Here at Red Rock, we aim to be leaders in integrity and transparency.
So we thought—radical transparency would be letting our colleagues tell their own stories to our customers. What follows is an interview with Maria Elena Botto of Finca Nombre de Dios, Metapan, El Salvador, whom we met years ago at an IWCA conference, and whom we've traveled with in Mexico and Colombia. Maria is active in coffee growers' professional associations and has been involved in coffee restoration in El Salvador following the leaf rust (La Roya) epidemic. We are so excited to bring her meticulously produced coffee to our local community!
Pictured: Maria Elena Botto, third from right. Red Rock owner Nancy Langer, second from left.
RL: How did you start working in coffee?
MB: I started working in coffee in 2002, when our parents needed financial support and redirection of management strategy due to low prices in the commodity market. I am a fourth generation coffee producer and we, the women in the family, realized it was our responsibility to preserve the family legacy and in this way provide sustainability for many families around our farm.
RL: How did you get involved with the IWCA?
MB: My first contact with IWCA was when Karen Cebreros and Sunalini Menon visited El Salvador in 2008, and presented workshops on coffee. Board Members invited me to participate and I enjoyed learning about the forming of organizations in El Salvador. Watching the passion and devotion of all women volunteers in the Global IWCA caught my enthusiasm to be part of the IWCA Chapter El Salvador and now be volunteer of the Global IWCA Board.
RL: What is your favorite part about coffee?
MB: Difficult to say; every state of the process in coffee has its magic and invites one to go deeper into experimenting and research. I enjoy cupping coffees from different origins and meeting faces and lives behind them on the producing side as well as on the consuming side.
RL: What is the hardest part about coffee?
MB: Here is where we come to talk about climate change and uncontrollable variables, as diseases and global warming and crop losses; very difficult for producers as new routines have to be implemented.
RL: How has your business changed over the years?
MB: Our family business transitioned from a producing stage to a coffee supplier or trader. Our family team has learned additional processes in coffee to meet the coffee trends.
RL: What would you like roasters and consumers to know about your coffee?
MB: We are a family business and all members of our family are passionate of our work. And always eager to learn more on this wonderful cultivar that brings joy to many consumers around the globe.


There's no way around it. You sweat. Wear fabrics that wick moisture away from your skin. Unlike 100% cotton that gets wet and stays wet, wicking fabrics help you regulate your core temperature and avoid overheating or chilling. Great examples of winter base layers include EMS® Techwick® T1 and T2 polyester which wicks, packs, wears, and washes like nothing else. Top and Bottom. Light to mid-weight synthetics, snug fit and close to skin.
Mid-layers add mild insulation to help retain heat that your body creates, and are worn between the base layer and insulation if needed. Examples of over base layers are EMS® Techwick® T2 or T3 or any lightweight wool shirt. Top only. Light-weight fleece or heavy-weight EMS® Techwick®. Power-Stretch and micro-fleece are ideal materials for this layer. No heavy, 300 weight fleece trousers—you will be over-dressed.
Forget about bulky coats. Wear an outer shell (over your base and insulation layer) to shed water and snow. Layering will give you more versatility, depending on the weather and your activity. Outerwear that is waterproof with increased breath ability will be more adaptable and can help transfer moisture away from your body to keep you dry and protected from the elements. Jackets and pants. EMS System III, Gortex®, or similar waterproof/breathable material. Jacket MUST have an integrated hood. Flimsy "stow-away" nylon hoods are not adequate. Full side zip on pants are very helpful.
You've probably heard that most of your body heat escapes from your head. When you're feeling cold the first piece to add to your clothing system is a hat. This hat should cover your ears and can be made of fleece or wool. Remember to fit the hat so you can wear it under a helmet.
How many times have your feet been way too cold? Wool or wool blend socks are great natural insulators, even when wet. For most cold-weather sports, wear wicking liner socks and mid weight wool or synthetic socks. Make sure you fit footwear with heavier socks for more warmth. No matter how thick your socks are, if your footwear constricts your toes, your blood flow will slow down and cause your feet to be cold–fit your shoes accordingly.
30 liters is recommended. A properly fitted pack will make your day 100 times better! It is essential to have a pack which has a comfortable hip belt to help support the bulk of the weight. Use a pack large enough to stow all of your gear on the inside without having to strap any of your personal gear on the outside where it is exposed to the elements. Tip: Pack your pack with your gear before you arrive and make sure you still have enough room to stow your puffy jacket, gortex jacket, and extra warm layers for the initial hike in. This will save an enormous amount of time in the morning!
This is another crucial item for any mountaineering trip. Mother Nature doesn't always provide us with light so we bring our own. Carry an LED headlamp with extra batteries for when She decides to flip the switch. If you are caught in the dark, getting back to your car can take 3-4 times as long without light!
Wide-mouth water bottles are recommended for winter. 2+ liters is a minimum to keep us hydrated during the day. Please, do not use hydration systems, metal water bottles, or thin plastic, Poland Springs, narrow-mouthed bottles. All of these systems freeze easily making the water unavailable to you. Before coming to the school, please consume ¾ to a liter of water. This will ensure you are starting your day well hydrated.
Plastic mountaineering boots, crampons, and ice axes.
In addition to the items listed above, EMS will provide all group gear for the trip. This includes tents, dinner and breakfast for each day on the mountain, and cooking equipment (stove, fuel, pots). You will need to provide camping utensils, mug, and bowl.


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Home Haddonfield News Obituary: Peter W. Vanace, M.D.
Obituary: Peter W. Vanace, M.D.
Vanace will receive an officer's honors at Arlington National Cemetery, Wednesday, August 16 at 3 p.m. All are welcome.
Peter W. Vanace, M.D., formerly of Haddonfield, passed away at the age of 95.
Vanace was born in Atlantic City but spent most of his life in Albany, New York. Immediately following graduation from high school, he enlisted for active duty in World War II, Army Air Corp, Eighth Air Force with 33 combat missions over Europe as a B-17 Lead Navigator. He was awarded the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters.
Following his discharge from the service, he received a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry from Syracuse University and medical degree from Albany Medical College with a two-year internship at Albany Hospital. He completed his pediatric residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He then accepted a fellowship and received N.I.H. grants in pediatric cardiology and pathology at CHOP while also serving as Medical Director of Camden Municipal Hospital and later, The Children's Seashore House of Atlantic City.
A fellowship in pediatric rehabilitation and physical medicine at Temple University/Moss Rehab Hospital in Philadelphia followed. He then went in to clinical practice and teaching pediatric development and rehabilitation at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia including consultation for special needs children with the Philadelphia, Camden and Trenton school districts and a number of public and private school Child Study Teams in central and southern New Jersey.
Upon retirement from academic and private practice, Vanace pursued a continuing career as an artist, along with the restoration of a 300 year old historic stone house in Glen Mills, Pa. where he resided before moving to Linwood where he was a resident for 12 years. He continued to develop his painting skills with a particular interest in still life, landscapes and portraits. In addition, teaching medical students and resident physicians the basics of understanding and creating art, in particular, negative and positive spaces, composition and color values was a rewarding experience in helping these students to develop their skills of truly 'seeing' a patient.
Through his artwork, Vanace hoped to demonstrate the importance of art in the development of children and understanding of parents, classroom teachers and physicians as well as the power of art in human development and healing. He truly lived his life with passion.
A devoted father to Scott D. Vanace (predeceased) of Hallandale Beach, Flor., Leslie Akers (Ray) of Sewell, Jeff Vanace (Patrice) of Linwood and Nancy Vanace of Linwood. Vanace was also a proud grandfather of Raymond and Alexander Akers of Sewell and Rachel and Adriane Vanace of Linwood. He is also survived by many loving and cherished friends.


Could be my pants, shirt, socks, underwear or bra, but rest assured, dark will be somewhere on my body. As dark on my skin as dark as my insides.
It will remind me to get back to the emotions that were lost and fragmented. The good ones that shattered, and then scattered everywhere; becoming thin and almost non-existent. Seems odd, doesn't it? To select gloom to inspire me after it tore me apart first. It's my visual sticky note of what I let happen to me. It's what I must do in order to go on. Otherwise, I don't think I would.
Every emotion that came at me… shook me… HARD.
I'm scared being left with the impression of nothing being good, ever again.
That's hard when evil-like enters your world. Goodness evaporates around them. And they've infected your life, damaged it with their intrusion. Hard to turn away when it directly affects you. Difficult to recover from a gut punch to take a deep breath, to know what to do next.
But I must. We must.
I'm in mourning for the events that unfolded. My darkness is showing. I will view this as a rebuttal, and strength. Preparation for a fight.
I don't think I will be kind.
It feels that way when I've been defeated. I'm angry, even furious.
But I will rise up from the darkness. We will.


Everybody seems to be luring people to take a trip to the moon and back. So after so serious space hunting session if you want to rest and have a proper space holiday in the lap of luxury, Russia seems to be the place to go! A Russian-firm is all set to set up a luxury hotel in orbit 217 miles up with four cabins to house seven guests. You can reach your destination after a two days trip onboard the Soyuz rocket to reach the Commercial Space Station. So even getting there will be fun! Due to open by 2016, the Commercial Space Station will sport huge windows that show you're the Earth orbiting below.
You can opt for a vertical or horizontal bed depending on weightlessness, and the showers will be sealed to ensure water doesn't flow out. With an accompanying seasoned crew onboard, you can expect ready to eat food "prepared on Earth and sent up on the rocket, to be reheated in microwave ovens".
You can have a drink of iced tea, mineral water or fruit juices however alcohol will be strictly prohibited. Toilets will use flowing air for water removal and water and air will be recycled too.
It won't be a cheap vacation with a five-day stay package being charged at £100,000($164,150) and an added £500,000($820,700) for making it there.


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Gus Quinlan, Ph.D.
Grants & Projects Analyst
Gus Quinlan
Email: aquinlan@unr.edu
Building: AB
Gus Quinlan has a life-long passion for supporting social science and humanities research. He has worked as a technical editor, archaeologist and a non-profit manager. Before joining the University of Nevada, Reno, Quinlan worked for over a decade as the executive director of the Nevada Rock Art Foundation. His tenure there gave him considerable experience in grants administration, fundraising, budgeting, operations management, technical report writing and archaeological inventory.
Ph.D., Archaeology, University of Southampton, 1994
B.A. (Hons), First Class, Archaeology, University of Southampton, 1989

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from __future__ import unicode_literals

import json

from moto.core.responses import BaseResponse
from .models import kinesis_backends

class KinesisResponse(BaseResponse):

    @property
    def parameters(self):
        return json.loads(self.body)

    @property
    def kinesis_backend(self):
        return kinesis_backends[self.region]

    @property
    def is_firehose(self):
        host = self.headers.get('host') or self.headers['Host']
        return host.startswith('firehose') or 'firehose' in self.headers.get('Authorization', '')

    def create_stream(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters.get('StreamName')
        shard_count = self.parameters.get('ShardCount')
        self.kinesis_backend.create_stream(
            stream_name, shard_count, self.region)
        return ""

    def describe_stream(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters.get('StreamName')
        stream = self.kinesis_backend.describe_stream(stream_name)
        return json.dumps(stream.to_json())

    def list_streams(self):
        streams = self.kinesis_backend.list_streams()
        stream_names = [stream.stream_name for stream in streams]
        max_streams = self._get_param('Limit', 10)
        try:
            token = self.parameters.get('ExclusiveStartStreamName')
        except ValueError:
            token = self._get_param('ExclusiveStartStreamName')
        if token:
            start = stream_names.index(token) + 1
        else:
            start = 0
        streams_resp = stream_names[start:start + max_streams]
        has_more_streams = False
        if start + max_streams < len(stream_names):
            has_more_streams = True

        return json.dumps({
            "HasMoreStreams": has_more_streams,
            "StreamNames": streams_resp
        })

    def delete_stream(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters.get("StreamName")
        self.kinesis_backend.delete_stream(stream_name)
        return ""

    def get_shard_iterator(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters.get("StreamName")
        shard_id = self.parameters.get("ShardId")
        shard_iterator_type = self.parameters.get("ShardIteratorType")
        starting_sequence_number = self.parameters.get(
            "StartingSequenceNumber")
        at_timestamp = self.parameters.get("Timestamp")

        shard_iterator = self.kinesis_backend.get_shard_iterator(
            stream_name, shard_id, shard_iterator_type, starting_sequence_number, at_timestamp
        )

        return json.dumps({
            "ShardIterator": shard_iterator
        })

    def get_records(self):
        shard_iterator = self.parameters.get("ShardIterator")
        limit = self.parameters.get("Limit")

        next_shard_iterator, records = self.kinesis_backend.get_records(
            shard_iterator, limit)

        return json.dumps({
            "NextShardIterator": next_shard_iterator,
            "Records": [record.to_json() for record in records]
        })

    def put_record(self):
        if self.is_firehose:
            return self.firehose_put_record()
        stream_name = self.parameters.get("StreamName")
        partition_key = self.parameters.get("PartitionKey")
        explicit_hash_key = self.parameters.get("ExplicitHashKey")
        sequence_number_for_ordering = self.parameters.get(
            "SequenceNumberForOrdering")
        data = self.parameters.get("Data")

        sequence_number, shard_id = self.kinesis_backend.put_record(
            stream_name, partition_key, explicit_hash_key, sequence_number_for_ordering, data
        )

        return json.dumps({
            "SequenceNumber": sequence_number,
            "ShardId": shard_id,
        })

    def put_records(self):
        if self.is_firehose:
            return self.put_record_batch()
        stream_name = self.parameters.get("StreamName")
        records = self.parameters.get("Records")

        response = self.kinesis_backend.put_records(
            stream_name, records
        )

        return json.dumps(response)

    def split_shard(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters.get("StreamName")
        shard_to_split = self.parameters.get("ShardToSplit")
        new_starting_hash_key = self.parameters.get("NewStartingHashKey")
        self.kinesis_backend.split_shard(
            stream_name, shard_to_split, new_starting_hash_key
        )
        return ""

    def merge_shards(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters.get("StreamName")
        shard_to_merge = self.parameters.get("ShardToMerge")
        adjacent_shard_to_merge = self.parameters.get("AdjacentShardToMerge")
        self.kinesis_backend.merge_shards(
            stream_name, shard_to_merge, adjacent_shard_to_merge
        )
        return ""

    ''' Firehose '''

    def create_delivery_stream(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters['DeliveryStreamName']
        redshift_config = self.parameters.get(
            'RedshiftDestinationConfiguration')

        if redshift_config:
            redshift_s3_config = redshift_config['S3Configuration']
            stream_kwargs = {
                'redshift_username': redshift_config['Username'],
                'redshift_password': redshift_config['Password'],
                'redshift_jdbc_url': redshift_config['ClusterJDBCURL'],
                'redshift_role_arn': redshift_config['RoleARN'],
                'redshift_copy_command': redshift_config['CopyCommand'],

                'redshift_s3_role_arn': redshift_s3_config['RoleARN'],
                'redshift_s3_bucket_arn': redshift_s3_config['BucketARN'],
                'redshift_s3_prefix': redshift_s3_config['Prefix'],
                'redshift_s3_compression_format': redshift_s3_config.get('CompressionFormat'),
                'redshift_s3_buffering_hings': redshift_s3_config['BufferingHints'],
            }
        else:
            # S3 Config
            s3_config = self.parameters['S3DestinationConfiguration']
            stream_kwargs = {
                's3_role_arn': s3_config['RoleARN'],
                's3_bucket_arn': s3_config['BucketARN'],
                's3_prefix': s3_config['Prefix'],
                's3_compression_format': s3_config.get('CompressionFormat'),
                's3_buffering_hings': s3_config['BufferingHints'],
            }
        stream = self.kinesis_backend.create_delivery_stream(
            stream_name, **stream_kwargs)
        return json.dumps({
            'DeliveryStreamARN': stream.arn
        })

    def describe_delivery_stream(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters["DeliveryStreamName"]
        stream = self.kinesis_backend.get_delivery_stream(stream_name)
        return json.dumps(stream.to_dict())

    def list_delivery_streams(self):
        streams = self.kinesis_backend.list_delivery_streams()
        return json.dumps({
            "DeliveryStreamNames": [
                stream.name for stream in streams
            ],
            "HasMoreDeliveryStreams": False
        })

    def delete_delivery_stream(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters['DeliveryStreamName']
        self.kinesis_backend.delete_delivery_stream(stream_name)
        return json.dumps({})

    def firehose_put_record(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters['DeliveryStreamName']
        record_data = self.parameters['Record']['Data']

        record = self.kinesis_backend.put_firehose_record(
            stream_name, record_data)
        return json.dumps({
            "RecordId": record.record_id,
        })

    def put_record_batch(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters['DeliveryStreamName']
        records = self.parameters['Records']

        request_responses = []
        for record in records:
            record_response = self.kinesis_backend.put_firehose_record(
                stream_name, record['Data'])
            request_responses.append({
                "RecordId": record_response.record_id
            })
        return json.dumps({
            "FailedPutCount": 0,
            "RequestResponses": request_responses,
        })

    def add_tags_to_stream(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters.get('StreamName')
        tags = self.parameters.get('Tags')
        self.kinesis_backend.add_tags_to_stream(stream_name, tags)
        return json.dumps({})

    def list_tags_for_stream(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters.get('StreamName')
        exclusive_start_tag_key = self.parameters.get('ExclusiveStartTagKey')
        limit = self.parameters.get('Limit')
        response = self.kinesis_backend.list_tags_for_stream(
            stream_name, exclusive_start_tag_key, limit)
        return json.dumps(response)

    def remove_tags_from_stream(self):
        stream_name = self.parameters.get('StreamName')
        tag_keys = self.parameters.get('TagKeys')
        self.kinesis_backend.remove_tags_from_stream(stream_name, tag_keys)
        return json.dumps({})

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Top 3 Challenges in Scaling Conversational AI
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Contact Center, Conversational AI, Operational Productivity
Artificial intelligence (AI), especially conversational AI, represents the new frontier in contact center technology, presenting countless opportunities to improve both internal operations and the customer experience. In fact, business leaders are increasingly investing in this technology with an eye on supporting the customer journey. A 2020 survey conducted by The Harris Poll revealed that more than half (53%) of respondents listed customer experience improvements as the top reason to implement AI solutions.
Many brands have already made major strides in this arena, with more organizations than ever investing in AI-based solutions to bolster their contact center operations. During our webinar, "Empower Your Business with Google Contact Center AI," we polled the audience to gauge their level of AI adoption. We found that 59% of respondents said they were exploring their conversational AI and virtual assistant options, while 41% were actively using AI through various platforms like Google, Microsoft, AWS, Nuance or their own homegrown solutions.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that demand for AI-based contact center tools is on the rise. These platforms can deliver major cost savings, productivity boosts and efficiency gains — all while supporting a better customer experience. Contact centers can find applications for this technology across all touch points and channels, enhancing the customer experience at every turn.
As with any cutting-edge technology, organizations embracing AI may face a number of obstacles that stand in the way of implementing and making the most of these solutions. With contact center AI, arguably the biggest hurdle facing companies is the ability to scale these platforms to meet demand. In particular, contact centers often have three major blind spots when scaling AI that need to be addressed: user experience (UX), automation and business agility.
1. Accounting for Multiexperience Demands
Both customers and employees engage with contact centers through several different formats and channels, each with its own user experience best practices and demands. For instance, interactions that begin through a phone call and IVR system are very different than those that start with a digital interface. It's also more common for user journeys to move back and forth across different channels. A customer may try to troubleshoot an issue through a mobile app or chatbot and then receive a prompt to call a live agent directly to resolve that problem. As such, the modern contact center is pretty complex, with various touch points that interweave and need to be completely in sync to create a seamless user journey.
Multimodal experiences bridge the gap between disparate touchpoints and channels, which is great for the customer experience. At the same time, though, they increase the need for conversational experience tools to understand user intent and find the best path forward. Contact centers also need AI solutions to drive web-first customer journeys that begin on mobile apps, brand websites and other digital platforms by combining those conversational UX tools with graphical user interfaces.
Put all of these various demands together, and contact centers will undoubtedly see their AI requirements become more complex. That increased complexity makes it more challenging to scale contact center AI platforms and solutions to support enterprise operations.
2. Automating Across Complex Systems
Contact center AI tools are built on the foundation of automation, across both customer-facing and back-office systems. Organizations need to account for a wide variety of processes, systems and rules to effectively manage automation across the entire contact center and support AI-based solutions. That may be easier said than done, considering the sheer complexity of these environments. Consider the fact that some systems will have user interfaces (UI) while other back-office platforms won't have any graphical UIs to manage. The same holds true for APIs, which makes it more difficult to integrate disparate systems and scale sophisticated conversational AI and automation across the entire contact center.
Your approach to automation impacts scalability as well. If your team builds out each automation individually rather than using an end-to-end contact center automation solution, it will take an enormous amount of time and effort (not to mention money) to code each of those automations at a large scale.
3. Overcoming Business Agility and Continuous Improvement Obstacles
AI is often envisioned as some kind of "set it and forget it" solution that can handle whatever task is needed without any oversight. That's not entirely true, however. Contact center AI solutions are not completely hands-free tools; companies still need to monitor robotic process automation (RPA) bots, measure their performance and look for opportunities for improvement. After all, if AI-enabled software robots aren't delivering tangible results, why continue investing in them?
For instance, organizations need to assess customer engagement with particular parts of user experience and journey — say a virtual assistant that looks up account information on the brand website. If most users abandon their sessions before finding the information they're looking for, that's a good indication that those tools aren't getting the job done.
To fully optimize the user journey, companies should look at every step, interaction and touch point in the contact center to see where they can reduce friction and improve the customer experience. Even the most sophisticated software robot can't do that entirely on its own — you need a knowledgeable and experienced business analyst to understand what's happening across the entire contact center and recognize where changes should be made. Those changes may be found at different levels of the AI solution, ranging from tweaks in conversational flows to complete overhauls of the tool itself.
On top of that, companies need a comprehensive governance model to oversee every interaction and automation in the contact center so they can capture the user journey in its entirety and better understand the customer experience. With so much ground to cover when it comes to their governance models, contact centers may face a steep hill to climb when it's time to scale their AI projects.
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These bottlenecks and challenges may seem daunting, but there is a way forward for contact centers to scale their AI solutions to cover the entire enterprise. The key is to pair those complex conversational AI platforms with low code middleware to streamline AI implementation, management and expansion. Low code middleware reduces the costs of AI initiatives by cutting out an enormous amount of the work required to roll out advanced contact center capabilities and integrate them with existing systems. That means contact centers can bring new AI solutions online as quickly as possible without requiring a hefty investment or lengthy development process.
Check out our follow-up blog to learn more about low code middleware and how it can help you incorporate cutting-edge AI technologies into your contact center.


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I am happy to share some great news with you. For the first time in Europe, a prescribed burn was implemented using Aerial Ignition with the Raindance R3 Aerial Incendiary device (Aerial Ignition has been used in Australia since the 70's, but for Europe this was the first time). We are indeed proud that we played a vital role in facilitating this burn, bringing the right people and the right environment together. A real "research-to-practice" and "collect-connect-exchange" (the motto of the European Forest Risk Facility) for risk reduction and mitigation of the impacts of unwanted fires. I truly hope it is influencing a little bit the fire policy making.


I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1958, a Gemini and only child. My father was Greek and my mother American. My parents divorced when I was young, and I was raised by my mother until she remarried. I grew up too fast (my mom's "young man"), and I was intelligent, independent and sometimes rebellious. My first music lessons were on accordion when I was 9 yrs. old. Because the teacher said I had some talent for music, it was decided some music lessons should continue. I was very keen to play drums but my stepfather said no to that because he didn't want to hear me practicing in the house. My mother preferred piano, but in my ignorant youth, I thought piano was for sissy's. Guitar as the instrument of choice was a compromise, though once I heard Hendrix, I wasn't sorry for the choice. I began guitar lessons in 1968 at Hoffman Music Studios in Hamilton, Ohio, under Helen Hoffman who took me through the MelBay guitar method books. Soon she said she had taught me everything she could. During that time, in 1969, I won 2nd place in the American Guild of Music contest involving about 100 guitar contestants.
Get a "real" job!, or, what is it you really do for a living?
It was always assumed by my parents that guitar would merely be a hobby, nothing more. My mom thought I couldn't earn a living from music, and that was her main concern. My stepfather didn't believe I had any talent whatsoever in music, despite what the teachers told him. He wanted me to be an engineer. But when I finished high school I refused to go to collage to study anything but music. My stepfather refused to contribute any money for my collage education. Luckily my mother helped financially, plus I earned a partial scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in 1976 as a performance major, against the wishes of my parents. In fact, I was one of only two from my graduating class in high school to study music. I felt my desire to play guitar was somewhat abnormal.
I completed 3 yrs. at Berklee, but I coasted through much of my class work, favoring solitary guitar practice and 'jamming' with others. I still managed to make the dean's list. But it was all study, and money was very tight. Sometimes all I would eat for days was peanut butter sandwiches. On a long Xmas break from school I stayed in Roslyn, New York with my father, and got what was supposed to have been a month long job in a restaurant. I was due back in school after the holiday break. There was quite a wild nightlife where I worked. I was away from my family, earning steady money for the first time, and it was so exciting to be 'free' in the 'Big Apple', the ultimate party town. Here my stepfather's words of warning came true. He had said that as soon as I got a job earning a salary I wouldn't want to go to school again. Sure enough, I stayed on in New York and dropped out of collage. I worked in kitchens and partied it up in the bars and beaches of Long Island, NY. I traveled to Greece once and camped on the beach in Corfu for 4 or 5 months, occasionally playing guitar for fun. Upon my return to NY, I gained my first experience in Arts Administration working briefly for the Guitar Workshop school in Roslyn, NY, though when they quickly closed, I resumed cooking in order to make a living.
By this time I had gained experience in kitchens andit was apparent I had the talent to be a creative and competent chef. I was groomed by two different executive chefs for a cooking career, at one point being offered a partial scholarship to the famed Culinary Institute of New York. A career as a chef was possible, and I liked working with food (still enjoy eating it), but I didn't like the long hours and that particular kitchen smell that permeates all your clothes!
I married in 1982 and moved to Amherst, Massachusetts where my wife was going to school. I became Assistant Chef at the Lord Jeffrey Inn, New England's oldest and most prestigious Country Inn. I was practicing guitar too, and teamed up with a bassist in Amherst who also had a 'day job'. So far, my music was not earning me any money. My reputation as a chef there was good, so I set up a meeting with the General Manager of the Lord Jeffrey Inn. I convinced him to let my bassist and I play jazz in their lounge on my only two nights off, telling him I was a better guitar player than a chef (I lied!). He agreed, so I cooked in the kitchen 5 nights and played guitar in the lounge for 2, a full 7 nights a week work. Eventually I asked the executive chef to let me take off one more day a week to play guitar but he said no, saying he preferred I work even more in the kitchen rather than less. I quit the cooking job and began searching for playing gigs anywhere I could find them.
While in Amherst, Massachusetts I founded a Jazz Society and, obtaining the support of both local businesses and the Massachusetts Council of the Arts, I organized a jazz concert series program and an outdoor jazz festival (I played with Slide Hampton, Bill Hardman, Ed Jones & other top players). I was on a mission to promote the art form I loved, and I had the skills necessary to do so. The Director of the Fine Arts Center of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Dr. Frederick Tillis, once commented that I alone, in organizing the jazz festival, accomplished the work of his entire staff!
When my wife finished her Masters degree in 1984, we moved to my hometown of Cincinnati. We might have moved to New York then, but we thought Cincinnati would be easier and less scary (it wasn't). In Cincinnati, I got a job teaching guitar at a music school. The teaching wasn't satisfying because my students were either beginners or interested only in the latest Van Halen licks. More importantly, they weren't serious and didn't practice. I 'sat in' around town, playing for free anywhere, just to play. Eventually I got a steady gig as resident bandleader and booking agent at a club called Doc's Place, owned by a real doctor who loved jazz. I booked and played with some name players there (Herb Ellis, Jimmy Raney, Rusty Bryant, Junior Cook, Lanny Morgan, Bobby Watson, Jim Snidero, Mike Wolf, Othello Molineaux, etc…). I also hired and featured 'unknown' local groups, sometimes giving those who hadn't the opportunity to play for years, a chance to strut their stuff (I was by all means an 'equal opportunity employer'!). This was good experience as a steady working musician, promoter and agent. It would have seemed then that the 'jazz life' was there to stay, but it wasn't to be so.
The excitement and diversity of New York City lured us out of Cincinnati (in case you don't know, Mark Twain said of Cincinnati that when the world comes to an end he hoped he was there, since everything happens 10 years late). We moved to Brooklyn, NY in 1986. I was disillusioned with playing music in bars, and living in New York brought out the materialistic aspect in me. I felt I had to support my family, which roughly translates into, 'I'm tired of my wife earning more money than me'!
While living in Brooklyn I quit playing completely again, from1987-1992 (my longest hiatus from music). I went to school, got my brokers license, and began selling and leasing industrial real estate for a large firm called Kaplon-Belo. I still considered myself an artist (seemed to still think like one), but I didn't touch the guitar at all during this time. I earned a lot of money compared to playing guitar. I learned more about selling, setting a sales record for the company in my first year, experience which served me well when I became a music promoter again. I also enjoyed the human interaction and dynamics of working with such a diverse range of people making 'The Deal'. I became active serving the community when I was appointed to the local Community Board. I started a crusade against the garbage transfer stations scattered illegally throughout the neighborhood and tried to make the neighborhood more safe and clean. I was, by all outward appearances, a community-conscious 'yuppie'. But another major change was about to occur.
I was beginning to miss the creative expression of playing music, and began to doodle on my guitar when not working in the office. Eventually I was practicing more seriously for hours at a time, writing incredibly complex solo arrangements. They were brilliant, but then I noticed problems with my wrist. Perhaps what happened to me then is similar to what happens to someone who doesn't warm up before exercising. I was going too fast for my own good. I had carpel tunnel syndrome, a repetitive motion disease affecting the wrist. Twice I had to completely stop playing for two to three months, and for a year and a half I resisted an operation and fought the disease with occupational therapy. What little bit of playing I could manage, I did without the aid of a pick. I liked the sound and feel of playing with only my thumb. I vowed that if I were going to play at all, I would learn to play melodies with feeling and emotion. But it took years to gain fluidity of technique with the thumb, not to mention the confidence and physical strength to play again. That was to happen later, in Asia.
We moved to my wife's hometown of Hong Kong in 1992 in order for her to start a new job and be with her family again. It was there that I resumed my professional music career in earnest. I had by this time controlled my carpal tunnel by practicing Tai Chi, adequately warming-up and exercising. I began working solo, and as a sideman in trios and quartets for private parties. I jammed with the marvelous Filipino musicians whenever I could. My classical guitar training then came in very handy as I could earn good money doing that. I also played in a couple Broadway shows (including West Side Story), and did at least one concert with the Hong Kong Philharmonic. I became a bandleader and booking agent again in Hong Kong, playing and providing other entertainment for private clubs, restaurants and corporations. I recorded my first CD, "Everything I Love", and started an annual fortnight of jazz, and weekly jazz every Sunday night which continues to this day at the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong.
We moved to Singapore from Hong Kong in Aug. '94, once again for my wife's job. I incorporated a small entertainment co. and by April '95, was busy on the local music scene as a performing artist, bandleader, and entertainment organizer. My first steady gig was at the Pan Pacific Hotel with the famous Redd Holt. But by the end of that 3 month engagement (June '95), my wife of 13-14 years had left me, and we were divorced shortly thereafter. This sudden traumatic event triggered a year or so of 'soul searching' when I struggled to find myself again. I have always been interested in spiritual matters, self-development, psychology, philosophy, the relation between mind-body, and spirit-physical. But now my interest was re-kindled anew as I read loads of good books on these subjects, trying to find some answers. Eventually I curtailed drinking and smoking, began exercising more, and changed my diet by practicing food combining. I began meditating and re-learning to enjoy time with myself. And, I delved into my own past, my parents, childhood and upbringing, to discover how all that related to my adult problems. It was a time of healing, a re-birth of sorts.
I was very tempted after my separation to return to New York in the fall of 1995, when I secured my current job at Raffles. It was that opportunity to play jazz every night which prompted me to stay on in Singapore. My booking and promoting began taking off again as I was the agent to bring to Singapore the Jean Du Shon trio from New York featuring bassist Victor Gaskin. By the end of 1995 I led a steady trio at Raffles Hotel, and in Nov-Dec '96 I released my 2nd CD called "Sudden Impact". It was produced in Singapore and features 4 of my own original compositions, and 5 latin-jazz tracks.


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Gheys With Too Much Time on Their Hands
May 8, 2014 by V the K
Maybe there are more important things in life that whether a Japanese video game has same sex marriage in its virtual world. Then again, maybe there aren't.
Tye Marini, a gay 23-year-old Nintendo fan from Mesa, Arizona, launched the campaign last month, urging Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo Co. and its subsidiary Nintendo of America Inc. to add same-sex relationship options to English versions of the hand-held Nintendo 3DS game [Tamadochi Life].
The game was originally released in Japan last year and features a cast of Mii characters — Nintendo's personalized avatars of real players — living on a virtual island. Gamers can do things like shop, visit an amusement park, play games, go on dates and encounter celebrities like Christina Aguilera and Shaquille O'Neal.
"I want to be able to marry my real-life fiancé's Mii, but I can't do that," Marini said in a video posted online that attracted the attention of gaming blogs and online forums this week. "My only options are to marry some female Mii, to change the gender of either my Mii or my fiancé's Mii or to completely avoid marriage altogether and miss out on the exclusive content that comes with it."
It doesn't outrage me that Nintendo might put gay marriage in a simulation game; but I am amused that there are those who Kirking Out because there is no ghey marriage in Tomodachi. Shouldn't You Have a Real Life Before You Start Whining About a Fake One?
Filed Under: Gay PC Silliness
heliotrope says
May 8, 2014 at 5:24 pm - May 8, 2014
Tye Marini needs a blow-up doll partner with a Reddi-Whip dispenser.
MeredithAncret says
This "man" who cares this much about a stupid video game has managed to find another man to marry him? That's a miracle.
A member of my family cares this much about video games and he didn't manage to get married until his girlfriend got pregnant.
Craig Smith says
Wait wait….nowhere in the description is there anything about marriage, PERIOD. Is the description incomplete, or is this guy two steps removed from reality instead of one?
davinci says
Probably a liberal college grad who has no job and too much time on his/her hands.
Throbert McGee says
@heliotrope #1: Steal-worthy!
And now, for your Thursday-nite musical entertainment and the moral edification of silly young guys like Tye Marini, here's hunky gay singer/songwriter Mark Weigle performing "Rainbow Ride":
You can read
OUT magazine for your guidance
You can be
Abercrombie's advertisement
You can ask
All those stand-in dads to love you
You can bask
In Diva-Mother hovering above you
You gay your way
And I'll go mine
Goodbye, goodbye,
Shallow rainbow ride.
Listen now and thank me later!
Even as we speak, I'm cuttin' a fan vid for my #1-with-a-bullet most favoritest Mark Weigle song — a rockin' C&W number about the values and character that define a truly High-Quality Man — because I couldn't find it on YouTube. But it probably won't be uploaded till tomorrow night or Saturday.
I should add that although Mark Weigle is overall a commendable role-model and a breath of fresh air, several years ago he did ONE monumentally stupid thing, as a result of which he has to take expensive pills every day for the rest of his life.
Even so, he redeemed himself massively by penning and performing a hilarious spoof of The Jackson 5's "ABC," with just a dash of "Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)", as a brutally honest retort to the f*cking morons who go around chirping that "nowadays, living with HIV is really no more a big deal than managing diabetes."
Since this doesn't seem to be on YouTube either, here's a sample of the lyrics:
My doctor said my T-cells
Were gettin' kinda low.
She said we must do something
To make those levels grow!
Instead of one prescription,
She wrote me fifty-three.
This life-extending cocktail
Will be the death of me!
AZT! As simple as 1-2-3!
Oh, AZT, 1-2-3,
That's how easy drugs can be!
('Cept for the li-po-dys-tro-phy.)
steve says
I have meet gay guys like this. You have to suggest taking a shower is a daily quest not a weekly reset.
Gay music vids, eh? Here's a favorite of mine from wayback.
http://youtu.be/HyGp98Xoq9g
V the K, I will see your Revolting Cocks and raise you a Sloppy Seconds.
(For non-fans of John Waters — and what the hell's wrong with you?! — the spoken-word intro is from 1974's Female Trouble, featuring the inimitable Edith Massey, heard here.)
http://youtu.be/PmXmjmGA-cU
For those with more old-fashioned tastes, here's the fab-u-lous John Barrowmore singing Henry Mancini's "Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight)."
(Barrowmore's Eye-talian pronunciation is something quite atrocious, but gay props to him for singing the lyrics at 2:05-2:15 as "italiano/americano" — i.e., instead of heterosexualizing the Italian gender endings to "italiano/americana.")
May 9, 2014 at 9:07 am - May 9, 2014
And in a related story, the California Assembly has passed a bill allowing two fathers to be listed on a birth certificate.
So, the genetic connection, which may be crucial in law enforcement, estate resolution, etc., is being sacrificed on the altar of political correctness.
Professor Hale says
If he cared that much, he could hire some programmers to write a MOD for his game. He could even distribute it at his own expense to other gays whith too much time on their hands.
Aside: Are you really gay if you are only gay in simulation?
Juan says
May 9, 2014 at 11:52 am - May 9, 2014
Yet another indication of too many gays thinking with their little heads.
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/05/09/cdc-syphilis-reaches-highest-level-since-1995-steady-rise-in-gay-and-bisexual-men/
Juan: Thanks for the link to that story. Of course, the elephant in the room that the CBS journalist failed to point out to their readers is "Bareback anal just feels hotter, girlfriend, and nowadays you can just take your $40 Truvada pill every morning and condoms are SOOO early-'90s."


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New Game of Thrones screenshots
29 February, 2012 by Ian
Thrones, they are funny things. They are warred over, written about, dramatised about and so much more. Yet, today it's not just about Thrones, but it's a game. Today Game of Thrones RPG released a number of new screenshots.
New SNES game in 2013
Gamers aren't all in their early teens, many of them are now in their 30s and remember the days of the NES, SNES and Mega Drive with glee and a sad glint in their eye. After all, games today aren't as good as games of that generation. Although Ocarina of Time alone could break that statement. Either way, classic gaming is a bit in vogue at the moment and whilst they've been doing it for ages, the Super Fighter Team have now started accepting preorders on a new SNES game.
Jet Set Radio back at ya!
The Dreamcast, it brings back so many happy memories for so many gamers. Some people remember queueing outside Dixons, others remember seeing it on the news. What even more people remember is the random and weird games that the Dreamcast brought out. Games that were well ahead of it's day and will probably still be ahead of it's time even today – with the likes of Space Channel 5 Part 2 and the latest game that's due for re-release on the Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.
FIFA Street demo now available
Football, unless you go to the US, you can't see to escape its every growing grasp on the world. Heck, even in the US it's growing in popularity so soon no where will be safe. Apart from the moon. The influence is so strong that today EA Sports announced that a demo of their up and coming title, FIFA Street is now available.
Worldwide Vita sales released
Although the world feels like it's crashing and cruise ships are either on fire or being refused entry to Argentina, Sony are happy. Super happy. They today release the total number of units actually sold, not shipped, worldwide today and the numbers are impressive. Very impressive.
Sniper Elite V2 preorder goodies
Limited edition things are awesome, bonus things are just as awesome. So a limited edition bonus for pre-ordering a game? Well, it mixes two types of great into one happy cocktail. With a side order of videogame. Well, that is if your cocktail is a sniper rifle and your side order is a Nazi fascist.
10 Anniversary Edition Xbox 360 leaked by Amazon.fr
Any gamer around in the wait for Twilight Princess will attest that online "leaks" are often worth about as much as another well known action for the word. Yet, it would appear that in recent years they've gotten a little more reliable and today the French edition of the popular online retailer, Amazon, outed a yet unannounced anniversary edition of the Xbox 360. Their decade old edition. Which, if correct, takes the number of editions available for the Xbox 360 to more than it's age.
Etrian Odyssey IV details emerge
Etrian Odyssey II or III never made its way to the shores of good ol' Blighty, unfortunately. Probably due to the fact that the first instalment of the series was picked up by Nintendo, who don't like to take risks on games and there are few games riskier than the Etrian Odyssey series. Today the Japanese developers released a bit more information on the third part of the series and it's already confirmed that US publisher Atlus USA will release this stateside. So you might be able to import a copy.
Mass Effect 3 "up" against Mass Effect 2
The Mass Effect 3 campaign train seems to have not only left the station, but turned into a space-age helicopter type machine and taken copies of the much awaited game into space to drop on gamers heads. Coupled with what EA have today said about pre-order sales, it makes one wonder if people are cash strapped and redundant at all. Or are gamers gaming rather than eating?
"Nintendo in disarray" – Pachter defends remarks
If you Google "Michael Pachter", you'll find his name littered across dozens of high and low brow websites and alongside his name is invariably a comment regarding Nintendo. He's predicted, inaccurately, for an extensive period of time that Nintendo is failing. Whilst he is correct that Nintendo did this year make the biggest operating loss of it's history, he today defended his claim that "Nintendo is in disarray".
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Laiun, or more correctly Star Priestess Laiun is a high ranking member of the elite Aelisha Star Priestess organization. She is part of the combat side of the group and such is very rarely seen in public. Laiun was the one who orchestrated the rescue mission to recover Star Priestess Ryluna that Raist was tasked with during Project: AKRA.
She was once a former Scout Class solider and bears the distinctive pink hair from her AGEd history. Unlike many Star Priestesses she was not picked up as an early child, thus does have the actual childhood Priestess Bangle. She is extremely rare in this regard as only about 2% of Star Priestesses are not found as kids. This was mostly due to her past as a Classed Scout and a Psionic awakening that was too useful to not bring her into the group.
Her major Psionic strength lies in the Chrono branch, and possesses a strong and long range glimpse of future possibilities. Because of this she often is part of many operations that are ultimately manipulative to those involved to bring about future possibilities she and other's 'see'.
At the end of the story is is revealed that Laiun was a Scout under Raist and was believed by him and nearly all others to have died in battle. She is still alive, and was torn between giving him the mission to rescue Ryluna and knowing the odds it will kill him. She vows to try to help him behind the scenes, all the while he never knows she is alive and now a Star Priestess.


What are Day of Heroes X-Maps you ask? X-Maps simply put are larger maps able to be used with our Lock 'n Load Tactical game series. X-Maps are the same as our standard maps in every way except they are comprised of larger hexes, which contain nearly twice the area of the standard hexes. X-Maps are 11" x 17" in contrast to the 8.25" x 12.75" dimensions of the standard maps.
Requirements: Day of Heroes is required to use this product.
Two Color Maps 34 x 18.5.


Gardens will be blossoming with colour as we drift through June, hopefully with more warm sunshine and just enough rain to keep those plants watered.
All that sun and rain will quickly bring on strong prickly weeds and bramble growth. Bradleys the Tannery make a great range of gloves for men and women, including these leather anti-bramble gauntlets, strong and sturdy to protect your hands and forearms from all those prickles – great for pruning roses too! For all other gardening jobs, their lighter weight suede gauntlet gloves in different sizes and colours are ideal.
Involve younger members of the family in making paper pots out of old newspapers using Creamore Mill's Paper Pot Press made from sustainable timber before filling with compost and seeds. Identify your plants with extra wide seed labels that accommodate larger writing, making them easier to read without having to bend over. Being compostable, they save the job of sifting out otherwise plastic labels from your compost heap! When vegetable and flower seedlings are ready to plant out, they can be left in their paper pots to avoid root disturbance and put straight into the ground. Plant growth is unchecked because the newspaper decomposes as the plant grows.
For bigger projects, Creamore Mill's oak seed tray dibbers with turned pegs spaced 5cm apart can be used not only for drilling holes but also to rake out drills for sowing rows of small seeds making large volume sowing quicker. They will work in both standard seed trays and half-size seed trays. The flat back of the dibber lends itself to tamping down the compost over the sown seeds afterwards.
Creamore Mill's oiled beech stakes are wound with 10 metres of natural jute twine to mark out straight lines, perfect for planting out seedling rows in the garden or defining beds and edging lawns. It's also time to tie back rampant climbers; the Mill also produces a turned oak stand featuring a nifty cutter in the bishop's head to cut jute twine.
At the end of a hard day in the garden, kick off your wellies and store them upside down on Creamore Mill's oak boot stands with turned tapered pegs and beaded caps - they will grace the entrance of your home and naturally weather over time.
Paula Williams, Founder of BRITISH design BRITISH made, 64 High Street, Battle, TN33 0AG, helping you to buy British.


The library provides a range of books for all ages in a pleasant atmosphere.
There are two computers, which provide free access to Microsoft Office packages and the Internet. I.T. Taster sessions can be arranged- please ask staff for further information.
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The Navy League of Canada offers several awards to recognize excellence in Canada's marine sector. Any member of the Navy League can nominate an individual or group for these awards.
Lockheed Martin Centennial Award
Lockheed Martin Canada generously created this award in 2010, the year of the Canadian Navy's centennial. It is awarded each year to recognize the Royal Canadian Navy sailor who most exemplifies excellence at the rank of Master Seaman and below.
The recipient is presented with a plaque and his/her name is engraved on the Centennial Award cup. A $1,500 donation is presented to a Military Family Resource Centre (MFRC) of the recipient's choice and a $1,500 donation is made to a Navy League Branch of the recipient's choice.
Robert I. Hendy Award
The Robert I. Hendy Award is granted by The Navy League of Canada to individuals who have accomplished feats or achievements of national or international significance in the area of maritime affairs.
The J. J. Kinley Award
The J. J. Kinley Award is awarded by The Navy League of Canada's National Board of Directors to members, employees or units of the Canadian Coast Guard, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, or the Canadian Armed Forces who have made remarkable contributions in support of naval and maritime interests and in keeping with the highest principles of The Navy League of Canada.
J. J. KINLEY AWARD
Navy League Prize (Royal Military College)
Each year, the Navy League Prize is presented to the top graduating Royal Military College Naval student.
Navy League Prize (Canadian Coast Guard College)
Each year, the Navy League Prize is presented to the graduating Officer Cadet who has displayed exemplary courtesy and deportment throughout the entire training period, and is entering service within the Canadian Coast Guard.


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HomeNewsTwo suspects charged after break and enter in Bonnyville
Two suspects charged after break and enter in Bonnyville
By Zachary Ferguson-Frick
Friday, Jul. 8th, 2022
(Photo supplied by niu niu for unsplash.com)
Two women are facing charges after a break and enter in Bonnyville on July 1st.
Bonnyville RCMP was dispatched to a storage yard on 62 Street after they were notified of a break and enter in progress.
Police say they found two female suspects nearby the scene with break-in tools and Methamphetamine on their person.
Both 27-year-old Callen O'Hare of Ardmore and a 17-year-old female youth have been charged with the following:
Breaking & Entering a Business
Possession of Break-In Instruments
Possession of Crystal Meth
Both suspects have been released without bail by a Justice of the Peace and are due to appear in Bonnyville court on August 2nd.


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Q: UICollectionView with multi-select won't select more than a dozen of items When using a UICollectionView with allowsMultipleSelection set to YES only a dozen items are selectable. UICollectionViewDelegate stops calling collectionView:didSelectItemAtIndexPath:.
It seems very random. You can select a few items, scroll down, select some more, and at some point you're not able to select any more items.
When the cell is smaller you seem to be able to select more items. The larger the cell, the fewer items you're able to select before it stops working.

A: I have discovered that while my previous answer works, it may be caused by not calling super. While the documentation for UICollectionReusableView fails to mention this, the documentation for UITableViewCell, which has the same method, does.
- (void)prepareForReuse
{
    [super prepareForReuse]
    // Your code here.
}

Old Answer:

This may be a bug with the UICollectionView.
What's happening is cells that were previously selected are being reused and maintain the selected state. The collection view isn't setting selected to "NO".
The solution is to reset the the selected state in prepareForReuse of the cell:
- (void)prepareForReuse
{
    self.selected = NO;
}

If the reused cell is selected, the collection view will set selected to "YES" after prepareForReuse is called.
This is something the UICollectionView should be doing on it's own. Thankfully the solution is simple. Unfortunately I spent a ton of time working around this bug by tracking my own select state. I didn't realize why it was happening until I was working on another project with smaller cells.

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How do you prefer writers to handle action descriptions / narrative in dialogue mode?
How do you prefer writers to handle actions or other narrative in dialogues?
Just musing over a point that I've noticed while playing PST recently.
I've played a lot of IE games and installed various mods as well. Different writers use a different style to accomodate describing actions / other narrative as part of the dialogue.
Some use (parentheses), some use *asterisks*, some use traditional "speech in quotes".
Just wondering how you prefer it to be handled.
"You'll have to pay for that!" her eyes dart between your party members, trying to keep you all in sight.
The last is an abomination. Kill it NOW!
The quotes make the most sense. There is no reason to highly "run away / attack her" in any way in game though. It is fairly obvious those aren't dialog options and what they are going to result in.
I prefer the novel style in the body text. For the choices themselves I think *'s or ()'s work better to delinate between an action and converstation pieces. Italics also work.
I definitely prefer the traditional novel style, but the only example there that would actually bother me is the different colors.
Personal preference is irrelevant to me. As long as they are consistent and play to their strengths.
Though I have a particular aversion to asterisks.
Quotes for character speech, and parentheses for character actions, methinks, with meta-game text (like interface tooltips or description of mechanics) using neither.
Edited by mcmanusaur, 10 August 2013 - 01:13 PM.
I like the novel style the best, but the descriptive/action text should have something unique, too, like maybe italics or something.
...but in a game environment, I don't really care much, as long as the grammar use or an overuse of tortured slang/cliched sayings/colloquialisms don't make my eyes bleed.
I'm torn between liking novel-style and liking parantheses (perhaps because many BG-mods used parentheses).
I guess I don't really mind as long as it's consistent.
The issue with pure narrative style for me is that it doesn't feel like a character's actions should be narrated in first person or third person, unless that narration is present through the whole game.
I kinda feel that way sometimes. That weird in-between world of novel and film, fitting neither. Or something.
"You'll have to pay for that!"
....mostly because it feels like a more natural reading rhythm than a dialogue-line followed by separated [ action ] text. (edit) I refer to the set up line - the 1,2,3 choices don't matter to me since I consider them the given player options.
Worked for me in Torment.
The man casually waves to his acquaintance. "Yo dawg."
Re: brackets to parentheses I'm not decided, but I think presenting dialogue in script format is acceptable.
Edited by mcmanusaur, 11 August 2013 - 08:02 AM.
Smithereen peruses the thread. "Interesting," he states, "I never really have given much thought to this subject. I find prose-style to be the most natural, but that's probably just what I am used to, since I encourage speaking that way in my tabletop roleplaying group."
2. (Diplomacy) "Let me rid you of a few misconceptions..."
3. [Ignite Flamethrower] "You'll pay for that!"
Edited by smithereen, 11 August 2013 - 03:08 PM.
So... what happens when you're discussing some female person with a female person, and she asks "What do you think we should do about this?", and one of your options is "Attack her."?
Are you telling her that you think this being-discussed female person should be attacked, or are you telling the game that you wish for your character to attack the female with whom you're currently speaking?
Also, for what it's worth, I feel that the literal "do this" listings of actions aren't out of place in a list of dialogue options, since the options from which you're choosing are actually just actions that happen to all be dialogue. In other words, the dialogue UI is basically telling you "Here's what was just said. How do you react?", and each line of text with quotes around it is the same thing as "Say:" followed by the line your character will be saying.
That doesn't mean there aren't alternative methods that are also viable, but I don't have any problem with the way that kind of... syntax, for lack of a better word.
Edited by Lephys, 12 August 2013 - 02:54 PM.


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Alex started at In-site as Estates Manager in February 2009 and was appointed to the role of MD in 2011. He is proud to have developed a dynamic team which is centred around having a fantastic culture built around respect, whilst also being focused on outcomes and results.
Alex won the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year award - Commercial Agency in November 2015. Alex was nominated by our Chairman Nigel Jowett and it was his description of Alex and what he has achieved for In-site that helped the judges make their decision in what was a very tough field.
Outside of work Alex is a keen cricketer, a keen cyclist and a very bad 5-a-side and squash player. He has represented and captained Yorkshire Rugby union (Schools and clubs), cricket (u19's) and shot-put at a younger age. He also represented Nottingham Trent University at rowing and was the only oarsman to dramatically snap an oar in two, just before the finishing line in the Nottingham varsity challenge! Alex has been an active rock and ice climber and still has a love of the outdoors. He likes to pick off charity challenges such as Race the Sun.
Alex is a member of the Yorkshire Business Insider 42 under 42. He has also set up his own small business to run in conjunction with his role at In-site.
Likes – My beautiful wife and children, spicy Thai food, street food, coffee served well, craft / real ale, champagne, lobster, mornings, Drum & Bass, Progressive trance, Techno, Dub, Reggae, festivals, Yorkshire Dales, the great outdoors, The Caribbean, France, travel, pleasure / pain combo's (e.g. bike rides, running uphill, mega hot chilli's), bad jokes, watching rugby, chatting rubbish with mates, celebrating achievements.
Dislikes – When people aren't grateful and don't say thank you. People on trains speaking loudly on mobile phones! Professional footballers (the ones that dive or go down like a sack of spuds and need a good slap).


While growing up, it is normal for children to have insecurities, anxieties and fears. The most frequent are about being abandoned, about not succeeding, and about not being loved or accepted by others. Fairy tales are a very useful tool for helping children find answers to their concerns, and so that they not to feel alone with their questions and doubts. They provide information on reality by telling about the path that the child is traveling along and the obstacles he or she will meet or encounter, using an accessible language that goes directly to the imagination. The stories of this book have been designed and written by two psychotherapists to help children overcome their fears. The main characters are animal babies that are facing the most common difficulties of growing up. With their magical solutions, these stories make the child understand that difficult moments are important for "becoming great", and offer comfort, trust and hope in life and in dreams.


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I. Basic Conduct
Don't be a douchebag. Don't cause unnecessary drama. Don't harass handlers. All of these pretty much fall under "be a decent person". We don't care who you like, or don't like in an OOC context. Keep that shit off the boards & out of the chat group. We're all here to have a good time; whatever happened between you and another handler four years ago at whatever fed isn't our concern, nor should it be yours any longer. If you can't be civil to your fellow handlers, we won't have you here at SEE. Very simple.
II. Addressing Issues/Concerns
If you do have a problem or concern, please contact a staff member privately. The public section of the boards or the Facebook chat group are not the place for that. As a note, asking "when will results be posted" is not a legitimate concern.
III. No-Showing
If you no-show three shows, you will be terminated; exceptions can be made at staff's discretion. If you exit the fed without warning and by reaching your no-show allotment, do not be surprised to hear from other handlers that your character has been jobbed a few extra weeks. The staff here at SEE works hard to bring you a quality show in a timely manner, no-showing consistently is not only disrespectful, it's plain irresponsible. If you know that you won't be able to roleplay during a given card's roleplay period, please inform staff beforehand to not book you. Very easy. If an emergency occurs, let staff know and we'll work with you in any way possible. Keep in mind "I waited until the last day of deadline & then got called into work" is not an emergency/excuse. You wait till the last minute, you risk fucking yourself. That's what you did; fucked yourself. Not anyone's fault but yours.
IV. Don't be a Sore Loser
Please do not complain, either publicly, or privately, about losing a match. I can promise you that if you haven't already been banned, there's nothing that you've done to piss staff off enough to have you lose a match unjustly. There is nothing wrong with asking //why// you lost, but once you have your explanation, that's it. Arguing about it isn't going to change the result. We'll try to give people a couple warnings on this, because we know that losing can elicit an emotional reaction in certain people sometimes, but repeated violations will lead to your termination.
V. Content of Writing
This fed is rated A/O, otherwise known as "Adults Only". With that being said, you may (and probably will) find roleplays with graphic depictions of violence, sex, torture, or other content not fit for minors. Roleplays that include this content should be labeled "NSFW" (Not Safe For Work) with a brief description of the extreme content contained with (I.E. torture scene, sexual encounter, etc.), so that each individual can decide for themselves whether or not they want to read that particular brand of explicit content.
VI. Enjoy Yourself
Overall, just have fun. If you're here simply to pad your title resume, this isn't the place for you. If you're here solely to win & aren't willing to take a loss that you deserved, this isn't the place for you. Nobody is going to win every match. The point to being here is to have fun, hang out with people you enjoy chatting with and to tell a grand story alongside your fellow handlers and SEE staff. If your joy in fedding comes only from titles, accolades & wins, then you'll find joy in short supply here.
I. Usage of Characters Controlled by Other Handlers
Under no circumstance will you use another handler's character in your roleplay without written permission from said handler. My advice would be to keep a record of permission being given, along with what it was given for. When speaking to another handler about potentially using their character in your roleplay, be specific. A handler agreeing vaguely to allow use of their character doesn't give you liberty to attack them and send them to the hospital. If you're looking to do something more detailed then some dialogue, please explain your full idea to the handler in question & make sure they're in agreement with all actions involved with the usage of their character.
II. Usage of Staff Characters
When it comes to usage of staff characters in your roleplays, please use the following guidelines. Main staff members, those directly controlled by a handler, are not allowed to be used without the handler's consent. On-air personalities, such as announcers or interviewers may be used without permission, but you are not allowed to physically harm them in any way. If you want your character to attack random on-screen staff without asking permission, you are limited to nameless employees; random junior referees, unnamed backstage interviewers, security personnel, random utility staff members, etc.
III. Sandbagging
On the topic of sandbagging. We're all aware that this is a common practice. In an ideal world, in a fed with a one roleplay limit, handlers would not read their opponents' roleplays before they post their own. However, since we live in the real world, we know that this isn't exactly possible. With that being said, we would ask that you not reference your opponent's current roleplay in the event they post before you. You can reference their character application, past roleplays, past segments, etc. We know that this isn't entirely possible to enforce, but be aware that if your roleplay amounts to an entire shoot section directly rebutting what your opponent said during their shoot, you're probably not going to win your match.
IV. Is there a Word Limit?
When it comes to word limits; well, we currently don't have one fed-wide. However, with that being said, certain titles & divisions WILL have a limited word count. This is to ensure that titles outside of the main event title are not held simply due to word count. When it comes specifically to main title; well, it's the main title; there should be an all-out brawl for it each & every time it's defended. If that's not your speed, there are plenty of other titles out there that should appeal to those who aren't interested in going all-out, balls to the wall each & every card.
V. How many Roleplays are Allowed per Match?
One roleplay per handler, per match, unless otherwise stated. (This will be EXTREMELY rare and may never actually occur.)
VI. General Thoughts & Improvement
While this isn't exactly a rule, it's more of a thought. If you feel as though you're working hard each and every week, but you're not winning as often as you feel like you should, well... don't be afraid to ask for feedback from other handlers or staff members. Chances are, there are things you could be doing to improve your writing that you're not even thinking about. Illustrating a scene better, improving dialogue, keeping your roleplay more match-focused, drawing in details of current events from the fed, etc. Too many feds, card after card, handlers just keep phoning it in, not really trying to improve, not really accepting feedback from their peers. Just like in every other hobby, you should be trying to find small (& large) ways to improve each and every effort you put forth.
Wrestler/Pic Base/Entrance Theme Rules
I. Created Wrestlers Only
Only created wrestlers are allowed. No real wrestlers. Please try to be original; nobody wants to see you use John Cena as a picture base, then name him "Jace Cena", then have him say he's the "Jace that runs the place". You can do better. There will be some exceptions to this rule and wont discriminate as long as you put your own twist on the character and not clone the character to a tee II. Picture Base Frequency
Currently, only one character may use each picture base; this may change in the future. In special circumstances, staff may make an exception, but this will normally only happen if the original user of that picture base in SEE approves another handler using it. Please do not whine at another handler for already having a picture base in use that you were intending to use. It just makes you look like a crybaby. Figure out a new base. Make a new character. Use a different existing character. There's literally thousands of wrestlers out there & thousands more celebrities. You can figure something out. We believe in you. We are currently allowing one real and caw base for each and in some cases two caws to a base if handlers can agree on it
III. Appropriate Picture Bases
Currently, we are only allowing REAL people to be used as picture bases. This means no cartoon characters, no anime characters, etc.
IV. Wrestlers Per Handler
The current limit on wrestlers per handler is five. We don't currently limit managers in addition to that, however, we will if it becomes an issue of people snapping up overly popular picture bases to use as their characters' managers.
V. Booking Frequency
All handlers with more than one character must fill out the "Booking Frequency" information form, which will be linked here a bit later once it's posted (MIKE). This is integral so that you aren't over or under booked.
VI. Entrance Themes
We do not allow any duplication of entrance themes. There are literally hundreds of thousands of songs out there & changing an entrance theme isn't nearly as difficult as changing a picture base. No duplication, at all, end of story.
That should wrap us up for now, thanks for reading through the rules, we look forward to having you here at Shrouded Enigma Entertainment!
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Buying a property and renovating is one of the most popular methods to add value and make money when it comes to selling later.
Why does this create a profit?
A renovated and well presented property creates more emotional appeal, it rises above all obstacles that buyers face and complain about, things like ... 'too much work' 'house smells' 'didn't like the colour' , etc.
Also a lot of first-home buyers don't have the capital or the equity to borrow money to renovate, so if they don't want to live in a 'run down' house, they will need to buy renovated and put that cost all on the mortaged sale price.
It can also create a profit, via effective renovation cost management. ie; if you get a $20k kitchen for $12k, through negotiating trade prices, doing some of work yourself, etc. Then you will also make profit on that too.
An emotionally appealing property also generates more buyer interest and thus creating a higher sale price via competition also.
What else should I consider when buying a Do-up?
As is the case with buying any type of property, deciding on the right location is usually your first step towards finding the right property.When it comes to buying a property to renovate and sell, there are a couple of considerations. Primarily, you're looking for a location that has steadily been increasing in value, or one that shows signs of increasing in value in the very near future.
Are there new shopping centres, stores, entertainment, or recreational centres popping up in the neighbourhood? This can be a sign of investor confidence. More stores, shops and community centres will lead to more jobs and pushing up the demand for local properties (due to local population growth).
The biggest tangible improvement in the region at the moment is the Transmission Gully.
If you are not a expert in market trends, keep an eye on your local government's activity. When local councils approve of 'growth' in an area they almost always look at the capacity of local transport facilities.
Historically, areas where 'new' transport proposals have significantly reduced commute times - have made a big impact on house prices in that area. Just look at the prices of the North Shore in Auckland after they put in that bus way… in Wellington we've got quite a large motorway being built…. enough said.
Families are willing to move and pay top dollar to be within the catchment areas of quality public schools and childcare facilities. Every city has 'those schools' that families who put a large value on primary/secondary education. These families are usually also keen on giving their family the best possible living environment as well.
So renovating properties in this area will yield great results.
Keep also in mind of your government laws around selling for profit. You may need to live there for a set amount of years before progressing.
If you are planning on living in it and holding for a while… you may just want to add a little bit of personality to your renovation plan. After-all…. you need to enjoy your life too!
One of the main issues people have are around bathroom / kitchen locations / remodelling. If in doubt - ASK!
Like any renovation, costs can blow-out really quickly. That's why it makes sense to budget not only for the cost of the purchase and renovation costs, but any potential holding costs and any costs which may be unforseen. A good rule of thumb is to budget 20 percent more for contingency.
A lot of my clients plan on 'doing most of it themselves' so save some coststhe reality is… they end up renovating their house for 10 years and by the time it is finished it is time to move.No doubt it has saved them some money, but I know I wouldn't want to live in a 'work-in-progress' home for that long.
One of the most common DIY disasters I see, is actually a 'simple' job of painting walls. It is very easy for buyers to spot a DIY paint job, so please don't underestimate the task or overestimate your skill.
Team YIP offers a free renovation consulting service, we can also help you project manage your renovations as well!


On a beautiful autumn day, the OSRBG joined forces with AICA, the first Independent Cat Club in South Africa, to stage it's first Independent show.
We are deeply indebted to the Northern Cape/Free State Cat Club who staged their successful SACC show earlier in the day at the same venue. The great venue, the beautiful decorations, the ground work and local arrangements were all there due to the hard work of the committee.
The show was successfull and enjoyed by exhibitors and judges alike.
We are looking forward to further co-operation in the future, for the benefit of all the cat organisations in the country.
Our show was supported by Hills, who sponsored the Judges Best and Best Overall prizes.
A few pictures of a happy show.
to all who helped to make this show a great success.
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2nd August 2016 @ 10:56
UK TV platform Freesat will offer eight channels of live coverage of the Rio Olympics via the BBC Red Button service.
The free satellite TV service will provide access to the HD and SD Red Button coverage via the Freesat EPG.
Freesat will also provide access to BBC Red Button+, an interactive service that provides direct access to BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport App.
Viewers will be able to access 24 live and on-demand streams in HD via BBC Red Button+ and watch over 2,500 hours of live sporting action.
"We're really pleased to bring Freesat viewers access to the BBC's live coverage from Rio 2016. With eight live streams to enjoy viewers will be spoilt for choice with classic events from track and field, to newer sports like Golf," said Freesat's director of marketing and communications, Jennifer Elworthy.
The eight live HD streams will be available on Freesat channels 261-268 to viewers with the latest set-top boxes, with a further eight live SD channels available on channels 271-278.
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