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- 100% Cotton Towels
- Concierge
- Hair Dryer
- Housekeeping Service
- Indipendent Temperature Check
- Private Bathrooms With Separate Shower
- Refrigerated Private Mini Bar
- Room Service
- Safe
- Telephone
Standard Double Room
Characterized by the elegance of the upholstery and the choice of furniture design. The Standard Double Room, which has an area ranging from 15 to 18 square meters, is located on the ground floor with an internal view. You can request a double bed or two single beds. All rooms have a shower, bathtub or a Jacuzzi shower.
Continental breakfast is included.
The buffet breakfast offers a rich choice of sweet, savoury and dietetic products. Coffee, tea, cappuccino, juices, jams, nutella, cereals, yogurt, butter, bread, freshly baked cakes, croissants, biscuits, cereals, rusks, fresh seasonal fruit, canned fruit, boiled eggs, cheeses and charcuterie.


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Healthcare Industry News: Sanofi
News Release - November 27, 2012
Kala Pharmaceuticals Appoints Dr. Bernard Gilly to Its Board of DirectorsIndustry Veteran with Strong Ophthalmology Expertise
WALTHAM, Mass.--(Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network)--Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading developer of innovative ophthalmic treatments based on its Mucosal Penetrating Product (MPP) platform, today announced the appointment of Bernard Gilly, Ph.D., the founding Chairman and CEO of Fovea (Sanofi), to its Board of Directors.
�I am delighted to join Kala�s board at this point in the company�s evolution as it deploys its Mucosal Penetrating Product platform toward the development of innovative treatments for eye diseases,� said Dr. Gilly. �Kala�s proprietary MPPs evenly coat and permeate mucosal surfaces to enhance drug efficacy in a variety of mucosal tissues. I look forward to working with the Kala team to generate value by applying the MPP platform to develop novel therapies for both front and back of eye diseases.�
Dr. Gilly brings more than 20 years of experience serving in management and board positions in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Most recently, Dr. Gilly served as Chairman and CEO of Fovea Pharmaceuticals and Senior Vice President of Sanofi�s ophthalmology division, which was formed after the acquisition of Fovea to integrate ongoing internal and partnered ophthalmology programs. Prior to Fovea, Dr. Gilly was a Venture Partner with Sofinnova Partners from 2000 to 2005. He also served as a Co-President and Vice President of Research and Development of Sanofi Pasteur SA and Vice President of Research and Development of BioM�rieux S.A. Dr. Gilly served as the Chief Executive Officer of TRANSGENE from 1992 to January 2001. He is the founder of several biotech companies, including Domain Therapeutics, WebSurg and Kutexis. Currently, Dr. Gilly serves as the Chairman of the Board of GenSight Biologicals, Pixium Vision and Enterome, three companies he has co-founded.
About Kala Pharmaceuticals
Kala�s proprietary Mucosal Penetrating Products (MPPs) rapidly permeate the mucosal surfaces to achieve high concentration of drug at the site of action, resulting in superior therapeutic efficacy and outcomes for patients. Kala is advancing a diversified pipeline of transformative therapies for severe ophthalmic diseases such as ocular inflammation and wet AMD. Kala is also pursuing collaborations with partners to optimize the therapeutic properties of both marketed drugs and compounds in development other disease areas, including respiratory, female reproductive tract and gastrointestinal diseases. Kala was founded by leaders in the fields of nanomedicine, Dr. Justin Hanes of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Colin Gardner formerly of TransForm Pharmaceuticals/Johnson & Johnson and Merck. The company is backed by leading investors including Lux Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, and Third Rock Ventures. For more information, please visit www.kalarx.com.
Source: Kala Pharmaceuticals
Issuer of this News Release is solely responsible for its
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The Flaming Lips Look Back to Their Very Beginnings with New Reissues
The band will be shining a new light on their first-ever recordings, plus putting out a box set containing their Restless-era albums
Published Feb 28, 2018Never ones to shy away from reissues, the Flaming Lips are once again looking back — way back. Today the indie rock vets announced they will be celebrating their origins with a new series of reissues.
On April 20 (yes, 4/20), the Lips will release Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming Lips via Rhino/Warner Bros. The 19-track collection will feature the group's very first songs captured with their original lineup. Following that, the band will release a new six-CD box set called Seeing the Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings of The Flaming Lips: 1986-1990 on May 25.
Arriving on CD and digitally, Scratching the Door is culled from the band's first two cassette demos and their first-ever self-released EP, with now-frontman Wayne Coyne's brother Mark on vocals. It will mark the first time these recordings have been collected on a single release.
Besides Lips originals, the collection features some classic rock covers, such as the Who's "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" and Led Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown" — not to mention the "Batman Theme."
All the tracks on the release have been remastered from the original source tape by longtime Flaming Lips producer David Fridmann, as well as the band's Wayne Coyne and Michael Ivins.
As for that box set, Seeing the Unseeable will contain the band's first four albums, as well as two discs of rarities. This means the group's four Restless Records albums: Hear It Is (1986), Oh My Gawd!!!…The Flaming Lips (1987), Telepathic Surgery (1989) and In a Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares) (1990). The two bonus discs are then made up of various tracks from the era previously found as B-sides, on flexi discs and on various compilations.
Again, all the recordings have been remastered from the original 1/4" analog tapes. And while this box set is only so far slated for release on CD and digitally, a press release promises that new vinyl reissues of the Restless albums are coming (we're looking at you, Record Store Day).
For now, you can see the extensive tracklists for both releases. That's the cover art for Scratching the Door above.
In addition, the Flaming Lips have several tour dates coming up, including some here in Canada. You can see their complete schedule at the bottom of the page.
Scratching the Door: The First Recordings of the Flaming Lips:
1. Bag Full Of Thoughts
2. Out For A Walk
3. Garden Of Eyes
4. Forever Is A Long Time
5. Scratchin' The Door
6. My Own Planet
7. Killer On The Radio
8. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
9. Batman Theme
10. Handsome Johnny
11. Flaming Lips Theme Song 1983
12. The Future Is Gone
13. Underground Pharmacist
14. Real Fast Words
15. Groove Room
16. Jesus Shootin' Heroin
17. Trains, Brains & Rain
18. Communication Breakdown
19. Summertime Blues
Seeing the Unseeable: The Complete Studio Recordings of The Flaming Lips: 1986-1990:
Disc One - Hear It Is:
1. With You
2. Unplugged
3. Trains, Brains and Rain
4. Jesus Shootin' Heroin
5. Just Like Before
6. She Is Death
7. Charlie Manson Blues
8. Man From Pakistan
9. Godzilla Flick
10. Staring At Sound/With You (Reprise)
Disc Two - Oh My Gawd!!!…The Flaming Lips:
1. Everything's Explodin'
2. One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning
3. Maximum Dream For Evil Knievel
4. Can't Exist
5. Ode to C.C. (Part I)
6. The Ceiling Is Bendin'
7. Prescription: Love
8. Thanks To You
9. Can't Stop The Spring
10. Ode To C.C. (Part II)
11. Love Yer Brain
Disc Three - Telepathic Surgery:
1. Drug Machine In Heaven
2. Right Now
3. Michael, Time To Wake Up
4. Chrome Plated Suicide
5. Hari-Krishna Stomp Wagon (Fuck Led Zeppelin)
6. Miracle On 42nd Street
7. Fryin' Up
8. Hell's Angel's Cracker Factory
9. U.F.O. Story
10. Redneck School Of Technology
11. Shaved Gorilla
12. The Spontaneous Combustion Of John
13. The Last Drop Of Morning Dew
14. Begs and Achin'
Disc Four - In a Priest Driven Ambulance (With Silver Sunshine Stares):
1. Shine On Sweet Jesus – Jesus Song No. 5
2. Unconsciously Screamin'
3. Rainin' Babies
4. Take Meta Mars
5. Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
6. Stand In Line
7. God Walks Among Us Now – Jesus Song No. 6
8. There You Are – Jesus Song No. 7
9. Mountain Side
10. What A Wonderful World
Disc Five - Restless Rarities:
1. Death Valley '69
2. Thank You
3. Can't Stop The Spring – Remix
4. After The Gold Rush
5. Death Trippin' At Sunrise
6. Drug Machine In Heaven – Sub Pop 7-inch version
7. Strychnine/Peace, Love And Understanding
8. Lucifer Rising
9. Ma, I Didn't Notice
10. Let Me Be It
11. She's Gone Mad Again
12. Golden Hearse
13. Stand In Line
14. I Want To Kill My Brother; The Cymbal Head
15. Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
Disc Six - The Mushroom Tapes:
1. Take Meta Mars
2. Mountain Side
3. There You Are
4. Five Stop Mother Superior Rain
5. Rainin' Babies
6. Unconsciously Screamin'
7. Stand In Line
8. God's A Wheeler Dealer
9. Agonizing
10. One Shot
11. Cold Day
12. Jam
Tour dates:
03/03 Okeechobee, FL - Okeechobee Festival
03/05 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
03/06 Knoxville, TN - The Mill & Mine
03/07 Birmingham, AL - Iron City
03/09 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
03/10 Richmond, VA - The National
03/11 Bensalem, PA - XCite Center at Parx Casino
05/06 Memphis, TN - Beale Street Music Festival
05/31 Jackson, WY - Jackson Hole Center for the Arts
06/02 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
06/03 Seattle, WA - Upstream Music Fest + Summit
06/04 Bonner, MT - Kettlehouse Amphitheater
06/06 Garden City, ID - Revolution Concert House
06/07 Ogden, UT - Ogden Amphitheatre
06/08 Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen
06/22 Saskatoon, SK - Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest
06/24 Winnipeg, MB - Jazz Winnipeg - Burton Cummings Theatre
07/20 Cheshire, UK - Bluedot 2018, Jodrell Bank
07/21 London, UK - Kaleidoscope Festival, Alexandra Palace
11/09 Weissenhauser Strand, DE - Rolling Stone Weekender, Ferienpark
11/16 Europa-Park, DE - Rolling Stone Park


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The viruses of the Trojan horse malware category are undoubtedly some of the scariest, most damaging and some of the stealthiest malware threats that could attack your computer and this is why you must have a good understanding of their main abilities as well as of the ways they could get distributed throughout the Internet.
First and foremost, let us go over the main types of damage that a threat of this type could cause to your computer. Trojans are known for being highly versatile malware tools meaning that there are various ways in which they could be used and various types of cyber-crimes that they could carry out. Here are the most typical and commonly encountered examples of what a Trojan could do to harm you:
- System and data damage – this is probably the most common issue that a malware virus of the Trojan Horse could cause. Due to a Trojan's attack, your computer might suffer severe system damage, data corruption and other similar issues which might possibly even render it unusable if the infection is allowed to remain inside the machine for an extended period of time.
- Espionage and collection of sensitive private information – due to their high stealth and versatility, those threats could also spy on your online and offline activities and access any sensitive data on your computer that might later be used against you (usually as leverage for blackmailing and money extortion) if the hackers manage to get their hands on it.
- Backdooring other malicious malware programs – this is yet another common use for Trojans as they could get employed as carriers for other nasty threats like Rootkits, Ransomware, Worms and other Trojans. Once the infection has taken place, the insidious malware might load some other infection on your computer without you even realizing it!
- Taking over the whole computer – in many instances, the hackers might be trying to set up a whole botnet of infected machines which could then be collectively used for tasks such as Denial of Service Attacks, cryptocurrency mining, spam message campaigns and so on and so forth. In this case, the control of your PC would be taken out of your hands.
It is rather likely that a lot of the readers of this article are here precisely because their machine have gotten infected by the nasty Trojan.multi.accesstr.a.sh Trojan Horse virus. As we said already, the guide presented on this page is supposed to help those of you who have Trojan.multi.accesstr.a.sh on their machines eliminate the threat before it ha managed to complete its nefarious task. Even if you are not sure whether or not your computer has been infected, it's still a good idea to check the instructions and follow them in order to make sure that everything is alright with your PC. As we already explained, a threat like that could be really harmful and could cause a big number of issues if it is allowed to remain on the targeted machine for a longer period of time.
Sneaky threats and how to spot them
An important facet of a Trojan Horse infection is that it would normally happen with no signs and without the user realizing that a virus has attacked their computer. Usually, Trojans rely on some sort of disguise that is supposed to allow them to silently infiltrate any machine without raising any alerts. Still, if you have a reliable antivirus at your disposal that is fully updated, you could still stand a certain chance at detecting the incoming infection on time. That said, an antivirus is oftentimes not enough to stop such viruses from getting inside the computer which is why you have to be vigilant and aware of the different distribution methods that such threats then to employ. Usually, things like spam e-mails, pirated software content, misleading and fake web ads (especially ones coming from obscure, unreliable and sketchy sites) are all commonly used forms of disguise for Trojans. This means you ought to be very selective with regards to the content you interact with, the sites you normally visit and the software that you download on your computer from the Internet. It is essential that you always use your common sense while browsing the online world as oftentimes the disguise used by Trojans can be really deceiving and in many instances even experienced users might be prone to unknowingly clicking on or downloading some Trojan Horse-infested piece of content. With this in mind, make sure you remember to stay safe, regularly update your antivirus program and be ready to take immediate action in case you suspect that some malicious piece of malware such as Trojan.multi.accesstr.a.sh has targeted your machine.
|Danger Level
|High (Trojans are often used as a backdoor for Ransomware)
|A Trojan would normally give no symptoms but it's still possible that some red flags like system unresponsiveness, random errors and sudden crashes might be present during an infection with a Trojan Horse.
|Distribution Method
|Malicious web spam, sketchy and misleading web offers, illegally distributed and/or pirated games, programs and media files, shady sites or sites with adult content, etc.
|Detection Tool
Some threats of this type reinstall themselves repeatedly if you don't delete their core files. We recommend downloading SpyHunter to scan for malicious programs. This may save you hours and cut down your time to about 15 minutes.
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Remove Trojan.multi.accesstr.a.sh
Some of the steps will likely require you to exit the page. Bookmark it for later reference.
Reboot in Safe Mode (use this guide if you don't know how to do it).
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Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC at the same time and go to the Processes Tab. Try to determine which processes are dangerous.
Right click on each of them and select Open File Location. Then scan the files with our free online virus scanner:
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After you open their folder, end the processes that are infected, then delete their folders.
Note: If you are sure something is part of the infection – delete it, even if the scanner doesn't flag it. No anti-virus program can detect all infections.
Hold together the Start Key and R. Type appwiz.cpl –> OK.
You are now in the Control Panel. Look for suspicious entries. Uninstall it/them. If you see a screen like this when you click Uninstall, choose NO:
Type msconfig in the search field and hit enter. A window will pop-up:
Startup —> Uncheck entries that have "Unknown" as Manufacturer or otherwise look suspicious.
- Remember this step – if you have reason to believe a bigger threat (like ransomware) is on your PC, check everything here.
Hold the Start Key and R – copy + paste the following and click OK:
notepad %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/hosts
A new file will open. If you are hacked, there will be a bunch of other IPs connected to you at the bottom. Look at the image below:
If there are suspicious IPs below "Localhost" – write to us in the comments.
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Type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter.
Once inside, press CTRL and F together and type the virus's Name. Right click and delete any entries you find with a similar name. If they don't show up this way, go manually to these directories and delete/uninstall them:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—–Random Directory. It could be any one of them – ask us if you can't discern which ones are malicious.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—-Windows—CurrentVersion—Run– Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER—-Software—Microsoft—Internet Explorer—-Main—- Random
If the guide doesn't help, download the anti-virus program we recommended or try our free online virus scanner. Also, you can always ask us in the comments for help!


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These schools are a relatively new
feature of the U.S. education landscape and can have policy implications
for school reform, STEM initiatives,
and improving opportunity to learn.
They may also point the way for high
schools of the future.
Inclusive STEM high schools are
stand-alone schools, schools within
schools, or school programs that
accept students on the basis of their
interest in STEM rather than on the
basis of aptitude or prior achievement.
Inclusive STEM high schools prepare
students with the mathematics and
science experiences they need to
succeed in a STEM college major
through a program of greater depth
and breadth than is typically required
for high school graduation (Lynch,
Means, Behrend, & Peters-Burton,
Inclusive STEM high schools
enroll students from groups underrepresented in STEM professions
through an application process that
doesn't require high test scores before
high school entry (Means, Confrey,
House, & Bhanot, 2008). These
schools are designed to develop
students' STEM expertise rather than
to select students already identified
as gifted and talented or as high
achieving in STEM. In 2008, there
were approximately 100 inclusive
STEM high schools in the United
States (Means et al., 2008). Currently,
there are probably three to four times
that number.
Inclusive STEM high schools canbe found in a wide range of environ-ments. They may be catalyzed bystatewide STEM school initiativesestablished through boards of edu-cation, as we see in Texas, Ohio, andNorth Carolina. Similar efforts tocreate such high schools are underwayin 16 other U.S. states through themultistate STEMx network (www. stemx.us).
Inclusive STEM high schools canbe individual public charter schoolswith a STEM theme or members of aSTEM charter school network, suchas the New Tech Network ( www.newtechnetwork.org). Some career andtechnical education high schools haveSTEM-related themes (for example,health sciences, engineering, oragriculture); some of these can beclassified as inclusive STEM highschools because they were designedto be both college preparatory andfocused on STEM.
Some magnet schools also target
STEM-related themes. For instance,
Connecticut has several magnet
schools that can be classified as
inclusive STEM high schools, and
the state is using them to respond to
court-ordered desegregation (Thomas,
2013) as they improve opportunities
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A free parking spot on campus is a nice perk for community college employees, but new IRS guidance on such benefits may prompt some colleges to pump the breaks on offering it.
The 24-page guidance issued in December focuses on tax-exempt organizations providing qualified transportation fringe benefits, including parking, for their employees. Specifically, on whether tax exempt organizations, such as colleges and universities, must treat these expenses for parking benefits as unrelated business taxable income.
Changes to the rules on parking and mass transit benefits were part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that went into effect January 1, 2018. But, the IRS just released interim guidance for nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations on how to calculate the taxes — called the unrelated business income tax (UBIT) — on qualified parking benefits they provide to employees. As tax-exempt organizations, this is an important development for colleges and universities.
Although these fringe benefits include both parking and mass transit, this IRS interim guidance does not address mass transit issues.
Ownership of parking spaces matters
If a nonprofit, such as a community college, does not own the parking spaces but pays a third party for the employee parking, then the UBIT is calculated on how much the organization pays for those spots.
It's more complicated if the college owns the parking lot or garage. In that case, colleges and other nonprofits have two ways to tally parking expenses subject to UBIT. The first option is to use "any reasonable method" to determine the cost of providing parking to staff, faculty, administrators and other employees.
The second is to use the "safe harbor method," which is based on several steps to determine expenses related to employee parking. These include determining the number of reserved employee spots as a percentage of total parking spaces and how many spots are reserved for customers (such as visitors to the college) and non-employees. Then the college would calculate employee use of the spots during business hours.
Advocating for change
AACC, as well as other higher education associations and numerous other nonprofit organizations, continues to advocate for an elimination of this new tax rule. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), chairman of the Ways and Means Committee during the 115th Congress, introduced a tax package in late 2018 that, among other provisions, would repeal the parking tax provision. With the convening of a new Congress, Brady introduced an 88-page discussion draft to make technical corrections to the enacted tax law (including a repeal of the parking tax).
The new Ways and Means Committee chair, Rep. Richard Neal (D-Massachusetts), is expected to convene a hearing this month to consider amendments to the tax code. It's now up to the 116th Congress to make the changes.


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The euro zone's fundamental data have lately been showing growing weakness in the region as global industrial production begins to slow on Japan's nuclear crisis and soaring oil prices. Monetary policy adjustments have many currencies trading more volatile than they have been recently. The British pound has experienced a few price swings and the move into and out of carry trades has made trading the Swiss franc, Japanese yen and even US dollar more unpredictable.
Forex Market Trends
|Daily Trend
|Weekly Trend
Economic News
USD – Retail Sales Data Boosts USD
The US dollar gained some ground yesterday as positive figures from the retail sales data and poor fundamentals out of Europe helped drive investors into the greenback. The more volatile reading from general retail sales, including automobiles, showed only a 0.4% growth whereas the core data published 0.8% growth. Supporting the retail sales figure was a better than expected reading from this afternoon's business inventory report which had inventories growing only 0.5%.
The impact from these data was felt almost immediately on USD pairs as the greenback inched higher against a number of its currency rivals from the injection of positive news. Retail sales measures consumer spending and provides investors an early look into the month's estimates on consumer sentiment. It therefore tends to have a visible impact on dollar pairs; today was no exception.
Coupling the sales data with this morning's industrial production figures out of Europe, which revealed slower growth than was expected, helped the EUR/USD pull down from Tuesday's gains. Traders may begin to anticipate a draw-down in the pair as fundamentals tilt more and more towards the greenback. With today's PPI figures out of the United States, there is a chance that stable inflationary growth will help continue the recent trends in the market.
EUR – EUR Trades Lower as Industrial Production Figure Disappoints
The euro experienced a downturn yesterday as the region's industrial production figures failed to meet expectations. The EUR/USD bounced off its 1.45 resistance line and currently trades near the 1.4440 level as of this morning. Very little technical information supports the price to move in either direction, but fundamentals appear to be shifting in favor of the greenback.
The euro zone's fundamental data have lately been showing growing weakness in the region as global industrial production begins to slow on Japan's nuclear crisis and soaring oil prices. Monetary policy adjustments have many currencies trading more volatile than they have been recently. The British pound has experienced a few price swings and the move into and out of carry trades has made trading the Swiss franc, Japanese yen and even US dollar more unpredictable.
The euro zone is largely absent from the economic calendar today, with most news circling American inflationary and unemployment data as well as Canada's manufacturing sector. On a different note, the G7 begins its meetings today ahead of the weekend's G20 and IMF meetings. The topic will be on recent global economic activities, with special emphasis on the Japanese nuclear crisis. Major currencies will likely be experiencing heavy volatility as a result of these meetings.
JPY – Japanese Yen Meeting Resistance as Risk Appetite Returns
This week's talk of rising risk aversion may have come to a halt yesterday as American retail sales data helped highlight growing consumer optimism, higher oil inventories signaled resistance for over-bought crude oil, and British unemployment fell an unexpected 0.2%. The impact has been for safe havens, like the Japanese yen, to find its feet swept out from underneath it.
The yen has fallen against most of its currency rivals since yesterday. The USD/JPY has risen from 83.47 yesterday afternoon to 83.93 by this morning. Against the British pound, traders have witnessed a leveling-off effect as the pair consolidates around 136.40. With the economic calendar today focused on American economic news, the yen will likely not experience much change unless the US economy continues to release positive data. If that is the case today, traders may want to anticipate a second rise in risk appetite as traders move to higher yielding currencies.
OIL – Unexpected Rise in Inventories Lifts Oil Prices
After dropping almost 3.3% in trading since Tuesday, the price of Crude Oil appears to be receiving some support, though traders appear weary of a rising price of oil. US crude inventories grew last week by 1.6M barrels, beating expectations for a 0.9M barrel rise.
The price of oil has only gained modestly on the day, reaching from $105.20 towards $107.00 over the past 24 hours. Technical traders appeared to be weighing in at a buy mark located near the $105.30 mark, eventually tilting the commodity back into a bullish posture, albeit weakly. With much news expected out of the American economy today, oil prices could undergo significant volatility as traders begin to gauge the impact of price swings in the US dollar.
Technical News
The pair continues to test the 1.4520 short term resistance level. Daily stochastics are beginning to decline and a pullback may be in store. The support of 1.4245 may provide a good entry level as this coincides with the rising trend line off of the January low and 20-day moving average. A bullish strategy remains in effect with a target at 1.4850.
A bit of consolidation has occurred following a failed breach of the 1.6425 level. However, rising stochastics on the weekly chart point to an eventual break of this price level. As sometimes happens, the pair retraced back to the trend line from the 2007 high has moved higher. This level could be the weekly low. The next resistance lies at 1.6460, followed by 1.6880 for an initial target. On an extension, the target moves higher to the 2009 high at 1.7040, a level that coincides nicely with the 200-week moving average.
The pair has sold off following a failed breach of the 85.50 level, a price that coincides with the trend line off of the 2007 high. Last night the pair found resistance at the March high of 83.30. A close below this level on the weekly chart could set the stage for a move lower to 81.00 and a further decline to the bottom channel line which comes in this week at 76.60. To the upside, a breach of 85.50 would set the stage to test the 88 level.
Following a failure of the pair to close above the 50-day moving average the downtrend has resumed. 14-day Momentum is falling sharply and the pair should eventually test the all-time low from March at 0.8904.
The Wild Card
After a pullback at the $42 mark on Monday where the daily candlestick made an outside day pattern, a candlestick reversal pattern that engulfs both the high and the low of the previous day's candlestick, the commodity looks move higher. Yesterday's candlestick closed on a shaved head indicating that momentum has swung to the upside. Forex traders should look for a retest of the $42 level.
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Mistress Mine – The Next 1-800 Release!
Let's give it up for Samantha Cayto, the next author in the 1-800-DOM-help collaboration to release a book. Mistress Mine is for sale today at Ellora's Cave, and I want everyone to click over and take a look. Isn't the cover fantastic? This story has the fun distinction of being both a Cougar and a FemDom tale. If you haven't checked out this new series, you are missing out. This is the sixth book, all of them stand-alone, that features a mysteriously appearing business card imprinted with the 1-800-DOM-help hotline number, offering help for women and men in the BDSM community facing their own unique problems.
Here's the blurb:
FBI agent and ex-military man Trey Boudreau likes to be in control and issue orders. But the bedroom is not a battlefield. His secret desire is to submit his body to a strong, older woman. He discovers a card that promises him the right one to bring him to his knees.
Juliette Coyne is a Domme determined to overcome a past experience that left her questioning her ability in the lifestyle. She is challenged by Trey, a strong, younger man in need of a good lesson or two. Old habits die hard, however, and the past continues to haunt them. Trey and Juliette grapple with each other and themselves for control, trust and a future together.
Safe, sane and consensual,


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I love the entirety of this song, how it starts off small and grows in scope.
Said the night wind to the little lamb
Do you see what I see?
Way up in the sky, little lamb
Do you see what I see?
A star, a star, dancing in the sky.
With a tail as big as a kite,
With a tail as big as a kite.
Also, I got the pleasure of speaking to the Rotary in Trenton, MO about my project. A recording of the event as well as me singing "O Holy Night" can be viewed here. My camcorder didn't get a portion of the song.
Follow: http://bit.ly/1f3uf4n
Song requests: http://bit.ly/1Nj1Hlf
Help @ GoFundMe: http://bit.ly/1UyZEvu
You can follow / catch up, make song requests and help support this odyssey at the links above. I will keep this GoFundMe cause open throughout the year and close it out once this is over and present the check to the shelter where it will help a lot of critters. Check out the critters at http://greenhillsanimalshelter.org.


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Contender #25 - Santa Claus
Contender #25 - Santa Claus
This time, on Counting Cryptids:
We discuss a figure so fantastic, it has taken over an entire season (winter. Not like a season of the show). The man with the northern most pole. The Crimson Crusader himself. Santa Claus! Jolly, old, Saint Nick began his good deeds in the 4th century, helping those in need, often financially. But as time passed, he was eventually Co-opted by the Coca-Cola Soft Drink company in the 40s. They rebuilt him. They have the technology. They made him better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster. Will Santa triumph as this seasons supreme entity? Join us, Cryptid Counters, as we press the limits of what can be considered Cryptozoological research for the last time this year.
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I was once fond of telling people, "If you ever see me running, please pick me up. I'm running from someone." This is still a mostly accurate portrait of my feelings about running, but it's not an indictment of my physical abilities, either. I ran track for eight seasons – indoor and outdoor – during high school, but, as a sprinter, the extent of my running was limited. The furthest I've ever run competitively was 400 meters. When high school ended 17 years ago (whoa), so did the running.
On the other hand, the beer consumption ramped up. Now, I write about beer and other spirits and it shows during bathing suit season, prompting my doctor to tell me, "Hey Matt, maybe log some miles on the track/road/treadmill, won't ya?"
And so I laced up my shoes and hit the road. Turns out, those gym clothes – sweet for sitting on the couch – are decent for actually working out. My wife, in her internet savvy, found a race that best-suited my new can-do approach to health and sustained living: The Ipswich Ale Brewery 1K Road Race: The Race for the Rest of Us.
Both running and craft beer are no stranger to zealotry and thus have, perhaps, the worst internet message boards. It's no wonder they get along. Craft beer races have popped up all over the country, from Maine to Missouri, Boulder to Bend. Breweries like Dogfish Head, Smuttynose, and Boulevard all have their suds poured at finish lines across the country.
In other words, sometimes the appeal for alcohol supersedes that of a runner's high. But, a 1K is easy, and the post-race beer sounds great, especially if I could conclude my run and heal my burning calves with an Ipswich Oatmeal Stout, which is the best oatmeal stout on the market.
As a journalist, or even just a person, I needed to know what sort of pace I'd need to run to not fully exert myself, but to also not look like a complete fool. As a professional observer of human behavior, I knew that serious runners also need serious music to propel them through the tough stretches of a race. Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me podcasts would not do.
A 1K is the equivalent of 1,000 meters. 1,000 meters equals roughly two-and-a-half times around a track. Because the 1,000 is a race run by professionals and amateurs, my first inclination was to look online to determine a baseline for how fast this race would be.
The world record for 1,000 meters was set by Rick Wohlhuter in Oslo, Norway in 1974 in two minutes and 13 seconds, which means he could've listened to Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" and finished before Fogerty. Good male high school runners in my area finish the race around two minutes at 30 seconds. This puts the shittier runners somewhere around three minutes, and shitty is probably exactly where I'd fall on the "What Kind of Shape are You in" chart.
Then again, if you're a shitty track runner, you're also probably not that way because you spend Saturday nights pounding Busch Light cans; You're also likely not a slightly overweight 35 year old with chronic pain almost everywhere. I was ready to aim for the four minute range.
Now it was time turn to the music for the run. As I previously mentioned, runners get a certain boost from the music they listen to while running. Usually from up-tempo, encouraging, empowering little ditties. Genre mostly doesn't matter. Playlists range from Top 40 to Classic Rock; Hip hop to EDM. But runners want "Eye of the Tiger" more than "She's Always a Woman;" Science has concluded that you run faster to Kendrick Lamar than Peter Cetera.
My intent was to make a one-song playlist, timed perfectly to begin as the race gun sounded and to conclude as I crossed the finish line into the arms of a paramedic or a bartender. Ideally, I was to finish before the song; Worst-case scenario was a punishment of silence. I wanted a song that would serve as my hype-man, so I opt for "New God Flow" by Pusha T and Kanye West from the latter's 2012 compilation album Cruel Summer.
I was "trained." I had my "playlist." I had even bought new sneakers. I was ready.
The day of the race, it was pouring outside, with threat of a thunderstorm. This was, I suppose, either good news or bad news. Rain, it is said, is the ultimate equalizer in sports. It evens the playing field. Then again, during my training for the race, if I had seen an overcast sky or even just "partly sunny" on my weather app, the only response was always: "Screw it. I'm not running in this."
At the race, outside Ipswich's restaurant The Brewer's Table, people were dressed in costume, which was a memo that this writer missed completely. There were Minions, Mario & Luigi, Forrest Gump, and Wonder Woman costumes. People even dressed their dogs. If I'd have known, I'd have come full Gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson with a cigarette and typewriter strapped around my neck.
There was another journalist there interviewing runners, and taking notes and pictures. This was not time for Capitol-J Journalism, though. You've gotta run the race.
After check-in, we were encouraged to "carbo-load" with a beer, so I chose Riverbend, a traditional German-style pilsner. It had a nice earthy tone with the hops, but it was a little more effervescent and bright than typical pilsners. Not too bad, and at 4.6% alcohol by volume, a perfect beer to slug before running alongside a person dressed as a strip of bacon and a guy in a scuba suit.
The rain started to fall almost as soon as the runners were called to the starting line. I put my headphones in, cued up some Kanye.
It hit me. I'm the only one taking this run seriously. I was torn.
There was a part of me that wished to play it cool and blend in with the crowd; But there was another part of me that was competitive and wanted to just demolish these fools with their costumes and shenanigans. I decided to run with the first group up front, who were in decidedly better shape than I was. They didn't know that, though, because, as I said, this was not a race they were taking seriously.
We ran, following a Tapmobile, essentially around the block, passing a few restaurants and a convenience store with a hydration station. Folks cheered with beers in their hands. Some of the runners danced and cheered alongside them, slapping high fives along the way.
With the conclusion of Kanye's verse in "New God Flow" approaching, the finish line came into view. I considered going full-out. Could I have given it one final sprint, and blown past the other runners, and the Tapmobile, and been first through the balloons and the checkered flags? Would that have been too much?
In the end, I decided it was. Instead, I opted to cruise through the finish line, brow unblemished by sweat, lungs intact, and head straight for the beer.
Why hurt myself?
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The Slopes to Summit partnership has received funding under the NSW Environmental Trust's most recent bush regeneration grants program: BushConnect in the Great Eastern Ranges.
S2S is a local partnership governed by a Working Group of nine organisations with a vested interest in the management and protection of biodiversity in the eastern Murray region of NSW, and ensuring the protection of the region's biodiversity in the face of climate change.
The BushConnect grants form part of the NSW Government's support of the Great Eastern Ranges, and build on $11.1 million invested by successive governments between 2007 and 2015. The grants will support 16 projects with a total value of more than $7.5 million to restore connectivity through long-term bush regeneration projects.
Projects will commence in January 2016, and will operate to June 2025.
The funding for S2S will be used to target two high priority landscapes in the Holbrook region, strengthening corridor connectivity between Woomargama and Benambra National Parks, and Morgans Ridge and Nest Hill Nature reserves.
Holbrook Landcare Network will manage the project, with the main components being:
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- Limited staffing to support these activities and S2S Facilitation until end 2018.
The S2S Working Group includes representatives from Murray Local Land Services, Nature Conservation Trust of NSW, Charles Sturt University, Holbrook Landcare Network, CSIRO, Australian National University, Parklands Albury Wodonga, Albury Conservation Company, and the NSW Office of Environment & Heritage.
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Can a franchise legend deliver Zion to the Knicks?
The Knicks are turning to Patrick Ewing in hopes of lottery luck and the chance to draft Duke star Zion Williamson.
Ewing, who was the top prize when the Knicks won (unless you believe the conspiracy theories), the NBA's first draft lottery back in 1985, will represent the floundering franchise on stage at the draft lottery on May 14 in Chicago.
The Knicks, who finished with the NBA's worst record this season at 17-65 - tying the worst mark in franchise history, made the announcement on Saturday.
"We're proud to have one of the all-time Knicks greats sit on the dais on behalf of the team, the city and the fans," Knicks president Steve Mills said.
Ewing, who helped lead the Knicks to two Finals appearances during his 15-year career on Broadway, and has often been denied a chance to return to the franchise in a coaching capacity is now the head coach at his alma mater, Georgetown.
He will serve in the role that Dave DeBusschere had when NBA commish reached in and fished out the Knicks' envelope in 1985.
The Knicks have been among the NBA's doormat teams since Ewing retired with just one playoff series victory in that time.
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Here again we have some folk country music coming at you. The first thing I like about this song is that you can understand all the words. I really like that in a song. It's simple and we take it for granted, but it's one thing that really separates the professionals from those that want to make it.
Anyway, here is a new song from Humming House. It's my first time hearing them, but let me know if you're familiar.
Great Divide – Humming House
It seems like this song is about someone or a group of people trying to discover their place in the world. When you're young or even through your entire life you can feel this way. You kind of feel lost. You don't fit in with the rest of the world and you have to figure out the things you like. You have to figure out the things you love doing in life.
That's a frustrating place to be because the whole point of life is to enjoy it and have someone to share that enjoyment with, but we don't all get there it seems. We can get lost and distracted on the way or we can just amble along looking for our purpose.
That's probably reading too much into this song. Other than that it's pretty catchy and a good song. I wouldn't put it in the bluegrass world, but it's certainly uptempo and moving right along. It's right there with the folk country movement that people are digging right now.
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Top 10 Museums in Barcelona Spain
My Top 10 Museums in Barcelona
Museums are not just repositories of the past and the old. No. They engage and awaken the creative in us which drives our own development. There is no better way to flex such creativity than to be exposed to art, to do art and to engage with history.
Fossils, ethnographic and historical evidence may not be your interest but allow these to tell you about the human spirit as it uses its creative potential to tell how the aworld changed.
When we visited Barcelona in the winter of 2017-18 and stayed there for almost 3 months, we really had a chance to visit many of its museums not just once for some but several times. A few were boring, some were obsessed with Catalan independence but choosing 10 was a tough choice but here they are:
1. Museum National of Art in Catalonia
2. Joan Miro Museum
3. Picasso Museum
4. Maritime Museum of Barcelona
5. Caixa Forum
6. Ethnology Museum
7. Museum of the History of Catalunya
8. European Museum of Modern Art
9. Olympic and Sports Museum
10. Casa Mila
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
If you're interested in knowing more about the evolution of Catalan art, this is the Museum to visit. The curators have done this beautifully in the way they display collections from the earliest days to the modern. In each of these, they showcase the Catalan artists and the local and international influences that strongly shaped their art.
There are 3 major displays: Romanesque, Renaissance and Modern Art. The Romanesque collection, one of the best in the world, displays in a Church-like setting the murals and statues, mostly religious, that came from the remote old Churches, many in the foothills of the Pyrenees. One of the masterpieces you must not miss as you can only see it in this museum is the Apse of St. Climent by the Master of Taull.
The Renaissance display moves towards Catalan artists doing commissions from the new rich bourgeoisie and developing their own style and expression though largely influenced by the art movement in Europe especially France and Italy. The collection also includes other popular international artists at that time.
The Modern Art dispay shows contemporary artists like Dali and Picasso as well as the other more recent Catalan artists. Each gallery is an architectural beauty.
The building itself, constructed for the opening of the 1929 International Exhibition, is amazing inside and out with views of Barcelona and even a distant peek at Gaudi's great work, Sagrada Familia.
Fundacio Joan Miro
Fundacio Joan Miro was started by the painter himself who wanted to have a centre to make art easily accessible to the public. He relinquished a majority of his works, over 10,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, stage designs and wall hangings, to the Museum which was opened on June 10, 1975. The earliest of these works was dated 1901. Since then, the Museum continues the vision of its founder and in 1977, it won the European Museum of the Year Award.
You can see in Joan Miro's works the vivid colours, the revolutionary soul, the integration of various materials into art pieces which largely characterize his modern view. Beyond Miro's works, the Museum organizes alternating exhibitions of artists from the 20-21st century, cultural events and research projects. One of the most engaging is the "Nits de Musica (Nights of Music) where international artists play classical music every Thursday.
The building in itself is worth seeing. It was designed by the first modern internationally renowned Spanish architect, Josep Lluís Sert, who was at one time the head of the School of Design at Harvard University in the U.S.
Picasso Museum
The Picasso Museum is huge, housed in 5 large contiguous palaces dating as early as the 13th century in the Carrer de Moncada. Picasso lived in Barcelona during the years when he was learning his art so this made him feel a close link to the city. As such, he chose Barcelona for the museum so his close friend and personal secretary, Jaume Sabartes, worked with the city council and made available his own collections of Picasso's work. Picasso was very much involved in the design but he was not present for the opening because he swore he would not go back to Spain as long as Franco was in power.
Opened in 1963, the Museum got other endowments like the donation by Salvador Dali of the illustrated book, Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide which contained 30 etchings by Picasso and the only cubist collage at the Museum donated by Gala. The Museum also acquired other collections making it a rich resource for those who want to study Picasso in-depth.
To see the collection, you enter a courtyard and access the main floor via and outdoor stairway but there are elevators for those who need them. The Museum organizes exhibitions to highlight some of Picasso's works. Some of these exhibitions include: Picasso's Kitchen, Picasso Discovers Paris, Pablo Picasso and the Publishers Gustavo Gili, and Sabartes by Picasso.
The Museum also has a Library which is open by prior appointment for those who want to study the painter. The Library has a documentary collection on the artist and has a reading room with open access to documents and 18 work desks where you can really dig in. To access this free service, call this telephone (+34) 93 256 30 31 to set an appointment.
Maritime Museum of Barcelona
Given that Spain was a great maritime power and Barcelona, an important port in the Mediterranean, this Museum is located inside Barcelona Royal Shipyard that was used to build galley ships for wartime.
The displays show the history of navigation and sea exploration from the early days focusing on the Spanish navy since the reign of the Catholic Monarchs in the 15th century. It is also interesting to see several navigation instruments, weapons, portolans and paintings, but the showpieces are the large boats used by the Spanish navy.
It is located in Port Vell so it is a great place to visit as you take a stroll through Barcelona's sea port.
Caixa Forum Barcelona
Built as a textile factory, CasaRamona, it was designed by one of the Modernist Art Noveau architects, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, as a display of humanitarian ideals spread to workers. CaixaForum in Barcelona has one of the richest collections of modern art in Europe, including works of Beuys, Anish Kapoor, Juan Usle and Tony Cragg.
The Japanese architect Arata Isozaki added to the entrance area designed by Mees Van De Rohe to the renovated building, welcoming visitors with a tree made of steel and glass.
Beyond the amazing modernist architecture of the building, there are interesting exhibitions here. As an example, when we visited, the exhibition was from the British Museum on Greek Classical Art. This Museum organizes many public activities and its gift shop has many books and toys for kids.
Ethnology Museum of Barcelona
This Museum was created in 1962 from two museums built in the 1940s, the Popular Arts and Industries Museum (1942) and the Ethnologic and Colonial Museum (1949). Its permanent collection displayed on the ground floor has the theme "Feel our Heritage" as it highlights the traditional life of people in the Catalan region. The display divided the space into 6 areas which highlight the Catalan heritage: the Boat, the Winepress, the Loom, the Shepeherd's Cabin, the Blacksmith's Shop and the Herbalists corner.
A provoking display on the interconnectedness of world cultures engages visitors to an appreciation of this. There are other temporary exhibitions, concerts and other activities which you can check out in the Museum website. The Museum is very eager to promote Catalan culture and underline its uniqueness in Spain.
Museum of Catalan History
Used as a warehouse in the 19th and 20th century, the Museum gives a very interesting overview of Catalan history from the time when they were hunters and gatherers to the rule of the Iberians, the age of the Romans and to the Middle Ages. This is followed by an interesting display on the suppression of the Catalan culture before and during the Franco reign.
Don't miss the top-floor restaurant and rooftop terrace which offers stunning views of Port Vell and Montjuïc. In front, there are many seaside restaurants where you can enjoy a meal and watch the yachts and tourists in promenade at the seaside.
European Museum of Modern Art
Opened in June 2011, under the Foundation for the Arts and Artists which was created in 2005 to promote figurative artists and to provoke artists to use new approaches. It was also designed to change our perspective of art from the usual representations into new modes and mediums.
The Museum collection is not the usual and it will challenge your thinking about art. The Museum offers courses and workshops as part of their education program but some of the events are interesting like the Friday Blues and the Summer Opera on Sunday afternoons. There are competitions as well like the recent one on modern photography. You can check the website for more upcoming events.
Olympic and Sports Museum
Opened in 2007 at the Olympic Ring in Barcelona, the Olympic and Sports Museum Juan Antonio Samaranch promotes different facets of sports using interactive displays and the Olympic Games as well. It is an entertaining and educational experience to know more in-depth about the Olympics.
It is also a display on how technology has affected sports. But the memorabilia is impressive especially of the Olympics in Barcelona. It is an easy walk from the Stadium so spend a bit of time and explore this Museum.
Casa Mila
Barcelona is not complete without Gaudi and Casa Mila or La Pedrera being the last of Gaudi's buildings before his complete immersion in the Sagrada Familia. Located in the Eixample, it is also called La Pedrera or the Quarry House because of its unusual construction of irregular shapes like a solid rock broken by waves.
Its Modernist organic design resembles Nature closely. It is something that attracts attention of every passer by. In its attic which is quite large, there is an exhibition on Gaudi's life and works.
But what fascinates the crowd that line up to enter this building is the rooftop with its unusual chimneys, ventilation shafts looking like knights guarding the Palace, and the staircases all created with imaginative shapes and colours. Because of these Modernist groundbreaking details, it certainly deserves its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Video of Casa Mila or La Pedrera
Museums' Addresses and Opening Hours
Opening Hours
1. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Palau Nacional, Parc de Montjuïc, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
Tuesday-Saturday: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2. Fundacio Joan Miro
Parc de Montjuïc, s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
Tuesday - Saturday:10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Sunday:10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
3. Picasso Museum
Carrer Montcada, 15-23, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Monday From 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Sundays From 9am to 8.30pm Thursday From 9am to 9.30pm; Closed:1st January 1st May 24th June 25th December; Reduced Opening Hours:24th December From 9am to 2pm 31st December From 9am to 2pm 5th January From 9am to 5pm; Free of Charge: Thursday afternoons from 6.00pm to 9.30pm, First Sunday of each month, from 9am to 8.30pm, Open Door days: 18th May and 24th September
4. Maritime Museum of Barcelona
Av. de les Drassanes, s/n, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
10:00 am-8:00 pm from Monday to Sunday. Hours may differ on big feasts
5. CaixaForum
Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8, 08038 Barcelona, Spain; Phone: +34 934 76 86 00
Daily: 10.00-20.00 July and August, Wed.: 10-23.00; Closed on 1 Jan., 6 Jan. and 25 Dec.
6. Ethnology Museum of Barcelona
Passeig de Santa Madrona, 08038 Barcelona; Phone: +34 934 24 68 07
Tue-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun and Bank Hols 10am-8pm; Closed Mon, 1 Jan, 1 May, 24 Jun and 25 Dec
7. Museum of Catalan History
Pl. de Pau Vila, 3 (Palau de Mar); Phone: +34 932 254 700
Tu. - Sa.: 10.00-19.00 Wed.: 10.00-20.00 Su. and public holidays: 10.00-14.30; Monday closed (except public holidays). Closed on 1 May, 5 June, 25/26 Dec. and 1 and 6 Jan.
8. European Museum of Modern Art
Barra de Ferro, 5 08003 Barcelona; Tel. (+34) 933 195 693
Tuesday to Sunday, from 11m to 7pm
9. Olympic and Sports Museum
Avinguda de l'Estadi, 60, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
Tuesday to Saturday, from 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
10. Casa Mila
Passeig de Gràcia, 92; Phone: +34 902 202 138
March to November. Monday to Sunday: from 9am to 8pm (last admission: 7.30pm); November to February. Monday to Sunday: from 9am to 6.30pm (last admission: 6pm); Closed: 25 December, and one week in January for maintenance, 1 January: special opening hours from 11am
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Barcelona as a Museum City
Barcelona is a vibrant living city with a host of activities. But it is much more and as the home of Catalan culture, its Museums are part of continuing struggle for cultural recognition.
Though I only included 10 museums here, Barcelona as a city is in itself a Museum. As you stroll the various neighbourhoods, look up and you will be fascinated by the architecture, paintings, sculptures and the beautifully decorated doors to the stores. So, spend some time and just let the beauty of art engulf you.
© 2018 Mary Norton
Should our travels ever take us back to Barcelona, after reading about your experiences there, we would plan to allow enough time to visit all of the places you so nicely list in this and your other posts. It is fun to spend enough time in one place to thoroughly see all of its major and even less-known sites.
What a lovely selection of museums in Barcelona. This is the most helpful article for our bucket list item.
Convenient transportation is a big plus.
It seems Barcelona is everything the travelogues claim it is. It must have been wonderful visiting all these museums.
I really enjoy reading your articles on Barcelona. Your guides are better than reading a travel book on the city.
I didn't realize Barcelona had so many museums.
Excellent article Mary! I also fell in love with Barcelona during my visit in 2016. My favorite museum - Muse Nacional d'Art de Catalunya where I spent hours looking at incredible art collections! I was especially impressed by the artwork of Gala - the wife of Salvador Dali. Her paintings are not as well known as those of her famous husband, but so fascinating nevertheless.
very informative and thorough article!
Hi Mary..you really make places more exciting with your share of knowledge and experience. It is worth knowing the purpose of how buildings were founded..whether by culture etc. Haha and you're right about Barcelona...it's a museum as well...especially since you shared plenty. :) And your effort in sharing the opening hours..just wow! Thank you! :)
Wow Ma'am, a great compilation of museums in Barcelona. Barcelona Spain has been one of my dream vacation destinations. I hope to see any of those museums someday.
Lovely collections Mary!
Your presentation always move my world beyond its known boundaries.
What a great way to connect with places and things of arts one haven't seen first hand.
You are a good teacher. Thanks for sharing.
I've been in Barcelona twice, but wasn't able to see all the museums there. But will try to visit all next time. By the way, what your favorite part in Barcelona? As for me, the Las Ramblas as always. It's really beautiful! Plus cheap buys too.
This is another very interesting travel article. Casa Mila looks especially interesting, but I would like to visit all the museums that you've described.
Mary, this was a wonderfully thorough and well-researched article. I will probably never get to Spain to visit any of these wonderful museums but you have covered much of what is on offer. It was also difficult to choose which I would most like to see but I chose Casa Mila because of its distinct architecture.
Mary- you were quite fortunate to drink in so much art and beauty for three months. I think I would especially enjoy the Catalan, Maritime, and History Museums. I studied near Florence for a semester of college, so I know the effect of immersion in culture/beauty.
Hi Mary. Wonderful guide to the museums of Barcelona. I look forward to visiting someday soon.
More for the "when I get to Barcelona" list! I've seen the Picasso museum on some TV documentaries. Definitely would love to check that out. Thanks for sharing, as always! Have a lovely weekend!
Mary, you are eyes to the world and we get to see such beautiful creations. The Joan Miro sculpture is especially fun. I appreciate your articles, photos and insight so much. You inspire us to get involved with the world we live in and be a blessing to others.
I can understand your view that Barcelona itself is a museum. Your life has to be enriched, your mind expanded by firsthand experience of these beautiful cultural sites. Thanks for sharing.
Mary, thanks so much for this guide! I'm going to Spain in September and this is so helpful. Can't wait to visit some of those!
I enjoyed reading about the
Museums in Barcelona. My favorite is Casa Mila, I love the way the entrance has been designed.
Yes Mary,
I agree that the City itself is full of architecture. I liked the impressive and modern approach of the European Museum of Modern Art.
Still, I have been there and was most impressed by Gaudi's works. So is the video, it seems. A genuis, he was! Way ahead of his time.
Quite an impressive selection here. Awesome! You and Peggy must be twin souls. Thank you so much!
Mary, you have such an adventurous life with all your travels. I enjoyed this so much and had such a tough time voting. I'd love to spend enough time in Barcelona to visit these museums.
I would love to spend time in all of these places. If your poll had included all of the above that is the one I would have voted. Of the places you featured we only got to see Casa Mila...but only from the outside. I would have loved to see that rooftop! Thanks for including that video.
We did get to spend some time in the Joan Miro Foundation one day while we took a break from the men's Olympic diving.
We were fascinated with the work of Gaudi. His Sagrada Familia is amazing and still not finished although it has been worked upon for so long a time. Guell Park is also fascinating. You are fortunate to have been able to spend so much time in Barcelona!
Too many memories. Thank you. I will come back
I've visited Spain a few times, but have never been to Barcelona. I would love to though, it's such a lovely city.


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Since the day my oldest daughter was born, I have been dreading the day she and her brother became teens. As we are edging closer to their teen years I have been laying the groundwork toward open conversations. I had the sex talk all planned out, but I never thought about how I would explain same-sex marriage.
Trigger warning: Many of you will not agree with me. That is okay. Many of you will be offended, that is encouraged. But I hope you will read this with an open mind.
This is the part where I try to be funny about ZOO sex before we get really serious.
We have all been to the Zoo when animals were getting it on, right? Well, did you take that perfectly educational time to tell them they were making babies? If you did, then congratulations you have just avoided a really awkward sex talk in the future.
If you didn't and you shielded them or were appalled that those animals were doing exactly what you did to make the same children you were shielding. Well, congratulations you are a hypocrite and I have some serious concerns about your sex life.
SEX is simple. We do it to procreate and to have a little fun. It's the emotions that complicate it. When they are older you can add emotions and rules. Like, when to do it, how to do it, what to use when you do it, and the consequences of doing it without the proper protection.
If you don't go to the Zoo use humping dogs to start the conversation. It will help make the subject less taboo and awkward for both of you. Just call it like it is, and I promise your kids will feel comfortable asking you questions and hopefully avoid asking their friends, Google or Alexa. Could you imagine that search history? Thank God I didn't have internet growing up.
Here is the part where I talk about same-sex marriage. Notice I am not talking about homosexual sex. I am still trying to figure out how I will talk about that and will let the be a natural conversation initiated by my children. I also want to add, this is the part where I learned more about myself than my kids learned about gay marriage.
If you were raised before 2015 when same sex became legal in all 50 states, chances are your parents didn't teach you about gay marriage nor did you ever discuss these topics in sex ed, read about them in books, or see it on TV. Like it or not, these topics have to be discussed with your children. Unless you want Google to teach them. It's your choice.
When in doubt use Ellen DeGeneres.
I know some laughed at this but it is my method. Why, because my kids love Ellen and she is the perfect example of making difficult conversations something funny and normalizing what others might find difficult.
Let me explain: One day my daughter and I were watching Ellen's Game of Games. There were two women on the show who were picked for a game. One said she was in the military. My daughter always perks up when she sees women, military members. Probably because she has an awesome veteran mom who inundates her with female military empowerment propaganda. But the woman also mentioned that she was recently married to another woman. I heard it but when I asked my daughter who they were she said "two friends."
Back story: I had been mulling over how I would explain same-sex marriage to my kids. Not because I don't support it, but because I had zero examples of what to say, how to say it. To be quite honest, I grew up in a place where it was shamed, against the Bible, and not welcomed. While I never believed that, it wasn't something I grew up seeing or talked about. But I knew I wanted to teach my kids
I took this moment as my window of opportunity. My heart was racing, I was trying to be as cool as possible and just sneak it in there. I told her. No, those women are married. Ellen is married to women too. She looked at me and I was dreading the mountain of questions that would follow.
She looked at me puzzled. She is? Yes, her wife's name is Portia and they have been married for a long time. They are very happy just like mom and dad are very happy. Men can also marry men too. But biologically only a man and women can create a baby. (we're still on the biology of sex right now).
She looked at the television and said okay, that's cool. I asked if she had more questions or was confused. She said no and we kept watching the show.
Holy Shit I totally nailed it!
I did it! Why did I feel so relieved? Then I thought about it. I wasn't relieved I was ashamed. Ashamed that I made such a big deal in my mind about something I was trying to normalize and my kid had more composure and more acceptance than I did. It made me check myself. Was I inadvertently prejudice? Then I looked back at all the opportunities I had when they were younger to tell them. The times where I fast forward men kissing or people talking about the time they came out to their families during the Voice or Americas Got Talent. The times I shielded them from something I claim to support.
Wow, was I a hypocrite or what. I still have residual guilt, but I know it wasn't prejudiced, it was the fact that I simply didn't know what to say, how to say it and normalize something my religious leaders taught me was a sin my entire youth. The internal battle my whole life was a constant struggle lets just say that. And I am not saying I need an award for this. I am no expert parent. I am just a mom who is pushing back against an ideology that I knew deep down was never right.
And, I do not want my kids to feel this way when they explain sex and marriage to their kids. So, I am the guinea pig for them. It ends with me. If I can teach them that love is love and gay or straight doesn't really matter, then they will be better people for it.
I know many have stopped reading this, or are extremely pissed I am even talking about it or told my kids or trying to normalize same-sex marriage or homosexuality, but I get to raise my kids the way I want them to look at the world. I want them to be educated, accepting, loving, compassionate, and aware of the world around them. It changes, faster than we are ready for, but darn it my kids will not be ignorant. They will be equipped to go through life.
My kids will be active participants in this world because someday they will have a say in how it turns out and I will be darned if they grow up influenced by what others tell them and not have the gumption to make their own decisions and use their intelligence to decipher what they truly believe and have the courage to stand up for what is right and just.
That is how I am raising my kids and that is why I want them to know about same-sex marriage, sex and everything that goes along with it and in a manner that is normalized and open.
If I can't be open and honest with my kids how in the hell can I expect them to be open and honest with me?


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Saturday 8 December, 2018
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Suitable for: All levels / Beginners / Children
Price: £15
Learn various embroidery techniques and stitches and create a beautiful festive embroidered design which can be hung on the tree.
This would make a lovely, personal present for Christmas too!
No experience necessary, all materials included.
2 dates for this class:
Saturday 8th Dec – 1pm to 3.30pm
Another opportunity to join this class on:
Thursday 6th Dec – 6.30pm – 9pm
Location151 London Road
Fifth Floor
St. Margaret's House, 151 London Road


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Thank you for watching, listening to or reading some of my weekly ruminations on life and business throughout the year. This time of year is one for reflection and so we are revisiting the Top 5 of 2018.
We're into the Top 3… and at No. 3, from June, we have a funny, yet eye-opening, take on ageing. Giggles guaranteed in this week's "Coffee with Colm"
What #Level Are You At?
(or what a little girl reminded me of during a school tour of HQ)
This week's "Coffee with Colm"
The little girl put up her hand and so I nodded to her. Her question caught me, the teachers and everybody else in the room by complete surprise.
That was on Wednesday.
One of my great privileges as founder and MD of Carambola is that we (me usually) get to give tours of our Limerick facility to school children. Wednesday was one of those days. Twenty children, boys and girls, from a local school had come to visit, along with their teachers. They were tiny, and well behaved and were from 3rd and 4th class, ranging from age 8 to 10. They were dotes and they were fun.
It started as it always does in our board room where we all donned white plastic visitor coats and covered our hair with attractive (not) blue hair nets to comply with food safety legislation before we embarked on what to them was the equivalent of a Willy Wonka-esque adventure (ok, maybe that's just me getting ahead of myself). Instructions were given as to what they could and couldn't do, safety being paramount, they were under no illusion that they were entering a work-space where there were lots of people and product and stuff moving around and they needed to be careful and listen to and obey my instructions.
The children immediately behind me at any time as I led the little group would be tasked with holding open doors or heavy plastic curtains to allow their classmates through only to fall in behind last of all. Teachers would always be at the rear to shepherd the group from behind.
To find out what happened, watch the video, listen to the podcast (both 6 mins teaching) or read on below for more…
And so it went.
We visited goods inwards where they got to see product arriving and being signed in; they peered in through our viewing window and waved to our kitchen crew members who were busy making sandwiches, wraps, salads and rolls, welcoming the little distraction in their work day which began at 4am, by smiling and waving back at twenty little clients.
From there we trooped into the packing room; the engine of the place where we magically have each sandwich (of which there are 150+ permutations per child per day (ten different bread types multiplied by ten different fillings, add in butter/no butter, gluten free, soda, etc.) meet its intended lunch bag for the child that ordered it, along with their individual choice of drink, fruit and breakfast/snack items. It requires training, precision and dedication to get it right 32,500 times every day!
They witnessed our allergy control section whereby a trained operator scans a bag known to be that belonging to a child with an allergy and then does a visual inspection of what's in it to make sure we suffered no human error on the line that could cause harm to the intended recipient. This process occurs in over 2,000 cases each day and is one of the cornerstones of our service.
We ran a test in the finished product cold room to make sure each bag was in the correct tray so it would arrive safely on time, in full to the correct classroom in any of the 250 schools Carambola supplies countrywide every day (including two schools on remote islands off the Donegal Coast!). All was well and the packing room team received a bualadh bos (congratulatory hand clap) from the kids.
They were wowed by the refrigerated fleet being prepared to transport all the lunches, viewing all he three refrigerated trucks that deliver to our six depots overnight, and some of the twenty refrigerated vans that take the lunches each morning to the schools.
They were such a lovely, well behaved group that I led them back through our office area where they saw the management and admin team busy answering phones and tripping from one office to another for the various meetings that happen between sales, operations, customer care, logistics, IT, facilities, purchasing, HR, food safety, field support and finance – a veritable hive of professional activity. The kids were delightful in their quiet demeanor sneaking a few waves in a few doors as they trooped by.
Finally back to the board room where I gave them a short Power Point presentation (start 'em early) on Carambola's fifteen year history which had its roots in our 2005 failed cafe (a low point in my catering career which started in 1980 – a corporate highlight of which was my stint as GM of Bewley's Café, Grafton St, Dublin for four years in the early 1990's).
That finished, we entered the Q&A session. I led with some questions:
"How many schools do we deliver to every day?"
Tiny hands shot up all around the room, but their enthusiasm spilled over into collective answering before I had time to pick one.
"Correct. How many lunch bags every day?"
"Correct. Vans?"
"20 and 3 trucks."
"Correct. What colour coats do they wear in the kitchen?"
This threw them so I had to pick a hand.
"White." said a little boy.
"Correct. And the packing room?"
Hands. Pick one.
More eager hands. Pick one.
"Now who wants to ask me a question?"
Hands. Pick one. Little girl slightly to my right.
"What would you like to ask?"
"How old are you?" she shot back.
Hahaha! I did not see that one coming!
Teachers mortified, Carambola Head of Customer Care and I delighted. Kids laughing.
"How old am I?" I asked.
"Yep." She nodded.
"Before I answer, how old are you?" I asked her.
"I'm nine." she answered with obvious pride.
"Nine. Ok. I'm fifty five. May I tell you what I learned about age recently?"
"Yep." she said.
I proceeded to tell her and the room that there was a time I feared getting older and then I came across a transformational concept around ageing that has me so excited about the future.
I told her that people tend to think that as we get older we become less useful; for many it is true that they become less mobile, but that shouldn't mean they become less useful.
"So what if, instead of getting older, we in fact graduated up through levels! That means that you are only level 9 and I am level 55! Woohoo!" I said, chest sticking out, standing a little taller as I said it.
Little boy on the other side of the room got it immediately and said, "I'm level 10!"
Love it!
We then had a show of hands; who is Level 8? Level 9? Level 10? Level 25? (the two female teachers and Rachel were all level 25 – imagine!)
I know I've touched on this concept before but it really deserves more thought and greater appreciation. Yes, I am #Level 55 and loving it. I am healthy, strong, happy and have meaningful work to do and meaningful relationships (including with myself) to enjoy.
What #Level are you?
Do you feel it?
Are you really that #Level or do you feel old? I am really #Level 55 and cannot wait to achieve #Levels 80, 90, 100!
Are you really that #Level or (and this is going to hurt some) are you actually stuck at #Level 25 for thirty years? In other words, are you 55 but stopped growing at 25? Ouch!
It's a valid question. Have you really 30 years experience in your profession/career/life? Or is it one year's experience, repeat, repeat, repeat? It's a shocking truth for many to realize that their life is like Groundhog Day and has been since their mid twenties.
Regardless my friend, start from here, today. Realize what age and more importantly decide what #Level you will be in 2020 and go make it happen!
Might be time to shake it up!
Thanks for thinking with me.
Yours truly.
"How can I help?"
MORE. Did you enjoy that? Fancy a sip of some of my recent "Coffee with Colm" Blog posts:
- The Christmas Top 5 "Coffee with Colm" posts from 2018 – And at No. 4 we have a post from January discussing the difference between vicTIM and vicTOR mentality. Enjoy. – Click here.
- Christmas Top 5 – At No. 5 we have my interview with nTrai, an exciting start-up that almost failed, then didn't – click here.
- Hard Work Pays Off – True or False? (or why this myth may be the greatest load of baloney known to man) – click here.
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A major theme to come out of INTA's 2013 Trademarks and the Changing Internet Landscape Conference in New York City was the value of cooperation between legal and marketing departments in the development and execution of a company's digital strategies.
Yahoo!'s J. Scott Evans spoke of the benefits of looping in the right decision makers, so that one person isn't taking on the whole risk and responsibility of trademark portfolio management. Marketing as well as legal departments should take ownership of a strategic campaign and its implementation.
Chris George, of the Intel Corporation, pointed out that business development and PR should also be in the loop on legal's social media enforcement strategies, so that a company can more accurately weigh the risks of trademark infringement against the risk of a PR disaster. Fan sites – which sometimes use trademarks in their domain names or in the images on their website – may not be good targets for reclaim if reclaiming results in backlash from the website's owner or other fans of the site.
FairWinds' perspective has always been that this type of inter-departmental cooperation is necessary for an effective domain name strategy. Risk appetite, marketing plans, product launches, and consumer behavior are important considerations in deciding which domain names are key for a company to own. Add to this list the impending launch of thousands of new gTLDs, and it's more important than ever to get marketing, legal, IT, and domain name expertise in the room together –even before you have figured out how ICANN regulations and policies will come into play.
- Cyber Monday 2018: Analyzing the DNS to Uncover Threats to Businesses and Consumers - November 25, 2018
- Beyond the Dot: Featured Speaker Scott Bradner discusses GDPR - March 28, 2018
- Cyber Threats on the Rise:Protect Your Brand - February 20, 2018


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Whether you are moving house, or just replacing an older mower – you might have been thinking about how to cut your lawn now that spring is rolling around
In which case, if you are like most people in the UK and have a fairly small lawn, you should definitely be considering a push mower (I'm their biggest fan!)
These offer a completely different experience to a petrol mower, but I can tell you without hesitation that they are preferable to me – unless I am mowing a football field of course, that would just be silly. Here are a few of the benefits of push mowers, and a few things that you might want to be aware of before you make the switch.
1. Push Mowers are more economical
So not only are push mowers cheaper to buy, generally speaking, but are also cheaper to run.
And i'm talking significant savings, petrol powered mowers might run you upwards of 300 quid, but a traditional reel mower, and a good quality one at that, can be had for less than 100 quid.
The price of petrol is the other thing on everyones lips, but in fact with a reel mower you wil save this cost – ans save time filling it up!
Push mowers also cost less to maintain, they have a simple mechanism that requires only a little sharpening, but there is not alot that can really go wrong.
2. Push Reel Mowers are Environmentally Friendly
Petrol mowers are notorious for their fumes, infecting your lungs with that pernicious vapour.
Lawnmower engines can actually be worse than car engines in terms of pollutants, and not only is that bad for your health, but also potentially for your garden. The air quality will suffer, and when you inevitably spill some fuel as you refuel the mower for another run, this can cause groundwater contamination and is despicably hazardous if you have any pond wildlife in your garden.
3. Reel Mowers need Less Maintenance
Not only do you not need to refuel, but no need to change the oil, the spark plugs, or anything else that might go wrong with a complex petrol mower.
Reel mowers need only the occasional sharpening of the blades, or replacing if they are really past it. They also fit very easily in a shed.
4. Manual Mowers are quiet
When you mow with a push mower, you can hear the birds sing, you can hear your neighbours chatting ( if you really want to) and you can enjoy the peace and quiet instead of the roar of an engine – a far more pleasant experience,.
Things to Bear in Mind
Push mowers aren't suited to every situation, in fact – before making the switch there are a few things that you should be aware of
- You cannot let the grass get too overgrown, otherwise it will become really difficult to cut.
- There are a range of different reel mowers available, and not all of them live up to the same standards. The fiskars staysharp is a solid choice for most.
- You need to keep the blades super sharp – otherwise you are just making more effort for yourself
If you've really been convinced , why not check out my guide to the best manual push lawnmower.


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Breast Surgery | Dr. Karen Leong
Breast surgery. Everyone's interested in breast surgery. Every other person has breasts, I get it. And men, get breast surgery too, so you're not excluded.
Now, what does breast surgery entail? Well, if we look at it from a cosmetic standpoint, we all know about breast augmentation. That's putting in implants. But it can be paired with a breast lift. If you're droopy, you may need a breast lift. You can have it with an implant or without. That's something we can discuss together.
This can also be coupled with liposuction, because every girl out hates this little bit of bra fat. They don't like they bulge outside of this area, or they say, "Hey, I love my breasts now, but they don't look the way the used to because I have fat where I didn't use to." That's cosmetic breast surgery.
Don't forget about nipples, because nipples are very interesting. They can stick out too much. They can be inverted. They can not have enough color. The great thing is we have options for that too. Right now I think the popular thing is to have designer nipples. People are putting filler under the nipples so they have that more projected look without a bra. Can we do that? Sure. But you and I, again, will sit down and talk about your goals. That does it for cosmetic breast surgery.
On the other hand, there's reconstructive breast surgery for people who have breast cancer. It's very important to a woman when she has her cancer taken away that not only is she cancer free, but she feels like a woman. She feels like herself. That what plastic surgeons like are here for. We have options, again, with implants with your own tissue, or even if you say hey I'm really happy just to be cancer free, but I don't have my nipples anymore. Again, nipples are important. They make us feel like a woman or human, and that is part of the parcel of our consultation, and what you will do with me. We'll talk about your process, your goals, and we'll put a plan together.