text: Nothing gets as trendy as fashion! Editor February 6, 2014 Uncategorized Some relate it to what's popular and some call it a reflection of one's character but none can negate the importance of being fashionable in today's lifestyle. Tags like ethnic, tom boyish, casual are what we add as adjectives while talking about people. So everything about you as a person boils down to how updated you are with today's fashion, if only you don't want to be called "outdated". And it changes every day. What was in yesterday is out today and wardrobes need a makeover every now and then. Trust us when we say this, it's a sheer competitive world out there, even when it comes to day to day wearing. The following sections have evolved enormously and this is where they have reached. Apparels For Women: Women, have always been the style lovers that too of wide variety. The old is often back in their wardrobe but they like to fusion the styles of east and west. Ethnic cotton tops with jeans and fine texture dupattas is the prototype look for a particular lot. Then there are the bold dressers who aren't shy to flaunt their skin. For them, well fitted skirts and flowing tops are in choice for all season. Ironically the majority here has got an eye for a lot of non girly casuals like linen trousers and shirts, denim jackets and shirts with checks and patterns. But of course, jeans and trousers are picked by the most. It's almost impossible to jot down all the variety in women clothing present in today's market at one place and every segment has surviving demand Footwear For Women: There is a wide range here to look at. Foot wares for women have gained iconic value over comfort with time. The gender is divided between the brand buyers and the local made range when it comes to buying shoes in a very cliché way. Then again pattern fragmentation here is over flats and heels to scandals and bellies. Boots for sure are the one for all when it comes to winters, of knee length to roll downs. There is a huge market demand for string scandals, ballerinas and tangy flower slippers. Foot wears for women have seen a recent trend of being accessorized with stones, Swarovski art work and cloth print matching to the dress. Apart from revised patterns, the color tone is more inclined towards stronger shades like red, blue, orange to the mild classics. No doubt the footwear in today's scenario has become an important part of the wardrobe. JEWELERY For Women: Jewelry only in gold is an old school thought now. Apparently it's no more about the purity but the look and young designs that the women are looking for. Swarovski is the most moderately priced and stylish segment in the market. American diamonds because who wants to invest so much in the real stones if one can still have diamonds and many at the cost for one real one. That's the new approach of women of this era, moreover because they want to match and wear different pieces with different clothing rather sticking to one traditional piece. Junky jewelry, mostly metallic with abstract designs is on the rise. There are jewelry for hair, shoes, clutches and even stick on studs for denims in the trend. Yet old is somewhere still in form of waistbands, anklets, toe rings and armlets. Wearing jewelry for women is all about accessorizing their look. The ironical flip in the fashion industry apart from its evolving nature is that the wearables have moved from being gender specific to unisex in looks and fit. The latest overall trend is more on verge of experimenting with the new and the different which might define one's own dressing style. Wholesale Fashion, Wholesale Clothing, Wholesale Jewelry, Wholesale Shoes Leave a Reply Cancel Reply You must be logged in to post a comment.


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Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a New Year's address thanked his fellow Russians for their ability to "take a punch and keep coming" in the past year, which was Russia's worst in more than a decade.
Considering that, he said, "we will be able to move forward, build a strong and modern state, a stable and smart economy, do everything we can to make the life of each person comfortable and safe."
In his two-minute traditional holiday address, carried by the leading Russian national TV channels moments before the large Kremlin clock chimed midnight and marked the new year, Medvedev said that 2010 offers a "new chance which we shouldn't miss" and that "the success of our actions depends on each of us, on what each one of us does for his family and for his country."
Speaking Wednesday at the last full-fledged session of the Russian government in 2009, Medvedev said that despite a great many difficulties, Russia managed to "reverse the negative trends that manifested themselves very clearly at the end of last year and the beginning of this year."
Sustaining social peace and stability in the country, he said, was the government's main achievement in 2009 -- which Medvedev called "the most difficult one in the past 12 years."
The country received a hard blow from the global economic crisis and from plummeting world oil and gas prices -- with oil and gas being the main sources of Russia's export revenues. Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) dropped more significantly than in any other G8 country in 2009, according to a review of the Russian Federal Statistics Service, coupled by the highest inflation rate among the G8 members -- close to 9 percent.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at the same government session in Moscow that Russia's GDP will fall approximately 8.5 per cent for the year of 2009 but is expected to grow by around 3 per cent in 2010. And for the first time since 1995 there will be a population increase in Russia, based on the results of 2009, he said, and average life expectancy will reach 69 years.
But risks remain, the prime minister said.
"Firstly, growth is not yet robust in nature, and secondly, it relies largely on the old, commodity-based model of the economy," Putin said.
"This means we need to shift our priorities," Putin said. "The task of building new industrial capacities and an innovative economy need to be addressed first."
Putin said that among other things, the Russian government plans to encourage domestic demand in locally-produced cars as well as housing construction.
But Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has given a more pessimistic assessment of the country's economy.
Speaking in parliament earlier this month, Kudrin said that even despite a projected modest growth in 2010, Russia will be able to restore its pre-crisis level of GDP no sooner than the fourth quarter of 2012, and only in 2013 will it exceed it.

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Topic Page: Owens, Jesse, 1913-1980
US athlete Jesse Owens. An outstanding athlete, Owens broke many world records, including a long jump record that stood for 25 years. His supremacy at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, in which he won four gold medals, dealt a blow to Adolf Hitler's attempts to use the Olympics as a demonstration of Aryan racial superiority.
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Medal of Freedom, Living Legend Award, four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games.
American track star Jesse Owens (1913-1980) became the hero of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, as his series of victories scored a moral victory for black athletes.
James Cleveland Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama, on Sept. 12, 1913, the son of a sharecropper. He was a sickly child, often too frail to help his father and brothers in the fields. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1921. There was little improvement in their life, but the move did enable young Owens to enter public school, where a teacher accidently wrote down his name as "Jesse" instead of J.C. The name stuck for the rest of his life.
When Jesse was in the fifth grade, the athletic supervisor asked him to go out for track. From a spindly boy he developed into a strong runner. In junior high school he set a record for the 100-yard dash. In high school in 1933 he won the 100-yard dash, the 200-yard dash, and the broad jump in the National Interscholastic Championships. Owens was such a complete athlete, a coach said he seemed to float over the ground when he ran.
A number of universities actively recruited Owens, but he felt college was a dream. He felt he could not leave his struggling family and young wife when a paycheck needed to be earned. Owens finally agreed to enter Ohio State University in Columbus after officials found employment for his father. In addition to his studies and participating in track, Owens worked three jobs to pay his tuition. He experienced racism while a student at Ohio State, but the incidents merely strengthened his resolve to succeed. At the "Big Ten" track and field championships (at the University of Michigan) in 1935, he broke three world records and tied another. His 26 foot 8 1/4 inch broad jump set a record that was not broken for 25 years.
Owens was a member of the 1936 U.S. Olympic team competing in Berlin. The African-American members of the squad faced the challenges not only of competition but also of Hitler's boasts of Aryan supremacy. Owens won a total of four gold medals at the Olympic games. As a stunned Hitler angrily left the stadium, German athletes embraced Owens and the spectators chanted his name. He returned to America to a hero's welcome, honored at a ticker tape parade in New York. However, within months, he was unable to find work to finance his senior year of college. Owens took work as a playground supervisor, but was soon approached by promoters who wanted to pit him against race horses and cars. With the money from these exhibitions, he was able to finish school.
In 1937 Owens lent his name to a chain of cleaning shops. They prospered until 1939, when the partners fled, leaving Owens a bankrupt business and heavy debts. He found employment with the Office of Civilian Defense in Philadelphia (1940-1942) as national director of physical education for African-Americans. From 1942 to 1946 he was director of minority employment at Ford Motor Company in Detroit. He later became a sales executive for a Chicago sporting goods company.
In 1951 Owens accompanied the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team to Berlin at the invitation of the U.S. High Commission and the Army. He was appointed secretary of the Illinois Athletic Commission (1952-1955), and was sent on a global goodwill tour as ambassador of sport for the United States. Also in 1955, he was appointed to the Illinois Youth Commission. In 1956 he organized the Junior Olympic Games for youngsters in Chicago between the ages of 12 and 17. Owens and his friend Joe Louis were active in helping black youth.
Owens headed his own public relations firm in Chicago and for several years had a jazz program on Chicago radio. He traveled throughout America and abroad, lecturing youth groups. Ideologically moderate, Owens admired Martin Luther King, Jr. Owens and his childhood sweetheart whom he had married in 1931, had three daughters.
Forty years after he won his gold medals, Owens was finally invited to the White House to accept a Medal of Freedom from President Gerald Ford. The following year, the Jesse Owens International Trophy for amateur athletes was established. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter honored Owens with a Living Legend Award.
In the 1970s Owens moved his business from Chicago to Phoenix, but as time progressed, his health deteriorated. He died of cancer on March 31, 1980, after a lengthy stay in a Phoenix hospital. He was buried in Chicago several days later.
The highest honor Owens received came a full ten years after his death. Congressman Louis Stokes from Cleveland lobbied tirelessly to earn Owens a Congressional Gold Medal. The award was finally given to Owens's widow by President Bush in 1990. During the ceremony, President Bush called Owens "an Olympic hero and an American hero every day of his life."
Owens's fabled career as a runner again caught public attention in the 1996 Olympic Games, and 60th anniversary of his Berlin triumph, as entrepreneurs hawked everything from Jesse Owens gambling chips (Sports Illustrated August 5, 1996) to commemorative oak tree seedlings (American Forests Spring, 1996) reminiscent of one he was awarded as a Gold Medalist in Berlin (Sports Illustrated February 20, 1995).
Racism at home had denied Owens the financial fruits of his victory after the 1936 games, but his triumph in what has been called "the most important sports story of the century," continued to be an inspiration for modern day Olympians such as track stars Michael Johnson and Carl Lewis. In Jet magazine (August 1996), Johnson credited Owens for paving the way for his and other black athletes' victories.
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Little Man has been having tantrums which are outrageous, epic and hilarious in equal proportions.
It's interesting how the day can go when your little one is feeling a bit off or is deliberately testing boundaries. I found myself using timeouts, soothing, distracting and even resorting to begging. When I reached the inevitable low point of pleading with my sixteen month old only to have his dummy thrown at my face and my nipple twisted, I did the only thing that could be done. I became my mother.
Yes, my spirit has truly been broken in several ways.
It also occurred to me how the things I say could sound so bizarre to my neighbours. Oh well, no street party invitations for me!
Things I Said This Week That Sound Like My Mother and/or Completely Bizarre:
Wait until your dad is home
I'm very disappointed
Leave the cat alone
Stop touching the flamingo's
Don't lick the fly screen
Dining chairs live at the dining table
Where did you get that spoon?
Leave Mummy's belly button alone please
That's enough toilet paper
Those underpants work really well as a scarf, darling
Yes, life certainly isn't boring with a Little Man around.. well, maybe when he goes to bed!
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The Hobbit and the "Peter Jackson Bloat"
The decision to split J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit into two motion pictures was met with enough scorn and internet criticism, but the news that it was going to be a trilogy provoked outright anger on internet message boards. The Hobbit is a short book, and many see the trilogy approach as nothing but an attempt to maximise box office potential, not to mention the chance for Peter Jackson to indulge in his trademark bloat.
It's not the first time Peter Jackson's work has been accused of being bloated. In 2005, his King Kong remake clocked in at three hours, with an extended cut running even longer. The extended edition DVD even came with an extra half an hour of deleted scenes. Is the story of King Kong really worth four hours?
In my opinion, Peter Jackson's work should be judged on a case-by-case basis. I love the original three-hour cut of King Kong as it facilitated rich character development, but the extended cut is inferior, as it's mostly superfluous extra action beats.
But I'm a tremendous Hobbit apologist. It remains to be seen how well the story sustains itself across The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again, but An Unexpected Journey was a pure delight.
Here's the thing: The Hobbit is a kid's book. It's a short & sweet novel meant to be read to children at bedtime. A rote adaptation would be entertaining, but it would yield just another fun but insignificant blockbuster. Tolkien realised that he had created a rich universe, and proceeded to write The Lord of the Rings in order to tell a much darker, more complicated, more thematically dense adult story within this universe.
Since Jackson adapted The Lord of the Rings first, there's a certain level of anticipation now. Following it with a one-movie prequel would just not be good enough. Jackson and co. realised this, hence the trilogy approach gives them the opportunity to mine extra character depth from the story and explore the origins of Sauron's return, making it a true prequel trilogy. Besides, a Hobbit trilogy feels more in keeping with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It's not like the Star Wars franchise just got one prequel. It's tidy continuity, and although it sucks that we have to wait 12 months between each instalments, it's exciting to live through another multiple-year saga of Middle-Earth adventures.
Although some have claimed that An Unexpected Journey was bloated and overlong, it really isn't for the most part. The oft-criticised stuff in the Shire is an ideal length, as there are 12 dwarves for us to acquaint ourselves with. We're not supposed to know them all name-by-name, but that's a gag in itself straight from the book, which is why they all have ridiculous names. What matters is that we can recognise one dwarf from the other, and the extensive time at Bilbo's place achieves this. They all have distinctive designs and personality traits, perfectly established in the meeting scene.
Likewise, a lot of stuff happens on the road, but there's a lot of great character dynamics at play here. The heart of the movie is Bilbo becoming comfortable with being away from home, and finding his place amongst the dwarves. This arc would feel completely unearned if it took less time, hence the breathing room is definitely appreciated, and makes the production feel more "epic." You get to the end of the movie knowing you've experienced something long, but it feels gratifying.
This is not to say that An Unexpected Journey is perfect, however, as there are some scenes that are a bit unnecessary. The extended material in present-day with elderly Bilbo and Frodo goes on for too long, working too hard to tie itself into the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring. A lot of this stuff should have probably been excised for the theatrical cut, saved for the extended edition. Likewise, there's a scene with battling rock giants that feels more like an extended edition scene.
But here's the thing: even if there is bloat in some scenes, and in the ridiculously over-the-top action sequences, Jackson's deft touch makes it fun and palatable. Whereas Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was padded out with witless idiocy, An Unexpected Journey is flat-out fun all the way through. I never got to the stage where I was looking at my watch or wishing for it to end – on the contrary, I was enjoying the colourful action and dynamic interactions too much to notice how much time was really passing.
It all comes down to personal preference, of course, but I had great fun with An Unexpected Journey, and I'm expecting the next two instalments to be just as entertaining.


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Welcome To Swiftsure Equine Veterinary Services
"Helping owners provide quality care for their horses"
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Danica and her team are very professional, knowledgeable and great to work with! She is always very accommodating and I would recommend her to everyone!
I have trusted and have been so happy from the first time I met Danica and (her team). I think the thing that rings true, from the early days till the present, is the enthusiastic, genuine care and concern for the horse, being in touch with the client, and allowing clients to text, call, and joke at any given time. I really want to thank Dr D and staff for being part of the community, and our family.
Danica and her staff have gone above and beyond, time after time, to help me with my own and my clients' horses. Their professionalism, as well as their sympathetic ear, have gotten me through some tough situations.
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Danica, who has looked after our horses for a number of years, is personable, dependable, sensible, knowledgeable and ABOVE ALL....she sincerely loves the animals! We heartily recommend Swiftsure Equine Veterinary Services, Dr. Danica Olenick and her staff.
We have enjoyed excellent professional service from Dr Olenick and her staff for many years. Through the challenges of handling high strung and young horses, to the breeding program, serious injuries and routine veterinary care, the Swiftsure team has shown the same high level of service each and every time. Professional, consistent, reliable, caring. We would not hesitate to recommend Swiftsure Equine Vet Services.
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Dr. Danica Olenick and her team at Swiftsure Equine Vet Services have given outstanding care on every level to my 20 year old dressage horse both through founder and for her regular wellness program. Not only is the veterinary care exemplary, I am also very appreciative that: my horse is treated with great kindness, appropriate but not unnecessary treatments are given, nutritional advice is included, service requests are responded to promptly and the whole team is a delight to work with.
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I was honored to have a memoir piece and recipe published in the newest issue of Driftless Magazine, an independent magazine about "food, art, and adventure in the Midwest." This is my first piece I've ever had published in print and as I cut the mail open to hold the copy in my hands, I thought, "This is it!" And as I read the piece to my mother while she did the dishes and, later, to my father when he got home from a business trip, I thought, "This is just the beginning."
I want to share with you the narrative, as I always do on the blog. The stories behind why I bake. The inspiration behind the flour-dusted countertops and sticky testing spoons. But, to find the recipe for the cornbread trifle and more, you should pick up the magazine or find it online here.
Be sure to check Driftless out on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well!
And here is part of my piece...
A Town I Could Never Forget: for issue 5 of Driftless Magazine
It's always dusk when I look back at my town of Indiana. Versailles, it's called. Forty-five minutes west of Cincinnati and pronounced "Ver-sales". It's always dusk and the light blue water tower that stands like Atlas above the town casts long shadows on the Dairy Queen down the road. A sundial for the bargain shoppers, mothers with chipped nail polish, and husbands that drink beer in the garage that I still call family.
Some work at factories, some are bartenders. They pay their bills and find it hard to dream bigger than the first exit on the highway. Cornfields line the back roads to church and sometimes it all feels so expansive and sometimes it's suffocating.
I haven't been back there for a few years; haven't lived there a few years longer than that. I know what's changed and what hasn't. A few more great-aunts lay buried in the family plot and an uncle won $10,000 at a poker tournament. My grandfather lost one of his fingers in a saw and spends his time drinking.
I know there's one less house on Main Street that was torn down and the roots of an old tree cracked the sidewalk. That was big news in my small town. It traveled to me when I lived in California. My mom repeated it again at Thanksgiving.
"A girl could have tripped and really hurt herself!"
" I hope they do something about it soon," I said, mirroring my mother's concern.
My mother left that world when she was sixteen but revisits it in conversation often. She smoked cigarettes while waiting for her nails to dry and spend years trying to find the self-confidence that always seemed to escape between her open fingertips, held out for clemency for all the mistakes she thinks she made as a mother.
She hasn't changed much since she married my father and moved away from their hometown in Indiana. The salt of the earth is the grit in her teeth when she's scowling; it's the dust that gets in my eyes when I think of that town changing before I visit again soon.
But not much will. It hasn't for years and years. A grandmother still rests at the foot of a hill. The weeds that grow on a farm my dad used to own still houses garter snakes and mice that hide in shadows. The bramble of the blackberry bushes my uncle owned wrapped themselves around his truck tires when he died. Earth is more alive in this part of the Midwest. It only gives what it can eventually take back.
I thought about that town and its land when I made this trifle. I made this dessert as a eulogy to the cracked veneer of a world that I may never get back. A myth, a dream world I see when I look at the rose-patterned china that sits in a cardboard box in my parents' basement. How the blackberry bramble would twist itself around that box. How the mice would hide in the shadows, too.
I think of this dessert as a love letter to the town I was born in, with its mispronounced name and its cracked sidewalks. Cornmeal, berries, and two cups of sugar.
Simple, timeless, an artifact from a world I'm afraid to lose. My ode to Indiana: a cornbread trifle.
Thank you to everyone for your support and support your local and independent magazines!


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Interesting Statistics
I thought you would like this.
Some Startling Statistics...
Number of physicians in the U.S. 700,000
Accidental deaths caused by physicians per year 120,000
Accidental deaths per physician 0.171
Number of gun owners in the U.S. 80,000,000
Number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) 1,500
Accidental deaths per gun owner 0.0000188
Therefore, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.
Taken from the Benton County NewsTribune on the seventeenth of November,1999


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Living in an apartment in a city means an entire room devoted to an office or workspace is completely hors du question! So I'm left to figure out how to fashion an area for a desk that frankly, is untidy 90 percent of the time. Having a messy desk in open view disturbs my visual equilibrium, so I'm trying to think of ways to conceal it.
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The garden hose might be a safer option to cool off with than your swimming pool this summer. That clean water may not be as clean as you think, according to new research.
A recent study published in the Journal of Environmental Science & Technology revealed that disinfectants used to keep pools clean can create hazardous disinfection byproducts (DBPs) when mixed with sweat, urine, and beauty products.
Scientists at the University of South Carolina tested some of these byproducts and found they caused genetic damage to cells. Other findings linked regular pool usage to bladder cancer and respiratory issues.
These reports are true for all hot tubs, public pools, and private pools—but researchers are most concerned with indoor pools and hot tubs, because there is less ventilation.
That strong, chlorine-like smell you inhale around indoor swimming areas is not actually chlorine. It's trichloramine—a DBP—which is a dangerous combination of chlorine and urine. The chemical easily becomes airborne and is a known respiratory irritant, sparking the risk of colds and asthma complications.
"I wouldn't advise people to stay away from pools, but everything in moderation," said study co-author Susan Richardson, who's part of the university's department of chemistry and biochemistry.
A Florida public official, from the state with the second largest number of swimming pools in the country, said reducing waterborne illness is a bigger concern than DBPs, and public pools are safe when the necessary steps are taken.
Still, Richardson and her colleagues tested water samples from public and private pools and hot tubs and discovered more than 100 DBPs—some of which are mutagenic, or known to damage and mutate cells.
The researchers found that on average, tap water was actually cleaner than disinfected pool water samples.
That garden hose sounds pretty refreshing.


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This book has over 160 dairy-free desserts perfect for any occasion - no matter who you are baking for.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 09, 2012
Creating flavorful and appealing desserts that are kosher has been a challenge in Jewish households for decades. Without access to dairy products, creating a memorable dessert to go with any meal, let alone a holiday meal has been a challenge. With the High Holidays just around the corner, pastry chef and teacher, Paula Shoyer, has put together the go-to kosher cookbook to make the perfect dessert for any meal. The Kosher Baker: Over 160 Dairy-free Recipes from Traditional to Trendy has a wide array of desserts and breads from family favorites to time-honored holiday classics, all dairy-free with many sugar-free, gluten-free, and vegan as well. Paula, a Paris-trained pastry chef, has included dessert recipes not usually found on a kosher table, such as creamy key lime pie, luscious flan, rich tiramisu, and many classic French pastries.
"I love to entertain, often cooking meals for a lot of people. I find that what drives my choice of a dessert recipe is based upon how much time I have to make it. Too often people leave desserts for the last minute," says Paula. "I wanted to create a cookbook that would allow you to find just what you and need quickly and easily."
The first three parts of The Kosher Baker are organized by preparation time: Part 1, under 15 minutes; Part 2, 15-30 minutes; Part 3, 30 minutes or more. A fourth part is devoted to Passover and no-sugar-added desserts. Many of Paula's recipes can be mixed in one bowl and ready for the oven in less than 15 minutes.
"Parve desserts are no longer something less than their dairy counterparts. The age of the kichel and the rainbow sponge cake is over. If you keep kosher you can now enjoy fabulous desserts any time, for any meal."
For the High Holidays, Paula suggests serving your family and guests a fun and easy dessert that can be made days ahead of time.
Babka Cupcakes with Crumb Topping
Makes 14 to 15 cupcakes
These mini Babkas can be made ahead of time when the kitchen is not so frenzied. Store them in plastic at room temperature for up to four days or freeze up to three months.
1/4 cup warm water
1/2 ounce (2 envelopes) active dry yeast
1 1/4 cups plus 1 teaspoon sugar, divided
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups (3 sticks) parve margarine, softened, divided, plus extra for greasing muffin pan
1 large egg plus 1 white
¼ cup parve unsweetened cocoa
1/3 cup parve mini or regular-size chocolate chips
Crumb Topping:
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
4 teaspoons canola or vegetable oil
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Place the warm water, yeast, and 1 teaspoon of the sugar in a large mixing bowl and let sit 10 minutes, or until the mixture bubbles. Add ¼ cup of sugar, the flour, 1 stick of the margarine, and the eggs. Combine by hand with a wooden spoon or with a dough hook in a stand mixer until all the ingredients are mixed in. Cover bowl with plastic and let rise 2 to 4 hours.
Meanwhile, for the chocolate filling, combine the remaining 1 cup of sugar with the cocoa in a medium bowl. Add the remaining 2 sticks of margarine and mix well with a hand-held or stand electric mixer, or by hand with a whisk. You can let the filling sit out covered while the dough is rising.
To make the crumb topping: In a small bowl, place the sugar, flour, oil, and cinnamon and mix with a silicone spatula.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease 14 to 15 cups of a muffin pan or pans.
Divide dough into four pieces. On a large piece of parchment, roll each piece into a rectangle, as thin as you can. Spread 1/4 of the chocolate cocoa and sugar mixture on one of the dough rectangles and then sprinkle on 1/4 of the chocolate chips. Roll the dough up working with the long side of the rectangle to create long, thin rolls.
Slice each roll into 3/4-inch slices. Place 4 slices into each muffin cup, by placing the first 2 at angles in the bottom and then the second 2 on top, also at angles, none with the chocolate swirls facing straight up. Use your fingers to sprinkle some of the crumb topping on top of each babka cupcake; use up all the topping.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until browned on top. Cool for 20 minutes in the pan. Run a knife around the babkas and then remove from the pan and let cool. Store covered in plastic at room temperature for up to four days or freeze up to three months.
Want something more traditional but with a twist, Paula has this delicious twist on a Jewish classic.
Cinnamon Apricot Pull-Apart Babka
Serves 10 to 12
My late Aunt Lillian was a fantastic cook and baker. One of my favorite recipes of hers was what she called a "conversation cake." She took little challah dough balls, dipped them in margarine and sugar, and then baked them in a pan, placing candied fruit between the balls. This recipe is a tribute to her.
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1/2 ounce (2 envelopes) active dry yeast
1/2 cup sugar plus 1 teaspoon, divided
5 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling out the dough
1 cup (2 sticks) parve margarine, softened
3 large eggs
1 ½ cups sugar
4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
½ cup apricot preserves
½ cup (1 stick) parve margarine
Spray oil, for greasing pan
To make the dough: Place the warm water, yeast, and 1 teaspoon of the sugar in a large mixing bowl and let sit 10 minutes, until the mixture bubbles. Add the remaining ½ cup of sugar, flour, margarine, and eggs. Combine by hand with a wooden spoon or by using a dough hook in a stand mixer until all the ingredients are mixed in. Cover bowl with plastic and let rise 3 to 4 hours, until the dough has increased in size at least 50 percent.
Meanwhile, for the filling, combine the 1 ½ cups of sugar and cinnamon in a bowl.
Place the remaining stick of margarine in a heatproof bowl and heat in the microwave for 45 seconds or until melted. Set aside.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a large Bundt pan with spray oil.
Divide the dough into 4 parts. Place a large piece of parchment on the counter and sprinkle generously with flour. Place one part of the dough on the parchment and roll out as thin as you can, less than ¼-inch thick. Use a cookie cutter or glass, about 2 inches in diameter, to cut circles of the dough as close to each other as possible. Reroll all the scraps and cut out circles. Place ¼ teaspoon of apricot preserves in the center of a circle and sprinkle on ¼ teaspoon of the cinnamon-sugar. Close the dough around the filling and squeeze with your hard to form a ball. Do not worry if some jam squeezes out. When you have all the balls made, dip each into the melted margarine and roll in the cinnamon-sugar. Place around the bottom of the Bundt pan. Repeat with the other three pieces of dough and place the balls evenly around the pan.
Bake for 45 minutes or until golden on top. Let cool for 30 minutes in the pan and then turn onto a rack. To serve, I turn it back over onto a serving plate so it looks like a crown. To eat, each person pulls off the balls. Store covered in plastic at room temperature for up to four days or freeze up to three months.
Recipes can be reprinted with the following credit:
From The Kosher Baker: Over 160 Dairy-Free Recipes from Tradition to Trendy
by Paula Shoyer, Brandeis University Press
With The Kosher Baker, Paula guides the home baker through more than 160 mouth-watering recipes and expands every non-dairy baker's repertoire with simple, clear instructions. You don't have to be Jewish, or even keep kosher, to love Paula's recipes. The Kosher Baker has everything from cookies, biscotti, breads and muffins, to pastries, tarts, fancy cakes and mousses. Find the right dessert for the right occasion.
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Paula Shoyer is the owner of Paula's Parisian Pastries Cooking School in the Washington, D.C., area. She teaches classes in French pastry and Jewish baking locally, across the country and Canada. She trained in Paris, receiving her pastry diploma from the Ritz Escoffier École de Gastronomie Française. Paula is the author of The Kosher Baker: Over 160 Dairy-Free Recipes from Traditional to Trendy. Paula and her delicious recipes have been featured in numerous publications and websites including The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Houston Chronicle, Dessert Professional, Today's Diet and Nutrition, Joy of Kosher magazine, and Epicurious.com. Paula is also a freelance writer with monthly columns in Whisk Magazine and kosherscoop.com. She is also a popular guest on radio shows such as Martha Stewart Living radio, Walking on Air with Betsy and Sal, What's Cookin' with Mike Horn and Paul Stern on CRN Digital Talk Radio and OnTheMenuRadio.com. She has cooked up delicious desserts on WUSA TV 9's Noon News in Washington, DC, WGN's Lunchbreak, NBC Washington News 4 at 4 "Quick Bites" and San Diego Living, and last year was a contestant on the popular Food Network show, Sweet Genius. Paula also served as editor of the popular Susie Fishbein cookbooks Kosher by Design Entertains and Kosher by Design Kids in the Kitchen. Originally from New York, this busy wife, mother, and part-time basketball coach lives in Chevy Chase, MD with her husband and four children and is currently working on a new dessert cookbook.
To learn more about Paula Shoyer, visit her website, http://www.PaulasPastry.com and http://www.kosherbaker.blogspot.com.


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CHICAGO, April 27 (UPI) -- A three-run double by Darnell McDonald highlighted a five-run sixth inning Friday that propelled Boston to a 10-3 win over the Chicago White Sox.
The Red Sox trailed by a run heading into the sixth, but scored eight times over the final four innings while rolling to their fifth straight victory.
Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Youkilis drew one-out walks from John Danks (2-3) in the sixth and David Ortiz singled to load the bases.
Cody Ross drove in the first run of the inning with a single and, after Kelly Shoppach fanned for the second out of the inning, McDonald cleared the bases with a double to left. McDonald scored on a single by Marlon Byrd.
Ross also had an RBI single during a two-run seventh and McDonald tacked on a solo homer in the ninth, his first of the season.
McDonald had compiled just 30 at-bats this year prior to Friday and was batting a mere .100.
Starter Daniel Bard was credited with the win after allowing three runs on six hits in six innings. frames. During their five straight wins the Red Sox have outscored the opposition 44-19.
Chicago has lost four in a row.


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Vintage Sled Personalized Print
Vintage Sled Personalized Print
This beautiful illustration is from a vintage children's book from 1918, and adapted into personalized art just for you! It is printed on smooth, bright, high-quality matte paper. The image size is approximately 7.5 x 9.5 inches (on an 8.5 x 11 inch page) with a white border for framing.
***These prints look best with a single name.***
These are adorable framed in a child's room or nursery, and especially wonderful in a gift basket with Oiseaux personalized bookplates and your favorite children's book! This would also be sweet in a baby book or scrapbook.
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|No effects of three-week consumption of a green tea extract on time trial performance in endurance-trained men.
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|PMID: 20533245 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of three-week consumption of green tea extract (GTE) supplementation on time trial performance and metabolism during cycling in endurance athletes. Nine endurance-trained men participated in this double-blind and placebo-controlled cross-over study. At the end of the supplementation period with GTE (159 mg/day total catechins) or placebo, respectively, subjects cycled at 50 % of the individual maximal power output for 2 hours, followed by a 30-minute time trial. Respiratory gas exchange, fatty acids, 3-beta-hydroxybutyrate, lactate, glucose, interleukin-6, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, creatine kinase, and C-reactive protein (CRP) were measured 1 hour before, during, and 1 hour after the exercise test. Blood lipids were measured at rest before cycling. There was no significant effect on performance, energy metabolism, or any other measured parameter, except for CRP, which was significantly reduced (p = 0.045) after GTE supplementation compared to placebo. GTE supplementation did not affect time trial performance and energy metabolism in endurance-trained men in the non-fasting state. Further studies with athletes, particularly in the fed state, but with higher GTE doses, are needed to address the question whether green tea may influence energy metabolism and performance in athletes.
|Philipp Eichenberger; Samuel Mettler; Myrtha Arnold; Paolo C Colombani
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|Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Dietary Supplements*
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Energy Metabolism*
Exercise Test
Heart Rate
Inflammation Mediators / blood
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Physical Endurance / physiology*
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New Gustave Baumann Catalogue Raisonné
AHPCS members will be pleased to learn of a new publication cataloging the work of German-American color-woodcut artist Gustave Baumann (1881-1971): In A Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann, A Catalogue Raisonné (September 2019).
One of the highlights of the 2016 AHPCS annual meeting in Santa Fe, Mexico, was the opportunity to view prints and plates by Baumann in the New Mexico History Museum collection. Baumann was a key figure in the American Arts and Crafts movement, and his prints often showcased the natural beauty, light, color, and culture of the American Southwest.
The book, by Gala Chamberlain, with essays by Nancy E. Green and Thomas Leech and a foreword by Martin Krause, is published by Rizzoli Electra and is available for sale on their website. Click here for more information.
Image credit: Gustave Baumann. Morning in Mexico. Color woodcut, 1936. Courtesy of Roger Genser, The Prints & the Pauper.
Lucrative Racism
After the printmaking firm of Currier & Ives closed in 1907, its remaining lithograph stones were sold by the pound and most of their images ground away to make way for new designs—except for a set of Darktown Comics stones.
These stones were used to print lithographs in a long-running series of racist cartoons ridiculing African Americans. And the images were still too lucrative to just erase. From a company that produced roughly 8,000 different prints over more than seventy years, it was the Darktown Comics that were saved. The stones were purchased together, along with the reproduction rights, for reprinting.
In the late 19th century, racial and ethnic caricatures were extremely popular subjects for prints. The bestselling Darktown Comics were printed as small (8″ x 10-12″) or medium folios (about 10″-14″ by 14″-20″), but there was a strong American market for xenophobia and racism in all sizes.
The Library Company of Philadelphia recently acquired four 1882 trade cards–each approximately 4 x 3 inches–depicting (and demeaning) Irish immigrants to America. Over at the LCP blog, curator Sarah Weatherwax explores these images in "Mocking the 'Other': The Irish American Experience." Click here to read more…
Images (top to bottom): Print. The Darktown Fire Brigade [1885] published by Currier & Ives, courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society; Trade cards, courtesy of the Library Company of Philadelphia
A "Once-in-a-Lifetime" Exhibit
"Once in a lifetime!" is how one AHPCS member describes "Beyond Midnight," the new Paul Revere exhibit showing at the New-York Historical Society from September 6, 2019, through January 12, 2020.
The statement isn't hyperbole—exhibit curators (and AHPCS members) Lauren Hewes and Nan Wolverton of the American Antiquarian Society have been able to bring together artifacts unlikely to be displayed together again. The exhibit explores Paul Revere's life, artistry, and impact, which extend far beyond his best-known contribution, that famous "Midnight Ride" warning American colonists of advancing British troops in April 1775.
For print lovers, the exhibit is especially notable for the many examples of Revere's engraving work. Revere's most famous engraving, The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, will appear along with four other contemporary versions—the first time all five 1770 printings of the Boston Massacre will be shown together. "Today the engraving is considered one of the most successful propaganda prints in American History," explains Lauren Hewes.
Interestingly, the design is not Revere's; he copied it from another Boston-area artist, Henry Pelham. In Paul Revere's Engravings (1969), Clarence Brigham writes, "[Revere] never could have designed it. He was an engraver, not an artist…" It was common for engravers to copy the works of others in the 18th century—not that the practice pleased the original artists. In a surviving draft of a March 29, 1770, letter by Pelham, Pelham accuses Revere of "most dishonorable Actions," writing, "When I heard that you was cutting a plate of the late Murder, I thought it impossible as I knew you were not capable of doing it unless you copied it from mine …" It is unknown if the letter was ever sent to Revere.
All five versions displayed in the exhibit at first glance look quite similar, but a closer study reveals variations. For instance, the moon in the Revere print opens to the left; Pelham's moon opens to the right.
Image credits (left to right): Print: The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King – Street Boston by Paul Revere; Print. The fruits of arbitrary power, or The Bloody Massacre by Henry Pelham. Both courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society.
The exhibit offers an unrivaled assemblage of Revere's work, covering the full span of his career. If New York City isn't in your travel plans, the exhibit will also be traveling to Massachusetts and Arkansas:
February 14, 2020-June 7, 2020
Worcester Art Museum and Concord Museum
July 1, 2020-October 11, 2020
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
For more information: https://www.americanantiquarian.org/revere
"A Landscape of Little Beauty…"
For a July 1938 article in New York History titled "History in Prints," writer Millicent Stow plodded through a chronology of some historically important prints.
One print received rather sneering commentary: "[The artist] might have portrayed something more interesting, but he seems to have been content with a landscape of little beauty and no historic interest."
So what made this little print even worthy of Stow's notice?
It is the first known lithograph printed in America.
Lithography had been invented by Alois Senefelder in Germany in the late 1790s, but it would be more than two decades before his discovery saw actual application across the Atlantic. It was only in 1819 that Philadelphia artist Bass Otis produced this print to accompany an article on lithography by Professor Thomas Cooper in the July issue of The Analectic Magazine.
Why Otis picked this particular mill scene we'll likely never know. Manuscript sources related to printing history are notoriously scarce.
Consequently, it's particularly noteworthy that former special collections librarian (and AHPCS member) Philip Weimerskirch has generously shared a new archival find! A May 6, 1819, letter by Cooper in the Newport Historical Society describing his work with Otis and others to produce this first American lithograph.
To read Philip's full article about Cooper's letter, check out page 6 of the newest issue of the AHPCS News Letter (Summer 2019).
Image credit: Lithograph, 'Untitled (House and stream)'. DL*60.2417. Peters Prints collection, National Museum of American History
From Birds to Beasts
Audubon's Wild America Celebrated in Currier Museum of Art Exhibition
During the Industrial Revolution, as the United States grew westward, there was great public fascination with America's unique and varied wildlife. John James Audubon shared that enthusiasm and sought to take advantage of it by portraying these animals in drawings and etchings, which he included in limited edition books. While best known for his precise studies of birds, this exhibition will feature his interest in mammals, most of which were drawn to appear in their natural settings. Easing Audubon's struggle to accurately recreate these creatures, the animals were often made available to him stuffed and mounted in displays. Audubon's artworks became immensely popular in England and across the U.S., and remain some of the finest studies of American wildlife in existence. This exhibition is the result of collaboration between the Currier and New Hampshire Audubon, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014. NH Audubon is making their limited edition (1845-1848) Audubon portfolio available for display for the first time in the state.
Manchester, NH – America's westward expansion in the mid-19th century was a story of adventure, but also of profound environmental impact. That story is embodied in the life and work of a man who documented the birds and animals of frontier America. John James Audubon had already achieved fame from his groundbreaking publication, The Birds of America when he set his sights on the country's mammals. From Birds to Beasts: Audubon's Last Great Adventure, on view at the Currier Museum of Art from May 23 through August 30, 2015, will take you on Audubon's 1843 journey up the Missouri River to observe and study some of America's most iconic creatures.
"What set Audubon apart from other naturalists of the time was the way he embedded stories in his beautiful, detailed illustrations," said Andrew Spahr, Currier curator and director of collections and exhibitions. "Audubon's original art works showed these creatures in their natural settings, seemingly in motion, acting in ways they did when they were alive."
The book he created of mammal studies, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1845-1848) was a massive undertaking. The three-volume set was the most elaborate color plate book printed entirely in the United States in the mid-1800s. Each copy included an additional three-volume scientific text that provided detailed information about each of Audubon's 150 subjects.
Currier-NH Audubon Partnership
The Currier is partnering with New Hampshire Audubon to present From Birds to Beasts: Audubon's Last Great Adventure. NH Audubon just celebrated its centennial year and will make their copy of the limited Imperial Edition (1845-1848) Quadrupeds portfolio available for display for the first time in the state.
"We are thrilled to be working with the Currier Museum of Art on this project, which will raise awareness about the impact of John James Audubon as both a ground-breaking artist and naturalist," said Michael Bartlett, New Hampshire Audubon president. "Our collaboration with the Currier Museum has been tremendously rewarding, allowing us to share this incredible collection with the public."
About the Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
The first edition of this publication, called the Imperial Folio, included 150 hand-colored lithographs, each measuring approximately 22" x 28" and was printed by J.T. Bowen. At the time, 300 people subscribed to this edition, paying $300 (nearly $5,000 today) to receive five prints every two months. The price included binding and the accompanying scientific texts, which were published in 1854.
Bowen also produced a smaller Royal Octavo edition (7" x 10.5"), which was published between 1849 and 1871. Like the Imperial Folio, it includes hand-colored lithographs, but Bowen's team reduced image size by using a camera lucida, making this a more affordable option.
About the Exhibition
By all accounts, John James Audubon's life was filled with adventure, both in his travels and his financial risk-taking. From Birds to Beasts will detail the factors that led him to create stunningly artistic encyclopedic volumes devoted first to the birds, then to the mammals, of North America. The exhibition will explore the artistic methods behind these massive tomes, and Audubon's need for the printing and hand-coloring teams to produce works of the highest quality for his subscribers.
More than 45 original hand-colored prints will be on view, most of which come from the NH Audubon collection, as will several of Audubon's popular bird illustrations, made from 1826 to 1838.
Six monumental prints by artist Walton Ford (b. 1960) will provide a contemporary connection to Audubon's 170-year old works. Naturalists from NH Audubon will share their knowledge in the galleries during the course of the exhibition.
Over time, Audubon's name became synonymous with environmental causes even though he and his team killed a large number of animals in their pursuit of scientific study and artistic accuracy. Many of their specimens were mounted and posed in Audubon's studio as subjects for his paintings to create a visual inventory of the animals that roamed across the frontier.
The exhibition includes stuffed mounts of the animals Audubon studied, including popular New Hampshire species such as the bobcat, fisher and fox. Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness, N.H. lent these mounts for this exhibition. These will be on view in a special gallery space that will allow visitors to draw these animals from observation, in the same way Audubon did. Also, the Currier has produced an Audubon Adventure Journal, a special 32-page illustrated takeaway for all ages that builds off the exhibition's primary themes of art, nature and adventure. It will offer families the opportunity to learn more about New Hampshire wildlife and how to draw images based on nature..
About John James Audubon
Born in 1785, John James Audubon moved to Pennsylvania in 1803, the year of America's massive westward expansion through the Louisiana Purchase. He moved to Kentucky in 1808 and after several failed business ventures, turned to art, science and nature as his life's work. His first and most popular book, The Birds of America (1826-1838) was printed in England, but by 1836, he was already considering his next masterwork, which would feature America's mammals. This became The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. While he had completed 36 paintings of mammals based on what he saw around his home in New York City, he intended to expand the effort to include America's unique frontier wildlife. His journey to explore and catalogue these mammals began in 1843, when he traveled to St. Louis and then up the Missouri River to the North Dakota/Montana border. Audubon returned to New York City that fall.
Audubon died in 1851 having drawn only half of the 150 paintings included in Quadrupeds. His son, John Woodhouse Audubon, completed the remaining images for the book.
The Legacy of Currier & Ives: Shaping the American Spirit Exhibit
February 9 – June 15, 2013
The Legacy of Currier & Ives; Shaping the American Spirit pays tribute to the popular nineteenth-century printmakers and their role in establishing a form of mass media that was inexpensive and eagerly sought by ordinary people. The exhibition features sixty-four hand-colored lithographs, which include a stunning array of visual references to an exciting period in national development.
From 1834 to 1907, Currier and Ives gave testimony to national art trends, history, and progress through popular prints that hung in homes across America. Several images featured the designs of prominent artists such as Eastman Johnson, Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, and George Durrie. The exhibition introduces visitors to the firm of Currier & Ives and shows, through interpretive and educational materials, how their imagery became ingrained in the national consciousness. In the seventy-two years that Currier & Ives were in business (1834–1907), they produced more than 8,000 lithographs.
The exhibition is organized around four themes:
• Identity
• Home
• Success
• Artist
An illustrated catalog accompanies the exhibition and is available in the museum shop.
The D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, organized and curated the exhibition with prints from their collection.


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Ahoy Breakfast Time
Would you love to live by the sea? Then our "Ahoy" collection with its dangling boats is made for your little one and its little nursery. Mobile Composition: 5 big boats (3 motifs and 2 plains) + 4 baby boats.Total height from hook to bottom bead: 30cm. Colours: Orange, Turquoise, Mint & Greys. Motifs: Clouds, Stripes & Hot air Balloons.
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There are a few simple things you can do to make sure your car keeps running smoothly – for example, changing the oil and topping up the water – but searching the manual to find out how to do it can feel quite daunting.
That's why Green Flag will be organising free car health check events at locations across the country, with Green Flag technicians on hand to check your car and give you advice on how to avoid breaking down. Event details to be confirmed soon.
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Looking forward to seeing you there!


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Once a product design is completed, you're ready to move on to the much anticipated prototype stage. At the end of this step, you will have 2 functional prototypes that prove the feasibility and concept of your design.
If you're just joining us, you may want to review the previous 2 parts of the series:
Ok, now that you're all caught up, let's dig into prototyping. This is the moment you have been waiting for, the opportunity to touch and feel the product that everyone has put so much time and effort into dreaming up.
Bear in mind that prototype can mean different things to different people. In the marketing department, they might refer to a prototype as something that looks and feels like the final product, but has no functionality. That prototype's purpose is for photography and promotional pieces. In our case, this Alpha prototype is going to be strictly functional. It might not look pretty, it might not even be the right scale, but it should prove the functionality of the product.
So where do you start?
When you wrapped up the design phase, you should have gotten the following (with a few variations based on your industry):
- Schematics
- Mechanical Drawings
- Specifications
- Preliminary Test Plans
- Bill of Materials / Parts List
With parts and drawings in hand, you want to construct 2 preliminary prototypes.
For this part of the process, the alphas should be made without investing in costly tooling or mold development if possible. 3D printing or hand fabrication could be potential solutions depending on your product.
Why 2?
There are a couple of reasons for creating 2 alphas.
- you will be able to use one as a control during testing
- building 2 requires a certain amount of repeatability in your production process. This may not reflect the final production pipeline, but it proves that multiples can be made.
Put it to the test
Now that you have a prototype, it will need to pass preliminary tests. This is where things can vary greatly based on the type of product and end user. Remember that we aren't testing things like durability at this point because the prototype has not been constructed out of the final material or with the final production processes.
We want to test functionality. Things like power, software, interface, mechanical functions, etc.
There are going to be problems
Consider yourself warned, you will be building more alphas. There will be hiccups along the way, maybe even before you get to testing, where you identify design, material, mechanical, or assembly flaws.
Correct the problem, rebuild, and pick up where you left off.
Ok, it works…is that it?
Once your prototype proves itself functional, dig out your original specifications from the design phase and go down the list. Verify that every spec has been met.
This might seem redundant, but you would be surprised at the amount of specs that are overlooked because the focus shifted during testing onto a different component.
Common issues
So that's what a standard alpha prototyping process looks like. Where are the common pitfalls? Well the good news is you've already avoided the first one:
- skipping the prototyping stage – Yep. I know, but people do it all the time. Small companies that are working on a new product might be in a time crunch or working with an incredibly small budget…so they skip right to short run production and bypass the prototyping stage. Trust me on this one, every step that you skip costs you 10x more to fix.
- Trying to make the prototype perfect the first time – This is not a beauty pageant. Stop trying to create production-ready alphas. Pinpoint your most critical functions and build the prototype to prove them. period. Don't allow yourself to be pressured by the marketing VP who wants to show off the new product at a trade show, just send him a 3D rendering from the mechanical engineer. If you focus on aesthetics at this point, you run the risk of missing a critical flaw in your design.
- Design flaws – We kind of already talked about this, but it warrants a second mention. A design is always hypothetical, even if your engineers can simulate every possible scenario known to man…believe nothing until there is a physical prototype. Things work differently in 3D space. Components might not fit together the way you thought and the design may have to be changed a little…or a lot.
Where do we fit in?
Ehren-Haus specializes in prototyping. While we have the staff and resources to manage the entire product development process, many of our clients come to us at this stage. We have a team constructed specifically for custom plastic prototypes and a team for custom cable/electronic assemblies. Our low overhead and short lead times make us an ideal vendor for a wide variety of prototype scenarios.
What's next?
Now that you have a functional prototype in-hand, the next step is…beta prototyping!
Tune in next week to learn what to expect during the second prototyping phase.
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If you want to get One Grip Higher you need to decide what kind of Husky you will be!
Last summer my wife and I travel to Alaska. While we were there, we saw a number of Huskies. As it was summer we didn't get to see them thriving in the snow or pulling sleds. However, we did get to see a lot of videos of what those dogs did during the winter season. Huskies were born to be sled dogs and under the direction of a good owner who knew what he is doing, these dogs can pull long, hard and straight for hours. A good sled dog owner can get his dogs to do whatever he wants. He can get them to push for hours upon end. He can get them to turn left when he says left and turn right when he says right. He can get them to go faster when he says too, and get them to stop on a dime. These dogs listen to every word given by their master.
About a year ago, shortly after our trip to Alaska we decided to purchase a husky. We brought Yukon home about a year ago. He was just a puppy, full of energy life and excitement. He is just a little bit wild and he fits right in at our house.
About 2 to 3 months old, I began to take him for short runs in the park across the road from our neighborhood. These runs became longer and more exciting we run through the forested trails. Yukon can barely contain himself. When we hit the trails he runs with such wild abandon that he finds himself yanking against the leash pulling wildly from left to right and often times getting himself twisted around because he's so excited and can't control the adrenaline.
People are often times just like huskies. We are often full of new ideas excitement and energy. However without vision we can run wild and crazy wasting energy and not accomplishing a whole lot.
We have to decide whether we are going to submit to good leadership, listen to wise voices and follow clear directions as we pursue our goals and dreams.
Unfortunately, many of us lack the discipline, determination and desire to focus in on a goal or vision. Without a specific goal or vision that guides us, like the Huskies following their master in Alaska, we are bound to find ourselves pulling wildly against the leash in many different directions. Most unrealized goals and dreams are not a result of an inability to achieve them but rather our inability to control, guide and direct ourselves to a particular vision.
So, what do you want to accomplish in life? What are your goals dreams and visions? Do you have in place a structure that will get you there? Are you listening to wise voices guiding you down the trails of your life?
What kind of Husky are you? Are you listening to the master's voice running hard in a direction advised by a good mentor? Or are you running wildly, pulling every which way against your leash? If you can figure out the answer to this question you will be One Grip Higher!


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First Year Experience: http://www.uno.edu/fye/
First Year Advising: http://www.uno.edu/first-year-advising/
Financial Aid & Scholarships: http://www.uno.edu/finaid/
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It's the start of a long weekend again! YAY! And this weekend it's as hot as a buttcrack out there, so I don't expect we'll be doing much except hiding indoors from the heat. So in honour of the sticky hot long weekend, I don't want you to have to work too hard on today's Friday Fun.
So we'll do something nice and simple, with easy questions and requiring not too much effort. Think of this as the Sesame Street version of the Friday Fun. Brought to you by numbers and letters and other fun concepts.
Tell me:
- Three foods beginning with "A".
- Two countries/cities/places beginning with "B".
- An animal that begins with "C".
- Your favourite muppet or Sesame Street character.
- Someplace "near" and someplace "far" you'd like to go.
- Your 4 favourite foods.
- Three things that are BLUE.
- Something that is "up" and something that is "down".
- 3 things around the house that begin with the letter "S".
- A movie we should watch this weekend while we stay inside and escape the heat.
See? Easy peasy. Would I make you work too hard in this heat?


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I like these even more now I know they're officially called Gubbins pots... it's such a good word!
For more details see the Burgon and Ball website. These little pots - the whole tray is only 26cm x 20cm and 10cm deep - are gorgeous. I'm favouring the galvanised version (shown) but they also come in a duck egg blue and shiny grey finish. They're reasonably priced at £19.95 too.
They're part of the Sophie Conran range available at Burgon and Ball which tbh is all a little bit fabulous. I'm so glad I didn't discover this earlier in the year as it might have been just a little bit dangerous! ...But on the other hand it would have sewn up birthday presents... for me of course!
I'm intrigued to know what the other pots are labelled... There's one each for labels, wire, vine eyes, snips and misc. so that's five named and four left to discover...
Update: the lovely people @burgonandball tweeted to say the other four are pens and pencils, twine, pea rings and labels again - thank you!
However that aside I'm pretty sure I'd find a use for them whether that was outdoors in the greenhouse - our shed belongs to MOH and if I want to find things again my greenhouse is the better option - or indoors in the study as a desk tidy... Hmmnn, now that would be fab!
As well as the OCD element of everything in its place, I'm having a galvanised moment - let me explain. We've had these galvanised hanging plant holders for a while now but this last weekend we've moved them to a new home in the garden.
I think they're looking more than comfortable there already and with some winter bedding they'll bring a nice pop of colour to the holly and the ivy, which grows in abundance in our garden.
This weekend I realised why they'd been out of use for a while too. They have solid bases which means whenever it rains they collect rainwater and any pots in them ...err, well they drown!
There's a simple solution and that's to drill some holes into the bases - it's so simple I can't believe we've only just thought of it. MOH was pleased with that solution too, I mean give any man the opportunity to wield the power tools... yes, exactly.
And finally I'm also up to speed on galvanised 1.5 inch nails as I spent some time learning about these in the local hardware shop. I went in with some of what I wanted, was pleased to find them without help but found three different types so a conversation ensued. I learnt that you can't get galvanised ovals, but "wouldn't that be nice" - if you're wondering an oval nail has an oval head which sinks into the wood and would typically be used to attach fence post toppers.
I ended up with some round headed 1.5 inch galvanised nails which we used to attach the newly-painted battens to the fence posts above.
So there you go...!