months; and a lunar, or civil year divided into eighteen months of twenty days; to which were added—to make 365—five days that had no name. The first month of the civil year was called Pop. It commenced on what is for us July 16, ending on August 5.
The first day of Pop was a general holiday, also a day of special worship. Those who could possibly afford it then had everything new—clothing, utensils, and furniture; even the household images that they venerated were provided with new garments. All discarded things, every particle of rubbish and dirt, were carried outside of the town or village. No one thought of touching anything thus thrown away, even though they might see useful articles, and be greatly in need of them.
Previous to New-Year's Day the priests and those gentlemen who wished to take part in certain religious ceremonies, abstained from all indulgence that might give them any gratification: and fasted a longer or shorter time, according to the strength of their devotion to the gods. Some fasted three months (sixty days), others only one. Once having commenced a fast, none would dare to break it until the end of the year, believing that if they did, dire misfortune would befall them. Throughout their fast they painted themselves black. The priests meanwhile elected four officials to assist them in the religious services of New-Year's Day. These assistants, called chacob, were supposed to represent the gods of rain and agriculture, also called chacob. The duty of the four men elected was to make a number of balls and cakes of incense needed for the occasion.
On the first day of Pop, those who had prepared themselves by fasting and other abstinence, washed off all the black paint, putting on red instead. We may suppose that the black paint signified the death of the old year; as for the red they considered it very becoming, using it because it was fashionable. It might on that particular occasion have been also symbolical of the new fire, likewise kindled on the first day of the year.
The priests and gentlemen assembled in the court-yard of the temple, with only a few aged women who had to dance. Before the ceremony began, many people came to deposit in the court-yard abundant presents in the shape of food and drink, with plenty of balché, the nectar of the gods, all of which was for the benefit of those who had patiently fasted. But first the rite must be observed.
The priests began by purifying the temple and the yard with incense; then the devil had to be cast out. This was done by passing a rope all round the yard, a chac being seated at each corner; an assistant was given some incense and a goblet of balché to carry outside of the village. He was strictly forbidden to taste the nectar.
Then the four chacob made the new fire, produced by rubbing together two pieces of wood, one hard, the other soft. It is a most interesting fact that the pireos or Magi priests in Persia, when their sacred fire went out—which they considered a great misfortune—had to kindle it in the purest way possible; this they did by rubbing two pieces of dry wood together, or by concentrating the solar rays, by means of mirrors or lenses, on something inflammable. They renovated their fire once a year, at the time of the summer solstice.
In the splendid Temple of the Sun at Cuzco, Peru, there were vestals who, like the young Levite girls educated in the Temple of Jerusalem, had to weave the ornaments of the temple, garments for the priests and their household, as well as for the family of the Inca. Their principal duty was to watch with untiring vigilance over the sacred fire, obtained at the feast of Raymi, from the rays of the sun, by means of a concave metallic mirror.
In Rome vestals were likewise bound to keep alive the fire obtained in the same way at the feast of Pales (goddess of the flocks). A similar obligation was imposed upon the priestess of Diana-Laphria at Patras. Any one of those maidens who unfortunately allowed the sacred fire to die out was relentlessly buried alive.
Even in the Roman Catholic Church, once every year, on the day following Good-Friday, the priests make new fire by striking together two stones. The officiating father blesses the new fire and extinguishes the old; he also burns incense on the freshly kindled coals, and a taper lit from them serves to light all the other candles, that they may burn with the new fire.
So among the Mayas, with the new fire the priests burned incense to their gods. Then one by one all those who were taking part in the ceremony received a small quantity of incense from the priest, who was careful not to spill the least portion of it; they threw it into the brazier little by little, watching it until every particle was burned; the old women meanwhile going through a weird dance to the beating of the sacred tunkul (drum) and the music of other instruments, such as the sistrum, used in religious ceremonies in many countries.
The priests earnestly besought that the blessing of Ku (Divine Essence) might rest upon the people during the year. They then felt at liberty to enjoy the good things that had been brought for them, so a banquet ensued, conducted with the strictest etiquette and good manners; while the people all over the land made merry as they pleased till the sun sank in the west and New-Year's Day was at an end.
↑ Published in "Harpers Bazar."
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This Romanian Designer Is Making Full-On Fashion out of Discarded Wires
By Liana Satenstein
Alexandra Sipa is making clothes fit for an electrifying parallel universe. The 23-year-old designer creates corset-like tops and body-engulfing ruffled dresses all out of discarded wires. The idea was born out of a happy accident. "I was researching for my sustainability project for school, and my headphones broke," says Sipa, who was in her second year at Central Saint Martins in London at the time. "I noticed the wires inside were so colorful. It was also the fifth time I broke my headphones that year, so I wanted to find a way to reuse them and thought about creating a fabric out of them." Sipa developed the concept, eventually incorporating it into her graduate collection this year, the results of which included a spellbinding A-line dress that took more than 1,000 hours to make.
Though the clothes appear futuristic, the inspiration for them comes from a place of nostalgia. Sipa, who grew up in Romania, credits her mother, a lingerie designer, for introducing her to fashion at a young age. "She made cardboard cutouts of Barbies for me to trace on paper and draw on top of and taught me how to hand-sew," says Sipa. Last summer, the young designer paid a visit to her grandmother in Bacau, Romania.
That trip deepened her interest in the country's sartorial past. Indeed, there are several historical and cultural references embedded in the collection. For example, the vibrant color palette is specifically designed to mirror the vibrant garb worn by Romanian women in the capital city, a counterpoint to their austere, urban environs. "The aesthetic of Bucharest is a mix of French architecture, gray brutalist apartment complexes, and mega Communist structures, like the Palace of Parliament," says Sipa. "The women are usually very careful about the way they look, getting all dressed up for a supermarket trip and loving the ultra-glamorous, ultra-feminine look." There is also a nod to the kitschy Romanian beach towels featuring prints of bikini-wearing women that are typically thrown over the back seats of truck drivers. Sipa's mother had found a few at a local charity shop, the motifs of which Sipa replicated into a wire jacket. "Most of the fabrics I used have a Romanian attitude," says Sipa. "Very nonchalant, humorous, and adaptable."
Sipa's eponymous label is a family affair down to the handiwork. Many of the lace techniques she uses are Romanian and were inspired by her grandmother's tablecloths. Sipa's mother helped to make lace over a Christmas break that is used in the collar of a jacket. "I did the patterns in London, sent them to her in Romania, where she sourced discarded electrical wires from a construction site near her house, finished them, and sent them back to me," says Sipa. Her boyfriend and business partner, Lucas Baker, also had a literal hand in the collection: He learned how to make lace.
When it comes to the art recycling, Sipa's grandmother remains her biggest influence. "Her home is one of the most creative, colorful places I've ever been in. She's a very outgoing, confident, creative woman, and you can see that in everything that surrounds her," says Sipa. "She will make any object look like a treasure, no matter where it came from."


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Victim Care Service for the Population of Norfolk and Suffolk
Friday, 12 July 2019, 8:06
To deliver the Norfolk and Suffolk Victim Care service to achieve the following outcomes: 1) Clients (and where applicable their families) are able to cope with and recover from the impact of their experiences.
United Kingdom-Ipswich: Health and social work services
Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner
Police Headquarters, Martlesham Heath
IP5 3QS
Contact person: Andrew Taylor
Telephone: +44 19534256992885
E-mail: taylora1@norfolk.pnn.police.uk
NUTS code: UKH
Internet address(es):Main address: http://www.suffolk.police.uk
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk
Building 8, OCC, Jubilee House, Falconers Chase
NR18 0WW
The contract involves joint procurement
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=28874&B=BLUELIGHT
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=28874&B=BLUELIGHT
Public order and safety
Reference number: 2019-009
Delivery of a victim of crime care service, that provides for the population of Norfolk and Suffolk in accordance with The Ministry of Justice Code of Practice.
Value excluding VAT: 31 500 000.00 GBP
Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
To deliver the Norfolk and Suffolk Victim Care service to achieve the following outcomes:
1) Clients (and where applicable their families) are able to cope with and recover from the impact of their experiences;
2) Improved community/practitioner awareness of the Norfolk and Suffolk Victim Care and its purpose and service offer;
3) Provides an integrated victim assessment, support and referral system which meets the individual needs of every victim it serves, including when the victim is also a witness of crime;
4) All victim assessment, support and referral services provided by Norfolk and Suffolk Victim Care are accessible to those with protected characteristics, by working directly with clients and/or where appropriate and beneficial, advocates and carers;
5) Provides a service which, as a minimum, meets the requirements defined by the Victims Code of Practice;
6) Provides a system that will ensure that each and every victim will be made fully aware of the support the system can offer them, including that they can receive a full assessment of their needs and referral to the right support identified as able to help them cope, recover and thrive;
7) Delivers a single point of contact/case management approach that ensures that services provided directly and specialised services provided by third parties are managed according to a victim management plan which provides consistent contact with the victim;
8) Has in place systems to capture and report all service performance, quality and outcomes measures;
9) Meets all service performance, quality and outcomes measures and reports against these to the OPCCS;
10) Integrates with and if necessary supports existing criminal justice agencies, services and processes including Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies' Victim and Witness Care Unit, the Witness Care Unit, and Court processes for victim and witness management and support;
11) Operates during optimum delivery times for victims, according to need.
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:
2 x 12 month extensions either awarded individually or in their entirety.
List and brief description of conditions:
Criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Tender must be valid until: 18/10/2019
Electronically via the Bluelight portal.
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
Stephanie Stearman or Andrew Taylor will open the tender safe.
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
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A dangerous notion
An Iraqi woman who left her native land for what she hoped was the safety of Germany has returned home — where she feels safer from Islamic State terrorism. Her decision is one more red flag for German officials who adopted an open-door policy toward refugees from the Middle East.
Ashwaq Haji Hami, 19, is of the Yazidi faith, from the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. While living in Iraq in 2014, she was captured by ISIS terrorists. She was enslaved and abused by a terrorist named Mohammed Rashid. She escaped and made her way to Germany.
There, two years ago, she saw Rashid, she told German authorities. Worrying that they were not taking her seriously, she returned to Iraq.
Now, German officials say they are looking into Hami's story.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's policy has been to accept enormous numbers of Middle Eastern refugees seeking asylum. From 2015-17, more than 1.3 million people took advantage of that.
Clearly, that number was far higher than German authorities could investigate properly. It was a golden opportunity for terrorists to infiltrate Europe.
That should serve as a lesson for Americans in our debate about immigration policy. Throwing open our borders, as some have suggested, would be dangerous.


Who would you guess out of the whole world, would have a one-of-a-kind Minecraft-themed "Top Notch" hat. Well, you'd be right if you guessed Minecraft creator himself, Markus "Notch" Persson, who was invited to play in Team Fortress 2's third Mixup event.
He played on RED, where he was teamed up with Valve's Jon Lippincott and Cobalt's Daniel Brynolf. They versed BLU which consisted of comprising film maker Freddy Wong, Valve's Robin Walker, and others. Notch took home the "Primeval Warrior" medal in one of the games, and Walker also presented him with the "Top Notch" hat.
"Welcome to a secret society so exclusive it makes the Illuminati look like a Costco. How exclusive? You are the only member. This is the only item of its kind in all of existence. So don't craft it, Miney."
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Paul and Jenae and family spent a day with us shortly after Christmas on their way to Arizona. It was super cold so we took them to the science center. One of the places in the science center the kids tend to always go is the Mars Rover room. Specifically the place where you get to build your own.
Then you give it a test drive.
Keith made one for Jane with a bit of her help.
One of the things Charlie has wanted to do for the longest time has been to ride to the top of the Arch. Keith had time off after Christmas so we decided to go.
Waiting for the little door to open so we can enter our tram "pod" that will take us to the top.
Only 5 little seats per pod. It was like being inside a large egg with a glass door so you can see out into the inside of the arch. The engineering behind the whole process is fascinating to me. The actual engineers in the family would think it is pretty cool.
Little windows at the top!
One of the things that was a big seller for Keith in our house was the basement that is almost completely unfinished. He worked in construction and this was a blank canvas that made him giddy. The part of the basement that is finished is fairly small and we really wanted to open it up more to give the kids and their friends a bigger place to play and go crazy without driving me crazy. So we are finishing a section of the basement and will knock out the wall in between it and the original finished section. Keith has enjoyed having a project, especially during the winter.
Molly likes to follow me down and sniff around the construction area while I am there. Whenever we send her out she is right there on the other side of the door waiting for us. The framed in box looking thing in the corner goes aroung the sump pump. However, the sump pump pipes aren't that tall so Keith framed in a raised floor for a reading nook that will have little steps going up to it. It has been fun to brainstorm various ideas of how to make the space fun for the kids.
The kids get so excited when Keith has a job that they can help with!
The flu season has been bad across the country this year and we didn't escape it. It hit some of us twice! It melts my heart to see how kind Charlie and Jane are when a family member is sick. They run to get their favorite stuffed animal or doll and give it to the sick person to help them feel better. Not long ago Keith and I were both sick at the same time. Ugh. Jane took her two most loved dolls and gave one to each of us so we could sleep with them instead of her. They draw pictures, cover the person with their own blankets and tell them over and over how very sorry they are that you are sick. Charlie likes to help Jane feel better by reading her books when she is sick.
Charlie had a birthday!!! 7 years!!! Can you believe it? He is such a kind-hearted, inquisitive, energetic kid. We love him to pieces.
Speaking of which, he read in a book one day about a neat way to see the patterns that salt makes as it melts through ice, so naturally we had to do it. You sprinkle salt on ice then add food coloring which lets you see the veins of water left behind by the salt crystals as the melt deeper and deeper into the ice. It looks more impressive in real life and with clear ice, which we didn't have.
We also made slime for the first time. It was more fun making it than playing with it! Or at least I think so.
We don't have many days where we are going out in public so Jane has been choosing her own clothes with little say, if any, from me. This particular day made me laugh. She was wandering around obviously frustrated about something when she found her cat ears. She got a huge smile on her face, put them on her head, and proclaimed: "Perfect! Now I'm a princess!!!" I'm not sure what cat ears have to do with being a princess, but then again I am not a 4-year old.
And last but not least Charlie is doing great in school. They recently celebrated the 100th day of school and he got these glasses. I don't know how well he could see in them but he managed to complete his spelling words while wearing them!
Thank you for posting Katie, Kate!! It always gives me a glimpse into Merrillville that I love to see and read about.


My brother and I love to listen to our daddy sing at the piano. When the songs end, he gives us each an English toffee that he keeps in a jar on the piano. The toffees are from England where he once sang on the stage.
One day, he said that we should learn to dance. The carpet is too rough, and we roll it up. The floor is still not slippery enough, so Daddy runs upstairs and brings down the box of face powder that sits on our mommy's dressing table. The powder makes the floor easy to slide on.
We are dancing and singing louder than the gramophone until we notice that our mommy is standing there with my sister at her side. She is angry. She sends my brother and me upstairs.
My sister takes piano lessons. I want to learn too. Mommy says no. I am four years old, how old do I have to be? Mommy says that it is not my age. Playing the piano is my sister's thing. Later, I can have something else. I don't understand. My mommy says that my sister has a lazy eye. She is slowly going blind. I feel bad. I don't want her to go blind.
My sister does not go blind. She wears glasses for her lazy eye, and later they invent special contact lenses. At school, she is still First of the Class.
This seems like a simple description, but the way you use the toffees to get to England and then to the stage where your father performed on piano and then back to the present piano session is an interesting device that is particular to your style of writing. There are objects which have connections to ideas that transport the reader to different places and times.


So what is this work-life balance?
I've always struggled with the term work-life balance. Why do we single out work as the thing we need to balance with life?
Shouldn't we try and balance everything in our life – including work?
I suspect that is one reason we work so hard and wear exhaustion as a badge of honour, because we separate work from our 'real' life.
I am a single mum and have been for many years now. I used to joke that I had two jobs and doing both relentlessly contributed to my burnout a few years ago (which I've written about on the BlueChilli blog).
I recently graduated from the SheStarts accelerator program where I started a startup, Pioneera, which aims to help others see the signs of stress before burnout.
We all need to have more in our lives than work – if we're a parent or not.
So I like to think about balance rather than work-life balance.
I always ask myself – "how is this contributing to my life?" Full stop – not work/life but just life.
1. Find what you love and do it……a lot!
We are all passionate about something – a hobbie, our family, exercise, or something.
Find what that is and do it regularly – at least several times a week, if not once a day.
I love to read and if I can get lost in a book for even just 10 mins, I'm a better person for it afterwards.
Most of us have many people and pressures in our lives. It's easy to put yourself last whilst you focus on everyone else. Women are particularly prone to this.
It is OK for you to prioritise yourself and what you need.
I started doing that a few years ago and it makes a huge difference.
Remember if the aeroplane is going down, you need to put on your own oxygen mask before you can help others!
3. Agree with your boss what you can/can't do.
It sounds simple, but we often take on way more than is humanly possible to complete because we want to seem capable. We then work ourselves into the ground to deliver and sometimes still miss the deadline, which compounds the problem.
Sit down with your boss (or yourself if you're the boss) and be practical about what you can complete.
This doesn't mean slack off, it means schedule and prioritise to get it done.
You will feel more in control and be far more productive.
4. Get rid of the guilt.
Guilt will kill you! I know that sounds dramatic, but it's the truth. You can't do any of the above if you're constantly feeling guilty about them.
You are entitled to be happy and balanced and enjoy your life – otherwise what are you here for?
Be present for what you're doing and do it 100%.
If all else fails, think about the example you want to set to those around you – particularly your children or if you're a leader, your team.
When I'm on the phone doing emails and my kids look at me disappointed I'm not engaging with them, I know that is not the example I want to set.
If we want to create a better future we need to show others how it's done. So let's do that together and create workplaces and lives we can be proud of.


My wife and I decided a light, frothy movie might lift our moods. We had been feeling a bit down since, well, November 9th. We chose "La La Land" a movie described as a throwback musical which has been generating a lot of Oscar buzz.
The Cinemax has sixteen screens, her odds were good.
I hung in there for fifteen more minutes of increasingly lightweight singing and dancing, but, when Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone's characters broke free of gravity in the Griffith Observatory and did a number while floating through the faux galaxy, they finally lost me.
Now the search was on. Which other movie had my wife chosen to watch? The small electronic billboards at the entrances to the sixteen theaters would only show the screen number for half a minute before changing to the title so I decided to just look in all the possible venues not worrying about what was playing.
As I walked down the dark alleyway of my first choice I could hear sniffling and crying from on the audience and on the screen a dog seemed to be in not the best of health. "A Dog's Purpose" did not seem a likely choice, but, I still quickly scanned the crowd to no avail.
The next screen featured brilliantly colored Lego characters preparing for some sort of battle accompanied by deafening music blaring at full throttle. Why do theaters feel the need to assault young children's eardrums? Well, my wife and I only get to these types of shows with our grandchildren. No need to check this crowd.
"Lion" was the next possibility. In fact, a good possibility because my wife had left "Lion" early about two weeks prior. Her generous, good heart had too much empathy to watch the disconcerting travails of the young Indian boy at the beginning of that movie. We were at the single screen Avon for that show so finding her was much easier. I knew she would be at the Brown Bookstore, one of our favorite haunts. I had stayed for the end of "Lion" and had told her that everything had turned out fine. Maybe she ventured into "Lion" now to see the conclusion. As the screen came into view the young boy was wrapped in Nicole Kidman's impossibly tall, impossibly pale motherly embrace. I scanned the audience, but, my bride was not to be found.
I rushed into the final theater not knowing the movie title. Before I could see the screen I could hear an odd mix of moans and a weird slapping sound. A quick glance at the screen showed me I was looking at "Fifty Shades Darker". I rapidly retreated without surveying the audience. Frankly, I didn't want to know! I could be certain my wife would not be in attendance. By the time I reached the exit for this theater I had convinced myself that every nun who had taught me, grades one through nine, at St. Leo's in the 1950's would be picketing against this movie just outside the door!
My fears were unfounded. My theater search was over. I walked out of the main lobby and into the mall where I discovered my wife had decided to browse the stores rather than try another movie.
We had a good laugh as I recounted my search.
Sometimes you do not need escapism to pull you out of the doldrums. Sometimes the silly, funny and inconsequential day to day events are all you need to soldier on.


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The Kenaston House is a historic building located in Rancho Mirage, California. The building is a fine example of the residences that master architect E. Stewart Williams designed between 1947 and the end of the 1960s. The single-story structure features a flat roof, deep overhangs, and large glass surface areas with sliding glass doors that facilitate its indoor-outdoor flow. He also integrated natural materials into the design that includes native rock used on some of the interior and exterior walls, and wood finishes that are used for the interior cabinets, doors, and walls. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

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Houses completed in 1957
Rancho Mirage, California
National Register of Historic Places in Riverside County, California
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in California
Modernist architecture in California
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French research institute CEA-Leti has extended its 300mm silicon-based wafer line, opening it up for production of integrated photonic chips and III-V on silicon devices.
The announcement was made at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, which took place from 1 to 5 December in San Francisco, USA.
The extension will allow new innovative technological modules to be inserted in, or made compatible with, industrial flows. Targeted technology includes edge AI, HPC, in memory computing, photonics, and power electronics.
CEA-Leti's CMOS strategy is based on a mix of priorities of CEA-Leti's partners and its researchers' ideas that pioneer enabling technologies to address societal challenges. These include cloud and edge computation, high-volume communication, multi-modality interaction and energy conservation.
The implementation of the 300mm line is possible thanks to financing of Auvergne Rhone Alpes region for the acquisition of a 193nm immersion lithography tool. CEA-Leti also benefited from financial support of the French government for the second phase of this plan (2018-2019).