![]() ![]() The experience can last a few moments or up to a few minutes. ![]() Don’t Sweat the One-on-Ones, PleaseĮvery character has at least one of these special one-on-one scenes built into their track, where you and the actor can enter a previously locked room alone. These intimate moments can sometimes lead to very special “one-on-one” interactions. Sometimes even a gesture with their eyes means that you should follow them. This is not a full-contact experience, but actors might extend their hand out for you to take, or place their arm around your shoulders. If they try to acknowledge you in any way, allow them to. Sometimes, characters will begin to notice you almost as if you are something that makes the hair on the back of their neck stand up. Let your voyeuristic little heart run wild. If you happen upon an empty room with a single character inside, there is no need to wait for them to invite you in. Level of Interaction – Who Are You?įor the most part, the characters in the show will not acknowledge you. Everyone will have a completely unique experience, and it is physically impossible to see the entire show in one night. If you’re going with a group, plan on splitting up and comparing notes later. The only limitation is that audience members are asked to stay silent. There is no right or wrong way to experience the show. Some participants choose to follow the same character for their entire hour-long loop, while others can enjoy getting lost in the lavish set, letting their discovery of the story elements happen more sporadically. If you stumble upon something you’ve seen before, it’s your choice: stay and watch the scene again from a different perspective and learn more information about the characters, or go uncover another story line. Styled as a sandbox immersive, you have free reign to explore anywhere in the building, unless you come to a locked door or roped off area with a security guard. Basically, don’t plan on spending your evening in a seat somewhere, or in any one place for very long, for that matter. The interweaving of the characters’ tracks tells a larger story, one that could only be viewed by some omnipresent being. Some characters are confined to a single floor while others traverse the entire building, with pathways entwining and diverging throughout. Each character has their own, unique hour-long track that unfolds in real time. In a nutshell, the actors mainly use dance to communicate. The story is primarily told through meticulously choreographed dynamic movement with almost no dialogue. Whichever ticket you buy, plan on arriving at the building at least half an hour before your time slot so that you can maximize your time. Often times there are two shows per night – start times ranging from 4pm for the early birds to 10:30pm for the night owls. You will have two more chances to watch the “beginning” of the show as it loops back around later in the evening. That being said, the show consists of three one-hour-long loops, so if the first entry time is sold out, don’t panic. If you decide to purchase a ticket to anything other than the earliest time slot, know that you will be missing out on the very beginning of the story. SLEEP NO MORE is an immersive adaptation of Macbeth with a run time of about three hours. I want to share it with others, and more importantly, I want to pass on the respect and gratitude that I feel toward the show. All of this is to say that I care deeply about this show. The memory of that very first visit led me to seek out the immersive theater community in L.A. Particular songs, smells, or even the décor in some hip speakeasy will immediately snap me back to 2011 and the first time that I experienced the show. One might even say my wedding had a subtle SLEEP NO MORE theme. I spent a summer working front of house on the show and sneaking into the space on my breaks. ![]() I’ve shelled out money that I didn’t really have in order to return to the McKittrick Hotel a dozen times since the show opened. Now, I don’t claim to be the end-all-be-all expert, but for the better part of a decade, this show has been a constant influence in my life. Still just as obsessed as ever, my friend had volunteered on the show by “fireproofing the apothecary,” a phrase that sounded completely ridiculous at the time, but is wholly impressive in retrospect. A few years later, in March of 2011, SLEEP NO MORE opened its doors in New York. I can only remember tiny details something about Shakespeare, something about the show being staged in an old elementary school, and something about… dancing? I didn’t get it. I had never seen someone talk about a show with such fervor. In 2007, a friend of mine at NYU told me about an immersive theater show that they had seen in Boston.
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![]() The Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center is open and safe to receive care. Employees confirmed to have COVID-19 or suspected of having COVID-19 due to symptoms will not come to work, adhering to COVID-19 isolation protocols as per Kaiser Permanente and CDC guidance. We are also moving quickly to test all emergency department employees and physicians for COVID-19. Using our infection prevention protocols, we are investigating the outbreak and using contact tracing to personally notify and test any staff or patients who were exposed during this time period based on CDC and public health guidelines. We will ensure that every affected staff member receives the care and support they need. We have determined that 43 staff members at the Kaiser Permanente San Jose Emergency Department have tested positive for COVID-19 between Dec. "The health and safety of our patients, employees, and physicians is our highest priority. ![]() Read the hospital's full statement from Jan. A day later, officials on Sunday afternoon said the number of infected emergency employees rose to 44. The hospital first reported 43 staff members had tested positive on Saturday. "At the same time, we are taking steps to reinforce safety precautions among staff, including physical distancing and no gathering in break rooms, no sharing of food or beverages, and masks at all times." "Obviously, we will no longer allow air-powered costumes at our facilities," Chavez told ABC7 News. An ongoing investigation and contact tracing among staff and patients are underway. All areas of the department are undergoing a deep cleaning along with routine cleaning. The hospital adds that the emergency department is still open and safe to receive care. VIDEO: COVID-19 victim given 1% chance at life tells emotional survival story ![]() It is important not only for everyone to get vaccinated, but to receive the required two doses of vaccine to be protected." ![]() The hospital says they "would not be expected to have reached immunity when this exposure occurred. That's what we call aerosol generation."Īs for vaccinations, the emergency department staff at the hospital was the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine less than 10 days ago. "Airflow on droplets can give these droplets super powers, make them smaller and lighter, and keep them suspended in the air and potentially blow them around. "These random air currents from the leak, in concert with the random movements creates an unpredictable flow," said Chin-Hong. Peter Chin-Hong about how an inflatable costume could contribute to the spread of the virus. We asked UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. "If anything, this should serve as a very real reminder that the virus is widespread, and often without symptoms, and we must all be vigilant." "Any exposure, if it occurred, would have been completely innocent, and quite accidental, as the individual had no COVID symptoms and only sought to lift the spirits of those around them during what is a very stressful time," Chavez said. RELATED: Ambulances wait hours to offload patients as Santa Clara County hospitals burdened with soaring COVID-19 cases Out of respect for the patient's family and privacy, hospital officials are not releasing more information. 25, the hospital confirmed with ABC7 News on Sunday night. The staff member who died passed away from COVID-19 complications and was working in the emergency department on Dec. 3, Irene Chavez, senior vice president and area manager of the hospital, said in a statement. The hospital told ABC7 News that the spread "may" have been connected to an employee who appeared briefly in the emergency department wearing an "air-powered costume" on Christmas Day.įorty-four staff members at Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center's emergency department tested positive for COVID-19 between Dec. (KGO) - Kaiser Permanente is investigating a COVID-19 outbreak that has killed one and infected dozens of employees at a San Jose hospital after Christmas. Hospital officials say an inflatable Christmas costume may be to blame. One employee has died and 44 staff members at Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center's emergency department have tested positive for COVID-19 within the past week. ![]() ![]() When you tap the sync icon, the sync fails, but the Kobo will still check privatelyįor firmware updates and give installation instructions. kobo directory, run: sqlite3 KoboReader.sqliteįrom the SQLite prompt, run INSERT INTO user(UserID,UserKey) VALUES('1','') Īnd exit and disconnect the Kobo from the computer. kobo directory, which includes the file KoboReader.sqlite. Instead, open the Kobo’s internal storage so it can be accessed from the computer. Connect the e-reader to a computer, but do not download the Kobo app as directed.When setting up a Kobo, at the Welcome Screen select the Don’t have a Wi Fi network? option.Lee Yingtong Li blogs a simple way to bypass the registration while still making use of the site: In addition, Kobo keeps its own list of your purchases from its site. One of the unnecessary intrusions on privacy with Kobo is that it requests registration with the company site for use of the web browser and firmware updates. Neither KOReader or Plato is a complete replacement for the proprietary interface yet, but both function adequately and should soon match Kobo. Use at your own risk.įigure 3: Plato is a promising free interface for Kobo e-readers, but still in rapid development. Other models may or may not be open to all the modifications supported by these models. Note, too that the Kobo Clara HD (Figure 1) and Kobo Glo HD seem among the most popular models to hack. The closest thing to a centralized site for information is the Kobo Hacks and Utilities Index, but do a web search for additional scattered information. To show what can be done with hacks, I’ll cover several of the most useful documented hacks. These experiments sometimes make Kobo a moving target for hackers, but its primary use of the open ePub format makes it popular among those who prefer not to use the proprietary formats like MOBI used by Kindle. For instance, Kobo’s first releases supported a Debian client, and several of its early devices used LCD displays rather than e-ink. Over the years, the company has shown a strong tendency to experiment with its hardware, no doubt in an attempt to increase its market share. The company also hosts its own site for ebooks and audio books. Rakuten Kobo is a Toronto-based company, whose products are a distant second to Kindle e-readers in market share. Still, the variety and ingenuity of known modifications is proof of how determined the free hardware and software communities are to bypass the arbitrary restrictions imposed by proprietary hardware. Moreover, as always when hacking, you may sometimes risk bricking your device. New Kobo models are released frequently, so all documented hacks do not work for every e-reader, especially hardware hacks. However, while I have used Kobo e-readers for a decade, I only recently started to explore Kobo’s hacker community. Any piece of proprietary hardware eventually spawns a community of hackers. Floral arrangements are more exact as these are pre-arranged and do not change shape after being created. As they are hand made taller plants may vary a few inches in height. Please note that plant and tree heights are approximate. Shaping these plants and trees will reduce the size. When we specify that a plant is 37" wide we measure the plant with the leaves or stems extended to the sides. For hanging baskets, for example, the length of the artificial flower or artificial plant is the longest hanging stem measured when it is fully extended. When we say an artificial tree is 6' high we are measuring from the bottom of the container or tree trunk to the top of the tree, extending the longest leaf or frond as we measure. This simply means if you point the longest leaf or frond straight up, you measure the furthest most measurement. In keeping with industry standards, any flower, plant or tree that comes with a pot are measured from the bottom of the pot to the outstretched tip on the top. UV-Proof in the title: A type of plastic material infused with UV inhibitors that is guaranteed to delay fading for a minimum of 5 years, (3 years for Arizona, Texas and Florida), and withstand the ravages of wind, rain, ice, snow, and people. Expect maybe a couple months for thin leaves in high heat southern states with direct all day sun to lasting many years in northern states under partial sun. Length of time before fading will vary significantly depending on location and thickness of materials used. UV-Resistant in the title: Materials infused with UV inhibitors that will delay fading. Not UV resistant and will fade over time. Outdoor and/or Water Resistant in the title: A material that won't absorb water. Although they do cost more, it's up to you to determine whether the cost of replacing a silk tree every year or two is worth the cost compared to one that is designed to never fade or deteriorate outdoors. We do stock many product designed for exterior use. Heavy rain and wind may also knock the fronds out of trunks or the materials may absorb rainwater causing items to look wilted and/or fall over. Please note, however, that they will last longer if put in the shade or on a porch where direct sunlight isn't a problem. Most of our products are made out of materials that will eventually fade like any other fabric when left out in the sun. This includes direct sunlight coming in through an indoor window. Orders received between Monday and Friday by 1:00 pm ET will be processed the same day.īusiness days do not include weekends or holidays.īeing custom made cannot be altered or canceled under any circumstances.Īlthough our products CAN be used as outdoor decoration, it is not advised to hang or leave the flowers, trees, and plants in direct sunlight for any significant amount of time. ![]() If for any reason youįeel your shipping total is inaccurate please contact us and we will investigate it immediately. ![]() Then proceed to view your cart and click on the button CALCULATE to enter in your state and zip code. To determine your exact shipping fees please add the product(s) to your cart, Soīut the dimensional weight could easily be 10-40lbs depending on the size of Shipping companies like UPS & FedEx DO NOT use the actual weight anymore. Weight of your order, not the actual weight, shipped from our warehouses zipĬode to your zip code. ToĪccomplish this our shipping costs are calculated by UPS using the total ![]() We do our best to charge you exactly what we pay in shipping costs. ![]() Liquefied neon has a wide commercial application as an economical cryogenic refrigerant.One of the most culturally significant neon signs displayed in Las Vegas is the timeless NewYork-New York sign which was lit since 1997 The famous neon signs of the iconic Las Vegas strip are made of mercury and argon with an addition of phosphors in order to add various colors to the emitted light.Neon lights are made by applying electricity to neon or argon in a sealed glass tube The widely popular neon signs are made with the element 10 that emits a reddish-orange color in the neon lights, neon lamps, as well as in the popular advertising signs.However, this chemical also has a number of other applications in the everyday life: The most prominent and popular use of neon is in the bright, neon signs. The production of neon is a relatively expensive process – both the liquid neon and the neon gas can be priced 55 times more than the liquid helium. For commercial purposes, neon is primarily obtained from the liquefying air. Rarely found in the Earth’s atmosphere, neon can occur in diamonds and some volcanic vents. Near the end of these stars, they enter the carbon burning phase and form neon, oxygen, magnesium, and sodium. This process refers to the internal pressure of the large mass stars that triggered the fusion of the carbon atoms into neon atoms. ![]() In the Universe, element 10 was formed by the alpha process in stars. Neon is both a rare and abundant substance. Since the chemical behavior of the inert gas they successfully isolated from an argon sample was rather new for Ramsay and Travers, the scientists decided to name their new element “neon”, thus borrowing the Greek term denoting “the new gas”. The name of this chemical element comes from the Greek word ‘νέον’ (neon) with its literal translation being ‘“new”. In 1904, Sir William Ramsay was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in recognition of his great achievement and discovery of the inert gaseous elements in the air. Ramsay was firmly convinced that this is the element that would fit into the predicted position in the periodic table, which was located between the elements helium and argon. Especially after krypton had been removed from the residue, there was a gaseous substance that gave a brilliant red light detected by the method of spectroscopy. For this reason, these two scientists attempted to freeze the argon sample by using liquid air.Īfter gases ( nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and krypton) evaporated, the residue turned out to be an undefined gaseous substance that emitted a bright crimson glow when ionized. After having successfully isolated the elements argon and helium, the Scottish chemist Sir William Ramsay (1852 – 1916) and his English fellow Morris Travers (1872 – 1961) made an effort to achieve a new scientific discovery at the University College of London.Īs an experienced chemist, Ramsey was aware of the fact that a chemical element may often hide a new, undiscovered substance within its structure. The story of neon’s discovery begins in 1898. Sharing the properties of its family of the periodic table, neon is also an excellent conductor of electricity which exhibits the most prominent characteristic of this chemical element – the colorful glow. These chemical elements are not only the most stable substances in the periodic table but also the least reactive ones because they all have a full outer valence shell. It is classified in the group of noble gasses, together with helium, argon, krypton, and xenon. Neon is a rare gas with a closely packed cubic structure composed of molecules that contain a single atom of this chemical element. This rare monoatomic atmospheric gas has an unknown electronegativity according to Pauling, while the atomic radius of neon according to van der Waals is 0.16 nm. With the periodic table symbol 10, atomic number 10, atomic mass of 20.179 g.mol-1, and electron configuration 2s22p6, neon is a chemically inert, colorless, odorless, diamagnetic, and non-toxic gas. ![]() A dual threat throughout his career, he amassed 33,124 passing yards and 232 passing touchdowns, while also totaling 4,239 rushing yards and 43 rushing touchdowns.GrubMarket acquires Fresh Software Solutions, a trusted software provider that specializes in building enterprise-grade software solutions for the produce distribution industry, to further enhance GrubMarket's comprehensive portfolio of technology offerings for food supply chain businesses worldwide. He was the Super Bowl XXIX MVP and the league’s MVP in 19. Young retired as the highest-rated signal-caller in NFL history. 8 in a special ceremony at Candlestick Park in 2008. ![]() Steve was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2005, and the 49ers organization retired his No. A former Super Bowl MVP, Steve retired after 15 NFL seasons in 1999. Steve co-authored the New York Times best-selling book, QB: My Life Behind the Spiral and has just written and published his latest book The Law of Love and in progress a part 2 of The Law of Love. While being a Celebrity Ambassador with Childrens Miracle Network for almost 40 years, he is also Chairman of the Board for his Forever Young Foundation, lifting underserved communities and children all over the world. Steve continues to build a successful private equity company, HGGC, where he is currently a partner, the chairman and co-founder. He travels with Monday Night Countdown during the NFL season and on several occasions has been part of ESPN’s season-opening doubleheader announcing team, in addition to contributing to ESPN’s annual Super Bowl coverage. Steve Young is a Pro Football Hall of Famer and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, and an NFL analyst for ESPN. He’s now the produce director for Bristol Farms, Lazy Acres in southern California and the New Leaf community markets in Northern California. In 2019, he was presented a great opportunity to move to southern California and become the produce director for the 5 Lazy Acres markets. After opening over 70 stores for Fresh Thyme in 5 years, he moved to Florida to oversee the expansion plan and openings for the Lucky’s markets. From there, he was presented a great opportunity to move to Chicago and help open all the Fresh Thyme Farmers market locations as a senior produce specialist. After graduating from college, he made a move to the original Sunflower Farmers market in Albuquerque where he learned the “farmers market: style of high-volume low margin produce.” He stayed with Sunflower through the Sprouts merger and then stayed with Sprouts for a couple years before leaving to open his own small independent produce shop in Albuquerque. Scott worked his way up from produce clerk to produce manager at Albertsons while going to school full time and working full time. Scott Wiggans was born and raised in Albuquerque, N.M., where he started his career in produce at 17 years old working for Albertsons. She is also a partner of her families’ farms in Ariz. Janell and her husband are part owners of a vegetable farm in Coachella. She was involved with Desert Sandblasters 4-H Club for 17 years, served as club co-chair and was a leader many projects. She is on Coachella and Indio High School’s Agricultural Advisory Committees. She is currently a Trustee in the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District. She is a long-time member of Coachella Valley California Women for Agriculture and a past president. Janell is a licensed California Pest Control Advisor and a member of the California Association of Pest Control Advisers. ![]() She also taught Pesticide Laws and Regulations at College of the Desert and agriculture for sixth grade at Desert Christian Academy. Her previous work experience includes food safety coordinator for Ocean Mist Farms, crop consultant for Foster Gardner and pesticide enforcement officer for Indio’s Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office. A not-for-profit organization that she and a group of farmers organized in 2015 to protect and promote Coachella Valley agriculture. Janell Percy is the executive director of Growing Coachella Valley. |
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