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The successes of the HIV response are worth recalling to put in perspective both what has been gained and what could be lost. The past decades have brought life-prolonging antiretroviral therapy (ART) and essential supportive services to millions of persons living with HIV. However, there remain significant challenges to prevent new infections and deliver quality treatment effectively.
The Joep Lange Institute (JLI) believes there is a constant need to innovate the HIV response if we want to end AIDS completely. The project "Ensuring Efforts to Scale up, Strengthen and Sustain HIV Responses" was initiated in 2017 as a series of seven round-table meetings to address and discuss the most pressing issues in the HIV response. David Barr, a long time New York HIV treatment advocate, has coordinated this project on behalf of its three chairs: Mark Dybul, Lillian Mworeko and Nduku Kilonzo.
This project served as input for the Joep Lange Institute preconference at AIDS2018 titled "Meeting the 90-90-90 targets: faster and better" that will take place on Sunday July 22nd. For those who wish to attend this meeting, please register here.
These meetings are inspired by two similar sets of conventions on HIV/AIDS that Prof. Joep Lange and JLI board member Peter van Rooijen held in 2001 and 2002. They brought together people from policy, pharma, HIV communities and science to collectively address the lack of treatment options in many countries around the world.
As in the early 2000s, the current set of meetings brought together a group of people with diverse backgrounds. The premise of the recent gatherings is that the Fast-Track initiative is not sufficient on its own to end the epidemic. Together, the participants aimed to identify realistic, evidence-based options and solutions to combat challenges in the current HIV response. The reports below are the result of the conversations. We hope they inspire you, and all others that cooperate globally to end AIDS, to keep looking for new ways to prevent new infections and bring lifelong, quality health services for those in need. Presentations can be provided upon request per email.
- The Impact of Reduced Funding for the HIV Response – 6-7 September 2017
This meeting report examines challenges to the global HIV response, including the growing threats of HIV drug resistance, drug stock-outs, who is missing from service delivery, and gaps in the HIV prevention response. The report describes the current state of HIV resource mobilization and future resource needs, how countries set funding priorities if funding is insufficient to support a comprehensive set of treatment, prevention and support services, as well as the consequences of eliminating components of HIV treatment and prevention on overall health outcomes.
Read the agenda, list of participants and report here.
- Incidence Reduction and Differentiated Service Delivery – 11-12 October 2017
This meeting report examines current and future needs to meet HIV prevention goals with a focus on key populations, adolescents and young adults. The report identifies the need for improved data on population sample sizes and incidence at local levels and within key populations. The report also examines the use of differentiated service delivery approaches for treatment and the role that such approaches could play in primary prevention.
Read the agenda, list of participants and report here.
- Measuring HIV Incidence – 30-31 January 2018
This meeting report describes the need for more and different sustainable HIV financing options in an environment where donor funding is flat and countries are scaling up their HIV responses. The report examines the need for integration of HIV services within scale-up of universal health coverage (UHC) and all its structures and systems, and factors regarding UHC development and implementation that are relevant for HIV programming. The report also discusses other financing approaches that can serve to cover current and future gaps in HIV responses, such as many prevention services and community-based approaches to service delivery.
Read the report here.
- Innovative Finance Approaches – 20-21 February 2018
This meeting report describes the need for improved data on HIV incidence among key and vulnerable populations, the challenges in obtaining such data, current efforts to measure incidence among key and vulnerable populations, and innovative methods to further improve this research.
Read the agenda, list of participants and report here.
- Community-based Service Delivery in Kenya – 22-23 February 2018
This meeting report describes the value of community-based HIV services and the need and methods to develop more standardized reporting mechanisms to describe the health outcomes from these services and the performance of service providers. Although this meeting focused on Kenya, it is hoped that the outcomes from this meeting and the Kenya experience overall will be useful and instructive in other countries where resourcing for vital HIV services provided by civil society and communities remains uncertain and constrained by structural, political and other barriers
Read the agenda, list of participants and report here.
- HIV Drug Resistance – 19-20 March 2018
Read the agenda, list of participants and report here.
- Prevention through Differentiated Service Delivery – 10-11 April 2018
This meeting report discusses the need for scale up of HIV prevention resources and services to address the needs of key populations, adolescents and young adults and describes a framework for the use of differentiated service delivery approaches for improved prevention outcomes.
Read the agenda, list of participants and report here.

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Vertical User Experience PlatformJuly 5, 2012
The end of silo architecturesJune 28, 2012
Future of mobile: Part 3May 13, 2012
Today I have 3 GPS devices, 4 Cameras, 3 Video cameras, 3 movie players, 5 music players and the list goes on. All of these are in a variety of devices that I use in different places for different purposes.
Drilling down into the detail what I actually have is a phone, a desktop home PC, a laptop, an iPod, a car stereo, in-car GPS, a TV+HD/DVD Player, a digital SLR, that's just me and not including what the family has.
This presents a number of challenges, risks as well as a lot of cost…
Most of us want as little duplication of cost as possible. Already even though cars come with stereos many people are now plugging in their MP3 players, utilising the speakers in the car only. Many people will also use their phone's GPS rather than the car's. Newer TV's have wireless access to browsing and social apps. I'm tempted by the hype of tablet computing, but have to ask myself, why? I have all the compute options I need?
More devices mean more synchronisation issues for personal settings and personal data. While cloud based services will resolve many of these issues, it is still early days to move everything into the cloud as users of MegaUpLoad found.
In 1999 I went to a tech show in Vegas, where I saw a potential solution to the problem from Sony. They were demonstrating the concept of "apps on sticks". Basically these were memory sticks (max 32mb at the time) with other devices, like GPS, radio and even camera on the stick. The idea was simple you'd simply plug your GPS stick into your phone, laptop, car or any other device, rather than have that function in multiple devices. This approach would have required a lot of standardisation and clearly is a concept that never came to fruition.
More recently Asus have launched their PadFone, this is a smartphone that comes with a tablet screen. When you need to work with a bit more screen estate, you simply slot your phone into the back of the screen and hey presto you have a tablet that can use the 3G or wireless connection on your phone. Apart from being able to charge your phone, the tablet screen also integrates with the phone itself so voice and video calls can be made/received using the tablet screen.
This concept really works for me, and I could see myself buying into the family of products: TV, Car Stereo, projector. This with the ability to have my data in the cloud so losing the phone is not the end of the world, makes for a great solution. Whether the phone slots in, or connects wirelessly the ability to drive a different screen from my phone, either works for me as a concept. Maybe the idea could be taken even further so that the circuitry for the device could be slotted into the phone itself?
As I've discussed in my previous blogs there are many new avenues for phones, in shape, size and function. It would be difficult to predict the future with so many possibilities, but one thing for sure is that for gadget geeks like me, the phone is going to be the constant source of innovation we thrive on
Click, touch, wave and talk: UI of the futureMay 10, 2012
First there was the Character User Interface (CUI, pronounced cooo-eey) typified by green letters on a black background screen. Then the Graphical User Interface (GUI, pronounced goo-eey) came along with a mouse and icons. Pen interfaces existed in the era of GUI, but now smartphones and tablets are driving many more interaction approaches using touch interfaces.
Now the GUI itself is going through a re-birth on mobile platforms with many more new types of user interface controls than we have seen in the past, we have gone way beyond simple buttons, drop-down lists and edit fields.
Many devices also support the ability to support voice driven operations, and although voice recognition has been around for over two decades, the experience is poor and more recently drastically oversold by the likes of Apple. However this is an area that will is likely to improve radically in the coming years.
The Microsoft Kinnect gaming platform provides yet another innovation in user interaction, a touchless interface using a camera to recognise gestures and movement. Microsoft are already making moves to take this form of user interaction into the mainstream outside of gaming (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16836031), as are many other suppliers and we should see phones and TV's supporting these this year.
However even some old methods of interaction are being given a new lease of life such as Sony's inclusion of a rear touchpad and dual joysticks.
So, with all these modes of interaction what does this mean to User Interface Designers? Shouldn't they really be called User Interaction Designers? How do you decide what is the best mode of interaction for an application? Should you support multiple modes of interaction? Should you use different widgets for different interaction? Should the user choose their preferred mode of interaction and the application respond accordingly? Should the mode of interaction be decided by what the device supports? Are there standards for ALL these modes of interaction?
This emerging complexity of different user interaction methods will raise many more questions than I've listed above. So far I have only found little research in this area, but this is a moving target. The other evidence from the mobile world is the rapid change in user behaviour as users get used to working in different ways.
Initially I would imagine most applications to use basic interactions like touch/click so that the widest possible range of devices can be used. However those targeting specific devices will be the "early adopters" for the common interaction mode for that specific device (e.g. 3D gestures on Xbox Kinnect).
In the very long term standards will evolve and interaction designers and usability experts will combine to design compelling new applications that are "multi-interactive", choosing the most appropriate interaction method for each action and sometimes supporting multiple types of interaction methods for a single action.
Multi-interactive interfaces will make users lives easier, but are you ready to provide them?
Is the dream of re-use outdated?April 12, 2012
Since the early days of programming developers have chased the dream of creating code that can be used by other developers so that valuable time can be saved by not re-inventing the wheel. Over time, there have been many methods of re-use devised, and design patterns to drive re-use.
Meanwhile the business users are demanding more applications and are expecting them delivered faster, creating pressure for IT departments. Sometimes this pressure is counter-productive, because it means that there is no time to build re-usability into applications, and the time saved is just added on to future projects.
Could we use the pressure to take a different approach? One that focuses on productivity and time to market, rather than design and flexibility as typically sought by IT?
I'm going to draw an analogy with a conversation I had with an old relative that had a paraffin heater. This relative had the heater for many years, and is still using it today because it works. When I questioned the cost of paraffin over the buying an energy efficient electric heater which was cheaper to run, the response was this one works and it's not broken yet, why replace it? Now for most appliances we are in a world that means we don't fix things, we replace them.
This gave me the idea, which I'm sure is not new, of disposable applications. Shouldn't some applications just be developed quickly without designing for re-use, flexibility and maintainability? With this approach, the application would be developed with maximum speed to meet requirements rather than elegant design knowing that the application will be re-developed within a short time (2-3 years).
So can there be many applications that could be thrown away and re-developed from scratch? Well in today's world of 'layered' applications it could be that only the front end screens need to be 'disposable', with business services and databases being designed for the long term, since after all there is less change in those areas generally.
Looking at many business to consumer sites certainly self-service applications and point of sales forms typically could be developed as disposable applications because generally the customer experience evolves and the business like to 'refresh the shop front' regularly.
My experience of the insurance world is that consumer applications typically get refreshed on average every 18-24 months, so if it takes you longer than 12 months to develop your solution it won't be very long before you are re-building it.
When looking at the average lifetime of a mobile app, it is clear that end users see some software as disposable, using it a few times then either uninstalling or letting it gather dust in a dusty corner.
So there may be a place for disposable apps, and not everything has to be designed for re-use. This is more likely in the area of the user experience because they tend to evolve regularly. So is it time you revised your thinking on re-use?
What's a UXPMarch 29, 2012
Gartner are defining a category they call UXP to help organisations manage all their user experience requirements.
Gartner defines the UXP as "an integrated collection of technologies and methodologies that provides the ability to design and deliver user interface/presentation capabilities for a wide variety of interaction channels (including features such as web, portal, mashup, content management, collaboration, social computing, mobile, analytics, search, context, rich Internet application, e-commerce, an application platform and an overall user experience design and management framework)".
There is currently no precise definition of the set of technologies a UXP encompasses, but Gartner identify the following list as candidates:
- Web analytics
- Search
- Social
- Programming frameworks and APIs
- UX design and management
- Rich internet applications
- E-commerce
- Mobile
- Content management
- Collaboration, with portal and mashups being core.
With growing importance of web interfaces on all devices the UXP is not a moment too soon, as organisations need to get a grip of not just these technologies, but the underlying supporting business processes and skills they require to define, create, manage and measure their user and customer experiences.
It's clear that from an architectural perspective the UXP covers everything that is in the "Presentation layer", and maybe a few that are in the grey areas between the Presentation layer and the Business layer.
As Gartner have identified, this is a growing list of technologies. From my perspective, some of these need to be integrated and some are standalone, and it would be helpful to have some broader categories within the UXP to help focus efforts towards implementation.
Social and collaboration technologies facilitate interaction between two or more users, and so could be grouped into a category called UXP-Collaboration.
Content is the core of any web platform and content management, search and analytics could be grouped into a category called UXP-Content.
Portal, mobile apps, RIA and mashups are essentially application development technologies so could be group as UXP-Apps.
From a process perspective these categories also make sense, as UX-Collaboration technologies are installed and then require mediation processes to manage the implementation, while UX-Content require publishing and monitoring lifecycle and UX-Apps technologies are implemented by IT, and go through an IT development lifecycle.
However, UXP is an evolving field, and as with any technology it is clear that selection and implementation cannot be done without a full understanding of business requirements, the underlying implementation and management processes and skills required.
Given the size, complexity and importance of this task I would not be surprised to see some organisations appoint a Chief eXperience Officer (CXO).
Is the growth of Mobile Apps overhyped?March 22, 2012
There are numerous statistics on the growth of mobile apps in the various stores, and also about the number of downloads. Apple claims over 500,000 apps in its store and Google claims over 450,000 (this time last year it had only 150,000). The number of apps, downloads and rate of growth is phenomenal.
Is this just a temporary fever or will this growth continue, and if so what will drive it?
I believe this growth has only just started and that there are two key trends that will drive this growth further.
Firstly, development for smartphones will get simpler. VisionMobile's latest survey profiles over a hundred development tools for creating mobile apps. My guess is that is a very conservative estimate of the actual number of tools out there.
A common goal for many of these providers is to make programming simpler so that more people can code. For some, this goes further, to the extent that tools are being created for children to develop apps at school. So more developers will mean more apps!
Secondly and this for me is the more exciting aspect, is that phones will do more, which means that apps will get more innovative.
Today there are a wide variety of apps already, some of which use features of the phone itself like the camera, GPS or microphone. Coming down the line are many more features that will get embedded into phones, for example the ability to detect a user emotions and the ability to monitor a users health. Such features will drive yet more applications and innovations from personal healthcare to fraud detection.
Apart from new features, phones will start interact with other devices such as your TV. At a simple level, your smartphone can be already be used as a remote control for your TV or to join in with live TV quiz shows. Already phones are interacting with cars, and this integration will inevitably go further, so that your engine management system feeds your phone with data that an app can use.
Recent surveys from recruitment agencies highlight the growing demand for mobile developers, and more interestingly the re-skilling of developers to position themselves for this growth.
Exciting times are ahead for developers and entrepreneurs who will show that Angry Birds isn't the only way to make big money in mobile.
Future of the mobile phone (part 1)March 1, 2012
For a few months now I've been having conversations with colleagues, friends and family about the future of phones, sad I know but at heart I am still a geek ;o).
I see three possible futures for mobile form factors. Phablets, smartphones, phone jewellery (starting with watches and bracelets, then other jewellery).
The smartphone we all know and love. Multi-functional it is technologists answer to the swiss army knife. This is currently the most popular form and for many will continue for years to come. However, the downside to this is that screen estate is limited and the need to zoom and scroll detracts from any serious browsing.
This has brought an opportunity to try a new form factor, the "Phablet" (phone-tablet), a phone that is not as big as a tablet, but not as small as a phone. The Galaxy Note is a good example, with a 5.3 inch screen it's a little big for a phone, and perhaps too small to be called a tablet.
What's interesting though is that the screen resolution (1280×800) matches most current tablets, and is better than many of the earlier tablets, so what you get on the screen is the same amount of information as a tablet. This for some will solve the problem of having to carry a phone AND a tablet.
However for some people a phone needs to be a phone and nothing more. For my wife, for instance, ideally this would be not much bigger than the size of a lipstick and just as simple to use. Phone size and weight can place a burden in pockets so going smaller also makes sense. In addition to that there mobility makes them easier to lose, which can be a real issue for most people.
There are already phones in watches, and there are some great prototypes of bracelet style watches. As batteries improve I can see phones being embedded into other jewellery also such as pendants or earings. This is approach is great from a security perspective as people tend to lose more phones than their watch or bracelet, and with mobile payments this may become an important factor.
The smartphone itself may yet bite back, there have already been concepts of smartphones with projectors and ones with roll-out screens that solve the issue of screen estate. Other concepts include "flexible phones", phones that are so thin that they can flex. In fact Nokia has taken this further so that the phone has "flex-gestures" for example bending the phone up or down scrolls pages.
Or will we become phones ourselves? Will we have bionic implants?
So what do you think? Will you wear you phone, carry it or will you be a phone?
HTML5: The right time right place for mobile?February 9, 2012
Most people by now understand that main challenge for developing mobile applications is creating a solution that runs on as many platforms as possible. This challenge can range from supporting browsers that only support text, up to fully fledged smartphones.
For organisations that are targeting users in the developed world, many are simplifying this challenge to target smartphones only. However even here to create local native applications requires solutions that support Apple's iOS, Windows, Android and Java (Blackberry).
There are many mobile development platforms available to assist with creating "write once deploy everywhere" apps. The main constrains here are that you end up with deployments to many different stores, and that quite often still write platform specific code to take advantage of platform specific features.
HTML5 has long been a strong candidate for mobile applications, but is it ready? Are mobile browsers upto date with HTML5?
The answer to this question can be a simple "No", no mobile browser supports the full HTML5 specification. Or a "Maybe" depending on what features (camera, phone book and GPS) of the phone you require you may have support from HTML5.
Push that up to a resounding "Yes", if you want to move an application that currently runs on the web to run on mobile. Of course, I should also caveat the above with 'there are grey areas' in between these responses, not very helpful I know.
For corporates looking to support mobile users with line of business applications I believe there are some great examples that prove HTML5 is ready for them. For a start Facebook is one such application taking full advantage of HTML5, and promoting its use for Facebook apps.
The key areas of HTML5 that are supported across mainstream mobile browsers are offline storage, geolocation, multimedia, graphics (canvas), touch events and large parts of CSS3. The mobile HTML5 site provides a list of mobile browser capabilities.
In the past marketers are argued that presence on App Stores adds value to "brand awareness", and whilst this is true, there is nothing stopping an organisation having using both native apps and HTML. For example, take LloydsTSB. You can download their app, which effectively once downloaded then runs a "browser" version of their Internet banking service.
There are also some great libraries out there that make cross platform mobile development much easier and provide features that make your web applications feel much more like a native phone app. JQueryMobile is a great example.
So what are you waiting for?
HTML 5 makes the browser smarterJanuary 26, 2012
For applications, developers will either use libraries or develop their own validation routines. This Javascript code adds significantly to the amount of code downloaded.
Validation is the main area of improvement. HTML5 now provides a number of new validation features such as mandatory checking, type checking, range and field length validation. The validation is done within the browser, and developers can opt to decide how to process errors.
Obviously validation has to be repeated on the server for security, to ensure that data hasn't been hacked in the browser or in transmission. This then means that validation has to be maintained in two places and kept in sync.
HTML5 also provides a number of new input field types such as tel, email, color, datetime. This empowers the browser, by applying it to display a date picker, or a colour chooser for example. More importantly for mobile applications it would allow the browser to show an appropriate keyboard layout e.g. a numeric layout for tel, and an alphabetic keyboard for email type.
There will be some organisations that will not want the browser to affect their carefully designed user experience; for these people the answer is simple, just don't use the new features.


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In a bid to increase visitor numbers, the government has agreed to issue three-year multiple-entry visas to Chinese, South Korean and Japanese tourists later this year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday.
The new three-year multiple-entry visas for visitors from three of the Kingdom's top markets for tourists will encourage them to visit Cambodia more often. "We have made this change because the government wants to provide tourists with incentives and make it easier for them to visit," Mr. Khon said. "It shows that we care for tourists and we hope this encourages them to visit.
"Chinese, Korean and Japanese nationals can get visas valid for three years and they can stay here for 30 days per visit. But they can come here many different times," Mr. Khon explained.
Ho Vandy, an advisor to the Chamber of Commerce and president of World Express Tour and Travel, said the move would attract more visitors from the three countries. "It is important because they will spend more time and more money in Cambodia and it makes it easier for them to travel back and forth from Cambodia. It also saves time for tourists and it is an incentive for those who have not visited the Kingdom," Mr. Vandy said.
He added that this move worked well in Malaysia, saying it had led to a rise in tourist arrivals there.
Mr. Vandy noted that although the move would see the government lose money in visa fees, those working in the tourism sector would see their incomes rise and this would result in greater tax revenues for the government.
About 4.8 million foreign tourists visited Cambodia last year, an increase from the 4.5 million in 2014, according to official data. There were almost 700,000 Chinese tourists last year, up 24 percent from the year before, while 395,259 South Korean tourists visited, a decrease of nearly 7 percent. The number of Japanese tourists was also down by more than 10 percent to 193,330.
The new marketing strategy, which will start this year, will help Cambodia achieve its goal of drawing 7.5 million foreign tourists a year by 2020, which the ministry forecasts will generate $5 billion in economic activity annually and create about 1 million jobs.
New Visas Aim to Increase Arrivals
In a bid to increase visitor numbers, the government has agreed to issue three-year multiple-entry visas to Chinese, South Korean and Japanese tourists later this year, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday.


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Woodcarving Demo with Harley Refsal
Harley is the Fall Resident Instructor at North House, and will be offering a variety of opportunities to share his skill and passion with the Cook County Community. He will be demonstrating Scandinavian-style woodcarving. Harley specializes in Scandinavian-style flat plane figure carving, a minimalist style that leaves the tool marks exposed. He has won numerous carving awards and has taught carving classes throughout the United States, Canada, and Scandinavia. In 1996, he was decorated by the government and King of Norway for his contributions to Norwegian folk art studies. Harley is the author of "Art and Technique of Scandinavian-Style Woodcarving." In addition to his carving and teaching, Harley is a professor of Norwegian language and Scandinavian folk art at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Join him for Open Carving Nights or come hear his presentation! /// Open Carving Nights at North House 7-9 pm Tuesdays October 17th, 24th, and 31st at North House Folk School Bring your own carving project and tools for a night of wood carving and socializing at North House. All ages (14 and under must bring an adult along), carving styles, and experience levels are welcome. A casual evening will include plenty of carving, sharing ideas and tips, and hot coffee and tea for a cool fall night. These carving nights will be hosted by North House instructors Angela Robins and Harley Refsal. Drop in, no registration required. /// Presentation Lunch and Learn | Woodcraft in the Scandinavian Home 12pm Monday, October 30th at North House Folk School Join Harley for a discussion of the historical and cultural look at the many uses of wood in the "Nordic North." Bring your own lunch!
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Celebration as 58 new Stonewater affordable homes open in Poundbury
Local residents joined leading UK affordable housing provider Stonewater and West Dorset District Council for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of 58 new affordable homes in Poundbury's South West Quadrant in Dorset.
Stonewater worked with the Duchy of Cornwall, West Dorset District Council and regional contractors C G Fry & Son and Morrish Builders to deliver the mix of 47 one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom houses and flats available for affordable rent, and 11 three-bedroom houses for shared ownership sale.
Poundbury is an urban extension to Dorchester with the South West Quadrant housing 190 homes in total, 35 per cent of which are affordable. The new Stonewater homes have been built to help alleviate the shortage of low-cost housing for people living and working in the area.
Each house has its own private garden with allocated parking including ample provision for visitors. The new development also provides easy access to children's play areas, cycle routes, garden allotments and a community hall. The homes all benefit from being close to local schools, amenities and bus services into Dorchester.
"Stonewater is delighted to have completed this smart new community of affordable homes to help local people who work in the District find an affordable place to live," said Richard Stevenson, Stonewater Director of Business Development. "The rising affordability gap between local wages and house prices in the area, which are more than 11 times higher than the annual average wage, is largely responsible for driving many local young people and families out of the area in search of cheaper accommodation. Without these people, local small businesses, shops, pubs, schools and services struggle to survive. Affordable housing communities like this one in Poundbury are therefore vital to the long-term health and vitality of the regional economy."
Each Stonewater home has been built to Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes standard which is designed to lower the resident's carbon footprint and reduce their fuel bills. Some of the Poundbury homes are able to benefit from an energy-efficient system created by the Duchy of Cornwall that recycles waste from local farms to provide methane. This goes into the local grid to supply heat to houses in the Poundbury community.
West Dorset District Council Portfolio Holder for Housing, Cllr Timothy Yarker said: "Ensuring that there are enough homes for our growing population is an unending task and a vital part of the District Council's function. So I am delighted that these 47 homes at Poundbury have been added to those in West Dorset available for affordable rent and that a further 11 have been released for shared ownership, helping local people onto the housing ladder.
"I want to thank all those involved, and we look forward to continuing our work together in meeting West Dorset's housing needs."


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Fifth build of OS X 10.11 El Capitan supplied to Apple's public beta testers
Apple on Tuesday pushed out the fifth public beta of OS X 10.11 El Capitan, its forthcoming major update for the Mac operating system, scheduled to launch this fall as a free update.
Members of Apple's public beta program can now download the update via the Mac App Store. Because it is pre-release software with bugs yet to be resolved, Apple advises users not to run El Capitan as their main operating system.
Users can opt in to Apple's Beta Software Program at the company's website. It's available for both OS X and iOS.
Tuesday's update arrives two weeks after the fourth public beta of OS X 10.11. The new public beta release is a somewhat strange move for Apple, arriving before an anticipated new developer beta.
Developers remain on their sixth beta of OS X El Capitan, which was released on Aug. 3 — Â one day before the fourth public beta became available.
OS X 10.11 El Capitan is somewhat of a polish of last year's OS X 10.10 Yosemite update, refining things that were previously introduced. However, there are a handful of new features in the next-generation Mac update, including Split View, a better Mission Control, and various performance improvements such as Metal graphics processing.


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My final post from the Tokyo Dome is split into several parts. I didn't count the quilts in each competition category, but there seemed to be a lot more in the 'Traditional' category than in any of the others. Quilts in this section varied from the very traditional to borderline contemporary.
There were many quilts where the lively use of colour and pattern made traditionally inspired block patterns seem very modern.
In contrast to the lively, scrappy look, other quilts were very carefully coordinated and shaded.
Some quilts in this section could easily have been swapped into the 'Original Design' category, like this minimalist design with simple straight machine quilting and monochrome tumbling blocks. The colour scheme is shown best in the last photo.
There were plenty of taupe quilts in this section. This one made good use of ombre effects and touches of bright blue.
Another vividly coloured quilt - a wonderful mix up of fabrics.
With a quilt like this, the maker must have simply made lots of blocks before starting on the layout - there is so much variety.
This was one of several quilts where the binding fabric had been cut to show printed text.
These half square triangles had square spirals in couched braid on top. The bright turquoise accents are a little like the bright blue in the earlier taupe quilt.
Traditional applique, carefully chosen fabrics.
The final photo is most accurate for colour.
One of many Log Cabin variations, with a 1930s retro style.
Log Cabin with stripes.
There were fewer Baltimore style album quilts than I expected. This one had beautifully done hand applique but none of the three dimensional effects often seen on Japanese Baltimore quilts.
A version of Lucy Boston's Patchwork of the Crosses.
Pushing the boundaries of traditional...
The background division is interesting.
A border quilted with French knots.
Some blocks had amusing fussy cut centres.
There were a number of floral applique quilts, featuring very realistically shaded roses.
Log Cabin variation in (mainly) black and white.
This was one of my favourite block based quilts. I liked the asymmetric arrangement, with the extra strip of boderless blocks on the right, and the variation in the background fabric colour in the blocks. It makes the quilt much more interesting.
The choice of fabrics, mixing florals, geometrics, dots, text etc., is a popular thing with Japanese quilters. Even many of the fabric bundles sold by traders would seem rather uncoordinated to British and American quilters. I love the fabrics with text, the more oddball the better!
Rich chocolatey tones in this taupe quilt.
Aubergine and chartreuse, a very fashionable colour combination in interior design over the last few years.
Foundation pieced Mariners Compasses shaded across this quilt. Papers for these patterns can be bought ready marked, but the way the motifs were combined and the fabric shading effects made this quilt stunning.
Unfortunately, like many of the quilts at the show, it didn't hang well. This, along with vertical creases, seemed to be the biggest issue the quilters had with 'finish'.
Another Log Cabin with text prints and grapic patterns.
More photos to come!


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Shootin' Pool
The "guys on the corner" have a special place in the heart of our church.
When my church first purchased the building it's in now, it specifically chose the corner it is on because of the drugs and gang violence that was prevalent in the area. Since then, however, the area has changed and settle down a lot, and the urban problems, while certainly still present, are a lot less visible in our part of Rogers Park than they used to be.
Our church still uses the catchphrase "Called to the Corner," and still seeks out ways to be a positive, Spirit-filled presence in our neighborhood. One of the areas that our church cares about is the youth in the neighborhood, as exemplified in our after school programs. A very visible example of the work to be done, however, are the guys on the corner.
These guys (occasionally girls) are mostly high school or recently post-high school, black, and often have little else to do besides hang out on the corner just opposite our meetinghouse. Conveniently, it's also just in front of a small housing project. A few of them are usually there even before school gets out, the police frequently scares these guys off or stop to hassle them, and drug activity and the occasional violent act has been witnessed there. Because they are constantly there, and they can be seen from the meetinghouse and several people's homes, they have often become the very symbol of the people my church wants to reach.
The problem? For the most part, the "Guys on the Corner" are nothing more than that. Very few people, if anyone, know these guys as anything else. Most of the congregation doesn't feel comfortable talking to them, and those of us who have talked to them don't have any relationship with them, or interact with them frequently enough, to have an actual conversation. Unfortunately, a couple white people walking up to a group of black youth is NOT an easy or effective way to get to know them or be able to minister to them, especially if you do it so infrequently that you rarely remember their names.
Hence, the "Guys on the Corner" are only that… a group to be passionate about, but not people with names to love and care for.
When I was hired as the youth pastor at my church, I was pretty explicit about wanting to be more than just the pastor to kids in my church; I wanted to look to my "parish", and try to care for the youth in my surrounding neighborhood. My biggest expected battles? First, figuring out how the heck I can build a relationship with a group that my church has no real foundation with (none of my youth group kids go to local schools anymore, except for maybe one). Second, encouraging and empowering the people in my church to do the same, so hopefully relationships will continue after I have left in a few years.
Step 1… figure out how to build a relationship with youth. For this to happen, I need proximity and consistency. I need to be around them frequently, and it needs to be in a context that, hopefully, can quickly diffuse any suspicion. Approaching them on the street certainly doesn't work; attempts to get into the school haven't been successful; they won't come to the church programs already in place; and we don't have the energy or manpower to start another program that might attract them.
Then I realized… just because I'm the youth pastor, doesn't mean that building bridges has to be done strictly in an official "pastor" context. There's a big community organization with a after school program and drop in center for high schoolers just a few blocks away. The lightbulb goes off in my head (my wife's head, too, we talked about this a lot…)… why struggle to start relationships from scratch, when I could just volunteer at the other program and use those youth workers' relationships as a starting point for my own?
Yesterday, I did just that, and had my first day volunteering at the youth drop-in center. Hence, I spent most of my time shooting pool and hanging out with a lot of the teenage guys from the neighborhood.
And yes, many of those guys are the "Guys on the Corner".
Pray, oh pray that something comes from this.


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Sports betting has already begun in Delaware and New Jersey, and in both of those states that betting will benefit horsemen.
In both Delaware and New Jersey, officials had been working for years not only to get sports betting but also to have it benefit horsemen.
As the only two states that have been working on getting horsemen a portion of the sports betting dollar, they will probably be the only states in which horsemen will ever benefit.
In Delaware, the horse industry is the fourth largest industry in the state, and horsemen will now receive 9.6 percent of the net revenue from sports betting.
And Delaware has already seen some pretty big days in the volume of sports betting during its first week,but The Horse was unable to find out how much was bet in the first week.
Gov. Phil Murphy officially launched sports betting in New Jersey on Thursday morning, June 14, at at Monmouth Park when he placed a $20 bet.
At the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association on May 23, President Roger Legg said that sports betting in the state could have an adverse affect on horse racing.
"Sports betting will affect the para-mutual handle at race tracks," said Dr. William J. Solomon, who owns Pin Oak Lane Farm, for over 45 years the leading stud farm in Pennsylvania. "Maybe not to soon, but it will."
"THE PERSON with $100 to bet will probably feel he knows more about the Eagles than he knows about the sixth race at Parx," said Solomon. "There will still be the die-hard horse racing betters, but the casual better will bet on other sports."
When the Pennsylvania legislature passed its own sports betting act, it also provided for 10 more small casinos throughout the state," Solomon said. "All those things will affect the handle at racetracks."
"In Delaware, the horse industry gets nine percent of the gross profit," Solomon said. "They've been at it for a week, so we'll soon seen how they are doing."
"Ever since the spring of 2014, everything that has happened was expected," said Solomon. "The racing industry gets $235 million from slots now. In the last budget, the legislature put in a rule putting the horse industry's take in trust (meaning that the legislature amended the act so that the state cannot take more than $30 million). But if the state needs more money, all it has to do is change the law."
Pennsylvania takes 36 percent of the sports bets, and the casinos are trying to get the state to reopen the law to get the state's takeout reduced, but as of now that seems unlikely.
"With Pennsylvania taking 36 percent, 34 percent to the state and two percent to the local community, if I've been betting offshore at a lower takeout rate, I'd probably continue," said Solomon.
Dr. Solomon also said that he feels the PHBA has to change its rules defining a Pa-bred in order to have more mares bred in the state.
"There are only about 500 mares a year being bred in Pennsylvania now, while before slots came in there were 1,000," said Solomon. There are three reasons for that; one, there's been a steep decline in the number of foals being bred throughout the country; two, when breeding to a Pennsylvania stallion, you only get 40 percent. They should have been more focused towards Pa.-breds being Pa-sired. Until they reward horses bred by stallions in the state you won't get more mares bred in Pennsylvania.; and three, Pennsylvania racing doesn't have a very good reputation. People don't like to race here because of corruption."
Pannsylvania Farms could also lose some boarding fees as Delaware allows a horse bred in any state to become Delaware-certified by spending three consecutive months in Delaware before the endof March of its 2-year-old year, and with Delaware breeding bonuses sure to go up, some Pa-bred owners may take advantage of that.
THERE IS a press release on the onset of sports betting in New Jersey on Monmoth Park's website.
"Gov. Phil Murphy officially launched sports betting in New Jersey on Thursday morning, June 14, at at Monmouth Park when he placed $20 on Germany to capture the World Cup and a $20 future bet on the New Jersey Devils to win the 2019 Stanley Cup.
Flanked by Dennis Drazin, chairman and CEO of Darby Development LLC, operators of Monmouth Park, former state senator Raymond Lesniak, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, and Joe Asher, CEO of William Hill U.S., Gov. Murphy placed his wagers with teller Quinton Harris at 10:38 a.m. Nearly 1,000 patrons then made their way to the 15 designated sports betting tellers in the grandstand to place wagers on a variety of sports and proposition bets available.
Another six tellers took sports bets in the William Hill Race and Sports Bar as Monmouth Park celebrated the long-awaited start of legalized sports betting in the state with a flourish.
"It's a historic day for Monmouth Park and for the state of New Jersey," said Drazin. "We've been fighting this fight for more than six years in the courts and now that this day has arrived, and judging by the response from the fans who turned out for this, it's exciting. Clearly, it's something the people of New Jersey have been waiting for."
Monmouth Park will be open for sports betting from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday. On the weekends, sports betting hours will be 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Sundays.
Live racing is conducted on Saturdays and Sundays in the month of June.
Gov. Murphy was able to get favored Germany at 7-2 odds to win the World Cup and the Devils at 40-1 to win the Stanley Cup.
Those wagers closed the chapter on Monmouth Park's nearly seven-year court battle to make sports betting legal in the face of staunch opposition from professional sports leagues and college sports.
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Monmouth Park last month in ruling that declared a ban on pro and college sports wagering unconstitutional.
"We knew in our hearts we were right," Gov. Murphy said. "And we knew in our hearts that we would win. And we did."
Drazin said he was not surprised by the large turnout for the first day of sports wagering, saying "I always thought it would be well received."
"The only surprise to me is after the Governor made his bets and Ray Lesniak made his bets that we were engulfed by a sea of people looking to bet," he said. "It was a wonderful sight."


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Reported here Monday, April 8, 2013 in Geoff Bartley's Monday Night Open Mic at the Cantab Changing Format, here is the information again, from the man himself.
Dear friends and fans,
The Cantab Monday Night Open Mic is in trouble.
Monday night bar sales are too slow.
To keep the stage, we must pay our way better than we have been.
So I've come up with some evil schemes to keep more people in the bar longer.
First off I want you all to start drinking a lot more... a hell of a lot more.
I'm kidding I'm kidding.
But seriously... starting in May every open miker will be charged $3 to play two songs.
The money will go to the bar.
I'm also going to make up the list as we go along, instead of making the whole thing up right before eight o'clock.
And no more feature acts.
Yup... after Paul Geremia on April 22 and Cosy Sheridan on April 29... no more feature acts.
Paul Geremia and Dakota Dave Hull are each playing a house concert this weekend thanks to Jeff Boudreau. Go here: notloB Parlour Concerts Dakota Dave Hull has threatened to come to the open mic on Monday to sass Paul Geremia, who goes on at 10:00. Dave... hope you will squeeze in a visit... and I'd love to put you on for a couple three.
Starting in May, the evening will be devoted entirely to open mikers*. We welcome with open arms their friends and fans, their wives and girlfriends, husbands and boyfriends, especially the heavy drinkers. Kidding... kidding.
*Except for Memorial Day when the a cappella group The Mass Whole Notes will sing 10:00 to 10:40 and I'll pass the hat for them as usual.
I'm open to your thoughts comments reactions suggestions observations advice... but mostly I just want to see your faces.
Help us keep this stage. I've taken a pay cut and will take another. I'm feeling my way in the dark... nothing is set in stone... I don't want to charge... but the Cantab can't carry us.
I don't want to cancel features either... maybe the set could be shorter and earlier... 8:30 to 9:00 say.
My shifts have been hemorrhaging... the open mic is in triage...
Yes I know I'm being melodramatic... but it's for good cause.
Come visit me!
Bring a friend!
Food (but not drinks) may be brought into the Cantab... there are many good inexpensive restaurants on our block... African... Mexican... subs wraps pizza salads... Falafel Palace Middle Eastern... vegetarian vegan organic... good beef salmon turkey soy burgers... homemade sweet potato fries... a wide menu at the Tavern two doors down... and they all make orders =to go.
Drive around slowly and think pure thoughts. The Parking Goddess Will Provide.
Geoff Bartley & Howie Tarnower MUSIC
~ Howie Tarnower and I play Phil Ochs Song Night Benefit for WAMC at the WAMC Performing Arts Studio, a beautiful restored bank building, in Albany on Saturday, May 11. Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino of Magpie and Happy Traum will be there... also Sonny Ochs and my friend Wanda Fischer from the station. Howie and I will sing one of my songs and two Phil Ochs songs, The Thresher and Gas Station Women. We will be fabulous.
~ And on Friday, July 19, Howie and I play the Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham, MA. Tickets are $18 / $15 members. Showtime is 8:00. We'll be playing old blues and early jazz numbers, some traditional songs, a little bluegrass, and some of my songs.
~ I played two shows w/ Tom Paxton last weekend... one at the Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham, and the other in Schenectady NY for the 8th Step... at a theatre w/ 440 seats. Coincidence? Inquiring minds want to know. Tom had stir fry w/ chicken. I had spicy shrimp Pad Thai. As usual, both shows were funny moving.
~ I plus a Special Guest... either Howie (mandolin, banjo, harmony singing) or Dave Rizzuti (Telecaster)... play EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT at Smoken' (sic) Joe's BBQ Restaurant in Brighton Center, Brighton MA ! ! ! FREE PARKING IN BACK AFTER 6:00 ! ! !
~ Chuck Brodsky was wonderful at the Cantab 4/15... story songs of high order.
Some people at the Cantab know the family of marathon bombing victim Krystal Campbell and knew her. Be careful out there and be good to each other.
Geoff Bartley (1948 - ?)
acoustic blues guitar etc
Geoff's Cantab open mic is responsible for launching many successful artists, as well as giving a supportive environment to newcomers and regulars alike. I sincerely hope the community responds to his appeal. Please share this blog article and sister post in Cecilia's Choices via social media. Show Geoff's open mic some love.
Here's the latest scoop, directly from Geoff.
Hello everyone,
THANK YOU ALL for the outpouring of support I have received from you.
I feel so loved!
I've gotten too many emails to respond to everyone individually, so here's another shotgun one to say THANK YOU and apprise Interested Parties about the Current State of Open Mic Affairs.
DELETE? Don't give a flying fish about this open mic? Want me to quit pestering you? Say the word and it shall be done!
Until I settle on a winning formula, the Open Mic Situation is fluid.
With your good suggestions and my fabulous decision-making perspicacity, I believe the Open Mic will not only endure but will thrive.
The Latest Evolutions in the Formulation of a Winning Formula include the Following Elements:
1) Sign-up is now first come, first served, or in advance... email me at <email@example.com>
2) Each open miker will now be charged $3 to play two songs... the money will go to the bar. I chose this option as a way to help keep our stage. The option I eschewed was the two-drink minimum.
This issue would be moot if you'd all just start drinking like Don Draper on Madmen...
3) I have reinstated feature acts, but the set is now shorter and earlier... 20 minutes starting at 9:00PM. I will pass the hat for features as before. Bring money.
! ! ! This Monday Night May 5 the feature act will be GEOFF BARTLEY AND HOWIE TARNOWER ! ! !4) I'll be choosing feature acts from the local/regional singer-songwriter community with more frequency.
! ! ! Special Surprise Cash Prize for Some Lucky Open Miker ! ! !
! ! ! It Won't Be Much ! ! !
! ! ! Special Surprise Cash Prize for Some Lucky Open Miker ! ! !
! ! ! It Won't Be Much ! ! !
5) I'll be encouraging more duos trios quartets and will encourage open mikers to accompany each other instrumentally and vocally. I will attempt to lead by example.
6) I'm going to play four songs quick at 8:00.
7) If these measures do not resuscitate the Open Mic, I will begin booking Young Acoustic Bands and will present them in a Format that Encourages Group Music.
As everyone knows, the Cantab Monday Night Open Mic (December 1991 - ?) is the finest in the land.
However, there are many other fine open mics around. Neal Braverman runs one on Monday nights... but not every Monday night... in Roslindale called ROM (for Roslindale Open Mic). Their website is www.roslindaleopenmike.org and Neal's email is email@example.com.
Also on Monday nights, Tom Bianchi runs a contest style open mic at the Lizard Lounge on Mass Ave four blocks north of Harvard Square on the right. Contact Tom at <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
Thanks to Neal and Tom for their support.
If neither of these open mics is within your reach (you poor soul), visit http://www.openmikes.org and type in your Postal Zip Code... you'll get a list of Open Mics in your area.
Open Mics are a forum we use to express ourselves about anything and everything.
Come on down!
Polished veteran?
Come on down!
Long live Open Mics!
Your Host,
Geoff Bartley (1948 - ?)
The "World Famous" Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139
617 354-2685
In Scenic Square, Psychic Vortex of the Great Northeast


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We are a majority standing-area venue with seating on our heated and covered patio as well as our newly remodeled mezzanine. All seating is first come first serve however, we do have eight booths available for reservations on our mezzanine. Booths 1-6 seat two to four people, booth 7 seats five and booth 8 seats six to eight.
All table reservations are now made at checkout.
Booth reservations are sold on a first come first serve basis.
Reserve multiple booths for larger parties and we will seat you together.
See "Additional Items" on the bottom of checkout page for available booths. If you do not see "Additional Items" unfortunately all booths are SOLD OUT.
We try our best to guarantee your reservation all night, though we ask you to arrive within 2 hours after doors open.
We no longer reserve high top tables behind booths but we encourage people to arrive early to claim available space.
We offer food service once doors officially open. See listing above for specific door time.
Started by four friends from Lima with a shared passion for traditional Afro-Peruvian music and global DJ culture, Novalima stands in the common ground bridging past and future, uniting tradition and innovation.
From their humble beginnings, file-sharing musical ideas and producing their first album in separate countries at the dawn of the internet, Novalima is now a live musical force revered worldwide for breaking boundaries and uniting seemingly irreconcilable genres, communities, and generations. They have created an inspiring movement and revolutionized the music scene in their native Peru by bridging a longstanding divide between the mainstream and the minority Afro-Peruvian community, who have struggled against discrimination and cultural dissolution for generations.
During their career, Novalima has garnered worldwide critical acclaim from mainstream (NPR, UK Guardian, Wall Street Journal, La Presse, Metro, Billboard) and underground media (Giant Step, Remezcla, Sounds & Colors, Nat Geo) alike, delivered legendary performances around the world at festivals such as Roskilde, WOMAD, Pirineos Sur, NYC Central Park, Montreal Jazz Festival andChicago's Millennium Park, earned a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album, and were featured in cult filmmaker Robert Rodriguez's hit Mexploitation movie Machete.
While their sound is futuristic and cutting-edge, the roots of Novalima's music reach back hundreds of years. In a far-too familiar tale, African slaves were brought to Peru as early as the 1500s until the middle of the 19th Century, establishing an outpost of the African-Diaspora on the Pacific coast of South America. Over the years, the soul and rhythms of Africa melded with the melodies and instruments of Europe and the Andes. The result is rich musical repertoire that existed for generations on the periphery of Peruvian popular culture.
The founders of Novalima, Ramon Perez-Prieto, Grimaldo Del Solar, Rafael Morales, and Carlos Li Carrillo, became friends and started playing together in Lima during their high school years, playing a pivotal part in the 80s underground hardcore punk, and the 90spsychedelic/acid-rock scenes. As children of artists and intellectuals, Ramon, Grimaldo, Rafael and Carlos were well educated and well traveled, and while they listened to traditional Peruvian folk music regularly in family reunions and in the street, they relentlessly explored new sounds in Rock, Dub Reggae, Latin and Electronic Music, which became grounds for their own discovery.
During their early experimentations blending Afro-Peruvian sounds with electronica, the four founders were living in different parts of the world. From their homes in London, Barcelona, Hong Kong, and Lima, they emailed song ideas to each other. These long-distance recordings resulted in their 2002 debut album, the self-titled Novalima.
The reception to the album exceeded their wildest expectations, eventually reaching platinum sales status in Peru, and for their next album they invited more Afro-Peruvian musicians to join their recording sessions. The outcome was Afro, an album that was released worldwide in 2006 to tremendous acclaim and put Novalima on the international music map. The London Metro Evening Standard raved, "Novalima has more than succeeded in bringing the spirit and soul of Peruvian blues into the 21st century." Afro held the #1 spot on the US College Music Journal Latin Alternative and New World Radio Charts for ten weeks combined.
Soon after Afro was released, the founders returned to Lima and invited top Afro-Peruvian musicians to join Novalima making it a true band, setting the groundwork for live musical creation and intensive global touring.
On their 2009 album Coba Coba, released on the acclaimed world music label Cumbancha, Novalima expanded the critically-acclaimed formula they developed and took their inspiring fusion in new and exciting directions by delving further into the African diaspora and bringing influences from reggae, dub, salsa, hip-hop, afrobeat and Cuban son. In anticipation of the band's acclaimed 2009 US and European tour, they released Coba Coba Remixed, featuring exclusive remixes by top DJs and producers including Da Lata, Zeb, Faze Action, Seiji,Boozou Bajou, Haaksman, and more. At the same time, a stunning music video for the band's song "Coba Guarango" was featured on the homepage of YouTube and quickly amassed well over 100,000 plays in 24 hours.
After two years of constant touring, the band gathered in their home studio in Lima to record and mix the album Karimba that took Novalima's sound into new places. They introduced both new sounds and traditional rhythms like the Panalivio, Zamacueca, Ingá and Tondero, while maintaining their distinctive afro and dub sound. Their reputation at home allowed them to work with the top traditional musicians in the city, inviting vocalists Pepe Vasquez, Rosita Guzman, and Sofia Buitron as well as guitarists Roberto Arguedas and Felix Casaverde (former guitarist of Chabuca Granda), in addition to members of the live band.
Karimba was released on ESL Music (Thievery Corporation) and garnered astounding accolades from NPR, Giant Step, Nat Geo Musicand more, while also topping the iTunes World Music Chart and cracking the Top 10 Billboard World Music Chart. After the release, Novalima embarked on a worldwide tour that took them to stages in USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Latin American throughout 2012 - 2014.
In 2013 the band released Karimba Diabolic Remixes, through Brooklyn's Wonderwheel Recordings, hand selecting some of their favorite remixers including Seiji (UK), Da Lata (UK), Jeremy Sole (US), DJ Smash (US), DJ Sabo (US), Thievery Corporation's Rob Garza,Nickodemus, and more to re-interpret Karimba with their own vision.
During 2014 and 2015 Novalima recorded their newest album, Planetario slated for release on Wonderwheel Recordings on June 16th. The album's name points to Novalima's continued growth and many international connections – much of the album was recorded on tour when they collaborated with top local and international musicians. There is a strong connection to Colombia created through a remarkable recording session in Bogota organized by members of La-33 including Sidestepper vocalist Eka Muñoz, Pernett and La Mamba Negra. The album also brings in artists from around the world such as Marc de Clive Lowe (UK/NZ), Panko from Ojos de Brujo, and Kumar(Cuban rapper based in BCN).
Remixes from the Planetario are already under way with Bomba Estéreo, Quantic and Nickodemus lined up to put their spin on these new tracks.
Novalima has designed a brand new live show that will debut in Lima as part of the country's celebration of 100 years of Afro-Peruvian culture. The band will tour worldwide starting this June.
Chancha Vìa Circuito es el seudónimo que adopta el productor Pedro Canale (a.k.a. Universildo) para explorar sus influencias latinoamericanas, que incluyen el folklore, el sonidero mexicano, la cumbia colombiana, peruana y la cumbia villera argentina. Desde 2005 viene produciendo pistas instrumentales fusionando la electrónica con instrumentos acústicos y voces. Chancha a forjado un
camino desde los suburbios, al sur del Gran Buenos Aires, en el este de Argentina. Bastante alejado de
la frontera con Bolivia y mucho más lejos del hemisferio norte, de donde provienen muchos de los
nuevos admiradores de los ritmos nativos de América del Sur.
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Life can be quite nice, when you don't face your fears. It can feel secure and comfortable. However, this state lets little room for development. So, today I decided to go to Chile for a few weeks, facing my fear of flying.
I think it has gotten better over the past years, as I was flying quite often, at least for me^^. But actually the longest flight was 2.5 hours. Now, the flight comprises out of four flights and the longest will last 14 hours. Even thinking about it fills my body with unease and I am curious how it will be spending so much time on a plane.
So why am I doing this? There are several reasons. One reason is that I have 4 weeks of vacation and I was going to spend it in Russia, but this plan has been cancelled and I was asking myself what I can do with this time. I asked a dear friend, if I can stay at her family's place for a while and she agreed and 24 hours later, I booked the tickets. It goes without saying that I am looking forward to meeting my friend. The last time was during my studies in the Netherlands.
Another reason is that I need to get away and have a real vacation. Of course, it is nice to visit my parents, but the environment is too familiar and doesn't resemble a real holiday.
I also do it to face this fear of flying. I want to see different parts of the world, as this contributes to my goal to increase understanding. If I let myself be held back by my fears, I cannot develop myself. There are more fears waiting along my way and I have to deal with them in order to get where I want to be.
Have a nice day and take care!


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Aviva Ajmera
Co-founder and CEO, SoLVE LLC
Article Source: Kansas City Business Journal
Responsibilities: Ajmera co-founded SoLVE LLC in 2013 with friend and fellow entrepreneur Teddi Hernandez. Her primary areas of expertise include strategic planning, product development and organizational design.
Education: For generations, education has been a priority in Ajmera's family. Her great-grandfather founded a university in India that provided college education for underserved students. With this foundation, Ajmera has trusted and valued her education and advises other women to pursue the best education possible.
"Growing up, I was always told, 'An education is one thing no one can ever take away from you,'" Ajmera said.
Turning point: "After working in corporate America for 15 years and two different international consulting firms, deciding to start my own consulting firm in Kansas City to help Kansas City-based companies grow."
Supporting women: For the past 15 years, Ajmera has actively guided and mentored women in navigating corporate culture and obtaining professional opportunities.
She is also the chair of Women's Capital Connection, an all-women angel investing group that invests in women-led companies throughout the region.
"I make a personal commitment to support companies we invest in. I share my professional knowledge and actively build awareness for their businesses."
Greatest challenge: Ajmera's parents were the first in their families to immigrate to the United States, and she was the first of her generation to be born and raised here.
Ajmera found it challenging to grow up in this country where "anything is possible," while also being raised in a culture where women have clearly defined roles.
"I constantly struggled with my parents to support my goals versus their traditional views of how a 'good Indian girl' should live her life. I overcame this by believing in myself and achieving my goals."
Inspiration: Ajmera's husband and daughter are her greatest inspiration.
"My husband has always believed in me, encouraged me to reach as high as possible and face my fears. My daughter is my ongoing inspiration to be my very best self and balance work, family and our Indian traditions."
— Anne Marie Hunter


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Many mums-to-be famously develop cravings for odd "foods" such as coal.
It's not usually something those that aren't pregnant acquire an appetite for, however.
But it seems Londoners are getting a taste for bite-sized lumps of the black stuff imported to the capital from Northumberland.
Nine years after Ellington closed, the village of Lynemouth just a mile from what was the North East's last deep pit, is again "mining" coal and sending it south.
And it's flying off the shelves of world-famous department store, Selfridges, the founding of which more than a century ago on London's stylish Oxford Street has been turned into a colourful ITV Sunday night period drama, currently mid-way through series two.
You won't find this particular coal in the hardware department, though, and the only thing that will need burning is the calories.
This is edible coal, on sale in Selfridges' new confectionery hall, and handmade by a small social enterprise based in Lynemouth, Northumberland , going by the name of Kenspeckle.
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Inspired by the village's long mining tradition, Kenspeckle may well have stumbled on a very rich seam with its Cinder Toffee Coal. Honeycomb coated in milk chocolate and then dipped in sugary black "coal dust" (it really does look like small lumps of the fossil fuel), the cinder toffee marketed under Selfridges' own name but credited to Kenspeckle, had a quiet launch in-store in the run-up to Christmas.
Selling alongside Kenspeckle-made but Selfridges-branded Toffee Twists and a separate toffee slab, the 150g bags of "coal" caught the imagination of the present buying public looking for something different to put under the festive tree. It was, according to Selfridges' press relations manager for food, restaurants, wine and spirits, Georgia Frost, "a big hit with our customers. It was a very big seller for Christmas".
So much so that what was intended to be a seasonal line has now been promoted to year-round status.
It's a remarkable coup for a company that was born out of the death of the region's centuries old coal industry.
North East coal dug from deep underground and shipped out of the River Tyne once made up half of all that used by Londoners. And, in 1833, a third of the coal sent for export came through Newcastle.
Mining was the major employer around Lynemouth, with not just Ellington pit but those in the Ashington , North Seaton, Widdrington and Pegswood areas accounting for thousands of jobs.
All that changed as one by one the pits closed, with Ellington finally being consigned to the history books in early 2005.
Even the power at the Lynemouth Alcan Aluminium Works was turned off at the end of March 2012, ending four decades of smelting at the site overlooking the Northumberland coast. And Lynemouth Resource Centre in the middle of the village was set up to help develop the local economy and provide employment.
It's in the wake of this devastating industrial decline that Kenspeckle (a Northumbrian dialect word meaning distinctive or easily recognised) arose like a phoenix from the ashes in 2009, although its history goes back further.
The brainchild of Andrew Gooding, 40, a former Northumberland County Council employee who in 2001 was tasked with pioneering the resource centre (a plaque on the wall by the entrance fittingly announces that it was in part funded in the early years by the Coal Regeneration Board) and Dawn Watts, a 41-year-old mum and grandmother, who originally ran the facility's café, Kenspeckle started out life as Scrumptious Squirrel.
Midweek, the café was in need of a boost and, as Andrew explains: "We were faced with either cutting staff or finding something else for them to do."
So they began looking for other money-generating opportunities, including making jams and chutneys. "But at that time that particular market was quite crowded and there weren't the returns to be made," Andrew says.
So he and Dawn visited the local shops and tourist businesses to see what customers most wanted to buy. The overwhelming response was fudge.
After experimenting with different recipes, Scrumptious Squirrel began selling its own distinctive soft and creamy take on the treat.
Things may have carried on in this sweet-toothed vein if it hadn't one day dawned on Andrew that while "people were prepared to pay only so much for fudge, they were happy to pay three or four times more for chocolate".
In the wake of this revelation, he and Dawn enrolled on a chocolate making course, phased out Scrumptious Squirrel and, from a specially kitted-out kitchen to the rear of the resource centre, began making Northumberland-inspired Kenspeckle confectionery.
Where possible using regional ingredients (Acorn Dairy from Darlington , Berwick-based Chainbridge Honey and Newcastle Brown Ale among them) the repertoire includes locally instigated creations such as Northumbrian vanilla fudge, toffee and honey truffles and Puffin beak pralines – a homage to the Farne Islands comical residents.
Great Taste Awards success (the equivalent of a food Oscar) has followed for many of Kenspeckle's products, which is how, last June, Selfridges came to contact the firm – at about the same time Andrew and Dawn were experimenting with Cinder Toffee Coal.
They had wanted something "that recognised the area, who we were and why we were here," Andrew says.
"After the pits closed and we then lost Alcan, morale in the village was pretty low.
"We wanted something that Lynemouth people could associate with and be proud of with it coming from their village.
"Mining has defined the culture in these parts and coal has a very special resonance."
Traditional honeycomb has long been a Kenspeckle best-seller and, following customer feedback, they began dipping it in milk chocolate "which we thought looked a bit like coal," Dawn clarifies.
They began developing the edible black dust and the next thing they knew they had a crunchy, craggy and distinctive confection that "honoured this area being built on coal."
Andrew travelled to London to meet the Selfridges team, taking some toffee samples and the newly developed cinder coal – more as an afterthought than because he had any real hope of its being picked up commercially.
But undoubtedly spotting a marketing ploy, the "coal" caught the buyers' imaginations.
"We got the invite purely on the quality of our products, but I think they also saw the PR potential of working with a social enterprise company and selling confectionery coal from a former coal-mining area," Andrew says.
Out of the three lines Kenspeckle now supplies to Selfridges, the Cinder Toffee Coal was the best-seller in December, and has maintained a high level of interest into the New Year. In the run-up to Christmas the firm, which employs three full-time people, found itself taking on up to 10 seasonal staff to meet demand, with pallets heading south loaded with up to 500 bags of "coal" and toffee.
Internet sales also went "through the roof," Andrew states. "We did more online sales in the last two weeks before Christmas than we had done in the last two years."
He has his own theory as to why the Coal (the name Kenspeckle markets it under to distance it from the Selfridges' offering) has proved so popular. "It's the heritage, the story, the nostalgia and the fact it's something different." Kenspeckle isn't sitting on its laurels, however. Andrew and Dawn are always looking at ways to add value to the company's offerings and are currently developing a new line of chocolates inspired by artists such as Turner, Klimt, Pollack, Mondrian, Rothko and Kandinsky.
They haven't worked the logistics out yet, but Dawn says: "It might be that we have a sea salt caramel based on Turner's seascapes."
Sadly, the Ashington-based Pitman Painters won't be included – yet. Kenspeckle is hoping to move into the corporate market and, as Andrew says: "One of the things we learned is that what we do either has to have broad appeal or be led by the offer of another organisation, so if somebody was doing a Pitman Painters exhibition then we could work with that.
"It is what we can do that will add value. If the Theatre Royal in Newcastle is putting on a production of Swan Lake, what could we do that is a chocolate that has that 'swan' element or a Russian link?
"We are looking at being genuinely inventive, and that is what we have done with the Coal."
It's not quite carrying coals to Newcastle, but for Kenspeckle it's definitely a canny case of mining the area's industrial past and sugar coating it for the future.
- Kenspeckle Northumbrian Confectionery, Bridge Road, Lynemouth, Northumberland, NE61 5YJ, 01670 863 000, www.kenspeckle.co.uk Buy the Coal online at £5 a bag along with all Kenspeckle's other confections. They also run special chocolate experience days.


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Buffalo's Early Childhood Centers, which grew out of court-ordered desegregation plans, are described and evaluated in this article in terms of student achievement, parental involvement, and racial balancing. (Source: ERIC)
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The Colts at number 2? Really? After that game in Houston against the whipping boy of the NFL. Their defense couldn't stop me from running for 100 yards and I don't run.
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"The only reason you are alive
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I don't know why the American public is so easy to stun and shock.
Terrorists had been trying to bomb the World Trade Center for years. Princess Diana was hounded constantly. MLK and JFK had no small portion of enemies, and Elvis was taking all of the pills in Memphis. The only times TMZ ever got a shot of Michael Jackson were when he was scuttling out of a doctor's office. Nothing screams "death's door" quite like having medical dust masks to match every outfit.
Humans are so easy to kill; all you have to do is cut off the air, get the heart to stop, or damage the brain badly enough to do one of the two. Anurisms, stray bullets, car wrecks, heart attacks and blood clots are everywhere. If you eat three times a day, you have roughly 600-800 opportunities to choke each day.
Today, toddlers all over the world are going to notice their parents' behavior and want to know why people have to die. People die because we'd have a hell of a population problem if they didn't. People die so that those who are left alive won't squander their time. Somewhere, Little Timmy is realizing that he can be snuffed out at every turn. Somewhere Timmy knows death is always two steps behind him. Somewhere, Little Timmy is deciding to stop wasting time.


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Today I just want to share with you the things I'm grateful for and why I'm grateful for them.
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I couldn't be more grateful for them, especially for my husband. He is my rock, and I'm more than grateful for having him in my life!
This are some of the things that I'm grateful everyday, what are you grateful for?
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March of Dimes Partners with Macy's For Seventh Annual "Shop For A Cause"
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White Plains, New York | Monday, August 20, 2012
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Macy's and March of Dimes invite customers to participate in the seventh annual "Shop For A Cause" charity shopping event at Macy's stores nationwide on Saturday, August 25, 2012. "Shop For A Cause" is Macy's unique one-day-only shopping event that was created to support local charities' fundraising efforts, which has helped raise more than $42 million for charitable organizations across the country since 2006.
Martine Reardon, Macy's chief marketing officer notes that, "Giving back is a cornerstone of Macy's culture, and through our annual 'Shop For A Cause' program, our customers have helped Macy's give more than $42 million for local and national charities. Our customers' ongoing support is an inspiration and we are proud to offer them an effective yet simple simple way to make a positive difference in their communities while enjoying great savings at Macy's."
On Saturday, August 25th, customers making a purchase with a "Shop For A Cause" savings pass will receive 25% off regular, sale and clearance merchandise, as well as 10% off watches, furniture, mattresses and area rugs, plus are eligible to win a $500 gift card. Shopping passes sold at Macy's stores and macys.com are $5 each, and will benefit March of Dimes. The organization will receive 100% of every ticket sold at Macy's stores and on macys.com. Shopping passes are only sold on macys.com on August 25, but customers may purchase shopping passes in advance at all Macy's locations starting August 15. By purchasing a shopping pass in store, customers can support March of Dimes while enjoying a day of spectacular discounts, entertainment, special events. (See shopping pass for discount exclusions and restrictions. No purchase necessary to participate in sweepstakes. Official sweepstakes rules including alternate means of entry are available at any Macy's location.)
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Macy's, the largest retail brand of Macy's, Inc., delivers fashion and affordable luxury to customers at more than 800 locations in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. Macy's stores and macys.com offer distinctive assortments including the most desired family of exclusive and fashion brands for him, her and home. Macy's is known for such epic events as Macy's 4th of July Fireworks® and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade®, as well as spectacular fashion shows, culinary events, flower shows and celebrity appearances. Building on a 150-year tradition, Macy's helps strengthen communities by supporting local and national charities that make a difference in the lives of our customers.
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March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies. We support research, lead programs and provide education and advocacy so that every baby can have the best possible start. Building on a successful 80-year legacy of impact and innovation, we empower every mom and every family.
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