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Small Business Funding Made Simple - Merchant Advance
Duration: 1:22
Interested, but still a bit confused about how our funding program works? This bite size video breaks down our service for you. It's still relatively new in Canada, but business owners across the country are recognizing the value in the program and the opportunity it holds for small business funding
What Can I Use A Merchant Advance For? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 1:9
Today, we are proud to debut the first video in our ongoing video series featuring Merchant Advance CEO David Gens! We listened carefully to a variety of important questions that customers across Canada asked about our business model, our products and the many ways we can best help small businesses
How Do I Get Funding? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 0:52
Today brings the release of the second in our series of Merchant Advance Video Blog posts on Youtube, featuring Merchant Advance Capital CEO David Gens. This week's video addresses one of the most important questions we receive: How Do I Get Funding? What steps need to be taken to apply for, and rec
What Is A Merchant Advance? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 0:48
The next entry in our Merchant Advance Video series is now ready to view! This week, Merchant Advance Capital CEO David Gens takes a look at the fundamental properties of merchant advances. How is this type of funding properly defined? What makes it different from a standard business loan? What make
Does My Business Qualify For A Merchant Advance? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 0:51
The newest entry in our video blog series is now available! This week, Merchant Advance Capital CEO David Gens explores some of the key questions surrounding the qualifications that small businesses need in order to apply for a merchant advance or business loan. In short: they're very simple! We ask
Small Business, Big Screen: Top Five Small Businesses on Film - Merchant Advance
Duration: 0:45
Lights, Camera... This time of year, in his spare evenings away from the keyboard, your blogger finds himself combing through Netflix for old favourites and new discoveries. Movies are a constant part of many of our lives, and the characters that inhabit them almost always need to be tethered to the
Snapshot Contest: And the Winner Is.... - Merchant Advance
Duration: 0:37
Once again, we thank all the entrants to the inaugural edition of the Merchant Advance Capital Snapshot Contest! The announcement video is below - click to find out which of our group of intrepid small business shutterbugs will walk away with $5000 cash! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA8ZDToaOU0 T
What Business Types Are Suited To Merchant Advances? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 0:55
Welcome to the newest edition of the Merchant Advance Video Blog series, returning for the new year! In case you missed them, the Video Blogs let none other than Merchant Advance Capital President and CEO David Gens answer some of the most pressing questions about the alternative lending space, as c
How Much Funding Can I Get Through A Merchant Advance? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 0:53
The latest entry in our popular Merchant Advance Video blog series (featuring founder and CEO David Gens) is now available for viewing! We researched the questions about our business model, products, practices and other key facts that you wanted to hear answers to, and have released a total of six v
How Long Will It Take For My Business to Receive Funding? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 1:3
Time is Money... Or, at least, so goes the old adage. One of the things that most business owners want to know when they contact Merchant Advance Capital is: "how soon can you help?" As it currently stands, we can get you from initial request to funding in a week or less - sometimes even just a day
My Credit Score Needs Improvement: Can I Still Apply? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 0:57
The latest in our series of Merchant Advance Loans 101 videos is live, featuring CEO David Gens addressing some of the most important questions our customers have raised about the Merchant Advance model. This week, we choose to address a common concern among business owners that contact us: the stre
Merchant Advance vs. Business Loan - Merchant Advance
Duration: 3:56
Our newest Merchant Advance Loans 101 Video is now live over at the Youtube channel for your viewing pleasure. This week, Merchant Advance CEO David Gens takes a look at the differences that separate merchant advance funding from traditional business loan products. The video is below: click through
Loans 101: Is Collateral Required for a Merchant Advance? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 0:57
Aside from being the title of a positively amazing movie featuring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx released back in 2004, collateral refers to a pledge made by a borrower of specific property made in order to secure repayment of a loan and protect the lender against the risk of default. In this edition of
Loans 101 - How Long Does It Take to Get Funded? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 1:9
Our Loans 101 video series is back and better than ever! This edition of the series, which should herald a return to more frequent updates, features Merchant Advance CEO David Gens addressing one of the most important questions we get from Canadian small business owners every day: how long does it t
Loans 101 - Working With Brokers - Merchant Advance
Duration: 1:6
This week's edition of Loans 101, our ongoing video series, is a little bit different in a couple of key ways. First, it features the video debut of Merchant Advance's VP of Marketing and Operations, Alex Chisholm! Secondly, it deals with a side of the Merchant Advance model we don't often discuss h
Loans 101 - Your Credit Score - Merchant Advance
Duration: 1:56
This week, we welcome another new face to the Loans 101 series: Head of Underwriting, Dominik St-Denis! When it comes to small business lending, perhaps one of the biggest and most recurring sets of inquiries we get from new applicants centers on their personal credit score. As the blog has investig
The Best Financial Product for Your Seasonal Business - Merchant Advance
Duration: 1:6
The blog welcomes you to your Monday morning this week with another instalment of the Merchant Advance Loans 101 video series, this week featuring VP Marketing, Alex Chisholm. https://youtu.be/F1FfN9khGDg Seasonality is a topic that this blog has discussed often in the past. Especially in the Canadi
How Can a Merchant Advance Help at Tax Time? - Merchant Advance
Duration: 0:59
It was Daniel Defoe who first wrote: "Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed." Fortunately, this week's Loans 101 video, featuring Head of Underwriting Dominik St-Denis, shows that the arrival of tax time, or the collection of back taxes owed by businesses, need not be a c
Better Together: A Pride Tilt-Shift Story - Merchant Advance
Duration: 2:36
We were thrilled to get involved in one of our coolest projects to date, a short film created to bring awareness to members of the LGBTQ community who face isolation and/or misunderstanding from within their community. The video follows the narrative of 7 people, each representing different associat
Strategies for Small Business Success - Merchant Growth - Formerly Merchant Advance
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Everybody is loyal to a local business that may render some fond memories. Friendly staff, excellent service and consistency builds a growing and enduring relationship between business and customer. Although there are often hundreds of businesses in a city competing for the same clientele, many mana


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Founded in 1948, the Maritime Museum of San Diego serves as the community memory of San Diego's seafaring experience by collecting, preserving and presenting the cities rich maritime heritage and historic connections with the Pacific World. The Maritime Museum and USS Midway Aircraft Carrier are located on the Embarcadero area of San Diego.
Maritime Museum San Diego
Star of India
Historic ships are the most obvious attraction at the Maritime Museum San Diego and rightly so as there are five outstanding examples of different maritime vessels — Star of India, Berkeley, Californian, Medea and Pilot. Star of India is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the worlds oldest active ship. Named a National Historic Landmark in 1966 and a California State Historic Landmark in 1999, Star of India has been awarded both the American and World Ship Trust Maritime Heritage Awards. First launched at Ramsey, Isle of Man as a British full-rigged ship named Euterpe in 1863, Star of India was rigged down to a bark in 1901 when she was used to work the salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Full rigged means that there are square-rigged sails on all three of the masts. A bark is a sailing vessel with three masts, the front and middle masts square-rigged, the rear mast rigged fore-and-aft. Laid up in retirement in Alameda, California while steamships ruled the oceans, Star of India was restored just in time to sail again for the first time in nearly 50 years on the Fourth of July, 1976.
Berkeley is a double-ended steam powered ferryboat that was built in San Francisco and launched in 1898. More elaborate than most ferries of the Victorian Era, she carried railroad passengers and commuters around San Francisco Bay. During the fire that swept San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake Berkeley and other ferries ran 24 hours a day to rescue citizens from the burning city. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990 and a California Historic Landmark in 2000, Berkeley may be "the best preserved 19th century ferryboat in existence."
Californian is a replica of the 1848 Revenue Cutter, C. W. Lawrence. Built in 1984 at Spanish landing in San Diego, Californian was named the official tall ship ambassador for the State of California and has hosted thousands of school children on seagoing educational programs up and down the West Coast.
The 1904 Steam Yacht Medea was built for William Macalister Hall, a wealthy Scotsman and British Army Officer. In addition to many years of use for social occasions, hunting trips and charter yacht, Medea served the Free French Navy as a gunboat in World War I and a barrage balloon vessel for the Royal Navy and accommodation ship for Norwegian commando officers during World War II. Launched in 1914, Pilot may have had the longest career of any working boat in the western hemisphere. Pilot served as San Diego Bay's official pilot boat for 82 years and served the military during World War II.
The H.M.S. Surprise
The ship used in the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World — was on exhibit at the San Diego Maritime Museum through November 30, 2004. Five permanent exhibitions at the Maritime Museum represent major themes of maritime history and their relation to San Diego — Age of Sail, Age of Steam, Charting the Sea, Harvesting the Ocean and The Navy. The main exhibits and ships store are on the Berkeley. Other Maritime Museums featured on nowrez can be found in New York City and San Francisco.
USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum
Just down the Embarcadero from the Maritime Museum is another floating San Diego museum. The USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum opened in 2004. The Midway is the largest of the five aircraft carrier museums in the U.S. The other four are the Hornet in Alameda, California; the Lexington in Corpus Christi, Texas; the Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and the Intrepid in New York. The world's largest warship when it launched in March 1945, The Midway got its name from the Battle of Midway, the turning point of the Pacific war. The Midway served three combat tours in Vietnam and launched warplanes over Iraq in 1991. This aircraft carrier saw many firsts, including the first jet takeoff from a carrier and the dawn of naval missile warfare when a captured German V-2 rocket was launched from its deck. The Midway was decommissioned in 1992 as the longest-serving carrier in U.S. Navy history.

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This week's Cee's Fun Foto Challenge theme is black and white or sepia tones. Now that's quite a challenge for me because I shoot all my photos in color and I pick my subjects because of their specific colors and tones. I'm not an Ansel Adams fan either. I think Mother Nature spent a lot of time assigning colors to each of her small parts, so I often feel the lack of colors on some photos doesn't give nature enough credit for the great job she did.
I had to dig through all of my photos and find a few that I thought would look good in black and white. I have no idea if I pulled it off, so you'll have to let me know what you think.
Remember you can click on each photo below to see a larger version of it.
This is a small stream in Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego, California. I still have to do a post on the several photos I captured that day. I think water may be something that looks OK in black and white, especially when it flows fast.
I tried to use a photo of rain clouds and make it black and white for this exercise. Here is the original post of these creepy crawly clouds over the San Diego hills.
This next photo is a sunrise where the sun tried very hard to pierce through the clouds. It created an orange yellow glow mixing with the gray clouds that was just gorgeous. I'm not too crazy about the lack of color of this photo, knowing how beautiful the colors of the original sunrise were.
I found the tree below at Balboa Park. I love all the giant thorns poking out of its trunk and I think the black and white format doesn't take anything away from the original.
This is my former neighbors' cat. She's dark gray with bright green eyes. I think most animals and people can look beautiful on black and white photos. Isn't she a cutie? I want to caption this photo "the great horned owl cat".
I took this last photo at the San Diego Zoo. These are two brother bears – grizzly bears – enjoying some cuddling and hugging time. I used the color photo to participate in the Project 365 -2013 on Facebook and I hope to feature it in an upcoming post. The white at the bottom is actually snow the zoo keepers made for the bears that day.


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Madman to "Restart" Australian Dragon Ball Z Release
posted on by Jonathan Mays
An Assistant Brand Manager at Australia's Madman Entertainment posted the following Dragon Ball Z release details on the company's forum:
SURPRISE! We would like to formally announce that we will be redoing the entire Dragon Ball Z series again, presenting them in the newly remastered widescreen format as announced recently by Funimation.
WHAT? - Yes, you heard it right, after some careful consideration and forward planning, we have decided that in order to hopefully in the long run lessen the confusion of the DVD Release of Dragon Ball Z we have decided to restart over and release it in the new format. It will be presented for the first time:
UNCUT 3 Audio tracks featuring Japanese, English with English Score and English with Japanese Score, something we have not been able to do at all. This also means that for the first time in Australia, ALL seasons of Dragon Ball Z will be presented in both English and Japanese, a much requested feature from fans for many years.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE CURRENT SETS? They will continue to be available on the market until such a time that we have released the season we are replacing it with. From that point on the older sets will be discontinued and go out of print.
PRICING We will be releasing these new sets for the new low price of $59.95 and will also be in a Fat-Pack Packaging from the day of release.
BUT YOU SAID.... Yes, we did indeed state that we would only release Season 1 parts 2 and 3 in the new wide screen formats only, but we figured that we might as well redo the entire series while we are at it. We had originally intended on re-releasing the currently available sets as Fat-Packs, and after some careful considerations we thought "might as well" and offer a new product, discounting the price at the same time presenting DBZ for the first time in it's entireity in English AND Japanese plus some fancy features as well.
THE WIDESCREEN ISSUE. This has been a much debated and talked about subject. It will still continue to be a topic of debate for many years to come and here's what we can establish. The newly remastered sets are sourced from Japanese film stock i.e. Film reels like those you see at cinemas. They have been digitized, cleaned up and captured at 24 frames a second in 1080p. It is then mastered down to a standard definition 480p format suitable for viewing on regular DVDs, this also means that these new sets will be PRESENTED IN A TRUE PAL FORMAT, something that is unprecedented for such a long TV Anime series. You do in some cases lose some vertical image, BUT you now also gain horizontal footage that has never been seen before. While, we would have ultimately been happier with a 4:3 release, this is out of our control and is a decision that FUNimation has made but will present some interesting ways to view DBZ.
BUT I'M STILL NOT HAPPY! We do understand that you may be fustrated that you now have yet ANOTHER set of DBZ DVDs to buy, but we believe that fans will utlimately in the long run be happier with this choice that we have made, by doing this there is now much more benefit for the fans of the series, with multiple options in audio for the first time, and also a new way to see DBZ.
The first set is due for release in June containing the entire Vegeta Saga episodes 1-39 Season 2 containing episodes 40-74 (Namek and Captain Ginyu Sagas) Season 3 containing episodes 75-107 (Frieza Saga)


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In the violent city of Tokyo, Man and Beast battle for survival as the demonic Beasts strive to seduce and enslave every woman that crosses their paths. Born into a family of vampires, 19-year-old Mina has vowed to hunt-down and destroy all of the sex-starved Beasts. Together with her friends and her Beast-Hunter Sword, Mina must track-down a human-formed Beast that has infiltrated her college. A new woman has appeared at 19-year-old Beast Hunter Mina's college. She appears to be the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, but deep within her lurks an evil unseen by human eyes. She seduces and destroys every male she comes across. But when she targets one of Mina's friends, she's gone too far...
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There are a few fun events going on around North Texas this weekend -- and all are Worth the Drive.
First up, country superstar Pat Green is headlining Lewisville's Western Days Festival. Aside from music, attendees can visit arts and crafts stands, see a gunfight re-enactment and even watch, or take part in, a tamale-eating contest. Yum. Read more here.
Oktoberfest is under way in McKinney with authentic German music, traditional costumes, dancing, children's activities and more. McKinney Oktoberfest is held in historic downtown McKinney through Saturday evening. See an event schedule here.
Out in Stephenville, both Friday and Saturday nights, find a cool spot in the grass to sit and watch hot air balloons glow in the nighttime sky. See a full schedule here. In addition to the glows, events are running all day including sky diving, vendor booths, food and live music. One of the good things about this event, proceeds benefit the Erath County Veterans.
And finally, last but not least, Little Elm is welcoming fall with their annual Fall Festival. The family-friendly festival has arts & crafts, a 5k Fun run, a salsa contest, a barbecue cook-off and even a pretty baby contest. The festival runs through Sunday at Little Elm Park on El Dorado Parkway. See more here.


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Fly by wire; Airbus and now Toyota
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Chip in Blog
It is not the system it is the peripheral subsystems. It is not the "thinking electronics" it is the linkage, the floor mat, the pitot system. The problem? Apparently; in both cases the problems continue post fix. Rather than overload you with more engineering and tech-speak: Here is the bottom line: apparently, humans are being over-ridden by machines. And they can't turn them off. After the QANTAS upsets procedures were implemented to de-energize the electronic brain (ADIRU #1). If I was driving a Toyota I think I'd rig something to pull the fuse on the electronic throttle system just in case.
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Chip, Wow….that is a terrific idea! Work out the solution and you could sell it to them! I ran into a lot of problems a few days ago on a cross country with a new Cessna172SP with a G1000 all glass panel. The autopilot really worked against me because it was slaved to the G1000…which can have it's own problems. I decided it was "inop" in my opinion and never used it again in a 6 hour journey. I worry alot about all these electronics. If I can lose a $500 Blackberry just because it was in the "vicinity" of a shower, there's too much vulnerability with electronics in our world and in our future. Just my humble opinion. It is one reason I avoid airbus flying.
I think the real problem is arrogance. I saw the "father" of fly by wire interviewed on TV once. His selective memory and level of arrogance was staggering. No mention of the thousands that died because of his system. Just the standard engineer anti-pilot rant.
They do NOT fully understand interference amoung components; that is why they have you turn off every thing in the cabin. In flight test the first thing we would do; step one in a test program, was to hang the new device, pod, weapon whatever, and turn everything on. Just to see what would happen, many times systems would be effected. First you had fighters, then airliners and now cars. How do you get an electromagnetically sterile environment driving around any city in the world? You don't. Cell towers, radio stations, TV, radar, etc, etc.
Thinking back to when I was flying over Bosnia one of the things that caused us head aches way back in the day was the automatic doors at grocery stores. It caused our software to ID an airborne threat.


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May 14th, 2017
Changes to the Samples Program
Due to recent changes with Canada Post we have changed our shipping alternatives with them and now will no longer be adding tracking to samples because of the price increase that they are adding to us.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Due to this change as of May 1st, 2017 we will now be sending all samples without tracking to both Canadian and United States of America addresses.
We have no implemented a new location update information email to all samples so that when they are shipped out, If you do not receive your sample within 15 days of us shipping it out of the country or within 10 in Canada we will ship it again with tracking.
Alternatively if you are interested in keeping tracking all samples we recommend paying the $8.00 - $15.00 version to see it leave by 6am next morning with shipping.
All Packages will continue to go at Expedited speed no matter the location or where you live. We've just changed the tracking now.
Please don't hesitate to contact us at anytime if you have any questions or concerns and we'd be more than happy to accommodate and help answer your questions with the Samples Program.
Rub n' Buff Samples will be available on our website after May 26th. Stay tuned landlubbers!
Friendly Plastic Samples will be available on our website after May 27th. Stay tuned landlubbers!
Carbon Fiber Samples will be available on our website after May 29th. Stay tuned landlubbers!
Jewelry Samples will be available on our website after May 30th. Stay tuned landlubbers!
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May 10th, 2017
Northern Fancon 2017 in Prince George!
We had so much fun the last weekend while in Prince George!
You guys are so awesome haha, We were able to hang out with everyone and talk costumes and materials all weekend and make sure everyone was able to see the things we love to do while helping the world.
We have a special thanks from Schnitzel_Does for letting us take his costumes and props around Western Canada with us recently to show people things we like to work on as well as his awesome costumes.
Also a special thanks to the Northern Fancon Staff, Volunteers, Workers and People who helped invite us and everyone else, work on the event and make it an amazing weekend to remember; We can't wait for next year!
We'd also like to send out an awesome thanks to all the Celebrities and amazing cosplayers who came out to help judge panels, contests, sign prints and visit with the masses. You guys are the best!
Here's some photo's and such from our recent trip.
Thanks for being awesome everyone, we can't wait to see everyone again next time.
And as always;
Create, Cosplay, Conquer
May 7th, 2017
Factory and Manufacturer Switch - Whiteshell EVA Price Update
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It's a rough storm these past month or so buccaneers.. We've been doing our best to keep in contact with our providers for loot and keep them inline with our mission to help the world, Because of this we've recently had to switch material providers and with this comes a cost. Unfortunately we haven't been able to keep things under our margin likes and we've had to increase the price of some of our foams. We however now are able to get thicker foams easier than before and with this we've adjusted our prices to accommodate the new sizes. Until June 10th 2017 we will be honoring the same prices live on our website but as of 12:00 MST June 10th we'll adjust all prices to the following listed below.
We're sorry for the inconvenience but we're actively working on things all the time to keep everyone onboard happy and healthy while sailing with us.
If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to contact us here or at our support line.
Sail Swiftly for now!
Our new Whiteshell EVA price list will be as follows after June 10th 2017.
1mm 30 x 50 - $1.99
1mm 30 x 100 - $2.49
2mm 30 x 50 - $3.49
2mm 30 x 100 $3.99
4mm 30 x 50 - $5.49
4mm 30 x 100 - $5.99
5mm 30 x 50 - $6.49
8mm 30 x 50 - $7.99
10mm 30 x 50 $8.99
10mm 30 x 100 $16.99
Because of these price changes that we cannot control at this time we are offering people the universal way to save a little bit off of their purchases using discount codes on our checkout system.
Please Enter the following code if you are in need of some foam to save 10% off of all foams until the end of August!
Discount Code: foamloot8
May 2nd, 2017
S.H.I.P - Zones 4 and 5 Release and Soon to be Released
The S.H.I.P Program now has zones 4 (May 1st) and 5 (June 1st) for May and June that will be available to the public for shipping options however orders will not begin to be picked for the S.H.I.P Program until after their respective start dates on May and June 1st, 2017.
For more information on the release of the S.H.I.P Program for zones 4 and 5 please read up on our program here;
Sail swiftly for now friends
We scribble our news and findings from our journeys here for everyone to read :3
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Where Are You Going, O Little One?by Greg Larson
Where are you going? Can I come, too?
Let's watch the birds up in the sky.
Ask lots of questions that start with "why."
Explore the world with a stick.
Discover things – what makes them tick?
What's that turning? See what I found!
Jump on board the merry-go-round.
Ride in circles. Don't stop now.
Clouds are spinning, I wonder how?
Where are you going? Can I come, too?
Kick off our shoes. What are they for?
Pretend the yard is a sandy shore.
Throw fistfuls of sand into the air.
Some falls to my head, what do I care?
Grab some crayons . . . color circles for you.
A masterpiece of red and cerulean blue.
Tape it to the fridge and smile so proud.
Then sing a song, and sing it loud.
The world is scary, not all sugar and spice.
Here's a hug to make it nice.
Dry those tears and off we go
To better places, forget the woe.
Mom and Dad are busy today.
I have time. I can stay.
Run through the house, play peek-a-boo.
Hide under the bed – I see you!
Where will you go? Can I come, too?
With places to go, so far away.
Wish I could come and follow you,
To see a person strong and true.
Pause for a moment, beside a stream.
Off with the shoes. Stop to dream
Of earlier days when you ran free,


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JACKSON, Mich. -- The Photo Marketing Association International (PMA) today announced a partnership agreement with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), owner and producer of the International CES, to move the September 2011 PMA International Convention and Trade Show (aka CliQ 2011) to colocate at the 2012 International CES, scheduled for January 10-13 in Las Vegas.
[email protected] will offer industry-specific content and display products representing all aspects of digital imaging. PMA will also offer its well-known educational seminars, complementing and enhancing CES programming.
"PMA colocation with CES creates a great opportunity for our combined audiences to learn from each other, grow, and take full advantage of the integration and connectivity of personal content (in the form of digital photography) and home entertainment," notes Ted Fox, executive director, PMA. "This convergence will expand with continued enhancements to camera phones and tablets."
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According to Fox, "Our agreement [with CES] is an excellent example of two trade associations coming together to constructively and proactively address challenges and provide new opportunities."
[email protected] will be located at the Sands/Venetian and will be sponsored by PMA. Companies interested in exhibiting should contact Melissa Aldrich or Jeff Frazine at 800-762-9287 or +1-517-788-8100 (internationally). They also can be reached by email at [email protected] or [email protected]
Major PMA events coming soon:
6Sight Future of Imaging Conference, June 20-22, 2011, San Jose, Calif.
PMA Australia 2011 Imaging & Entertainment Expo, June 24-26, 2011, Sydney, Australia
PMA Latin America Peru Expo 2011, August 3-4, 2011, Lima, Peru
[email protected], January 10-13, 2012, Las Vegas, Nev.
For more information on PMA events, visit the PMA home page.
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The Canary
An asylum patient's active imagination has more real-world consequences than he thinks.
This film was made in under 48 hours for the 2012 Sidewalk Scramble competition (Sidewalk Film Festival). Teams were given an genre and random prop that had to be used in their films. Our genre: silent film. Our prop: rope.
Directed by Connor Simpson
Winner: Sidewalk Scramble, 2012
Winner: Best Cinematography - Black Warrior Film Festival, 2013


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Proven, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed adaptable app that allows users to administer to jobs from their smartphones, has now formed out an amend to its Android adaptation (iOS to follow) that introduces a way for users to body resumes from blemish anon aural the app. That resume can again be acclimated to administer for jobs on sites like Indeed.com or Craigslist, the aggregation says, with added to come.
Originally founded in abatement 2009, the startup aboriginal targeted its account at connecting day laborers with contractors in need. But afterwards declining to accretion absorption in that vertical, the aggregation pared bottomward and shifted focus to account workers, like restaurant servers, baristas, abode cleaners, retail clerks, and others.
Last year, the San Francisco-based startup launched the Proven adaptable app, acceptance users to chase beyond Craigslist and Indeed for job postings, again attach their resumes to applications with a few taps. But at its debut, the app still relied on users accepting resumes already built, which they could acceptation and abundance in Proven – it didn't, until now, action a way to actualize a resume aural the app.
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Adds co-founder Sean Falconer, "the added affair is that [for these users], their adaptable buzz is the best able computer they absolutely accept admission to, and they're abundant added adequate appliance it," he says.
After dispatch through the adaptable resume architect in the app, a user's resume is fabricated accessible both on web and adaptable area it can be stored, edited and aggregate beyond job sites. Though today Proven alone supports Indeed and Craigslist, the founders acquaint us that they're now in the action of finalizing deals with a scattering of added job chase partners, both big-name and niche, who will see their casework chip into Proven in about a ages or two.
Though the aggregation beneath to accommodate capacity as to registered users or downloads, Fuentes says Proven is aing 100,000 actives and has aloof hit 1 actor job angle per month. Back the app's launch, it has developed at a amount of about amid 50 and 150 percent per month, he says.
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THE taxi advanced up Avenida Garay and came to a stop a couple of blocks short of the Plaza Constitución. The corner seemed familiar though I knew I had never been there before, and when I saw the sign for Calle Tacuarí, it came to me: in his story "The Aleph," Jorge Luis Borges had chosen a cellar in one of the anonymous buildings on this anonymous street as the location of the mystical "point in space that contains all other points" in the universe.
For any admirer of Borges, to wander about Buenos Aires is to collide with the products of his fervid imagination. His birthplace beguiled him, and he especially loved to walk its streets aimlessly, but he also complained that it had "no ghosts" and decided it was his task to populate the fast-expanding immigrant boomtown with his own phantasms. "In my dreams, I never leave Buenos Aires," he once wrote, though his dreams often were anguished ones, as expressed in one of several poems called "Buenos Aires":
"And the city, now, is like a map
Of my humiliations and failures;
From this door, I have seen the twilights
And at this marble pillar I have waited in vain."
The 20th anniversary of Borges's death is coming in June, and between then and his birthday in August, the city plans readings, round tables, exhibitions, a concert and other homages. Most of the time, though, seeking overt traces of Borges in Buenos Aires is, to use a Borgesian image, like trying to read a palimpsest: you have to look past the top layer to sense his underlying presence.
Take the street in the Palermo area where Borges grew up, known then as Serrano but now renamed in his honor. Today the neighborhood is perhaps the most chic in Buenos Aires, full of trendy bars, restaurants and boutiques patronized by young writers, artists and filmmakers more likely to cite Paul Auster or Martin Amis than Borges as influences.
In Borges's youth, though, Palermo was "on the shabby northern outskirts of town," as he put it, a semirural place frequented by gauchos and criminals who drank hard and fought hard at the pulperías, or taverns, that dotted the neighborhood. Their tales of derring-do and the sudden eruptions of violence to which they were prone impressed the bookish lad known as Georgie, and left him with a fascination with knives that would later infiltrate stories and poems like "The Dagger":
It is more than a structure of metal; men
Conceived it and shaped it with a single end in mind.; it
Is in some way eternal, the dagger that last night killed
A man in Tacuarembó and the daggers that rained on
Caesar are in some eternal way the same
dagger. The dagger wants to kill, it
wants to shed sudden blood.
The Borges family's Palermo homestead still exists, at Serrano 2135, but it is not open to the public and there is nothing to mark Borges's passage there save for a small plaque. Just up the block, however, at the corner of Guatemala and Serrano, is the site that, in the poem "Buenos Aires," Borges imagined as that of "the mythical foundation of Buenos Aires," a city "I judge to be as eternal as water and air."
At first glance, the corner does not seem very promising: a hamburger joint, a design store and a bar called Mundo Bizarro, whose motto is "in alcohol we trust," capture the current character of Palermo. But the fourth occupant of the corner is a tavern called the "Almacén el Preferido," in a building that dates to 1885 and that Borges describes as the redoubt of toughs:
"A pink shop, like the back of a deck of cards/Iit shone and in the back room they talked of tricks ..."
Even more than taverns, however, Buenos Aires is a city of cafes, and Borges and his friends were habitués of several. Most of those have either disappeared or, like La Perla in the Jewish neighborhood known as Once, been transformed into pizza parlors and the like or, like the Gran Café Tortoni, near the corner of Suipacha and Avenida de Mayo, become tourist traps in which a wax figure of Borges is seated at a table with Carlos Gardel, the tango's greatest singer.
But the Richmond, at Florida 468, still preserves some of the atmosphere of the 1920's, when Borges was editing an avant-garde literary magazine, Martin Fierro, just around the corner and spent a lot of time there with fellow writers. As the name suggests, the feeling is that of an English club, with wood paneling and prints of fox hunting scenes and country estates on the walls. That would have appealed to Borges, who prided himself on his English ancestry on his mother's side of the family.
Borges's circle of associates included the younger writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, with whom he wrote a series of detective stories set in Buenos Aires, and Bioy's wife, the poet Silvina Ocampo. But perhaps the most fascinating and influential of his friends was the painter and poet Alejandro Schulz Solari, whom Borges once called "our William Blake." The painter, who took the artistic name Xul Solar, was a dozen years older than Borges and shared his fondness for inventing imaginary universes and languages and exploring the esoterica of this world. In the 1950's, Borges would regularly flee the stifling atmosphere of the apartment he shared with his mother and head for Xul Solar's home at Laprida 1212, where the two men would often spend the day conversing about the kabbalah or Norse sagas.
Xul Solar's residence is today a museum devoted to his work, containing more than 100 of his paintings as well as the fanciful objects that he created and called "heirlooms of another cosmos." Looking at the paintings makes clear the intellectual affinities between the two artists: Xul Solar's watercolors are full of utopias, cities floating in the sky, creatures that are half man and half machine, alternate universes and other touches that we have come to think of as typical of Borges.
Visiting these and other sites where Borges lived or worked helps one to appreciate what a potent imagination he had. In 1937, for example, his once promising literary career seemed to be stagnating, and he was forced to take a job cataloging books at the Miguel Cane municipal library, where he remained until 1945. There was little for him to do there, so he spent much of his time in a small, windowless room at the rear of the second floor, where he wrote many of the pieces in the collection eventually published as "Ficciones," including the story "The Library of Babel."
"Man, the imperfect librarian, may be the product of chance or of malevolent demiurgi; the universe, with its elegant endowment of shelves, of enigmatic volumes, of inexhaustible stairways for the traveler and latrines for the seated librarian, can only be the work of a god," he wrote.
Borges later wrote that "the innumerable books and shelves that appear in the story are literally those I had beneath my elbow." But like the room in which the story was written, which can be visited, the library itself is small with a limited collection of books, and hardly seems worthy of the immortality Borges bestowed on it. It is at Carlos Calvo 4321, in the working-class Boedo section; Borges used to ride the No. 7 tram to work there, reading Dante as he stood, and while the tram no longer exists, a bus line with the same number still runs the same route.
For a man whose personal life was often unhappy, libraries provided a kind of consolation: "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library," he wrote in a poem. After the dictator Juan Perón was overthrown in 1955, Borges was appointed director of the National Library. This was the kind of place that seems a candidate for his Babel tale — a four-story octagonal structure whose columns are engraved with the names of great writers and thinkers like Shakespeare, Goethe and Plato.
The library, at Mexico 564 in the San Telmo neighborhood, is now the national conservatory of music and is open to visitors. Next door is the headquarters of the Argentine Society of Writers, where Borges sometimes offered public readings. The society currently shares the space with a restaurant, Legendaria Buenos Aires, whose main dining room is adorned with portraits of famous opera singers. There is, though, one reminder of Borges on a wall of the restaurant: a metal plaque listing the society's board of directors during 1942-44, including one Jorge Luis Borges.
Other than knives, perhaps the favorite motif in Borges' work is the feline, evoked in such works as "The Other Tiger," in which he meditates on the difference between the real beast and those that populate his imagination. From childhood on, the beasts fascinated him, and he would often go to the Buenos Aires zoo, on Avenida Las Heras on the edge of Palermo, to observe the big cats. Sometimes, well into his 60's, he would even be accompanied by a woman he was hoping to impress, and recite poetry as they stood in front of the cages:
It came and went, delicate and fatal, charged with infinite energy,
On the other side of the firm bars and we all watched it ...
The feline collection is still there, and it includes a solitary white Bengal tiger, which seems to spend most of its time sleeping under a tree As an adult, Borges lived in various apartments in the Recoleta area, on Calle Presidente Quintana and Avenida Pueyrrydón, also dutifully marked with brass plaques. But he lived the longest, nearly 40 years on and off, in apartment 6B at Maipú 994, just off Plaza San Martín, which he came to think of as his true home.
When I was a young Newsweek correspondent in the early 1980's, I twice interviewed Borges there. I remember the apartment as being small and austere, with no television, no radio and, most surprising of all for a man who by then was blind, no record player. Borges insisted the interviews be done in English, which he spoke with what he called a Northumberland accent, inherited from the English grandmother from whom he had learned the language, and he showed a fondness for antiquated words like "thrice."
Though the apartment is not open to the public, La Ciudad, the bookstore in the shopping gallery just across the street, where Borges would spend many of his afternoons, is still in business. First editions of many of Borges's works are in the window, along with photographs of him sitting in a chair that still occupies a spot of honor in the store, as if awaiting his return. If the octogenarian proprietor, Elizabeth Alonso, is in a good mood, she might even be persuaded to reminisce a bit about her friend and most famous client.
But perhaps the most vivid reminder that Borges was not just a literary personage but a real flesh-and-blood inhabitant of Buenos Aires is at Paraguay 521, a photographers' studio where residents still go to have their pictures taken for passports and identity cards. Look carefully at the collection of some three dozen portraits in the front window, and there, fourth from the right in the top row, is Borges, still peering out quizzically at a world that seemed so alien to him that he had to invent his own.
Visitor Information
The municipal government of Buenos Aires offers free guided walking tours to sites associated with Borges. Most of those tours are in Spanish, but some are available in English. Call 54-11-4114-5791 (the 54 is the country code for Argentina, and the 11 is the code for Buenos Aires) for information, or check the municipal Web site at bue.gov.ar/reccoridos/index, where a Spanish-language audio guide can also be downloaded.
An alternative, for about $90, is a three-hour Borges literary tour in a car and conducted in English by a literature professor at the University of Buenos Aires, which can be arranged through the Eternautas travel agency; 4384-7874.
There is also a Jorge Luis Borges International Foundation, run by Borges's widow, Maria Kodama, at Anchorena 1660, but I've never found it to be very helpful. The foundation, open daily 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., has numerous first editions of Borges works in several languages, but they can be viewed only by appointment. Call 4822-8340 to make reservations or to find out about upcoming events marking the 20th anniversary of Borges' death.
Note: The exchange rate is about 3 pesos to the dollar, but foreign visitors are often quoted prices in U.S. dollars.
The elegant boutique BoBo Hotel (Guatemala 4882; 4774-0505), in Palermo, is just around the corner from the Borges family home. The seven rooms start at $90 a night, with breakfast included.
The Marriott Plaza Hotel (Florida 1005; 5239-1377; marriott.com/property/propertypage/buear), on Plaza San Martín, is just a couple of blocks away from some of Borges's favorite haunts, including his apartment on Calle Maipú and his preferred bookstore and cafe. Rooms at this doyenne of the city's hotels, founded in 1909, start at $185 a day.
One especially fashionable restaurant in Palermo is Cluny (El Salvador 4622; 4831-7176), a short walk from Borges's childhood home. The menu is French-influenced, though Patagonian crab and lamb are also available. Dinner for two with wine about $75.
Borges was fascinated by all things Norse, so why not pay a visit to Olsen (Gorriti 5870; 4776-7677). Scandinavian smoked fish and vodkas are on the menu in a space whose cool, sleek architecture recalls Oslo. Lunch for two runs less than $20.Continue reading the main story


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Parents concerned for the health of their family are increasingly aware of the need for child friendly paint when building and renovating.
There are three main risks to health from using standard paints. The first of these are from the toxic fumes, aggravating respiratory diseases.
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The third risk is from pollution to the environment, which directly affects your family.
Let's examine these three areas for your eco friendly house.
Traditional paint is known to give off fumes which are mostly toxic and can be detrimental to your health, especially if you or your family suffer from respiratory diseases or a wide variety of other health issues. The risk of asthma developing in young children is greatly increased by traditional paints, which can be a lifelong problem.
Reducing the presence of carcinogenic poisons in your home is vital, especially when young children are in the household. Learn to read labels before buying to ensure that the volatile organic compounds are at a level of zero, or at least make up a very minimal percentage of the paint's content. You can read up about paint companies to make sure they use natural minerals and ingredients wherever possible and steer away from petrol-based oils.
It is no secret that our environment needs less pollution. The petrochemicals involved in the creation of traditional paints can be harmful when thrown away irresponsibly. By using naturally based materials, you can reduce the amount of fumes released into the atmosphere during the creation of the paint, as well as the number of toxins that are released once it has been used and discarded. In addition, with non-toxic paint, the minerals and organic matter can be harvested in a way that sustains our environment for the future.
Choosing a non-toxic type of paint that has been specially produced to reduce or eliminate the level of toxins is a sensible option for anyone. You can also reduce the risk of causing new allergies to form.
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this week's cover photo is from our anniversary trip to Yosemite National Park last December
1. Do you remember when Callen and I did a tandem skydive in Moab a few months ago? While most people are happy with one jump, I couldn't get the feeling out of my mind. I loved it. So I drove 1.5 hours down south of Houston to Skydive Spaceland this week and did my tandem level 2! On this jump, I got to practice turning and tracking, pull my own chute, and learn how to steer. It was so SO fun and I can't wait to go back in a few weeks for ground school. If all goes as planned, next time I jump out of one of those planes it'll be ALONE! I'm so stoked.
2. A girl I know from college is teaching a free online class on digitizing your doodles using Adobe Illustrator! This class will walk through doodling on paper, getting that doodle on your computer, and editing/customizing it until it's ready for instagram! I signed up and can't wait to start!
3. Did you catch Monday's blog post about clothing and how I pack for trips? Well, the day after I posted it I got a new shipment from adidas Outdoor (I'm a brand ambassador for them) and got two new pieces of clothing that will absolutely be a part of my rotation now so I feel like I need to mention them! These cropped black leggings are SO comfortable, and they have a sleek mesh pocket on the side that securely holds my phone!! Ladies, this is a game-changer. I also got a long-sleeve quarter zip shirt that has a zippered arm pocket that fits my phone too. So great. Pockets are everything.
4. Another adidas Outdoor shoutout, the shoes I mentioned in Monday's post made Climbing Magazine's "Top 5 Approach Shoes for 2016" list! I love these shoes, so I'm not surprised at all.
5. One of my favorite photographers, Krystal Wright, just released this amazing video about a photo that she dreamed of and the journey to getting it! It took her 4.5 years and 6 tries, but the final shot is absolutely amazing. Anything that involves Moab and BASE jumping already has my heart, but add in an inspirational story and amazing film-making and I was in tears.


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I used to call myself a painter. Joan Mitchell and Willem de Kooning books still stand proud on my studio bookshelf. Then, four years ago, at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT, I took my first printmaking class from Gesine Janzen. Ever since, the coat of dust on my paintbrushes has grown thicker as I have expanded my collection of brayers and carving tools. I was attracted to printmaking as a medium because of its ability to replicate imagery; to be able repeat an image, but to retain unique charms in each individual print. Through relief printing, I found a rhythmic sort of therapy in the carving techniques. However, it was the immense sense of community that comes with being a printmaker that caused me to fall in love with the medium.
With my passions aligned as they are, learning that one of the most renowned print intensive workshops in the world was located a mere forty-five minutes from my hometown of Sioux Falls, SD seemed like a scene out of my best daydream. Now, after having experienced Frogman's Print Workshop for the first time last week, I am now of the opinion that being so nearby at all times of the year caused me to do Frogman's all wrong.
Frogman's Print Workshop happens every year during the first two weeks of July at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, SD. Well over a hundred printmakers come from around the world to learn new techniques, share their own processes and work, and to create new relationships with kindred souls who share their passion for print. The 2015 workshop was the 34th year of Frogman's. There are two week-long sessions filled with multiple print and paper workshops going on at a time. Workshops range from lithography to letterpress, intaglio to print installation, relief, silkscreen, bookmaking, engraving, and everything in between. Each year, the list of instructors includes some of the most respected and accomplished names in the printmaking world. Or, as I call them in my sketchbook and casual conversation, "print gods." This year, names included Oscar Gillespie, Johanna Mueller, Virginia Green, Douglas Bosley, Tom Christison, Anita Jung, Katie Baldwin, Drive By Press, Yuji Hiratsuka, Carlos Hernandez, and Nicole Hand.
Having fallen in love with the work of Johanna Mueller several years prior, it was practically an instinct to sign up for her HIPS engraving workshop during the second second session. HIPS stands for High Impact Polystyrene, a type of plastic (blue substrate above). We learned to carve into the plastic using engraving tools and then printed them on an intaglio press. I was able to fit twice the detail of one of my woodcut prints into less than a quarter of the space. The building is open until midnight each day so that participants can get as much work done as possible during the never-quite-long-enough workshop. Alas, because I chose to commute back-and-forth each day instead of staying in the dorms right across the street, I missed out on the plethora of studio hours that the were readily available to all of the participants.
In addition to teaching in a studio setting, each of the instructors gives a lecture about their background, work, process, and their advice to the rest of the print-inclined souls that travelled to USD to learn. Each instructor creates a slide show and a talk that brings unique perspectives on how to succeed as a printmaker.
After each lecture, the evening social activities were discussed. That's right, its not just a week of printing, its a week of networking and making friends. Costume bowling, karaoke, banquets, print exchanges, having a drink or two, swimming in the river, and gallery hopping are all integral parts of the Frogman's experience. Save for an enthusiastic karaoke rendition of my favorite Talking Heads song and one heck of a Saturday, I yet again failed to partake due to obligations in Sioux Falls.
Despite my errors in planning around the workshop, my experience at Frogman's was far more than I could hope for. Being surrounded by a population that is as passionate about printmaking as myself felt like home. It was a week that made me proud to be both a printmaker and from South Dakota. I did far more than learn a new printmaking technique in Vermillion this summer. I created relationships with kindred spirits and was inspired to continue on my printed path with more confidence and enthusiasm than I have found in any other medium.
And next year? Next year I will do Frogman's Print Workshop right. No commute and no other obligations. Just learning, printing, and fostering the community I have the honor of being part of.


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Demi Lovato is one of Hollywood's most outspoken supporters of gay rights.
And now the pop star is revealing that one of her own grandfathers was gay.
"I've never spoken about this before, but my grandfather was a trailblazer himself," Lovato said before presenting an award to Orange Is the New Black last night at Logo TV's first Trailblazers event. "He was brave enough to come out in the 1960s, and I feel that a lot of my spirit has come from him. He passed away a few years later and I only wish he could have been able to see all the progress that has been made.
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I'm 9 1/2 months pregnant and have spent the past week rocking in front of the fire with a fluffy black kitten on my lap, eating rice krispie treats and playing the Mass Effect series. This is probably as good as I can possibly feel right now…
I've heard of women who work right up to the day of delivery and have to say, my hat's off to you. Standing longer than ten minutes feels like getting shanked in the lower spine, so I have no idea how women manage to stay productive this late in the game.
I have tried… oh, how I have tried. Immediately after first seeing the double line on the pregnancy test, I took a three hour walk just to digest the shocking development. I continued walking regularly, month after month, in an attempt to stay flexible and in reasonable shape. But those walks kept getting shorter as every part of my body blew up and became more painful. I started spontaneously falling asleep in random places and finally reached a point where I couldn't grab my own feet. In these final days, all I can do is read (nothing too heavy) and save our beloved universe from alien invasion. In other words, I'm sitting on my butt playing video games.
I like to pretend that I'm saving the universe while massively pregnant, just because that's extra badass, with the help of my furry black cat. She likes to sit on my massive belly and purr, like a vibrating heating pad. They say babies can hear what's happening outside the womb, so I wonder if my daughter will find cats' purrs intensely comforting someday.
Meanwhile, our other cat likes to sit right in front of the the television, apparently pretending he's part of the action. I'm too tired and achy to move him, so my inner dialogue runs something like this: "Cerberus has infiltrated this research lab, and our team needs to save the critical intel before they get a hold of it. Ahh! An operative steps out to the left–find cover! Get the sniper rifle! Aim… steady… and then a GIANT GRAY STRIPED CAT WALKS ACROSS THE WORLD."
I'm partly playing games in order to take my mind of my paralyzing fear of childbirth. At some point, as a little girl, I learned that women have babies and that this process is not only excruciatingly painful, but can last over twenty hours. I don't think I've EVER done anything for twenty hours except breathe. Whenever women in movies have babies, they thrash and scream like they are being tortured, and I would try to imagine this agony going on and on and on and on… I started having recurrent nightmares in which I somehow got pregnant without knowing it (sometimes I sat on a toilet seat or generally in the wrong place) and was about to go into labor.
Oh, they say it's beautiful, wonderful, amazing… I know the deal. I've seen the photos.
As an adult, my fear hardly lessened. Yes, the thought of having a little baby is heartwarming, but it doesn't make the thought of 20+ hours of agonizing torture sound appealing. As my belly has been growing and growing, I've felt the imminent ordeal bearing down on me, and have had fits of crying panic because there is no way I am getting out of this…
It doesn't help that when you're obviously pregnant, random women come out of the woodwork to share horrifying birth stories. If I could just get through one week without some woman telling me all about how she ripped straight from her anus to her va-jay-jay, or how someone's epidural didn't work or how someone nearly bled out on the table… Surely there is a better time to share these kinds of stories? Like, after the baby is born and I'm not staring down the barrel of this particular gun?
All I can do is reassure myself that we live in modern times with much better pain management methods and means to cope with birth emergencies. As uncomfortable as I've become, I'm almost ready to jump at labor just to get my damn body back and be able to move again… almost.
Another good reason to play video games now is that I don't know what the rules are going to be once the baby is here. Yes, I'm an adult that knows the difference between real life and make-believe, but is it really good for a small child to watch her mother blow cartoon limbs apart? Maybe I shouldn't be lobbing virtual grenades within sight of the innocent baby. Maybe virtual gun noises and agonized screams aren't the best environment for developing children… just sayin'.
These are things you have to suddenly think about when rearing offspring. In short, I don't know when I'm going to be able to play video games again. Once the sleepless nights of newborn care have died down, that child just becomes more and more aware of its environment. I chuckle to think that someday I may be rushing to get in a violent video game once my child has gone off to bed.
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Last month I purchased two Tom Ford lipsticks: the well known Black Orchid and the lesser talked about Ginger Fawn. Today's post is dedicated to the latter. When I first spotted Ginger Fawn in the tube it instantly caught my attention. I proceeded to swatch it and it made me audibly gasp. The shade was fiery without being too fluorescent and the richness of the formula was impressive. I hemmed and hawed on whether or not to get this because even though the color was gorgeous, was it unique? I eventually walked out of the store with this in hand and I'm glad I made the decision to take it home with me.
I know I have said a zillion times that I am not a lipstick girl. But I have to say, when I do wear lipstick I just love an orangey red (and deep berries, but more on this later in the year). I would consider Ginger Fawn to be classified as an orange. There isn't much red to it. It has a SLIGHT pastel quality to it, which worried me as I prefer brighter and bolder hues compared to the muted pastel variety, but this doesn't translate on the lips.
The formula is rich and non-drying at first application. Think a glorified MAC creamsheen and that is what this resembles. It does have glossiness to it but it isn't too distracting. I can see why people love Tom's lipsticks. They are richly pigmented and glide on very creamy. However I do find wear time to be not the best and also it tends to be quite drying with time. For the price point these are at (48 USD), for me they are only worth it for the unique, heart stopping colors in the range. You can get a nude anywhere, you know? And the formula isn't the best of the best. I'm dying to get a hold of Wild Ginger which seems much more red and intense.
Bottom line: gorgeous shade but tends to feel drying with long wear. If you aren't afraid of orange lipsticks give it a swatch in person. If you are afraid of orange lipsticks...give it a swatch in person. It might surprise you! It isn't as flashy as you think. I would think this would be particularly striking against pale skin.


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Slavic studies
Slavic studies (North America), Slavonic studies (Britain and Ireland) or Slavistics (borrowed from Russian славистика or Polish slawistyka) is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic areas, Slavic languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist (from Russian славист or Polish slawista) or Slavicist was primarily a linguist or philologist researching Slavistics, a Slavic (AmE) or Slavonic (BrE) scholar. Increasingly historians and other humanists and social scientists who study Slavic area cultures and societies have been included in this rubric.
In North America, Slavic studies are dominated by Russian studies; Ewa Thompson describes the situation of non-Russian Slavic studies as Invisible and Mute.[1]
Slavistics emerged in late 18th and early 19th century, simultaneously with national revivals among various nations of Slavic origins and with ideological attempts to establish a common sense of Slavic community, exemplified by the Pan-Slavist movement. Among the first scholars to use the term was Josef Dobrovský (1753-1829).
The history of Slavic studies is generally divided into three periods. Until 1876 the early Slavists concentrated on documentation and printing of monuments of Slavic languages, among them the first texts written in national languages. At this time the majority of Slavic languages received their first modern dictionaries, grammars and compendia. The second period, ending with World War I, featured the rapid development of Slavic philology and linguistics, most notably outside of Slavic countries themselves, in the circle formed around August Schleicher (1821-1868) and around August Leskien (1840-1916) at the University of Leipzig.
After World War I Slavic studies scholars focused on dialectology, while the science continued to develop in countries with large populations having Slavic origins. After World War II there were developed centres of Slavic studies, and much greater expansion into other humanities and social science disciplines in various universities around the world. Indeed, partly due to the political concerns in Western European and the United States about the Slavic world nurtured by the Cold War, Slavic studies flourished in the years from World War II into the 1990s and remain strong,[citation needed] though university enrollments in Slavic languages have declined since the 1990s.
Slavic countries and areas of interestEdit
- By country:
- Belarus: language, literature, culture, history
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: language, literature, culture, history
- Bulgaria: language, literature, culture, history
- Croatia: language, literature, culture, history
- Czech Republic: language, literature, culture, history
- North Macedonia: language, literature, culture, history, Macedonistics
- Montenegro: language, culture, history
- Poland: languages/dialects (Polish, Kashubian, Silesian), literature (Polish, Kashubian), culture, history
- Russia: language, literature, culture, history
- Serbia: language, literature, culture, history (national and ethnic)
- Slovakia: language, literature, culture, history
- Slovenia: language, literature, culture, history
- Ukraine: language, literature, culture, history
- Other languages: Upper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian, Kashubian, Polabian, Rusyn, Old Church Slavonic
Notable peopleEdit
- Historical
- Johann Christoph Jordan, the author of an early scholarly work in Slavic studies
- Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829) from Bohemia
- Jernej Kopitar (1780–1840) from Slovenia
- Alexander Vostokov (1781–1864) from Russia
- Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864) from Serbia
- Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861) from Slovakia
- Mykhaylo Maksymovych (1804–1873) from Ukraine
- Izmail Sreznevsky (1812–1880) from Russia
- Franz Miklosich (1813–1891) from Slovenia
- Fyodor Buslaev (1818–1898) from Russia
- August Schleicher (1821–1868) from Germany
- Đuro Daničić (1825–1882) from Serbia
- Anton Janežič (1828–1869) from Slovenia
- Alexander Potebnja (1835–1891) from Ukraine
- Vatroslav Jagić (1838–1923) from Croatia
- August Leskien (1840–1916) from Germany
- Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay (1845–1929) from Poland
- Filipp Fortunatov (1848–1914) from Russia
- Aleksander Brückner (1856–1939) from eastern Galicia.
- Matija Murko (1861–1952) from Slovenia
- Lyubomir Miletich (1863-1937) from Bulgaria/Macedonia
- Aleksey Shakhmatov (1864–1920) from Russia
- Antoine Meillet (1866–1936) from France
- Holger Pedersen (1867–1953) from Denmark
- Mikhail Pokrovsky 1869—1942) from Russia
- Josip Tominšek (1872–1954) from Slovenia
- Krste Misirkov (1874–1926) from Macedonia/Bulgaria/Russia
- Aleksandar Belić (1876–1960) from Serbia
- André Mazon (1881–1967) from France
- Max Vasmer (1886–1962) from Russia
- André Vaillant (1890–1977) from France
- Dmytro Chyzhevsky (1894–1977) from Ukraine
- Roman Jakobson (1896–1982) from Russia
- Josef Matl (1897–1974) from Austria
- Zdzisław Stieber (1903–1980) from Poland
- Dmitry Likhachev (1906–1999) from Russia
- George Shevelov (1908–2002) from Ukraine
- Jaroslav Rudnyckyj (1910–1995) from eastern Galicia
- Stoyko Stoykov (1912-1969) from Bulgaria
- Horace G. Lunt (1918–2010) from the United States
- Karel van het Reve (1921-1999) from the Netherlands
- Blaže Koneski (1921–1993) from North Macedonia
- Yuri Lotman (1922–1993) from Soviet Union/Estonia
- Henrik Birnbaum (1925–2002) from Poland/United States
- Vladislav Illich-Svitych (1934–1966) from Russia
- Thomas Schaub Noonan (1938–2001) from the United States
- Wolfgang Kasack (1927–2003) from Germany
- Isabel Margaret de Madariaga (1919–2014) from UK
- John Simon Gabriel Simmons
- Contemporary
- Edward Stankiewicz (1920–2013) from Poland/United States
- Nicholas V. Riasanovsky (1923–2011) Russian-American
- Alexander M. Schenker (1924–) from the United States
- Irwin Weil (1928–) from the United States
- Zoe Hauptová (1929–2012) from the Czech Republic
- Vladimir Dybo (1930–) from Russia
- Radoslav Katičić (1930–) from Croatia
- Blaže Ristovski (1931–) from North Macedonia
- Hakan Kırımlı (1958–) from Turkey
- Stefan Brezinski (1932–) from Bulgaria
- Andrey Zaliznyak (1935–2017) from Russia
- Gerhard Simon (1937–) from Germany
- Boris Uspensky (1937–) from Russia
- Branko Mikasinovich (1938–) from the United States
- Mario Capaldo (1945–) from Italy
- Frederik Kortlandt (1946–) from Netherlands
- Gary Saul Morson (1948–) from the United States
- Victor Friedman (1949–) from the United States
- Christina Kramer (ca. 1950–) from the United States.
- Ivo Pospíšil (1952–) from the Czech Republic
- Alexander F. Tsvirkun (1953–) from Ukraine
- Snježana Kordić (1964–) from Croatia
- Charles S. Kraszewski (1962–) from the United States.
- Alexandra Popoff (1959-) from Russia
- Catriona Kelly (1959-) from UK
- Aage Hansen-Löve (1947-) from Austria
Journals and book seriesEdit
- Archiv für slavische Philologie
- The Russian Review
- Sarmatian Review
- Slavic and East European Journal, published by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages
- Slavic Review, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
- Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics
- The Slavonic and East European Review
- Scando-Slavica
- Wiener Slawistischer Almanach
Institutes and schoolsEdit
- Academic
- Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Jan Stanislav Institute of Slavistics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
- University
- Institute of Slavonic Philology, University of Silesia, Poland
- Institute of Slavonic Studies, Jagiellonian University, Poland
- Department of Slavic philology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Slavistics, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, United Kingdom
- Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of California at Berkeley, United States
- Institute for Slavistics, University of Vienna, Austria
- Institute for Slavistics, University of Graz, Austria
- Department of Slavic Studies, University of Salzburg, Austria
- Institute of Slavic Studies, Heidelberg University, Germany
- Institute of Slavic Studies, University of Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Slavistics, University of Potsdam, Germany
- Institute for Slavic Studies, Humboldt University, Germany
- Institute of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany
- Institute of Slavic Studies, Tbilisi State University, Georgia
- Institute of Slavic Studies, University of Pécs, Hungary
- Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies
- Other
- Old Church Slavonic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
- Canadian Association of Slavists (in English) / (in French)
- List of Journals in Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies at Slavic Review
- American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
- Slavistik-Portal The Slavistics Portal (Germany)
- André, Mazon (November 1946). "Slavonic studies in France". The Slavonic and East European Review. 25 (64).
- Maslenikov, Oleg A. (April 1947). "Slavic studies in America, 1939-1946". The Slavonic and East European Review. 25 (65).
Library guidesEdit
- Slavonic and East European studies: a guide to resources (British Library)
- "Russian & East European Studies Research Guides". New York, USA: Columbia University Libraries.
- Slavic Studies Guide (Duke)
- Slavic Studies: A Research Guide (Harvard)
- Slavic and East European Resources (University of Illinois)
- "Slavic and East European Studies". Resources by Subject. USA: Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.
- University Library. "German, Russian and Slavonic Studies". UK: University of Leeds.
- Slavic Studies Guide (NYU)
- "Slavonic, Central and Eastern European Studies". Oxford LibGuides. Oxford, UK: University of Oxford, Bodleian Libraries.
- "Slavic/East European/Eurasian Studies Research Guides". Princeton LibGuides. USA: Princeton University Library.
- University Libraries. "German, Slavic, & East European Languages & Literatures". Research Guides. New Jersey, USA: Rutgers University.
- Guides to Resources. University College London, School of Slavonic & East European Studies
- Slavic & East European Collections (Yale)


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About the Project
The King Center will be Project Living Hope's campus and hub. It is designed as a multi-purpose campus with a educational center, community hall, shop, guesthouse, and sports complex. These buildings will facilitate our ongoing job skills and athletics programs and will also help us to expand our mission of working in disaster preparedness and community development.
Located just 900 yards from the center of Camp Marie, the King Center will be an extension of the community. At Project Living Hope, it is our desire to be a part of the existing community, not set apart or creating our own community. The King Center will be a place where every member of the community is valued and has something to offer. We want everyone to feel they are welcome to share their ideas, ask for help, and learn from one another.
The Property
In the fall of 2017, Project Living Hope purchased 19.5 acres of property for the construction of the King Center.
The property is located just a half-mile from Nationale Route 1, the only main road between the northern city of Cap-Haitian and the capital, Port-au-prince. The location is ideally situated. The ease of access it has to many major cities will, in the unfortunate event of a disaster, mean we are in the best place to make the greatest difference.
The property is only about 900 yards northwest of the center of Camp Marie, a small town 48 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince, six miles southwest of Saint-Marc, and about five miles behind large hills from the ocean.
Our property is cradled in a low lying area with hills protecting it on three sides. It is relatively flat and there aren't any streams nearby to cause flooding concerns.
The King Center
Phase One
Phase one of the King Center will be a place for learning, serving, and building relationships as a community. We are eagerly anticipating breaking ground later this year!
Phase Two
Phase two of the King Center will be a large sports complex that will host so much more than sports.


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I won't beat around the bush, I'm selling a load of stuff here on ebay so do have a look! At the end of every season, I always feel the urge to get rid of everything I own and start anew, so there'll be more to come.
I've also had a few requests for ebay tips, so I'm putting together a post to spill all my saucy selling secrets. Is there anything in particular you guys would like to know? Any problems or issues you've come up against, or just a general overview? Let me know and I'll try to help!


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