This Thursday, February 14th is Valentines' Day. Whether your relationship is fresh faced, shiny and new, or eternal, ageless and spanning a lifetime, this day is the universal celebration of love, in all its' incarnations. While we believe that showing loved ones you care should be a day to day occurrence, there's no harm in occasionally "going big" with those declarations.
From a simple gesture of cooking a nice meal, or going for a walk together, through to the tried and tested red rose bouquet and chocolates, people all over will be celebrating this day, and through it, their love for one another.
Some of us may get lucky (no pun intended) and find our soul mate out on that blind date, some of us already are lucky, and will be sitting down to dinner, as usual, with no fanfare, next to that very special someone.
If there was ever a driving force behind the human condition, it would be the search for love. That other half, that companionship. A best friend, a comrade in arms. Someone to walk the road of life with.
Someone to grow old with.
Yes it is a bit corny and sappy, with all the frills and hearts and bows and flowers and teddy bears. But underneath all that commercial fluff is the real prize, the real reason we are all joined in this age-old quest for love and partnership: Legacy. To have our own family, our own special place in the world where we can love and be loved. A place called home, where we can put down roots and build a life rich in all of those things that are fundamental to a happy and fulfilling life.
It is true that not all of us seek it, but sometimes it finds us.
So whether you celebrate Valentines' Day or not, it is here again for another year, and we here at Premier Homes want to wish all you hopeful lovers good luck, and those who are in love all the best for your future together.
And when the time comes to build on that love, with bricks and mortar, roof and walls, just remember we are here. For expanding the family home as your family grows, we are here. For helping you downsize and prepare for those golden years with a custom built granny flat: we are here. We may not be the experts on love, but we are the experts in building high quality, high-end granny flats, extensions and more. We are here to help build your future.
It is our driving passion and our company motto: Keeping Families Together.


Dementieva beat Petrova, Zvonareva beat Jankovic, Radwanska beat Kuznetsova and Serena and Ivanovic took their cheques and went home.
Great win for Vera to take out the number one – even if that number one is only Jankovic – and avoid Venus in the Semis. Vera must finally think she can compete at this level. Hands up if you picked Zvonareva and Venus to go through undefeated? Notice Hawkeye stuffed up during the Dementieva match and the umpire coolly ignored it. "Just trust me," he told an incredulous Elena, who did. One reporter clearly didn't believe Serena's stomach muscle excuse either. Radwanska and Petrova finally got to play and Radwanksa confirmed that Kuznetsova is indeed playing woefully.


What a beautiful classic home. This has a gourmet kitchen that would rival any chef's kitchen with great appliances. This has the markings of a mansion and would be very costly to build in todays market. It is near grocery store. It has downstairs bedroom for someone who wants to live on first floor. The backyard is beautiful and fenced. This is not a drive by. You need to come inside and see what great quarters await you. It is very convenient living for someone who does not drive but has ample parking if you do.


War is not merely a matter of sowing death, much of it needless; it entails preserving a rationale to perpetuate it. The mistake often made about reading, consulting and listening to the harrowing tales of those who have perished in battle or those who survived them is to presume that these should not happen again. Politicians, generals, and strategists are all in the game: the dead are merely a reminder that more blood must be shed. Weak, imprecise terms are thrown about by way of justification: they died so that we could be free. Forget the bungling, the bad faith, the expediency.
While valuing the War Memorial, Senator Richard Di Natale suggested that the expansion "to showcase military hardware is deeply inappropriate, especially when our other National Institutions don't have the funds to repair their leaky roofs." Australia's National Institutions reminded former Greens Senator and leader Christine Milne, spoke of the corrosion caused by the "efficiency dividends" principle to Australia's National Institutions. The sacred will have an endless money pot.


Tables of providers' website links and API locations for information about current account services for each brand.
Following action by the FCA and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and also a voluntary commitment made by banks and building societies, current account providers are publishing better information about the services they offer consumers and small businesses.
This information is to help consumers and small businesses find the right service for them, get the most out of it, and get help if things go wrong. It will also help others such as comparison services and the media to compare current accounts.
Below are tables of providers' website links and API links for the information mandated by the FCA on personal current accounts and business current accounts, and a table of website links to voluntary information on the key ways of supporting all personal current account customers, including those in potentially vulnerable circumstances.
There is also information required by the CMA about how likely people and small businesses would be to recommend their bank.
Data underlying the service quality surveys required by the CMA of personal and small business customers can be accessed via the Open Data API Dashboard.
The main current account providers have agreed to publish information about the additional services they offer all customers, including those in potentially vulnerable circumstances.
The table below gives the link(s) to each provider's information on the support available to customers experiencing money worries, dealing with a major life event, wanting help to manage day-to-day money better, or who have a disability or physical or mental health condition.


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2/24 — "Uncle Toisan" at Nakano Theatre
Feb. 24 — The solo performance "Uncle Toisan" by Charlie Chin features a Chinese American immigrant's unique life in the United States. Highlighting the Chinese Exclusion Act, Angel Island, World War II, and the civil rights movement, this Chatauqua-style event is a powerful, affecting, and educational experience for all audiences. The premise of the story is Uncle Toisan playing the Chinese two-stringed fiddle called the erhu on the street in Chinatown to make a few extra dollars to supplement his retirement in a small apartment he shares with his nephew's family who recently immigrated from the People's Republic of China. It is the early 1990s and Uncle Toisan is in his late 70s. A group of students from a UC Berkeley Asian American Studies Class on a walking tour stops to talk to him, inspiring him to share his story.
Charlie Chin is a musician, author, historian, and classically-trained storyteller who has been performing, writing, and teaching for more than 30 years. Chin's concerts, solo theatre, and presentations contain songs, stories, and monologues that use humor, wit, and insight to celebrate the Chinese American experience from the Gold Rush of California to the arriving immigrants of today. In 1989, the Smithsonian Institute presented him with the "Community Folklore Scholar Certificate" in recognition of his work in Asian American Studies. He is a frequent consultant on Asian American communities for the Smithsonian Office of Folk Life and Folkways and is a member of the American Folklore Society.
There is one performance only at 7 p.m. Tickets (including $2.50 handling fee): $25 Adults / $23 Senior & Students / $20 Subscribers. Call Box Office at (310) 781-7171. For information, call (310) 618-6342 or visit www.TorranceLive.us
The 2010 Works in Progress series Enduring Spirit commemorates the 45th Anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act with a focus on stories of Chinese Americans.

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Christian Fernandez also known as ReK2WiLdS or ReK2 from the 1994 Spanish hacking group BBKhas been involved with FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) since the early days in 1997. He is a co-creator of Binary Freedom, a digital rights advocate group which operated between 2004 and 2009.
He has collaborated with organizations like the FSF and EFF, among others, in the pursuit of freedom, liberty and privacy in cyberspace.
Christian Fernandez has a wide range of skills from Software Programmer, Systems Architect, Network Engineer to Cyber Security Specialists and ethical hacker. He participated in the gNewSense GNU/Linux project, porting the KDE desktop and naming it kgNewSense. He's also participated in and orchestrated lectures which include LinuxWorld Boston and an Ethical Hacker Workshop in a popular Barcelona maker/hacker lab.
Christian Fernandez was born in Barcelona, Spain, grow up in Alicante, also Spain. At the age of 28 he transferred himself to the US, and has live in Chicago, Boston and San Francisco.
Christian Fernandez, enjoys world football(soccer), MMO pvp games, Electronic Industrial music, Spanish Punk Rock and Spanish pop/rock, he is very much since young age into social justice activism, digital rights and privacy. He was a bboy(Break Dancer) back in the 90's also was an active graffiti artists in Spain.
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Like meat? Then Cau is the restaurant for you.
Located on the picturesque Kingston Riverside, diners can enjoy their meal al fresco while watching boats glide past on the Thames.
Think melt in the mouth steaks meet classic cocktails, Cau has it all.
The exhaustive menu may give diners a little too much choice, with burgers, steaks, salads, chicken, pork and fish all looking like perfect palate pleasers.
The decor, albeit slightly clinical, is stylish and modern and gives the place an up-to-date and classy feel.
Triple cooked chips are a taste sensation, while the spiral cut Tira de Ancho steak, slowly grilled until tender, is the highlight of the menu.
Our server, Russell, is passionate about the food on offer at the riverside steakhouse and is keen to recommend the best dishes.
The cocktail menu does not fail to impress, from fruity caipirinhas and carinos to classic mojitos and a stylish bellini.
The restaurant sells its chimichurri sauce as "an Argentinian steak's best friend" and it is the perfect accompaniment to the juicy thick slabs of meat.
Price-wise the money reflects the meat. You can steal a 220g rump for £13.95, while a 500g marinated sirloin will set you back £34.95 - not bad for sharing.
Cau boasts a far-reaching menu and its steaks deliver on taste and texture.
A plethora of sides including mouth watering chickpeas and chorizo, marinated grilled vegetables and courgette and onion tempura means diners can choose the ideal dish to devour alongside their main.


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Modern Marketing Olympics Coronavirus
Olympic sponsors stick by 2021 games, but what will disrupted budgets deliver?
The Olympics is a platform for glitzy work that delivers real results for brands like P&G's Rio 2016 campaign 'Thank You Mom'
By Rebecca Stewart | Trends Editor
April 1, 2020 | 8 min read
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With dates for 2021 now confirmed, the fallout of the Tokyo 2020 postponement is now making way for contingency planning. But as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on advertising budgets, will headline sponsors still be able to go for gold next year?
The Olympic flame will remain extinguished until next summer, with the tournament now officially having been dialled back by 365 days.
On Monday (30 March), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) penned in the Tokyo 2020 Games from 23 July 2021 to 8 August. Additionally, The Paralympic Games will run between 24 August and 5 September 2021.
Despite running one year behind schedule, there is no rebrand planned. Tokyo 2021 will remain Tokyo 2020. With fresh dates cemented, organisers, athletes and fans have now been relieved of the uncertainty inspired by first postponement in the 124-year modern history of the modern Olympic Games.
For the sponsors bankrolling the Games and athletes, the celebration is muted, their best laid plans now lie in tatters.
US Olympics TV rights holder, NBCUniversal, announced proudly just last month how it had already sold 90% of its commercials for the tournament. The total sum amounted to $1.25bn; a new record, surpassing the total for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janiero and giving an indication of how much advertisers had planned to stump up.
Some brands – including Nike, Coke and Adidas – have already launched products and activations pinned to this year's event. Many have spent the best part of a year laying the pipework for big-budget creative executions, as well as competitions, online promotions and on-the-ground campaigns.
In the meantime, the Covid-19 pandemic has been wreaking havoc on marketers' budgets. Airbnb, Budweiser, Coca-Cola and John Lewis are just some companies to have frozen or redirected spend in the wake of the pandemic. At the start of this week, Warc forecast a recession in the first half of the year for the global ad market – which, if materialised, will have a knock-on impact on budgets for the next 12 months at least.
The Olympics is a platform for glitzy, award-winning work that delivers real results for brands (see: Under Armour's 'Rule Yourself'; P&G's 'Thank You Mom'; and Nike's 'Unlimited Youth'). In the midst of a coronavirus crunch, where marketing budgets are stretched, Tokyo 2020 could see sponsors take a different approach to Olympic advertising.
Sponsors on standby
Joel Seymour-Hyde is managing director UK at sports and entertainment agency Octagon, which counts Mastercard, Unilever, Budweiser and Expedia among its clients. He says, in a world where brands' revenues and share prices are tanking it would be "naïve" to think it will be business as usual for Olympic sponsors in 2021.
"Will budgets be impacted? Of course they will," he asserts. There is a unique challenge in Olympics marketing: the fact that the partners get minimal media rights in exchange for other main assets like IP and the right to buy tickets.
He adds: "Therefore typically the ratio of activation spend, including marketing, campaigns, media, employee engagement, B2B and hospitality, to rights fees is higher for Olympics sponsors v most other properties."
The obvious implications of this for 2021, Seymour-Hyde argues, would be some reduction in associated media spend, and potential reductions in the scale of hospitality initiatives. "It ultimately depends on how long and deep the disruption goes," he adds.
At the time of writing, the majority of the IOC's top-tier global brand partners (many of which have inked long-term deals) had issued statements expressing their continued support of the Games.
The longest-standing sponsor of the Games Coca-Cola said it "fully respects" the decision of the IOC and the Tokyo Organising Committee (TOCOG). "We know this decision was made in the best interest of the health, safety and security of all," added a spokesperson.
Airbnb, a newcomer to the (pricey) world of Olympic sponsorship also reaffirmed its commitment. Along with P&G, Dow, Bridgestone and Intel.
Alibaba Group "stands firm" for the postponement too: "Despite the delay, such a decision, made amidst the ongoing global fight against Covid-19, is the epitome of the Olympic spirit of peace, friendship and solidarity," the Chinese firm said.
For its part, payment provider Visa has already made official moves to extend its Olympic athlete sponsorship through to 2021, as well as its headline deal.
"As a proud sponsor of the Olympic Movement for more than 30 years, we will work with the IOC, the TOCOG, the government of Japan and our partners in the coming months to make the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 as memorable in 2021 as they would have been this year," it said in a statement.
For sports marketing consultant Tim Crow, it's unlikely any flagship sponsors will pull out, unless their own businesses go into freefall.
For the large part, sponsors contracts will allow them to extend their rights to the new date of the Games, and their fees due to the IOC will simply be re-phased.
How much of their lost activation costs they can recover will depend on insurance, which could be a sticking point for smaller, struggling brands on a lower sponsorship tier.
"Inevitably there are a lot of lawyers trying to talk up litigation but I don't see that happening either," Crow insists.
Next year's spend will be all about "how businesses are doing, how the world economy is doing, and how clear the world is of the virus."
One sponsor to keep a close eye on is new kid on the block Airbnb, which this week unveiled a coronavirus contingency plan to help its business save $800m. This includes the suspension of all marketing activity for the foreseeable future.
Crow believes there's a silver lining to the postponement though, with many brands seeing the 2021 Games as an opportunity to engage with customers following the most tumultuous period in modern history.
"These are big businesses with big budgets, and they'll already be seeing the Olympics as a potential means of helping them bounce back," he argues.
The new Tokyo 2020 – a chance to bounce back?
Seymour-Hyde agrees, saying that when the Games do return to screens the positive reaction from athletes, consumer, sponsors and broadcaster should be huge.
"This applies to all sport, and already there is consensus that the return of live sport will be a huge cultural moment," he adds. "Clearly there is nothing a brand or sponsor loves more than tapping it to the cultural zeitgeist, so it's a fantastic creative challenge and opportunity.
With every sponsor likely to be on the same page (and sharing the same brief) it's going to have to be some very special work to cut above the clutter and noise – particularly if traditional media spend budgets are tighter.
Crow chips in: "The worldwide context of the Tokyo Games has changed so fundamentally that we'll see many of the global Olympic sponsors, in particular the consumer brands, re-work their campaigns."
Many, he argues, will seek to capitalise on the inherent DNA of the Olympics, which at its heart is a celebration of humanity, of the best in human spirit: "We'll see that really dialled up."
As for the legalities, over the next few months, the ins and outs of what this means for existing sponsorship contracts are likely to be negotiated on an ad hoc basis. Commercial media lawyer Nick Breen told The Drum last month that the implications of cancellation or postponement would be "significant" for brands; especially those that have already stumped up cash.
He also highlights how the effects would be "less severe" where an annual or repeated event (like the Olympics) was merely rescheduled and sponsors could carry over agreements into the following year.
"It won't always be clean or even possible to reschedule an event or defer a sponsorship to a subsequent event, but in the majority of cases, sponsors and promoters will need to find a commercial and pragmatic solution, rather than resorting to a legal dispute," he explained.
One certain thing is that by the time 2021 rolls around, the world will be more than ready for Tokyo 2020 and everything it represents. If brands are smart they will go for gold in the next 12 months, readying strategies that allow them to bounce back in a post-coronavirus world.
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"Empire" will return for a sixth season but Jussie Smollett won't be involved.
"By mutual agreement, the studio has negotiated an extension to Jussie Smollett's option for Season 6, but at this time there are no plans for the character of Jamal to return to 'Empire'," Fox Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV said in a joint statement.
Smollett portrayed Jamal Lyon, an openly gay singer, on the Fox series. In Jamal's last appearance he married his boyfriend Kai in the first wedding between two gay, black men to air on primetime television.
"We've been told that Jussie will not be on 'Empire' in the beginning of the season but he appreciates they have extended his contract to keep Jamal's future open. Most importantly he is grateful to Fox and 'Empire' leadership, cast, crew and fans for their unwavering support," a spokesperson for Smollett told Variety.
"Empire" writers wrote Jamal out of the final two episodes of season five but it was unclear if Smollett would return next season. Some members of the "Empire" cast penned an open letter to the show's producers asking for Smollett to return.
"We are confident in his lawyer's assurance that the case was dismissed because it would not have prevailed," the letter read.
Smollett was indicted on 16 felony counts for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself back in January. All charges were dropped in March. The City of Chicago has filed a lawsuit against Smollett for more than $130,000 to reimburse investigation costs. Brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, who allege that Smollett paid them to stage the attack, are also suing Smollett's attorneys Mark Geragos and Tina Glandian for defamation.
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HarbourVest Partners, LLC ("HarbourVest" or the "Firm"), a leading global private equity firm, is pleased to announce that the readers of Private Equity International (PEI) and PrivateEquityInternational.com have named HarbourVest the Best Fund of Funds in North America in 2010. HarbourVest has earned this award in seven of the last eight years.
"We are honored that the readers of PEI have selected HarbourVest for this award. Our global team of more than 230 people is focused on the goal of delivering top quartile returns to our limited partners. We are grateful that readers from around the globe have recognized our team's efforts and results," said John Morris, Managing Director of HarbourVest.
The editors of the Private Equity Annual Review 2010 highlighted HarbourVest's new commitments from U.S. limited partners, as well as the London listings of HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) and HarbourVest Senior Loans Europe (HSLE). HarbourVest's 29 years of investing in private equity rank the firm among the most experienced in the industry, and we are pleased to be recognized by PEI readers once again.
About the Private Equity International Awards
Since 2001, Private Equity International magazine, alongside its digital companion PrivateEquityInternational.com, has conducted an annual poll of readers to find out which private equity and venture capital firms and transactions the industry rates most highly. Thousands of votes were cast by participants based in more than 50 countries with leading investors as well as fund managers and the advisory community all offering their own particular choices in 83 different categories.
About HarbourVest
HarbourVest Partners, LLC is an independent global alternative investment firm and an SEC-registered investment advisor. HarbourVest provides investment programs for institutional investors to invest in venture capital, buyout, mezzanine debt, and distressed debt. HarbourVest invests in these sectors globally through primary partnerships, secondary purchases, and direct investments. HarbourVest and its subsidiaries have more than 230 employees, including more than 70 investment professionals deployed in Boston, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. In nearly 30 years of investing in private equity, the team has committed more than $22 billion to newly-formed funds, representing relationships with 200 private equity managers. The team has also completed over $6 billion in secondary purchases and invested $4 billion directly in operating companies. The firm's clients consist of 300 institutional investors, including pension funds, endowments, foundations, and financial institutions throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, Latin America, and Japan.
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It seems we've all begun to notice.
We're all standing in a line.
Just a step before the precipice.
Waiting for the first to dive.
We don't need to find a leader.
We don't need a Joan of Arc.
Tonight, we speak from the heart.
We've been searching all directions
for answers we will never have.
Fighting left and right reflections
searching for the flag to grab.
We don't need to watch each other.
Tonight we live by the heart.
Let it ring out loud in sweet harmony.
As this all falls down
let's find within ourselves…peace
We have spent our quick reactions
on all the precious ones we love.
Then eased the guilt with our distractions
a breath of calm but just enough.
We don't need a war within us.
Tonight, we learn from the heart.
It seems in all our foolish wisdom
We've left a couple things behind.
But don't you worry we will fetch them.
All good returning in its time.
We don't need to search for answers.
Tonight let's be led by the heart.
"All battles are first won in the mind." – Joan of Arc
Past experience has taught me a few things: I often fight when I should surrender; talk when I should be silent; and try to make a point when I should be listening. I only learned these things after years of repeatedly unleashing the same quick emotional reactions to varying circumstances. Eventually, I started to experiment with taking a moment of reflection at the height of a conflict. The goal was to see if I could tap into my most caring, kind and thoughtful self BEFORE reacting. I call this part the "loving self" because it's an all-encompassing, all-accepting, all-loving self that is a step away from the human, physical form. Many times, the connection to my loving self starts with an act of absolute human will….and usually that will is to pause, breathe, and do nothing for a moment. With practice, I've grown to appreciate the things I haven't done, the messages I haven't sent, and the words I haven't said. It has been quite a learning process to train myself out of reactionary behaviour, but the rewards have been astounding. Joan of Arc was written on the night this lesson traveled from my head to my heart.
Quentin(Q) and I experienced a very difficult sixth year of our relationship (see "Chapter 5 – New to You") which inspired a new commitment based around honesty and personal growth. We were starting fresh, like a brand-new couple who didn't know each other, and truthfully, neither of us was sure whether we were going to be compatible with each other's "true" self. This created a lot of insecurity in both of us. This new commitment required questioning everything and a deepening of self-love. We challenged ourselves to reveal who we authentically are, one hidden piece at a time. We prioritized our truths over our relationship and this required that we honour ourselves as individuals and speak from the heart every step of the way.
Almost as soon as our new relationship started to unfold, we ran into a major snag. Q and I were out for a walk and while in a "moment of truth", we discovered a fundamental difference in our personal beliefs. The difference was that Q believed emotions could be controlled by the mind and therefore were not that important. I strongly believed the exact opposite…that emotions were signals we needed to pay attention to for guidance. Neither of us were prepared to budge. It was mid-February and we were still fragile from our near breakup just months before, plus the long, cold northern winter had already taken its toll. We were both feeling tired, sad, and frustrated. It felt as though this difference could end our romantic relationship for good.
By the end of our walk, the discussion had become heated and by the end of the night, we were both silent and fearful. How was it possible that I'd spent over six years with someone who didn't believe in expressing emotions, and he with someone whose life and career was based on honouring and expressing emotions! I'd spent all these years talking to Q about how I felt… was I so wrapped up in my own emotions that I hadn't even noticed the absence of his? Had I spent all this time assuming I knew how he felt, but never even bothered to ask?
I was embarrassed at what we had uncovered and surprised at how strongly we opposed each other's beliefs. I couldn't foresee a life of truth with someone who thought emotions could and should be managed intellectually. My assumption was that because I didn't seem to have much control over my varying emotional states, in his eyes, I must be of lower intellectual capacity. In my mind, this meant that after all we'd done to create a balanced respect in our relationship, I STILL wasn't going to measure up. Of course, this wasn't exactly what he was trying to say, but it was definitely stirring up old narratives around our former co-dependent relationship.
As much as I wanted to argue with him and prove my point, I also knew that being understood and accepted was not the motive in our relationship anymore. The goal was to stand in our truths and let the chips fall where they may.
As the cold war of different perspectives entered our cozy home, we intuitively descended into our respective places in the house: Q to his beloved lazy boy in the living room and me to my studio. Thoughts were spinning wildly in my mind… I'm not saying we should swim in emotions all the time or express every single emotion we have. I'm just saying that we all have feelings and we can use them as signals to guide us and let us know if we're in alignment or not! We can't always intellectually transmute emotions! It just doesn't work that way!
Re-loaded with new arguments, I was ready for battle! I headed for the door, ready to unleash them on Q. But, as my hand touched the doorknob, I paused and took a deep breath. I reluctantly stepped away from the door. Arrrghh! Here we go again. Okay, I thought, I'll reach out to one of my life lines first… and THEN I'll tell him why HE is wrong! So, I texted one of my authenticity partners (an authenticity partner is a friend who can challenge your beliefs and help you work through difficult situations). I explained the situation and told her why it was affecting me so deeply. She texted back saying: "You don't need to fight anymore. If this is your truth, why do you need him to accept it? Just send him love. And if this is the end of the relationship, you will both survive. You've done it before."
I pondered her text carefully, but still, I wanted to defend my truth. I paced to and from the studio door, stewing. I was just so certain that I was right and he was totally wrong. I was SURE I could prove to him, through intellect, just how wrong he was (Yes, I realize the hypocrisy in retrospect!). I so desperately wanted to bend his mind into seeing things my way, but I also knew that I wouldn't have reached out to one of my authenticity partners unless something inside of me wanted to respond differently.
I read her message over again and asked myself, Why do I need him to agree? Why does this even matter? The deeper question was: Why am I so worked up about this? The answer was (as always): I'm afraid… I was afraid of losing the relationship. I was afraid of being seen as "less-than". But, most of all, I was afraid that my truth was going to be unacceptable, and by extension, I was unacceptable.
What stopped me from bursting through the studio door that night with arguments blazing was the realization that I had been reacting to this fear in the exact same way for many years and getting the same undesirable results every time. Ironically, through an act of sheer will (aka intellect) I decided to hold off on my emotional reaction, at least for the designated waiting period which I had arbitrarily decided would be one-hour. So, with an hour to wait, I sat at my keyboard and plugged in my headphones. I listened to various keyboard samples until I found a sound that echoed how I was feeling. I held my fingers on the keys and let the slow rhythm resonate through my body; my hands changing chords only when they wanted to, which wasn't often. Eventually, I felt the vibration of my voice outside of the headphones as I started whispering, "We don't need to search for answers. We don't need a Joan of Arc. Tonight, let's live by the heart."
Although my words seemed to be about the disagreement between Q and I… I realized I was actually speaking to the opposite sides within myself: my loving self (emotional heart) and my ego self (intellectual brain).
That night, locked in my studio, "Joan of Arc" wrote itself. I stayed at my keyboard, repeatedly playing it long after the allotted one-hour, self-imposed prescription was over. I felt my mind surrendering and my heart lowering its defences. I still didn't agree with Q, but I didn't feel the need to fight anymore. I didn't feel compelled to prove I was right and I no longer needed his approval. I also came to the realization that I'd used my mind to manage my emotions and I was beginning to accept that there might be room for both of our beliefs. And with this surrender, I fell asleep with feelings of love and relief in my heart.
To my surprise, Q woke me up at 1:30 am and said: "I think you might be right about our emotions and how they serve us." I opened one eye and groggily responded with something like: "I think you might be right about our ability to manage our emotions with our minds so they don't take us over."
And, just like that, the battle was over.
The next day, Q started trying to honour each emotion he was feeling as they arrived. He had done some research and decided there might be a way to allow our emotions to guide us. So, like a child who had just discovered a new trick, he'd say things like, "that emotion was disappointment" or "that one was happy." It was fun and funny to watch him explore this new concept with interest and excitement. As Q started to honour his new findings, I began to honour mine by saying things like, "I feel upset, but I don't think I need to, so stand by as I try to reach for a better feeling."
That day marked the beginning of a wonderful new chapter and the start of a new way of communicating which encouraged Q and me to take time apart when things got heated. At first, this new dance seemed counterintuitive. It's not easy when tempers are flaring and fears creep in, but we've learned that there is great power in lovingly walking away from a battle. It's bigger than winning the battle. It's winning the war… the one within yourself.
I should mention that I regretted choosing "Joan of Arc" as the name for this song because it instantly leads to preconceived notions. For example, while in a meeting with a small record label executive, we were discussing the release of my new album "I Have No Idea What I'm Doing". After listening to snippets of the album while reading through the song titles, he landed on "Joan of Arc". Without listening to the lyrics, he excitedly started talking about his long-standing admiration for her. As he went on about her strength and courage, I thought to myself what every songwriter thinks from time to time: "Ah crap, I should have chosen a different name for this song". It's not that I don't respect what she did… vive la France, but the song was not written to idolize her, but instead, to represent the idea that humans can evolve into a state where we no longer need a leader to stand behind. We are capable of tapping into the profound wisdom that exists within each and every one of us. As we experience this deeper, more loving state, we can settle our own conflicts. We can be led by our hearts.
That night, with the help of a friend and a song, I was able to stand in my truth AND step into my loving self. It has been quite a learning process to train myself out of emotional reactions, and I must admit, I am not always successful at it. I can only do my best and keep trying. After all, most of the time, I really have no idea what I'm doing.
P.S. The slower version of "Joan of Arc" was written first, but as I worked with it in the studio, I started to like this faster version with its extra verse. I still return to the slow version (song #13) when I need calming and comfort.
Watch the official lyric video for "Joan of Arc."
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Former Chelsea star Adrian Mutu reveals Jose Mourinho has fallen out with Manchester United exile Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Metro Sport ReporterThursday 15 Mar 2018 10:01 am
Zlatan Ibrahimovic hasn't featured for Manchester United since December (Picture: Getty)
Former Chelsea star Adrian Mutu claims Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been frozen out by Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.
The veteran striker signed a one-year contract extension in the summer despite having suffered a serious knee ligament injury during United's Europa League quarter final second leg win over Anderlecht.
Ibrahimovic has made just seven appearances all season, however, and none since the Boxing Day draw against Burnley at Old Trafford when he was hauled off at half time.
The 36-year-old has taken an active part in United's recent training sessions but has failed to make a matchday squad and Mutu, who played under Mourinho at Stamford Bridge, claims to know why.
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'Mourinho doesn't care about the performance, only the result. I have the information that Ibrahimovic is not injured, he's just cold with Mourinho right now!'
Ibrahimovic scored 28 goals last season but his first team opportunities have been restricted by the arrival and subsequent goalscoring form of Romelu Lukaku.
The former Milan, Juventus and Barcelona star could retire at the end of the current campaign, which Mourinho has already confirmed would be his last at Old Trafford.
Speaking earlier this month, Mourinho said: 'For Zlatan, we all think it's his last season at Manchester United.
'I think he's won the right of choosing his life, his future. He's such an amazing player and had an amazing career, only that awful injury in the wrong moment broke a fantastic couple of seasons he could and should have with us.
'This season has been really difficult for him. He's not injured, but does he feel totally happy, ready and convinced that he's in conditions to help the team in this moment? No, but he's such an honest guy and such a champion he only wants to be back with that feeling of 'I'm totally ready for it'.
'So he's working hard and hopefully his evolution brings him to that level he wants to have a positive answer.'
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Melissa holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Finance from the School of Business at Georgetown University, and a Master's Degree in Business Administration in Marketing from American University Kogod School of Business.


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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Utah Case Law › Utah Supreme Court Decisions › 1977 › State v. Logan
State v. Logan
STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Brian David LOGAN, Defendant and Appellant.
Supreme Court of Utah.
*812 Brian C. Harrison, Provo, for defendant and appellant.
Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., William W. Barrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, Noall T. Wootton, Utah County Atty., Provo, for plaintiff and respondent.
ELLETT, Chief Justice:
This appeal comes before this Court from a conviction of theft, a felony of the third degree, under Sections 76-6-404 and 76-6-412, U.C.A. 1953 (1975 Pocket Supp.). These statutes provide that the crime is a felony of the third degree if the value of the property stolen is more than $250 but not more than $1,000.
The evidence submitted at trial established that on October 25, 1975, appellant took two watches having a retail value of $295 each from a jewelry store. The watches were pawned by two friends of appellant and the money was divided among them. Appellant testified in his own behalf and did not deny the theft but insisted that he was guilty of taking only one watch, not two, and that his companion took the second watch. On appeal, appellant claims the following errors were committed:
(1) The jury instruction that established the basis for determining the value of the stolen property to be market value rather than replacement cost was erroneous as a matter of law. (2) The evidence was insufficient to support the jury verdict.
The error charged as to the jury instruction is important to appellant's position because evidence established the replacement cost to the jewelry store was $147.50 for each watch. Appellant claims that this, being the proper value test to be applied, reduces the value of the stolen property such that he can be convicted of no more than a misdemeanor, rather than a third-degree felony.
The challenged instruction reads as follows:
INSTRUCTION NO. 10 When the value of property alleged to have been taken by theft must be determined, the market value at the time and in the locality of the theft shall be the test. That value is the highest price, estimated in terms of money, for which the property would have sold in the open market at the time and in that locality, if the owner was desirous of selling, but under no urgent necessity of doing so, and if the buyer was desirous of buying but under no urgent necessity of so doing, and if the seller had a reasonable time within which to find a purchaser, and the buyer had knowledge of the character of the property and of the uses to which it might be put.
The only definition of value given in the criminal code of the State of Utah is *813 found in Section 76-6-101, U.C.A. 1953 (1975 Pocket Supp.) which provides:
(4) "Value" means: (a) The market value of the property, if totally destroyed, at the time and place of the offense, or where cost of replacement exceeds the market value: .. . [Emphasis added.]
This statute appears to limit the test of value to property which is totally destroyed and does not apply to property which is merely stolen but later recovered. We find no other statute on this subject and, therefore, conclude that the statute is to be narrowly construed within its stated meaning and that there is no existing statute as to the value of stolen property which is not ultimately destroyed. That being the case, we must look to the common law and to existing case law to determine the proper test of value applicable herein.
In general, the common-law gradation of the offense of larceny that is based on the value of the property stolen has been retained in most jurisdictions, and in the absence of statutes providing otherwise, the measure of the value is its fair market value at the time and place where the alleged crime was committed.[1] Market value has been further clarified as being a measure of what the owner could expect to receive,[2] and the amount a willing buyer would pay to the true owner for the stolen item.[3] In State v. Clark[4] the court said that to determine whether the crime charged is to be petit or grand larceny, the test is the market value of the property; that is, the price a well-informed buyer would pay to a well-informed seller where neither is obliged to enter into the transaction.
We accept the market-value test as the appropriate test to be used in determining the value of stolen property not otherwise provided for in our statute, and the trial court correctly stated the law in its jury instruction. Had we found otherwise, appellant still could not prevail in this case for the record shows he failed to object at the time the instructions were given, and ordinarily the failure to make a timely objection prohibits him from raising the point on appeal.[5]
The second point of error raised by appellant that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict is without merit. In making this claim, appellant relies entirely on his own testimony that he took but one watch. Whether he took one watch or two, the consequence remains the same in light of the foregoing determination that the current market value of the property is the appropriate measure to use in ascertaining the degree of the offense committed. A third-degree felony involves the taking of property with a value in excess of $250 but not more than $1,000,[6] and since the market value was established at trial to be $295 for one watch, appellant is properly convicted under that statute, notwithstanding a possible determination by the jury that he took both watches.
The evidence at trial consisted primarily of witness' testimony and the sufficiency thereof turns on the weight given that testimony and the credibility of all the witnesses, including the appellant. The weight of evidence and the credibility of witnesses are reserved exclusively for the jury, and this Court will not interfere unless the evidence is found to be so lacking and insubstantial that reasonable men could not possibly have reached a verdict beyond a reasonable doubt.[7] Nor will we weigh conflicting evidence, the credibility of witnesses, or the weight to be given appellant's *814 testimony.[8] Further, unless there is a clear showing of lack of evidence, the jury verdict will be upheld.[9]
In the instant case, appellant admitted in his testimony to the theft of one watch; and that, together with the testimony of the other witnesses, seems clearly sufficient to find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crime of theft. All that remained was for the jury to assess the value of the property in order to fix the degree of the crime and that was properly done according to the market-value standard of measurement given in the jury instruction.
We hold the trial court committed no error in its instruction to the jury on the determination of value, and further hold that the evidence is legally sufficient so as to enable the jury to find appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The judgment is affirmed. No costs are awarded.
CROCKETT, MAUGHAN, WILKINS and HALL, JJ., concur.
[1] 52A C.J.S. Larceny § 60(2), p. 489.
[2] People v. Marques, 184 Colo. 262, 520 P.2d 113 (1974).
[3] People v. Miller, Colo. App., 549 P.2d 1092 (1976); See also People v. Austin, 185 Colo. 229, 523 P.2d 989 (1974).
[4] 13 Wash. App. 782, 537 P.2d 820 (1975).
[5] State v. Kazda, Utah, 545 P.2d 190 (1976).
[6] 76-6-412, U.C.A. 1953 (1975 Pocket Supp.).
[7] State v. Romero, Utah, 554 P.2d 216 (1976); State v. Laub, 102 Utah 402, 131 P.2d 805 (1942).
[8] State v. Romero, Id.
[9] State v. Mills, Utah, 530 P.2d 1272 (1975); State v. Canfield, 18 Utah 2d 292, 422 P.2d 196 (1967); State v. Romero, supra.
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Q: Get fan count for lots of facebook pages I have lots of facebook pages (we're a club) and would like to display them in order of their fan count. I'm new to php and know nothing about API. All the code I can find to return the fan count refers to apps, and needs their IDs and secrets, which I don't have with a business page.
I have this:
http://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?format=json&query=select+fan_count+from+page+where+page_id%3D355692061120689
When I put this into a browser it gives me what I need. How do I write this in php so it gives me a variable to work with?
Thanks.

A: This data is called a JSON string.  There is a function in php called json_decode().  Using this in tandem with file_get_contents(), we can retrieve the value, and echo it in php:
<?php
$json = file_get_contents('http://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?format=json&query=select+fan_count+from+page+where+page_id%3D355692061120689');

$decode = json_decode($json);

echo $decode[0]->fan_count;
?>

To be clear, $decode is an array, whose first value is a php object, whose variable fan_count holds the data.
In regards to the graph url, just change..
echo $decode[0]->fan_count;

to..
echo $decode->likes;

of course assuming you've changed the file_get_contents() url to that of your graph url.

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re. the alarm. Go to applications, media player then highlight the second folder which is the alarms.Then select what you want to do. I must warn you though that the alarm on this phone is very unreliable. I'm on my 3rd Z500 as previous 2 had probs and this one has given me some grief too but I've got fed up with complaining about it so just accept it as a flaw with this particular samsung. Battery life is pathetic too. I have to charge it every night.
Huge PROBLEM. Battery life! Charge the handset for the whole night, it only lasts for half a day and it's off. is there anything I can do maybe. Almost all the guys I work with have that handset, I am getting disspointed by the battery life.
also, i've just realised that there are camera shortcuts with the keys... not sure if it's come about after the firmware upgrade or whether it's been there the whole time. The shortcuts dont seem to be mentioned in the manual.
I can now have a full-screen viewfinder by pressing the * key while in camera mode, 7 to get picture borders, 2 to change resolution etc.
Finally debranded my phone with the Rexnet firmware - great firmware with no branding at all!
Just wondering... has anyone figured out how to get rid of the operator logo yet? Seems to get in the way of my wallpaper.
I've also got those system files - pics and games that I want to get rid of to free up memory, but there's no option to delete - seems to have been hardcoded into the phone as a "system file" by the supplier/manufacturer..
Can anyone help me. I bought the Z500 to an Italian guy on Ebay. The battery last only for 1 day, without talking a lot. How I can modify this? I already turned off 3G and the GPRS. Can I change the Firmware or some configuration to make the battery work at least for 2-3 days??
can i use the pc suite on win98??? how to install??
My friend give me a brand new Samsung z500 phone which is great! But I can't do anything with it because there's an error on it saying " Phone freeze SIM unavaible Please inquire to service provider" This is a contract phone and my sim is a contract and on the same network vodafone. Can anyone help me or it is useless?
Great phone. Just had it for 3 days. Pro: Tones of features, small & lightweight for 3G phone. Cons: Small screen for video streaming, slight unstable bluetooth connection even with Samsung WEP 150 headset, no voice dailing.
can i get the original software for my fone.
ive got currently a vodafone. i dont know the firmware. if i should get the orig software, how will i load it?
Can anyone direct me, where I can get themes for my fone.
try entering *#9998*324# and it should be in there somewhere.
Hi Gaz, you seem to be the guy who knows about the Samsung Z500......is it possible to let me know how to turn up the ringing volume and also the speaker volume as mine are both very quiet.....and I was wondering what the two codes you have quoted for people are?! My phone is from Orange.
I have the Samsung z500 with o2, version z500bweg2_eg3. Is this the latest version or can I download some someware to update it? I have the same problem that many have that the alarm is inconsistant.
i had this phone its features are good but i prefer the D500 because it looks alot better and i'm not bothered about 3g as none of my m8s have a 3g phone. I have a ipod so i dont need a memory slot for all that extra memory from a memory card. The z500 looks very outdated it is exactly the same as a E700 lookswise except for a different colour shell. The E700 is close to 3 years old most people thought this was just a basic samsung clamshell phone when i had it. But a D500 on the other hand, well everyone knows and appreciates the D500 including myself.
Thanks for your comment Adam - I was thinking about getting the Z500 from 3 - and am tossing up between that and Telstra. What made you choose 3 and are you happy with them?


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Overeating is not just greed but a real and problematic eating disorder. It is also called compulsive eating or binge eating and normally means that the sufferer finds themselves going through episodes of consuming enormous amounts of food while feeling utterly powerless to stop.
A lot of overeaters carry on eating long after they are full or do not register what they are actually eating. This is different from bulimia as a chronic overeater will not try to compensate for their consumption afterwards by purging or excessive exercise.
Contrary to popular belief, overeating is actually more common than anorexia and bulimia and affects a lot of men as well as women of all ages. It commonly arises when food is used as a coping mechanism to handle low self esteem, depression or other negative feelings.
Needless to say overeating commonly leads to obesity which has a whole host of associated problems including diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, sleep problems and more.
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The First Crucial Year of a Condo Following Registration: Acting on Deficiencies Versus Tarion- )
By: Ray Mikkola (CM Condominium Manager Magazine – Summer 2010)
In enacting the first Condominium Act in the late 1960s, the Ontario Legislature showed remarkable faith in the ability of a lay, volunteer board of directors to manage the affairs of condominium corporations, many of which now have multi-million dollar budgets.
It's not an easy job. Not surprisingly, boards over the last 40 years or so have come to rely on experts such as lawyers, property managers, engineers and accountants to navigate the choppy waters of an increasingly complex world of condominium governance.
Ironically, it is the first year following registration (during which the directors are new and coming to grips with their new responsibilities) that the board generally plays its most important role.
For the most part, the board is focused in particular on the following:
1) Dealing with Tarion (formerly, the Ontario New Home Warranties Program) in respect of those deficiency claims that must be reported to Tarion in writing prior to the one year anniversary of registration of the condominium. Not all deficiencies are obviously exclusively common element-related. For example, noise complaints, condensation on windows, and heating and cooling issues sometimes involve both unit and common elements based-defects.
2) Dealing with the performance audit engineer. The Corporation is mandated to retain an engineering firm to prepare the performance audit (the engineering review of the building's common areas that identifies deficiencies and upon which the obligation of the developer to rectify these issues will be based) not earlier than six months and not later than ten months following registration of the condominium, and to submit it to Tarion before the one-year anniversary of registration.
This will involve reviewing the report with the engineer and legal counsel, collating deficiency survey results from unit owners, and dealing with the difficult issue of whether or not to remediate deficiencies using the corporation's money which just can't wait for the developer to fix them or for the ultimate outcome of Tarion's sometimes very lengthy conciliation process.
3) Conducting a reserve fund study. This study, conducted by an expert, is intended to ensure that monies set aside for major capital repair and replacements of the common elements will be sufficient for their intended purpose.
The board is also required to put in place a plan for ensuring that the reserve fund is properly funded. Prior version of the Act did not mandate such studies, although in my experience, few responsible boards were prepared to proceed in any event without some significant technical assistance before being satisfied that they have sufficient monies in the fund.
Unlike the performance audit, which is designed as a "one shot" report on which, very often, the ability of the corporation to recover from a developer will be based, the reserve fund study is a dynamic document that will be revisited (at least once every three years) to ensure that its recommendations and funding plans are still relevant.
To be sure, these "nuts and bolts" activities relating to the physical condition of the building and its future condition should of course occupy a large portion of the board's time during the Corporation's first year of existence. The failure to submit the performance audit within the required timeframe, for example, is likely to have deleterious consequences for the corporation.
But there are several less apparent duties of the board, which, due to the focus on the physical structure of the building, directors often overlook, with sometimes serious results for the Corporation and for the owners, both present and future. For example:
1) The Condominium Act requires developers to pay for a shortfall in the budget during the first year following registration. This provision is intended to discourage developers from understating the expected common expenses to be incurred, thereby acting as an incentive during the marketing phase, and obviously before any purchaser can gauge the appropriateness of the level of common expenses.
However, the board is required to notify a developer within 30 days of the delivery of the audited financial statements of such shortfall. Boards that miss this deadline may be out of luck. In my experience, the shortfall claim is best advanced when the board has the developer's undivided attention during the deficiency negotiation process.
2) Although Tarion is the corporation's best vehicle to obtain satisfaction in respect of a building deficiency claim (Tarion holds security from the developer, but Tarion is independently able to and required to rectify deficiencies where the developer will or cannot do so), boards often overlook the warranties available to it in respect of equipment, fixtures and chattels.
Tarion won't help a corporation with a claim for faulty exercise equipment in the exercise room, or for any fixture or equipment particularly if the deficiency is brought to its attention beyond the Tarion warranty period, but a condominium corporation that has a warranty from the manufacturer is entitled, thanks to the Act, to enforce such warranties even though it was not event in existence when the warranty was first issued.
In my experience, no developer is prepared to pay for the cost of fixing or replacing equipment when a claim under a warranty could have been made, but wasn't, by the condominium corporation.
3) The former Condominium Act required a turnover board to ratify certain contracts that had been executed by the pre-turnover board (these were, you will recall, developer appointments) during the first year following the turnover meeting, or they simply were deemed to terminate on such date.
The current Act is significantly different.
A turnover board has 12 months to terminate these contracts, or the condominium corporation is bound by their terms. These include management agreements and certain leases of the common elements. The turnover board also has 12 months in which to bring an application to court to terminate so-called mutual use agreements, or the corporation will be bound by their terms.
Unhappily, on occasion, a board that has missed this deadline finds itself attempting to negotiate itself out of a bad agreement, thereby spending time, money and energy on a matter that could have been resolved by a termination notice if the board had reviewed the turnover documents.
Happily, the legislature does not expect board members to be experts. But directors are expected to obtain advice to ensure that all of the owners are protected, their rights are enforced, and they are not put to needless expense.
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Question:How do I get to Cappadocia?
Answer: It is best to fly to Kayseri first. From there a service bus will take you to Göreme. Alternatively yu can take a regular bus at low cost. Turkey has a very good overland bus system. These can also be used to travel to Kappadokien at a fair price from cities like Istanbus, Analya, Ankara.
Answer: There is a number of hotels and pensions in all price categories. I recommend Almut Wegner in Uchisar. We work very well together. A higher price category in G?reme is the Fairy Chimney Inn and the best one amongst the simple Pensions is the Tabiat Pension. It is located half left to the village center approx. 50 m behind the mosque. They speak English and offer very good breakfast.
Question:Do they offer full board?
Answer: Almut Wegner offers full board if wanted, also the Fairy Chimney inn. At the Tabiat Pension you can only have breakfast. However there are small, fair priced restaurants everywhere.
Question:How much are the guided tours?
Answer: For my guided tours and everyday help I get 80,- € per day, regardless of the number of people taking part. I will only guide small groups but will be at your disposal as long as you want me to.
Answer: For guided tours and hiking you should bring solid shoes and long clothing. Small things like torches or hats can be bought locally. If you are in good shape and bring an interest for the unusual, the tours will be tailor made for you.
If you have any concrete questions, just get in touch.


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First and foremost- Ravelry ate my brain. Holy crap. In a good way. Holy crap. Enough said. Well all most enough said, I am lookiewhatimade over there.
I wear this sweater constantly and it has stood up to wear so well for about 9 years. I blogged about it here. I should mention that the color chart is as knitted and it not the same as photographed in the book. In my current version I will knit it as photographed in the book in STR Heavyweight Bluemoonstone, Lemongrass & Sunstone- the main color is Lover's Leap.
The bottom sweater (the original) is in Magpie (moment of silence) for the body and Lambs Pride for the tartan.
Last but certainly not least, I was awarded by both Emily & KT the "You Make My Day Award". Thank you ladies I love you both muchly, you have both made me laugh so hard, and care so much. You two have made my life a much more beautiful and inspired place.
Angry Chicken The one and only. 3 little ones and SO productive. Shame!
Posie Gets Cozy Clover Meadow and beautiful crafting? Get out!
Yarnstorm If you sleep with her book under your pillow you will have the sweetest dreams.
Six and a Half Stitches Sublime. Structured and dreamy simultaneously. Quite a feat.
Hop Skip Jump The animals? Divine! And awaiting a baby boy any moment.
Hello Yarn In my dreams, I aspire to be her.
Amuse Bouche Yummy food and lovely pictures.
Gerrie Congdon Such dedication and what an eye. Sigh.
Bemused Jan is such an inspiration.
Say la vee Too good.
Pea Soup Just perfect- and the view? Stunning!
Knitiot Savant My Secret Pal. Nough said!
Emma Very Happy Belated Birthday, you wonderful woman !!
Special Bunny Blvd Such a lovely gracious human. And the mothering? And the productivity? Oy. I am in awe.
There are so many more folks that I wanted to give this award- I was supposed to limit it to 10 but splurged on 15. Thank you, for the award and for making my day!
Love you all to bits and pieces!
When I went to Sock Camp last year, a very good family friend came out from the East Coast to help take care of the boys. Really an awesome, giving move that left me free to go to camp and not worry. As a thank you I said I would knit him socks- appropriate, in my eyes. And then I forgot.
Long story short, I remembered and then our friend said: "Why don't you just knit me a scarf?" To which I replied: "You may indeed get a scarf in the future, but I AM going to knit you socks!" See our friend has size 14 feet. This was a challenge I was not going to hide from. I was going to rise to the challenge and then gloat and brag and make everybody listen to me rattle on about how I knit size 14 socks.
Here is the rub: In 2006, I bought 2 skeins of STR heavyweight in Henpecked (at the same time, thank you very much). Do you like how I made it sound as if that was all I bought ? (kt- be quiet!)*cough* I took one skein and made it into a cake, then made that cake into a very nice sock, with my very first short row heel, nonetheless. The heel was ripped 3 times but no holes! So last night I took the second skein, wound it into a cake and in the midst of winding started to feel a wee bit queasy.
Here is the yarn left over from the sock (wish I had made the leg longer), next to the second skein. See the problem? What do I do? Please weigh in.
A) Frog the whole thing (which I am willing to do ) and then intersperse the two skeins in the new pair.
B) Frog to the ankle, knit foot in the new skein. Knit other leg from skein #1 & from ankle down from skein #2.
It just makes me madder than a wet hen when you can't unsee things.
ps: I only have myself to be upset with. If I had actually thought about it I could have known this was going to happen, as I can see clearly in this picture down) Smacks forehead.
ETA: Choice A should read- A) Frog the whole thing (which I am willing to do ) and then intersperse the two skeins in the new pair. I just can't get the formatting to behave- sorry!
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The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley
@lucindariley @AtriaBooks
categories: Book Review, Contemporary Romance, 10/10, Historical Fiction
Title: The Shadow Sister
Author: Lucinda Riley
Series: The Seven Sisters #3
Published by Atria Books on November 3, 2016
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction
Source: Atria Books, NetGalley
Book Rating: 10/10
Travel through the lush English countryside and explore the magnificent estates of the British aristocracy in this next spellbinding love story in The Seven Sisters series by #1 internationally bestselling author Lucinda Riley.
Star D'Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father—the elusive billionaire, affectionately called Pa Salt by his six daughters, all adopted from across the four corners of the world. He has left each of them a clue to her true heritage, and Star nervously decides to follow hers, which leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London, and the start of a whole new world.
A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. She is happy and secure in her home in England's picturesque Lake District—just a stone's throw away from the residence of her childhood idol, Beatrix Potter—when machinations lead her to London, and the home of one of Edwardian society's most notorious society hostesses, Alice Keppel. Flora is torn between passionate love and her duty to her family, but finds herself a pawn in a larger game. That is, until a meeting with a mysterious gentleman unveils the answers that Flora has been searching for her whole life…
As Star learns more of Flora's incredible journey, she too goes on a voyage of discovery, finally stepping out of the shadow of her sister and opening herself up to the possibility of love.
The Shadow Sister is the third in the sweeping Seven Sisters series, "soaked in glamour and romance" (Daily Mail) and perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and the novels of Kate Morton.
Atmospheric, absorbing and incredibly descriptive!
In this third instalment of The Seven Sisters we delve into the life of Star, a young woman who is yearning for a little independence from her sister CeCe and who discovers on her journey to find her parentage that she loves the simple things in life, taking care of others, dusty bookshops and small-town country living.
The story, itself, is exceptionally compelling and is filled with drama, familial dynamics, emotion, self discovery, secrets, love, loss, duty, courage, heartbreak and passion; as well as an intriguing look at the influential, glamorous, and regal figures of the Edwardian period. The characters are unique, flawed, multifaceted, lovable, and eccentric. And the prose is remarkably well-turned and eloquent.
This truly is a beautifully written novel that grabs you from the very start and does a wonderful job of blending historical facts with compelling and believable fiction. It is certainly a book for book lovers and even though I have loved all The Seven Sisters books so far, I think this one might just be my favourite. If you haven't read this series yet, you really should!
Thank you to NetGalley, especially Atria Books, for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review.
About Lucinda Riley
Lucinda Riley was born in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages and sold over ten million copies worldwide. She is a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author.
Lucinda's novels include The Seven Sisters, a seven-book series telling the story of adopted sisters and based allegorically on the mythology of the famous star constellation. The first three books, The Seven Sisters, The Storm Sister, and The Shadow Sister have all been No.1 bestsellers across Europe, and the rights to a multi-season TV series have already been optioned by a Hollywood production company.
To read about the inspiration behind The Seven Sisters series, please visit thesevensistersseries.com
When not writing, travelling or running around after her children, she loves reading books that she hasn't written with a glass or two of Provençal rosé!
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Glasgow woman dies after horror accident on A9
Helima Abdulla Massabo was taken to hospital but later died
Jennifer Russell
A 51-year-old Glasgow woman has tragically died after a horror accident involving a car and a lorry on the A9 near Perth.
Police Scotland along with other emergency services attended at the A9 near to Dalnaspidal on Sunday, July 8 around 3pm.
Helima Abdulla Massabo was a passenger in the car, and the 57-year-old driver was airlifted to hospital from treatment.
Firefighters tackle grass fire overnight on Kilpatrick Hills near Glasgow
The lorry driver was uninjured. The northbound and southbound carriageways were both closed for some time to allow investigations surrounding the collision to be carried out.
A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.
Enquiries are continuing and anyone who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting 2819 of 8 July.


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This file documents the API as well as header for the Broad-platform Evolutionary Analysis General Likelihood Evaluator.
This file is part of BEAGLE.
BEAGLE is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
BEAGLE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with BEAGLE. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
The key to BEAGLE performance lies in delivering fine-scale parallelization while minimizing data transfer and memory copy overhead. To accomplish this, the library lacks the concept of data structure for a tree, in spite of the intended use for phylogenetic analysis. Instead, BEAGLE acts directly on flexibly indexed data storage (called buffers) for observed character states and partial likelihoods. The client program can set the input buffers to reflect the data and can calculate the likelihood of a particular phylogeny by invoking likelihood calculations on the appropriate input and output buffers in the correct order. Because of this design simplicity, the library can support many different tree inference algorithms and likelihood calculation on a variety of models. Arbitrary numbers of states can be used, as can nonreversible substitution matrices via complex eigen decompositions, and mixture models with multiple rate categories and/or multiple eigen decompositions. Finally, BEAGLE application programming interface (API) calls can be asynchronous, allowing the calling program to implement other coarse-scale parallelization schemes such as evaluating independent genes or running concurrent Markov chains.
To use the library, a client program first creates an instance of BEAGLE by calling beagleCreateInstance; multiple instances per client are possible and encouraged. All additional functions are called with a reference to this instance. The client program can optionally request that an instance run on certain hardware (e.g., a GPU) or have particular features (e.g., double-precision math). Next, the client program must specify the data dimensions and specify key aspects of the phylogenetic model. Character state data are then loaded and can be in the form of discrete observed states or partial likelihoods for ambiguous characters. The observed data are usually unchanging and loaded only once at the start to minimize memory copy overhead. The character data can be compressed into unique "site patterns" and associated weights for each. The parameters of the substitution process can then be specified, including the equilibrium state frequencies, the rates for one or more substitution rate categories and their weights, and finally, the eigen decomposition for the substitution process.
In order to calculate the likelihood of a particular tree, the client program then specifies a series of integration operations that correspond to steps in Felsenstein's algorithm. Finite-time transition probabilities for each edge are loaded directly if considering a nondiagonalizable model or calculated in parallel from the eigen decomposition and edge lengths specified. This is performed within BEAGLE's memory space to minimize data transfers. A single function call will then request one or more integration operations to calculate partial likelihoods over some or all nodes. The operations are performed in the order they are provided, typically dictated by a postorder traversal of the tree topology. The client needs only specify nodes for which the partial likelihoods need updating, but it is up to the calling software to keep track of these dependencies. The final step in evaluating the phylogenetic model is done using an API call that yields a single log likelihood for the model given the data.
Aspects of the BEAGLE API design support both maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian phylogenetic tree inference. For ML inference, API calls can calculate first and second derivatives of the likelihood with respect to the lengths of edges (branches). In both cases, BEAGLE provides the ability to cache and reuse previously computed partial likelihood results, which can yield a tremendous speedup over recomputing the entire likelihood every time a new phylogenetic model is evaluated.
Hardware and implementation capability flags.
This enumerates all possible BEAGLE operation codes.
This enumerates all possible BEAGLE return codes. Error codes are always negative.
This function adds (log) scale factors from a list of scaleBuffers to a cumulative scale buffer. It is used to calculate the marginal scaling at a specific node for each site.
Accumulate scale factors by partition.
Calculate site log likelihoods and derivatives along an edge.
Calculate multiple site log likelihoods and derivatives along an edge with per partition buffers.
Calculate site log likelihoods at a root node.
Calculate site log likelihoods at a root node with per partition buffers.
Set partitions by pattern weight.
This function defines partitions by setting their vectors of pattern-weights for an instance. It should be called after beagleSetTipPartials or beagleSetTipStates.
This function convolves two lists of transition probability matrices.
This function copies scale factors from one buffer to another.
This function creates a single instance of the BEAGLE library and can be called multiple times to create multiple data partition instances each returning a unique identifier.
This function finalizes the library and releases all allocated memory. This function is automatically called under GNU C via attribute ((destructor)).
This function returns a pointer to a string describing the version of the library and how to cite it.
Get partials from an instance buffer.
This function copies an instance buffer into the array outPartials. The outPartials array should be stateCount * patternCount * categoryCount in length.
Get list of hardware resources.
This function returns a pointer to a BeagleResourceList struct, which includes a BeagleResource array describing the available hardware resources.
This function retrieves a buffer of scale factors.
Get site derivatives for last beagleCalculateEdgeLogLikelihoods call.
Get site log likelihoods for last beagleCalculateRootLogLikelihoods or beagleCalculateEdgeLogLikelihoods call.
Get a finite-time transition probability matrix.
This function copies a finite-time transition matrix buffer into the array outMatrix. The outMatrix array should be of size stateCount * stateCount * categoryCount and will be filled with one matrix for each rate category.
This function returns a pointer to a string with the library version number.
This function removes (log) scale factors from a cumulative scale buffer. The scale factors to be removed are indicated in a list of scaleBuffers.
Remove scale factors by partition.
This function resets a cumulative scale buffer.
Set the default category rates buffer.
This function sets the default vector of category rates for an instance.
Set a category rates buffer.
This function sets the vector of category rates for a given buffer in an instance.
Set a category weights buffer.
This function copies a category weights array into an instance buffer.
This function copies an eigen-decomposition into an instance buffer.
Set an instance partials buffer.
This function copies an array of partials into an instance buffer. The inPartials array should be stateCount * patternCount * categoryCount in length.
This function sets the vector of pattern partition indices for an instance. It should only be called after beagleSetTipPartials and beagleSetPatternWeights.
This function sets the vector of pattern weights for an instance.
Set a state frequency buffer.
This function copies a state frequency array into an instance buffer.
Set an instance partials buffer for tip node.
This function copies an array of partials into an instance buffer. The inPartials array should be stateCount * patternCount in length. For most applications this will be used to set the partial likelihoods for the observed states. Internally, the partials will be copied categoryCount times.
Set the compact state representation for tip node.
This function copies a compact state representation into an instance buffer. Compact state representation is an array of states: 0 to stateCount - 1 (missing = stateCount). The inStates array should be patternCount in length (replication across categoryCount is not required).
This function copies multiple transition matrices into matrix buffers. This function is used when the application wishes to explicitly set the transition matrices rather than using the beagleSetEigenDecomposition and beagleUpdateTransitionMatrices functions. The inMatrices array should be of size stateCount * stateCount * categoryCount * count.
Set a finite-time transition probability matrix.
This function copies a finite-time transition probability matrix into a matrix buffer. This function is used when the application wishes to explicitly set the transition probability matrix rather than using the beagleSetEigenDecomposition and beagleUpdateTransitionMatrices functions. The inMatrix array should be of size stateCount * stateCount * categoryCount and will contain one matrix for each rate category.
Calculate or queue for calculation partials using a list of operations.
This function either calculates or queues for calculation a list partials. Implementations supporting ASYNCH may queue these calculations while other implementations perform these operations immediately and in order.
Calculate or queue for calculation partials using a list of partition operations.
This function either calculates or queues for calculation a list partitioned partials. Implementations supporting ASYNCH may queue these calculations while other implementations perform these operations immediately and in order.
Calculate a list of transition probability matrices.
This function calculates a list of transition probabilities matrices and their first and second derivatives (if requested).
Calculate a list of transition probability matrices with multiple models.
Block until all calculations that write to the specified partials have completed.
This function is optional and only has to be called by clients that "recycle" partials.
If used, this function must be called after an beagleUpdatePartials call and must refer to indices of "destinationPartials" that were used in a previous beagleUpdatePartials call. The library will block until those partials have been calculated.


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Desmond Tutu, A Titanic Figure Of Non-violent Struggle, Human Rights – Marwa
Brigadier-General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has described the late South African Nobel Laureate and Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu, as a titanic figure of non-violent struggle, human rights and evangelism.
Marwa, who is a former Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, in a statement on Monday following the death of Tutu on Sunday at the age of 90.
NDLEA Poised To Increase Risk Of Drug Trafficking In Nigeria – Marwa
Destruction of 20 Tons Of Illicit Drugs, Indication of NDLEA's Resolve — Marwa
According to Marwa, the renowned clergyman would be remembered for his stand against apartheid in his country through non-violent means similar to Mahatma Gandhi's approach in India.
While commiserating with Tutu's family, the Christian community, the people and the government of South Africa, Marwa said the world will surely miss the Arch, as Tutu was fondly called, describing him as the last of a kind.
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Police Have Every Right To Arrest Uche Nwosu, Imo Govt Tells Okorocha
'Spiderman: No Way Home' Becomes The Highest Grossing Pandemic Movie
Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier-General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), has reiterated the...
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier-General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), has described...
15 Million Nigerians Use Illicit Drugs, Says NDLEA
Chairman of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (retd.), has revealed that 15 million Nigerians use illicit...
Marwa Charges Military Officers To Engage In Book Writing, Commends Their Patriotism
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (retd.), has charged military officers to venture...
2022 Budget Proposal, Improvement On NDLEA's Fortune – Marwa
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), has said that the...
Drug Addiction: NDLEA Will Establish Six Standard Rehab Centres Across Nigeria – Marwa
As part of efforts to treat the high number of persons suffering drug addiction in the country, the National Drug...
'Spiderman: No Way Home' Becomes The Highest Grossing Pandemic Movie


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