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Hong Kong, 1 July 2003-Half a Million Protestors: The Security Law, Identity Politics, Democracy, and China
Lo, Sonny, Behind the Headlines
Twenty years ago, on 19 December 1984, the UK and Chinese governments signed the Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, affirming that Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong would take effect on 1 July 1997. On that day in 1997 the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was established under the Basic Law, a "mini constitution" which enshrined the concept of "one country, two systems." It reserved to the People's Republic of China (PRC) responsibility for defence and foreign affairs but otherwise provided the HKSAR with a high degree of independent authority and for the maintenance of Hong Kong's established legal structures and for protection of private property and basic freedoms. These and other matters were clearly covered in the Basic Law, but one particularly sensitive area was left for future action by the HKSAR.
Article 23 of the Basic Law reads: "The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion against the Central People's Government, or theft of state secrets, to prohibit foreign political organizations or bodies from conducting political activities in the Region, and to prohibit political organizations or bodies of the Region from establishing ties with foreign political organizations or bodies."
From 1997 until 2002 there was no move to enact the legislation referred to in Article 23. A process then launched under pressure from the PRC led up to a dramatic event on 1 July 2003, when the largest protest demonstration in Hong Kong's history resulted in the withdrawal of a bill respecting Article 23.
The debate over Article 23 was not simply concerned with outlawing subversion, sedition, treason and secession but was also connected to the broader issues of identity politics, patriotism and the prospects for democratization in both Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China. This article delineates the background to the debate, its development after the protests, its underlying implications concerning identity and patriotism, and the debate's consequences for the democratic development of both Hong Kong and China. Finally, this article suggests that the Canadian government may have to devise new ways of coping with Hong Kong's political development, especially because the post-colonial enclave has a large population of Canadians; if their future in the territory were endangered, the situation would demand an immediate response from Ottawa.
In September 2002, PRC officials suddenly raised the issue of the HKSAR's obligation to implement Article 23. Rumours had been rife since the PRC president, Jiang Zemin, had visited Hong Kong in July 2002 and been confronted by a group of Falun Gong protestors. Jiang demanded that the Hong Kong government under the leadership of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa speed up the process of bringing in legislation under Article 23. The mainland security apparatuses, such as the national security agency, were mandated to press the Hong Kong government to fulfill the mission set out in the Basic Law. According to this author's informant close to the top level of the HKSAR government, the Tung administration was originally given a deadline of January 2003 for the legislation to be approved by the Legislative Council (LegCo). (Refer to the Appendix for a glossary of the main government agencies and institutions mentioned in this article.) This demand from the PRC did not recognize the difficulties and realities of Hong Kong politics, whose pluralistic nature and opposing political forces mean that any legislation must be carefully prepared, lobbied and presented. The Tung administration in turn floated the idea that legislation pursuant to Article 23 should be passed by the LegCo and enacted by the summer of 2003. As a result, a timetable was decided between the PRC and the HKSAR, with the public remaining ignorant of these confidential arrangements and decisions. …


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There simply is no good way to ask someone to buy your book.
You have to come at it sideways. But of course, that doesn't really work because you're trying to overcome inertia, which is pretty hard to do, like pushing a car with a feather. Some authors are really good at the sideways promo; though usually they are banking on previous success.
I think you have a chance to be somewhat aggressive with your first book. Friends and family are excited for you and will support you. Even then, I went too far testing the boundaries. I was forgiven mostly that first time, though I had a couple of people get mad at me.
I learned not to do that.
Strangely, I can sell books at my store. Person to person contact. I try not to be too aggressive. Usually the subject only pops up after I've already had a nice conversation going. I'll just casually mention, "Would you like to see the books I've written?" I lead them over to them, put one in their hands, give them a short synopsis.
Mostly it's, "Huh...interesting." Walk away.
But every once in awhile someone will act interested. I'll say, "Hey, I'll sign it!"
I started to worry that I was pressuring people by my presence, so lately I've added, "Please don't feel like you have to buy the book. You know, you can go home and buy it as an ebook and it's just as good."
And a good percentage will take that out--though I know they won't buy the book that way. I don't want to feel like I bullied someone.
So like I said, there doesn't seem to be any good way. You don't want to seem too needy, too desperate, too...whatever.
You try to be clever, you try to find tangential prompts--pictures of wild pigs are good, for instance--but that doesn't do all that much either.
Anyway, I really don't want to be that cousin who shows up at a wedding and tries to sell everyone life insurance. The moral high ground is to let people decide on their own whether your books sound interesting.
Yeah, the moral high ground is the worst promotional technique in existence.
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Champaign-born emcee Klevah is the epitome of Hip Hop. With the mic as her weapon, Klevah embodies her ninja persona, taking the listener by surprise with razor-sharp delivery and mind-defying lyrics, placing her in a class all her own. A true student of the culture, Klev speaks, creates and lives through Hip Hop. She uses her gift to speak bluntly about her less than picture-perfect background and spread knowledge on the troubles that haunt us today. Klevah exposes her complete self in her music, prompting her audience to be just as free. Vulnerability juxtaposed with a gritty, nonchalant demeanor are the two sides of this Gemini. When effortlessly weaved there is no stopping this 5-foot powerhouse.


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I've always had a passion for cars, motor racing and photography. A few years ago I have decided to print out some of the shots that I had during the years of attending F1 events, and to share those with friends and other Formula 1 fans. I was very pleased and happy with the feedback that I received based on what I had to offer, selling some prints and getting some custom orders. I realized the need of a web portfolio, so I put together on my own resources www.F1Shots.com, which is a photo memorabilia store more Formula 1 oriented. myRacing Images is based as a collection of shots from general motor racing, custom racing events and auto related shows, delivering high quality prints in various sizes. Digital files at high-resolution are available as well: for personal use, publications or magazines. If you are a racing fan, a driver or a publisher, or just a person who appreciates photography I hope that HERE you will find the "MISSING SHOT" that will be the pride of your collection. It might be the perfect customized Memorabilia Item which will make a nice focal point in your office or at home, or just a gift for somebody who embrace the motor racing. I do believe that any relationship has to be based on honesty, thrust, professionalism and communication. That's why my great reword is feedback from you. If it is good, means that I am doing something right. If it is critical, then I have an opportunity to learn. Either way is greatly appreciated.
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Christine "Chris" Bubser is from Pennsylvania and has lived in Mammoth Lakes for over 13 years. According to campaign materials, she's running for office to bring responsive representation to California's 8th Congressional district.
Bubser is a biotech engineer and healthcare advocate. The 2017 attempts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act led her to advocate in Washington, and she decided to run for office after the indifference she experienced. In her community, Bubser is a trustee at her Temple and a co-founder of HODG (HangOutDoGood), a grassroots community of hundreds of volunteers who work to elect progressive candidates.
Bubser is running against nine other candidates: Bob Conaway (D), James Ellars (D), Tim Donnelly (R), Jerry Laws (R), Jay Obernolte (R), Jeremy Staat (R), Justin David Whitehead (R), Jeff Esmus (NPP). Incumbent Paul Cook (R) is not seeking re-election. Recent election results show it's hard for Democrats to win this seat. Chris Bubser is the best progressive choice thanks to endorsements from over a dozen progressive organizations, elected officials, and community leaders.
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Drew Phelps is a fourth generation Tularean. According to campaign materials, he is running for Assembly District 26 to offer transparent leadership and tailored solutions to the issues that affect Tulare, Inyo and Kern counties.
Phelps works in land use and project manager for Granville Homes, a Valley-based residential development company that builds energy efficient homes for local working and middle-class families. He has advocated for justice as a journalist and a grassroots organizer for Citizens for Hospital Accountability. Phelps's commitment to community health goes beyond holding providers accountable. He served as the Director of Grant Oversight with the Manuel Torrez Family Resource Center, bringing in funding for the Center's "Healthy Families, Happy Kids" initiative, as well as helping organize the program's annual mobile health clinic and fair.
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The funding would come from bonds the state would pay back over 35 years, totaling an estimated $26 billion, which includes $15 billion in principal and $11 billion in interest. This investment is well worth the costs. It takes money, after all, to ensure that students -- especially those in districts that can't afford major capital improvement projects -- do not have to learn in dangerous environments.
The vast majority of Democrats in the state legislature support it, as does Gov. Newsom, and the only major opposition is a group called the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. This is the group famous for destroying California's school funding system in 1978 through another proposition, ironically one that was also dubbed Prop 13. The group spends most of its time lobbying to reduce tax rates. It has never shown any interest in supporting California's children, at least if that means wealthy individuals or giant corporations would pay their fair share in taxes.
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The programme is broadcast LIVE from either Edinburgh Castle's Great Hall or BBC Pacific Quay. Regardless of location, the programme rings in the New Year with the firing of Edinburgh Castle's One O'Clock Gun and the subsequent fireworks and celebrations in Edinburgh.
The programme features a mixture of Scottish contemporary and folk music, with some past programming also featuring live coverage of parts of the Princes Street concert in Edinburgh.
BBC Scotland's Hogmanay Live 2018 :
The BBC Scotland's Hogmanay Live 2018 will be broadcast LIVE on Sunday, December 31, 2018 at 23:45 hrs GMT.
The show will be presented by Jackie Bird.
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Justin Sather is a student on a mission. For the past several years, he has been trying to protect frog populations across the world through his For The Love Of Frogs project. Recently, he has expanded his goals to raising awareness for plastic pollution and protecting local ecosystems.
Greening Forward provided funding for a two-part project led by Justin and his mother, Sheri. The first was a cleanup of the Ballona Wetlands in his area. He helped lead over 20 students to pick up trash and invasive species from the area, and then provided education on the environmental importance of the wetlands to students with the assistance of the park.
For the Toothbrush Project, Justin's main goals were to educate about plastic pollution, the impacts toothbrushes have on overall waste, to connect science with art, and to increase the recycling of plastic. He taught his classmates about the impact plastic toothbrushes can have on pollution, and then encouraged students to recycle their own toothbrushes by turning them into works of art. Justin collected hundreds of different pieces of tooth brushes and art, providing an incredibly engaging and fun way of educating young students on the topic of pollution.
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This three bedroom home is filled with natural light and is in immaculate condition. From the highly sought after location, to the manicured gardens, this home is sure to impress.
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All fans are invited to join in the Aggie Send Off on Thursday from 11:20 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on the south side of the Pan American Center Annex. Help cheer on the Aggies before they start their journey on the Road to the Final Four.
NM State meets Maryland on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. (MT) at the XFINITY Center. The game will be televised on ESPN2 and air on local radio on The Ticket AM 570 and 98.7 FM.
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It would have to be very sturdy, I once stuck a miniature video camera on top of a cheap RC car and got motion sickness watching the first 30 seconds of itNice, but how about using one of those radio-controlled cars or truck ?
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With the two Law Reform Commission inquiries into class actions and litigation funders, the highly publicised class actions such as GetSwift, and the growing presence of litigation funders in Australia, it's almost impossible to avoid the discussions about Australia's class action landscape –
And you can bet that the spotlight on class actions will only grow brighter over the coming months.
In this two-part blog series, we:
(1) provide a Q&A to separate the facts and myths surrounding class actions in Australia, and
(2) discuss the implications of the growth of shareholder class actions for the local D&O market.
Q: Has there been an explosion in class action litigation in Australia?
A: No. There is no empirical data supporting the claim of any "uncontrollable proliferation" of class action litigation in Australia. Nor is Australia a "target" country, second to the United States, where companies and businesses are most likely to be slapped with a class action claim.
Professor Vince Morabito has reported in his latest empirical study dated 11 July 2018 "An evidence based approach to class action reform in Australia: Competing class actions and comparative perspectives on the volume of class action litigation in Australia" that in the 26 years leading to up 31 May 2018, a total of only 563 class actions have been filed in the Federal Court and the Supreme Courts of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland for a population of about 24.8 million. This equates to approximately 21.4 class actions per year since the Part IVA regime under the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 came into operation in March 1992.
Yes, the volume of class actions in Australia is growing – there's no denying that upward trend. But the volume of class actions filed pales in comparison to other jurisdictions, such as Ontario, Quebec and Israel, as the graph below illustrates.
Comparison of annual average of class actions in Australia and other jurisdictions
Q: Are the majority of the actions filed in the Federal Court class actions?
A: No. The number of class actions filed in the Federal Court is only a small percentage of the total number of claims filed in the Federal Court. This is consistent over the years, at about an average of 0.50%, although the percentage has increased very slightly since 2013-2014.
Comparison of number of causes of action and class actions filed in the Federal Court
Q: Which types of class actions are filed in the Federal Court?
A: The graph below summarises the types of class actions filed in the Federal Court and the number of those funded. Shareholder class actions are clearly the most prevalent.
Types of class actions
Q: How many class actions are funded?
A: The number of filed class actions that are funded by third-party litigation funders have increased over time. From 2013 to 2018, the percentage of funded class actions grew from 14.7% (March 1992 to March 2013) to 63.9% with 77.7% of all class actions filed in the Federal Court between March 2017 and March 2018 being funded.
Within this, a majority of the funded claims are shareholder claims, with all shareholder claims in the last five years being funded.
Litigation funders are also generally more active in the Federal Court, NSW, and Queensland, in comparison to Victoria. It appears the Victorian class action regime has not been particularly attractive to litigation funders. Out of the 85 class actions filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria since the class action regime commenced, litigation funders have only funded 10 class actions. Four of those were eventually transferred to the Federal Court. Within those 10 funded class actions, six were shareholder class actions and two were investor class actions.
Q: Who are the litigation funders in the Australian market?
A: The diagram below shows the local and offshore funders which have funded class actions in Australia. IMF Bentham Limited is the leading litigation funder in Australia.
Q: Who are the plaintiff law firms bringing class actions?
A: The top five players in the market are Maurice Blackburn, Slater & Gordon, Macpherson Kelley, Maddens Lawyers and Piper Alderman as they are involved in the most number of class actions. Other firms include Squire Patton Boggs, ACA Lawyers and Phi Finney-McDonald.
In summary, the above snapshot of the key statistics of class actions in Australia demonstrates that there has been growth in the number of class actions both on a federal and state level. The figures however certainly do not indicate that the volume of class actions in Australia is at the level of other countries such as the US and Israel on a per capita basis.
In the second part of this blog series, we will discuss shareholder class actions and their impact on the D&O market.


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In this episode of First Things First, I chat with Jakob Blomberg of Blink Services about a unique LoRa project you wouldn't normally find synonymous with low-power, wide-area networks – cameras! Jakob first tells some of the origin story of Blink, a Swedish LoRaWAN network operator looking to make Smart Cities deployments easier than ever for municipalities across Europe and the world. Equipped with MultiTech-designed (and Telit cellular module backhauled) LoRaWAN bay stations, Jakob lets us in on the development process of a camera-based LoRa solution with billion-dollar Swedish security solutions provider Axis.
The Story:
An Enterprise Gets Creative – and Agile – with LoRaWAN IoT
Cellular is often unsuited for some of the most commonly thought-of use cases for IoT – basic sensor applications. One of the most appropriate and accessible network technologies for sensor-based application is LoRa. Swedish security company Axis builds an accelerometer-based solution to monitor concrete pedestrian safety barriers – but soon finds the logistics of sending humans to check on the barriers after a notification is limiting the effectiveness of their solution.
The Lesson:
Expect the Unexpected!
At the least, every IoT deployment has a stage 2 – and many times, a stage 3, 4, 5, or 6! Here are just a few of the lessons we can take from Jakob's story:
- Stay Agile. Axis was confronted with a problem that required an innovative work around. 'Camera' and 'LoRa' almost never go with each other – but that doesn't mean that they can't!
- Work with key partners. Providers of up-and-coming IoT technologies – whether they be hardware, software, or communication networks – have an incentive to work with you to help you succeed! Seek out and engage with these partners.
- Identify Accessible Technologies. In some cases, certain IoT technologies are highly accessible with development kits. Evaluating these and finding the right ones that can scale to a full-fledged enterprise-grade deployment can save a lot of time transitioning from one phase into another.
About Our Guest: Jakob Blomberg
Jakob is the product manager of Blink Portal, the Blink Services platform for administration of the LoRaWAN networks built together with regional city network companies throughout Sweden. Jakob is responsible for setting Blink Services strategy for how Blink Portal shall evolve to meet our customers' needs in both extending the LoRaWAN network coverage as well as making sure that service providers can easily setup their services and get sensor data to their platforms.
Jakob has been with Blink Services a little more than six months but has worked within the IoT space for many years. Within in the Swedish military-industrial complex, Jakob worked with large system integration projects, which has given him vital knowledge to bring into his work in IoT domain.
He possesses a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Lund.
Additional Resources
- Learn more information about the MultiTech Conduit LoRa Starter Kit!
- Learn more about Blink's network, management portal, and wonderful array of partners.
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About Our Sponsor
First Things First is sponsored by Telit, a global provider of wireless connectivity modules, platforms, IoT operator services and professional services. Telit supports thousands of direct and indirect customers by enabling hundreds of millions of connected 'things.' With almost two decades of IoT innovation experience, Telit delivers secure, integrated end-to-end IoT solutions for many of the world's largest brands, including enterprises, OEMs, system integrators, and service providers across industries.


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it's a new dawn ≈ dragonfly out in the sun, you know what i mean, don't you know ? butterflies all having fun, you know what i mean. sleep in peace when day is done, that's what i mean. and this old world is a new world and a bold world for me.
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FALLING SLOWLY, EYES THAT KNOW ME. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.


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but this morning glory is starting to take over! We have to 'release' the blue butterfly bush from the grasp of the morning glory every couple of days and now it is creeping out into the yard! As you can see, we have no grass so at least something will be green in the yard. The little rain we had the other day made the flowers and the weeds happy (which means we need to mow - and by we, I mean the dh), but the grass is done for the year I think. The weather people have been telling us for days we are going to get more rain, but so far it just clouds up then the sun comes back out. The temps have been a little lower - meaning we are just in the 90s instead of over 100. It does make it easier on the a/c to cool the house when it drops a few degrees outside, so I'll take it!
Hope you are having a great weekend.


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Tuesday, 17 January 2012
unplugged without warning
I should have noticed the warnings as I arrived at the train station early today. Instead I was more intent on getting a ticket.
There was a line of animatedly talking people at the ticket office so I tried the machine instead.
I picked the right option from the variety of very similar sounding train ticket types and made it to the platform with a couple of minutes to spare.
Thats when I noticed the surprisingly small number of people waiting today. The rest must have known something that I didn't.
I looked towards the digital sign. Instead of showing train times and an estimate of how many minutes delay, it had another message.
"Bus service only due to overnight theft of signalling cables"
I started to plan an alternative route and then suddenly an overfull train appeared. It wasn't the correct one, but it was going in the right direction.
I decided to get on and see how far I could go before being turfed onto a bus. I was slowly moving my mindset back to that of a rail traveller.
The train was only about 20 minutes late at this point. By the time we arrived at the destination it was an hour and a half late.
Still, I had my Kindle with today's news on it to read whilst I stood in the train's corridor for around two and a half hours.
2 comments:
- Imaginography said...
Kindle saves the day! It sounds like the usual standard of service (ok, I exaggerate a bit) but at least it was a better excuse than 'leaves on the line'!
- 19:23
- rashbre said...
Imaginigraphy I had sort of forgotten just how often there would be a train glitch until this last week when I've been using the train fairly frequently. I may have just been unlucky, but I have a slight sense of deja-vu.
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In honor of August 24 being the first "Flavors of 4th Street" international food festival that I will be blogging about, I am posting some salivating photos from this year's "Taste of Bloomington," as a teaser.
In honor of August 24 being the first "Flavors of 4th Street" international food festival that I will be blogging about, I am posting some salivating photos from this year's "Taste of Bloomington," as a teaser.
In May, I photographed on the set of an artistic video directed by my friend, Dylan Cashbaugh. The video was co-produced and choreographed by Melissa Strain and it features her dancing to "The Lonely," a song by Christina Perri.
The Woolery Mill is closed now but it is used as a space for special events such as portraits, weddings, Bloomington's Craft Beer Festival and films like "Breaking Away" and "Holding on to Dust." Inside of the mill, the rooms are decorated here and there with graffiti, old clothing, broken glass, rusty equipment and other traces of human presence. From the outside it looks like a dark, abandoned warehouse; the structure is almost skeletal yet still sturdy and massive. However the open south entrance and the west window line allow the sunlight to pour into the space making it feel bright and warm in its charm, and we filmed on a hot, sweaty day.
Because we were shooting the video in a day, we raced with the sun for the shots planned for natural light. While the first half was fun, what was really exciting for me was that we were shooting well into the night and I was able to experiment with long exposures of the old mill and of Melissa dancing, both producing pretty cool effects. I just love shooting abandoned places, especially at night.
More photos on my Flickr account.
It is 11:08 p.m. and I am finally at my computer, ready to blog about my experience of making a double-batch of guacamole. I aimed to perfectly craft guacamole in taste and appearance, to the best of my abilities.
My abilities took four hours.
I researched which guacamole I wanted to test out, and I decided on Alton Brown's (no relation that I know of) recipe on foodnetwork.com. It's Alton Brown, so the recipe's perfect to near-perfect already, right? Scientifically and culturally proven to be perfect, usually! Or that's how I perceive it on his TV show. Anyways, I had a whole spread planned out in my head of what I wanted to make for dinner and I went to the store to buy all the ingredients. I completed one "dish," and it wasn't even my proposed entrée.
I'm not a chef; I cook for fun, and I don't do it often enough. I believe that what I make shouldn't be visually boring or flavorless. But I know sometimes that's just its nature. I find myself looking at food photos online or in print and I just love coming across good photos/recipes. My bookmarks are piling up, and if I'm going to cook it, I need to share it. I love food, I love photos and I love food photos, so I might as well combine everything using the cooking/writing/photography skills that I have developed from my family, friends or on my own and by means of my college education. Alas, here's my personal niche in food blogging/plogging (photo blogging). And if I'm not cooking it, I'm going out to restaurants to order it. (I'm already developing my food album on Flickr and Pinterest.)
I grew up not liking guacamole, avocados or onions, but somehow over the years I developed a better taste for guacamole. Still working on the onions but I really can't stand them (unless they're "masked" which is hard to do, but definitely not plain onions).
I think my appreciation for good guacamole happened during my Spring Break vacation in 2009. My mom, sister and I went to California to visit my aunt and we traveled along the coast from Oakland to Santa Barbara. It was at Post Ranch Inn where we took an evening to relax after hanging out on Pfeiffer Beach. We sat on the deck of Sierra Mar, Post Ranch Inn's restaurant, atop the cliffs and looked down and across the Pacific Ocean during the sunset all while enjoying tortilla chips and a trio of salsa, black beans and guacamole. It was one of the most tranquil spots I've been in. The dinner we ate much later was probably the most exquisite meal ever, but I can't even attempt to recreate that moment and that meal, and I am still overwhelmed by it and grateful for indulging in it thanks to my mom and aunt.
Later that week we headed to Santa Barbara. For lunch one day, we ate at Sandbar Mexican Restaurant and Tequila Bar and again ordered guacamole to go with our chips and salsa. I don't eat guacamole a lot, or hardly ever, but I think I got a major craving recently because not only did I miss that whole trip and those memories, but let's face it, a hint at a vacation every so often is nice if it has been awhile and you're not preparing for one for the future.
Four hours of peeling, scooping, chopping, dicing, filleting, mixing, mashing and preparing guacamole and photographing it in between and after. Unfortunately I don't have any cool gadgets to help out the process, such as the ones my grandpa used to collect, but I may need to invest. It took my Chicago Cutlery Santoku knife to halve the avocados, my C.C. paring knife to extract the fruit from its skin and a spoon to scoop it out. I managed to keep the skins intact to create serving boats for the guacamole and I added a finishing touch of minced cilantro on top.
When I cook, I try being thoughtful, methodical and cautious. Baking is a slightly different story consisting of not-exact measurements and it usually doesn't turn out as well as my cooking results do. At least guacamole is filling. (Avocado superfood!) My double-batch bowl of guac topped with lime juice, plastic wrap and a lid will hopefully hold over for a while in the fridge.
Tomorrow's a new day and a new dish, and I'm thinking burritos.
Side note: Not sure why I gravitate towards Mexican or Tex-Mex foods for cooking/blogging (Cheesy Gordita Crunch rendition was posted earlier). I even have a Spanish night planned. Italian will come later; I have a great pasta sauce recipe that I haven't made in years. Plus I need to steal some family recipes and share what the Brown/Freeman/Stegman/Huffman/Carlson clans can whip up, but our tradition with sharing recipes is to leave out an ingredient so the dish is never the same/authentic. (Puzzler!)
Although I was in media-related majors, I didn't have production classes in college; I had basic shooting/editing projects in an Intro to Journalism class. This past weekend, I got to see and learn how Perfect Cut Productions produced a music video for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Sports and Recreation Center. I felt completely useless because I didn't know how to assemble anything on set and would have hindered the crew further behind schedule, but that's not what my job was anyways. Instead, I spent each day photographing behind scenes. I shot the crew at work and of their candid moments, images they could use for marketing/advertising purposes.
Key elements needed for production sets that I learned: Red Bull, iPod/stereo, candy and chips. These provisions fueled the team for the 15-hour workdays and were much appreciated by everyone. Shout-out to Perfect Cut for the transportation, snacks and meals such as dinner at the local Mexican restaurant.
Sure, a music system of some sort is obvious for the set of a music video, but an upbeat, energetic and comical playlist helps heighten the crew's work ethic and overall mood throughout the day especially when the days drag on and the tensions through exhaustion begin. If I could create a playlist for this post that would match what we rocked out to, I would. However, WordPress doesn't have that sort of technology, I don't think, so instead I'm going to include turquoise, italicized links for you to check out as you read to get an idea of what we used as motivation and inspiration.
On the first day we drove up there, Friday the 17th, the entire drive seemed like we were in the movie, "Silent Hill," because of the dense fog we tunneled through along the highway. Eerie.
The first day had scenes that included cool hand scanners, a faculty basketball game, Rose-Hulman's elephant tusks circa 1959, the Vince Lombardi Trophy won by Super Bowl XLI Champions the Indianapolis Colts, elephant mascots and "Gators," the men's varsity locker room and finally a night-time jib shot of the building's entrance at night complete with hyped students and Steve Mech, our talent for the video.
For Saturday morning, we started off with high dives at the pool. Lorne, the director, changed into his SCUBA equipment and shot Steve underwater. Steve, who was wearing weights, said, "I've always wanted to do this after seeing Pirates of the Caribbean," and began walking underwater from a five-foot depth downwards to about eight feet.
"This is the tale of Captain Jack Sparrow, pirate so brave on the seven seas." –Michael Bolton/The Lonely Island
Next came shooting a pick-up football game, the catwalk above a conference championship track meet, a fluid mechanical engineering lecture, cheerleader stunts and we finished on the roof overlooking the football field at night. I hope Steve conquered his fear of heights by this point. Before this night, I don't recall ever seeing a silent and reflective group of guys. The roof, the football field, cold weather, a clear night sky and "Paradise" by Coldplay on blast makes for a humbling, thoughtful moment we got to experience both individually yet together.
Sunday was our final day of shooting—a frigid wind chill morning where we had to shoot outside in front of the SRC. Later we shot the weight room which included lifting weights and running on treadmills.
We proceeded with shooting racquetball, karate, swing dancing and dance aerobics. Even with the usual down-time here and there, I feel like it was quite an active day.
Now to wrap up, I really enjoyed being on set and watching video magic happen, making new friends with the Perfect Cut team, and having access to basically wherever we wanted at Rose-Hulman's SRC because it gave us really cool location/shot opportunities that I know will make this music video interesting and quite frankly AWESOME. Also, much thanks to Michael, Nick and Alex, the guys in the background who continuously assembled and disassembled the lights and hauled the equipment. Without them, we literally wouldn't have gotten around, and I wouldn't have such sweet lighting in my set photos.
Once Perfect Cut edits and completes the video, I'll post it in another blog entry, so please be on the lookout for that.
And as always, go to my > Flickr < account for extra pictures, because you won't want to miss them.


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Born in 1991, Dr Alex George is a British reality television personality and an A&E doctor who is known for being a cast of British reality series Love Island. He is an A&E doctor working at the University Hospital Lewisham in South East London. For more information, read the article below.
Before Fame: He studied at Exeter University.
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He is from Carmarthen, Wales. Information about his parents are not known currently.
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He was dumped with Alexandra Cane from the villa. For more information, visit his Instagram.
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Incredible experience last night on Aftersun. I have had the most amazing journey in the villa, with highs and lows. I could not have done this without my family, friends and and all of you who have supported me along the way. I am so pleased to have come out with so many friends, including @alexandralouise__. BIG love to all of you ❤. Now time for @loosewomen. #loveisland #ohhell
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- Full Name: Alex George
- Nicknames: Dr Alex George
- Birthday: 1991
- Age: 27 years old
- Birthplace: Carmarthen, Wales
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- Education: Exeter University
- Profession: Part time doctor, reality television personality
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Craft Fair Turned...
5 comments:
- Unknown said...
This apron turned out lovely and I love the fabrics.. That is too bad that all your hard work was for not. Better luck next time with that craft fair :)
Thanks for sharing.. I think all of us have been sort of like Zombies lately.. no pun intended.
- September 14, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- Unknown said...
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- Kay-The Rustic Cottage said...
The little socks are so adorable!! I would love to have some for my granddaughter. She's so tiny they would have to be newborn. The Hello Kitty is adorable! Please contact me through my blog.
- September 18, 2010 at 8:14 PM
- Photography said...
Oh I love the apron! And the socks are so sweet! Do you need an overlocker (serger) to make them?
- October 4, 2010 at 9:00 AM
- emilyc @ Sew Super Sweet said...
Love the apron! I used the same fabric to make a Shoulder Bag for my sister back in September! I wish I had more of it!
- October 7, 2010 at 9:31 PM


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I can't believe you didn't mention the implementation of "Shove". That's one of the MASSIVE improvements from this game. People overlook this, but with this improvement the game is more enjoyable and grinding solo is much more enjoyable and pretty much "doable", especially when you're just starting up with the game.
Killing Floor 2 has delivered…. WAY past the bar set by the AAA industry. To the same levels, in my opinion as The Witcher 3.
It does these things, and does them very VERY well. So much so, that most other games associated with their genre, look worse in comparison.
The only thing it needs, is a Riot Shield and a massive Stun Mace for the SWAT perk.
We need killing floor classic, we'll call it KFC
it is an ar 15 rags with a pistol caliber conversion
Rags you don't want cross platform multiplayer with the PS4 community. I was playing KF2 on PS4 and I was all by myself throughout the whole game and got to the final boss, then while I was fighting the boss, a bunch of people joined my game and started a vote kick to kick me. I got kicked. Then another time I decided to vote kick a person to see if the other people would say yes, and they did in seconds. Then I did a vote kick again like 30 seconds later and everybody said yes, this happen before the game even started.
It's true that Commando perk is best suited dealing with trash in low and middle tier. But the scrake is very easy to deal with too because it's vulnerable to bullets. The fleshpound not as much 😊
About cross platform multiplayer: i think the ps4 version is different (easier) so it wouldn't really work :/
a "tower defense" style mode with turrets and barriers and such would be really fun
"Your bullets have infinite ammo" – Rags, 2016
i can take a fleshpound easily as a commando. a full scar clip to the head and hes down
You just earned a sub. I love this game. its all i been playing lately.
I miss KFO (Killing Floor Objective). It gives a nice change of pace other than wave based. Yeah, I know that KFO has some sort of wave base to it but at least there is some story content and a change of pace. It would be nice if we know what happens shortly after Kf1 since we had to rush to Paris which leads to Kf2 I would like to know sum lore about Dr. Hans. Knowing he's just a nazi and a boss.
what map at 27:27 ?
what I am impressed with is that they actually got to optimize it good enough to run on my shit computer on the unreal engine. that's impressive to me.
been 4 months and still not on sale rags you lying son of a bitch. (hah, get it?)
Anyone enjoyed playing this game at lowest settings (but full resolution) at like 45 fps? My potato pc may run the game like that, but the gem of this game is playing it at ultra settings
This game has an amazing soundtrack I love the track we don't care by Demon Hunter it's kick ass
kf2 is great and all but it would be nice if they had more dedicated servers cos sometimes it takes ages to find a server sometimes and you usually end up on dedicated servers made by the community that could have a bad ping
Rags you forgot to mention the invisible bitch and the screaming bitch. Or are those bitches only on kf1?


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Most people know that Martin Luther kick started the Reformation and got Protestantism rolling. Not too many people know that Luther also inadvertently helped commercialize Easter. It was Martin Luther's Lutherans who came up with that cute little critter known as the Easter Bunny.
According to history.com "the Easter bunny reportedly was introduced to America by the German immigrants who brought over their stories of an egg-laying hare." Wikipedia, while not one of my favorite sources for information, is a bit more pointed: "Originating among German Lutherans, the "Easter Hare" originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behaviour at the start of the season of Eastertide."
A German travel website also claims credit for the invention of the Easter Bunny and the name "Easter" as well:
"From the name to the bunny, it's all German. The name Easter was first appropriated by the Christian calendar. First it was the pagan festival Ostara, celebrated on the vernal equinox, around March 21 in the Northern hemisphere. Ostara was named for the pagan goddess of spring, Eostre. According to legend, she once saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a rabbit. Because the rabbit had once been a bird, it could lay eggs. And so it became the Easter Bunny.
"The bunny as a symbol for Easter is first mentioned in writings in 16th century Germany."
Decorated eggs seem to have found their way into Easter Bunny lore as a result of an older tradition, however. Decorating eggs for Easter is a tradition that dates back to at least the 13th century, according to some sources. One explanation for this custom is that eggs were formerly a forbidden food during the Lenten season. As such people painted and decorated eggs to mark the end of the period of penance and fasting. They would then eat them on Easter as a celebration.
Baskets, Jellybeans, and Peeps
Also according to some sources, the Easter bunny first arrived in America in the 1700s with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania. They brought with them their tradition of an egg-laying hare called "Osterhase" or "Oschter Haws." Their children made nests in which this creature could lay its colored eggs. Eventually, the nests became baskets and the custom spread across the U.S. The Easter Bunny's morning deliveries also expanded to include chocolate and other types of candy and gifts. Some children even left out carrots for the bunny in case he got hungry from all his hopping.
Chocolate Easter bunnies, chocolate covered marshmallow eggs, jelly beans and most recently, Peeps, eventually became part of the mix of goodies. Halloween is still number one when it comes to candy sales, but Easter is now the second best-selling candy holiday in America.
It would seem that it's just not enough for religious holidays to stay religious holidays anymore. They have to be commercialized in some way, to keep the economy chugging along.
Religious Holy Days or secular holidays?
We tell ourselves that a decorated egg is a symbol of new life and so it ties into Jesus' Resurrection, or that the evergreen trees we put up at Christmas symbolize eternal life. But the reality is that our religious holidays are gradually losing their religious significance. They are becoming secular holidays, more so than religious ones, that seem to be critical that to our economic well-being.
In the early Middle Ages, before the Reformation, the secular calendar wasn't even in vogue. As James Hitchcock notes in History of the Catholic Church, "A town, for example, would schedule a trade fair not on September 29 but on "Michaelmas." People lived primarily in sacred time, in accord with a calendar that commemorated the life of Christ and of His saints on particular days."
I'm not suggesting a return to the liturgical calendar for marking the days of the year. We can't turn back time, and, besides that, life in the Middle Ages wasn't all that great. But I do wonder what would happen if we all decided to tone down our participation in the secular/economic aspects of religious holidays? Would the economy really suffer all that much?


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Named after its initial developer, Carlos Tavares, San Carlos is an upscale upper-middle-class suburb in the eastern are of San Diego.
The San Carlos region borders some of San Diego's most prominent neighborhoods; Del Cerro, Tierrasanta, Allied Gardens, the city of La Mesa, and the Mission Trails Regional Park.
The area is mostly defined by its geographical landmarks, the man-made reservoir Lake Murray and, what the citizens closely hold dear to their heart, what they define as their crowning jewel, The Cowles Mountain (the highness summit in the San Diego region. Formed during the Jurassic and early Cretaceous period, this mountain range is mostly formed from indigenous rocks and metavolcanos).
The San Carlos shrugs of the veil of big cityscapes and curtains of huge buildings for low level single family homes.
The San Carlos area is loved by its many residents of account of its family friendly amenities, its clean facade and, above all, its walkability.
San Carlos is part of East San Diego's environment. A meteorological system that has been described as a semi-arid microclimate. No matter the season, this particular area has mild and dry weather. Almost all the annual precipitation occurs between the months of November and March. Summers are mostly cool and brisk, with only four days averaging over 90ºF while winters are tepid and gentle.
San Carlos is adored mostly on account of the way it costly tempts the residents to vacate their houses and experience hundreds of outdoor activities. Its many mountains and parks, not to mention its immense Mission Trails Regional Park, eternal sources of fun and joy.
Also, San Carlos has a city owned Recreation Center, as well as a privately owned park and pool.
And, for those that love a good golf game every Sunday morning, San Carlos Golf Course awaits your tee and clubs.
San Carlos' shopping options are those of any mundane and normal USA suburb. General stores, supermarkets, pharmacies, gyms, a Radio Shack or two. The epicenter, the place where most seem to conglomerate in, is at the intersection of Navajo Road and Jackson Drive.
San Carlos is a relatively small community with Family friendly options. The local fares mostly PG-13. Don't come to San Carlos expecting a buffet of exotic meals and menus formed from the severed mind of some experimental chef. The area is mostly pizza friendly, with twinges of a coffee store and a couple of diners.
Continuing its tradition of being a PG-13 town, San Carlos' nightlife is tamed compared to the rest of San Diego. It sports a few bars, a local hangouts, but nothing that will turn a virgin's cheek's red with shame.
Navajo Live Bar - 8515 Navajo Rd - (619) 465-1730
Mc Carter's Bar & Grill - 8622 Lake Murray Blvd - (619) 337-3807
San Carlos has a small population of about 3000 citizens. 81% are homeowners, with an average age of 50 years. The main racial group is primarily composed of caucasian whites.
San Carlos is served by the San Diego Unified School District. It contains a series of schools, that range from Elementary all the way to High Schools. The district is the main educational hub for itself as well as its neighboring communities of Allied Gardens, and Del Cerro.
Benchley-Weinberger Elementary School - 629, Twin Lake Dr - 619-463-9271.
Patrick Henry High School - 6702 Wandermere Dr - 619-286-7700.
Green Elementary School - 7030 Wandermere Dr - 619-460-5755.
Dailard Elementary School - 6425 Cibola Rd - 619-286-1550.
Pershing Middle School - 8204 San Carlos Dr - 619-465-3234.
San Carlos major landmarks revolve around its sacred Mission Trail Park and Lake Murray estuary. Its has a picturesque architecture that serves to extenuate these very real and natural beauties. everything else comes in second or third compared to what it truly values and holds high as its treasures… Its natural bounty.
Mission Trails Golf Course - 7380 Golfcrest Pl - 619-460-5400.
San Carlos Library - 7265 Jackson Dr - 619-527-3430.
Rancho Mission Canyon Park - 6005 Larchwood Ave - 619-525-8213.
Lake Murray Rest Area - One Father Junipero Serra Tr - 619-668-3281.
Tifereth Israel Synagogue - 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd - 619-697-6001.
San Carlos is a perfect spot to retire or simply to slip away to come the end of the day. It is a tranquil community that cherishes its seclusion and quiet ways. The sort of spot where your neighbors interest revolve around the trivial things in life; walking their four legged best friend, barbecuing come sundown, sharing a bottle of Jack with their buddies, or simply hiking up to the summit of Cowles Mountain and basking twilight descent into their hamlet.
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Spacious upper unit with tree top views. This condo sparkles with newer flooring, dual pane windows, shutters, smooth ceilings, a walk-in closet in master suite plus 2 si...
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Effective UI design makes it possible to create an intuitive interface. It promotes simplicity and, by anticipating what the users want and need, it is possible to ensure that all the relevant elements are included in the interface. With UI design, you can create a site or app that is easy to navigate and understand, efficient, and an enjoyable experience. It brings together visual appeal, interaction, information structure, and utility. Getting expert UI design help enables you elevate your digital product to a level where the user will want to engage with it. It makes it possible to deliver a seamless experience, which ensures a happy and returning user.
We help you to follow important UI design principles such as:
Simplicity – complex tasks are simplified and shortcuts enable faster and more efficient use of the interface. Structure – the interface is systematic and thus has a logical flow, according to what the user wants and expects. Consistency – the design should be consistent throughout; the same layout, colour scheme, and buttons for the same tasks. Visibility – do not interrupt the user with trivialities, but make sure all the necessary options and tools are visible for any task that the user must perform.
The design can make or break the relationship with the user. An intuitive design enables the user to navigate and gain maximum benefit from using your website or application in the most efficient and relaxing way.
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Think of aspects such as colour, hierarchy, and feedback. Colour-coding makes it possible to distinguish between tasks, but do not overcomplicate the design. You can, for instance, put a text list in a coloured box, making it more visible and allowing the user to quickly scan the information. Keep consistency in mind; use the same colours for the same tasks.
The user expects the most important choice to be at the top of the hierarchy. The main category should be followed by the subcategory. The placement, dimension, colour, and text size should show the most important or main category and distinguish the more important from the less important elements. The user should never feel as if they are in a jungle of information. Give useful feedback for incorrect actions; do not make it a guessing game. The above and many other important elements are addressed when you make use of our UI design expertise.
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No enemy is as dangerous as the one we are blind to
An army would be endangered by an invading enemy, but it would be far more endangered by a spy in its own ranks, for the army would be alert to the aggressors' advances, but blind to the spy's slyness. Catching it off-guard, the spy could sabotage its defenses and make it easy prey for the invaders.
When we start practicing spiritual life, we become alert to the forces of illusion. These forces aim to wreck our purified consciousness by alluring us with tempting worldly objects. Knowing that worldly objects can delude and degrade us, we guard against them.
But the forces of illusion have an insidious agent right inside us: our own lust, our selfish desire for sensual indulgence. When such desire pops up within us and promises us pleasure, it frequently catches us off-guard. Why? Because firstly, we are prepared for enemies outside, not inside; we tend to think, "Any desire inside me is my desire – not an enemy's instigation." Secondly, it promises us pleasure. As we are innately pleasure-seeking, its promise makes us lower our guard. And it sabotages our intelligence and conscience. The very same object that we would have earlier guarded against, we now warmly welcome, even actively pursue. We succumb to sensuality, immorality, even perversity, being felled by the inner enemy we were blind to.
Alerting us to this danger, the Bhagavad-gita (03.37) underscores lust's viciousness and voraciousness. Significantly, Gita wisdom guides us ahead from maintaining inner caution to cultivating inner devotion. It encourages us to practice bhakti-yoga and invoke within our heart the presence of all-attractive Krishna.
When bhakti practice makes us absorbed in Krishna's remembrance and service, we become protected not just by our inner alertness, but also by the sublime devotional absorption that gradually makes lust's lures pale and stale.
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Cryptocurrency could soon be a big part of the restaurant world. Find out how the model is being taken up by the hospitality industry in Eloise Sheppard's Guest Technology Editor column for Restaurant Magazine.
The idea of 'farm to fork' traceability is not new. Technology, however, is starting to provide better ways of achieving reliable transparency and, with diners increasingly interested in food provenance, it makes sense for restaurants to have a handle on their ingredients.
The problem is knowing what to trust when it comes to information. Although it's still the new kid on the block in payment terms, interestingly, blockchain seems to be gaining traction with operators for its ability to act as a data hub, storing details throughout the ingredient journey. And it might be time for more of us to take note.
Manchester venue Sandbar went cashless this year and now only accepts cards and cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. The operator calculated teams were spending 40 hours a week on admin for cash transactions. Removing paper money freed up time that could be better spent on fine-tuning the business, as well as removing temptation for thieves.
Sandbar won't be alone. According to trade body UK Finance, evolving habits and new technology are giving customers ever more reason to can the cash. Card payments rose to £13.2bn at the end of 2017, overtaking cash for the first time, and operators will need to jump on cryptocurrency when they feel the time is right. Providers are already on the ground, making sure cryptocurrency platforms can integrate with EPoS systems.
However, while some restaurants might not be ready to accept cryptocurrency as payment, it's adding value to our sector in other ways, and so is blockchain.
A blockchain is a digital platform of all cryptocurrency transactions, which allows participants to keep track without external record keeping. Data is stored on participants' computers and entries can't be changed once added. If a record is altered on one computer, this won't be reflected on the others. It's not restricted to finance either.
Almost any kind of data can be recorded, making it an enticing prospect for operators looking to keep track of their best – and worst – suppliers. Say, for example, chicken was found to be contaminated – blockchain could trace the product through the distribution cycle.
Food quality can be tracked in the same way. If a restaurant is receiving consistently good – or poor – produce from a distributor, the operator could use the blockchain ledger to identify the source, increase orders of the good stuff or eliminate low-quality ingredients. The technology can also be used to verify an operator's own claims.
If a concept sets out to appeal to a certain customer – maybe as a vegan or gluten-free specialist, or one that only sources from local producers – the ability to prove this is vital.
It looks as though blockchain will become an established facet of the restaurant industry as it slots gradually into mainstream payment methods and starts to cure supply chain headaches. The fact that providers are also seeing the value in restaurant tech integration for their systems, and investing in it as a defined revenue stream, speaks volumes for the way this tide will turn.


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I am always looking to paddle out into the open sea whenever there is a lull in the autumn winds, but this is currently very difficult because the quiet gaps between weather systems only last a couple of hours.
With the forecast of a morning of calm conditions I went scampering off down to Torbay hoping to find a smooth sea, and knowing that this east-facing bit of coast offers good shelter from the hefty swell which was thumping the bits which look out to the west.
I had planned to be on the water as the sun popped up and was quietly smug that it had only just surfaced as I rounded the end of Brixham breakwater, after a 90 minute drive including the traffic chaos of the Torbay hinterland (we don't really 'do' traffic chaos in Holsworthy).
As I approached Berry Head I could see circling Gannets and the odd splash at the surface and glimpse of a dark sea creature, but I was too far off to see what was herding the baitball….dolphins, tuna, or porpoises.
As usual by the time I arrived on the scene the mini feeding-frenzy was over and the Gannets had completely disappeared. It always amazes me that although they are big birds with a six foot wingspan they can apparently disappear in an instant. They just dip a wing and they speed off.
All that was left of the action was a couple of porpoises rolling lazily at the surface, the first I had seen since the end of October.
Porpoises are small (four to five foot long) and very easy to overlook because they generally make no splash when they surface to breath, and tend to go around alone or very small groups. This is in contrast to dolphins that usually go around in a pod and do a lot of splashing and jumping.
There were actually a minimum of half-a-dozen porpoises off the headland, as usual hunting along the smooth line on the surface where the offshore tidal current shears against the static waters of Torbay.
I sat around and enjoyed a cup of coffee while watching, and listening to the porpoises. In this video clip it is quite obvious why the Newfoundland whalers used to call porpoises 'Puffing Pigs'.
Today's sideshow consisted of Fulmars zipping past a few feet away, a handful of flypast Great Northern Divers, a (probable) Red-throated Diver , and a pack of Common Scoter.
The tide was fairly rapidly sucking me down the coast towards Dartmouth so I tucked in close to the shore and paddled back into Torbay. Annoyingly the predicted 'glass-off' when the wind dropped away completely occurred when I was in the depths of Torbay, not out beyond Berry Head as I had planned. It would have made porpoise spotting even easier…and maybe something else.
I was pleased to see a rare Red-necked Grebe just round the corner from Brixham:
and a youngish-looking seal was taking time out on a quiet beach. I always steer well away from these resting seals to avoid frightening them into the water, because they may just have been on the go for a very long time and be in much need of a rest.
Brixham was buzzing with fishing boat activity (although it looks fairly sleepy in this pic).
So if it was the porpoise that was doing the puffing, what was doing the chuffing?…..


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Maya Angelou Quotes to Achieve Success In 2020
Maya Angelou Quotes
Maya Angelou Quotes was based on her personal life Experience. She always motivates others to achieve Success in their Life. Here are some Angelou Quotes which help you to achieve your goals. Scroll Down and start Achieving your Goals.
Maya Angelou Biography
Maya Angelou was Born on April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014, was an American Poet, Singer, Memorist, Civil Rights. Angelou is best known for her seven autobiographies, but she is also a successful poet. She was called "the black woman's poet laureate", and her poems have been called the anthems of African Americans.
Maya Angelou Quotes on Life and Success
1."I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Maya Angelou
2. "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." Maya Angelou
3. "At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself." Maya Angelou
4. "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." Maya Angelou
5. "It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody." Maya Angelou
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6. "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." Maya Angelou
7."If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love." Maya Angelou
8. "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." Maya Angelou
9. "What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain." Maya Angelou
10. "We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." Maya Angelou
11. "I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass." Maya Angelou
12. "I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better." Maya Angelou
13 "If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?" Maya Angelou
14. "The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise." Maya Angelou
15. "You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!" Maya Angelou
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