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LACMA Acquires Islamic Art
By SUZANNE MUCHNIC
In a move that adds significantly to its diversity and stature, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has landed a renowned collection of Islamic art that it has been seeking for several years.
The acquisition of about 775 objects--to be announced this morning at a news conference--effectively doubles the museum's already notable Islamic collection and catapults the Wilshire Boulevard institution into a league with the world's 10 best places to see historic Islamic art.
The collection of decorative arts, architectural ornaments and calligraphy was built over nearly 40 years by Maan Madina, a Syria-born professor emeritus of Middle Eastern languages at Columbia University. He sold the bulk of his collection to the museum at an undisclosed price and donated a few additional pieces.
Most of the funds were provided by Camilla Chandler Frost, a longtime LACMA trustee who is the sister of Otis Chandler, former publisher of The Times. According to a scholar familiar with the Madina materials, the collection, which dates from the 7th century to the 19th century, is worth in the range of $15 million.
"The acquisition of this collection, which illustrates the richness and diversity of the Islamic culture, is particularly appropriate at this juncture in our history, but we didn't plan that," said Andrea L. Rich, president and director of the museum. "We were motivated by the strength of the collection and the opportunity to acquire it."
Discussions between the museum and Madina have gone on for several years, Rich said, and he had already lent some of the objects to the museum for display starting in 1996. They reached a preliminary agreement several months ago, when Frost decided to underwrite the purchase.
Oleg Grabar, a leading authority on Islamic art who is a professor emeritus at Harvard and Princeton universities, said that snagging the Madina collection is a "a major coup, especially for the West Coast. The East Coast has very remarkable collections in the field. But on the West Coast, LACMA is the only museum that had something significant, and now this makes it major."
With the new addition, LACMA's Islamic holding ranks third nationally, according to Linda Komaroff, the museum's curator of Islamic art. The collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York of 11,000 to 12,000 pieces is the largest in the country, while the Smithsonian Institution's Freer and Arthur M. Sackler galleries offer the finest selection of masterpieces, she said.
LACMA's acquisition also gives the museum world status in Islamic art, Komaroff said, albeit well behind the top collections, which are at the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris, the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.
For LACMA, the significance of the Madina collection is more a matter of breadth and depth than numbers. The current collection of about 1,000 pieces, including many ceramic shards, mainly consists of Persian material. The new material--including 250 glazed ceramics and tiles, 65 textiles, 50 glass objects and 50 examples of calligraphy--will allow the museum to present a much more comprehensive picture.
"The strength of this new collection is from Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Spain," Komaroff said. "The Persian material, including tiles, a book binding and a wood finial, are things we don't have. It's kind of serendipitous that the two collections fit together so well; they make one really great collection."
Among the highlights are a hexagonal, glazed ceramic table made in Syria during the late 12th century or early 13th century; a glass lamp created during the same period in the eastern Mediterranean region; and a double page from a parchment manuscript of the Koran, made in Spain in the 13th century. Stylized floral designs proliferate on vividly colored tile works.
Islamic art might be expected to be exclusively religious, but at least 75% of the pieces in LACMA's collection are secular, Komaroff said.
"They are objects of daily use. You don't have to understand the religion to appreciate them. Islamic art is perhaps the most accessible manifestation of a complex civilization."
Complicated objects, such as a star-shaped mosaic made of glazed tiles, cut and fitted into a pattern, offer insight into the craftsmanship and intellectual traditions of the decorative arts, she said.
"When you see something that is beautiful and meant to be touched, it makes you relate a little better to whomever that work of art was made for."
Madina, who was born in Syria in 1926 and came to the United States to do graduate work at the University of Chicago in 1947, could not be reached for comment. In a statement released by the museum, Madina said he is "delighted at the acquisition of my collection in its entirety by a museum that already has substantial holdings of Islamic art complementary to mine."
Thirty-one pieces from his collection are on view in the museum's galleries of Islamic art, including some that have been previously displayed as anonymous loans. An additional 25 or 30 examples will be installed over the next few months. Plans for an exhibition drawn exclusively from the collection are in the works, Komaroff said.
The acquisition announcement comes as the museum is beginning fund-raising for a new building, designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, that would replace four of the six existing LACMA structures. It provides for expanded exhibition space for the permanent collection, which will be arranged according to a global view of artistic achievements, with the Madina collection falling under the umbrella of Asian art.
LACMA made its first major commitment to Islamic art in 1973, with the acquisition of about 650 objects from the collection of New York dealer Nasli M. Heeramaneck, as a gift of LACMA benefactor Joan Palevsky. A group of ancient bronzes, ceramics and seals, purchased with funds from the Ahmanson Foundation, and gifts from individuals have enhanced the Islamic holdings over time.
Camilla Chandler Frost said her interest in the field has been reinforced by studies connected to her travels to Turkey, the Arabian Gulf countries and Iran. As for the Madina collection, "It's one of the great private collections in America and, thus, a rare opportunity for LACMA to build on its strength," she said. "I felt that it was so special, we had to make an effort to acquire it."
Rich said the acquisition is the third step in a strategic plan to upgrade the museum's encyclopedic collection. In an effort spearheaded by the board of trustees' collections committee six years ago, curators filed reports outlining "areas where we could and should fill in, and areas where there were opportunities to do really significant things," she said.
That led to targeting three areas that needed bolstering: Latin American, Korean and Islamic art, Rich said. The museum acquired the Bernard and Edith Lewin collection of more than 1,800 paintings and works on paper by Latin American modernists in 1997. The Robert W. Moore collection of Korean art--consisting of 250 works that range from ceramics and textiles to paintings and spanning 2,000 years--was added in 1999.
The Madina collection fulfills the mandate for Islamic art, but other challenges lie ahead, Rich said. At the time the reports were made, the museum was looking for new leadership in the departments of American art, decorative art and prints and drawings.
"We now have new, vibrant, active curators in those departments," Rich said. "They will be doing the same kind of analysis and we will set our sights for the areas that will really help us."


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Sonam Kapoor Ahuja or simple Sonam Kapoor is a famous Indian actress. She is the daughter of Anil Kapoor and Sunita Kapoor. Sonam was born on 9 June 1985 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India and has studied from the University of East London and University of Mumbai. She debuted in Bollywood with Saawariya and then went on to act in films like Neerja, Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo, Delhi 6, I Hate Luv Storys, Players, Thank You, and much more. Here in this article, we are providing direct links to her official social media pages and profiles including Sonam Kapoor's Facebook fan page, Instagram handle, YouTube channel, Snapchat ID and Twitter handle. You can use them to follow her on your preferred social media platform and interact with her daily life.


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You can find this type of software all over the Internet. Just do a search for "make your own beats" or "recording studio software". As you search, you will notice that on average, this type of software will run you between $50 and $200. Don't Buy Them (you'll see why shortly)! Now you're going to need beats, melodies, chords, samples, and loops to customize with your recording studio software, aka: soundsets and loopsets. Again, just do a search for "beats" or "loops". They usually come in packages of about 200 soundsets for $30 and 300 loopsets for $60, or 600 soundsets for $75 and 900 loopsets for $150. Don't Buy Them Either!
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Mt. View, Ark., Jan 11, 1964 sung by Raymond Sanders learned from a man from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky,as a child.
Don't you hurt my darling poodle dog.
Pretty little doggie walkin' handsome mighty dolly, folly Bow, wow, wow, wow, ki, yi, yi Don't you hurt my darling poodle dog.
Every dog has it's day and this one's come at last shot him in the head one day as I went to pass I found her in the garden, she's dead, dead, drunk, shot through the neck with a whiskey bottle.
Transcript Collected for M.C. Parler Collected and transcribed by Sara Jo Fendley XXIII POODLE DOG Mt. View, Ark., Jan 11, 1964 sung by Raymond Sanders learned from a man from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky,as a child. Reel 420, Item 8 (talk) (talk) Oh, went to see Matildie gal, I rapped on the door here she come a pity-patty, in a might roar and the door flew open, and we bowed to embrace out jumped the poodle dog and grabbed me by the face and I grabbed that poodle dog up by the nap of the neck, and I though I'd throw him through the back window, and I heard my honey's voice cry out, Oh George dear don't you hurt my Bow, wow, wow, wow, ki, yi,yi, Pretty little doggie walkin handsome might dolly, folly Bow, wow, wow, wow, ki, yi, yi, Don't you hurt my darling poodle dog. We was settin'in the parler one day after tea I was close to her and she's kinda close to me I stole a kiss and she put up a squeel out jumped the poodle dog and grabbed me by the heel and I grabbed that poodle dog up by the nap of the neck, and I thought I'd throw him through the hack window, and I heard my honey's voice cry out, Oh George dear don't you hurt my Bow, wow, wow, wow, ki, yi, yi Pretty little doggie walkin' handsome mighty dolly, folly Bow, wow, wow, wow, ki, yi, yi Don't you hurt my darling poodle dog. Every dog has it's day and this one's come at last shot him in the head one day as I went to pass I found her in the garden, she's dead, dead, drunk, shot through the neck with a whiskey bottle.


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Alex Taylor
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Alex Taylor has experience across the full range of chambers' practice areas.
Alex has experience in a broad range of commercial disputes including both litigation and arbitration, and he accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers' work. He has a particular interest in technology, construction, professional negligence, and shipping.
Alex's recent experience includes:
Featured Technology cases
Assisted with a multi-million-pound retail software dispute in the TCC.
Instructed (as junior counsel) to research issues relating to the status of cryptoassets in private international law.
Assisted in drafting particulars of claim in a case involving defective gambling software.
Assisted in drafting rejoinder submissions in a Middle Eastern construction arbitration worth approximately £16 million.
Worked on an advice relating to the interpretation of Australian-style 'alliance agreement' in a domestic infrastructure project.
Assisted in preparing a negligence claim against a statutory sewerage undertaker, including drafting particulars of claim.
Assisted in the preparation of an adjudication brought in relation to the redevelopment of mixed-use premises in central London, including advising on the availability of liquidated damages.
Worked on an advice as to whether a structural engineering consultant was entitled to limit its liability for alleged professional negligence following the partial collapse of the relevant building.
Featured Shipping cases
Assisted in drafting defence submissions in a ship sale arbitration worth approximately $4 million.
Worked on an advice and assisted in drafting claim submissions in a charterparty arbitration valued at approximately $1.5 million.
Worked on an advice in a claim for demurrage under a voyage charter where a vessel had been prevented from discharging after crewmembers tested positive for Covid-19.
Assisted in drafting case management documents and directions in a ship finance claim worth $20 million.
Assisted with an appeal, under s.69 of the Arbitration Act 1996, on questions of law arising out of a cargo insurance dispute.
Assisted in the preparation of the defence to a multi-million dollar arbitration in which the assignee of two bareboat charters claimed for alleged unpaid hire, damages, and indemnities.
Drafted a defence to a £30,000 counterclaim in which it was alleged that a firm of estate agents had negligently undervalued a residential property.
Worked on an advice in relation to a £4m professional negligence claim against a firm of architects.
Assisted with a £1.5m professional negligence claim against a construction company in connection with the extension of a residential property, including drafting case management directions.
Assisted with a £1.1m professional negligence claim against a civil engineering firm.
Featured Insurance cases
Drafted advice as to the interpretation of a COVID-19 clause in an travel insurance coverage dispute.
Assisted in the preparation of an arbitration arising out of an insurer's refusal to indemnify a construction company in respect of claims for alleged defects.
Alex has been instructed as sole counsel in numerous cases in the County Court (small claims and fast track). Before coming to the Bar, Alex completed undergraduate and postgraduate law degrees at the Universities of Southampton and Cambridge respectively. He also worked as a part-time research assistant at the University of Glasgow, where he undertook research into the law governing digital assets and co-authored a paper on the theft of cryptoassets.
A Taylor and M Ó Floinn, "Bitcoin burglaries and the Theft Act 1968" (2021) 3 Criminal Law Review 163-190
M Ó Floinn and A Taylor, "An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies" (2018) [Judicial College Background Paper]
BPP University Law School, London: BPTC (Outstanding; Outstanding in 10 Modules)
University of Cambridge, Gonville & Caius College: Master of Laws (Commercial) (First Class)
University of Southampton: Bachelor of Laws (Hons) (First Class, Best in Year)
Buchanan Prize, Lincoln's Inn
Lord Denning and Hardwicke Scholarships, Lincoln's Inn
W.M Tapp Studentship in Law, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Ten undergraduate prizes including: Winston Churchill Memorial Prize (top undergraduate law student), Swords Prize (best dissertation), DLA Piper Prize (best performance in IT Law), and Southampton Law School Prize (top student in the second year)
Arkwright Engineering Scholarship (2010)

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John co-established WhartonHill Advisors in 2009. As one of the principals, John is responsible for vendor relationship analysis and due diligence efforts to identify new products and to help fiduciaries understand the fees and services provided by vendors.
Financial Times Top 401 Retirement Advisors award recognizes financial advisors advising at least $50 million in defined contribution (DC) plan assets where DC plans represent at least 20% of total AUM. Graded on several criteria, including growth in DC plan assets, plan participation rates, experience and industry certifications, and compliance record.


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Daily Report 10.06.2019
NBS: NBS keeps key policy rate at 3%
The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Executive Board on Thursday decided to keep the key policy rate at 3 pct. "In making the decision, the Executive Board was guided primarily by the outlook for inflation and its factors in the domestic and international environment. Keeping the key policy rate on hold, the Executive Board stated that inflation has been firmly under control for six years in a row and that it will remain so going forward. Consistent with NBS expectations and announcements, y-o-y inflation continued to move within the target band (3.0±1.5 pct), measuring 3.1 pct in April.
Source: Tanjug
Fabrizi: Serbia has achieved good macroeconomoc results
Over the past year, Serbia has made major progress towards achieving macroeconomic stability and creating conditions for economic growth, but progress in the areas of public procurements, protection of competition and freedom of the media must be accelerated, the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Sem Fabrizi said Friday. At a presentation of the EU's latest Serbia Progress Report, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, Fabrizi said good macroeconomic indicators, including a decline of public debt, a budget surplus and stable inflation, were creating conditions for a 3-4 pct GDP growth in Serbia in 2019 and the years to come.
NIIS: Antic signs agreement on natural gas power stations
Serbian Minister of Energy and Mining Aleksandar Antic signed with Russia's Gazprom Energoholding on Friday in St Petersburg an agreement on construction of natural gas power stations in Serbia. "We also discussed the petrochemical plant since NIS - and Gazprom Neft - are showing strong interest in the petrochemical plant. We will continue discussions about possibilities of the process being defined through a strategic partnership," Antic told Tanjug at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). For Serbia, it is important to find a partner for the petrochemical plant that will ensure strong investment and make the plant successful and sustainable regardless of potential turbulences resulting from crude oil prices, he said.
Dow jumps 260 points, posts best week since November after jobs report spurs rate-cut hopes; European stocks close higher as weak US jobs data points to potential Fed rate cut
Stocks jumped on Friday, building on strong weekly gains, as weak economic data increased the odds of easier monetary policy from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 263.28 points higher at 25,983.94, led by gains in Microsoft and Apple. The S&P 500 climbed 1% to 2,873.34 as the tech sector outperformed. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.7% to 7,742.10.
The U.S. economy added 75,000 jobs in May, marking the second time in four months that jobs growth totaled less than 100,000. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected an increase of 180,000 jobs. Wage growth also slowed.
European stocks closed higher Friday as disappointing U.S. nonfarm payroll figures boosted speculation of an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed provisionally up almost 0.9%, technology stocks leading gains with a near 2% rise as all sectors were in positive territory.
In terms of individual stocks, Danish biotech giant Novozymes plunged nearly 7% after it downgraded its outlook, while shares of Dutch insurer ASR Nederland climbed to the top of the Stoxx 600 with a more than 6% rise.
Source: CNBC


Under the aegis of Animal Rescue Squad, Goa and following the able leadership of Sir Amrut Singh the members and volunteers of this Animal Rescue Squad in association with Rotaract Club of Ponda organized their first Importance of wildlifeTraining Camp Rotaract Hall, Tisk, Ponda, Goa on 18th April 2010.
A representative from the Department of Forests, Officer Mr. Paresh Porob explained about the wildlife acts and regulations that are in force for protecting wildlife in Goa.
This was a full day activity of action, interaction, slide show presented about poaching activities and the damage it does both to domestic and wild animals.
The major Programme of Snake demonstration and Snake bite management was meticulously handled by the president of Animal Rescue Squad, Mr. Amrut Singhbal Singh.
Sir Amrut demonstrated how to handle snakes the right way. He explained how to differentiate between poisonous and non poisonous snakes. He also explained the rules and regulations for joining and becoming a member of Animal Rescue Squad.
The first Importance of wildlife training camp was a huge success with all the members present, volunteers participating and hundreds of lay persons with some amount of love towards wildlife and nature attended with dedication and interest.
All the participants who remained present till the end of the Importance of wildlife training camp were felicitated with a Certificate of Participation.


An Indie author who strives to rise above the ashes of obscurity on a daily basis, there's still no need for me to appear at my local supermarket incognito.
Having lunch with my mother earlier in the week at one of our favorite restaurants, the server asked if I was working on a new book. Her inquiry was a natural progression "in recognition" of my being an author.
Because recognition within the boundary of my native state of Rhode Island is so rare, despite its prominence of geographic features, historic landmarks, and regional culture in my books—I cherished the original memory of her recognition, three years ago!
The server excitedly mentioned she recognized me on An Hour with Bob, a popular Rhode Island-based Cable TV show, recorded in real-time: 11/01/2016, pertaining to the launch of An Enlightening Quiche.
Now, here I am—two books later: 100 Wild Mushrooms: Memoirs of the '60s and "Mr. Wizardo" from the anthology, Once Upon a Fabulous Time. Currently, I'm finishing chapter 24 of my WIP.
One never knows the ripple effect of face recognition garnered from the publicity of a local TV program or newspaper feature.
May every aspiring entrepreneur merit recognition for his/her labor of love.
Knowing you made a lasting favorable impression is priceless!


I am 20 years old. I'm Swedish but I grew up in Luxembourg. Now I live in Sweden and am studying real estate.
When I was 17 the cupcake craze was at it's peak and I fell in love with baking them. I loved the way that you could combine the different flavors and that they looked so pretty! When I moved to Sweden after graduating High school in 2012 I got tired of just baking cupcakes so I moved on to other things, cakes, desserts etc etc. I realized that there are so many simple ways that you can create something really delicious and pretty that can just make any dinner or coffee break a little more glamorous and those are the things that I like to focus on. Pretty and delicious but not to difficult.
This blog is a combination of the things that I love. Baking, decorating and DIYs.
Even though I might not know a lot about fashion and beauty I still find it interesting so you will find a bit of it here as well.
New times, new design, new domain.


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When guitarist Ritchie Blackmore gave his opinion on Bob Dylan
Legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) gave his opinion on Bob Dylan during many interviews over the years, they are posted in band's official Youtube channel and Blackmore's fan club. The musician says he would love to play with the American musician and that he is the only person he admires in the music business.
When guitarist Ritchie Blackmore gave his opinion on Bob Dylan:
"I would love to play with Bob Dylan. I mean it sounds kind of funny in a way, but he is the only person I admire in the business. I have been in the business for so long, he's the one that I still feel he remains mysterious, there is something about him that I think is truly monumental and he is so creative. When you think on all the songs that he has written, you know, "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Blowing In the Wind", it's endless. So i'm a big fan of his."
In an interview back in 2013 with Russian Channel RT, Blackmore said he met Bob Dylan once:
"Death is going to happen to most of us. Most, not all. Some of us might get away with it, which is what Bob Dylan said. Bob Dylan came up to me once and said: 'Hey, who the hell are you?' I admired him for that."
In another interview posted in Deep Purple's Youtube channel back in 2019 the guitarist also talked about Bob:
"I've done more shows at the Budokan (Japan) than any person other than Bob Dylan. He is up and coming, my hero. I have two heroes over here (United States), one is Billy Joel, one is Bob Dylan".
Bob Dylan was born at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, on May 24, 1941. He grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota, on the Mesabi Iron Range west of Lake Superior. And he was the grandson of Russian Jewish immigrants. At the age of ten Dylan wrote his first poems and, as a teenager, taught himself piano and guitar.
He started singing in rock groups, imitating Little Richard and Buddy Holly. But when he went to the University of Minnesota in 1959, he turned to folk music, impressed by the musical work of the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie, whom he visited in New York in 1961.
One of the best songwriters and musicians of all time, Bob Dylan sold his entire songwriting catalog to Universal Music of more than 600 songs for an estimated price of around $300 million. The list includes more than 60 years of his compositions. Such as "Like a Rolling Stone," "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'."
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High school biology can be used to clear Biology 120 for Biology 140, 141, 144, and 152 for Grossmont College Nursing majors only. Cuyamaca College nor other Grossmont College Health Professions programs will not accept this method to clear their prerequisites. This option no longer applies if a student changes their major.
If you have successfully completed, with a grade of "C" or higher, 1 year of high school biology with a lab, and would like to be cleared to register for BIO 140, 141, 144, or 152, submit your request with a copy of your high school transcripts to. Students that have attended high school out of the area must also include a course description and/or a letter from the registrar or campus administrator verifying that the biology course contained a lab and meets the requirements for the prerequisite. Please indicate on your request that you are a nursing major.
Please note that the science prerequisite courses (Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology) required by the Nursing Program are highly rigorous and multiple attempts are not allowed by the program. Should you need to complete General Biology to successfully pass the BIO 140, 141, 144, and 152 courses, it is strongly recommended that you continue your education beyond high school biology and first complete Biology 120.
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CONFESSIONS OF A BIBLIOPHILE
I have to confess, I love books, big books, little books, old books, new books... books with all manner of styles, contents.. I love the wonder of what lies within. Here you will find anything and everything to do with books... reviews, praise, disappointments, suggestions..in fact, whatever appeals at the time. So, come wander with me on a magical adventure..
BRIGID..the GIRL from COUNTY CLARE.. by Vicky Adin.
BRIGID..the GIRL from COUNTY CLARE..
by Vicky Adin
"Like making lace – she pieces together a new life from a single thread of hope.."
and that she does.
The title attracted me as well as the description of a lacemaker, being a family historian and a craftswoman. It also helped that I am named after my Irish grandmother, Bridget, who was a native of Co Clare.
With all that in mind, I wondered if I was expecting too much, though reminding myself that this is a book of fiction. I was absorbed in the story from the beginning... the need to leave home, as there was simply not enough food, resonated with the story of my own family, who did this from two countries, one being Ireland.
The heartbreaking decision made, and the awful sad farewells made, Brigid finds herself in the turmoil of London, wondering just what had she done... At least she wasn't to be alone, as her cousin, Jamie, was to travel on the same ship. Not that they would be together too often, as the passengers were segregated.
The voyage seems to take an interminable time, as you would expect in that era... Brigid's fellow passengers are portrayed in such a manner that you feel you are getting to know them as well as Brigid is. Her beautiful lace atracts attention and compliments set her dreaming of her future, in between reliving all that has passed before she came to the decision to leave her beloved Ireland.
There is so much that holds your attention.. including the meeting of a man who was to change her life, and not in a good way. Before you know it, you are settling with Brigid in her new home... To tell you much more would spoil the story.. Let's just say that there are a number of twists and turns, some good, some not and as things develop, Brigid begins yet another new life in New Zealand. It was going so well until a man from her past threatens to.. well, I'll let you find that out for yourself.
I couldn't stop turning just one more page, well, ok, just one more chapter... so much was familiar, yet so much was new and interesting. You really don't know what to expect, which to me is a sign of a well written story. At no time did I want to end this book... not just fiction, but factional.. and I can't wait to read more from this author.
Many thanks to Shannon O. aka Shanannigans for providing me with this book.
Disclosure: I have no connection to the author or distributors of this book. If you would like a copy, please Google the title and author and select from whatever outlet suits you best.
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"The wolf is not the only hunter........." SHEPHERD by Catherine Jinks
Whenever there are awards for books that grab your attention from beginning to end, then SHEPHERD by Catherine Jinks, has got to always be a contender!
Tom Clay is just a boy, just 14 years old, but the life he's led and the trials he faces, are so far from that of the average 14 year old today, it's hard to comprehend.
At the age of 12, he became a convict, transported to New South Wales when caught poaching in Suffolk. He'd been taught to keep quiet, a necessary skill when poaching, and it was to stand him in good stead for all that lay before him. This seemed to be the only positive thing he got from his father, himself a poacher.
At 14, he was sent to a shepherd's hut out west of Sydney, to protect the master's sheep from wild dogs. Surrounded by violent men, he kept to himself, having greater affinity with his dogs...Gyp and Pedlar.
I loved the depiction of the first encounter Tom had with kangaroos ...
" Though I'd heard tell of 'em, I hadn't believed such wild tales. I thought the old lags were toying with fresh meat. But when our rattling cart scattered half a dozen big grey beasts on the road and I saw 'em bob away like the bastard spawn of a deer and a rabbit -- well, after that, I was ready to believe anything I heard about this place."
The master was Mr. Barrett, not a man to get on the wrong side of, though he could be fair at times, but as a magistrate, he wasn't averse to handing out 50 lashes. Tom did his best never to draw attention to himself. Barrett trusted him, but how he could trust Dan Carver, was beyond Tom. Carver was a murderer and a vengeful man.. and set about ridding himself of all around him.
From then on, it would take all Tom's wits to avoid and out think Carver whenever he can... his life and that of Rowdy would depend on it. Sheer madness was pitted against a young boy in a foreign land, living off his knowledge of nature and trying to relate it to this strange landscape. I felt Tom's frustration when trying to keep Rowdy quiet, but also sympathised with Rowdy for having to voice his fears...
I found my heart in my mouth so many times and just when I thought the worst was over, the pace became even faster and more horrifying. There are moments of great emotion and of anger and sheer disbelief. Catherine Jinks is an artist of words and emotions and depicts a side of convict life in colonial Australia that most will not have encountered.
The byline on the cover couldn't be more apt.
I can't wait to read more of this award winning author's works and I thank Text Publishing for sending me the book.
AND A LIBRARY WAS BORN!
Turkish Garbage Collectors Curate Their Own Library
The sanitation workers have already amassed a collection of more than 6,000 books
Jason Daley February 23, 2018
Books! (Wikimedia)
smithsonian.com
Many bibliophiles shudder at the thought of tossing a book in the trash. But tons and tons of books are discarded globally each year, either pulped by publishers, shredded by libraries or tossed out when people empty old houses. Sanitation workers in Ankara, Turkey, however, decided to give some of those abandoned tomes a new life by collecting books off the garbage heap. The result, reports Spencer Feingold and Hande Atay Alam at CNN, is a more than 6,000-book library that now serves their community.
The project began when garbage collectors in Ankara's Çankaya district began collecting books for fellow workers and their families to borrow. But the collection kept growing and soon there was interest from other people in checking out the growing list of nonfiction and fiction titles. "We started to discuss the idea of creating a library from these books. And when everyone supported it, this project happened," the mayor of Çankaya, Alper Tasdelen, tells CNN.
You can read the full story here
Labels: AND A LIBRARY WAS BORN!, rescued books - birth of a library, Turkey
TURNING PAGES ALL OVER THE WORLD
Whether they be tiny.................
Anton Chekhov, Chameleon, 1996
Courtesy of Pixabay
or very large....
books and libraries and bookstores continue to attract large followings...
Atlas Obscura often feature some wonderful book related articles.. enjoy.
The Mystery Manuscript Found in a Used Copy of 'Alice in Wonderland'
When a strange document appeared in her shop, an Australian bookseller turned detective. January 23, 2018 ...
Book Towns Are Made for Book LoversAround the world
62 of the World's Best Independent Bookstores
Underground Bookstore
Inside the New York Public Library's Last, Secret Apartments - Atlas Obscura
The Fort Washington library the year it opened, 1914.
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY/PUBLIC DOMAIN
Growing Up in a Library Is Exactly As Magical As You'd Imagine
The children's room at a NYPL branch library.
FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY/PUBLIC DOMAIN
and a few more links for fellow bibliophiles to enjoy...
13 Wonderfully Specific Libraries Reveal Their Oldest Treasures
Bookplates Hold the Secrets to Books' Past Lives
The Oldest Treasures From 12 Great Libraries
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Labels: paradise for booklovers, secrets via bookplates, Turning Pages All Over The World, underground bookstore, want to live in a library?
WHAT YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY SAYS ABOUT YOU..
Atlas Obscura, the site that delves into all manner of interesting things, presents some very interesting concepts...
"A LIBRARY IS, AT ITS most essential, a space that holds a collection of books. A dedicated room or building is not technically necessary. In his Book of Book Lists, recently released in the United States, author Alex Johnson offers examples of portable libraries—"sturdy wooden cases" of books and magazines that "were passed between lighthouses around the United States," for instance. He includes the library Robert Falcon Scott took on board the Discovery in 1901, when the ship left for Antarctica, with a catalogue that specified which cabin a volume could be found in. Napoleon, he writes, had a traveling collection of French classics that was ported with him to war. It included five volumes of Voltaire's plays and Montesquieu's work on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline.
But whatever form a library takes, someone had to have chosen the books in it, which reveal the secrets of heart and mind—their cares, their greeds, their enthusiasms, their obsessions."
To read on, go to The Tales of Libraries......
What is your library like, do any of these seem familiar?
Reasonably tidy
Very tidy
A bit haphazard like this one from Italy
Or haven't quite got enough room on the shelves?
I think my collection is a mixture of all and it doesn't worry me a bit....Some shelves are tidy, some are not, some are more or less in some sort of order, others aren't. They suit me fine, I know where things are (mostly) and no one else has to bother with them.
I aim for comfort, tidiness and the joy of knowing that I am surrounded by things I love. Life's too short to be concerned with trivia, unless of course, it's in a good book!
Which are your favourites and what suits you best?
All images courtesy of Pixabay.
Labels: books, books and more books..., boxes or shelves, choose your style, What your personal library says about you... Tales of Libraries
* Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythel: quest for survival
* 14 Hilarious Book Reviews From Very Concerned Readers
* The Beloved Classic Novel "The Little Prince" Turns 75 Years Old
* Writing in the Public Eye, These Women Brought the 20th Century Into Focus
Dorothy Parker at a typewriter in 1941 (Associated Press)
* Rare Books National Library Australia
* Rare Books and Special Collections Princeton
These views may not be yours, or mine, but it's always interesting to see what others think...
Feel free to comment as to what your favourites are...
* Best 50 Australian Authors as voted for by the public
* Best Selling Irish authors Books - Alibris
* List of best-selling fiction authors - Wikipedia
* Jamie Oliver and JK Rowling top the 50 biggest-selling authors of all ...
* See top 100 authors - Amazon.com
* USA TODAY's top 100 best sellers of 2017
* The 10 best-selling books of 2017 at Unity Books, Auckland | The Spinoff
* 12 Books That Have Been Famously Banned - Culture Trip
* List of books banned by governments - Wikipedia
Labels: banned books..., classic novel turns 75, hilarious book reviews, lists of best authors... or are they, Rare books
A COLLECTION OF AUSTRALIA'S BEAUTIFUL LIBRARIES
Award-winning Craigieburn library, Hume City, Victoria by Australian architects Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp. Photograph: Danish Agency for Culture
Mortlock Chamber, State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia. Photograph: State Library of South Australia
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland. Photograph: Jon Linkins/State Library of Queensland
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria. Photograph: State Library of Victoria
Surry Hills library and community centre, Sydney, New South Wales. Photograph: City of Sydney
State Library of NSW, Sydney, New South Wales. Photograph: State Library of NSW
Murray Bridge library, Murray Bridge, South Australia. Photograph: Sam Noonan/Hassell
Library at the Dock, Melbourne, Victoria. Photograph: City of Melbourne
Barr Smith library at the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia. Photograph: University of Adelaide
Library at Edith Cowan University in Joondalup, Western Australia. Photograph: Edith Cowan University
I would love to know what your favourite library is. If you would like to share a photo and tell me why you like this particular library, I would be happy to share it.
READER'S CHOICE...
Courtesy of Barry York
National Library Australia, Canberra
©Barry York
Foyer, Coffee Shop.. National Library Australia, Canberra
© Barry York
The bookshop and restaurant (Bookplate) are part of the foyer.
Entrance from the foyer. ©Barry York
'Bookplate' restaurant - with stained glass windows by Leonard French. ©Barry York
Looking from entrance to reading rooms across foyer to front entrance.... ©Barry York
Labels: A Collection of Australia's Beautiful Libraries, NSW, Qld, S.A., Vic., W.A.
Bibliophile defined
Crissouli
Sometimes, there are too many words within... sometimes they simply have to be written..... sometimes.... Since I was a little girl I have had a curious nature particularly in regard to who my family were...I was always asking questions and wanting to know more about where everyone fitted in to my extended family... now I have found the answers to many of my questions so have lots of new questions... all to do with family... You can contact me at crissouli (at) gmail (dot) com
PAGES TO TURN TO
MANNA FOR BIBLIOPHILES
BRIGID..the GIRL from COUNTY CLARE.. by Vicky Adin...
As They Were
Headlines of Old
Irish Graves - they who sleep in foreign lands
That Moment in Time
The Back Fence of Genealogy
urungamaiden
SOME FAVOURITES
"A Nimble Fingered Tribe" Barbara Hall
"Never Say Die" Chris O'Brien
"Storm Bay" Patricia Shaw
"The Bone Man Of Kokoda" Charles Happell
"The Boy At The Gate" Danny Ellis
"The Floating Brothel" Sian Rees
"The Flower Net" Lisa See
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In a recent post, I argued that management advice books—like Good to Great, In Search of Excellence, or Who Moved My Cheese?—aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
Because they're just too full of inconsistencies, contradictions, and paradoxes to be of much use to anyone.
This week, I'm going dismiss what passes for "conventional management wisdom" these days. Those clichéd or otherwise stereotypical characterizations of what we think managers need to do, or how they should behave.
And I'm going to do so using precisely the same argument.
For every pearl of wisdom that you've read, heard, or otherwise come to believe about being a "good manager," I'll offer an example of a successful CEO or businessperson who has acted or behaved in precisely the opposite way…and done so without any apparent cost to his or her company, or career.
In fact, in some cases it may have actually contributed to their success.
If you've ever managed before—and even if you haven't—you probably think that in order to be successful, you must have a clear vision or winning strategy for your team, department, or whatever part of the company you've been charged with managing.
This idea is all but considered management dogma by many, in part because of such now famous "vision statements" as Microsoft's ("A computer on every desk and in every home"), Nike's ("To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world; *If you have a body, you are an athlete."), and The Walt Disney Company's ("To make people happy"). And such clear declarations of purpose certainly seem to have served these corporations well.
According to David Packard, he and Bill Hewlett had no such vision for their company when they first started out. In The HP Way (1995), Packard lists an electronic harmonica tuner and an "exerciser" designed to stimulate muscle development with electric pulses as being amongst HP's first projects. While their company did eventually focus on electronics, over the years their products nevertheless continued to vary wildly, ranging from audio oscillators, microwave signal generators, and oscilloscopes, to calculators, computers, and printers.
Consider too the 3M Company. Not only was their original vision flawed, the company actually came into being as the result of a series of mistakes. According to company lore, the founders' original intent was to sell a valuable mineral called corundum, which they thought they were mining. In fact, it was something called anthrosite (a mistake they realized only after selling some of it). They then tried to make sandpaper from this material (while keeping their error a secret), but those efforts were also unsuccessful. And the sandpaper they did eventually make (using garnet) at first kept falling apart.
Conventional management wisdom also has it that in order to be successful, a CEO or manager must necessarily be charismatic, and perhaps even a bit controlling. That in order to get the absolutely very best out of people (or better yet, push them to their productive limits) you have to be incredibly focused – and maybe even possess a personality that's a bit larger than life. This stereotype has been reinforced over the years by such outsized CEO personalities as Chrysler's Lee Iacocca, Virgin's Richard Branson, and Apple's Steve Jobs, to name but a few.
You've probably also come to believe that in order to achieve even moderate success in anything—much less in business—you must necessarily possess a certain degree of confidence and/or self-assurance.
And this is for good reason. Pop culture is rife with examples of athletes, entertainers, and the like who do not lack for self-esteem, regardless of whether they are outwardly gregarious (like LeBron James), or are perhaps more quietly confident (like Tiger Woods). The same seems to be true in the business world. For instance, former GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz did not suffer from a lack of self-assurance it seems. But nor does Bill Gates, the more reserved former CEO of Microsoft.
It is also understood that in order to be a successful manager, executive, or CEO, you must, must, must be willing to work hard, and put in long hours – as well as motivate others to do the same.
Entrepreneur and self-made millionaire Tim Ferriss would hardly seem to be cut from similar cloth – or at least not if the title of his best-selling advice book, The 4-Hour Work Week (2007), is to be interpreted literally..
If you don't need to put in long hours to be successful, conventional management wisdom would still have you believe that mangers must push themselves and their employees with aggressive goals based on some reliable metric.
This idea—that setting hard numeric targets is critical to success—is an oft-repeated management mantra, and has been championed by everyone from Frederick Winslow Taylor, the father of the "scientific management" movement of the late 19th century, to the purveyors of Six Sigma programs today.
And then there is Dr. W. Edwards Deming, the management consultant to whom some measure of credit has been given for Japan's industrial turnaround in the 1970s and 80s. In Out of the Crisis (1982), he writes that "the most important figures needed for management of any organization are unknown and unknowable" – a statement all the more remarkable considering Deming was a professional statistician.
Finally, what of a manager's capacity to lead – the importance of which is all but unquestioned by the global business community. In Becoming a Leader (1989), for example, leadership expert Warren Bennis insists that what most companies need are "leaders, not managers." He then goes on to praise such CEOs as John Sculley (formerly of PepsiCo and Apple) and James Burke (formerly of Johnson&Johnson) for having strong leadership skills.
So what is "good management"?
Virtually everything you've probably come to believe about what managers need to do, or how they should behave, is not carved in stone after all. Being lazy, or introverted, or having no real vision—or lacking the capacity to lead—is not the kiss of death that you might think it to be for a manager or CEO.
Well, fear not. In the next post in this series, I'll start sorting this all out. I'll explain why all of this contradiction and paradox—both in what you've come to believe about managing, and in what you have perhaps read—is not the dead-end it appears to be. Instead, it's actually an important step towards understanding what good management really is.
Being a manager, I'll argue next, is not about knowing what to do, as most people assume.
 http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/06/microsoft-has-a-new-mission-statement-and-its-basically-the-same-as-its-old-one/; http://retailindustry.about.com/od/retailbestpractices/ig/Company-Mission-Statements/Nike-Company-Mission-Statement.htm; http://www.fastcompany.com/1821021/defining-your-companys-vision, respectively. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
 Packard, David. 1995. The HP Way. New York: HarperBusiness, p. 39.
 "3M at 100 – on the right path for growth?" Minnesota Public Radio, Andrew Haeg reporting. Aired June 10, 2002; http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200206/03_haega_3Mhistory/. Retrieved Feb 23, 2016.
 Berkun, Scott. 2013. The Year Without Pants. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Boss, 2013, p. 140.
 Conant, Douglas. "Are You an Introverted Boss?" Harvard Business Review (online version), April 4, 2011. https://hbr.org/2011/04/are-you-an-introverted-boss/. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
 From YouTube: "Q and A with Bill Gates on self-confidence and succeeding in an extroverted world." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S9A1RcEN5w. Retrieved Feb. 23, 2016.
 From Roman Polanski's documentary "Weekend of a Champion" (2013), bonus material, 125:52.
 Allen, Paul. 2011. Idea Man. London, England: Portfolio/Penguin, p. 222.
 Ash, Mary Kay. 2008. The Mary Kay Way. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., p. 64.
 See Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw, 2006, (New York: Penguin Books).
 Taylor, Frederick Winslow. 1919. The Principles of Scientific Management. (Cosimo Classics edition published 2006, New York).
 Pande, Peter S. Robert Neuman, and Roland Cavanagh. 2000. The Six Sigma Way: How GE Motorola, and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Perspective. New York: McGraw-Hill.
 Deming, W. Edwards. 1982. Out of the Crisis. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, p. 20.
 Tyrangiel, Josh, "Touch me harder: The grinding work behind a single iPhone feature," Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Sept. 14-20, 2015, p. 47.
 Koch, Charles. 2015. Good Profit. New York: Crown Business, p. 164.
 Welch, Jack, with Suzy Welch. 2005. Winning. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., p. 7.
 Lencioni, Patrick. 2002. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. San Francisco: Jossey-Boss, p. vii.
 Semler, Ricardo. 2003. The Seven-Day Weekend. London: Random House, p. 39.
 Bennis, Warren. 1989. On Becoming a Leader. New York: Basic Books.
 Iverson, Ken. 1998. Plain Talk, New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., p. 36.
 Bennis, Warren. From the foreword to Plain Talk by Ken Inverson. 1998. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., p. viii.
 Nayar, Vineet. 2010. Employees First, Customers Second. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, p. 146.


SO WHAT PLAYS IN VEGAS stays in Vegas? That's what they'd like you to think. It plays just fine in San Diego, too. Restaurateur Alex Minutella and his partners are the savvy Sicilians who came to the Gaslamp Quarter in the early days and gave the neig hborhood a boost by opening Osteria Panevino. They later created the more upscale Greystone the Steakhouse, then ventured to Las Vegas, where their eateries—now sold—included a Panevino clone. Since what goes around comes around, they bought a building at the corner of Fifth and E, hired a big-time Vegas designer to create a big-time look, borrowed a few ideas from hip Strip joints and debuted Osetra the Fishhouse (their spelling, not mine), which is arguably the most expensive restaurant in San Diego and has done a booming business since opening in early summer.
It's the conventions, get it? Among patrons of events at the San Diego Convention Center are firms that routinely entertain large groups with open-handed extravagance. Lavish? Oh, yes. Some firms' policies dictate spending not less than $150 per person. This explains why Osetra, with more than 200 seats on two floors, declined to take reservations one Sunday night in mid- September. "We were bought out for a private party," explained the hostess. By sunset, a couple of fancy "palm trees" confected from white ostrich feathers flanked the doorway like Vegas showgirls advertising the good times inside.
On the sturgeon caviar scale, osetra ranks second, with beluga the most select and sevruga in third place. At Osetra, 1-ounce servings ($150 for the beluga, $90 for the others) are accompanied by crisp crostini as well as the traditional garnishes of blini, capers, crème fraîche and minced egg and red onion. Purists take caviar straight, often with iced vodka.
The opening pages of the menu may inspire some guests to check the wallet to make sure they brought the platinum credit card. Except for a trio of salads at $10, most starters cost $15 (admittedly, Osetra asks only $14 for clams steamed in Thai-style red curry broth). The choice offerings begin with just-opened Malpeque, Fanny Bay and Hama Hama oysters. They go on to a seafood "Napoleon" that layers rice with lump crab, salmon, spicy tuna and avocado, and then to the huge, expertly cooked Chugo shrimp, which, after soaking in a spiced marinade, take a quick tour of the sauté pan, bed themselves on tender tatsoi greens and bathe in a curry-flavored coconut cream sauce.
The portion satisfies nicely, and while Osetra's prices impress, the restaurant gives value for the dollar. Luxurious rather than creative, but unquestionably satisfying, the shellfish platter for two ($34) offers a sizable bounty of top-grade king crab legs, Maine lobster, Mexican white shrimp, oysters and clams, with a selection of sauces that includes a respectable red and a very good shallot-vinegar dip. Otherwise, open with a fennel-infused "white" chowder of clams, bacon and vegetables ($14), or with a ritzy lobster salad ($18) dressed up with chive remoulade.
THE SCENE MAKES OSETRA. Manager Nick Tomasello, often the only guy in the place wearing suit and tie, scurries through the premises with a walkie-talkie embedded in his ear, directing hostesses where to seat the next group of conventioneers. Locals are there, too, and the knowledgeable ones have booked upstairs, where a flotilla of flying fish (hanging glass lamps, actually) constantly change shades from clear to green, yellow and hot pink, as if to disguise themselves from the well-heeled predators who jam the room.
Big windows overlook the Gaslamp, but this isn't the view that counts. Some years ago, the terrific Aureole restaurant at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas introduced a show-stopping "wine tower" that servers scale to retrieve fine vintages. What Aureole did well, Osetra replicated better. The several-story edifice of steel and glass—tiny bubbles stream upward through water-filled columns on the corners —is the restaurant's focus, and its ability to lubricate expense accounts probably has no peer in San Diego. She flies through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young sommelier on her electric winch. As she gathers bottles like a 1999 La Tiche from Domaine la Romanee- Conti ($1,500; there are also sweet finds like a $40 King Estate 2001 Pinot Noir), the men chilling cocktails on the solid-ice bar down below talk football—but gaze heavenward.
Since Osetra is "the fishhouse," check the seafood pages of the menu first. The Maine lobster-stuffed "wonton" ($29), pasta packages served in a tasty, vegetablegarnished mushroom broth, are flavorful and fun, and the macadamia-crusted scallops with seared foie gras and a creamy vanilla bean-walnut-tangerine sauce offer an exceptional range of flavors ($35). The market-price lobster dish named for the restaurant was $85 one night, so who knows, but the tempura-fried tail served with a lobster roll and drizzles of sauces sounds pretty good.
The titles don't always match the preparations: Dover sole ($38) is listed as "Belle Meuniere" but is breaded and includes capers and mushrooms in the sauce. This may be excellent, but it's more complicated than true sole à la meuniere, a method devised to let this fine fish do all the talking.
Another French classic, bouillabaisse ($42), featured all the right flavors but lacked the rouille (garlic-and-cayenneaccented mayonnaise) that the menu promised alongside. Served on a vast square plate, it was a construction of fish and shellfish in a tomato and saffron-enhanced rich broth. A head-on prawn topped the dogpile of clams, plump mussels, lobster and assorted mild fish (salmon may be included, which is out of place in bouillabaisse, so tell the server to delete it if you object). The presentation also lacked a shellfish fork and a side plate for the shells. These were brought when requested, and their omission, along with that of the rouille, was lamented by a talented server who otherwise made the dinner a very pleasurable experience.
Alternatives to seafood include a bargain- priced, stuffed chicken breast in white-wine sauce ($25), along with heavy hitters like a 1-pound veal chop nicely finished with brown sauce and Gorgonzola cheese ($38), and a boneless, 22- ounce ribeye steak dusted with herbs and crumbs, grilled and sided with cottage fries and green beans ($35). The insistence on giving each meat its very own garnish—such as the grilled white asparagus and Madeira sauce assigned to the market-price Kobe beef filet mignon— is a good indication Osetra intends to employ more than flying sommeliers to keep the customers coming back.
Osetra serves dinner nightly in the Gaslamp Quarter at 904 Fifth Avenue in San Diego. Reservations are strongly advised; call 619-239-1800.


The next major Fortnite update, since patch 7.10 on December 18th, is scheduled to arrive this week. Epic Games will be implementing a host of changes to the game, predominantly within the Battle Royale aspect. Without further ado, let's take a look into the expected Fortnite update 7.20 patch notes and possible release date / time candidates.
NEW INTEL: Have Epic Games secretly added Fortnite Skill-Based Matchmaking (SBMM)?
Typically speaking, Fortnite updates usually come on Tuesday at 5am ET / 10am UTC. Although, if Epic Games decide to delay the Fortnite Update 7.20 release date, as done so with patch 7.10, we could see it on Wednesday. Gaming INTEL can't confirm exactly when it'll arrive. However, based on previous occurrences, our prediction is on Tuesday morning.
In a recent post on Reddit, Epic Games' Eric Williamson confirmed that walls built by players which have 70 percent or more of its area underground will automatically get an additional wall placed above. Prior to building, the players' main objective is to protect themselves against enemy fire. Most players never plan for their buildings to go underground, so this change will undoubtedly provide a massive advantage.
It's important to take note of the specifics in regards to this upcoming change in Fortnite Update 7.20. It is only relevant to walls and therefore will not effect stairs. Although, Epic's lead designer did mention that they possibly have plans to "expand to other structures" in the foreseeable future.
With the launch of Fortnite update 7.20, Glider Redoploy will be regarded as an item, rather than an ability immediately gifted to all players. This means that one place within your inventory will be taken up if you decide to use it. Furthermore, players will be to acquire it through normal loot sources. The initial stack size will be 10 (and higher for LTMs with redeploy). Although, Epic Games will be evaluating the balance of this amount over time.
Epic's current major Fortnite event is scheduled to end tomorrow. 14 Days of Fortnite celebrated the holiday season with the arrival of a large set of new challenges for players to tackle. With players unexpectedly finding themselves unable to complete the entirety of challenges within the given time, many among the community requested for Epic Games to extend it, in which they did.
Recently, Epic Games announced a new Scoped Revolver weapon through their in-game MOTD. There is currently no official confirmation as to when this addition will be making its way into the game. Although, if following suit from previous Fortnite updates, 7.20 appears to be the most likely option.
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The vast world of SEO introduces terms like canonicals, alt tags, meta descriptions, robots.txt; indexation, keyword cannibalization… it can seem like a maze if it's not your realm of work, especially if you're a business owner (you've got better things to do).
Search Engine Optimization – equal parts an art, a science, and a guessing game – is an ever-evolving process that requires the work of a web professional. However, basic knowledge of SEO is critical as you develop your digital marketing strategy and expand your new-to-file customer base in 2018.
In order to understand SEO as a process, let's take it back to the basics and review how search engines, specifically Google, organically ranks websites in the first place.
Let's say you're roasting carrots and need to know what temperature to set the oven. You pull up Google on your phone and type in "best temperature to bake carrots". During that fraction of a second, the Google ranking systems sort through billions of web pages in their index to give you the most relevant results possible.
Remember: Google's primary goal is to provide you with the best, high-quality source based on your search.
These ranking systems are made up hundreds of algorithms, or artificial intelligence (AI) systems, that assess what it is you are looking for and decide what information to give you in return. As algorithms evolve, they get smarter – analyzing your searches and their results in finer detail to provide users with the best search experience.
Google has crawled nearly 130 trillion webpages. Every webpage you see in a search result (commonly referred to as a Search Engine Results Page, or SERP) has been crawled and indexed by Google.
Think of Google like a colony of spiders – the judging panel. Every time a web address is curated by a website owner, it is fed through these spiders, or bots, to crawl and render. As crawlers visit websites, they use links on those sites to discover other pages. They jump from link to link and send data about those pages back to Google's servers to be indexed – similar to sorting books in a library. They take note of important signals (and penalties!) and keep track of it all in the Search index.
A webpage will not be crawled just one time – Google's bots pay attention to new websites, changes to existing sites and red flags – such as broken links or duplicate content. They decide which sites to crawl, when, how often, and how many pages to index from each site.
SEO specialists have the ability to tell Google's bots that a webpage is ready to be re-crawled (be it they updated content to the page or maybe changed the URL) via Google Webmaster Tools, commonly referred to as Search Console.
As mentioned, Google takes note of important signals as they crawl your webpage for indexing.
In short, signals are aspects of a website or webpage that Google uses to help determine how to rank it in search. These algorithms of signals change frequently, and Google does not spill all their secrets; we cannot ever know exactly why Google ranks some pages higher than others. (Remember the guessing game?) Luckily, Google periodically announces changes or updates to algorithms in their blog.
In the old days, Google would analyze a webpage to see how many times a specific keyword appeared, but Google's algorithms are much smarter than they used to be at the dawn of the search. Instead of only measuring content, they now focus on context.
Website quality and architecture – is the website mobile friendly? Does it have an SSL (https://)? Does it have a fast load time?
Link quality – Through links, crawlers can discover how pages are related to one other and in what ways. Search engines use links like streets – like this external link to my source!
A link from one site to another is like giving Google a nod of approval.
Domain authority – The trustworthiness and quality of your website domain, using links as a guide. Domain Authority is scored between 1 and 100, with higher scores corresponding to a greater ability to rank.
Content freshness – Google likes pages that are updated for relevancy.
User experience – Does the website provide a good, flowing user experience? Are users staying on the webpage or website for a long time?
Tune in next week to read about this past decade's biggest algorithm updates!


Khalil Johnson, assistant professor of African American studies, is the recipient of a National Association of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2017-18 academic year.
The National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports up to 30 early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. These $70,000 fellowships support non-residential postdoctoral proposals that make significant scholarly contributions to the field of education.
Johnson, who will be on scholarly leave for the 2017-2018 academic year, will work on a manuscript for his book project, which examines the intersections between education and settler-colonialism in the United States. He also plans to conduct interviews in Alaska Native villages and the Navajo and Tohono O'odham nations to document the historic relationships forged between Native students and African American educators who taught in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools between 1950 and 1980.
"Although I will be living and writing in New Haven for the year, I hope to remain active in on campus events at Wesleyan," he said.
Johnson specializes in the intertwined histories of the African diaspora and Indigenous people in North America, with emphases on U.S. settler colonialism, education and counter-hegemonic social movements. His teaching areas include courses in the history of emancipatory education and U.S. empire, early African American history, American Indian history and popular music.
Johnson has already received support from numerous institutions, including the Ford Foundation, the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation and a predoctoral teaching fellowship at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. His essays and editorials have appeared in American Quarterly, Pacific Historical Review and The Navajo Times. In 2015, he received recognition from the Western History Association for the year's best essay on Native American history.


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U.S.—With the bloodiest days of fighting behind them, the opposing sides in the War on Christmas have agreed to an uneasy ceasefire, set to expire on November 1 of next year, sources near the front lines confirmed Thursday.
Showing off his vast arsenal of armored nativity scene pillboxes, ornament grenades, and candy-cane machine guns, Robertson then led journalists on an exclusive tour of the Christians' headquarters, complete with a stop at the army's state-of-the-art training facility, where new warriors are sent to head out to the front lines each day.
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Biden joins an HBCU in celebrating its graduates — including an old congressional ally
Sixty years after Jim Clyburn received his diploma from South Carolina State University by mail, the House majority whip returned to his alma mater to march alongside current graduates and receive his diploma in person from the president of the United States.
Clyburn, the sole congressional Democrat from South Carolina, delivered commencement remarks to December graduates and talked about his time at the HBCU, where he met his late wife, Emily.
"She came to this campus from a little 22-acre farm in Berkeley County. I don't know what was expected of her but I know what she did," he said. "She came across a little wayward guy from Sumter, South Carolina, and turned him into a U.S. congressman."
Clyburn, a longtime ally of President Biden, shared how his wife pulled him aside in 2020 and insisted on their support of Biden for president.
"She said to me, 'If we want to succeed in this upcoming election, we had better nominate Joe Biden,' " he said. "She passed away before the South Carolina primary, but what she said to me that night stayed on my mind. When I looked among those 20-some odd candidates running for the Democratic nomination, several of whom were very close friends of ours, I remembered what she said to me. And I followed her directions, just as I had for the 58 years that we were married."
Biden, who delivered the ceremony's keynote speech, credited Clyburn's public endorsement as a pivotal moment in reviving his sluggish campaign.
"I got what we call in my old neighborhood in Claymont, Del., I got shellacked in the first two primaries, and I kept saying, 'I'm waiting to go to South Carolina,' " he said.
Biden acknowledged the challenges facing graduates today
Biden also reflected on the importance of historically Black colleges and universities in his own political career.
"The reason I got elected 1972 was because of an HBCU called Delaware State University," he said. "So, folks, you're inheriting an incredible tradition, graduating from this university."
Biden acknowledged the challenges graduates face: the continuation of the coronavirus pandemic, an uncertain economy and "the reckoning on race not seen since the '50s and '60s."
"No graduating class gets to choose the world under which they graduate," he said. "A few classes, every once in a few generations, enter at a point in American history where it actually has a chance to change the trajectory of the country. That's not hyperbole. You face that inflection point today."
Biden touted his administration's legislative achievements to date, including a bipartisan infrastructure bill that puts significant investments in expanding broadband access.
"Everyone should be able to access high-speed internet — urban, suburban and rural," he said. "No student should have to go to a coffee shop or a fast food restaurant to get the internet so they can do their homework."
Biden made a plea for passage of voting rights bills
Biden's address to graduates comes as disagreements among congressional Democrats have delayed passing what would be his administration's hallmark piece of legislation: a roughly $2 trillion social and climate spending package.
Biden also issued a passionate plea for Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would ensure that states have early voting, make Election Day a public holiday and secure the availability of mail-in voting. Democratic lawmakers say these measures are necessary to combat a wave of new restrictions from Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has described the legislation as an attempt by Democrats to have the federal government overhaul elections.
Both bills have been been blocked by Senate Republicans.
"I was chairman of the Judiciary Committee for a long time. At the end of my stint, before I became vice president, I was able to pass the extension the Voting Rights Act for 25 years and guess what? Convinced Strom Thurmond of South Carolina to vote for it," Biden recalled. "I thought, 'We're finally, finally finally beginning to move.' But this new sinister combination of voter suppression and election subversion — it's unAmerican, it's undemocratic and sadly, it is unprecedented since Reconstruction."
Biden, who often talked about the "battle for the soul of the nation" during his campaign, also addressed the racism that continues to plague the country.
"We continue to confront the oldest and darkest forces in this nation: hate and racism," he said. "You can defeat hate but you can't eliminate it. It just slides back under a rock and when given oxygen by political leaders, it comes out ugly and mean as it was before. We can't give it any oxygen. We have to step on it. We have to respond to it."
State bills designed to provide better mental health care for New York mothers
ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - Mary Bartlett recalls lying face-down on her living room couch in her Albany home with one arm dangling off the edge. She couldn't move.
Beer and wine can join popcorn and soda on movie theater menus
ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - Movie theaters in New York will be allowed to add beer and wine to their concessions for consumption by customers watching a film, the State Liquor Authority ruled Wednesday by unanimous vote. Alcohol sales have long been standard at concerts and playhouses and other live entertainment venues, but movie theaters were limited to either selling beer and wine for consumption in a designated area of their lobbies or be licensed as a restaurant.
PA Senate moves forward on a measure targeting local gun laws
HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — People who want to sue over their city or county's gun ordinances may have an incentive to do so under a bill a state Senate committee has moved forward. Municipalities are already banned under state law from passing a wide variety of restrictions on things like gun ownership and transportation.
Counties struggle to find enough supplies for school test-to-stay programs
ITHACA, NY (WSKG) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants schools to adopt test-to-stay programs. But with less local contact tracing and changes to the isolation process, some counties say a test-to-stay program might not make sense anymore. If you're not familiar with test-to-stay, here's a quick rundown.
With NY rent relief funds exhausted, Binghamton officials urge residents to apply for local aid
BINGHAMTON, NY (WSKG)—The City of Binghamton has continued to issue rent relief to residents facing pandemic hardship, with roughly $620,000 left to distribute. The municipal relief program was funded by the CARES Act in 2020, which allocated close to $1 million for rental assistance to the city.


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Doctor Who: A Man in a Box, Literally
I know I said this about Kill the Moon, but Flatline is officially my favorite episode of series 8. I feel like i've been reaching to like this series, but finally this episode completely worked for me. The Doctor and Clara were in perfect sync, (up until the very end that is,) the monsters were interesting and conceptually scary, and we saw the classic tools of the trade that we love– the sonic screwdriver and psychic paper. Oh, and we had a lot of fun with a tiny Tardis.
Never has the statement "it's bigger on the inside" been more true that when the Tardis, landing roughly when/where Clara asked for it to, turned out to be quite a bit smaller than it was before.
The Doctor is immediately intrigued, but Clara's a bit frustrated for ending up in Bristol while she's hiding her travels from boyfriend Danny. As Clara goes to investigate, the Tardis shrinks even more to a pocketbook-sized portability, which Clara carries around with her throughout the episode. The Doctor is full-sized inside, and to indicate the new altered size of the Tardis, its interior door looks like something out of Willy Wonka or Alice in Wonderland.
This means Clara gets to play Doctor throughout the episode, poking fun at the vagueness of the title and using her new found moral ambiguity to solve a mystery of missing people.
When an Alex Mack-style puddle sucks up a police office, the Doctor makes the connection that the disappearing people are being turned two-dimensional by the episode's monsters. Which is to say, they die.
In concept, monsters living in the walls and the floors and basically any flat surface are absolutely terrifying. We see this as Clara leads a party of city workers through the underground. In manifestation, they wear the people they've killed like camouflage, which sounds really creepy, but look like claymation zombies.
These monsters suck energy from the Tardis so the Doctor is unable to restore its size and functions. At one point, the tiny Tardis is knocked out of Clara's hands and onto the subway tracks. As a train approaches, Clara suggests the Doctor "Addams Family" it off the tracks, as they only way to move it is manually. He does, but in his short moment of victory dancing, he knocks it back onto the tracks. It then goes into siege mode: a silver cube with Gallifreyan markings on it that no one could get into or out of. Clara comes up with a brilliant plan to restore its power, thinking like the Doctor and using the monters' power. When the Tardis is restored and the Doctor finally comes out of the box, the moment feels so earned.
Did you guys love this episode as much as I did?
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