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Show Don't Tell
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About Show Don't Tell
http://www.last.fm/user/kokocijo
Oshawa, ON, Canada
Music, Hockey, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science.
Last Rush Concert Attended
6-17-2015 - Toronto, ON, Canada
Favorite Rush Song
Between the Wheels
MP, SIG, GUP, PoW, HYF
July 17, 2010. Floor seats for the boys at the ACC in Toronto. Best concert I've ever been to.
Pink Floyd, Slowdive, Genesis, Camel, Cocteau Twins, Yes
Guitar, Keyboard/Piano, Alto & Soprano Saxophone
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What Do You Love The Most About Neil Peart?
Show Don't Tell replied to _hi_water._'s topic in NEIL PEART - 1952-2020
His drumming, of course! But his lyrics and other writings were a huge influence on me.
Cover of 'Pieces of Eight'
Show Don't Tell posted a topic in NEIL PEART - 1952-2020
Folks here probably know of the "Pieces of Eight" piece that Neil wrote and which appeared in a 1987 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. A Canadian musician I follow, Lee Rosevere, has recently put out an EP of covers of Can-Con called MAPL Roots, born out of a cover he did of the previously pointed-out Peart piece. In his own words: The release is a free download for all those interested! (And if you like more ambient and soundtrack-type music, do check out Lee's other records on Bandcamp. I am a big fan of his Five Minute Meditations series.)
Last 5 Alex Trebeck Jeopardy episodes begin tonight, Jan. 4
Show Don't Tell replied to driventotheedge's topic in Video Vertigo
I was a bit confused by this one. I don't follow football, but is there any more to this other than he is an NFL celeb?
I think Ken's nervousness led to him reading the clues quicker and the level of contestants was higher than normal. I though he did well and would be a good permanent host, though no one can replace Alex. Yeah, I thought he did well with the banter with the contestants as well. I'm curious to see how the other hosts do, the list of which apparently includes Katie Couric and Bill Whitaker, both of whom I think would perform really well.
Sad. :( Curious how other Jeopardy! fans feel about Ken. Obviously, no one can replace Alex, but I thought he did a decent job. Not sure if it was just me, but last week's games felt like they were quicker-paced. (I can't stand when there are still clues left on the board.)
Listening to Vapor Trails After Having Read "Ghost Rider"
Show Don't Tell replied to Show Don't Tell's topic in Rush
Dunno about phony, but forced...yes! "Hey there, Blunderbuss! Sorry you're in jail, and I really shouldn't complain, but yet I will. Americans are fat. I saw a bird." The letters also seem like padding. Lots and lots of padding. The book needed serious pruning, which he was apparently uninterested in. Jack Kerouac disease: "I mean what I write, so don't change a word." I'll admit the quantity of the letters was perhaps a bit much, even with the omissions to avoid repetition, though I suppose they did advance the story. As for the actual content, I dunno, I read it as authentically Neil, and I had to believe that the tone of them was appropriate (Brutus being a close friend of his). Still, the entire chapter of "Letters to Brutus" could have been condensed.
vapor trails
As I understand it, Gabriel is an alias for the woman that Neil fell for during his post-tragedy recovery. Tge song Sweet Miracle chronicles his journey from despair through anger and finally to acceptance by way of finding love again (Gabriel). One of my favorite RUSH songs. Yes, this was the spring of 1999, so about half a year before he met Carrie. In Chapter 12 of Ghost Rider, he reveals (mostly in letters to Brutus and others) his feelings for Gabrielle, but how they still seem foreign and induce a sense of guilt (re. Jackie's sister, Deb). Certainly "Out of touch / With life in the land of the loving". And later, when she cools off a bit, "Out of touch / With the things that last / And the things that come apart". Most obviously, though, I remember the title phrase in an excerpt Neil transcribed from Victory by Joseph Conrad: (p. 330 of my edition of GR) Anyway, good note about Sweet Miracle. I didn't make the connection to it at first. I agree it is a great song!
Show Don't Tell posted a topic in Rush
I was curious to get some peoples' opinions on this. I recently finished Ghost Rider and, the next day, put on my VT CD to listen to (the remix/remaster – I'm not a masochist!). Anyway, it was interesting to hear the album in a "reflected in another source of light" as it were, specifically the songs related to Neil's travels. I obviously always knew the big picture of what happened from 1997 to 2002, but reading all the details gave some more context. For example, beyond the obvious "Ghost Rider", there is "Secret Touch" relating to his experience with Gabrielle; the mentioning of tarot cards in "Peaceable Kingdom" (probably inspired by the surprisingly accurate tarot card reading he had done); the line, "You can't tell yourself how to feel" in "How It Is", which is recurrent throughout the latter half of the book. Actually, in terms of "Ghost Rider", I heard the lines, "There's a shadow on the road behind / There's a shadow on the road ahead" differently upon the most recent listen, and connect it to perhaps his reference of a "splintered personality" during his healing journey, of which the Ghost Rider was one facet. It's strange because I always thought I knew what Vapor Trails was, and now it has given me a new perspective.
Neil Peart Has Passed Away
Show Don't Tell replied to southpaw2k5's topic in NEIL PEART - 1952-2020
Currently watching the Colorado Avalanche game, and they were just playing TSoR in between whistles. And then the organist did what sounded like a quick rendition right after. Cool to hear.
My second favourite drummer behind NEP is Mike Portnoy, and he said a few words. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Neil Peart will always be a mentor and a hero to me and his influence on me as a drummer for the past 40 years is absolutely impossible to measure" "But beyond that, over the past 15 years or so, he's become a friend…always such a gentleman and a gracious host. Always inviting me to come to soundcheck and spend some time before the show whenever Rush was passing through." "I have so many memories through the years, but probably the most special was the last time I saw him. I took my son Max to see Rush on their farewell tour as I wanted him to see the band before they retired...Neil ever the incredible gracious host invited us to soundcheck, let Max play his drums, gave him a pair of sticks and an autographed snare drum head and opened up his dressing room to us for the evening. The point is, if you were his guest you were family. I could go on and on and on but I need to process this. Sadly, I've known about Neil's declining health for a few years now and always feared this news...but I am still shaken to the core in shock." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Haven't posted in some time, but had to come together with TRFers for this grieving. The news shocked me this afternoon when my parents notified me. I am going to need some time with this one. Among everything else, I just feel bad for his family. First, he had to endure the tragic deaths of his wife and daughter in the late 90s, then he himself passes away when his daughter is still so young. RIP Pratt
Geddy Lee - My Headache
I missed your post. Great stuff — it sounds plausible that that could be Andrew MacNaughton as the interviewer! I chuckled because on track 10, Geddy mentions that the picture of the band taken in the insert for Grace Under Pressure is, in his mind, one of the worst photos taken of the band. I expected more of a response if it was Andrew in the room with him, but then I don't think he did photography for the band until Presto era.
my favourite headache
Yeah, if you are talking about , then my disc sounds like this. I was quite disappointed when I heard it was not professionally done in a radio studio or anything. And the fact that it's a CD-R is just the icing on the cake. That's cool you have some actual silvers, though. Would be interested in hearing them.
Know nothing about this. Time for some research as to how I might get one. Have a few radio shows from that period but not this one. Unless it's a knock off on one of those. That tends to happen these days. Yeah, this is definitely not an in-studio radio interview. The sound quality is "amateur" (tape hiss throughout; sounds like it was recorded on a portable tape recorder). After ripping it, it appears this is a CD-R, too! I feel a bit like I've been ripped off... Then again, the interview is new to my ears, so there's that.
We all know about Dirk's solo record, My Favourite Headache, but I recently stumbled upon a CD called just My Headache. It had no tracklist on the back, just a note about Rush's induction into the RRHoF. Curiosity got the best of me, and I ended up buying it. I popped it into my stereo and found it to be an interview with Geddy (discussing MFH, of course). No idea who the interviewer is, though, nor the exact date of the recording. I was not able to find a lot of information about it on the net, though, except for this AllMusic entry. Does anyone know anything about this release?


The Bass pro shops at Great Lakes crossing mall are having a turkey calling seminar on April 5th I will try to get more ion as it comes up.
I have been at Kensington for two years now. I like deer hunting, turkey hunting, duck hunting, and small game, walleye fishing, ice fishing, and pan fishing I also like football and hockey.
looking forward to having you at my table at the Wild Game dinner and to future hunting adventures.
Billy welcome to the Field and Stream Team. I'm sure Perry will get you out in the woods and water. Can't wait to meet you . Maybe at the wild game dinner.
Welcome to the FAST family! This is the online home of our men's ministry group. So make yourself at home by posting some of your outdoor adventures. We love to see other successful harvest from other members of the group. I look forward to meeting you at an upcoming event. So be sure to check out the events page for what is coming up. Alright now!
Welcome to the FAST Team Billy! Looking forward to meeting you at one of our next events. Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have!


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Travelling to various places on our planet is considered to be connected with substantial scope of benefits. It is connected with the fact that each country we visit we have a possibility to get to know new culture, meet new people and see different buildings that this country is popular from. Hence, we ought to also keep in mind that plenty people find travelling one of the most attractive ways to find out diverse countries and places they have never heard of.
This fact and need has been discovered by enterprises providing various services in the topic of tourism, which is connected with the fact that the prices for flight – PLL LOT – tickets that can be sometimes found out are very low. In some cases then travelling with an airplane to another country might be significantly less expensive than to travel with a bus within our country. This means that not benefitting from such opportunities is something really demanding to understand.
In terms of cheap ways of travelling (more questions), we ought to also be aware of the fact that low prices is also an element of a marketing strategy. For instance let's think about the airplanes, which still a variety of people are unaware what is it like to travel on it. It is implied by the fact that not only are they quite scared with such a perspective, but also such people tend to think that it is very expensive. On the other side, in the reality not only travelling with an airplane is quite safe, as a lot of people don't understand that each accident is preceded with thousands of good flights. Moreover, thanks to the trends in the topic of tourism it is also pretty cheap, which means that obtaining a ticket even a month before departure we might do this without investing a fortune.
In the light of the points mentioned above, in order to get to know diverse beautiful regions on our planet, we should keep in mind that the growth in the sphere of tourism is something that might support us substantially visit different places and watch them on our own eyes, which for a variety of people from older generation was very impossible.


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Beautiful Bali – Again.
Ubud, Bali. Tuesday 4th October 2017
Those of you who've been following this tale will know that I spent Christmas 2015 in Ubud with my Aussie friends Phil and Trish. They weren't around this time and with Dan gone, I was on my own. My plan was to spend a couple of days in Ubud then return to Nancy's to take up her invite to stay for a few days. I rode into town on familiar roads with the advantage, for once, of actually knowing where I was going. Ubud is always busy, although it being the low season I was hopeful of finding a decent homestay at a good price. After riding round the streets near the centre I found a really nice place where I was able to talk the price down from IRP350k to only 200k, a real bargain for a very nice room. I'm sure the effect of the Mount Agung volcanic activity worked in my favour here. It was nice to walk around this atmospheric town again. The streets were very busy, as were the eateries, but I found a nice backstreet warung where I enjoyed Pepes Ikan, one of my favourites dishes.
The sign by the front door.
When I was here last Phil and Trish had just divested themselves of a partnership in a yoga retreat and had acquired some land on which they planned to build their own. Phil had taken me to see it, when it was just a patch of trees and scrub. By this time it had been completed and operational for six months. I was very keen to see just what sort of job had been made of it. One thing I did know was that they both expended many hours of effort and heartache in the design and on decisions about decor and furnishings. Was it worth it? Yes, very much so.
As yoga studios go, this beats the local leisure centre any day.
One of the key features of this piece of land is that it backs on to a tree filled ravine with a river at the bottom. This has been cleverly incorporated into the design in that the yoga studio and spa area both overlook this feature, giving a sense of huge openness and space as you look out across it. Greenery and sky is all you can see, probably about as relaxing as you can get. There's a swimming pool where the water flows out over one end in a waterfall, and is then collected and pumped back up to the pool again. So while you're lying on the spa table, having your muscles pulled this way and that, you can listen to the calming waterfall and watch birds flying around the treetops. What could be nicer? The rest of the building is equally thoughtful and well designed. Beautiful bedrooms, a lovely lounge area and all with decor and furnishings of superb quality and taste. Yes, I was very impressed.
A super relaxing ambiance.
Phil and Trish have been great friends to me so although I don't usually do this kind of thing, I'm going to give them a shameless plug. Trish is a very experienced yoga instructor and runs her own retreats there at various times of the year. They also hire it out to other people so they can run retreats of their own. If you want to attend, or run, a yoga retreat then contact them via their Facebook page: Villa Tana Shanti or Shake Your Buddha Yoga. I don't believe you'll regret it.
I spent the rest of the day trying to buy some things I needed, and failed, but walked a long way in the process. So when I got back to the centre of town and saw a place advertising a 'hot stone massage', it seemed like just what I needed. Apart from anything else, my back (which I wasn't going to mention again) was still sore and I thought some heat treatment might help. It's very nice to spend ninety minutes lying on a table while somebody oils you up and then manipulates every muscle, from neck to toe (excluding the middle). Then to have the hot stones placed onto various parts while their heat transfers into your muscles is exquisite indeed, provided they're not too hot of course (definitely avoiding the middle!). Did it help? It's hard to say but I enjoyed the attempt very much. Ubud is full of these kind of personal therapy places. It all ties in with the spiritual and new age ambience of the town.
Who is the subject of this statue, in the middle of one of Ubud's busy junctions? I've no idea, but I love it.
There was no rush to get to Nancy's next morning so I drifted over there about midday. Let me explain a bit about her. She came to Indonesia as a Peace Corps volunteer during the seventies after she'd finished college. Following that she became an employee of the World Health Organisation, mainly dealing with women's health, especially reproduction. She's acted as consultant on various projects and in effect spent most of her working life in the region. She bought this house in Bali about fifteen years ago and has built a guest house as well. That was where I'd be staying. It's a source of income for the family that look after her and maintain her property, so I was therefore happy to pay my way.
Nancy was in Timor Leste at the time of the referendum, acting as an official observer. She said most westerners involved hoped that the people would decide to become an autonomous region within Indonesia and go for independence later. But given how they'd been treated during the occupation that was always unlikely. The country made some bad decisions, Nancy thought, especially in choosing Portuguese as the official language. They'd been governed and educated in Indonesian for the last twenty five years so they straight away put themselves at a disadvantage. The departing Indonesians damaged a lot of the infrastructure too so the new government bought a lot of 'clapped out gear' (Nancy's description) from Portugal, such as communications equipment, when they could have got better for less elsewhere. Not a good start for a new country and it's no surprise that progress seems slow.
There's always colourful shrines around.
Among other conversations we talked about crime in bigger towns, such as those in Java, the next island I'd be visiting. Nancy made the point that with a much more itinerant population in these places the 'home village' effect was greatly reduced. By this she meant the social pressure that falls upon people to be of good character so as not to shame their family. It's not that anyone who's living away from home will misbehave, but some do and that's were the security risk arises. If you think about your own childhood, and your parents' demands not to 'show us up' or 'bring shame on the family', this pressure is the same everywhere, to one degree or another. Having always felt safe in Asia from some of the kind of pressures that go with life in the west, I appreciated the warning.
Nancy and one of her dogs.
One morning Nancy told me she was going to a funeral and invited me along. The deceased was a a relative of Abeen, who works for her, and was gong to be buried. Being a Hindu society, the desire is for a cremation but these are very expensive and also require a highly auspicious day. So families will bury their dead until they have enough money for the cremation, then disinter them ready for the ceremony, usually to be held alongside other families, and possibly years later. But the burial also requires an auspicious date so the body of the deceased could have been laid out in the family shrine for several weeks. It would have been embalmed and kept wrapped up, and the embalming helps preserve the body during its temporary rest in the ground.
Last resting place before burial.
We arrived and were made welcome. We were given some snacks and Nancy handed over her gift to the family. Gifts are always given and a note is made of who gave what so that proper reciprocation can take place when required. I was allowed to take photos of the body too, which was adorned with small gifts and clothes, useful in the afterlife. I wasn't alone in this seemingly ghoulish activity. It is, in fact, perfectly normal, it being a celebration after all. This woman was sixty five when she died, which matches the average life expectancy in Bali. There was plenty of chatter going on, and mingling of people. Several people spoke to me too although we left before the actual burial. There were three taking place that morning.
Talking of auspicious dates, Nancy showed me a calendar which had been collated by the local spiritual leaders. It showed the best dates for many activities, including such things as buying a goat; planting rice; buying and knife and even a good date for sharpening it. Balinese life is full of ceremonies and I remember being told last time I was here that their cost is partly responsible for keeping poor people poor.
I mentioned to Nancy at one point that I'd seen a shop selling 'fashionable hijabs'. She said that when she first arrived she very rarely saw them but thinks that there is now a baleful Saudi Arabian influence at work. They contribute money towards new mosques and not unnaturally probably expect something back by way of a closer acceptance of their version of Islam. It seemed to me to be the younger women who liked the hijab. I often saw mixed groups where the older women didn't seem to be too bothered. As I may have mentioned before, I haven't seen a face veil of any kind, which to me can only be a good thing.
A calendar filled with auspicious dates for everyday life.
So those few days with Nancy drew to a close. I'd had a great time talking to and learning from her and we shared common feelings on many things. Yes, we did discuss Trump, and she's appalled by him, but as time goes by she feels more and more disconnected from her homeland, having lived away from it for so long. Meanwhile I'd spent some of my time making plans so it was time to get going once more and carry them through.
The area around the capital, Denpasar, can be both heaven and hell. The roads definitely fall into the latter category, being choked with traffic and its associated foul air, heat, dust and frustration. But some of them lead to nice places, so it's often worth the fight. One such is the Le Meyeur museum, down by the beach at Samur. Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur was yet another European painter, Belgian this time, who came to Bali and fell in love. In his case as well as the island itself it was with a young dancer who was his model for many art works but whom he later married. And I don't blame him for that as she certainly looks stunning, as do her two friends, who also modelled. The paintings reflect Balinean life as it was at that time. After Indonesian independence they were persuaded to sign over the house they shared by the beach to the government, so it could be a museum for his works, 80% of which are displayed there. After his death in 1958 Ni Pollock, his wife, carried on living there but on condition she accepted the presence of visitors. The house itself is significant enough to be worth preserving as it is furnished and crafted in a style representative of that period. He was one of many European artists attracted to the natural and unspoiled beauty of the island and to the unique culture practised there.
Taman Kertha Gosa Halls of Justice.
I rode a bit further round the coast, then inland a bit, to a place called Klungkung, where I wanted to have a look at the Taman Kertha Gosa. This 18th century pavilion was built by the local Rajah as a meeting place for him and his ministers where they could discuss justice. It was the courthouse too and it was in this regard that the ceiling and frieze were decorated with scenes from the story of Bhima Swarga, the main character in a Hindu epic. The story deals with various aspects of heaven, hell and justice, and is painted using very popular Balinean characters. It's very gory, with stabbings, be-headings and beasts of all kinds, but the objective was to give those who were on trial an idea of the punishments they could face but also, if they looked up at the centre of the ceiling they could find consolation in the paintings of the gods. The paintings have been restored several times and while I was there I saw a guy drawing some designs on paper for transfer onto the ceiling later. He told me he was a descendant of the original artists and that it was common for this work to stay within families. There are two pavilions there, one smaller than the other, but both decorated in the same way. They were surrounded by water and very nice gardens, a common feature of significant Balinean buildings. Across on one side was a museum with some local artefacts in it, worth a look but nothing very special. But there was something fascinating about Kertha Gosa and how it represented this strange outpost of Hindu culture mixed with local custom, known as Bali.
Behave, or else!
Fantastical figures and an amazing cutural work of art.
The threatening clouds hovering above me started to deliver so I went looking for a bed. After a false start or two I came across a very cheap hotel, was able to put my bike in the foyer and settled in to easily the roughest room I've stayed in, and paid for,so far. But it had a bed, the bed had a mattress and pillow and there was a bathroom down the hall. As well as being dirty it was dirt cheap, so I didn't mind. Just down the road was a food market where plenty of stalls sold a whole variety of dishes and I had a very nice Gado Gado for a very small price. To finish up the evening I walked over to the Cenotaph where stories are told of Balinese defenders battling against various invaders, including the Dutch. Unfortunately they were usually bringing knives to a gun fight so eventually lost, but the displays were great. Individual set pieces made up of models acting out the battle scenes, rather like what the local modelling society might display at the church fete, but better. They even had the information written in English too. Wonderful.
I probably should have taken more notice of this sign. If only I knew what it said.
Crappy room or no, I still slept well and set off next morning for a busy day sightseeing. The temple complex of Pura Besakih was the first port of call, perched 1,000 metres up the slopes of Mount Agung. Now that name should have rung a bell but I hadn't actually realised that was where I was heading. I still didn't realise it when I rode through a town, passing some police vehicles and a large yellow sign with red writing on it, along with a no entry sign. But I began to get an inkling that something wasn't quite right when I arrived in Besakih and found the place to be completely deserted. Now this really is unusual. All Indonesian towns are as busy as an ants nest and a bee hive combined. There's always people buzzing around on their scooters, or in and out of shops. Add in that it's a major tourist attraction too, and the streets should have been crammed. Instead – nothing! It made me think of Dodge City at High Noon. Eventually the penny dropped. The temple was inside the Mount Agung exclusion zone, set up because of the threatened eruption, and I'd ridden right into it. A local told me I might as well have a look at the temple while I was here, so I did just that. I couldn't get inside it so I walked around the grounds and took photos.
Just the start of the temple complex. There's lots more behind it.
I'd just got back to where I'd parked the bike when the aforementioned police vehicles turned up, like the Flying Squad arriving at a bank raid, complete with sunglasses, moustaches and AK47s. The boss man shook my hand and very politely enquired as to what I was doing, explaining that I was inside the risk area. I said I'd just come up to get some photos and apologised for my mistake. We chatted about where I was from and where I was going and he, assuming I'd just arrived there, said I could climb up the first set of steps and take a couple of pictures. I somehow failed to tell him I'd been there a while so fell in with that suggestion before thanking all these gun toting young men and made good my escape. It was a shame I couldn't explore properly though as this is quite a spectacular place, as temples go. There's twenty three of them, leading ever further up the mountainside. During the eruption of 1963 the lava flow only missed the complex by a few metres, which was considered a real miracle by the locals and a significant message from the spirits which occupy Mount Agung. You and I would probably just call it good luck.
Oops, it's the Rozzers. Note the utterly deserted streets behind them.
Climbing further up into the hills, on permitted roads this time, I went to the Batur Lake viewpoint. A very busy place by contrast, crowded with school kids on a day out. The view is spectacular, looking right across the lake to Mount Batur, with its double caldera. It too is active. Last erupting in 2000. Despite the risk, there are four villages beneath it, enjoying the benefit of the super fertile soil and taking advantage of the tourist industry too. Sadly it was far too hazy for decent photos. Then, it was back down the mountain road, along the coast for a bit, then up into the hills again. Good riding, quiet roads and great scenery. The rain holding off too. I like this life on days like these.
Volcano and lake at Mount Batur viewpoint.
My last port of call for the day was Taman Tirta Gangga. The name means 'Water From the Ganges', with an obvious cultural significance for Balinese Hindus. It was built in 1948 by the local Rajah, whose name was Anak Agung Agung Anglurah Ketut Karangasem. I know full well that you've read all the way through this blog post just to enjoy reading that name. This large complex, proudly rebuilt since its almost total destruction in the Mount Agung eruption of 1963, is a peaceful haven of fountains, ponds, plants and statues. There's a pool in which to swim and the main pond has a network of stepping stones in it so you can get nice and close to the fish and fountains, if you want to. The main feature is an eleven tiered fountain, reminding me of a watery wedding cake, possibly suiting a king with almost as many names. I wandered around the many paths, just enjoying the ambience as the afternoon drew towards evening. The complex includes an expensive looking hotel, which may have been the former palace.
Designed for peaceful enjoyment.
Fit for a king.
Such places are too rich for my pocket so I tried one of the homestays opposite the entrance, and found an excellent place. So nice, in fact, that I spent three nights there. Homestays are a great way of getting cheap accommodation and they're invariably of good quality. Most of the time you'll be in a small building of your own, with one or maybe two double beds and en suite bathroom. Usually with free wi-fi and also air conditioning. They don't often have hot showers but that really doesn't matter in such a warm climate. The price will reflect where it is and what's nearby. This one was set in some beautiful gardens, clearly the pride and joy of the family that owned it, and the property included a nice, and cheap, warung. All this for RP100,000 – less than six GBP. A couple of times I've arrived at places later than intended and have had to search around for accommodation. The mapping apps on my phone can be very helpful here but can't always be relied on. I've found myself knocking on the door of private houses sometimes, believing them to be guesthouses. Very embarrassing. But I've always been lucky in finding a place to stay at a reasonable price – so far.
A beautiful garden to look at while I worked.
A couple of days in this relaxing place enabled me to catch up on some writing and to enjoy a walk up in the hills, where rice paddies abound, alongside various other crops. The area is very fertile and well watered, and it shows. When on the bike, heading from one place to another, I rarely have reason to wander 'off piste'. But while out walking I went down some of the back roads and was surprised to find how much activity there is around and about. Very small settlements of maybe a dozen houses but usually a shop and a tiny warung in among them. The shop would mostly be for the very essential cigarettes and also packeted junk food for the kids. I've honestly never been in a part of the world where the men smoke so much. It was very rare to see a woman smoking in public though.
After that relaxing sojourn it was time to get back on the tourist trail. I headed back down to the coast, now noticing several signs at various junctions warning of the Mount Agung exclusion zone. After a while I saw a sign telling of a waterfall so I thought I'd take a look. Pulling into the parking area I saw a couple of western guys there so I got chatting with them. Blue and Jimmy are both American but have lived in Bali for many years. I didn't get to discover Blue's back story but Jimmy told me he came here in 1991 and got involved in property development down in Semingyak. When he started building down there that hell hole of traffic and tourists was just paddy fields, he told me. He married a Balinese woman and now spends his time between Bali and Aspen, Colorado. He said he's become fed up with the States, with all the friction between people, and that it's become a dreadful place. They both told me the waterfall wasn't really worth the thirty minute walk to see it and recommended another one, a short distance away, called Sekumpul. Twin falls, very spectacular. So I left there and headed off.
It's no wonder my brake didn't work. Vital parts, gone AWOL.
Now here's one of those bike riding stories which always make me feel a bit foolish. Ever since Timor Leste I'd had a problem with my rear brake slowly applying itself until it stopped the bike – which is its job, after all. At first I thought it was a problem with a sticking valve in the master cylinder but eventually I realised it was the adjuster bolt for the brake pedal. It had lost its lock nut and was slowly winding itself out, thereby taking up the slack and eventually pushing the brake on. I'd replaced the adjuster nut but a couple of days previously had made an adjustment to the brake and had undone a retaining clip in the process. I'd obviously forgotten to replace the clip because when I'd had a look at it up at the waterfall car park, wondering why I had no back brake at all, I realised the pushrod that links the brake pedal to the cylinder wasn't there. Well, that would explain the total absence of rear braking effect then. This was going to require some new parts and at the second bike repair shop I tried, the guy there had some new brake cylinders, which come with the pushrod included. Unfortunately he didn't have one that fitted my rather obscure make of bike so in the end he took the pushrod from a new cylinder and we jury rigged it to fit. It works perfectly, and all for the princely sum of 4 GBP. Wonderful!
Much better now though.
And the helpful shop owner to thank.
Much better now though. And with a helpful shop owner to thank.
Sekumpul waterfalls were as amazing as I'd been promised even though getting to them was a bit of an endurance test. I was directed into a car park, even though I could see there was a road going further towards them. "For locals only," I was told. But, spookily, someone would take me down there, for a fee, on their scooter. I don't play that game so I walked the 2kms down to the entrance, which had a perfectly good car park next to it, paid my fee and then went down what seemed to be endless steps to get to the bottom. I love to look at waterfalls. I just like the endless flow of water, which seems focussed on nothing more than falling over the cliff edge and foaming away downstream to who knows where. It's both mesmerising and peaceful, despite the constant thunder of sound. I sometimes wonder what it's all for but then realise it isn't 'for' anything. It just 'is'. Rivers carve up the land and one of the marks they leave as they go is a waterfall. Wonderful.
Sekumpul waterfalls. Nature doing its thing.
On the walk back towards those dreaded steps I was stopped by a group of lads for a chat. We talked for 10-15 minutes, with one of them videoing it all, probably as proof for their teacher, and many selfies were taken. They decided to accompany me back up the steps, which worked out well because they had scooters parked at the top and one of them gave me a lift back up to my bike. That saved me a long walk. Thanks lads, it's always good to talk.
That evening was one of those where I had to wander around, from place to place, to find a room. Too expensive, full up or not open was the story until I finally found a hotel where I got an economy room. 'Economy' meant there was no shower, just a tank of water with a scoop, no bed covering and the wi-fi signal didn't quite reach the room. Being a Friday the only place I could find open nearby was the Indonesian version of KFC, Jaya Fried Chicken. In Sanskrit 'Jaya' means 'Victory'. Yes, it was just as bad as KFC but at least it was food.
I've no idea what this represents but it's quite a sttaue!
The village of Candikuning is supposed to be some kind of special place. It's nicely situated by a lake up in the hills, and spreads itself up the hillside, but the only thing to see of any note, apart from expensive looking restaurants, was the Botanic Gardens. And these were very nice indeed. The wide road up through the middle had some striking statues along it, based on Hindu legend, I'm guessing. I liked the giant ferns and the walk through the bamboo forest, but my favourite was the cactus house. There was a huge variety of types and sizes, some of which I would never have identified as cactus had they not been labelled. They were all set out in a very attractive way too.
Inside the amazing cactus house. Pretty prickly.
Another local homestay that night, but this time with the free addition of two mosques nearby. I only mention them because the Muezzin seemed to be in competition with each other as to who can shout the loudest, and they were at it for over an hour. It seemed that the call to prayer had been extended to actually broadcasting the whole service over the loudspeakers. These things become normal background noise after you've been in a Muslim country for a while but even so, I was hoping they wouldn't be quite so enthusiastic for the morning call at 4am.
The threatening rain didn't appear as I headed back to the coast, aiming for temple complex of Uluwatu. Perched high on a cliff top, it had several Hindu temples and shrines, dating from the 11th century, located among nice gardens and walkways. Jimmy had opined that these temples are just piles of rock unless a ceremony is going on. This place brought that home to me as none of them were accessible. An unspectacular place in a spectacular cliff top location. What a shame. More interesting were the Macaque monkeys, especially one little beggar. He was on the ground so I stopped to take a photo. The clever little monkey promptly snatched my water bottle out of my hand and scampered up a nearby tree. It seems they do this hoping to get fruit off their victim, at which point they will give up what they took. This bartering system is a behaviour they've learned and is passed down through the generations. I didn't know the rules so I just picked up a stone and threatened him with it. He snarled at me and I snarled back at him and eventually he dropped the bottle. Then after a bit more snarling he moved off and I retrieved my water. Geoff 1 – 0 Monkey.
He snarled, I snarled better.
On the recommendation of some people I met in the car park, I headed to a nearby backpacker hostel, where there were some English people staying. It was nice to be able to have a chat for a change. Being back in the tourist area the hostel was not all that cheap but when the young Balinese guy in charge learned about my travels he gave me RP20k back "because you're so cool.". I didn't mind that at all.
As I walked down to the main road to get some food I passed by some kind of event taking place in a field. On closer inspection it turned out to be a cock fighting arena. Now rightly banned in the western world, it still seems to be legal here to the extent that the arenas are marked on mapping apps. Curiosity got the better of me and one of the guys near the fence said to come on in, so I did. It's not at all a pretty sight, as you can imagine. The cockerels have a huge metal spur on their foot and wear a hood until the fight starts. There's lots of betting of course. After all, that's really what it's all about. The owners squat on the edge of a square showing off their birds to the crowd. They stand up and walk around a bit, then squat back down again, then repeat. All to get the crowd going. It reminded me of nothing more than two posturing sumo wrestlers, although much slimmer and with no salt throwing. Eventually the hoods were removed and the fight began, with the two birds charging each other. In a flurry of screeching and feathers, it was all over within ten seconds. I didn't see the coup de grace as someone got in the way, and I think I'm quite glad about it. Raising animals purely for the purpose of fighting is an appalling thing to do, it must be said, but I make no apologies for having a look. I left to continue my walk to the warung where I was careful to select a seafood dish.
Getting the crowd worked up ready for the fight.
My final temple visit was to Tanah Lot, the best known down in that area. This temple, Uluwatu and five others all form a chain along the south west coast. Each one is within sight of its neighbour although I don't know whether there's a particular reason for this. They're all influenced by ancient Balinese culture as well as Hinduism. The rocky coastline makes a dramatic setting for the two temples here. One was built on a promontory of rock which has an arch through it where the sea ebbs and flows. That one was closed for safety reasons. The bigger one sits on a small rocky island, only accessible when the tide is at least partly out. Getting to them from the car park involves a walk through a maze of souvenir shops, selling all the usual tourist tempting rubbish. As usual, I was amazed by how all the clothes shops sell the same clothes, the trinket shops all the same trinkets etc. What is the point?
Dramatic setting, but no access.
Down on the beach I walked across to the temple rock, went through the ritual hand and face washing in holy water you're encouraged to do before entering some of these temples (for a small donation, of course), then found it to be closed. I wasn't impressed. It had been Diwali that weekend, which may have had something to do with it, or it may have been for safety reasons. But I don't know. So I had a walk along the rocky beach and took photos. There wasn't much else to do really. I fancied taking some sunset pictures from the cliff above, where there was a long row of cafés and eateries, all overlooking the sea and situated there for that purpose. I got some tea and waited around until the sun set behind the clouds and disappeared over the horizon which I couldn't see. Don't get me wrong, it's a lovely place, but I definitely came away disappointed.
Them main temple out on the rock. Another dramatic setting but …..
Before going to the temple I'd found a nice homestay in a nearby village and decided to spend a couple of nights there, needing to make some plans. I'd pretty much seen all I wanted to in Bali and was going to Java next. I must admit to usually feeling a bit nervous before heading off to a new place. Even though it's only a short ferry ride away, Java is very different to Bali and I wanted to feel prepared. The homestay owner, Kutan, put my bike in his garage where I spotted that he had his own collection of bikes, some of them clearly classics. Something to investigate tomorrow, was my thought. He gave me a lift down to a place called the Fat Hog, right next to the beach. Run by an Aussie/Indonesian couple, it had only just opened and was catering to the tourist trade. Prior to this they'd bought and sold land (that sounded familiar) but now wanted a steady income. The ambience was nice and the food was good so provided there's no volcanic eruption I'm sure they'll do well.
One of Kutan's neighbours, a guy named Gapi, called round. He speaks very good English and is training to be a tour guide. We got on very well so decided to go back to the Fat Hog that evening. That was handy because he could give me a lift. It's a bit of a walk down to there. Joking aside, it made a pleasant change to spend an evening in somebody else's company and it was very enjoyable.
Two obscure European two strokes. Nicely restored and readynfor parading.
Before I left next morning I had a look at Kutan's bike collection. He seems to like obscure European two stokes, the makes of which I can't remember, and he also had a nicely customised small Honda, in a bright yellow. But the strangest of his machines was a trike, which had begun life as a scooter but which now had two more engine/rear wheel units added to it, one each side of the original. It must have been very strange to ride, especially with three rear wheels and three engines. I can honestly say I've never seen anything quite like it. The picture tells the story and it does look very neat. He said he's a member of a club which takes part in vehicle parades.
A novel but very strange thing to do, to my mind. But very well executed.
Time to go, so I headed west along the south side of the island, a route renowned for its heavy traffic because it goes from Denpasar to the Java ferry. To avoid all that hassle I'd planned to ride north, across the island to the other coast, reckoned to be a much quieter road. And it all worked out well, despite the extremely heavy tropical rain I encountered as I crossed the mountains. But that didn't worry me at all as I'd been enjoying the ride and continued to do so once I came down out of the rain clouds. Once down on the coast the main job was finding a place to stay, which I did after a couple of false starts.
Most hotels and homestays supply breakfast of some kind. Maybe just toast, perhaps a banana pancake or an omelette. This place did me proud with loads of fruit, a pancake and a doughnut too. It's a great way to start the day. It had rained hard last night but the morning was warm and breezy, and the road was good. As I neared the port I stopped at a store and got chatting to a guy who worked for the tourist board. I'd had a question in my mind for a while, about Borneo and whether I could cross over from the Indonesian to the Malayan side of the island but then, most importantly, whether I could cross back again. I'd heard some stories about it not being too easy to get an Indonesian visa at that border. He assured me there would be no problem at all, so I headed off to the ferry feeling very relieved that my plans for the next few weeks were going to work out.
The ferry between Bali and Java is both fast and cheap and before long I was on the sixth island of my visit to the Indonesian archipelago. There's about 13,600 of them altogether so there's a few to go yet.
Marching down the street, with drums and gongs a-banging. Part of one of the many Balinean ceremonies.
Reflections on Bali? It's a beautiful place and is ideal for the western visitor because of the relaxed culture. Most people speak at least some English and there's no issues surrounding the purchase of alcohol. Nice as it is, I do find Ubud somewhat hedonistic, but that's what visitors want so that's what they get. There is something special about it, as witnessed by the many European artists who've made Ubud their home. Denpasar is just hell and the nearby beaches are just tourist traps. It's far better to go along the coast and find the quiet, secluded beaches, of which there's plenty. Up in the hills lies as much natural beauty as you could ever want. I'd enjoyed my self very much.
Things you see, Pt 1. Going gardening.
Things you see Pt 2. Getting a ride home from school.
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Mike Swift says:
Hi Geoff, spoke to the Mr Quinn last week who mentioned your adventure. Wow what a trip, I have really enjoyed reading your blog but have not been able to get through most of it yet. You write well and really hold my interest! I have visited the gold coast in Australia and have a brother in NZ so have spent a few weeks there. I am really interested in the time you spent at the farm in Australia building the fence as this is something I really want to do for a few weeks (thinking of shipping a small motorhome (MB sprinter) to Perth then driving to Sydney along the south coast and through the outback up to Cairns and Sydney before shipping it to NZ and touring before my brother sells it from his garage!. I have my good lady in tow so need to use a bit more than a bike (although that sounds fantastic, (I like the africa twin haha)). You will really enjoy south America when you get there, I did. Keep the blog going as its great (use more maps so I know exactly where you are) and hope to see you soon. Have fun and please stay safe.
It's really good to hear from you and I'm very pleased you've started to follow my blog. I really enjoyed the 20 months I spent in Aus. It's a fantastic place, as is NZ. I like your idea about the maps. If you have any suggestions as to software I could use for tracking my route, I'd love to hear about it. I've found it very difficult to find anything that's intuitive to use.
It sounds like you've got a great trip lined up for yourselves. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Maybe you should write a blog about it! 🙂
Take care Mike.

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Q: creating Visual Studio shortcuts keys There are some things that I do a lot in a new project, for example, entering in a simple call to the Google AJAX API to include jQuery. Can I somehow map my own shortcut combo in VS to have it insert this is when I enter my shortcut?

A: 1) You would have to create a Macro that inserts the current text where the cursor is.  For example, to insert a timestamp for the highlighted text (like for Migratordotnet) I have this macro in the MyMacros project:
Imports System
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports EnvDTE90
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Security.Principal

Public Module Tools
    Public Sub DateTimeStamp()
        Dim textSelection As EnvDTE.TextSelection
        textSelection = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection
        textSelection.Insert(String.Format("{0:yyyyMMddHHmmss}", DateTime.Now))
    End Sub
End Module

2) Go to Tools -> Options -> Environment/Keyboard -> Highlight your Macro in the "Show commands containing:" selection -> in the "Press shortcut keys" box do the key combination/chord you want to associate to the macro.  As for the "Use new shorcut in:" section, the Global option will apply to every document type in Visual Studio, no matter where the focus is.  So for my example above, the command is found at Macros.MyMacros.Tools.DateTimeStamp.

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USDCHF stays below a falling trend line from 1.0624 to 1.0277 and remains in downtrend. As long as the trend line resistance holds, downtrend from 1.1730 (Jun 1 high) is expected to continue and another fall towards 0.9634 (2008 low) is still possible after a minor consolidation. Resistance is now at 0.9877, a break above this level will indicate the a cycle bottom has been formed at 0.9708 level on 4-hour chart, then lengthier consolidation of downtrend could be seen and further rally towards the trend line resistance is possible.


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The U.S. dental market is rapidly adopting automated and digital technologies for the production of dental restorations.
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, ou La Loi de  au Québec, est une série télévisée judiciaire américaine en dix épisodes de 43 minutes créée par Dean Georgaris et Michael Aguilar, et diffusée du  au  sur le réseau NBC et en simultané sur Citytv au Canada.

Au Québec, la série est diffusée depuis le  à Séries Plus. Elle reste inédite dans les autres pays francophones.

Synopsis
À Memphis, dans le Tennessee, le cabinet d'avocats d'Elijah Strait s'est spécialisé dans les procès ayant trait aux droits civils.

Lorsque la femme de Strait décède, il saisit l'occasion de se rapprocher de sa fille, Sydney, avec laquelle il est brouillé depuis qu'elle a quitté le cabinet en claquant la porte, trois ans plus tôt. Sydney, qui au cours des trois années précédentes a défendu de riches industriels et de puissants lobbies, accepte de revenir travailler avec son père et de s'attaquer à ses anciens clients.

Distribution
 Jimmy Smits  : Elijah Strait
 Caitlin McGee  : Sydney Strait
 Barry Sloane  : Jake Reilly
   : Anthony Little
 Stony Blyden  : Emerson Howe
 Jayne Atkinson  : Della Rose Bedford
 MaameYaa Boafo  : Briana Logan
 Josh Kelly  : Robbie Ellis

Production

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Épisodes
 Retour aux sources ()
 Au gré du vent ()
 25 ans ou perpétuité ()
 Des mots qui tuent ()
 Quand la digue cède ()
 Le Rêve américain ()
 Une communauté en danger ()
 Besoin de savoir ()
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Série télévisée créée en 2019
Série télévisée disparue en 2019
Série télévisée américaine des années 2010
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retook the High Office. This being over 2 months since the Anointed One defeated the Good Romney. Amid the hosts of Heaven, singing the mantra Yes We Can, The Anointed One started his trip down the Avenue of Pennsylvania towards the Dome of the Capital.
Unlike the last time The Anointed One took this trip, the multitude did not chant: "Hope, Change." In fact, the multitude assembled was quiet lessened from 4 years ago.
Upon the steps of the Dome of the Capital, amid the assorted assemblage of the chapter of the Congress, Biden the Bungler was sworn as the lessor. Then the Holy Chief of Justice, John of Roberts, given his office by Bush the Lessor, came forward to invest upon the Anointed One the mantle of office.
The Anointed One, renewed as the Wearer of the Mantle of Power, stood before the assembled and spoke.
So many have gathered here to witness My Awesomeness.
I have quoteth Jefferson, but we all know that I am the creator of all.
Patriots of old threw off the tyranny of King George III, for a republic now headed by Me.
As a nation we threw off slavery, built a modern nation, saved a world from tyranny twice.
But today we as a nation cannot do any of this. We must remind ourselves that we are but one nation of many, nothing extraordinary, nothing special. To thrive in this world we must join into a collective.
I have ended the wars of the last decade. Not in victory but our troops will be coming home to their families. Victory is not important. Muslims will always be the victors with Me.
I will destroy the Republicans, the rich and the middle class. They must be demonized and driven into poverty. This does not apply to My friends in Hollywood. Whose propaganda not only helped My reelection but continues to promote My message to the people.
I will keep promoting the myth that a poor child can grow up to have a better life. But the truth is that the poor child needs to remain poor, ill educated, and voting Democrat. For the the poor ever come to realize that if they supported the Republicans and their economic and moral ideas, they would leave our side faster than a speeding bullet.
This I give the Masses.
It is through My will that the military will be destroyed. I have decreed that we do not need so many fighting men and women.
The guns that I hate (Actually fear) will be taken (by force) from the people. It is through My will, My power that you will be safe.
This nation under My benevolent guidance, will support the democracies around the world. The democracies in Asia, Africa and the Mid East will get My support and care. But not the true democracy run by the Jews. For they are an evil people who stole the land they live on from the Muslims.
It is through My will that gay men and women will be given more rights than others.
Through My will, free elections in this nation will be a thing of the past.
I will transform this nation into a larger version of Detroit. Thus the nation will be transformed through My will.
This I swear in the name of Allah.
And after the speech He went into the Dome, to feast on seafood, beef and apples.
It is a sad state of affairs when you have a hard time stomaching our president. God help us.


This match will be won by the team that copes best with the loss of their star player as Falcao and Suarez miss out.
Instead of a matchup between two of the world's top strikers, the round of 16 game between Colombia and Uruguay at the World Cup will be a test of which team copes best without its talisman.
Suarez was banned by FIFA on Thursday from all football for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in Uruguay's 1-0 win over Italy in their last group game, a result that sent his team through to the knockout rounds.
Uruguay struggled badly without him in their opening loss to Costa Rica, when the Liverpool striker remained on the bench as he recovered from knee surgery. Edinson Cavani scored Uruguay's goal in the 3-1 loss to Costa Rica, but has been quiet in the subsequent two games.
Suarez returned to score both goals against England in a 2-1 win, showing just how important he is to the team.
Colombia have already proven they can cope without Falcao and were one of the most impressive teams in the group stages with three wins and nine goals.
In Falcao's absence, Monaco playmaker James Rodriguez has stepped up to become the team's focal point, scoring three goals and setting up two more in the group stage.
Key stats: Uruguay reached the semi-finals at the 2010 World Cup, while Colombia hadn't even qualified for the tournament since 1998.
Colombia's shot conversion equals to 31 per cent, which is the best rate out of any other squad in the group stage. Los Cafeteros have scored nine goals in three matches.
Uruguay have achieved arguably their greatest feat in the Maracana stadium when they beat Brazil 2-1 in the 1950 World Cup final – that day is remembered as the Maracanazo.


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Leading architect Kerstin Thompson to deliver 2019 Heritage Address
The Heritage Council of Victoria is very excited to announce that leading architect Kerstin Thompson will be giving this year's Heritage Address as part of Open House Melbourne's July 2019 programme.
Passionate about integrating our heritage into the future of our city, Kerstin Thompson has worked on award winning architectural projects with heritage at their heart. Her recent project, The Stables VCA Faculty of Fine Arts & Music at the University of Melbourne received a Heritage & Educational Architecture Award from the AIA Victorian Chapter in 2018.
The Heritage Address is an annual lecture given by a prominent individual on matters relating to our heritage.
Kerstin's practice focuses on architecture as a civic endeavour with an emphasis on user experience and enjoyment of place. Her talk will be a thought-provoking look at the role heritage plays in our cities and lives.
The Heritage Address will be held at 6pm on Monday 15 July at Federation Hall, University of Melbourne Southbank campus, 5/7-17 Grant Street Southbank. The event is free but bookings are essential.
Bookings can be made through the Open House Melbourne website.


According to Hannon, no less than half of the workforce is dissatisfied with their positions in the work world, with only 15% report being very satisfied. These statistics are a sobering reminder to managers that in addition to managing the workplace, you need to be the facilitator for your staff to find career satisfaction. Love Your Job helps them help themselves become satisfied, happy and passionate about their work.
Each chapter of this book covers a different arena including mapping out a future, considering serious self-assessment and reflection, making an attitude adjustment when necessary, and of course, blueprinting a dream job. In order to do all of these things, a great deal of self-honesty is required (there's even a chapter asking if you are in it just for the money). Hannon's book is a valuable tool for those who are dissatisfied in their workplace and not sure why. Senior management and 'treps can use it to help stagnant employees get motivated and productive again.


Piovan Group is partner of Evans Moulding Academy, a new training organisation born from the cooperation between Taplast, based in Vicenza, and nine leading plastic moulding technology and services companies.
The organisation's objective is to expand the knowledge regarding injection moulding by offering free training courses to people working in the sector, thus deepening their knowledge and degree of specialization. The courses are held by the partners involved.
Piovan Group, which has always been a supporter of the operators' growth through training, has decided to join this unprecedented initiative in the plastic industry, by contributing to the activities of the Academy in two ways.
Specifically, throughout 2019 Piovan will be involved with the organisation of courses on the principles of dehumidification and on Modula solutions for high efficiency and automatic regulation of process parameters. In line with its innovative spirit, the company will also dedicate a training course to industry 4.0 and energy efficiency systems: Winfactory 4.0 and Winenergy.
In addition to the classroom sections, the Evans Moulding Academy has set up a demonstration area accessible to everyone taking part in the training courses to show them concretely how machines and equipment operate within the factory.
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Could visiting your doctor be a thing of the past? If Renee Dua, chief medical officer at Heal, has her way, it will.
Dr. Renee Dua,, Chief Medical Officer of Heal,
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Doctor visits will be replaced by doctor house calls. Hey, wasn't that how it was done in yesteryear? It turns out that this type of medicine is cheaper and more effective.
Heal saw its first patient in February, 2015. Since then, the company calculates that its first 40,000 patient visits have driven more than $21 million in cost savings, diagnosed 1,100 previously unknown issues and reduced unnecessary trips to the ER by 62%. A surprising 71% of ER visits are avoidable and unnecessary, according to Truven Health Analytics. In addition, Heal reduced unnecessary prescriptions, tests and referrals to specialists. Other research finds that house calls can reduce hospitalization rates.
"House calls are more than convenient, they're better medicine — for the patient and the doctor," said Dua. Not quite as fast as hailing a car through Uber or Lyft — doctors typically arrive within two hours, between 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week — but far better than waiting in an emergency room as Dua and her husband did when their infant son had a rash. By the time the doctor saw the baby, the rash had cleared up.
"There's got to be a better way. Why can't a doctor come to my home and see my family where we're most comfortable?" Dua asked her husband. Dua is a primary care physician and her husband, Nick Desai, is a serial technology entrepreneur. He got to work building the first version of the app.
Booking an appointment with Heal is easy: Call, go to its website or use its app. Heal is in-network with most insurance plans in California (it's available throughout the greater Los Angeles area, Orange County, the San Francisco Bay area and San Diego), and will soon accept insurance from providers in the D.C. and Northern Virginia areas. If you don't have insurance, you pay $99. That's significantly less than ER visits and the fee charged by many doctors for office visits.
The "medical bag" of a Heal doctor includes the latest high-tech health tools, enabling them to diagnose bronchitis, give flu shots, stitch up nasty cuts and write prescriptions.
The company's biggest challenge is changing the mindset of consumers, doctors and insurers who think that the only way do medicine is the way it was done in the recent past.
"Of course, the best advertising we do is by word of mouth," said Dua. Next best is the media talking about Heal. The media has more credibility in the public's mind than advertising and it's less expensive. Public relations lays a foundation of credibility. You have to earn being covered by the media. You can't just pay your way.
The downside of relying on the media is that you can't control what is said about your service. You can't ask for the order. With advertising, you control the message. For scrappy startups, money is often in short supply, which makes PR more cost efficient than advertising.
Heal also used social media and other grassroots marketing, Dua said. The Heal network of doctors participate in local events, such as walks to raise awareness about specific diseases and the importance of early detection. She's a kidney specialist and participates in the kidney's associations walks.
Ultimately, she said, "We want to build a community of Heal users that share their experiences and get the most comprehensible care possible." Heal management also educates politicians on lower cost, more effective ways of ensuring the health of the country.
In particular, "doctors are a risk-averse group," said Dua. This service provides a way to practice medicine in the way they would like — spending time with the consumer and their family doing comprehensive checkup as well as emergency visits.
How can you update the past by using technology and make the future better?
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You are most likely to see turtles out and about between May and October.
Although active throughout the summer, turtles are most actively crossing roads to reach nests during the first weeks around the last full moon in May and the first two weeks or near the full moon in June: the flowering and strawberry moons.
On warm days (where the ambient temperature is greater than 21 degrees Celsius) turtles can be seen basking.
Sometimes you may be lucky to see turtles swimming in their natural habitats.
Christina Davy. Midland Painted Plastron Left. Snapping plastron Right.
Many turtles have distinct carapace shapes or markings that can be used to identify them. Some turtles have colouring such as yellow-throats or red lines on their necks. Some turtles are very small and don't grow bigger than your hand such as the stink-pot or slightly bigger is the spotted turtle.
It is hard to distinguish the difference between male and female turtles. Some species, such as with the Blanding's turtle have different shaped plastrons. The male Blanding's turtle plastron will be flat, while the female's will be arched. Other species' sexes can be deciphered through the size of their feet/their claws: male painted turtles have larger and longer claws than females.
All turtles, except for the Snapping turtle, have large enough plastrons so that they can tuck into their shells and hide from predators. Snapping turtles do not have large pastrons and cannot hide- their only defense then is to bite on land when they are attacked. (In water they can be very gentle).


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IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa field hockey team battled through the rain and an hour long lightning delay before defeating Rutgers, 4-3, on Friday afternoon at Grant Field. The victory marked Iowa's fifth win of the season (5-3) and first in conference play (1-0).
"We finally had some penalty corner execution today, which was very good," said UI head coach Lisa Cellucci. "Rutgers outshot us and had more penalty corners than us, but we were able to execute on opportunities when we had them and I'm really happy to see that."
The Hawkeyes jumped out of the gate early. Freshman Isabella Brown drove the Iowa offense down the field before dumping off a pass to sophomore Mallory Lefkowitz who pushed the ball by an outstretched Rutgers goalkeeper, giving the Hawkeyes a 1-0 lead just 42 seconds into the game.
It was all Rutgers the rest of the half, though. Katie Champion tied the game in the eighth minute as the Scarlet Knights went on to outshoot the Hawkeyes, 10-2, and hold an advantage in penalty corners, 3-0.
That's when lightning struck. Though it halted game play for an hour, it sparked the Iowa offensive attack.
"Whenever you have a delay you have to make sure the team stays engaged," said Cellucci. "We made sure our players got a little food in their systems and were ready to go so that we didn't lose too much momentum when we got back out there. I thought the team handled the situation quite well. They were focused in the locker room and came out ready to attack in the second half."
The Hawkeyes went on to score three goals in the second half. However, the Scarlet Knights were never out of the picture.
Iowa took a 2-1 lead in the 43rd minute when sophomore Veronique Declercq sent a rocket past Rutgers' goalkeeper to score her second goal of the season.
The visitors came roaring back with a goal of their own in the 51st minute. Katie Champion stole an Iowa pass to lead a three-on-one breakaway before sending the ball to Nicole Imbriaco who put a shifty move on Pecora for the goal.
A goal from freshman Makenna Grewe in the 57th minute and another from junior Stephanie Norlander, the Big Ten's leading goal scorer (10), in the 60th minute gave Iowa a 4-2 advantage with time winding down.
Another goal from Imbriaco in the 64th minute trimmed Iowa's lead down to one. With 1:49 remaining in regulation, Rutgers pulled its goalkeeper as a way to generate more of an offensive attack. The Hawkeye defense prevailed, holding on for the 4-3 victory.
"It got a bit chaotic at the end there, but AP (Alexandra Pecora) did a very good job of keeping the ball out of the net," said Cellucci. "We'll continue to get better at being able to manage the game, but we need to really have leadership in that situation and not make it as stressful as it was."
The Hawkeyes return to Grant Field on Sunday for a nonconference showdown with Missouri State at 1 p.m. (CT). The game will be streamed live on BTN Plus at BTN2go.com.
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Field Hockey / December 22, 2021 Final Notes - 2021 Season
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Liola restaurant is a typical Sicilian Trattoria with cliff top views of the sea.?
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George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, Virginia
May 12, 2020 November 14, 2019 by Derek Strahan
George Washington's tomb, at his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia, around 1900. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection.
The tomb in 2018:
George Washington died on December 14, 1799, here on his Mount Vernon estate. Four days later, his body was interred in the Washington family crypt, which was located just down the hill from his mansion, on the banks of the Potomac River. This was intended to be only a temporary tomb for Washington, as there were several different plans for his final resting place. One proposal was to bury him underneath the Capitol rotunda, and a crypt was even constructed for this purpose. However, a different plan called for Washington to be reinterred in a new, larger tomb at Mount Vernon.
It would ultimately take more than three decades for this question to be resolved, and it was only addressed after a rather bizarre act of vandalism. In 1830, a gardener, who had been recently fired from his job at Mount Vernon, decided to respond by stealing George Washington's skull. He broke into the tomb, which was filled with the remains of at least 20 members of the family, but he ended up taking the wrong skull. Washington's body was left undisturbed, and the perpetrator was quickly caught, but the incident highlighted the need for a new tomb that was more fitting for the father of his country
The result was this brick tomb, as shown in these two photos. It was completed in 1831, and George and Martha Washington's remains were subsequently moved here, along with the remains of the other family members. Then, in 1837, he was placed in a marble sarcophagus, which can be seen just beyond the right side of the gate. In the process, his coffin was opened for the only time, perhaps in order to verify that his head was still in place, and observers noted that his body had been well-preserved over the intervening 38 years.
By the time the first photo was taken at the turn of the 20th century, the tomb had been joined by two obelisks at the front. The one on the right memorializes George Washington's nephew, Bushrod Washington, who had inherited Mount Vernon upon Martha Washington's death in 1802. He was also an associate justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, serving from 1798 until his death in 1829. The other obelisk is for John Augustine Washington II and his son, John Augustine Washington III. The elder John was a nephew of Bushrod Washington, and inherited Mount Vernon from him. The younger John later inherited the estate from his father, and he was the last member of the Washington family to own it before selling it to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association in 1858.
Today, almost nothing has changed in this scene in nearly 120 years since the first photo was taken. The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association continues to own the property, which includes the mansion, its many outbuildings, the surrounding grounds, and the tomb. The estate was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1960, exactly a hundred years after it opened to the public as a museum, and today it remains a popular tourist attraction, with around one million visitors each year.
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