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April 29, 1991 (unprocessed), 17 items; Papers (1879-1893, 1912), including correspondence, accounts, clipping, and T. R. Cherry & Co. receivership accounts. Donor: Mr. Frank M. Wooten, Jr.
October 19, 1992 (unprocessed addition 1), 1 item; Letter (11/9/1914) from Governor Jarvis. Donor: Dr. John L. Wooten.
April 16, 1993 (unprocessed addition 2), 1 volume; Bank Account Ledger (1885-1889). Donor: Frank M. Wooten Estate.
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COTA 2012 September 08, 2012
Paul Adam Smeltz wrote this article for the forwardian arts society and has posted it on Facebook.
The COTA Festival Orchestra was followed by The SheilaMark Band who brought the second day of The 35th Annual Celebration of the Arts (COTA) Jazz and Arts Festival to a close. The band consisted of Sheila Stratton on vocals, Mark Hamza on the Hammond Organ, Big Daddy Dex on guitar and vocals, and Rick Statsman on drums. The SheilaMark Band is well known as a straight up grab you by the blues band and their reputation of being so considered to be well earned by those who experienced their performance. The excitement and the sounds of the band proved to be a befitting end to the Saturday September 8th portion of the festival. Their set was followed by an appearance of Spencer Reed whose parting words reflected the enjoyment.

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In the future, folks will not be as dependent on things like oil for heating and electricity. Solar power is going to play a larger part in the energy infrastructure, but you do not have to wait. This piece will give you helpful advice.
Check the density figure for your solar panels to determine the quality. Higher density panels tend to cost more, but they are able to produce more power. Prior to buying solar panels, look at their density.
Be smart and choose a type of solar energy system that can store energy for use when the sun is not bright. New technology allows solar panels to get energy from the sun and use it anytime. This ensures that you always have the power you need, even when it is nighttime or raining.
Consider a backup power option, just in case you have a problem with your solar panels. Generators are okay, but being on the grid is even better. If you choose a generator, make sure to test it often. You may want to consider keeping more than one.
Try to find grants and rebates that can reduce the installation cost of your solar panels. The costs to get a solar energy system up and running can be daunting, however you can often find help. Do your research and you may find great programs that offer rebates, grants or other incentives to help you get the solar power equipment to get you started. The cost savings can be substantial. You might be able to use it as a tax deduction.
Solar Energy
If you're going to get a house built it's now a good time for you to think about using solar energy. The next big step in producing energy is solar energy since there is almost no effect to the environment. It's time to see how this energy source can benefit you.
One of the quickest and cheapest ways to put the power of solar energy to work in your home or office is pathway lighting. These tiny lamps take in the sun's energy during the light hours and then shine it along your path when dark. This is a great way to get started using solar energy around your home.
You need to find the design date of the solar panels you find interesting. Make sure that the solar panels that you invest in are recent technology because older solar systems are still being sold but are will not give you optimum output. This older technology is more affordable but you will get much better results with a more recent product.
As far as solar energy panels are concerned, size isn't everything. Solar panel quality is impacted by many things, including the materials used, warranty coverage, and wattage capacity. All these factors need to be considered if you are looking to make this investment.
As energy costs increase and reserves get depleted, it makes more and more sense to choose renewable power sources. Don't wait until everyone else has solar power. Consider your choices now, and look at the savings and carbon footprint reduction you could enjoy.


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Cindy Hopkins, CCIM the founder of CHRE has extensive experience in commercial real estate and keeps our company in the forefront of all commercial real estate activity in the Rio Grande Valley. This helps our clients to leverage our expertise to their strategic advantage through innovative planning, market knowledge, execution and management. The alignment of commercial real estate with long-term business strategies not only supports a company's objectives, it enhances them.
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An implant means to graft or insert materials like tissues or radioactive material into intact tissues or body cavities. Zygomatic Implants are different from the conventional dental implants in which they work on the zygomatic bone or cheekbone rather than the upper jaw. This technique is used when the upper jaw bone's quality or quantity is inadequate for the placement of regular dental implants.
During this procedure, the zygomatic implants are inserted into the alveolar cavity and maxillary sinus involving the zygomatic bone for anchorage. The visualization of the correct implant position is necessary. The preparation to access the maxillary sinus is performed at the later implant position and the Schneiderian membrane is elevated in an opposite direction. The implant is placed and is located at the inner aspect of the sinus wall, without damaging the membrane.
Due to the long drilling distance to the zygomatic bone and also to protect the critical adjacent structures, placement of zygomatic implants requires an adequate amount of surgical training and experience and perfect diagnostic planning.
The most common complication which is associated with zygomatic implants is sinusitis. This complication can be prevented with appropriate pre-surgical diagnostics and examination of the sinus as well as using the extra-sinus surgical approach and immediate loading of the implants.
Other complications observed during and after the insertion of zygoma implants are infraorbital nerve paraesthesia and perforation of the orbit.
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Developer | Doppler Interactive
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Cube & Star: An Arbitrary Love is a game where the player controls a cube that rolls around a world. The player can bump into trees, creatures, and other objects to trigger various interactions. The player can collect items dropped by trees to turn their cube a certain color, which then allows them to spread this color by moving around. Later the player is able to alter the world by generating buildings and other objects. The player can meet the eponymous cube and and the eponymous star.


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The industry of interiors offers a plethora of options to do up those floor spaces at your home. But what is more important is to establish the need or the functionality of the floor space, resulting in an affective and warm ambience.
1. Choosing the right category of flooring
There a number of options available in the market that include porcelain, wooden, marble, stone tiles, linoleum, vinyl, laminates, concrete, etc. With so many options at bay, it is ideal to first understand the need or the functionality of the flooring. Tiles, marble, vinyl, porcelain and laminates make way for a great kitchen flooring. While many people opt for wooden flooring as well, it can be a tad bit difficult to effectively maintain its life with spills around.
2. For the living room
This is one space that takes up much of the space at our homes. Maintaining a standard pattern, the flooring must be done in one single category to provide a spacious appeal.
3. Protect those wooden floors
When a wooden flooring is opted for the living space, care must be taken to protect the shelf life. Using rugs in high traffic ares to placing felt pads beneath furnitures can work wonders in avoiding scratch on the surface of the floor.
4. Setting a budget
While there are a number pf options available, you do have a budget in mind. Keeping that in focus, you can play around with the available options to give you what you really want. I f marble is what you love but it can be a little heavy on your wallet, you could opt for vinyl tiles that come in a wide range of look alike that can grant your wish while keeping your pockets happy.


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Every aquarium owner has to go through the often painful process of getting a new aquarium cycled. Most of us have said to ourselves at some point, "Is there any way I can speed this up, or better yet, just avoid it entirely?" Unfortunately, there is no way to instantly establish a stable nitrogen cycle in a new aquarium. However, there are ways to shorten the process and to relieve stress on the fish.
Fishless Cycling
There is understandably a lot of buzz about this method because it doesn't require fish in the tank at all, and therefore no fish can be lost. And it does work - as long as you are willing to spend the time making it work. I was somewhat skeptical of this method at first, probably because I'm an 'old-timer' in the hobby and accustomed to using the time-honored methods. After trying it, I became something of a believer. As long as you follow the steps, it will work. Picking up on a theme there? Always follow steps.
Fishless cycling accomplishes the same thing as starting a tank with fish in it. The difference is that ammonia is added to the tank to replicate the waste that would be produced by the fish. The key is testing and adding ammonia daily to keep the process going. Miss some days, and your colonies will not continue to grow. In fact, they may die off, and you'll have to essentially start over. Fishless cycling will not instantly 'cycle' the tank. Just as the standard methods of establishing biological colonies in an aquarium take time, so does fishless cycling. However, it usually takes less time and is certainly easier on your fish.
Seeding an Aquarium
Seeding an aquarium is an age old method for jump starting the biological colonies in a new aquarium. A cup of gravel from a stable, established tank is placed in a bag and put into the filter. Another option is to take the foam insert from an established filter and place in the new filter. Yet another option is to take the ceramic rings from an established canister filter and place in the new filter.
In all these examples, there are cautions to observe. First and foremost, make sure the source of your 'seed' is from a healthy tank. If there has been any disease recently in the tank the gravel or filter media comes from, don't use it, as you may be transferring unwanted pathogens. It is also important to transfer the seed media promptly, or the bacteria will be shocked and die off. Also, do not use seed material from an aquarium that has drastically different water parameters than the new tank. The pH should be a similar range, meaning don't transfer something from a tank with hard alkaline water to a tank that has soft acidic water. The bacteria may very well all die off, and you will be causing more problems than you are solving.
Have the new tank set up and ready to go, ensuring the water temperature and pH are stable and in the desired range. Transport the gravel or media in water from the tank it came from, so it is not exposed to the open air. Fish should be added to the tank very shortly thereafter, otherwise the bacterial colonies will not have a continued source of ammonia.
Maturing a Filter
Another method to speed up the process is to place the filter that will be used in the new tank on an established tank and let it run side by side with the existing filtration system. After a week or so, the new tank can be set up and the filter moved to it, bringing with it biological colonies that are already growing. Fish should be added the same day, to ensure the cycle continues. This doesn't eliminate the cycling, and care should be taken not to stock the tank too heavily at first. However, it will reduce the amount of time the overall process takes in the newly set up tank.
Regardless of the method used, there is no magic bullet that immediately establishes robust biological colonies, and allows the tank to be fully stocked without any side effects. Yes, the cycle can be shortened, in some cases significantly. But testing the water and performing regular maintenance is still essential to ensure the tank is stable and can safely support the fish. Never add a large number of fish all at once, even if you think the tank is fully cycled. As the saying goes, slow but sure will win the race.


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Add BipCoin (via Cryptopia exchange) to the free Digital Currency Widget for Android to always have the latest BipCoin price on your phone! (It isn't available for iPhone, but iPhone users usually just have their butlers come in each hour and tell them the price of BipCoin.)
Get the widget free, here: Digital Currency Widget. Then after installing the widget on your Android phone, tap it and go through the quick tests to make sure your phone and network is able to do what it needs to.
(It should be.) Then go to the main page settings. Note that I set the text color to white and the background color to black to make it easier to see. You can change the update interval. I set the update interval to 30 Minutes.
For Exchange, pick Cryptopia,
and for the Tradepair, scroll down and pick BipCoin / Bitcoin (bip_btc):
You can also add a "Also display as" currency. (I picked USD here):
When you're done, on the main screen, hit LET'S GO ALREADY! Then your widget will be live.
On your desktop, if you tap and hold the widget you can make it bigger which makes it easier to see.
You can also update sooner than your update interval once you're set up.
To update once anytime, tap the widget on your phone.
You can add additional instances of that widget for other coin tradepairs:
Touch anywhere there are no apps or widgets:
This will bring up the picker at the bottom. Pick "Widgets", then scroll over to Digital Currency Widget (they're listed alphabetically, it's under D.):
Hold the Digital Currency Widget picker
and drag to the desktop.
This will open the settings to pick a second tradepair, set background and text color, and update interval:
You can put as many tradepair widgets as you'd like on your phone, and set them with different color combinations to easily tell them apart at a quick glance:
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Salon Today | Technology Case Study: Salon Apps | Khiem Hoang for Umbrella Salon
By Stacey Soble | 07/19/2010
Khiem Hoang originally developed Umbrella Salon's mobile App as a solution to the problem iPhone users had accessing the salon's website—now he sees it as a direct connection between their phones and the salon.
NESTLED IN SAN JOSE, right in Apple Corporation's backyard, is Umbrella Salon. Considering the surroundings, there's little surprise that Khiem Hoang, Umbrella's business manager, was one of the first owners to produce a mobile iPhone application for his salon. "I was proud of our salon's artistic website, but I was also frustrated, because more than 400,000 iPhone users in the area couldn't access the Flash-based site through their phones," he says. "We discovered it was more cost effective to develop the App, than it was to reprogram our site."


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Public Attitudes, Knowledge, and Values Around the Climate
Americans are still unsure:
36% say in Fall 2009 there is solid evidence the Earth is warming as a result of human activity. [2]
47% said so in Spring 2008. [2]
65% say global warming is a serious problem. [2]
73% said so in Spring 2008. [2]
23% could identify that "cap and trade" legislation has to do with either energy or environment. [2]
But we are ready to act:
75% favor government regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, cars, and factories. [3]
59% favor the U.S. taking action on global warming, even if other countries like China and India do less. [3]
41% of those who believe warming is due to natural causes still support limits to climate emissions. [2]
We support policies that can get us there:
75% favor requiring developers to build more energy-efficient homes even if it increases prices. [1]
78% favor higher mileage standards for cars, trucks, and SUVs. [1]
84% favor investing in railways to make shipping more fuel efficient. [1]
78% favor higher emissions and pollution standards for business. [1]
71% favor spending tax money on public transit. [1]
56% favor prioritizing conservation and regulation on energy use and prices. [1]
And we're ready to change our lives:
78% are willing to cut back on leisure driving. [1]
64% are willing to have a 55-mph speed limit. [1]
44% are willing to use public transit. [1]
40% are willing to walk or bike. [1]
60% are willing to pay more for electricity from renewable sources. [1]
1. Public Agenda "" based on a January 15-30, 2009 poll.
2. Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, , Sept 30-Oct. 4, 2009.
3. ABC News/Washington Post Poll, June 18-21, 2009 via .
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With the recession (you know, the one that's "over"), volunteers are needed more than ever.
If you can't give money, give your time. Volunteering has a meaningful, positive impact on the community around you. And did you know that it can have many benefits for you also?
Volunteering is the perfect way to discover something you're really good at and develop a new skill. Often, these new skills can transfer into your business life.
It's never too late to learn new skills.
Just because you've finished your formal education or are bound by a particular type of employment, it doesn't mean that you should stop learning. So check out becoming a volunteer.
But Why?
Mahatma Gandhi said,
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
That pretty much covers the why of volunteering.
We sometimes take our communities for granted. There just isn't enough money or resources, including people, to keep organizations and services going. To volunteer is to help others while having an impact on the wellbeing of the community. Simply put – you return to society some of the benefits that society gives you.
It's not an obligation, it's a privilege.
Healthy Secret
Volunteering is good for your health.
According to Dr's Oz and Roizen in the September issue of SUCCESS Magazine,
"Almost every study of longevity indicates one secret that makes people healthier and happier: helping others."
In a study led by Vanderbilt University, they divided the 3,617 respondents into two groups: those who volunteered and those who didn't. Comparisons were made for levels of happiness, life satisfaction, self-esteem, sense of control over life, physical health, and depression.
They found that "volunteer work was good for both mental and physical health.
People of all ages who volunteered were happier and experienced better physical health and less depression."
Another study by Boston College revealed that pain, depression, and disability decreased after volunteering. Several months later affects continued suggesting that volunteering may actually help alleviate chronic pain.
Depression? The University of Texas found that initial volunteering lowered depression for people over 65, and over time benefited all age groups.
It's sounding pretty good so far, huh?
Muhammad Ali summed it up well when he said,
"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth."
Smart Move
Volunteering is good for your career
Almost all volunteers share a common bond of developing leaders. Whether it's a local civic group, your local PTA, or Scout Troop, they all need volunteers who are willing to step up to leadership positions. This presents a great opportunity for you to develop your leadership skills.
It can help you a great deal in your career since you'll be someone that others will follow.
Volunteering presents an opportunity for leaders to learn and practice skills while helping others. By volunteering, you can share your leadership skills with the community while informally networking and meeting people that you may otherwise never have met. You can never tell who you'll meet or what new information you'll learn and what impact it could have on your life.
Volunteering is good for you and good for your organization.
Here's Proof
A 2005 survey by TimeBank in the UK showed that among the UK's 200 leading businesses:
- 73% of employers would recruit a candidate with volunteering experience over one without,
- 94% of employers believe that volunteering can add to skills, and
- 94% of employees who volunteered to learn new skills had benefited either by getting their first job, improving their salary, or being promoted.
Volunteering allows you to see how other organizations run things, so you get exposed to different ways of managing, brainstorming, and solving problems. That can provide a fresh way of looking at the challenges you face in your paid leadership position.
Sign Me Up!
Where can I volunteer?
There are an infinite number of places you can volunteer, for example:
- Churches
- Social Services
- Civic groups
- Cultural groups
- Educational institutions
- Health care organizations
- Senior centers.
If you don't know where to start looking for opportunities, try these highly rated and popular sites:
A good leader pays attention to life outside of the work environment. Volunteering reflects and supports a complete picture of you, and shows your commitment, dedication, and interests. Show your staff what you're passionate about and you just may inspire them also.
So what are you doing to volunteer in your community to serve yourself and your company by serving others? How are you supporting the idea of volunteering to the people you lead. When thinking about the upcoming 2011 calendar, how many hours, days, or people can you schedule to serve in a voluntary capacity next year? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Andy Uskavitch is Leadership Development at Florida Blood Services
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Narrative Study of Lives
Tthe Narrative Study of Lives is a well-established psychological, literary, and social science field based on the premise that we construct our identities with the stories we generate and tell ourselves (and each other) about our relationship to the universe we inhabit.
Stories Become our Idenitites
In a sense, these stories become our identities. Stories are a form our identities take, internally and externally. Psychologist Dan McAdams, in his book The Redemptive Self (2006), describes the internalized life stories people create to make sense of their lives as "narrative identities." Narrative identities not only strongly contribute to what we do (choices and behaviors), but also what we think is possible for us to do and how we make sense of what we have done or might do.
As symbolic representations, stories can be modified, re-interpreted, and even re- created just as identities are fluid and evolving throughout our lives. This is a powerful idea because it implies that story provides a structure for both organizing and modifying our identities – our understanding of how we fit into and relate to the world – therefore potentially changing our lives or those of our students (in the case of educators).


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BOSTON (MarketWatch) — The cost of long-term care, at least for some services, continues to rise faster than inflation, according to a survey released this week by Genworth Financial.
According to Genworth, the national median cost of a private room in a nursing home, which provides skilled nursing care 24 hours a day, rose to $222 per day in 2012, or $81,030 per year, up 4.23% from 2011.
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Coleraine's draw at Cliftonville on Saturday was the first time they have dropped points this year.
In fact you have to go back to Boxing Day for the last time they failed to pick up all three such has been the consistency in the form.
The key thing is we want to keep it going for as long as possible and try and kick on until the end of the season.ORAN KEARNEY
They had hoped to close the gap on the third placed Reds, but the game never really got going.
Boss Oran Kearney though was pleased to see his side keep their unbeaten run intact.
"It has been a great run, and to be fair it was well documented over December that it wasn't good for us, and a couple of defeats in particular weren't good," he told Times Sport.
"We challenged the guys to kick on and give a response and have a good second part to the season.
"To be fair to them it would have been easy to rest on their laurels and feel sorry for themselves after a difficult month, but they have got up and going again and put this really good run together.
"The key thing is we want to keep it going for as long as possible and try and kick on until the end of the season.
"We nailed our top six finish last week which was very pleasing.
"There was quite a few people who were writing us off at the start of the season and thought we would be ninth or tenth this season.
"We lost a couple of big players at the start of the season and people assumed that would have a detrimental effect on us, but the guys who have come in have really stepped up to the mark, and credit to everyone around the club it has been a really good season to this point in time."
The Bannsiders were handed a major boost on Saturday as striker Eoin Bradley made his return from injury following the incident against Portadown which left him with fractured ribs and a punctured lung.
Skinner played the full 90 minutes at Solitude and looked sharp despite a six-week lay off.
Defender Gareth McConaghie though had to leave the action in the first half following an accidental clash with skipper Davy Kee.
The big defender ended up with a broken nose but says he will be okay for the Irish Cup quarter final.
"I got it put in again at the side of the pitch when I came off, which wasn't pleasant," he said.
"But I'll be grand for next week."
Coleraine will also have James McLaughlin and Ciaron Harkin available again for selection after they missed Saturday's draw through suspension.
Brad Lyons also looks set to feature after making his comeback from the knee injury he picked up against Tobermore United in the last round of the Irish Cup last month.


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'There is nothing more elementary than brick. Humble in its substance, easy to manufacture and used for centuries. Its size governed by the maximum comfortable object a hand can hold or lift repetitively, its length around twice its width to ensure an effective bond. It would seem that there is nothing simpler than a brick and yet, there is also nothing more complex.'
– Sergison Bates, 'Brickwork', ETH Zurich
By the age of twenty-one I had spent a total of twelve months in London, though over three four-month summer periods, and had yet to visit Limerick. This was righted in the autumn of 1993 and I have lived and worked within, or a maximum of fifteen minute's walk from, its Georgian grid ever since. My relationship with London on a personal level recommenced when we opened our first office there in early summer 2009. I currently reside in Mile End and regularly embark on a meandering walk to our current office location just off London Wall near Moorgate. Though remarkably different in scale, density and character the familiarity in texture is omnipresent in walks through both cities.
The Civil Survey of 1654-56, which gives a description of every property within the walled city, describes only one brick building, located near Island Gate, owned by a Captain George Ingoldsby, measuring 31 by 19 ft, of which there are no extant remains. From the mid 18th Century onwards, brick started to gain momentum in the building of Limerick. In the John's Square development it was used in the kitchen floors, passage floors, vaulting to cellars, internal partitions, dry lining and externally to infill the oculi on the facades to the square. By 1761 brick was being combined with stone in many of the city's new buildings. In the 1760's the first Georgian terrace was built on George's Quay, made predominantly in brick but with stone used in the lintels. From this time on the use of buildings in the city became associated with a specific material; industrial buildings in random stone, public buildings in cut stone and brick. By the early 19th Century, brick was unanimously accepted as the building material for the new terraces as set out in Colle's masterplan for the Newtown Pery area.
The building accounts for the John's Square development give an indication that the brick utilised for the project was burnt locally. Brick-making skills were developed in Ireland during the 16th and 17th Centuries, and bricks were made from local clays in all parts of the country until well into the 20th Century. An 1841 map of the Coonagh area shows evidence of brick-holes and brick-yards, and it is mentioned in a few publications that brick was manufactured here. During the archaeological excavations for the N7 Southern Ring Road discovery of three sites in Coonagh West and Coonagh East revealed that clay was extracted from the brick-fields/brick-holes on the River Shannon flood-plain, shaped into bricks and then fired in open kilns known as clamps. The bricks were then brought up the River Shannon and unloaded at Barrington's Pier, which was built to facilitate the transport of bricks from the Coonagh brickfields to Limerick City in the 18th Century.
The Great Fire of London on 2nd September 1666, destroyed about three quarters of the city, including over 13,000 houses, 89 churches, 52 Guild Halls, St. Pauls's Cathedral and most of the buildings of the cities authorities. The Great Fire, and the fire of 1676, which destroyed over 600 houses south of the river, changed the face of London forever. Hardly surprisingly the use of brick in the construction of buildings in London increased dramatically from this point on.
Following the Great Fire, Hackney became an increasingly popular location for wealthy Londoners to build large houses, wishing to be close to the court, entertainment and financial centre of the city but also enjoy the freedom of country living. The bricks for these buildings would have been made in the many local brickfields using the abundant local clay. By 1806, due to this development the brickfields occupied 170 acres; more than all the market gardens and nurseries.
Comparison and Contrasts
In both cities I try as much as possible to walk to work, which allows an experience of the city lost while sitting in a car, on a bus or a subway. In Limerick the route alternates between South Circular and O'Connell Avenue past the various Victorian and Edwardian terraces towards arrival in the Georgian core. In London the route is a little longer and alternates between the walk through Whitechapel and a more meandering journey via Bethnal Green and Shoreditch, down Bishopsgate, to a final destination off London wall.
There are many similarities and great differences between the two cities in scale and character, but perhaps the most familiar connection between the two cities is the Georgian period in character and texture. One of the first most striking differences is that although the texture is similar, the colours are not. The relentless red brick of Limerick is contrasted in London with a variety of colours.
The brick façades of Irish buildings in the 18th Century were not subject to the same rapidly changing fashions as those in Britain. Locally produced bricks were limited in quality and the fine bricks needed to execute gauged (or rubbed) brickwork for fine architectural dressings had to be imported. Similarly, the colour of brick façades appears unrelated to London fashions and had more to do with the natural brick colours resulting from the firing of available local clays, red being the most widely used.
In London, outside areas where good building stone was available, brick was the universal Georgian building material. Brick of good, hard quality used for the outer walls were known as 'stocks' whilst poorly made 'place' bricks, which included as much ash as clay, were used for cheapness sake in the unseen work of party walls and partitions. The stocks used in and around London were of two colours: grey and red, the latter being a trifle more costly and often used for lintels and window arches whilst the grey bricks were preferred for walling in general. In the latter part of the century London stocks were almost uniformly a pale, yellowish brown.
The Georgian bricklayer almost invariably laid his bricks in a Flemish bond in which the headers and stretchers alternated in each course. This bonding type is fairly familiar in both cities, though extensive variations in pointing are also evident – often necessitated by the variations in the quality of brick used.
Another subtle difference in Limerick, and also in Dublin's Georgian period, is the omission of the string course at first floor level, which is an integral feature of much of London's Georgian architecture. A scarcity of cut stonework is also noticable. In Limerick's main thoroughfare the first floor is taller with sash windows in nine panes over six, and six over six on the ground floor. In most of the London equivalents, there is consistency between these two floors.
All in all the result is an unusual familiarity as one walks through various parts of London, in particular the Bloomsbury area in the Borough of Camden where the greatest similarities between the two cities exist in texture, scale and character.


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Olga Lomaka
Born in Moscow, lives and works in London
Olga Lomaka is a promising emerging artist of the new generation that is actively exhibiting worldwide and participating in global art-fairs and biennales. Her works are immediately recognised for a remarkable personal style, thrilling the audience with their unique and surreal frankness. The issues of the world order, the imperfections of modern society and the psychology of human's consciousness are viewed by Lomaka through the prism of pop-art, bringing to life fascinating parallels and unveiling their true meaning. The artist's key features are to play with recognizable images and products of consumerism, pool together contrasting beliefs, give a second meaning to hidden symbols and use unusual colour pallets. Viewers can often find images of famous people in her artworks such as Jude Law, Anna Dello Russo, Karl Lagerfeld, Naomi Campbell, etc. In October 2016, Lomaka presented an installation dedicated to the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II for her solo show "Artefacts" at Saatchi Gallery in London.
The artist's professionalism and a keen eye for the unordinary in everyday life allow her to truly reveal spiritual and social issues. Working in pop art style, Lomaka always strives to perfect her skills, experimenting with new techniques, such as carving and aerography, and mixes traditional materials and modern media.
Her interests are not limited to painting alone and include installations and sculptures. Regardless of media, she stays true to her unique recognisable pop-art style.
In 2002, Lomaka completed a painting course at Loyola University Chicago (USA). A decade later, she continued her education in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins. In 2015, Lomaka graduated with BA in Painting from Camberwell College of Arts. She is the winner of numerous art competitions and internationally recognised awards. The artist recently won the Best Contemporary Artist of the Year award presented by Phillips Auction House in London. Amongst many of the artist's projects are collaborations with Vogue magazine and some fashion brands. Lomaka's works can be found in Erarta Museum (St. Petersburg), Pierre Cardin Foundation (Lacoste), Contemporary Art Center "M17" (Kiev), FineArt Foundation (Moscow), Loyola University Foundation (Chicago), 25 Kadr Gallery Foundation (Moscow) as well as in private collections.


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The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts people promised a big-time speaker at their one-year countdown party this morning, and they delivered James Earl Jones. Ostensibly, the idea was to show off the kind of talent the center will attract when it opens next year. Really, though, what you want to hear is this guy's voice with a mic behind him as he discusses his "grand tour" through the acting profession. Well, here you go. His remarks in full:
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It Looks Like An Ordinary Painting, But When You Turn Off The Lights… WOW.
Keti Sidamonidze had a vision, she wanted her bedroom wall to become a beautiful mural featuring a cat. Sidamonidze saw a wall painting in 2012 and wanted something similar for her own room. The only problem is that the Georgian does not have the talent to make her vision a reality.
Instead, Sidamonidze turned to artist Giorgi Makkharasvili. Based in the Netherlands, Makkarashvili took his client's concept further. He not only created the mural she dreamed of but made sure what you saw during the day looked different at night. The artist used ultraviolet paint that brought a bigger feline to life in the dark.
The contrast of white light and black light.
Giorgi Makharashvili loves the endless opportunity art provides.
Makarashvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, but moved to the Netherlands in 2014.
The artist worked both during the day and night.
A tiger emerges at night.
Barely able to see the large feline during the day.
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The above was the final design created by me for the project that I worked on during my first work term. The objective was to create effective resource materials for new faculty at the University of Waterloo. After multiple informational and design interviews with various new faculty members, the result of the project was a personalized stationary pad (design seen above), coupled with an online resource guide.
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Chatham House
René Nyberg
Every Russian child knows Pushkin's famous dictum: "A Russian revolt, (Russki bunt) is senseless and pitiless.
"This is a reference to the Pugachev Revolt (1773 -1775) that threatened the throne of Catherine II.
For President Putin, Ukraine's Orange Revolution of 2004 and its echo, the "Maidan" Revolution of 2014, were harbingers of a new Russki bunt. What alarmed the Kremlin was not just the humiliation caused by the Orange Revolution overturning the forged elections of Moscow's candidate Viktor Yanukovich. It was the fact that the outcome was determined on the streets of Kiev. Any regime change by the street is, by definition, is a bunt. Orange becomes the new black. In the Kremlin's eyes, the popular embrace of rebellion had to be prevented no matter what the cost.


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Vintage 1960's stitched down pleated culotte shorts in Irish kelly green. Looks like a skirt but actually shorts! Back zip and button closure. A very unique garment. 55% dacron, 45% wool. Garment still has original tags, never worn, in great deadstock condition.
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Tag Documents with SharePoint 10
SharePoint 2010 lets you tag things so that you can find them later and that people with whom you share your tags and notes via social networking sites also can see them. So, for example, if you find a document that you like and want to encourage others in your network to read, you can apply a tag to the document and then that tag is associated with you so others viewing your profile can see the tag.
Don't panic: SharePoint 2010 tags and notes can be made private so that only you can see them, and you can also delete your tags whenever you want. To tag a document and then view your tags:
1Browse to the library containing the document.
Select the document using the check box in the list view.
2Click the I Like It button on the Document tab.
SharePoint briefly displays the Add Tag confirmation message, and the item is saved to your tags and notes, visible to your colleagues in your profile Tags and Notes tab.
3Click the arrow beside your name in the upper-right corner of the page and choose My Profile from the drop-down list.
Your profile page displays.
4Click the Tags and Notes tab.
In the Activities For: section of the page, you see an entry for the tag you just entered.
5Select the Make Private check box beside any activity so that only you can see it.
Now only you can see the item you marked as private.


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Sights of Turkmenistan
Kiz-Kala Fortress
Kiz-Kala consists of two small fortresses, located in Merv oasis, near Bairam Ali town. Big Kiz-Kala consisted of two floors. There were five r...Read more
Durnali settlement
Durnali settlement is located just 25 kilometres from Gyaur-Kala fortress. Despite its ancient and rich history, here you can see numerous...Read more
Talkhatan Baba Mosque
Talkhatan Baba Mosque is located 30km from the old Merv, on the territory of the medieval village Talkhatan. The mosque dates to the XI century; it ha...Read more


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Paper Book - this just became available today! You can get it in time for Christmast
Paper - coming soon
Audio - coming soon
Everybody was young once. Even the most confident people were once uncertain, the most ferocious were once frightened, and the most competent were once naive. We all met our best friends somewhere and not always under the best conditions.
In this collection of short stories from the world of Panamindorah, Silveo meets Basil, Silas meets Percy, Anaroo meets Gwain, Gus meets Silas, and Gerard prepares to meet Thessalyn. Dakar and Theseus are tiny children, caught up in the machinations of others; Glossy makes impossibly difficult decisions for herself and her child; and Marlie struggles with the ghosts of her past and present. All of them will find their places in the world, often far from where they started. For the moment, however, they are doing everything for the first time.
These stories will make the most sense if you have read The Guild of the Cowry Catchers series and The Scarlet Albatross. However, if you haven't read one or both of those stories, you'll still understand most of what's going on. The titles in this collection are: Harbor Wave, Dark Heart, Quarantine, Taking Tricks, Anaroo of the Defiance, Letter of Reference, Chimera, Fire From Heaven, and Ghosts.
This collection is the length of a novel, guys! All these stories were written this year for the Patreon, and this is the first time most of them have been available outside that platform. A paper version will be along in January, and the official Audible version should be out in February. In the meantime, my own live audio recordings of these stories are still available on Patreon.


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Urbanspoon iPhone App Helps You Pick a Restaurant
The basic idea of the free Urbanspoon app is to offer various cuisines, price points, and neighborhoods on slot machine reels. Shake your iPhone (or push the Shake button), and you get a random suggestion for where to eat. If you don't like the result, shake it again. If you want to limit your options, say to a particular neighborhood or a type of food, you can lock the reels.
Check out the Filter button at the top right of the screen. You can limit your results to Only Popular restaurants and eliminate chains from your results. You can also set a maximum distance and search for specific meals (breakfast, lunch, and so on).
When you get a restaurant you like, just tap the name of the restaurant. In response, you see a screen with the restaurant's address, phone number, the kind of restaurant it is, and a link to read reviews of the place. There are also buttons for voting on the restaurant with a percentage score of how other users have voted.
If you like or hate a place, make sure to write your own review, and think about the kind of things you find helpful in a review: "THIS PLACE ROCKS!" isn't all that useful.
Back on the main restaurant information page, you can tap the phone number in the listing to call the place. If you tap the address, you are taken to the Google Maps app with that address plugged in so you can get directions.
Now, if you don't want to leave your next meal to the fickle finger of Lady Luck, you can browse Urbanspoon's database by neighborhood, cuisine, features (who delivers?), what's popular, and even by nearby restaurants using your iPhone's GPS and the recently added Scope feature. Tap the Scope button to get a Google Maps page with your location and tons of pins representing nearby restaurants. Tap a pin to find out what it represents.
If you're adventuresome, try limiting yourself to one shake and sticking to whatever comes up. It could be awful, but you might also discover a new restaurant you wouldn't have otherwise tried!
Urbanspoon also has a social networking element. You can connect to Facebook to make posts from the app and see your News Feed from others who have also plugged their Facebook info into the app. You don't have to do all that stuff if you don't want to, but it's there.


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Hudson Henley was born in the San Francisco Bay area on a Naval base, the son of a Navy officer. He was relocated to the Dallas area as a three-year-old child. Texas has been his home since that time. Hudson graduated with a degree in Political Science in 1988 from the University of North Texas. From UNT, he enrolled at the University of Texas School of Law and graduated with honors in 1991. Hudson worked in Austin upon graduating and eventually started a law firm with a classmate that lasted several years before he went independent.
At age 29, Hudson Henley already had 25 employees and a successful law practice focusing on civil litigation, mostly personal injury cases. Over the last several years, he has become more focused on real estate law. Hudson is an active real estate investor who understands the needs of property investors and lenders from personal experience.


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Business inquiries:
Please contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Restuarant Phone:
(518) 691-0193
COmments & Concerns:
We strive to be the best establishment we can and in order maintain an exceptional level of enjoyment for our costumers we appreciate any feedback you may have concerning recent dinning experiences. We pledge to acknowledge and address all comments and concerns you may have. If further action is necessary, we will contact you direct to resolve any outstanding issues. We thank you for choosing The West Side Sports Bar & Grill and we look forward to seeing you again.


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By Eric
I'm a texter. It's a convenience thing, really. Well, that, and I'm not much of a talker. I don't know what my peers excuse for texting is, but that's mine and I am sticking to it.
We (Generation Y/Millenials/whatever-the-hell-they-are-calling-us-these-days) are built on communication through technology. Texting, emailing, Tweeting, Facebooking, blogging, Skyping, and whatever other made up verbs you can think of. We're basically defined by our lack of verbal communication.
How simplistic. Right? We're just a bunch of bumbling buffoons who lack the ability to socially interact outside social media. Case closed.
As a person who is introverted, quiet, reserved, and quite simply uncomfortable around people I don't know well, I take umbrage to the fact that we are a generation of poor communicators. If someone like me prefers face-to-face interaction — you know, actual conversation — to texting, emailng, or Tweeting (okay, well, maybe not Tweeting because that is just downright enjoyable) then it's hard to imagine a more gregarious person would prefer the disconnect of communication without human interaction.
When you rely solely on texting or emailing as a form of communication, so much of what you say gets lost in translation. You obviously can't see or hear the other person, so all you are left with is words. And as much as I love the little guys, words alone aren't enough for a full slate of expression.
Without that full expression, there becomes a disconnect between you and the person receiving your message. Almost as if some of the words in the message dropout in the transmission process from inbox to inbox.
And because we are a generation defined by social media interaction, we are essentially a generation defined by disconnect. Ironic, because social media is basically defined as a way to stay conveniently connected. And it does, but on a completely cursory level.
When I think of the stereotype created from this disconnect, I think of a group of people who lacks creativity. A simplistic group of people that lacks ideas or original thoughts. Maybe that isn't how we are seen by other generations, but that is at least how it feels.
And, granted, sometimes we do over-utilized texting or emailing. I know I do at least. There have certainly been times where I have used texting or emailing too much as a way of communicating with someone. And it has resulted in disconnect.
At the same time, I don't feel like those quick texts or occasional over-reliance on technology should define me as a person. I do have thoughts, ideas, and emotions (yes, even ones that can't be expressed in emoticons.) I know that technology has both its strengths and its weaknesses. I know these things, and I try to utilize the technologies accordingly.
Sometimes I succeed at doing so, and sometimes I fail. But either way, the technology doesn't define who I am as a person. And it certainly doesn't define how I think.


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Resound Lighting
2016, Walnut + Oak
A collection of pendant lights varying in design to create a contrasting lighting effect whilst emphasising the visual warmth of the material.
Light + Amplifier
2014, Oak, Copper + Ceramic
Similarly to the Resound amplifier collection. This piece combines the ability to amplify an iPhone through the ceramic whilst have a source of light through the copper form.
You are able to balance the sound and light effect by raising and lowering on the pulley system.
Skyline Light
2012, Plywood, Copper + Aluminium


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Samsung Unveils Nvidia-Powered M1 Media Player
Samsung on Thursday unveiled the M1, a portable media player powered by the Nvidia Tegra processor.
The M1 will be available in late September. It features 720p high-definition video playback, active matrix OLED display, wireless mobile games in 2D and 3D, advanced audio functionality, and an intuitive, Flash-based 3D user interface.
The Tegra processor includes eight individual processors on one chip, including those for video, graphics, audio, and two ARM cores, which Nvidia said would work to minimize power consumption.
"The Samsung M1 delivers hours of pure entertainment anytime, anywhere," Michael Rayfield, general manager of Nvidia's mobile business, said in a statement. "We worked with Samsung to ensure consumers get incredible HD, a unique UI and excellent battery life."


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Most pet owners would put forth the idea that their pet shares some human qualities, such as loyalty and faithfulness. This book makes the case for "feelings" in animals in the wild, as well. Grief, compassion, deceitfulness, cleverness, love of beauty, and many more attributes usually associated only with humans are shown in various animals — and not only those mammals most closely linked with humans. The book is well laid out with each attribute defined for young readers. Several examples of the way in which the quality appears in different animals are given. The illustrations maintain interest for even the youngest listeners, and questions are raised to encourage further discussion. This is an excellent resource for parents and teachers looking for ways to initiate discussions with children about what qualities are important to us — human and animal.
— American Booksellers Association – "Kids' Pick of the Lists" – April 2000
David Rice's 32-page book Do Animals Have Feelings Too? features short accounts of documented animal behaviors that suggest animals have a range of emotions very much like those of humans. Its tone of unsentimental respect for animals in their own right makes it one of a group of important resources that are building a long overdue awareness of animal sensitivity and feeling. My mixed class of 12 to 14 year-old students listened attentively to the stories and eagerly shared their own experiences of witnessing animals' demonstrations of feelings such as sadness, joy, anger and compassion.
— Green Teacher – Alanda Greene (Spring 2002)
This is an excellent resource for parents and teachers looking for ways to initiate discussions with children about what qualities are important to us – human and animal.
— Bookselling This Week
This book explores the rich emotional lives of animals, using anecdotes to show that countless species experience many of the same feelings we do. David L. Rice takes a matter-of-fact approach to showing that chimpanzees can be compassionate and orcas can be vengeful – and Trudy Calvert's wonderful illustrations bring the stories to life.
— Super Vegan – 10 Great Books for Vegan Kids (June 2010)
Mr. Rice's anecdotes are at once funny and touching – and by implication, they touch on the ways that people treat animals unkindly. Under the heading of "Joy," for example, he recounts an incident where a young circus elephant observed children playing on the swings and tried to join in the fun by trying to sit on one of the swings and tried to join in the fun by trying to sit on one of the swings herself. Why, children might ask, are elephants forced to perform – and how do they get from place to place?
— Vegbooks: Reviews of Kids Books & Movies (November 2009)
Do Animals Have Feelings Too?, written by David L. Rice and illustrated by Trudy Calvert, explores emotions such as loyalty, love, joy, grief, intelligence, and even deceit displayed by animals. Did you know that bears and chimps have been observed sitting quietly to watch a beautiful sunset? That Alaskan bison love to skate across frozen lakes? In an astounding demonstration of cleverness, a zoo monkey routinely used a banana to bribe a moose to carry him across the moat designed to keep him confined to a small island. Each page is jammed full of fascinating animal anecdotes that will tickle the fancy of readers of all ages.
— California Kids! (January 2001)
This book for ages 4-12 explores recent scientific observations that says animals have feelings quite similar to human feelings. The book provides many often heartwarming examples of animal behavior that kids can relate to.
— Clearing Magazine (Fall 2000)


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The Story Studio 2-Day Workshop, July 2019
Registration: $150.00
The Story Studio's 2-Day Storytelling Workshop is a perfect weekend intensive for those dipping their toes into storytelling waters for the first time, AND for seasoned performers wanting to brush up on skills or focus on a new or challenging project. The 7-or-so hours of class include lecture, discussion, individual and group exercises, performance time, and feedback and critique. Students will leave having developed and presented at least the first draft of a 5-7 minute personal story to perform onstage, and will come away with tools for developing narrative material that are applicable to a wide variety of settings: theatre, story slams, written memoir, podcasts, lectures, public speaking, TED talks, business presentations, and more.
Saturday consists of interactive exercises that will help students identify and refine a story to tell to the class. On Sunday, students will perform their stories in class, and receive in-depth feedback from their instructor and classmates.
This class is open to everyone. No experience required.
Taught by Minneapolis actor, writer and storyteller Amy Salloway.
"This was the single most useful creative workshop I have ever been a part of! The guidance Amy provided, especially during the feedback session, has stuck with me!" -- Recent 2-Day Workshop Participant
"I appreciated how applied the workshop was - how much of the time we were actively working on our own stories and performing." -- Recent 2-Day Workshop Participant
"I wanted to thank you again for helping me to put into words so many stories of my life -- they help me come alive to whomever is listening, and feel good about myself!" -- Recent Workshop Participant
The Story Studio 2-Day Workshop, July 2019


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I recently had the opportunity to chop it up with Sir Eddie C the 25 year old rapper from Belleville, Illinios.
Eddie has been rapping for around 5 years, on and off, but he plans on stepping his game up this year. From a new project to various music videos, Eddie aspires to pursue it all.
With his versatile flow and hard-hitting beats, he is trying to put on for his hometown and show everyone what he has to offer. Read our conversation below and follow Eddie on Twitter @SirEddieC to keep up with everything he is doing.
How long have you been rapping?
I put my first project out in 2012, So come February it'll be 5 years. I literally didn't think of that until now. Wow. Anyways, it was called "Two Rappers & a Macbook". The quality was horrible & we used the internal mic on the laptop to record. There's been tons of off and on times though. Like, last year I didn't drop anything at all but did a lot of shows. But, if anyone is keeping score & been listening since the beginning…5 years.
Tell me about some of your biggest, most important influences.
My favorite artists are Jay Z, Kanye West, Lauryn Hill, Gym Class Heroes, and Wale believe it or not. Influences are different though, because I like anything that sounds wavy. It's always been like that classic backpack from the late 2000's & early 2010's. So like; Wale, Cudi, Cool Kids, Lupe, etc… But, I've been inspired from everything from Hov to Peter Frampton & that's not an exaggeration. Not to sound like a try hard but I'm influenced by a certain energy. I know it when I hear it & feel it.
Inspiration behind your new song Orenthal?
The inspiration behind "Orenthal" is funny to me. Like I said, I've been super inspired by like classic backpack and stuff so rapping about taking other guys' girls wasn't really in my pocket. But one night my homie Josh, who is also my producer and I were going out. We pulled up next to an old Ford Bronco. The first thing I said was, "Man, this the car OJ had." Josh just happened to be playing the beat at the time too so it really just started as a freestyle and he said lets make this song so just like that it happened. This song also is dope because it's the first song Josh rapped on, plus my homie Dairal got on it and we have never been on a song together before. So this song has special meaning for a few reasons.
What are some of your goals for this year?
I want me and everyone else apart of FORTHEWHEN to blow up. Flat out. Whatever that means, I look around and realize how talented everyone is around me. I don't see why we can't. I really just want to drop cool stuff and do really cool shows, and and grow an audience. An audience that can fill a venue. That's the more "realistic" goal I guess. But yeah, the goal really is to grow a fanbase of kids that really rock with what I'm doing. Being from Belleville, IL, I have a whole town to put on for too.
What can we expect from you in the near future? Any upcoming projects or shows?
So yeah, first time I'm publicly saying this because I wanna be fake mysterious online… but yeah, LTD and I are working on a project. Me rapping. Him producing. I'm happy with how it's turning out & ready to see how people react to it. I just want people to react to it. Visuals are important. I want to do tight videos & stuff too. I also don't want to take anymore time off.


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At a recent retreat for women I asked the group to start writing down a plan of action to move in the direction of their dreams.
I watched how a high number of very earnest, heart centered, vision driven women started getting stuck for a multitude of reasons. As I pondered the overall vibration in order to assist them to the next steps, I realized the overarching theme was that they wanted to make sure they did the planning, well, perfect.
This reminded me of the major breakthroughs I have been having in allowing for a "done is better than perfect" lifestyle, and how, yeah, I'm probably not the person to work with if the hope or expectation is perfection, however, I get a lot done and change a lot of lives and, ultimately, get to experience a very rich (albeit not "perfect"!) life because of this momentum.
I chat all of this in the video above!
If you like the idea of moving forward with me this year in your vision of serving more women in your community, I've got just 3 spots left for this year's My Love Bomb Facilitator Training path that starts the first week of February.
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Husqvarna vs Robomow:It gets a bit more interesting when I stack two heavyweight robotic mowers on the ground, which together have over 37 years of experience in making robotic mowers and two of their most popular prodigies.
Let talk a little about these two companies …
Robomow (also known as Friendly Robotics): Robomow was founded in 1995, originally called 'Friendly Machines', by Udi Pedless and Shai Abramson in Israel.
Udi is quoted as saying: "We had the goal of building robots that move in and around the house and carry out the everyday tasks that people do not want to do anymore."
Since the launch of the first Robomow in 1998, the company has seen great success and is now distributing it in the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Husqvarna Group: believe it or not, Husqvarna was actually founded in 1689 and has produced rifles and shotguns for more than 300 years.
Husqvarna produced sewing machines, motorcycles and chainsaws during the company's existence.
In 1995 Husqvarna released the world's first solar-powered robot vacuum cleaner, it was 15 years ago that the Swedish heavyweight achieved success in the sale of its robotic mowers.
Table of Content
- 1 Robomow RS630 vs Husqvarna Automower 220 AC
- 2 Husqvarna vs Robomow-My Final Verdict
- 1 Design (Husqvarna vs Robomow)
- 2 Cons of Robomow (Husqvarna vs Robomow)
- 3 Husqvarna 200AC
- 4 Cons of Husqvarna(Husqvarna vs Robomow)
- 5 Husqvarna vs Robomow-My Final Verdict
Design (Husqvarna vs Robomow)
Naturally,the Husqvarna 220 AC and the Robomow RS630 are both aesthetically pleasing objects. The Robomow RS630 reflects a fairly common robotic mower with a robust design and the Husqvarna 220AC has a slim European design that is usually not less than 'the European car of robotic mowers'.
When comparing designs, I always focus on what really matters that is the functionality. A robot looks sleek and stylish, but does it really function? Let's see.
Robomow RS630: Just like the Husqvarna, the Robomow has two main wheels usually located at the back of the robot, with two steel having main blades at the bottom of the robotic lawnmower.
The Robomow has a strong enough protection to prevent obstacles getting stuck in the blades, with the floating deck so that it can mow over the lawn seamlessly.
Cons of Robomow (Husqvarna vs Robomow)
One of the biggest drawbacks of the Robomow RS630 is its weight, the Robomow weighs as much as 715.5 oz, while the Husqvarna weighs less than half, weighing 317.4 oz.
You may not see it as a problem, but it is known that the extra weight of the Robomow causes uneven mowing as compared to the Husqvarna.
The Robomow materials used for the operation seems to be cheaper than the Husqvarna when compared side by side,as the Robmow appears more hardy and industrial.
Husqvarna 200AC
Husqvarna's main bonus is its weight and dimensions, the Husqvarna is 30 cm high, 0.5 cm shorter than the Robomow and is 54.9 cm wide in contrast to the Robomows which is about 66.0 cm wide. It is also less than half the weight of the Robomow. Checkout the Price Listings of Husqvarna Here!
Because the Husqvarna has smaller dimensions, this means that the cutting width is smaller, about 8 inches, which is considerably smaller than the cutting width of the Robomow at 22 inches.
Cons of Husqvarna(Husqvarna vs Robomow)
One of the biggest disadvantages of the Husqvarna is the limited cutting height settings, the Husqvarna can only cut between 0.8 inches and 2.4 inches, while the Robomow can cut from 0.8 inches to 3.1 inches.
Which one is the Winner? It has a very close call when it comes to design, both robotic mowers have simple interfaces that are easy to use, are equipped with advanced safety functions and are cut with heavy steel blades.
The Robomow takes the crown when it comes to design functionality.Although the Robomow RS630 seems to be hardy and thicker in appearance than the Husqvarna, it also has a bigger cutting width,the floating cutting deck and extra length characteristics. This is another One point for Robomow.
Robomow: 1 – Husqvarna: 0 (Husqvarna vs Robomow)
Performance and functions:I have covered some of the most important design features that have separated the Robomow and the Husqvarna, now I want to go deeper into the performance and characteristics of the two, because there seem to be some important distinctive differences between the two.
Robomow RS630: the Robomow RS630 not only has a larger cutting width than the Husqvarna, it can also cover a considerably larger surface than the Husqvarna 200 AC.
Again,the Robomow is designed for lawns up to 32,000 square feet while the Husqvarna can only cover lawns up to 19,000 square feet.
- The Robomow is designed for lawns up to 32,000 square feet while the Husqvarna can only cover lawns up to 19,000 square feet.
- The Robomow RS630 also comes with dedicated edge handling mode that allows the Robomow to mow all edges.
If you have a robotic lawnmower, such as the Husqvarna, which does not have the special edge machining mode, you have to cut by yourself along the edges with a whip cutter, which only adds more work.
Another important bonus of the Robomow is that it is mulchs when it reaches its terminals, so your lawn is cut and tidy, unlike the Husqvarna which has no mulching capacity.
Husqvarna 220AC:In case you have a sloppy backyard,then this one particular will be great for you. Husqvarna has a superior slope of more than 19 degrees, while the slope of the slope of the Robomow is only 18 degrees.
Unlike the Robomow RS630, the Husqvarna has an 'automatic resume' setting so that you can almost forget it after setting up the Husvarna.
The Robomow also has a schedule, but it must be asked to continue.
The Husqvarna is considerably more quiet than the Robomow, which is great if you run your robotic lawnmower all night long. The Husqvarna operates at 62 dB while the Robomow reaches 68 dB.
Which one is the Winner? It is really too difficult to say which one provides the best performance and features. Although Robomow does have the ability to mow larger spaces and edges, this does not necessarily have to be attractive to everyone.
The Husqvarna brings a number of fairly serious competition to the table in terms of functions, with automatic continuing with mowing, increased gradient and a generally more quiet operation. One point for each.
Robomow: 2 – Husqvarna: 1 (Husqvarna vs Robomow)
Charging / Battery life
It is not something that you necessarily think about when buying a robotic lawnmower, but it is a serious consideration when it comes to energy consumption and the size of your garden.
Robomow RS630: the Robomow needs 2 hours to recharge and gets 1.5 hours of mowing time from its load. The Robomow is equipped with a 26V battery.
Husqvarna:the Husqvarna takes about 90mins to move and mow which is about 45 minutes each time taking for moving and mowing from its load. Husqvarna is equipped with a much smaller voltage of about, 18V battery.
Which one is the Winner? The Robomow takes more than twice the time to recharge its 26V battery with a lot of power than the Husqvarna, and only gets twice as much mowing time.For Efficiency, power consumption and environmentally friendly, the Husqvarna takes the crown. One point for Husqvarna.
Robomow: 2 – Husqvarna: 2 (Husqvarna vs Robomow)
Price considerations
These robot vacuum cleaners are not your everyday $ 150 hand-operated lawn mowers, these are top-of-the-art robotic mowers and the prices reflect the technology and engineering they have undergone.
With the Robomow RS630 you pay $2,499.00 (check this offer for the latest live prices) and the Husqvarna will bring you back $1,449.95 (check this offer for the latest live prices) – there's a price difference of $ 1049.05 and Husqvarna wins on this front. One point for Husqvarna.
Husqvarna vs Robomow-My Final Verdict
Very simple: the Robomow RS630 is a better robotic mower compared to the Husqvarna 220 AC. The Robomow RS630 offers more value for money when it comes to functionality and functions.My rating is Robomow: 3 – Husqvarna: 2 Do you have experience with one of these devices? comment below!!
Husqvarna vs Robomow
Husqvarna vs Robomow-My Final Verdict
The Robomow RS630 is a better robotic mower compared to the Husqvarna 220 AC. The Robomow RS630 offers more value for money when it comes to functionality and functions.My rating is Robomow: 3 – Husqvarna: 2 Do you have experience with one of these devices? comment below!!


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The Healthy Life-style Course (HLTH1010) is a obligatory, one-12 months course for undergraduates to discover ways to preserve a properly-balanced and wholesome life-style that may help them to effectively handle their life, studying and work. Healthy life expectancy has remained much lower than life expectancy and information for 2013 to 2015 from ONS point out that it is now sixty three.4 years for males and sixty four.1 for females. Because the population ages, society will face will increase amounts dementia. We need to welcome creative or novel approaches to their care that offers them increased high quality of life.
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A Sweet Mother's Day Recipe Journal To Share & Share Alike
I realize today is Cinco de Mayo, but I'm heading straight to Mother's Day, so have a margarita for me! For my Mom this year, I decided to get a little ambitious and create a handwritten recipe journal with every single dish I remember my Mom loving whenever she visited me over the years. I know it's traditional that Mothers pass down recipes to their children and families, but I wanted to share some of mine as a token of my love of food she cultivated in me — and so she can make these recipes for herself if she's so inclined. I'm actually gifting her two journals, one with my recipes (and funny notes about our shared food history, like how much I hate tuna) and one for her to jot down recipes she'd like to share with me. So the plan is for us to trade them back and forth every so often and eventually pass them down to my daughter. I'm thinking I'm going to get a lot of "low-cal" and heart-friendly annotations from her, along with childhood stories around food that I'll say I'd rather forget, but secretly crave to remember and tell my daughter while we giggle about fish sticks and such.
Today, I'm sharing a few recipes I'm including in the journal that my Mom hasn't tried yet, but that I know she'll love. These recipes are also great ideas to make for Mother's Day if you'd like to treat Mom to some seriously delicious sweets (and a savory dish, too). Wishing you a Mother's Day filled with smiles and memories that make you smile! –Caitlin
Author's Note: The lovely hardback notebooks I'm using for this gift are by Moo — and I love them so much! Why, you ask? Because not only are they gorgeous and substantial with their fancy hardcover case (see below photos), but they lay flat because they use Swiss binding that allows the front cover and bound pages to separate. Total genius! There are some photos of the notebooks I've chosen below, and I've added them to our new SHOP so take a peek here if you're interested.
And for all of you spelling bee champs out there, I did, indeed, intentionally spell parsley wrong in this first handwritten recipe because it's a long-running joke between my Mom and I. I have major issues with "P" words like parsley, phlox, etc… I can hear her saying, "Oh my gosh Caitlin, you're STILL spelling parsley wrong!"
Nice drawings, huh? So realistic that I bet you can almost taste the olive oil! Now on to the other tasty recipes I'm including.
Who doesn't love a bundt cake? This cake, from Alexis Siemons, is delectable with its crème fraiche icing and rose water scented aroma. Make this and share it with Mom. You'll be glad you did. And so will she! Recipe here.
I haven't always been a chocolate fan, but let's just say that after an entire week at Grace & Julia's, I'm in. I got home from my visit with them and made these cookies within 24 hours. I then proceeded to drink an entire quart of whole milk. Yum. You can get this recipe by Klancy Miller here and her book Cooking Solo that contains this recipe and other delicious ones right here.
True fun fact: I don't like pie. My Southern family thinks this is very strange and has threatened to disown me if I don't at least try a bite of the 40 pies present at holidays. Let me tell you what I do like — SAVORY pies. Hand me a pastie or a piece of English pork pie and I will forever be your friend. This Zucchini and Mushroom mini-pie recipe is amazing. Of course, I tend to add some chopped pancetta to it! Give it a try yourself. You can find the recipe by Bill from (now closed) The Pie Truck right here. This beautiful image is thanks to the fantastic work of food stylist Adam C. Pearson and photographer Matt Armendariz.
Here are some more shots of the Moo notebooks that I will forever use to gift anyone and everyone, plus keep next to my bedside table for writing down all of my wacky dreams after I've eaten a dozen Triple Chocolate Chip cookies!
Mom and I will pass the red and blue ones back and forth with our recipe share (she better be into it!) and I'll use the grey one for my dream journal.
Whatever you choose to do, give, or make this Mother's Day, I hope it's a relaxing day that celebrates all the Moms in your life (including you)!