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My husband was very kind to me this year. He let me buy our tree on December 4th. Yup, that's a full 3-weeks before Christmas Day. But I have been feeling sad this season and he knew the lights would cheer me up. So, Saturday he spent the day untangling lights and running extension cords while the two kids "helped" - Connor tasted the lights to make sure they weren't dusty and Lainy Ann played jump rope. It was great fun.
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So, Your Friend Just Lost her Child (Infant or Pregnancy loss)
It is a terrible club to belong too. No one wants to be a part of it - especially when they thought they were joining the club of motherhood, sleepless nights, and wet kisses. But some women have become the mothers of 'sleeping babies' forever sleeping, never to waken and give a cry. Never to show their personality or aspirations.
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My Grief Resource Center
In the few months that I have lost my boys I have found myself reaching out to other mothers and sometimes fathers explaining to them the process of grief, how to get help, and good resources. Each time I send this information out I have to find it again. Instead, I am going to compile that information here so I can simply post this link into emails and message board posts to help those that are struggling through those first few days and weeks of painful grief.
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The next time you eat sushi, look carefully at the cuts of tuna you are about to eat. How do you know if the tuna hasn't been poached or not? Out on the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, an estimated $520 to $740 million a year is being poached off the illegal catch of tuna and the finger is pointing at Japan being the largest consumers of raw tuna where it is immensely popular. Tuna fishing is carried out by registered fishing vessels, but when it comes time to report the number of tuna caught, the catches are apparently being under reported and the tuna are transferred to other ships to bring the poached tuna ashore for processing. As most would expect, Japan is not a member country of the Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency that does the monitoring. Who needs a pesky self-monitoring agency to report tuna catches to? Whale are already fair game for the Japanese so it shouldn't come as no surprise tuna are next. Enjoy your sushi. (Note: this blogger doesn't eat dead raw fish.)
Source: Japan Times
Tuna poachers reap big profits
March 26, 2016
A new study has found that illegal tuna fishing in the Pacific Ocean is bringing in profits of $520 to $740 million a year.
The study, carried out by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, found that illegal fishing is typically carried out by licensed vessels that under-report their catches or transfer them to other ships at sea. That adds up to somewhere between 276,000 to 338,000 tons of illegally caught Pacific tuna every year.
The study did not name the specific nations where the poached fish end up, but Japan, which is the world's largest consumer of tuna, clearly must be the market for much of it. Still, no one knows for sure because it is almost impossible to monitor. There are almost no international resources in place to check where fish come from, and even fewer resources to police the vast waters of the Pacific Ocean. Transferring tuna to other vessels or simply under-reporting what is caught is easily done.
If tuna populations were as viable now as nearly 50 years ago, illegal fishing might not be such a problem. However, many scientific studies have found that almost all populations of fish have halved since 1970. Overall, the Pacific supplies about 60 percent of the world's tuna, but because of over-fishing its tuna populations are in danger of collapse.
The report found that one third of the illegally caught tuna was skipjack tuna (katsuo), followed by yellowfin tuna (kihada maguro) at 31 percent and bigeye tuna (mebachi maguro) at 19 percent. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature puts yellowfin's status as near threatened, bigeye as vulnerable, or nearly endangered, while skipjack remains of less, though increasing, concern since stocks of the extremely popular Pacific Bluefin tuna (hon maguro) has been found to be depleted by up to 96 percent.
Sustainable, legal, regulated and enforced fishing of tuna in the Pacific is in everyone's interests, especially countries like Japan where tuna is immensely popular. Such illegal fishing is a form of robbery and often fails to distinguish between juvenile and mature tuna, so that tuna populations are being depleted faster than they can be replaced. Distinguishing the catch is important because tuna is a fish that takes many years to reach maturity and begin to reproduce. Bluefin tuna can live 40 years and reproduce many times, if given the chance.
Japan should help to set up a system of monitoring, both financially and technologically, and push for international agreements on how to enforce the legal size of catches. Management of juvenile stocks of tuna has met with some success, but deserves greater support.
Conservation and sustainable fishing of tuna should become the norm, but the way must be led by one of the largest consumers of tuna in the world—Japan.


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Welcome to May edition of the Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival, hosted by Authentic Parenting and Mudpiemama. This month's topic is "Parenting Practices and Criticism". Please scroll down to the end of this post to find a list of links to the entries of the other participants. Enjoy!
A while back I wrote about how judgment of others is natural and not necessarily unhealthy. It is condemnation that becomes the real issue. While I did receive a few comments and emails that opposed my line of thinking, most everyone who spoke up about my post agreed that it is near impossible to avoid judging others and that yes, condemnation was the line that need not be crossed.
I received two VERY good questions as a result of that post. The first asked me to discuss how I dealt with being judged for my parenting approach. The second asked me to elaborate on how I would verbally respond to those individuals who made rude or naïve statements about my parenting practices both in theory or in action.
I do not have a hard and firm response to how I "deal" with judgment. It really depends on who is doing the judging. I would respond differently to a family member than I would to a total stranger. I would respond on a case-by-case basis depending on what I am being judged for.
Sometimes judgment warrants a response. Other times it really needs to be ignored. And of course there are the times that someone's judgment might actually get you thinking…for a good reason.
My mother-in-law used to judge my mothering, especially in my early days as a first time parent. I took offense to it when in fact she was only trying to impart a little wisdom. She was not trying to question my instincts or my decisions. She was simply trying to support me and make life a tad bit easier for me. However, I took every single thing she said as a complete condemnation of my decisions as a mother. Today, I enjoy hearing her advice and anecdotes about her experiences mothering her two children (who are 20 years apart!) I realize that she is not intruding on my mothering. She is simply trying to better understand my choices and philosophies so that she can support me as well as Tiny.
I mention this as an example of how my OWN view of judgment has evolved. What I once viewed as judgment is now nothing more than advice that I can take or leave. Today, I view judgment more as critical comments or obvious looks of disproval from casual acquaintances and strangers. I am lucky in that my family and close friends (both in real life and virtual) support me, even if they do not parent in the same way I do.
The question of how I verbally respond to judgmental comments is a great one! I think that there are a lot of respectful ways in which to either respond to the commenter or in which to educate the commenter. In either case, I think it is important to pick your battles. Most of the time it is simply not worth the time and energy to change someone's mindset about YOUR decision. Other times it is. I won't spend a lot of time educating a 75 year old man on the reasons why I don't worry about Tiny playing in the "dirty" creek. I will spend time educating a disposable diapering mama on the benefits of cloth is she makes a critical comment about how much work that must be for me. (But I won't spend too much precious time doing so or preaching to a deaf ear!)
Having said that, here are 30 ways in which you can respond to critical or judgmental comments about many parenting decisions and practices. I kept them generic so that you might apply them to your specific situation.
- Thank you for pointing that out.
- Hmmm…interesting point of view.
- That's interesting. What makes you think that?
- Yes, I have considered that. It just does not work for our family.
- I make parenting decisions based on what works for us.
- I respect your opinion and value your advice, but I have thought this out carefully and done a lot of research, and my mind is made up. I will be happy to respect your opinion and listen to what you have to say, but you have to respect my decision–and it is MY decision.
- Your concern is appreciated but please do not waste another second worry about my decisions.
- My child is happy and healthy. I am confident that what I am doing is the right choice.
- I had not given much thought to that point of view. Thank you for sharing.
- Although I disagree, thank you for taking a moment to share your thoughts.
- I understand that you have a different opinion but I wish you would not have expressed it in such a judgmental manner. (If the person making the comment does so in front of your children you can add in – I do not think it was kind to say that in front of my children).
- Would you be interested in why I do XYZ?
- Perhaps I can shed some light on my decision.
- Things have changed since your generation was raising children. In fact, many studies have shown that there are different ways to do things now. It doesn't mean that what you did was wrong, it just means that there is more information now.
- What new parents really need is support, not judgment. It can really break a new mom's spirit to hear comments like yours. Good thing I am confident in my decisions.
- As the mother of this child, this is what I want and need to do for my child right now.
- That's interesting. Unfortunately, my child doesn't like (insert action/thing here).
- I've tried that, but my child responds better when I do this.
- This is my child and my parenting choice and I will not discuss it anymore.
- I've researched this, discussed it and have decided . . .
- That is good in theory, but in practice it is not as easy.
- That works when the child is not yours but when you are dealing with your own child things get trickier.
- I know it might not work for everyone, but we've decided . ..
- I'll consider that.
- There is probably some truth in what you have expressed.
- Ask, "Why do you ask?"
- Use humor. If someone asks how long you are going to breastfeed for you can respond with something like "Well, what do you think they have recess for?"
- Ok.
- F$%K off! (Just kidding! I wanted to see if you were paying attention or if I lost you!)
- Ignore the comment or look. Pretend you never heard it.
If you are repeatedly criticized by someone you can't avoid, plan ahead for the next attack. First, recall what the person usually says. Plan a respectful response and practice it in your mind or with a person who knows the criticizer and what he or she might say or do. Start your response by acknowledging the other person's feelings or perspective. "I can understand how you might feel that way . . ." OR ". . . how it might seem that . . ." Then set limits or express your feelings respectfully, "I feel . . ." or "I've decided to . . ." Speak for yourself, without attacking them. Remain firm. Don't defend or explain yourself, unless someone is truly interested in your opinion.
I adore the article the La Leche League posted on their site about dealing with criticism. Their five methods of responding chart is a wonderful tool. I have included it below but please visit the full post for some additional ideas.
|A grandmother is concerned about a baby sleeping in the parents' bed.
|She might say, "Carmen, I just can't believe that you and Kelly don't put Chloe in that beautiful crib."
|Avoid eye contact, turn away, walk away, change the subject
|That reminds me that I still have a load of laundry to get in. Would you watch Chloe for a moment?
|Refer to an authority, such as a medical professional, a book or article
|Although sleeping with a baby seems like a bad idea to you, I have several books that recommend it. Or, Would you like to read what Dr. Sears says about how sharing sleep may help prevent SIDS in NIGHTTIME PARENTING?
|Make fun of yourself or the situation, not the other person
|You know, you might be right. If I have to go away to college with her and sleep in a dorm, that'll get old fast!
|Acknowledge the other's viewpoint without agreeing or ask a question to shift the focus to the other person
|I know you think having Chloe in our bed is a mistake. It's working for us so let's just agree to disagree, and not talk about it anymore. Or, What was it like for you when your children were babies? How did they sleep?
|Open the door to further conversation, demonstrate your understanding of the other's feeling and meaning
|You're worried about Chloe sleeping in our bed because you think it's dangerous. You don't want her to be hurt. Or, You're concerned about our relationship because it seems to you that with Chloe in our bed we'll never have any private time.
So tell me…how do YOU respond to judgments and criticisms of your parenting choices? Any tried and true responses?
Visit The Positive Parenting Connection and Authentic Parenting to find out how you can participate in the next Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival!
Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants:
- Stepping out of the box and dealing with criticism — Stoneageparent shares how she deals with criticism over her parenting choices
- BEWARE of Sanctimommy — Amanda at Blinded by the Light talks about how recognizing your own inner-sanctimommy and how it will facilitate ways to deal with other criticism in your life.
- We're on the same team — Brittany from The Pistachio Project shares about how we should support and respect each other because we already get enough criticism from the outside world.
- 30 Responses To Parenting Criticisms — Jennifer at Hybrid Rasta Mama shares 30 ways in which you can respond to parenting criticisms.
- A Case for the Dramatic — A smart-alec response to a stranger's view by Jennifer from True Confessions of a Real Mommy.
- I Could Never… — Mandy at Living Peacefully with Children discusses how the phrase "I could never" really means "I would never want to" and how owning our words and actions can lead to understanding and empathy.
- Admiration For A Parent's Strength— Jennifer at Our Muddy Boots shares her admiration for parents who continue to make parenting choices in the best interest of their child even when those closest to them disagree.
- Assumption Free Zone — Paige @ Baby Dust Diaries challenges us to cultivate kindness for everyone; even if you disagree with them.
- Perfection, Criticism, Parenting and The Sock Police — Ariadne @ The Positive Parenting Connection is sharing how parenting has been an excercise in overcoming perfectionism and handling criticism.
Silencing the Voices In My Head(Link Removed) — At Authentic Parenting, Laura writes about fighting her inner critic.
- Tackled from the Sidelines — Marisa from Deliberate Parenting reveals what parenting choices she makes that are most often questioned and how she is coming peacefully to the defense of her decisions.
- Different Strokes — Justine from The Lone Home Ranger shares the method she uses to explain her family's "crunchy" differences to her preschooler.
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Inspired by values of social commitment, ALSAYER Holding held a book reading marathon in association with Patients Helping Fund Society and Aafaq Bookstore. The "Read & Save Lives" reading marathon campaign connected people and community towards reading books, and moreover to express their empathy through supporting patients suffering with chronic kidney disease who are undergoing dialysis.
For every 10 pages read by the participants ALSAYER Holding donated 1 Kuwait Dinar to offer a financial support to deserving patients for managing its high cost. Meanwhile Aafaq Bookstore facilitated the place and allocated 10% of the days book sales to the Patients Helping Fund Society. The event which was held previous Saturday between 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM witnessed 137 participants who collectively read 7400 pages.
Many authors and influential figures from the Kuwait society joined to support this noble cause including Jamal Al-Fouzan Chairman of Patients Helping Fund Society, Hessa Al-Hashash International Trainer Human Development, Manayer Al-Awwad Author, Faisal Hmuod Al-Shammari Kuwait Radio Announcer, Ahmad El-Issawi Deputy Group Manager Toyota Group Service Division.
"The positive spirit among the community is overwhelming. Such marathon is part of our sustainable efforts to develop reading and educational habits, at the same time to bring community to act towards critical issues that require their attention and moral support. At ALSAYER we are keen to associate with the like-minded partners to develop & execute effective social care" said Shibu Mohamed Manager CSR at ALSAYER Holding.
Hamad Al-Shammari Deputy General Manager of Aafaq Bookstore mentioned "We are glad to work on this program for key benefits, encouraging people to dedicate time out of busy schedule to read and support the society. The initiative is also an attempt to recapture the reading habits specially among youth, towards building an intellectual community with competitive skills."
According to Khaled Al-Hendy Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Patients Helping Fund Society "We saw people from various age and gender category visiting on their weekends to support other fellow human beings. Such empathy shows the great culture and community bond Kuwait promote. We are glad for the support from Kuwait community and our partners ALSAYER Holding and Aafaq Bookstore to make this experience most rewarding".
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Prud'hon Copy 24 x 18 Charcoal
Copy drawing is one of the greatest ways to hone your craft. Observing how old master's painted and saw, and making specific optical judgments to create your own copy does wonders for your vision as an artist. I never truly appreciated the drawings of this particular master until I saw several in person at the Louvre in Paris. I still hate Prud'hon's rendering of feet but the attention to modeling I learned from this copy is paramount.
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Composite Bonding | Root Canals | Tooth Extractions | Crowns & Bridges
Our practice can provide a wide range of dental services. We can typically provide every type of dental service without having to refer you to other specialties. This flexibility saves you time and keeps your total dental care within one practice. Our emphasis is on total preventive care for our patients. Total care begins with regular hygiene visits, regular checkups and continued home oral health routines.
Our practice also provides the highest-quality services for restoring mouths that have been damaged by dental disease and injury and common problems that require cosmetic dentistry. Our primary goal for our patients is to achieve and maintain optimum oral health through advances in techniques, technologies and by maintaining their scheduled dental exams.
Bonding is a common solution for:
Often used to improve the appearance of your teeth and enhance your smile. As the name indicates, composite material, either a plastic or resin, is bonded to an existing tooth. Unlike veneers or crowns, composite bonding removes little, if any, of the original tooth.
Composite bonding has many advantages:
Composite bonds stain more easily and therefore require proper care and regular cleaning. In order to ensure the longest possible duration of the bonding, composites should be brushed and flossed daily. Common staining elements include coffee, tea, tobacco, foods and candy.
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A root canal is a procedure that extracts decayed pulp from the central part of the tooth, reshapes the canal and replaces it with strengthening filler.
A cavity is the result of superficial decay of the enamel of the tooth. Left long enough, this decay can burrow into the deeper reaches of the tooth, causing extensive damage to tooth structure. When the damage goes beyond what can be treated with a filling, dentists can perform a root canal (or endodontics), preserving the tooth and retaining its original integrity; thereby, saving a tooth that in the past would have to have been pulled.
Your third molars are more commonly called "wisdom teeth." Usually appearing in the late teens or early twenties, third molars often lack the proper space in the jaw to erupt fully or even at all. This common condition is called impaction. When any tooth lacks the space to come through or simply develops in the wrong place of your jaw and becomes impacted, problems can arise. Primarily, damage to adjacent teeth and crowding occur.
In certain cases, the wisdom tooth that cannot come through becomes inflamed under the gums and in the jawbone, causing a sac to develop around the root of the tooth that then fills with liquid. This can cause a cyst or an abscess if it becomes infected. If either of these situations goes untreated, serious damage to the underlying bone and surrounding teeth and tissues can result.
To potentially stave off this result, an extraction of one, several or all of the wisdom teeth may be advised. If that is the case, we have the equipment and training needed to perform such extractions, with an absolute minimum of discomfort. Ask our staff for more information regarding tooth extractions if you feel you may need one.
A crown is a permanent covering that fits over an original tooth that is either decayed, damaged or cracked. Crowns are made of a variety of different materials such as porcelain, gold, acrylic resin or a mix of these materials. Porcelain generally has the most natural appearance, although it is often less durable.
The treatment plan for a patient receiving a crown involves:
This process generally consists of a minimum of 2-3 visits over a three to four week period.
Once the procedure is completed, proper dental hygiene, including daily brushing and flossing, is required to maintain healthy, bacteria-free teeth, gums and crowns. This helps in the prevention of gum disease. Given proper care, your crowns can last a lifetime.
A bridge is a dental device that fills a space that a tooth previously occupied. A bridge may be necessary to prevent:
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OK, so maybe it's a gopher instead of a groundhog in the movie, BUT the day after our Pawty, a Groundhog will decide if we get an early spring, or if we freeze a bit longer. And since we've had a very cold winter so far, I've decided that we should all go down to our #NipClub Hills golf club in Palm Springs, Florida.
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Welcome to my blog! Kees of Dog's Delight: Sharing ways to enrich your dog's life through experiences with my keeshond! After getting my first dog of my own as a puppy during the summer of 2011, I discovered there could be so much more to a dog's life than just eating, sleeping, taking a walk and playing fetch. When my husband and I decided it was time to add a dog to our life, I spent a lot of time researching which breed not only would be suited to my family's lifestyle, but if we could suit the breed. My husband grew up with an Airedale, a Wire-hair Fox Terrier and spent much time around Irish Wolfhounds, Labs, Great Pyrenees and Maltese. I grew up with Alaskan Malamutes and a Sheltie, and though I loved them with all my heart, I wanted a medium-sized breed without hunting or herding instincts to reduce the risk of harm to my first furbabies of my own, my cats. Considering other factors such as exercise, companionship time requirements and canine social skills, we decided the keeshond (pronounced "kayz-hawnd") and us would be a perfect match.
Being owned by a keeshond is an experience in itself which you may gather from reading some of my posts. Since my kees (pronounced " keys") was a tiny puppy, I've taken him everywhere I could and am always searching for new ways to enrich his, and in turn, my life. I believe that a dog's life is too short and they have so much potential to do more than what humans give them credit for.
Soon I discovered a whole new
world of things I could do with my pup, "Clancy". I hope to one day create even more things we can do with our dogs. We look forward to sharing our experiences together and hope we inspire you to look for similar things to do in your area. Please stop by when you can! Anybody and any dog would benefit from the stronger bonds created by doing things together along with the new friends that you will make… both canine and human!
While competition isn't for everybody, it sure is fun and a learning experience to share with your dog! It strengthens the bond and teamwork between man and canine as you put in the time needed to prepare to compete and earn titles. Clancy and I have achieved the following titles so far: AKC: Canine Good Citizen, Advanced Canine Good Citizen, Rally Novice, Rally Advanced, Rally Excellent, Companion Dog, Companion Dog Excellent, Dock Junior, Therapy Dog … UKC: Altered Champion, United Junior Jumper (dock diving), Rally Obedience 1, Rally Obedience 2, Rally Obedience 3 … Other organizations: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert, and Champion Trick Dog titles, Ultimate Air Dogs Dock Diving Junior Division title. Other awards: 1st place in local Dog Talent shows three years in a row, many UKC Altered Best in Shows, many 1st place ribbons in Rally Obedience trials and ribbons in Obedience.
We enjoy being part of our local Keeshond breed club, participate in a dog training club, and being a therapy dog volunteer team. We bring smiles to so many of the elderly in assisted living homes, dementia patients, hospitals, children's reading programs, and to families at a hospice center and more. Clancy is the first Keeshond to become a "Trick Dog Champion " and I am a "Certified Trick Dog Instructor" through the "Do More With Your Dog" program. I offer trick training and trick dog shows with Clancy as part of my own pet services business I recently started, that only provides services that would meet the high standards that I have for my own beloved Clancy. We trial in Obedience, Rally, and compete in dock diving for fun (Clancy's the first Keeshond to achieve a dock diving title). All this by the time Clancy was 4 years old! So… pick an activity, or 2, or 3, or more 😉 and enrich you and your dog's life!
Best friends do everything together. Be your dog's best friend! Thanks for stopping by! ~ Stacie (CTDI) & "Clancy" (ALT CH, RO3, CGCA, RE, CDX, THD, UJJ, UADJJ, TDCH)


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Coordinating denim with your friends is always a good idea. No matter the occasion.
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Model Georgia Fowler offered a fresh take on festival dressing by pairing a chic blouse with a sculptural earring and denim shorts. Everyone could learn a thing or two.
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My husband and I just visited their museum somewhere at the mountain top in Grossglochner. I had already expected that I'd only see these creatures on screen or at their "most preserved" forms.
"Turn around. Look!" hubby was calling me out in a forcible hush tone, so as not to scare them and run away.
We stopped walking, and I couldn't believe what I saw.
"For real, I'm finally meeting my furry kinds at last!" I jokingly reacted.
Marmots are large squirrels living in mountainous areas such as the Alps. These fluffy animals typically live in burrows and often within rock piles, and hibernate there through the winter. Most marmots are highly social and use loud whistles to communicate with one another.


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Normally, when a new developer jumps on board of a well established series, it signifies the best moment to jump ship. People who were not involved in any way in the original product and have no connection or genuine interest to the progression of the story and series tend to not do a great job recreating what fans loved about the originals. Lost Planet 3, however, looks to be the kind of game that just might be the exception to this trend. While Lost Planet: Extreme Condition was a bit of a surprise hit, the sequel seemed to flounder and had so many flawed aspects of the design that it felt a bit like Capcom simply wasn't trying. Considering the disappointment that many gamers (myself included) had with Lost Planet 2, Lost Planet 3 wasn't a game that was particularly high on my radar. After seeing what Spark Unlimited has done with the title, however, my disinterest has turned into guarded optimism.
As tends to be the case whenever a series has been thoroughly run into the ground, Lost Planet 3 is going back in time before the events of the first two games and serves as a prequel for the series. The game takes place on the planet of E.D.N. III, still in the frozen condition we found it in during the events of the first game. You play as Jim Peyton, a full time miner in the employ of Neo-Venus Construction (NEVEC) and part time Nicholas Cage impersonator. NEVEC is looking for a way to mine resources to send back to Earth, and Peyton is looking for a way to earn enough cash to get back home to his family, and both problems seem to be resolved with the discovery of Thermal Energy. While Thermal Energy was important in the past to games (as a way to power up weapons or stop you from freezing to death), it looks to take an even more central role in this game as it serves as currency to buy weapons and ammo back in the base camp.
One of the big changes from the second game seems to be a much heavier emphasis on story this time around. Even early on in the game, you get the sense that something strange is going on and that NEVEC might not be as altruistic as they seem, something that is alluded to in equal parts foreshadowing and the fact we already know exactly what happens in the first and second games. The early parts of the game show the colonists working for NEVEC in a struggle against the Akrid, the bug-like alien inhabitants of the planet that clearly aren't too fond of the pink squishy things drilling everywhere and making noise. However, at some point another group of individuals known as the Snow Pirates, who have a clear hatred of NEVEC and what they are doing to bleed their planet dry, get their hands on Jim. Jim is about to be killed by the Snow Pirates, when the daughter of the leader runs out and saves his life. Think Aliens meet Pocahontas when it comes to the plot, a combination I had never before considered but sounds oh so right.
This emphasis on story will be helped by the greater sense of exploration in Lost Planet 3 and the main hub area populated by various NPCs. The game utilizes a mission based structure, and Jim can embark on either story based missions or optional side missions allowing you to help fellow colonists, get a bit more story, and accrue additional resources. The dialogue of the NPCs changes frequently, and various audio logs lying around give you interesting bits of backstory that help flesh out the plot even further. Whether or not the plot will actually be good remains to be seen, but early indicators make it seem like they are at least trying to remedy all the mistakes that were made in Lost Planet 2 with its nearly absent story line.
Gameplay is what you would expect from a fairly standard third person shooter. Cover is utilized to hide from projectile firing insects, and you can use a variety of guns to turn your alien foes into piles of brightly colored goo. Large enemies still have big, glowing "shoot me here please" weak spots, a design flaw that you think evolution would have worked out by now. Quick time events also show up during the early portions of the gameplay, but they don't seem to be a very integral part and are used primarily only in the more cinematic moments. While later stages have yet to be shown, it's so far solid, if somewhat predictable and expected.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the single player campaign that has been shown off so far is the rig based combat. Your rig can be built and upgraded throughout the course of the game, and serves as a boost in battle when you can access it. The rig comes complete with a drill arm which is great for bashing enemies up close, while the claw arm can be used for grabbing on to foes. One of the upgrades for the claw arm is a winch, which allows you to shoot out the claw arms, causing massive damage to small enemies or allowing you to latch on to bigger enemies from afar. After grabbing them, you can draw them in to you and bash them with your free arm as they try to escape. It is a nice variation from the fairly standard gun battles elsewhere in the game and should add some much needed variety to the gameplay.
While Spark Unlimited definitely has given a renewed focus to the single player campaign, it does not mean that multiplayer has been abandoned entirely. As we previously reported, Lost Planet 3 gives you four separate game modes to play over six different maps. The two modes that have been detailed so far are Akrid Survival and Scenario. Scenario Mode is a fairly clever competitive mode, with each of the six different maps having different objectives to complete. Players are divided into two teams of NEVEC or Snow Pirates, with one team acting as an offense and the other acting as the defense. One map has the NEVEC utilizing a large vehicle to plow into a Snow Pirate base, and the Snow Pirates need to stop the assault while the NEVEC need to protect the vehicle and use it get into the enemies' base. Each of the maps come with completely different objectives, giving the maps very different feels to them.
Akrid Survival is an interesting co-op/competitive hybrid which divides you into two separate three member teams. Each team is set up on opposite ends of the map and take on swarms of Akrids. After two separate waves of enemies are cleared, the barriers in the map get lifted and it suddenly becomes a competitive mode. It is an interesting twist on what are essentially two standard multiplayer game types, but this is something we'd need to get our hands on before fully determining how entertaining it is. While both seem like good modes on their own, the sudden switch might be jarring especially if there is no logical reason for linking the two together or any benefit for performing well against the Akrid swarms.
While they haven't revealed everything about the multiplayer, there still is a lot to like about the details they've given us so far. The grappling hook looks to play a far bigger role in the multiplayer than the single player, and there are even some maps that feature mech on mech action. A character progression sphere should add some extra depth to the multiplayer, and by winning matches you earn credits that can be used to purchase a variety of extras for use in the multiplayer. You can unlock new weapons, abilities, and even character skins. There is a lot to do and see in multiplayer, and while it might not be as big as past titles it does look really refined and well thought out.
Lost Planet 3 also looks and sounds great, with well detailed backgrounds and expressive facial animation. Overall, it seems like a very promising package. I had essentially given up on the series after I couldn't motivate myself to finish Lost Planet 2, but getting a new developer seems to be ready to pay off dividends for this series. Although big fans of the second game are probably going to hate this as it represents a drastically different package, fans of the first should start paying attention. Hopefully the game doesn't suffer any further delays, as this is something we're looking forward to seeing through to the end.


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I actually managed to get pics of two of the non-approachable Manor Cats this past week! Go me. They're both tabby and white
toms. ETA: Little Tabby let me get close enough to pet and examine and turns out to be a female. Whoops! Also she's quite skinny and I suspect wormy, but while I may stroke her back now, I am not allowed to grab her yet. We're working on it.
The first one is the one I think of as The Patriarch:
The Patriarch is the most frequent full-grown visitor to my feeding station, and as you can see he hangs around the property a bit, too. His flight distance is about 20′, though, and this picture was taken in the dusk, from behind the fence, from a pretty good ways away, which is why it sucks. He's OK with me and the dogs looking at him, as long as we don't come too close.
The second one is Little Tabby
Little Tabby
TomGirl is, I suspect, going to be the next one I bring inside, if I can convince himher to come in before disease, predators, or cars get himher. HeShe started with a flight distance of 15-20 feet, but with the judicious and timely application of wet food and treats, I have worked himher down to 6-7′. Even better than that, heshe shows signs of wanting to approach me, but not being quite sure heshe can:
heshe is doing that thing cats do, where they come to the edge of their comfort zone and then pretend they were about to do something else entirely, like sniff this here blade of grass. HeShe will also sit at the edge of hisher comfort zone and talk to me. Notice the tail up and tall posture, heshe's dubious but not terrified!
One more, of
himher nomming hisher wet food:
Fingers crossed that I can get Little Tabby
Tom in before something gets himher. HeShe so clearly wants to come up to me, wandering at that 6′ circle like heshe's rubbing on something other than air, making blinky eyes at me, talking in hisher little voice. It's so hard to be patient, but I'm trying.


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Small businesses are not only our nation's economic engine, but they also drive economic development in our community.
The Michigan Small Business Development Center and the Michigan Economic Devel-opment Corporation (MEDC) produced one of the best publications available on starting a business – Guide to Starting and Operating a Small Business. This publication provides everything you need to know about starting a business from business plans to taxes and insurance.
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MEDC provides business start-up assistance for individuals operating a business in Michigan.
Northern Initiatives (NI), a Community Development Financial Institution, provides business start-up assistance as well as financing opportunities. Northern Initiatives is located in the Partnership Building in Iron Mountain, Michgan. Contact Kristin Smith, at (715) 889-0182 for more information.
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Civil War Centre
The aim of the Civil War Centre is to tell the story of Newark and its residents and to demonstrate the resilience of ordinary lives set against affairs of the nation and the world and to interpret the British Civil Wars and Newark's key role in them.
Go straight to the National Civil War Centre website:
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Floor Plans
The History Galleries will occupy two main rooms to front of building. National Civil War Centre including Object Theatre to rear of building. The National Civil War Centre gallery is set in broad chronological order after introduction section at entrance. A rear room proposed as 'Object Theatre' telling the story of how the Civil War affected the people of Newark. Click the thumbnails below to view.[nggallery id=2]
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The publishing world is in turmoil as ebooks revolutionize not only how we read, but how we publish. The commercial publishing world is being turned upside down as people find they can successfully publish and market their own books. For us in the genealogy and family history arena, it means we now have very affordable ways to share our family history well beyond our immediate family. Regardless of your goals – from a simple biographical sketch to a scanned collection of family ephemera to a full-blown family history – there are a growing number of opportunities to publish your project. And the best thing about it all . . . you are in control.
That's the good news. The rest of the story is changing almost daily. That's actually good news too, but it's just hard to keep up. I'm building a resource section here at the Gazette to support your personal publishing efforts. It connects you with useful articles posted here as well as resource pages and other reference material. It is and will be a work in process so I hope you'll stop by occasionally to see what's new.
The Personal Publishing section is always available from the top menu bar at the Gazette.


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a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform
This documentation describes the a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform tile. a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform enables on-demand provisioning of VM-based dedicated RabbitMQ servers and clusters. Developers can create clustered and single node RabbitMQ service instances, using Apps Manager or the Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface, and bind them to apps. A service instance may be associated with a single dedicated VM or a cluster spread across multiple VMs. You can choose between single VM and clustered RabbitMQ services instances with service plans.
When you run the cf CLI
create-service a9s-rabbitmq command, Pivotal Platform creates dedicated
VMs for this service instance. This provides protection from bad neighbors.
RabbitMQ service instance provisioning, including VM orchestration, is entirely automated. This enables service instances to be highly isolated and shielded by infrastructure virtualization mechanisms.
Due to the on-demand provisioning on VMs, only existing service instances allocate infrastructure resources. These resources are released when service instances are destroyed. Using on-demand, provisioning the number of service instances is not limited by design.
Distributed across multiple infrastructure availability zones, clustered data service plans enable short failover times and are resilient against failures of individual infrastructure hosts or entire availability zones.
Current Features
a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform includes the following key features:
|On-demand service instance provisioning
|a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform deploys RabbitMQ instances automatically. Developers can provision a single VM RabbitMQ server or a multi VM RabbitMQ replica set using one command.
|Service instance isolation
|Each RabbitMQ server runs on a dedicated VM to ensure bad-neighborhood protection and align with enterprise security requirements.
a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform uses Cloud Foundry application security groups (ASGs) to prevent network connections from unauthorized apps.
|High availability
|a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform ensures high availability using RabbitMQ replication.
The Consul-based internal DNS system provided by a9s Consul DNS for Pivotal Platform ensures that the bound app always connects to a working node.
|Smoke tests
|A post-deployment, smoke-test errand runs basic tests against your installation to ensure that it is configured properly.
|Service instance capacity upgrade
|By updating your service plan, you can upgrade the RAM, CPU, and storage capacity for your RabbitMQ instances.
|Logging and monitoring
|Each RabbitMQ service instance provides log messages and RabbitMQ-specific metrics to one or more
syslog/graphite endpoints. You can configure the
syslog/graphite endpoint to receive logging and monitoring information.
|Deployment updater
|An updater errand updates the stemcell and all provisioned a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform service instances to their latest version.
|Backup Manager
|The Backup Manager does regular backups of your instances, and offers endpoints to back up instantly and restore backups.
|Service Guard
|The Service Guard creates Cloud Foundry security groups for your service instance VMs.
When the IP address of a service instance changes, the guard updates the security group.
|Service Dashboard
|The Service Dashboard provides single sign on and lets the user easily trigger backups.
|Syslog Endpoints for Instances
|In the tile, a default endpoint for syslog and Graphite can be configured for each service instance created.
|New RabbitMQ Versions
|Added a9s RabbitMQ v3.6 and v3.7.
|Consul Domain Configurable
|The consul domain can now be configured.
|BOSH DNS Handler
|a9s BOSH DNS handler added to make a9s service instances accessible from Diego cells.
|a9s-pg Backup
|Added backup option for a9s-pg.
|Instance Sharing
|a9s RabbitMQ SQL no supports instance sharing between orgs an spaces, see documentation.
|Update to Xenial
|Upgrades the stemcell to Ubuntu Xenial..
Video Overview of a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform
The following video provides an overview of how a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform works.
Product Snapshot
The following table provides version and version-support information about a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform:
|Release date
|September 6th, 2019
|Compatible Ops Manager version(s)
|v2.1.x, v2.2.x, v2.3.x, v2.4.x, v2.5.x and v2.6.x
|Compatible Pivotal Application Service version(s):
|v2.1.x, v2.2.x, v2.3.x, v2.4.x, v2.5.x and v2.6.x
|BOSH stemcell version
|Ubuntu Xenial
|IaaS support
|AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, and vSphere
|RabbitMQ Versions
|RabbitMQ v3.6.15 and v3.7.14
Warning: a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform v2.0.2 and earlier require a Ubuntu Trusty stemcell. The end-of-life date for Ubuntu Trusty is April 2019. If a security vulnerability is found on this stemcell after April, it will not be fixed.
Note: Upgrades from a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform v1.x are not supported. If you previously installed a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform v1.x, uninstall it and install the latest version.
To install and use a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform, you must install the following products and tiles:
- Pivotal Application Service (formerly Elastic Runtime) v2.1 or later
For more information, see Installing and Configuring a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform.
Feedback and Support
a9s RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform is an automation toolset for open source RabbitMQ. The entire anynines team can help your team get started and be successful. Technical support, including a service level agreement, is available with a commercial license.
If your company has specific RabbitMQ administration policies or configuration best practices, the anynines team is happy to incorporate them, if applicable. Third-party RabbitMQ support organizations are also welcome to assist.
Contributions are welcome. Send any bugs, feature requests, or questions to email@example.com.
Contact our sales team to learn more about commercial licenses and support.


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{Warning: The following trailer may not be suitable for all ages}
Game Director Todd Howard gives a behind closed doors look at the Creation engine for the upcoming The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and the myriad of new in-game technology. See a mountain in the distance? You can climb it. Want to duel wield spells? You can do that too. The team has built the new engine from the ground up and given an already impressive open world even more detail.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is set to release on November 11th for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
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Quill and Quire Fall 2016 Preview Selection
49th Shelf Most Anticipated Fall 2016 Fiction Selection
Even in death, he said, the novella's power would bind us together, all of us who had read it, appealing as it did equally to our emotions and our intellects.
A bond between three friends forms over a mutual fascination with an obscure Peruvian novella and is fractured by an accidental death. From the streets of Montreal's Plateau and Latin Quarter to the ruins of Machu Picchu, award-winning author Devon Code's Involuntary Bliss traces this tragic affinity with dark humour and linguistic verve.
Over one hazy weekend in late August, an unnamed narrator visits his troubled friend James following a gap of many months. The two young men are set adrift in the city by way of James's memories, which flow out of him as lush set pieces—an affair, a stint volunteering at a children's hospital, a striptease show—assembling a picture of James's haunted life in the wake of their close friend's death.
By turns comic, erotic, tender and harrowing, this freewheeling narrative sees Montreal's bohemians and biker gangs entwine with psychotropic shamanic practices in the mountains of Peru, in a tale of friendship and mortality as unpredictable as it is true to life.


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the World of New Words
Millions of people love language.
Some are compulsive watchdogs who pedantically correct every misuse of the Queen's English. Others are interested in the etymology of language, investigating word origins and changes over time. Still others simply enjoy in the birth of new words, phrases, and usages, as English evolves in pace with social changes.
All English lovers are welcome here. Our emphasis here is on neologists and their new words, their meanings, and their potential for incorporation into tomorrow's lexicon. Most new words are technically protologisms, but we use the conventional, broader 'neologism' term here.
Neologists are people who invent, review, laugh at, use, promote, or otherwise enjoy new words not yet accepted as standard language. To help manage all these and other interests in English, we need resources. We must have scholarly experts, definitive dictionaries, accurate chronicles and registries, as well as lively discussions and forums. "Neologics" is E.N.S.'s clearinghouse of all such resources.
The Word Birthing page explains how new words come into being. Neologism Sites links you to dozens of other Internet locations where newly coined words are entered, archived, or discussed. Neologism Texts spotlights printed works about neologisms (or collections). Dictionaries, etc considers the many online and print dictionaries and thesauri, with side-by-side comparisons and links. Buffs & Pundits spotlights interesting people and texts about the evolution of English. And Miscellany picks up what doesn't fit in other categories.
We're always interesting in adding to these resources. If you have something that would fit well into our growing compilation of neologia, please e-mail us with details.


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Established in 1903, the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna's Workshops) was a production community of visual artists in Vienna, Austria bringing together architects, artists and designers.
The enterprise evolved from the Vienna Secession, founded in 1897 as a progressive alliance of artists and designers. From the start, the Secession had placed special emphasis on the applied arts, and its 1900 exhibition surveying the work of contemporary European design workshops prompted the young architect Josef Hoffmann and his artist friend Koloman Moser to consider establishing a similar enterprise.
Finally in 1903, with backing from the industrialist Fritz Wärndorfer, the Wiener Werkstätte began operations in three small rooms; it soon expanded to fill a three-story building with separate, specially designed facilities for metalwork, leatherwork, bookbinding, woodworking and a paint shop. The range of product lines also included; leather goods, enamel, jewellery, postcards and ceramics. The Wiener Werkstätte even had a millinery department.
Most of the objects produced in the Wiener Werkstatte were stamped with a number of different marks; the trademark of the Wiener Werkstatte, the monogram of the designer and that of the craftsman, who created it. The Wiener Werkstatte had about 100 employees in 1905, of whom 37 were masters of their trade.
The seat of the venture was in Neustiftgasse 32-34, where a new building was adapted to their requirements. Eventually the project exhausted Wärndorfer's fortune. The circle of customers of the Wiener Werkstatte and Josef Hoffmann mainly consisted of artists and Jewish upper middle class supporters of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Several branches of the workshop were opened in Karlsbad 1909, Marienbad, Zürich 1916/17, New York 1922, Berlin 1929.
In architectural commissions such as the Purkersdorf Sanatorium and the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, the Wiener Werkstätte was able to realize its ideal of the Gesamtkunstwerk (total artwork), a coordinated environment in which everything down to the last detail was consciously designed as an integral part of the whole project.
For several years, beginning in 1904, the Wiener Werkstätte had its own carpentry workshop. Josef Hoffmann designed a furniture line noted for its simple forms for the firm of Jacob & Josef Kohn. But only few pieces of furniture were made there. Most of the furniture known as Wiener Werkstätte Furniture were made by cabinet-makers as: Portois & Fix, Johann Soulek, Anton Herrgesell, Anton Pospisil, Friedrich Otto Schmidt and Johann Niedermoser. Some historians now believe that there are no existing original products of the Wiener Werkstätte Furniture division.
From 1905, the Wiener Werkstatte produced handpainted and printed silks. The Backhausen firm was responsible for the machine-printed and woven textiles. In 1907, the Wiener Werkstätte took over distribution for the Wiener Keramik, a ceramics workshop headed by Michael Powolny and Berthold Löffler. And in the same year Moser, embittered by the financial squabbling, left the Wiener Werkstätte, which subsequently entered a new phase, both stylistically and economically.
The founding of textile and fashion divisions in 1909 and 1910 brought a further shift in the Wiener Werkstätte's emphasis—away from the architectural and toward the ephemeral. After a close brush with bankruptcy in 1913, Wärndorfer left to America and the following year Otto Primavesi, a banker from Moravia, took over as chief financier and patron.
During and immediately following the First World War the Wiener Werkstatte was influenced by a new generation of artists and craftsmen. It was Dagobert Peche whose ornamental, almost baroque fancies exerted the most palpable influence. After the war, material shortages encouraged experimentation with less durable, less expensive materials such as wood, ceramics and papier-mâché. The original, grand Gesamtkunstwerk vision became diluted and submerged by the Kunstgewerbliches—the artsy-craftsy.
Attempts to expand the workshop's scope—adding such items as wallpaper to its limited program of industrial licenses, and establishing branches in Berlin, New York and Zurich—were not particularly successful. The Werkstätte's financial situation grew desperate due to the effects of the war and the onset of the world wide Depression in 1929.
Architecture, interior design and furniture
Works designed by Josef Hoffmann, Mathilde Flögl, Carl Witzmann, Carl Breuer, Gustav Siegel, Emanuel Josef Margold, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche, Josef Urban, Otto Prutscher, Richard Luksch, Oswald Haerdtl, Phillipp Häusler, Carl Otto Czeschka de:Carl Otto Czeschka and Victor Lurje.
Although not part of the Wiener Werkstätte, the German-born artist and architect Winold Reiss was influenced especially by the work of Josef Hoffmann.
Works designed by Karl Hagenauer, Josef Hoffmann, Berthold Löffler, Franz Metzner, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche, Otto Prutscher, Max Snischeck, Josef Urban and Julius Zimpel.
Works designed by Gudrun Baudisch, Josef Hoffmann, Hilda Jesser, Dina Kuhn, Berthold Löffler, Dagobert Peche, Richard Luksch, Jutta Sika, Susi Singer and Vally Wieselthier, Walter Bosse
Works designed by Josef Hoffmann, Robert Holubetz, Hilda Jesser, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche, Michael Powolny, Otto Prutscher, Gertrud Weinberger and Julius Zimpel.
Wood and mixed media
Works designed by Josef Hoffmann, Fritzi Löw, Dagobert Peche and Vally Wieselthier.
Fashion, jewelry and accessories
Works designed by Lotte Calm, Christa Ehrlich, Trude Hochmann, Josef Hoffmann, Mela Köhler, Maria Likarz, Berthold Löffler, Fritzi Löw, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche, Reni Schaschl, Agnes ("Kitty") Speyer, Amalie Szeps and Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill.
Works designed by Felice Rix-Ueno, Mathilde Flögl, Lotte Föchler-Frömmel, Josef Hoffmann, Hilda Jesser, Ludwig Heinrich, Maria Likarz, Rita Luzzatte, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche, Kitty Rix, Max Snischek and Franz von Zülow.
Typography and the graphic arts
Works designed by Carl Otto Czeschka de:Carl Otto Czeschka, Josef Diveky, Anton Faistauer, Remigius Geyling, Heddi Hirsch, Emil Hoppe, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Rudolf Kalvach, Hans Kalmsteiner, Mela Köhler, Oskar Kokoschka, Rudolf von Larisch, Maria Likarz, Berthold Löffler, Moritz Jung, Editha Moser, Koloman Moser, Dagobert Peche, Kitty Rix, Alfred Roller, Egon Schiele, Ver Sacrum; Beethoven exhibition catalogue and "Kachelalmanach".
Fine arts
Works by Heddi Hirsch, Josef Hoffmann, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Max Kurzweil, Berthold Löffler, Koloman Moser, Emil Orlik and Egon Schiele.
The Wiener Werkstaette also was active as an agent or merchand middleman with products of: Wiener Keramik, Eduard Klablena, Kaulitz, Bachmann, Cloeter, Lobmeyr, Meyr's Neffe, Moser-Karlsbad, Oertel, Schappel, Loetz Witwe, Tiroler Glashütte, Pfeiffer & Löwenstein, Böcke, Kaiser, Petzold, Berger, Rosenbaum, Schmidt, Backhausen, Portois & Fix, Johann Soulek (Palais Stoclet, Haus Ast) , Anton Herrgesell, Anton Pospisil, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Johann Niedermoser, Anton Ziprosch und Franz Gloser (Purkersdorf).
Important members of this workshop were the painter Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Emilie Flöge, Max Lenz, Wilhelm Lizst, Emil Orlik, Dagobert Peche, Eduard Wimmer Wisgrill, Leopold Bauer, Oskar Kokoschka, Vally Wieselthier, Otto Prutscher, Emanuel Margold, Hans Ofner, Carl Otto Czeschka de:Carl Otto Czeschka, Michael Powolny, Carl Moll and Maria Likarz.
Goldsmiths and silversmiths of the workshop
Carl Bauer; Josef Bauer; Josef Berger (mark JB: mark's photo aside); Heinrich Bischoff; Johann Blaschek (mark JB); Josef Czech (mark JC); Johann Decker; Franz Egelhofer; Adolf Erbrich (mark AE); Josef Erbrich; Jakob Ernst; Johann Eulenburg; Mathias Faul; Erhard Fischer; Karl Frank (mark KF: mark's photo aside); Karl Götzmann; Augustin Grötzbach; Franz Guggenbichler (mark FG); Josef Habereder; Konrad Häussner; Friedrich Hartl; Josef Holi (mark JH); Josef Hoszfeld (mark JH); Ferdinand Hübl; Josef Husnik (mark JH: mark's photo aside); Johann Ihlenfeld; Karl Kallert (mark CK); Johann Kampf; Heinrich Kloiber; Richard Kocmann; Leopold Kubat; Johann Linhart; Leopold Luther; Alfred Mayer (mark AM); Karl Med (mark MK); Lambert Ottendorfer; Eugen Pflaumer; Karl Ponocny; Anton Pribyl; Karl Pröbsting; Heinrich Prohaska; Johann Schittenhelm; Karl Schleinzer; Franz Stojan; August Swatek; Alois Wabak; Josef Wagner (mark JW); Adolf Wertnik (mark AW); Valentin Zeileis.


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encouragement and assistance Chikwanda could become a formidable artist.
The artists represented in the "artists" section are only the main artists Chapungu represents. Chapunugu represents many more artists than those listed on this website. If you do not find the biography of the Zimbabwean artist you are interested in please contact us and if we represent your artist we will send you a copy of that artist\\\'s biography.
Fanizani Akuda
Born in 1949 in Zambia
Fanizani Akuda came to Zimbabwe in 1949 and is much loved and respected by the art community there.
After working as a basketweaver, cotton-picker, brickmaker, woodcutter and cattle herder, he came to Tengenenge where Tom Blomefield asked him to try his hand at sculpture. He refused, saying he was not able to do such work, but agreed to dig 30 tons of stone for other artists. When finished, Blomefield paid him and handed him a bag of sculpting tools, asking him again to try.
His early works reflect a distinctive style, which has become his trademark. Soft rounded forms, eyes split horizontally, an acute perceptiveness, and a sence of humor, give his work immediate appeal. He lived many years among the most important sculptors of Tengenenge. He now lives in Harare with his wife, Elina, and seven children. He has exhibited extensively and has a devoted body of collectors worldwide.
Dominic Benhura
Born in 1968 in Murewa
At the age of 10, Dominic Benhura began to assist his cousin, the sculptor Tapfuma Gutsa. Soon after, he started to create his own works. Many formative years were spent at Chapungu Sculpture Park. Today, he is regarded as the creator of some of the most cutting-edge Zimbabwean sculpture, with one-man exhibitions in Zimbabwe, Australia, Belgium,Holland, Germany and America.
His subject matter is extensive, including plants, trees, animals and the whole gamut of human experience. Benhura has an exceptional ability to portray human feeling through form rather than facial expression.
He continues to lead by experimentation and innovation and has created many memorable works.
Lamech Bonjesi
Born in 1973 in Mutoko District died in 2003
The oldest of three brothers, Lamech Bonjesi worked with the late Nicholas Mukomberawa. His large sculptures have a compelling power, almost expressionistic in their emotional intensity. His heads, with features askew, owe much to the formal approach of the late Mukomberawa. There is an almost crude, raw strength not apparent in Mukomberanwa\\\'s work, which was of greater finesse.
Good sculpture need not be beautiful or easy on the eye, but Bonjesi\\\'s use of the rawness and roughness of the uncarved stone of ten contributes to the beauty of this sculpture.
Square Chikwanda
Born in 1972 in Mvurwi
Square Chikwanda came to Tengenenge as a boy of 7. After finishing primary school he learned to sculpt, developing his own distinctive style, and soon making carving his full time occupation.
He has traveled to Holland and conducted sculpture workshops on various occasions and spent 2 years on the residence program at Chapungu Sculpture Park. Here he was inspired to create his finest works. With
subjects, and replicates it with truth and honesty.
Stanford Derere
Born 1956 in Makosa District
Stanford Derere attended the BAT Workshop of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe where a foundation course allowed him to explore a variety of media for sculptures. It is natural that he incorporates stone, metal and wood into his sculptures of birds, studies at close quarters of any avian species, Indeed Derere\\\'s sculptures are a panorama of the bird life of Zimbabwe.
Stanford Derere\\\'s work is well loved in many countries by bird lovers. He is able to detail not only the appearance of the bird but its behaviour, and often his sculptures are of two or three birds in a given situation. The movement of the bird is somehow apparent in his sculptures. There are sculptures of birds about to fly and sculptures of birds pecking the ground, and sculptures of two birds singing their songs of love.
Stanford Derere sculpts what he knows best, the lively bird life of his rural background. He knows and loves his
Arthur Fata Born in 1963 in Harare
Arthur Fata
Born in 1963 in Harare
Arthur Fata received formal art training in Bulgaria and has travelled widely, attending workshops and exhibitions in many countries.
Although he is more acclaimed in his larger works, he also creates very emotive smaller sculptures. At home with the hardest stone he often experiments with texture and unworked surfaces.
Formidable technical skills allows him to sculpt almost anything that inspires him, and as such his subject matter
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That would be Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, the sixth place I lived, from 1970 to 1972. I arrived here when I was 19, a young bride (too young!), and I loved living in this neighborhood. We could walk to CBS, where we both worked. Walking to work and shops (Saks Fifth Avenue!) was a new experience for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
In 1970, this stone building was a very dark, charcoal grey color, a result of the combined years of neglect plus car exhaust. It was divided into several apartments. The wide, inside stairway to the second floor was a beautiful polished wood, and the steps were covered in that ubiquitous dark red, patterned, apartment building carpet. (Today, the building's exterior is a much lighter color – presumably having been sandblasted – and is joined to the building to the south, with the whole thing divided into a few condominium apartments. Their monthly assessments are probably a little more than our $185 monthly rent.)
We had the second floor front, which included a huge living room (on the right), a small bathroom, and, next to an air shaft, the world's tiniest kitchen. Which was fine, since I did not know how to cook anything other than scrambled eggs and bacon. The bedroom, on the left side, had a door leading out to the "balcony." I went out on the balcony once, never to return. Filthy! I discovered that dirt was a real problem here – the windows were not very tight, and 20 minutes after cleaning them, the inside window sills would be covered with soot. Which was fine, since I really didn't want to clean anyway. [Update: I found an old photo, which shows that the door to the balcony was in the living room.]
While living here, I finally learned how to drive and, most importantly (for that neighborhood), how to parallel park. On a beautiful Sunday morning, a driving instructor picked me up and immediately put me in the driver's seat! We proceeded to the Outer Drive, where he actually had me navigate the terrifying "S-curve." My first day! We both survived, but I had severe doubts about his sanity. For years, I remained terrified of those two 90 degree turns, regardless of who was behind the wheel. Thankfully, it is no longer with us! And, I passed my driver's test with flying colors.
I wanted to sketch this building properly, so much so that, when I was finished drawing, my shoulders ached, my hand hurt, and I had a headache! I hadn't realized how tense I was until it was finished. (And this is why I can't sketch buildings when I am out and about with the Urban Sketchers!) A few tricks helped – lots of lines using a ruler, lots of measuring, lots of erasing. Pencil first, then pen and watercolor (three colors – Payne's grey, cerulean blue, and I-don't-know-green). I referred to old and new photographs, as well as Google maps and images. I kept picturing it in my mind as a black and white image, but I couldn't resist adding just a little color. Here is 1254 N. Lake Shore Drive.
Next stop…The Suburbs. Or as I like to call it, the Beginning of the End.