It's the day of your dreams. A celebration of love, before your friends and family. A special day you'll remember forever.
It's also the beginning of a new start together: one that's not helped by money worries, regrets or recriminations.
Finding the right balance is a challenge.
So how much should you spend on your wedding?
According to Bridebook's 2018 survey, getting married now costs more than ever.
The average UK couple spends a whopping £30,355. That's a 12% rise from the previous year.
It's not all down to extravagance: suppliers, especially of food and drink, have all raised prices during that time. The cost of marquee hire has also increased significantly.
But it's not just universal inflation that's impacting on wedding spend. It's also about the kind of wedding couples are choosing to hold.
33 per cent of UK couples say they overspent most on food and drink, with an average total spend of over £5000. Choosing a free bar is a quick way to ramp up the cost – especially if you don't provide a cap, or are tempted to lift it on the day.
Entertainment also takes up a sizeable chunk of the average high-end wedding budget. String quartets to welcome guests or accompany the ceremony; live music from a professional ceilidh band; top DJs. Whatever you choose, unless it's an amp and a Spotfiy playlist, they'll need to be paid for the day.
Your wedding photographer will also come at a price: even more so if you choose a video package too.
And, of course, location matters too. London weddings are by far the most expensive, with venue and supplier prices both inflated by demand.
Only you know what's most important to you.
Some couples really want it to be a riotous party, and to make sure everyone else has a fabulous time. For others, it will be the memories of you cutting your spectacular cake in your beautiful clothes, captured pefectly in a wedding album. Maybe you've always dreamed of getting hitched in a particular place. Perhaps all you care about is it feeling special to you.
When it comes to planning your wedding budget, it's important to remember it's your day. Most couples get financial support from one or both parents – but that doesn't give them the right to dictate plans which go against your instinct. Don't be afraid to stand your ground if you feel things are getting out of hand; call on the support of your bridesmaids and/or groomsmen to intervene if you need to.
If in doubt, spend on the things that will last.
So: how much should you spend on your wedding?
There's no single answer, of course. Every couple is unique.
What matters is that you both feel in control of your budget, and happy with your decisions.
The easiest way to keep track of your spending is to choose a venue with a wedding package: one that clearly lays out everything that's included, and gives you the options to add those personal extra touches where you feel they matter most.
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Joaquín Xaudaró y Echau (August 17, 1872 – April 1, 1933) was a Spanish cartoonist, illustrator, and caricaturist.  His humorous depictions of the new technologies of his time –he published a volume of cartoons called The Perils of Flight (Les péripéties de l'aviation, Garnier Frères, Paris, 1911)- serve as an important link between the worlds of nineteenth-century illustration and twentieth-century cartooning.  Xaudaró's observations on contemporary culture and technology, as well as his gentle but insightful sense of humor, are apparent in such cartoons as "El telégrafo sin hilos," "Un retrato futurista," "El auto que pasa," "Despertar en Biarritz," "El leopardo inglés en Spyon-Kop." In another work, Chamberlain seems to receive a "punch" from Kruger, which alludes to the atrocious "Jameson Raid".

Born in Vigan in the Philippines (at the time still a Spanish possession), Xaudaró's family, of Aragonese origin, settled in Barcelona in 1883.  Xaudaró was educated in Paris and London.  He began his career drawing for Madrid Cómico, La Saeta, Gedeón, and Barcelona Cómica, a Barcelona-based humor magazine of the 1890s, occasionally utilizing the pseudonym J. O'Raduax ("Xaudaró" spelled backwards).  Between 1907 and 1914, he also drew for the Paris-based periodical Le Rire.

Xaudaró subsequently worked for the Madrid-based periodicals Blanco y Negro and ABC.  His daily vignettes for ABC brought him fame, with each one containing a trademark little dog that soon became known as "el perrito de Xaudaró."

His book illustrations include those commissioned by the Paris publisher Ollendorff (Les conteurs joyeux), and famously, those utilized for Juan Pérez Zúñiga's Los viajes morrocotudos ("The Fantastic Voyages").  Xaudaró's works of collected cartoons include Los Sports, an album of sports-related vignettes published by Editorial Luis Tasso in the 1920s and Xaudaró: Tomos de Chistes (ca. 1932), a collection of his work that had been published in Blanco y Negro at the end of the nineteenth century.

Xaudaró also did scenographical work for a production of Madame Butterfly.  At the end of his life, he founded, with Antonio Got and K-Hito, the Sociedad Española de Dibujos Animados (SEDA) in 1932.  He collaborated on an animated film with K-Hito.  Xaudaró died in Madrid.

References

External links
About Xaudaró on Lambiek.net
 Diccionario de Humoristas: Xaudaró
"The Perils of Flight"

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Desulfovibrio alaskensis prophages and their possible involvement in the horizontal transfer of genes by outer membrane vesicles.
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Summary of "Desulfovibrio alaskensis prophages and their possible involvement in the horizontal transfer of genes by outer membrane vesicles."
Desulfovibrio alaskensis is a Gram-negative bacterial species that belongs to the group of Sulphate Reducing Bacteria (SRB) and presents prophages in genomes, a common characteristic of the genus Desulfovibrio. Genetic material can be transported by outer membrane vesicles, however, no data regarding the production of these vesicles has been reported for D. alaskensis. To verify the expression of D. alaskensis prophages and their involvement with outer membrane vesicles, the DSM16109 strain was used. The DSM16109 strain had three prophages and presented reduced growth after mitomycin C addition when compared to the control culture. This reduction was accompanied by the presence of virus-like particles (VLPs), indicating mitomycin C dependent prophage induction. The increase in the number of cap gene copies and transcriptions of the three prophages was verified in the control sample, however, without the formation of VLPs. Prophage genes were identified in outer membrane vesicles from cultures treated and not treated with mitomycin C. DSM16109 prophages are expressed spontaneously but only in the presence of mitomycin C was it possible to observe VLP formation. Due to the genetic material detection from the prophages within outer membrane vesicles, this property may be related to the horizontal transfer of viral genes.


Easy money it should be called – instead, the bank is known as Santander. The reason? Well, the Spanish bank is offering customers the princely sum of £125 if they switch their bank account to them.
If you open a 'Preferred', 'Reward' or 'Premium' account with the banking giants you can be paid £100 directly. Make the switch via moneysupermarket.com website and you can collect an extra £25 Amazon voucher. Tasty stuff.
The Preferred account looks like a goodie, as it consistently tops best buy tables, paying 5 percent interest on balances up to £2,500 and an interest-free overdraft for the first 12 months. After that period expire, customers pay 50p a day for authorised borrowing with a maximum of £5 a month.
The move is an attempt to loosen up the grip that the so-called 'big four' banks (Lloyds TSB, HSBC, Barclays or NatWest/Bank of Scotland) hold over the market.


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Our last production, Journey's End, was performed during the week when the battle depicted took place 100 years before. It was well received by our audiences and we were proud to have presented this play - which only existed thanks to the support of Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst - in the centenary year of the end of WW1.
You can see a short piece from BBC Spotlight here about the production.
Below is a complete list of what we call 'main' productions, so it doesn't include many small-scale productions, readings, etc, most of which have taken place in Bogan House, Totnes. Where the venue isn't given, the production was in the Barn Theatre – this became a full-time cinema in 2013. Our long tradition of open-air Shakespeare in the Private Garden behind the Great Hall at Dartington ended in 2009, but we continue to use other outdoor spaces on the estate.


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Boy Scouts Make Controversial Name Change
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The Boy Scouts of America is changing the name of it's iconic scouting program, to reflect the organization's decision to admit girls.
The Boy Scouts of America announced that they're changing the name of the iconic Boy Scouts program for older scouts from the age of 11 to 17 to Scouts BSA beginning in 2019. The name change comes after The Boy Scouts of America decided to admit girls to the scouting program. The organizations name, and the Cub Scout name will not change. This will include troops that are a part of Central New York's Leatherstocking Region.
On the Leatherstocking Region Facebook page, the post relating the name change didn't prompt much discussion, registering only 7 reactions - 2 were "angry" and 2 were "sad."
Is this change going to start a battle of the scouts?
The Girl Scouts - known for their cookies, campfires, and empowerment of girls said - in a statement to 'Fast Company' from their CEO, Sylvia Acevedo, that the Girls Scouts are "the premier leadership development organization for girls. We are, and will remain, the first choice for girls and parents who want to provide their girls opportunities to build new skills, explore STEM and the outdoors, participate in community projects, and grow into happy, successful, civically engaged adults."
The reaction on social media has been mixed - and even celebrities are weighing in:
Is the name change an effort to be more inclusive on the part of the Boy Scouts or is it just - as one commenter pointed out - a way to maintain their ranks by recruiting from a wider pool? Do you think it's fair that Girl Scouts still won't admit boys? What do you think?
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The NBC's LAST COMIC STANDING alum has also appeared on MTV's JOKING OFF, MTV2's UNCOMMON SENSE, BET's COMIC VIEW, and Bill Bellamy's WHO'S GOT JOKES. He was featured on HBO's stand-up series ALL DEF COMEDY and performed his 30-minute special on Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud Network. Karlous has also guest starred in the sitcom FAMILY TIME for Bounce TV and co-hosts MTV's: What's My Secret.
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With Robotics, Manufacturers Have An Opportunity To Boost Workplace Morale
Rich Blake Contributor
I cover robotics in manufacturing.
A Metro Plastics staffer collaborates with a mobile robotic cart on the factory floor.
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For several years, at a commercial site north of Indianapolis, there were scenes of "chickens running around with their heads cut off," as one worker put it. No, this was not one of the Hoosier state's 800-plus poultry farms, but rather a plastic-components making plant in Noblesville, Indiana.
The most frantic flailing-about, figuratively, at the Metro Plastics Technologies factory was associated with the daily forklift gauntlet run by the plant's pair of material handlers who were constantly darting to and from the plant's 25 molding presses.
Likewise, quality control personnel found themselves bordering on a panicked state trying to keep up with invariable in-the-weeds moments inherent in the "it'll be done when it's done" production cycles of diverse, detail-oriented, custom-molded parts making.
"It seemed almost sacrilegious to even think this way, being here in the heartland, but we wanted more automation," said Ken Hahn, president of Metro Plastics which traces its origins back to the mid-1970s. Today, the company employs 125 people and, as of last year, one autonomous mobile robot.
Somewhat akin to a self-driving airline beverage cart, the MiR200 is the product of Denmark's Mobile Industrial Robots. MiR is owned by Teradyne in North Reading, Massachusetts.
The autonomous cart, programed to know its way around every square inch of the 72,000-square foot factory, makes regular rounds, on a loop, stopping at production lines to pick parts up, and at inspection stations to drop them off. Over the past nine months, the robot has logged 200 methodical miles.
Aware of the stigma associated with automation but not wanting to be stranded in the past, Hahn pushed ahead with a mobile robot solution to his uniquely amorphous production line challenges because it made the most sense, even with staff blowback taken into consideration.
Metro Plastics did replace some hourly positions with the robot, which cost under $50,000, Hahn said. But the company also added a full-time (better paying) automation position; material handlers, meanwhile, "can now focus on the process," he added. On a bigger-picture basis, Metro Plastics is a story of impressive growth, and of the dynamic nature of global supply chains. But our story is about automation.
"Not only were workers not put off by the robot, but, to the contrary, it has become a source of pride," Hahn said. "It's gotten to where some of our employees have brought their kids and spouses into work just to show them. It's improved morale."
The downside of rising automation – its potential to roil the livelihoods of millions of working-class people – has been receiving more attention so far in 2019, from think tank reports warning of potential job losses to humorous segments on cable television decrying robo-indignities.
That factory floor morale might be improved by automation shouldn't seem like an outlier, considering some of the types of soul-devouring assembly line tediousness now being mitigated via robotics. And yet, arguably, the opposite sentiment has begun to bubble up, and the divisiveness surrounding robotics in manufacturing is likely to keep simmering as a societal issue. Recently, there were attention-grabbing episodes at Amazon fulfillment centers in Europe last fall when stressed-out workers threatened to strike, with some of them chanting "we are not robots." Many of Amazon's global transshipment hubs rely on mobile robots to move large vertical racks of inventory.
Certainly it's not hard to envision a scenario where a worker is made to feel discouraged when the reference point for measuring their performance is a sole-purpose machine.
New research supports this concept. A joint team of scholars from Cornell University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem just published the results of an experiment to measure what happens, motivationally speaking, to people when they competed with a robot at a simple task. In this case, we're talking about 600 banal rounds of a little game called "count the letter G" (found in a string of 20 randomly generated characters). The subjects were told that their chances of winning a prize would be determined by performance differentials, theirs versus the robot's.
"We found that they tried harder when they found out that the robot was slower, and vice versa," so that as the robot performed better, humans' performance levels ebbed, explained Ori Heffetz, who teaches economics at both Cornell's Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is one of five co-authors of the study, "Monetary-Incentive Competition Between Humans and Robots: Experimental Results."
Heffetz teaming up with co-author Guy Hoffman, a Cornell engineering professor, brought two separate disciplines together but also two old friends who had long discussed some form of research collaboration. They first met in the Israeli army in early 1990s. Both of them began to notice several years ago that A.I. was an underappreciated topic that needed to be more prominently discussed, not only within the fields of economics and engineering but for society at large. The two professors had help from three graduate student authors on this project: Alap Kshirsagar (Cornell University), as well as Bnaya Dreyfuss and Guy Ishai (both from Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
Hoffman mildly objected to the suggestion that the research found robots had a demoralizing effect on humans when side by side doing tasks.
"What I can say is that we found a small discouragement effect," said Hoffman, who has been fascinated by automation and related sociological issues ever since his first encounter, about one decade ago, with self-check-out stations at an all-night food mart – and the sheepish employee who was allowed to turn the machines off in order to preserve his job.
To be clear: it's one experiment, a conversation starter, the authors concede, not the final verdict on robotics' potential to erode self-esteem.
Still, interestingly, when researchers "dialed up" the speed at which the robot could count the Gs, it resulted in reduced performance levels in human subjects.
"This is predicted by established theory based on people's expectation to win," Hoffman explained. "We do not know, nor claim to know, the psychological reasons for this effect, and so I would not say that people were demoralized, saddened, or made angry by the robot.
"But what we did see," he said, "is that the better the robot performed, the less people liked it."
Anecdotally, there's evidence that robotics and automation in general will have more opportunities to boost, not harm, workplace morale, based on the demand for those willing to do manual labor. The following back-of-the-envelope estimate was made by a senior sales executive at an East Coast maker of packaging machinery, some of it autonomous.
"There are about 30 plants that I interact with in a given year," explained the executive, requesting anonymity, i.e. not wanting to risk possibly putting off his clients. "So I would say almost all of them could be described as having some automation or becoming more automated. And, at the same time, most of them are still in hiring mode as we speak and are not able to find enough good people."
Workers are being reassigned not replaced. As far as any robot-related demoralization, it's not evident, the equipment supplier insisted, adding, admittedly speculatively, that probably in 8 out of 10 examples automation improved morale.
Another day there's a story to be written on what, exactly, is propelling Metro Plastics forward so fast these days ("answering the phone and not profiting off of our customers mistakes," said Hahn, connecting success with in-stone companywide commitments such as those). So yes they looked around and saw a no-brainer opportunity to put a robot into the mix. That is noteworthy. But it's one component of a larger mosaic.
Take a step back, and a clearer picture emerges, that of technology being used both economically, and humanely.
Big Poultry recognized many years ago that having chickens running around with their heads cut off was no way to run a slaughterhouse. Society keeps demanding better. Animal welfare concerns do show up in business decisions.
Purdue, for example, last month, announced it spent $20 million to develop a less cruel way of carting chickens away to their deaths.
As it turns out, decreasing human-animal interactions are key to minimizing abuse. In this new system, instead of being handled by humans, Perdue's chickens will be taken from barns to slaughter – by machines.
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This card that Nita T. made is so awesome? She also used an old road atlas for the back ground paper. The inside greeting is just perfect too. Thanks Nita for sharing your talent to use old things to make new things to give.


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With that in mind, we take a look at the journey of diesel for the last 20 + years.
Diesel is still widely used across the globe, however it's clear that worldwide efforts are being made to reduce its usage. Fresh evidence from the new authoritative report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to set the world a clear target, means we must cut emissions of greenhouse gases to net zero by 2020 to have a reasonable chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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Bills' Cole Beasley says he may retire over NFL's new COVID restrictions for unvaccinated players
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Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley does not agree with the NFL's new COVID-19 protocols. The league's updated guidelines, announced recently after an agreement with the NFL Players Association, significantly loosen restrictions on players and staff who've been fully vaccinated for COVID, while upholding many of 2020's requirements — masking, social distancing, etc. — for those who've not been vaccinated. Now, a day after tweeting critiques of the protocols, Beasley says he's prepared to walk away from the game over the issue, noting in a statement Friday that he's OK being "forced into retirement" because of his stances on COVID.
"Hi, I'm Cole Beasley, and I'm not vaccinated!" wrote the veteran wideout, who earned second-team All-Pro honors in 2020. "I will be outside doing what I do. I'll be out in the public. If (you're) scared of me, then steer clear, or get vaccinated. Point. Blank. Period. I may die of COVID, but I'd rather die actually living … I don't play for the money anymore. Fine me if you want. My way of living and my values are more important to me than a dollar.
"I love my teammates and enjoy playing ball because all the outside BS goes out the window in these moments," he continued. "I just want to win the Super Bowl and enjoy these relationships that will be created along the way. I'm not going to take meds for a leg that isn't broken. I'd rather take my chances with COVID and build up my immunity that way … That is my choice based on my experiences and what I think is best. I'll play for free this year to live life the way I've lived it from Day 1. If I'm forced into retirement, so be it. I've enjoyed the times I've had … So either way, it's a win-win."
Lots of other NFL players, Beasley added, feel the same way but "aren't in the right place in their careers to be so outspoken." Fellow Bills receiver Isaiah McKenzie tweeted later Friday in recognition of Beasley, saying he "loves" to see his teammate "out here fighting."
On Thursday, Beasley was specifically critical of the NFL's new protocols, which require players, coaches and staff without vaccines to follow entirely different rules than those vaccinated during training camp and preseason. Those requirements include wearing masks, practicing social distancing, undergoing daily COVID testing, refraining from any activity outside team hotels and abstaining from any social/media/marketing opportunities.
"I don't have a problem with anybody getting the vaccine," Beasley wrote previously, in May. "That is your choice. My problem is everyone is ridiculing and bullying people … into getting one or thinking the same way about it. It's becoming that way with any issue. This is not OK."
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There are many advocates of cryptocurrency, either as the future of money or as an investment vehicle capable of yielding multiple returns on investment. Many of these advocates have been prominent individuals and personalities who liked the idea of cryptos and bitcoin and had great faith in their potential.
In fact, some of them saw the technology's potential long before it became public knowledge. People like Mike Tyson, the world's former heavyweight boxing champion, and Snoop Dogg caught on to the idea a long time before cryptos became a public idea and bitcoin was being shilled by everyone.
The good news is that many of these entities still believe in the viability of these blockchain projects. As a result, they have gone on to invest in and buy up many of these tokens, with some rumoured to have crypto portfolios valued in millions of dollars. Let's take a look at some of the more popular bitcoin and crypto investors, shall we.
According to a report by TMZ, 50 Cent had reportedly amassed about 700 bitcoins after accepting to allow buyers purchase his 2014 album, Animal Ambition, with bitcoins.
This cache is now valued at over $2.4 million. At the height of bitcoin's value in January 2018, the 700 bitcoins was valued at $12.6 million. Interestingly, he even completely forgot that he had that much stashed away until after his bankruptcy proceedings.
In a manner similar to 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg also jumped on the idea of cryptocurrencies in 2013, when he allowed his album to be sold for 0.3 BTC. Of course, there's no public knowledge of how many albums people bought with bitcoin.
However, it was enough to get him to become an ardent advocate of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In fact, he was also an attendee at Ripple (XRP) Community Night Crypto Party.
The point is at bitcoin's current valuation, Snoop Dogg ended up selling an album for over $1,000. That's an expensive album if you ask us. And if he sold anywhere near a thousand of those albums, it means he's probably sitting on at least a million dollars in bitcoin.
While the pop icon has nothing to do with bitcoin -that we know of- she's very visible with the cryptocurrency Ripple (XRP).
In fact, she recently partnered with both Facebook and Ripple to raise funds for her Raising Malawi Foundation. So, while she may not be a direct investor, she's most likely, a recipient of any crypto windfall and an ardent enthusiast.
A member of the erstwhile Spice Girl group, and judge on the America's Got Talent TV show, Mel B accepted payments in bitcoin for her 2014 Christmas single.
She did this in partnership with CloudHashing, and got paid by many buyers. Of course, she hasn't come out to say how much she made from the deal, but it could be a lot.
Pitbull is currently involved in the cryptocurrency movement and looks poised to benefit from its growth. In fact, he had been investing in bitcoin since 2012.
A 2018 announcement shows that he's on the verge of launching a new cryptocurrency, backed by technology that makes payments easier in the music sector.
One of the more outspoken A-list actors with crypto investments, Ashton Kutcher is currently invested in BitPay, and UnikoinGold.
While he hasn't said anything about his investments in bitcoin, it's possible that if he's willing to invest in his own cryptocurrency, along with Mark Cuban, it is very possible that would have a stash of bitcoin or other highly valuable cryptocurrencies.
A highly successful actress and serial entrepreneur, Gwyneth Paltrow has a few crypto investments and endorsements. One of these is bitcoin wallet, Abra.
She's the face of the brand and also acts in an advisory role. As a crypto investing enthusiast, and possible holder of a chunk of cryptos, she also educates her followers on the merits of the tech as well as how they can take advantage of it.
If you've ever seen the TV series House, then you know the annoying but often right character in the person of Dr. House, played by Hugh Laurie.
While he still primarily earns his income as an actor, the only public knowledge about his crypto investments was a $5,000 investment in bitcoin. Of course, he may have bought more while the token was on the rise, but there's not much known about those.
He's known as Captain Jack in the Pirates of the Caribbean. While that series and few other movies have made him rich, his incredibly ostentatious lifestyle, and his divorce, made him bankrupt. So, while he's not really a role model when it comes to lifestyle choices, he's at least invested in cryptos. His latest being his partnership at blockchain startup, TaTaTu.
Founder of Microsoft and one of the world's wealthiest men, Bill Gates also has a knack for identifying emerging technologies with huge potential. That's why he started investing in bitcoin, because he felt that bitcoin's technology is likely to be the future of money.
He particularly likes bitcoin because of the low fees, transaction speed, and borderless features. While nothing is known of his stake in the token chances are that they might be pretty sizable.
Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson, caught on to the tech early, partnering with Bitcoin Direct, a Bitcoin Wallet and ATM manufacturing company. While Tyson isn't public about his holdings, the truth is he's a brand ambassador, as well as popular bitcoin advocate and investor.
Popular boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather is a popular cryptocurrency investor and brand ambassador. He's been known to promote crypto projects like Stox, Centra, and Hubii Network.


My son and family came to WA for a wedding the first part of July and Chris's schedule required him to return to MT afterhis week of vacation while his family stayed another. So he and I loaded his car with pastels, paper, hats, insect repellent, etc. – all things to occupy me in my quest to paint MT. We spent the first 3 days in Billings – where I used to live – visiting with friends in the evenings, but spending the days scouting the area for places to set up an easel and paint and take reference photos for future use. It was hot and dry til late afternoon when the thunder clouds rolled in, which meant you had best be under cover with the pastels all tucked away.
I have been using some of the Pastelmat paper for paintings and liking how it takes the pigment and the colors of the paper. I chose a neutral color and sketched in the basic layout with a piece of charcoal. Beginning with some basic sky, I get that color on the paper, then working down to the distant landscape. There is some hint of rain showers in the distance, so I want to convey that in the painting. Less is more when painting such an impression…you don't want a huge amount of pigment to fill the tooth of the paper. A note about this paper…it is quite "velvety" in feel, and it will hold a good amount of pigment, workable fix for texture…but you don't want to use a heavy hand and fill the tooth up immediately! Once the distant landscape and sky details are completed I continue my painting, adding the tree line and while I am painting the background trees, I add some of that color into the lower part of the painting for reflections that will be established in the water.
And with water and reflections…again, keeping a minimal amount of pigment on paper adds to the "look" of the water. A gentle stroke with the side of a soft pastel stick gives the water a nice, soft look with some of the background peeking through the water's surface.
As a note about this paper…I bought a pad of the paper for traveling and doing plein air painting in the field…1) because of the ease of transport and the size; 2) because it is inter-leafed with a protective sheet of Glassine or some other type of paper that aids in storage during travel. One thing I have found is this paper says it is 9×12 inches; it is a little shy of that…so that can cause a problem if one is trying to put that painting directly into a plein air frame without matting…I use a lot of the stock Plein Air frames sold by Jerry's Artarama and have not had a problem with other pre-cut paper…so something to keep in mind when you go to frame the work when using this particular paper. I do love the feel of it, however and it does come in other larger sizes, which I love.
So enjoy some painting time out in the field…and try some of the great papers available now…I love the Pastelmat!


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Lead or assist leader in education classes for expecting moms (and dads) in basic infant care as well as teaching skills such as calming a crying baby, how to give a baby bath, car seat safety, etc. Parental experience required.
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.openapitools.model.InputStepImpllinks;
import org.openapitools.model.StringParameterDefinition;
import javax.validation.constraints.*;

import io.swagger.annotations.*;
import java.util.Objects;

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    return this;
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Latest police logs include reports of a resident tackling a prowler near Sayonara Drive, several juveniles throwing rocks at vehicles near Target, and a transient man with his pants down in front of Safeway.
The following is a summary of select incidents listed in the Citrus Heights Police Department's daily incident bulletins for Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019. Links to additional bulletins are also included below.
Saturday, January 26, 2019: Total of 48 incidents listed.
Incident report categories of note: 14 calls regarding suspicious activities, 18 disturbance-related, 6 homeless/transient-related, no grand thefts, 1 petty theft, no burglaries, 2 assault reports, 2 collisions, no stolen vehicles, and 1 report of domestic violence.
12:14 a.m., Assault, Mauana/Sayonara. Four males were reportedly seen "shoving and yelling" in the middle of the street.
12:29 a.m., Prowler, Terra Wy. A prowler reportedly jumped over a fence and tried to get into a house on Terra Way, near Sayonara Drive. The caller's boyfriend tackled the suspect and had him pinned down in the driveway when police were called. About 20 minutes prior, another caller reported a prowler incident several blocks away involving someone trying to get into a home on Verhoven Court.
5:30 a.m., Suspicious Vehicle, Willowleaf Dr. A vehicle was reportedly parked in the middle of the road on a residential street near Van Maren Lane and Misty Creek Drive.
7:54 a.m., Disturbance Loitering, Safeway on Greenback Ln. Police were advised that a transient male was in front of Safeway with his pants down.
8:18 a.m., Suspicious Circumstances, Freedom Ln. An unknown male with several bikes and electric scooters was observed in a creek area behind a residence in the Creekside Estates mobile home park off Greenback Lane.
12:05 p.m., Disturbance Verbal, Circle K on Sunrise Blvd. A man was reportedly throwing rocks and sticks in front of the Circle K gas station on Sunrise Boulevard. He was also observed hitting a nearby sign and punching a wall.
1:26 p.m., Reckless Driving, Zenith/Antelope. A vehicle travelling westbound on Antelope Road was observed "driving on a rim" with sparks coming from the wheel.
6:01 p.m., Disturbance Loitering, Creekside Dental on Greenback Ln. A transient man was reportedly loitering in front of a dental building on Greenback Lane, near Auburn Boulevard. Police were advised that the man was responsible for starting "at least three fires" in recent months.
6:35 p.m., Collision Injury, Mariposa/Circuit. An injury collision involving a bicyclist and a vehicle was reported near Mariposa Avenue and Circuit Drive.
6:52 p.m., Assault, Fair Oaks/Woodmore Oaks. An assault reportedly occurred following a vehicle accident on Fair Oaks Drive near Woodmore Oaks Drive.
10:02 p.m., Suspicious Circumstances, Kohls on San Juan Ave. Police were notified that a suspicious individual was inside the store "stuffing a duffel bag with merchandise and removing the security tags," but had not walked out yet.
10:51 p.m., Disturbance Verbal, Target on Sunrise Blvd. Several juveniles were reportedly in the center divide throwing rocks at passing vehicles, causing damage.
11:28 p.m., Suspicious Circumstances, Round Table Pizza on Lichen Dr. Several transients reportedly approached a man outside Round Table Pizza and asked to get in his vehicle.


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Q: Fast-csv writing all in a single line. Need multiple line output I have an API call that loops into JSON and outputs through fast-csv.  However, it's outputing all into a single line in the csv file.   Is there a way for it to write in multiple lines?
axios.get(url+'term='+orgName +'&location='+city + state + zipCode,{
            headers: {
                Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token
            }
        })
        /*If results are less than 1, moves on to fetchWhitePages API, ELSE, passes in the data*/
            .then(res => {
                if(Array.isArray(res.data.businesses) && res.data.businesses.length <= 0){
                   return fetchWhitePages(data);
                }else{
                    console.log('RUNNING YELPAPI');
                    /*For loop to get JSON objects within YelpAPI */

                    for(let i =0; i < res.data.businesses.length; i++ ){

                        churchName.push(res.data.businesses[i].name + '\n\r');
                        churchAddress.push(res.data.businesses[i].location.display_address + '\n\r');
                        churchPhone.push(res.data.businesses[i].phone + '\n\r' );

                        writeStream()

const churchName = [];
const churchAddress = [];
const churchPhone = [];

function writeStream (){
    fast
        .writeToPath("my.csv", [
                {name: churchName, address: churchAddress, phone: churchPhone}
        ], {
            headers: true,
            transform: function(row){
                return {
                    Name: row.name,
                    Address: row.address,
                    Phone: row.phone
                };
            }
        })
        .on("finish", function(){
            console.log("done!");
        });
}

A: Two things need to be fixed in your code:

*

*Only call writeToPath once, after the for loop.

*Construct an array of church objects, each representing exactly one church.

And this is how this could look like:
axios.get(url + 'term=' + orgName + '&location=' + city + state + zipCode, {
        headers: {
            Authorization: 'Bearer ' + token
        }
    })
    /*If results are less than 1, moves on to fetchWhitePages API, ELSE, passes in the data*/
    .then(res => {
        if (Array.isArray(res.data.businesses) && res.data.businesses.length <= 0) {
           return fetchWhitePages(data);
        } else {
            console.log('RUNNING YELPAPI');
            /*For loop to get JSON objects within YelpAPI */

            const churches = [];
            for(let i =0; i < res.data.businesses.length; i++ ){

                churches.push({
                    name: res.data.businesses[i].name + '\n\r';
                    address: res.data.businesses[i].location.display_address + '\n\r';
                    phone: res.data.businesses[i].phone + '\n\r';
                });

            }

            writeFile(churches);
       }
  });

function writeStream (churches) {
    fast.writeToPath("my.csv", churches, {
        headers: true,
        transform: function(row){
            // you could eliminate this block by changing the property names in the church objects
            return {
                Name: row.name,
                Address: row.address,
                Phone: row.phone
            };
        }
    })
    .on("finish", function(){
        console.log("done!");
    });
}

If this solves your problem, please don't forget to mark this as the answer.

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Q: When starving, should you run or sprint in Minecraft? If hunger is an important factor, let's say you don't have any food and are far from your home, what's the best approach?
Walking, sprinting or sprinting and jumping?

A: Definitely walking. It doesn't increase hunger rate, whereas sprinting and jumping do. You can get a list of the hunger costs here: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Hunger#Exhaustion_level_increase

A: In addition to the answers and comments you also will not be allowed to sprint once your hunger bar drops below a certain number.  You can go past halfway and still be able to sprint but once you hit about 4 hunger bars you cannot sprint anymore.

A: What does consume more hunger?
Sprinting and jumping or just sprinting.
Technically a jump is 0.05 hunger depletion and sprinting 1block is 0.1.
But how does it count in a sprint+jump?
Which one is faster?


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Stanton Friedman's Massive Collection Of UFO Files To Be Catalogued
Legendary nuclear physicist and UFO researcher, Stanton Friedman, will now have his UFO files catalogued. The well-known scientist passed away earlier this year on May 13th at 84 years of age.
Throughout his career as a UFO researcher, he gave lectures at more than 600 colleges and over 100 groups in 50 U.S. states as well as in 19 different countries. He had at least 80 papers published on UFO phenomena, wrote numerous books, and appeared on several radio shows and television documentaries.
Friedman studied the UFO phenomena for approximately 60 years; so needless to say, he has a lot of material that needs to be catalogued. In fact, it is said that he has the largest single collection of UFO files in the entire world. Prior to his passing, officials at the Provincial Archives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, were already in the process of preserving his files so that someday the public can view all of his work. They predict that it could take up to ten years to catalogue all of his files.
Joanna Aiton Kerr, who is the manager of the Provincial Archives, told Motherboard that archivists contacted Friedman after they found out that he was retiring to ask him if they could preserve his collection of UFO files. After he agreed, it took them five cargo vans in order to collect all of his work.
The archivists' biggest task will be going through all of his files as they are extremely disorganized. "We can find a single page of a letter or document in one pile, another page somewhere across the room, another page tucked into a book, and so on," Kerr explained. She went on say that so far they have gone through and processed around 25 boxes of Friedman's work that is now accessible to visitors of the Provincial Archives, however, it's not yet available for viewers to read online.
One of the most interesting aspects of going through his work is reading through the letters he received from people all over the world describing their UFO encounters. "People wrote him from all over the world. People phoned him – he recorded many of these calls and we have tapes too. It's fascinating stuff," Kerr said.
Whether it takes just a few years or closer to a decade to get through all of Friedman's files, it will definitely be worth it in the end when his years of dedicated UFO research will be available for everyone to read.
Source: Mysterious Universe
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Trim off and discard coarse ends of asparagus. Cut asparagus into 1-inch pieces. Combine asparagus and 1 cup broth in medium saucepan; cook 12 to 15 minutes or until tender.
Remove 1 cup asparagus pieces; set aside. Purée remaining asparagus pieces with broth in blender or food processor.
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FIFA 15 Fans are Driven Crazy by the FUT 15 Issues
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FIFA 15 Ultimate Team received a new update on October 27 for Android and iOS devices, but it was plagued with problems from the start. Fans reported difficulties using the app, which should have been fixed since the complaints first began. Unfortunately, it appears users are still experiencing problems, as a new group of users took to the Google Play Store, or wrote emails to EA, in anger towards the persistent problems plaguing the game, reports Phones Review.
One user reported that his downloaded FIFA 15 Ultimate Team app was consistently crashing after connecting to Facebook. Another said they experienced a similar crash, but they only had to load up the home page on the application before the entire thing crashed to the ground before them. And another user said when they select "tap to continue" they are able to use the app for a moment before experiencing a crash.
These types of complaints are echoed across the Google Play store, where fans are growing tired of waiting on an update from EA. In a more worrisome issue with FIFA 15 Ultimate Team, a user reported purchasing FIFA points using their credit card. The payment went through just fine, but the points were never added to his account whatsoever. He paid for a figment of his imagination with real, hard-earned money.
Lastly, another user reported their entire account being deleted thanks to the app once he logged in to Facebook using his mobile device. Disconnections are becoming a regular occurrence, too, and EA has not released a statement detailing what or when they intend to fix within the application.
If you're finding yourself having trouble with FIFA 15 Ultimate Team, it's highly suggested to email EA, or check the Google Play store in hopes of finding a fix from another user. EA is notorious for releasing buggy products, but they tend to fix them after release, even if it does take a few months.


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Home news United States elevated its engagement with India says Tillerson
United States elevated its engagement with India says Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks about the US relationship with India, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Vastavam web: The United States has elevated its engagement with India as part of its effort of free and open Indo-Pacific, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said."We've long had a trilateral relationship in the Indo- Pacific between Japan, Australia, and the US, and we're now working towards whether this will become a quad relationship to include India because of the importance of India's rising economy as well and I think shared national security concerns that we have with India," he said.
"As we've said to the Chinese, we hope we can find a way to freeze this particular activity. Whether we can reverse, it remains to seen. But it is not acceptable to us that these islands continue to be developed, and certainly not for military purposes," he said."In Southeast Asia, we put forth a policy here not too long ago of a free and open Indo-Pacific, and this was built on the back of some of our views about China's One Belt, One Road policy. China's One Belt, One Road, we understand, is a policy they have to continue their economic development, and our policies do not seek to contain China's economic development," Tillerson said.
"But China's economic development, in our view, should take place in the system of international rules and norms, and One Belt, One Road seems to want to define its own rules and norms," he added.The Secretary of State borrowed a quote from Defence Secretary Jim Mattis: "China has One Belt, One Road; the United States and the global economy has many belts and many roads, and no one country gets to choose the belt or the road.
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Myofascial Release: An Evolving And Simple Definition
Urged on my peers on both sides of the argument, here is an initial version of what I hope becomes a more permanent way to describe the work I use and teach. Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are always welcome (post below). Edits will be made to this post as comments come forward, both here as well as from social media.
Myofascial release (MFR) is one style of manual therapy that uses slow, still, prolonged stretching through clothing or directly on the skin to facilitate change in the patient. Whether having its primary effects on fascia, as historically believed, or on skin, muscle, other tissues, or the nervous system in general, it is realistically a more complex direct and indirect interrelationship of overlapping systems. The goal of MFR is most often to reduce the feeling of tightness and to lessen pain, allowing for more freedom of movement and improvement in functional abilities. While other forms of MFR vary, The Walt Fritz, PT form of MFR relies on direct patient feedback to drive evaluation and treatment, assuring that interventions are patient-specific. (edit 5/13/18)
Myofascial release (MFR) is a style of manual therapy most typically associated with its historical roots, which relied on perceptions that one could label pain and various movement disorders a result of tightness/restriction within the fascia/connective tissue. Most therapists using MFR were taught that they were able to selectively and singularly impact these fascial restrictions to the exclusion of other tissues, with the goal of reducing pain and restoring more normal movement patterns, with any mention of the nervous system added as afterthoughts. While MFR has been a popular and effective form of manual therapy for decades, the claims made by its proponents have yet to be proven, though these issues exist for nearly all forms and brands of manual therapy and massage.
Most brands of MFR, manual therapy, and massage claim that pain/movement problems are due to one specific tissue and make claims to be able to specifically impact that particular problem, all while having remarkably similar styles of engagement as the next type of therapy.
While it may be possible to be able to target one tissue under the skin for intervention, more plausible explanations come from neuroscience-based explanations, as well as the potential impact of contextual factors. These models look at more central mechanisms to explain the local effects of manual therapy, including MFR. Using such principles as neurodynamic technique, where nerve tension is reduced, allowing more freedom of movement and less pain, as well as skin/superficially embedded receptors that can signal the effects of MFR at the local level, with changes in pain/movement problems being an outcome of brain output via the central nervous system. These ideas work from the knowledge that the nervous system is in ultimate control, though in partnership with, the remainder of the soft and bony structures in the body. Though neuroscience-based models also lack full proof, they may be "less wrong" than many of the various other models.
Briefly, MFR has a typical style of engagement that uses slow, still, prolonged stretching to facilitate change in the patient. Whether having its primary effects on skin, fascia, muscle, nerves, or other tissues, its goal is to reduce the feeling of tightness and to lessen pain, allowing for more freedom of movement. I call my work MFR in reference to a very recognizable style of hands-on engagement typically associated with myofascial release, rather than due to thoughts that it is fascia that I am selectively engaging.
With such uncertainty, where does that leave the therapist and consumer? Therapists still treat in the manner they were taught, with hands-on interventions typically very helpful. The best choice may be to keep explanations simple. While it may be the fascia, muscle, joints, knots, trigger points, or a host of other tissues and pathologies are responsible for our problems, we can only work through the skin. Everything else is a stretch (pun intended!).
Education: State University at Buffalo, NY BS in Physical Therapy, 1985 State University at Buffalo, NY BA in Community Mental Health, 1984. Professional Experience: Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminars (Founder) 2006-Present, providing Myofascial Release education to physical therapists, athletic trainers, occupational therapists, speech/language pathologists, and massage therapists. See www.FoundationsinMFR for full information. Prior to 2006, Walt worked with other well-known teachers, presenting continuing education seminars across the USA.
Pain Relief Center, Rochester, NY 1998-Present. Providing Myofascial Release treatment as a physical therapist to a wide variety of diagnoses and age groups. Practice consists entirely of Myofascial Release treatment. www.MyofascialResource.com. Founder of national based website for therapists practicing Myofascial Release and related types of bodywork. Extensive research collection for scientific publications of and around the field of Myofascial Release, as well as a treatment resource for therapists and patients. www.FoundationsinMFR.com. Information on quality continuing education seminars in myofascial release, with small group trainings and a high degree of individualized one-on-one instruction at www.waltfritzseminars.com
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MILLER VS. PHILLIES: Braves starter Shelby Miller is 2-0 with a 0.84 ERA in three games vs. the Phillies this year and will pitch the opener of a four-game series in Philadelphia. He faces Aaron Harang (4-11, 4.08 ERA), who is 0-8 with a 6.15 ERA in nine starts since May 14.
MIAMI FAREWELL? Dan Haren (7-6, 3.51) starts against Washington in what could be his final appearance for the Marlins, who may trade him before Friday's deadline to make deals without waivers. Haren is 1-1 with a 3.94 ERA in five starts in July.
TORONTO'S NEW LEADOFF HITTER: Troy Tulowitzki came into his first game with Toronto Wednesday with five big league at-bats as a leadoff hitter. Put atop the batting order, he hit went 3 for 5 with a two-run homer, two doubles and three RBIs in an 8-2 win over Philadelphia.
HOLLIDAY UPDATE: The St. Louis Cardinals say more information will be available Thursday on outfielder Matt Holliday, who left Wednesday night's game against Cincinnati Reds with a right quadriceps strain after pulling up while running to first base. Holliday was sidelined from June 8 to July 17 with a similar injury.


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A new study of more than 2,200 patients with low risk prostate cancer in an ethnically and economically diverse population revealed that ethnicity influences this decision. The results, published in The Journal of Urology, indicate that black men may be more likely than white men to begin active treatment independent of followup clinical measures, a finding that suggests greater attention to race/ethnicity is needed. Patients who were included in the study were all diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer between 2004 and 2012 at Kaiser Permanente Northern California. Since this is an ethnically and economically diverse population, comparisons across a range of sociodemographic groups could be made. They did not receive any treatment within the first year of diagnosis and had at least two years of follow-up.
Of the participants, 27% switched to active treatment after a median follow-up of 2.9 years. Compared with non-Hispanic white men, non-Hispanic black men were 30% more likely to switch to active treatment. The results showed that race/ethnicity does play a factor in the decision to undergo treatment despite active surveillance being clinically indicated. In addition, research results showed that Gleason grade progression, PSA doubling time less than 48 months, and higher baseline PSA levels (8 to 10 ng/mL) were associated with switching to active treatment independent of race.
Among those who remained under surveillance, fewer non-Hispanic black men underwent repeat biopsies within 24 months of diagnosis compared with non-Hispanic white men. While the results were only marginally significant, they suggest that race may be a factor for switching to active treatment even among men on active surveillance. "These results are important as clinicians may be increasingly hesitant to require men to undergo serial re-biopsies due to complications, yet black men are known to have a greater likelihood of prostate cancer progression, which suggests that clinicians should be particularly vigilant in the surveillance of black men on active surveillance," noted Dr. Kelly.


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A graphic designer has Photoshopped the logos off Supreme items, asking whether the brand is worth the hype, or if under the iconic logo, Supreme's products are just like everything else out there.
The lineup of Romano Dudaš's website, Regular Products, mainly focuses on Supreme's novelty pieces — the pocket knife, the guitar, the shovel, and the clippers — that even the brand's biggest fans will concede are just "regular items" when stripped of the famous logo.
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Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp
Nestled in the heart of Volusia County, Florida is the small, unincorporated town of Cassadaga that is home to the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp. Known as the oldest Spiritualist community in the South, the site was originally intended to be a winter camp for the Spiritualists from the Lily Dale Spiritualist Camp in upstate New York, on the shores of Lake Cassadaga. However, in 1894, George P. Colby established the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp saying he was led to that exact spot by his spirit guide, Seneca. Colby purchased a large tract of land and offered it to the newly formed non-profit organization of Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association.
Andrew Jackson Davis Education Building - ca. 1981
Cassadaga Spiritualist Assembly Hotel
Colby Lake ca. 1936
Entrance to Camp
Stevens Street ca. 1908
The beginning of Spiritualism is credited to Andrew Jackson Davis, who wrote two books, Principles of Nature, Her Divine Revelations and a Voice to Mankind in 1846 and Principles of Nature in 1847. The first book established the principles of Spiritualism, and the second book laid the philosophical foundation for the Spiritualist movement. Spiritualism is made of three parts: religion, science, and philosophy. Spiritual mediums (someone who is sensitive to the vibrations of the Spirit World) are said to be able to contact and deliver messages from the dead. Meanwhile, during the early nineteenth century, the United States was experiencing an outbreak of religious fervor, mainly in western New York. Revivals were being held across the country. Spiritualism gained more popularity after the end of the Civil War because so many people had lost loved ones and they were looking for something, anything to connect them to their friends and family who had died (Wynne and Knetsch).
As mentioned earlier, Spiritualism is made up of three parts: science, religion, and philosophy. Spiritualism is a science because it investigates, analyzes, and classifies facts and manifestations from the spirit side of life. It is a religion because it tries to understand the Laws of Nature which the Laws of God are, too. Spiritualism is a philosophy because it studies the seen and unseen sides of life (Karcher and Hutchinson). Spirit Guides are also a big part of Spiritualism. Spiritualists believe that some spirits return to Earth to help humanity and they believe that everyone has a Spirit Guide. Mediums can help people to communicate with Spirit Guides and people who have passed on. The National Spiritualist Association, USA has a Declaration of Principles to teach the truths and principles expressed by Spiritualism.
Central Florida is well known for its theme parks, but in the late 1880's and early 1900's tourism focused more on roadside attractions and luxury hotels on the beaches. Henry Flagler built his Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine in 1888 and Henry Plant built the Tampa Bay Hotel in 1891. Along with the railroads they built, this allowed people to travel from all over the country to visit Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp. The camp itself hasn't changed very much from the late 1800's. Historic buildings and greenspaces went in between 1895 and 1945. There are historic cottages as well as Victorian homes that were used for seasonal residence. The homes often had interior spaces designed for readings, seances, and religious activities. The Cassadaga Hotel was built in 1895 but it was destroyed by fire in 1926. The second hotel was finished in 1928 and still stands today. Harmony Hall was completed in 1897, Andrew Jackson Davis Hall was built in 1905, and Brigham Hall was built in 1897. In 1991, Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp was put in the National Register of Historic Places (Guthrie, Jr.).
While Spiritualism has its supporters, there are also many skeptics around, as well. One of the reasons for the skepticism is because of the incredibly long-lived hoax perpetrated by two sisters, Kate and Margaret Fox in the 1850's. It started as a childhood prank where they learned, to make popping, cracking, and thumping sounds; their mother, Mrs. Fox. came searching for the sounds one night and the girls pretended to talk to a "ghost". Their mother was convinced that there was something preternatural happening and invited neighbors to come experience it for themselves. By the time the girls thought to confess, they were too afraid of getting in trouble and felt that they had reached a point of no return. For forty years, the sisters traveled and held seances, no one could figure out how they were making the noises themselves, so people accepted that they could communicate with ghosts. Finally, on October 21, 1888, Margaret Fox Kane confessed to The New York World that it had all been a hoax. It is said that she and her sister fooled over 8,000,000 people, many of them prominent citizens. However, many Spiritualists denounced her confession and she ended up retracting it later (Karcher and Hutchinson).
Today, Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp is a thriving community of living history, encouraging a sense of togetherness using religion, philosophy, and Spiritualism. Church services are held every Sunday along with meetings, healings, and spiritual readings done by mediums.
Karcher, Janet. Hutchinson, John. Spirit Connection: Back to Cassadaga. Spirit Publishing, 2008.
Wynne, Nick. Knetsch, Joe. Utopian Communities of Florida: a History of Hope. The History Press, 2016.
Guthrie, Jr., John J.. Charles, Lucas Phillip. Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritual Community. UP of Florida, 2000.
http://www.cassadaga.org
1112 Stevens St.
Cassadaga, FL 32744
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By XE Market Analysis November 13, 2019 4:14 am
XE Market Analysis: Europe - Nov 13, 2019
The New Zealand dollar surged by over 1% against the dollar and other currencies after the RBNZ surprised markets by refraining from cutting interest rates following its policy meeting today. NZ money market futures had been implying odds of 75% for the central bank to cut the benchmark rate to a new record low of 0.75%, which was instead left at 1.00%. The central bank said that after two cuts this year there was no urgency to cut again. NZD-USD belted up from levels near 0.6330 to an eight-day high of 0.6418, while AUD-NZD plummeted to three-week lows. Ranges among the other main currencies have been comparatively narrow, though not without some movement amid a risk-cautious sentiment in markets after President Trump disappointed expectations at his speech at the Economic Club of New York yesterday, leaving markets with a sense that the U.S. and China are continuing to struggle to finalized their partial "phase 1" deal. USD-JPY lifted to the lower 109.0s after printing a six-day low during the early part of Tokyo trading, at 108.87. EUR-JPY similarly rose after hitting a one-month low, at 119.86, as did AUD-JPY, after the cross saw a 12-day low. The lows reflected safe-haven positioning into the yen. EUR-USD settled to narrow range trading in the lower 1.1000s, above the one-month seen just ahead of the London interbank closing yesterday at 1.1002. USD-CAD has remained buoyant after posting a one-month peak at 1.3257 yesterday. The high extended the pronounced gains the pairing has seen since the release of Canada's October employment report last Friday, which disappointed and caused a reappraisal in BoC monetary policy expectations. AUD-USD edged out a 16-day low, at 0.6830. The pound continued to hold comparatively steady.
EUR-USD remains heavy after posting a one-month seen just ahead of the London interbank closing yesterday, at 1.1002. We expect further losses with the dollar trending firmer and the common currency lower. EUR-CHF has hit a fresh one-month low today, and EUR-GBP is pressing on five-month lows. EUR-JPY has also descended into one-month low terrain. We retain a bearish view of EUR-USD, hinged on the fact is that the U.S. economy is outpacing the Eurozone economy, which was brought into sharp focus by data over the last couple of weeks (the solid U.S. October jobs report, an expansion in October non-manufacturing and unexpectedly tight initial claims data). The EU also has the biggest concentration of negative-yielding debt in the world, contrasting to U.S. Treasuries, which provides the world's biggest and most liquid pool of risk-free assets (with positive yields to boot). EUR-USD has been amid a bear trend that's been unfolding since early 2018, from levels around 1.2500. The trend has coincided with the 10-year T-note versus 10-year Bund yield differential having narrowed from 278 bps to the current 218 bps. We expect the trend to persist.
The yen printed new highs amid a risk-cautious sentiment in markets after President Trump disappointed expectations at his speech at the Economic Club of New York yesterday, leaving markets with a sense that the U.S. and China are continuing to struggle to finalized their partial "phase 1" deal. USD-JPY lifted posted a six-day low during the early part of Tokyo trading, at 108.87. EUR-JPY hit a one-month low, at 119.86, and AUD-JPY a 12-day nadir. The lows reflected safe-haven positioning into the yen. The biggest directional driver of the yen is likely to remain the ebb and flow of risk appetite in global markets (there is causation behind this correlation), and so developments on the U.S.-Chine trade front will be front and centre. Assuming the "phase 1" deal comes (eventually) to fruition, and with the U.S. economy enjoying what looks like a goldilocks economy -- growth slower, but still holding up, and inflation remaining benign -- then more upside will likely be seen in USD-JPY. In Japan, "Abenomics" has been getting a dusting down. Japanese PM Abe last week pledged a renewed push of fiscal stimulus, while BoJ Governor Kuroda had earlier in the week reaffirmed the central bank's commitment to monetary easing to achieve its 2% inflation target (he admitted "it's taking time"). Regarding Japan's disinflation quagmire, there is a theory that QE, or QQE with yield curve control in Japan's case, is backfiring in the sense that it fosters excess capacity, thereby generating deflationary forces.
The pound has settled after rotating higher on Monday on news that the Brexit Party decided not to contest PM Johnson's Conservative Party in the 317 seats they won at the previous general election in 2017. This will greatly reduce the risk of splitting the pro-Brexit vote at the December-12 election. The Brexit Party will instead contend seats held by the Labour party and other pro-EU parties. This is a climbdown for Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, who has been been critical of the deal Boris Johnson's reached with the EU, which he thinks will result in the UK being too aligned with EU rules and regulations. Farage's decision came with opinion polls trending in favour of the Conservative Party and away from the Brexit Party since the election was announced. Politico's poll tracker shows the Conservatives now command 39% support, up 3 points over the last two weeks and up from 28% at the time Johnson took over from Teresa May in late July. With the Brexit Party having backed down, the Conservatives are likely to see their lead strengthen, and they now look well positioned to win the election and return to Parliament with a majority. That in turn implies Brexit being implemented in January. The main threat to Johnson is a possible coalition between Labour and the LibDems, which currently have a combined support tally of 44%. Tactical pacts between smaller pro-EU parties will also be aiming to counter the pro-Brexit vote.
EUR-CHF has dropped for a third consecutive day, producing a one-month low of 1.0896, which is a culmination of an accelerating two-week descent from levels above 1.0050. A combo of broader euro losses and franc outperformaance have been at play. EUR-USD has hit one-month lows, and EUR-GBP is pressing at five-month lows, while USD-CHF is down for a third straight day, and AUD-CHF, among other franc crosses, have also come under pressure. A combo of euro bearishness and risk-off positioning has been pressing EUR-CHF lower. The two-and-a-half-year low seen in early September at 1.0811 provides a downside reference point.
USD-CAD has remained buoyant after posting a one-month peak at 1.3257 yesterday. The high extended the pronounced gains the pairing has seen since the release of Canada's October employment report last Friday, which disappointed and caused a reappraisal in BoC monetary policy expectations. The 10-year U.S. T-note yield advantage over the 10-year Canadian benchmark has widened by over 6 bps since the data release. At the same time, oil prices have turned flat-to-softer following a one-month up phase. For now, USD-CAD looks likely to remain upwardly biased.


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Q: Thinkpad T440s Intel 7260 wifi card issues on Ubuntu (but no problems on Windows) I installed ubuntu 20.04 on my t440s (dual-boot setup with windows 10) and the wifi keeps disconnecting. I did some research and apparently this is a common problem with my card (7260).
However, on Windows 10, I rarely ever get this issue while on Ubuntu the wifi is gone within 5-10 minutes after booting and I have to reboot to get it working again.
Here is what I already tried:

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*disabling bluetooth in BIOS

*disabling USB 3.0

*applying the fixes mentioned in this thread
fwupdate -l output:
failed: no volumes of type c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b: no volumes of type ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7

A: I own a Thinkpad T440p and it has an Intel 7260. Here are my suggestions.
Your wireless may be dropping because of power management; that is, the feature where the card partially powers down to save battery power during periods of inactivity and then, ideally, powers back up seamlessly when activity resumes. Let's disable power saving to see if it helps. From the terminal:
sudo sed -i 's/3/2/' /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/*

Your wireless may be dropping because the channel to which it was connected has suddenly changed.
Please check the settings in the router. WPA2-AES is preferred; not any WPA and WPA2 mixed mode and certainly not TKIP. Second, if your router is capable of N speeds, you may have better connectivity with a channel width of 20 MHz in the 2.4 GHz band instead of automatic 20/40 MHz, although it is likely to affect N speeds. I recommend a fixed channel, either 1, 6 or 11, rather than automatic channel selection. Also, be certain the router is not set to use N speeds only; auto B, G and N is preferred.
Your wireless may be dropping because there are two wireless access points with the same name and password. This is typical when you have a 2.4 gHz segment and a 5 gHz segment of the same router. Your wireless may be roaming, looking for a better connection. If this is the case, I suggest that you rename the access points; something like myrouter2.4 and myrouter5.
After making these changes, reboot the router.
Next, I recommend that your regulatory domain be set explicitly. Check yours:
sudo iw reg get

If you get 00, that is a one-size-maybe-fits-all setting. Find yours here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 Then set it temporarily:
sudo iw reg set IS

Of course, substitute your country code if not Iceland. Set it permanently:
sudo nano /etc/default/crda

Change the last line to read:
REGDOMAIN=IS

Proofread carefully, save and close the text editor.
Is there any improvement?


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(1001) Gaussia ist ein Asteroid des Hauptgürtels, der am 8. August 1923 vom russischen Astronomen Sergei Iwanowitsch Beljawski am Krim-Observatorium in Simejis entdeckt wurde.

Der Asteroid wurde nach dem deutschen Mathematiker Carl Friedrich Gauß benannt.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Asteroiden

Hauptgürtelasteroid zwischen 50 und 100 km Durchmesser
Carl Friedrich Gauß als Namensgeber


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Scroll down on the linked page and read the review by D. Maximus "Doug" - absolutely hilarious!


To real cycling enthusiasts, there is nothing more gratifying then achieving the ultimate ride. This is what SRAM is all about. In fact, bikes are its only love and bike components are all it does. SRAM, LLC began with the goal to change the cycling world forever. To support the innovation, it invested in Sachs Bicycle Company and built a state of the art manufacturing facility in Schweinfurt, Germany. SRAM had the vision and desire to expand its presence in the industry so it found the suspension company, RockShox, joined forces with it, creating huge excitement in the global cycling community. Not content to stop there, SRAM knew expanding its line with the best brakes, bottom brackets and cranksets would fine-tune the ride even more. So the company teamed up with Avid and Truvativ. Now it will continue to seek and deploy technological and engineering advancements, as it compulsively refines and redefines the pinnacle of the ultimate ride.


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Q: How do I use the if statement to determen if the script should change the DNS-settings? My PC is going to change between DNS-servers a lot and I don't want to do it manualy everytime. Therefore I want to create a PowerShell script that changes the DNS-adress from adress nr1 to nr2 if im currently using nr1  and the other way around.
I can't figure out how to write the Boolean expression to get the script to change to DNS2 if I'm using DNS1
if( ) {
   Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex 6 -ServerAddresses $dns1
} else {
   Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex 6 -ServerAddresses $dns2
}

A: In your if() statement, you need to add a condition to check against... So, do something like this:
if((Get-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex 10 -AddressFamily IPv4) -match $dns1) {
    # Do some thing
}
else {
    # Do some other thing
}

Just make sure to change your InterfaceIndex to something that's relevant to your setup.

A: To toggle between your defined $dns1 and $dns2 ServerAddresses
$dns1 = '192.168.0.x'  # or whatever
$dns2 = '192.168.0.y'
if((Get-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex 6).ServerAddresses -contains $dns2) {
    Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex 6 -ServerAddresses $dns1
} else {
    Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex 6 -ServerAddresses $dns2
}