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10 Best Country and Americana Songs of the Week: Dierks Bentley, Kassi Ashton and More

Bentley’s collab with Brothers Osborne, Ashton’s sassy “Taxidermy,” Darius Rucker’s new Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ cover and more songs you need to hear now

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Songs by Dierks Bentley and Kassi Ashton are among the 10 country and Americana tunes you must hear this week.

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A Nineties vocal group’s sentimental and welcome return, an all-star collaboration led by Darius Rucker, and the most bitchin’ Beach Boys-esque summer song not recorded by the Wilsons make up this week’s best country and Americana tracks.

Nicki Bluhm, “Battlechain Rose”

Nicki Bluhm’s new album To Rise You Gotta Fall is out today, marking her first studio release since parting ways with both her band the Gramblers and her fellow band member/husband Tim Bluhm. One of the LP’s standout tracks is “Battlechain Rose,” a Ryan Adams co-write that chronicles the emotional difficulties she faced in the wake of her divorce and her relocation from San Francisco to Nashville. The track retains the Americana rock sensibilities of her earlier work, but incorporates a smoky Southern Gothic vibe that fits the difficult subject matter. B.M.

Mike and the Moonpies, “Beaches of Biloxi”

“Beaches of Biloxi” made its first appearance earlier this year on Texas honky-tonkers Mike and the Moonpies’ Steak Night at the Prairie Rose, and earlier this week the Elvis-in-Vegas-worthy vamp got a fresh spin with a David Bellarosa-directed video. Putting the spotlight on Moonpies’ pedal-steel player Zach Moulton, the video follows the bearded gambler as he rides a cold hand and goes for broke (after going broke) by hocking his Gretsch for one more shot at redemption. The song, however, doesn’t need saving, or even luck: it’s an instant winner, a snapshot of a true-blue country band on a hot streak. J.G.

Jerry Castle, “Lil Bit”

Get out while the gettin’s good, preaches Jerry Castle in this lush jam. The Virginia-raised singer-songwriter who found inspiration for his last album by floating in a sensory-deprivation tank emerges refreshed on his new LP Brand New Hello. Or does he? Peer beneath the sunny vibes of “Lil Bit” and you find a narrator who is fed up with the bullshit of Trump’s America and overloaded by the daily propaganda. But Castle’s frustration is our gain, as he delivers one of the most instantly catchy – and danceable – songs about being pissed off this year. J.H.

Kashi Ashton, “Taxidermy”

Kassi Ashton trades a notch on the bedpost for a trophy on her bedroom wall in the funky “Taxidermy,” about giving a hurtful lover his comeuppance. The Nashville-by-way-of-Missouri singer is all sass here, upending the objectification of women by ogling the man she’s stuffed for her enjoyment. “Rug on the floor / couch made of leather / you sure know how to bring a room together,” Ashton sings in the bridge, revealing herself to be a devilish songwriter who isn’t afraid flip convention on its head. J.H.

Dierks Bentley, “Burning Man”

The lead-off track from Bentley’s upcoming The Mountain may not be a single yet, but it sure needs to be. A hard-charging rocker, “Burning Man” is a high-water mark for Bentley – his most affecting song since 2015’s magnificent “Riser.” “Burning Man” builds on that ballad’s theme of evolution, as Bentley assesses his place in the world as a 40-something troubadour: “I’m a little bit steady / but a little bit rolling stone.” Brothers Osborne also turn up, with singer TJ offering a verse and guitarist John delivering a solo as white-hot as the song’s title suggests. Insert fire emoji here. J.H.

Lori McKenna, “People Get Old”

In the lead single off her forthcoming album The Tree, Grammy-winning songwriter Lori McKenna wistfully reflects on her youth, facing the reality of a fleeting, ever-changing life. Inspired by McKenna’s father, “People Get Old” is flush with nostalgia, delivered via lyrics that are both simple and incredibly evocative. The story chronicles her journey from childhood to adulthood to parenthood, uniquely capturing the treasured bond between dad and daughter – one that shifts with time but never loses its value. At times a tough listen, “People Get Old” is the latest reminder of McKenna’s status as one of country’s most poignant storytellers. S.S.

Dwight Yoakam, “Then Here Came Monday”

Any day with a new Dwight Yoakam single is a good one, even if it is a song about Mondays. The iconic artist dropped “Then Here Came Monday” (and b-side “Pretty Horses”) last week, debuting them on his SiriusXM channel Dwight Yoakam and the Bakersfield Beat. Co-written with Chris Stapleton, “Then Here Came Monday” tells of the all-too-real pain that rolls around Monday morning after a long weekend of drinking your troubles away. B.M.

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10 Product Backlog Tips

By Roman Pichler, 2nd November 2016
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Working with the product backlog can be challenging, and many product owners wrestle with overly long and detailed backlogs. This blog post provides ten practical tips that help you work with your product backlog effectively.

Tip #1: Complement your Product Backlog with a Product Roadmap

Use a roadmap to sketch the overall journey you want to take your product on. State the upcoming major releases with their goals or benefits. Then derive your product backlog from the roadmap and use the goals to discover the right backlog items. This ensures that your backlog is aligned with the product strategy, and it helps you decide which items should be added to the product backlog and which should not.

Product Roadmap vs Product Backlog

Tip #2: Focus your Backlog on the Next Major Release

Use the product backlog as a tactical tool that states the product details–including epics and user stories–that have to be implemented to deliver the next major release. This results in a concise backlog, which is comparatively easy to update and change. The longer-term growth of your product should be captured on the product roadmap.

Tip #3: Start with a Short and Sketchy Product Backlog

Particularly when you create a new product or new features and keep the lower-priority items coarse-grained. Use the user and customer feedback to decide which feature to implement, to evolve the product backlog, and to refine its items. It’s OK, however, to have a longer, more detailed backlog when your product is mature and your focus is on incremental changes and bug fixes.

Tip #4. Collaborate with the Development Team

Involve the team members in the product backlog work. This allows you to benefit from their knowledge and creativity and discover technical risks and dependencies. It also increases the understanding and buy-in of the team members and results in better, clearer requirements.

Tip #5: Say No

Decline ideas and requirements that do not help you meet the release goal and move you closer to realising the product vision. This ensures that your product has a clear value-proposition, and it prevents your product from getting bloated. If the idea or requirement is important but cannot be realised in the next few sprints, then consider adding it to the product roadmap.

Tip #6: Look beyond User Stories

While user stories and functional requirements in general are important, they are usually not enough. Also consider the user interaction, the nonfunctional qualities of your product, and the user interface and capture them in your product backlog.

Tip #7: Prioritise your Backlog

Use uncertainty and risk to decide how soon an item should be implemented. Addressing uncertain items early on allows you to test your ideas, to fail fast, and to learn how to continue. Complement risk with cost-benefit and take into account dependencies when necessary.

Tip #8: Proactively Manage your Product Backlog

Regularly groom and refine it together with the development team. Analyse the feedback and data collected from exposing the latest product increment to the users and apply the new insights to the backlog: remove and add new items, and update existing ones. This maximises the chances of building a product that users really want and it keeps the product backlog up to date and concise.

Tip #9: Get the Backlog Ready

Break larger items into smaller ones by leveraging the insights gained from exposing product increments to the users. Ensure that the high-priority items are ready for sprint planning: the items should be clear, feasible, and testable. This facilitates a realistic commitment, and it helps the team turn the items into a product increment without having to constantly ask you during the sprint what the user story means and if there is something missing.

Tip #10: Make your Product Backlog Visible and Easily Accessible

Try a paper-based product backlog and put it on the wall. Such a backlog offers several benefits:

  • It is clearly visible and creates transparency–assuming that it’s on the team room wall and people are colocated.
  • It alerts you when your backlog is becoming too big, as you will be running out of wall space.

A tool like my Product Canvas helps you structure and visualise your backlog.

Sample Product Canvas

If using a paper-based product backlog is not possible, employ an electronic tool that is easy to use; or consider a mixed approach with some of the items on the wall and others–like the high-priority stories–in a tool like JIRA.

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10 practical tips to help you work with your product backlog effectively and prevent it from becoming too big and complex.
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Source: https://www.romanpichler.com/blog/ten-product-backlog-tips/

13 comments on “10 Product Backlog Tips

  1. Tseten Gongya

    Hello Roman,

    I am a big fan and find the resources in your blog very helpful. I’m dealing with the dilemma of how to incorporate a physical board along side the use of a digital tool for backlog tracking (as the business requires us to use one due to the nature of a particular project). I wondering, from your own experience, how you can best make this work without creating too much ‘overhead’ of tracking (either for the team, Scrum Master or PO) as the team should be focused on the actual work and not the tracking of it. That being said, the way they are currently using both is causing some confusion as team members might update one but not the other and vice versa.

    Your feedback is appreciated!

    • Roman Pichler

      Hi Tseten,

      Thank you for your feedback and question. When working with a backlog that is partially physical and partially electronic, I like to visualise epics, scenarios, workflow diagrams, sketches, and global non-functional requirements like robustness and interoperability on the wall using my Product Canvas template. I store the detailed, ready user stories in an electronic tool like JIRA or a spreadsheet. This makes the big picture visible and easily accessible and it allows conveniently sharing the items to be worked on in the next sprint.

      Does this approach work for you?

  2. tushar

    Hi, thank you for this post I agree with your point that Use a roadmap to sketch the overall journey you want to take your product on. State the upcoming major releases with their goals or benefits. very useful information

    • Roman Pichler

      Thanks for your feedback Tushar!

    • Roman Pichler

      Thanks Tushar. Glad to hear that you find the post helpful.

  3. Kaya

    What helps me the most in case of backlogs is the deep analysis of the tasks waiting – as you said, DEEP. Prioritising sounds obvious but is ommited very often.
    I’m to try creating dimensions like described on here: http://kanbantool.com/blog/how-to-deal-with-an-ever-growing-backlog , what do you think about this method? Have you tried it?

    • Roman Pichler

      Thanks for your comment Kaya. if you struggle with a long product backlog, the try the following: Limit it to the next major release or three months; keep the lower-priority items coarse-grained; say no to ideas and requirements that are not moving you closer to your release goal and/or vision. If you are interested in experimenting with structured product backlogs, take a look at my product canvas. Hope this helps!

  4. Tommi Joentakanen

    Insanely valuable post. Thank you!

  5. Andreas

    Hi Roman,

    all good points! Some I already had in mind, others not yet. The one with vertical products will be really hard, I think. Ten years of component-focused development and product management will be hard to overcome. However, product portfolio management is what I miss most.

    Thanks a lot!

  6. Andreas

    In my current situation, I have at least seven products in my backlog. There is a mix of customer-facing products and software components that are required to make the rest work. Hence, maintenance stories exist along with product features, customer requests and bugs. Unfortunately, I act more as a proxy PO since we have product managers for most of the products . However, I am also missing roadmaps that I could use as input for product-based backlogs. I am seriously thinking to switch to Kanban for the maintenance team and use Scrum for roadmap-based product dev only.

    If you have any advise, that would be great!

    Thanks for sharing your know-how anyway!

    • Roman Pichler

      Hi Andreas, It sounds like you are facing four challenges: How do you best slice your products? How do you capture how each product is likely to develop? Which process is best suited for developing new features, which for maintenance? And finally, who owns the products?

      To tackle the issues, I suggest you get together with the product managers and and the team. Decide how you want to set-up each products to enable effective development. Consider using vertically aligned products, products that have a user-facing part as well as the middle tear or backend components necessary to provide the desired functionality. Capture each product in a separate product backlog and create a product roadmap that communicates how the product is likely to grow in the next 12-18 months. Decide which process is best suited to develop each product. For products that are being maintained, a Kanban-based process is likely to be more appropriate than Scrum. Finally, tackle the ownership piece. Discuss who manages which product, and who manages the product portfolio.

      Does this help?

  7. Nina Madeira

    Excellent article. Thank you for sharing!

  8. Agile Scout

    Solid article. Thanks for sharing!

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Holiday Inn Resort is a luxury hotel located on the spectacular Mobor Beach in South Goa. This 5 star hotel is ideal option for leisure and business travellers that can offers wide varieties of facilities like outdoor pool, activity zone, kid's playground, health club, game room, beauty salon and spa. Hotel also offers spacious ballroom for parties and business events that can be divided into three separate halls

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    This scam entails the tenant sending their deposit to the landlord by cheque, but for a greater amount than what they are supposed to and asking for a refund. The landlord pays in the cheque and then sends the difference back to the tenant, only to find that the cheque bounces (is fake) and they cannot get the money back they returned. Cheques can bounce a number of weeks after being deposited, it is recommended you wait 30 days or check with your bank to ensure the cheque is fully cleared.

  • Choose house or flatmates carefully

    This scam involves a lodger or housemate moving in and appearing to be completely legitimate when in reality they are being opportunistic and looking to steal identification such as passports, credit cards, bank details and driving licenses, then promptly leaving.

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Prevention & Early Detection

Fallopian tube cancer is highly treatable when it is detected early. Knowing the risk factors as well as the symptoms of the disease is a critical step in early detection. The risk factors for developing fallopian tube cancer include:

Cancer Screening

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  • Increasing age: The risk of fallopian tube cancer increases with age, though it can occur at any age. The average age at diagnosis is between 50 and 60.
  • Race: Caucasian women are more likely to develop fallopian tube cancer.
  • Family history: A woman’s risk increases if she has a family history of fallopian tube cancer.
  • Genetic mutations: Current research indicates that the same BRCA1 mutation that causes breast and ovarian cancer may also be linked to fallopian tube cancer.

Not all women who develop fallopian tube cancer will have one of these risk factors. And those who have multiple risk factors may never develop fallopian tube cancer. That’s why it’s up to you to be aware of your health history and what is normal for your body. If you experience any of the symptoms of fallopian tube cancer or feel you are at an increased risk based on the list above, talk to your doctor.

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Roswell Park offers genetic counseling by health care professionals with specialized graduate degrees and experience in the areas of medical genetics and counseling. During a genetic counseling consultation, information and support is provided to individuals who have a personal or family history of cancer and who may be at risk for an inherited condition like ovarian or fallopian tube cancer. Information gathered is interpreted in terms of the risk for specific cancers, assessment for an inherited cancer susceptibility syndrome, risk to children and other relatives and options for screening and genetic testing.

If genetic testing is recommended, blood tests will identify the presence of particular genes, particularly BRCA1. These tests may confirm a specific gene change (mutation) as the likely cause of a diagnosed cancer and possibly modify medical management. Genetic testing is specific to an individual and family. All results are kept confidential and reviewed with the individual by a member of the Clinical Genetics Service.


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Chris Whalen vs. Nouriel Roubini on Karl Marx Being Right

Chris Whalen : "Marx created the term 'capitalism'. It's a pejorative, insulting description that says all economic activity is a matter of greed," . "If you're any sort of libertarian. If you believe in American principles of democracy and free enterprise, just the fact we use the term 'capitalism' should insult you. We need new labels." Whalen explains

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Additional Crew Announced for 2018 World Rowing Senior Championships

In addition to the crews announced earlier this week for the 2018 World Rowing Senior Championships in Bulgaria this September, Rowing Ireland is pleased to announce the addition of a lightweight men’s quad to the team.

The team that will compete in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from September 9-16 is now as follows:

LM2x Paul and Gary O’Donovan
LM4x Andrew Goff, Ryan Ballantine, Jake McCarthy, Fintan McCarthy
LW2x Denise Walsh, Aoife Casey
W1x Sanita Puspure
W2x Aileen Crowley, Monika Dukarska
W2- Aifric Keogh, Emily Hegarty
M2x Ronan Byrne, Phil Doyle
HM2- Shane O’Driscoll, Mark O’Donovan

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Stika SV-8 Desktop Cutter

Ideal for small offices, schools and hobbyists, Roland STIKA vinyl cutters produce colorful POP displays, labels, and iron-ons. Creating custom vinyl graphics has never been faster or more affordable. Bundled CutStudio software lets users tile up to 64 designs and contour cut printed images.

Feature Summary

  • Accepts media from 200 to 215mm wide and cuts up to 160mm wide (A4)
  • Lightweight, compact design
  • Sheet Adjust Lever
  • USB connection
  • Roland CutStudio software included
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Print & Cut TransfersIn addition to cutting vinyl and other materials, the new STIKA makes an easy-to-use and cost-effective print/cut solution. Users print registration marks with their desktop printer, load the printed graphic into the cutter, send the file to the STIKA and it contour cuts the graphics. It’s perfect for creating colorful POP displays, decals, iron ons and more.

Stika cutters handle a wide range of materials including vinyl, paint mask, reflective vinyls, twill, heat transfer, and etching material.

CutStudio Software

CutStudioEvery STIKA ships with Roland CutStudio. This powerful design software lets you reduce, re-position, rotate, tile and mirror images. It enlarges images as crisp as original size and cuts TrueType fonts without outlining. CutStudio also supports BMP, JPG, STX, AI, and EPS file formats.The latest plugins for Adobe Illustrator (Mac and PC) and Corel Draw (PC) are also included.

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Making professional-looking graphics is a snap with the STIKA. Simply design your graphics with bundled Roland CutStudio software, peel away the excess vinyl, and apply. It’s that easy. You can even contour cut printed graphics using your desktop printer and the STIKA driver.

USB ConnectionWith a convenient USB port, the STIKA offers plug-and-play capabilities for both Mac and PC systems. The USB cable is included.

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ISORoland cutters have earned worldwide reputation for reliable performance and outstanding results. Today, like all Roland products, they come with an international ISO certification. This signals Roland’s commitment to offering top quality products backed up with first-rate customer service and a wide variety of supplies and accessories.

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17 Dec 2018, 16:34 ... cts-remain

The government has introduced what it claims to be the biggest package of workplace reforms for 20 years after concerns that ministers have failed to appeal to voters who are “just about managing”.

Legislation that comes into effect on Monday will increase fines for employers who have deliberately victimised their staff, and give workers details of their rights from the first day in their job.

The reforms, outlined by the business secretary Greg Clark, plan to stop the “unfair” use of pay-between-assignment contracts which allow businesses to opt out of equal pay arrangements for agency employees. Measures will also be taken to ensure that seasonal workers get the paid time off they are entitled to.

The reforms will be seen as a direct appeal to Labour voters and an attempt to get back to the values expressed by Theresa May in July 2016. In her first speech as prime minister, May said: “If you’re from an ordinary working class family, life is much harder than many people in Westminster realise. You have a job but you don’t always have job security.” She pledged to protect those who were “just about managing”.

Labour has questioned whether the plans will do anything for people on zero-hours contracts. Unions said the reforms were a missed opportunity to rebalance power in the gig economy.

The reforms, covered in a report called the Good Work Plan, are based on the recommendations made by former Tony Blair adviser Matthew Taylor in his review into employment, especially in the so-called gig economy. The government has pledged to implement 51 of Taylor’s suggested 53 reforms.

Legislation will be introduced to give workers details of their rights from the first day in a job, such as eligibility for sick leave, pay levels, maternity and paternity leave.

The maximum employment tribunal fines for employers demonstrated to have shown malice, spite or gross oversight will increase from £5,000 to £20,000.

Ministers are also committing to legislate to improve employment status tests to “reflect the reality of the modern working relationships”. Despite calls from unions, the government said the reforms would not ban zero-hours contracts, in keeping with Taylor’s recommendations, because that would “negatively impact” more people than it helped.

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady welcomed some reforms such as the decision to scrap the so-called “agency worker loophole”.

However, Grady said the government had missed an opportunity to bolster the rights of zero-hours workers. “These reforms as a whole won’t shift the balance of power in the gig economy. Unless unions get the right to organise and bargain for workers in places like Uber and Amazon, too many working people will continue to be treated like disposable labour.

“The right to request guaranteed working hours is no right at all. Zero-hours contract workers will have no more leverage than Oliver Twist,” she said.

Rebecca Long Bailey, shadow business secretary, said the reforms will do little to combat the government’s attacks on workers’ rights such as an increase in employment tribunal fees, the Trade Union Act and low wage growth.

“These proposals do nothing to tackle the growing number of people on precarious zero-hours contracts and with their botched Brexit deal threatening jobs and rights they’ll have to do a lot more than this to reassure workers,” she said.

The government claims the reforms will make the UK the first country in the world to address the opportunities and challenges of the gig economy and its impact on a modern economy.

They form a key part of the government’s modern industrial strategy, a long-term plan to help businesses create better, higher-paying jobs in every part of the UK.

Clark said: “The world of work is changing, bringing new opportunities for innovative businesses and new business models to flourish, creating jobs across the country and boosting our economy.

“Today’s largest upgrade in workers’ rights in over a generation is a key part of building a labour market that continues to reward people for hard work, that celebrates good employers and is boosting productivity and earning potential across the UK.”

Taylor told the Guardian: “I think this is a welcome and substantive response from the government and will make a real difference to the working lives of millions of workers, particularly those in the most vulnerable positions.”

One business representative broadly welcomed the suggested reforms. Matthew Fell, CBI chief UK policy director, said: “Businesses support a strong floor of workplace rights, and it’s right that these laws keep pace with changes in the economy and society.

“They welcome a new law giving all workers the right to request more predictable working hours which will help to facilitate the conversations that are essential to ensuring flexibility benefits both parties.

“However, legislation to amend employment status rules risks making the law less able to adapt to new forms of work in the future,” he said.

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In a custody dispute the primary document used is called a petition. Either parent may file a custody petition with the Family Court. Once the custody petition is on file with the court either party may make an application to dismiss the petition for a variety of reasons.

Some reasons for dismissal is that the petition is defective, the petition is missing vital information or is simply insufficient.

In the White Plains Family Court a mother made an application to dismiss the father's custody petition on the grounds that the parties had a signed and notarized agreement as to custody and visitation. The mother in the White Plains Family Court claimed that since there was this signed agreement the agreement itself should control and the Westchester County Family Court did not have jurisdiction because the agreement was a contract and as a contract the only court that court have jurisdiction was the New York State Supreme Court.

The father by his attorney Andrew Proto, objected to the dismissal and argued that the Westchester County Family Court was the appropriate jurisdiction. The father also argued that simply because there was a written agreement he was not precluded from filing a petition with the Family Court because there was a change in circumstances in the agreement and the Family Court was in the best position to hear all arguments to determine facts regarding custody of the parties 5 year old daughter.

The Family Court agreed with the father and denied the mother's motion to dismiss.

Custody Petition

The primary argument behind any custody petition is what is in the child's best interest including issues the parties may raise involving legal and physical custody. The importance of the initial petition should not be overlooked as it is the foundation of the entire proceeding. Any Family Court petition should be drafted by a Family Court lawyer with knowledge of the individual facts of the case and a great knowledge of the New York State Family Court Act (FCA) and the New York State Domestic Relations Law (DRL).

It is common for attorneys to have insufficient petitions dismissed or use an insufficient petition against the party as a failure to state a cause of action.

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U Of Missouri-st. Louis Student Guilty But Free To Leave Russia

By: Donna Walter
(reprinted from the St. Louis Daily Record & St. Louis Countian, September 3, 2007)

An UMSL student detained in Russia is free to return to St. Louis.

Roxana Contreras’ trial concluded Friday with Russian prosecutors dropping charges that the student was trying to smuggle old medals and coins out of the country. The judge, however, found her guilty of the lesser crime of buying the items and ordered her to pay a fine of 15,000 rubles, about $585.

"I cannot believe it. The prosecution dropped the contraband charges," Contreras told Sonya Bahar, her thesis adviser at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Contreras was facing a possible seven-year prison sentence on the smuggling charges.

She told Bahar she expects to head back to St. Louis in a few days. "She sounded thrilled and excited," Bahar wrote Friday in an e- mail.

Vassiliy Tsytsyarev, a member of the research faculty at UMSL from Russia, spoke over the phone with Contreras’ lawyer, Aleksei Andreevich.

According to the lawyer, Tsytsyarev said, the prosecutor asked for a fine of about $100 for the illegal buying charge but the judge increased it.

The lawyer surmised his client was a victim of bureaucracy and that the aggressive prosecution of the contraband charge was not a reflection of the Russian authorities’ perception of Contreras or their perception of the United States.

Contreras was visiting friends in Voronezh, in southwest Russia, in June when she bought the items from a street vendor as souvenirs. As she was preparing to fly out of the city on June 14, Russian officials confiscated the coins and medals and charged her with attempting to smuggle contraband out of the country. The items are valued at about $30.


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World Bank slams Russia`s dependence on oil

Investment in Russia remains low relative to GDP, and plays only a “marginal role” in manufacturing and service sectors. That’s the gloomy conclusion of the World Bank, which lends money to developing nations, in a report published on Monday.

The head of the World Bank in Russia, Klaus Rohland has revealed why the government will damage its own economy by putting up barriers to foreign direct investment in its uncompetitive service industries.

He says the risks are springing from moving towards a protectionist economy.

“The key temptation behind that raise would be for the government to raise protective barriers, and to shield companies from competition. Yet we believe that would be short-sided, because we know from worldwide expertise and experience that you only get competitive industries through competition,” Rohland said.

The Chief Economist at Deutsche Bank Russia, Yaroslav Lassavolik revealed just how dependent the country was on its reserves of energy.

“More than 2/3 of Foreign Direct Investment coming into Russia in the course of this year is going into the fuel sector which obviously a constraint from the point of view of quickly diversifying the economy. It’s no wonder that economic diversification given this polarisation especially centred around the fuel sector. This is the reason why economic diversification is such a priority,” Lassavolik said.

Before his arrest, Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak announced Russia would pay off 80% of its estimated $US 4 billion debt to the World Bank.

Although experts call this as a prudent move, it also reveals a conservative fiscal policy which may not be prepared to liberalise its markets as foreign companies demand.


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Joe Fejes Sets 72-Hour Mark of 329 Miles

Breaks record held by legendary ultrarunner Yiannis Kouros.

Joe Fejes wrapped up 2012 nicely by breaking the event record at the Across The Years 72-Hour Run in Glendale, Arizona. Fejes, a 47-year-old resident of Georgia, amassed 329.64 miles over 72 hours between December 29 and January 1. In doing so, he surpassed the heretofore unapproached event record of 323.42 miles, set by Yiannis Kouros in 2005. He also improved by 49 miles his winning tally at last year's event.

How impressive was Fejes' feat? To start, consider that Across The Years also has 24-hour and 48-hour events. With his daily average of just more than 109 miles for the three days, Fejes averaged more miles per day than the winners of the 24-hour (Ian Sharman, 109.18 miles) and 48-hour races (Volodymyr Balatskyy, 207.86 miles).

But taking down the Kouros mark is what really turned heads in the ultra community. The Greek runner holds world records at 100 miles, 1,000 kilometers and 1,000 miles, as well as at 24-hour, 48-hour and 6-day events. As ultrarunner John Morelock put it in an e-mail to Runner's World Newswire, "The 72-hour run is not a recognized event by USATF or IAAF; however, any time someone breaks a record held by Kouros, some incredible running was done."

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Entegra Coach Emblem Motor Home Class A

The all-new class A Entegra Coach Emblem is a symbol of comfort that you are going to want to see, drive, and own!  Built on a Ford F53 chassis and powered by a Triton V10 gasoline engine, the Emblem is ready and waiting for your next journey.

Inside, you will find the residential feel to be especially welcoming with high-intensity LED recessed lighting, easy care vinyl flooring, plus day and night roller shades that let you decide how much outdoors to bring inside.  An electric fireplace is also available for those cool chilly nights when you just want to snuggle up inside. The stainless steel residential appliances and solid-surface countertops provide a sense of home, and with a 21 cu. ft. refrigerator you can easily stock up for the week so you can relax and enjoy your time away staying out of the stores.  At night, a king size bed will whisk you off to dream land where you will wake feeling refreshed and ready for a new day of adventure.

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FARSAP logo Hastings

The signal box opened in 1930 as a replacement for the two previous boxes and as a preliminary to the rebuilding of the station, goods yard and the major remodelling of the layout. It is equipped with a Westinghouse A2 frame which over the years has changed from an essentially mechanically locked frame to one that mainly uses electrical locking.

The geographic location of the station can be seen on a current OS Map by following the link. The map will place the selected location at the centre of the map panel, roll the mouse over the icon(s) to reveal what they represent. Increase the scale using the scale selector on the left to separate closely positioned icons.

This video is intended for viewing at a maximum screen resolution of 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels high. Please be aware that viewing at a larger size may result in a loss of clarity and a 'grainy' appearance.

Copyright © of the FARSAP videos belongs to the Friends of the National Railway Museum.
The material may be freely used except for sale or advertising purposes.

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Filmed by: Neil Mackay
Filmed on: 14 July 2017
Interviewer: Richard Pulleyn
Narrator: Luke Arnold
Signaller: Luke Arnold
Deputy Local Operations Manager: Nick Wellington
Technical Advisor: Charles Weightman
Video Editor: George Duncan

Key Chronology

1851 Ashford to St Leonards opened by South Eastern Railway including the station at Hastings.
by 1863 Block working in use by SER.
1891 Hastings East Yard and Hastings West Yard signal boxes opened.
1899 LCDR & SER form a joint committee to work the two companies as a single entity but both companies remain legally separate.
1909 Hastings East Yard and Hastings West Yard signal boxes replaced.
1930 New Hastings signal box opened, replacing both previous signal boxes.
1935 Brighton to Ore electrified by Southern Railway.
1977 Ore signal box closed, control transferred to Hastings.
1979 Hastings (Ore) to Rye changed to Tokenless Block working.

An explanation of signal box classifications will be found in "The Signal Box" and in the Society's Signal Box Register series of books.

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Ball Mill

Ball Mill

Ball mills are used primary for single stage fine grinding, regrinding, and as the second stage in two stage grinding circuits. According to the need of customers, ball mill can be either wet or dry designs. Ball mills have been designed in standard sizes of the final products between 0.074 mm and 0.4 mm in diameter.

  • Suitable for grinding material with high hardness
  • The shape of the final products is circular
  • No pollution for the powder with ceramic ball
  • Stable performance Easy installation
  • The capacity and fineness can be adjusted by adjusting the diameter of the ball.

The ball mill is key equipment in grinding industry, especially in mineral ore dressing plants. It is widely used for the cement, the silicate product, new type building material, fire-proof material, chemical fertilizer, black and non-ferrous metal, glass, ceramics and etc.

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About Meerkat Manor Carnarvon

Meerkat Manor is situated in the small Karoo Town of Carnarvon. We offer two houses and five caravan stands to travellers. Each of the two air-conditioned houses have five comfortably furnished en-suite bedrooms with double or single beds.

The kitchens in both houses are fully equipped for self-catering, but meals are available on request. The communal lounge is furnished with a TV with DStv.

Meerkat Manor provides a comfortable braai area, as well as safe, off-street parking in shade. In summer guests can cool off in the rock pool or just relax on the 'stoep'. Various shops as well as cafés, as well as a restaurant, are within walking distance.

Carnarvon is rich in history and interesting places to see. The local museum hosts a variety of interesting pieces of the cultural history of the region. A tortoise reserve close by is home to 60 mountain tortoises. Some respond to their names and will come over for a snack when called.

Carnarvon also serves as the home of MeerKAT, a radio telescope under construction in the bid to host the Square Kilometer Array telescopes against Australia. A MeerKAT engineering test bed of seven dishes, the Karoo Array Telescope or KAT-7, is already complete on site and the construction and commissioning of the full MeerKAT array will follow.

Visit Carnarvon and enjoy the friendly people, breathe in the clean Karoo air and watch the unforgettable night sky.

  • Braai/Barbecue
  • Swimming Pool
  • Pet Friendly*
  • Satellite TV*

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Afrikaans
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Very clean and comfortable. The hosts are very helpful and accomodating.

Elizabeth Louw, South Africa
05 June 2016

We enjoyed a lovely stay at Meerkat Manor. Driving from Johannesburg to Cape Town, a stop over in Carnarvon is a must.  Susan is a wonderful hostess and really made us feel at home. A pet friendly, very comfortable stop, to be recommended!

Monique Woodborne, South Africa
03 May 2016

Susan was wonderful! Helpful, kind and made us feel most welcome. Thank you Wonderful and clean!

ian Fraser, South Africa
28 December 2015

We greatly enjoyed our one night stay at Meerkat Manor and will stay there again when in Carnarvon. It was comfortable, friendly, quiet and secure. The owner seemed to have some query about a duplicate booking....

Peter Grobbelaar, South Africa
27 October 2015

The house is well maintained and has lovely finishes. Bed was super comfy.

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What’s the definition and meaning for identity theft in today’s world?

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The term identity theft gets thrown around so liberally, and it’s frustrating to me, because a person’s “identity” comprises so many variables that people don’t immediately realize. The dictionary defines identity theft as “the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person’s private identifying information, usually for financial gain,” but I’m guessing that’s an outdated definition. To clear the air (and to help me prepare for my social studies class), could you guys provide me with what you would consider to be the meaning of  ID theft? Much obliged, and for the record I consider you guys to be the experts on this particular topic 🙂

-Josh V

The dictionary definition is correct, but you’re right it’s somewhat broad. We would define identity theft (or conversely identity fraud) as a crime in which an individual posing as someone else takes advantage of one or more sensitive and personally identifiable pieces of information (such as a date of birth, address, social security number, driver’s license number, etc.) in order to impersonate that other individual. The key here is impersonate, since the resulting crime can only be successful if they fool people into thinking they’re someone they’re not. The crimes that result from this, as you may guess, become more numerous as we rely more on technological advances. The balance between the benefits technology provides, and privacy it takes away from us, becomes more precarious the more comfortable our lives become.

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We recommend, booking your appointment in advance.
Walk-ins are welcome but subject to availability. All spa appointments are subject to availability and require client information before service. When booking, please advise the front desk or therapist of any health conditions, allergies or injuries you have experienced that could affect your service. This is important, as we want you to have the very best experience possible.

Please honor our staff by notifying us with a minimum of 3 hours in advance if you need to cancel. A cancellation within 2 hours will result in a 50% charge of the total services booked. A “NO SHOW” will incur 100% of the total services.

We encourage you to arrive 30 minutes before your initial scheduled appointment, especially for massage, facial or body treatments. This will allow you time to slip into a robe, fill out your massage/facial questionnaire, and relax before your services.  Arriving late for your appointment will limit the time available for your treatment thereby reducing its benefit and your enjoyment.  Unfortunately, late arrivals cannot be guaranteed an extension of scheduled treatment out of courtesy for the next scheduled clients, so please be on time.

As the spa offers each guest a tranquil setting, we appreciate you turning off your cell phone and speaking quietly while inside our spa facility.
Before your treatments, we suggest that you remove all jewelry and contact lenses for facial. Please make your service provider aware of any piercings, gages, or hair extensions, etc.
In general, massage and body treatments are given while you are unclothed. You will be covered with a top sheet throughout your session. However, you may choose to wear undergarments. This is your massage and you should feel as comfortable as possible.


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Starseed Perfume for embracing your cosmic power

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My Starseed Perfume was crafted to help you embody your true self. Star people, or starseeds, are first born to a different planet, or a star, and then sent to Earth. They are sent here to help raise the vibration of the planet – to illuminate and assist, and help us understand the meaning of life. Star people sense from a young age that they don’t belong. They’re usually old souls that feel misunderstood. They feel divided –  as though they belong anywhere but here. Deep down, they have memories of a different life. They know they’re not human, and so they never feel residence within their body. A perfect example? The late and beloved David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust himself. This offering is for anyone who is born a starseed.

The deeper magic of my Starseed Perfume

Starseeds remember everything until their memory of wonder starts slipping away – but through that struggle still comes all the radiant powers of love, healing, and creativity. Use my Starseed Perfume to help you return home.

My Starseed Perfume has notes of violet leaf, yarrow, and ginger lily. Violet leaf is mysterious, just like a starseed. It travels where no mortals dare. It is silent, seductive, and persuasive, helping you realize your greatest potential. Yarrow is the energetic messenger of the heavens since it was planted by the creator. It balances yin and yang energies received from the moon, stars, and sun. Yarrow also acts as a conduit for the opening of intuitive perception and acceptance of the hidden faculties of the mind. And finally, ginger lily – wonderful for connecting to higher vibrations, and assisting in the connection of Self with the Divine. Each 15 ml bottle of my Starseed Perfume is infused with a labradorite chip stone to further amplify its properties. Labradorite is the stone of the dark moon that promotes creativity, facilitates new beginnings, and draws down the energy of the night, the mysteries of the Universe, and the depth of your soul. Enjoy this magical offering, sweet starseeds!

Note: This product is made with natural essential and carrier oils, and may contain fragrance oils. Cap color, chip stone, and color may vary slightly. For external use only.

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A spectacular sporting event, a feast for the eyes and sailing history brought to life. Off Flensburg, the amazing twelves determine their world champion.

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A San Francisco-based company and the global leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure has maintained its edge over their competitors by relying on patented technology to disseminate press releases within milliseconds to thousands of media points. This technology allows them to control their client’s sensitive information before it hits the wire. Maintaining their security posture is of top importance to remain SOC 2 certified and complete two audits each year.

In 2015, the company was using a legacy identity management system that was hard to maintain and being phased out of the industry. Their password management platform was homegrown and unfortunately neglected. The business was adopting an increasing number of applications that required integrations to manage and grant access. Many of the app integrations did not exist with their legacy solutions, making it difficult for users to request access. Getting their environment on track to provide value to users, remove the manual burden from IT and allow them to demonstrate compliance more effectively became a top priority. The team liked the flexible and quick time-to-value a cloud-based identity program provided. Their hybrid IT stack had introduced more cloud integrations over the years, further validating this approach. By partnering with SailPoint, their cloud-based identity governance journey began.

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The director of web systems and global support prioritized implementing their automated password management solution first. He wanted to quickly reduce the number of helpdesk calls and tickets being opened. “One of the major wins with SailPoint’s password management solution is the ability to enforce complex passwords with valid characters and preserve the password history for each user. We no longer struggle with enforcing these best practices – SailPoint does it for us,” he reflected. The drastic reduction in help desk tickets has freed up the IT team to focus on more serious IT projects and incidents.

The team then moved their focus to implementing access certification capabilities which would automate the bi-annual campaign they ran for auditors. For each campaign, they contacted management across the organization to review their employee access. Access is either approved, revoked or reassigned – all tracked through SailPoint. They can also send reminders to managers who have not completed their certifications. Trails of approvals are provided to auditors to demonstrate proper controls are in place for managing access. When access is revoked, it’s now immediate and 100% of their certifications are completed for each audit. Over the past few years, they have improved the process as well, going from nearly one month for a certification period to two weeks. “This speaks wonders to the efficiencies we’ve created and the level of comfort our managers have with the process and SailPoint,” he shared.

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San Diego Craft Beer Walking Tour Itinerary

With so many breweries producing such a wealth of different beers, it can help to focus your plans around a geographic region or even by the types of beers you want to experience.

By: Bruce Glassman, Author of The San Diego Brewery Guide

A Hop-Lover's Downtown Tour

If there's one beer style that could be considered quintessentially San Diego, it's our India Pale Ales (or IPAs). And when it comes to IPAs, San Diego brewers do not skimp on the hops! Here’s a roadmap for exploring Downtown San Diego brews and the local IPA bonanza.

First Stop: Karl Strauss

Where: 1157 Columbia Street

There are usually about 10 selections on tap here, which regularly include Pintail Pale Ale and Tower 10 IPA, both of which deliver plenty of hoppy goodness in a medium-bodied package that pairs well with food. If one of Brewmaster Paul Segura's special beers is available—such as Tower 20 Double IPA or Big Barrel Double IPA—don't pass them up.

Second Stop: Mission Brewery

Where: 1441 L Street - walking time from Karl Strauss: about 20 minutes

Here, you can check out a few of Brewmaster John Egan's hoppy brews, including El Conquistador Extra Pale Ale, which delivers an impressive amount of hops in a very sessionable beer (in other words, it's easy to drink!). Moving up in intensity is Mission IPA and then Shipwrecked Double IPA, which is among the brewery's most popular and best-selling beers.

Third stop: Monkey Paw Brewery and Pub

Where: 805 16th Street - walking time from Mission: about 15 minutes)

Here, you'll not only find a great selection of excellent Monkey Paw brews, you'll also have one of San Diego's best tap lists at your fingertips. Chances are a number of fantastic pale ales and IPAs from all over San Diego will be available, but don't pass up a chance to taste some of Monkey Paw's own. Hooked on Chinook (a single hop IPA) and Bonobos (a San Diego Pale Ale that delivers tons of citrus, honey, and floral hoppiness) are both delicious. And, what's more, you'll be drinking at a gold-medal winning brewery: Bonobos won gold at this year's GABF (Great American Beer Festival) in a crowded field of 120 entries.

Optional Stop 4: Coronado Brewing Company

Where: 170 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA 92118

If you really wanted to add an extra dimension to your downtown hop tour, you could walk to the ferry at Seaport Village (just a 15 minute walk from Karl Strauss) and float on over to Coronado, where you'll find Coronado Brewing Company. There, you can sip three or four delicious elixirs, including Frog's Breath IPA, Islander IPA, or Idiot IPA. And, when available, Belgian IPA Hoppy Daze is always a favorite.

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Hundred Years since Citizens of BiH named a Street by Noble Englishwoman Miss Irby

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The Noble Englishwoman was born in 1833 in Boyland Hall in Morningthorpe, England as Adeline Paulina Irby. People from the region will be forever grateful to her because according to some data she saved lives of more than 40.000 people from the region, from Sarajevo, Dalmatia, Slavonia and other places.

Her father, Rear-Admiral Frederick Paul Irby, was the second son of the Lord Boston. Adeline lost her mother quite early. Her mother belonged to a family of the most prominent bankers of Nottingham.

In the spirit of the times, after graduating Miss Irby and her university friend Georgina Muir Mackenzie took off on a journey throughout Europe. On their first trip which they took in 1859, they traveled through Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary, publishing stories from this trip in the book “Through the Carpathians” in London in 1862.

In 1861, they took off for their second trip and found themselves in the Balkans. They wrote a book on that trip too, titled “Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey in Europe” and printed in London in 1866. The book was published in New York the same year, and translation to Serbia language was published two years later. The talented and veracious Englishwomen wrote down everything they saw and experienced during their tour of the Slavonic countries under the Turkish rule, and their work was a true success.

“When I came to Bosnia, I saw one good and big-hearted nation. The misfortune of that nation and suffering of its sons evoked in me the sense of mercy and I decided to dedicate my life to the efforts to alleviate their suffering and mitigate those misfortunes,” Miss Irby wrote down.

Miss Irby broke all prejudices of the readers on “wild Slavs” living in the Balkans about whom the majority of English people knew almost nothing. Truth about the nation whose once powerful empire was subjugated by the Turkish conquerors was presented to the English readers. Priceless cultural and artistic treasure of the one powerful empire has been wantonly looted, destroyed and demolished, and people were tortured, oppressed and humiliated.

One part of the book that largely helped Europe and England change their views on this part of the world resembles a guide with many priceless, clear and practical guidelines for future travelers, written down with a dose of humor. After meeting this nation that does not give up, after studying its folklore, traditional national songs, religious and family life, the two Englishwomen grew fond of it and found Bosnia, the country where they want to live.

At the time of the Herzegovina Uprising in 1874 and 1875 and during the Serb-Turkish Wars in 1876-1878, humanitarian role of Miss Irby was crucial in the care of refugees, displaced and impoverished persons, most of whom were children.

Some data say that from Sarajevo to Dalmatia and all the way up to Slavonia, Miss Irby saved lives of more than 40.000 people. She founded schools, built homes for children without parental care, constructed settlements for accommodation of homeless people and procured medicines for the ill and the wounded ones.

Thanks to her efforts, Serb population of the area gave her the name Noble Miss Irby and they never forgot her selfless assistance. All her assets and all her knowledge this woman dedicated to education and upbringing of girls across Bosnia and Herzegovina.

After the Austro-Hungarian occupation of BiH in 1879, Miss Irby dedicated herself to a new school for poor Serb girls in Sarajevo. She founded the first girl school in this part of the world and first educated teachers in BiH were protégés of Miss Irby.

In addition to organizing classes together with Miss Mackenzie, Miss Irby constructed the first building at her own cost. She acquired many sympathies in the local community and her school continued operating until her death. She was decorated with several decorations by Serb kings, and her death in 1911 left many people grieving. By her own accord, she was buried at the Koševo Cemetery in Sarajevo.

Ceremony on the occasion of 100th anniversary of the birth of Miss Irby in 1934 was reported about by many newspaper of the time, and the ceremony was attended by English, German, Italian, Belgian and Czech consuls, which is just another confirmation of how respected this English woman was.

Ivo Andrić, a Nobel Prize laureate born in BiH, wrote about Miss Irby: “Irby was the noblest and the most prominent Englishwoman”.

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Last weekend we continued our Christmas celebrations! On Friday, the school I work for hosted a Christmas event for students, families, staff, etc. They had Santa and Mrs. Claus, a bounce house, snacks and hot chocolate, and all kinds of kids games. Liam enjoyed a few of the activities, and he was looking so cute in his little Christmas sweater.

Liam loved Mrs. Claus' glasses
He wasn't too sure about sitting on Santa's lap

The goal was to throw the hoola hoop around the stockings, but he just liked listening to it rattle.

Family pic by the "fireplace"

On Saturday, my mom came over and watched Liam for us. Lee and I picked up our friends Derrick and Kelli, and headed to Louisville, KY for the day. We stopped at a winery on the way and did a wine tasting. After the wine tasting, (I switched to water so I could drive), and we ate some salami, Gouda, and pretzels and the rest of the gang had another glass of wine. I definitely want to come back in the fall, because they have a nice deck with tables and chairs that overlooks a pretty treeline that would be extra pretty when the leaves change.
A little wine tasting with 2 of our favorite people
After the winery, we went to Lights Under Louisville, which I definitely recommend. Lee and I have gone here 3 times now for the lights (and 2x zip lining) and it is a great light display! Its an old limestone mine, and you get to drive through the cave to see the lights. It is about a 25 minute experience. You definitely want to plan your timing, because on the weekends there's a nice wait to get into the cave. I think we waited just under an hour, but we didn't mind because we were catching up with friends.
A few pics of the lights we saw!
This ice skating rink made of lights was my fav!

Before heading home, we stopped for dinner at Monnik. This was our first time eating here, and we really enjoyed it! I didn't take any pics of our food, but we had the truffle fries as an appetizer, and Lee ordered a burger, and I had the Pub-Style Chicken Curry. It was not too spicy, but rather a little sweet. A unique choice for me, and I was glad I stepped out of my usual box.

Heading to dinner!

Of course we stopped at Starbucks before heading home, and I enjoyed my favorite Starbucks drink, Caramel Brulee Latte. The coffee + company kept me awake while driving home.

Sunday we went to our nieces' church dedication, and had some Red Lobster for lunch. We spent the rest of the day cleaning up the house and playing with our sweet Liam.
We had to take a pic of our food and send it to my dad, who loves Red Lobster, but wasn't with us for lunch.

It was a fun weekend with a perfect mix of friend/family time, and lots of holiday fun.

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A week after Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc across the Gulf Coast, much of Florida braced itself for Hurricane Irma, one of the Atlantic’s most powerful storms ever recorded. While charitable donors cannot prevent these disasters, they can make a lasting impact on the lives of those affected by strategically directing their contributions.

In the first two weeks following Harvey, Fidelity Charitable made over 8,700 grants, totaling more than $15.7 million in relief support across more than 1,000 charities. And donors have already started an outpouring of support for relief efforts for Irma. Fidelity Charitable uses analytics from SAS to monitor the needs and granting trends for its more than 150,000 donors when disasters like these happen.

The second-largest grant-making organization in the country, Fidelity Charitable uses SAS® Visual Analytics to power its Disaster Grant Dashboard for data exploration, interactive reporting and analytics as part of its overall Disaster Relief Guidance program.

“We’re always improving our Giving Account (donor advised fund) program to make charitable giving simpler and more effective,” said Amy Pirozzolo, Head of Marketing for Fidelity Charitable. “In 2016 alone, donors recommended $3.5 billion in grants to support more than 100,000 charitable organizations in every state and around the globe. The benefit of a donor advised fund is that when disaster strikes, donors already have charitable contributions ‘at the ready’ to immediately aid those in need. The Disaster Grant Dashboard specifically helps us monitor how donors are reacting to national and global news, watching for the ‘tipping point’ so we can quickly highlight the opportunity to assist donors in their charitable grant-making decisions when situations arise.”

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