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The 12 best things to do in Noosa with kids
08 January 2020 . BY Megan Arkinstall
This Sunshine Coast holiday favourite is known for its picturesque coastline, sophisticated dining and chic shopping but it's also brimming with kid-friendly activities.
Here we've rounded up the best ways to keep your kids entertained in Noosa.
1. Learn to surf
Boasting 300 days of sunshine a year, it's likely you'll spend most of your Noosa holiday by the beach. Noosa's Main Beach, which is a hop, skip and jump from bustling Hastings Street, is not just popular for its white sand and cerulean water, it's also super safe for families.
Patrolled year-round, it is safe for swimming with moderate waves and is a great spot to learn to surf. Book a lesson with Merrick's Learn to Surf or – if your kids are really keen – they also offer five-day school holiday surfing programs.
Spend your holiday learning to surf
2. Ride a horse along the beach
Swap your surfboard for a steed. Meander along Noosa's stunning coastline on horseback with Equathon Horse Riding Adventures, which offers private tours for groups and families (aged seven years and older) along Teewah Beach, on Noosa's North Shore.
If you're a more experienced rider (aged 10 and above), Rainbow Beach Horse Rides run a bareback ocean ride, where you can ride your horse into the sparkling waters of Rainbow Beach.
Rainbow Beach Horse Rides run a bareback ocean ride
3. Visit the Ginger Factory
You don't have to be a fan of ginger to enjoy The Ginger Factory, located just 30 minutes south-west of Noosa at Yandina. Surrounded by subtropical gardens, The Ginger Factory is a great day out for the family, with a sprawling nine-hectare property to explore.
Ride a 100-year-old sugar cane train, enjoy a boat ride with music and puppetry, browse the boutiques in the heritage-style village, let the kids run wild in the outdoor playground, take a factory tour, and – of course – taste Buderim Ginger products (ginger beer, gingerbread, chocolate, honey and more…).
The Ginger Factory is a great day out for the family
4. Explore Noosa by bike
Ditch the car and get around this scenic region on two wheels. There are a number of easy cycle paths for families to ride, but the best ones include the flat 6.5-kilometre ride from Noosa Marina to Hastings Street, which passes the Pirate Playground, cafes and Main Beach; a 11.5-kilometre track along the coast from Noosa Junction to Peregian Beach; the 2.5-kilometre loop around the Noosa River; and a six-kilometre path from Weyba Creek to Noosa Farmers Market and Mangrove Boardwalk. Bike On offers hire for $30 a day for adults and $20 for kids, with baby seats and chariots also available.
5. Spend the day at Australia Zoo
It would be remiss not to mention Australia's most famous zoo on this list! Located less than an hour south of Noosa, Australia Zoo has been operating since the 1990s and is home to more than a thousand native and exotic animals.
Watch saltwater crocs strike in the Crocoseum, wrap a Burmese python around your shoulders, feed kangaroos that roam the grass areas and view exotic animals such as the red panda, meerkats and giraffe. Kids from four years of age can also partake in the Zookeeper for a Day program, which involves helping zookeepers feed animals, clean enclosures and get up close to the animals.
Australia Zoo is home to more than a thousand native and exotic animals
6. Kayak through the Noosa Everglades
Noosa's Everglades is one of just two everglades in the world and boasts a staggering 1365 species of plant and more than 44 per cent of Australia's birdlife. Explore this natural wonder with award-winning company Kanu Kapers, which runs self-guided and guided kayak tours through this fascinating ecosystem. The half-day tour is perfect for young kids, who will love spotting the wildlife and, if the wind is in the right direction, the return sail across Lake Cootharaba.
7. Hike through the national park
Home to Noosa Headland, soaring eucalypt forest, pockets of rainforest, quiet beaches and a walk that captures incredible views of the coast, Noosa National Park is a great place to spend an early morning or late afternoon with the kids.
There is five walking tracks, from an easy one-kilometre trail through palm groves to an epic 10.8-kilometre coastal track that rewards you with panoramic views (you can do just part of this if you have small kids). Spot a variety of wildflowers and keep an eye out for kookaburras, koalas and lace monitors. Between June and November you may spot humpbacks cruising along the coast, while dolphins and turtles are occasionally spotted at Dolphins Point and Hell's Gates.
The serenity of Winch Cove in Noosa National Park
8. Paddle, fly and cycle on the Noosa River
Noosa River is prime turf for aquatic adventures. Noosa Stand Up Paddle offers stand-up paddle board lessons and hire, as well as the more unique Fliteboard experience, which is an electric surfboard–snowboard hybrid that gives the sensation of flying over water. They also have nautical water bikes, which are easy and fun to use. The river is home to a number of birdlife, including pelicans, white-bellied sea eagles and great egret.
Explore this natural wonder with award-winning company Kanu Kapers
9. Board a classic river boat
If you prefer to take a more relaxed route, this is a great alternative to explore the highlights along Noosa River. Cruising between Hastings Street and Noosa Marina, the Noosa Ferry offers a scenic cruise with seven stops.
An all-day pass for families is just $60, which allows you to hop on and off as much as you like. There is also a sunset cruise, which is BYO, and an eco cruise that runs for two hours and includes a guided walk to discover local flora and fauna.
The Noosa ferry awaits
10. Ride the Noosa Wave
Kids love wildlife and speed, so why not combine them together. Spot the abundant marine life that call Noosa home, including dolphins, turtles and manta rays, on a thrilling zero-gravity ocean ride with Noosa Wave Boating Adventures. Kids from five years can join this 1.5-hour tour, which has you gliding over the waves without any hard bumps. It's the fastest (and safest) adventure boat.
11. Tackle the world's largest aqua fun park
Just over half-hour south of Noosa, the Blast Aqua Fun Park in Coolum claims to be the world's largest aqua fun park and is sure to tire even the most energetic of kids. The inflatable obstacle course comprises slides, trampolines, swings, wobble pads and more to slip and slide along.
There are free barbecue areas so you can bring your lunch for the day or there's a café to grab food. All day passes are $55, or a single 50-minute session is $20.
Blast Aqua Fun Park in Coolum claims to be the world's largest aqua fun park
12. Noosa Tenpin and Laser Tag
On the odd chance you experience a rainy day in Noosa, or if the kids have had enough sun, sand and sea, head to Noosa Tenpin at Noosaville. Enjoy a good ol' game of ten pin bowling, chase each other down in the laser tag arena or belt out some tunes with karaoke.
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Woman on Life Support After Refusing to Comply With Fairfax County Deputies
By Mila Mimica	• Published February 5, 2015 • Updated on April 7, 2015 at 9:40 pm
A 37-year-old woman is on life support after resisting Fairfax County deputies while she was in custody earlier this week.
Sources told News4 the woman was in custody of Fairfax County Sheriff's Office deputies on Feb. 3 at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center's mental health unit. She was facing an assault against law enforcement charge in Alexandria City.
Right before she was scheduled to be transported to Alexandria, a source said she physically resisted the deputies' commands, and one of them used a Taser on her to get her to comply. She was then moved to another area for transport and checked on by medical personnel. Next, a source said she experienced a significant medical emergency.
More deputies and an EMS crew were called to the scene, where they performed CPR on the woman.
She was hospitalized in critical condition, where she remains on life support in an intensive care unit, sources said.
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"Consequently, the integration of internal and external resources is becoming more frequent as end users are opting for a hybrid cloud model that, on one hand, solves some of the legislative concerns about data privacy, and, at the same time, enables more flexibility, price transparency and acceleration of go-to-market strategies," Kroa added.
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Actually with a JarCreator launched by a ShellCommandRunner, I create the JarFile of the .Class File I want to test.
Then with the directory of the JarFile Just created and the directory of the class that contains Junit test I launch by command line the JunitRunner.jar (located in the Java Folder)
This execution gives me a Stdout result (in a String).
All I want is to avoid to use the a ShellCommandRunner and to get the test result by a Junit Executor in Eclipse starting from the directory of the .class File to be tested and the directory of the Junit test that tests that class and to get the result in a String and , if it is possible avoid to create a jar File to be created before starting the test.

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The incidence of asthma, for instance, has strong ethnic correlations. So Burchard set out to collect genetic material from thousands of children with and without asthma, as well as information about their racial identity and medical and social histories. With the cooperation of 14 institutions across the United States, he hopes to tease out what respective roles genes and environments might play in the problem.
Along this path, Burchard is exploring the complex ways that race and ethnicity are manifested in DNA. It has long been known that some genes correlate strongly with where someone's ancestors came from. Genes that cause sickle cell anemia, for example, are much more common in people who trace their heritage to central Africa.
But Burchard's most recent paper shows that ethnicity—the culture someone participates in today—may also create a distinct layer of genetic information that affects a person's health.
Q: What prompted you to look at race and genetics?
A: Minorities are understudied in all U.S.-funded biomedical research. About 95% of the research for lung disease in the past 20 years has been conducted only in populations of European origin. We're making a lot of assumptions that all racial groups have the same genetic risk factors. That's just not the case. Getting a better understanding of the real variations can help treatments across the board. And that can move the moral compass of science toward more justice.
Q: What are your studies looking for?
A: The prevalence of severe asthma significantly varies among different racial and ethnic groups. Compare it to all other common diseases—obesity, heart disease, diabetes—and asthma shows the highest disparity of this kind. In the United States, asthma death rates are highest in Puerto Ricans and African Americans, intermediate in whites, and lowest in Mexican Americans.
Notice that at both the high and low asthma-prevalence and mortality extremes, you have two distinct Latino/Hispanic ethnic groups: Puerto Ricans and Mexicans. I've been fascinated by this disparity since I was a young trainee, and I started the GALA studies (gene-environment studies of asthma in Latino/Hispanic children) to understand it better. I wanted to know what part of this difference is environmental or social, what part is genetic and what part is something else—a sort of combination of the two.
Q: What do you mean by a combination?
A: Your DNA is made up of genes that control the function of your body. You can think of the genes as light switches that are flipped on or off. Those are the genes you receive from your ancestors, plus or minus a few mutations along the way. But there is another factor, called methylation, which acts like a dimmer switch. It can either increase or decrease the activity of genes.
Methylation can be caused by environmental factors. And those methylation patterns can be inherited. Researchers have carried out studies of Holocaust survivors and shown that their trauma changed the methylation patterns on their DNA—and that those changes were inherited by their offspring.
So in our last paper, we were looking to see whether ethnicity—living in a Mexican community versus a Puerto Rican one, for instance—carries distinct methylation patterns.
Q: How did the paper explore this topic?
A: In a racially mixed group of children, 220 of whom self-identified as Puerto Rican and 276 of whom self-identified as Mexican American, we looked for distinct methylation patterns.
We found that about 75% of the variation of methylation was explained by the different ancestries of the two groups—tied to older genetic patterns, in other words. But the other 25% was explained by social factors such as diet and lifestyle, which are tied to ethnicity.
Q: What are the clinical implications of this work? Can it improve asthma treatment or prevention?
A: This goes back to my original observation: One Hispanic ethnic group has a really high prevalence of asthma, and another ethnic group has a really low prevalence, but the world had lumped them all together as "Latino" or "Hispanic." There are gene-level differences between the two groups, if we can only understand their implications. We know already that there are drugs for which the response to the medication varies by race and ethnicity. One of these is albuterol, one of the most commonly prescribed asthma drugs in the world. Puerto Rican patients have lower responsiveness to it than Mexican patients.
It's too early for direct applications. But it should serve as a wake-up call. We need to better understand all of the factors—biological, environmental, and social—that mean significant variation in how people experience disease and treatment.
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Race is clearly a loaded topic in every arena, especially medicine. But I don't think we should bury our heads just because some bad people will misuse our data. We have to stay focused on our desired outcomes.
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Israel Strikes Gaza after First Rocket since Early May
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Israeli warplanes bombed bunkers at a Hamas base in Gaza early Thursday following the first rocket fire from the territory since early May, the military said.
Israeli aircraft targeted "underground infrastructure" at the base in the southern Gaza Strip, it said in a statement.
The strike came after Israeli air defences intercepted a rocket launched from the territory, the first since hundreds were fired in early May in a two-day flare-up which killed four Israelis and 25 Palestinians.
On Wednesday evening, Israel announced it had banned all fishing off Gaza in retaliation for the launch of more incendiary balloons from the enclave.
"Due to the continuous launching of incendiary balloons and kites from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, it has been decided tonight (Wednesday) not to allow access to Gaza's maritime space until further notice," the Israeli defence ministry department responsible for Palestinian civil affairs, COGAT, said.
The move came after COGAT said on Tuesday it had reduced the extent of the fishing zone to six nautical miles offshore from 10 nautical miles, having downscaled it from 15 nautical miles a week ago.
A spokesman for the Israeli fire service said incendiary balloons from Gaza caused seven fires on Tuesday alone.
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Perspiration beaded on their foreheads.
Slowly faint murmurs trickled back into the night air.
I thought that was chainmail for sure.
Sooner or later it will be and the soldiers will knock down the door and they'll corner us and they'll arrest us and we'll be crucified too.
They will if you can't keep your voice down!
It was an undisclosed room in the heart of the city. The building was non-descript and unlabeled. The old sandy bricks blended in with the bricks next door. The lights were low – to not attract attention and the doors were barred – to not let anyone in. Because of the wind, it was hard to hear any noise come from inside the building.
For all intents and purposes, the building was abandoned.
But inside the building? It was full of life – hearts beating at a steady 120 bpm. It looked like a triage unit…for spiritual warriors. These men had seen their leader die no more than three days earlier. It was an awful death. They had seen blood dripping from his forehead, blood spurting out of his wrists, blood falling down his back and blood coughing up and dripping down his beard as his lungs breathed his last.
That's what the Jewish leaders had done to Jesus.
That's what the Jewish leaders were going to do to them.
A few hours ago – one of their friends had told them that Jesus was alive. Some women had seen him. Mary Magdalene had seen him. Peter had seen him. And about half an hour ago – two more disciples had burst through the door saying the same thing.
That should have been exciting.
Confusing and a bit terrifying.
Because last they saw Jesus – Jesus who loved them – who cared for them – who gave them hope – who gave them purpose and meaning – who healed them and promised them peace – that Jesus – last they saw that Jesus?
They pretended like they didn't even care for him.
If the reports were true, then…he had conquered death.
And He was out for vengeance.
And me? James gulped. He couldn't escape the feeling that Jesus would call down fire on him – the very fire he had once asked Jesus to call down on those who didn't follow him. On those who abandoned him. On those who pretended like they didn't know him.
You know. People like him.
I know how the disciples feel.
They had sinned against Jesus.
They had done it – even after they had become convinced that Jesus was God.
It's kind of like when you're shopping at Kohl's – and there's a sale, because there's always a sale – and as you're rifling through the dresses you catch a glimpse through the CLEARANCE rack of that one friend – that former friend – that you badmouthed and wronged and called four letter names. What do you do? Duck down real low and seem real, real interested in whether that blouse is cotton or polyester.
Or if you're at a restaurant, having a good time with your family, stuffing a piece of pizza into your mouth and suddenly you almost choke on your pepperoni. There's that one gal you used to date that ended when you were a jerk. So, what do you do? Keep your eye on where she is sitting and be sure to look everywhere but where she is sitting when you are leaving.
It's so easy to do that with God.
In fact, it's really easy.
1) Don't Open your Bible. Read Facebook. Read Harry Potter Books. Just don't read the book about God and what he expects of us. In fact, to be sure that you don't open it on accident, why not simply glue it shut?
2) Don't Even LIKE Any Jesus Things. The Instagram algorithm will see that you liked a passage and they will star to show you (horror of horrors) more Bible passage. Just remember – Swipe left.
3) Screen Pastor's Calls. In fact – block him and all of the elders completely. Then you won't even be bothered by guilty feelings for not answering.
4) Never drive by church. In fact, enter it into your GPS as a route to completely avoid church. Live right next to church? Simple. Just get an UBER and sit in the back with a blindfold.
5) Get rid of all your Jesus friends. Peer pressure isn't good. Why would you want peer pressure to spend time with God? Instead – drop all of your church friends. Don't talk to them. Don't text them. Don't snap them. Ignore them. Sooner or later they'll get the hint…leave you alone…and you'll never have to think about God again!
But here's the problem with this fear – hiding from God doesn't fix anything!
Your sin remains and you can't hide from him.
You can't hide from God.
Eventually God and you will meet.
Eventually you will stand before the center of his throne.
Eventually you will face Him.
And if you're response is: Sorry, God. I was hiding from you.
This was why James was on edge.
This is why he was frightened.
This is why he was watching that front door like a hawk.
It's also why he almost passed out when someone appeared behind him.
Pay careful attention to what it says. There is no knock. There is no ringing of the doorbell. This is no verbal conversion, no opening of the door, and no sneaking in the back.
Jesus simply appears – a miracle.
James' fear is at an all-time high.
It's him. He's here to get us!
He lifts up his hands.
James ducks for fear of the fireball death.
As in – My brothers.
As in – I defeated your sin.
As in – I defeated death.
As in – I am alive.
As in – Your sins are remembered no more.
As in – I forgive you.
As in – I. Love. You.
But Pastor – that's what Jesus said to the 12 disciples. I'm not one of those. They were only gone for 3 days. I've been gone lots longer.
Check out Romans 5:1. It says this, "Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." And that "we" there? That's the Apostle Paul talking to the citizens of Rome. Citizens who didn't know Jesus – citizens who had been apart from God their entire life.
I am announcing what Paul announced that God announced at Jesus' resurrection: You have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The reason for the peace? It isn't that your sin isn't so bad. It isn't that you weren't gone so long. It isn't that at least you weren't as bad as your neighbor.
That faith? It's in Christ.
That Christ? He declares us innocent.
That innocence? It declares us at peace with God.
To put it simply: God isn't angry at you, because of Jesus.
And yes! That's hard to believe. It was hard for the disciples. So, what does Jesus do? After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. He proved that he had risen. He proved that he was alive. He proved that he had defeated death and sin and everything that separated them from God.
The response? The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
They were no longer afraid.
Disciples go towards Jesus – see his open hands – and are encouraged. In fact, Overjoyed!
You go near Jesus. Heed his words of warning – hear his words of comfort.
Julianna – a text of forgiveness – how much better to hear it from her lips – same with God.
Do you know someone who needs peace? I bet you do. Listen to what Jesus tells. It isn't ignoring them. It isn't send them a Facebook like. It's sharing PEACE with them.
Tell them about Jesus. Tell them about the cross. Tell how he lived for them. Died for them. Rose for them. Tell them about how he forgives sins and proclaims peace to all who believe.


Welcome! You can purchase jewelry through my Etsy page, or you can shop the items in person at the Events listed below or the following shops that carry my jewelry: Apotheca, and the Sharon Arts Center. See below for more details!
The Sharon Arts Center is located at 30 Grove St in downtown Peterborough, NH.
Monadnock Imaging is located at 64 Main St in downtown Keene, NH.


Bring a covered dish to share. Water and coffee will be provided. A Christmas ornament game will take place ($10 or less) if you would like to play.
We will have our 12 days of Christmas drawing also.Please bring your tickets sold or purchased additional.
Dinner includes fish or shrimp, baked potato or french fries, coleslaw, roll, butter and beverage.
Tickets available on the day of the event at Lakeshore Park.
For additional information, call 440-319-4835.
All proceeds to benefit the restoration of the Ashtabula Harbor Lighthouse.
Once again we are asking for your financial support. The restoration of our lighthouse will require many hands and a lot of financial support. We encourage you to remain supportive of our mission and encourage friends, family members, and especially young people to join us in our mission financially and in-kind services of labor.
Did you know that if you shop with Amazon you can click over to AmazonSmile and they will donate .5% of your purchase price to the non-profit of your choice? That would be the Ashtabula Lighthouse Restoration and Preservation Society, of course!


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Pretty good week...
Had a busy week at the ol' day job, but gotta pay the bills. Basically spent the week buzzing from the great weekend at Jet City Comic Show. The awesome nerdiness carried over to this weekend with a big movie release, in Spectre, and mingling with more renowned sci-fi and fantasy authors..
Spectre, the latest installment of the James Bond series came out this weekend to rather mixed reviews. Personally enjoyed it. It may have dragged in a few places, but it had the typical Bond gadgets, wisecracks, and beautiful women. Definitely worth checking out, but don't get your hopes too high.
My buddy, and fantastic comic writer, Mark Rahner gave the most honest review I've heard or read for Spectre... For real, listen to his review on the BJ Shea Geek Nation podcast here: http://bjgeeknation.com/2015/11/05/bjgn-11-05-15-special-ops-spectre/ ...You guys should be listening to that podcast anyways! It's one of my favorites, and they are a good crew that show thestevestrout.com lots of love. And while your at it, check out more of Mark Rahner's work. He writes a handful of titles for Dynamite Entertainment including Twilight Zone, and Vampirella. www.markrahner.com. Oh, and they just released my favorite Rainer work on Comixology, Rotten! Go get it HERE
Here in the town I live in, we have a great community theatre group, the Key City Public Theatre (KCPT). They're a top notch group that I work with by producing stand up comedy events with them to help raise funds since they are a not for profit organization. I absolutely love to work with them. KCPT does a "shorts" series. This month's version featured a reading from award winning Sci-Fi author Greg Bear. Mr. Bear is a Nebula and Hugo award winning author of titles such as Darwin's Radio, Eon, and some books in the Halo series. Mr. Bear happened to be on hand for the reading and I got the chance to chat a few minutes with him. We made plans for an interview soon for the site. I'm really looking forward to that.
Greg Bear and myself
Also on hand was my friend and author Elizabeth Anne Scarborough, who is a fantastic author in her own right having won the Nebula award for her classic the Healer's War and co writing books with the legendary Anne McCaffery. She's working on a new project and is getting prepared to launch a Kickstarter for it, which I will definitely share for you all. You can stay tuned on her site too: www.eascarborough.com/
It's crazy, this run of meeting all these amazing writers...Terry Brooks...Greg Bear...Annie Scarborough...Brian Herbert...just WOW...did I mention my pile of books to catch up on is getting overwhelming HAHAHA!
It's really been nice to finally put my feet up and catch up on some television I've fallen behind on since I had conventions for 3 straight weekend's. I'm tired, but it's all worth it.
AND...Over these last few weeks of conventions, I've accumulated lots of goodies for you guys, including signed comics, and stuff signed my the prior mentioned Dune writer, Brian Herbert. Watch for some giveaways soon, especially with follower and viewer numbers milestones coming up, so keep sharing and spreading the word on all the social media sites!
I think I'm going to make these "Pretty Good Week" posts a regular thing. You ok with that?...
Ok, I'm going back to catching up on shows, including the second episode of Supergirl (I really liked the pilot), and the Flash...What shows are you watching nowadays? Let's talk about it at our Facebook group: Comic Book Swap Meet
Steve Strout is the media mastermind behind this site, host of the Comic Book Swap Meet, nerd, terrible artist, gamer, convention goer and comic book reader who spends more time rescuing toys from thrift shops than a normal adult should. He is also known around the northwest for his promotion of live music and stand-up comedy events and is the creator/producer of the Comic Book Swap Meet mini convention, and Olympic Peninsula Comedy Competition (which will make it's big return in 2015). Follow him on Instagram at http://instagram.com/thestevestrout, and He can be reached for comments at ptcomedy@yahoo.com on twitter at @thestevestrout
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Anchor Properties is one of the Midwest's premier developers of regional shopping centers and quality single-tenant retail properties. Anchor Properties was founded in 1987 by Steve Hemberger and Doug Hynden in Cincinnati, Ohio as a commercial development company specializing in high-quality retail development. Anchor Properties was formed with the idea that the basic principles of hard work and integrity would best serve their growing list of tenant-retailers and that their projects would be assets in the communities in which they developed.
Those principles carry on today as Anchor has grown to over 15 on its talented staff which has produced 100+ retail developments throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and western Pennsylvania. These projects total in excess of 2.5 million square feet of developed retail space, with a development cost well in excess of $500 million . The quality of the retail projects that have been developed by Anchor Properties is reflected by the fact that we have maintained a portfolio-wide occupancy level in excess of 99%!
Anchor's retail development focus continues to be quality build-to-suit retail development for some of the nation's best retailers throughout the Midwest. These tenant/clients include over 80 stores for the nation's leading retail pharmacy, Walgreens, discount department stores such as Wal-Mart, Meijer and Kohl's, and home improvement superstores such as Lowe's and Menard's. In addition, Anchor has welcomed many of America's best known restaurants to its developments such as Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse, McDonalds, TGI Fridays and Chick-fil-A.
In 2007, Anchor Properties proudly announced the opening of Anchor Properties of the Great Lakes to better serve its clients. Anchor Properties of the Great Lakes will continue Anchor's aggressive development growth throughout the Midwest out of its new Grand Rapids, Michigan office.


For the latest installment of our periodic Tuesday (and sometimes Thursday) series of trash talks, I caught up with artist, activist and garblogger Cynthia Korzekwa of Art for Housewives—one of the first sites to blogroll everydaytrash back in the day. And a constant source of inspiration since.
Cynthia Korzekwa: Bricolage is taking something old and, via context, making it new. It comes from the French verb bricoler meaning "fiddle, tinker." A person who engages in bricolage is a bricoleur. And a bricoleur has the capacity to take available materials and, using hands and imagination, give them a new identity.
And it is the spirit of the bricoleur that we must have in order to transform our trash into a resource. Why make things using virgin materials when there is so much that we throw away that we can use instead. The mind of the bricoleur is not standardized. Not producing in mass, he does not use have an assembly-line approach to creating. He creates what he needs with what he has.
everydaytrash: How many Web sites do you have ?
Korzekwa: I don't know how many websites I have. When I first became interested in internet and websites, I signed up for all the freebie spaces available and began experimenting. Being a technological illiterate, I signed up for A Quicky Course on how to make websites and just started making them. Very primitive stuff (and basically, they still are). But the only way to evolve is to experiment. And that's what I did. Now, of course, I have a different rapport with internet. And the yin yang of content and form has shifted its weight. Content interests me more thus I no longer feel the need to make more websites. Unless, of course, there's not a particular need as was the case with MAKE ART, NOT TRASH.
everydaytrash: What motivated you to start Art for Housewives the blog?
My blog had immediate success–6 to 10,000 visits per month. But what helped me a lot, visit wise, was that a kind of Neo-Domesticity began to flourish after September 11th. Women began giving value to the home and thus to crafts which had been abandoned in favour of "emancipation." And so they began knitting like crazy and starting blogs to exchange patterns and info. Martha Stewart also animated alot of female souls. With her, it became trendy to care about your home. Related blogs began cropping up all the time. Now there are so many women out there making things and blogging about it. They are making art that is so much more exciting than that alienating conceptual stuff mainstream art caters to.
everydaytrash: I heard you are working on Art for Housewives, an illustrated essay in the style of Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis. How's the project going?
Korzekwa: After a couple of years blogging Housewives, I decided to publish an illustrated essay based on the information I had collected, ARTE PER MASSAIE ("art for housewives" in Italian). The text and artwork was no problem but, living in Italy, I had to write in Italian. Never having studied it, my Italian is a bit folkloristic. Luckily, there's a decent English translation at the end of the book.
everydattrash: How did MAKE ART, NOT TRASH come about?
Korzekwa: Last year, I decided to try a bit of activism and this led to MAKE ART, NOT TRASH, a site with links to some of my favourite examples of how to transform trash. You know, bricolage. Then I printed 300 stickers and put them on the dumpsters in the area of my studio, San Lorenzo (Rome). The stickers had a drawing of a bunny encouraging people to think before throwing something away.
Critical mass is fundamental for change. Take Kerala, India, for example. Being a very poor state with a high birthrate, the local government tried convincing women to practice contrapception and men to be sterilized but with little success. Then a major emphasis was placed on education and everyone sent to school. As a result, today the citizens of Kerala are 100% literate, an anomaly in India. As a result, the birth rate has drastically dropped. Once you are educated, no one needs to convince you what is the right thing to do because you know on your own.
Awareness helps one make the right choices.
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Wow! Many thanks for the wonderful article!
Leila, this is such a great interview, THANKS for keeping us informed, even though I read Art for Housewives all the time, I learned something NEW!
Thanks, Ruby. I ripped those amazing dust bunnies from your site via art for housewives, then found myself reblogging fused plastic boots last week, then discovered Make Art, Not Trash before realizing it was from the same artist behind Art for Housewives. I figured after snatching so many of her images, the least I could do is get some of Cynthia's own words up here as well!
Leila Darabi interviews ART FOR HOUSEWIVES! Only 6 yers ago!


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Our CD's are in these following local locations in Colorado & South Dakota.
We try to keep them in stock in these store outlets.
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I have been having so much fun working in front of the Children's Museum. Their staff has been extremely helpful, which is great because it makes our job a lot easier and more efficient. Yesterday, we continued our success at both fishing and crabbing! Kids loving playing with the crabs and other creatures in the touch tank, its always a big hit. The best part about fishing in the Channel is we are always at least getting bites. I am always so impressed by how quickly some of the kids learn to fish. Even though we were using large striped bass hooks, the kids still managed to hook two small cunners. We still haven't caught a bass but I hope it will be soon. One of the more enthusiastic anglers, Matthew, even caught a small piece of white siding for a house! It was a very strange find! We were able to look closely at the object to find all kinds of marine organisms growing on it like sea squirts, sea weed, mussels, and orange tunicates. We got the added satisfaction of being able to remove one piece of junk from the water. The kids always love playing with the crabs and other creatures in the touch tank, its always a big hit. Overall it was a fun and interesting day, I can't wait to get back there and see what we catch on Wednesday!


The brand-new 2019 Range Rover Evoque has actually been spotted screening near the company's factory in Solihull. It'll get the same coupe-style looks as the bigger Velar and is anticipated to go on sale in early 2019.
Our latest spy shot images seem to support our exclusive render, showing that the next Evoque will have styling similar to the new Range Rover Velar. As an outcome, you can anticipate the brand-new Evoque to obtain a sleek front grille and an elegant rear light signature, although in profile it'll look just like the current model. The infant Range Rover has actually been among the very popular models for Land Rover since it first came out, which is why there have actually been only small styling changes.
Although the beyond the Evoque will be all about advancement you can expect the interior to be more of a transformation, thanks to a modern new double touchscreen, with a WiFi hotspot, that'll be based upon the system in the Velar.
The top screen will reveal satellite navigation maps, weather and the media playback, while the bottom screen can be used to change the environment control settings and a couple of other functions. Hopefully it will not be as fiddly as the Velar's system. The brand-new Evoque will likewise likely get fully autonomous driving set of one kind or another.
The Evoque will be the current Jaguar Land Rover vehicle to offer a hybrid powertrain, featuring a 1.5-litre fuel engine, electric motor and 48V electrical system to permit the engine to close down totally when the accelerator isn't really being pressed. There won't be an electrical version instantly, but anticipate one to be introduced in a couple of years' time.
Land Rover's brand-new four-cylinder 2.0-litre diesel and gas Ingenium engines will comprise the remainder of the range, producing between 148hp and 237hp for the diesels and between 237hp and 296hp for the fuels. All the engines will have enhanced fuel economy over the current car, with the diesels most likely to be capable of around 60mpg fuel economy.
The brand-new 2019 Range Rover Evoque is likely to be shown at the Paris Motor Show in October 2018, but you'll have to wait up until the first half of 2019 before shipments commence. The popular Evoque Convertible will remain as is, but the 3-door is anticipated to cease production. Anticipate the Evoque to start from ₤ 33,000.


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Calligo opens new London office
Calligo, a leading global cloud solution provider, today announced a major expansion of its business in the UK. The company has opened a new office in London and has appointed Ross Worthington as Managing Director to support and grow its client base across the country.
Other key hires that have been appointed are Chris Petrie, GDPR Strategy Consultant and Charlene Manning, Business Development Manager. Together they will join Ross Worthington and Adam Ryan Chief Commercial Officer in the London office.
Founded in 2011, Calligo provides trusted, privacy-conscious cloud solutions to businesses across the globe. Calligo's emphasis on GDPR services and data residency enables clients to leverage the advantages of combining innovative Cloud technologies, unrivalled expertise and a commitment to the highest level of standards based compliance and privacy. The business services hundreds of clients worldwide from its locations in United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, Switzerland, Singapore, Bermuda, Luxembourg, United States and Canada.
Julian Box, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer commented: "Our push into the UK is in recognition of the size and opportunity of the cloud market in the UK and is a natural next step given the strong client base we already enjoy in there. The London office is further evidence of our commitment to building a lasting presence in the UK and to delivering our unique blend of cloud services where privacy, performance and customised service are at its heart."
Further hires in the UK will follow in the coming months as Calligo continues to grow its presence in the UK.
Calligo's new London office is located at 1st Floor, 2 Eastbourne Terrace, London, W2 6LG
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An Arizona military mom pumped breastmilk while running in a 70-mile triathlon, and smashed her personal best time while doing it.
Amazingly, she simultaneously pumped her 7-month-old son a bottle of fresh milk and beat her previous best time by almost half an hour.
Sloan had previously completed several Ironman races — 140.6 and 70.3-mile triathlons — around the world.
Given her issues with low milk supply, she knew it was important not to go half a day without pumping.
"I was thinking I might even be able to make it through the whole race without pumping," Sloan told the New York Post.
After suffering from sciatica during her pregnancy, Sloan was determined to get back to training six weeks after her son was born.
Sloan started running, cycling and swimming shortly after her now 2-year-old daughter was born too, realizing the endorphins helped with her postpartum anxiety.
The 34-year-old says it was also important for her to show that women who have recently given birth that motherhood doesn't mean they have to give up their other dreams.


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3NÓS3/ Interversão urbana
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Hudinilson Jr., 1957-
Ramiro, Mario
França, Rafael, 1957-1991
This document outlines the development of the approach of the art group 3NÓS3 [a pun: both "Three Knots" and "We Three"] made up of Hudinilson Jr., Mário Ramiro, and Rafael França, that was in existence between 1979 and 1981. The writers describe the formation of the group and the actions performed in the urban space: from the "bagging" with plastic bags of heads on monuments in the streets in central São Paulo (April 1979) to the "connection" that linked two arteries of the capital (Avenida Rebouças and Dr. Arnaldo) with twenty-five meters of red plastic. In the article, the group comments that in the opinion of the press and the police, these works were not interpreted as art, but instead as "an extension" of the action of paint applied to walls by "early-morning vandals." Attached to the title, the group copied a definition of "intervention" taken from the Dicionário Aurélio da Língua Portuguesa. That is, based on the meaning of "to alter or invert the natural order," the group opted to call their action an urban intervention. In addition, they attached "A categoria básica da comunicação," a text that added a random mishmash of fragments taken from various books on aesthetics, semiology, and politics, signed by 3NÓS3 and published in the Folha de S. Paulo on November 18, 1979.
The artists Hudinilson Jr., Mário Ramiro, and Rafael França, established the group 3NÓS3 in April 1979, in the city of São Paulo, in order to perform "group action directed at the urban space." One of these actions that had the most repercussions was Operação X Galeria, performed months later (in July). It consisted of a visit to a number of art galleries in the city, marking their entranceways with a large "X" made of masking tape and attaching a note: "What is inside remains the same/what is outside expands." Their activities in the city continued until 1982 when one member of the group, Rafael França, left for the United States with a scholarship from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago [SAIC].
3NÓS3 (Group of artists)
HUDINILSON JR.; RAMIRO, Mario; FRANÇA, Rafael. 3NÓS3/ Interversão urbana. Arte em São Paulo, São Paulo, n.2, p.[9-12], out. 1981.
Reproduzido com o consetimento de Mario Ramiro, São Paulo, BR
Equipe Brasil: José Augusto Ribeiro


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Would You take Cannabis Classes in College?
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Cannabis college sign. Image Credit: Wikipedia.
Despite mixed signals from the federal government, most experts believe that legal cannabis is here to stay. They expect full federal legalization is eventual. Moreover, employment in this nascent industry is lucrative and growing more so, according to Forbes. A report by employment analyst firm Vangst, found that the average cannabis worker's salary has increased by 16.1% from 2017-2018. Now, colleges and universities, recognizing this dramatic upward trend, are starting to offer classes in cannabis.
Stockton University in New Jersey is now offering a minor in medical marijuana. 25 students have signed up for the program, according to NJ Advance Media. Rutgers, also in New Jersey, also offers a cannabis-based course, along with hands-on experience, through a partnership with a local dispensary. The University of Vermont and Northern Michigan University too, offer such courses.
The University of Denver has classes on cannabis law, business, and journalism. Vanderbilt offers them in cannabis policy and law. The University of California-Davis even offers a course on the physiology of cannabis. A small Ohio institution, Hocking College, is even going one step farther. It offers a cannabis technician major. This program will give students hands-on experience in a cannabis lab testing facility. The lab will test product for pesticides, mold, and other nasties.
It's not just American colleges and universities offering such classes and programs. Canadian institutions are doing so as well, and just in time. The country legalizes nationwide this fall. Ontario's Niagra College recently launched a one-year postgraduate certificate program in cannabis cultivation. This is for students already trained in plant science. They have a cultivation facility right on campus, providing hands-on experience. Students can also take classes on government regulation, pest control, climate control, and nutrition.
Other colleges in Canada offer similar programs. Okanagan College in British Columbia and Olds College in New Brunswick both offer postgraduate programs. Loyalist College in Ontario and the University of Guelph have their own cannabis agricultural programs, too. And more colleges and universities are likely to start their own, once nationwide legalization becomes entrenched. The piecemeal legalization that's going on in the US has perhaps made colleges and universities more reticent. But with legalization becoming more commonplace, this reticence is likely to drop off.
Will these students get a job after they've completed their studies? Absolutely. Cannabis is the fastest growing industry in the US. Somewhere between 125,000 and 160,000 workers are already employed in the industry, according to Marijuana Busines Daily. But will this trend last? In the short to medium term, for sure. According to Forbes, the cannabis industry is expected to grow 220% in 2019. By 2021, cannabis will be a $40 billion industry that'll support 414,000 jobs. That's according to a report by Arcview Market Research and BDS Analytics.
Salaries are expected to continue to rise, as there is no shortage of capital flowing in. Positions in IT, marketing, HR, and legal are plentiful in established markets and are growing more so in burgeoning ones. Positions include director of extraction, director of cultivation, compliance manager, outside sales representative, dispensary store manager, budtender, and trimmer.
Ai Vacuum
Those in processing who are educated on the issue, whether traditionally or through real-world experience, know that Ai Vacuum is your best bet when it comes to post-processing needs. For solvent reclamation, consider our 10-liter rotary evaporator. It's solvent resistant, thanks to all PTFE valves. An optimized bath offers rapid heat-up times, while a highly efficient condenser and all digital temperature and rotation controls, make this the best rotovap on the market. Also, please note that this and all of our rotary evaporators now come with UL/CSA certification standard.
Need to perform a butane purge? Our 3.2 cu ft AccuTemp vacuum oven is the perfect solution. It has all stainless-steel parts, including its tubing/compression fittings, vacuum & vent valve, and oil-filled vacuum gauge. This oven has a 5-sided pad heating technology, providing the ultimate in temperature uniformity. And it comes with UL/CSA certification as well.
For distillation, pick up our 10-liter short path distillation kit. Each glass piece is made of high borosilicate glass 3.3, the most heat, cold, and corrosive resistant around. It's newly redesigned 5-liter distillation head has a larger vacuum jacket, meaning it retains more heat during the process. An increased diameter to the head equates to more efficient fractioning too, with no chance of clogging. This is the perfect addition to any processing operation.
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