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Maughan Mitchell is the trading name of Simon Maughan & Associates, an independent firm of chartered surveyors established in 1992 by Simon Maughan specialising in advising and representing clients in relation to Business Rates, commercial lease issues and property portfolio management. In February 2010 Chris Mitchell joined the practice and the trading name changed to Maughan Mitchell. We now have offices in Southampton and Bristol but are active throughout the country.
At Maughan Mitchell we focus on giving a professional but friendly personal service to our clients and place much emphasis on developing a mutually beneficial working relationship. Our objectives are to provide specialist knowledge on a highly informative basis in areas which can often be disruptive and time consuming to clients. Our key goal is to reduce property related costs.
Maughan Mitchell is regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and our surveyors are all qualified as Members of the RICS.
Wade Park Farm,
Salisbury Road,
Ower, Southampton,
Hants S051 6AG
Tel: 023 8081 1664
82 Feeder Road,
Bristol, BS2 0TQ
Tel: 0117 214 0107
Read Our Case Studies...
Leafield Industrial estate Corsham, Wiltshire
On behalf of a large Wiltshire and Bristol based Door Distribution company, PM Mendes, we were asked to carry out an analysis of the rates liabilities levied on their Bristol and Wiltshire properties. Following our surveys, investigations and negotiations, we achieved rates savings on all of the company's occupied premises. Notably significant savings backdated to 2005 to 2015 for multiple warehouses at Corsham due to optimising fragmentation and quantum allowances in negotiating merging of the rates assessments, resulting in significant ongoing savings and a circa £60,000 rebate.
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Ancells Business Park, Fleet, Hampshire
Acting on behalf of a private property company Maughan Mitchell recently identified an opportunity to acquire a 27,000 sq ft modern office building with considerable potential to create added value. Within a matter of days extensive research was carried out and detailed advice provided to the client who instructed us to bid for the property at public auction which we successfully did at a price just in excess of £2m. We have subsequently been instructed to asset manage the property with a view to enhancing both the income and capital value.
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Town Quay, Southampton
Having acted for the majority of tenants at Town Quay in connection with business rates including ABP themselves, we received instruction from an international internet hosting company to assist with business rates mitigation for their new flagship office at the Town Quay development. Firstly, we were able to negotiate a zero rating of the property while works were underway prior to their occupation. Following that we were able to negotiate a revised Rateable Value of £157,000 after the Valuation Officer's initial valuation of £204,000. This was partly due to our unrivalled knowledge of Southampton office rateable values , but also by identifying the rather unique nature of this location as well as layout and fragmentation issues of the hereditament itself which had been overlooked by the Valuation Officer. This will achieve the client a saving in rates payable of in excess £100,000 over the period of the 2010 Rating List.
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Ski Centre, North Somerset
We were instructed by the owner of a ski centre and lodge in North Somerset to investigate the business rates liability of his operation. On investigation, a number of errors were discovered in the Valuation Office's valuation of the premises. This leisure property had been valued on a percentage of its turnover, however there were inconsistencies in both the turnover adopted by the Valuation Office and the percentage adopted to arrive at the rateable value. Planning permission for certain motorised activities had also been revoked prior to the compilation date and consequently there were also transitional implications for the 2005 rating.
We were able to reduce the 2010 rateable value by 47% and, with the benefit of a revised 2005 transitional certificate, achieve savings for the period 2010 to 2017 equating to nearly £75,000 in rates payable.
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68, Old Market Street, Bristol
We were requested to look at the single rates assessment levied on this Listed Building which had been divided into a number of suites occupied by various small businesses. Maughan Mitchell successfully appealed the assessment achieving a reduction in the rates valuation from £100p.sq.m to £70 p.sq.m. Subsequently, the single assessment was split into separate assessments for the individual suites. Many of the occupiers now benefit 100% small business rate relief, with the owner also being granted 100% relief for void parts as the property is a Grade 2 Listed Building
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Land at Britannia Road, Northam, Southampton
Acting on behalf of a private investor Maughan Mitchell recently advised on the acquisition of a number of industrial properties in Northam, Southampton. The instruction involved negotiating the purchase of freehold properties from Southampton City Council and also of buildings subject to complicated ground lease arrangements. Although the transaction was complex involving a number of different interests the client was able to acquire strategically important buildings at highly competitive prices to facilitate future business expansion.
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The Old Tram Shed, Lower Park Row, Bristol BS1
We were instructed to undertake a health-check on the 2010 rates assessment of £36500 for central Bristol offices at GF Old Tram Shed. We looked at the assessment, rental levels and lease terms together with construction constraints of the property and successfully appealed achieving a 29% RV reduction to £26,000. We subsequently utilised evidence created to support an appeal for the ratepayer of 1st floor Old Tram Shed and successfully reduced this assessment from £23,500 to £16,750.
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Moto Rapido – Ducati, Desmo House, Winchester
Maughan Mitchell looked at the 2010 Rates assessment (£32,250) levied on the property and concluded it should be challenged on the basis of being valued on an inappropriate scale for the age and location. Additionally, it was deemed an unjustified overage had been applied reflecting the use and layout of the building. An appeal was successful, saving the client in excess of £25,000.
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Dinner with the President
Chris and Simon were recently delighted to be invited to meet with, Michael Newey, the President of the RICS, to participate in an Alumni Focus Group Dinner where there was a lively and productive discussion regarding the future of the RICS. The occasion was held in the President's dining room overlooking Parliament Square at the RICS headquarters in London. The photograph was taken from the roof terrace.
Maughan Mitchell do a great job for us!
Delicious Dining
We have used Maughan Mitchell extensively on Town Quay to provide landlord and tenant advice and undertake business rates appeal work over a number of years. They have provided us with a first class service throughout demonstrating a high level of expertise and close understanding of our aims and objectives which has enabled them to produce excellent results for us
Lex Hanham, Town Quay Manager Associated British Ports
Town Quay Manager Associated British Ports


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Bungalows to rent in Ct9 (2)
Turnden Gardens, Palm Bay, CT9Let Agreed Tenants Fees
Miles & Barr are delighted to bring to the market this newly refurbished and recently re-decorated spacious two bedroom unfurnished bungalow in the quiet location of Turnden Gardens in the highly sought after Palm Bay area. The property itself consists of a welcoming porch entrance, two double bedrooms, two receptions, family bathroom and well pres... go to full details
Knockholt Road, Margate, CT9Let Agreed Tenants Fees
Miles and Barr are delighted to offer this fully refurbished two bedroom unfurnished semi detached bungalow in the popular Palm Bay area of Margate. Benefiting from Gas central heating, double glazing, two conservatories, garage and garden. Accommodation consists of; Spacious entrance hall with built in storage cupboards, lounge through diner with ... go to full details

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Toilets: ★★★★
Afternoon Tea: Peckforton Castle, Cheshire
Toilets: ★★★★
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The towers of yummy goods boggles me whenever I see posts about afternoon tea. I mean, in America, we know y'all have teas, but I always imagined maybe a few cookies and scones. You go all out though. When I finally make it to the U.K., I need you two to take me out for tea like this. But anyway, this looks amazing! I'm happy you two liked it so much ♥ReplyDelete
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Hahaha love it when you comment the difference between the UK and USA it always blows my mind too!Delete
Will defo take you for afternoon tea if you ever come down ;)
Thank you for reading and commenting☺💓
The tea party can be started with the traditional tea, which will be the best starter for the party. online tea storeReplyDelete
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WhatsApp's encryption keeps us safe: attacking it is wrong
WhatsApp is under renewed pressure to give security services access to the messaging app's encrypted communications after last week's attack in Westminster. Adrian Ajao, the terrorist who killed four people before he was shot outside Parliament last Wednesday, sent a final message via the app just minutes beforehand.
The contents of that message could provide vital information about Ajao's potential accomplices or collaborators, but WhatsApp has not handed it over.


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Monday, December 7, 2015
Houston TX: Very urgent dogs and cats at BARC the municipal shelter
12/7/15 Houston TX: Very urgent. BARC sent three new DOG emails today including one containing a 25-page pdf showing Length-of-Stay dogs most likely to be pts tomorrow Tuesday 12/8. Please consider rescuing or fostering a LOS DOG or CAT. BARC is FULL.
The email from BARC states, "All the dogs on the attachment have been at BARC 35 days or longer. BARC is full and Tuesday is usually a high intake day. If interested in any please contact firstname.lastname@example.com by 9am Tuesday 12-08-15."
Each alert in the blogs can be shared individually. Icons for emailing or sharing on social media are at the bottom of each post. Pets' emails can be located in the above blogs by entering an ID number in the search box on the top lefthand side.
Please rescue or network to save them.


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Fireproof Trailer (2008)
"Never Leave Your Partner Behind." 26 September 2008 Drama 122 mins
In Albany, the marriage of Caleb end Catherine Holt is in crisis and they decide to divorce. However, Caleb's father, John, proposes that his son delays their separation process for forty days and follow a procedure called "The Love Dare" to make them love each other again.
Watch the official Fireproof 2008 trailer in HD below or find more Fireproof videos on Vidimovie.


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Tropical Depression Bill is continuing to move through the eastern third of the country and leaving a drenched countryside in its wake.
The storm has a history of producing Flooding Rain Across North Texas, South-Central Oklahoma.
According to AccuWeather Meteorologist Steve Travis, "Bill will track along the Mason-Dixon Line through the weekend and produce heavy rainfall across Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia."
"The heaviest rainfall will mainly be confined to areas right along Bill's track. Generally, 1-3 inches can be expected, causing concern for flash flooding along the path of the storm," Travis added.
The reason for the exacerbated rainfall is the slow-moving nature of the storm. "Any place along the path of Bill to the Atlantic Coast will be at risk for street flooding, rapid rises along small streams, travel delays and disruptions to outdoor activities." These impacts detailed by AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Elliot Abrams earlier this week are still indicative of what residents can expect throughout this wet weekend.
As Bill tracks eastward, portions of the mid-Atlantic are expected to heat up into the upper 80s and middle 90s by this afternoon. Tropical moisture will combine with hot air and enough instability to result in some strong-to-severe storms.
Thunderstorms look to erupt in the midafternoon hours over the Appalachians and then track eastward across the Carolinas and Delmarva. These storms will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, some hail and flash flooding.
After drenching the Ohio Valley into the mid-Atlantic on Saturday night into Sunday, remnants of Bill will shift slightly north and bring a wet end to the weekend for New England.
Showers and embedded weak thunderstorms look to be widespread across the entirety of the region tomorrow, so an umbrella, rain boots and a rain coat will be good items to have on hand when you leave the house.
Residents who have outdoor plans for Father's Day will want to stay in touch with AccuWeather.com MinuteCast® to monitor the start and end times of the rain.
Urban flooding and travel disruptions are a definite possibility on Sunday for New York City, Hartford, Boston and Portland. Torrential downpours will cause poor visibility for motorists and low ceilings for air travel. In urban areas, this is the type of rainfall that can collect in underpasses, on lawns and in poor drainage areas along highways.
If you have travel plans, be sure to stay in touch with the forecast along your route and check in with your airline for any delays or cancellations.


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Distance Between Lakeland, FL and Dade City, FL
How many miles? 30 Miles or 49 Km
How much does it take? 46 mins
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Distance, Gas Consumption and Emission Notes
Distance from Lakeland, FL to Dade City, FL is 30Miles or 49 Km. You can get this distance about 46 mins. If you want to planning travel with plane for 28 Miles or 44 Km, You can get this distance about 33 mins .
A car with an average MPG will needs 1.39 gallons of gas to get the route between these points.
The estimated cost of gas to get between Lakeland, FL and Dade City, FL is $3.16.
During the route, an average car will release 27.23 pounds of CO2 to the atmosphere. Your carbon footprint is 0.91 pounds of CO2 per mile.
* Average US MPG used for calculations is 21.6 MPG.
* Average US gas price used for calculation is 2.27 per gallon.
Most Searched About Lakeland, FL
|Lakeland, FL to Wesley Chapel, FL
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|Lakeland, FL to Dade City, FL
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Release Date: 31 January 2018
Richmond Council is giving residents and businesses advanced warning of the planned maintenance and investigation work on Hammersmith Bridge this February half term.
The work is being carried out by Hammersmith and Fulham Council and Transport for London (TfL) and bridge closures are scheduled to run as follows:
Daytime bridge closures:
Daytime lane closures (northbound only – Richmond/Barnes towards Hammersmith):
Full weekend bridge closure:
Hammersmith Bridge is currently operating under severe weight restrictions with one bus permitted to travel in either direction at any one time. Hammersmith and Fulham Council and TfL are still finalising plans for major repairs to the bridge later in 2018. The current work is essential to ensure the bridge can continue to operate effectively and better inform the design of the final upgrade works.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council and TfL have apologised in advance for the noise and congestion this may cause to surrounding roads.
Richmond Council's Cabinet Member for Highways and Streetscene, Cllr Peter Buckwell, said:
"We know that residents and businesses have already accommodated a number of these closures – and it is very frustrating. However, we do lobby Hammersmith and Fulham Council and TFL to ensure that if closures are necessary, they are delivered during school half-terms or holidays. Also, that residents and road users are given as much notice as possible.
"Furthermore, Council officers meet regularly with their counterparts from TfL and Hammersmith & Fulham Council on the planned bridge closures, representing the Borough at the working level."
Motorists will be diverted via Chiswick Bridge and Putney Bridge. One footway will remain open to pedestrians and cyclists, who will have to dismount to cross. Please take care when crossing as it may be busier than usual.
The following bus services will terminate before the bridge: 33, 209, 283, 419, 485. Passengers can walk across the bridge to resume their journeys. For those less mobile, the 72 bus service will be diverted via Chiswick.
You can get the latest bus information from TfL at www.tfl.gov.uk/buses, or follow @TfLBusAlerts on Twitter.
The works are an interim measure to keep the bridge in use ahead of major repairs that are scheduled for 2018 - you can find out more about this project at www.lbhf.gov.uk/hammersmithbridge.
For any enquiries on the repair works, contact H&F Council's transport team at email@example.com.
If you are a journalist and would like further information about this press release, contact Elinor Firth on 020 8487 5159.
Reference: P052/18
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Nothing Compares. Or Does It?
The Comparisons And Cat Fights Continue…
by Nayt Housman
A lot of comparisons are made in the music industry and it will always be this way. Recently a certain young pop star made a comparison to a pop star of musical heritage that once covered a song by a music big gun, and the comparison was met with a letter that was met with twitter insults that was met with another letter and the saga goes on…
This is a blog post about rivals and the best way to introduce it is with this short clip. You'll understand.
Miley recently said her 'Wrecking Ball' clip is like the 'Nothing Compares 2 U' of today...Sinead said Miley's a music prostitute...Miley said Sinead is crackers...Prince doesn't care...Miley licks sledge hammers because she's told to...Sinead shaves her head coz no one tells her what to do...Prince makes purple rain....
Is Miley, the new Sinead?
Is Sinead the new Prince?
Is Prince still alive?
And speaking of Prince I remember the 80s/90s competition between Michael Jackson and the love symbol.
Michael Jackson...
While I'm pointing out the obvious, we have the Gaga/Madonna comparison. I'm not going to lie, most of Gaga's music doesn't appeal to me much and Madonna has had some great moments but not for quite some time. Gaga's antics are more comparable to Bjork or Grace Jones than Madonna but I guess her music is closer to Madonna's and Grace Jones has weighed in saying she did it all first. I don't even know what's happening anymore. Madonnaga? Lady Bjordonna? Bjordaga? But what I love about these comparisons is the music mash ups that come out of the catfights.
Lady Gagonna?
Grace Jones?
So all these "who did what better" comparisons have been going on forever and in the 90s wasn't it Britney vs Christina, Spice Girls vs S Club 7 and Mariah vs Whitney?
Britstina Aguilears?
Maritney Houstarey?
Spice Club 7 Girls?
Then there are some more obscure comparisons like Moloko vs Kylie or Gaga vs Spice Girls. HA!
Spicy Gaga?
Why so serious? IT'S JUST POP MUSIC!
I love how heated people get when their fave pop stars get embroiled in online sledge matches and the debate boils over into the lives of everyday Johns who battle as if they're personally involved. I love to get involved myself but I secretly just like to prod the coals and stoke the fire because in the end, who really gives a crap?
Artists are bound to be influenced by each other over the course of history and often will end up working with the same producers/stylists/directors/photographers etc, so eventually there has to be some convergence here n there. Am I going to stop debating when a new pop star brings out a single that sounds remarkably like something I already love? HELL NO!
To quote our blog's beautiful Jo;
"The pop music industry needed Miley AND Sinead. It hasn't been this interesting in a long time."
Everyone just wants to belong to a team right? So whose team are you on? Sinead or Miley? Gaga or Madonna? Christina or Britney? If you ask me, they're all crap! Now where's my Spandau Ballet record?


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Summer is here and before you get too busy making vacation plans don't forget to schedule some summer classes too. Play for a day in a one day "quickie" or spend a whole week in an immersion class. We also have kid jewelry camps too! Here is what is coming up in July but check out our full schedule online here
Featured Classes in July:
Jewelry Summer Camp for Kids 8-12
July 17-21, Monday-Friday, 9:00am-2:00pm,
Class Fee: $300
Looking for a fun and artistic activity for your 3rd-6th grader this summer? Have them come spend a week making jewelry with us. These week long camps teach cool jewelry making techniques such as bead making, creative wire-working, metal texturing, stamping, and basic riveting! No experience necessary and return students welcome.
Total Immersion: Beginning Jewelry Making
July 24-28, Monday-Friday, 10:00-5:00
Class Fee: $595|Basic materials included
Come spend a week taking a jewelry vacation! This class is all three of our beginning series workshops rolled into one. Each day you'll go home dreaming about what to create the next day. Absolutely no experience needed.
One Day "Quickie" Classes:
Kiln Fire Enameling Basics I
July 8, Saturday, 10:30-5:00pm
Class Fee: $145|Basic materials included
Get a taste for the timeless beauty of colored glass on metal. Students will learn how to properly apply richly colored opaque enamels onto flat and domed sheet metal by both sifting and wet-laying. No experience necessary.
Soldering Essentials
July 9, Sunday 10:00-4:00pm
Class Fee: $95|Basic materials included
Whether you've had a soldering class, attempted to learn from a book, or never even tried, if you are looking to learn how to silver-solder or just get better at it, this class is for you. Expect lots of hands-on time at the soldering table and practice with different torches. No experience necessary.
Summer Don't Miss Classes:
Low Tech Gravity Casting
July 12, 19, 26, Wed Evening, 6:30-9:00pm
Class Fee:$295|Basic materials included
Learn the fundamentals of casting by exploring the ancient technique of pouring molten metal directly into molds carved or formed from sand, soft stone, and other surprising materials. This process does not require any major equipment so it is easily reproduced in a home studio or in your back yard! No experience necessary.
Fantastic Fold Forming!
July 22-23, Saturday and Sunday, 10:30-5:00
Class Fee:$265|Basic materials included
Fold forming is an exciting technique wherein sheet metal is manipulated and hammered to create fabulously textured, 3-dimensional, organic forms. This is a quick porcess, so students will have the opportunity to create a variety of basic forms in this quick workshop. All levels.
Bronze Precious Metal Clay Basics
July 29-30, Saturday, 10:00-4:00pm
Class Fee: $95|Materials kit $30 payed to instructor
Striking jewelry can be made easily and inexpensively with Bronze Precious Metal Clay, bronze clay that when fired in a kiln results in pure metal! This workshop will focus on the basics of working with PMC Bronze however students might also explore components for earring and pendants. No experience necessary however intermediate level students encouraged.
Summer is just about here (Well with the sunny weather last couple days it seems to be here!) and so are our new classes. The new summer schedule is up on the Danaca Design website but here is a first look at the classes exclusive to summer.
We have a new class, new guest artist, some classes that only come around once a year, and a returning instructor that we haven't had in a while. If you would like to sign up for a class either come to our location at 5619 University Way NE or call us at (206)524-0916. We are open from 11-6pm Mon-Fri and 10-6pm on Sat.
Here some of the highlights for spring but you can always see the entire class schedule and get full class descriptions on our website.
New Class! – Stacking Rings with Gemstones
Instructor: Dana Cassara
August 16, Sunday, 10:00-5:00
Class Fee: $165, basic materials included
Stacking rings are all the rage. They are fun to mix and match and super easy to make! This class will focus on creating your own delicate stacking rings with sparkling gemstones. Students will learn to size and solder the bands, create and add a simple but very functional tube setting for a round faceted stone, and set the stones! Everyone will make several rings gaining them the opportunity to practice the process and leave with a finger full of beautiful rings made from brass, sterling silver and gold fill. Very basic metal working skills required.
Returning Class – Etching Metal
Instructor: Jessie Wylie is teaching the Etching Metal class this summer and we are glad to have her back!
August 8, Saturday, 9:30am – 3:30pm
Class Fee: $125, Materials Included
See an image or pattern come to life in brass and copper through the acid etching process! This technique is excellent for creating exclusive textures on copper and brass sheet which can be cut and incorporated into jewelry, enameled or used as rolling mill templates to emboss precious metals and even paper. Patterns can be hand drawn directly on the sheet metal or photo transferred. Physical properties of different acids and metals, resist techniques and studio safety will be explored. The end result will yield several etched plates for use in future jewelry/design projects! Follow up this workshop with Enameling Basics II, our beginning transparent enamels class. This workshop is appropriate for beginners, however experienced jewelry artists may find it very exciting as well.
Guest Artist – Casey Sheppard
Instructor: Casey Sheppard
July 25 & 26, Saturday – Sunday, 10:30am – 5:00pm
Class Fee: $265, Materials Included
Cold connection is a fun way to play with metal and design jewelry. At first glance it may seem limiting however restricting your process can cause you to think about your design in a functional way generating unlimited outcomes. In this cold connection class students learn how to create a hinged bracelet with a clasp out of sheet metal, all without picking up a torch. You'll learn the basics of sawing, piercing, drilling, forming metal and how to layer, add detail and a unique design to your creation. Other techniques learned will include tube rivets, metal/wire forming and finishing details with oxidization. With a unique approach to jewelry design, Casey will offer beginners to advanced level students something useful and insightful to walk away with. No jewelry experience is necessary but can be useful. Please Casey after the class for a personal tour of her traveling metalsmithing studio.
Don't Miss! These classes only happen in the summer
Low Tech Gravity Casting
Instructor: Juan Reyes
July 11 and 12, Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 – 5:00
Class Fee: $285 Basic materials included
Learn the fundamentals of casting by exploring the exciting and ancient technique of pouring molten metal directly into molds made from organic materials, sand and soft stone. This process does not require a centrifugal setup or any major equipment so it is easily reproduced in a home studio or in your back yard! This workshop will cover carving a mold and casting into tufa (light-weight sandstone), creating a quick mold in cuttlefish bone, a material easily found at any pet store producing a lovely texture, and sandcasting, an ancient way to reproduce an object. Students will also explore casting into other organic materials for surprising effects! Rudimentary alloying, pouring an ingot, finishing techniques and safety will all be discussed. Bring your clean silver scraps if you have some. No experience necessary.
Total Immersion Beginning Jewelry Making
Instructor: Dana Cassara
July 13-17, 5 weekdays, Monday – Friday, 10:00-5:00
Class Fee: $595, Basic materials included
What could be more fun than spending a week totally immersed in learning to make jewelry? Absolutely nothing! Spend an exciting five straight days doing just that. Together we will tackle the fundamentals of learning to work with precious metal: sawing, disc cutting and dapping, hammer texturing, roll printing, basic forming and finishing, as well as bezel setting stones. In this beginning silversmithing class, using copper, brass and sterling silver, students will make individualized jewelry pieces including a pin, pendent, ring and a simple linked project. Each night you'll go home dreaming of what to create the next day, designing in your sleep. This class is an ideal opportunity to explore a range of techniques, in a condensed time, while creating several projects. No experience necessary.
Jewelry Summer Camp Ages 8-12
Instructor: Tegan Wallace
July 20 – 24, 5 weekdays, Monday – Friday, 9:30 – 2:00
Class Fee: $285 Materials included
Looking for a great activity for your 3rd – 6th grader this summer? Check out the Danaca Design jewelry camp! This week-long camp teaches cool jewelry-making techniques such as bead making and stringing, wire working, texturing, stamping, and riveting metal! In addition, we will explore the fundamentals of composition and color theory while learning to use a variety of basic hand tools. Using polymer clay, Shrinky Dinks, seed beads, and copper and brass wire and sheet metal, we will create a variety of jewelry pieces students can wear proudly. After all, nothing is quite as fun as saying, "I made this!" Rings and bracelets and brooches, oh my! Come have fun with us for a week in July! No experience necessary.
Anticlastic Forming in Metal
Instructor: Bill Dawson
July 31 – August 2, Friday – Sunday, Three days, 10:30-5:00
Class Fee: $350, Basic Materials Included
Tool kits available to purchase In this three-day workshop you will learn the basics of anticlastic raising, a process which lends itself to creating exceptionally strong, flexible, lightweight, and organic-looking forms. A new focus on this ancient technique has yielded some of the most interesting forms in contemporary metalwork. In anticlastic forming a flat sheet of metal is shaped by compressing its edges and stretching the center so that the surface develops two curves at right angles to each other, like a horse saddle. We will focus on "open" or "mono-shell" forms made from a single piece of thin sheet metal, working to create striking dimensional shapes. Decking these forms will be shown in class to demonstrate how doing so can expand the range of forms available expanding your design options. Though open anticlastic forms date to the Early Iron Age, it is only recently that they have been explored in detail. You do not need a great deal of metalworking experience to take this class, but some facility with the hammer is helpful.
Haven't had a chance to check out our new Winter Schedule yet? Here's your chance to get some highlights!
Stone Setting Clinic
Instructor: Kirk Lang
January 5, February 2, March 2
1st Monday of each month, 6:00 – 9:00
Class Fee: $135 or drop-in $60/night
Stone setting can be challenging sometimes. Don't let intimidation prevent you from getting better at it; come get some help from the stone setting doctor! Professional stone setter Kirk Lang will guide you through your particular challenges. Drop-in or register for all three nights for a substantial discount. Basic Jewelry making and stone setting experience required.
Polymer Micro Mosaics for Jewelry
Instructor: Cynthia Toops
January 10 and 11, Sat & Sun, 10:00 – 5:00
Class Fee: $275|Some materials included
Cynthis Toops is widely recognized for her remarkable artistry in polymer clay, probably most significantly for her polymer clay mosaics. In this workshop students will learn her tricks and create incredible micro-mosaics of their own to use like gems in pendants, brooches and/or rings. No experience necessary. Details online.
Survey of Stone Setting
Instructor: Jennifer Stenhouse
January 21, 28, and February 4, 11, 18, 25
6 Wednesday nights, 6:30-9:30
Class Fee: $275 | Materials list
This fast-paced, primarily demonstration style course will introduce students to a wide variety of stone setting techniques including a basic bezel for cabochons; prong and flush settings for faceted stones; pedestal settings; tube, post, and bar settings for multiple stones; capture sets; and more. All levels, basic metal working helpful. *Students enrolled in this class are eligible to attend Practice Hours. Details online.
Let's Make a Spoon!
Instructor: Bill Dawson
February 1, Sunday, 10:30-5:00
Class Fee: $95 | Basic materials included
Create a one of-a-kind small serving, baby, table, or commemorative spoon; it's not as complicated as you might think! Spoons are a great gift idea and a marvelous opportunity to explore forging metal to create something other than jewelry. Copper will be provided however students are welcome to work in silver. No experience necessary. Details online.
Chasing and Repoussé: Introduction Workshop
Instructor: Megan Corwin
February 6-8, Three days, Fri- Sun, 10:30-5:00
Class Fee: $350|$25 fee payable to instructor
This class will introduce students to the wonderful results possible with chasing and repoussé in pitch. Since the Bronze Age, these techniques have been used to create refined and expressive detail bringing metal objects to life with three-dimensional ornamentation. Students will be able to complete a simple piece and explore a variety of tools and basic tool making. No experience necessary.
Beginning Jewelry Series: Rings
Instructor: Dana Cassara
February 14 and 15, Sat & Sun 10:30 – 5:00
Class Fee: $265|Basic materials included
This Beginning Series class focuses on the basic construction of fabricated rings, with and without stones. Each student will construct a simple band ring as well as a ring with a bezel-set stone. No experience necessary.
Kiln Fire Enameling Basics
Instructor: Linnie Kendrick
February 21, Saturday, 10:30 – 5:00
Class Fee: $135|Basic materials included
Get a taste for the timeless beauty of glass on metal in this fast-paced one-day workshop. Using a kiln for optimum control, students will learn the basics of enameling to create results that are refined or unexpected, allowing the interaction of enamels and kiln to surprise and delight. No experience necessary.
Kiln Fire Enameling Basics II
Instructor: Linnie Kendrick
February 22, Sunday, 10:30 – 5:00
Class Fee: $135|Basic materials included
If the first class left you inspired yet out of time, this is the class for you. Refine what you've learned and explore new possibilities by adding transparent enamels to your palette, special effects with glass shards and beads and rubber stamp images. Prerequisite: Kiln Fire Enameling Basics I or equivalent. Details online.
Surface Treatment with Gold
Instructor: Suz O'Dell
March 1, Sunday, 10:30 – 1:30
Class Fee: $65 | $35 fee Payable to instructor
In this workshop students will learn to add the luster of gold to their jewelry by applying 24K gold foil to fine silver. The result is dramatic, creating rich color and beautiful textural possibilities with minimal expense. All levels. Details online.
Cold Connections: Beyond Rivets
Instructor: Kirk Lang
March 28 and 29, Sat & Sun, 10:30 – 5:00
Class Fee: $265|Basic materials included
Learn a fast, clean, and durable way of joining two pieces of metal together. This must-have workshop will teach you how to create an exciting variety of rivets, to use micro tap and dies to create custom nuts and bolts and lastly, to utilize small tabs to fold over and attach one piece of metal to another. Learn to truly marry form and function while designing a piece of jewelry or other articulated object utilizing these techniques. Basic jewelry making skills helpful, soldering not necessary. Details online.
Our summer class schedule is ready! We've got a bunch of great stuff coming up this quarter. In addition to our regular beginning series classes (offered every quarter) we've got a nice selection of featured classes as well. More details can be found on our website: http://www.danacadesign.com/index.php?p=classes&c=summer2014
We're excited to be offering Kids Summer Jewelry Camp for Ages 8-12 with Tegan Wallace. This is a brand new class! It runs July 14-18, Monday-Friday 9:30-2:30.
Keith Lewis will be here to teach Enameling Oddities.
Learn casting methods you can use at home in Low Tech Gravity Casting with Juan Reyes.
In Etching without Acid with Nanz Aalund students will learn a non toxic way to etch copper, brass, bronze, and nickel silver.
Andy Cooperman will be back for Creative Surface Development.
Explore polymer clay with Cynthia Toops in Beyond the Polymer Cane.
To learn more about these classes and see what else we have to offer please visit our website: www.danacadesign.com
You can register for classes by calling us at 206-524-0916, Tue-Fri 11-6, Saturday 10-6.


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India's global success in industry and technology may sometimes give the rest of the world the impression that it is no longer a land where people are hungry and in need. Sadly wealth has not trickled down, and inflation has meant life has become harder in recent years for India's rural poor.
We try to ensure that the money our guests bring to the area reaches the people who live there, largely by employing only local people at BJR and by using guesthouses that do the same elsewhere. On treks and village visits we make small contributions of food and clothing. We also have a couple of social enterprise projects (completed and ongoing) and we encourage our guests to get involved if they choose.
The Clean Chaura Mission
As anyone who has ever visited India will know, litter is a sadly un-missable feature. Until a generation ago almost all of India's domestic waste was biodegradable – disposable plates were made from leaves stitched together with tiny needles of soft bamboo, cups from unglazed clay, and food stuffs were weighed and packaged up in old newspaper or pages from children's exercise books.
People were quite used to discarding their rubbish in the knowledge that it would be eaten by a cow or would crumble back into dust. Plastic is now ubiquitous, but unfortunately disposal habits have not changed, and it sometimes feels as if it won't be long before the whole country becomes buried in plastic bags and discarded crisp packets. It is unsightly, unsanitary and dangerous for the wild and domestic animals that end up ingesting it.
Bhoramdeo (in village Chaura) is becoming an increasingly popular pilgrimage site and with people come stalls, selling packets of snacks and bottled drinks, and general picnic paraphernalia, all of which is simply dropped on the ground after use. With the help of our recent working holiday guests we have been visiting the local schools to educate young people on the issue of litter, and asking for their help in the clean up campaign. We have built and installed litter-bins near the temple and we have established regular clean up days where guests are invited to help our staff on a clean up morning. It is amazing how many domestic visitors want to join in when they see our motley crew collecting trash.
The next stage is to reintroduce the leaf plates that used to be the norm. Ironically the leaves that are used to make the plates grow in such abundance in Chhattisgarh that they are collected by Baiga and Gond villagers and exported to South India where eating from leaf plates is still quite common. We would like to reintroduce the practice, and are also going to teach a few of the women who sell fruit and vegetable near the temple to make bags from newspaper. Initially we will pay them to do so but we hope in time people will see the economic benefit of home made bags (practically free) over plastic ones (a small but significant sum for people earning under 200 rupees a day).
A Well for Village Pani AND FRANK WATER
A couple of years ago Saurabh and I visited an NGO in Chilpi – a sprawling little village on the road to Kanha national park which has a large weekly market and is the main commercial centre for all the Baiga and Gond villages that are scattered in the hills around. The NGO, Shikhar Yuva Manch, helps the Gond and Baiga people access government support that is rightfully theirs – in the main making sure there are schools in the villages themselves (there is a high drop out rate if the children have to travel far) and helping make sure the education reflects their traditional way of life more than it often does in larger villages. We were hoping to involve some of our young working holiday guests with the NGO but language issues made it impossible.
However in the course of our meetings we heard of a village that has been badly affected by climate change. A large brook runs below the village, which, until a few years ago provided sufficient water for the village year round. Nowadays from the end of winter (late February) until the monsoon arrives (mid-June) the villagers have had to walk two kilometres up stream where they have to dig to reach water and which is often dirty.
Obviously this is time consuming and affects hygiene as well as hydration. The village is poor: there were two people who were extremely sick with malaria on our first visit; and many of the children appear to have kwashiorkor (the government gives quotas of white rice as welfare, rather than dal, and white rice clearly doesn't supply enough protein for growing children). The very least we felt we might be able to help provide was clean water. We asked how much it would cost to have a bore-well with a hand pump installed and were told £1500 would cover it. So we embarked on a fund raising campaign (I ran a couple of trail marathons: though that, it transpired, was the easy part) and after a lot of hiccups a well was installed a year and a half after our initial meeting.
We now support the UK based water charity FRANK WATER that works with partners in India and happens to work in many villages in Kabirdham where we are based. We have installed a Rain Water Harvesting System at BJR which villagers will have access to during the hot season when their need is great and BJR is not open to tourists. We run a Walk for Water which takes guests to see some of the work being done by Samerth Charitable Trust (FRANK's partners in Chhattisgarh) and offers a two day walk with an overnight camp for which we ask guests to raise some sponsorship money for FRANK on top of their trip cost.


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Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disablement among children, and as many as 3,000 children suffer die from brain injuries, according to the National Safe Kids Campaign.
One way to prevent these personal injuries is to have your child wear a helmet at all times when participating in any wheeled activity such as riding an ATV or bicycle. Safe Kids USA reports that helmets can reduce the risk of brain injury by as much as 88 percent, when worn properly.
When fitting a helmet for your child, make sure it fits snuggly and close to the head. The chinstrap should be tight to the chin without causing pain, in order to prevent the helmet from sliding back behind the head. The helmet should stay in place regardless of body movement. Never buy a helmet that is too large, with the thought that a child can grow into it. Buy a snug-fitting helmet and replace it as your child grows. If there are gaps between the child's head and the helmet, the helmet cannot protect properly. Also make sure that the helmet does not obstruct vision, especially peripheral vision.
Our Toledo, Ohio, personal injury attorneys urge parents to wear their helmets and to teach their children how to protect themselves. Not only should children wear a helmet to prevent personal injury, they should always use sidewalks and never ride in the road. Stay visible to drivers backing out of driveways, and never weave in and out of traffic on an ATV or bicycle. If parents allow their children to ride on an ATV, they should be supervised at all times to avoid personal injury from an ATV accident. Children are more likely to rollover or lose control of large, heavy ATVs, due to their small size and weight.


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text: 30 acres of hunting land with year round county road access and power in Alger County. Located on the Diffin Road in western Alger County, this acreage is heavly wooded in a good hunting area that is very accessible. The Diffin Road dead ends not far past this parcel and the acreage adjoins State and public access lands. The parcel is just two miles from the highway, but this location is remote and quiet. There is a driveway into a small clearing where a trailer once sat. Electric is on site, but not currently active. A wood fired sauna is included making this a great option for a travel trailer. The Werners Creek and Whitefish River are nearby for the trout fisherman. The land has several small ridges and a few old skid trails throughout that break up a thick cedar swamp providing great cover.


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It's just a couple of day's since my first ever exhibition of my photography work and I think I've just about recovered! And in this first sentence I'd like to say (before anything else) a HUGE thank you to everyone who came along to view my work. It was a complete pleasure to see you and I hope you enjoyed seeing my vision of 'beautiful Netherlands'!
Now as a little back ground to this exhibition I'd like to take you back just over two years to when I first arrived in The Netherlands (NL) to live. Although I have been a professional photographer for around 8 years now; it is only in the last two years since living in NL that I have developed my landscape photography. You see I arrived with a love and masses of experience of people photography, but my skills and success in this genre lay in my ability to communicate with those I was photographing, and without knowledge of my new language I was suddenly adrift from one very important skill to make my profession work! Hence my development into landscape photography.
It was a combination of working with my wonderful mentor Lesley Chalmers in the UK and joining my new local camera club mentoring group in Doesburg that highlighted that I had a unique ability to view my new home in a very different way to those who had always called it home. With this in mind I started work on a project to document the beauty of the Netherlands through (my) new eyes.
Last weekend's exhibition was a culmination of two years work on this ongoing project.
I have traveled all over the Netherlands photographing 'beauty' and 'uniquely Dutch' landscapes, objects and customs. I thought I was doing pretty well, but the more I photograph the longer my list gets! Having spoken to many of my Dutch visitors over the weekend there are so many more areas of the Netherlands which I have not yet touched on, and I am assured they are all unique in their own way.
On the walls of my home (used as my exhibition location) I divided my work into different areas.
This wall for example I chose a selection of images all of which depict unique Dutch (maybe the tourist view!) Cheese, clogs, bikes, geese, and windmills. Whilst other themed walls were the colour of the Netherlands, images in the neighbourhood, green and blue, cows, windmills and our local National park; The Posbank.
Finally I also opened up my studio/office to showcase my people and horse photography both of which I still love to do when I can.
Over the weekend I enjoyed welcoming well over 100 people to view my photography; the International community as well as many Dutch. This event was for me, as much about showcasing my talents and encouraging others to understand what I do, as it was selling my work. I was delighted with the feedback from everyone, and the number of prints that needed "sold" to be written over the price by the end of the event was a huge bonus!
These are just a few of my wonderful visitors before it got so busy I had no time to pick up my camera! So as this year comes to a close I am hugely proud that I have achieved my craftsman qualification with the Guild of Photographers and hosted my very own photo exhibition. I look forward to 2015 and exploring and photographing more!
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Immigration - Getting married with the same last name
Dear Mrs Huntington,
I have been dating my boyfriend for nearly three years and he is a United States citizen. We recently decided to get married and start the filing for me so we can move forward with our relationship. The issue I am concerned about is the fact that we both have the same surname. I'm unsure if this will complicate the filing process or how to proceed in respect of this issue. Please advise me.
Dear CA:
Once you are married to an American citizen, you are an immediate relative and your petition would be processed in nine months to a year, if you remain outside the US during the processing. If you are inside the US pursuant to lawful entry, and are the immediate relative of a US citizen, you are eligible to adjust your status and that process can take four to six months.
Whether you are inside the US or not, the filing of an I-130 Petition for Alien Relative is the application where US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) makes the determination if the petitioner is eligible to petition (file) for the beneficiary. The documents submitted with the application, e.g. birth certificate, marriage certificate, divorce decree, etc, are used by USCIS to prove relationships.
In your case, although you have the same last name, it should not prevent you from being approved for a green card. USCIS is going to look at both your birth certificates to determine who your parents are and as long as your parents are not the same, it should not matter. Please keep in mind, however, that marrying a relative in order to secure immigration status is immigration fraud that will not only result in the denial of the petition, but also in the denial of any future petitions - forever.
Dahlia A. Walker-Huntington is a Jamaican-American attorney who practises immigration law in the United States; and family, criminal and personal injury law in Florida. She is a mediator, arbitrator and special magistrate in Broward County, Florida; and an adjunct professor at Miami Dade College's School of Criminal Justice. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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MOON PRISM POWER MAKE UP! When I heard that Torrid was doing a Sailor Moon collection, I'm pretty sure I blacked out. I've been waiting more than 20 years for this, and now it was really happening. I was 11 when my friend Rachel tried getting me interested in Anime, and Sailor Moon was my gateway drug. It came on at 8:30am, so I'd record the episodes on VHS and then watch them twice when I got home from school. I collected every sticker, action figure- anything I could get my hands on. I had one sailor moon tee which I quickly outgrew when puberty kicked in, though I still wore it all cracked and faded for years. I have a few T-Shirts that Torrid ahd done over the years, and now Torrid has launched it's Sailor Moon collection and it's even better than I imagined.
Tank, Leggings Jacket & Shoes unavailable.
The Tank Top fits AMAZING! I have mine in a 2 and it fits lovely! Had to rock these leggings with lace-up flats. I just need some white lace socks! These fit amazing in my normal size 3 bottoms. I love the navy color with the pale pink tank.
The details of the mesh are utter perfection. Bows, Hearts, Ribbons and moons! I've always loved how feminine the Sailor Moon universe was. She didn't have to be a anything other than a girl to take down the Negaforce! The Tank is a bit sheer which I think looks great with my pink bra!
this Kimono is still available in several sizes as is this Sailor Scout Skater Dress!
This collection is selling out FAST so if you want it, you gotta 'book it'.
XOXO Cora
DIsclaimer: The clothing in this post was sent to me by Torrid PR; All opinions expressed are my own.


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So fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, never by trying to make little pleats and furbelows, by trinkets, by clothes easy to copy, or by the shortening or lengthening of a skirt.
Merz art strives for immediate expression by shortening the path from intuition to visual manifestation of the artwork... they will receive my new work als they always have when something new presents itself: with indignation and screams of scorn.kurt schwitters
Time is shortening. But everyday that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.ingrid bergman


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Daycation: A day trip. A day long vacation.
You can't travel this summer, but you can satisfy your wanderlust with a Daycation.
If you are anything like me, you're sitting home drooling over your friend's photos on Facebook and feeling like you're living a mundane summer. I find myself fantasizing about a beach week in the Hamptons, a cruise in the presidential suite with personal butler service, a month in a private Tuscan villa, and a girl's spa escape with my bestie. While obligations and commitments might make it impossible for you to entertain your flight of fancy this summer, you can create a series of daycations with these five tips, a band-aid to satisfy your wayfaring ways.
I can't believe I'm even recommending this given my addiction to social, but unplugging for a day can restore your depleted fun tank. Not knowing (and comparing) what everyone else is doing can be very freeing. Read a book cover to cover in your favorite hammock, binge watch travel inspiring movies (Under the Tuscan Sun, Eat Pray Love, Before Sunrise), write your bucket list (dreaming BIG of course), turn your home into a spa for the day, go for a massage, or simply meditate.
Cooks Tour:
Recreate a meal inspired by a trip you've taken or want to take. The internet is flush with recipes, find one that speaks to your taste buds and adventurous palate. Set the mood with music, decor, and travel to faraway lands letting your culinary curiosity and ethnic ingredients transcend you.
One Tank Trip:
Take a look at a local map and plan a one tank trip. Throw a dart and make it an adventure. Yes, throw a dart and go no matter where (within one tank of gas) radius it lands you must go. Research the area, get the family involved and set out to explore and experience it.
Dine Around:
Have breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert out. Eat at places you've always wanted to but never have. Try a breakfast burrito at a taco stand, Thai Curry for lunch, Saki at sundown, Riso con i porcini for dinner, Flan for dessert. You get the idea. Extra points if it's authentic cuisine reminiscent of a place you have fond memories of or yearn to visit.
Pack a Picnic:
and catch a sunrise or a sunset. A basket of croissants, meats, and cheeses will work for both, with a thermos of hot coffee at sunrise and a lovely bottle of your favorite wine at sunset. It is an effortless way to unwind and imagine you are where ever you want to be. In fact, you might just discover that where you are is just that place.
What "daycations" have you done in your home town?


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The second year wedding anniversary is typically either the "cotton" anniversary or the "china" anniversary (according to Google) and since October 11 was my 2 year anniversary, Josh and I decided to go with china. We could really use some new sheets, but we are hosting Thanksgiving this year and 8 plates was absolutely not enough. So I have been on the hunt. See, I guess when it comes to certain things I am really picky. Take, for example, my wedding registry. I searched high and low to find a comforter for the bedroom. I registered for three I think, received two as wedding gifts and still none was exactly what I had in mind. By the third store we registered at, Josh was ready to kill me and wouldn't let me leave until I had picked on. (By the way, I love both the comforters we received as gifts and I do use both. Thanks to Mom S and the girls at work!) The china, though, was quite easier to pick out. At Bed, Bath and Beyond, they let you sit down in this little room with them and look through this book filled with this amazing china. Beautiful china! Well, we found one right away that we fell in love with. So we asked how much it was. They wouldn't tell us. I know. I thought it was weird too. Well, we got home and just got on our registry on-line and found that one place setting was over $100. We asked for 12. There was no way we were getting that for our wedding - wwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much. We left it on the registry anyway and, yep. You're right. We didn't get any. Except for one soup bowl. It was sooooooooo pretty, but we had to return it. (Because what do you do with one soup bowl?) But luckily, when we went to spend our wedding gift cards we found some solid colored plates I loved at Target and got 4 settings in a spicy color and four in a sagey green. I love them! They are heavy and pretty and have been great. So I thought I would get more for this anniversary. Guess what colors Target doesn't carry? Yep. Spicy orange and sagey green. But Saturday while in Springfield we found chocolate brown. And OH. MY. GOODNESS. They look amazing with my orange and green.
Sunday was an eventful day as well and I spent my late afternoon painting our bedroom. I decided to be really brave and paint about a third of the room burnt orange. (Don't turn up your nose until you come over and see it. It is actually really pretty!) The rest of the room I painted an olive green color.
Do you see a trend? What can I say - I love love love those earthy colors.
Nothing quite so colorful today, I am afraid, but I did get to wear a new pair of shoes that I absolutely love.
Boring I know but it's been one of my favorite things about today. My other favorite things include getting great feedback on some portraits I did and having lunch out with my mom. (Hi Mom! I had a great time seeing you for lunch today!) Finally, I want to give a shout out to my Josh - Happy 7 Years Together - Not Married, But Happily In Each Other's Lives And I Love You!
Happy November, friends. Sleep well and have a blessed tomorrow.


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New Films takes flyer on 'Flying Lessons'
EmptyCANNES -- New Films International has acquired U.S. and international theatrical distribution rights to Derek Magyar's "Flying Lessons" and Connie Stevens' "Saving Grace B. Jones." New Films Cinema will release both films in U.S. theaters.
Maggie Grace, Christine Lahti and Hal Holbrook star in "Lessons," the story of a 25-year-old woman who returns to her small hometown and tangles with old friends and lovers, her mother and an Alzheimer's Disease patient.
"Jones" stars Tatum O'Neal, Penelope Ann Miller, Rylee Fanslar and Michael Biehn in the story of a grieving 10-year-old in 1951 New York City who is thrust into small-town middle America after witnessing a murder.
"I am very happy to be associated with New Films International," Stevens said. "They are an aggressive and talented young company on the rise, with an eye for tasteful and provocative films."
The deals were negotiated by New Films Cinema execs Ron Gell and Straw Weisman.


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I wish someone from past tells me how they crafted/dreamed about present i.e our time. They are the reason for every little thing in present. We too carrying forward the same legacy, knowingly or unknowingly we are shaping up future. Most of us (common chaps) are a passive component of this transformation process. But there are a few exceptions. In general we call them visionaries. They almost single handedly solve people's inconvenience's. Either they change the world for good, or show others the path to enlightenment. If I get such divine capabilities , I would love to do the followings :…..
1. Reduce Hunger : There is a 80/20 theory that even if you distribute 20% of entire planet's money among 80 % poor people, they will still be hungry. We don't realize the value for money, unless we earn it. Still I would love to distribute foods among those , who can't earn it. If possible I would love to make self sufficient in the process.
2.Clone Humanly Humans: Kind hearted people are so rare these days. I fear in future they are in the verge of extinction. So if we have the technology I would love to clone these rare people rather than cloning some stupid lambs.
3. Teach kids to respect each other : We can leave a better world for them, but they should be qualified enough to live in a perfect world. So in order to become a better citizen, first they should learn to respect each other. I believe this single step will reduce anger and hatred among common people drastically. Which will contribute to the concepet world peace.
4.Better infrastructure in third world countries : I dream of a day when I can drink tap water in my home (In india) , just like my friends in us. No power issue, less potholes on my way home .
On a lighter note if I can I would love to change our digestive process. From the dawn of civilization , it is embarrassing us in many ways (Seriously, what is the need for producing gas :).
{This blog post is for INK. I am designing the future in association with BlogAdda.com & INK talks.}


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Rakhi Sawant kills a man
Yes this time we mean it, the Bollywood train wreck is being blamed for the death of a young man from UP. Rakhi Sawant is very good at making headlines for one reason or another, however this time the situation may have spiralled out of control.
On the reality show "Rakhi Ka Insaaf" where Rakhi solves disputes without any legal intervention, a young couple appeared on an episode just months after their marriage. Luxman Prasad and wife Vineeta appeared on the show in hopes of resolving a marital issue. During the taping Rakhi used words such as "namard and napunsak (meaning impotent)" to describe Luxman when solving the dispute. After the episode was aired, Luxman was tormented by his neighbours/friends and ultimately plunged into deep depression as a result.
Days before Prasad's death, he became ill because he was not eating or drinking anything. In fact he locked himself in his house due to the humiliation he was facing as a result from the reality show.
One cannot hold Rakhi directly responsible for the incident as the producers and directors should also be held accountable for airing such garbage. However, it is safe to say that dropping to such lengths is simply not worth the aftermath that has resulted!


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The UK Space Agency has announced £1.6m of funding to support projects exploring Mars as part of ESA's Aurora Programme.
Academics and students can apply for funding to be used in projects that aim to better understand the past and present environment and geophysics of Mars, characterise the biological environment of the planet and search for traces of past and present life.
"Understanding the conditions that could have supported life on Mars is an important step towards addressing one of mankind's most fundamental questions: are we alone in the Universe?" said Dr David Williams, Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency.
"Thanks to the scientific and technological advances made from investment in programmes like Aurora, we can address this question by exploring our solar system."
Mars is one of the key planets studied by scientists as it is the most Earth-like planet in the solar system, and is most likely planet to have supported life at some time in its history as it shows substantial evidence of surface water in the past.
Dr Williams said the Aurora project, a European long-term plan for exploration of the solar system, "brings together the best of UK minds and industry, further develops our highly-skilled space sector and delivers economic impact through technology spin-outs".
Funding is open to academics and Research Council Institutions for proposals to fund:
- Project Studentships to develop researchers to exploit future data sets from Mars missions
- Individual Fellowships to develop promising young researchers or allow existing academics to discipline-hop
- Research Assistants to support academics on Mars related science
- Support for academics to participate in international science teams to exploit data from future missions such as Nasa's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Further information:
See announcement at UK Space Agency


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A vet for over 25 years, Alex runs two his clinics in central Auckland.
He always wanted to be a vet and even remembers trying to save a road killed possum when he was 3.
Unfortunately, that was one of the few that didn't make it under his expert care.
Alex is both a cat and dog person which, on the one hand makes him a bit of a fence sitter in any which-pet- is-better debates, but on the other hand obviously makes him perfect vet material.
And he clearly loves his job 'cos he's got no problem taking work home either, where Prince, his fantastic Black Brussels Griffon (who loves stand up paddle boarding with Alex) and Vegas, his stunning Burmese cat keep him, his wife and four-year- old boy pretty busy.
Alex sees having pets as an integral part of a community. In his view they don't take anything but add everything.
Which is why, he reckons, he's the luckiest man in the world being able to save an animal's life and seeing it stop suffering.
Studied 5 years BVSc in Massey Palmerston North (no repeat years you will notice) Choose to head into companion animal medicine and surgery Worked in UK for a few years at some massive hospitals gaining techniques and speed, Three min consults at peak times! Took on a ton of surgical challenges as have a pretty steady hand ("unfortunately I shoot with this one")
A lot of collaboration in treating cases and swapping knowledge with vets from all over the world.
Came back to Mount Maunganui for the surf lifestyle Then decided he wanted to do his own clinic so headed back to where he grew up in Auckland Built Grey Lynn 12 years back and opened a clinic in partnership with Unitec Vet Nursing school 18 months ago, And took on the practical teaching of nearly 100 vet nurse students , Just working on continuing to develop both clinics into the best around, for pets and their servants alike.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) � The oil portrait "Girl from the Sabine Mountains" shows a peasant woman reclining, closing her eyes and stretching her billowing white sleeves behind her dark hair.
The serenity of the figure belies the pain the portrait has witnessed � sold by its "non-Aryan" owner under Nazi orders as the Holocaust began and decades later the subject of a bitter court fight.
It's believed to be the work of Franz Xaver Winterhalter, a 19th-century artist famous for painting Queen Victoria, the czar of Russia and other European nobles. One of his works fetched almost $2 million at a Christie's auction.
Appraisers have estimated that "Girl from the Sabine Mountains" was worth $67,000 to $94,000, according to court records. In discussions about settling the case, a lawyer for the woman who inherited the painting said it was worth about $150,000.
The woman, 84-year-old German baroness Maria-Luise Bissonnette, says the stakes go beyond money.
In her dimly lit dining room surveyed by another portrait, this one depicting her stepfather, Dr. Karl Heinrich Christian Wilharm, she thumped her hand on one of the documents overflowing from manila folders on a table, documents describing him as a Nazi sympathizer, a doctor complicit with thieves.
"There's nothing that's true," Bissonnette fumed, nearly in tears.
The man she remembers was completely different: He rescued her and her mother from poverty in the dark days after the humiliating German defeat in World War I, and even now, a lifetime later, much of the beauty in her life, from china and fine furnishings to artwork, is his legacy.
Which brings her story back to "Girl from the Sabine Mountains." The battle over whether Wilharm obtained it illegally and whether it must be surrendered is also, to his aging stepdaughter, a fight about restoring his reputation.
"I have the receipt. My father paid for it," she says, standing under Wilharm's unsmiling gaze. "I'm understanding when someone steals something, he comes to your house and takes it. That is stealing."
The documents spread across her table show the dispute over the painting is not so clear-cut or simple.
A century after Winterhalter supposedly created "Girl from the Sabine Mountains," it turned up at an art gallery in Dusseldorf, Germany, founded by Julius Stern, a former textile mill owner who specialized in Dutch, Flemish and German painters. In 1934, Max Stern inherited the business from his father.
The enterprise was short-lived. Stern was a Jew and his native country was turning against him.
Adolf Hitler had seized power a year earlier, and the Nazi leader, a failed painter, established the Reich Chamber of Culture to purge Jews, political dissidents and others from the art world. One of its subsidiaries, the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts, sent Stern a letter in August 1935 warning that he had four weeks to regroup or dissolve the family business.
A bureaucrat forwarded a copy of the letter to the police, warning, "The person in question is non-Aryan."
Stern resisted until March 1937, when he sold the buildings housing his family home and art gallery. Six months later, Nazi authorities rejected Stern's proposal to transfer his business to a professor.
"This decree is final," a Nazi official warned in another letter. It includes an ominous note to the Gestapo. "Stern is a Jew and holds German citizenship."
Forced to liquidate his holdings, Stern consigned more than 200 paintings to an auction house in Cologne. Item 181 in the auction catalog is "Girl from the Sabine Mountains," which merited a full-page catalog illustration and appeared on promotional fliers.
A receipt kept by Bissonnette shows that her stepfather, Karl Wilharm, bought No. 181 for 4,140 Reichmarks, about $24,000 today, either attending the auction himself or by sending a proxy, as he sometimes did.
The painting went on Wilharm's wall.
Stern fled Germany, but lost most of his art auction proceeds when Nazi German authorities decided he must pay extra taxes before securing exit papers for his mother.
"I was blackmailed," Stern wrote in an affidavit years later. The taxes "were totally unjustified and came out of thin air."
After landing in a succession of Allied internment camps, Stern migrated to Canada and tried to recover his missing artwork after the war. He advertised the losses in art publications, hired German lawyers to press claims and traveled to Europe to reclaim some items himself.
Stern did not dwell in the past. He married, purchased the Dominion Gallery in Montreal, backed emerging Canadian artists and amassed a fortune before dying in 1987. He left most of his estate to three universities.
"It was only upon his death and the organization of his archives that we realized he had kept all this correspondence" related to his postwar search, said Clarence Epstein, who works at Concordia University and heads the restitution effort for Stern's estate. "He had never let go of the Gallery Stern archives."
Using those documents, Stern's estate registered his missing works with the London-based Art Loss Register, an Internet database of missing or stolen artwork.
In 2005, when Bissonnette tried to sell "Girl from the Sabine Mountains," which she inherited from her parents, a prospective buyer consulted the database, which alerted Stern's estate.
Before long, Bissonnette received a letter from the Holocaust Claims Processing Office in New York, where a lawyer tried to lead negotiations between Stern's lawyers and Bissonnette.
"The art market does not look favorably at items with a potentially tainted past," an HCPO intermediary told Bissonnette in a letter. "I am sure that you will also agree that there are moral considerations in this case."
Stern's estate said the Nazi government illegally forced Stern to auction his belongings. Since the auction was illegal, any sales that followed were void, regardless of whether the buyer paid.
Bissonnette's attorneys said a German restitution court reimbursed Stern for his Nazi-era losses, and that his estate waited too long to bring its claims. Lawyers for Stern's estate argued the compensation does not block his inheritors from pursuing the paintings and that Stern looked for the missing artwork as best he could in difficult circumstances.
The estate sued in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, where Bissonnette now lives.
In her fight over the painting, Bissonnette speaks of little else but clearing her parents' names.
Her divorced mother married Wilharm, a bachelor in his 50s, in 1930. Six-year-old Maria-Luise moved into his home.
"He gave me everything, and I was able to get a good education," she said in an interview. "He treated me actually as his own daughter."
As tranquility reigned at home, however, turmoil swept her country.
The German democracy born after World War I had entered its death throes. The Weimar Republic was led by a senile president unable to consolidate power. A deep economic depression left millions unemployed.
In this turmoil, Hitler's Nazi party with its fascist and anti-Semitic politics rapidly gained members.
One of them was Wilharm.
Captured Nazi records and postwar documents collected by Stern's estate and reviewed by The Associated Press offer a glimpse into Wilharm's life under Hitler's rule.
Wilharm joined the Nazi party on Aug. 1, 1932, about six months before Hitler was appointed German chancellor. His wife, Lili, joined a Nazi women's organization days after Hitler became chancellor.
Not merely a party member, Wilharm joined the Sturmabteilung, or SA, a Nazi paramilitary force used to destabilize the democratic government, break up the rallies of Nazi opponents and terrify the population into submission.
In Hofgeismar, Wilharm rented a dilapidated button factory on his property to the SA. He also became an SA Santitaets-Sturmbahnfuehrer, or a medical officer.
After the war, German prosecutors argued Wilharm's early entry into the Nazi party and his SA rank were strong proof of guilt. They also accused the doctor of refusing to treat Nazi victims.
"He was anything but a young, confused man who thought the Nazis could help him out finding a job or something," said Willi Korte, a researcher working for Stern's estate.
Wilharm called his SA rank a meaningless honorific for a town doctor. He told postwar courts he continued to care for all people, even Nazi victims and foreign prisoners. He said he tried to keep a Jewish dentist from being kicked off a local medical board and wanted to quit the SA.
But his name comes up in documents detailing a brutal campaign on March 25, 1933, when gun-toting men spread throughout town, captured people they considered enemies and took them to Wilharm's factory.
Erika Hakesberg, a member of a Jewish family, told postwar investigators that Wilharm was in her home treating her terminally ill brother when men with revolvers came to their door. Wilharm "allowed the men to haul our father from the house," she said.
He was taken to the factory and beaten beyond recognition, Hakesberg said.
Arrested after the war, Wilharm was held in a detention camp for 16 months. In the end, a German appeals court decided Wilharm was a low-level offender, fined him and sentenced him to a day's service in the postwar reconstruction effort.
Then as now, Wilharm's stepdaughter defended him � though as a teenager during the war she largely claims ignorance about his activities.
Bissonnette, who inherited the title of baroness from her mother, said she believes her first husband, a U.S. Army soldier in the Counter Intelligence Corps, helped secure Wilharm's release from an internment camp.
When the Stern estate made its claims, she ignored her first lawyer who warned she'd never win. She's dismissed settlement offers and canceled court-ordered negotiation sessions. She sent the disputed painting to Germany for safekeeping and filed a counterlawsuit there.
"I would like to think that my parents' name would be cleared," she said.
If keeping "Girl from the Sabine Mountains" is part of that, she recently suffered a setback.
Just after Christmas, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled in favor of Stern's estate and said Bissonnette must give up the painting that has seen so much pain.
Bissonnette's representatives in Germany have handed it over to Stern's estate, which wants to display it. She, meanwhile, has decided to appeal the court's decision.
Nothing has shaken her belief in her father's innocence, even decades after his death. Not his arrest. Not captured German documents. Not his trial. Not even Bissonnette's most recent legal loss.
"My father was not a Nazi," she said. "Please understand my position."
AP National Writer Allen G. Breed contributed to this report.


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The Students Parliament of the University of Ghana emerged champions of the 2015 schools debate competition organized by Ghana`s parliament as part of activities to commemorate the 2015 Commonwealth Day.
The debate among students of the various public universities in the country forms part of deliberate efforts by Leadership of Parliament to bring the work of the legislature closer to the public and prepare the youth for future engagements as parliamentarians.
The University of Ghana Students Parliament emerged winners after engaging in a keenly thought provoking debate against their University of Cape Coast counterparts on the topic "That Membership of the Commonwealth Be Opened to All Countries".
Arguing in favour of the motion, University of Ghana holds that the opening the commonwealth to all countries provides greater and equal opportunity for all in today's global world of technology.
According to them it provides opportunity for knowledge sharing and transfer from all countries who have the know-how, ensure good governance and promotes shared values among all nations.
The University of Ghana also argued that, the opening up of the commonwealth to all countries of the world also brings a lot of socio-economic benefits all involved through aid and advisory assistance and upholds the principles of democracy and respect for the rights of countries to freely associate.
They cited countries such as Rwanda and Mozambique who were originally not members of the commonwealth but are now as the basis for the commonwealth to be opened to all.
Speaking against the motion, the Students Parliament of the University of Cape Coast stated categorically that, the commonwealth charter clearly defines who the membership of the commonwealth as countries having political and colonial ties with Britain.
According to them, it is therefore wrong in the first place to suggest the opening of the commonwealth to all countries.
They argue that, its opening up will distort the foundation of the value systems of member states and lead to uncontrollable consequences.
University of Cape Coast also argues that loyalty to the commonwealth would be betrayed as true members who`s forebears suffer death and other hardships would be denied the fruits of their labour.
The opponents of the motion claimed that, the already difficult challenges confronting member states would be compounded should the commonwealth be opened to all countries.
The students were judged on their confidence level, eloquence, clarity of speech, orderly presentation of points, composure and the level of maturity displayed in their presentation.
For their prize, University of Ghana received a trophy and a cash of GHC 400.00 whiles University of Cape Coast also received a trophy and a cash prize of GHC 300.00.
The commonwealth is made up of 53 countries with political and colonial ties with Great Britain.
The 2015 Commonwealth Day celebration was on the global theme: "A Young Commonwealth''.
In a message read on her behalf, Head of the commonwealth, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II urged all member states to keep the flame of a young commonwealth alive by upholding the values of the commonwealth charter.
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the Twilight series as a Christmas present. It was supposed to be all the rage. I started to read--and was almost immediately bored out of my mind. That's no slight to Stephenie Meyer; I've heard her other books are underrated and well-written. But the yarn of crap that is the Twilight series makes it easy to hate. It's not just the purple prose, the superfluous storylines, or even the werewolves (who prove to be more awesome than the vamps or humans)--it's the main characters, Bella and Edward.
Isabella is what you'd call a sap. Her backbone is nearly nonexistent--until she wants to blow up at her doting and attentive parents or defend her passive-aggressive vampire boyfriend. Is it disgusting to anyone else that Edward, while he looks seventeen, is actually 100 years old digging on a teenager? And what is with this super-soft, totally unscary sparkling Meyer vampires do? With a guy shimmering in the sun, how can he possibly be perceived as a dangerous bloodsucker? Why call the series Twilight if vamps are out walking around all day...? And what exactly is wrong with being with Jacob--who is definitely more human than supernatural, defends the land, is sexy as hell, and genuinely loves Isabella? To cop out from the obvious choice for a prosperous and happy life and pursue the perverted, possessive, entirely-too-emotional bad boy seems to be the all-too-typical response to teenager fanfare. Perhaps that's why these stories have become such a success.
While I am definitely a romantic (the jury is still out on whether or not I'm hopeless), I can't subscribe to Meyer's subplot of one soulmate for every person. It's too simplistic for a relationship that seems to be scraping for intimacy and respect between the two protagonists. And what does that imply to the young ones this series is written for? It inspires a hopelessness when that bad boy disappears--that life will never be right again because he, that jerk who told you who to hang out with and where to be, has gone from your world never to return. And he was your last chance--even though you're only like seventeen on the cusp of the rest of your life.
The movies, at least, serve up much more entertainment. Kristen Stewart does a sufficient job of being as sappy as the character she portrays, and Robert Pattinson appears equally young with all the air of maturity that his character should possess as a 100-yr old vampire. However, the strong acting, in my opinion, only does well to point out the significant flaws of the franchise. The weakness in character and storylines are emphasized and are saved only by the filmmaker's ability to engage the audience with a heavy budget of special effects and predictable action. The shining star in this series though is Dakota Fanning, playing the evilest of the Volturie, Jane. Catch her in Twilight: New Moon and Twilight: Eclipse.
Ultimately, this series would have been salvageable if not for the vampire baby that sucks Bella dry from the inside. How can a human have a vampire's baby if vampires are dead? And how would the baby grow up? Isn't it vampire too, meaning that it would stay a baby forever? That part of Meyer's vampire lore does not coagulate. And coming up with an intense respect and love for the vampires depicted by Anne Rice, I find it almost impossible to subscribe to the ideas Meyer portrays in her book. Vampires should not be out in daylight, much less sparkle in the sun and profess undying love to a human whose blood is insanely intoxicating to you. Coming out at night is the vampire mantra; it can not be altered simply so that a century old vampire can attend high school.
2.5/5 suns: the filmmaker's ability to engage me in some relatively entertaining action is the only reason Twilight earns the other 1.5 suns.


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Iran bans Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez's latest novelNovember 17th, 2007 - 1:30 pm ICT by admin
London, Nov.17 (ANI): Iran has decided to ban the publication of Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquezs latest novel titled Memories of My Melancholy Whores.
First published in Farsi as Memories of My Melancholy Sweethearts in 2004, the first edition of 5,000 had sold out within three weeks, before Iranian authorities realised.
According to the BBC, the novel tells the story of a man who wants to mark his 90th birthday by sleeping with a 14-year-old virgin in a brothel and ends up falling in love.
The aged man, who had always slept with prostitutes, wants on the night he turns 90 to give himself a night of "wild love" with an adolescent virgin.
A brothel madam finds a girl for him, but when he arrives at the brothel the girl is asleep. From then on, he spends every night watching the girl sleep, finding love at the end of his life.
Iran's culture ministry said a "bureaucratic error" had led to permission being granted for the book's publication, the Fars news agency reported.
The official responsible had been sacked, Fars said.
The release of the book has angered religious conservatives, forcing the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, which must approve all publications in Iran, to refuse to issue a permit to allow the book to be reprinted.
Iran has tightened censorship of books since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power in 2005. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, is popular in Iran, which has published many of his books, including One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera. (ANI)
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Fairbanks, Indiana 47849
This is a picture of a Stevens steam engine and Stevens separator built in Wisconsin about 1902. It was used on a farm in Sullivan County, Indiana, two miles southeast of Fairbanks, about 1904.
Pictured left to right: with the threshing rig, John Mulligan, Don Starkey, Wakely Milligan; Clay Jewel and Ben Frakes on the water wagon. Not in the picture, but a member of the crew, was Gene Ransford.
Wakely Milligan with co-owner, son-in-law Clay Jewel, had the threshing run and sawmill for many years. Clay Jewel used the steam engine for road construction between 1915 and 1919. Also, he used the steam engine to 'sink' the Scott City coal mine west of Shelburn, Indiana, Sullivan County, in 1909. Note the steam dome is to the rear of the Stevens engine, very unusual place for the steam dome.
John Milligan, son of Wakely Milligan, with his wife and two children, moved to a large ranch in Oelrichs, South Dakota in 1912, where they lived the rest of their lives.
Wakely Milligan was a son-in-law of Henry Johnson and Henry's family were pioneers of Fairbanks Township.
Gene Ransford with his son Edward and Don Starkey operated a threshing machine and sawmill from 1918 to 1968.
Loren Higbee and family, great grandson of Henry Johnson and grandson of Wakely Milligan still resides on part of the farm. The land is now rented by Henry Johnson's great-great-grandson, Bruce Ransford, son of Edward Ransford.
I just had a question. I am trying to find information about my relatives, the Millegans (or Milligans.) We have information that they came from Indiana, Vigo County apparently. I am descended from Wakely Millegan in Texas and we are trying to locate his father, Anselm. I came across this story and was wondering if this Milligan was any relation.


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Take a few minutes and watch at least the first segment of Apple's 2007 introduction of the iPhone. Over and over you'll see insights into how Apple designs things. It's quite revealing in retrospect. The incredible effort they put into coming up with a foundation that will last at least a decade and disrupt an entire industry is evident, and a great lesson.
To pick just one moment (at 9:45), here's the statement Steve Jobs makes about design…
"One of the pioneers of our industry, Alan Kay, has had a lot of great quotes over the years. I ran across one of them recently that explains how we look at this; explains why we go about doing things the way we do. We love software. And here's the quote:
"People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware." – Alan Kay
Alan said this 30 years ago, and this is how we feel about it. So we're bringing breakthrough software to a mobile device for the first time. It's 5 years ahead of anything on any other phone."
Now think about Google's acquisition of Motorola four and a half years since. At about the 5-year mark we may see Google's marriage of their own software and hardware.
Note: While Windows Phone 7 licensing can insist on high quality hardware to run it, Apple's custom A4/A5 dual-core/graphics processor can be deeply optimized with the software, in addition to affording significantly greater miniaturization.


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