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It seems everything at CES is connected to the Internet. Not just the obvious stuff like TVs and speakers and washing machines, either. Little things. Light bulbs. Fans. The sorts of things you might grab on a whim at Home Depot or Best Buy or one-click at Amazon because, hey, that might be neat. If a clear trend has emerged from CES, it's this: The next great wave of devices is packed with chips and transmitters and sensors that enable everything to communicate with everything else.
So now what?
Now people must reckon with what happens when, bit by bit, the Internet takes over every object in the house. What the world needs is a smart gadget to control it all. A Swiss army knife that will replace the apps and screens and interfaces that threaten to fill our homes. In other words, a universal remote.
The universal remote has been around almost as long as the non-universal one; something about putting one clicker down and picking another up flashes dollar signs in the eyes of VCs. They've never been good enough to handle TV, Blu-ray, and Netflix, though, and forget about everything that comes next. Don't say "We've got a remote—the smartphone." The smartphone won't cut it. Touchscreen controllers aren't as immediate or convenient as those with clicky buttons. Frankly, they suck. What we need is a universal remote that can talk to everything, a universal remote far more powerful than anything we've had before. A remote with buttons, an easily understood UI, and dead-simple operation that requires nothing more than pointing and clicking.
If that sounds a bit old-school, it is. And it isn't. And there are a few here at CES that may help us all navigate our increasingly connected homes without going utterly mad.
Point and Click
Down the strip from the frenzied scrum of the CES expo hall, in the relative quiet of a suite on the 31st floor of the Venetian, Neeo CEO Raphael Oberholzer taps through the home screen of his universal remote. Years ago, he was in the home-automation business, customizing setups for rich people in Switzerland. "The needs were always quite basic," he says. "I want to watch television, I want to watch movies, I want it to be simple." He found that people were blown away by his highly automated systems. He also found that they couldn't figure out how to use them. He'd hand them a sexy remote with a touchscreen, and eventually upgraded to iPads, but found they all wanted the same thing: Something they could point and click. It didn't matter how elaborate the setup he built; without a good remote, a remote people could use, the whole system sucked. So, Oberholzer decided to build a better remote.
Neeo has built a remote that's half screen, half buttons
That remote, the Neeo, was announced a year ago, launching a wildly successful Kickstarter that gave the company more than $1.5 million to pursue its wildest ideas. Now it's built a remote that's half screen, half buttons. It can control your TV, your set-top box, your game console, your lights, and more than 50,000 other devices. The remote features a "brain" that uses Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, infrared, and a handful of other sensors and radios to connect to everything in your house.
The remote is handsome and simple, an aluminum candy bar that feels heavy but impressive. The interface is clean, fast, and almost comically obvious. It's hard to not know what to do with buttons like "TV" and "Lights," but just in case, there are icons too. For every complex action, there's a button or slider on the screen, and for all the simple stuff there's an up and a down and an OK button. The screen makes the Neeo extensible and future-proof; the buttons make it work.
The idea is to create a remote so smart you don't have to know what's compatible with it. Every device can map its basic functions to the Neeo's buttons, and everything else happens on the screen. You get one interface for your TV, another for your lights, and something like an iPod UI when you're picking songs for your Sonos.
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Let's be clear: this is not a new idea. Such devices have never been intuitive or awesome, and building a good one only gets harder as you add more devices to the list of things it must control. Do you add buttons for dimming lights, even though people might not have dimming lights? Do you do everything on a touchscreen? If so, aren't you just making an app?
People want physical buttons, and they want to point and click. You just can't do that with a smartphone.
Neeo makes an app for Android and iOS that has a lot of the same functionality, but "we don't see that as the right interface," Oberholser says. "It's not as immediate." Every universal remote has tried to sell people on the appeal of not having a hundred clickers on the coffee table, and he says the same thing is true of apps. "For every little device, you have apps—that's the part we want to fix, of course." People want physical buttons, and they want to point and click. You just can't do that with a smartphone.
Savant, another startup, has similar ideas. Its remote even looks like Neeo—iPod Nano-size screen up top, a few buttons on the bottom. Savant's remote uses voice commands for a lot of things, though, and has a few more buttons. Like everyone else, it's toeing the line of an impossible balance: how to control everything without tipping over into complete, user-infuriating chaos.
Savant and Neeo are working with companies around the world to integrate their products and interface into its remote. So is Logitech, whose latest Harmony remote is the most versatile of its long line of universal controllers. (It, too, has embraced the split mentality between buttons and screens.) The goal is to make linking any gadget to the remote as easy as clicking a few buttons. Samsung wants to do all that setup automatically.
This week, the company introduced a Samsung Smart Control remote designed to consolidate all of your devices into a single clicker and, along with the new Smart Hub, bring all of your content onto a single screen. If you buy a new Samsung TV in 2016 and plug in a Blu-ray player or Xbox, the TV recognizes the new gadget and programs it into the remote. SmartThings integration (also coming to all Samsung TVs) lets you control everything in your house by pointing your remote at the TV.
A Universal Solution
There are still so many more questions than answers. Like, how do you pick which device to control, when you have 100 of them on the remote? Neeo and Savant lean heavily on macros, so you can say "watch TV" and the remote will dim the lights, turn on the TV, and, who knows, make you popcorn? SevenHugs, the most bizarrely-named of all the universal remote companies here, has a neat system for geolocating individual devices so you can control whatever you want just by pointing at it. Its remote is a bare rectangle of black glass, which animates with the interface of whatever device it sees. It looks less like a capital-R Remote, but it still does the job.
Samsung, on the other hand, wants you to do basically everything through menus on the TV. For most people, there's never been anything terribly compelling about a universal remote. Here, replace the four remotes you know how to use with one clunky brick you can't possibly figure out! These devices were always a matter of convenience, a slightly better take on something that's not that hard anyway. But as the number of devices in our living room jumps from three to 30 to 300, we can't have a remote—or an app—for everything. The transition from a few gadgets to universal gadgets makes hard work for remote makers, who are essentially building dams without truly knowing the size of the flood. Still, they're on to something: the best way to make a system feel complete and integrated is to have a remote that obscures all the complicated setup and compatibility, and just lets you do what you want and find what you're looking for.
CES feels disjointed this year, like all the tiny pieces of a huge puzzle strewn throughout the many square miles of the Las Vegas Convention Center. There are so many places technology touches now, so many ideas and use cases and things that are made simply because they can be. What we really need are the connections, the ways we as people make the technology move. Maybe someday that system will look like Iron Man's Jarvis, or the earbud from Her. Before we get there, it's going to look like a remote control. The future has buttons.


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Hi all!
I've just finished my tribute page about Themistocles.
To be honest, he's not my favorite guy, but he was a smart guy
I've used a parallax effect from a tutorial that I recently read. There's info on codepen's javascript panel if you want to read about it.
The image is a painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach. I've sliced it in Photoshop but it didn't end up as I wanted.
Apart from that, the page is really pretty simple. No libraries whatsoever. I've used only the Google Maps API which, basically, is "copy/paste" code.
That's all.
Looking forward to read your comments, constructive criticism is encouraged and welcomed.
PS. It may take some time to load the images. They are approx. 4MB. Sorry for that


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All change. Emma Rice's inaugural production as artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe is a bit of a ground-shaker. Her take on A Midsummer Night's Dream is going to piss off as many people as it delights, but that's part of its brilliance. This is living theatre, hot-blooded and hot-bodied, a production that feels utterly at home in the space while also challenging people's perceptions of what the Globe is for.
It sets out its stall from the start. There are silvered trees outside the doors and a sitar player perched above the stage. The mechanicals are a troupe of Globe ushers; Bottom is in charge of health and safety, and Rita Quince admonishes the groundlings to switch off their phones and refrain from copulating in the yard.
Original practice is out of the window, doublet and hose have been swapped for leopard print and leather jackets. The text has been scissored and shaken up; there are references to Hoxton and hipsters in there; there are unexpected detours into John Donne. There is a lot of singing.
But then Rice has always been a mistress of collage. With Kneehigh, which she joined in 1994 and became artistic director of in 2005, her work has constantly drawn on the cinematic and the literary. She's directed versions of Tristan and Yseult, Don John, and Rapunzel. Her adaption of Brief Encounter played both in the West End – in a central London cinema specially repurposed for the show – and Studio 54 on Broadway. She's tackled The Red Shoes and Rebecca; she's even had a go at Steptoe and Son. Kneehigh's world was one of Powell and Pressburger, Hitchcock and Angela Carter. Her work with the company, at its best, combined circus and magic and music hall, it was red-shoed and feather-bedecked, mirror-balled and fairy-lit.
What Kneehigh didn't really do was Shakespeare. Though the company contributed to the RSC's Complete Works season in 2006, it was with a (very) free adaptation of Cymbeline by regular collaborator Carl Grose. Half pantomime, half musical, it saw Hayley Carmichael's Imogen stalking the stage in a hoodie. (It's clearly a play that fascinates her; Rice's inaugural season ends with reworked and retitled version of the play, now called Imogen). In the past Rice has described Shakespeare as medicinal. She's said reading the plays make her sleepy. No one, I'd venture, is going to sleep through this.
In Rice's Dream, Titania's Indian changeling child, a Shakespearean MacGuffin if ever there was one, has somehow become the spirit of the piece. Rice is collaborating once again with Tanika Gupta, whose 2013 play The Empress she directed for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the whole thing has the feel and energy of an Indian wedding.
Theatre often talks a good game about accessibility and diversity but this production just gets on and does it. Since being appointed artistic director in 2015, Rice has spoken a lot about gender imbalance and representation, about the way we people our stages – particularly in regard to the performance of Shakespeare – and she addresses all these things in this production.
Puck is a water pistol-wielding Katy Owen in a vast ruff and gold sneakers; her Puck might be a glitter-slippered imp but she is not immune to human emotion and has a few moments of real poignancy.
The further into the forest we go the more the production flirts with Elizabethan costume. The fairies wear Helena Bonham Carter's cast-off dresses bedecked with nipple tassels, and the cabaret artist Meow Meow, who also featured in Kneehigh's under-appreciated take on The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (admittedly an odd fit for the West End), plays Titania with all the verve and irreverence you'd expect. She fairy-surfs across the stage and proves that even queens struggle to take their tights off in anything remotely resembling an erotic manner.
The gender-flexible casting goes both ways. Ankur Bahl plays Helenus, which proves to be something of a masterstroke. Not only is he amiable, engaging and clear-voiced, but the tangled scenes between the four lovers feel refreshed by his presence. The sudden shifts from intense sexual heat to guilt and aggression all gain a new kind of clarity.
Vesturport designer Borkur Jonsson has filled the Globe with white orbs and green tubing which mirror the pillars while also looking a bit like bamboo or the passages through which alien eggs might descend. It somehow manages to feel quite fitting. Music by Stu Barker – another Kneehigh regular – pulses through the show. Rice doesn't tiptoe around the play's songs. They're not a problem to be solved. They're vital. They're oxygen.
Not everything Rice throws at it sticks. The obligatory Bowie moment feels grafted on and just like Jamie Lloyd's Doctor Faustus, this production over-estimates the entertainment value of men in their pants; Rice also repurposes the striking final image from Nights at the Circus – two lovers suspended, eternally coupling and uncoupling in mid-air – but it has less of an impact the second time around. There also needs to be a moratorium on theatre directors using Beyonce's Single Ladies in an attempt to make Elizabethan and Jacobean plays resonate – enough is enough, just stop it.
Those things aside, this is joyful stuff. Rice is the third artistic director of the Globe, after Mark Rylance and Dominic Dromgoole. Rylance was a hard act to follow, in more ways than one, but Dromgoole managed it, embarking on increasingly ambitious projects, such as Globe to Globe and his two-year world tour of Hamlet while making big and broad, appealing and embracive theatre of his own. Rice, in turn, has found a way to channel something of the Kneehigh spirit into the space, while still making theatre that works on the Globe's terms. Attend and mark, Emma Rice now owns this glorious 'o'. She rules.


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Today I had an unexpected Talking Newspaper stint. Poor George fell down his stairs and was so bruised he couldn't get out of his chair. He rang me and asked if I could swap with him. Seeing as I was free (apart from writing my proposal) I agreed and trotted off this morning for the early shift.
There are three shifts on a Thursday. 10-2 is for the Farnham Herald, 12-4 is the Haslemere Herald and 2-6 for Alton. We generally edit for about an hour and a half then start recording. Generally it finishes half an hour early. This is the buffer that is built in for any emergency that may crop up.
This morning I was up for the 10-2. I generally manage to turn up 15 minutes before the off, which gives me a chance to get a good start on the edit. This morning was no different.
I walked up to the door and turned the handle. It was locked. This isn't that unusual. When anyone is there alone they tend to lock the front door given the area. I rang the bell. I waited. I rang the bell again.
I peered through the windows of the edit room. Everything was black. This was odd. I took out my Dawkins and read.
The next reader then turned up. She was as confused as I was. She rang the bell as well. We were waiting for the presenter, who is responsible for picking up the newspapers and unlocking the studio.
At 10, Scottish Liz turned up, the third reader. She resisted the urge to ring the bell and we chatted about what could have happened. We rang the presenter but he wasn't home so we figured he was stuck in traffic or something.
By 10:20, it was getting ridiculous so we rang Tony, the boss, and explained the situation. He said he'd pick up the papers and be with us asap.
He arrived at 10:30 and said he'd called the presenter's mobile and was told he was on his way to London and he'd forgotten!
We poured into the edit room and started cutting and pasting. It was a rush job. The presenter for the next session turned up and we explained the situation. When we told him where and who the presenter was, he laughed, looked at Tony and said "Again?"
It all turned out ok. We read and recorded. I made a few fluffs (which will be cut out by the sound engineer, thank goodness) but overall it went quite well. I made them laugh a few times (always good) and fed Scottish Liz a few good lines as well. All in all, a fun morning, really. I love the Talking Newspaper!


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I pull my bike off the highway, ready to turn into the clubhouse gates. I'm pissed to notice a cardboard box dumped in front of them and blocking my path. Lowering the Harley onto its kickstand I dismount, I'll have to move the bloody thing before I can open the gate. … Continue readingExtract from Rebel (Hellions MC #1) by Ava Manello
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@michbeck100 I would be Beta-Testing if you want, i can transfer you the the ~15euro via Paypal if you want.
Amazon Echo / Alexa
@tehmilcho I'll keep that in mind
pimatic-hap - pimatic HomeKit bridge
pimatic-echo - Amazon echo integration
pimatic-dash-button - Amazon dash button support
pimatic-alarm - pimatic alarm system
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Hm, hope you will have much luck with that. I don't go this way. There are many other ways for free. Next thing is that Pimatic will be update in the future that users stay, cause of NodeJS 8.0 core…
which ones would that be?
There is no such thing as free and I would be interested how these services are paid for.
@michbeck100 I was also thinking about creating a pimatic online service but had a hard time finding an architecture which fits my needs. What is the current architecture you are looking into?
@swen said in Amazon Echo / Alexa:
There are many other ways for free.
I doubt that. Please give examples.
"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.", Hofstadter's Law
I can controll my devices via Alexa and Z-Wave. There i can create dummy devices and this control devices via pimatic via REST over Z-Wave Gateway.
I use ESPurna with Alexa Support, so i can use Alexa to switch them on or off. There i don't need a skill. And there are many other solution where i can control devices via Alexa native like hue, tuya, etc… And i don't pay for it. Maybe if you buy the product. But not directly with an abo or other payments.
That is not a full out of the box solution, yes, but it works. I can control 433MHz devices via Pimatic over Z-Wave dummy device… e.g.
@swen the Alexa smart home skill will have the maximum of features that are supported by both Amazon and pimatic. This includes for example also setting the temperature which is not natively supported.
Apart from that I want to have a solution that everyone can use OOTB. You just register with the pimatic cloud service and activate the skill. That's it.
Not every user is comfortable with creating dummy devices and using them as proxy. And in the end it's that comfort you pay for.
BTW: pimatic-echo will still be available. But it will get deprecated. And you never know if Amazon someday also removes the native support for hue, WeMo, etc.
pimatic-hap - pimatic HomeKit bridge
pimatic-echo - Amazon echo integration
pimatic-dash-button - Amazon dash button support
pimatic-alarm - pimatic alarm system
Like my work? Then consider a donation
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@michbeck100 I'm also using your plugin for alexa which is moreover working very well. Thanks for your effort!
Furthermore I'm also willing to pay for a native alexa skill for pimatic but isn't it possible to pay you for your effort and not amazon? Or is there no way to program a skill without paying Amazon?
@fabian littlebit off topic but you can make a donation over PayPal… Like i do it:-)… See the plugin page
Donation at this point is not the big effort if you must pay AWS monthly… The only way to go strait and get money to get support with another payed service you must get money for this skill… But at the end, how many users are really use this service and how many people pay your for that.


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Marc Wayshak
America's Coach on Game Plan Selling
Marc Wayshak Bio
Marc Wayshak is a sales strategist and the bestselling author of Game Plan Selling and Breaking All Barriers. He created the Game Plan Selling System, a revolutionary sales methodology, based upon his experiences as an All-American athlete, Ivy League graduate, startup entrepreneur and years of research, training and selling. Marc's innovative selling system works for salespeople, entrepreneurs and companies alike. He is a regular online contributor to Fast Company, Reuters, Entrepreneur, The Huffington Post, the Hoover's Bizmology blog and the Salesforce blog. Marc holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and a BA from Harvard University.
While studying for his undergraduate degree at Harvard, Marc suddenly lost all his college savings in a stock market crash. Compelled to have to help pay for college, Marc started a small marketing company. Little did he know, he was about to embark on a journey filled with challenges. He would soon learn just how hard it was to have to sell in order to survive.
During that time, Marc made tens of thousands of cold calls per year, spoke to sell, asked for introductions and did everything else necessary to make sales. And at first he did it all the wrong way. But as he went along, he began to learn what worked and what didn't. He also found some powerful mentors who taught him to look at sales from a completely different angle. Studying under these mentors, Marc experimented with the very sales techniques that now make up the Game Plan Selling SystemTM.
By using the right techniques, Marc created exponential growth for his marketing business, turning it into one of the fastest growing event marketing companies in New England. The expanding client list soon included corporations such as Subway Sandwich Shops, ExxonMobil and Getty Oil. As his company grew, Marc served as captain of Harvard's rugby team and was selected as an All-American rugby player. These experiences as a top athlete further shaped his sales philosophy, as he discovered many similarities between closing the sale and winning on the field. After selling his business at just 23 years old, Marc began teaching sales to organizations both large and small.
Today, Marc Wayshak is known as America's Sales Strategist. He shares the powerful strategies and techniques of the Game Plan Selling SystemTM through writing, training and coaching. Marc travels the world helping organizations and entrepreneurs transform their sales.
Drawing from his books Game Plan Selling and Breaking All Barriers, Marc teaches audiences the Game Plan Selling DSP:
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Hello there!
I have done my project about polish astronome Nikolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik in polish).
I used a few :hover tags for h1, li and strong.
There is also button and a lot of bootstrap code.
I wait for some kind of feedback from all of you
Hello there!
Great use of astronomical theme. Need a little adjustment with one column view. Semantic tags are well used.
Great job! I would make the page a little more mobile friendly. The
h1 runs off the page on the mobile and the profile picture gets really small. The heading could be fixed by using
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rem instead of
px to set the size. https://css-tricks.com/rem-global-em-local/
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col-xs-12 for these elements so they stack on mobile and then something like
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col-md-8 to float them next to each other for larger screens.
Thank you
I wanted to make just minimalistic webpage, but in process i got an idea that navy-white fits for astronomical things
I've changed all things that were too small and didn't fit website, now it should go in proper way
If You have time please check it, whether page works as well as on my smartphone


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Steder, Bastian (University of Freiburg), Rusu, Radu Bogdan (Willow Garage, Inc), Konolige, Kurt (Willow Garage), Burgard, Wolfram (University of Freiburg)
Point Feature Extraction on 3D Range Scans Taking into Account Object Boundaries
Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Sessions "Range Sensing I" (WeA104), Wednesday, May 11, 2011,
08:35−08:50, Room 3E
2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 9-13, 2011, Shanghai International Conference Center, Shanghai, China
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In this paper we address the topic of feature extraction in 3D point cloud data for object recognition and pose identification. We present a novel interest keypoint extraction method that operates on range images generated from arbitrary 3D point clouds, which explicitly considers the borders of the objects identified by transitions from foreground to background. We furthermore present a feature descriptor that takes the same information into account. We have implemented our approach and present rigorous experiments in which we analyze the individual components with respect to their repeatability and matching capabilities and evaluate the usefulness for point feature based object detection methods.
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The early bird gets tickets to outdoor opera
THIS year Queensland Music Festival is set to celebrate their 20th year with the expansion of the annual Jimbour Opera Festival.
This is the first year camping will be offered at the festival.
The official festival proceedings are set to kick off on Saturday, July 27. The festival is held at the historic Jimbour House Estate.
Jimbour Opera Festival has been produced by Queensland Music Festival since 2003 and was presented in partnership with Opera Queensland and Western Downs Regional Council.
The festival has been well known for merging fine wine, fresh food, and the regional Queensland spirit of fun to make for an event that has attracted thousands of people.
This year there will be a new gala program of opera favourites including; internationally celebrated tenor Rosario La Spina, soprano Sarah Crane, mezzo soprano Hayley Sugars, baritone Shaun Brown and more.
The event will also welcome renowned conductor Vanessa Scammell, Queensland opera favourite Jason Barry-Smith as the event's MC and director, and the celebrated Queensland Youth Orchestra.
The gala will not only bring opera to Western Queensland, but bring Western Queensland to The Opera.
It's a country experience with a classical twist. Opera at Jimbour has local produce, market stalls and of course fine wine.
The Queensland Music Festival artistic director Katie Noonan said she was looking forward to this year's Opera at Jimbour.
"We are incredibly proud of our Opera at Jimbour program and are positive that both long-time patrons of the event and newcomers will be delighted with this year's event changes and line-up of opera classics," she said.
"Music is for everyone and our carefully curated gala will be a world-class showcase of opera in one of the most picturesque settings imaginable-the warm winter sun and crisp country air on a Queensland cattle station steeped in history.
"We welcome everyone to come and experience the joy of music and the glorious Western Downs at this uniquely Queensland event."
Opera Queensland artistic director Patrick Nolan said Opera at Jimbour was one of his favourite events.
"There is nothing quite like the beauty of Jimbour House and the warmth and generosity of the audiences. We are thrilled to bring some of Queensland's and Australia's finest performers together to sing operatic favourites, from Mozart to Verdi to Puccini, and more, it is going to be a great celebration of fine music amongst friends," he said.
Improved sound and visuals, upgraded amenities, more food options, better transport, and facilities management are just some of the improvements put in place at this year's festival.
With the new format gates will open at 10am for the public to view the pre-show rehearsal.
Guests are encouraged to bring a picnic or try local cuisine from the food-stalls available and sing along to favourite opera classics. The main event will begin at 2.30pm.
There will be free parking, free entry to children under 12 and a range of camping and accommodation options.
Early bird general admission tickets are $36 (including a booking fee of $3).
Concession tickets are $28 (including a booking fee of $3).
Family tickets (two youth and two adults) are $98 (including a booking fee of $3).
General admission tickets are $42.
Early bird tickets go on sale Monday, March 18 from 9am.
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You've founded a company. Now, how can you lead it to sustained success? Today on the show, we have Todd Uterstaedt. He's the host of the podcast, From Founder to CEO. He's also the co-founder and CEO of an executive coaching firm called Baker & Daboll and a mentor with Cintrifuse. Todd is here to talk about stepping up and scaling yourself, your team, and your company. How can we do it as the new wave of "small business leaders" — whose businesses are growing so fast that they're anything but small?
What are the common challenges of a founder pivoting toward becoming a CEO?
The From Founder to CEO podcast is a space where founders are able to be vulnerable and share what their journeys are really like. Todd observes that many of these founders try to cover up their very real fears and anxieties because, what if it gets back to the investor or their team?
They also struggle with the transition from founder to CEO. Founders have a very powerful emotional energy about "what can be." That's a very critical energy, but a major pivot that needs to happen is shifting the focus of their emotional energy, from being about the product to building the team that focuses on the product.
Building a culture and setting up your organization
As your company grows, you have to be more and more intentional with the culture you create. As the founder, you have an outsized influence over the culture that exists, so you'll need to take into account: is that the right culture for continued growth? And are your employees aligned with this culture?
You'll also have to decide whether or not you're ready to be a leader. If you don't want your company to crumble when you're not there, you have to delegate to — i.e. empower — your team.
The most successful CEOs are absolutely fanatical about improving the lives of the people they serve. They also realize that, to make that happen, they need to a) bring in the very best people who also believe the same thing, and b) coach and guide them both as individuals and as a team.
On self-evaluation
Things move so fast in business that many founders are very reactive instead of proactive. One of the things Todd tells founders to do is to debrief the experiences you're happening. Once a week, simply journal what's going on, and answer these four questions:
- What am I feeling grateful about?
- What am I feeling optimistic about?
- What am I still wondering about?
- What am I feeling discouraged about?
This exercise is important to slow down the brain and allow you to sort through your thoughts, feelings, and ideas so you can gain some clarity.
Another exercise Todd recommends is a "360," where you survey the people around you. Coming from a place of wanting to understand your performance, ask them: What are the behaviors that are working for you, in your eyes? What are the behaviors that aren't working? He sees a lot of successful founders do this because they say, "I don't have all the answers, and I want to get better at this job."
Final thoughts
This is a journey. If we look at the very long perspective, we'll realize that many of the issues and problems that we think are big in the moment are not as big in hindsight. Things will happen, and we have to remind ourselves that it's okay; things will happen along the way. Expect that there will be bumps along the road, and you won't be disappointed when you have to slay another problem dragon.
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For those who have usually desired lengthy gorgeous organic fingernails, as well as moderate duration fingernails, you may be discouraged whenever your fingernails peel off, nick, arena, divided or simply split away the moment these people obtain near to the duration you would like.
Many people possess side rails within their fingernails which develop away included in the toe nail after that trigger problems once they turn out to be subjected in the toe nail suggestion. Or else merely possess really brittle sensitive fingernails which appear not possible to develop or even maintain just about all from 1 duration.
Nicely, the majority of us do not have the posh associated with residing just like a fussed over little princess, as well as we must make use of the fingers in order to prepare, thoroughly clean, clean meals, perform the locks, kind as well as all the additional unlimited duties that need all of us to place the fingernails at risk of getting broken. Nevertheless, there are some steps you can take to maintain both hands as well as fingernails searching nicely groomed as well as stunning whilst nevertheless residing an ordinary existence. Through viewing your diet plan as well as subsequent particular treatment ideas, you may make your own brittle fingernails more powerful as well as assist these phones develop lengthier.
Toe nail Treatment as well as Upkeep
Put on Mitts — Drinking water is the nail's greatest adversary. Sensation both hands within comfortable soapy drinking water is among the greatest emotions, however, you may observe that when you're carried out cleaning meals, shampooing hair or even cleaning your pet, your own toe nail shine may be taken off or even you will see much more frays as well as divides inside your fingernails. Fingernails comprise associated with levels associated with meats. Then when both hands tend to be drenched within drinking water for a long time of your time, water substances really enter between your levels as well as lead them to divided aside. A good thing that you can do would be to put on mitts to prevent your fingers getting extented get in touch with within drinking water. A minimum of do that before you possess adopted all the additional ideas and find out the designated enhancement within the health of your own fingernails.
Moisturize — Should you are not in to putting on mitts, a minimum of ensure that prior to as well as once you immerse both hands within drinking water that you simply keep the fingers, fingernails as well as cuticles nicely moisturized. Utilizing cuticle essential oil can also be a good idea towards enhancing the health of your own fingernails because they develop away.
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Submitting (Not Sawing) — A typical exercise that may trigger a lot of harm to your own toe nail is actually incorrect submitting. Do not noticed throughout your own toe nail backwards and forwards. Operate the actual document over the suggestion of the toe nail in a single path just. Cutting your own toe nail really produces fraying across the suggestion that leads in order to harm which divides upward along the actual toe nail. Additionally ensure that you make use of a document having a good or even moderate feed. Documents having a rough feed could be harmful for your fingernails, and therefore are primarily employed for feet as well as calluses, not really your own sensitive fingernails.
Uncovered Fingernails tend to be Much better — This might appear counter-top user-friendly, however putting on toe nail shine can in fact end up being harmful to your own fingernails. This really is primarily because of the chemical substances within toe nail shine as well as within toe nail shine eliminator. The majority of toe nail polishes include Tourmaline as well as Formaldehyde, 2 things that tend to be severe for the all around health, but additionally severe in your fingernails. Toe nail shine eliminator occasionally consists of acetone. This particular component can also be really drying out as well as bad for fingernails and may trigger horrible brittleness.
Because the main glamor associated with nicely groomed fingernails is actually a chance to put on stunning toe nail colours, not really putting on shine is probably not probably the most attractive choice. A minimum of search for shine as well as shine eliminator that's much more normally dependent as well as that doesn't include these types of dangerous elements.
Wholesome Toe nail Diet plan
Fingernails can offer understanding in to your general health insurance and whether you're obtaining the correct nutrients and vitamins in what you eat. As with existence generally, correct nourishment results in wholesome pores and skin, locks, the teeth as well as fingernails. Dieting full of calcium supplement, proteins, omega 3 as well as omega 6 essential fatty acids, as well as supplement The as well as biotin may result in wholesome quick developing fingernails as well as locks. Biotin encourages wholesome cellular development, supplement The assists your body in order to procedure proteins. Lean meats along with other red-colored meat could be a excellent supply of biotin as well as supplement The, in addition proteins.
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Enhance your diet plan as well as consider good care of the fingernails, and you ought to observe extreme enhancement within the situation as well as high quality of the fingernails.


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The reactive and planned maintenance of industrial parks with their mixture of tenants can provide very specific challenges. SPA have experience over the past 20 years of helping our clients deal with these challenges including any remedial work required after Fire Risk Assessments or Health and Safety reviews.
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After one week in HongKong I finally was able to squeeze in some yoga time. Yay!!! My sister usually attends yoga classes in Pure Yoga. I couldn't find a class there that was Astanga or Mysore that would fit my schedule, so I decided to go to Mandarin Oriental Spa. I'm glad I did!
There was a familiar feeling to it. The shala was a cross between Perea and Chi; the coziness of Perea and the airconditioned feel of Chi. Today I appreciated the way ashtanga mysore is taught. It makes it easier to attend other classes even when you are away from home!
The practice was familiar but always something to learn from a new teacher. Lily's words: "Take it slow. Get to know your body, so that you can learn the movement by your self". Although I have always known this and learned this in the couple of years I have been practicing, it still is reassuring to hear it from someone else.
After practice, I took advantage of the wonderful shower room at the Oriental Spa; jet showers, hairdryer, space…
Thanks Za for my complimentary yoga practice! Good bye HK, 'til next time!


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Before: Front (left) Central tooth has a poor restoration. Does not look natural and is not contoured properly to match the gumline of the rest of the teeth.
After: Replaced with an All Porcelain Crown (no metal). Tooth is now contoured to match the rest of the gumline. Restored tooth looks very natural and matches the shape and color of the patient's teeth.
Note: Patients depicted in photos have provided their consent to display their pictures online. Results may vary.
Before: Patient needs Upper Arch Rehabilitation. Presents with Upper Anterior teeth that are stained, incisal edges (tooth edge) are worn down and chipped, and gumline recession is present.
After: Smile restored with placement of 8 Upper All Porcelain Crowns (Caps). Gumline and incisal edges are now uniform. Patient now has longer, better shaped teeth to enhance the smile line and aid in chewing/biting function.
Before: Patient needs a Single Tooth Replacement of one Upper Central Incisor.
After: Smile and function restored with a Single Implant and an All Porcelain Crown (Cap) that fits securely over the implant.
Before: Patient needs Upper and Lower Arch Rehabilitation.
After: Great smile, chewing function, and facial tissue support possible with an Upper Denture that is supported with Implants and Lower Implants and Crowns.
Before: Patient unhappy with six Upper Anterior teeth. The edges are uneven, the gumline is uneven on the two central incisors, and the color/shade is not uniform. The two lateral incisor teeth have been previously restored and are poorly shaped.
After: Smile restored with 6 Upper Anterior Crowns that are properly shaped, gumline is uniform, and color/shade is the same for all 6 incisor teeth.
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The housing market in NYC moves very quickly; most apartment vacancies are only listed about 30 days before the move-in date. So, you should be prepared to act fast.
Renting an apartment in NYC can be stressful, but it can be easier when you are prepared with the required information. Be sure to do research on neighborhoods and understand the application process before you start looking for an apartment.
The NYU Off-Campus Housing Office is a great resource for information and finding housing in NYC.
The office's guideline provides tips and terms that can help you get acquainted with NYC housing. They also offer a list of agencies and services that can make your move easier.
The office also maintains a housing registry with a list of available apartments or rooms. To gain access to the housing registry, you will need an NYU NetID and NYUHome login password (contact your academic department).
The NYU International Scholar Network (ISN) is a Google Group for the international scholar community at NYU. Often, available rooms/apartments are posted for subletting, and you can use the group to post questions or get advice from fellow international scholars.
Please contact Scholar Services at email@example.com to request membership.
NYU Athletics offers membership to its sports centers, and can pro-rate the membership cost according to the length of your appointment. There are extra fees for family members. You will need to bring your NYU ID and appointment letter to join. Call or visit the membership office 212-998-2045 to ask about fees or more information.
There are many private gyms and fitness centers around NYC. Most require monthly or yearly memberships; make sure you ask about all costs and read any contract closely before you sign!
As an NYU scholar, you have access to NYU's Bobst Library with your NYU ID Card. Contact your academic department to inquire about library privileges such as borrowing or database access.
Family members must pay a fee for reading and/or borrowing privileges. Contact the library for more information. We suggest using the network of public libraries in NYC.
The New York Public Library has many locations throughout the city. Anyone living or working in New York State is eligible to receive a free New York Public Library card. The Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Library are also free and available to anyone living or working in New York State. Public libraries often offer family-friendly events and programs.
There are many options for getting around NYC. Depending on where you live and where you plan to go, you may want to explore different options.
New York is a very large city, and it can be tricky to navigate the subway system. Google Maps, City Mapper, Transit App or similar apps can help you find your way through the city on a smartphone or tablet.
CitiBike stations are located throughout the city, and you can often new or used bicycles on Craigslist or in secondhand bike shops. Riding a bike in NYC can be dangerous; be sure you are confident before riding on busier streets. Check out the Bike Smart tips and laws for biking in the city.
Taxis are everywhere in NYC; they are easy, convenient, and readily available. Be sure to note the medallion number (the light on top of every cab) in case you need to file a complaint or report a lost item. All cabs in NYC accept cards or cash, and tipping 15-20% is customary but not required.
If you do not want to hail a cab and prefer the car service to come to you, you can try apps such as Uber, Lyft, or MyTaxi. There are also private car services located throughout the city.
Cell phone plans in the US can be complicated, and there are many options available. So, you'll need to do some research in order to find the plan that best suits your needs. Be sure to read over any plan carefully before signing and/or purchasing. Below are some tips and resources to get you started.
NYC has an extensive network of parks located in many different neighborhoods. The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation runs programs throughout the year and maintains facilities in the parks. They offer opportunities to volunteer as well.
There are countless events happening in NYC on any given day; many websites compile upcoming events, such as plays, art shows, concerts, comedy shows, festivals, and much more. Check out Time Out NYC, or NYCGo.
You must have a valid driver license to drive a car anywhere in the US. Laws vary by state; be sure to research the laws in any area where you plan to drive.


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In case you are trying to do a toilet shower remodel on your tub, there are a few things to contemplate first. The only factor we left in the bathroom was the tub and encompass, since they'd just been replaced and we did not hate them. Whether or not your rest room area is giant or small, we have the experience to turn it into a space that you will fall in love with.
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Red XIII Character Profile p.56-59by Makoeyes987 November 24, 2008 6 comments
And here is Red XIII's FFVII 10th Anniversary Ultimania character profile translation.
Red XIII
Compilation of FFVII: FFVII – AC – BC
Character Profile
Sex: Male
Height: Unknown
Blood Type: Unknown
Date of Birth: Unknown
Birthplace: Cosmo Canyon
Weapon: Hair Ornaments
First Person Pronoun: オイラ [Oira, derivative of Ore],
私 [Watashi] (initially used in front of Cloud and the rest.)
Voice Actor: AC – Masachika Ichimura
He is the survivor of a tribe that protects the planet, living in Cosmo Canyon. His real name is Nanaki. Due to the rare traits that he possessed, such as an extraordinarily long lifespan of a few hundred years, his command of human speech despite being a beast, and his advanced intellect, he became an experimental sample of Hojo. Though he was fearful since he was but an adolescent, in reality he harbored the need to "become an adult as soon as possible in order to protect the hometown's valley", a feeling that bordered on impatience.
In Final Fantasy VII
The proud beast that resides in the Valley of the Fallen Star.
Age: 48 (15~16 in human years)
After meeting Cloud's party at the ShinRa Building where he was held captive as an experiment sample, he then decides to accompany them. Initially scorning his father as a "coward who fled before the enemy", he resolved to become a splendid adult that was different from him, using words and actions which did not seem suited for his age. Upon returning to his hometown and clearing up the misunderstanding towards his father, he stopped trying to overdo more than what he could and continued on the journey in order to ascertain the fate of the planet.
「 An informed question. But difficult to answer. I am what you see. 」
「 I'll witness it myself. Whatever happens here on . . . . . . to everyone, to the planet . . . . . . 」
|Although his appearance is that resembling a feline, he occasionally exhibits behavior similar to dogs.
Trivia 1
Origin of the name Red XIII.
Red XIII was the tentative name affixed by Hojo to manage the experiment sample. The name was derived from Nanaki's body that was as red as flames and the number 13 used to distinguish between experimental subjects. Amongst them, those of which are judged to be a success have the tattoo of a distinguishing number on some part of their body. In the case of Red XIII, it is engraved on his left shoulder.
|[FFVII] More than a name, it is a control number. Red XIII is just "a name without a meaning."
|[FFVII] Apart from the XIII tattoo which was Hojo's doing, the other markings are a warrior talisman passed down through the tribe.
Limit Break
Cosmo Memory
|Within the fireball that Red XIII summons, crystals of star energy accumulates.
|The ball of fire that has become a colossal accumulation of the energy from the stars is then directed towards the enemy, releasing a heatwave.
|Huge explosions occur along the places that the heatwave had passed through. Clods of earth are blown up, spreading and causing all enemies to conflagration.
In Advent Children
The formation of a good combination of fellow felines?
To the battlefield where the companions gather.
Age: 50
When Edge was under attack by Bahamut SHIN, he hastened there with Cait Sith on his back. Still young in terms of human years, the form of Red XIII carrying out his tribe's mission to "protect the planet" and fighting makes it appropriate to call him a full-fledged warrior.
「 There are still children with the stigma. 」
Compilation Check
In fact, we also encountered other comrades in DC.
In DC, although there is a scene where old comrades gathered at Midgar, Red XIII wasn't in said scene. Among the comrades that saved the planet, only Red XIII didn't appear but then again, you can see his presence in the ending after the incidents are settled. The sleeping look where he bathes under the sun light in front of Seventh Heaven, isn't it just too cute to call him a warrior?
|[DC] At the side of Shelke the ex-DG SOLDIER, Red XIII takes a contented snooze after yawning widely.
In Before Crisis
He strains his courage and stands up to protect his childhood friend.
Age: 47
Before being captured by ShinRa, he appeared as "Nanaki who resides in Cosmo Canyon." Together with Dinne, another survivor of the same species, the "Rite to appease the Planet" was to be performed. However, he was hesitant due to an indescribable uneasiness. Just then, he witnessed Dinne being chased by suspicious people. When she was on the verge of crisis, he realized the true nature of the thoughts he held within himself and in order to protect her, he took a step forward as a warrior of the valley.
「 There's no way someone like Dinne could understand how I feel. 」
|He unintentionally had an outburst of anger towards Dinne, who was invited to perform the ritual together with him. He was in fact unsure about why he himself did not want to do the ritual and was perplexed as a result.
「 Anyway, there's no way that I'm going to go through with the ritual! 」
「 Coz' I'm a warrior who protects this valley! 」
「 Silence! We will not be taken from here! 」
Trivia 2
When was it that his right eye was lost?
When Red XIII joins the party in FFVII, he had lost his right eye due to an injury. On the other hand, his right eye appears intact during his appearance in BC. It is thinkable that the wound on his right eye was inflicted during the one year where he was captured by ShinRa in BC and treated as an experiment sample, prior to his meeting with Cloud in FFVII.
|[FFVII] Red XIII saying that he has several scores to settle with Hojo. Could this also be one of Hojo's doings?
Compilation Check
What is the 「Rite to appease the Planet」 that has been handed through the generations within the tribe?
The "Rite of appease the Planet" is a traditional ritual performed at Cosmo Canyon once every 50 years. A ritual that only those of Red XIII's species can carry out, it was first established for a pair of male and female together. Finishing the ritual, the female would seclude herself for three years at the altar, offering prayers of appeasel while the male would become a Warrior that protects the valley.
Although Red XIII was captured by the Turks right before the ritual, it was able to be carried out safely due to their arrangement. Furthermore, as a result of his partner Dinne secluding herself at the altar following the end of the ritual, her figure cannot be confirmed in FFVII. Guessing from the amount of time the ritual involves, it would be after the series of events in AC that Dinne comes out after fulfilling her duty.
Compilation Check
Red XIII's family,
Watching over the planet even after 500 Years
Though Bugenhagen had made a profound remarks like "You may even find a cute girlfriend amidst your travels" in FFVII, the existence of a female survivor named Dinne from Red XIII's tribe was disclosed in BC. Judging from Bugenhagen's words in BC that "there is only a single pair of male and female of Nanaki's species in this village now" and the mutual exchange of thoughts between Nanaki and Dinne, Dinne for sure should be the mother of the children.
|[FFVII] Experiencing the passing of 500 years, Red XIII's form closely resembles that of his father, Seto.
|[FFVII] The fact that there is no flame on their tail is evidence that the cubs are still very young.
Red XIII Map
— Cosmo Canyon
The hometown of Red XIII. The land of origin for Study of Planet Life, Cloud and the rest were taught the fundamentals of planet life studies by the teacher/sage Bugenhagen.
— Midgar
Red XIII, who had been held captive at the ShinRa Building as an experiment sample, met with Cloud's party and ended up taking action together with them.
— Cargo Ship
A boat that Red XIII and his companions slipped in. Although it was hard for his disguise to deceive the eyes of the enemy, was not being exposed the fruit of his hard work?
Red XIII – Timeline
[Compilation of FFVII]
[ μ ] – εуλ 1959
· Is born.
· BC – Cosmo Canyon
His hometown was attacked by the Gi Tribe. He was under the impression that his father had betrayed the village people after learning that he had left the frontline during the midst of battle.
[ ν ] – εуλ 0006/10/30
(Age 47)
· BC – Cosmo Canyon
Captured by the Turks as an endangered species, he was handled as a sample at the ShinRa building after the ritual to appease the planet had been finished. Guided the Turks, who had came to expel the anti-ShinRa organization (Old AVALANCHE), while the Mako Reactor was in the midst of construction.
[ ν ] – εуλ 0007/12
(Age 48)
· FFVII – Midgar
Met Cloud's party at Hojo's laboratory and escaped from the ShinRa Building with them. He planned to travel with them until they reached his hometown.
· FFVII – Cosmo Canyon
Fulfilled a return to his hometown in the midst of the journey with Cloud. Learning the truth concerning his father, his resolve to continue the journey is strengthened.
· FFVII – Northern Crater
Entrusted with the black materia from Cloud, he was tricked by Jenova who had mimicked Tifa, permitting the activation of Meteor.
· FFVII – Cosmo Canyon
Visiting his hometown prior to the final decisive battle, he attended to Bugenhagen as he was dying.
[ ν ] – εуλ 0008/1
· FFVII – Northern Crater
Victorious together with his companions in the final decisive battle with Sephiroth, the descent of Meteor was halted.
[ ν ] – εуλ 0009
(Age 50)
· AC – Edge
Riding aboard the Sierra together with his former companions, they rushed to provide Cloud with assistance.
[ ν ] – εуλ 0010
(Age 51)
· DC – Edge
Following the resolution of the DG-related incident, he returned to Seventh Heaven to rest.
[ 500 Years after FFVII ]
(Age 548)
· Running up the rocky mountains accompanied by his children, he watches over Midgar
covered by greenery.


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Diwali 2018 is on 7th November 2018. Diwali is also known as the Deepavali. Diwali is the festival of lights celebrated across India and the world. Diwali festival symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. Deepavali means "row of lights".
Diwali is the day Lord Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman reached Ayodhya after an exile of 14 years and defeating the demon king Ravana as per the Hindu mythology as depicted in the holy epic Ramayana.
On this day Goddess Lakshmi brings the goddess of prosperity and wealth. According to Vedic legend, on the night of Diwali, Goddess Lakshmi married Lord Vishnu. Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed son of Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva, also remembered as the "remover of obstacles".
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Happy Diwali Wishes:-
"A festival full of sweet childhood memories, A sky full of lights, Mouth full of sweets, And a heart full of joy Wishing You All A Very Happy Diwali! "
"I'm maachis and you're pataka, Together we are and it will be double dhamaka!!!"
" May the light of the diyas guide you on the way to happiness and success. Happy Diwali to you and your family! May the joyous celebration Of this divine festival Fill your heart with Neverending joy and happiness! Happy Diwali."
" On this festival of light, I pray that your happiness is multiplied and your sorrows divided. May this auspicious festival bring you and your family health, wealth and success. Happy Diwali."
"Diwali is a day to cherish with your loved ones. May you have a great time with your family and friends Wishing you the very best this Diwali"…


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You know those times when you just need a mid-day chocolate fix?
So maybe you don't know those times because you're not a chocolate addict like some people I know (ahem – me), but if you do, you'll know where I'm coming from here. Sometimes it's hard to combine healthy + snack + chocolate all in one , which is just not gonna cut it in my book because those mid-day chocolate cravings are like a daily occurrence. I have to find ways to disguise chocolate as an acceptable snack, so that's where this parfait comes in. (And these chocolate no-bake bars and these chocolate, almond, and coconut bars, because obviously a girl needs options.)
This is one of those super-simple recipes that doesn't require any planning ahead or extra time, which is always an A++ idea in my book. It's healthy but it's also filling and yummy and – oh yesss – chocolatey, so it ticks all the boxes. If you're one of those people who can call a bowl of fruit dessert, then this could even be your idea of an indulgent dessert that's ALSO healthy, in which case I envy you that you don't have a daily craving for chocolate chip/chunk cookies that you have to fulfill. Personally, I'll call this lunch and be proud of myself for it. :)
Just to keep things healthy (and also because I'm a dark chocolate lover), I don't make this parfait very sweet, but you can always add a little more honey to it if you feel like it's needed. Either way, it's a creamy, chocolatey greek yogurt treat, and the toasted coconut and sweet banana slices on top make it the perfect combo of enticing flavors. (Because chocolate + coconut = yes, and chocolate + banana = yes, so chocolate + banana + coconut = HECK YES).Print
Healthy Chocolate, Banana, and Coconut Parfait
A fast, healthy snack (or even dessert!) that's creamy, chocolatey, and layered with crispy coconut flakes and sweet banana slices.
- Yield: one parfait* 1x
Toasted Coconut
- 1/2 ounce (1/4 cup) unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1/8 teaspoon honey
Chocolate Yogurt
- 8 ounces (1 cup) nonfat vanilla greek yogurt (I like Chobani)
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, sifted
- 1 1/2 tablespoons honey (or more to taste)
- thinly sliced banana
- Warm coconut oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add coconut flakes and honey and stir together. Cook for a few minutes, stirring occasionally and more often as the coconut starts to turn golden, until golden and toasted as desired, being careful not to let burn. Remove from heat.
- In a bowl, whisk together the yogurt, cocoa powder, and honey until smooth.
- Top yogurt with toasted coconut and banana slices and enjoy!
*If desired, this could probably be split into two smaller parfaits as an alternative.
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text: About LLLIRSBLS The Backgrounds for the Establishment of LLLIRSBLS Since the reform and open-to-outside world, China's construction of legal system has been developed rapidly in the constitutional principle of Strategy of Ruling by Law. Those fields such as legislation, judicature, legal education and legal research have attracted special attention home and abroad. The science of law has always been prominent in the field of social science. However, for various reasons, the development of legal publication and information, especially the construction of law libraries as the specialized institutions to collect and utilize law books, serve legal scholars and students are far behind the construction of legal system and development of legal discipline. Meanwhile, an array of legal databases and legal websites emerge with the tide of fashion, such as commercial websites, academic websites, legislative, judicial and government agencies' information center websites and legal media websites. The circle of foreign and international law libraries and the legal academic organizations have been paying their attentions on the development of Chinese law librarianship and legal information profession with great interest and concern, and hoping to expand exchanges with Chinese counterparts. They expect that Chinese law library and legal information profession participate in the communication of world legal information field as a whole and play a more active role in the law globalization. As China's political and cultural center, Beijing has a unique and advantageous condition for the development of Chinese law librarianship and legal information industry. The local law libraries' professional activities and academic communication have been very active and have a considerable nationwide impact over the past decade. In 1999, the Law Library of PKU Law School initiated the cooperative and collaborative activities among Beijing's law libraries. The Law Branch of Beijing Society for Social Sciences Information Research of Higher Education which is composed of the law libraries of Beijing's universities' law schools, have held five biannual meetings (once every 2 year). With the development of information profession in China, the Law Branch has accepted the units as members, such as national judicial, prosecutorial and public security systems, governmental legal information organs, research institutions and influential legal websites. Furthermore, the Law Branch actively organized and partook in the communicational and cooperative activities in the field of law libraries and legal information home and abroad, to discuss and study a lot of issues in a wide range of legal information technology, Chinese and foreign legal documents, the utilization of Chinese and foreign government information, interlibrary cooperation, and comparative study of Chinese and foreign law libraries. In 2007, the Information Center of China Law Society held the legal websites' cooperative mechanism's establishing meeting in Beijing. Ten central legal departments, legal websites of law schools participated in the cooperative mechanism and a high-level symposium was held. These activities have given a big push to the sharing of legal information resources and the construction of China's legal documents' digitization. Given ten years' regional activities and communication in the field of law libraries and legal information home and abroad, the law library and legal information professionals have reached a common understanding that it's a great challenge and an very important task for us of how to coordinate effectively in the construction and development among different kinds of law libraries and legal websites, how to conduct scientifically the research in the legal information, and how to support, maintain and promote the healthy development of legal information profession nowadays. In such a situation, it's very necessary to establish the Law Library and Legal Information Research Society to undertake a united guidance and coordination. Therefore, the conditions to establish the society has come. The Preparations for the LLLIRSBLS In 2009, initiated mainly by PKU Law Library, THU Law Library, CUPL Library and RUC Law Library, the preparatory meeting was held and attended by the representatives from National Judges College Library, National Prosecutors College Library, Law Library of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Legislative Reference Service of National Library of China, Website of China Law Society, Website of Chinalawinfo (of PKU), the Supreme People's Court Library, Beijing Higher People's Court Library and State Council Legislative Affairs Office Information Center. And then the Research Society's preparatory group was established. The preparatory group held several meetings to thoroughly discuss the specific issues and detailed works for establishing LLLIRSBLS. In accordance with the Bylaw of China Law Society, and the Bylaw of Beijing Law Society's Application Procedure for establishing Research Society and Legal Organization, and the Beijing Law Society's Regulations on Research Society and Legal Organization (for Trial), the application report and organization rules were discussed and drafted, and a recommended list for members, Director and Vice-Director candidates, Secretary-General and executive members' candidates was made by the preparatory group. In the meanwhile, these draft plans were forward to all relevant units for consultation and suggestion. The preparatory work has always been affirmed and supported greatly by the leaders of relevant departments and units, and responded and participated actively by the peers of law libraries and legal information profession. On December 28th, 2009, Beijing Law Society officially approved the establishment of Law Libraries and Legal Information Research Society (BLS [2010] No.7). The newly-founded society is affiliated with Tsinghua University Law School, and the secretariat is located at THU Law Library. Brief Introduction of LLLIRSBLS LLLIRSBLS (short for the Law Libraries and Legal Information Research Society of Beijing Law Society), a subordinate research society of Beijing Law Society, is an academic organization established by law to coordinate universities' law libraries, government offices, legislative and judicial branches, law firms' libraries or information centers and legal websites in Beijing. The LLLIRSBLS' purposes and missions are: To strength the professional connection among all the law libraries and legal information practitioners, to carry out legal informational exchange and research activities with Chinese characteristics, to train professional services team and academic talents suited for the construction of Chinese legal system, to push forward the Chinese construction of legal information resources to be more scientific, systematic, standardized and institutionalized, to advance the healthy development of Chinese law libraries and legal information profession. To organize and coordinate law libraries' experience exchange and academic research in Beijing area, to promote the legal literature resource construction and sharing among the university law schools, government agencies and websites, further strengthen and regulate the professional standard and industry norms for law libraries and legal databases, to support Chinese legal construction with information resource, to channel the legal information and culture's communication and dissemination. To strengthen the ties between higher education institutions and substantive departments, to research the new problems emerging from the literature resource construction and sharing, to sum up new experiences, to enhance legal professional information's communication, dissemination and service, to carry out actively academic exchange and cooperation with other academic societies, research departments, colleges and universities, to communicate, and to carry out the academic exchange activities in the field of law library and legal information home and abroad. (This English version is translated by a graduate of PKU Law School, revised by Mr. Wei Luo) Contact: Mailing Address: Yu Liying Law School of Tsinghua University Mingli Building, Tsinghua University Haidian District,Beijing, 100084 P.R.China Email: email@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>