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Instantly recognisable for its Gothic spires, stained-glass windows and lush grounds, the iconic CHIJMES complex, was originally home to the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) back in 1854.
Today? It's a popular lifestyle destination, with more than 20 delicious eateries and lively bars plus chic services. But, if you think you've "been there, done that", think again! There are new live acts to entertain visitors each week.
On any given Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening, you can spy The Roving Stage – featuring mimes, fire performers and other "wow!"-inducing acts – roaming throughout the CHIJMES Lawn and corridors. Or, you may enjoy some live music by a DJ or the beloved '80s band Energy playing at the base of the cathedral.
So, enjoy a pampering session any of CHIJMES's three pick-me-up spots, grab yourself a table at one of its 8 innovative F&B outlets, then sit back and soak it all in!
This modern teahouse focuses on Japanese teas – curated straight from ethically grown farms, then delicately brewed just for you. Choose from loose-leaf teas like the "intense umami (savoury)" Gyokuro or "sweet, woodsy" Hojicha Karigane, or the premium-grade matcha (powdered green teas). While you're there, why not dig into the cafe's homemade desserts or stock up on your own hand-crafted tea accessories (e.g., whisks, scoops and caddies)? (#01-04)
Tapas lovers, rejoice! This new vino bar serves Spanish delicacies such as Josper Grilled Octopus ($26 and up), Organic Padron Peppers ($14 and up) and Ham Croquetas (from $8 for two) – and all are responsibly sourced (think wild-caught seafood and pesticide-free produce). (#B1-05)
Spanning 3,500 square feet and with state-of-the-art equipment, this co-working space allows personal trainers to train clients for surgery rehab, weight loss, mixed martial arts and more. (#B1-03/04)
Having won accolades in Tokyo – including the title of "No.1 Ramen in Japan" in 2017 and 2018 – Konjiki Hototogisu is finally here! Its flagship store's Triple Soup Ramen is made from a broth with Hamaguri clams and pork bone, and comes with unique toppings like black truffle paste. (#01-17)
At this buffet, the food comes to you: Its knife-wielding passadors (meat waiters) carve up to 15 different succulent meats right onto your plate! And, the rest of its spread boasts 16 hot and cold dishes, from soups and salads to housemade desserts. (#01-30)
At this 24-hour urban oasis, skilled therapists massage away your stress – with foot reflexology, TCM-style Tui Na massage and more – or help you bliss out with its various spa services. (#B1-01/02)
If you're already a fan of 1-Michelin-starred Lei Garden, a SG mainstay since 1987, you'll love Lei Yard – its al fresco eatery at CHIJMES. The menu comprises Lei Garden's signature dishes and popular dim sum delights as well as Western faves like Shrimp Spaghetti with Cream Sauce. (#01-24)
One of CHIJMES's two authentic yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurants, Renga-Ya (Japanese BBQ & Steak) buys entire cows for its beef, directly from Japanese farms. Must-order menu item: Royal Ohmi Wagyu BBQ Set (from $94.90 per person for a minimum of two), for the finest, melt-in-your-mouth meat. (#01-11/12)
More than just another Japanese hair salon, Shun Sakurai Hair & Beauty offers Total Makeovers, including a consultation about your face and head shape, skin colour and much more! (#B1-08)
Go to this laidback eatery for its wood-fired pizzas, hearty pasta dishes and other classic Italian comfort foods. Bonus: Its outdoor seating offers great views of CHIJMES's live acts every week! Get your evening started by taking advantage of Giardino Pizza Bar & Grill's wallet-friendly, 1-for-1 happy hour specials on house wines and spirits, draught beers and martinis. When to go, exactly? Mondays to Fridays, from 4 to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sundays, from noon to 7 p.m. (#01-32)
Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ Restaurant is Japan's best-loved yakiniku restaurant. And, in Japan, they have a saying: "People who eat together from the same pot of rice develop stronger, more meaningful relationships." At the SG outlet, you can share the warmth of grilled meats along with the warmth of your dining companions' company. Try the 80-gramme, well-marbled Kagoshima Wagyu Premium Karubi "Zabuton" (from $43.80) – cut from between the ribcage and shoulder blade. (#01-01/02)
By Sara Lyle Bow, October 2018
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01 Feb Want to Get Recruited? Better Think Outside the Box
Throughout the 1980's and 1990's, the phrase,"think outside the box" was commonly heard in corporate circles. But nowhere has that skill set been more in-demand than in the 21st century job market, where candidates outnumber available jobs in most industries.
But just what does it mean to think outside the box? And, how can you use that skill set to get recruited in today's job market? Here are four, easy ways you can stand out and get recruited, even in a tough economy.
How to Get Recruited
Be proactive. Most conventional advice tells candidates how to be reactive–how to submit a properly-formatted resume, how to answer tough interview questions, etc. But those who get the best results tend to be the most proactive.
To begin, think about a handful of companies you'd like to work for. Then, using the power of the internet and social media, research those companies and find the people who make decisions about hiring. Then, connect; this last step is easier than it sounds.
For instance, on LinkedIn, you can search for a company's name to see if you already know anyone at that company. If so, you can ask for a formal introduction to your person of interest. If not, you can invite them to join your professional network, or "connect." Even better, you can browse the site's "Groups" category to find groups that are relevant to your industry. There, you can participate in or start discussions about topics or current events, post interesting articles, or solicit and encourage feedback and participation from other people in the group.
Get creative with social media. There's a lot of photo sharing, downloading and creating on social media, but painfully few people incorporate these things into their job search. That's a mistake. Rather than write a standard, bland resume and blast it to dozens of recruiters, why not start a YouTube channel, where you discuss hot topics related to healthcare? Or, start a blog or create your own website, where you can discuss industry-relevant topics to showcase your expertise? You could even create an About.Me page,a hub where recruiters can access all of your social media profiles in one place.
Keyword optimize your resume. What words or phrases would a recruiter type into Google to find someone to fill your dream job? Those "key" words are exactly what you should sprinkle throughout your resume to get the search engines' attention. But be careful: make sure your resume is engaging and well-written, using keywords only where and when appropriate–in titles, subheadings, and occasionally in the text. Don't stuff them into your resume; search engines will block you as SPAM.
Provide value during follow-up. Ever wonder how many emails human resources and hiring managers get each day that begin with the phrase, "Any news yet"? Probably too many to count.
While following up with your recruiter is a must, how you follow up makes all the difference in whether you're remembered as a prime candidate or a prime pest. Be creative in your follow-up. Send a link to an interesting article or a blog post you wrote about an industry-specific topic. The key is to send something that not only makes them remember you, but also illustrates the value you'll provide to the employer.
Thinking outside the box to get recruited isn't as hard as it sounds. All it requires is that you generate buzz about your unique skills set and qualifications, be creative and resourceful, follow up and provide value. With so few candidates doing these things, a hiring manager or recruiter can't help but take notice.
Get Recruited with Help from 1st Solution USA
Are you a HIT professional who would like a top-notch recruiter to help you think outside the box or stand out to get recruited? 1st Solutions USA is here to help. Contact us today.

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Bookings are now open for the long-awaited, and hugely anticipated, XLine Dubai Marina.
It's the world's longest urban zipwire, coming in at 1km, where thrill seekers from across the country will come and experience speeds of up to 80kmh, whooshing through the Marina at an incline of 16 degrees.
Now, you can book your place on the zipwire, alongside your buddy, because there are two concurrent wires – and each of them will film your journey to the bottom, thanks to GoPros mounted on your helmet, capturing your journey from the top of the Amwaj towers in JBR through to the terrace of Dubai Marina Mall.
"Following the success of the first XLine, we wanted to step it up more than a notch and importantly, give both residents and visitors to Dubai the opportunity to have a true-to-form XDubai experience," said Mohammed Javad, general manager of XDubai. "The result is like nothing else – two ziplines – the world's longest in an urban setting, in one of the world's most vibrant neighbourhoods."
XLine Dubai Marina follows in the footsteps of the line that opened for a limited-time run at The Dubai Mall back in late 2015, swooping over the Dubai Fountain, and offering some stunning views. The new zipline is promising equally inspiring vistas, and a line that's double the length of the original.
It's now possible to book your place on the zipwire, with prices starting at Dhs650 per person, or Dhs1,200 per couple. Everyone who hits the zips will get a personalised video, thanks to aforementioned GoPro, plus a tonne of photos from your experience.
We'll see you there.
From Dhs650. Sun-Thu 10am-6pm, Fri-Sat 10am-7pm. Dubai Marina, www.xdubai.com/xline.


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Last week my regular walking friend was out-of-town, so my husband joined me on my morning walk. As we made our laps around the track, I searched for the regular dogs who normally greeted me. Hmm.
Where was Brownie? Shelby? Lola? No dog kisses. No wagging tails of warmth. After all, they are the real reasons I go out for exercise.
But then, a beautiful black lab I had never seen before, loped toward us. His tail wagged, he ran circles first, as if begging to play.
"Where's your mommy and daddy?" I asked as he romped around.
"I'm sure they're in the parking lot somewhere," said Bob. "It seems like that's where he came from. They probably let him out to run."
But as we walked along, the mystery dog stayed by my side, as though he owned us.
"I think he must have got out," I said, calling him to me. He came willingly and I read his collar, which wasn't so easy to do, as it had faded with time, as my eyesight has done. "Cocoa!" I said, which was the first thing I could read from the bone-shaped tag.
He wagged his tail in recognition. Bob recognized the address as being on the other side of the park and open space.
"I wish I had a leash with me," I said.
Bob heaved a sigh. Not quite the dog lover as I. "He probably knows how to get home."
"But dogs aren't always good with cars," I said.
Next, a small deer, with antlers rising far above his head - – nearly larger than the deer itself – - leaped across the grassy field. We stopped in awe to watch his graceful dance. But then Cocoa took off after him.
"No!" I shouted. "Cocoa!"
He ran faster than the deer.
"Stop!" yelled my husband.
Cocoa applied his breaks. At least someone taught him to obey.
"Come, Cocoa!" I clapped my hands and Cocoa came. The deer bounded up the hill safely.
Close call.
My heart still beat fast. We walked in silence.
I said a silent prayer for a solution, one that would work for both Bob and me.
It appeared right in front of us in the next moment.
A man wearing a Hawaiian shirt, with a blonde dog on a leash, came down from a side trail right in front of us on the track. Cocoa greeted his dog with barks and howls, jumping all over him.
"This dog came to us out of nowhere," I told this dog owner.
He shook his head. "I've dealt with him and his owner before. His owner has a gate with a broken latch but when I've returned him, he yelled at me for not calling. Which I did but he didn't answer his phone."
We all shook our heads this time.
He unhooked the leash from his own dog and attached it to excitable Cocoa. "I'll return him again," said Hawaiian shirt.
"Thank you!" we said.
The three of them walked away in the direction of Cocoa's house. I wondered what Cocoa's living situation is like. It doesn't seem like his owner cares much that he gets out, or that he inconveniences other people. Does he realize his dog could get hurt or killed?
And then I think about the kids in a friend's class. Their parents act in ways like the dog owner. I'm glad I was raised by parents who cared enough to take time for me.
Writing Prompt:
1. Take a deeper look at your writing. Did you fix a problem temporarily where it may crop up again in a later chapter? Fix any loose holes or leave any strings unattached?
2. Did you create your characters with depth so that each one rings true? Does each one have a flaw? Why do they have this flaw? What is the worst thing that can happen in your story because of this flaw? Have you forced your character to confront his or her weakness?
3. Are you ever presented with a problem in you writing you don't know how to solve? If so, ask for the answer. Write down your question. Sleep on it. Mull it over as you take walks, wash the dishes, or mow the lawn. Sometimes serendipity strikes and your answer will land right in front of you. But if you want a deeper fix, sometimes you have to dig more deeply into your characters or plot to discover the answer.
Tags: Character flaws in writing, force your character to confront his/her weakness, Quick fixes vs. Deep fixes for writing problems, writing with depth


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MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Greece has dropped from developed to emerging-market status, according to a reclassification announced by equity index provider MSCI Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202905332/composite MSCI +2.23% late Tuesday. In a statement, MSCI said: "The minimum standards that currently prevail in developed markets reflect continuous market improvements introduced by authorities in other countries over the years. However, very few of these improved market practices have been reflected in the Greek market. This has led to Greece now failing to meet on multiple criteria: securities borrowing and lending facilities, short-selling and transferability." MSCI said the MSCI Greece index has not met developed market criterion for size for the last two years. In other moves announced by MSCI, Qatar and United Arab Emirates were moved from frontier to emerging markets and Morocco was moved from emerging to frontier markets. MSCI also announced the start of the review of China A-shares for potential inclusion in the MSCI Emerging Markets index.
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text: Patient Review For someone that does not like going to dentists let alone getting a root canal I was put at ease and made to feel relaxed and would have no problem coming back.- Kai H. 5 out of 5 stars by Kai H. on 07/17/2014 Staff friendliness and courteousness? (Rating 1-5)Rating: 5 Posted by tyorke on Jul 17th, 2014 11:54 am Filed under Reviews . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.


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Adesso's Smart Dashboards Empower Clients to Analyze Big Waves of Data to Improve TPM & TPE Decision-Making
Adesso Solutions announced the official launch of their Smart Dashboard, a dynamic new reporting & analysis system, which allows users to easily pivot through all necessary information for decision making with customized drill through charts & supporting graphs to quickly and easily make decisions to improve Trade Promotion Effectiveness.
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The Smart Dashboards system leverages clients' data in their Flamingo Trade Promotion Management system, and offers dynamic tables with drag 'n drop grouping and pivot functionality, as well as a graphical interface with drill-through capabilities for charts. Ongoing "waves" of analysis in this phased approach will quickly follow & be determined by client input through the company's interactive TPE Client Community.
Immediate Benefits to Clients:
- Upon sign-up, Smart Dashboards will be immediately available within Flamingo TPM – there is no setup required.
- Rapid information access & quick time to business insights.
- The Smart Dashboards system allows for integration of any & all external information with the extensive information in Flamingo.
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"Smart Dashboards is an adaptable analysis system for all trade, which enhances our clients' understanding of business metrics through a visual, drill-through analysis solution, and enables them to monitor these areas thru the lenses of: Product, Customer & Sales Organization hierarchies," said Rich Jones, Executive Vice President of Technology.
Fred Schroeder, President & CEO at Adesso said, "This is the vehicle that moves our clients from TPM to TPE, making better business decisions. It is user-friendly and powerful, coupled with the input and knowledge from our CPG Manufacturer client base."
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INTERVIEW The VPME Meet : The Happy Hollows
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For me, the week starts on Sunday and most Sundays I am in church. This week, our worship service included the installation of the church council members. As a member, I went forward. The sacred verse quoted in the brief, prayer-filled installation was this…..
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
Now to each one, the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
That got me thinking about a class I offered staff years ago. I wrapped a big box in fabulous gift paper. I added a big shiny bow. Then, I cut a slit in the top. I brought the box to the front of the room. I asked people to write on an index card what ways they are gifted, and what they did really well. I asked them to tell me what work inspired them. Then, I asked them to put the card in the box. Later, people shared what they had written. I asked them to demonstrate that we are not all the same; we need all the gifts of everyoneto meet our common good. I told the class that I would display the box in the reception area. I asked when they left to please make sure that they unwrapped their 'gifts' and use them so that all could see them and shine.
In the last week, I heard several short stories
…Phil is someone we support. He was hired by Sam's Club to handle the carts. Last week, he had the opportunity to oversee the self-checkout. It was little scary, being asked to do something different- but how else would he discover his gifts? How else would his employer see his gifts if it was not "unwrapped" and put in the light?
…Grace is one of our employees. She was clear that she was different but was not sure anyone would really see her shine because of those differences. I am so glad she did not let people who say different is bad, keep her from shining. I see her shine all the time!
…My son told me the story of someone in his company who applied for a promotion but was told he wasn't ready. He took the feedback and took the chance to acquire some new skills. He tried again. This time he was ready and he will shine in a new position. Feedback is a gift, it helps us see our gifts, and polish them up if we need to so they will shine.
Let's do some unwrapping. See the gifts? Be thankful for them, polish them up, and use them, often. Take the chance that if the first person didn't see, the next one will.


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The Cedartown Standard – May 12, 1988
Professional wrestling comes to Cedartown Saturday night.
Held as a benefit for the Cedartown Little League program, local residents can see such wrestling stars as Mr. Wrestling II, Tommy "Wildfire" Rich, and Ravishing Randy Rose.
The main event Saturday is a Texas Tornado Match featuring Mr. Wrestling II and Ted Oates against Dirty Dick Slater and Mr. Atlanta. During the match all four wrestlers will be in the ring at the same time.
The opening match will be John Michaels versus Steve "The Brawler" Lawler. Tommy "Wildfire" Rich will face Randy Rose in a revenge grudge match, and a tag team match will feature Ranger Ross and Steve Prichard against The Outlaw Deaton Brothers from Tyler, Texas.
Cedartown Little League President Kim Deal has agreed to be the special referee to be the special referee for a women's match featuring Luna against Bambi.
Tickets for the wrestling event can be purchased in advance from First American Rental in Cedar Plaza, where Mr. Wrestling II and Tommy "Wildfire" Rich will appear Saturday from noon until 2 p.m. to sign autographs.
Tickets are $10 for all ringside seats, $8 for adult general admission, and $5 for children 12 and under general admission. The wrestling matches will be held at the Optimist Field in Cedartown, and all proceeds go to the Cedartown Little League program.


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Municipal Responses to Immigrants Survey
This multi-mode survey of municipal officials sought to capture the range of local government responses to immigration in their locality. Officials were first contacted by mail with the option to complete a paper questionnaire. Non-respondents were then contacted via email and given the option to complete the survey online. Over the course of production, follow-up contacts were made to non-respondents by mail, email, and phone. With support from the Pew Charitable Trusts, CSR fielded this study on behalf of Prof. Abigail Williamson, Trinity College.
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When you look at celebrity snapshots as often as I do, you sometimes get the impression that you're doing something wrong. You could be brunching better. You could experiment a lot more with your fashion choices. And we all know you could be way, way more photogenic. At the very least, you could be noshing on sushi right now at a Benihana with all of your besties, just like Blac Chyna. Wouldn't that be nice? Wouldn't that be preferable to whatever you're doing right now? I thought so. ANYWAY, celebs were obviously #thriving last week, and they were carrying some fab designer handbags while doing so.
Alessandra Ambrosio
Chanel Classic Flap Bag
Alessandra Ambrosio was recently photographed heading to lunch at Gracias Madre in LA with a bright white Chanel Classic Flap. She's back from the Louis Vuitton Resort 2017 show in Brazil, and she seems to be taking a small break from her uber trendy Chloè/Versace/Tod's bags for a hot minute.
Blac Chyna
Balenciaga Metal Edge City Bag
$1,545 via Balenciaga
Here's Blac Chyna, grabbing some sushi with friends and a little Balenciaga at Benihana. Way to work yourself into the Kardashian franchise, Angela! We look forward to ogling your designer handbags for years to come.
Jaclyn Smith
Hermès Kelly Bag
Here's original Charlie's Angel Jaclyn Smith, out and about in NYC with a lovely fuchsia Hermès Kelly Bag. I have always contended that double denim is the uniform of warriors.
Kendall Jenner
Hermès Birkin
Kendall Jenner was recently spotted shopping at Fred Segal with BFF Gigi Hadid. She's carrying a tiny black Birkin, of course, but let's talk about those velvet pants. And that coat. Isn't it like a million degrees in LA already? This isn't a great time for casual trenches to be on-trend.
Lottie Moss
Céline Phantom Luggage Tote
Here's Lottie Moss, out celebrating big sister Kate's Equipment x Net-A-Porter collab launch at Chiltern Firehouse in London. She's carrying a nice beige Céline Phantom Luggage Tote. Lottie just signed with a modeling agency, completed her A-levels, went to Cannes and attended her school's Leavers' Ball (aka PROM). It's a pretty cool time to be Lottie.
Pamela Anderson
Saint Laurent Sac de Jour Bag
$2,650 via Saks
Pam Anderson was spotted leaving a Beverly Hills doctor's office (via the back door?) by an intrepid paparazzo. She's carrying a teeny tiny black Saint Laurent Sac de Jour.
Paris Hilton
Chanel Classic Flap Bag
Here's Paris Hilton, ensuring the paps get a good shot as she ascends the escalator at LAX with a black patent leather Chanel Classic Flap. Never change, Paris. Never change.
Dior Diorama Bag
And because we know you like to start your week with a little Rihanna, here she is, out and about in NYC with yet another Dior Diorama. Ri-Ri has really been favoring her metallic Dior bags lately.


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Mountain Town News: And now the snowpack has finally started to roar
Mountain Town News
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — And now the water roars, as the giant snowpack of winter, augmented by an uncommonly cold and wet spring, begins to melt.
Parts of California got up to 400% of average snowfall in "Mayuary."
"That monster snowpack is about to come melting down the slopes thorough rivers and streams with ferocity, pushing an already fast water flow into a furious rage," according to the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
In Colorado, where snow still blankets the San Juan Mountains, the Durango Telegraph has proclaimed El Niño as the winner of this year's Hardrock 100. The race was scheduled for mid-July.
Organizers canceled the 100-mile foot race among the peaks of the San Juans around Silverton owing to "unprecedented avalanche debris, unstable snow bridges and high water" that compromised 40 miles of the race course.
It was the third time in 27 years that the race had been canceled, the first being in 1995 because of too much snow and then in 2002 because of forest fires.
At the California Weather Blog, meteorologist Daniel Swain suggests a big view of weather extremes across North America: floods in Nebraska, tornadoes in Oklahoma, a massive forest fire in Canada and record heat in the Arctic. They're all connected, he points out.
Emerging evidence suggests that such weather extremes may be occurring with greater frequency and intensity as the Arctic continues to warm faster than the rest of the planet.
"Interestingly, though, this doesn't necessarily mean that the impacts we experienced in 2019 will be exactly the same the next time this pattern repeats," Swain wrote on his blog. Every iteration of the "wavy jet stream" produces new patterns of warmth vs. coolness and very wet vs. very dry.
Lively competition in utility board election
EDWARDS — Larissa Read's election to the board of directors of Holy Cross Energy was unusual in that she had to top three other candidates. The Vail Daily reports she got 39% of the votes compared with 27% for the first runner up.
Elections of directors for Holy Cross and other rural electrical co-operatives traditionally have attracted little notice. This one was no exception in that only 6.9% of members voted. In co-ops, members are also customers.
But often there is no more than one candidate and rarely more than two for any spot. The difference may lie in the emerging prominence of Holy Cross in its concerted effort to decarbonize the electricity that it delivers to the Vail and Aspen areas in addition to other communities along Interstate 70 in western Colorado.
Adam Palmer, a director who has been on the board since 2009, suggests the greater awareness of the role of greenhouse gas emissions in causing climatic changes had a role in the number of candidates.
Also, a wildfire last summer in Basalt raised questions about resilience of delivery for electricity. The fire took out three transmission lines and very nearly eliminated a fourth transmission line. Had it done so, portions of Aspen and all of Snowmass would have been without power on the Fourth of July weekend last year.
The co-op also is pushing ahead in the broader "beneficial electrification" to replace fossil fuels in transportation and ultimately in heating of buildings.
Read — a consultant who provides planning, facilitation and project management services to environmental, nonprofit and governmental organizations — helped facilitate creation of the Climate Action Plan for Eagle County.
In response to questions from the Vail Daily, Read said she wanted to continue her service role and "help guide a leading regional utility into a low-carbon future."
Vail mum about plans for Crested Butte expansion
CRESTED BUTTE — Crested Butte Mountain Resort has the final approval it needs for a major expansion of ski terrain. The U.S. Forest Service OK'd the addition of 500 acres plus three new lifts to service intermediate and advanced terrain. The Crested Butte News reports that Vail Resorts, the ski area owner, has not yet disclosed what it intends to do with this expansion, which had been initiated by the previous owners.
Uranium mining unlikely in area west of Telluride
TELLURIDE — About an hour and a half west of Telluride, where the San Juan Mountains give way to sandstone canyons, uranium mining occurred in the 1950s and '60s. Then, it went away, leaving a number of messes.
It does not look to resume again any time soon. There had been considerable worry among environmental groups in Telluride, and the town itself, about potential for resumption of uranium mining and processing. The most significant worry was about creation of a new Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill, with the possibility for radioactive dust to blow into the town's watershed.
The Telluride Daily Planet points to a paradox. A federal judge recently issued a decision that ends a seven-year ban on uranium mining in the Naturita-Paradox Valley west of Telluride. But this also means that the Department of Energy can get to work on stalled-out reclamation plans in the area.
Energy Fuels, the proponent of the Piñon Ridge mill, has shifted its focus to other projects and no longer has much stake in its leases from the Department of Energy in the area directly west of Telluride.
"They are really not in our short- or medium-term plans," Energy Fuels spokesman Curtis Moore said. "There are some resources out there, and a lot of those are former mines operated in the 1950s and '60s. The mines could still operate, but it would take a lot of work to bring them into compliance with modern regulations. It's not a priority for us."
After another narrow miss, concern about worker safety
JACKSON, Wyo. — Recently a dump truck carrying roofing supplies lost its brakes while descending Teton Pass into Jackson Hole. Nobody was hurt, no cars were forced off the road, but it was yet another close call.
But why were the two workers not better trained and equipped? The Jackson Hole News&Guide sees a pattern. Employers need to be more accountable, it declares.
Two men were killed last year in a trench. The developer that ultimately employed them was fined $19,532 by Wyoming's Occupation Safety and Health Administration.
As for the recent rollover, the newspaper notes, the employer's punishment might be limited to the lost roofing supplies strewn across the highway and the totaled truck. So far, investigators have been unable to pin down the construction site where the men were working. The truck had Oklahoma plates and was not registered to a business.
"With a hot economy, the construction industry is humming, but at what price?" the newspaper asked in an editorial.
"We're calling on emp general loyers — from homeowners to contractors — to quit cutting corners, recognize the legitimate cost of licensed and bonded subcontractors and keep our workers and community safe."
In Park City, a dump truck's brakes also failed. The 36-year-old driver avoided catastrophe by steering the truck as it speeded down the road onto a runaway truck ramp. This is between Deer Valley and the Old Town portion of Park City. The Park Record said police found that four of the truck's 10 brakes were ineffective.
Robust economy produces hotel proposal in Ketchum
KETCHUM, Idaho – A four-story, 100-room hotel has been proposed for downtown Ketchum. Utah-based PEG Companies has purchased the property, which is called the Gateway parcel, and hopes to begin construction next spring. It would be part of the Marriot Autograph Collection, reports the Idaho Mountain Express.
The hotel, if it goes forward, would be across the street from Aspen Skiing Co.'s Limelight Hotel. Ketchum officials approved four or five potential hotels before the real estate recession 11 years ago, but the Limelight — recreated from another hotel plan — has been the only one to go forward.
Meanwhile, in the Aspen area, Ski Co. has been working for several years to build more affordable housing in Basalt, which is 18 miles down valley from the ski company's marquee Aspen and Snowmass ski areas. The current iteration calls for 36 units with 148 bedrooms.
But the Basalt Town Council has deadlocked on whether to approve it. One stickler of a problem is parking spaces, reports the Aspen Daily News. Options seem to be narrowing.
David Corbin, the senior vice president for planning and development for Ski Co., told Basalt officials that costs have increased 17% since December. Rising costs and the changes Basalt wants would push the costs 32% higher. That, he suggested, kills the project.
From highest to lowest airports in record time
LEADVILLE — On June 2, Kent Holsinger broke the record in one of those categories that might be called dubious superlative. He set a record for the fastest flight between the highest airport in the continental United States to the lowest.
The highest is in Leadville, where the airport lies at an elevation of 9,993 feet in the shadows of Mounts Elbert and Massive, Colorado's two highest peaks. The lowest airport in the United States lies 530 miles away in California's Death Valley. There, the Furnace Creek airport is 210 feet below sea level.
The flight took Holsinger, an attorney, 3 hours and 13 minutes. He flew at an average speed of 164 mph.
Allen Best has never strayed far from mountain towns in his journalism since his first newspapering job in 1977. That was at a town hard along the banks of the Colorado River. More of his writing can be found at MountainTownNews.net
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Ultimaker 2+ - Recommended New Parts Before Selling
Anders Olsson replied to Undel's topic in Ultimaker 3D printersIt depends how many printing hours you have on the machine? If it has been operating more or less 24/7 (some of them actually do), you could consider replacing the timing belts, there is a kit for that. If the printer only has a few thousand operating hours though I think it will be fine with what you suggested. Pay extra attention to carefully cleaning and re-lubricating the Z-screw with the right type of lubricant as that probably is the most critical component for maintaining good printing quality. The feeder should´t need any attention unless you have been printing abrasive materials?
Cannot get Cura to make a decent print on my UM2+
Anders Olsson replied to latreides's topic in Ultimaker CuraI hate to admit it but I still use Cura 15.04 (with the same print speed setting for walls and infill) for the majority of my UM2 prints. Cura 15.04 is rather primitive but very consistent and predictable. Cura 2.x and 3.x have unfortunately had numerous bugs, the most annoying ones in my opinion related to excessive travel moves. The 3.5.1 version should have addressed the majority of the bugs, but if you are still not happy with it and can live with a primitive slicer 15.04 might be worth a try.
Boron Carbide Filament?
Anders Olsson replied to JohnInOttawa's topic in Materials & profilesThe only reason for us to use boron carbide is that we want to absorb neutrons and boron (the 10 isotope) has very good properties for this. Boron Carbide is a chemically stable reasonably priced ceramic powder with high boron content (four boron atoms and one carbon atom). While a softer material with high boron content would have been preferable, there are no such options in a reasonable price range. Other uses is for example as a grinding powder, which explains why it eats 3D printer nozzles ? That is the basic reason behind the Olsson block and the Olsson Ruby nozzle, summed up in a few sentences ? If you are interested in further reading, we have published much of our work in an open access article: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/aa694e (Check out the Supplementary Data too for information about the Olsson block and other stuff) There is currently no commercial production of boron carbide filament but there might be in the future. Be ware though, if you even come across it, that boron carbide is one of few materials which is harder than ruby, so it will slowly wear the ruby.
Burnt support structure! Any ideas?
Anders Olsson replied to rabbit's topic in Improve your 3D printsIt is a bit difficult to determine what went wrong. - Burnt ABS generally means that you could/should lower the printing temperature a bit, what brand material did you use? - ABS generally don't like cooling fans, on a model like that you should definitely leave the fans completely off (or issues with brittleness and warping will increase) - What slicing software did you use? My experience is that the sudden speed changes and excessive travel moves of some of the more recent versions of Cura made things much worse, compared to the good old 15.04.06 version.
Ultimaker Cura Prefix
Anders Olsson replied to SandervG's topic in Ultimaker CuraThe current prefix that new Cura adds has never been of any use for me, I simply don't move gcodes between machines. What I normally do though is adding the nozzle size (if not 0.4) and adding the plastic type if not PLA. I would write "600um_ABS_Ultimakerrobot" for a 0.6 mm ABS print.
Cura stability - the argument for an LTS release cycle
Anders Olsson replied to burtoogle's topic in Ultimaker CuraThat question was probably not ment for me, but just the past few days I had two persons basically asking me what is wrong with the Cura development lately, because of various bugs that leads to odd behavior and stability issues in recent Cura versions. Personally I have had to roll back to using Ultimaker 2 machines and Cura 15.04 several times lately because all those excessive travels in later versions of Cura ruins the surface quality of objects that I want a nice surface on. When it comes to Cura features, even experienced users who I talk to are unaware of what are suitable settings for printing a vase or what ironing is for example. Just a simple function where the user identifies the object from a list and Cura then applies a few suitable settings (like 0% infill, solid bottom and spiralize for a vase, or slow outer shell speed and a minimum of infill for a sculpture) would be nice in my opinion because: - It would make it much easier to explain for others how to get good printing quality for certain objects. - The Cura-team could stop trying to find "one size fits all" settings for the printing variables. Just have a general setting with works decent and then tweak the parameters for certain types of objects instead.
Cura stability - the argument for an LTS release cycle
Anders Olsson replied to burtoogle's topic in Ultimaker CuraIn my opinion there are two main issues with Cura currently: - There are way too many releases and while there are bug fixes in each of them, there also seems to pop up new bugs in every release. I would prefer much fewer releases with a minimum of new bugs, more testing before releasing and more focus on removing bugs so that we get to a reasonably bug free version. - While many of the new features in these frequent releases are very nice and useful the interface of Cura is currently too complex. So the majority of the users will never take advantage of things like Ironing or Spiralize, even though it would improve their prints, simply because they are not aware of the functions or how/when to use them. Until someone invents a simple way of finding these functions, like a menu where people select the type of object being printed and Cura applies suitable functions for that type of printing (like a one click "Vase mode" for example), it makes little sense to continue adding new features like these. Time would be better spent in fixing essential bugs then, since it will improve the experience for all users.
Syringe Extruder for Umo+
Anders Olsson replied to Migo's topic in Third party products & modificationsIf you want to design your own syringe extruder you can make one which consists of very few parts if you base it on linear stepper motor. We made the one for out delta printer in the picture using this motor: https://www.elfa.se/en/linear-stepper-motor-moons-16hy7001-11/p/15446018?queryFromSuggest=true You could probably attach such extruder to the existing print head using the print head screws.
Trouble with colored ABS from Neofil3D
Anders Olsson replied to Mathieu Kunetz's topic in Materials & profilesWell, the properties of ABS filaments vary quite a lot and the Ultimaker "ABS" is even a blend of ABS, PC and PET, supposedly to make it easier to print. For a pure ABS on the UM2+ I would use the following settings/tricks: - Print temperature 255-260 C - Bed temperature 95-100 C - Fans off (unless the model is really tiny). - Properly cleaned glass plate with two tin layers of Tesa Easy Stick glue. - Some sort of front cover for the printer if the model takes more than a few hours to print. That said, I have found some really cheap Chinese ABS to be almost unprintable while other more expensive ABS can print fine already at 235 C, so it can vary quite a bit..
GeckoTek magnetic build plate
Anders Olsson replied to alexbln01's topic in Ultimaker 3D printersAs long as the surface of the build plate is at the right level, the automatic leveling should in theory work with any material. Here is a printable tool to set the correct distance: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/um3-buildplate-distance-tool That said, the automatic leveling measures the (changes in) capacitance between the print head sensor and the build plate and a metal build plate is likely to generate a much larger capacitance than the original glass plate. Even though it should theoretically still detect when capacitance no longer changes because the nozzle hit the build plate it is possible that a metal surface simply creates out of range capacitance readings.
Bondtech DDG on UM3E Rocks!
Anders Olsson replied to exforma23's topic in Third party products & modificationsCarbon fiber filaments certainly do damage the knurled wheel on the Ultimaker machines, I have photos somewhere but I can not locate them right now. Anyway you will see wear already after a kilo and after 2 kilos you are likely to start getting feeding problems if the spring is on the default 50% setting, 4 kilos and it will be really worn. A hardened bondtech type feeder wheel lasts more like 20 kg or so before it needs to be replaced.
Lost set screw: Olssen Block
Anders Olsson replied to Campbell39701's topic in Third party products & modificationsI don't know where they get it from, but most toothed washers should do the job in your case. Just check that the sensor/heater are properly fixed after tightening the screw. Things are a bit different when you mass produce machines, extra safety margins are always helpful there.
Lost set screw: Olssen Block
Anders Olsson replied to Campbell39701's topic in Third party products & modificationsUltimaker-blocks also has the toothed washer but they use another type with improved design compared to the ones used on the initial (and 3DSolex) blocks. It looks roughly like this: You need some sort of toothed washer there for the sensor/heater to stay safely in place! The screw is a stainless countersunk M3x16 mm. Ultimaker/3DSolex uses a Philips drive, but I actually prefer to use a hex head screw I used on the initial batch.
Strange, this forum has always had like 5-10 times the loading time for me compared to other forum softwares. It does not matter what platform or Internet connection I use or which continent I am using it from, still way much slower than I demand for comfortable browsing. The speed has not changed lately for me, so appearance of the new (fast) forum should not be related
Wow, that is a bit scary. I doubt there are any serious issues with the design of the Olsson block, but it is certainly a strange coincidence.
As you might have noticed, I have sadly given up this forum long time ago. It is still, after almost ten months online, unacceptably slow to navigate compared to all other forum softwares and full of annoying bugs. I just can not take this kind of stupidity, that is why I am not active anymore. And I am seriously worried that the mentality that keeps this software alive might bring Ultimaker as a company down in the end. The whole idea if inventing the wheel again in this way is very difficult to understand for me. If the new forum had obvious advantages over all other common forum softwares it would be one thing, but I fail to see any advantages at all actually? As I mentioned in another post, the post counter is not working properly anymore, but I reckon that we still see about 40% of the posts that the old forum had last year at this time. Considering that Ultimaker probably sold a five digit number of printers or so since then, I would say the figures are alarming. This also brings up a very serious issue: Many people, including me, paid a lot extra to get the Ultimaker in favor of other brands just because of the (old) forum. The fact that Ultimaker ruined that means serious badwill for Ultimaker as a company. So why is Ultimaker not doing anything about this? Most likely because: 1. Too much money was spent on this project, so it simply can not fail (a bit like a certain fighter jet project). 2. Ultimaker is scattered as a company and the board is disconnected from the community section, not realizing the value of the community. 3. There are still enough users that whoever defends the forum can claim that it is just a temporary drop and that it will soon recover, that all questions has been answered, and such excuses. I would also say that the mentality that "we will never consider vbulletin" is very worrying. That goes against the open source community concept that Ultimaker used to stand for. I personally think it would be reasonable to let the community be part of selecting the forum software, as the community members largely works completely for free for Ultimaker when they post here. Forcing them to use software that does not work properly when they are trying to help other users for free is a very risky move in the long run. I am actually a bit surprised that no one has started an independent Ultimaker forum yet, I would have moved there immediately. So what can one do, apart from starting another forum? Well, the forums it its users, so I guess that if everyone just stopped using the forum until it runs on properly working software we could have it back on vbulletin in a few months..
Alternative nozzles
Anders Olsson replied to SandervG's topic in Ultimaker 3D printersLabern has the answer, these MIG-nozzles happen to fit the Olsson block, I could not resist testing them when I found them at the hardware store I would not recommend them to anyone though. There are other nozzles one could try, just scan the market for M6 threaded nozzles with at least 6 mm long threaded part. Haven't been very active since the forum change, partly because I have been very busy lately, but mostly due to forum related factors. Since Sander asks about me not being active at the forum: While I admire Sanders efforts and patience trying to promote this "forum", I simply had to realize that I am not compatible with the concept. When I have spare time, I end up spending that in other forums, writing PM to people, emailing and such. Not because I am less active in 3D-printing, I am more active then ever, but because of the software this forum runs on and because the change in the community that came with the forum upgrade. This thread is just one of the threads lately that clearly shows the problem. Most of the developer/inventor-community that existed on the old forum is gone and there are no new members in that category joining, sadly but not surprisingly. One would be a fool to blame anything else than the forum upgrade for that. The post counter mysteriously stopped working properly last time I posted something (which was related to the popularity of the forum) by the way. You might want to check that, Sander, it counts far less than true number of posts right now. And make sure Ultimaker RD does not loose the prototype nozzles this time, like they did with the first prototype of the Olsson block.. And tell them not to over-tighten them, they are prototypes and will break at 1 Nm, the last ones I made are stronger. I'll be back when the forum is upgraded to vbulletin
Sharing some exciting news: the Ultimaker 2+
Anders Olsson replied to SandervG's topic in Official newsI totally agree. They've nearly wrecked their showpiece...their community....by mucking around with the forums. Either buy a platform like vBulletin and leave it alone! 8) Yeah, I was really hoping that taking the website offline meant we would get the old forum back, or at least a forum based on common forum software. That kind of "upgrade" would have made perfect sense together with the community-inspired upgrades on the UM2+ ! Getting the old community back is far more important to me than the UM2+ improvements actually. I would come back and give it a try if that happened for sure , although it might already be too late to recover the old community. December 2015 saw about 80 posts/day compared to about 170/day December 2014 as an example, and the trend is declining.
Design CHALLENGE For UM2 Nozzle Changer
Anders Olsson replied to swordriff's topic in Third party products & modificationsThe E3D nozzles have a chamfer on the lower side of the hex-part. The 3DSolex-nozzles never had that as far as I know, so that way you can separate them. Just finished sorting my nozzles. Have hundreds of them as you probably can imagine, lots of prototypes and other "difficult to identify stuff". Ended up with only one unknown Soon there might be more nozzle options for you, those will be easy to separate from the existing types of nozzles though..
UM2 starts shipping with Olsson block included!
Anders Olsson replied to frederiekpascal's topic in Coffee cornerSo, I wrote a long reply a day ago, but this forum-thing happily ate it all when I was about to post it.. say no more.. Anyway, I would first like to mention that Carl (swordriff) did at least 90% of the work up until Ultimaker started talking about shipping the olsson block it with the printer. Marketing, sales and manufacturing is much more time consuming than designing things after all, lets not forget about that. Then, when approaching Ultimaker, 3DVerkstan played a key role. Without Carl and 3DVerkstan this thread most likely would never have existed! For me the heater block was just a small thing that I had to do to get on with more important stuff, like the boron carbide printing. What is fun and slightly annoying at the same time is that this small thing that I spent not more that two days in total on designing gets so popular. And then I can spend years building spectrometers and other scientific instruments and no one seems to care even slightly.. But that is life I guess and I am very happy that so many people can experience the feeling of freedom that I remember feeling first time I mounted a nozzle in the prototype-block Now, if I could just get that old community back I would be even more happy.. I most likely would not have been able to get the Olsson block project done as the community looks today. The old forum had just about enough coverage among advanced users to be able to run these kind of community projects. So, one problem fixed, a new problem created, that is how I see it.. This problem I seem to be unable to fix though..
Is the forum dying?
Anders Olsson replied to macua85's topic in Coffee cornerSo, I spent a few hours at Internet archive to collect old forum data to add it to my log of the new forum. The answer to the question "is the forum dying"? definitely is YES, unfortunately: How to present this data to our beloved community manager in a way that makes us get back the old forum is another story. I have tried, believe me..
I thought someone would reveal the truth by now just by the sheer size of the robot It might be a bit offensive to post here, but here is how 850 grams of Ultimaker robot, scale 11:1, was made: Printed with 0.8 mm RSB nozzle and 0.4 mm layers, initially at 50 mm/s but lowered to about 35 mm/s due to heating issues. Printing time 19 hours. Failed overhangs and bridging were fixed using a SMD hot air soldering iron. This was one of the most fun thing I printed so far, the reactions and smiles are priceless The purpose however was to test how well really large things prints, and how well things scale. The ugly retraction stringing was caused by a flow setting bug, similar to the <100% flow bug in the UM2 firmware. SanderG: Nope, this has nothing to do with the things I am developing right now. Give me back the old forum and I will write more about that..
..It was just sitting there when I got home from work..
I haven't had time to develop my version as much yet, but it works quite well so far. Whoever claimed you can not use retraction when printing ninjaflex are wrong by the way:
I have never seen anything like it. It simply can not leak there. There has to be a major manufacturing error on that block. I was curious about that "ring" around the threaded part on your blocks surface by the way, so I did some destructive testing. It turns out that I got a similar ring, which I first thought was deformation after heavily over-tightening the nozzle. However it seems the "ring" in my case was just scratches from the 7 mm socket. The nozzle nozzle breaks at about 6 Nm, compared to the 0.3-0.5 Nm the torque wrench would give, and the block still seems undamaged. Contact the dealer where you bought it to get a new one! (and maybe return the broken one for inspection, if it's not too much work for you, I am sure you can get some free things in return) You should be able to insert a 1.6 mm hex key through the slotted hole to push the sensor out by the way.


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Questions About This Double-Ended-Dildo
Here are some of the questions I get about using double-ended dildos.
How does this double-ended dildo come?
If you buy from where I always buy my sex toys from this dildo will come in clear plastic packaging inside a discreet brown box that never hints at what is inside.
What's the size of this dildo (perspective)
It measures 12-inches but I took a photo of the dildo next to something for perspective.
How do you clean it?
Clean your dildo after every use and clean using warm water, sex toy cleaning wipes or wet wipes. Make sure to check with all of your sex toys on proper cleaning care.
Can gay men use these dildos
Hell yes, I have loads of gay male friends who use this exact double ended dildo all the time.
Just read the reviews on the dildo, you will see gay men, gay women, straight women and men who liked to be pegged, it's really a dildo for everyone.
Update: I Got This Double Ended Dildo For Pegging
After Lindsay helped me write this article, we got talking even more and she sold me and I decided to get a double ended dildo for pegging my boyfriend, I never thought about using a double ended dildo for pegging and it was amazing (GAME CHANGED).
My boyfriend was slightly hesitant about using a double ended dildo, he thought they were just for lesbians in porn like I did but when he read this article and I began telling him about the insane pleasure, he eagerly agreed to try it out.
We knew it wasn't going be as easy as people made it look but we made sure we knew what we wanted to do and stuck to it.
We lubed up the dildo, blew each other and slowly inserted into my boyfriend's ass when he was happy I slipped the other end into my pussy. It felt so kinky seeing my boyfriend bouncing up and down on the purple shaft as I stimulated my G-spot and clitoris. He was getting so much pleasure on his P-spot that I knew he was close to orgasm so I made sure I was on the edge of my orgasm and we did cum together, something that is not always possible for us.
Tips For Using A Double Ended Dildo With Your Boyfriend
– I do recommend putting on a condom onto one end of the dildo so that you can differentiate which end one of you has been using, this is to stop infection and spreading bacteria. If you won't be pulling out the dildo and switching things up, you may not need too but if there's even a small chance that you will end up getting your ends confused, add a condom.
– Use lots and lots of lube, thrusting can dry off the lube so when you think you need more, use it.
– If you want to cum together make sure you're both on the edge and allow one of you to cum a second before the other.
– Make sure to always keep things clean to stop infections.
– We found that both laying on our backs and thrusting the dildo was the easiest position for us, however, doggy style can be great too.
– My boyfriend likes to use the dildo in my ass and vagina at the same time, again just make sure to remember which end went where to stop infections.
– There are so many ways you can get creative with this double ended dildo as it can bend in so many directions and allows you to get down and dirty however you want it.


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San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos:
Line: Broncos by 8.5
Over/Under: 52.5
Analysis: The Thursday Night series of game is ripe with divisional match-ups because these require teams to spend less time preparing and the visiting teams are generally geographically closer to their biggest rivals. This week's game pits two of the AFC West's best, the Chargers and the Broncos, against one another and showcases two of the premier quarterbacks in the NFL, Philip Rivers and Peyton Manning. Denver is tough to beat at home, as their 18-2 straight up record since Manning's arrival in 2013 attests, but they are only 13-7 against the spread. Take the points. The 52.5 over/under line is generous with two good defenses and opponents that scheme to stop each other the entire offseason.
Straight pick: Broncos
Spread Pick: Chargers + 8.5
OU Pick: Under 52.5
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Imperfettolab will be exhibiting exceptional and curated pieces at the grand event, Maison et Objet 2017, in sector Scènes D'Intérieur – gallery. Developing its own idiomatic world of furniture and design, Imperfettolab brings into existence natural and imaginary objects and pieces of furniture keeping the spirit of sculptural expression and handicraft very much alive. This collection becomes a combination between nature and artifice. Throughout this article, you will be able to visualise a few of the characteristic and thought-provoking pieces that will be shown at the lifestyle, decoration and design event.
Arenaria Chrome
"For twenty years the tireless pioneers of imprecision who gave birth to Imperfettolab, have been pursuing a beauty which loves contamination, eludes aesthetic canons, goes beyond the boundaries between art and craftsmanship, between nature and artifice, between utility and poetry, in an equilibrist game, a balancing act between different extremes, and have managed to walk their rope, to the other side." – Sabrina Foschini
Related Article: Maison et Objet 2017 – Kalmar's Classically Modern Novelties
Exclusively producing original designs, the Italian-based brand showcases the prominent works of Verter Turroni and Emanuela Ravelli in a wide variety of projects, from benches to tables, to bowls and sculptures in an extraordinary fashion of being inspired by the imperfection of raw materials.
Mini Bolla
Fibreglass becomes their main weapon of choice due to the translucency and brightness behind the material. Firstly, their pieces are moulded and only then sanded, painted and polished all by hand which results in an idiosyncratic approach to each production.
Mondo Lume
"Nature has always been the master of form and grace for the creatives of Imperfettolab … even the rawest abstraction retains the core of a glossy fruit, the section of a trunk, the spiral architecture of a shell or the structure of a mushroom, as if the imagination that made them possible, though extending into unexplored lands, has kept an aerial root which connects them to the earth and its life cycles, to their origins and to those of the world."
Related Article: Maison et Objet 2017 – Authentic Outdoor Pieces by Tradewinds
Design enthusiasts ought to visit the Imperfettolab's stand as it is an epitome for originality in peculiar and awe-inspiring commemoration of design.
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Al Taylor
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I vividly remember spending hours looking out the window of Al Taylor's studio in Manhattan at the corner of Twentieth Street and Park Avenue. It was a privileged view. There was always a lot going on at the colorful intersection—a constant stream of traffic and sudden, surprising movements in the wild exchange of people and cars. One's vision became gradually more contemplative, as the easy conversation started to take on its own improvisational rules, veering between logic and free association. Taylor died in 1999. What remain are the meandering traces of his thought and observations.
This show brought together a comprehensive group of sixty-four drawings ("Puddles") and six sculptures ("Hanging Puddles") made between 1990 and 1992. The view from above becomes a vista on paper: Puddles, ponds, pools, rivulets—whether left behind on the sidewalk by peeing dogs or by the rain, they were
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text: Happy Friday my plant planners of the South Region! *Chapters Needing to Pay for Spring 2018 Plugs:* Golden Isle Academy Ware Co Middle Bainbridge Middle Brooks Co High Echols Co High 8th Street Middle Lee Co Middle - West Northeast Tift Telfair Co High WJ Williams Middle **if these are listed in error please email me or Ashley Osborn** Let's take care of these payments by the end of May please or before you order fall plugs. Thank you! Please look over the list below of schools that have ordered fall plugs. If you are not on the list below I did NOT receive your order. Please resend at this time. *Chapters that have ordered as of today 5/18/18:* Camden Co High Cook Co High Lowndes Co Middle Coffee Co High Golden Isles Academy WJ Williams Middle - owes for Spring Plugs Brantley Co High Clinch Co High Cook Co Middle Jeff Davis High Coffee Co Middle Lanier Co High Colquitt Co High Telfair Co High - owes for Spring Plugs Early Co High Lowndes Co High Bainbridge Middle - owes for Spring Plugs Pine Grove Middle Berrien Co High Seminole Co High Lee Co High Long Co High Thomas Co Middle Baker Co High Turner Co High Bishop Hall Charter High Hahira Middle Tift Co High Ben Hill Middle NE Tift - owes for Spring Plugs Liberty Co High Bradwell Institute Michelle Co High Pelham High Worth Co Middle Calhoun Co High CA Gray Jr High Miller Co High Ware Co High Baconton Charter Bacon Co High Terrell Co High CA Gray Middle Americaus-Sumter These plants will be delivered Tuesday, Aug 21st for Area 5 and Thursday, Aug 23rd for Area 6 and ready for pick up at the end of each teacher's meetings. If I can help with anything please let me know and I look forward to see all of you working with your students with these plants in your greenhouses! -- *Trisha Rae Lastly * *South Region Agriculture Education * *Area Horticulture Teacher * *2802 Moore Hwy - ABAC 34* *Tifton, GA 31793* *Cell: 229-894-0507* *Office: 229-386-3428* *Fax: 229-391-3457*


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So many people think they are too busy to change their life. They don't realize they can change their life in a moment.
It takes just a moment to scan your thoughts and chuck out the negative thinking. It takes just as long to listen as it does to pretend to listen. Forgiving takes less time than holding a grudge.
Here are some other small changes"
- Visualizing a great day while in the shower
- Asking yourself what is the best use of my time right now
- Keeping water at your desk to sip during the day
- Letting a car in front of you
- Breathe once before answering the phone
- Savoring and enjoying your food
- Waking up with an alarm clock that has nature sounds instead of a buzz
- Think of all the things you are grateful for as you drift off to sleep
- Making a list before you shop, instead of wasting time wandering aisles
- Reading a personal development book instead of a gossip mag
- Listening to music while you clean
Can you think of a change that will improve your life without a lot of extra time?


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Chief's Honor Awards 2017: Honorable Mention — Discover Your Forest
WASHINGTON — Through a partnership with Discover Your Forest, the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River National Grasslands have been able to amplify their community engagement efforts and impacts. The Discover Your Forest: Friends of the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and the Crooked River Grassland collaborative project provided learning and job opportunities to more than 25 interns, coordinated 3,000 volunteers in support of service projects, provided environmental education programs to more than 9,000 school-age children and involved more than 125,000 adults in stewardship efforts in 2017.
Discover Your Forests has built relationships with local Education Service Districts and developed programs to engage youth and create the next generation of conservation stewards and leaders. Ranging from indoor classroom instruction to hands-on teaching in the forest and other outdoor settings, the programs cover a variety of areas, including fire and restoration, watershed protection, native plants and wildlife, and invasive species.
Partnering with a local technology company and Deschutes National Forest, Discover Your Forest provided oversight for the development of a large-scale mobile kiosk application for the forest. Touch screen kiosks are now housed in several partner visitor centers, as well as Forest Service offices.
Discover Your Forest recently introduced the "Our River, Our Forest" program that provides an environment where children ages 3 to 5 can explore, imagine, learn and grow through hands-on activities and experiences in nature. As of July 2017, 245 children had participated in the program. In partnership with the Every Kid in a Park program, Discover Your Forest introduced fourth-grade students across Oregon to public lands right in their backyards, issuing 3,300 Every Kid in a Park passes and hosting 1,700 fourth-graders at their interpretive programs at the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. In addition, seasonal staff, interns and dozens of volunteers greeted and offered programming to more than 250,000 visitors.
The Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Discover Your Forest have also worked together to develop natural resources career pathways programs for internship positions that target veterans,
students and diverse candidates. The addition of a community outreach and engagement coordinator to the Discover Your Forest team allowed the forests to recruit interns from the region's most underserved communities. This has led to programs such as the Wilderness Interns. The interns have made more than 50,000 visitor contacts to date.
Finally, Discover Your Forest pursues creative fundraising to offset more than 60 percent of their operating costs. In addition to supporting their ongoing educational programming, they contribute to Forest Service projects. For example, Discover Your Forest manages the "$1 for Trails" campaign for the Deschutes Trails Collaborative. This campaign raised $116,000, which helped get the friends collaborative off the ground and will allow the program to continue into 2019.


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Date: Feb 5, 2020 – Apr 12, 2020 Exhibition type: Paintings, sculptures, spatial and video installation Original idea for the exhibition devised by: Jasminka Poklečki Stošić Expert conception of the exhibition, selection of the artists and works: Ljerka Dulibić, Ivana Mance, Radmila Iva Janković Design, layout and pre-press: Bachrach & Krištofić Pages: 230 Photographs b/w: 0 Photographs in color: 93 Dimension: 23 x 28 cm ISBN: 978-953-6890-85-9 Price: 140,00 kn


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Ah, minimalism. It's been an enduring way of life since the early 20th century and doesn't look set to fade into the history books anytime soon. With most of us leading increasingly busy lives, it can be an understandably refreshing feeling to walk into a clear space – and fans of minimalism will undoubtedly vouch for the clear space, clear mind motto heard in offices across the country.
In the second part of our Timeless Interior Styles series, we're putting minimalist interior design under the microscope – examining where this style emerged from and how you can bring it into your home.
The rise of minimalism
Like many of the most common interior styles, the roots of minimalism are embedded firmly in the ebbs and flows of the wider world. Art, architecture, product design and music were all caught under the wave of minimalism at some point in the last century, and this influence from other movements slowly seeped its way into the home.
While there's debate in the design community about exactly when minimalist interiors came into the fold, this aesthetic has proved more and more popular as time has gone on – and today, is one of the staple styles used by professional designers. From iconic products such as the Apple iPhone to revered artists such as Donald Judd and Yayoi Kusama, this sophisticated style has crossed boundaries and continents to become one of the most fashionable design methods in the world.
Steps to achieving a minimalist interior:
While achieving a pared-back interior might seem like a simple feat, it's actually one of the hardest. Minimalist interiors require homeowners to find the sweet spot between too much and too little, which means using the existing aspects of your home as effectively as possible. In a similar vein to Scandi interiors (part 3 of this series, anyone?), it also means placing practicality at the forefront of your design choices.
Here are the steps needed to achieve this look:
Be strategic with your colour palette
There's a common misconception that minimalism requires a monochrome palette. While colour does play a crucial role in achieving minimalist nirvana, you don't have to restrict your choices to black, white and grey. Instead, build your design up from a blank canvas by using a white, cream or black base coat before using strategic strokes of colour to add interest. Wall art, patterned textiles, indoor plants, glass, pottery and natural materials can work well here to breathe life into what could otherwise be an uninteresting space.
Use your base colour as an anchor across core features of your home, such as the cabinetry, worktops, floors, walls and doors, while your furnishings can inject pops of colour. If you'd rather your space didn't look too stark, wooden floors look wonderful with white walls and don't detract from the minimalist look you're trying to achieve. You might also use a similar type of wood for your cabinets to create uniformity, while painting your walls white for a light and airy contrast.
Less is more when it comes to minimalism, which means clearing the majority of your surface space is essential for success – from the walls and floors to shelves and worktops. Keeping clutter from invading the space is more difficult than it sounds, as we're all guilty of laying our possessions out across our home. Be strict when prioritising what should stay and what should go; if it can be stored out of sight, then make sure it is. The real art to this is what you leave behind, as it's those aspects of a minimalist interior that can make or break its appeal.
Consider shape and material
Diving headfirst into minimalism can risk you designing an interior devoid of character. For this reason, natural shapes and materials often form an essential part of an interior in this style, breaking away from a mundane appearance and breathing life into the home.
Statement plants, used sparingly, are ideal for this, adding a tinge of organic green and positivity to a space. A well-placed palm in the corner, a tropical fiddle-leaf fig plant or cascading vines of ivy running down from a shelf, for example, can quickly take your interior from bland to balanced in no time to all.
In the kitchen, stone is our obvious recommendation as a natural material. The gorgeous, naturally occurring veins and speckles that run through a granite worktop are perfect for bringing minimalist sophistication into your interior design – and we can produce yours in a range of ideal colours for this style, including black or white.
Be bold with furniture
With unnecessary clutter tucked neatly away, it's your furniture that takes centre stage in your interior. We suggest being bolder than you usually would, using a bright colour and textures to make an impact on the space. Alternatively, use a muted piece of furniture and add colourful throws and cushions – and by doing it this way, you'll also have the ability to refresh your interior's look in a matter of minutes by switching out the furnishings.
There you have it: your compact guide to minimalist interior design.
Here are the key takeaways:
Be pared-back but not boring
Use textures and shape to add interest
Embrace natural materials
Keep an eye out for part 3 in our Timeless Interior Styles series! Do you have a favourite interior style you'd like us to examine? Let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Working towards the International Learn to Swim Programme Starfish Awards, up to Starfish Award 3. (Usually under 12 months)
A class designed to introduce parent and baby to the water in a safe and confident environment. You will be made to feel at ease as soon as you enter the pool, learning how to securely and comfortably hold baby as you introduce them to baby swimming.


text: Marathon de Gwyr 2020 The Peloton Running team bring you our best event of the year.. The MdG takes place each summer and will consist of 4 stages over 3 days: Stage 1: Day 1 Afternoon – 19 miles Stage 2: Day 2 Morning – 12 miles Stage 3: Day 2 Afternoon – 9 miles Stage 4: Day 3 Morning – 18 miles Each day finishes on a beach giving runners the option to cool off in the sea. Internationally recognised Darth Peloton System Similar to The Darth, the MdG is an inclusive challenge and not a race. It will utilise a peloton system and there will be no static marshals. As such runners will be expected to run together, and not faster (or slower) than their designated peloton. Multiple pelotons will be utilised at the half way point of each stage to cater for different abilities. Accommodation and Clothing Campsite accommodation will be organised for all runners. Warm breakfasts and lunch on day 2 will also be provided. Evening meals will be available to purchase at the campsite Pub. Participants will be expected to bring their own camping equipment, as well as sufficient warm clothing. Equipment will be transported by MdG vehicles. MdG Summer Party The post-run social is an extremely important part of the MdG. After the final stage runners will be invited to a BBQ at South Gower RFC. Cost The full cost to take part in the 2020 event is £99. This includes: Energy drinks & energy bars Insurance Transport & safety car hire Campsite costs MdG "Survivors'' clothing - View size guide MEN / WOMEN Book a place Ticket Quantity Price Marathon De Gwyr Full Event No more tickets to add Decrease Enter quantity Increase £99.00 Book


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I got a plaque of appreciation from my company this morning for rendering 10 years of service now. I got also a little monetary funds as an appreciation to my valuable service to the company I have worked for. I brought with me Keona and hubby during the ceremony then we went to the mall for a lunch.
Keona's choice for restaurant is Chowking so it's there that we had our lunch. I had fish fillet lauriat while hubby had a chicken lauriat. Keona had her fave beef wanton noodles soup. After eating, Keona had a blast at the kid's play area riding anything she wants.
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There is so much to admire and respect about The Netherlands! Sure, it is home to Douwe Egberts – and has been for well over 250 years. There is so much more to this small country, though. The Netherlands has always shown liberal and tolerant attitudes with cultural and social matters. Dutch painters are arguably the best in the world. And this year, at the winter Olympics, The Netherlands has ruled in speed skating.
In the middle of last week, The Netherlands had as many medals in speed skating (21) as other nations had in all sports combined! With one day to go, The Netherlands is in 5th place in the medal count, with 24 total medals. [The Dutch Olympic Teams placed 5th overall, immediately after the United States in the standings.] That the Dutch team is the third-smallest delegation makes this even more impressive. There has been a lot of talk in the media about their complete dominance of this event! They have ruled the podium.
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