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See more objects with the tag display, model, apprentices, architecture, building, stairs, double stairway.
This is a Staircase model. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 2007. Its medium is cut, joined, and inlaid mahogany, ebony, pear or sycamore, oak, molded biscuit porcelain (busts). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This double revolution staircase is unmistakably a masterwork, confirmed by details such as the carefully turned, ebony balusters and the sophisticated veneering used to create an inlaid "carpet." A hint of revolutionary politics is introduced through a juxtaposition of Sèvres biscuit porcelain busts of the French philosophers Voltaire (left) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (right).
This object was featured in our Object of the Day series in a post titled An Enlightened Staircase.
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The children's play area at Lydiard Park is one of Swindon's favourite family destinations. With colourful, state-of-the-art play and climbing equipment suitable for children of all ages, there's lots of fun to be had climbing, swinging and sliding. Explore the Triaction Special - a huge climbing frame with masses of slides and poles to go down and climb the Giant Octonet with its intricate maze of rope ladders.
We have installed sensory panels to add a different experience for all children using the play area. These include a woodland finger maze, ladder rattle and rain wheel.
There is a dedicated play area for toddlers, with special equipment to enjoy swinging, climbing and sliding. Both play areas are located next to the Forest Cafe and park toilets. The aerial adventure play area next door is managed by Jungle Parc.
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A solid action-adventure that favours entertainment over historical accuracy
At the Edinburgh Filmhouse from Tues 31 July 2018
This prehistoric action-adventure is a fictitious scenario involving the Neolithic "caveman" whose frozen mummy was discovered in 1991 and called "Otzi". Here referred to as Kelab, the film follows his journey to recover his village's holy shrine Tineka, which is stolen during a raid led by an enemy tribe who also kill Kelab's wife and son.
The film succeeds visually, with the production and costume design providing a seemingly-more accurate depiction of Neolithic life than the likes of One Million Years B.C. with its fur bikini-clad Raquel Welch, favouring simple wooden structures and more detailed costumes to create plausible prehistoric societies and cultures that can be understood without the need for expository dialogue.
Similarly, the cinematography from Jakub Bejnarowicz provides an atmospheric accompaniment to Kelab's journey across verdant forests and treacherous snow-covered peaks as he searches for his family's murderers, conveying the harsh, unforgiving nature of the landscape that provides obstacles at every turn for Kelab. Randau also effectively shoots the film's many action sequences by focusing on providing visual clarity that allows every aspect of the impressive stunt work to be seen. A particular highlight is Kelab scaling the imposing Alps at the film's climax, which looks as intense as similar sequences in Hollywood productions such as Cliffhanger.
However, the plot is more than a little simplistic, with Kelab's quest offering little in the way of plot and characterisation that hasn't already been seen before in countless other action films. Whilst the actors, most notably Jurgen Vogel as Kelab and including spaghetti Western actor Franco Nero, do the best they can with minimal, non-English dialogue, they aren't provided with anything that effectively showcases their abilities.
Whilst Iceman doesn't offer anything new narrative-wise, its story of one man seeking revenge makes for an effective action film that substitutes historical accuracy for entertainment.
Adam Thornton
Felix Randau / Germany / 2017 / 96 mins
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What is NEPA anyway?
Uncatergorized
By Brittany Hallak
Signed into law in 1970, the National Environmental Policy Act (or NEPA for short) requires federal agencies to: (1) assess the environmental impact of proposed action before said action can be taken and (2) allow for public engagement throughout the review of the proposed action. Given the Trump administration's proposed changes to the USDA Forest Service's implementation of NEPA review, it is important to understand how the NEPA review process is currently conducted.
The NEPA review process requires more analysis and takes longer to complete when a proposed federal action is found to have a significant affect (or impact) on the environment. Every proposed federal action begins at step one of the analysis, and if deemed necessary, must also undergo a second round of analysis, and in some cases, a third round of analysis.
1. The first level of NEPA analysis may result in a Categorical Exclusion, or CE for short. Simply, a CE applies to a federally proposed action if the action does not have a significant effect on the environment and/or if the action is needed to protect public health and safety. If a proposed project is granted a CE, NEPA review compliance is satisfied at this first step of analysis, exempting the action from further NEPA review and speeding up the timeline for completing CE projects. Particularly in cases of time-sensitive salvage and fuels reduction work, NASF is in strong support of granting CEs. To learn more about the benefits and importance of CEs, read our blog post.
2. If a CE does not apply to the proposed action under review, the proposal then must undergo an Environmental Assessment (EA). An EA will determine whether or not the proposed action can cause significant impact to the environment. If no significant impact to the environment is likely, the agency will issue a "finding of no significant impact" and carry on with the proposed action. An EA can take anywhere from one to three years to complete.
3. If an EA finds that the proposed action will have a significant effect on the environment, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) must be prepared. An EIS is a tool for decision making. It describes the positive and negative environmental effects of a proposed action and usually lists one or more alternative actions to those described in the EIS.
NEPA creates an important framework that decision makers can use to balance the effects of federal action on the human and natural environment. Contrary to popular belief, however, NEPA does not prohibit the federal government or its licensees/permittees from taking action that is deemed likely to affect the environment; it merely requires that the prospective impacts be understood and disclosed in advance.
With the NEPA review process, federal agencies provide Americans with necessary clarity and assurance that federal actions are safe for the environment or can be sufficiently mitigated. Expanding the use of CEs for critically important forest management projects does not detract from the intent of NEPA, and in fact, can support a healthier, more resilient environment.
Have questions about this post? Contact NASF Summer Intern Brittany Hallak at [email protected].
Forest Action Plans:
GUIDELINES FOR FORESTS
Your state's Forest Action Plan includes in-depth analysis of forest conditions and trends in your area. Collectively, the states' Forest Action Plans make up a roadmap for forest management on a national scale.
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Elumeo SE: Bad news for operators of "Juwelo TV" - Million-dollar lawsuits, allegations of fraud and investigations by prosecutors - Accusation of "annihilation" of PWK Jewelry Company Ltd.
BERLIN, GERMANY / CHANTHABURI, THAILAND - EQS Newswire - 16 September 2019 - The bad news about the German jewelry retailer elumeo SE and its distribution channel Juwelo TV do not stop. The events surrounding the group's illiquid jewelry manufacturer PWK Jewelry Trading Ltd in Thailand (Chanthaburi Province) have been the subject of numerous trade talks in the run-up to the Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair, which starts next week. So has elumeo SE to deal with another lawsuit that was brought before the court in Berlin. Shareholders are convinced that the management under Wolfgang Boyé has not told the truth, especially about the jewelry manufacturer PWK in Thailand, which is in deep financial difficulties.
Former employees of the insolvent PWK Jewellery Company Ltd and representatives of the Thai Ministry of Labour met with the Governor of Chanthaburi Province to discuss the situation of the illiquid jewellery manufacturer. The employees had already demonst
The most recent lawsuit is a just another drop of a legal storm brewing over elumeo SE and its management headed by Wolfgang Boyé, Thomas Jarmuske and Bernd Fischer. All three managers are under investigation of the Berlin public prosecutor's office and the Thai police authorities, who are investigating them for fraud. The SWM Trust Company sued elumeo on behalf of the financially devastated PWK Jewelery Company Ltd. for 10.2 million Euros in unpaid jewelry. In addition, suppliers of the elumeo SE subsidiary PWK also sued the company because they were not paid, including such large diamond suppliers as Flawless, which already, on July 10, filed case 301.013/Sor4014 with the Bangkok Courts for unpaid gems.
Other suppliers such as Bright Future and G4S logistical company were also not paid. The financial picture drawn by elumeo SE's management at the Annual Shareholder Meeting on August 7, 2019 in Berlin looks gloomy.
The management of elumeo SE under Chairman of the Board of Directors Wolfgang Boyé had sent the group into an economic downturn. Elumeo SE, which was initially successfully listed on the stock exchange, suffered a 24% decline in sales revenues in 2018. Equity shrank by 80.9% and total losses amounted to EUR 26 million according to the unaudited 2018 consolidated financial statements published by elumeo. The shares of elumeo SE turned into penny stocks.
The target set by elumeo SE of selling millions of pieces of jewelry a year via the Internet and its TV channel "Juwelo TV" was never achieved. The production facility in Thailand was designed to produce 2 million pieces of jewelry per year. However, the sales figures of the Boyé troupe remained far below expectations, going as low as a quarter of the expected sales level.
The lawyers of anchor shareholder OSH speak of a targeted "destruction" of the group's own production facility in Thailand. Through its subsidiary "Silverline" in Hong Kong, elumeo SE ordered jewelry worth over EUR 30 million from the other subsidiary PWK Jewelry Company Ltd in Thailand. Only a fraction of the juwelry was paid. This ultimately led to the financial collapse of PWK's own subsidiary. As a result, over 600 Thai employees lost their jobs, with no salary payments and no statutory severance payments. The management of elumeo SE had already discussed in advance the possibilities of getting rid of Thai employees without having to pay statutory severance payments, an illegal move under the Thai law, and, most probably, an immoral one too. PWK workers protested in Chanthaburi and in front of the German embassy in Bangkok, seeking government's help in obtaining their legal severance pay.
The anchor shareholder OSH recently filed another lawsuit against management's refusal to appoint a special auditor who would check the legality of Wolfgang Boyé and Executive Director's actions as well as digging into the company's documents and resolutions to see how it was possible to come to this incredibly bad situation, where the company is cornered with legal cases, unpaid debts and its management criminally investigated in two countries.
Once advertising as a vertically integrated structure having its own manufacturing facilities in Thailand, which was its strength and pride, elumeo is resorting now in seeking merchandise and credit from various suppliers from Thailand and India, trying, on the same time, to explain its shareholders that this is the better and most feasible approach.
Roderich Schaetze, Rechtsanwalt, Steuerberater, Wirtschaftsprüfer
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Discussion in 'Introduce Yourself' started by Daniel C, Jan 6, 2014.
Hi All. My name is Dan, and I have tinnitus. Sorry, I'm a counselor and a paramedic and have a strange sense of humor. It is actually nice to find a forum for this.
I've had permanent tinnitus since 1985 after a car accident and suffered whiplash. It has steadily increased over the years and is now to the point where it sounds like a coach's whistle being blown as hard as it could be next to my head. The right is moderately bad and the left is extreme. It is always there and always loud. Louder than my own voice. I've recently gone back to wearing hearing aids (not so much for the hearing loss, as I am only deaf to high frequencies) with a masking sound to try to counteract the ringing. We are hoping that after 3 to 6 months, my brain may retrain itself to ignore the tinnitus. We'll see. I've been researching the use of neurofeedback as a treatment for tinnitus, since I use NF with some of my clients for ADHD, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and such. I have not found a good protocol for NF use yet; we only vaguely covered this subject during my training as the instructor did not work in that area. I've read one of the threads here on this but not much more info than I already had. Oh well, the search goes on.
Hello, Dan! It is very exciting to have a medical professional on our board. I hope the retaining therapy will work for you. Could you speak more about the neurofeedback treatment? What is it like excactly?
I hear recently many car accident victims suffer from airbag induced tinnitus and hearing loss. Airbag deployment is incredibly loud, it's basically small explosives going off right near your head. And with cars nowadays having 6 and more airbags, it makes the matter even worse. So yes, safety has increased and you might possibly survive an accident you wouldn't have in the past, but you'll be greeted to a life of misery.
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Oreo Red Velvet Cookie Bars – an easy blondie recipe full of red velvet cookie flavor filled with Oreos and chocolate!
It's been a rough week you guys. A this time last week I was heading to San Francisco to host a girls weekend with some of my favorite blogger friends. I spent the weekend showing off my favorite city, eating way too much food and overindulging on martinis. This week has been spent on rather mundane things like house duties and, well, work. BORING: I'd rather be spending my days lunching with the ladies and talking about, well, anything but doing what I have to be doing.
Is it me, or is that pretty much the definition of being an adult? Doing things we have to do all day long instead of things we want to do? Tween drama aside, being a kid was way easier. Although I think that maybe being an adult can be more fun, especially when you get to spend weekends with women you consider like sisters.
That all is a long winded way of saying that my brain still won't work right after my weekend and I'm just trying to buy time writing something interesting today…so let's talk about these bars before you completely get fed up and click away, mmkay?
These cookie bars start with my favorite blondie base. I made them into red velvet like I did with my red velvet blondies by adding some cocoa and red food coloring. They're super gooey and thick and rich and they have the perfect touch of red velvet flavor.
I decided that they also needed chocolate because, duh, doesn't everything need chocolate? A healthy dose of chopped Oreos gets added to the batter and then I sprinkle them with chocolate chips before baking. The result: an ooey gooey Oreo red velvet cookie bar that's also super chocolatey!
Oreo Red Velvet Cookie Bars - an easy blondie recipe full of red velvet cookie flavor filled with Oreos and chocolate!
Cream brown sugar and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until combined. Add cocoa, baking powder, salt, and flour and mix. Carefully mix in red food coloring, then stir in chopped cookies.
Press into prepared pan (dough is sticky, spray your hands with cooking spray to avoid it sticking to your hands). Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
Bake or about 22-24 minutes. (Be careful not to overcook - the center will still be jiggly when you take these out of the oven and they will finish cooking and firming up as they cool.) Cool completely before slicing into squares.
Your cookies recipe is good I need one favour of you can you please help me out?
We don't eat egg is there any optional thing which i can use n how much I can use for it?
Your reply is valueable to me.
You could try 1-2 tablespoons of milk but I'm not sure how they'll turn out.
Oh wow that looks tasty.
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Q: WebStorm gives me warnings about missing semicolons even though TSLint says to never use them Here's an image showing my TSLint config (right) and a warning (left). I know on the right it says to apply code style from TSLint, but even after I say "Yes," these warnings are still there.
I believe the "semicolon": [true, "never"] means never require semicolons.
How do I get WebStorm to respect this setting to never use semicolons, and why isn't reading this setting from TSLint?
A: That appears to be the IDE's code inspections, you can check if Unterminated statement rule is enabled under Settings/Preferences -> Editor -> Inspections -> JavaScript -> Code style issues. It ignores the rules in third-party linters.
A: you can disable Unterminated statement inspection in Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JavaScript | Code style issues to get rid of the warning.
Note that since 2017.1.x this inspection respects Preferences | Editor | Code Style | TypeScript | Punctuation settings: if use semicolons == Do not use, inspection only highlights suspicious statements. See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-24627 for details.
And importing code style settings from TSLint sets use semicolons to Do not use always if you have "semicolon": [true, "never"] in your config. Did you try importing settings?
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Q: Importing list from YAML properties to list of custom objects I am trying to import the applications.users branch from the following YAML file.
application:
props:
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name: YamlList
url: http://yamllist.dev
description: Mapping list in Yaml to list of objects in Spring Boot
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ip: 10.10.10.10
port: 8091
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email: [email protected]
contact: http://yamllist.dev/contact
users:
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username: admin
password: admin@10@
roles:
- READ
- WRITE
- VIEW
- DELETE
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username: guest
password: guest@01
roles:
- READ
- WRITE
- VIEW
- DELETE
However I am getting the following error:
Could not resolve placeholder 'application.users' in value "${application.users}"
When move the users list in the yml file to outside of application I get this error:
Cannot convert value of type 'java.lang.String' to required type 'com.example.demo.ApplicationProps$User' for property 'users[0]': no matching editors or conversion strategy found
The following is the application-context.xml file and also the file where the yml properties are being injected to. This has to be done via the XML file and not using annotations:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd">
<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:properties.yml"/>
<bean id="user" class="com.example.demo.ApplicationProps$User"/>
<bean id="applicationProps" class="com.example.demo.ApplicationProps">
<property name="test" value="${test:${testDefault}}" />
<property name="users" value="${users}" />
</bean>
</beans>
package com.example.demo;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
public class ApplicationProps {
private List<Map<String, Object>> props;
private List<User> users;
public void setTest(String test) {
this.test = test;
}
private String test;
public String getTest() {
return test;
}
public List<Map<String, Object>> getProps() {
return props;
}
public void setProps(List<Map<String, Object>> props) {
this.props = props;
}
public List<User> getUsers() {
return users;
}
public void setUsers(List<User> users) {
this.users = users;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "ApplicationProps{" +
"props=" + props +
", users=" + users +
", test='" + test + '\'' +
'}';
}
public static class User {
private String username;
private String password;
private List<String> roles;
public String getUsername() {
return username;
}
public void setUsername(String username) {
this.username = username;
}
public String getPassword() {
return password;
}
public void setPassword(String password) {
this.password = password;
}
public List<String> getRoles() {
return roles;
}
public void setRoles(List<String> roles) {
this.roles = roles;
}
}
}
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Q: Pattern matching with string in Erlang. Variable in left position With Erlang I can do something like this:
"kapa" ++ D = "kapagama". % D now has a value "gama"
Is there a way to put the "variable" in left position? Something like
D ++ "gama" = "anyLengthStringgama".
For this expression shell returns an error:
* 1: illegal pattern
Bonus question: Can somebody explain why it doesn't work? What is the logic behind it?
A: For this you should either use regular expression matching, or use a couple of list reversals:
1> "amag" ++ D = lists:reverse("anyLengthStringgama").
"amaggnirtShtgneLyna"
2> lists:reverse(D).
"anyLengthString"
A: "kapa" ++ D = "kapagama".
is just syntactic sugar for
[$k, $a, $p, $a | D] = "kapagama".
and this is just syntactic sugar for
[$k|[$a|[$p|[$a|D]]]] = "kapagama".
There is not any counterpart for this code:
D ++ "gama" = "kapagama".
which this can be syntactic sugar for. So as Steve Vinoski wrote, you have to do use lists:reverse/1
"amag" ++ D = lists:reverse("kapagama"), lists:reverse(D).
or use re module.
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There are four stages to having biomass installed at your premises. It's a step-by-step process to make sure that you end up with the right system, tailored to your exact needs and wishes.
Once you've made contact, and probably had a discussion with us by telephone, we'd be happy to visit you to offer further advice. This site visit is free of charge and, of course, entirely without obligation.
By the end of the site visit, your project manager will be able to tell you whether biomass is a good solution for you or, alternatively, whether the figures don't stack up or if it's a borderline case.
We will also invite you to visit one of our existing installations, if you think that would be helpful.
We want happy long-term customers and we will only advise you to go ahead if we're sure that it's in your best interests.
This is where we get down the to the detailed work. However, you are still under no obligation to proceed until contracts are signed at the end of this stage.
You will be dealing with the same project manager, who visited you to carry out the site survey in stage one.
We appear on site on the appointed day and get to work installing your biomass system. Before we get to you, we will have ordered all the kit, so that it arrives in timely fashion. Our aim is to work to the highest standards, but to have everything up and running as quickly as possible, and certainly by the project end date that we've agreed with you.
That is just the start. The system needs to run for 20-years for you to maximise your RHI claims. So, we'll continue to be available by phone and site visits, to help you along the way.
It isn't possible to submit your RHI application until the boiler has been installed and commissioned. You will need to keep the system in good working order, and this means regular servicing by a specialist biomass engineer. Of course, we'd love to have our engineers continue to work with you.
Finally, you'll also need fuel. Unless you have your own supply, we hope you'd consider us here, too. We supply wood pellets throughout Wales and the West of England.
We've been designing and installing biomass systems since 2008 and our team has been involved in more than 1,000 biomass projects.
We also provide wood pellet and wood chip fuel to hundreds of customers in England and Wales.
Finally, we own several biomass boilers ourselves, which we use in our own business.
If you would like to talk to us about a new biomass installation, or repairs and maintenance issues, or if you are interested in purchasing wood chip or wood pellets, please give us a call or complete the enquiry form below.
If you are thinking of installing a biomass system, Please give us a call and speak to one of our experienced engineers.
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JU Softball Complex , Jacksonville, Fla.
"We have met the enemy... and he is us"
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A scouting report on the Lipscomb softball team might not be all that useful to the Jacksonville Dolphins. But, on the other hand, maybe it will.
In an attempt to shake up her team in preparing for the start of Atlantic Sun Conference play this Saturday and Sunday in Jacksonville, LU coach Kristin Ryman has been working with some players in new positions. She is non-committal about how many, if any, changes she will make in either the defensive alignment or batting order.
"We have had the opportunity to work with several players at different positions this week," Ryman said. "And we saw some pretty good things.
It is the conference-opening series for both teams. Lipscomb is 7-9. Jacksonville is 14-7.
Ryman would like to go into the first conference series with a set lineup, but she also wants her team to win.
"We have to make sure we are making the moves offensively, defensively and pitching-wise that are going to give us the best chance to win," Ryman said. "There are things we need to continue to work on.
Ryman has high expectations for this team. One of her biggest challenges it get her players to believe in themselves, taking the attitude of the "Pogo" cartoon that `we have met the enemy…and he is us'.
"We have talked a lot about that," Ryman said. "Hopefully, we have convinced them of that we have confidence in them. This is a very good team. They can't have that doubt. They have to go all out.
Ryman expects Jacksonville to be a formidable test.
Saturday's doubleheader begins at noon. Sunday's single game also starts at noon.
The new three-game series format will offer some challenges to coaches, especially in how teams decide to use their pitching staffs.
"I think it is going to be very different to play each conference team in a three-game series," Ryman said. "In our league it is tough to beat a team once and it is even tougher to sweep a team in a doubleheader.
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The 27th Annual Governor's Conference on Tourism is the premier educational conference for tourism and hospitality leaders in the Mississippi Tourism Industry. The three day conference features world renowned speakers and presenters, silent auction and various networking opportunities. This year's conference will be held in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Tentative Schedule for the conference.
Shuttles will be provided to and from the host hotels throughout the conference with the exception of Tuesday. Click here for shuttle schedule courtesy of Visit Vicksburg.
Online pre-registration is now closed. You can still register on-site at the Vicksburg Convention Center on Sunday, September 27, 2015, from 3-6 p.m. & Monday, September 28, 2015, beginning at 8 a.m. Registration is $450 for the first person and $250 for each additional person in your organization. For the awards luncheon only on Tuesday, September 29, it is $75 per person.
See below Host Hotel Options.
special rate at $107/nt single, $112/nt double, $117/nt triple, $122/nt quadruple.
Call 1-877-711-0677 and give the group code "GOVCONF" to receive special rate at $65.95/nt plus $5 free play for the casino. Reservations must be made by September 13, 2015, to guarantee a room at special rate. Located approximately 3 miles from the Vicksburg Convention Center. (Shuttle service available during conference hours) Great view of the Mississippi River on the Bluff.
Space is limited for both the golf outing and the bus tour of the military park. The cut off date to register for these 2 excursions is September 3, 2015.
Outlets at Vicksburg VIP Shopping Extravaganza Hosted by the Outlets at Vicksburg. Enjoy a VIP shopping extravaganza with give aways and special discounts at participating stores.
Enjoy a round of golf at the beautiful Vicksburg Country Club. Lunch is included with your round of golf beginning at 10am on Sunday, September 27th. There is limited space so please reserve yours today! Sign up deadline is September 3, 2015, unless all slots are filled prior.
Vicksburg National Military Park Open Air Bus Tour Price:$10.00 – Go back to the Civil War while getting a guided tour of the Vicksburg National Military Park from 1pm-3:30pm. You will board the Tara Wildlife Open Air Bus at the Park. Space is very limited and registration deadline is September 3, 2015, unless all slots are filled prior.
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Dorothy Rosby
Dorothy Rosby is the author of three books of humorous essays: Alexa's a Spy and Other Things to Be Ticked off About, Humorous Essays on the Hassles of Our Time; I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad and Then I Got to Know Me Better and I Didn't Know You Could Make Birthday Cake from Scratch, Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest. She's currently working on her fourth book and hoping to give it a shorter title—something like It's Finally Done or Best Seller.
Dorothy is also a syndicated humor columnist whose column appears across the West and Midwest. Her writing has won honors from the South Dakota Newspaper Association and the National Federation of Press Women.
Her work has been included in many anthologies including My Funny Valentine, My Funny Major Medical, Bedpan Banter, Your Glasses are on Top of Your Head, Columnists: While We're Still Around and three Black Hills Literary Journals.
She lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota, 20 miles from Mount Rushmore, something she's very proud of though she's not on it. Yet.
Books by Dorothy Rosby
Alexa's a Spy and Other Things to Be Ticked off About
A low-brow look at high-minded living, a good-natured (mostly) rant about some of the challenges we face and some of the annoyances we deal with just because we're alive and trying to thrive at this moment in history. Part comedic call to arms and part tongue-in-cheek tirade, Alexa's a Spy goes after spammers and scammers, clutter and litter, intrusive technology and uncivil discourse. Too much stuff, too much noise, too much to worry about.
Fiction > Humor
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Living with allergies can be terrible. Some people have mild symptoms, but some unfortunate people suffer in ways that makes living a normal life hard. There are options like pills, sprays, or drops, but they don't last forever and they don't work perfectly. Some people get treatment from allergists. Although it is a long road to go down, it is the only real way to cure you of allergy symptoms. Besides treatment and drugs, there are things you can do that will have a direct impact on your overall allergy health.
Today, we are going to talk about how cigarettes affect allergy symptoms. First, being allergic to tobacco or nicotine is not very common. Some people are allergic to the plant and leafs of tobacco; however when it is burnt the smoke isn't allergy causing. Nicotine allergies are more common, and they also have a wide range of symptoms that come along with it. If you don't suffer terribly from allergies, except when you smoke, then you might be allergic to nicotine. If after you smoke you find yourself with head pain, upset stomach/nausea, congestion, difficulty in breathing, and/or even rashes/hives then you may want to consider quitting. An allergist will be able to tell you for certain what you are allergic to.
If you are not allergic to nicotine, or one of the other many chemicals in cigarettes, then you should know that the smoke does not cause allergies. The issue with smoking is that is causes allergy symptoms to be worse, or it can make those who don't suffer have similar symptoms. If you are not allergic to dust or dirt, but you find yourself with itchy, red eyes after smoking, it is because smoking cause allergy like symptoms. Nicotine causes blood vessels to constrict, and that includes the vessels in the eye. This is why your eye would get red, and itchy. So, imagine you have itchy, red eyes from being outside. Can you imagine how much worse you'd feel by constricting your blood vessels more by taking in nicotine? Did you know that smoking cigarettes could also irritate the nasal passages? This will lead to a runny nose or to excessive sneezing. If these are already allergy symptoms you suffer from then you need to quit smoking because you are only making things worse.
There are so many different reasons to quit smoking cigarettes, but the most important reason is your health and the health of the people around you. You will notice many improvements in your health once you quit, and one of those improvements will be your allergy health.
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California Conveniently Removes Kamala's Arrest Records as Attorney General
Jose Nino
Kamala Harris' arrest records have vanished out of thin air.
According to a report from The Daily Caller, California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation website took down several incarceration reports, coincidentally, as a part of a site redesign.
This move comes after 2020 presidential rival Tulsi Gabbard called Harris out for her mass incarceration efforts as Attorney General.
Twice a year, the CDCR releases information about the number of new individuals incarcerated in the California prison system as part of its "Offender Data Points" series. These reports provide important information on demographics, sentence length, offense type, and other figures relevant to criminal justice and incarceration.
Until recently, these reports were publicly available at the CDCR's website. A search using archive.org's Wayback Machine reveals that as of April 25, 2019—the most recent indexed date—ODP reports were available dating back to the spring of 2009. As of August 2019, the same web page now serves only a single ODP report, the one for Spring 2019. The pre-2019 reports have been removed.
Harris served as Attorney General from 2011 to 2017. With mass incarceration now a mainstream political topic, Harris has faced pressure for her track record as AG.
Gabbard laid into Harris, demanding she apologize to the "people who suffered under [her] reign as prosecutor" during the Democratic debates on July 31, 2019.
"I want to bring the conversation back to the criminal justice system that is disproportionately, negatively affecting black and brown people today," Gabbard said during the debates.
The Hawaii congresswoman added, "Senator Harris says she's proud of her record as a prosecutor and that she'll be a prosecutor president, but I'm deeply concerned about this record of Senator Harris'."
According to a report from The Free Beacon, CDCR Assistant Secretary for Communications Jeffrey Callison claimed that this change in website design had nothing to do with Harris' current campaign. Instead, he stated that this move was a result of California law which mandates certain changes to web accessibility standards.
Callison told Free Beacon that "Making our website fully compliant was a significant and ongoing undertaking. It required a redesign of the look and feel of the website, and a need to evaluate all of the thousands of documents and other files that were linked to our website."
The Assistant Secretary for Communications said that older reports are "still available upon request" simply by sending an email to [email protected] He added that the other removals are temporary.
However, Fox News host Tucker Carlson was not necessarily buying this explanation. He accused officials of "making that information very hard to find."
Tucker sounded off on this strange development:
Until recently, anybody could read these reports online. "That's called transparency because it's our government, right? Supposedly? Not anymore. The corrections department just redesigned the website and now, all reports prior to this year, immediately including those covering Kamala Harris' six years as Attorney general have been removed. They are no longer publicly accessible. Theoretically, you can still get those reports if you email the right person and they feel like responding. But the information is far harder to get. And of course, that's the entire point. In California, they know that an ignorant public is much easier to control.
From top to bottom, Harris has a lot to explain about. Above all, her desire to use executive action to implement gun control. All 2020 presidential candidates should be scrutinized accordingly, with Harris being at the top of this list.
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Right out of school but with ample experience this creative Limburger walking into our office in 2012. As a designer, Johnny photoshops faster than his own shadow, without losing sight of usability. In addition, he juggles with HTML and CSS and knows the Creative Cloud by heart. In his spare time you can find him in books or dancing on the dancefloor.
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Epiphany Dance Theater serves a wide range of students, engaging youth of all socio-economic backgrounds, as well as collegiate and professional dancers. We provide enrichment and educational programs that employ interdisciplinary performance arts as tools for learning, inquiry, skill building, community engagement and cultural collaborations.
Our youth programming serves 1,500 K-12 public school students each year—primarily in at-risk communities—through its residency program, Mudd Butt Mystery Theatre and Kids On Track.
We are committed to expanding participation in the arts at a professional level. Epiphany offers adult educational classes and workshops for dance and theater professionals and college students in a variety of dance and movement techniques
Years of Programming
Students served per year across all ages and backgrounds
Cities across the globe, spanning 6 continents
Partnerships with public schools, colleges, universities, professional dance companies and festivals to provide dance education
Learn how art, dance, and storytelling move our students!
What Students Are Saying:
"I love Kim! This is the best course and teacher combination here! She has brought the dance level up at this university. I feel she would be a good permanent addition to any university faculty.
"Kim has awakened a lot of people to new perspectives of movement.
Past School & Program Partnerships
Over the past two decades, Epiphany Dance Theater has taught at over 50 schools, universities, performance programs, and festivals around the Bay Area, nationally and internationally. Here is a list of a few of those wonderful partners.
University of California, Berkeley, CA
University of California, Davis, CA
University of San Francisco, CA
Impulse Dance Festival, St. Louis, Missouri
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
University of Montana, MO
University of California at Los Angeles Department of World Arts and Cultures, CA
Colorado Dance Festival University of California, San Diego, CA
San Diego Dance Theater Festival, CA
San Diego State University, CA
Sonoma State University, CA
City College of San Diego, CA
SUNY Purchase, NY
Stanford University, CA
Movement Research, New York, NY
Moving On Center – School for Participatory Arts, CA
Telluride Theater Festival, CO
Fresno Dance Festival, CA
TanzOlten Festival, Switzerland
San Diego Dance Theater Festival, San Diego, CA
Seattle Festival of Improvisation, WA
KulturMix Festival in San Diego, CA
San Francisco Dance Center, CA
Dancers' Group Studio Theater, CA
Margaret Wingrove Dance Company, CA
ODC Performance Gallery, CA
Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
Mills College, CA
Marsh Youth Theater, CA
Dance Mission Theater, CA
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You are here: Home / Reviews / Headphones / Status Audio CB-1 Closed-Back Studio Headphones Review
Status Audio CB-1 Closed-Back Studio Headphones Review
Last Updated: April 18, 2018 By Sean
Status Audio continues to move up the ranks quite quickly as their studio headphones make a name for themselves, and were given a pair of their popular CB-1 closed-back headphones for a fair and honest review here today. The 'headphones' category is probably one of the most saturated of the entire consumer electronics market in this day and age, even more so as brands continue to throw around that 'studio headphones' term we've all become familiar with. Keeping that mind, with how many pairs of headphones we've tried on our heads in this year alone, we have a decent gauge for what's even worth looking at — and the CB-1 is definitely a pair to add to our favorites, especially with the quality it brings at such a low price-tag.
Features of the Status Audio CB-1
Over-ear, closed-back headphones design
Suitable uses: Recording, producing, leisure listening
Overstuffed, swiveling ear cups
Adjustable and foldable headband
Detachable cables (2 types in the box)
Driver: 50mm
Frequency response: 15 Hz – 30 kHz
The Status Audio CB-1's build
First and foremost, our biggest love of this build are the extra thick ear pads. They aren't necessarily leather here, but are a very soft plush cushion (about an entire inch thick) that feel like pillows on our ears. It of course comes down to personal preference, but to our subjective listening preferences, the bigger the ear cups, the better (especially in the studio). Especially with closed-back, over-ear headphones, you never want to sacrifice at least even a slight amount of sound leakage (yes, we've had some 'over-ear' headphones that still weren't quite "over our ears" for lack of a better term).
We used the CB-1 for numerous hours for multiple days while writing this up and felt no pain with these whatsoever. The over-ear size fit just snug enough to cover our entire ears well, and they felt very snug on our heads as a whole. The adjustable headband was a big plus for this custom fit, and the padding itself around the headband is the same material as the ear cups with smaller, mesh-like holes to allow for some air flow. Although not necessarily as thick up top, it still gets the job done in the comfort and feel department.
We love the extra-thick 1″ ear pads of the CB-1.
The overall casing of these studio headphones is of a higher quality plastic, and although no signs of any metal such as steel or aluminum (you'll at times get some aluminium with higher-end headphones, in particular the headband for some flexibility and stability since that part is usually the first to go), feel this will be great in the longevity department if you take proper care of them. The reason many higher-end headphones (and we're talking $200+ range, almost triple the price of this), in particular the adjustable headband pieces, is to allow for flexibility in case you sit on them or bend them awkwardly (you'd be surprised what recording artists do to headphones in that booth), so with the Status Audio CB-1 we would just be careful when it comes to bending the headband and adjustable sliders. We've never seen signs of metal in a price-point like this, and feel the CB-1's plastic casing is sturdy and stable overall with nothing lacking in the build department considering the price.
We're always a fan of detachable cables in all types of headphones, and we're happy Status Audio included this feature here. They also provide us with two cables in the box — one coiled and one straight (3 meters), while both lock into place with a twist-lock mechanism to ensure they don't fall out in the middle of an important recording session. We recommend coiled cables for producing or recording, while the straight cable is long enough to even go from your bed to TV if you happen to be watching a show or movie and need some privacy. To add on to versatility, these headphones will also be great for DJ's or on-the-go musicians since they not only fold but have some of the most versatile ear cups we've seen — they swivel 90 degrees but can also move around freely even when folded.
The foldable build is great for all settings but especially DJ's and on-the-go musicians.
Sound quality of the Status Audio CB-1
The CB-1 definitely have a warm sound to them. At this price-point many become skeptical of the 'sound quality' since you can only get so technical and advanced with drivers, and although there aren't any fancy 'terms' or 'phrases' about built-in sound processing or technology in general, feel these more than pass the ears test. The lows and highs were definitely prevalent in the mix, but we did feel a presence of the mids as well. The panning and overall frequency distribution wasn't saturated in our experience, especially in the lower-end. We're ones to watch out for boosted lower-ends (yes, even in studio headphones unfortunately), as some brands for whatever reason think this makes audio 'sound better' (it may, to an average consumer or somebody who isn't concerned with making music with their headphones, but then again, why go the 'studio' route?).
Testing different genres ranging from smooth jazz to some heavy bass EDM, we didn't feel or hear any sacrifice in the mixes. Ear fatigue also wasn't prevalent, although towards the end we did start to feel it (this after about 6 hours with just a break to eat), but we've felt ear fatigue with just about ever single pair of closed-back headphones we've ever reviewed, eventually. The technical specs here also back up our confidence in the sound. The frequency response passes the test and brings us a range that's better than average (we won't look at pairs that aren't at least 20 to 20 kHz), and although bigger isn't necessarily better, the 50 mm driver is a plus at this price as well. Overall, a very neutral sound here, and that's backed up by not only some of the tech specs, but our own listening experience as well.
Lastly, the over-ear headphones design was great for sound isolation here, perfect for both recording environments as well as private listening. While playing music, we didn't hear ourselves typing, and also opened up our office window for the busy street test and could barely hear anything but the music. This will be exceptional for recording as no sound will leak out into the mic and ruin the mix, especially with those huge ear cups. You can also definitely wear these in public spaces without disrupting those around you, such as on the train, a plane, in the library, etc. No, mixing and mastering won't be effective here since we recommend open-back headphones for that. They do have an open-back pair available if you'd like to check them out — the Status Audio OB-1.
Concluding the Status Audio CB-1 review
A huge highlight we'd like to point out before we conclude is Status Audio's humble approach to headphones. Some may consider these 'plain' since there aren't any 'brand' logos, artist designs or even celebrity sponsorships, but do you really want a pair of headphones that are priced to justify their marketing costs and "status" in society? We see the symbolism in that brand name, Status Audio — this isn't about how we look in regards to societal status, but how it sound and feels (well, we actually prefer the slick and minimalist design of these as opposed to a over-branded pair of cans, but everybody is different). At the same time, we need to be careful buying some of those random brand names on Amazon that most of the time seem like "knock-offs" (and yes, some definitely are). The CB-1's aren't anywhere near knock off as compared to many no-namers that flood the electronics market.
We have a simple, slick black design with silver outlines of the ear cups and nothing more. Even better, we think Status Audio is on to something when it comes to selling directly to consumers. Instead of a middle-man with an online retail store involved to up the price even more, they sell directly to the consumer (both on their site as well as Amazon), which we think is where online retail is headed in general, especially as online shopping continues to evolve. This strategy helps them save cost (no need to wholesale and double the price by retailers) to benefit the most important individual of the buying process as a whole, us listeners and musicians.
Overall, these are solid studio headphones. We actually just included them in our headphones under $100 guide after this review, but if you'd like, you can compare and contrast these with competitors over there, albeit not all are 'studio' worthy. Again, although not necessarily a "big name brand" like Bose, Sennheiser or Audio-Technica, we're realizing more and more that brands are just a name, and may even entail for some to steer away since headphones are like cars — you're getting what you pay for at times, but otherwise some just want the name and pay extra for this. If you want the name, that's fine, we don't want to tell you what should be important to you. But in our experience, we don't care who made them or wears the headphones in commercials — we need accurate sound quality and a comfortable fit in the studio at an affordable price. The Status Audio CB-1 do just that.
Image gallery of the CB-1 headphones
The foldable build is great for all settings but especially DJ's and on-the-go musicians.
We love the extra-thick 1" ear pads of the CB-1.
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Fr. James Mulligan, CSC, is a well-known and popular figure in Catholic education in Canada. His passion for Catholic education and insights into its challenges and future always draw huge crowds at professional development conferences. And his book Catholic Education: Ensuring a Future continues to attract new readers who care deeply about the future of one of the Church's greatest resources.
Well, Fr. James is back. This time, he has written (and we have published) A Pastor's Journal: Catholic Parishes and Schools Working Together.
Unsurprisingly, it explores the necessary but not always easy relationship between a pastor and the schools within the boundaries of his parish. Fr. James does this by chronicling a year in the life of his own parish, St. Kevin's in Welland, Ontario, with a special focus on all those events in which school and parish work together.
Fr. James makes no special claims to having established a model working relationship. At the same time, his commitment to Catholic education means that, at St. Kevin's at least, the relationship with the schools will be a top priority. So the reader is taken on a journey through the seasons, with an insider's peek into how pastor and principal work together to make school liturgies and sacramental preparation memorable and holy for all the children, parents and teachers in their charge.
Readers will be intrigued by Fr. James' "Green Binder," a tool he uses to keep all the ongoing events organized and recorded for the future. We have decided to provide the Green Binder free to purchasers of the book through this web site. You can download its features as Word files and use them in your own settings.
Though not specific to this book, Fr. James also includes the parents in his work with schools. In fact, often known as the "three-legged stool", the Parish-School-Home relationship is at the heart of Catholic education. It's smooth functioning is a necessary ingredient to ensuring that young Catholics receive the faith education and formation they need to turn into fine Christian adults.
Full of wisdom and practical advice, A Pastor's Journal should be required reading this summer for everyone who cares about the future of Catholic education.
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Ronaldo signs €200m Al Nassr deal
Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a two-year contract in a deal worth €200m per year with commercial benefits included. The 37-year-old Portugal captain is a free agent after leaving Manchester United following a controversial interview in which he criticised the club. Al Nassr, nine-time Saudi Pro League
Kano plans establishment of health sciences college
Could Amazon become the big dog in the world of streaming sports?
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Q: MySQL Full Text Search Custom Sort Logic If I search like AGAINST ('word1 word2 word3' IN BOOLEAN MODE) how can I have the results to be sorted based on number of unique words found in row?
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