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Utilizing the Potentials of Plastics for Lightweight Construction
On the Track of Complex Material Behavior
Plastics materials and lightweight construction are closely connected with each other. The favorable ratio between strength and weight, as well as efficient generation by injection molding, including the freedom of design incurred, are only some of the benefits. However, the mechanical behavior of thermoplastics is very complex. This is why reliable characteristic values are necessary to dimension components with regard to respective load, and to utilize efficiently the potentials of lightweight construction.
In order to simulate these materials, the engineer requires an integrative simulation chain that takes into account the production method. In many cases, though, this is impossible to do at the early stages of production, because component geometry and production parameters are unknown. Alternative methods are therefore required to carry out preliminary design of components. The Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF in Darmstadt, Germany, developed the "reduced integrative simulation" method that allows for simplified calculation models to be established for short-fiber reinforced polymer components.
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The reduced integrative simulation approach only requires standard material models from structure simulation. At the early stages of design, the method is able to consider material anisotropy in the component. Especially for designers working at medium-sized producers, the approach is useful to estimate more precisely the mechanical load-bearing capacities of components at the early stages of product development. This reduces both development times as well as costs. The institute claims that, generally speaking, the qualities of structure simulation images achieved in preliminary design are significantly improved as compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Many lightweight products in automotive, aviation and leisure industry owe their success to the application of injection molded, short glass fiber-reinforced plastics. To utilize existing potentials, design and simulation for these plastics must be well targeted. Due to the production process, fibers in such types of components are locally oriented in different directions and have different lengths. As a result, material behavior is anisotropic and differs locally different. This affects stiffness, strength and failure behavior.
Optimized Design of Short Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Components
The methods available at present to design short fiber-reinforced thermoplastics can be classified in three groups. The method of isotropization is a simplified method to determine material behavior. This approach uses different loading directions to forms mean values in order to isotropically describe the material behavior.
The second approach is the phenomenological investigation of the material, under consideration of isotropy, reproducing the behavior of the material when exposed to different loading directions. The third approach comprises the methods of micromechanics. So as to set up an isotropic material model for short fiber-reinforced plastics, information must be considered concerning fiber orientation, i.e. the degree of fiber orientation and fiber length distribution. Theoretically speaking, degrees of orientation can range from complete orientation into one single spatial direction up to entirely random orientation.
The so-called integrative simulation chain enables the user to design injection-molded short fiber-reinforced components at maximum detail. The process comprises several individual stages that are validated individually, in an ideal case. Moreover, more tests have to be carried out than are required with, for example, an approach that isotropizes material characteristic values. As a result, integrative simulation, to many companies, is only economic after material and process parameters have been defined in the preliminary design stage.
Reduced Integrative Simulation
Scientists from Fraunhofer LBF therefore developed an alternative method to achieve a complete integrative simulation chain. Their target was to obtain a simplified strategy to design short fiber-reinforced components, which merely requires standard material models from structure simulation. This strategy is due to give the designer security when carrying out the simulation, as well as an option to estimate mistakes, in addition to improving the quality of structure simulations images significantly.
Reduced integrative simulation is based on the direction of flow determined by simple CAD simulation tools for injection molding. This then serves for design with isotropic material models. Test components are submitted to fiber orientation measurements and simulation studies, leading to geometry-related matching coefficients for mechanical characteristic values and to classification according to isotropic behavior. In a systematic survey, phenomenological material models are opposed to recommendations for action referring to the respective component. Experiments are conducted to determine material characteristic values.
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In Art and Design, pupils reflect critically on their own and others' work, judging quality and meaning. They learn to think and act as artists, craftspeople and designers, working creatively and intelligently. They develop an appreciation of art, craft and design, and their role in the creative and cultural industries that enrich their lives.
We aim to encourage the development of imagination, original thought and personal expression.
At Faraday, we are particularly fortunate, because we are located in the thriving artistic community of Trinity Buoy Wharf. We have worked with various artists on the Wharf, including a special project to create a mosaic. Faraday greatly values being able to collaborate on projects taking place within the neighbouring Wharf community.
In 2018, we also took part in the first ever Unity Arts Festival, where all students collaborated on artworks made from recycled materials. Visit our news page to hear more about this event.
We also hold an annual art exhibition.

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text: Laura Matthews is a Registered Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition and in 2017 set up as a freelance nutrition consultant. Previously Laura worked for Jamie Oliver for 10 years as his Head of Nutrition. Laura – a mother of one – is supporting N Family Club with implementing general nutrition guidelines to ensure children are eating the best they can.


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Welcome to the capital of Russia! The city of Moscow is generally considered as an enormous museum in itself, being home for so many unique cultural, architectural, historical and spiritual sites. At every step you take, you just have to lift your eyes to feel, see and be part of centuries of history.
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- Duration: 4 days
- Group: from 2 people
- Border permits: -
Languages: English German French Italian Chinese
Day 1Meeting group in airport. Airport transfer. Arrive to Moscow. Check in at hostel/hotel. Dinner (optional). Meeting with the guide in the lobby. Excursion to the Moscow Metro «The Underground Palace of Moscow». The Moscow Metro is the most beautiful metro in the world. The walking excursion «Old Arbat». Arbat street – one of the most famous tourist place of Moscow. Every house on the Arbat street is filled with stories of the life and fate of famous Russian writers, philosophers, poets, politicians. Time for walking and souvenir shopping at local market
Day 2Meeting with the guide at the reception. Transfer on metro. Kremlin Cathedrals. Armoury chamber. National lunch. City tour. You will see: Red Square, St. Basils are the main symbols of Moscow. The Cathedral of Christ the Savior is a Russian Orthodox cathedral. GUM shopping mall is an elegant 19th Century shopping centre. Sparrow Hills is one of the highest points in Moscow. New Maiden Convent. In 2004, it was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Day 3The Tretyakov Gallery is the best collection of Russian art. National lunch. Zamoskvorechye walk. Zamoskvorechye District is one of the most important gems of Russian culture and history. Time for walking and dinner. Enjoy the views of the evening Moscow!
Day 4Check out. Transfer to airport. Say goodbye to Moscow, the capital of Russia and one of the most interesting and colorful cities in the world. We hope to welcome you back to Russia sometime in the future!
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Box cover
|Thomas Liesching
|Zoch Verlag
Rio Grande Games
|Setup time
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|Playing time
|30-45 minutes
|Random chance
|Age range
|8 and up
Niagara is a German-style board game designed by Thomas Liesching and published in 2004 by Zoch Verlag and Rio Grande Games.
The game is played on a hinged board designed to sit atop the game box and represent Niagara Falls as a flap hanging over the box edge. The river is represented using clear plastic discs in a grooved surface, allowing board spaces to move downstream toward the waterfall.
Players collect gems along a river. Players move canoes to transport the gems, and can steal gems from other players' canoes. They may also influence the speed with which the board spaces move downstream. The first player to acquire four gems of one colour, or one of each of the five colours, or seven gems of any colour, is the winner. Although the game box states that gems closer to the waterfall are of higher value, the game treats all colours equally.
Diamond Joe
Given away at the Spiel 2005 game festival, Diamond Joe adds another canoe which is controlled indirectly by the players, and which participates in trades, generally bringing the harder-to-reach gems upstream.
Spirits of Niagara
Released in 2006, Spirits of Niagara adds double-capacity canoes, pieces for a sixth player, additional paddle cards with new actions, and a whirlpool which pushes canoes downstream. It also adds two "spirits" of the river: the "Bathing Beaver", which resets the flow of the river to normal, and the "Hurried Elk", which allows a player to move their canoe faster if they reach the gems on the edge of the waterfall.
In 2005 Niagara won the Spiel des Jahres[1] and was one of the winners of the Mensa Mind Games competition.[2] It received 2nd place in the Deutscher Spiele Preis and 3rd in the Schweizer Spielepreis for Family Games.
- ^ "Spiel des Jahres Winners (2005)".
- ^ "Mind Games Winners (2005)". Archived from the original on 2006-08-27.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Niagara (board game).
- Niagara home page at Zoch zum Spielen
- Niagara, Diamond Joe and Spirits of Niagara at BoardGameGeek


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It's friday after all, so here's my latest creation built with Processing to get you into the right swing for the weekend: Disko Boy will dance to any music you play. Before you can see him though you'll need some preparation:
- Your browser has to be Java-enabled. Most browsers are, but if it doesn't work, you can download Java software for the desktop here.
- As Disko Boy has to tap into your sound channel you will need to install the JSyn plugin. You'll probably not have this installed yet, but the download is only a few seconds long. And don't worry about privacy: upon each launch a confirmation box will pop up and ask you if you allow it to access your sound-input. In this case you should confirm that with "OK".
- Usually the sound input on your computer is set to microphone-only. That's okay, but a bit boring perhaps. Most sound cards allow you sample whatever comes out of your boxes. That feature is called mono- or stereo-mix and you can set that up in your sound control panel. Here is a step-by-step tutorial how to accomplish that under Windows.
- I had some reports that on some OS/browser combinations this widget completely hangs your computer or it doesn't work at all. So better save that FLA/Word file/Powerpoint presentation you are currently working on before you progress.
Oh yes - in case anybody asks: Disko Girl might be coming soon, for just $3.99.Posted at April 30, 2004 10:40 AM | Further reading


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I've read through some other very similar posts and tried to make other solutions work to fit my problem however I've had no joy and it has been years since I really delved into formulae on excel.
I work in a pool hall and am trying to create a spreadsheet to account for table usage.
-What I am looking for is the current time (24h format) to be entered into column C when the user enters what table the customer has selected in column B (integer).
-If possible I would also like to enter the finish time into another column (D) when a checkbox is ticked.
This would allow the staff to work out rates without having to input times in a 24h format which I assume would confuse them plenty.
The second aspect to the problem is not as important as I am sure I could patch something together to enter the time if I can figure out the first part of the problem.
I am using excel 2002 (part of the office xp package)
Any help would be awesome,
Have you considered using a commercially available "pool hall management" software package? I did a quick Google search and found a few products, one for under $400. These packages have features like waiting lists, table usage data, food order tracking, and even the ability to control the lights over the tables.
As far as Excel goes, you will need a macro to add the time based on the input of a table number. Excel has a feature known as Event Macros which run when a specific event occurs.
For the Start Time, you can use the Worksheet_Change event which will run whenever a change is made to the sheet. The first thing it will do is check to see in which Column the change was made and if it matches the specified conditions (1 cell changed in Column B) then it will proceed with the rest of the instructions - e.g. put the time in Column C.
For the Finish Time, you can use the Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick event so that the user simply has to double click a cell in Column D to insert the time.
Right click the sheet tab for the sheet you want this to happen in and choose View Code.
Paste the following code into the pane that opens. When a value is entered in a cell in Column B, the corresponding cell in Column C will display the current time.Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) If Target.Column = 2 And Target.Cells.Count = 1 Then Range("C" & Target.Row) = Time End If End Sub
For the Finish Time, paste this code in the same pane. When the user double clicks a cell in Column D, the current time will be entered.Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, Cancel As Boolean) If Target.Column = 4 Then Target = Time End Sub
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Who are you if you walk away from everything you know? The daily rituals you've come to depend on, the rungs on the ladder you've climbed, the day-to-day social network(s) you've acquired over a number of years, with no idea when or if you'll be back, and if not, where to from here.
For me it was the only way I was really going to see what I was made of.
Would there be anything left?
New country.
New city.
New job.
New apartment.
New bank.
New language.
New people.
No history.
No knowledge of past achievements or past glories.
Just another face on the street.
And I knew I would only really find out if I did it alone.
Everyone should have an opportunity at some point to draw on themselves as their only emotional support. Yourself as your back-up, your best friend, your life coach, your Zen Master General. On the point of solitude though I am well qualified, as I have done most reckless things in my life on my own.
It is a dishonest life, in my opinion, when you do not push yourself, when you do not test and challenge your boundaries. Because, in what other life are you planning to take risks?
In some way or another I've been running towards fear for a number of years. If it scares me, I'm going to go over and pat it on the head, shake hands with it, sit down and talk to it.
Fear and I. We are good friends.
When I first moved to Wellington in 2007 I lived in an area called Kelburn. It's an upmarket suburb where people have status dogs and buy houses they can't afford so they begrudgingly rent out spare rooms to post-grads and young professionals.
On my walking route to University each day, I passed a twenty foot tall concrete retaining wall on which someone had spray painted in green:
"You adore me. Run come save me."
I hope that message is still there.* I have no idea who wrote it, how long it has been there or who it was meant for. To some extent, who it was meant for is irrelevant because to all that noticed it, it became theirs.
It became mine.
I always wondered why Wellington City Council didn't make an effort to get rid of it. Technically it was graffiti and in a suburb like Kelburn, you'd expect it to be dealt with rather swiftly. But it was allowed to stay, and to the best of my knowledge it's still there.
It got me thinking about the effect words have when they're decontextulised in unexpected locations. "You adore me. Run come save me" became like a teaser from a story I wanted to know the end of - and the beginning - and the difficult second act - and what my role was in it.
As a writer myself, I recently began thinking about ways I could provoke thought in strangers via decontextulised messages. So I decided to start leaving messages (on paper is the rule - but any type of paper) in random places and it turns out travelling provides many opportunities to do this e.g.
I call them (in honour of my recent visit to Tokyo) Shinobi* Memos. Here are some examples:
1. Shinobi Memo on the plane. Write on the barf bag and bookmark it in the in-flight magazine or behind the tray table. I left the following paraphrase on a barf bag bookmarked in the in-flight magazine. It is from the film 'Before Sunrise':
"You know what this makes me think of? All those people you briefly intersect with, maybe make eye contact with and then pass by. Now it's like... no matter what happens, we have met."
2. Toilet Roll Gag - I did this at my hostel.
3. Napkin Memo - Don't be afraid to be silly. I left 'Don't cry for me Argentinaaaah!' at Shakey's Diner in Harajuku.
4. Bunk Bed Slats - I left this note in my bunkbed at a hostel in Tokyo.
Want to leave your own Shinobi Memo?
> Take a book from the book-swap shelf in a hostel and write a message in pencil in the margin
> Take a book in your local library and tuck in a piece of paper.
> Write on the next leaf of toilet paper in a public toilet.
> In hotels, leave a few words on their feedback pad (but don't give them "feedback")
> Take a serviette from the pile in a cafe, put down your thoughts then replace it, hidden in the middle.
> Write on the barf-bag in an aeroplane.
> If you're in a bunk-bed hostel, leave a message tucked into the slats.
Any other ideas? Comment on this blog.
And if you take a photo, show me!
Leave the message in a place where the cleaning staff are unlikely to find it.
Don't get caught. Don't let people see you leaving it. Anonymity is key.
Why do this?
'Why' anything. But I suppose:
Maybe because it might break the monotony of routine in someone's day.
Maybe because by fluke it might be the words someone needs to hear.
Maybe because it will be a good story to tell their friends and family.
Maybe because it might make them smile or laugh.
Maybe because it might make someone feel privy to a secret.
Maybe because it might make them feel special.
Maybe because it might make someone stop for a second.
Maybe because it might remind them they're not the first person to have slept in that hotel room or to have pulled sheets from that toilet roll dispenser.
Maybe because it might remind them they're not alone.
*If anyone has a photo of "You adore me. Run come save me." in Kelburn, Wellington, please e-mail it to email@example.com and I'll update this blog (with you as the photo credit).
*A ninja (忍者)/shinobi (忍び)
Update: We checked Google Maps streetview and the phrase 'You adore me. Run come save me.' , is no longer there. Sad. Thanks for the heads-up though Catherine!
I was born about 300 years too late to be an explorer. To be the first person to walk on the shores of a new land or put a human footprint next to the root of an unknown plant.
The closest I can get is walking in fresh snow. I live in a city, but when it snows, as it often does at the moment, it coats the pavement and the road.
The pavement is an icon of human industry. It reminds us there are people that live in this area. This is where they walk, where millions of feet have passed before.
You are not special.
You are just one of many.
Going where everyone has gone before.
But when it snows, nature reclaims that space. It makes that reminder of human industry disappear. Wild reclaims industry.
So, although I am about 300 years too late to be an explorer, one of my favorite things to do is to get up early and be the first person to walk down the street in the snow, as if I were the first person to ever walk down it.
Only me.
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When you want a burger, nothing else will do. This recipe by Kristy Turner from her new cookbook, "But I Could Never Go Vegan!," doesn't skimp on flavor, just the red meat. There are also recipes for all the fixins–tempeh bacon, homemade pickled red cabbage, plant-based cheese and even barbecue sauce – to round out the dish.
Trying to cut back on meat? We've got tips for getting your guy to go vegetarian with you!
1 cup peeled, chopped beets
2 ½ cups cooked farro
1 ½ cups cooked red lentils
¼ cup quinoa flour
2 garlic cloves
¼ cup barbecue sauce
3 tbsp. nutritional yeast
2 tbsp. liquid aminos
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. dried thyme
½ tsp. ancho chile powder
½ tsp. smoked paprika
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Salt and black pepper to taste
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Fit a steamer basket onto a small pot of water and bring to a boil. Place the beets in the steamer, cover and steam until easily pierced with a fork, about 10 minutes. Remove from the steamer and cool for about 5 minutes.
While the beets are steaming, combine the farro, lentils and quinoa flour in a large bowl. Use your hands to mash them together until they start holding together in clumps when squeezed. Set aside.
Combine the beets, garlic, barbecue sauce, nutritional yeast, liquid aminos, cumin, thyme, chile powder, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper in a food processor and process until mostly smooth. Pour into the bowl with the farro mixture. Stir until fully combined.
Divide the mixture into eight equal parts, shape into patties, and place on the baking sheet. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, until firm, flipping once halfway through to ensure even cooking.


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Telling Time Tips and Tricks Although it is such an important concept for life, telling time is something that seems to be difficult for many students. You as a parent can help your child learn how to tell time as you go about your day. Count by 5's Parents often focus on teaching their children to count to 10, then to 20, then maybe
Setting a Schedule for Back to School
A unique idea that incorporates math learning for a back to school project is to have your child work with you to create a daily schedule for their daily routines. This can help children to practice learning how to read a clock and to understand time. You can start with your morning routines for getting ready for school including brushing your teeth, eating breakfast,


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coyo events shared and accepted via Outlook app should show the a attendees
If you created an event in coyo its currently synchronizing into your outlook calendar. Therefore users would share this coyo event within outlook app with other colleagues. Unfortunately if colleagues accept the shared coyo event the participation will not be displayed in the coyo event overview or coyo event tile.
We are looking forward for an improvement because we assume users will perform this task regularly.2 votes
Turning a private event into a public event and vice versa
At the moment you have to decide during the creation if an event is private or public, a later change is not possible. But this would be a behavior that is expected, similar to how you can change pages or workspaces later.5 votes
Week should start always on Monday
On the events overview page the week starts on Monday.
If you create a new event, the week starts on Sunday. This should be consistent with starting on a Monday.3 votes
Events: Create public events (as an information) without the colleague's possibilty to accept/refuse an invitation
It should be possible to create public events just as an information for everyone - without the colleague's possibility to say "I (don't) take part".
The participation without invitation is great, but it should also be possible to create events just as an information on the front page of our COYO.7 votes
Cloning an Event
Very often, we have to deal with a series of recurring events. In such cases, it would save much work if we could clone an event an only need to adjust the date in the clone.45 votes
Delete past events automatically
Events in the past should be deleted automatically (e.g. 7 days after the event) and should no longer appear in the search results.
(Translated)1 vote
Combining Formular and Event App
Sometimes you need more information of an attendees than if someone wants to come or not. We need e.g. information about which company the person belongs to or if they need a hotel. But if we want an oppointment in Outlook, we need to create an extra event. Thus, it would be cool if I could create an event which asks the participant directly if they want to participate and everything I would like to know.3 votes
Draft events
Starting to draft the event with the information that is given at this moment. Finishing it later, e.g. if the exact schedule is determined.12 votes
Support webcal to sync events
Instead of having to download the events individually, it would be more practical if all events could be subscribed via webcal.12 votes
Event participants should be sorted alphabetical
Event participants should be sorted alphabetical just like in a workspace to better manage them.9 votes
Officially cancelled events
When you published an event but you have to cancel it someday, there should be an option for the administrator to tell everybody who was invited that it's cancelled without writing in timeline. It should be still seen in the Event-App of upcoming events, so everybody can see that it's cancelled.1 vote
Invite all subscribers of a page for event
Similar to "Event: Participation without invitation": We have several pages for different interesgroups in our social network.
We would like to invite everyone who has subscribed to a given page for an event by that interest page (or interest group).26 votes
Good news! We started working on this and will release this to the cloud in one of the next releases.
event calendar overview of schedules
It would be very helpul to choose the way of displaying events. Sometime it is necessary to get an overview about all schedules like attached.67 votes
Events: Registration form attachable (like survey/poll in workspaces)
It would be great if it was possible to create a registration form with individualised questions and answers in events.
"Do you have any diet restriction?" "Yes, I'm gluten intolerant" "No, I have no restriction" /
"Booking a room" "I would like to book a room via the company" "I will book a room on my own"4 votes
Menue (e.g. drop down)for all calenders of all Pages/ visuality of members and rights
On social pages (sites), admins are not able to create appointments in the calendar of the page where subscribers are getting automatically invited. It is a waste of time to select each employee for each new appointment in order to notify them.
As a member of a social page you cannot go to the appointment calendar to enter an appointment. The setting wheel does not "light up" for members.
A social side is free with us and can be subscribed by each colleague voluntarily. The employee decides if he wants to be a member of the site.
Social means for me:
1. i can see the members of the social page and the members can see me
2. each mebers of this social page can enter dates in the calendar of the social page.
3. every member of this site should automatically receive a note about the appointment entry.
4. the appointment setter should be able to customize the automatically displayed member list. Either expand or deselect participants. This means that each participant does not have to be selected individually for each new appointment entry. This is time-consuming and meaningless.
For EVENTS, i.e. the calendar, there should be a dropdown menu like for COYO3, in which I can select the individual calendars of the pages. If all calendars are selected, all dates of all pages should be displayed in a complete overview.
On social pages (sites), admins are not able to create appointments in the calendar of the page where subscribers are getting automatically invited. It is a waste of time to select each employee for each new appointment in order to notify them.
As a member of a social page you cannot go to the appointment calendar to enter an appointment. The setting wheel does not "light up" for members.
A social side is free with us and can be subscribed by each colleague voluntarily. The employee decides if he wants to be a member of the site.
Social means for…2 votes
Hello Bo, we do agree that the invitation process should be easier and are working on a solution for this. I think that the list of members however could become pretty huge for sides. Maybe a community would be the better feature for this kind of use case? (JH)
Calendar entry when registering an event
If Users register for an event, it would be helpful, if they receive an entry on their calendar. This for Exchange Server on premise.2 votes
Hey Christian,
with the O365 AddOn it is acutally possible to have Coyo event synchronized to your Outlook calendar, is this the feature you are looking for? (JH)
multiple vent owners
It would be very useful if more than just ONE page could be the "owner" of an event. For example a forthcoming trade fair abroad should appear in the event app of the sales department and also in the one of the International Department.4 votes
Show past events
It would be very helpful if there was a filter option in the Event App that shows events from the past. Often useful information is shared inside an Event, which is gone once the Event is over.
Currently one has to save the link to an Event manually, which is cumbersome.4 votes
Show the date of the event that is booked up in the notifiication
Users should be shown, not only the name, but the date of the event that is booked up in the notifications. As there are events with the same name but serveral dates, it would be advantageous if it would be dircetly visible in the notification. Some people might think that the whole series of events is booked up.3 votes
Getting more information about commitments
It would be nice, if I - as an event owner - could see more information about commitments of an event. E.g. "new commitments", "commited on DD.MM.YYY"3 votes


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By Nathaniel Hawthorne
[Footnote From "French and Italian Note-Books." By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers of Hawthorne's works, Houghton, Mifflin Co. Copyright, 1871, 1883, 1899.]
Approaching the Madeleine, we found it a most beautiful church, that might have been adapted from Heathenism to Catholicism; for on each side there is a range of magnificent pillars, unequalled, except by those of the Parthenon. A mourning coach, arrayed in black and silver, was drawn up at the steps, and the front of the church was hung with black cloth, which covered the whole entrance. However, seeing the people going in, we entered along with them. Glorious and gorgeous is the Madeleine. The entrance to the nave is beneath a most stately arch; and three arches of equal height open from the nave to the side aisles; and at the end of the nave is another great arch, rising, with a vaulted half-dome, over the high altar. The pillars supporting these arches are Corinthian, with richly sculptured capitals; and wherever gilding might adorn the church, it is lavished like sunshine; and within the sweeps of the arches there are fresco paintings of sacred subjects, and a beautiful picture covers the hollow of the vault over the altar; all this, besides much sculpture; and especially a group above and around the high altar, representing the Magdalen smiling down upon angels and archangels, some of whom are kneeling, and shadowing themselves with their heavy marble wings.
There is no such thing as making my page glow with the most distant idea of the magnificence of this church, in its details and in its whole. It was founded a hundred or two hundred years ago; then Bonaparte contemplated transforming it into a Temple of Victory, or building it anew as one. The restored Bourbon remade it into a church; but it still has a heathenish look, and will never lose it.
When we entered we saw a crowd of people, all pressing forward toward the high altar, before which burned a hundred wax lights, some of which were six or seven feet high; and, altogether, they shone like a galaxy of stars. In the middle of the nave, moreover, there was another galaxy of wax candles burning around an immense pall of black velvet, embroidered with silver, which seemed to cover, not only a coffin, but a sarcophagus, or something still more huge.
The organ was rumbling forth a deep, lugubrious bass, accompanied with heavy chanting of priests, out of which sometimes rose the clear, young voices of choristers, like light flashing out of the gloom. The church, between the arches, along the nave, and round the altar, was hung with broad expanses of black cloth; and all the priests had their sacred vestments covered with black. They looked exceedingly well; I never saw anything half so well got up on the stage. Some of these ecclesiastical figures were very stately and noble, and knelt and bowed, and bore aloft the cross, and swung the censers in a way that I liked to see.
The ceremonies of the Catholic Church were a superb work of art, or perhaps a true growth of man's religious nature; and so long as men felt their original meaning, they must have been full of awe and glory. Being of another parish, I looked on coldly, but not irreverently, and was glad to see the funeral service so well performed, and very glad when it was over. What struck me as singular, the person who performed the part usually performed by a verger, keeping order among the audience, wore a gold-embroidered scarf, a cocked hat, and, I believe, a sword, and had the air of a military man….
When we left the Madeleine we took our way to the Place de la Concorde, and thence through the Elysian Fields (which, I suppose, are the French idea of heaven) to Bonaparte's triumphal arch. The Champs Elysees may look pretty in summer; tho I suspect they must be somewhat dry and artificial at whatever season.--the trees being slender and scraggy, and requiring to be renewed every few years. The soil is not genial to them. The strangest peculiarity of this place, however, to eyes fresh from moist and verdant England, is, that there is not one blade of grass in all the Elysian Fields, nothing but hard clay, now covered with white dust. It gives the whole scene the air of being a contrivance of man, in which Nature has either not been invited to take any part, or has declined to do so.
There were merry-go-rounds, wooden horses, and other provision for children's amusements among the trees; and booths, and tables of cakes, and candy-women; and restaurants on the borders of the wood; but very few people there; and doubtless we can form no idea of what the scene might become when alive with French gayety and vivacity.
As we walked onward the Triumphal Arch began to loom up in the distance, looking huge and massive, tho still a long way off. It was not, however, till we stood almost beneath it that we really felt the grandeur of this great arch, including so large a space of the blue sky in its airy sweep. At a distance, it impresses the spectator with its solidity; nearer, with the lofty vacancy beneath it. There is a spiral staircase within one of its immense limbs; and, climbing steadily upward, lighted by a lantern which the door-keeper's wife gave us, we had a bird's eye view of Paris, much obscured by smoke or mist. Several interminable avenues shoot with painful directness right toward it.
On our way homeward we visited the Place Vendome, in the center of which is a tall column, sculptured from top to bottom, all over the pedestal, and all over the shaft, and with Napoleon himself on the summit. The shaft is wreathed round and round about with representations of what, as far as I could distinguish, seemed to be the Emperor's victories. It has a very rich effect. At the foot of the column we saw wreaths of artificial flowers, suspended there, no doubt, by some admirer of Napoleon, still ardent enough to expend a franc or two in this way.


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Back when the GRE was updated, we posted an article about how this new format could be the GMAT killer. While the GRE has not overtaken GMAT in terms of popularity for admissions to business programs, it certainly has gained more secure footing as a competitor. At the time of our last post, the GRE was accepted by over 450 MBA programs. Now, according to the ETS website, about 1200 programs worldwide accept the GRE in place of the GMAT, including over 900 programs in the US. A full list of MBA programs that will accept the GRE in place of the GMAT can be found on the ETS website.
So, does that mean you can take the GRE instead of the GMAT? Short answer, yes with an if, long answer maybe with a but.
If you google "GRE vs. GMAT" you'll find a range of opinions on the matter. Drawn out listicles full of personal experience and "expert" opinions will overwhelm you with so many questions to ask yourself that they may only leave you questioning your life and your choices. But you, prudent reader, have checked with test prep experts, and we will make the answer as simple as possible: take the test that you feel most comfortable preparing for—or both, if you'd like. Before you give the matter any more thought, however, make sure none of the MBA programs you're looking at require the GMAT.
There are a few advantages to either exam. The GRE is a catchall test for graduate admissions, meaning if you aren't 100% sure you want to continue on to business school but you want to explore graduate level options, it is definitely the test to take. This may also be the more useful exam if you're applying to a dual degree program, such as an MBA/JD or MBA/MFA program. Also, since the test is used for such a wide range of programs, it's generally agreed that the math is easier than the math on the GMAT. The GRE also lacks the "integrated reasoning" section featured on the GMAT, which, if you aren't super skilled at assessing data from charts and graphs quickly, can be a challenge, especially since there's no partial credit. Oh, and also, the GRE is a little cheaper.
The GMAT, on the other hand, is still more familiar to business schools (and, in some cases may still be the only exam they accept); since the test is specifically for business school admissions, it also may better showcase your skills as a competent potential manager (that "integrated reasoning" must count for something, right?). While the GMAT does have a verbal section that includes reading comprehension, critical reasoning, and sentence correction questions, these questions are meant to test your practical skills as they would be applicable to the business world, whereas the GRE, seeing as how it is also the exam for people applying for graduate programs in the humanities, expects you to know words like "abstemious" and "opprobrium." Simply put, if you hated the sentence completion portion of the SAT, the GRE is probably not for you.
If you still aren't sure, check out both tests. The ETS website offers a free practice GRE, while mba.com, GMAC's official website for the GMAT exam, offers sample questions of each of the different question types. Both companies also have their own conversion tools to help you compare scores between the different tests, but the ETS's tool is the more commonly used of the two. Whichever exam you choose, remember, preparation is key!


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There are many benefits and uses to a Alkaline water Ionizer. But let's start from basics.
An Alkaline water Ionizer is not just a water machine but really a lifestyle water product that people should have in their homes. Not only are there benefits to drinking more alkaline ionized water but there are also many great uses for the acid water that is created too.
What are free radicals
Our bodies are created by many atoms. Each one of these atoms have a full outer shell of electron that are usually stable and do not enter into chemical reactions with other atoms. But sometimes atoms which lose their full outer shell of electrons will desperately seek out electrons wherever they can so they can be stable. These unstable or desperate atoms are known as free radicals.
Free Radicals & Oxidations
Oxygen free radicals are one of the most common types of free radicals. These oxygen atoms are missing one or more electron from their outer shell, making them unstable. Oxygen free radicals are what causes oxidation, both in the air and in our bodies. An apple that turns brown or metal that is rusting are examples of oxidation that we can see in our daily lives. These Oxygen free radicals are one of the factors that cause our bodies to age and deteriorate.
In moderation, free radicals are not evil or bad, in fact free radicals are created by our body when performing daily life functions. Free radicals are actually essential in the synthesis of energy and essential nutrients are also involved in increasing our immune system. However, if the level of free radicals gets too high in our bodies, it can cause major problems. Various health issues and diseases have been linked to high levels of free radicals. So let's try to keep our free radicals minimal by drinking more ionized water.
Alkaline ionized water is a powerful antioxidant
On the one hand free radicals are unstable molecules desperately seeking electrons for stability. They are known to cause cellular and DNA damage in our body, which in turn contribute to aging and the onset of various diseases.
On the other hand antioxidants help to slow down this process by donating an electron to an oxygen free radical (the most common type of free radical in our body) so it becomes a stable oxygen molecule.
How does ionization affect the molecular structure of water?
The alkaline water stream contains a larger proportion of Hydroxyl ions [OH-] which act as a powerful antioxidant, or reducing agent, because these ions have spare electrons that can easily be donated to our cells. Antioxidants neutralizes the oxidative damage caused by electron scavenging free radicals in our body.
The acidic water stream contains a larger proportion of Hydrogen Ions [H+] which, contrary to Hydrogen Ions, act as a powerful oxidant or disinfectant capable of killing bacteria and other pathogens on contact (when pH is below 2.7). See uses of acidic water.
Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP)
ORP or Oxidation Reduction Potential is a measure of the molecular charge that comes when you ionizes water. It shows the level at which food or drink has the ability to oxidize or to reduce oxidation in your body. Basically it determines if the food you are eating is oxidant or an antioxidant.
Drinking Alkaline Ionized Water will naturally help you get more intake of antioxidants. Like taking a Vitamin C supplement which we know is good for us. The problem with Vitamin C is you can only take the recommended dose on the bottle, but with Ionized water you can drink as much Ionized water as you would like.
Micro Clustering Properties of Ionized Water
Water molecules come in clusters rather than single molecules. Tap water which is under pressure has very large clusters of 15-20 molecules. The ionization process breaks the electrical bonding of water molecules and restructures the water down to about 4-6 molecules per cluster. This smaller cluster size means that the water can be more easily absorbed into the cells, thereby providing superior hydration for the body and helping to dissolve and flush out acidic solid waste and toxins that have accumulated in the body.


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The Great British Summer can be an unpredictable thing – but one thing we'll all likely be doing is heading out on a road trip! Come rain or shine – there isn't much that will stop you from hitting the road this summer with your friends. We've done some research into young drivers going on road trips and found that there are quite a few things that young drivers feel under pressure to do when they're behind the wheel.
It's important to remember that even though one person is in charge of the car, all passengers have a responsibility to be sensible. My daughter is 18 and just passed her driving test – I know she, like many young drivers out there will be heading on road trips this summer. We want you to have a fun summer, but also a safe one – so here's my top tips to keep your road trip free from distractions – for drivers, and passengers! We've also included a helpful infographic to show you what pressures young drivers are dealing with around the UK.
Plan ahead
- Tempers can fly if you get lost, so it is worth planning ahead, both for a smooth journey and to make the most of your time away
- If you do get lost, don't panic. Pull over, work out where you are going and put a passenger in charge of navigating so you can concentrate on the road
- If you're travelling with friends who all love different music – create a playlist between you all before heading off. That way, everyone's happy!
- Snacks – don't forget em'.
- You do not want to add the stress of the unknown to the stress of the bay park. Check parking locations at your destination to make sure you know where you're heading. Don't forget to have change to hand to pay for it either
- Remember, you're on holiday so you can take your time!
Set those ground rules (and roles)
- Give everyone in the car a role. Music maestro, snack distributor, direction checker. Get everyone on board to help you get to the destination as smoothly as possible
- As the driver, if there is anything you don't want passengers to do on your trip – tell them beforehand! You may ask everyone to put their phones away, keep the music at a set level etc. You're the driver, so you're in charge
- Driving to impress is never a good idea – your friends may want you to overtake that car or speed through the upcoming amber light, but it is just not worth the risk
Respect the driver
- If you have your phones out – taking selfies and Snapchatting the journey – it can be a big distraction for the driver. Some passengers even try to get the driver involved in taking a selfie! It may only take a few seconds, but it involves visual, cognitive and manual distractions meaning there's no concentration left for the driver for the road. Consider putting your phone away completely so there's no distractions at all
- Don't encourage dangerous behaviour for the driver. Telling them to speed up, overtake, go through amber/red lights is dangerous and not needed
Driving the next day
- If you know you need to head off at a certain time after a night of drinking – stop drinking earlier on in the night. One pint of beer can take around 2 hours to leave your system (depending on your weight, gender, metabolism and food intake)
- If you know it's going to be a long and alcohol fuelled night – plan to set off much later in the day. If you're staying a hotel, check to see if you can extend your check-out time. Taking those extra hours before driving again can be really valuable
Don't be tempted to use your mobile phone
Summer brings sunshine (mostly), freedom, fun and of course, road trips! We want to you have a fun filled summer but it's essential that you remember to be safe in the car. Remember to enjoy the freedom! You've worked hard to pass your driving test and now it's the time to embrace it. Go to new places, explore different areas and have fun whilst you're doing it. It's time to go and make some memories!


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By Will Johnson
Messenger Reporter
GRAPELAND – While it wasn't actually a playoff game in the literal sense, when the Grapeland Sandies squared off against the Wortham Bulldogs on Friday Night from Sandie Stadium, in every other way possible, the postseason hopes for the two teams were on the line.
The Sandies came into the game with a 0-3 district record while the Bulldogs sported a district record of 1-2. Grapeland knew if they emerged from the contest as the victor, they had a better than average shot of beating Mt. Enterprise next week and would slip into the playoffs as the fourth seed out of District 11-2A DII.
It was senior night for the Sandies and in a pregame ceremony, GHS seniors Dustin Ackley, Joel Barbosa, Riley Chipman, Rodney Davis, Tink McQuirter, Cameron Riess and Kamari Smith were honored. The senior cheerleaders – Jakara Jackson, Sayler LeBlanc, Rebekah Turner and Lynisha Woods – were also honored during the pre-game festivities.
When the Sandies took the field, they had a fire in their eyes and a hunger to bounce back from last week's drubbing at the hands of the Tenaha Tigers. They set the tone of the game early on with several big hits on defense and quick strikes on offense as they took care of business, winning by a final score of 44-27.
Grapeland opened the game with possession of the ball and moved smartly down the field behind a balanced attack. Riley Chipman and Brayden Cheatham moved the ball effectively on the ground while QB Rick Frauenberger connected with Chipman and James Coleman through the air. In less than three minutes, the Sandies moved into Bulldogs' red zone and scored the game's first points on Cheatham's two yard blast into the end zone. The extra point was blocked, but the Sandies had drawn first blood at the 9:14 mark of the first quarter and led by a score of 6-0.
With their playoff hopes hanging in the balance, Wortham tried to answer back and launched a sustained drive deep into the Grapeland end of the field. The Bulldogs' drive was aided by a roughing the passer penalty on Kevin Davis which resulted in a first down and put Wortham inside the Sandies' 20 yard line.
After Camarron Mixon broke up a pass that had touchdown written all over it, Davis atoned for his earlier mistake as he pressured Bulldog QB Zack Jones into an incompletion on third and four from the Grapeland eight. On fourth down, Jones connected with wide-out Jayce Black but a host of Sandie defenders stopped the receiver short of the first down marker and gave the ball back to the Grapeland offense.
Grapeland aired it out on their second possession of the quarter. Frauenberger completed passes to Chipman, Cheatham, Rodney Davis and Keriun Davis to move inside the Bulldog 10. After Frauenberger's first incompletion, the Sandies went back to the run. Chipman was able to find the edge of the Bulldog defense and scampered across the goal line just before the quarter ended. He also added the two point conversion and with 11 seconds left in the quarter, Grapeland led 14-0.
As the second quarter got underway, the Bulldogs looked like they were on the ropes. Jones threw an incompletion on first down and on second down he was picked off by Coleman who returned the ball down to the Wortham six.
The Wortham defense, however, stepped up and kept the Sandies out of the end zone. The defensive stand seemed to inspire the offense as the Bulldogs launched a 94 yard time consuming drive that ended with a Jones to Cole Shivers 23 yard TD reception. The PAT by Francisco Garcia was good and with 6:04 left in the half, Wortham had cut the Grapeland lead in half, 14-7.
After the kickoff, the Grapeland offense could not get going and the Sandies were forced to punt. The Bulldogs took over at their own 47 and once again drove into the Sandies' red zone, aided in large part by several questionable calls by the officials. A catch that wasn't a catch and a first down measurement that was short but ruled as a first down moved the ball inside the 10 and allowed Jones to connect with Black on a 6 yard TD pass with 1:44 remaining in the half. Garcia's PAT was good and with 1:44 remaining in the half, the score was knotted at 14.
The quick strike, Grapeland offense that had been missing in action the last two weeks finally made an appearance after the kickoff. The Sandies took possession at their own 38 and on first down Chipman picked up six yards. On second down, Frauenberger found R. Davis for 12 yards to move across the midfield stripe
Armed a fresh set of downs, Frauenberger sandwiched an incompletion between 10 yard completions to Davis and Chipman. Now at the 20, Frauenberger connected with Josh "Bear" Ackley for 14 yards to move inside the 10. After an illegal motion penalty pushed the ball back to the 11, Chipman made a one handed, juggling catch of a Frauenberger pass crossed the goal line and then turned around and picked up the two point conversion. Chipman's TD and two point conversion made the score 22-14 and brought the first half scoring to a close.
After the break, Wortham was able to cut into the Sandies' lead when Jones found Black on a 10 yard scoring strike. The two point conversion was unsuccessful but Wortham inched closer to the Grapeland lead and only trailed by two, 22-20.
Grapeland wasted little time as they pushed their lead out to 10 less than a minute later, wh
en Frauenberger found a wide open Ackley in the front of the end zone with a 28 yard TD pass. After Chipman converted the try for two, the Sandies now led 30-20.
On Wortham's next possession, a lateral was mishandled by the back and Chipman scooped it up and raced 45 yards to the house for his third TD of the night. After he scored his fourth two point conversion of the game Grapeland led 38-20.
Stephon Ester scored from 24 yards out for the Bulldogs while Frauenberger snuck into the end zone from one yard out to make the score 44-27 at the end of the third quarter. The Bulldogs were unable to generate any offense in the fourth quarter and the Sandies were more than happy to let the cock run. When the scoreboard clock finally displayed zeroes and the horn sounded, the Sandies had won 44-27 and kept their playoff aspirations intact.
Following the game AD/Head Coach Wayne Mahaffey commented on his team's performance. "I thought we played well. We worked on a variety of things by moving Riley (Chipman) around and trying to get Kevin (Davis) involved in the offense. We had a few tools we haven't had in a while and we knew coming into the game we wanted to get the ball into his hands and Rodney's (Davis) hands as much as we could," he said.
"I thought it was pretty good execution both offensively and defensively," the coach added. "We basically took their running game away from them. They got the two big runs in the second half, but that was it. We didn't feel like they could run the ball on us effectively and they couldn't do it."
Coach Mahaffey further commented, "It was a big win for us. It was a pressure situation and we came through in the clutch. That's good for your kids when you're faced with the pressure of having to win to have a shot at the playoffs and then you come out and play as well as we did. I think that's a good sign."
The Sandies hit the road next week for their final regular season game against the Mt. Enterprise Wildcats. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. If the Sandies win they will lock down a playoff berth against the winner of District 12-2A DII.
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By Mark Hodson
Our guide Boris prodded the patchwork of ice and wet snow ahead with a ski pole then turned and said: "Be careful here. Follow my tracks."
A second later, his leg disappeared up to the hip, as he stepped into a narrow crevasse.
"So maybe not these exact tracks," he grinned sheepishly, hauling himself upright.
A hike on the Grande Motte glacier in the French Alps is no walk in the park. At 3,000m above sea level, the air is thin and dry, and the sun is dazzling. It's hard to move quickly without inducing breathlessness.
Nor is it easy to move quickly when your boots are strapped into crampons and you are roped up to the other climbers in your group.
We had started the day in the lakeside resort of Tignes, 1,000 metres below. From there, the Grande Motte glacier looks like a dusting of snow on the mountain peaks. But up close it's very different: the landscape is otherworldly, rugged and pockmarked, a starkly beautiful sea of greys, blacks and icy blues.
It was 10am on the first day of August and when we stepped off the funicular, the wind was so strong that we struggled to stand up straight. Once we got onto the glacier itself, the wind dropped and we started a slow march toward the crevasse field, the ice cracking and crunching beneath our spiked feet.
Water gushed all around us. It felt as if the glacier was melting beneath our feet. Which it was. "See that whole section of rock," said Boris. "Five years ago at the beginning of August that would have been completely covered in ice. We are losing the glacier fast."
Far from being a hairy-chested expedition, this was part of a week-long family adventure holiday organised by the tour operator Explore. I was with my 13-year-old daughter Helena, along with four other families with teenagers. We took over a small hotel overlooking the lake, where we ate breakfast and gourmet dinners and could unwind in the hotel's own pool, sauna and steam room.
Tignes in summer is a frenzy of sporting endeavour where most visitors spend their days immersed in some kind of energetic, wholesome activity. All tourists are given a card, My Tignes Open, that entitles them to free sessions of airbag jumping, zorbing, beach volleyball, stand up paddle boarding, air rifle shooting, archery, and so on.
Personally, I could have spent a week hiking in the peaks, but that wouldn't set a teenager's heart racing. So we plunged into the adrenalin sports. First up was a white water rafting trip down a 20km stretch of the Haute-Isère, one of the most exciting – and reliable – rivers of its type because the flow is controlled by releasing water from a dam below Tignes.
We were suited and booted in the village in Landry where we were given a thorough briefing (if you fall out the raft, don't reach for the bottom with your feet – you'll be travelling so fast that you can break a foot on a rock). Feeling nervous (the adults) and excited (the kids), we carried our inflatable into the ice-cold river and pushed off.
The rapids, we were told, were categories 2, 3 and 4. That didn't mean much until we plunged into the first section and were soaked from head to toe as we struggled to cling on board by wedging our feet under straps on the bottom of the raft. "That was category 2, the easy one," yelled our guide.
As the rapids got more rapid, we bounced off rocks and ducked to avoid overhanging tree branches. Then, to make things more interesting, we entered the epicentre of an electrical storm, thunder reverberating off the sides of canyons and hail pummelling our faces. It was actually a surprisingly exhilarating experience.
On the second day we hiked with a local guide, Olivia, who took us down the valley to the Cascade de Salin, a scenic waterfall, and stopped to point out all the wild flowers, many with medicinal properties, and local fauna – marmots, moths, crickets, and peacock and swallowtail butterflies.
(* See more family holidays in France).
Next day was glacier hiking in the morning then a high-ropes adventure park in the afternoon in nearby Val d'Isère. After that it was a free day when Helena and I signed up for a day of canyoning. We'd done this before, in Italy, or so we thought. It turned out we'd only done a gentle introduction, not a "real" canyoning course.
To get there, we were driven over the Col de l'Iseran, the highest col in Europe at 2,770m and a legendary Tour de France climb. The journey down the other side into the Maurienne valley was as beautiful as it was dramatic. We met up with our instructors on a patch of grass by the side of a river where we changed into wetsuits and were kitted out with life jackets, helmets and harnesses. Canyoning is a serious business and needs a lot of kit.
The setting was absurdly picturesque, with meadows on either side rising to jagged peaks, and stone-built villages on the valley floor. We spent the next three hours jumping off rocks into pools of icy clear water, scrambling over boulders and sliding down gulleys made perfectly smooth by millennia of erosion. The jumps got progressively higher. Helena, the youngest in the group, managed 7 metres. I managed the highest: a 10-metre drop from a cliff edge into a narrow deep pool. We barely stopped grinning the entire time.
The last day was another hike in the Vanoise National Park, but this one more spectacular, leaving behind the lush vegetation of the valley and climbing into the rugged alpine terrain. There, we found patches of snow, narrow paths hugging the sides of hills and vast panoramas where we saw and heard few signs of life beside herds of dairy cows in the far distance, the ringing of bells rising on the warm air currents.
We ate a picnic lunch beside a lake and then the kids took turns navigating with a map and compass (no smartphones allowed). It was a glorious day and perhaps enough to persuade our teenagers that merely walking in the hills can be a wonderful experience. Well, let's hope so.
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The beautiful actress donned Versace Spring 2017 from head-to-toe.
I love how the look takes its style cues from the strength the labels sultry energy and simplicity of sporty athleisure wear, however, I'm not fond of her styling.
The black sandals feel too heavy in comparison to the dual colour on the runway.
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Iberia Plus program continues their Avios sales using Groupon in Spain and has launched a new offer for buying Avios at a discount.
You can buy several packages of variable Avios amounts (from 1.95 to 1.23 cents each) depending what redemption you might be eyeing.
You can access this sale on Groupon's website here.
You can buy maximum one of the 1,000 and 2,000 Avios packages and up to 100,000 Avios altogether.
There is a new note on the T&Cs:
The Avios of this promotion will not be valid to redeem in Asian airlines. For flights purchased with Avios, management fees and expenses are not included. These concepts will have to be paid when making the purchase of the flight.
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The prices under this latest sale are higher at all levels besides the 35K one. The price of the lower packages has jumped up significantly.
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Sixteen figures rush across the stage, bobbing and weaving in between one another, eight each in black and white clothes. They appear to have little idea about where to go. Instinctively they go forward, despite the obvious menace of the other figures amassing round them. From the castle in the background comes a number of horses, which stampede the minor figures, ridden by two kings, two queens and the odd bishop. The bishops ride in diagonal formations, taking out whatever figures they bump into.
The two queens appear to confer before running roughshod over the minor figures and the odd bishop.
Replacing the castle in the background appears an oversized clock face, without hands but ticking away evenly, steadily and quite alarmingly resonant. It even chimes every fifteen minutes without fail.
In the melee, yet wholly unaffected by the carnage, two kings, identical but for their lacquer – one black; one white – chatter away to each other, discussing absurdity, power and time management. In unison, they both bark out an imperative, and a phalanx of tarnished pawns emerge from the shadows carrying a hamper. Hurriedly, yet orderly, the pawns spread a sheet on the floor in readiness of a picnic. Soon the lavish sandwiches, cakes and ale are arranged on the sheet and the two kings tuck into the bounty.


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Another hot, nourishing stew to keep you warm at night. I think you could live off of this stew for weeks at a time and be in perfect health. Veggies, whole grain, and protein from the quinoa and beans make it delicous and super-nutritious. The rosemary garlic olive oil gives it a luxurious flavor and silky texture.
Several Bean Stew with Rosemary Garlic Oil
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tsp fresh rosemary, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 medium onions, diced
1 lb potato, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 celery ribs, diced
1 tsp thyme
1 bay leaf
3 quarts chicken or vegetable stock
1 cup hulled barley
1 cup quinoa, rinsed
3 cans of beans, rinsed (I used cannelini, kidney, and chickpeas)
salt to taste
parmesan cheese rind (optional)
grated parmesan cheese for garnish (optional)
1) Heat oil over low in a small saucepan. Add rosemary and garlic, and gently warm until fragrant.
2) Transfer oil to heavy, large stockpot. Heat over medium-low, and add onions. Cook onions until very soft, 7-9 minutes. Add potatoes, carrots, celery, thyme, bayleaf, and some salt. Cook until vegetables are getting tender, stirring often.
3) Add stock, barley, and parmesan rind (optional). Cook partially covered for 30 minutes, until barley is almost tender.
4) Add quinoa and beans. Cook until quinoa is tender and beans are heated through, about 15 minutes. Remove bayleaf and parmesan rind. Serve hot, with grated parmesan cheese.


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On November 7, Paula Chandler heard from a friend that his water tap was trickling after 18 days of no water on Vieques, an island off the southern coast of Puerto Rico where she owns a second home. When Chandler, a Woodstock resident, was in Vieques for a week in early October, the water worked for a few days, but then as now, there was no electricity, very limited cell service, and food and cash were in short supply, as a result of Hurricane Maria, which struck Puerto Rico on September 20.
Eugenia Krause of Mount Tremper, who also owns a house on Vieques, went down to check on the situation in mid-October and had to wait five hours in line for gas, as gas stations rapidly ran out of supplies, with people stocking up for the few generators scattered across the island. Both women own houses made of concrete, so their properties survived the storm, although five glass doors had blown out of Krause's home. Neighbors with wooden houses are homeless, their structures flattened by the hurricane.
Both Krause and Chandler bought solar lights and solar-powered phone chargers to distribute to people on the island. Both women, distressed by the plight of their neighbors, are getting ready to return to Vieques with more lights and other supplies. They say most of the relief efforts on the island have been provided by individuals, not organizations or government agencies.
The owners of a new Vieques magazine put up a page on gofundme.com and raised $400,000 in four days. A donor let them use a private plane to fly in ten satellite phones, medicine, and supplies, and to fly out people with serious medical conditions. Chandler sent them money, but a week before her trip, as news of the devastation came in over Facebook, she longed to offer further help. Online she found the Luci, a portable, inflatable, waterproof solar light, priced at $15. "I texted everyone I knew and asked them to donate money," recalled Chandler, a realtor, who raised $2600. MPOWERD, the maker of the Luci, agreed to supply her with lights at the wholesale price of $10 apiece. (At present, their website offers the lights at $7.50 each for disaster relief.)
Chandler prepared to fly to Puerto Rico with a couple hundred Luci lights, 150 "D" batteries, and bug spray. When she offered, via Facebook, to bring other items, she received requests for information. "People wrote, 'I have not heard from my family. Can you contact my uncle and find out how they are?' But there are no street names on Vieques." People sent her detailed directions, and she found every person on her list. Her house, in the town of Isabel Segunda, is near a cell tower that had been hooked up to temporary equipment, so she was able to text their relatives with news.
Chandler gave a solar cell phone charger to her upstairs tenant, who has no car, the usual means of charging phones in the absence of electricity. She drove all over the island, handing out solar lights to residents. At one of several relief kitchens set up by a Puerto Rican restaurant association and staffed by local chefs, she helped serve food and distribute containers of rice and beans. She flew home determined to bring more assistance to the island's hurting inhabitants.
"When you're flying into San Juan," said Krause, "you see every other house with a blue tarp." Many homes by the ocean, hit by water surges, took in two feet of water, and roofs not made of concrete blew away. Inland, mud slides inundated houses near the mountains, with mud oozing through the louvered windows and leaving two feet of muck inside. With bridges washed out and no way to repair them, people in the mountains can't get to the towns to shop.
Vieques, population 9000, is ringed with pristine beaches, where many professionals from the main island of Puerto Rico have second homes. There are no large condo complexes or hotels crowding the beaches as at other tourist destinations. "People who work at gas stations or grocery stores, lawyers, doctors, storeowners with generators — those people will be okay," said Krause. But businesses catering to tourists have no customers, while agricultural crops have been wiped out.
"If you have cash, you can get things," she said. "At the grocery store, you can't find fresh milk, but there's boxed milk. A truck delivers twice a week, and people come in and buy up almost everything right away. For the first few weeks, no one could use credit cards because there was no Internet service, and people couldn't get money out of the bank." Now banks fill their ATM machines intermittently, and the cash is gone within hours.
There is little information available on why the water system worked for a week and then stopped, although a rumor suggested the pumping station on the main island needed a new computer panel. "It's not easy to cook and clean when you have no water," Krause pointed out. "If you have money, you're buying gallons of water. And even if you have a cooler, you can't get ice, so you can't refrigerate anything. In a week, I got one bag of ice. If you're on insulin, you're screwed."
Most of Puerto Rico's power grid is down, and Vieques is not expected to have electricity until Christmas. Krause brought boxes of string lights to give away, tiny linked solar-powered lights designed to be draped as decorations, handy for stringing through the house. "One guy had parents in their 80's," she said. "They had two flashlights they were using to go to the bathroom. I gave him string lights for the house, so the old people wouldn't fall in the night."
A Facebook post on November 7 reported, "2 engineers from Tesla rented a vehicle from us yesterday for a week. If all goes well, they told me they will be back with 20 to 30 more in a couple of weeks. I am hopeful and almost hugged them."
"I'm going to find them," said Chandler. "The island is small, and there are only three restaurants open right now." Tesla has already put up a solar array to restore power to a children's hospital in San Juan and is considering other solar projects.
Attitudes on Vieques are generally positive, with a confidence that people will survive by helping each other. But Krause said, "One woman was crying because she lost her house, and her old father was sleeping on a wet bed. She has no money, no job. It's heartbreaking. Then there are people like me, coming to fix up my house. I arrive with money, and I can survive, get what I need, and leave." She plans to buy more lights, hopefully wholesale, and bring them to Vieques in early December.
Chandler was gearing up to head back in mid-November with another batch of Luci lights. She has raised additional money by going through an old address book to contact people she hasn't talked to for 10 years. "I love Vieques," she said. "I've gotten completely obsessed with Puerto Rico. They need so much help. The extent of the devastation is incomprehensible — and I'm not exaggerating. I wish I were."
To donate to Paula Chandler's solar light fund, visit GoFundMe.com and search for Solar Lights for Puerto Rico. For updated information on the situation in Vieques, join the Facebook group Vieques Dining.


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My Top 5 Fall Wardrobe Essentials
October 4, 2018
As you know my favorite thing about fall is the fashion. There are so many options when it comes to staple looks for the season. I just love the layered look and all the options for accessorizing. This is also the time of the year where fashion bloggers, stores, and magazines show you what's new and … More My Top 5 Fall Wardrobe Essentials