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Pure London
Olympia, Hammersmith Road
London, London W14 8UX United Kingdom + Google Map
Pure London is the most important female fashion event in the UK, showcasing footwear, accessories and ready to wear collections from over 1,000 mid to high-end brands and designers. 300 new brands come to the show this year. The show is back with a focus on customer experience, with our famous catwalk taking centre stage. There will also be a seminar programme delivered and edited by industry experts which promises to inform you on the hottest trends for the year.
The Cycle Show
The National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Pendigo Way, Marston Green
The Cycle Show is one of the UK's biggest cycling events, showcasing over 300 exhibitors, 500+ brands, the latest bikes and accessories. See the world's best cycle brands present their new bikes and kit for the coming season.
The National Wedding Show – London
£10 – £16
The National Wedding Show London has everything from bridal and grooms-wear to florists, venues, photographers, cake designers, jewellers, wedding planners and honeymoon destinations. Over 300 leading suppliers of the most prestigious brand exhibit at the show making it the ultimate show in which to prepare and shop for that perfect wedding day.
Scotland's Trade Fair Autumn
SEC, Glasgow, Scottish Event Campus Ltd
Glasgow, G3 8YW United Kingdom + Google Map
Scotland's Trade Fair Autumn takes place over 2 days, with over 170 companies exhibiting and more than 1,500 trade buyers from department stores, multiples, mail-order, online, tourist attractions, independent retail outlets and more. The show incorporates Home & Gift products, Fashion & Accessories, Food and Drink companies specialising in products for the Christmas gift market. There is also a 'Launch Gallery', which is an area for new startup companies and comprises of approximately 20 stands located together in the heart of the show.
The National Wedding Show – Birmingham
A days visit to the national wedding show, Birmingham will save you months of planning stress and leave you with endless ideas and inspiration for your big day! From trying on and buying your dream dress from the thousands on offer, to hiring your venue, ordering your cake, booking your photographer, choosing your stationery and lots, lots more, The National Wedding Show is the only show for brides-to-be.
Brand Licensing Europe
October 1 @ 9:00 am - October 3 @ 5:00 pm
ExCel London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway
London, London E16 1XL United Kingdom + Google Map
This trade show is Europe's go-to-event for anything related to brand licensing. It is the best place to go for someone looking for licensing opportunities with some of the hottest brands, characters and images available for licensing. Licensing is a popular market tool utilised by in a variety of industries such as gaming, sports, publishing, toys, animation, gaming and many more.
October 5 - October 7
£20.40 – £54
Salon International is considered the number one destination for hairdressing professionals everywhere. It showcases over 400 brands products, equipment and services. The show offers a huge range of shopping opportunities, including at show offers and discounts. There will be new product launches and innovations, alongside inspiration from 'hairdressing heroes'. There are also plenty of opportunities to network with industry peers and suppliers to help build up business relationships.
The Knitting and Stitching Show
Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way
London, London N22 7AY United Kingdom + Google Map
Since it first launched in 1991, The Knitting and Stitching Show has become the largest and most highly regarded textiles and craft event in the UK. The show has a base of loyal visitors who return year after year as the show offers a winning formula of inspiration, shopping and learning. There is plenty to see and do at this 4 day show as there are various workshops and a long list of exhibitors including Singer, World of Sewing and…
The Baby Show – London
The Baby Show is the UK's leading pregnancy and parenting event, ideally for parents expecting a new child: With over 1000 specialist products for infants, the Baby Show has a huge range to suit a newborn! Alongside these products, we also have information & advice from experts in the field on subjects such as breastfeeding, first aid and antenatal If you're expecting a child or are interested in the industry, the Baby Show is the one for you!
The National Wedding Show – Manchester
Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill Street
Manchester, North West M2 3GX United Kingdom + Google Map
Everything you need for your special day at the UK's Biggest Wedding Show in Manchester! With over 150 wedding specialists including bridal boutiques, florists, jewellers and photographers, this is a great day out for the whole bridal party!


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Sweden Solar System
Technical House
The world's largest model of our planetary system.
Mercury in Stockholm Peter Varhelyi on Wikipedia (Creative Commons)
The sun in the solar system model Tage Olsin on Wikipedia (Creative Commons)
Venus in Stockholm Daniel Oberti on Wikipedia (Creative Commons)
Neptune in Stockholm. Vincnetas/CC BY-SA 3.0
Minor planet Sedna in Stockholm. Dag Lindgren/CC BY-SA 3.0
Mars at morby centrum CoolCrab (Atlas Obscura User)
Moon at natural history museum CoolCrab (Atlas Obscura User)
Earth at natural history museum CoolCrab (Atlas Obscura User)
The Sun: The Globen Arena Luis Morato (Atlas Obscura User)
Plaque in Arlanda airport Luis Morato (Atlas Obscura User)
Mercure Luis Morato (Atlas Obscura User)
The Earth Luis Morato (Atlas Obscura User)
Earth in Stockholm Joongi Kim on Wikipedia (Creative Commons)
8 Scale Models That Make Nature More Manageable
The majesty of nature, scaled down.
Molly McBride Jacobson September 15, 2016
Top Places in Stockholm
Nobels spränggropar (Nobel's Blasting Bunkers)
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The Sweden Solar System is the world's largest model of our planetary system, at a scale of 1:20 million.
The sun is represented by the Globe Arena in Stockholm, the largest spherical building in the world. The planets, all appropriately scaled, are all around Stockholm and its suburbs. Jupiter (diameter 7.3 m) is at the Stockholm-Arlanda International Airport, Saturn is in Uppsala, and Pluto in Delsbo, 300 km from the Globe Arena. At each planet, a small exhibit provides information about astronomy and the mythological figure after whom each planet is named.
Even a few non-planets are represented in the Swedish solar system. Sedna, a trans-Neptunian object, can be found 912 km from the Globe Arena in the "Technical House" in Luleå.
How to find the objects:
1. The Sun - Stockholm Globe Arena. Address: Globen, Stockholm. How to get there: Take the subway in Stockholm to the stop Gullmarsplan. From there you have five minutes walk to Stockholm Globe Arena which is the model of the Sun. At the entrance to the ticket office, on the ground floor, you will find information about Sweden Solar System including a stone relief by artist Eric Ståhl describing the whole model.
2. Mercury - Stockholm Town Museum (Stockholms Stadsmuseum). Address: Ryssgården, Slussen, Stockholm. How to get there: Take the subway in Stockholm to the stop Slussen, and exit through the entrance Slussen. From there you have three minutes walk to the model of Mercury. Cross the square towards the left, and go down the curved stone stairs to the entrance of Stockholm Town Museum (Stockholms Stadsmuseum). Below the stairs, ten meters in front of the entrance to the museum, you will find the model of Mercury. It is kept warm - after all, Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun.
3. Venus - Observatoriemuseet. Address: The Old Observatory Hill, Stockholm. How to get there: Take the subway in Stockholm to the stop Rådmansgatan, and exit through the entrance Handelshögskolan. The Old Observatory Hill is covered by grass and trees and easy to recognize. The Observatory Museum lies on the top of the hill. You walk along a meandering path up the slope to the top. The model of Venus is inside the museum, which is open Saturdays and Sundays, with guided tours 12.00, 13.00 och 14.00 (subject to changes). For latest information about opening times and tours, call 08-31 58 10.
4. Earth and the Moon - Cosmonova and the National Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet). Address: Frescativägen 40, Stockholm. How to get there: Take the subway in Stockholm to the stop Universitetet. Outside the entrance to the subway you will find signs with directions how to get to Cosmonova and Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, a walk of 5-10 minutes. The model of Earth is inside the ticket office of the OmniMax cinema Cosmonova. Watch a film and look on the model on the way in, or ask in the ticket office to see the model of Earth between films. Call 08-519 551 30 for information about films and times for them.
5. Mars - Mörby Centrum. Address: Mörby Centrum, Danderyd. How to get there: Take the subway in Stockholm to the stop Mörby Centrum, and enter the shopping mall. The model of Mars in the upper level (the same level as the coffee shops), and close to one of the exits.
6. Jupiter - Arlanda Airport.Address: Arlanda Flygplats, outside of Sky City. How to get there: Take an airport shuttle from the centre of Stockholm to Arlanda, and get off the bus at the foreign travel terminal, "utrikes". Walk along the building in the same direction the bus came, until you are outside the part of the building labeled Sky City. There you find the model of Jupiter on the grass lawn in front of the building: a circular 7.3 meter large planting of flowers on a low hill. It is best seen in the summertime.
7. Saturnus - Uppsala. Not yet in place.
8. Uranus - in the area of Gävle. Address: Not yet in place. A new model will replace the old one, but at a new site.
9. Neptune - Söderhamn. Address: Söderhamn, Hälsingland. How to get there: Continue driving your car north towards Söderhamn. In the centre, close to the public library and the canal, you find the park "strykjärnsparken". There lies the model of Neptune. It is best seen after dark, when the glittering sphere of acrylic plastic (weight 3 tons!) is illuminated from within by means of a hidden light.
10. Pluto - Delsbo. Address: Delsbo, Hälsingland. How to get there: Continue with your car north to the little village of Delsbo which you will have to find on a map. You are now 300 km north of Stockholm. The model of Pluto and its satellite Charon is in a park, close to "Staffansgården" in the centre of Delsbo.
11. Asteroid 433 Eros - Mörbyskolan. Address: Vendevägen 94, Danderyd. How to get there: Take the underground/subway to Danderyds Sjukhus and follow signs to Mörbyskolan. These will lead you under the motorway. The school is on your left. By road you follow E18 to the Djursholm exit north of Stockholm. Go down to the big parkinglot by the subway. The school is on your right. The model is on the first floor in the central corridor as you enter.
12. Transneptunian Ixion - Härnösand. Address: Technichus, Storgatan 11, 871 31 Härnösand. How to get there: Further north of Delsbo (Pluto) you will find the Transneptunian 2001 KX76 in Härnösand. If you go by car, highway E4 is probably your choice. 2001 KX76 is located in the science center Technichus.
13. Transneptunian Eris - Umeå. Address: Umestans företagspark, house 56. How to get there: Contact Umevatoriet (umevatoriet@adm.umu.se) for information.
14. Transneptunian Sedna - Luleå. Address: .How to get there: Local bus no. 4 or 5 from center of Luleå, stop A. By car, from E4 turn direction Luleå. Follow signs "Universitetet" and "Teknikens hus". Red building with two yellow chimneys (www.teknikenshus.se).
15. Comet Swift-Tuttle - Karlshamn. Address: Karlshamn, Blekinge. How to get there: The model of comet Swift-Tuttle is far south of Stockholm, at "Kreativum", a science centre in the town of Karlshamn.
16. Termination shock - Kiruna. Address: Space Campus, E10, Kiruna. How to get there: Six kilometres before you reach Kiruna on the E10 highway (shortly after the turn-off to Jukkasjärvi) turn left to the Space Campus (signposted "Rymdcampus"). There is a plaque marking the Termination Shock on a plinth in the roundabout in front of the entrance to the Swedish Institute of Space Physics.
edit: Venus is moved to House of Science, AlbaNova University Centre now. The Observatory museum in Stockholm is closed, and its Venus model has been moved to the upper floor in Vetenskapens Hus.
Rewilding: Tracking Wolves in the Forests of Sweden
Experience Sweden's special connection with nature and learn first-hand how to observe and track local animals.
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Johanneshovs Skans (Johanneshov Sconce)
Abandoned Eriksdal Train Tunnel
Pionen Data Center
Part of an abandoned19th-century fortress hides in plain sight inside a modern office building.
Södermalm, Sweden
It was meant to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital.
The internet as provided by a James Bond villain.
Entombed Cross
This giant crucifix is like U2's Joshua Tree for Swedish death metal fans.
Peoria Scale Model of the Solar System
The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.
Yarmouth, Maine
Eartha
The world's largest rotating world.
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Otford, England
Otford Solar System
In this scale model, our neighboring planets are represented by metal spheres spread across an English village. The nearest stars are represented by spheres in California and Australia.

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Kristie McClanahan discusses Jimmy Buffett's one-night-only cinematic experience with an avowed parrot-hater
by Kristie McClanahan and Mike Seely
Jimmy Buffett can drink margaritas any damn time he pleases. Can you?
A Coastal Confession: An Evening with Jimmy Buffett
Regal St. Louis Mills Stadium 18 Cinemas
Kristie McClanahan: Despite the criminal-sounding titles of songs like "The Great Filling Station Holdup" or "Cuban Crime of Passion," fans of Jimmy Buffett are a peaceful, fun-loving kind of folk. In that regard, when asked to step up to the plate to defend our rock hero, we sort of shrug and say, "I guess." See, we understand that some people just don't get Buffett. And that's fine with us. If some smartass journalist puts him on, say, a list of the Ten Most Hated Men in Rock, blasting "Cheeseburger in Paradise" as stupid, Parrot Heads agree that, well, that's kind of the point. More often than not, we're just too hungover to even try to put up a fight against people who'll never get it anyway. He's coming out with a (quasi-)movie? Great, pass the popcorn and margarita salt. Like his songs, I predict it will be a well-told, fanciful story centered around three of the greatest themes of all: drinking, love and the ocean. I mean, what else is there in life?
Mike Seely: I find it highly amusing that you begin your canonization of Buffett with a disclaimer. In fact, your entire opening salvo plays right into the case against Buffett. Let me dissect. For starters, Buffett fanaticism is, as you state, dependent upon being perpetually hungover. This is a vicious cycle that never allows for coherent thought, which is exactly where Jimmy wants you. Second, I think it quite ironic that the Buffett movie is showing at a suburban mall where liquor won't be permitted. Even you, a Parrot Head, can admit that this is cruelly contradictory at its core. The liquor part, I mean: Buffett-mania reigns supreme in suburban America, where it fills in woozily and conveniently for actual culture. Which brings me to my final point: Yeah, Buffett espouses the ocean, but how many Buffett fans actually live on tropical islands, or even on a coast (rivers and lakes don't count, hayseeds)? Very few. Buffett's genius is that, like Karl Rove, he knows how to exploit the narrow, digital cable-fueled fantasy lives of lazy, red-state T-ball dads who have so many kids by the time they're 30 that a Caribbean vacation is infinitely unattainable.
KM: Enjoying Buffett is like bowling: You don't have to drink while doing it, but it certainly doesn't hurt. But not having a drink in hand in a movie theater while he's reading from his book via satellite isn't as tragic to Parrot Heads as you assume. Sure, liquor is a part of many a Buffett song. How else do you account for rhyming "Lola" with "Pensacola?" Where would "The Weather Is Here, I Wish You Were Beautiful" be without it? But Buffett fandom isn't reliant on being drunk, hungover, high, living on the coast or owning a seaplane. That's only what people see at a cursory glance: They've heard "Margaritaville," dismiss it as overplayed hooey and think that's all there is to our friend Buffett. So wrong and so sad. And your bit about exploiting wistful soccer dads who'll never get that exotic vacation? That's like saying comic books exploit people who can't fly. Enjoying Jimmy Buffett is about a little bit of escapism, especially here in the landlocked Midwest. Maybe putting on one of his CDs or cracking open one of his books is the closest some fans will ever come to going to Havana. But that isn't exploitation. And if they want to enjoy a tasty adult beverage while doing so, who's to say that's so wrong?
MS: There's nothing wrong with enjoying adult beverages. But what bothers me about "the Buffett experience" is that, while concert fans of any musical genre are entitled to carry on like inebriated dullards, the onstage act should rise above such Paleolithic behavior through sheer force of creativity. The Pogues did this. Ditto the Replacements, or even Wilco. And, hell, the Dead, Phish and many other "event" bands have played in the midst of wicked-awesome acid trips. Brilliantly. Buffett, meanwhile, plays like he's hammered, and whatever musicians he cons into backing him follow suit. Take, for example, "Hello Texas," from the Urban Cowboy soundtrack. Like every Buffett song, it's a sing-along with simplistic lyrics tailored to the preschooler-about-town. And like karaoke music, each note accompanies a monosyllabic lyric -- "Lone! Star! State!" -- rather than advancing anything resembling between-the-lines craftsmanship. Come to think of it, even the most hardcore Buffett fan's time would be far better spent buying a DVD copy of Urban Cowboy and a bottle of mescal, rather than forking over $18 (not including overpriced concession fare) to see a satellite feed of the same Buffett terrain they've likely trod a couple dozen times in a quasi-blacked-out state. That's way more bang for your buck, not to mention a reminder of the historical significance of Urban Cowboy, which -- love 'em or hate 'em -- almost single-handedly made it possible for most of the neo-country collaborators on Buffett's latest duets album to mount recording careers.
KM: Look, even the most loyal Parrot Heads will admit that the guy doesn't have the best voice in the business. Not even close. And he isn't the best novelist, either. But just like his other books, the new novel A Salty Piece of Land will shoot straight to the top of the New York Times best-seller list. You want highbrow culture, go read Tolstoy. Have Pachelbel waft through the foyer (and pronounce it a foy-yay) and eat some friggin' truffles. We don't like him because he's an artist with complex musical scores and a pitch-perfect voice. We wouldn't know what to do if he was. But Jimmy Buffett is a hell of an entertainer: a cool, manatee-saving uncle whose stories you have heard a hundred times but never get sick of. And that's why people buy his books, CDs and tickets to Wednesday's screening -- and will continue to do so. So he's doing something right. Millions of drunks in leis and coconut bras can't be wrong.
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When will plastic be banned completely, asks HC
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CHENNAI, January 08, 2020 01:09 IST
Govt. told to list steps taken to implement ban, calls for tough action against those using disposable plastics
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to list the steps taken by it so far to implement a complete ban on all kinds of plastic products and not just single-use plastics. The court also wanted officials to act tough against all those who were continuing to use the banned 'use and throw' plastic products.
Justices S. Vaidyanathan and P.T. Asha granted time till February 11 for Additional Advocate General P.H. Arvindh Pandian to file a detailed report regarding steps taken for making the State completely plastic free.
The judges in December 2018 refused to stay a Government Order for banning single-use plastics in the State from January 1, 2019. Then, they had gone a step ahead and opined that even products exempted under the GO should be banned in order to make the State completely plastic free and encourage the use of paper and cloth products. Subsequently, another Division Bench of Justices R. Subbiah and Krishnan Ramasamy upheld the validity of the GO in July 2019 and they too agreed with the earlier Bench led by Justice Vaidyanathan that all kinds of plastic products including multi-layered plastic wrappers used to pack milk, oil, biscuits, snacks, chocolates and medicines should be banned.
When the case was listed for reporting compliance before the Bench, comprising Justice Asha, on Tuesday, the judges pointed out that plastic carry bags were still being used illegally by many hawkers. The judges pointed out that flower sellers outside many temples were continuing to use the banned carry bags.
AAG seeks time
Then, the AAG informed the court about several news articles carried by The Hindu regarding the earnest steps taken by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to implement the ban and how people still find ways to use the banned products. He urged the court to grant him a month's time to come up with a detailed report on the issue. An advocate appearing on behalf of a plastic manufacturers association told the court that the selective ban imposed by the State government on few products had led to the decline of the plastic manufacturing industry in the State whereas the same industries in other States were flourishing by supplying the same goods to Tamil Nadu.
Since there was no ban on selling edibles and other goods in pre-packed plastic bags in supermarkets and other stores, such bags were being supplied by manufacturers in neighbouring districts, whereas domestic manufacturers had been completely banned from making them within the State, he claimed.
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"Food for the inner man is just as important on a motor journey as agreeable traveling companions. And stopping at a hotel for meals often consumes more time than one feels can be deducted from the journey. Then it is that the roadside meal proves its worth. It does not take long; it is satisfying, easy to eat, and attractive.
Of course bacon cooked in the open air, coffee made while you wait, and corn roasted on the ear in the embers of a bonfire are alluring, but they are time consuming, and it you wish to appear neat at the end of the journey, are not always recommended. But there are roadside meals which are easy to prepare and easier to serve than a meal at home, for they are what one might call "one-plate roadside meals" as the following menu will suggest: roast chicken, potato ships, jelly sandwiches, egg sandwiches, fruit or a combination salad, pickles, olives, cake or cookies, fruit, cheese and coffee. The coffee comes from the thermos bottle who's twin carries ice water. A quart-size, paraffin-treated, covered container, such as oysters are sold in, is used for the cream bottle, chopped ice surrounding the bottle. A covered jar is used for the loaf sugar. For each person, a paper fork, spoon, heavy paraffin drinking cup, and two paper napkins are provided.
Before leaving home, each individual's roadside meal is prepared on a plate, as follows: In half-pint paraffin cartons, having covers, arrange individual fruit salads, lining the cartons first with lettuce, filling with fruit salad, and placing a crisp leaf of lettuce on top before adjusting the cover. Place one of these filled cartons in the center of the each large sized paper plate. Cut the roast chicken, which has been previously cooked in order to be cold, into convenient pieces for eating and divide into the desired number of portions. Wrap each portion in paraffin paper, and place one on each plate. Wrap individual serving of potato chips in paraffin paper, and also arrange on each plate. Wrap three or four olives and sweet or sour pickles in individual packages for each plate. Wrap the sandwiches in paraffin paper and arrange on each plate.
That is so cool!! Taking picnics on the road in the new car culture of the 20's! Interesting that paper cups and wax paper were originally called paraffin cups and paraffin paper. Makes sense.
I know right!! I was trying really hard to see if I could find a picture of these cups and papers but I didn't have much luck. So glad you enjoyed today's post!
It's a cookbook, BUT, every chapter is a cute little bit of story, and then the menu for the meal that night, and the recipes needed to cook said menu. What I like about it: it's published in 1917, so while there are some convenience foods (like frozen or canned vegetables), it's not chock full of shortening and jarred sauces. The foods from then are simple and tasty, made with a minimum of fuss. If you had to get 3 meals on the table from scratch every day, you usually didn't waste time!
I've been rereading it for the menu planning. I'm going to try to use her menus, because I am TERRIBLE at menu planning.
And the story is cute as heck. It's a newly married couple in their first year of marriage, and all of their friends. It's a little bit of "why must men be so exasperating?" solid sense of gender roles, but that's to be expected from a book 100 years old.
Anyway, I hope you get a chance to read it — I think you'd really enjoy it!
Thank you so much for this recommendation! I will most definitely be checking it out!


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Home » News » Panel prescribes major fixes for aging U.S. power grid
Panel prescribes major fixes for aging U.S. power grid
Source: Nathanael Massey, E&E reporter • Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2013
Today, everything from bank receipts to the batting averages of baseball players can be coded into megabytes and lines of data. Yet in the United States, the basic infrastructure that underpins these systems — the grid that feeds them with electrons — remains largely untouched by the computerization boom of the past half-century.
As new technologies emerge, however, the grid is being dragged, slowly, into the digital age, according to experts who spoke yesterday at a forum convened by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
"I see direct technology changes coming and an impact from those changes that culminates in a fundamental change to the business model" of power providers, said John Jimison, managing director of the Energy Future Coalition (EFC). "But it's going to be driven by the technology."
The recent boom in telecommunications technology holds particular promise for the smart grid, he said. Most of the next-generation grid systems envisioned or being piloted around the country rely on different aspects of the system being able to "talk" to each other, or on operators and consumers having more direct, time-based control over their respective interactions with the grid.
A wholesale retrofit of the power grid, which many experts believe is long overdue, would mean big business for the telecommunications industry, Jimison said.
More destructive weather lends urgency
"The electric utility industry is going to be a big, if not the biggest, customer of the telecommunications industry," he said. "We're talking about potentially trillions in investments to bring this equipment and technology to the meter."
New technology may be pulling the power grid into the 21st century, but other forces are pushing from behind, as well. State and federal renewable energy mandates have compelled many utilities to carve out space in their power portfolios for a variable power supply from solar and wind, while extreme weather events have lent urgency to making the power grid more physically resilient.
"When we think about the technologies we want to integrate into the power grid, the first desired outcome is going to be reducing the impact of outages," said David Malkin, manager of government affairs and policy at GE Digital Energy. The grid will also need to be capable of integrating power supplies from distributed, smaller-scale resources, he said.
A smarter, more computerized grid should aim for a number of different capabilities, he added. It will need to find, isolate and restore localized problems before they can spread. When part of the grid fails, power may need to be redirected from or to adjacent areas, a process known in the industry as automated circuit reconfiguration.
Utilities and consumers adjust
Perhaps most importantly, from an energy efficiency standpoint, operators will need a grid that can optimize consumer demand, Malkin said.
"We should expect that in the future, customers will be far more active in their own monitoring and consumption of energy than they have been in the past," he said. Much of that changing relationship is driven by the same technology that is currently transforming the grid, he said — devices like smart meters that provide near real-time feedback about customer energy use.
"We know that utility customers who have feedback [on their energy use] drop their usage on their own by 6 percent, without additional incentives," said Phil Davis, a senior manager of smart grid solutions at Schneider Electric SA. "Energy use becomes meaningful, whether it's switching off a light bulb or turning off a thermostat. You think about it more, but it doesn't mean sacrificing comfort.
Those behavioral changes, along with increasing adoption of renewable generation by both residential and commercial customers, will likely force businesses to alter their basic revenue models of selling electrons at a fixed volumetric price, panelists said.
"We're going to bring competitive forces to areas once dominated by monopolies," said EFC's Jimison. "It's going to be a challenge for utilities and regulators to keep up to date with what's going on in the market."


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Bannon Promotes Trump's Economic Nationalism
November 6, 2017 by Ryan Hite, Jordan Henry, John & Andy Schlafly
Steve Bannon may be gone from the White House, but the agenda he championed is moving forward on many fronts. "If there's any confusion out there," Bannon told Bloomberg News, "let me clear it up: I'm leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents — on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America."
In a series of recent interviews, the strategist who spent 12 months at Donald Trump's right hand laid out the case for putting America first. Bannon said the Republican establishment, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, simply "do not want Donald Trump's populist, economic nationalist agenda to be implemented. It's very obvious."
Bannon took a victory lap following former Justice Roy Moore's 10-point victory in the Alabama Senate runoff, despite being outspent 15 to 1 by the Establishment candidate. "The populist-nationalist movement proved that a candidate with the right ideas and a grassroots organization can win," Bannon crowed.
Bannon's success in helping Roy Moore to his stunning triumph sent shock waves through the swamp, which wants to pretend Trump is a one-time phenomenon that will blow over without catching on.
On 60 Minutes, Bannon gave Charlie Rose a history lesson that children rarely learn. "Economic nationalism is what this country was built on. What built America is called the American system — a system of protection of our manufacturing, a financial system that lends to manufacturers, and the control of our borders."
The idea of controlling our borders seemed to offend to Charlie Rose, who complained, "We're all immigrants, except the Native Americans. It's what people respect America for." Bannon replied, "You couldn't be more dead wrong. America was built on her citizens."
After Bannon's departure from the White House, the aides whom Bannon had previously derided as "the New Yorkers" rolled out a package of tax reforms that will require the cooperation of Congress to enact. But protection of our innovation, the wellspring of American jobs, can be achieved despite congressional inaction and Bannon is paving the road to that success.
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Home » Architecture » TIMELY, URBAN, AND CONTEXTUAL: THE VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE'S MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING PAVILLIONS
TIMELY, URBAN, AND CONTEXTUAL: THE VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE'S MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING PAVILLIONS
Jun 2, 2016 by Casey Coates Danson
Point of View METROPOLIS MAGAZINE
The theme of this year's Venice Biennale, curated by Alejandro Aravena, was a clarion call for architects around the world: go to the front lines of architecture, report back with your findings. The results were tremendous, with architects exposing relevant, important projects happening in every corner of the globe, from the Amazon rainforest, to the coast of Nigeria, to the streets of Detroit. The following five exhibitions stood out by marrying beautiful design with thought-provoking and timely content.
Dutch Pavilion
BLUE: Architecture of UN Peacekeeping Missions
Malkit Shoshan, founder of the architecture think tank FAST and curator of the Dutch pavilion, has spent the past decade researching the intersections between architecture, politics, and human rights, particularly in conflict zones. For this year's biennale, Shoshan examined the UN's bases around the world, which have historically taken the form of enormous, militarized compounds inside and around cities (170 to be precise), and explore how these compounds could better achieve their peace-keeping missions. After all, as Shoshan explains, every UN base should represent diplomacy, defense, and development; existing complexes give tribute to defense only.
Shoshan proposes redesigning UN bases so that these "militarized islands" can have a more symbiotic relationship with local inhabitants. These walled-off hubs typically shelter vital resources, in terms of physical assets as well as knowledge. Shoshan asks how design could encourage a sharing of such resources even after the UN has vacated the region. For example, a base could build a hospital at its periphery, where urgent medical resources could be shared with local inhabitants. Vital drainage infrastructure could similarly be shared, helping to prevent diseases that all too often leave cities unstable and vulnerable to conflict. The key, according to Shoshan, is abandoning the 20th-century mindset of fences and compounds and embracing a perspective that considers integration from the very beginning.
Portuguese Pavilion
Neighborhood: Where Alvaro Meets Aldo
The stars of the Portuguese pavilion are not the two giants of urban thinking and architecture name checked in its title, but rather the urban realm itself. Four Siza-designed social housing projects—in Venice, Berlin, Porto, and the Hague—are the subjects of a series of documentaries screened at various points throughout the exhibit. Not only did the curators, Nuno Grande and Roberto Cremascoli, choose to exhibit in the unfinished, abandoned housing project Siza designed for Venice's Giudecca district, but they also selected documentaries that give voices to the users of these housing projects, allowing them to comment on what's good, what's bad, and what's changed in their homes over the years. Siza's presence and legacy are felt, certainly, but it is a Siza in conversation with his clients, engaged in casual, intimate dialogue in which the architect and the user are on equal ground.
Reporting from the Front
Rwanda Droneport
In Rwanda, much-needed medical supplies are often unable to reach populations; there are simply not enough roads to reach communities in need. Redline-EPFL is an organization that hopes to launch a network of drones that could deliver such supplies to "droneports" across the country. Norman Foster, in collaboration with Foster + Partners, Ochsendorf Dejong & Block LLC, and the Block Research Group at ETH Zurich, has proposed a structure for Redline-EPFL that does not just serve as a small airport, but also a civic landmark and mixed-use space for communities across Africa. The tile vault structure presented at the biennale is a prototype, but the project shows tremendous potential. Inexpensive to build and made from locally available materials, such as non-fired soil bricks, the droneport would also encourage the employment and training of local workers in its construction.
Making Heimat: Germany, Arrival Country
Curated by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt, the pavilion considers Germany's newly minted class of "arrival cities" for the influx of refugees and immigrants arriving from around the world. Offering a kind of easily digestible checklist of sorts, the exhibit is divided into sections, with each section reminding the visitor what characterizes a successful arrival city while offering a few fruitful case studies for reflection. Simple and well-designed, Making Heimat is a provocative and impactful exhibit that exposes the challenges of integrating refugees into cities, but also points toward potential solutions.
Across Chinese Cities (Collateral Event)
The stimulating exhibit explores the future of housing and the domestic home in China, as seen through the eyes of 14 China-based architects who have been researching and working in this space over the last 18 months. Curators Beatrice Leanza, creative director of Beijing Design Week, and Michele Brunello, architect for DONTSTOP Architettura, have compiled an impressive list of participants, including MAD Architects' Ma Yansong, Kengo Kuma, and MVRDV principal Winy Maas. Each has ingeniously tackled the issues at hand with ideas of their own—from a plan for micro-gardens that would insert toilets into the hutongs of Beijing, to the design for a Bike House that encourages a return to cycling, to a research project into the phenomena of China's millennials, the so-called "Ant Tribes" who live packed in small apartments. Across Chinese Cities is a fascinating collection of proposals relevant not just to China, but to urban conditions around the world.
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More exciting developments here at Tech Valley Game Space! We are pleased to welcome the team from Ilium VR, who will be operating out of the TVGS co-working studio beginning this week.
The Ilium VR team consists of three computer science students from RPI – Robert, Sebastian and Jazmine – who have worked together for multiple years on many different successful projects. They have spent the last few years making advanced projects at hackathons and for research. Between them they have backgrounds in mathematics, machine vision, computer architecture, game design and development, embedded software and hardware, and robotics. They have each worked for successful startups such as Apprenda, Vital Vio and Nest Labs. Now they are putting their skills together to try to make an impact on virtual reality.
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A classic love story which was first published in 1847. Numerous plays, films and television adaptations have been made of this great novel. Jane works as a governess in the house of the mysterious Mr Rochester. Despite some misgivings, they fall in love. But Mr Rochester has a terrible secret from his past.
A recounting of the humorous adventures of a young orphan boy living beside the great Mississippi River in 1844.
Paul realises he will never be able to marry Maria if he remains poor. When he wins the story competition, he believes his problems are over. Can he marry Maria now?
Five stories set in the USA between the end of the 1890s and the early 1900s, which are splendid examples of the wit and invention of one of America's best-loved writers. Includes: The Good Burglar, The Last Leaf, A Lesson in Love, The Jeweller's Wife, The Car is Waiting.


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Horror Movie Marathon Time!
It's so close. My favorite month.
I typically spend almost every free moment in the month of October having scary movie marathons.
I like almost every type of horror flick, except for the super-gory torture films. No Saw for me, thanks. I like to be scared. For me, torture films are just vomit-inducing. I spend the whole movie hiding behind my hands...not because I am frightened, but because watching someone in excruciating pain makes me feel literally nauseous.
Anyway, each to their own, right?
I like those movies that have an eerie setting...that start out unsettling and build to a terrifying apex. I love classic horror, up to and including black and white and silent films. I love ghost stories and haunted houses...monsters and aliens...mind-benders that make you wonder if the character was really seeing horrible things or were they just crazy the whole time?
So, I thought I'd post some horror movie reviews.
Let's start with what is streaming on Netflix, because I'll watch most of my movies there. As of today there are some great titles in their horror section. Each of the movie descriptions will be from imdb.com. And of course, I'll only be reviewing what I have actually watched, but there are other things on there that you might be interested in as well.
1. The Cabin in the Woods
"Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods."
Well, that doesn't tell you much. Joss Whedon co-wrote this. 'Nuff said. There's a great juxtaposition of humor and horror in this film. Fantastic performances, and great character dialogue- the kind you expect from a Whedon film. I loved this. It takes the typical slasher movie, and explains why it all has to happen the way it does. The end result is something that is a lot more fun to watch than any slasher ever hoped to be.
2. House at the End of the Street
"When a teenager and her mother move to a little town, the girl finds that an accident happened in the house at the end of the street. But things get complicated when she befriends a boy who is the only survivor in the accident."
This was pretty messed up. I thought I knew what was happening for most of this movie, and then boom. Nope. Whoa. I love surprise endings. This probably won't go down as one of my favorites ever, but it was definitely worth watching.
3. Paranormal Activity 3
"In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home."
Of all of the Paranormal Activity movies, the first and this one are my personal favorites. This one had me on the edge of my seat a lot. I think it's always more scary for me when it's the children who are being haunted. Maybe because you identify with whatever character you're being shown, and being a kid for the story adds a level of vulnerability on top of everything. In any event, this is good for a scare, and worth watching. But seriously- enough of these found footage movies already. Only a handful are any good. This just happens to be one.
4. Event Horizon
"A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board."
This terrified me. Holy cow. This is legitimately really scary. It gave me nightmares when I first saw it, and I re-watched it last year. Yep...still horrifying. Maybe it's Sam Neill. That man has been in some crazy films.
5. The Possession
"A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child."
Wow. I've seen a lot of "possession-exorcism" movies before, but there were a few things that made this stand out for me. First, the young girl who becomes possessed- she is fantastic. What a great little actress. Second, I've never seen a Jewish exorcism movie before. It was kind of intense. Third, there's a scene where they do an MRI on the kid., and well...just watch the movie. Yikes.
6. The Awakening
"In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves."
I liked this. I don't know that it scared me a lot, but it was eerie, with a few good scares mixed in. What I liked about it was that it was another one with a twist ending that I didn't see coming.
7. A Haunting at Silver Falls
"A small town is haunted by the twin daughters of a wrongfully convicted man. Young Jordan is sent down the path to who the real killer is only to find the killer is very close to her."
This was just ok. I feel like the creepy twins should have scared me more, but really they are just trying to get help catching their killer, and that's not really a spoiler- it's pretty obvious early on. The ending was supposed to be a surprise, but I had already figured out who the killers were about half way through. It's still not bad...just not awesome.
8. The Evil Dead
"Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons."
There are remakes of this, so it's important to note that this is the original, in all of its cult-classic horrible goodness. This is one of my favorites. Yeah, it is really gory, and I said I don't care much for that, but c'mon...the blood was chocolate. The special effects were stop-motion, and none of it looks terribly real by modern standards. It is really scary, though. "I'll swallow your soul!!!" Gah! Besides...Bruce Campbell. That's all I need to hear.
9. V/H/S
"When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for."
This was disturbing. I wouldn't say it was scary, as much as it was just really brutal and sexually explicit. It was a weird, compilation of found footage segments that all are sort of focused on sex and violence and paranormal things. One of the creepiest segments showed a couple of guys trying to pick up a girl to take back to their hotel and get freaky. They find one who says nothing but, "I like you." Well, things got freaky, just not the way they intended. Surprise, surprise. Some of the segments are better than others, obviously, but the whole thing is disturbing.
10. Identity
"Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rainstorm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one."
I watched this a while ago. I remember it being pretty scary, and I loved John Cusack in it, and I remember it was kind of a mind-bender. It's not one of my all-time favorites, but it was a pretty good movie.
11. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
"A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own."
The beginning of this movie- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
I had to watch it between my fingers. Holy cow. And then there are these horrifying little monsters that are trying to take this child and eat her! Eat her! This scared the crap out of me. Guillermo Del Toro does that to me though. His creatures are always so horrible! But in a good way.
12. Carrie
"A young, abused and timid 17-year-old girl discovers she has telekinesis, and gets pushed to the limit on the night of her school's prom by a humiliating prank."
The original movie with Sissy Spacek...yes please. There's a remake of this coming out soon, but I have a hard time imagining anybody could play Carrie better than Spacek. It's a classic. Watch it.
13. Children of the Corn
"A young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believe everyone over the age of 18 must be killed."
This is another one that honestly needs no introduction. This is scary. If you have never seen this, you should. Creepy kids, crazy cult...what else can I say?
14. The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
" An antiques collector inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult. Soon, he comes to suspect that his mother's oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house to contact him with an urgent message."
This is a movie that is really unique. You only ever see one actor, but you often hear the voice of his mother telling her story. (She is voiced by Vanessa Redgrave.) It's a slow-burner. The movie builds for a while, but when it got good and scary, I really felt unsettled. But then...are things what they seem? This is another movie that makes you question what you think you have figured out. I really liked this, I think, primarily because it isn't like a lot of other movies in the genre.
15. The Call of Cthulhu
"While sorting the affairs of his late Uncle, a man accidentally stumbles across a series of dark secrets connected to an ancient horror waiting to be freed."
This was fantastic, in my opinion. I said before, I like black and white, silent movies. This took a very popular Lovecraft story and turned it into what looked like a silent straight out of Lovecraft's own time, when in fact, this was released in 2005. It's not scream-worthy or anything like that, but it is a story that I love, and the filmmakers did a great job with this. My 13 year old watched this too, and she thought it was cool. High praise, that. But if you don't like silents, you won't like this. There's no awesome special effects...they tried on purpose to make this look like it came out of the 1920s. That's why I loved it.
I know I will be watching some more soon, so I will be posting additional reviews before long. Happy horror watching until then!
Originally posted at my other blog, Logical Waffles.
http://logicalwaffles.blogspot.com/
Posted by SkyRhino at 12:33 PM
Labels: Angie's review, Halloween, horror movie marathon, horror movie reviews, movies on Netflix, scary movies
Anna (Bite Club) said...
I love this time of year! Even though I'm a total baby and will have nightmares for weeks, I try to watch as many scary movies as I can. This year is cool because we get to introduce kid 1 to some of the classic horror films. Today is Psycho and Carrie. Then I'm thinking Poltergeist and Cujo or Pet Cemetery. He swears that a movie about a giant dog or dead pets can't possible be scary so we'll see.
My go-to slasher is Michael Meyers. He scares me to death! Yet, I still rewatch the movies every damn year. Of the newer films available I want to see Mama, which looks creepy as hell. I like the suspense in those types of movies.
SkyRhino said...
Good ones! Poltergeist terrified me when I was young. There was a huge tree outside my window, and I was afraid it would come alive and eat me!


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The importance of skillful drafting cannot be over emphasized.
Example: Upon his death, Grantor (G) leaves $10 million in trust for his adult daughter (D) to get $500,000 per year from trust for lifetime, and remainder to the University of Miami (UM).
The value of the remainder interest going to UM is deductible both for federal income tax purposes, and for federal gift tax purposes. The trust shall be a tax-exempt entity for federal income tax purposes, and distributions to the daughter shall be taxed under a special statutory scheme, instead of the standard rules for trusts and beneficiaries. Distributions to D are deemed to come first from ordinary taxable income of the trust, then from capital gains realized by the trust, next from tax-exempt income of the trust, and lastly from trust corpus. The character of income distributions only impact the taxation of receipts by D, and a greater distribution is made to UM by virtue of not paying tax on assets retained in the trust.
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The example highlights all the essential features of a qualified CRAT: a certain sum of not less than 5% or more than 50% of the initial fair market value of the property transferred in trust is payable annually to an individual for life, and the remainder is distributable to a qualified charitable organization upon the death of the annuitant. There is a limited menu of permitted variations in qualified CRATs, like the noncharitable beneficiary may receive an annuity for life, or a term of years, not to exceed 20 years. The amount payable to the non-charitable beneficiary is also subject to specific statutory limitations, of not less than 5% and more than 50%, of the initial net fair market value of the trust, and the remainder interest of the qualified beneficiary must not be less than 10% of the of the initial fair market value of the trust.
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By: eurovisionunion April 14, 2017 June 4, 2018
Reviews, Top 52015, Amber, Anti Social Media, Belarus, Denmark, Eurovision, Eurovision 2015, iceland, Ireland, maria olafs, Molly Sterling, Non-Qualifiers, Playing With Numbers, The Way you are, Time, top 5, unbroken, Uzari and Maimuna, Warrior Malta
Top 5 Non-Qualifiers of 2015!
We've all experienced that nerve-wracking feeling of not knowing whether your, or your favourite country will qualify, and sometimes, it's just not meant to be and our favourites get stuck in the semi-final. This doesn't mean they're bad songs, it's just the brutal maths that means we can only take 10 into the final! Today we're rewinding back to 2015 to discuss our Top 5 non-qualifiers!
5. Maria Olafs – Unbroken
The studio version of this song was impressive, so when it came to Eurovision, a lot of us Eurovision fans just expected Iceland to cruise into the final. It certainly didn't pan out like that. The live performance didn't capture the magic of the song, and it was clear to see nerves came into it. The first verse was too low for her, and mixed with nerves, it didn't give her the best start. The song also got a bit repetitive by the end of it, and I can see why it lost the interest of the voters. The stage show in terms of the backing screens and illuminations on the floor were really nice, and that ended up being the best part of the performance. Despite that, it's still made it into the Top 5!
4. Amber –Warrior
It was a battle of the Warriors in 2015, with Georgia also sending a song of the same name. Of course, both could have qualified, but as it turns out, Georgia won the battle of the Warriors. Overall, this wasn't my favourite song of 2015, but I can totally see why some fans were disappointed to not see it in the final. Amber has a powerful voice which really brought this song to life. The stage performance perhaps could have been thought out a bit better, as I found at times Amber looked quite small on such a big stage, even a change in camera angles could have resolved that. To Malta's credit, they were just short of missing the final. They finished in 11th place in the semi-final, only 10 points less than the 10th place qualifier.
3. Uzari & Maimuna – Time
This was another country I was sure would qualify to the final but just missed out, coming 12th in the semi-final. I feel like in the first semi-final of 2015 there was a bit of wriggle room, and there wasn't a set 10 qualifiers that we all expected, as such, it was anyone's game. It's a shame, because Uzari's vocal performance was confident from start to end, and who can dislike a violin solo! The song itself was powerful and energetic, not to mention catchy. I really enjoyed the stage performance as well, right from the start, where there's just one single spotlight on Uzari, transitioning to seeing the heartbeat graphics in the background which was one of the most aesthetically appealing moments of the performance. Well, I suppose time was like thunder, and Europe's voters waited a little too long.
2. Anti Social Media – The Way You Are
This was one of my favourite songs overall in the 2015 contest, and for some reason, no one seemed to agree with me. The boys from Denmark produced such a catchy, cute song that I loved as soon as it was picked in the national final, and was so confused when it wasn't getting very rave reviews! On stage, it looked like the guys were having such a great time on stage, and seeing that energy is infectious. I loved the simple stage performance, and think it tied in well with the old time feel of the song. I still love this so much, and it brings a smile to my face every time I hear it!
1. Molly Sterling – Playing With Numbers
This was an easy choice to put as my number one. Ireland managed to pick an incredibly stunning song which was totally unappreciated at Eurovision. Molly has an incredible tone which gives this song so much emotion throughout the three minutes. I suppose its downfall was that it wasn't very Eurovision, but regardless, it was just a really good song. It built well over the performance, and their stage performance felt very organic and homely. Out of the slower entries, this for me far exceeds the entries from Poland, Cyprus and Azerbaijan, yet all qualified to the final leaving this masterpiece behind. It was a total shame to not see this in the final, but that's how the Eurovision cookie crumbles!
Let us know your Top 5 Non-Qualifiers from 2015 by commenting below, or tell us your Top 5 on Twitter or Facebook!
Read our previous posts about our Top 5 Non-Qualifiers here:
– Top 5 Non-Qualifiers of 2016
It's official: Russia Withdraws from Eurovision 2017
2017 Eurovision Review – Georgia
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I'm excited to introduce Angie Allison to you all. Some of you may know her already, as she owns Bellies and Babies, a prenatal/postpartum massage, yoga and postpartum care support business here in the heart of the Queen City. I first met Angie during my first pregnancy, when I visited her for a few prenatal massages. It was heaven. Let's get to know Angie a little more.
How did you come to start Bellies and Babies? My 1st two pregnancies were physically demanding but doctors said I just had to tough it out till end of pregnancy. When I came across an ad for prenatal massage I knew immediately I needed a career change.
What advice do you have for first-time pregnant moms-to-be? Make sure you take care of yourself and not just the pregnancy. Nap when it's needed and YES it is okay to complain when pregnant. You're making a person and that takes a lot of work. If you can complain about your boss, you can complain about your pregnancy.
What advice do you have for first-time newbie mommies? Have a sitter waiting on the sidelines. When moms say they don't have time to shower, it's the truth. The biggest piece of advice though would have to be make a plan. Spell out between you and your birth partner who will do what and when, so that you work as a team and not just survive as exhausted parents. Unless your birth partner can read minds, they don't know that maybe you expect them to change diapers after you feed so that you can clean up.
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What's your ideal date night? No kids. I don't care what we do or eat or drink. I could be sitting at home in my living room. As long as I know that someone else is responsible for keeping my kids alive somewhere that I am not for a while, I'm pretty stinking happy. If we do go out, we love a place called 22 in Plaza-Midwood. They have craft beer, wine and lots of great local art.
job was performing as different characters at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. My mom took me for what's considered a cattle call audition and I got it. I spent the next few years through high school playing characters like Pluto, White Rabbit, and Prince John then moved into face characters like Princess Jasmine and Esmeralda. I loved it and went on to perform in the Spectro Magic parade and shows. It was pretty awesome.
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Favorite Smarty phone app? The Pinterest app. Does that one count? If not, my alarm app. I know it sounds terrible and please don't tell my 10 year old, but I have to set my alarm to remind me that I have to get out the door or I will be in danger of getting caught up in whatever project I'm working on and lose track of time.
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