Today, Meghan Markle is takingss is attending
a and a Givenchy clutch for the occasion. Givenchy has become one of the Duchess's favorite designers: the famed fashion house designed Meghan's gorgeous wedding dress, and the Duchess wore a Givenchy dress to Royal Ascot in June.
Oceania celebrates art from the Oceania region, featuring roughly 200 works from collections worldwide spanning a time period of over 500 years. Today, Meghan will see works from regions she will visit during her royal tour next month, including New Zealand, Fiji, Australia, and the Kingdom of Tonga.
The Duchess formally launched the cookbook with an event at Kensington Palace last week, where she was joined by Prince Harry and her proud mom, Doria Ragland.
Oceania officially opens on September 29, and will run until December 10, 2018. Gehow you can attend, on the Royal Academy of Arts website.


I have always admired quilt ladders but never thought I would have one until I showed my husband some on the internet. Then look what he made me. I was so happy, I came home from work yesterday and there it was in the hallway. I intend to paint it black so it matches my writing desk. Of course I had to put some quilts on it right away to see how they looked.
Over the weekend I made some bags, I'm calling these bathroom bags, they will be good to put toothbrushes etc in when we go away, they were fun to make.
A finish for me...
At long last this quilt is finished. I started it 2 years ago and while the stitchery only took a few weeks to complete I decided to hand quilt it. I worked on it for awhile then got bored so it sat in the wardrobe for at least 12 months then last week I decided to get it finished and all last week all I did was hand quilt, before work, after work, after dinner and before bed. Whew, now its done and today I sewed on the binding now I just need to sew it down. I'm so pleased with it. This is my favourite block.
Now that project is almost out of the way I sewed borders on my Family Values blocks that I did quite some time ago, I am using Kansas troubles fabric called Vine creek, its so beautiful. I use Kansas troubles alot in my quilts which I'm sure you have noticed.
I have had a very productive day today with my sewing. I made this quilt top for my son Jacob, it was a kit I bought for him last year and he thought it would never get done. Now I just need to quilt it and he can have it for winter. I made this bag for a customer at work, she had done the stitchery but didn't know what to do with it,so as she can't sew very well she asked me to make it for her. I made up the bag design and it turned out rather well I think. I hope she likes it.
I'm thoroughly enjoying doing my paper piecing project, I've made 8 flowers now so I decided to start appliqueing them to the backgrounds. I hope you found some sewing time this weekend.
I love doing stitchery but every now and again I feel like a change, so over easter and in between finishing a few projects, I started a new one. This is block one of 16 and its English paper piecing. I have actuallly tacked around 70 diamond shapes, now I can start making a few flowers.chookyblue in our Friends in Stitching swap, this is a Leanne Beasley project that has been stitched and put on canvas, its so pretty. I'm lucky to receive such beautiful things.
All I need to do now is make a label.
Last week I had 2 rows to sew on my postcard quilt, well thats done now so its finished and ready to be quilted. I really don't know how I'll quilt this. I'm thinking doing a stipple or something simple around all the postcards. This is my most favourite quilt. I love it.
ThDid I do a good job?
Well thats all my show and tell for today, I will share more tomorrow.


Kyle and the 18 crew recently had a tire test at Phoenix International Raceway and two days in one of my favorite places was just too much for me to pass up so I decided to go along! After a grueling hike (see hiking blog) I opted to do some shopping in the nice air-conditioned stores. I have been to Fashion Square Mall in Scottsdale (which is beautiful and has every store under the sun in it) many a times but I was in the mood for some serious bargain shopping so I decided to see if there was an outlet mall in the area. I cannot even tell you if there was because the first store I came across was a place called Last Chance that had many reviews. As I was reading the comments I was laughing out loud, it seriously sounded like a scene out of he movie Confessions of a Shopaholic. People grabbing other people’s stuff, a crowd ready to bust down the door at 10 am, security guards rolling out merchandise and a free for all ensuing. No way could this be true I thought but heck if it is this is right up my alley and I had to check it out!
Now I will tell you some of these bags were in perfect condition and others had slight damage. For example the Valentino purse I got had a tear at a seam (hence the reason I was looking for a piece of bright red patent leather if you follow me on twitter). Additionally, the purse I got my mom, a Ted Baker purse for $35, had a strap a little loose. But hey if you are kind of crafty or know someone who can fix it the 90% savings is well worth it!undeceive. If you set a purse down even if you are debating about it, it is up for grabs by anyone else and will be gone in a flash!
After rummaging through all the designer bags I had my heart set on finding the shoes. Making my way through the isles of the size 7 and 8’s was crazy. Kids sprawled everywhere, women running around barefoot, shoes strewn about. However, when I got to the section of the 5 1/2s I am pretty sure the heavenly angles ahh ahh sound played out loud. Literally I gasped! There was a huge row of shoes and no one in the isle! I began to dig. Now mind you I am by myself but now talking out loud, “Oh my gosh Jimmy Choos!”, “Seriously Michael Kors for this price?’, people probably thought I was insane! I was able to sang two unbelievable pairs, though I wanted to buy a whole lot more many were damaged to the point they were un-repairable. It is very hit or miss some shoes like the pair of Jimmy Choos I got are in perfect condition and were 90% off. Also, they do random sales like boots that day were an extra 30% off and the handbags were an additional 35%. From talking with some of the ladies every time you go there is a different sort of additional percent off sale going on
I went next to the clothing section. Many of the items are ruined with a stain or tear but if you dig there are some good finds. For example, I found a pair of Paige jeggings for $12 original price well over $100. For Kyle and my brother and dad I found cashmere sweaters for $14.99!
So needless to say this place is amazing but you will have to dig and fight your way through their immense selection and be sure to examine each piece for tears or stains. I would go back but suggest bringing a partner so you have someone to help you grab and hold. I do not suggest bringing kids as crazy women running for new purses or shoes being brought out may run them over! It was a blast and an experience at incredibly low prices. I cannot wait to go back to Last Chance when I visit Phoenix in November!
Love those shoes and bag!! Does Last Chance have website?


10:35 AM -- Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) TV will likely be launched on Oct. 17, Engadget reports, based on an internal document leaked from Best Buy, one of Google TV's official partners. According to the document, the original launch date was Oct. 3, but it has been delayed two weeks.
This contradicts recent claims from Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel, another Google TV partner, that Google TV would begin shipping this month.
A new ad for the Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) Kindle takes a shot at Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)'s iPad, pointing out the advantages it has in terms of price and direct-sunlight reading and how much better its users look in swimsuits.
The Social Network -- a.k.a. the Facebook movie -- is getting rave reviews so far. /Film's Peter Sciretta called it his "favorite movie of the year (so far)." But it's also getting some attention for its brutal depiction of everybody's favorite billionaire, CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "It’s hard to feel sorry for a billionaire," writes AllThingsD's Peter Kafka. "But here I am, feeling bad for [Zuckerberg]. If you see the The Social Network you’re probably going to feel bad for him, too."


Google is taking on Facebook.
"Social has been transitioning," Google founder Sergey Brin said at the Buzz launch event on Tuesday. "We’ve had success – this is just the next evolution … Other social things focus on entertainment, I find it useful for productivity."
Moreover, the Mountain View, California-based company is hoping Buzz will help eliminate some of the "noise" that comes from using disparate social networking tools.
"We’re seeing the same thing with social sites now," Horowitz continued. "But it’s even (harder) to find value because there is too much noise. When you have 500 or 5,000 friends, it’s very difficult. TMI, oversharing. There are lots of ways to define friends — that’s how you can have 5,000. And this will continue growing, and the problem will get worse and worse."
The interface looks a bit like Facebook’s FriendFeed, which is intentional, as Google has not-so-secretly coveted Facebook’s popularity – and borderline ubiquity – as a social network.
Google is hoping that Gmail users will gravitate to its ease of use – you’ll already “follow” people you e-mail and chat with in Gmail, with messages and updates automatically linked to your Gmail’s inbox.
"A lot of this is inspired by Wave," Horowitz said. "We want integration with Wave."


CallPilot - Lost Password Procedure
1 Connect a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to the CallPilot server, and then follow the instructions below.
Note that a 201i (with PS2 connectors) may need a restart to recognise the keyboard and mouse.
This procedure can be performed remotely, from a RDC console with the /admin switch.
Alternatively, start RDC from: Start
In the Open box, type mstsc /admin (or type this in the Start search box).
2 Login to Windows:
3 When logged in, on the server go to -
Login with one of the following:
The password must be entered exactly shown, with case and special characters.
From the Support Tools Main menu...
- Choose 9 for Database Utilities
- Then choose 3 for Database API utility
A new window opens, and at the CI prompt type :
CI> resetadminpwd
This window closes, hit return, then 1 to Quit and exit.
4 Open a browser window, and log into CallPilot Manager using the default 000000 and 124578.


oorbells', 'Repairing Wired Doorbells' and 'Fixing Wireless Doorbells' for listings on all the doorbell topics.
What Can You Save? - Assuming you had a simple problem it could run between $50 and $75 for an electrician to make a repair on your doorbell. You could be sold on a new system which might run $100 to $175 installed, even more for a high end system. Repairing it yourself might be as simple as tightening a loose wire. So your savings could be from $50 to $175.
The 'Doorbell Transformer' provides the power, reducing it from household current. These can be replaced for a reasonable sum.


Many of our clients are sceptical about using Twitter for business, but from a promotion and outreach point of view we think it’s an excellent tool and one we regularly use to share news about our clients, events and company news. We also use it to keep up to date with industry news and reach out to press and respond to their demands, so it should not be overlooked.
SOCIETY Marbella has kindly invited friends of Shaw Marketing Services to attend the Grand Opening of The Mairena Lodge on Thursday 5th June. This fine dining Italian restaurant & cocktail bar will open its doors from 7 till 10pm for an elegant evening of live entertainment, complimentary canapés and champagne.
The Mairena Lodge is a new restaurant on the scene, offering fine dining Italian cuisine with unbeatable views of the Coast. The opening party will be an ideal way to try out the restaurant’s signature dishes and soak up the sophisticated ambience of this exciting new venue. Miss it and you'll miss out!
The organizers of the Marbella Classic GP are holding a cfrom 16.00-20.00 for classic cars, modern classics and sports cars. This free event will introduce the concept of a regularity rally and bring together these beautiful cars next to Plaza Antonio Banderas in preparation for the Classic GP in November.
Drivers will be presented with a very simple roadbook for a short route which will be timed according to the principles of the regularity rally and there will be a chance to try a special stage requiring split second accuracy to demonstrate the different phases of the rally.
Wethe launch of Butler Magazine and a fantastic food & wine experience as part of the Marbella Luxury Weekend. It will take place inside the VIP area in Puerto Banus on Friday 6 June between 19.00 and 22.30.
As part of the event 40 of the most prestigious Spanish wineries will be represented, offering tastings of over 120 wines, champagnes, cavas and gourmet products.


Remember “Je ne suis pas Charlie”?
That was Teju Cole. I remember reading the piece with disgust.
If I remember correctly, Le Monde published an analysis of Charlie Hebdo’s covers shortly after the “Je ne suis pas Charlie nonsense” started.
The vast majority of their targets were political. When they did run a cartoon aimed at religious figures, the vast majority of these were aimed at the Catholic church. Which is what you would expect from a French satirical magazine.
Quite a condemnation; undoubtedly well deserved.
Islam’s present contributions to world literature, science and understanding are pretty well totally negative.
It is a terrible religion.
I don’t think the ‘Je ne suis’ crowd were bothered by laziness or incuriosity. They were, and are, blindly committed to groveling before Islamism. There’s a long decline in standards and morals demonstrated here. I suspect its leftover Cold War loyalty from the days when Nasser made the United Arab Republic a Soviet client-state.
JtD – I think it’s more than that. It’s an overreaction to western imperialism (something worthy of reacting against) that mindlessly parrots any school of thought that is non-western, and assumes all things western must be bad and all things eastern must be good. That is a form of laziness, because it doesn’t require working on the moral ambiguities, or sorting out which things in western thought might be good (and there are many) and which things in eastern thought might not be so good (like murdering those who disagree with you or putting women in bags). But it isn’t just laziness, it’s a deeply-held determination to be woke, to always side with the oppressed, even when the oppressed are on the side of harming people, to justify all actions that target western thought and western ideas.
In fact, it is so embedded in certain parts of our culture that I often see people referring to “western science” and “western medicine” in an argument against using some drug/technique/etc, without stating why the thing argued against might be dangerous or bad for you. In fact, many of the things argued against are not bad for you, they merely spawn a knee-jerk reaction from the ultra-woke crowd because they either arose in the west, or are perceived as having their roots in the west. Any embrace of “western” science or philosophy by someone from the eastern or southern countries is perceived as a sell-out to imperialism by this same woke crowd.
In short, it’s the same thing driving many of the trans-activists that are not trans themselves – the desire to be on the “right” side, and the identification of anything and everything that is on the “wrong” side as bad and dangerous. Laziness coupled with dogmatism and ideology can be a dreadful combination.


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Koby made a Hiroshi for his friend's wedding.Enjoy!
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Koby Liesch compares his own journey to the journey of the prodigal son. Koby was introduced to God at a young age, yet as he grew older he turned to the party life along with all his friends. Years later, Koby journeyed to Florida to escape the peer pressure and was finally able to find God in...
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 –an has called for an immediate total lockdown to address the worsening Covid-19 pandemic.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 7,857 new infections yesterday, a new record within a week.
He said the first PKP proved it. The state of Victoria in Australia implemented a 7-day lockdown after 26 cases of new infection were recorded.
Mohamad also called for the vaccination review and approval process to be expedited, especially thoseHe said when the infection rate declined, the government could consider reopening the economy in stages with strict monitoring.
Mohamad also said Putrajaya must enforce the Covid-19 rules fairly without any double-standard practices.


After months of softwareeagerly awaited Android 7.0 Nougat update to the 2015-series flagship phones in select regions of Europe.
As of now, the Galaxy S6 and the S6 edge owners in Switzerland, Germany and Italy have begun receiving Google mobile v7.0 OS notifications on their devices, reported Swiss-based Android blog, Giga.de.
How to install Android Nougat update on Samsung Galaxy S6 and the S days to reach all the corners of the country.
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Watch this space for latest news on Samsung and Android Nougat release schedule.


We currently have two trials available until 11 October: the Cecil Papers and Documents on British Policy Overseas. Please let us know what you think of them via |||EMAIL_ADDRESS||| or via the Floor 1 library office.
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South Carolina Tornado Warning – Possible Touchdown
Officials say the tornado warning will now remain in effect until 4 p.m.
#Tornado #Warning in effect for Richland & Lexington counties in #SC until 330 PM ET. Moving ENE @ 40mph. #SCwx pic.twitter.com/68C75Zi8Pk
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have you any doubt about how to setup your Easter table? Here are some pictures La Corte Fiorita selected for you from Pinterest to get inspired.
But Japanese nature, with its daintiness, is another thing.
Spring has started for eight days and everyone is happy to welcome this season with a milder climate and brighter days. In Japan, a country rich in millennial traditions, spring is celebrated as a token of rebirth of nature and all beings. This period is usually associated with the hanami.
Hanami literally means “cherry blossom viewing”, but in practice it gathers for just a couple of days (thus also depends on the geographical location) a lot of Japanese as well as international visitors to sit, admire and chat under the cherry blossom trees.
Streets, river banks and gardens near shrines are veiled in a cloak of pink when cherry flowers (sakura) are in full bloom. The landscape is painted with pink-hued buds and their delicate, dainty petals are very aesthetically-appealing to see. Apart from the attractiveness that cherry blossom season exudes for its scenic beauty it also influences art, fashion and lifestyle.
A Japanese street artist recently painted a new mural depicting four beautiful Japanese women wearing traditional kimonos with seasonal flora patterns including cherry blossoms. It is entitled Four Seasons and it is part of the project Emotional Bridge in his hometown.
Cherry blossoms and their shades of dusty and powder pink are often used in interior design. Soft branches with silky petals can decorate the walls of a room, collectible porcelain can embellish the table for the ritual of Afternoon Tea and other home accessories can give a touch of blissful charm to your home.
Let’s get a glimpse of some pictures with this shade of sophisticated pink that La Corte Fiorita selected for you and inspiration will be on your doorstep. Last but not least, the tourism sector has been also enthralled by this magical natural wonder. In fact a lot of tour operators are offering jaw-droppingly breathtaking cherry blossom trips to Japan. Hurry up to book your flight and see you soon!
Who has not heard from Frida Kahlo yet? Nowadays I believe nobody but a very small handful of people living in the middle of nowhere without magazines, tv or technological devices. Undoubtedly, Frida Kahlo was the greatest and most talented Mexican painter of the early twentieth century.
As far as her popularity in Italy is concerned, in recent months a real Fridamania has taken Milan by storm. From February 1st, 2018 to June 3rd, 2018 the city is staging at the Museum of Cultures (MUDEC) Frida: Beyond the Myth, the most important European exhibition ever dedicated to this intriguing artist with a particularly multifaceted identity. More than one hundred works are on display, including oil paintings, self-portraits, drawings as well as pictures and archival materials coming from the two largest collections of Frida Kahlo in the world (the).
Oftentimes Frida Kahlo was more judged for her private life, rather than for her artwork. For this reason the aim of this new tribute is to offer an exceptional perspective on her Frida’s challenging personality and unveil more in-depth her belief, her vision of politics, sexual freedom, maternity and feminism. The success of the exhibition has been unbelievable and now it is undeniable that Frida is a world pop icon.
Her life inspired in 2002 the biopic Frida with the Mexican actress Salma Hayek. Her face, her unique, long, dark unibrows, her red lips and her flowers hairband have been featured practically everywhere, from cushions to wallpapers, to emojis and dolls.
Frida’s signature style has also influenced fashion and interior design. A lot of magazines regularly publish articles depicting homes of stunned beauty with bright colors, e.g. red and blue, typical of Mexican tradition, floral embroidery, tropical patterns, prints with pet monkeys and hummingbirds, exotic motifs, pottery, painted majolica and bamboo or rattan baskets.
These features defined Frida’s home philosophy she adopted in her house, the Casa Azul in Coyoacán, now a museum and pilgrimage site. If you want to be on trend and exude a bit of Frida’s vibe at home, unbridle your creativity and do not be afraid to dare.
Last but not least always believe in the power of interior design and never forget that your home is a reflection of your soul. Frida Kahlo already learned it very well a lot of years ago. See you soon!
Now at its 20th edition, Petra is one of the most representative fairs dedicated to the landscape and high-quality antique art for outdoor spaces.
It is really awe-inspiring for savvy collectors, memorabilia hunters as well as architects and designers who can scour for one-of-a-kind solutions and receive original tips for creating prestigious environments. Exhibitors present hundreds of exclusive items, ranging from antique garden planters to wooden benches, from wrought-iron gates to glass jars, from brilliant fabrics to cast-iron chairs.
Taking a spin among exhibitors’ stands you can easily realize why Petra is different from other traditional fairs. Here every stand perfectly recreates a living space, to which exhibitors give a heart as well as a soul with their signature style. Petra is really a “trunk of collectables” where you can always find something authentic which surely goes beyond the banal. See you soon!
January is usually the month of international trade fairs concerning home design and seasonal decorations. Among those ones scattered across Europe, this time it is worth focusing more in-depth on Christmasworld, which took place in Frankfurt am Main from 26 to 30th January, 2018.
It is the world’s largest new trends inspirational platform for the international decoration sector. Here everything commercial buyers (e.g. wholesalers, retailers, interior decorators and visual artists) need is at their fingertips, because a limitless number of exhibitors from different countries present their latest products collection. Goodwill, a Belgian brand La Corte Fiorita has been having a deep passion for, was there, too.
World renowned for its wide range of accessories for Christmas and other festivities, Goodwill introduced new top themes for 2018. Flower Ballerina, The Great Gatsby, Frog Prince, Golden Lace, Coral Reef and Silver are just some of the highlights. Getting access to its stand every visitor could dip into a world of enchanting decoration among artificial Christmas trees and flowers, ribbons, dolls and figurines, wreaths and garlands, dazzling tassels and mercury glass ornaments.
The constant innovative design, the sophisticated elegance as well as the attention to every detail of its products made Goodwill a top-notch company for more than thirty years till now. La Corte Fiorita sure that its success will last for a very long time and its manufacturing team will strive to do better and better. Enjoy some pictures of Goodwill stand at Christmasworld and see you soon!
(Photo Credit: A very special thanks to Giulia Del Mazza)
Last December Th2018, a color which will inspire and influence every creative sector around the world, from fashion to lifestyle, from design to art.
It is Ultra Violet (hue number 18-3838), defined by the executive director Leatrice Eiseman
It will not just be a color but something more. Admittedly, a way of life. Purple is a characterful hue associated with courage, spirituality and royalty. Violet can be paired with classic furnishings and neutral hues such as milk, ivory, light grey and sand.
Hints of Ultra Violet can be on pillows, throws, lampshades as well as chairs, coffee-tables and sofas.
It can also be used as a perfect backdrop to enliven a wall and not overpower it.
In celebration of this, La Corte Fiorita is thrilled about taking a closer look at this vibrant and perky hue to show how to not only incorporate


Lawmakers worked late into the night Wednesday but were unable to secure a deal to ensure the bill’s passage. President Donald Trump tweeted out a rallying call to supporters on Thursday morning, telling them they were told “many lies” about Obamacare and calling onack his measure.
“Go with our plan. It’s going to be terrific. You’re going to be very, very happy,” the President said.
The vote heralds a moment of massive political significance, especially for Trump – who is desperate for a win after a torrid first two months in power and has been working around the clock to seal a deal – and House Republicans trying to find a way to keep the conservative and moderate coalitions together.
Failure would inflict a serious new blow on the White House in the first genuine test of Trump’s capacity to drive his populist agenda through Congress. It would also severely compromise his self-fashioned image as the ultimate deal-maker.
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s reputation and capacity to control his splintered GOP caucus is facing its toughest test as well – and if the bill goes down, he would likely face speculation about how long he can survive in the speaker’s chair.
Trump would finally register a significant legislative win – something he still lacks nearly two-thirds of the way through his First 100 Days. A victory on health care, along with the likely confirmation of his Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch in the coming weeks, would boost a White House that is increasingly under siege.
Ryan would take a tangible step toward becoming the speaker who finally masterminded the repeal of Obamacare – a significant legacy for the Wisconsin conservative. He would also be free to pivot to policy issues close to his heart, including another Trump priority – tax reform.
And Trump and Ryan would also have a joint achievement that could cement their so-far tenuous political alliance.
Both men used persuasion and threats in the tense hours running up to the vote, focusing especially on thbelieve the “American Health Care Act” does not go far enough to eradicate former President Barack Obama’s prized domestic political achievement. But each concession made to the conservatives made the votes of moderate Republicans who are beginning to peel away from the bill even more elusive.
Ryan probably cannot afford to lose more than 21 members of his own caucus to ensure victory. According to CNN’s latest whip count Wednesday night, 24 leaving the fate of the measure up in the air.
Trump was piling fierce pressure on holdout lawmakers late Wednesday night in a b – a
Of the two camps, conservatives appeared to be more optimistic about cutting a deal with the White House. Chances of the moderates helping the bill over the line began to fade when Charlie Dent, leader of the Tuesday Group of lawmakers, said he couldn’t vote yes.
But as they work to finally jam the bill through the House, GOP leaders and the White House say that though they are hopeful, there is no Plan B.
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In many ways, Republicans face an insoluble dilemma–Democrats argue that Republicans’ promise to provide people with “access” to health care is a code word for actually denying them guaranteed coverage. Trump appears vulnerable in this area because he promised cheaper health care for everyone in his election campaign last year and many of his supporters rely on the Medicaid expansion.
That’s one reason the bill could face such heavy going in the Senate. Another is that GOP senators appear to have little patience for the fast-track strategy that Ryan has used to build momentum for the House version of the bill. The Senate is likely to move at a more stately pace, with a series of committee hearings and a flurry of amendments that will in effect rewrite any bill that is sent across from the House.
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At the time of this piece, I’ve had about 3 years of product engineering experience and have been a father for 1.5 years with another due any day.
One evening I was slumped over my sink. My daughter had been sick all weekend so this Monday was very Monday like. I was barely passing at cleaning the dishes and I knew I had about 3 other things I had wanted to get done before the day was up.
I then realized I obviously couldn’t get all of these tasks done by end of the day, let alone get any time for myself. Which struck my developer brain as we “need to move this sprint.” A sprint being a block of tasks with a due date usually from 1-4 weeks.
Something had to give, important household tasks had to stay and trivial ones were out of the window. As the weeks went on I paid more and more attention to this pattern.
I noticed it, for the most part, directly matched routines and workflows I used at work. You know, except disgruntle clients I had an irritated daughter or wife..


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Account Ice-Time Leaders In The Last Five Minutes
On the heels of a lockout-shortened 2013 NHL season, we stats wonks can look at a silver lining of sorts – a 48-game schedule is a bit easier to compile situational data on than an 82-game one (although it's also less powerful). As an example, let's take a look at something that's always interested me, which players get on the ice the most when the game is on the line.
For the purposes of this analysis, I've simplified things a bit. The focus is on the last five minutes of a hockey game, as that's arguably the most important time-frame. At the five minute mark, a coach takes a look at the scoreboard and decides whether to go for it or not. Who he sends over the boards – stars or scrubs – is influenced by two factors; whether the team has a shot at winning, and whether he trusts a player enough to let them dictate the game's outcome.Both of those factors are at play when looking at who Bob Hartley usson. Another factor was the departures of Jarome Iginla and Jay Bouwmeester with a quarter of the schedule left to go, as that meant some players got a lot more ice-time.OVERALL LEADERSIt's probably not shocking to note that all three of the top Flames late-game minute-eaters were defenders. Yes, Jay Bouwmeester (2:01), Mark Giordano (1:55) and Dennis Wideman (1:53) led the way by a country mile. Rounding out the top five were Jarome Iginla (1:42) and Mike Cammalleri (1:37).The next five players were Jiri Hudler (1:34), Alex Tanguay (1:27), T.J. Brodie (1:27), Matt Stajan (1:22) and Curtis Glencross (1:20). Only four other regular Flames finished with an average of a minute or more played in the last five minutes: Lee Stempniak, Mikael Backlund, Roman Horak and Roman Cervenka. (If you consider playing 10 games as “regular,” then add Max Reinhart, too.)The regulars that didn't crack a minute of the last five in regulation were Cory Sarich, Blair Jones, Blake Comeau, Sven Baertschi, Derek Smith, Steve Begin, Tim Jackman and Brian McGrattan. And again, if you consider 10 games as “regular,” add in Brett Carson.None of these numbers seem all that shocking, except for perhaps the inclusion of Roman Horak in the minute-plus grouping. While he's a strong defensive player, I wasn't so sure that he had worked his way into the good graces of the coaching staff as much as he did.BEFORE AND AFTER THE BIG TRADESThe departures of Iginla and Bouwmeester had a seismic impact on how players were utilized by Bob Hartley. One could argue that was kind-of the point of them. Either way, things changed quite a bit when they left as Hartley began using the young players a bit more and changed deployment strategies as an evaluation tool.First off, six players got more late minutes after the trade deadline as they were learned on a bit more. Four of them were defensemen: Mark Giordano, T.J. Brodie, Chris Butler and Cory Sarich all got sizable minute increases. With Bouwmeester – the team's top minute-muncher – gone and Derek Smith going down with an injury, Brett Carson and Anton Babchuk slotted into the bottom pairing and Butler and Sarich inherited more ice time. Two forwards saw more late time without Iginla, those being Mike Cammalleri and Blair Jones.Oddly enough, five players saw their minutes trimmed back a bit with the younger players entering the line-up. Those were Dennis Wideman, Alex Tanguay, Lee Stempniak, Tim Jackman and Brian McGrattan.CLOSE GAMES AND BLOW-OUTSNow, obviously situations will cause coaches to use players differently. That is obviously the case here, where a clear separation occurred between close games (when the Flames were up by one, down by one or tied with five minutes to go) and blowouts (when they were two or more goals up or down).Perhaps owing to the Flames playing in a lot of close games this year, a lot of players spent more late ice-time in close games rather than blowouts: those were blueliners Jay Bouwmeester, Mark Giordano and Dennis Wideman and forwards Jarome Iginla, Mike Cammalleri, Jiri Hudler, Alex Tanguay, Matt Stajan, Curtis Glencross, Lee Stempniak, Roman Horak, Max Reinhart and Sven Baertschi. That's a lot of players, but the last three names are notable. Reinhart and Horak in particular got a lot of late time late in the year.On the flip side, eight men were shielded and got more late ice-time in blowouts: T.J. Brodie, Chris Butler, Cory Sarich, Blair JonesBrodie's the only real outlier in this group, and he got a lot of late ice-time in all situations after Bouwmeester left.WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?The players that Bob Hartley appeared to trust late in games are the players you'd expect him to trust – the veterans with top-six experience.But it also appears that he gained confidence in T.J. Brodie, Roman Horak, Sven Baertschi and Max Reinhart during the season. That foursome had their late-game minutes increase throughout the season, particularly later on.
Ryan Pike has covered the Calgary Flames since 2010. He's Senior Contributing Editor at FlamesNation and a Senior Writer covering the Flames for The Hockey Writers. He's just trying to capture the spirit of the thing.
#1 MWflames
Not a whole lot of surprises here, but interesting stuff none the less. What I'm happy to see is the growing confidence in the younger guys. I think the question here is do Horak and Reinhart solidify themselves as NHL regulars next season?Obviously we can expect at least 1 or 2 roster movements before the start of the season, so it might be difficult to predict the roster quite yet. However, Horak and Reinhart are both workhorses and intelligent players, so I think it will be difficult for Hartley to leave them off the roster. Leaving Reinhart in the minors would definitely not deter his development, but the lack of centre depth might allow him to step into the roster consistently as early as next year.
#2 KetchupKid
A fourth line with Bouma and Reinhart would make me pretty happy.
#3 Kent Wilson
Reinhart is at least another season away. Horak might be an everyday guy next year. It's hard to take too much from the post-deadline Flames. They were in full on tank mode and Hartley was experimenting with abandon. We'll see what he does when the team isn't doing its best to secure a high draft pick.
#4 BurningSensation
@Kent WilsonI'd suggest that this is Horak's chance to prove he has an NHL career ahead of him as opposed to something over seas. There's a roster spot screaming for him, and he's got Reinhart pushing him from the AHL. If he shows he can't hold down a roster spot at this age and in these circumstances he might not be long for the NHL.
Yeah he's approaching his Boyd moment, where either he proves he can hang with the big boys every night or he can't.


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Matt is freelancing, so we spend a lot of time on Craigslist these days. Craigslist is a really great way to get legitimate jobs. At the same time, Craigslist is also a flaming crap pile full of jobs promising “no pay, but a great set experience” and “IMDB/copy/meals” as if that is actual compensation.
Whether or not things like this are okay,serves as a necessary introduction to the concept. The topic at hand is this: When people try to get staff for free for things that don't actually help anyone's career.
During these past few months, we have seen several posts including and similar to the following:
The only situation where this would be okay is if the event was for a nonprofit and the nonprofit was using its own regular volunteers for the event staff.
Just, as a general rule, people need to get it together and realize what people are and aren’t willing to do for free. If you can’t afford to hire event staff, you can’t afford to host an event. Sorry!


Taking place at Europe’s largest indoor climbing areaho from 4 – 6 October 2019, the Championships will be a chance to see the best European climbersTickets will be only be available for Saturday, 5th and Sunday 6th. (Friday, 4th October is for speed qualifiers and route setting and is not open to the public).


grossing sports app in the US for the seventh year running. The app’s success lies in how well its highlights, news and statistics integrate with the format of baseball; with its three hour games and 162 game season creating a need for snappy stats and snippets of information.. In Europe, meanwhile, Olympic Lyonnaise is setting a precedent for apps tied in with connected stadiums. Alongside the construction of its new, fully connected stadium (The Stade des Lumieres), the club is offering an in-stadium app, which will include food ordering and pick-up, additional video content and transport and navigation guides, tickets and a match countdown. In an entirely different use of apps to assist in sporting events, The Health Ministry of Brazil is set to release an app dedicated to helping visitors to the Olympic Games in Rio this summer to recognise and keep track of the Zika virus. The app will assist in self-diagnosis, give directions to local health facilities and include an Olympic-themed quiz to test user’s knowledge on the disease. Brand new badges The US Soccer team has gone down a digital route in the revealing of their new crest. 10,000 mysterious packages were sent to current and former players and fans. The parcel included bespoke Google Cardboard virtual reality glasses, allowing recipients to watch videos containing instructions on how to open another part of the package, which revealed the new crest on a traditional scarf. They were then Incorporating digital as part of the unveiling of new badges and brandings could be the way forward for UK clubs and organisations. In creating an air of excitement and positioning the new badge as a treat or present for the fans by presenting it this way, they’ve alleviated some of the pressure of possible leaks, as in the case of Manchester City, whose match-day reveal was thwarted by the new designs getting out earlier. Meanwhile, our client Aston Villa has announced and unveiled its new badge, created by SomeOne. The club followed in the footsteps of the Premier League by taking audiences through the new design concepts for its branding and the ideas behind them, as well as showcasing different ways it will be used. For the lighter side of football club badges, check out Southampton’s ’badge announcement’ on April 1 as well as Zenit Saint Petersburg’s response to criticism of its current crest. Social video in sport Instagram announced last month the introduction of 60-second videos on its platform. Whilst Instagram had been popular with sports fans in allowing clubs and teams to publish behind-the-scenes snapshots, the previously 15-second video allowance was extremely limiting. Sports organisations can now isolate Instagram away from Snapchat and Vine and use Instagram for a new kind of video content; longer, with analysis and full shots. In more limiting news (for user-generated content), however; the UK High Court r, as a result of a case brought against sports video sharing site Fanatix by the England and Wales Cricket Board and Sky. It has been called a ‘blow to social video.’ Other digisport developments: Ronaldo comes out on top: Cristiano Ronaldo became the first athlete with 200m followers last month. The footballing star surpassed 200m inInstagram followers. India v Pakistan gets people talking: The 2016 ICC World T20 was the most tweeted about cricketing event ever. There were 1.12m tweets related to #INDvPAK, the official hashtag. Break the routine: The Football League has launched a new social campaign to encourage attendances of midweek football matches. More football clubs are expanding globally, with Juventus FC launching a Chinese social network, and the news that Australia is to get a 24/7 Premier League television channel. Connected foosball: The French Football Federation’s partner, Volkswagen, has launched a new fan experience including the first-ever digital football table, allowing for connected foosball tournaments. Chat with the team >> </s> Bill Oliver, ‘Mr. Habitat’ A well known environmental troubadour, whose approach has been called “Smokey the Bear meets Chuck Berry,” will highlight the El Camino Master Naturalists’ fifth annual Nature Fest April 11-12 at Fair Park.
Theme of the 2014 event is habitat conservation and Oliver is the face of that issue.
For more than 20 years he has entertained, motivated and engaged at campfires and schools.
On Friday, April 11, he will visit Rockdale Intermediate School, then will beatFairParkfora7to8 p.m. program.
Mr. Habitat will return to the park during the Saturday, April, 12, activities with his Otter Space Band.
Fifteen-year-old “Commander Ben” Shraeder will return this year with his “Invasive Hunter Academy.”
Shraeder, who was also at the 2013 Nature Fest, was recently awarded the “the Interior.
SPEAKERS—There will also be a pair of expert speakers on hand at the park on April 12.
Chris Harper of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Department will discuss prescribed fires and vegetation management.
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• “Birds, Birds and More Birds.”
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and take them home.• Garden habitat projects, from Little River Master Gardeners.• Nature crafts, make“goodies” to take home.• El Camino de Los TejasNational Historic Trailexhibit.• Garden Hope, foodplots project by Rising StarBaptist Church.• Face painting.TREES—Again in 2014,Alcoa will hand out freetrees on a first-come, firstserve basis.Free trees include 200crape myrtles (various colors), 100 roughleaf dog-
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Over the last week, IHG have launched their latest ‘Acclerate’ promotion, covering stays from May 15th to August 31st. Regular readers of the site may be a little bored of me writing about the regular Accelerate promotions, but as one of the best promotions in the industry it’s worth giving air time too each time a new promotion is launched.
Stay 5 Nights for 10,000;
Book 3 Stays with the IHG app for 2,900;
Stay 2 Weekends get 5,600;
Stay twice outside country of residence for 11,200;
Book 2 Bonus Point Packages get 3,600;
Complete 6 out of 7 and get 15,000;
One (or more) nights in Vienna before June 30th;
One weekend in Brisbane before August 31st;
One weekend in A N Other Australian destination before August 31st;
She has a total of 42,500 points, in return for the following:
Book 3 Stays with the IHG app for 2,900;
Stay Anywhere Outside of the UK for 8,000;
Get the IHG Credit Card for 2,000;
Complete 4 out of 5 and get 21,100;
Stay before June 30th and get 2,500;
More on the British Airways Customer Experience Push
I’ve outlined the major takeaways  below, and overlaid my own (slightly cynical) view on top:
A new ‘First Wing’ has been opened in Heathrow, linking the check-in areas directly with the lounge. Cynic? Can’t really knock this one.
New lounges have been launched at Gatwick and Boston. Cynic? They only did Gatwick because they moved from the North to the South terminal, and Boston had to happen given the extra capacity introduced by the A380.
New lounges are planned for a number of destinations, including Aberdeen, Rome, Geneva, San Francisco, Johannesburg, Manchester and Chicago. Cynic? A number of these are likely to be standard capital replacement.
A new seat will be launched in Cub World, likely to debut on the A350 with possibility for retrofitting to the existing fleet. Cynic? Seat replacement is long overdue, and there are still no confirmed timings for when this will happen.
Wi-fi will be rolled out to the entire fleet in 2017. Cynic? Pricing looks reasonable so not much to complain about here.
Improved sleep experience in Club World, with improved pillows, duvets and mattress toppers. Cynic? Look like genuine enhancements
New food service, including cutlery and glassware. Cynic? I think these look good, including the tumbler-style champagne glasses, but they look a little style over substance.
Great deals from Australia to Asia with Philippine Airlines
Philippine Airlines have launched a great sale from a number of Australian cities to a wide range of Asian destinations in Business Class. Rather than cover this with a short paragraph in the weekly e-mail, I thought it would be worth providing a bit more detail in this post.
How good are the deals?
When do I have to book by and when can I travel?
The following origins and destinations are included in the sale:
Is Philippine Airlines part of an alliance?
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Posted on 19th March 2017 by The Reward Concierge
It’s been just over a year since Laura and I started The Reward Concierge, and today’s weekly e-mail will be number 50 since the first edition on the 20th March 2016. When we decided to set the site up, we were sat in a small cafe in Clovelly, Sydney, and simply thought it would be a good way of channeling some of my frequent flyer nerd energy and helping people out. We didn’t have any particular interest in making money, and didn’t really know whether we were talking about a hobby or a business.
We’ve booked more than $100k worth of travel;
Clearly, if The Reward Concierge was our livelihood, we’d be homeless and living on tinned ravioli! But as a hobby being squeezed in at the margins of the day, we’re pretty pleased with how our first year has gone. Some of our observations from the last 365 days:
We don’t have enough time to do it ‘properly’. Running a site like this is a significant time investment, and between busy jobs and other commitments, we’re a long way away from doing all the things we’d want to do with the site. I’ve not even managed to do something as basic as set up a proper e-mail signature!
People value the service we provide, but we’d benefit from being able to issue tickets directly. Because neither of us are registered travel agents, we can’t actually issue tickets. On the rare occasions where we do make bookings on peoples behalf, it means complex payment arrangements and a bit more hassle all round.
We’re not good at converting people onto the mailing list. We have plenty of e-mail exchanges with people who get in touch, and many of them are repeat customers, but we’re not great at converting them into having an ongoing relationship with The Reward Concierge via the mailing list.
Introducing more feedback loops to better understand peoples experiences. We’ll be trialling a ‘satisfaction survey’ in the next few months, so we can start to get more quantitative feedback on how people have found their experience.
Looking at becoming a registered travel agent. This isn’t a cheap and easy thing to do, but it would give us the ability to issue airline and hotel bookings ourselves and make things easier for our customers. We’ll be exploring this further over the next year.
Posted in General Interest, Success Stories
Cheap Qantas Points with Qantas Assurance
As a general rule, I’m not a huge advocate of insurance products, but if they’re a source of very cheap airline miles then I’m willing to give them a go. In this case, Qantas are currently offering very generous sign up bonuses for people taking out their insurance products. The points on offer are:
Up to 30,000 points for taking out life insurance;
Whilst the bonus for health insurance is the biggest, it also has  a price floor which doesn’t make it worth taking out just for the sake of the points. The sweet point is the life insurance, which offers up to 30,000 points when you take out a combination of two policies, and because of the potential for low premiums the outlay can be as low as $50 for what is $300+ worth of points.
Head over to the Qantas Assure website: https://www.qantasassure.com/life-insurance and select ‘get quote’.
Enter your personal information and progress through to the product selection screen by selecting ‘Calculate a Basic Quote’, which looks like this:
You’ll see from this screen that the options presented are initially very expensive (surprise surprise). To reduce the price, you’ll need to modify the details under the different insurance times. The cheapest combination I’ve found is the minimum Life Insurance options and the minimum Total Permanent Disability Insurance.
When you’re considering a redemption, you can work out if it’s good value based on your usual spending patterns.
Over the last 12 months, I’ve redeemed 1,463,300 points across 10 different loyalty schemes. Those are: BA, Qantas, United and Virgin (UK & Australia) for airlines; IHG, Hilton, Marriott and SPG for hotels; and Hertz for cars.
Taking inspiration from the recent oscars, here’s an awards style run down of highlights from the last year:
Most points for a redemption (total): 200,000 IHG points for 4 nights at the spectacular InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula in Vietnam.
Most active scheme: IHG, with a total of 440,000 points paying for 14 free nights in 7 different InterContinental and Crowne Plaza hotels.
Best value scheme (per point): Not all points are created equal, so this one is a tough category to judge! Hertz averaged c$10 per point which is at least twice any other scheme. This is primarily driven by the low number of points needed for a redemption (550/day for a car). Ignoring Hertz, Virgin Atlantic wins with an average of c$4.72 per point.
Most valuable scheme (overall): In the last 12 months I’ve used 403,500 British Airways Avios, delivering a total of AU$13,545 worth of savings.
Most valuable redemption (overall): I used 100,000 Virgin Atlantic points for two one-way tickets from London to San Francisco in Virgin Upper Class, which I valued at AU$4,764.
It would be great to hear about your own redemption success stories, and hopefully at least this inspires you to start your own tracker…
Posted in General Interest, Using Your Miles
A rundown of the new Qantas ‘Classic Hotel Rewards’
Posted on 19th February 2017 by The Reward Concierge
It’s well known in the industry that as a general rule you shouldn’t use your airline miles for hotels, as the number of points needed tends to be anchored to the cash price and at a lacklustre rate. British Airways, for example, gives a miserly 0.4 – 0.6 pence per point. And so the prospect of fixed-priced hotel rewards using airline miles would genuinely be new and exciting (at least to me!).
However, and I’m sure you’ve guessed by now, that’s not what we have here! I checked out the pricing of a couple of properties across a number of dates using these Classic Hotel Rewards, with the results below. In summary:
The number of points needed is variable, correlated to the cash price for the hotel – there is no fixed pricing and no arbitrage opportunity.
When using your Qantas points for a standard hotel booking, you’ll be getting around 0.6-0.7 $c per point worth of value.
When using your Qantas points for a Classic Hotel Reward, you’ll be getting around 0.8-1.0 $c per point worth of value.
You can find some of the calculations below. To try and give a few sensible data points, I’ve picked two hotels and a range of dates to test. The first hotel is the Adina Apartment Hotel Sydney Darling Harbour and the Travelodge Perth. The dates I’ve used across both are Thursday 23rd February (something in the next week), Saturday 15th April (Easter weekend) and Saturday 20th May (something vaguely off-peak a fair way in the future).
Points required: Not Available
Internet cash price: $169
Review: United Airlines (UA) 787-9 Economy SYD-SFO Feb 17.
Posted on 12th February 2017 by The Reward Concierge
Last Friday I flew from Sydney to San Francisco with United Airlines, as part of a brief trip back to the UK. This was somewhat a departure from the norm for me, having never flown United before and very rarely flying Star Alliance. Being used to Oneworld, and the benefits that come with a BA Gold card, it was also the first time in a few years where I’d travelled ‘normally’ which provided additional interest!
Before I get into the detail of how it all went, a few vital statistics on the flight itself:
Flight Time: 13h 35min (dep. 12:30, arr. 07:05)
Travel Date: February 2017
I’ll confess I didn’t book these flights out of curiosity to try United Airlines, but because they were significantly cheaper than the other direct options on the route. Because I’d booked reasonably late, Qantas were priced at approximately AU$1,600 return, and United were almost exactly AU$1,000. Given there were two of us travelling, there was no way I could stomach a AU$1,200 price premium to fly Qantas.
I clicked through from Google and booked directly using the United Airlines website. This was relatively uneventful, with nothing particular of note except that there was no additional charge for using a debit or credit card.
Check In & Bag Drop
Online check-in was available at T-24 hours, but given I’d selected a seat in advance (no charge for standard Economy seats), I didn’t do this and opted to sort it all at the airport. When I got to Sydney, they were enforcing use of the self check-in machines, and only accepting you at the service desks once you’d printed your own baggage labels and your bags were ready to be dropped. I understand airlines are looking to cut costs, but I do find this mildly annoying on the basis that it is normally much quicker for a practiced check-in agent to fill in the necessary details, than a passenger who is unfamiliar with the systems. This (very minor) point aside, check-in was quick and friendly and took no more than 10 minutes.
The checked baggage allowance was two bags up to 23kg each, which to me feels very generous for a standard Economy flight. I came in at 21kg, so no first hand experience of whether they would grumble at a single bag that was just over 23kg.
As a status-less Economy passenger, I wasn’t able to access the lounge. If you’re at the right tier with Star Alliance, or travelling in Business, United Airlines passengers at Sydney use the Air New Zealand lounge, and you can find a quick review here.
In my view, this was a shambles. On the boarding pass, it stated that the gate closed 15 minutes before departure, and my plan was to get to the gate around 30 minutes before. At T-45 minutes, a series of ‘final call’ announcements were made over the tannoy including our names and the threat of having our bags offloaded. We picked up the pace and on the way to the gate were met by a United representative, who reiterated that we “had to run” otherwise we’d be offloaded. Having been harried to the gate and treated like a naughty school child (no amount of pointing to the T-15 minute time stamped on my boarding pass helped), we of course then sat and waited in a fully loaded plane for around 40 minutes until the scheduled departure time came round!
I was very impressed with the seat, and would go as far as to say it’s the best I’ve ever flown in Economy. Although marginally narrower than the industry standard, the pitch of 32″ beats most competitor airlines by 1-2″. On a long flight in Economy this makes a difference.
All seats in Economy have video on demand in the headrests, and the entertainment selection was excellent. There’s a focus on new releases and not much by way of a ‘back catalogue’, but I found no shortage of things to watch during the 13 hours in the air.
Wi-fi was offered on the flight, at what I thought were quite reasonable prices. I paid US$21.99 for the whole flight, but you could buy blocks of an hour or two hours for around 1/4 of that price. Speeds fluctuated substantially, with a couple of hours where it was virtually unusable, but overall I was impressed with the availability, speed and price and it made a significant dent in making the flight feel much shorter than it actually was.
The food offering was so-so to poor, but there was at least no shortage of it. Lunch was a choice of curry or pasta, with a turkey and cheese sandwich served in the middle of the flight before a choice of an omelette or fresh fruit for breakfast. I made the mistake of going for the omelette, which was pretty much inedible.
Putting aside my frustration with check-in and the boarding process, I was pretty impressed with United. With a generous checked luggage allowance, better than average legroom, and the ability to use wi-fi inflight for a reasonable price, the flight was comfortable and passed quickly. In future I’ll probably bring a couple of things on board to eat, but I’m not going to hold the food quality against them too much given I can’t think of any airline where the food in Economy is great.
Would I fly them again? Definitely.
Posted on 5th February 2017 by The Reward Concierge
Most of the flights are seasonal, and in general there is only one in each direction each week, so will mostly benefit leisure travellers who are going away somewhere for a week. They are:
dep. MAN 05.50, arr. ALC 09.40;
Dates: 18th May – 1st October
dep. MAN 19.30, arr. IBZ 23.30 (Sat)
Dates: 21st May – 1st October
In terms of new flights from Stansted, unfortunately the schedules haven’t yet been published, but you will be able to fly to Florence, Geneva and Nice. I’ll drop the details of these into the weekly e-mail once they’re available.
How much is airline status worth?
Posted on 29th January 2017 by The Reward Concierge
For the last few years, the amount of flying that I’ve been doing for either work or pleasure has seen me renew my British Airways Gold card without too much thought. This year, with my collection year running February – February, I’ve due to come up a little short. To renew Gold with British Airways, you need 1,500 Tier Points, and I’m currently on 1,465 with no further travel planned in the next 2-3 months.
To work this out, I’ve outlined the key benefits and how I value them below. I’ve split them into ‘Reservations & Service’, ‘On the Ground’ and ‘In the Air’.
Dedicated Phone Line; I end up calling BA quite a lot, and having a dedicated number for Golds often shortcuts this process, especially in times of disruption. This can often be the difference between spending several stressed hours at the airport or getting issues sorted out quickly, so I do value it. £20 – £30.
I think that’s about it! Most of the other benefits of Gold, you also get as Silver, and therefore not worth considering when trying to value the premium that  a Gold card is worth. If you add all of the above up, you get a valuation of between £320 / AU$530 and £460 / AU$765.
That makes it just about worthwhile to spend the money on flying around aimlessly to renew for another year, and is why  in the next couple of weeks I’ll be spending a day flying to Perth and back!
Understanding the huge differences in taxes & charges between different redemption options
How has the value of a frequent flyer point changed in the last 12 months?
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“Seattle has been particularly cruel to its homeless community members by constantlss and could access democracy vouchers to fund candidates who fight for their interests Seattle might start taking a more compassionate approach,” Grant said in a press release.
It’s a provocative idea. As we reported last fall, the homeless have a keen interest in public policy, as elected officials debate their rights. However, they face seriousLinda Mitchell, spokesperson for Mary’s Place, a shelter for women, children, and families, listed for us last October said. “When you’re struggling to find housing and you’re living in a shelter situation, figuring out where to find a voter-registration form is probably not the highest priority of the day,” she says.
John Wyble, Grant’s campaign manager, says it’s unclear how many Democracy Vouchers the campaign has received from homeless people, but says they have come in. Wyble says the idea of signing people in encampments up for the program came to him as Grant “was going through there and saw there was an opportunity to engage people in the process that hadn’t been there before.”


Mon 4/26: Hip-Hop For Justice: Voices from the Underground	1:17 pm The Barnard-Columbia ISO is happy as all hell to be sponsoring this excellent event: DAM will be joining us all the way from Palestine, Shadia and Lowkey will be coming from the UK. Don’t miss it.
Check a video of one of DAM’s new songs and information on discrimination against Palestinians in Israel.
Held Auditorium (Room 304 Barnard Hall), Barnard College
3009 Broadway (between 116th and 117th Street)
Featuring artists: DAM, Hasan Salaam, Shadia Mansour, Lowkey, and Mazzi.
RSVP Here. From Palestine to NY to the UK, this panel and performance will address the power of conscious hip-hop and hip-hop as a social movement.
How is/can hip-hop be used as a tool to mobilize, empower and? How powerful is hip-hop as a means of advocacy: speaking out against war, genocide, conditions in the ghetto and the life of poverty? How can this powerful art form transcend boundaries, break down walls and stereotypes, and provide understanding among marginalized communities throughout the globe? Does the rise of hip-hop among marginalized groups internationally demonstrate an important trend?
Hip-Hop emerged as an innovating artistic form in the late 1970s in New York City. Historically, it has been a way for marginalized communities, specifically Blacks and Latinos, to express the struggles of their people and to highlight local problems to a global scale. Now there is a growing hip-hop movement amongst Arabs, both domestically and internationally, who use it as a means to express the struggles of their people. This panel will discuss the importance of this global dialogue and how it can be used as a space for unheard voices to be recognized.
***Entrance fee: $5
SColumbia Students for Justice in Palestine, TURATH, LUCHA, International Socialist Organization, the Black and Latino Student Caucus, NYU Students for Justice in Palestine.


The City’s current Housing Element, which covers the planning period of 2013-2021, was adopted on August 6, 2013, by the City CouncilOctober 11, 2013. Per State law, the City is required to update its Housing Element every eight (8) years. HCD has established October 15, 2021, as the deadline for certification of the next planning period (2021-2029) for cities located within Los Angeles County.
The City of LynwoodpeCity of Lynwood General Plan that establishes policieels within the City of Lynwood. The goal of the Housing Element policies and programs is to propose ty for the development of new housingThe Lynwood City Council approved a Professional Service Agreement with Infrastructure Engineers on March 16, 2021, to prepare the 2021-2029 Housing Element and related EIR. Based upon a preliminary time schedule, Infrastructure Engineers anticipates that the updates will be completed no later than October 2021. This site will be used to update the community on the progress of updating the City’s 2021-2029 Housing Element. For specific questions or to sign up for email notifications, please email Al Armijo at |||EMAIL_ADDRESS||| or Michelle Ramirez at |||EMAIL_ADDRESS||| responsible for d allocates each jurisdiction its fair share of housing responsibility for the planning period. The current planning period is October 2021 through October 2029.


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After dropping for decades, groundwater levels in some areas along the upper San Pedro River are rising. The reason: An capable of increasing flows in one of southern Arizona’s last flowing rivers.
The Nature Conservancy and its partners in the Cochise Conservation and Recharge Network seem to have found a formula that works for the river and surrounding local communities.
Cochise County Supervisor and an early supporter of this effort.
The network projects help the river in two ways. First, the lands are protected from future groundwater pumping, avoiding an estimated 1 billion gallons per year of groundwater pumping that used to occur. Second, three projects now in operation are capturing about 1 billion gallons of stormwater and effluent and putting it back into the underground aquifer each year. That’s 2 billion gallons of groundwater a year.
Additional stormwater and effluent recharge projects are being planned, including a first-of-its-kind facility to recharge excess water flooding off the City of Sierra Vista’s streets, sidewalks and other hard surfaces.
The San Pedro River, one of two Arizona rivers that flow north from Mexico into Arizona, is a hot spot for migrating birds and provides habitat for unique wildlife of the northern Mexico and southern Arizona region including jaguar, coatimundi, gray hawk and ringtailed cat. The San Pedro is a tributary of the Gila River, and both are within the Colorado River Basin.


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Xander Ford, better known as former Hasht5 member Malou Arizala, has been the talk-of-the-town in recent weeks. But it was the latest viral video on Facebook that made Ford’s trolls come out and bash him online again.
In the video KAMI obtained through the Facebook page Palakang Bastos, Ford was seen onstage singing his own rendition of a Sarah Geronimo song titled, “Kilometro.” It seemed to be a mini concert that took place Friday (Dec. 1) at one of the malls in Gapan City, Nueva Ecija.
Unfortunately, the said concert only attracted a few number of people. Hence, Ford decided to stop his performance and walked out of the show.
The said video has gone viral and earned hundreds of negative comments from the netizens. Some were even joking that the mall show was jampacked even the video showed the opposite.
There were some who took a jab on Ford’s popularity and attitude, not to mention the plastic surgeries he recently underwent. But if there were negative comments, one netizen pointed out that the rumored walk-out was not a real deal.
In fact, it reportedly happened during the rehearsals of the show, PhilNews.ph noted. This assumption of the previous video was proven to be true as Zeibiz reported it was in fact a practice show, and posted the actual guest appearance of Ford during the E-Home opening event at Primark Mall.
A netizen also posted a photo in the comments section of the video posted by Palakang Bastos. Meanwhile, Ford earned the ire of several KathNiel fans when his controversial video that body shamed Kapamilya teen star Kathryn Bernardo leaked on social media.
In addition, Ford also made headlines when his cosmetic surgery procedures were documented on “Rated K” and when his agency, Star Image Artist Management, reported that he was missing.
The 20-year-old internet sensation, however, released two videos that assured he’s doing just fine and wanted to rest, as per Rappler.
KAMI strongly believes in upholding the freedom of speech. But it does not mean that we support cyberbullying.


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School Sports Start
Lexington athletes will start their ‘fall’ practices on August 1st. Football, volleyball, and cross country will start their practices. The male coaches will bweek, come home on Wednesday, and get ready for the season to open.
The cross-country team will be much like the volleyball team. They have a large group of returning runners that should do very well due to their experience.


SOCKS5 Proxy: What is it and What Advantages Can Using Them Offer Us
May 24, 2021 Matt Mills Internet 0
One of the factors that Internet users value the most is keeping their privacy safe. For this reason, protecting our data is essential. However, we also want to browse anonymously and that the different organizations and internet providers do not collect information from us. Thus, for this reason, and to avoid geo-blocking, the use of VPNs has grown a lot. However, to achieve these objectives we can use other equally effective alternatives such as the SOCKS5 proxy, which we will discuss in detail below.
Before starting with the main topic, we are going to clarify a couple offinal concept. Therefore, we are going to define proxy server and SOCKS, so that when we get to the SOCKS5 proxy, we have things clearer.
What is SOCKS5 proxy
What advantages could you get by using SOCKS5 proxy servers
A proxy server can be defined as a server, program or device that acts as an intermediary in requests for resources made by client A to another server C. A typical form to do so is through a request to B that will transfer the request to C, so came from A. Then, the response will also go through B, which is the proxy and will be offered.
This is a diagram that shows how a proxy works:
Among the advantages of the proxy server are control, since they can restrict the rights of users. Also the speed, since it can cache and save a response for when another user requests it. Let’s not forget about anonymity, since it allows us to connect anonymously to an external resource without having to reveal our IP.
Regarding SOCKS, it is an Internet protocol that will authorize client-server applications to use the services of a network firewall in a transparent way. An example could be users behind a firewall who need to access servers from outside. The solution to use to connect would be to use a SOCKS proxy server.
It should also be noted that this protocol has gone through different versions. In that sense, the latest SOCKS5 supports UDP, allows the SOCKS server to resolve host names for the SOCKS client, and IPv6.
One important thing to note is that it is not as secure in terms of protection as VPNs. However, the SOCKS5 proxy offers some important benefits and could be an interesting service in many situations.
As for the way in which we could connect to a server of this type, it would be using one of these three methods:
No authentication. We would not need any identification to use the proxy.
Identification by username / password. We will have to provide our credentials in order to connect to the proxy.
GSS-API identification. In this case, both we and the server will use identification tools at the operating system level to verify our identity.
Regarding the benefits that the use of proxy servers of this type could bring us, we have:
It allows us to bypass Internet blocks. For example, if our IP is blocked on a platform, by using a different IP we will avoid this blocking.
Faster and more reliable connections than their predecessors, since SOCKS5 proxies can use the UDP protocol.
They may allow us to view censored or geo-blocked content.
Masking our IP makes knowing and stealing our information a more difficult task for cybercriminals.
Improves anonymity and accidental privacy leaks.
Lastly, using a SOCKS5 proxy can improve our privacy as long as it is private. This is because, when it comes to a free proxy, the product can be us. Thus, it is possible to sell our data or receive personalized advertising.


I have looked in the Showcase section and almost all websites have some kind of delay in loading images and data from some sections. Can the loading speed be optimized buying instances and upgrading account?
Well actually all pages behavs the same. is there no option to NOT reload header or some elements while navigating through the websites?
So the speed can be improved by buying instances?
To get you started, here is a suggested search: https://forum.bubble.io/search?


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