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A matter of balance
"The Woolen Mills, though it feels like city in the country, really isn't. It started out as an industrial community and it is completely embedded in an industrial network, to the south, to the east, to the north." -Vice Mayor Kendra Hamilton
I respectfully disagree.
The woolen mill was located at the juncture of Moore's Creek and the Rivanna River. The lion's share of the Mill's real estate holdings throughout the residential mill village functioned as the village commons. You could keep a cow on the mill land, you could play baseball, you could go rabbit hunting.
Above, Emma Baltimore Amiss sits in the side yard of 1709 East Market. The hedgeline in the distance, to the north, marks the edge of Riverview cemetery. When this picture was taken the "industrial community" had been running full tilt for seventy years.
Having neighborhood industry doesn't necessarily destroy quality of life. Industry and an agrarian ethic can thrive together as this picture clearly illustrates.
Quality of life is a carefully maintained balance.
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text: Share Tweet Interview With Social Media & SEO Expert Gisele Navarro Why Gisele Navarro embraces working from home. Gisele shares industry tools for really kick starting your work productivity. Interview with Gen Y SEO Expert Welcome to the 25th of the weekly interview series where I will speak a wide range of people who have embraced the working remotely opportunity. We will speak to entrepreneurs, business owners, large organisation workers and freelancers about their trials and tribulations when delving into remote working. This week I am delighted to interview someone who i would call the female equivalent to myself. Gisele Navarro is a remote worker within the SEO industry. Gisele is extremely highly regarded within the industry with vast years experience of both search marketing and social media. Gisele is currently Social Community manager for Search marketing agency Upstream. I was alerted to Gisele's qualities through a number of her guest posts which are all an amazing read. I strongly suggest following Gisele if you want to keep up with the latests in Outreach, Search marketing and social. Other than working remotely for Upstream Gisele also runs her own social media blog and can be found giving excellent advice through her twitter account here. It was really incredible to receive such great advice from a fellow home worker and the interview is another superb read. Gisele also offers some of the industries best tools for really kick starting your work productivity. Enough of me, Enjoy the read! Q: Hi Gisele tell us a little bit about yourself, where are you from, where do you live now? I'm originally from Buenos Aires (Argentina) and I'm currently living in the vibrant German city of Berlin. Q: What company do you work for and what is your role within the organisation? I'm the Social Community Manager for Upstream, a search marketing agency based in Brighton, UK. Q: There are very few of us but we are both SEO's who work from home. What do you love most about working in the SEO industry and how do you keep up to date with latest skills and trends. I'd say that what I love the most about working in the SEO industry is its community. There are so many brilliant brainswho also happen to be great people that won't hesitate to share their latest discoveries and ongoing tests. In terms of keeping up to date with this ever-changing world of digital marketing,I read many blogs on a daily basis, try to attenddifferent webinars (especially now that the Mozinars are back!), and always keep an eye on Inbound.org. In addition to this, I've been joining weekly Google+ Hangouts organized by Max Minzer for the last 4 months and I've learnt A LOT about different aspects such as UX, semantic data and video marketing. Q: Your skills seem to be focused on link acquisition, outreach and social. What do you love most about these areas of SEO? I have an sociable personality, so managing online communities, being the person behind social media accounts and working as a nexus between brands and bloggers/publishers suits me really well. I build bridges between consumers/publishers and brands, and there's nothing I love more than opening doors through effective communication. Q: What do you dislike most about the office environment and how does working from home remove this dislike? To be honest, when I started working from home, there was nothing I disliked about the office environment, aside from commuting during rush hours. Now that I've been working remotely for over 4 years, I've realized that I've increased my productivity almost solely based on the fact that I have the ability to work uninterrupted. So I guess that the one thing I dislike the most about the office environment is having other people interrupting my train of thought with an unexpected visit. Q: How do you deal with stereotypes from friends in regards to productivity when working from home? i.e.: Sleep until midday, 2 hour lunch breaks etc. I think most of my friends know that I work really hard, even though they might find me sharing updates on Facebook or reading different blogs in the middle of the day. Working from home requires a high level of responsibility, self-discipline and organisation.Thanks to articles like the ones published on Generation Y Working, more and more people are coming to understand that. Q: What is the most challenging part about home working and how do you overcome this? In my case, the most challenging part has to be finishing the work day at a proper time. I've talked to many telecommuters who have the same problem: suddenly you look at the clock and it's already 8.30pm! I haven't managed to overcome this yet, but that's one of my resolutions for 2013. Q: What are the main positives in working from home full time? Gisele & her dog Bruce working away, There are many benefits from working from home, the ones I enjoy the most are: My days are far more productive. Cutting out the traffic jams has reduced my stress. I've developed healthier eating habits. Staying in shape is easier when you can fit the gym into your schedule without any complications. As Anika said on her interview with you, I don't get as many colds or bouts of flu. And I have the pleasure to work in the company of my best friend, little Bruce Lee: Q: Are you an advocate of work/life balance and how do you try and balance both? Someone once told me not to confuse having a career with having a life, and I think that a good work/life balance is exactly about that. Connecting to what really matters in life will help you reduce stress, while opening the doorto all kinds of creativity. It can be hard to separate work and non-work, and that's why it's important to find ways to switch off mentally. I try to take regular brakes during the day for cooking, walking the dog, going for a run, doing my German homework or shopping for groceries. Q: What's a typical day for Gisele? Realistically….start to finish. I like to start my day with a good breakfast, while I check my personal email accounts and social profiles. I always try to get at least one big task done before I wade into my business email, whether it is designing images I want to share on the clients' social pages or writing a blog post. Once I'm done, I move on to answering emails and managing the social media accounts for the clients I work with. Normally I will spend the entire morning replying to messages on Google+, scheduling tweets, sending out status updates on Facebook, curating content, and commenting on different blogs. I normally take my lunch break around 1.30pm and have different meetings scheduled after that. Every afternoon is different as I work as the nexus between the SEO, social media and content marketing departments. On a regular day, I might have at least one strategy meeting and one training session with a link builder, always via Skype. The last meeting will put an end to my work day. Q: Do you have a dedicated office space and what is the importance of having this? Sadly I don't have an office space at home, my husband and I both work from home so we need a dedicated room but we'll have to wait until we move to a new apartment. Right now we're working in the dining room and every now and then we go to a bar. Q: Any pictures of your Office? Nice workspace! Q: How important do you feel family support is for home workers? Is your husband understanding of your working day? My husband understands it more than anyone. We help each other keep motivated and focused, so this mutual support means the world to both of us. Q: Do you have any productivity tools you use to keep yourself efficient which may help our readers? My top tool is a good old notebook in which I make my to-do lists and keep track of open projects. In addition to this, I use an extension for Chrome called Writer, which is a distraction-free writing tool that gets me away from all of the noise, helping me focus on my writing. I also use Dropbox to share and sync documents, photos and videos with the rest of the team. And for discovering great content, I use curation tools such as Curate.Me and Trapit. Another excellent tool I use on a daily basis is called If This Then That (IFTTT), and you can use it for connecting any two Web services together with one simple statement: if this Trigger then that Action. You can create different recipes, such as "If I favourite a tweet, then save it to my Pocket so that I can read it later." In terms of social media I use two management tools (Hootsuite and Sprout Social), and several analytics tools that help me improve my efficiency. And at last but not least, a Gmail add-on that made my outreach easier: Rapportive. Q: Obviously a silly question as a passionate home worker like myself but do you believe more organisations should allow those with web based roles to work remotely? If so..how come? Of course! Companies should be exploring the possibilities that home based roles could bring to the table. But in order to do so, more organisations will need to start trusting their staff, I think that's the biggest concern business owners have. I'm living proof that you can be more productive and way happier when you work from home. Moreover, telecommuting leads to a better work/life balance, which boosts my morale and motivation as an employee.

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"Via Walking wanted to tell a story. To give people an insight into the Tuscan experience they provide – the romance of the landscape, the people, the food, the wine, the friendships." – Alicia Whetton, Senior Designer
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Via Walking lead walking tours through Tuscany, and approached Idaho to help them create a brochure with their tour and booking details that could be left with travel agents.
The directors were very passionate about the Tuscany and the beautiful villages, landscape, food and wine. Their tours were very personal so the brochure had to convey this personality, whilst remaining professional.
A collage of photos, travel documents, and real objects present the information on the brochure as if it were laid out on a wooden table, in the same way that you might plan your travels. Objects such as vine leaves and wine stains are used to suggest the love of wine and food, and photos of real groups show off the country side, the relaxed atmosphere and diverse groups.


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Unorthodox success principles from a billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Eli Broad's embrace of "unreasonable thinking" has helped him build two Fortune 500 companies, amass personal billions, and use his wealth to create a new approach to philanthropy. He has helped to fund scientific research institutes, K-12 education reform, and some of the world's greatest contemporary art museums. By contrast, "reasonable" people come up with all the reasons something new and different can't be done, because, after all, no one else has done it that way. This book shares the "unreasonable" principles―from negotiating to risk-taking, from investing to hiring―that have made Eli Broad such a success.
Broad helped to create the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Broad Contemporary Art Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and The Broad, a new museum being built in downtown Los Angeles
His investing approach to philanthropy has led to the creation of scientific and medical research centers in the fields of genomic medicine and stem cell research
At his alma mater, Michigan State University, he endowed a full-time M.B.A. program, and he and his wife have funded a new contemporary art museum on campus to serve the broader region
Eli Broad is the founder of two Fortune 500 companies: KB Home and SunAmerica
If you're stuck doing what reasonable people do―and not getting anywhere―let Eli Broad show you how to be unreasonable, and see how far your next endeavor can go.


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Have you ever heard of Medium? Its like a more grown up Thought Catalog.This is my profile there.
And this is my first article published there.
Well, its a new place where you could share your story. You could sign up and share a story. The number of minutes that your readers will take in reading your whole story will be displayed on top. Im not sure what the effect of this is. Short stories call for more readers?
I have been invited to a similar start up before, but I have buried writing a contribution in my to-do list. Anyway, I think Medium is going places. For one, I have read a Medium article on my Facebook feed and it was shared on 9Gag. Its a funny piece you should read it.
Here are the things which I find adorbs on Medium:
- The fonts
- The fact that the only available formats are the minimalistic ones
- The huge picture heading for your article
- The notes that your readers can leave on any line of your piece!!! (#1 reason
- The people who write for medium (Theyre established people, start up founders, CEOs, managers, witty writers, etc.)
- The richness of the pieces submitted on Medium
Go visit Medium and be moved with stories great people have to tell.


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Few runners will be more warmed up, or rather, exhausted, at the starting line of the Pittsburgh Marathon than Wayne Kurtz.
At 6:30 a.m. race morning, Kurtz, a 45-year-old Pittsburgh native, will jump off a treadmill after running for 48 hours and be among the 6,300 marathoners ready to hit the hills when the gun goes off at 7 a.m.
Kurtz is no stranger to multi-day endurance events. As an ultra-triathlete, he has completed more than 400 races, including two finishes at the DECA Ironman competition, an event that involves completing an Ironman-distance triathlon (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run) on 10 consecutive days. This September, Kurtz will do the triple—an Ironman a day for 30 days.
So two days on a treadmill shouldn't be daunting, right?
"A few weeks ago I did my first 24-hour treadmill fundraiser and it was a lot harder than I expected," says Kurtz. "I'd only done a few 45-minute treadmill runs before. The thing just keeps going. You can't stop like you can outside."
In that 24-hour event, Kurtz logged 100 miles in 22 hours, walking the final two hours. His goal for the 48-hour treadmill run, which begins Friday morning at 6:30 a.m. at the Pittsburgh Marathon expo, is 150 miles. (At Kurtz's last 48-hour outdoor race, he ran 158 miles.)
"If I run as hard as I did during the 24-hour event, I'll never get through the marathon," he says.
Not knowing how he'll feel, Kurtz estimates that the marathon may take him up to 6 or 8 hours to finish.
"One thing I can tell you: there will be walking," he says.
Kurtz's race strategy centers on fueling. He'll consume 250 to 300 calories an hour during the marathon, which will be his tenth running of the Pittsburgh race. Stopping at a 7/11 for chicken is not out of the question.
Along for support will be his friend, Steve Harvey, an ultra-triathlon world champion from Britain, and fellow U.S. ultra-triathlete, Texan William Pruett.
The effort is all part of a fundraiser for Running for Laptops, a local charity that provides laptops to needy students in the Pittsburgh area.
Three additional treadmills will be set up next to Kurz's at the expo. Anyone can hop on, day or night, and donate any amount they want per mile or minute.
Kurtz has enjoyed a bit of celebrity these last few days. "I'm out walking around and people say, 'Oh, that's the idiot who's going to run on the treadmill,'" he says. "I love it."
Man to Run 48 Hours, Then do Pittsburgh Marathon
The ultrarun will raise money for local charity, Running for Laptops.
Few runners will be more warmed up, or rather, exhausted, at the starting line of the Pittsburgh Marathon than Wayne Kurtz.
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Anger is certainly a kind of baseness; as it appears. well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns; children, women, old folks, sick folks. Only men must beware, that they carry their Anger rather with scorn, than with fear: so that they may seem rather to be above the injury, than below it, which is a thing easily done, if a man will give law to himself in it.
For the second point. The causes and motives of Anger are chiefly three: first, to be too sensible of hurt: for no man is angry that feels not himself hurt; and therefore tender and delicate persons must needs be often angry; they have so many things to trouble them, which more robust natures have little sense of. The next is, the apprehension and construction of the injury offered, to be in the circumstances thereof full of contempt. For contempt is that which putteth an edge upon Anger, as much or more than the hurt itself: and therefore when men are ingenious in picking out circumstances of contempt, they do kindle their Anger much. Lastly, opinion of the touch of a man's reputation doth multiply and sharpen Anger: wherein the remedy is, that a man should have, as Gonsalvo was wont to say,
" His web of honour thicker than to be pierced by any imaginary contempt." But in all refrainings of Anger, it is the best remedy to win time, and to make a man's self believe that the opportunity of his revenge is not yet come; but that he foresees a time for it, and so to still himself in the mean time, and reserve it.
To contain Anger from mischief, though it take hold of a man, there be two things, whereof
you must have special caution : the one, of extreme bitterness of words, especially if they be aculeate and proper; for " reproaches of a common sort" are nothing so much. And again, that in Anger a man reveal no secrets; for that makes him not fit for society. The other, that you do not peremptorily break off in any business in a fit of Anger; but howsoever you show bitterness, do not act any thing that is not revocable.
For raising, and appeasing, Anger in another: it is done chiefly by choosing of times, when men are frowardest and worst disposed, to incense them; again, by gathering (as was touched before) all that you can tind out to aggravate the contempt. And the two remedies are by the contraries : the former, to take good times, when first to relate to a man an angry business : for the first impression is much; and the other is, to sever as much as may be the construction of the injury from the point of contempt; imputing it to misunderstanding, fear, passion, or what you will,
Of Vicissitude of Things. SOLOMON saith, " There is no new thing upon the earth." So that as Plato had an imagination, " that all knowledge was but a remembrance :" so Solomon giveth his sentence," that all novelty is but oblivion :" whereby you may see, that the river of Lethe runneth as well above ground as below. There is an abstruse astrologer that saith, " If it were not for two things that are constant, (the one is, that the fixed stars ever stand at like distance one from another, and never come nearer together, nor go further asunder; the other, that the diurnal motion perpetually keepeth time) no individual would last one moment." Certain it is, that the matter is in a perpetual flux, and never at a stay, The great winding-sheets that bury all things in oblivion, are two; deluges and earthquakes. As for conflagrations and great droughts, they do not merely dispeople, but destroy. Phaëton's car went but a day: and the three years' drought, in the time of Elias, was but particular, and left people alive. As for the great burnings by lightnings, which are often in the West Indies, they are but narrow. But in the other two destructions, by deluge and earthquake, it is further to be noted, that the remnant of people which hap to be re
served, are commonly ignorant and mountainous people, that can give no account of the time past; so that the oblivion is all one, as if none had been left. If you consider well of the people of the West Indies, it is very probable that they are a newer or younger people, than the people of the old world. And it is much more likely, that the destruction that hath heretofore been there, was not by earthquakes, (as the Egyptian priest told Solon, concerning the Island of Atlantis, " that it
" was swallowed by an earthquake"): but rather, it was desolated by a particular deluge; for earthquakes are seldom in those parts. But on the other side, they have such pouring rivers, as the rivers of Asia, and Africa, and Europe, are but brooks to them. Their Andes likewise, or mountains, are far higher than those with us; whereby it seems, that the remnants of generations of men were in such a particular deluge saved. As for the observation that Machiavel hath, that the jealousy of sects doth much extinguish the memory of things, traducing Gregory the Great, that he did what in him lay to extinguish all heathen antiquities ; I do not find that those zeals do any great effects, nor last long; as it appeared in the succession of Sabinian, who did revive the former antiquities.
The Vicissitude or mutations in the superior globe, are no fit matter for this present argument. It may be, Plato's great year, if the world should last so long, would have some effect; not in renewing the state of like individuals, in unison with those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have) but in gross. Comets, out of question, have likewise power and effect over the
gross and mass of things : but they are rather gazed upon, and waited upon in their journey, than wisely observed in their effects, especially in their respective effects; that is, what kind of comet' for magnitude, colour, version of the beams, placing in the region of heaven, or lasting, produceth particular effects.
There is a toy of which I have heard, and I would not have it slighted, but considered a little they say it is observed in the Low Countries, (I know not in what part) that every five-and-thirty years, the same kind and suit of years and weathers comes about again, as great frosts, great wet, great droughts, warm winters, summers with little heat, and the like; and they call it the prime. It is a thing I do rather mention, because, computing backwards, I have found some concurrence.
But to leave these points of nature, and come to men. The greatest Vicissitude of things amongst men, is, the Vicissitude of sects and religions : for those orbs rule in men's minds most. The true


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"Trusting our ourselves, listening to our babies, and celebrating the demands of motherhood"
Our aim is to normalise the demands of motherhood, to trust ourselves and our children, and to celebrate ourselves more!
The Motherhood Project was founded in 2006 and has evolved to become a collaborative blog for Kiwi parents.
In 2015, we have rebranded! Welcome to our new blog! (You will find our old site and posts at motherhoodsupermum.wordpress.com).
The Motherhood Project is made up of a series of ventures to get mothers talking a little bit more honestly to each other, to make PND more acceptable to talk about, to accept that motherhood is hard work and sad and mundane as well as rewarding and fun, to make motherhood more natural, for us women to trust our bodies and our instincts.
The need to talk honestly about motherhood is strong, so women are empowered, united, and don't feel so alone for feeling how they do. With 'mummy wars' raging and the media racing to pit parenting styles against another (think breast/formula!), its time to adopt a more supportive approach.
The writers at The Motherhood Project have united to create the collaborative and supportive environment we want to see more of! We parent differently, we have different beliefs and values, yet we are all great parents raising awesome families.
Motherhood is an amazing journey, but its not easy. At times you give up your freedom, independence, your body… all for this child!
The Motherhood Project is about taking down the brave face we mothers seem so determined to put on. It's about meeting the needs of our children (sometimes at the expense of our own needs) so we can raise healthy, secure children. It's about looking after ourselves so we can be the best mother/partner/wife/daughter/sister/co-worker we can be.
Here at The Motherhood Project, we are pro-informed choice. Every parent has the right to make an INFORMED DECISION about how they will parent.
The Motherhood Project blog is based on real home life in New Zealand. Sometimes we will disagree with each other (the other collaborative writers) and sometimes our readers may disagree with us! Indeed, we look forward to some controversial topics that will start conversations: healthy debate is a great way to get informed and research different ideas!
I think that in today's environment, we forget to trust ourselves. Women are equipped with an amazing sense of intuition, yet we forget to draw upon it. Trust yourself!!! And trust your child- they really are very smart!!


text: When it comes to fountain lighting , a distinction can be made between lights using LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology and halogen lights. In absolute terms, it is still not possible to achieve the same lighting values with LED lights as it is with incandescent lights. However in relative terms (lumens emitted per consumed watt), it is worth highlighting that the predominant trend is clearly in favor of LED lights. Applying everything outlined above to the fountain lighting, we generally recommend the use of underwater LED fountain lights to light up water jets with a height of up to 10m or large volumes of water, compared to submersible lights that reach an optimal performance with water jets of a greater height


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Happy Friday, friends! I haven't done a monthly summary for a LONG time, so I thought that I'd start doing it again in the new year. This January I ended up reading a total of 11 books, which is way more that I've read in a month in a long time. To see my 2016 50 Book Pledge Read shelf, click here!
This month, I read:
*99 Days by Katie Cotugno
*How to Love by Katie Cotugno
*Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
*The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless
*Divergent by Veronica Roth
*Insurgent by Veronica Roth
*Allegiant by Veronica Roth
*Catherine, Called Birdie by Karen Cushman
*Foxlowe by Eleanor Wasserberg
*Finding Winnie by Lindsey Mattick
*Disclaimer by Renee Knight
I think one of the big reasons that allowed me to read so much was the #24in48 readathon, which encouraged me to read A LOT in one weekend. It also helped that I read a lot of young adult novels (and one picture book). This month, I started off with the opposite: the long and emotional A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. It was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize last year and I've heard so many great things about it. Since it's finally out in paperback, I figured I'd give it a shot!
What are you reading this month? Did you read any of the books that I read? How was your January reading?


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A Brief History Of The Cambridgeshire Regiment
Our close friends, The Cambridgeshire Regiment came into being in 1908. Their birth was as a result of the Haldane Reforms which brought into being the Territorial Force (TF) later to become the Territorial Army.
The strong Suffolk connection began in 1887 when the Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteers became the 3rd (Cambridgeshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment. During the Boer War (1899-1902), a party of 3 officers and 43 Other Ranks volunteered for service in the Cape, earning them the Battle Honour "South Africa 1900-1901" This honour was therefore carried over to the new regiment in 1908. The Cambridgeshire Regiment was unusual in that it was exclusively territorial, having no regular army battalion. Therefore it had the privilege of being the 1st Battalion of its Regiment.
The Great War
In August 1914, the Battalion was at full strength having just returned from annual camp. For overseas service, the 1/1st Battalion was formed. It landed in France in February 1915 and elements of the Battalion took over a 'quiet' section of the front line around the village of Dickebusch in Belgium as part of the 82nd Brigade, 27th Division. From here, the following month, they went into the front line around the town of Ypres. For the remainder of 1915, they were to be stationed in the front line between Armentieres and Flixecourt.
In February 1916, the Battalion were transfered to the 39th Division and between spells in the front line around Festubert and Givenchy, the Battalion began preparing for the forthcoming offensive on the Somme. Although not involved on the first day of the offensive, 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment were brought into action on 26th August to hold the front line at Hamel. After holding the front line at Theipval in September, the Battalion were ordered to take the heavily fortified German position known the "Schwaben Redoubt." The position was taken on 15th October after much heavy fighting and the loss of 13 officers and over 200 Other Ranks killed or wounded. Such was action that day that the Commander-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force, Sir Douglas Haig, referred to it as 'one of the finest feats if arms in the history of the British Army'.
After returning to the front line around St. Pierre Divion, the Battalion moved to the Ypres canal in January 1917 and in July onto St. Julien, where it was to be involved in an important action to capture a position known as the "Border House". Outflanked, the Battalion had to retire. Later that day, a bandaged runner arrived back at Battalion Headquarters with a note from a young Cambridgeshire NCO still holding the position. Lance Corporal Muffett, had written to say that he and three others would hold on till ordered to retire, even though everyone else including their officer had been killed. Captain Riddell, the Company Commander, recommended Muffett for a Victoria Cross. He was later awarded a DCM (Distinguished Conduct Medal). The remainder of 1917 and the beginning of 1918, saw them still in the Salient around Ypres. Following the German offensive of March 1918, the Battalion were holding positions around Hill 60. There was much heavy fighting and by May, news was recieved that 39th Division was to be broken up and the units disbanded into other Battalions. 1/1 Cambridgeshires would absorb the remains of 7/Suffolk and join the 12th (Eastern) Division near Albert on the old Somme battlefield.
In the battles of the Last 100 Days, the Cambridgeshire Regiment saw heavy fighting at Bapume, Amiens and Nurlu. The Armistice found 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment in Bonsecours and by the end of the month, the Colours had been brought out from England to accompany the Battalion home the following year. Losses were 77 Officers and 789 Other Ranks killed with 3299 wounded (all ranks). The award of 27 Battle Honours and over 300 awards for gallantry are testament to the actions of the Battalion.
The Second World War
1939 saw the raising of a second battalion of the Regiment. After mobilisation, both Battalions were to join the 18th (East Anglian) Division along with their counterparts 4th and 5th Battalions, The Suffolk Regiment (TA). After much training with new carriers and equipment, both Battalions went to Scotland to train in modern mechanised warfare.
Originally destined to serve in the Middle East, upon Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941, the Division were hastily sent via the east coast of Canada and the United States, to Cape Town, onwards to India before finally arriving at Singapore in late January 1942.
It was unfortunately a hopeless cause. The Japanese had already pushed the army back through Malaya and almost onto the island itself. With no supporting air power and obsolete naval guns that pointed out to sea, the two Battalions fought in an immediate defensive role in the Sime Road area on the island. By 9th February, the 1st Battalion were rushed to improve the defences around the Seletar airfield, but it was a hopeless cause. Retreating Australian troops were soon falling back through their positions and by the 12th, they had fallen back into the area of Adam Park, south of the Macritchie reservoir. Holding on against vastly superior forces and with rations running short, on 15th February, the battle came to an end with the British Commander, Lieutenant-General A.E. Percival, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E.., M.C., surrendering the island and its garrison to the Japanese. It was the worst defeat in British Military History.
When surrender came, 1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment had been surrounded for two days by vastly superior Japanese forces, yet their perimeter was unbroken. Some said; "the spirit of the Border House lived on."
What followed was three and a half years of torture as the Battalions became Prisoners of War. Forced first to live in the cramped confines of the Island prison, Changi, they then worked on repairing and then rebuilding another airfield on the island. The move into Thailand followed and from then until their liberation in August 1945, the Regiment moved further and further up into Burma as the railway progressed. Hope came for some in early 1944, when the Japanese offered the prisoners a chance to go to Formosa and work in the coal mines. Of the few that accepted, they were tragically torpedoed en-route to Japan by American submarines.
The badge of the Regiment, could be seen at home whilst the two Battalions were in captivity; being worn by the 11 Battalions of the Cambridgeshire Home Guard.
Post War
After homecoming and the Freedom of the City of Cambridge, the Battalion converted in 1947, to an artillery regiment instead of infantry. They therefore became the 629 (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA), they were however permitted to retain their Colours, Drums, badges and buttons.
In 1954, a change of role again came to the Regiment. With disbandment of the Anti-Aircraft Command, the Regiment now became
629 (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Parachute Light Regiment RA (TA). It was the only parachute light regiment in the British Army. In 1955, all 140 ranks, qualified as parachutists and won their 'wings'. The Cambridgeshire Regiment badge was now worn proudly on their new red berets. 1957, saw the Battalion convert back to their traditional role as infantry; a role in which they remained until amalgamation.
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A building for motorcyclists
It is located in Tokyo, is called "NE apartment" and is the work of Japanese architects Yuji Nakae, Akiyoshi Takagi and Hirofumi Ohno. In a "C" shape, it allows its "motorcycling residents" to have a unique access to their apartments: from the street directly into their homes! They're only eight units that form a small homely complex of sinuous and extremely modern shapes.
A large entrance in a smooth curve guarantees a maximum use of each apartment, as they are connected. This isn't a problem though, because they are all placed in a way that assures each a different view of the outside. The radial shape itself, aside from allowing the motorbikes to be easily handled, also give the illusion of a more spacious environment. The construction techniques used are pretty complex, because they must guarantee, aside from the solidity and security obvious in a project, a lot of curves and walls that should allow, at the same time, comfort, practicality and privacy.
As this is a building especially made for people who can't live without a noisy motor, the acoustical isolation also needed to be perfect. So, even the biggest motors from Harleys, Hayabusas, etc. won't bother the neighbours. Even though the inhabitant of this type of building shouldn't really mind this type of noise. On the contrary.


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For Tito Ortiz, More Injury Excuses Are Par for the CourseAugust 6, 2013
Like me, there are plenty of you who years ago gave up the quest to make sense of the things that often come out of Tito Ortiz's mouth.
You know as well as I do that Ortiz is an emotional man, and those emotions can often lead to the former UFC light heavyweight champion handing out nonsensical and often downright ludicrous statements like candy on Halloween.
Don't believe me?
When Ortiz returned to the UFC in 2009 after an extended hiatus from the Octagon (and a personal feud with Dana White that teetered brilliantly on the edge between slightly interesting and completely embarrassing for all involved), he gave thanks to White, Lorenzo Fertitta and the UFC for helping build his brand. Here's what Ortiz told Jim Rome (via Bloody Elbow) prior to his UFC 140 fight with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira:
I'm very, very thankful for Dana and Lorenzo. I don't want to sound like a broken record but they've given so much to my family and to me as a fighter. I've given so much to make this happen. I've been with the UFC since day one. I fought with the UFC as an amateur, back in 1997, May 30. UFC 13. And I've only competed in the UFC, I've never competed anywhere else my whole career. I made my brand by the UFC. Thanks to Lorenzo and Dana for making that happen for me.
If you're looking for something a little more recent, here's what Ortiz told Bloody Elbow's Steph Daniels in January of this year. Keep in mind that this was a mere seven months ago:
Dana and Lorenzo gave me the opportunity to make a brand of myself, and I'm so very thankful to them for that. I've used that opportunity, and have been exploring every possible avenue that I can, since. Dana and I had our ups and downs, but he taught me so much, and when I look back, I look back fondly. He taught me so much as a person, and especially as a business man, and I think him being one of my managers taught me valuable things that I can use for the future with the athletes that I'm managing. I have nothing but admiration and respect for them, and great feelings for the UFC.
Fast forward to last Thursday night, when Ortiz debuted as the surprise opponent for Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in a ceremony that had all the trappings of the professional wrestling industry that Jackson and Ortiz now call their part-time home.
Part of me suspected that Ortiz might be considering a return, particularly after he tweeted a photo of the Bellator corporate office in early July. That's what happens when White decides that it's up to him to determine when a fighter's career should end. I realize that White typically has the best interest of his fighters in mind when he makes such a decision; Chuck Liddell was the first and best example. Is there a single person in the world, outside of Liddell and his immediate family, that wanted to see "The Iceman" get back in the cage and possibly have his light switch flipped off for the umpteenth time?
White lucked out. Liddell wanted to fight again, but he was willing to listen to his long-time friend. He stepped out of the cage and into the kind of no-show job that would make Tony Soprano beam with sheer glee. In exchange for quitting, Liddell drew a paycheck from Zuffa that will continue to the end of his days.
Ortiz was not so lucky. His much-publicized feud with White, which nearly resulted in a televised boxing match between the two, cast a pall over their relationship even after they patched things up and Tito returned to the Octagon. It was a rift that would never quite be completely repaired. When asked about the one thing he'd change if he could start over, Ortiz was quite revealing:
The only thing I can really think of would be the feuding with Dana. I said some things, based on emotion, and was acting in a defensive manner. I think now, I would say things a little differently, and handled things better. I wouldn't have taken things so personally.
Ortiz didn't want to retire from fighting. Despite going 1-7-1 since losing to Liddell in 2006, Ortiz clearly felt that he had more to offer the sport. If he could only heal the perpetual injuries that often popped up immediately after losing another fight, well, he would clearly be one of the best light heavyweights in the world once again.
Which is why we shouldn't have been so surprised when Ortiz walked down the entrance ramp last week. I cannot remember, for the life of me, when something happened to Ortiz that was not quickly blamed on someone else.
Lose a fight? He tore his ACL two months ago, but didn't tell anyone because he didn't want to let the fans down. Instead, he claimed to be the healthiest and deadliest he'd been in his entire career.
Lose another fight? He has a broken neck. He shouldn't even be fighting, but he's risking his life for the fans because they mean everything to him.
Or, how about this:
I'm healthy, my mind is in a good place, I have a boss that I no longer have to fight with that has my back. I have a company that has my back. I don't want a relationship that drags me down. I have a great family that has my back. I'm in a good place mentally, physically, emotionally, like no other.
I've been thinking (about returning) for a long time. I think it was after my last surgery when I bounced back only a month after surgery. Then I got knee surgery and I bounced back after three weeks. I was like 'why is my body healing so fast?' and then I realized what was around me, all the negative was gone. I had nothing but positive around me, it was a positive mindset, you can achieve a lot of things.
Put another way: His body was healing slowly from injuries because of Dana White and the negativity surrounding their relationship. Keep in mind that Ortiz gave this quote seven months after thanking White and the Fertittas for everything they did for him. Seven months after, Ortiz said that his relationship with White was the only thing he'd change about his career.
Now? Ortiz was happy to be in a promotion that took care of its fighters, unlike that terrible Zuffa company over in Vegas. Ortiz followed in Jackson's footsteps, placing the blame for much that has transpired in his career at someone else's doorstep and refusing to accept responsibility.
Like Jackson—who conveniently ignores that time that White and Fertitta bailed him out of an Orange County prison after Jackson drank too many energy drinks, saw Jesus and led police on a high-speed monster truck chase—Ortiz willfully forgets the things he said about White seven months ago because they aren't conducive to his new employers.
As if to add the cherry on top of the ridiculousness sundae, Ortiz claims that his body is healing more quickly now that he's not with the UFC.
If ever there comes a time when Ortiz wonders to himself why people don't take him or the things he says very seriously, well, all he needs to do is take a look back at the words that have come out of his own mouth over the past few years. Hell, even the last seven months will paint a clear picture, or at least as clear as it's going to get when Ortiz is involved.
If Ortiz wants to fight again, that's his decision. I'd hate to see his quality of life affected 15 or 20 years down the road simply because he felt like he could still compete in a violent sport that is altogether different than the one he debuted in back in the 1990s. But it's his decision, and his alone.
I have just three requests:
That he chooses not to blame others if Jackson beats him in November.
That he doesn't come down with another broken neck or ACL injury or broken skull that would've prevented him from taking the fight if he didn't want to keep the fans happy.
And that he takes an honest-to-God truthful look at himself and decides that maybe, just maybe, Dana White had his best interests in mind in the first place.


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- The Identifin database tracks white sharks using photos of their dorsal fins
- Advanced computing matches photos quicker than by manual entry
- Shark research can help educate the public and improve conservation efforts
For most people, working with sharks would be enough to make them jumpy, or at least a little bit anxious.
These emotions are not what marine biologist Sara Andreotti feels. A researcher at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, Andreotti is tasked with quite the undertaking: Collecting data about great white sharks.
"During the sample collection and lab work my thoughts are very much focused on the task at hand and the results," Andreotti says. "Sometimes I'm happy when I get it right and sometimes I'm thinking of swear words (in multiple languages) when something goes wrong."
To track white shark sightings off the coast of South Africa, Andreotti collaborated with an applied mathematician and a software developer from Stellenbosch University to create Identifin, a searchable database.
Their research was recently published in Marine Biodiversity.
"The need to identify individual white sharks made me discuss a photographic identification technique with Michael Rutzen, a world-renowned shark conservationist," Andreotti says.
"He suggested we barcode the individuals by the number of notches in the top, middle, and lower section of the dorsal fin. By using this categorization system, we could manually match almost 5,000 photographs from 426 sharks in the first four years of study."
Similar to how humans can be identified using fingerprints, tracking dorsal fins is a simple way to quickly identify sharks. The dorsal fin is the tall, triangular shaped fin that appears on the top of each shark; by observing notches on the fins, researchers can match the shark to one in the database.
By increasing our understanding and knowledge of white sharks, we will eventually maintain a healthier relationship with this ancient predator of the ocean. ~ Sara Andreotti
"White sharks are not as willing as people to provide their fingerprint, so snapping the right photograph takes some practice," Andreotti says. "Unlike the movies, white sharks don't swim with their dorsal fin out of the water at all times. Once the fin is completely out of the water, we need to take the photo as perpendicular as possible to the fin, so that the unique notches at the back become visible."
Once the photos of the sharks are collected, each photo must also be cropped and edited so the notches appear as clear as possible since the sharks are being photographed against water.
The database software isolates the shark fin from the water in the background. Then, using an algorithmic technique called dynamic time-warping, Identifin automatically matches incoming photos to a shark image in the database, correctly matching images greater than 80 percent of the time.
Andreotti estimates that by using Identifin, the time it takes to complete her work is 1/10th of the original identification system, which was previously comprised of manually entering the photos.
Andreotti says her research offers important insights about how to protect white sharks going forward.
"The white shark is a top predator that has been demonized by human society for centuries," Andreotti says. "The Identifin project shows how we can recognize individual sharks and monitor them long term. By increasing our understanding and knowledge of white sharks, we will eventually maintain a healthier relationship with this ancient predator of the ocean."
Next up, Andreotti plans to adapt the Identifin database to aid other marine species identification efforts. Identifin will allow unprecedented insight into the movement of marine species in need of protection.
As in so many fields, computation is increasing the scope and abilities of conservation efforts.


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Paul Day's 'The Meeting Place' is a 30 ft (9 m) tall bronze statue in St Pancras railway station in London, surrounded by a frieze featuring images from the history of the Tube and train. Day studied at art schools in the UK and now lives in France with his French wife. Their Anglo-French relationship provided the reference for the sculpture which is modelled on an embrace between them, set at the terminus of the rail link between England and France. Controversially, contemporary sculptor Antony Gormley has negatively singled out The Meeting Place statue for criticism.
Postcode - N1C 4QP
Outdoor Art & Sculpture


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Chronology: Time Changes Everything
In Chronology, you manipulate the past and the future, in order to fix the present. Play as the Old Inventor and his sidekick The Snail, and take advantage of their special abilities - travel back and forth in time, stop time, manipulate objects and solve puzzles.
"When Braid and LIMBO had a pretty baby" - bagogames.com
Key Features:
• Time changes everything - Solve puzzle by travelling back and forth in - or freezing - time.
• Characters with heart and soul - Switch between two lovable characters with different abilities and combine their strengths.
• Full support for MFi Game Controllers.
• A mind-bending story line. As the story unfolds, learn how the main character has already played a central role in shaping the future of his world.
• Fully voice acted in English.
• A magical, colorful, vibrant and living universe that mixes elements from different times and cultures.
• Amazingly animated characters, machines and creatures, inspired by Hayao Miyazaki (Howls Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro).;


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letter from chairman Dr. Dureid Mahasneh
Dear readers,
It is my great pleasure to welcome you all on behalf of the Board of Directors of EDAMA Association to present our annual report for the year 2018.
It was a very purposeful and fruitful year in which we witnessed many achievements at various levels. we have seen competitive rates obtained for direct draft submissions/Third stage. Through this year, Jordan has made significant strides towards self-reliance, as electricity production from local renewable resources has reached nearly 8% after connecting 540 megawatts to the grid throughout the year. Among 103 countries from around the world, Jordan has been listed as the third best renewable energy investment environment and has signed the Energy Charter as the first Arab country to join a global agreement of this kind.
As for EDAMA, it continued its relentless efforts to develop a permanent dialogue with the sector regulators to insure the support of the private sector and the enhancement of the investment environment as a whole. EDAMA held a significant number of events, open discussions and training workshops. Also, it continued to strengthen its partnerships with all the concerned parties and implemented several strategic projects that were considered as main contributors to supporting Jordan's drive towards a green sustainable economy.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and other partners in the sector, EDAMA participated in reviewing Renewable Energy Plan for the years 2018-2023, evaluating the procedures of securing tax and customs exemptions in renewable energy projects and providing remarks on the proposal of the general Electricity Act of the parliamentary energy committee after consultation with members and experts in the sector.
On the level of communication among the members, EDAMA held four working breakfasts, through which it attracted a number of decision-makers and officials to discuss the latest developments concerning energy, water, and environment sectors. It also held four open discussions at the association headquarter to exchange views on several issues. As well as providing training programs to 126 specialists that focus on solid waste management and financing, operating and maintaining photovoltaic power plants.
We, the board of EDAMA Association, always look forward to continue supporting the energy, water, and environment sectors, strengthening the role of business community and working with you to build on what has been achieved and move on towards enhancing Jordan's status on the green economy map.


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Transgender coach teaches tolerance, perseverance at Ponaganset schools
GLOCESTER — The boys basketball practice starts in the computer lab on this Wednesday afternoon at Ponaganset Middle School. Coach Stephen Alexander has found some instructional videos that he thinks will...
GLOCESTER — The boys basketball practice starts in the computer lab on this Wednesday afternoon at Ponaganset Middle School. Coach Stephen Alexander has found some instructional videos that he thinks will be helpful in conveying techniques he has been teaching his players.
After about a half-hour, the players head to the gymnasium to work on rebounding and inbounds plays. Alexander also shows them some adjustments he's made to their offense, as well as their press break. He finishes up practice with a mini tournament, splitting up the two dozen or so players into teams and having them play half-court games so they can implement what they've been working on in game situations.
"The primary thing is teamwork, getting everybody on the same page," Alexander says. "It's about honing listening skills. And about perseverance, too, how to fight through things."
The basketball coach, who also coaches the Ponaganset Middle School baseball team and this fall was the coach of Ponaganset High School's jayvee boys soccer team, knows more than a little about perseverance and overcoming challenges. Not just because he was once one of the most successful athletes ever to come out of Ponaganset, but because he was once a she. The person who now calls himself Stephen Alexander was born Jennifer Dandrow. He has since undergone gender reassignment surgery and lives as a man.
"It has been amazing, the whole process," said Alexander, who now coaches the boys basketball team in a gym where banners hang commemorating the girls basketball championships that he helped the middle school win in the early 1990s. "People have just been so supportive and wonderful."
The oldest of Linda and Walter Dandrow's three children, Alexander recalls some "pretty dark" times during his childhood, as he struggled with his identity. Although he was born a girl on the outside, he says he always felt like a boy on the inside.
"It's a body dysphoria. It's a mental disconnect," he said. "Nothing lines up. Energy does not flow through the human being. It's stopped. It's confused. It is a disconnect."
School and sports offered Alexander a temporary escape from the confusion. As Jen Dandrow — or J.D. or Dandy, as friends also called her — Alexander played soccer, volleyball, tennis, softball and basketball and helped lead Ponaganset to four girls basketball state championships, a soccer state title and a tennis crown, along with another title appearance in tennis and a state runner-up finish in softball. Alexander — as Dandrow — was twice named to the All-State team in basketball and was named the MVP of the 1992 Division II Soccer Championship as a freshman and the 1995 Class A Basketball Championship as a junior. The 1996 graduate was also an honors student and sang in the chorus.
It was all extremely exciting and rewarding, Alexander said, but through it all he just never felt completely comfortable in his own skin.
"For the time being, it took me away," he said. "I certainly couldn't suppress it. I tried to suppress it as much as I could, but I could no longer take it. And I was teetering on the edge of life. I didn't want to go through anymore of life's stages as a woman. I just didn't."
After graduating from Stonehill College, where Alexander had received a full basketball scholarship and studied religion, philosophy and psychology, he made the decision to undergo gender reassignment. While he transitioned into being a male, Alexander moved to New York City, where he taught in the Bronx and worked for a foster-care agency.
But three years ago, he decided to return home to his family and friends in Chepachet and began teaching and coaching in his community. Returning to such a small town in such a small state, Alexander knew he couldn't keep things a secret for long. He didn't hide his transgender status, yet didn't broadcast it either, letting people find out about it through word of mouth.
Alexander says he has been pleasantly surprised to find the response to be largely positive. And when Cyd Zeigler, a writer he had met while living in New York, approached Alexander earlier this year about doing an article and a video piece for outsports.com, he decided that perhaps it was a good time to go public with his story.
"It's about education," said Alexander, who would like to assist the R.I. Interscholastic League to make sure that there is "some type of game plan in place" for student-athletes who might be dealing with transgender issues. "Letting other kids know that they can be anything and do anything they want, even if they have this element of transgender."
Weeks before the article was to be published, Alexander said he began to worry.
"I'm like, 'Holy cow, am I doing the right thing?" he said. "So there was that fear that once it's out there, it's out there, and I really wrestled with that."
But again, Alexander said, the response to the story, which identifies him as "America's first publicly out transgender high school coach," has been "mind blowing" with individuals of all ages and from all walks of life thanking him for sharing his story.
"I know there is buzz behind my back," he said. "I know I'll always be second-guessed as a coach, and I know I'll be second-guessed in society by others that don't understand. And I'm OK with that at this point. It took a while, but I'm OK with that because that's what makes conversation. I'm not going to change certain minds, but I would hope that at some point they would have a change of heart and at least be willing to engage in the conversation and look at it a little bit deeper."
Candi and Anthony Parrillo's two sons both play basketball for Alexander. Both parents are educators in the Ponaganset school system and see their basketball coach as a positive role model, who instills all of the important values of teamwork, sportsmanship, hard work and focus in his players.
"This is a person with a very big heart," Candi Parrillo said. "To me, when I look at his story, what I tell my kids is what an inspiration he is that he returns home to his family and that he has pursued his passion, which is coaching and working with the kids, and hopefully being a source of inspiration for kids. Of having challenges and being brave enough to be who you are and realizing at the end of the day what's important is kindness, compassion and respect. Because, really, isn't that the only thing that matters?"


text: I noted here in August that two federal trial courts had started posting audio recordings of courtroom proceedings online and that three others were slated to follow. Now one of those three has started posting audio of its proceedings, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The two courts that started in August were the U.S. District Court in Nebraska and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina. The audio recordings are available through PACER at a cost of 16 cents. A court spokesperson said that the other two courts slated to join this pilot project — the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Bankruptcy Court in Maine — have experienced technical glitches but should go live soon.


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How homeowners can prepare for insurance claims after Hurricane Sally
A driver navigates along a flooded road as the outer bands of Hurricane Sally come ashore on Sept. 15 in Bayou La Batre, Alabama.
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If you're a homeowner in Hurricane Sally's anticipated path, you may want to add insurance-claim preparation to your pre-storm to-do list.
The slow-moving Category 1 storm in the Gulf of Mexico was packing winds of 85 mph Tuesday morning as it crawled north toward the coastline of Mississippi, Alabama and northwestern Florida. Strong winds, a dangerous storm surge and heavy rainfall totaling 10 inches to 20 inches — 30 inches in some isolated spots — could end up leaving a trail of destruction that may mean months of cleanup and recovery in some areas.
On its current track, the center of Sally is expected to make landfall late Tuesday or on Wednesday. At that point, the storm is forecast to move inland on Wednesday and track across the Southeast toward northern Georgia and the western parts of the Carolinas.
The Atlantic hurricane season started June 1 and will end Nov. 30. Last year, weather and climate disasters in the U.S. cost $45 billion, according to government data.
Amid the emotional upheaval caused by natural disasters, anticipating an insurance claim in advance can mean one less stressor if a worst-case scenario unfolds.
Here are some tips to help you prepare.
Do a home inventory
One of the easiest ways to document the condition of your house and belongings is to take pictures — lots of them. You should get shots of both inside and outside from various angles and be as thorough as you can.
The idea is to have proof not only of what you own, but also what kind of shape it was in before the storm. If you can't prove the prior condition of a damaged item or aspect of your house (i.e., missing shutters, siding, etc.), there may be snags or denials in the claims process if the insurance company has reason to question whether it was maintained properly.
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It's also worthwhile to create a written record of your valued items, said Mark Friedlander, spokesman for the Insurance Information Institute.
Then, "store everything on a flash drive so you can easily take it with you if you need to evacuate," Friedlander said.
If possible, also back them up online.
Review and understand your coverage
The declarations page of your insurance policy is a summary that offers details on how much coverage you have, your deductibles and how a claim will be paid, Friedlander said. If you have questions, you should contact your agent.
Most homeowners insurance comes with a hurricane deductible. It typically ranges from about 1% to 5%, depending on the specifics of your insurance contract.
Note that the percentage is based on your insured value, not the damage caused. So if your home is insured for $200,000 and you have a 2% hurricane deductible, you'll pay $4,000 whether the damage is $5,000 or $50,000.
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Be aware that policies generally exclude damage caused from flooding, which means you'd need to have separate coverage in place for this storm (flood insurance takes 30 days to go into effect).
When a homeowner faces storm-related damage that is uncovered but in a federally declared disaster zone, there might be government programs that can provide financial assistance through grants or loans. However, that help is not guaranteed, and it likely wouldn't get you quickly back on your feet.
For instance, after 2017′s Hurricane Harvey, which dumped as much as 60 inches of rain in some spots in Texas, the average grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for individuals was $7,000, while the average claim through the National Flood Insurance Program was more than $100,000.
Incidentally, you can check your flood risk at realtor.com, which has started including that information alongside other details about properties.
After the storm
If you end up with damage from Sally, you should reach out to your agent, Friedlander said.
He said to find out if the damage is covered, whether the loss would likely exceed your deductible and how long the claims process will take.
You'll receive claim forms, which must be sent to you within a specified time period based on state regulations, Friedlander said.
You should take photos of the damage your home sustained and then "take reasonable steps to protect your property from further damage," he said.
Additionally, Friedlander said, avoid throwing out damaged items until after an insurance adjuster has visited your home. Hang on to any pertinent receipts, as well.
"You are going to need to substantiate your loss, so make a list of destroyed or damaged items, then make a copy of the list for your adjuster," Friedlander said. "Also, supply your adjuster with available copies of receipts from damaged items."


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By R.C. Harvey
If the forthcoming election pans
out in the way it portends to with regard to your correspondent, I'll be trying
to fill gumboots too large for even my ego—namely, those of one Virginius
Cullum Rogers.
I might be able to add and subtract
and come up with the same unvarying results as our retiring (but scarcely
bashful) Secretary-Treasurer, but his numbers always had more flair than mere
I might, given a sharp enough
pencil, be able to take notes and write up minutes eventually, but I'll never
be able to deliver a pedestrian truth with the same ponderous pontification
Cullum can muster for the most mundane of utterances—punctuating said
utterances with loftily raised eyebrow and widened orb, both of which bespeak a
comedically irritated disbelief as well as astonishment that anyone could
actually countenance what he was saying.
Would that I could.
Think of the continents I could
This is, after all, the gentleman
who once practically put the entire Association membership on the floor
laughing as he read off the tally from an unpaid bar tab from the previous
evening. He is frequently able — and just as often called upon — to regale an
audience with a historic tidbit or a salient quote without consulting his
notes, and his 12-year tenure as Secretary-Treasurer is an AAEC record (a fact
which I had to go to Cullum himself to confirm, as no one seems to remember a
time when he didn't hold the post.)
That would be enough for us to
rejoice in his honor and memory. But there's more.
No one will match his mastery of
the history of our medium and of our club. No one can pluck from the shadows of
the ancient past such plums as both entertain and inform our derelict
modernity. And like everything he has done—from reading minutes to summarizing
our lack of financial status—Cullum so obviously found pleasure in it, in the
sheer verbal dexterity of it all.
for us, he'll still be in the audience: even if he's not in command at the head
table, he'll be in command at the back of the room. And we'll delight in it, as


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Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the intravenous (IV) administration of Erwinaze (asparaginase Erwinia chrysantheum). Prior to this approval, Erwinaze was intended for use via intramuscular injection.
Erwinaze is indicated as part of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who have developed hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived asparaginase.
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Erwinaze is an asapargine-specific enzyme that works by catalyzing the deamidation of asparagine to aspartic acid and ammonia, resulting in a reduction in circulating levels of asparagine. Its mechanism is thought to be based on the inability of leukemic cells to synthesize asparagine due to lack of asparagine synthetase activity, resulting in cytotoxicity specific for leukemic cells that depend on an exogenous source of the amino acid asparagine for their protein metabolism and survival.
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Before you advertise your massage business, you will need to find a way in which your clients can quickly identify it from your competitors' adverts. Branding is the perfect way in which you can make your body rub business stand out especially if your services are a startup looking to solidify their roots in a competitive environment.
Whether your body rub business is prominent in the market or a new idea that has just been put into reality, its ability to capture the attention of clients in advertisements all depends on the brand, even if your business is all about you. Which client wouldn't be interested in a captivating and arousing brand type? Here are the reasons why you need to brand your massage services business to be successful when advertising:
- It protects your business
Branding protects your massage business from competitors who wouldn't celebrate your success. It prevents them from copying or claiming your reason for success or take away the originality of your product from the market.
The competitors may be able to clone your product, but they cannot clone its style of presentation in the market.
- It builds trust with clients
The more clients get to familiarize themselves with your body rub business, the more they tend to build their trust in you and will, in turn, speak favorably about your business. The brand must be exquisite as your first customers will determine how many more customers you will receive.
- It improves recognition of your services
The logo of your body rub business is a primary component of your brand as it acts as the face of the 'face' of the company. The logo will be an essential item to your clients while at the same time it will give them the desired impression of your business.
- It attracts new clients while retaining existing ones
Branding your massage business helps you get referrals from your clients as they can remember the brand and therefore relay positive information to their friends who turn up to be new customers. Existing clients will also be proud of indulging in a business with a unique brand, and they tend to stay.
- It motivates employees
If your body rub business is big and you rely on employees to aid in delivering your services, then branding mat inspires them by instilling pride in them since it gives them the mission and reason for the business.
- It promotes your marketing activities
Marketing is essential for your brand as it aids in making it as the means chosen and audience targeted helps to build the brand. Marketing becomes easier once people are familiar with the product or business brand.
- It enables your business to outdo its competition
The massage business is very competitive as more and more service providers come up every day with the intent of being the best by providing the best services. A good brand should be able to capture the curiosity of clients and convince them that your services are way better than the others.
- It generates new revenue
Brands tend to answer many questions that the clients may have concerning your business and thus to convince them to invest in it and thus attracting new revenue.
Final thoughts
Branding is essential for your body to rub business as it aids in summarizing the information required by your clients to know about your business while at the same time, identifying it in the vast massage market.


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I fell in love with web publishing because of the ability it gave me to share my thoughts freely online. It's why I started my first blog.
That being said, I'm not a "coder" so I've always been limited in my ability to build exactly what I wanted to build on the web.
I can open up most websites, inspect the code, and sort out what makes the website work, but I am not able to write the code semantically.
It's just not how my brain works.
For most people, not knowing how to code means working inside of a framework or theme. It means settling for Wix or SquareSpace as opposed to working with HTML, CSS and Javascript directly.
For the adventurous and more technically savvy, maybe it means learning WordPress and figuring out how to configure plugins, customize themes, and build out websites using various online tools.
That's the route I took when I started building websites.
For the last 6 years, WordPress has served as my online workhorse and main source of revenue. I help organize a local meetup, I've spoken at WordCamps (WordPress conferences), and I still love almost everything about the platform.
But the world wide web is changing fast and ever since I started building websites, I've been on the lookout for a tool that lets me build the things I see in my head without having to get a masters level education in front end web development.
Then I found Webflow.
In June of 2017 I started watching Nelson's livestreams.
I would sit in awe as he deconstructed world class websites, (iPhone X landing page, Stranger Things, and more) rebuilding them from the ground up in about an hour using this tool I had never heard of called Webflow.
I started following the company, reading their blog, and watching their instructional video content. Then one day I created an account and started playing with the tool myself.
I was immediately amazed by its potential and equally overwhelmed by what seemed like endless complexity. I didn't know it at the time, but I had just stumbled into the thing I had been looking for since the day I discovered what web publishing even was.
Sidenote: If you are reading this as a novice web designer, please understand Webflow is not necessarily the user friendly drag-and-drop editor you might be looking for. In other words, Webflow is not for the feint of heart.
What you'll find in Webflow is an enterprise grade visual development tool which is likely going to change the face of the internet.
Learning how to use Webflow has forced me to become more structural in my information architecture and overall approach to the mechanics of building websites, something I am really excited about. It has me thinking more like a programmer/engineer in addition to a designer. It's forcing me to become more technically proficient with all things web without having to know how to write the code that pulls it all together.
To me, this flexibility and power makes Webflow so much more than any of the other web development tools available for non-developers. Everything else on the market feels like a warm up to what Webflow is now, let alone what they have in mind for their product over the next few years.
If I had to describe it to a friend—which I guess I'm doing in this post— I would call it a robust visual development tool for creative minds who already understand the fundamentals of how the web works. This means it gives technically savvy designers like me superpowers on the web.
Powers that WordPress is hardly going to be able to keep up with or match anytime soon. Especially as it relates to visual design.
To be honest, when I go back and work on WordPress sites, I feel like I did back when I had a blackberry and all my friends were playing with their new iPhones. Except this time the roles are reversed and I have the shiny new toy. And while I admit that there are many applications for which I will still recommend WordPress (specifically membership driven sites and complex ecommerce) most of my future marketing sites, business websites, and even brand first ecommerce sites will be built using Webflow. Furthermore, I have a feeling that Webflow will catch up quickly as it relates to some of the things that WordPress does better for now.
I have to imagine many people who know how to write code will start moving to Webflow once they understand how much it simplifies the more complex interactive and visual components of CSS like Flexbox or Grid based layouts.
Imagine an interface kind of like Photoshop, but for building websites. In a way Dreamweaver could have only dreamed of.
I guess it's more like Photoshop meets After Effects for the web. Mostly because it allows you to create, style, and then animate, anything, anywhere on the viewport. You can create pixel perfect scroll based animations on an intuitive timeline, manipulate elements based on hover and click states, and so much more.
All without writing a single line of code.
If that's not enough, you can also export the code, send data directly through an API, connect your content through zapier, or import and export directly by CSV.
Blend that with some forward thinking views from the CEO about the future of the open web and it's not crazy to say that Webflow might just be the most exciting product I've ever seen as it relates to translating the world of quality design to a functional web environment.
"...it allows creatives to interface with the building blocks of the web in a way that is native to their learning process."
To put it plainly, it's a game changer for the world of web design precisely because it allows creatives to interface with the building blocks of the web in a way that is native to their learning process. And while I was initially intimidated by the complexity of the product, It's by far the closest thing to what I've been looking for over the last few years.
So after a few frustrating sessions, with more than one curse laiden start-from-scratch, I finally worked my way into something I was happy to publish as "My First Webflow Website". It's less of a website, and more of a single page visual experiment. But even in its rough, unfinished state, the site is lightyears ahead of anything I've created visually with WordPress up to this point.
Since then I've built the following sites in Webflow and I am pretty damn proud of all of them.
- AdRizer - Tech company website
- Tauro Entertainment - Ecommerce/landing page
- SRQYOU - Cloneable community news template
- We're Creators - Cloneable creator showcase and episode driven video template
- Personal Web Archive - Cloneable blog template (Also the site you are on right now)
- The internet is broken - Cloneable landing page
You'll notice that all of the sites are unique visually, and none of them feel like the kind of websites you typically run into on the web. Let alone WordPress. They feel custom. They are brand driven and custom tailored to the user experience. Something that is starting to matter more and more in the world of online sales.
In my mind, all of this means a couple things for the future of my career as a web professional.
- It means I can start delivering beautifully designed fully custom websites for which I can charge considerably more than I was able to before without having to hire some large complicated development team to do the heavy lifting.
- It gives me a whole new layer of potential as it relates to the type of web experiences I will be able to build over the next few years as Webflow continues to release new features and I learn more about the full power of the platform.
Actually, this whole post was just a long way for me to bring you up to speed on some of the websites we've launched recently, and to let you know that there will be many more as we move forward.
Much like I did with WordPress, I'll soon start creating instructional content about Webflow and I plan on shifting the focus of our local WordPress MeetUp to help people familiarize themselves with the power of the Webflow platform.
Over time we'll connect the beautiful front ends I'm building to the powerful publishing and curation tools we've been been building over the last couple years. Together they'll make up the foundation for a distributed online publishing platform that we think will reshape the face of the internet as we know it.
A vision I will start to paint more clearly for all of you over the next few posts.
Until then...


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Irish Coffee
Now that the weather has cooled off and autumn is here to stay, there's nothing I love more than inviting a big group of friends over to share a meal together. It's comfort food season, after all, and all things roasted, bubbling and warm have a way of hitting the spot. But often my favorite part of the meal is that sweet time after everyone has eaten – when they're happily full, and the conversations are still going, and everyone kicks back and decides to stay awhile longer to hang out and catch up. It's that great moment when you know people are having a good time.
And it's that perfect interlude in the evening for some after-dinner coffee. Or if you want to kick things up a notch, break out the Jameson and make some Irish coffee! Or, if you really want to kick things up another notch, make the brewing part of the entertainment with the new KitchenAid® Siphon Coffee Brewer.
It's no secret that I love a good cup of coffee, and that I also love experimenting with just about every possible way to brew a good cup of coffee. So when I heard that KitchenAid had come out with their super-cool new Siphon Coffee Brewer, I couldn't wait to try it out.
Turns out, it's just as much fun to watch the Siphon Coffee Brewer works its magic, as it is to enjoy the mega delicious pot of coffee that it brews. Really. It's swirling, bubbling, vacuum technology has already stolen the show at many a brunch and dinner party at my place. And its precise temperature technology guarantees a bright, strong pot of coffee every time.
It's also extra delicious when brewed with high-quality, ethically-sourced beans that have been coarsely ground with the new KitchenAid® Burr Grinder. With 15 different settings, this grinder is sure to help you make the most of your beans. And with its durable stainless steel grinding burrs, it's solid, and sure to last for many more cups of coffee to come. I plan to keep mine for a long, long time.
Alright, well with those perfectly ground beans and amazingly brewed cups of coffee, let's make some Irish Coffee!
There are a hundred different variations you can make on this drink. But the classic version only requires a few simple ingredients:
Freshly-brewed coffee (regular or decaf)
Irish whiskey (or any kind of whiskey)
Sweetener (if desired)
Cream (whipped, of course!)
Simply stir a shot of whiskey with a cup of coffee and a tablespoon (more or less) of your desired sweetener (any sugar will do).
Then add some whipped cream on top, garnished (if desired) with some freshly-grated nutmeg or chocolate shavings.
It's a simple, comforting drink that everyone is sure to enjoy.
And that Irish whiskey will help you warm up in the cooler fall temperatures too! Enjoy!
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Do Liberal Professors Indoctrinate Students?
A new study finds that, while college professors are overwhelmingly liberal, that fact does not have much impact on the politics of their students.
A study that will appear soon in the journal PS: Political Science & Politics accepts the first part of the critique of academe and says that it's true that the professoriate leans left. But the study — notably by one Republican professor and one Democratic professor — finds no evidence of indoctrination. Despite students being educated by liberal professors, their politics change only marginally in their undergraduate years, and that deflates the idea that cadres of tenured radicals are somehow corrupting America's youth — or scaring them into adopting new political views.
The study's authors — Gordon Hewitt of Hamilton College and Mack Mariani of Xavier University, in Ohio — write that they believe too much time has been spent debating the proper methodologies for testing whether there is a political imbalance on college faculties. If the danger of such an imbalance is that it is hurting students, the key question is whether the imbalance leads to an otherwise unexplainable shift in student political attitudes.
The scholars find some self-selection, with students who enter college as conservative slightly more likely to be found at relatively conservative institutions, and so forth. But over all, they found only slight shifts in political leanings (albeit to the left) during the students' four years. The analysis also found explanations other than faculty ideology — gender and wealth, for example — that correlate with the modest political shifts that took place. Whether the students attended a college that was more liberal or conservative did not correlate with the shift — which it would have had liberal professors been engaged in indoctrination, the authors write.
Even with the slight shift to the left of students, the authors write, college students graduate with a smaller share of people identifying as "far left" than does the 18-24 year old cohort of the U.S. population.
This finding comports with my own experience, both as a student and as a professor. Even attending a state school in the Deep South, my political science and history professors were predominantly (but not exclusively) liberal. But debating them tended to reinforce my conservative leanings. Years later, teaching political science courses to predominantly conservative students, I oftentimes found myself taking a Devil's Advocate stance simply to force them to challenge their own preconceptions. (Which, on reflection, made me wonder if my own profs hadn't done the same thing.)
Another thing to keep in mind is that politics simply is a non-factor in most college courses. Even now, when I imagine campus politics, like that in the country as a whole, is more polarized than at any time since the Vietnam era, there's likely not much political talk in the math, science, engineering, and foreign languages courses.
A funny thing, though. Look at the actual results published in the study:
The changes here strike me as more than "slight shifts." The number of students self-identifying as "far left" more than doubles while the "far right" cohort drops nearly a third. There's a ten percent drop in conservatives and a 25 percent jump in liberals. That's hardly insignificant.
The report above claims that the researchers "found explanations other than faculty ideology — gender and wealth, for example" to explains these shifts. Without seeing the statistical analysis, I can't evaluate that claim except to say that it's implausible. Presumably, after all, the cohort's gender remained relatively constant. And students tend not to have significant changes in their financial status during their college years.
It is, though, interesting that there are significantly more self-identified "far left" and "far right" ideologues in the non-college sample. Whether this reflects self-selection (perhaps extremists are less likely to want a college education), the ameliorating effects of college (exposure to analytical techniques and opposing viewpoints tends to blur black-and-white thinking), caution (educated people are more likely to want to appear reasonable) or some other factor would be worth examining.
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today reminded the Nation that he is a Sinhalese, Buddhist leader.
Addressing the Nation during the 73rd Independence Day celebrations held at Independence Square, the President said that he follows the Buddhist teachings when leading the Nation.
He said that he will never hesitate to say that he is a Sinhalese, Buddhist leader.
However, the President further noted that Sri Lanka will continue to ensure equal rights to all communities as enshrined in the Constitution.
He also said that there will not be room in Sri Lanka for extremism.
The President said that steps will be taken to prosecute those responsible for the Easter Sunday attacks.
Speaking further, the President insisted that National assets will not be sold to foreigners.
He also said that the tourism industry, which has been hit by the coronavirus, will be revived in stages.
The President also said that some people remind him that they supported him at the last Presidential election.
He said he believes they supported him in the best interest of the Nation and not for personal gain.
The 73rd Independence Day celebrations took place at Independence Square by following the health guidelines issued to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and other invitees attended the event. (Colombo Gazette)