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Sharmila Tagore is one of the well-known and admired actress of Indian film industry. Having started her career way back in 1957, she has worked in more than 100 hindi and bengali films. She has won National Award thrice for her films.
But acting is not her only passion. She has been passionately and actively involved in social work in the country as well as across the border. For her work in the film industry as well as for the society, she has been awarded with one of the most prestigious awards of the country, the Padma Bhushan Awarded, in the year 2013. The same year she was also awarded with the honour of Delhi Women of the Decade Achievers Award at the ASSOCHAM Ladies League.
Ms. Tagore was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF India in 2005. Over the last one decade she has helped in spreading the awareness about HIV/AIDS with key focus on the disease's impact on children. HIV/AIDS affects not only adults but children too.
Ms. Tagore has done field visits, worked on mass media campaigns, spoken to policymakers to make a difference to this cause. She also was a part of a mass media campaign developed by UNICEF in collaboration with NACO for Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) of HIV.
Commenting on the issue of AIDS among children, Ms. Tagore says, "HIV and AIDS changes the very meaning of childhood for many children and not in a good way. It takes away their basic human rights of care, love and affection of their parents. They also have to suffer social isolation, have the agony of being orphaned and abandoned, denied services and education. We need to continuously fight against the stigma and discrimination that this disease carries with it. Victory over not just the disease, but its impact on families, and communities requires teamwork and leadership".
Ms. Tagore has been chosen as the ambassador for this issue, based on her compassion, her involvement in global issues, her deep commitment to helping children, and her popularity across India.
The biggest challenge in battling with AIDS specially in case of parent to child transmission is extremely low awareness of this mode of transmission of this disease. Thus, there is a great need to inform people of this and the prevention steps and facilities that are available. Ms. Tagore is the perfect voice for this due to her popularity as well as commitment to social causes.
With our sustained efforts and Ms. Tagore's continuous support, we have succeeded in creating significant awareness about AIDS pertaining to children and there has been a decrease in the number of children affected.
Though, there is a lot to be done on this and Ms. Tagore's presence and support ensures the attention of key stakeholders and helps in taking the message to the hinterlands of the country, where people often don't have access to the right information which can save so many children from getting affected by this fatal disease.

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Olivia Fisher's Gold Award Girl Scout project is really coming together. Teens with ASD, parents, and peers are pitching in to help build the F.A.C.T. float for the Virginia Beach Holiday parade. Be sure to come out to the ocean front on Saturday, Dec 6 and wave to us as we cruise down Atlantic Avenue decked out and showing our holiday spirit. Click here for pictures of our progress.


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With finals week just around the corner, teachers are beginning to wrap up the semester with activities that sum up themes and concepts from this year. At this May T3 meeting, we specifically discussed different types of study guides and review games. Here is a snippet from our collaborative session: Study Guides & Practice Tests: … Continue reading T3 May: Unit Review Ideas
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In a previous article, we talked about ways to improve your work station ergonomics. Here we take it one level further with specific ergonomic tech recommendations that will pimp your desk. No hydraulics under the desk although that would definitely get Xzibit's attention. Here are 6 cool gadgets to help improve your desk job.
I would definitely recommend reading:"How To Set Up An Ergonomically Friendly Workspace". That post shares some specific ergonomic principles you need to know if you work at a desk or if you spend your free time surfing the net.
Click on the links below to see how much this stuff goes for on Amazon. You will be supporting MyPhysioSays.com as a commission will be provided for your referral. Your price doesn't increase and I will never recommend something I wouldn't recommend in my physiotherapy practice or don't want for myself.
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Sit to Stand Desk
Prolonged sitting or standing can be detrimental and increase the risk of injury in the workplace. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon to have jobs that require sitting or standing for close to 100% of the time. This sit to stand riser gives you the versatility to freely remain productive while switching between sitting and standing at your desk.
Ergonomic Mouse
This ergonomic mouse allows you to keep your hand and wrist in a more natural position. There is also the added benefit of not needing to rest the bottom of your wrist on the desk, potentially compressing your Carpal Tunnel. It's unique and sleek design will surely make it a conversation piece in your office.
Portable Laptop Table Stand
Laptops pose a huge problem when it comes to ergonomics. In an ideal world, you would want the keyboard at the same height as your elbow and the top of the monitor at the height of your eyes. This is impossible with a laptop since the keyboard and the monitor are attached to each other. I recommend using this portable laptop stand to the laptop so that you can line up the top of the monitor with your eyes and then add a wireless keyboard (keep reading for the wireless keyboard recommendation). Click here to see how it can be transformed into a laptop stand for your bed, as well as other cool configurations. Next model will have to come with the Optimus Prime option.
In-Line Document Holder
If your job requires you to go between working on a computer and reading a document or doing both at the same time, then you will likely benefit from a document holder. Shout out to the multitaskers while we're on the topic. This in-line document holder is designed so that it can sit directly in front of you, rather than off to the side like most other kinds. This limits the need to frequently turn your head while you are working. I also like that it's transparent so that it doesn't obstruct your view when you don't have a document in place. Simple yet practical!
Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
The primary zone is the distance away from your body to your fingertips when your shoulders are relaxed. Objects that you use the most often during your work day should be inside the primary zone and other things outside this space. This wireless keyboard allows you to freely move the keyboard wherever you need it but also put the number pad off to the side if it isn't used often in your day.
I had the opportunity to personally try this keyboard and all I could say was: "this feels so right". It's like someone actually considered the shape and natural positioning of human hand with this design. Crazy idea, might just work! This is also a great add on to manage the woes of prolonged laptop use in conjunction with the portable laptop stand, as mentioned above.
Heated Ergonomic Footrest
For some, if your back is well supported and your hip, knees, and elbows are are bent to 90 degrees each, your feet may not be able to touch the ground. Most people would end up sacrificing the proper ergonomics of the rest of the body to find a chair height that keeps their feet supported. With this heated ergonomic footrest, we can now combine the cozy feeling of warm feet with nice firm support.
I have witnessed multiple times in different offices people who have to use space heaters under their desk to keep their feet warm. Way to kill two birds with one stone!


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Pune: Volkswagen (VW) has said it has completed recall for 58% — about 1,98,000 — of its vehicles till mid-August 2017 while receiving all approvals from the Automotive Research Agency of India (ARAI) for its fix solutions.
A senior officer in ARAI confirmed that the company has received all the approvals for the software and hardware fix solutions it provided.
In December 2015, the company had announced a recall of 3,23,700 cars, which began in September 2016. Later the total number of cars to be recalled and fixed was updated to 3,43,000, which were fitted with EA 189 engines and sold between 2008 and 2015.
The company recently submitted a report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding the number of units it has recalled and fixed.
"Volkswagen Group India has submitted to the NGT the status on the number of cars with EA189 engine in India that have undergone the latest technical updates in line with the ones done on customer cars in Europe. The status submitted was as on 15 August 2017," said a company spokesperson.
The company said its fixes will realign tail-pipe emissions, but as reported earlier by TOI, no agency is going to check the efficacy of the fix. ARAI had earlier said it is not part of the mandate given to it by the government.
In the wake of the emission scandal first breaking out in the US in September 2015, the department of heavy industries (DHI) mandated ARAI to conduct on-road test of vehicles. Indian laws do not provide for on-road testing of vehicles for emissions.
ALso Read: VW's $1.8 billion Ducati sale stalls at union roadblock, strategy rift
ARAI submitted its report to the DHI in November end 2015 and it found that the tested cars to be emitting 5-9 times more nitrogen oxide than in standard test conditions.
The company said it is a "voluntary recall" to align cars sold in India with "technical updates" elsewhere around the globe.
The probe has since shifted to the ministry of road transport and highways, which said in a RTI reply that it has got a report and has formed a panel to look into the culpability of the firm to purposefully rig emissions in India.


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Are you looking for a fun volunteer opportunity where you can pass on your passion for science to the next generation of women? ms infinity is currently accepting applications for new volunteers. We have an immediate need for eMentors and Role Models. eMentors volunteer for 8-9 weeks twice a year, for about an hour/week – […]
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November 2012: The era of visual arts in science and technology
There is no doubt that visual arts play a crucial role in technology. Computers, smart phones, tablets, etc. keep on improving the quality of their screens for better graphics to enhance visual experience. In this era, almost everyone who have experience with internet, at least in the North America, is familiar with YouTube. YouTube is […]
October 2012: "Junk DNA" is not junk
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September 2012: The Clean Future
The Dark Knight rises to protect Gotham city in America. Batman, the DC Comics character is no stranger to any of us. This superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan is the second-highest grossing film of 2012. In the film, Wayne Enterprises owned by Bruce Wayne invested in a clean energy project. The company aimed to […]
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Amelia Earhart's fearless, adventuresome spirit leads to hair-raising rides down her homemade roller coaster, and she is enthralled with thewonders of the new "flying machines" during a family vacation to the Iowa State Fair.
As she matures, she is fulfilled by her work as a nurse's aide and begins to consider a career in medicine. This idea "flies out the window," however, when she pays a pilot $1.00 to take her up for a short "hop" in his plane. From then on, the science of aviation becomes her passion as flying becomes her career.
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Chilled alliance. Silver 3. Aq map 4 and 2. Looking for a few members and officers
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You never thought that you would have a heart attack, let alone have one at such a young age. Cardiac problems run in your family, but you make it a point to eat healthy and exercise often to help strengthen your heart. Unfortunately, your efforts apparently weren't enough to combat genetics, because after your daily workout routine, you began to feel a sharp pain in your left arm. You thought it was just a pulled muscle, but by the time you made it into the kitchen where your wife was making breakfast, your vision had become blurry and your chest felt extremely tight. You remember mumbling something to your wife about your breathing and then everything went dark.
You awoke at the hospital, covered in electrodes and attached to several machines. Your wife was sitting next to you with bloodshot eyes and several used tissues in her hand. She shakily explained that you had passed out. Once you got to the hospital the doctor diagnosed that you were going into cardiac arrest and gave you nitroglycerin and blood thinners to stop the attack. Thankfully it worked, but he wants to monitor you overnight to make sure.
As your wife finished telling you what happened, your doctor came into the room with several prescription bottles. He reiterated what your wife had told you, and explained that an electrocardiogram confirmed that you have tell-tale signs of coronary artery disease. They found several indications of plaque within the arteries surrounding your heart, which caused a narrowing of the passageway. This restriction of blood flow caused a clot, which lead to your heart having to work much harder to push blood through—ultimately leading to the attack.
To prevent further incidences, he prescribed you several medications to help thin out your blood, to make it easier to flow through the restricted arteries, as well as additional medication to help relax your heart so it doesn't pump as hard. Although he was confident that these drugs will help your heart, he made sure to tell you that they could potentially cause side effects.
Should you be worried? What types of cardiac drugs work so well that they bypass healthy and become dangerous?
Questioning the Risks of Certain Kinds of Cardiac Drugs
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 720,000 people a year suffer heart attacks—600,000 of which are fatal. Many who survive their initial heart attack are diagnosed as having perpetual heart failure, requiring medications to prevent future attacks and increase life expectancy. The CDC estimates that in the United States, over five-million people currently have heart failure. This alarming fact shows why cardiac medication is extremely important for the continued health of our country and loved ones.
As with most medications, there are many different types, brands, and formulas created to treat the various afflictions you could be suffering from. Variations allow your doctor to pick and choose the right cocktail of drugs for your specific ailment. However, many of these drug types pose extreme risks if the dosage isn't calculated perfectly, is taken improperly, or is used in combination with other drugs.
Medications to pay particular attention to are:
- Anticoagulants (blood thinners). Blood thinners help prevent harmful clots from forming in the blood vessels by diluting the blood to prevent coagulation and the formation of blood clot blockages. It is often prescribed to prevent recurrent strokes and heart attacks.
- Beta blockers. Beta blockers decrease your heart rate and cardiac output, helping to lower blood pressure. This allows your heart to beat slower and with less force, keeping it from becoming too strained. It's often used to prevent heart attacks from reoccurring.
- Cholesterol stabilizers. Various medications can lower blood cholesterol levels. They may be prescribed individually or in combination with other drugs. Some affect the liver, some work in the intestines, and some interrupt the formation of cholesterol from circulating in the blood. They're used to lower LDL (bad) cholesterol, raise HDL (good) cholesterol, and lower triglyceride levels to prevent your heart from overworking.
- Diuretics. Diuretics cause the body to rid itself of excess fluid and sodium through urination. They help to relieve the heart's workload and decrease the buildup of fluid in the lungs and other parts of the body. They're used to help lower blood pressure and reduce swelling, allowing the heart to function more efficiently and easily when moving blood throughout your body.
Decreasing Your Risk by Increasing Your Knowledge
When prescribed heart medication it's crucial that you're aware of your risks. Make sure you discuss any and all concerns that you may have with your doctor, as well as talk about the potential side effects and risks that these drugs may have on your health. It is important to get the right medication to prevent a heart attack, but not at the cost of having future problems.
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If you are the purchaser of a newly built home in Florida, the law gives you a number of remedies to deal with any defects you find that were caused by the builder or sloppy workmanship. When you buy a property directly from a builder or contractor, you have the right to expect that your new home is fit to live in, everything works as it should, and that your home is of the same quality as similar properties, even without your having signed a contract with the seller to that effect.
Fortunately, we no longer live in the "buyer-beware" era, in which both buyers and sellers were considered to have equal access to facts about a property. Under this previous legal policy, if you bought a property that was full of defects or built on the cheap, that was generally considered your tough luck – and you had little opportunity to demand repairs or payment for damages you suffered.
Florida courts began to understand the injustice resulting from the continued application of the "buyer-beware" policy when it came to new homes. Builders are, after all, in the business of constructing and selling new homes, and so are in a vastly superior position to know about any defects in their products. Courts also recognized that builders are usually far more sophisticated and experienced in real estate transactions than the average purchaser or family.
So Florida, like many other states, decided that buyers of newly constructed homes are entitled to a promise from the builder that the home is habitable and fit for its intended purpose (an implied warranty of fitness, in legal language). (See Gable v. Silver, 258 So.2d 11 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972).)
The house needs to be constructed and everything needs to work in the way that you would reasonably expect. For example, the roof needs to be leak-free, the air conditioning and heating need to work, water needs to come out when you turn on the faucet, and so on.
Home construction is a huge business in Florida. Take a look, for example, at the numerous builder-investors who construct luxury condominium high-rises overlooking the beach. Given the posh environment, you might think that every new home had been crafted to meet the highest standards, but all too often this is not the case. Time is money, and many builders skimp on materials and choose lower quality in order to boost their profit margin.
Florida courts have also declared that implied warranties apply not only to the specific components that make up the home itself, but also, in a condo complex, to any surrounding features and improvements, if they provide "essential services" for the habitability of the homes. (See Maronda Homes, Inc. of Florida v. Lakeview Reserve Homeowners Association, Inc., No. SC10-2292 (Fla. 2013).)
Florida's required builder warranties apply whether they are included in your purchase contract or not. They are afforded to you by Florida case law – in other words, law created by judges and their written court decisions.
However, for clarity on the specific rights provided by the builder's warranties – such as how long they apply to the construction and what the builder will be required to fix, if anything – you're best off if you asked the builder or your attorney to provide express, written warranties as part of your purchase contract.
A standard warranty you should look for in your contract documents is a promise that the contractors' work will be defect-free and comply with all contract requirements. Ideally, the builder is not permitted to use materials of a lesser quality than you want, which might later compromise the overall quality of the home. Your warranties should also establish that you have a legal relationship with all contractors providing services on your property, because you need that in order to enforce warranties against them. The law refers to this relationship as "privity;" in other words, being a person who is entitled to the rights and protections of a contract.
Hopefully, you or your attorney made sure that your warranties were drafted carefully to ensure that you will be able to enforce them, as complex disputes can arise even with express warranties. You may think that you have coverage, but courts have created a number of exceptions that excuse builders from providing services under a warranty.
For example, one court excused a subcontractor from fulfilling an express warranty that only materials "of good quality" would be used, because other language in the contract documents required the contractor to use only one kind of brick, which turned out to be defective (See Wood Hopkins Contracting Co. v. Masonry Contractors, Inc., 235 So.2d 548 (Fla. 1st DCA 1970).)
In the absence of a written warranty, your rights will need to be determined on a case-by-case basis – and likely by a mediator or court. For example, if there are no passable roads to let you get to and from your residence, and if there is always standing water that attracts mosquitoes and creates a drowning hazard, then these hazards negatively impact the habitability of your home in the eyes of the law, and a court is likely to rule in your favor in a lawsuit against the builder.
If you do notice any defects in your new home, there are certain procedures you must follow, and a time limit within which to follow them to either resolve the dispute or preserve your ability to ultimately take the matter to court. For starters, Florida law says that the builders or contractors involved in the construction of your home are entitled to notice of the defects and an opportunity to fix them before you can sue them (See Florida Statutes, Chapter 558).
The notice requirements are too extensive to list in their entirety here, but they state, among other things, that property owners must provide the responsible contractors with written notice of the defects at least 60 days prior to filing a lawsuit about them. If the complaint involves an association representing more than 20 units, 120 days' notice must be given. Additionally, homeowners must try to give such notice within 15 days after discovering the defects, if possible.
After receiving such notice from a homeowner, the contractor has the right to perform inspections to determine whether the defects exist and whether the homeowners' complaints are correct. The contractor must, within a specific timeframe, respond in writing to the homeowner. The contractor's response may include reports and results of any inspections performed, state whether the contractor is willing to make repairs, and indicate whether the contractor disputes the homeowners' complaints. The laws go on to give further details about the inspection and response process, and what happens after the contractors provide the homeowners with their response.
If you follow these procedures and are still not able to get your issues resolved, you may consider filing a lawsuit. If you have not already consulted with an attorney, now is a good time to do so. Together, you should consider whether there are any alternatives to filing a lawsuit, how serious the defects are, what you might potentially gain from suing in light of the risks and costs involved, and so on.
Florida law also provides deadlines by which you are required to bring certain kinds of lawsuits, or forever lose the rights to sue (known as statutes of limitation, in legalese). In the case of new home defects, you are generally required to file your complaint within four years from the time that you discovered, or should have discovered the defect. (See Florida Statute § 95.11(3)(2).) Hopefully you had thorough inspections completed before purchasing the home, because if you did not order these services, a court might decide that you should have known about a defect a lot earlier than when you actually found out about it.
Construction defect law is a busy practice area in Florida, given the abundance of new homes, apartment buildings, and condominiums constantly being built. The laws governing complaints in this area are a bit more complex than if you just slipped and fell in a store. There are quite a few procedures and deadlines that you need to meet, and if you don't, you could risk losing your rights against the builder. It is best to consult with an experienced construction defects or condominium attorney early in the process.


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- • taxpayers' index
(1) The assessor of each county shall maintain a set of maps upon which are outlined the boundaries of each land parcel subject to separate assessment within the county, with the parcel's tax lot or account number shown on the parcel. In addition, the assessor may show on the maps the code area boundaries and the assigned code area numbers.
(2) The assessor shall also make a diagram or drawing of all property within the county of the assessor submitted to the provisions of ORS 100.005 (Definitions) to 100.910 (Use of fees), and shall note thereon the assigned account or tax lot number.
(3) The assessor shall maintain an index of the names of every taxpayer against whom any tax is charged in the county, in alphabetical order with reference to the first three letters of the surname of taxpayers who have surnames, and of the first names of any others. The index shall be indexed to the assessment rolls and the place therein where the assessment of such taxpayer is found.
(4) The maps and the index provided for in this section shall be public records. [Amended by 1963 c.541 §44; 1965 c.344 §7]
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This one is an old favorite. I've used this tune lots of times in my guitar teaching, enabling the students to get a grasp of Drop D tuning and getting started with playing octaves. The tune is also a great display of fine rhythm playing. In this case I used the baritone guitar to get that low grind needed when playing "bass less" 😉
Lindha Kallerdahl – Voice
Thomas Gunillasson – Guitar
Johan Björklund – Drums


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Scrap the Kinsey Scale!
We need better ways of researching bisexuality
As a young and impressionable undergrad, the first academic book on bisexuality I came across in my university library (I have carefully blanked both the author and the title from my mind) argued that being abused as a child led to women becoming bisexual as adults. Even as recently as 2011, researchers at Northwestern University in the US felt the need to "validate" the existence of bisexual men – a move which prompted much snark from said bisexual men.
The outputs of research on bisexuality are often questionable largely because the assumptions and methods behind them tend to be flawed. As an academic in a related field, I occasionally get a glimpse at how the sausage is made: Researchers often circulate their questionnaires on various scholarly LGBT mailing lists in the hope of attracting more respondents, and I have got into the habit of vetting them before inflicting them on my unsuspecting queer friends and acquaintances. Surveys ostensibly aimed at the LGBT community almost invariably will contain a question along the lines of "When did you realise you were gay?" (I tend to return essay-length responses on why I am not "gay" and bin the link.)
The persistent use of the Kinsey Scale is another issue. Originally asking about the genders of people you have had sex with, more recently it gets deployed in more sophisticated ways which distinguish between sexual attraction, romantic attraction, and sexual activity. Nonetheless it is woefully inadequate in accounting for attraction to genders other than male and female – a key part of many bisexual people's experience. Informal conversations with researchers using the Kinsey scale reveal that some of them are fully aware of the flaws but are stuck with it because it is the most established of the handful of statistically validated ways of measuring sexuality.
This of course begs the question why we feel the need to measure sexuality in the first place. Surely there are more interesting questions we should be asking here – questions about bisexual people's lived experience. Luckily, at least some research of both the academic and the activist kind has started moving in that direction. The turning point was arguably the Bisexuality Report. Published in 2012, it was a collaboration between several UK bisexual academic and activist organisations and the Open University. It reviewed both UK and international academic research on bisexuality with the aim to influence government policy. The report highlighted the exclusion and erasure of bisexual people's experiences from much academic work on sexualities, and covered issues such as biphobia (as distinct from homophobia) in a range of settings; bisexuality and health; and how being bisexual intersected with other factors such as race, culture, age, and ability.
For me personally, the Bisexuality Report was a revelation. Its publication coincided with a time in my life when I was becoming more confident about bi activism as distinct from LGBT activism, and it gave me the language I needed to name a lot of my own clashes with biphobia over the years. Politically, the report has also been influential, with BiUK – the network of academics behind the publication – being invited to comment on government policy in the areas of health and equalities.
Shortly after the Bisexuality Report, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Eisner was released. This is an activist book with academic underpinnings, exploring the political meaning and implications of bisexuality for the power structures of the world we live in. In January this year, Bisexuality: Identities, Politics, and Theories by Professor Surya Monro of Huddersfield University was launched in Manchester. It is an ambitious work, applying social and political theories to the experiences of bisexual people in the UK, Colombia, India and the US. Finally, later this year will see the publication of Purple Prose – a guide by and for the UK bisexual community, of which, in the interests of full disclosure, I am contributing editor. While this is a predominantly activist book, it also incorporates work from academics and builds on academic research.
What all of these works have in common is the fact that they centre the lives and experiences of bisexual people. Rather than trying to prove the existence of bisexuality, or measure it, they recognise the ways in which bisexual people's experiences are different and distinct from those of lesbians and gay men. Rather than including us as a throwaway letter in a growing acronym, these works foreground bisexuality. They try to make sense of our complex, messy, human, non-Kinsey-Scale-conforming lives. It is encouraging to see this new trend in bi research and activism, and given that bisexual people form the largest sub-group within the LGBT community, I very much hope we see more of it.
Milena Popova tweets as @elmyra and blogs at milenapopova.eu
What's this "Kinsey" stuff all about? Pioneering sex researcher Alfred Kinsey categorised sexual orientation on a 0-6 scale as shown.
You'll notice no position is marked as bisexual (some would say only 3 is bi, others anything from 0.1 to 5.9). But it relies on everyone being fixedly male or female and your sexual interest just being about that, not for example reflecting fetishes or BDSM.


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Great Things Take Time (And Happen)
Juju @ Nathalie (Paris) So long. We've been waiting and this might be the corollary of all our updates today. Slow and steady win the race, again. From upper level London shows to top Paris exposure, Juju Ivanyuk has been on our radar since day one and it's with a huge pleasure that we drop a few more lines tonight. Watching, waiting and seeing it happening, at last. Isn't this fabulous in the end? Patience is gold, more than ever this season when long time favorites like Nathalie's Juju (also signed with d'Management in... [Lire la suite]
That Mood
Alicia Kuczman @ One (NY) We might be in this exact mood today. Were just saying how Chloe Dole "dares to express" when she works with a photographer and Alicia Kuczman is exactly that kind of expressive models that got attention for bringing her own mood along her looks (remember that short story we did on Alicia loves to move). After great debuts in New York walking for Marc Jacobs and ending her season solely walking for Miu Miu in Paris, Alicia immediately branded herself as a precious girl you won't see at random... [Lire la suite]
Cabs for Cuties (Unexpected Part Two)
Sharon Kavjian @ IMG Haven't thought we were going to do a second story on the Cabs for Cuties theme but latest news from Paris confirmed us we were on the right road with our analysis of last week. What exclusive really means have less to do with exclusivity stated by contract than by a real status built with the right bookings. You can predict (or watch, as we do) the end of the new faces as a concept, fashion weeks and fashion in general will still be in need of new faces strickly speaking. Not as much as the vampire fashion... [Lire la suite]
Lindsey Wixson @ Marilyn (NY) We could do it but we're not going to wax on Wixson this morning. Let's put it simple and direct to the point and leave the lyrical mood for another day. We could go on for hours it seems, we could go endlessly. From first polas we got from Marilyn NY last Summer to meeting her for five seconds after Miu Miu to the news pouring these days... our interest in Lindsey's career never stopped to grow, our love for her look never found any of the usual limits, our respect for her work is too high to compare.... [Lire la suite]
Fighting for Class
Ilda Lindqvist @ Modellink (Sweden), Women (Milan) Surrealistic morning. These last two days have been more bizarre than crossing Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in a row. Snowstorms, frozen wind and so on. Couldn't recognize the place we live, couldn't anymore. Minus fifteen (Celsius, thankfully) makes you think it's Summer when it gets back to zero. Picking up our swimsuits and having a glimpse outside, in the snow. Crazy daisy. Though, today's first topic has nothing to do with snow, besides Ilda coming from Sweden of... [Lire la suite]
Relax baby, Vogue will turn out fine
Anna De Rijk @ Viva (Paris), Viva (London), Women (Milan), DNA (NY) She's one of the best surprise (not a complete surprise as we already knew since F/W 09-10 she's got some very good eyes standing behind her) of the Resort collections, opening Prada then walking Miu Miu. The most delicate chin of the whole fashion world is getting more popular everyday and Anna is gathering a very impressive list of jobs these days. It doesn't stop with resort runways and even if it did, it would already be quite huge. But... [Lire la suite]
Ginta is more, more than...
Ginta Lapina @ Women It's such a strange place on such a strange day. Being on Thursday instead of Sunday doesn't make it less strange. Miu Miu is always like that, the strange atmosphere of the very last moments on the very last day of the fashion week(s). Something in the air. Wind or the smell of various cigarettes melting in the streets. It feels like the end of the world or the start of a new era. Maybe both and even stronger than usual this time. Something was going on. Something in the air, again. So, Miu Miu.... [Lire la suite]
Some McCann moments
Laragh McCann @ Women (NY) A bit more than one month ago, just a few days before NY fashion week we thought about an article on Laragh McCann. It turned into a longer post than expected and was finally called Twiglight raspberries and misty mélopées for various random reason. Build with polas and a part of her showcard where she was pictured with that lovely newsboy-cap, the detail that intrigued us and led to such a huge article was her incredible ability to embody various characters for the need of very different runway... [Lire la suite]
TMSRRE part 1: Alana
Alana Kuznetsova @ IMG (NY) We told you we might start with NY reviews soon. We should have said we will. Here we go. With Alana, the first one who really capture our attention during the current fashion week. She didn't walk Marc Jacobs yesterday, she's not the new face of the season. Things actually started for her one year ago or so. When she booked an exclusive walk for Prada s/s 08. Was a huge "Prada crop" that season, with tons of exclusive new girls. Some expected and some less. Some that survived the hype, some... [Lire la suite]


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The South Peninsula Tradesmen Directory is an Online directory for tradesmen like Plumbers, Painters, Electricians, Garden Services and Landscapers in the South Peninsula which includes the areas of Constantia, Tokai, Muizenberg, Kalk Bay, Glen Cairn,Simonstown, Fish Hoek, Sunvalley, Noordhoek and Kommetjie. We also include Tradesmen from Bergvliet and Plumstead servicing the deep south.
We have taken a look at certain industries where business owners perform very similar functions and it becomes a very difficult and tedious task for tradesmen to develop and maintain their own website.We now are able to offer an alternative or supplementary advertising opportunity to having your own website. (Read more about your own website vs a directory listing on our blog.)
The webmasters of this website is Buddy Web Design.
What guarantees do we get that we will actually benefit from registering with the South Peninsula Tradesmen Directory?
The short answer is increase your business and clientele base by:
The website is run and maintained by local web designers, Buddy Web Design, who are experts in the field of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). (Download the free SEO Book or if you do not have enough time the Short Marketing Guide to marketing your website).
We would like all our clients to renew their membership annually. In most cases you will only require 1-3 new clients to get a return on your annual subscriptions fees. Naturally we will aim that our clients get far more enquiries from their listing.
You will already find the South Peninsula Tradesmen Directory on page 1 of Google for certain search terms. We monitor these results on a weekly basis and improve where we can in order to achieve higher rankings on search engines. The fact that we already provide a minimal free listing means we offer a comprehensive directory for the South Peninsula has direct benefits for search results. When people search for the internet they want answers. We provide those answers. Search Engines like that.
Our Gold and Platinum listings include assistance with registering with Google My Business if your business is not yet registered on this platform. Listing with Google My Business in itself could give you a return above your annual subscription fee.
The partners of Buddy Web Design are also very active on Facebook. People often enquire about Tradesmen on local Facebook groups. While you are out in the field doing the hard work we provide those people with your names and contact details and in doing so promote the directory in general. See an example of such Facebook marketing here...
The directory will also be marketed at selected Hardware-, Electrical- and Plumbing supply stores in order to create a greater awareness of the directory as well as on local community notice boards. Eventually we will employ all the strategies and methods we advise our web design clients to market their websites to market this directory website. (Pratice what we preach.)
If you already have your own website, then by buying a link from a quality website like this website you are benefiting your own websites search results.
One of Google's most recent updates to the way they determine search results was that local search results would carry more weight. When looking for a plumber you want a plumber in the South Peninsula to assist you and not someone from America which is why we see local directories performing better as well as Google my business (Map results).
Even though we believe that a directory listing should not replace a business website, we believe that registering with the South Peninsula Tradesmen Directory is a step in the right direction.
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Hercules was once the largest dog in the world. Now his name has become associated with a digital hoax, an Internet urban legend. A number of digitally editted photos have been ciculating on the net with pictures of "Hercules, the World's Biggest Dog". In the photos, the dog is GIANT. But there is enough info out there about the real deal Hercules to fuel the legend and keep the links and emails circulating.
And the According to the guinness Book of World records it is also a big dog.
Hercules was recently awarded the honorable distinction of Worlds Biggest Dog by Guinness World Records. Hercules is an English Mastiff and who has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds.
With "paws the size of softballs" (reports the Boston Herald), the three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed's standard 200lb. limit. Hercules owner Mr. Flynn says that Hercules weight is natural and not induced by a bizarre diet: "I fed him normal food and he just
"grew"... and grew. and grew. and grew.
Kell: Slightly Smaller, But the World's Heaviest Dog Hercules' sheer volume may have won him the Largest Dog world record, but the Heaviest Dog title still rests with Kell who weighed in at 286 pounds in August of 1999.
This English Mastiff, however, only has a 32-inch neck - far less than Hercules' 38-incher. Think about that for a second though - 32 inches is a standard waist size for a man!
Proud owner Tom Scott said Kell is two years old and is expected to continue to grow for the next two years. Kell needs to be fed 100lb of beef every week, and drinks gallons of goats' milk to sta


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5. Back to School Party at Pawn Shop
8 p.m., Friday, August 22, at Pawn Shop, 219 Clematis St., West Palm Beach. No cover. Visit Facebook.
Just because you graduated doesn't mean you're too old to go back to school. West Palm's Pawn Shop celebrates the beginning of the school year with a nerds versus school girls party, so you better think twice before acting a bully.
Ladies drink free all night long, DJ Reflex and R1 will have the jamz category covered, and pigtails, glasses, and suspenders will be your simple attire for the evening.
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Thanks for inviting me to be a blogger. Firstly a bit about me so you know who is talking to you. I work at a web and print design company in the middle of the Worcestershire countryside called Spark and Zoom Productions (the home of viral geniuses the Brothers McLeod who recently branched off into their own animation company). I get to do a bit of everything – design, back-end website building, technical help, marketing campaigns, PR and advertising. I'm motivated by new projects and innovative ideas, and will be writing about current and wider interests in this blog.
Today I thought I'd mention something that I've been working on recently – email marketing campaigns.
We have had some great success with email marketing campaigns recently, and have got a good few contracts as a direct result of them (not for web design just yet though, these are for our health and safety courses and ripplecups). A great tool for this kind of marketing is Campaign Monitor which, for a very small fee ($5 plus 1c per email address), tracks the html or text emails to each recipient and shows who has opened the email, who has clicked on hyperlinks and which hyperlinks have been of most interest.
So far we have only targeted people who have expressed an interest in receiving correspondence, or companies who our products would benefit (such as health and safety training providers).
But the question is… at what point does email marketing become spam? UK law appears to permit email marketing if the email address has been gathered from a sale, if the marketing is in respect of that person's similar products, and if the recipient is given the chance to opt out of further communication. But even if you adhere to these rules, can direct email marketing do your company harm by showing you to be a nuisance? Or is the unsubscribe link enough to put peoples' minds at rest that you won't bother them again?
Has anyone found that direct email marketing has done you or your company harm, or is it generally a successful endeavour?
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Travel notes and curios from around the world. Tall tales and high seas as seen by Chris the Pirate (Maui Pirate)
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Serbia will Rakia
I caught a ride down from Budapest to Serbia with a friend's Uncle from Chicago. I went to Budapest on a whim and to Serbia as well.
He offered to drive and I jumped in and off to a country I never thought I would visit.
Very glad I did. The food was tasty and the people friendly. I love how alive the city is. People are in the streets, laughing, yelling, swearing and drinking coffee along a main pedestrian street. Every day is like a Saturday and every night is like a Friday night in Belgrade, the capital. A beautiful, even if a little unkempt, city that is bordered by the confluence of two rivers. The Danube and the Sava are both large rivers and add an interesting aesthetic to the city.
I loved going to riverboat bars and walking around the old city and fort. For a country that we launched missiles at not too long ago I got past the border without a hitch.
While there I sampled the local plum brandy or Rakia. Very tasty and boy ohh boy is it strong. You'll see old men sitting with their coffee, newspaper and cigarette in the morning and downing shots of Rakia. It is more than just an alcohol it is a tradition. I can tell it comes in handy when in such a cold country because it instantly warms you up.
The food I mentioned earlier is very tasty albeit greasy. Pljeskavica, Burek, Ćevapčići, Kajmak... I will say that while eating the Ćevapčići I could tell my heart was struggling, it was soo rich.
Good times and good people. I was talking to my good friend Ben and he said it best.
People don't want war and conflict, they want BBQs and babies...
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1st place at Edubirdie essay writing contest.
Author: Madeeha Kafeel
Life is about exploring one's environment, it is all about treading the least travelled paths and it is about enjoying and living in a particular moment. In life, the most efficient form of learning happens from travelling. I am very much fond of travelling and there are many places in this world which I like to visit but there is this single place on this planet earth towards which I have developed some mixed feelings of horror and disgust. It seems weird but I don't want any money and I don't care about any reward for whatever happens, I would hate to visit the very place on earth where I'm going to get married in near future.
For an optimistic person, marriage is like a walk in a park but for a realistic man this park is more like a Jurassic park. Today, when I am young and passionate, I am not getting emotional. For me life is precious and no matter what I would never like to take a stroll in this monstrous park. That reminds me of a norm in my country when a girl at her wedding day wears heavy jewelry and cladded in heavy dress, she is bound to keep her head low and without lifting her eyes she has to bear the inquiring looks of her in-laws who love to find faults in her appearance. Now, the way these women look at young bride is much like the way in which the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park examine their food before eating it.
I am afraid of taking a walk down an aisle towards the end of which there is only darkness and despair. There is a saying that if you are right and you get shut-up than you are married and I being the dreamer in life would never like to see myself getting confined in such a narrow environment. There exist women who despite of being educated prefer to remain silent at their homes and it is their husband's voice which always carries weight and these women who are not allowed to share their opinions are considered nothing but narrow-minded housewives. My friend is one such house-wife. She is highly educated and despite being university topper, she is bound to live a life with a man who shows no respect for her. Now, she is living in a modern world but can't leave her husband, for her parents are against her decision.
Observing my friend's situation, I can understand very well that why marriage is called a gamble and still there are girls who dream to become brides in their lives but what is the purpose of getting into a relationship when the outcome of tension and financial problems is very much evident? I have observed my parents. My father works in an office and my mother is one who takes the responsibility of paying bills. My mother's job is stressful; for she is the one who keeps track of all financial transactions at home but it is my father who receives the praise and this always give rise to rift and tension in my home.
There can be many reasons for which the girls wanted to get married. Maybe they wanted to get loved or wanted to feel protected but the strength of this relationship depends on sacrifice from both sides and most of the time it is the woman who is expected to make sacrifice. So, at times wives only become a machine who gives birth to a child every year. I have observed my sister whose five kids always keep her so busy that she finds little or no time to comb her hair. Her husband is more like a care-free guy who simply don't care about anything at home and all he wants is but rest and sleep. My sister has lost all her interest in life and these days when she is thirty, she appears as if she is forty.
Before getting married my sister loved reading and every time when I opens a book in my library, I can't help noticing a corner where my sister would kept her favorite books . I and my sister both loved to read Jane Austen. This English writer who is famous for her comment upon the life of British landed gentry never got married but it hardly makes any difference for we know her from her writings and today her powerful novels are considered among classic in literature. There was also the Queen Elizabeth the first. Life was tough for her but she reigned for forty- four years, she too never got married and last but not the least here is an example of Florence Nightingale. We know her as a nurse but she was also a writer and a statistician. Florence knew the purpose of her life. She was aware that marital life would become an obstacle for her in her way of helping mankind. Thus, in order to help others Florence decided not to get married and she never regretted her decision.
I am not pessimist but I am very much realistic, I have my dreams and I have my desires and these days when my parents are busy in selecting the location for me to get married, I am taking it as a death-sentence. I am not ready to play this gamble because for any money and for any reward in a world, I would never like to be in a place where signing a consent means the end of my freedom.
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MORNING MELODIES Broadway Baby with Brittanie Shipway
June 14, 2017, 10:00 amBlue Mountains Theatre
Broadway Baby takes you back to the glamour of New York in its hey-day, when jazz was alive and musicals lit up the stage.
Brittanie Shipway (The Voice Australia) accompanied by her brilliant band, will tell you backstage stories of your favourite stars and perform classics such as Moon River, Singing In The Rain, Cry Me A River, Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend, I love Paris, My Funny Valentine and many more of your all time Broadway favourites.
Brittanie Shipway is a Blue Mountains-based performer, known for turning all four chairs in Season 3 of The Voice Australia with a breathtaking rendition of On My Own (Les Miserables).
She studied at NIDA and at New York's prestigious Lee Strasberg Institute of Film & Theatre. Her musical theatre credits include workshopping Muriel's Wedding (Sydney Theatre Company), Big Fish (The Hayes Theatre-Sydney), All That Glitters (NIDA), the title role of Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables, Grease and many more. She has written, directed and produced many of her own cabarets, including the sell-out Broadway Baby, and has more recently directed a cast of 90 in the production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat for the Blue Mountains Musical Society. This will be the second time Brittanie has featured in a Morning Melodies program at the Blue Mountains Theatre, having last year performed with Adam Lucas in Sway – A Buble' Christmas show. She is also an Ambassador for Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy along with Jimmy Barnes and Megan Washington – an organisation that is close to her heart.
11am Wednesday 14 June 2017
Broadway Baby with Brittanie Shipway
Time: 10.00am – Devonshire morning tea, 11.00 am – Concert
Tickets: $20 (includes Devonshire Tea and Concert)
Tickets can be purchased through the Box Office in person, on 4723 5050 or online here.


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The University of Michigan men's swimming team played host to the First Chance Meet to end its 2013-14 regular season and to prepare to play host for the Big Ten Championship.
It may have said First Chance Meet, but it was one more opportunity for a select group of eight Eastern Michigan University swimmers to get some time in the pool before the Mid-American Conference Championship Meet.
Other schools that sent swimmers were Purdue University and Michigan State University. No points were scored for this meet.
The first day saw Michigan record top times in all eight events.
Wolverine swimmer Jason Chen placed first in two events in the 100-butterfly and 50-freestyle. Aaron Ghiglieri finished second to Chen in both of those events by a margin of .12 seconds in the 100-fly and .31 seconds in the 50-free.
Will Raynor got a pair of top finishes for the Wolverines in the 200-Individual Medley and 100-backstroke.
Tom Coates was the only Eagles swimmer in the 50-freestyle and won the first of two heats in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.20. The time was good for seventh after two heats in the 50-free with Chen punching the wall at 20.05.
Christopher Hodges placed fifth in the 200-IM with Ethan McNally finishing behind.
McNally got the highest finish for the Eagles with a fourth place in the 400-IM with Aaron Lawson taking fifth out of five swimmers in the event.
Hodges also finished fifth in the 100-breaststroke as EMU's Conner Finnigan, Grant Schwarz and Dan Proctor took an 8-9-10 finish in the same event. Axel Schmitter-Sanchez participated in the 100-butterfly and took sixth place in a field of six swimmers.
"I think people are swimming on or under their times," Coates said after the first day of competition. "Generally, I think the mood is pretty good and we're pretty happy."
Purdue had two swimmers place second with Matt Quinlan in the 100-breaststroke and Ted Curtiss in the 100-backstroke.
Michigan State had only one swimmer compete with Bryan Williams placing third in the 100-butterfly with a time of 47.90, which was .16 slower than Chen's time.
The Eagles used this meet as an opportunity to see how they matched up against some Big Ten swimming programs.
"It can be hard to race against some if you don't get out in front," Coates said. "It's good to be swimming next to some of the world's best swimmers in one of the world's best pools."
Michigan was dominant again on the second day of competition. Paul Corbae grabbed a pair of first place finishes in the 100- and 200-breastroke events.
Coates got the highest finish among the Eagle swimmers with a third place in the 200-butterfly during the timed trials and finished fourth in the same event during the morning session. Coates was also the only Eagle swimmer to compete in the timed trials.
Hodges took home sixth in the 200-breast with McNally and Schwarz finishing eighth and ninth, respectively in the same event. Lawson and Schmitter-Sanchez rounded out the order in fifth and sixth respectively in the 200-fly event. Crompton took sixth in the 100-freestyle.
The Eagles will take part in the MAC Championship meet at the University at Buffalo March 6-8.


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An event aimed at bringing road safety professionals together to help create safer new drivers has found in favour of pre-17 driving tuition at its key note debate.
Taking place at the Young Driver Focus 2018, held on 25th April at the Royal Automobile Club in London, the 'Big Debate' saw motoring journalist, author, TV presenter and campaigner Quentin Willson and Professor Frank McKenna, an expert in psychology who has worked with road safety organisations and the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS), going head to head.
Each delivered presentations on their side of the argument for and against pre-17 driver training, before being questioned by the audience which was made up of road safety professionals from a variety of sectors including police, councils, fire and rescue services, charities, academic institutions local education authorities and a vote at the end showed 65 per cent of the road safety professionals in the room were in favour of pre-17 driving tuition.
Image: TV's Quentin Willson speaking on behalf of Young Driver
Now in its fifth year, Young Driver Focus 2018 was organised by Road Safety GB working in partnership with FirstCar, to look at the important topic of road safety for newly qualified drivers. It is aimed at both public sector road safety professionals and private sector organisations.
Young drivers are at much higher risk of having an accident when they pass their test – one in five will crash within six months and almost 450 people are killed every year on our roads in accidents involving young drivers.
Image: One of Young Driver's Firefly cars on display at the Royal Automobile Club in London


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Rolling Chassis
The "Bad in Blue" project car — a classic 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air — is moving along nicely. Mitch Kelly of Kelly & Son Crazy Painters, located in Bellflower, California, is working with CPP and other vendors to have this project car ready for SEMA 2012, which will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in November. The project, which began last December, has reached the rolling chassis stage. All necessary parts have been assembled on the vehicles to test fit and operation. The next phase: an awesome paint job.
In the video, Mitch highlights some of the CPP products being used.


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Summer has finally come to a close and it's time to start transitioning from summer to fall and winter sewing. Most of this last summer has been spent sewing items for Stephanie so a lot of the patterns I had originally planned on sewing had to be put on the back burner. Here are a couple of items that I just finished up for her.
Another Tank Top
Another Jumper and this time I made the arm and neck opening a lot smaller and also used bindings on them to keep the fit better. The serged seams on the other two looked good but they did have a tendency to stretch out a bit. Live and learn! She loves all three of them so it's a win win. I have one more yard of this particular fabric left so I'll use it to make her another tank top.
Sooooo.....Yesterday I went to Jo-Ann Fabrics and did some fabric shopping for myself. Gearing up for some "Joe" sewing. It was my day off and I went by myself so I was able to take my time. Spent 3 hours just browsing. It felt great and I was able to find some really nice fabric.
I bought 3 1/4 yards of this cotton shirting fabric. I love the blue and the light green stripes. It has a little bit of seersuker ripple to it.
I also bought 3 1/4 yards of the same fabric in a peach and tan stripe. These two will make a couple of really nice shirts.
Next I did something I have never done before. I purchases a whole uncut bolt. I ran into the perfect 100% cotton bottom weight khaki fabric. Since I had a couple pairs of khaki pants I needed to make this was perfect and if I had some left over for shorts for next spring that's all the better. I also had a 50% off coupon which made the deal even sweeter.
Both shirting fabrics are going to blend really nice with the khaki. I can't wait to start on them!
So let the fall sewing begin...
Until next time....Happy Sewing! Seam Ripper Joe


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There is more fallout from recent Metro-North train troubles and Republican state senator Toni Boucher is now calling for a "rail passengers' bill of rights."
Under Boucher's proposal, passengers would have the right to expect essential services like restrooms, water and medical treatment in the event of an emergency.
It would also aim to improve communication between conductors and passengers in the event of any delays.
Boucher's proposal comes in the wake of a July incident that left passengers stranded in extreme temperatures.


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Sounds like a lot of things happening in your house, Sandra!!!! lol But the end result will be SO wonderful!ReplyDelete
During Hurricane Sandy I "lived" in the Victorian day and NO ...I didn't like it and wouldn't have survived much more....but we did... and by the end of the week you will be enjoying the luxurious bubble bath you deserve... This painting is so beautiful..I love the blue water and the amazing reflections from the sea gulls.Replies
Oh poor you Hilda! That must have been quite something! Fingers crossed I will be in the bath tonight - finally! I can hardly wait!!! :0)Delete
Those Victorians wouldn't have worried about washing their hair, modern notions about cleanliness are really a bit over the top and very wasteful of water, but I do understand, and hope all is working again by this weekend, loved the seagulls by the way 😀ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much Kathleen!Delete
I am a bit of a clean freak myself - I can not wait to be neck deep in bubbles later today - Hmmmmmmmmmmm :0)
Beautiful seagulls...AriannaReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Arianna :0)Delete
I can't stop giggling at the thought of you on the loo. We have three bathrooms and I'm happy to share but you might find it hard to cross your legs for the 20hour plane trip :) I'll keep my fingers crossed that your bath will be ready in time and you can relax in the bubbles. I love your seagulls painting, they are gorgeous. Take care and don't fall down the plug hole!!ReplyDelete
Hurrah Von! We finally have a floor! So, I can safely go in the bathroom without nearly killing myself! Just waiting for the new loo to be plumbed in as we speak, then that bath... hopefully will be all done by tonight - then it's the fun things like choosing wallpaper etc... Can't wait! Glad you like the Seagulls! Thank you :0)Delete
I know I shouldn't find it funny but you paint such vivid images lol... Sure it will be marvellous when it is done but it is all a bit pants at this stage... Rubble in th butter... That's just not onReplyDeleteReplies
Hmm... Yes, maybe painting such a vivid image of me with my pants around my ankles on the internet wasn't so clever, hehe! ;0)Delete
Love the blue. Great work.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much AK :0)Delete
Oh Sandra - I can picture it all so clearly - sounds horrendous and I do remember going through a similar thing back when we replaced our bathroom in our last house. It'll all be worth it when you have a shiny new bathroom though - I can't wait til we can rip out our downstairs one and replace the dated horrible sink unit thingy!ReplyDelete
Anyway, rubble in your butter aside, I love your villains - you always manage to make these paintings look both very simple and very detailed all at the same time!Replies
Thank you Nic! Hopefully in a couple of hours the bathroom will be plumbed in and ready to use... I HOPE!!! Glad you like the Seagulls. I enjoyed painting them! :0)Delete
Thank you so much for leaving a comment! Where possible I will respond via email. I really do love to read them! They always make me smile ;0)


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Goatwhore to release their 7th call from hell
Goatwhore will release their anticipated Vengeful Ascension full-length worldwide on June 23rd via Metal Blade Records. The band's seventh full-length and second recorded reel-to-reel, Vengeful Ascension was captured at Earth Analog in Tolono, Illinois near Champaign, Illinois with longtime soundman and comrade Jarrett Pritchard (1349, Gruesome), breaking a four-album tradition of working with Erik Rutan.
"Working with Rutan was awesome," says Goatwhore front-man Ben Falgoust. "We did some great records with him. But you come to a point where you're like, 'All right. Let's try something new.' It was part of trying to remove ourselves from a comfort zone and a risk thing we needed to take. Plus, we really wanted to hit the essence of where we are live and what better way to harness that than by having our live sound guy involved. Jarrett is knowledgeable with the studio stuff. He also knows how we sound coming out of a PA and we really wanted to get closer to that."
The resulting ten-track, forty-one-minute production – mixed by Chris Common (Tribulation, Pelican) and mastered by Maor Applebaum (Faith No More, Halford, Today Is The Day) – marches in, clutches its listeners by the throat and refuses to loosen its grip until the abrupt conclusion of "Those Who Denied God's Will." A sonic manifestation of war, chaos, desolation, and emotional conflict, seamlessly bridging twenty years of the band's signature brand of audio venom, it's a record that finds its members at their most accomplished both individually and as a cohesive unit. Guitarist Sammy Duet's dense, sub nuclear riff work and possessed solo blitzes are at their most devastating, spiraling flawlessly and instinctually around drummer Zack Simmons' and bassist James Harvey's hammering rhythms, while Falgoust's distinctly commanding roar, his acidic prose, more enunciated than ever before, complimenting the apocalyptic proceedings.
"Each song is a representation of Goatwhore. From day one until now. It really shows our evolution as a band," the front-man reflects."I don't think that this band has reached its peak yet. I mean, I think we're closer now than ever but we're still growing; we're still evolving."
Vengeful Ascension will be available on CD, vinyl (in multiple limited color variations), and digital formats. Various pre-order options are currently available at: metalblade.com/goatwhore – where you can also sample Vengeful Ascension's title track. Stay tuned for the official "Vengeful Ascension" video clip, directed by James Foster, to be unveiled in the coming days.
Vengeful Ascension Track Listing:
1. Forsaken
2. Under The Flesh, Into The Soul
3. Vengeful Ascension
4. Chaos Arcane
5. Where The Sun Is Silent
6. Drowned In Grim Rebirth
7. Abandon Indoctrination
8. Mankind Will Have No Mercy
9. Decayed Omen Reborn
10. Those Who Denied God's Will
Goatwhore is currently on tour supporting Amon Amarth for two weeks worth of shows. The journey commenced on May 1st in Pensacola, Florida, will run through May 20th in Louisville, Kentucky, and includes an appearance at Dark Lord Day. See all confirmed dates below.
w/ Amon Amarth
May 4 – New Daisy Theatre – Memphis, TN
May 5 – The International – Knoxville, TN * Goatwhore only
May 6 – The National – Richmond, VA
May 8 – TLA – Philadelphia, PA
May 9 – College Street Music Hall – New Haven, CT
May 10 – The Paramount – Huntington, NY
May 11 – The Garrison – Toronto, ON * Goatwhore only (Tickets here)
May 12 – 20 Monroe Live – Grand Rapids, MI
May 13 – Dark Lord Day @ Three Floyds Brewing – Munster, IN
May 16 – The Cotillion – Wichita, KS
May 17 – Boulder Theatre – Boulder, CO
May 18 – Lookout – Omaha, NE * Goatwhore only
May 19 – The Blue Note – Columbia, MO
May 20 – Mercury Ballroom – Louisville, KY


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Learning for Life
We're working with adults with learning disabilities and autism to help them to build skills, self-esteem, and confidence so that they can live independently, make choices, and take part in their community. We need funding for a self advocacy programme using drama to explore everyday situations.
February 2015 - January 2017
Charity information: Share Community
People with learning disabilities and autism struggle to get their voices and views heard . They may need help to develop communication skills, and they may need to learn how to use technology that enables communication. For some people, imagining a situation is impossible. Autistic people often find it difficult to read other people and so can get very anxious in social situations. But more people want to live independently, and they want the chance to work. This project makes learning fun.
We'll use drama and ICT to support people's learning about how to manage everyday situations, eg travelling independently, going shopping, being in a crowd, making choices, expressing feelings, getting a job, and moving into your own home. In our pilot, iPads and specialist apps opened up exciting and creative opportunities for communication. Each participant will get their own iPad. Drama gives people the chance to try out and practise different approaches. We'll video their achievements.
Aim 1
10 people with learning disabilities/ autism feel more confident in managing everyday situations.
Activities» We will run 12 sessions exploring tricky situations and supporting participants to practise different ways of dealing with them
» We will support participants to form a self advocacy group that can continue beyond this project.
» We will purchase iPads for participants, supporting them to find the apps that enhance their communication and meet their individual needs
What success will look like
We'll use the Life Star to measure distance travelled for each individual. There'll be video, written, and photographic evidence and that will be captured in our evaluation.
Aim 2
To find new ways of enabling learning disabled/autistic adults to have a voice and be heard
Activities» We will use the Life Star (Outcomes Star) to help participants to set out the things they want to change and to measure their progress .
» We will hold an event at the end of the project to share what we've learnt with a wider audience.
» We'll evaluate the project, create a report, and plan how to build our learning into our ongoing programmes. We'll share learning with others.
What success will look like
Project participants will record changes that make them feel happier, more confident, and more fulfilled. Evaluation will look at impact of using drama and the iPad.
Participants will develop new strategies to enable them to live more autonomously. They'll know how to constructively problem-solve. They'll be less dependent on others and use their peer group to maintain progress. By sharing the success with others, we'll enable a wider community of learning disabled/autistic people to benefit from the project. We'll present the findings at the Wandsworth Learning Disability Provider Forum, disseminating best practice and sharing skills with others.
We're looking to engage drama workers with expertise in this area. If they're not available, we may find it difficult to identify alternatives. We have a second choice provider if this happens.
Families and carers may sabotage progress made. To mitigate, we'll communicate the aims and progress of the project and link in with parents' groups -eg Mencap.
People may lose their iPads. We'll ensure that they're all registered and content is backed up regularly, and that insurance is in place.
We'll commission an evaluator to evaluate the project and compile a report at the end of the project, which will be sent to donors. We'll also regularly post activities and developments on the Share Facebook page and in our newsletter.
Budget - Project Cost: £9,200Loading graph....
Amount Heading Description £3,390 iPads 10 iPads for participants £1,760 Workshop facilitation 10 sessions + one for planning £600 Self advocacy facilitation 10 sessions @£60 per session £750 Materials and software including downloads and materials £1,500 Evaluation Commissioning external evaluator £1,200 Management and overheads Supervision, ICT support, accommodation
We're based in Battersea, near Clapham Junction station in the borough of Wandsworth.
People with learning disabilities and autism who are not in work and are almost all dependent on benefits will benefit. 90% live in social housing, whether in council accommodation or in supported living.
Wandsworth is a wealthy borough with pockets of poverty. 52% Share's students are from BME communities. 27% of our students come from 3 wards where there is significant deprivation.
The wider learning disability/autism community will benefit through our link with LD Provider Forum.
Why Us?
Why Us?
We have a great track record working with people with learning disabilities. We've been funded by major funders eg Lloyds and City Bridge Foundation because they trust our work. We're well known to local professionals and families. We have a skilled staff team to support this work and ensure the learning carries through to our other activities. Our students and their families rated us very highly when we surveyed them recently. We're an Investor in People and accredited training provider.
Read more about the Charity running this project.
Robert Boyce
Robert is Head of Training, and he'll manage this project. He's an experienced manager and excellent communicator.
Keesha Sinclair
Keesha's our Wellbeing Co-ordinator and she'll help to track participants' progress and link this work with other aspects of their life.
Vicki Anderson
Vicki provides specialist drama work for people with learning disabilities and autism. She's had great results at Hammersmith & Fulham Mencap.
pays for 1 person to take part in a drama workshop
"They give me encouragement and hope. I like the people."