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A number of other crafters have been equally inspired by Kyrro's work.
Kirsten at Domestifluff made this felt wreath which was also featured on Design Sponge here.
The Idea Room's Valentine's Day take on a rosette wreath is found here. It is a "no sew" project.
I tried out the Idea Room's version. Here it is.
Niagara Central Hobby Shop in St. Catherines, Ontario. The shop had a few different sizes (this one is about 6 inches across and sold for about $3.00).
For this project, I used red craft felt. Sadly, wool felt is very difficult, if not impossible to find, in my area (the hunt for wool felt will likely be the subject of an entirely separate post).

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Since the beginning of the Nineteenth century, the explosive growth, expansion and needs of the world's population accompanied by new technological advances have modified our Mother Earth's landscape. Man has exploited the natural resources in such a way that it leads to over-exploitation and losing the balance in natural eco-system. Environmental degradation to a large extent occurred.
We know that, a living organism cannot live by itself. Organisms interact among themselves. Hence, all organisms, such as plants, animals and human beings, as well as the physical surroundings with whom we interact, form a part of our environment. All these constituents of the environment are dependent upon each other. Thus, they maintain a balance in nature. As we are the only organisms try to modify the environment to fulfill our needs; it is our responsibility to take necessary steps to control the environmental imbalances.
Environmental Degradation is the process by which our environment i.e., air, water and land, progressively contaminated, over-exploited and destroyed. Degradation can be mainly grouped into (a) eco-system imbalance, (b) forest deterioration, (c) freshwater degradation (d) soil degradation (e) air pollution and (f) Global warming.
In other words, when the environment becomes less valuable or damaged, environmental degradation is said to occur. There are many forms of environmental degradation. When habitats are destroyed, biodiversity is lost, or natural resources are depleted, the environment is hurt. Environmental degradation can occur naturally, or through human processes. The largest areas of concern at present are the loss of rain forests, air pollution and smog, ozone depletion, and the destruction of the marine environment. Pollution is occurring all over the world and poisoning the planet's oceans. Even in remote areas, the effects of marine degradation are obvious.
In order to combat environmental degradation environmental studies are necessary. Environmental studies are the systematic study of human interaction with their environment. It is a broad field of study that includes the natural environment, social environments, organizational environments, and the relationships between them. Current environmental problems have evolved into a complex set of interdisciplinary issues involving ecological, political, economic, social, as well as physical and biological considerations.
Necessary steps are to be planned after environmental studies and proper implementation of those suggested steps is essential. The environmental imbalance gives rise to various environmental problems. It is our duty to remove the environmental imbalances by proper implementation of the necessary rectifications to make our environment safer, cleaner and greener.


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Do you find yourself feeling trapped within the bubble of parenthood? Do the walls of your house seem to be closing in on you? Does the air feel heavy and make it feel so hard to breathe?
All this and so much more happens to so many of us as we start our journey through parenthood. New mothers, left exhausted and sleep deprived, unable to adjust quickly enough to the changes the new arrival has brought to the life you used to have. No privacy, no time for yourself, no time to eat, to drink, to take a shower. You lose the grasp of the reality and days become nights; you are lost, you are lonely, you are trapped; trapped at home, trapped within the tired and exhausted self, trapped mentally, physically and emotionally.
No one doubts your love and care for your new baby. You love them so much that you give yourself entirely without holding back, you live and breathe your child, doing everything to make sure your baby is healthy and happy. You devote, dedicate, you give your all, leaving your mental and physical health neglected because, in your eyes, you do not matter.
I have been through this, and I felt like I was disintegrating. I felt so lonely, even when people were around. I felt helpless, even if help was offered. I felt weak, I felt like I was failing, even when I did well. I was scared to speak and tell anyone how I was truly feeling inside, holding a brave front, masking it with makeup, acting like I had a good control of everything.
I struggled. I hated how I was feeling, hated myself, my post-pregnancy body, hated me. I didn't like to feel weak, I thought I was not supposed to feel this way. I thought I was not allowed to be anything but strong and put together.
How wrong I was!
Exactly at the moment that I allowed myself to simply be, the way I wanted to be in that moment in time, I found the way out from that trap.
It was nine o'clock in the morning. I hardly closed my eyes that night, because my baby was restless and needed constant rocking and feeding. I was beyond words exhausted. My husband went to work and I was still in the same state of shock, and due to a complete numbness from tiredness and lack of sleep, I found it impossible to move around. My baby was still sleeping on my chest and I felt like I was disappearing. I haven't been going outside by myself or with my baby for weeks, not even for walks or strolls, as I felt so uncomfortable, lacked confidence and just unwilling to face the world in the state that I was. I felt so trapped in my home, yet I also felt like hiding further away from everything and everyone.
That morning, I really wanted to get some fresh air, as I felt my chest was getting heavier by the minute. And then I did something, I never thought I would. I put my wrapped up sleeping baby in a cosy and warm blanket and put him in the pushchair; put some jeans and top on, trainers, long coat ( to cover the mismatched outfit I had on) , put my hair up, shades ( no way I could put makeup on) and I just went out. It was nine o'clock on a chilly morning in London.
I was all alone outside, apart from an occasional dog walker or a jogger. I walked slowly, putting one foot in front of the other, carefully pushing the buggy. My baby was asleep. 'Just five minutes' I thought and I told myself to keep on walking. Just like that, putting one foot in front of the other, making the shakiest and unconfident steps I walked for forty minutes all around the docks. I walked slowly, with my eyes often closed for a moment longer than an average blink, slowly inhaling that fresh morning air. There we were, just me and my baby.
I was so tired, but my tiredness didn't affect me, I was enjoying the fresh air, and in fact, it made me feel so much better. I walked and walked without looking at anyone, hiding behind my shades, looking around and enjoying the freedom of world around me, all beyond the walls of my house.
My baby had finally woken up and I found myself next to a bench in a small hidden piece of green heaven. I sat there and did something I haven't done before, I breastfed outside my house whilst being on my own.
I enjoyed that moment I shared with my baby and I realised that there was a world outside the walls of our house.
This was the day I broke free from the entrapment and the prison I found myself locked from the inside of our home.
Every morning, from that point on, I would go out for a nice long walk, no matter the weather. I liked to go early, whether I slept the night before or not because I liked the quietness of the mornings before the crowds hit the streets. I liked to share those moments with my baby, but I also found this to be the most therapeutic experience for the emotionally and mentally struggling me.
My walks became and still remain my therapy.
Every day I felt more and more excited to go out.
Some days, I'd dress up and have my make up done, others I'd hide in my coat and cover my tired eyes with my shades.
Slowly, my walks became longer and it became my escape from the daily stresses and frustrations as a new mother. I used to talk to myself, and I didn't care anymore that someone might think I was weird, I was talking to my baby…even if he was asleep, but I was talking it all out, letting it all go, releasing my chest from the heavy weight of raw emotions and uncontrollable feelings. I wasn't lonely anymore, I had my baby to talk to! And Boy we had some awesome conversations! And the best part was, my baby would never judge me! Neither would he say anything back, he'd just share a lovely smile that makes my heart skip a beat each time and that was the best reply I could have ever asked for!
I then met a couple of other new mums and made new friends. At that point, I found talking to strangers a lot easier than my loved ones. We shared our experience and I learned that I was not alone.
Then, I explored new areas and came up with new routes; soon turning a couple of nice and quiet places into my secret spots; spending hours there with my baby, enjoying our little adventures, having a bite, taking photos and just enjoying being outside.
I believe that my walk therapy had rescued me and has brought light to a very, very dark place that I was a prisoner in.
Whatever you are going through, I'm asking you to make that first step and go outside. Hide in a long coat, put your shades on, leave your house at five in the morning, do whatever makes you comfortable, but please, put your baby in the pushchair, wrap them up warm and cosy and please just put one foot in front of the other and just go out and fill your lungs with fresh air.
I know it's tough, I know you might feel tired, lost and simply not want to do anything for yourself, but believe me, a mother who has gone through it and knows how lonely and painful the numbness of emotional and mental exhaustion can be, please just go out.
Trust me, your inner self will be eternally grateful if you take your own hand and make that step. You need to break free, to break the walls and push them back from closing in on you, and see that you are beautiful and you are strong, even if you are feeling weak, and all you need is just a little bit of air.
Talk to your baby, even if they are asleep, get all those built up frustrations and pains out, free your mind, your chest, your heart!
And most importantly, just have that time, whilst still with your baby, whilst still being an amazing mother, still have that time for yourself!!! And just breathe! Just walk! Rediscover yourself and at least for the time that you are walking, remind yourself that you are not just a wonderful mother but you are an amazing person!
Written by Mayden ( Instagram @maydens_world) @imperfectlyperfectmum.com


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In the USA there are reports of so-called 'tea-party' protests, modelled on the famous 'Boston Tea Party' protests against taxation imposed by the British government on the (then) US colonies. But the US protesters (in reality the Republicans) rather the miss the point – the 'Boston Tea Party' was not a protest against taxation, but against 'taxation without representation', which is rather different. Continue reading
Month: April 2009
Universities and the Impact of the Recession
I recently attended a 'professorial dinner' at Manchester, the purpose of which was to discuss our future strategy. The main message at the start was – universities, after a decade of a relatively benign environment, face a decade or more of austerity. How are we placed to deal with this new reality and what should we do? Here's my response. Continue reading
Clear Blue Water
So where are we now, after Budget 09, in terms of the size and shape of the state and public services for the future? The reduction of annual growth in public spending to a mere 0.7% in real terms, whilst protecting some big and sensitive areas like health and education, will mean real terms cuts across many other areas. Continue reading
Budget 09 – What Would the Tories Do?
While everyone focuses on the Governments plans as set out in Budget 09, let's pause for a moment and consider the Tories options. Continue reading
Zen and the Art of Cutting without Cutting
When is a cut in public spending not a cut – when you can disguise it as an "efficiency saving".
The first big round of 'fantasy efficiency savings' took place before the 2005 general election when the Labour and Conservative parties competed via the Gershon and James reviews – the two aforementioned gentlemen being business-persons (in those days when business could do no wrong) who allegedly 'reviewed' the public sector and came up with an impressive set of 'efficiency' savings. Continue reading
The Green Affair and the Proper Conduct of Opposition
New readers start here: Damian Green, a Conservative opposition spokesperson on immigration had his parliamentary and other offices raided by police investigating the leaking of secret information from the Home Office. Continue reading
Are spending cuts back? Deliberative poll results…
An intriguing new poll from PoliticsHome suggest an important shift in public attitudes on "tax and spend" issues.
"The results of this special deliberative study, involving a balanced group of over 1,400 people, point to a new landscape of public opinion on issues of tax and spend. Continue reading


text: Erik Lipinski is one of my favorite Polish poster artists. Born in 1908, Lipinski was the co-founder and editor of the Polish political magazine Spilki (Pins), whose excellent covers I've only seen in my Graphis annuals. Lipinski worked with the antinazi resistance in World War II and spent time imprisoned at Auschwitz. His wife, "Ha-Ga," was a prolific cartoonist featured in Spikli, and his son Tomek is a well-known Polish punk rocker. Here are a few of my favorite Lipinski designs.


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Election MMDCCLXI (Nova Roma)/Marcus Iulius Severus
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Candidate for consul.
Marcus Iulius Severus omnes civibus Novae Romae SPD.
One of the republican traditions of Roma was that, typically, the candidates for the Consulship presented themselves in pairs, to complement and support each other. Consequently, and respectful of the highest traditions of Rome, Marcus Curiatius Complutensis and I have decided to jointly present our candidacy for the Consulship.
Our love for Rome, her culture, her religion and her laws, demands from us to take a further step in our will and decision to participate, collaborate and serve, to make Nova Roma stronger and greater.
Therefore, I don the toga candida to address you, citizens of Nova Roma:
I, Marcus Iulius Severus, submit to you my candidacy for the Consulship in 2009 CE. I have been a citizen of Nova Roma since MMDCCLVIII A.V.C., member of the Plebeian Order, and Assidui since MMDCCLIX A.V.C. In these four years, I have served as:
Prætor Novæ Romæ, in MMDCCLXI A.V.C.
Senator, from MMDCCLX A.V.C.
Legatus Pro Praetore of Mexico, from MMDCCLIX A.V.C.
Rogator, in MMDCCLIX A.V.C.
Interpres, from MMDCCLIX A.V.C.
Accensus M. Moravio T. Iulio cos. MMDCCLXI A.V.C.
Scriba, from MMDCCLVIII A.V.C.
Viator of Tribunus Plebis M.Curiatius Complutensis, MMDCCLX A.V.C.
Scriba Censoris K. Fabius Buteo Modianus, from MMDCCLX A.V.C.
Scriba Censoris C. Equitius Marinus, from MMDCCLVIII A.V.C. to MMDCCLIX A.V.C.
Officer of Sodalitas Musarum, since MMDCCLIX A.V.C.
This is a new step in my Cursum Honorum. I want to take part actively in Nova Roma's politics to serve the Republic, and therefore I am sure that I am the right person for the Consulship. In order to complete this task, I ask you, citizens, to vote for me in the next elections.
My friend and colleague M. Curiatius Complutensis and I, will present jointly our proposals for next year's Consulship. We want to serve you and we will devote ourselves, body an soul, to this great task!
Valete optime,
Marcus Curiatius Complutensis Marcus Iulius Severus omnes civibus Novae Romae SPD.
Citizens of Nova Roma, we, M. Curiatius Complutensis and M. Iulius Severus, keep the Roman traditions in our private lives. We have inspired in our families the love for Rome and the Roman way of life, so that our macro-national families are, simultaneously, our Nova Roman families.
During our term as Praetores, we have taken all our decisions in mutual agreement, have consulted ourselves frequently and have complemented each other in a most harmonious way.
We were the first Praetores in organizing a different Ludi Apollinares, for major glory of Apollo and of Nova Roma.
Due to our macro-national professions, Complutensis as a lawyer, Severus as a journalist and writer, we sincerely believe to be qualified appropriately to encourage the development of Nova Roma and her presence in the world.
And, of course, we are firmly determined to fulfill our duties as Consuls in total and complete collaboration with the Senate, the Collegium Pontificum and the new Praetores.
We believe that the policies promoted by the Consuls M. Moravius Piscinus Horatianus and T. Iulius Sabinus have been the best for this year 2008, and therefore it is our intention to take the required steps of continuity to strengthen those policies and add new options and goals for Nova Roma and the Nova Romans.
We deeply believe that the cult of the Roman Religion must not be any more a private or even anecdotal matter and must become more public, really present in the every day life of Nova Roma and the Nova Romans.
We want to explore the possibility that an ancient Roman temple could be assigned to Nova Roma, to publicly practice our sacred Religio and offer due worship to the Gods and Goddesses of Rome.
We will promote that Nova Roma will have legal personality in all the countries of the world where there are Nova Roman communities, starting with the European Union and Latin America, without neglecting the United States and Canada in any way.
We hope that in the near future, Nova Roma will not only be an organization of cultores or re-enactors, not only an educational and cultural organization. We want Nova Roma to become the point of reference, the axis of a Roman world that will be consolidated step by step, with our effort, with our dedication and hard work.
We should not only devote ourselves to study and re-enact the glorious Roman past, but to unite our efforts and find allies, to preserve and consolidate our archaeological heritage around the world, defending it against the attacks, the oversight or the neglect of both governments and individuals.
There is a lot of work ahead, citizens. We want to do it and we know that we can, with your support and active participation in the Nova Roman life, our everyday life. This is why we ask you, citizens, to vote for us in the next elections.


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The style is an excellent approach to honor a distinct landmark, imagery, or school mascot. Skillful etching and superb details lend to the high caliber of our ornament quality.


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In all my borne days I never dreamed--never, my crumpets--that Miles and I would actually plan and carry out a mission together, in tandem, côte à côte. Oh, we've been in the same place at the same time during a great many soirees. Goodness, I took out the Ghanan Prime Minister's mistress with a sniper's rifle, through the nook window of a quaint Barcelonan apartment as Miles lay beside me in bed, filing his nails and humming the overture from Kiss Me Kate. So I'm not adverse to killing in the presence of my dear friend. Hardly, my dears. Call me an exhibitionist (others have), but I find I get a naughty tickle behind my knees when an admirer is nearby to whisper, "Good shot, Vivian darling!"
And so the night that I thought would never end did, in fact, end at long last. Walter absconded with that carp in crinoline Zinnia (soon to be known as, "The-carp-who-went-to-rest-with-the-rest-of-the-fishes") and Miles whisked me away to the nearest five star, one of the few left in town that will still slip me in through the back door and pretend I am nothing more than a Czech immigrant dishwasher. Throw a drab smock over my head, snap at me in broken English and leave me alone in the presidential suite for the next twelve hours.
It looks to be a complicated venture, complicated in the worst way. It's bad enough that the target has to be someone who might well be missed (by the public, my bunnies, not by me--for I never miss a target!). But there are two to hit, and voluptuous as she may be, and certainly beginning her descent down the backside of that mountain we call life, Zinnia is not to be underestimated. It's not been too long since I've seen her scale a four-story walkup using only a pocket fisherman and saddle shoes (that, I might add, were two sizes too small). The girl still has a little left in her. The good news is, I know just which pockets she has that little bit stored in.
It's nearly dawn, and I'm exhausted dear ones. Miles is soaking in a bath of oatmeal and olive oil water, his face slathered in Noxema. The pillow is calling me, and I shall answer--for a little while, anyway.
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Under the agreement, State Grid will work closely with REE in developing grid-access technologies for renewable energies. This will include wind power and extra-high-voltage (EHV) power transmission.
Liu Zhenya, State Grid general manager, said over the next five years, State Grid will construct 23,000km EHV AC transmission lines and 20,000km EHV DC transmission lines.
So far, State Grid has received access to 31GW wind turbines. In 2010, these wind turbines generated 47.2 billion kWh electric power.
State Grid has completed studies for wind power transmissions for the country's eight 10GW-level wind power bases.
Under its five-year plan, State Grid plans to improve its capacity to admit 50GW wind power in 2011 and 100GW wind power in 2015. A 100GW capacity was originally planned by State Grid for 2020.
By the end of 2010, China had cumulative wind installed capacity of 42GW, the largest in the world.


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Hofstra freshman running back Miguel Maysonet, last year's Hansen Award winner from Riverhead, didn't attend the meeting Thursday morning that would signal the end of football at Hofstra. He had no idea how important the gathering of his teammates would be.
"My coach sent me a text saying we are having an urgent meeting," Maysonet said. "I said, 'I have class, I can't make it.' He said 'This may be a little more important.' I still blew it off thinking it can't be nothing too crazy and I just went to class.''
He found out after class that coach Dave Cohen had informed the team of the program's demise. "I saw players and their eyes were all watery,'' he said. "I said to myself, 'This is the real deal, they just cancelled our football program.' "
Players attending the meeting found out about an hour before a news conference, headed by university president Stuart Rabinowitz.
"The cost of the football program, now and in the future, far exceeds the return possible from an FCS [Football Championship Subdivision] program, which does not generate significant national interest," he said.
Several former Long Island high school stars, led by Maysonet and sophomore defensive back Brock Jackolski, will be affected by the decision. Under NCAA rules, all underclassmen will be eligible to transfer to another institution without sitting out. Hofstra will honor the scholarships for 63 of the players on the team for their remaining years should they choose not to transfer, athletic director Jack Hayes said. Cohen's contract will also be honored.umni and the community, the choice was painful, but clear."
The program, which has a net cost of roughly $4.5 million annually, had been in a tailspin for much of this decade, with its last NCAA appearance coming in 2001 under Joe Gardi. Cohen took over in 2006 and produced one winning season, 7-4 in 2007. In Cohen's four seasons, the Pride was 18-27, including a 5-6 record in 2009. "I'm disappointed and shocked,'' Cohen said. Cohen said he asked the underclassmen for a list of five schools they would be interested in transferring to. "They [players] are emotional, this is a family. They are distraught . . . I'm numb.
Jackolski, the former Floyd star, said, "I thought it was all a joke at first. I'm not sure whether to go to a bigger school. I just don't know.''
Kwabena Assante of Westbury, a sophomore running back, said, "I cried, it's my team, they mean everything to me. I have no plans right now. I'm trying to see what my options are or just finish up here.'' Then he added, "I just want to play football, that's all I want to do.''
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris, who played at Hofstra
from 1994-97, called the move a "sad state of affairs," in an interview with the AP. "It was weird because it kind of happened out of nowhere," he said.
Other factors Rabinowitz referenced were "very disappointing" student attendance on game day, with an average of 500 students attending games at the 13,000-seat capacity Shuart Stadium and the fact that the football program does not participate at the Bowl Championship Subdivision level.
Rabinowitz said the school made efforts to maintain the football program, including looking into moving Hofstra up into the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A). However, after research, the president said that move wasn't feasible.
"In a sense, this subdivision of football is like football purgatory," Rabinowitz said. "You need to spend a lot of money to be competitive, but there are none of the benefits that a robust athletic program produces."
"This decision is not a budget reduction, but rather a strategically driven reallocation of resources," Rabinowitz wrote in an open letter to the Hofstra community on the school's Web site. "The football program, the largest of the athletic programs, is by far the most expensive. In the end, we could not continue to justify the expense of football compared to the benefits it brought to the University."
Hofstra started football in 1937 and had its most success as a Division I-AA team after adding scholarships in the 1990s. The Pride produced such NFL players as Wayne Chrebet, Lance Schulters and, most recently, wide receiver Marques Colston of the undefeated New Orleans Saints.
"Athletics is a vital part of campus life, and we are proud of the contributions all our student-athletes make to our community," Rabinowitz said. "This was not an easy call, but for the future of the University, we believe it was the right one."
Hofstra's announcement follows closely Northeastern's decision to shut down football. "It is very shocking,'' senior defensive end Joe Akabalu said. "It really hurts that your alma mater isn't going to be in existence.''
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New Orleans is unlike any other city in America. The food, music, architecture and culture drive students to Tulane from across the United States and many other countries around the world. A diverse student body not only enriches the knowledge of each student, it also provides an opportunity for new experiences while receiving an unmatched education in one of the world's unique cities.
New Orleans is, and always has been, an international city. Founded by the French, governed by Spain, and purchased by the U.S., our cultural roots are strongly African and Haitian. New Orleans is a port city, populated by waves of immigrants from Ireland, Germany, Italy, China, India, Central and South America and Vietnam. Located at the mouth of the Mississippi and on the Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans is also a gateway to Latin America.


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What types of investing platforms can be built on Hydrogen?
Does Hydrogen help with portfolio construction?
Does Hydrogen help with rebalancing?
Does Hydrogen help with risk profiling?
Does Hydrogen do performance and risk calculations?
What investment products do the Hydrogen APIs support?
Can the Hydrogen platform help me to make proprietary investment products?
Do I have to be an investment product manufacturer to use the Hydrogen APIs?
Can I build a platform on Hydrogen that will be sold through intermediaries?
What trade execution platforms and brokerage firms does Hydrogen integrate with?
Does Hydrogen have a billing and fees module?
Does Hydrogen connect to my mid and back-office systems?
What types of savings platforms can Hydrogen help me build?
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Happy Friday, friends! I hope your week has been as wonderful as mine has been! Being off all week for spring break basically reaffirmed that I need to be a stay at home wife. All I need to do is find a way to work from home 😂😂
I blogged Monday about the really fun cooking class I took Sunday night at Sur La Table on cooking healthy Mexican food. Last night I whipped up some burrito bowls and decided to make homemade refried beans to go with it. I learned how to make those in that class, so I told Dustin spending the $70 on that class was totally worth it because I've recreated TWO of the recipes already! haha (Side Note: Did you know that refried beans in Mexican restaurants are made with LARD?! Yuck!!!)
Earlier this week the sunlight was streaming in and everything was so quiet and serene in the house--it was so beautiful.
Dustin and I both had appointments in Birmingham on Wednesday, and for mine, I had to do fasting bloodwork. I had visions of eating a great breakfast and relaxing at O'Henry's after my appointment. I got a blueberry muffin and caramel machiatto, snapped this picture before I started eating, and not even halfway into eating this, I got really really sick and had to run out of the restaurant--literally. #horriblestomachprobs Since I don't ever eat sugary breakfasts (or sugary anything really), I should have known better. Dustin is the best because he quickly got threw away the rest of his breakfast and ran out after me--favorite husband!
We drove around after I started feeling better looking at architecture trying to get ideas for the next house we build (which will hopefully be in about 5-6 years!!). We both immediately decided a french country theme, but that could change haha! I love the colors of this house--the cream painted brick, robin's egg blue shutters, and dark brown door and trim.
I love visiting book stores and libraries because I could sit and read for hours! We spent over an hour in Barnes and Noble and it felt like 15 minutes to me. I could have stayed a few more hours reading 😊
Yesterday, Dustin worked really hard digging up some plants and moving other plants around in order to prepare for the news ones we're buying. He's such a hard worker!
I recapped our proposal story and rehearsal dinner on the blog this week. Next week I'll recap our wedding and reception!
I've had this shirt in my shopping cart for over a month now. I love peplum but most of the time it doesn't look great on me. I feel like you need a small chest in order to pull off peplum. I wish I could find this in store to try it on.
Have a happy weekend!
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No time to cook? Roasted chicken with black olives, capers and rosemary~
Let's face it, none of us have time to cook! Well, I picked up this recipe on our recent trip to Trevinano, Tuscany~ Feeds 4-6 people
Vegetarian Cous Cous~
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How to find the perfect bridal hair pieces for your wedding style
There's so many things to tick off the list when you're planning a wedding. Book the reception venue, buy the rings, find the perfect dress… oh, the dress! While these are a couple of the big things, there's lots of tiny little details that will make your wedding uniquely you, from deciding on the way you'll style your hair, all the way through to the jewellery and bridal hair pieces you'll wear to accent the most beautiful dress you'll ever wear.
These little details can completely change the look of your dress on the day. Simple changes, such as choosing a flower crown over a tiara can make you feel so much more like yourself. I've seen how a lot of brides have really completed their wedding day look with accessories, so I thought I would share a few of my favourite styles, and the types of weddings they're typically suited to. But, of course, it's your wedding, so you make the rules!
Classic Bride | The Tiara
Tiaras aren't only for the princess brides! No longer just for beauty queens, modern day interpretations bring sparkle and glamour to a traditional wedding dress. The bridal headband can also be a modern take, styled along the hairline. I love seeing brides with crystals and rhinestones in their hair against stunning urban backdrops or bringing a touch of intricacy to barnyard settings. Tiaras are especially gorgeous because they work with both up-dos and long, loose curls.
Berta Wedding Dress via Aisle Perfect | Winifred Bean via Once Wed | One Love Photography via Burnett's Boards | First Mate Photography via Ruffled Blog | Erich McVey Photography via Style Me Pretty
Bridal tiaras for the classic bride
CAMILLE rhinestone headpiece | EMPRESS rhinestone headband | GISELLE delicate headpiece | NADIA rhinestone headpiece
Free-Spirited Bride | The Flower Crown
If you're a boho bride, planning a beach wedding, or love the idea of entwining your hair with flowers just because, the flower crown is the perfect wedding accessory. Flower crowns don't just have to be large and colourful – I love the idea of using silk flowers or lace from your dress to create an heirloom piece you can hand down to your daughter. Bohemian headpieces can feature crystals, rhinestone and pearls, in additional to silk flowers, making them a real statement that everyone will be talking about!
via Pinterest | Grace Loves Lace via Green Wedding Shoes | Free Vanilla on Pinterest | Jose Villa Photography | via Pinterest
Flower crowns for the free-spirited bride
BELOVED silk flower crown | ADELAIDE flower crown | IVY crystal and pearl headpiece | PRIMROSE silk flower crown
Vintage-Inspired Bride | The Hair Comb
Probably the most versatile of all wedding accessories, adding a hair comb can be as simple as adding some accent touches or as grand and ornate as you like. Whether you're planning an intimate affair in the countryside or something more glamorous, a bridal hair comb could be made from large silk flowers, rhinestones, crystals, pearls, lace – as much or as little as you like! The beautiful benefit of the hair comb is that you can create a piece to match almost any hairstyle… from the delicately ornate to loose and flowy. Bridal hair pieces such as combs allow brides to add a touch of sparkle, in their own way.
Michelle Gardella Photography via Emmaline Bride | Eastside Bride | Annabella Charles via 100 Layer Cake | via Pinterest | Jen Huang Photography via Pinterest
Bridal combs for the vintage-inspired bride
JULIET bridal comb | AINSLIE bridal comb | CAMILLIA beaded bridal comb | EVERLY wedding hair piece
The Veil
Veils are typically seen on the more traditional bride but there are so many different styles to choose from. Changing the length of your veil can make a big difference to your overall look. Cathedral length veils are perfect for church weddings and look so stunning when edged in lace. Whereas birdcage veils work beautifully for a more timeless and vintage look. Short veils are a little more modern, and don't forget that you can add a personalised touch to your veil by pairing it with pretty silk hair flowers or a bridal comb.
You'll also be taking your veil off after the ceremony so don't forget to consider what you'll wear in your hair for the reception. Pairing your veil with a simple headpiece looks beautiful. And it means your hair will still look finished until the night is over.
ASTER chapel length veil | DAHLIA chapel length veil | WYNTER chapel length veil | LEILA birdcage veil
Bridal hair pieces and wedding accessories are the perfect way to capture you and your incredible style. I can't think of a more beautiful way to express those tiny touches that make a wedding unique. If you love the idea of creating something utterly 'you', a bespoke wedding hair piece might be just the thing for you. Feel free to send me an email, let's chat!


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Heidi Montag has big boobs, tiny album sales: her flop album sells fewer than 1,000 copies its first week
Despite a media blitz (mostly detailing her recent plastic surgeries), Heidi Montag's Superficial s a total stiff, selling fewer than 1,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. To put that grim number into context, Vampire Weekend topped the charts the same week with 124,000 copies of their disc Contra. Montag told EW just last week that she had spent more than $2 million on the album, leaving her broke, but still wasn't worried about the album's success. "I think it's gonna do great," said Montag. "I have a million twitter followers and they're all very excited. So that's at least a million people right there. It also takes time. I don't expect it to be instant. Maybe it's the biggest album in a couple months. Maybe it's the biggest album in a year. This is the first album of many to come. As long as I can keep affording it and keep doing it, I will because it's my love and my passion." EW contacted Montag for comment, but her rep said she was "unavailable for interviews due to Hills filming for the next couple weeks."
(Follow the Music Mix on Twitter: @EWMusicMix.)
More from EW.com's Music Mix:Heidi Montag says new album cost almost $2 million, left her broke, is as good as 'Thriller'
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT), in partnership with Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity, would like to say a huge thank you to the local community for the generous donations received over the recent festive period.
The Trust's younger patients, based on the Child and Adolescent Unit (CAU) at Leighton Hospital, were provided with a number of toys, games and gifts thanks to donations by staff and customers of local companies and organisations, as well as individuals, including:
Other patients in the hospital also benefitted from donations and activities such as ward-based parties, decorations made by the Sunday School pupils of West Street Christian Fellowship, a number of choir performances and gifts for each ward donated by the Nantwich Elim Church.
Laura Riddle, Charity Manager, said: "On behalf of our patients, their families and our staff, I'd like to thank everybody who has helped to make these donations possible – whether they are customers, employees, owners or supporters.
"Staff who were working over the festive period, as well as in the run up to it, ensured that all of the generous donations were used to benefit those patients who were in hospital recently and made sure that their hospital experience was as positive as possible.
"I would like to thank everyone who has supported both the Trust and the Charity over the past 12 months – your donations, gifts and events, however big or small, really have made a difference and will continue to do so for years to come."
For further information on Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity, please visit www.mchcharity.org.


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When people look back at this particular era of hardcore, metalcore and experimental music with extreme dabblings, the last few years will show bands like Couch Slut, He Whose Ox Is Gored, Ascend/Descend, Full Of Hell and perhaps even a band like South Wales' upstarts Continents (who have had support of more mainstream labels but pushed their sound further regardless without aping Bring Me The Horizon) were some of the real standouts in quality and long run importance.
Couch Slut return with a quite anticipated sophomore release after a much debated and uncompromising first record. The first album was good in a certain raw and pure sense of purpose stage setting way, certainly with some very worthy moments. Contempt is a step up in that the band sound like they have really benefited from playing more live. There is a sort of synergy in the performances – especially the clobbering and discordant "Company Picnic With Dust Off" you hear a lot on some of the better Am Rep and Touch And Go releases by Tar, Helmet, Jesus Lizard or Today Is The Day where you know the bands were really breathing their material, living in it and running shit a lot. Who knows? Maybe Couch Slut just party and don't need to rehearse a lot, tapping into the well of unquenchable radness from which Ronnie James Dio (who has been rumored to have not needed vocal warm-ups to ride the tiger and be master of the moon) drank from.
The mix is great and the tones compliment one another, chunky but with some room. I really like Theo Nobel's drum sound and how it pads out the mix. The snare is driving but you feel like you are in the room with the band, despite good tones nothing feels over processed and front rager Megan's vocal sits within but not massively above the mix, more akin to older hardcore records. It frankly sounds like a loud punch in the head in a pissed off traffic jam at times, in a good way. Contempt was recorded by Couch Slut's Kevin Wunderlich and former member Amy Mills. It was mixed by Caley Monahan-Ward (Extra Life, Voice Coils) and mastered by James Plotkin (Leviathan, Sumac). It sounds like Plotkin knew just how much to boost everything.


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Bond or preferred stock call price is price of bond or stock at which the issuer can buy back the bond before the maturity date. In other words call price is the predetermined price at which the bondholder has to sell the bond before the maturity of the bond. Issuer of bond has right to buy back the bond but not the responsibility.
The call price will usually more than par price of a bond (called call premium) in case of height yield securities
Formula for bond call price
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This case study describes costs associated with the External Thermal and Moisture Management System developed by the NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership for retrofitting roofs with rigid foam over the roof deck, especially on one and a half-story homes.


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Halifax Pop Explosion, one of the city's coolest annual arts attractions, kicks off Thursday, October 19—packing shows and appearances from over 150 artists, speakers and comedians into four days.
Whether you live in Nova Scotia's capital or decide on that last minute road trip, HPX is a must-attend event that will not only prolong your summer festival buzz, but give you the chance to explore one of the East Coast's most beautiful cities. Happening today until Saturday, here's why you need to make your way to HPX.
"Year over year, we always strive to showcase some of the best artists hailing from Atlantic Canada as well as other amazing Canadian Acts and even some artists from the US and Europe, says Executive Director James Boyle. "Really, we program music we love, regardless of genre, so it can make for a real eclectic mix"
This year, Hey Rosetta!, Basia Bulat, Keys N Krates, BADBADNOTGOOD, Daniel Caesar and so many more will be playing shows at 10 venues across Halifax. You can buy tickets for individual shows, or grab a wristband that allows you to venue-hop until the early hours of the morning. If you want to make it a family affair, there are plenty of all-ages shows worth checking out. Check out the full artist lineup here.
That's right—free. Whether you're a budding artist, music industry hopeful or just a music lover, HPX presents this free music conference as an opportunity to network, educate and inspire the music community through presentations, workshops and one-on-one information sessions with awesome industry delegates.
Even if you're a few hours away, the chance to experience incredible music, food and programming with charming East Coast seascapes as the backdrop is unparalleled. In between HPX events, why not take a spin around the province and try surfing, a winery tour or a craft beer or two.
"You need to experience Halifax when HPX is happening," says Boyle. "Great music, great food, not too hot, not too cold. It's the best time to visit."
Where & when: The HPX box office is located at Cambridge Suites (1583 Brunswick Street), and is open today until Saturday, October 22 10am-10pm. Full schedule here.
How much: You can grab a VIP pass for $219, festival wristband for $109, weekend pass for $89 or daily pass for $59. Buy tickets here.


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We are a charitable organization. People volunteer to work for us. If you want to help protect and maintain the Kennet and Avon canal, then you can become our member. You can volunteer to help us support, enhance and maintain this canal that helps people to travel through the waterways.
You can support us in various campaigns that we do to raise fund for development and maintenance of the canal. You can also volunteer to work in the development and maintenance works. We also hold campaigns to promote the canal.
You will get free membership in our organization. You will get free entry to the Claverton Pumping Station, Devizes Canal Museum and Crofton Beam Engines. The Devizes Canal Museum will give you an insight about how the canal was planned and built many years ago. You will also get a GEOprojects Canal Map of the canal that includes River Avon and Bristol Docks. We publish a quarterly magazine named 'The Butty.' It will be posted to your door for free every quarter.
It is a great opportunity to contribute to the development of the Kennet and Avon Canal. We can go forward with your help and make this canal well developed so that people can travel safely through the waterways. For more information regarding the membership, please write to us.


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New products squeeze supply chain sourcing process
Without a team of supply chain managers and executives from manufacturing and product development departments, a New Product Introduction (NPI) project can have severe ramifications on the supply chain.
Supply chain managers who do not plan for change will be forced to deal with expensive inventory write-offs, shortages of critical components and disruptions with their key suppliers. However, changes to the supply chain are inevitable, particularly in the form of New Product Introduction (NPI) projects.
Accommodating NPI projects puts tremendous pressure on the sourcing process. Sourcing professionals overseeing this process must then react to business requirements while delivering the proper supply chain replenishment model.
According to Michael Burkett, vice president of research for product lifecycle management at Boston-based supply chain research and advisory firm AMR Research, the first step in incorporating NPI into the supply chain planning process is to create a cross-functional NPI team. Such a team would include supply chain managers as well as representatives from the manufacturing, product development and marketing departments.
Once that team is in place, one of its first tasks should be to set up demand planning for the new product, Burkett said. This task should be performed largely by the supply chain and marketing team members, who can forecast that demand based on their evaluation of the new product's capabilities. They can then discuss their findings with the rest of the team.
"If you can take that business process and automate it with technology, you can institutionalize it," Burkett said.
Supply chain representatives should be prepared to counterbalance possibly conflicting requests from the other departments by pointing out how such plans might needlessly create obsolete inventory by requiring the purchase of new parts from outside suppliers. According to Burkett, an imperative for the supply chain team is to clearly present the business value of its supply chain-centric approach.Streamlining the sourcing process
Anil Gupta, vice president of marketing at Bristlecone, a supply chain consulting firm in Milpitas, Calif., recommends applying collaboration technologies to the sourcing plan that supports NPI. The idea is to expedite sourcing by optimizing the communications processes with suppliers.
For Gupta, this means replacing email, telephone and fax collaborations that he says "fall through the cracks" with a collaboration portal or supplier collaboration network. This upgrade will allow manufacturers to publish demand changes, which in turn are instantly transmitted to suppliers. The suppliers can then immediately confirm them or propose an amendment to the requested demand -- e.g., instead of shipping 20 parts on Wednesday, the supplier might propose shipping 15 on Tuesday and five on Wednesday.
"As the manufacturer and supplier go back and forth on the portal and confirm shipping plans, the transaction can trigger and update the manufacturer's ERP system," Gupta said. "Essentially, collaboration and centralization become a lot easier, and because the manufacturer's procurement schedule is more predictable, the company can be more responsive and flexible."
SAP's SCM module is part of the vendor's SAP Business Suite. SAP's modular approach gives it an advantage over best-of-breed supply chain software vendors, according to Gupta, because it gives customers a fully integrated solution.
SAP's integrated approach ensures that information flows at the right velocity with the right amount of detail, Gupta said. This makes it easier for the supply chain planning system to make the appropriate recommendations to the SAP supply chain execution system. SAP's integrated SCM system has "matured substantially," he noted, and it is now as good as any best-of-breed solution on the market.
"As a result of this approach, the cost of ownership for customers has come down because people have the flexibility to choose how much supply chain planning they want to bite off at any given time," Gupta said. "Plus, the solution is modular enough for you to pick and choose how you want to roll it out to the marketplace."
About the author: Freelance writer Bruce Hoard covers computer and communications technology.


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Tutorials:(File Size: 12MB, Unpacked Size: 12MB, Amount of Files: 13)
'Mastering: Mainstage & Big Room' is continuation of W.A. Production's long awaited mastering series, containing courses loaded with the most effective techniques and tips for getting the best mix for your tracks.
W.A. Production has teamed up with MasteringEDM to bring their incredibly high standard of mastering courses directly to you.
More than two hours of material is included, all designed to help you master the genre.
As all courses are streamed online, inside the pack you will find a file with a unique URL that allows you to use the link on any device and watch tutorials anywhere and anytime you want.
The first master is done with nothing but free plugins.
Next the team master the track with iZotope Ozone, and then lastly with their favourite paid plugins.
In addition to this the team will explain how to get an appropriate level for digital release in 2016 so you can understand what happens to your music when you put it online.
This course includes 136 minutes of material divided into four complex courses.
What You Will Learn:
• How to use EQ and compression for maximum impact on the dancefloor
• Learn to make your synths and basses sound huge
• Learn how to make sure your kick drum cuts through the mix and hits hard
• Learn how to get your songs loud, fat and in your face while using contrast
• Dynamics and automation to make it sound massive
• Learn to master your music for a professional digital release in 2016
This Course Will:
• Explain how to get a professional sounding mixdown so that you can get the most out of mastering
• Offer an in depth overview of three different mixdowns that have been submitted for mastering
• Teach you what you have to do to make these tracks sound like a professional release
• Show you the team mastering three different tracks from start to finish
• Present three mastering sessions with three different sets of tools.


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Zakynthos, Greece
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The Family Inn Hotel is located in the lovely village of Argasi on the beautiful Greek island of Zakynthos, also known as Zante.
The hotel is set amongst pretty landscaped gardens with colorful and fragrant flowers, palm trees and a magnificent pine clad mountain as its backdrop.Set in their own attractive private grounds in a peaceful and relaxing area just of the main seafront road of Argassi,Family Inn Hotel is an ideal place for families and couples seeking friendly relaxing holidays.
Argassi is a beautiful seaside village built in a verdant plain at the foot of Mount Skopos and is said to the oldest on the island. It holds an enviable position between Zante Town and the Vassilikos Peninsular with the magnificent Mt Skopos as its backdrop. The town center revolves around the main road that runs through the resort and is flanked both sides by a wide variety of shops, bars, restaurants and supermarkets making it very easy to the customer to find everything he may need during summer vacations. It is very family orientated with a warm friendly atmosphere and appeals to people of all ages.
- 10m Taverna
- 50m Supermarket
- 200m Beach
- 200m Argassi centre
- 2km Zakynthos Town
- 6km Airport
The accommodation at Family Inn consists of twin rooms suitable for 2-3 persons with either double or single beds, air-conditioning, TV, radio, fridge, kettle, fitted wardrobes, en suite bathroom with shower and furnished balcony or verandas with views over the pool, gardens, mountains and sea.Rooms are cleaned and towels changed on a daily basis.
The hotel has a 24hr reception area, breakfast room, indoor bar, snack bar and satellite TV lounge all on site to cater for their guests needs.
- Swimming pool
- Children's pool
- Hydro massage pool
- Sun loungers and parasols
- Breakfast room open 8.00am-9.30am
- Snack bar open 8.00am-6.00pm
- Indoor bar open 6.00pm-1.00am
- Satellite TV lounge
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Jeff mentions in this answer that the amount of time the "Don't forget you can mark an answer as accepted" appears is n days. This implies that n is configurable, and may vary from site to site or time to time.
Right now, we rely on the FAQ and Meta to help us figure out what the current settings are for any particular site. This seems sub-optimal, since they can change, and the data is obviously available somewhere.
Would it be possible to set up a configuration page where certain configuration data is visible to all, to be used as a reference by users? Obviously we don't want to dump all the meta-data, just the subset that is safe and useful for users.
I don't know which items are configurable and which are hardcoded, but the following possibilities come to mind:
- The amount of time for which the "Don't forget you can mark an answer as accepted" appears
- The number of comment flags allowed per day
- The number of post flags allowed per day
- The number of votes allowed per day
- The length of time during which changing a vote is permitted
- The "power" threshholds currently listed explicity in the FAQ.
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Uranium irradiation history of carbonado diamond; implications for Paleoarchean oxidation in the São Francisco craton
Magee et al
Carbonado is a porous polycrystalline diamond rock found in central African and Brazilian placer deposits. It contains unsupported radiogenic isotopes of He, Ne, Kr, Xe, and Pb. Here we show that these, and the radiation-related defects introduced to the diamond structure, are a result of uranium precipitation, with no isotopic or spectroscopic evidence of Th enrichment. The daughter products are unsupported due to Proterozoic U remobilization. Combining existing carbonado Pb isotope data with recent studies of the geochronology of the tectonic evolution of the São Francisco craton (eastern South America) reveals that the most likely scenario is Paleoarchean uranium enrichment of carbonado, followed by Mesoproterozoic uranium dissolution. Under all possible scenarios, the carbonado radiation damage history requires U mobilization in the Mesoarchean or late Paleoarchean. This is consistent with recent studies of South Africa and India Mesoarchean paleosols, which also show evidence for local oxygen activity greater than that of the Archean atmosphere and ocean. While those studies rely on whole-rock trace element and transition metal stable isotope measurements, this combination of crystallographic defects, sedimentary geochronology, and radiogenic isotopes supports the same conclusions of nonmarine, near-surface Archean oxygen enhancement.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Hints of a Higher Than Expected Oxidation From During MesoArchean
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Bike ride to work
7 comments:
- South County Ciclista said...
Nice pictures. Thanks for posting them. I used to live in La Capital and Martinez so it is nice to see current pictures. Ten years ago I didn't see any bikes either so I guess not much has changed.
- April 26, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- CV said...
Que lindo blog! saludos del blog anarcopunk! Besotes desde el norte del sur!
- April 26, 2010 at 7:40 PM
I used to live in La Lucila. There, in La Lucila, Martinez, la "zona norte" is not unusual to see cyclists. I lived all my childhood in the streets on my bike! Thanks for leaving your comment, SC Ciclista.
- April 26, 2010 at 8:29 PM
Hola Blogger Anarcopunk! Que musica edita CV records? Imagino que punk rock, guitarras, one, two, three, four!
- April 26, 2010 at 8:30 PM
- Unknown said...
Hey! nice pics
it seems you had a great time there
I'm planning a trip to SouthAmerica, and I was looking for apartments for rent Buenos Aires, any recomendations? wich area do you think I should stay?
Hope you can answer me, bacause I don't know anyone who has been there so..., I'm some kind of lost
- August 29, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Well, most apartments for rent to tourist are located either in Palermo or San Telmo, which are two nice but different areas. Palermo is trendy, it pretends to be sort a New York Soho (it is not). San Telmo is the eldest part of the city but it suffered recent gentrification. Both places are ok. You should avoid places like Belgrano or Nuñez which are not bad but a bit far away. Of course there are a lot of really awful places in the city but in those places there are no apartments for tourists.
- September 4, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Kimberly said...
I know that the bike is the best means of transport ever. It is cheap, fast and healthy. LAst year I got an apartment in buenos aires when I travelled for my vacations and I used the bike to go ti all the tourist attractions I wanted to visit!
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Michael became our Pastor in July 2016. We are excited to be Praising God, Growing Spiritually & Reaching Neighbors with the Good News of Christ with him. His wife, Karen, is also a United Methodist pastor, at Montmorenci UMC. Michael is a very tall, down to earth, mountain guy and is crazy in love with the Lord! You'll feel right at home here at Francis Asbury with Michael in the Pulpit.
Throughout scripture, God calls people of faith to healing. At Francis Asbury UMC we believe that caring for self and others is an expression of God's love and should be shared through outreach ministry in our congregation and greater community. We are blessed and honored to have Dora Brown, BS, RN as our Faith Community Nurse.
Danya is our Administrator. She also helps lead our weekly community meal at the Hominy Valley Welcome Table, leads our FROG Adult Sunday School, along with numerous other volunteer positions. Danya lives in Candler, NC with her husband, Allen. They have 2 grown children, Tyler & Kaylee. Tyler is a US Coast Guardsman stationed in New York. Kaylee is a film graduate from WCU.
Jess became our Choir Director in January 2011. Jess is a very talented and energetic musician and has added a lot of diversity and enjoyment to our choral pieces. Jess arranges a lot of the pieces the choir presents. Jess is also a very skilled pianist. We are very thankful to have Jess on staff here at Francis Asbury. Jess lives in Asheville, NC with his wife, Linzy. They have 3 children, Jet, Elise & Eden.
We are excited to have, Megan Serzan, as our Children's Ministry/Family Ministry Director. Megan is enthusiastic and has many wonderful gifts to share with our family of faith. Megan and her husband, Chris, have two small children, Lillian & Wilson.
Glenda Faye became our Custodian in October 2004. Glenda keeps our church clean and looking good. Glenda is in charge of our weekly free meal to the community "The Hominy Valley Welcome Table", and various other duties that she enjoys doing for her church and for God. She lives in Candler, NC with her husband, Dan.
Our SPRC has approved the hiring of Peggy Milroy as a part-time staff person at FAUMC. Beginning January 1st, 2019, Peggy will be partnering with Glenda Shook to both serve as our church custodians. Please welcome Peggy to our staff!
Amy Dayton is our Nursery Worker. She has a big smile, a nurturing heart and enjoys providing a caring and loving environment for your Infant and/or Toddler to experience God's love unconditionally. Amy lives in Candler and is CPR Certified.


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Trucks and Trolleys for Material Handling Efficiency
Previously, materials were placed in pallet racks, but now the materials are picked in sequenses onto trolleys and then distributed with trucks and trolley trains further to assembly. The assembly staff are responsible for getting the right trolley, with the right material on time. The result is large time savings and the assembly staff have a better working pace and can focus on the assembling.
Customers are placing greater demands on a short lead time. The production manager Richard Karlsson, previously a production technician at Electrolux, was given the task of organizing the routines in the Swedish factory. He has tested different methods through trial and error and created a new structure for material handling efficiency.
At an early stage he contacted Helge Nyberg and together with its design engineers they have developed a successful concept.
– Quality has increased significantly, as well as productivity and delivery reliability. With the help of trains from Helge Nyberg, material arrives on time and to the right place. The size of the material has required a lot of special solutions. This adaptation and further development has taken place as a result of good cooperation, says Rikard Karlsson.


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Franz Friedrich Anton von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke of Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, was born 15 July 1750 in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany to Ernst Friedrich von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1724-1800) and Sofie Antoinette von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1724-1802) and died 9 December 1806 in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany of unspecified causes. He married Sophie von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1760-1776) 6 March 1776 in Hildburghausen, Thuringia, Germany. He married Auguste Reuß zu Ebersdorf (1757-1831) 13 June 1777 in Saalburg-Ebersdorf, Thuringia, Germany. Notable ancestors include Gustav I of Sweden (1496-1560), Henry II of England (1133-1189), William I of England (1027-1087), Charlemagne (747-814), Hugh Capet (c940-996), Alfred the Great (849-899). Ancestors are from Germany, Sweden, France, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Russia, the Czech Republic, Spain, Hungary, Belgium, Poland, Austria, the Netherlands, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Bohemia, Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Portugal, England, Turkey, the Byzantine Empire.
Common ancestors of Franz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750-1806) and Sophie von Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1760-1776)
- Elisabeth Sophia von Sachsen-Altenburg (1619-1680)
- Ernst I. von Sachsen-Gotha (1601-1675)
Common ancestors of Franz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750-1806) and Auguste Reuß zu Ebersdorf (1757-1831)
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text: Tag Content for Each Profile Tag Content for Each Profile In Sitecore, you can assign content profile values to a page on your website. By assigning content profile values to items that make up your site you are able to gain a better understanding of the behavior, actions, and interests of your website visitors. The values you assign to each page accumulate as a visitor navigates through the site. This allows you to build a profile for an individual site visitor, which can then be used along with other DMS tools such as campaigns, personalization, and engagement plans. Profiles The Marketing Center (accessed using the Sitecore Desktop interface) contains a node entitled "Profiles". The Profiles section is where you can create, edit, and manage profile settings which will then be applied to pages on your site. Profile settings consist of: Profile - a group of related profile keys. The Profile item's child items will be the collection of related profile keys. The "type" field on the Profile item defines the relationship between the profile keys Examples: Age, Gender, Budget, Evaluator Type Profile key - an attribute of the parent profile item. The Profile Key contains a min, max, and default value. Example 1: A "Male" Profile Key is given a min value of 0 and a max value of 5 under the "Gender" Profile. A page can then be tagged with a score of 3 points on the "Male" Profile Key. This means when a site visitor hits this page, the visitor will accumulate 3 points towards being a male. Example 2: The Launch Sitecore demo site groups site visitors into an "Evaluator Type" profile. The four profile keys include: Content Author Developer IT Professional Marketer Profile Card - The use of profile cards simplifies content profiling by grouping percentages of Profile Keys together. Profile Cards are placed on content items and represent a predefined set of Profile Key values. You can also create Persona Cards, which have extra fields to describe the life, habits, background, interests, and profession of a fictional character who contains aspects of the parent Profile. Example: Connie the Content Author scores the full 5 points for the Content Author Profile Key. This Profile Card will be placed on articles for Content Authors only. Pattern Card – a Pattern Card is used by the personalization rules engine to determine what profile attributes the current site visitor looks most like. Example: If a site visitor is hitting mostly Content Author tagged pages, but visits a few Marketer tagged pages, we are still going to say they look like Connie A personalization rule can then be created against this Pattern Card: What is the difference between Profile Cards and Pattern Cards? Profile Cards are applied to items, tagging the page with values for specific profile keys A visitor's profile is matched to Profile Patterns to determine who they look most like Applying Profile Cards to Items After you have created the Profile Cards and assigned Profile Key values to them, you can start assigning the Profile Cards to the content items that make up your website. Assigning profile cards to content items makes it easier for you to implement profile values consistently across your website. The alternative is setting values for individual profile keys on each content item. Example: Below shows tagging a content authoring article with the "Connie" profile card. When a site visitor reads this article, they will get points towards a "Connie the Content Author" profile/persona. For more information on Profiles, Profile Keys, Profile Cards, and Pattern Cards see Chapter 2 of the Marketing Operations Cookbook. Dec 18, 2013 by Kevin DiTroia


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Meet Pearly! Isn't she stunning? Well this shoot was a result of some amazing people coming together. First of all my amazing friend Barb was dying to shoot some Indian-ness!! Then my friend, Karen steps in to coordinate everything. Then Liz, steps up to the play to Model. The other model being, the gorgeous…Pearly. We ask…


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With characteristic showmanship and panache, international performance and media artist Barbara Rosenthal introduced three of her video compilations to several eager audiences in Melbourne, Australia this month, with talks billed as "Authenticity in Art" and "The Medium is NOT the Message." Touring Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane as a guest-of-the-fest of Channels Video Festival, and hosted in Melbourne by Monash University and Victorian College of Art, this bold, frank, energetic, introspective, self-effacing, idiosyncratic 65-year old New York avant-gardist noted as "Old Master of New Media" during her winter tour of Europe, presented here an overview of her philosophy of art and of her career, as she launched into screenings comprising almost 50 of her over 100 video shorts, with questions and discussion after each program.
Barbara Rosenthal, a deep thinker known for expressing Existential themes in her art, is a passionate character with wild red hair, bursting with words and ideas, prolific as an artist for 50 years. She takes from her own life everything she encounters – physical objects, experiences, family members, clothing, medical data, landscapes, buildings, insects, animals, discarded papers, old rags, her dead father's architectural supplies, her children's toys, speech patterns, her own body, etc. Everything seems to be fair game for her to draw upon, and through relentless reflection and introspection, coupled with her photography and drawings, plus puns and phrases by herself or from the fiction and cartoons she reads, turns into original, metaphysical, and sometimes absurdist art, revealing insights into what makes us human. Her material all comes from her own life, yet everyone else can relate to it.
Her work tells us about ourselves. And often in a very funny way. At many videos, we burst out laughing. Yet, at many others we are aghast at an undertone of violence, of aberration, discomfort, rejection. Her process – turning experience into art – often entails her use of the Journals (capital "J") she's kept since age 11, twelve of which will be put on display at The Center For Book Arts, NY in January. She tells us that many times her ideas spring whole, and can be seen on the pages, as she records an experience, which yields an insight, which sparks a project. "I don't try to think up something to make art," she says, "and I don't 'illustrate' a concept. The art makes me make it. And if there is an analysis or interpretation, it comes AFTER the work."
We talked about new technology and the effects that social media have on journal writing today. Rosenthal believes that Facebook is sucking analytics away from journal writing and writers. Whereas a daybook lets our thoughts run free in our own privacy and own time, now we answer to Facebook about how we feel, and endure comments ready or not. Although she nevertheless has several Facebook accounts, which she designates for selective purposes, she encourages people to keep notebooks besides, or otherwise much is lost, especially meanderings which lead to deeper ideas.
Some or Rosenthal's "deep ideas" refer to the difficulty and absurdity of true communication altogether, such as in "Nonsense Conversation", an improvisation with her daughter Ola Creston, when the child was 9, and "Semaphore Poems", initiated and performed by the late poet Hannah Weiner, against a vast mountain range to the soundtrack of many birds. Other ideas refer to the similarity and dissimilarity of individuals, such as in "Secret Codes", which depicts palm prints to a relentless soundtrack during which the following words in English, German and Yiddish repeatedly traverse the black screen in shades of gray: "That which on first glance is alike, on closer inspection tells us apart."
Barb Bolt, a contemporary art historian in Melbourne, and Chair of the VCA graduate art program, commented on Rosenthal's variety of emotions between the videos in the compilations "Nonsense Conversation and Other Shorts" (Sept 17) and "Existential Word Play" (Sept 18). "I'm captivated by the formal devices she uses to get her messages across," said Professor Bolt, "her manipulation of sequencing and audio tracks, her build-up of rhythm and repetition, her divisions of space on the screen, her presentations of tension and release, her relentlessness and endurance. I call this her 'choreography.'
"Rosenthal's use of devices, such as disruption, causes a rethinking, and, in formal language, produces emotive effects. Her visual art induces a kind of synaesthesia when such things as rhythm, repetition, decrease of space, etc, provoke an intensity that you just can't stand any more, such as in 'Dog Recognition', and then suddenly she relaxes us immediately into 'Postcards.'
"These things put Barbara Rosenthal undeniably in the realm of Conceptualism," continued Professor Bolt, "but they operate on the level of affect, which we read as meaning. Her incredible intensity is not unlike that of Marina Abramovic." Yet, whereas Marina's intensity causes that artist to remain silent and immobile, such as in her recent show at the Museum of Modern Art in NY, Rosenthal's intensity is dynamic.


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Multiple Award-Winning Nature Photographer & Conservationist Greg Basco Shares His Trade Secrets! (Part-II)
Today's interview with Greg Basco is one of the finest interviews I have ever conducted. It's full of professional tips, thoughts, and experiences. Greg hasn't held anything back, making it an exceptionally useful interview for every one of us.
Since the entire interview is around 4,300 words, I have split it into 2 parts. Check out the part-I of the interview with multiple award-winning photographer and conservationist from Costa Rica – Gregory Basco.
Today you'll learn about several exclusive tips and techniques about:
- Flash photography techniques, which Greg specializes in.
- How to combine Flash with Slow shutter speed to get creative results.
- How to get out of the up, close, and personal framing to make something more compelling and unique.
- Some of the professional nature, wildlife, and bird photography tips.
Let's jump right in…
Prathap: I must say you have mastered flash photography to a great extent. Very few photographers have such mastery.
I am sure my readers would be very interested to know few basic tips about flash photography. And also, it would be great if you point us to the best resource to learn about flash photography.
Greg Basco: Well, I'm always learning with regard to flash, but I do feel that, because I've had lots of practice, I've become pretty proficient with it. I'll admit that I actually enjoy the technical challenge of using flash but I got started on flash simply because it's such a necessity in the tropical rainforest where you very rarely have great natural light. But, once you come to understand flash, you quickly find that it opens up new worlds even in wide open places with plenty of light.
For instance, here's a shot I took recently in the Atacama Desert of Chile at the end of the day. Even though the environment couldn't be more different from the tropical rainforest, flash still helped me to improve the photo by allowing me to fill in shadows on this lone flamingo.
With flash, I would offer three basic tips.
First, understand that flash does not harm our subjects. Even nocturnal subjects will suffer no permanent harm from flash. There is a great article on the NatureScapes photo forum, written by a human and a veterinary ophthalmologist, that discusses this. But, there can be behavioral effects on our subjects, say scaring a bird off a nest or temporarily disrupting a frog from its routine activities. So, whenever you use flash, use it responsibly (and don't work a subject too long!) and in accordance with the rules of the areas in which you're photographing.
Second, using flash doesn't mean that the picture will look flashed. If you can tell a photographer used flash for a picture, they haven't used it well 🙂 Using flash well means using it in low doses and/or getting the flash off-camera and diffusing the light source. Note that this also corresponds to minimizing the potentially disruptive effects of flash on our subject.
Third, many photographers think that flash is used as a crutch by those who aren't good photographers. Nothing could be further from the truth. Understanding flash will actually help you to understand natural light better. Photographers who claim to only shoot natural light as if such a restriction were a badge of honor are simply admitting that they don't know how to use one of the main tools in photography!
I always instruct my workshop clients to shoot first with no flash. For fill-flash, understanding how to best expose the important parts of the picture (highlights on the top of a bird's head for instance or the background) is essential. The resulting picture is then your guide for what you need your flash to do. If the light is good, you may not even need flash. But if you do, remember, you want to fill in shadows but not eliminate them. Killing the shadows in your photo is what makes a picture look flashed. And when using flash as the main light source, always try to position your flash(es) to create natural looking shadows.
The ebook The Guide to Tropical Nature Photography (which I co-wrote with my friend Glenn Bartley) has a very nice chapter on the use of flash for nature photography 🙂
See www.theguidetotropicalnaturephotography.com
Prathap: Would you like to talk about combining slow shutter with the flash? It's kind of interesting to understand this particular flash photography technique.
Greg Basco: Sure, while the chance to apply it doesn't come along often, it's a technique that I really love as it's a unique way of portraying motion. Basically, what you're doing is intentionally creating an ambient ghosting effect while at the same time adding a quick burst of flash to freeze the subject. Put differently, this technique is effectively a double exposure in-camera – your subject is exposed via ambient light for, say 1/30 of a second and exposed by flash for say 1/10,000th of a second.
One way to do this is with a flying bird where you pan along with the bird while autofocusing (just as you would for a sharp bird in flight shot) but you use a slow shutter speed to produce some wing and background blur. You then add a pop of flash to gain some additional sharpness. It's best to use second-curtain sync in this situation. This is exactly what I did with the Scarlet Macaw picture below.
A second way to apply this technique is with a subject that is staying in the same place but is moving part of its body. For me, a hummingbird hovering near a flower is a great example but you could also do this with a bird shaking water off its feathers after a rain. The hummingbird picture below is one example. I used a slow shutter speed but a very low flash power, which means a very short burst of flash.
Prathap: While almost all the bird photographers are trying to avoid the distractions, you seem to be using it in a rather pleasing way. It's one of the many reasons, why I love your work so much!
Greg Basco: Thanks very much for that compliment! Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of posterboard smooth backgrounds. I don't mind them for some images but I think a portfolio needs to have some diversity to keep it from getting boring to viewers. I prefer to try to look for background and surrounding elements that work together to add to the composition and to hint at the habitat of a subject. Obviously, this can be tough as things can easily become too distracting. When I'm out in the field and have a chance to position myself where I want in front of a subject, I'll look first for some added elements. That can mean a background with some definition to it and/or leaves or branches that can frame my subject.
Prathap: And then, when every bird photographer wants to go up, close, and personal, you are taking it easy. You are perfectly fine to make the bird a smaller part of the composition and emphasizing on the background. The photograph below is an excellent shot where you have intentionally brought out the texture in the background.
Can you tell us more about how one can try and see things in new ways?
Greg Basco: Of course, though I wouldn't say I'm taking it easy 🙂 I'm just kidding as I know what you mean. But, it is actually much more difficult to make a photo with multiple elements and strong composition than it is to simply buy an expensive long lens and then fill the frame with a bird and have a smooth out of focus background.
I'm also always looking for branches that make the bird part of a composition rather than the star of the show. Sometimes focusing only on the beauty and detail of birds can make for a nice image but more often than not, I like to hint at the habitat of a bird. I've always enjoyed looking at botanical illustrations and bird illustrations such as those of Audubon. These show-off plants and birds in a stylized way that places them in context. I really enjoy trying to get that effect through the camera.
To do this, you need to really think about compositional rules such as the placement of the subject in the frame and the size relation among different objects in a photo. I think the brown-hooded parrot photo above that you chose to feature is a good example of both. You'll also want to think about the depth of field. I actually stopped my aperture down more than normal for this photo so that, instead of completely blurring the background, I was able to bring out some definition in the palm leaves in the background.
One added note, white backgrounds can be particularly effective when you can find a graphic composition. Many photographers hate white backgrounds but I find they can simplify a composition and, in a tropical cloud forest, a white background is totally natural because you are often literally in the clouds! The same goes for black backgrounds. These also can add to the graphic feel of a strong composition and can be totally natural for nocturnal subjects or even daytime subjects inside a forest where dappled light can produce strong shadows.
Prathap: Greg, before we finish, it would be great if you can give us some of the professional nature or wildlife or bird photography tips. It will prove precious to our readers.
Greg Basco: I think any nature photographer looking to make their photos stand out from the crowd should do four things.
First, try to really understand how your camera works and gain an understanding of the basics of exposure. Making the technical aspects of photography second nature will allow you to concentrate on light, composition, and behavior.
Second, study painting to gain a foundation in composition and the interplay between light and shadow. I don't mean for this to sound pretentious but I really think that studying the great artists will help any photographer to develop a better eye. There are tons of resources online related to the great painting masters. Those are the western artists of course, but I also enjoy looking at a more ethereal style that's typical of eastern watercolors. Studying these paintings is something that I enjoy doing during my free time.
Third, I urge people to learn how to use flash. As we discussed above, the flash will open your eyes to a whole new world of possibilities.
And fourth, try this little exercise. Take a subject common to where you live that's been photographed a lot and try to come up with a photograph of that subject that's totally different than what you've seen before. I did just that a few years ago for the photo below (it's a single in-camera exposure) of the famous red-eyed tree frog, which has been photographed a million times. I wanted to photograph it in a fresh and interesting way and in a manner that was appropriate for a nocturnal frog in its rainforest habitat. It ended up being the cover of my recently released coffee table book on Costa Rica's natural wonders.
I actually have a little free e-book on my website called Top 11 Tips for Eye-catching Nature Photos [Enter the site and Scroll to the bottom to download the eBook] that covers these and other ideas for making photos that stand out from the crowd. You can download the e-book at my website www.deepgreenphotography.com.
Prathap: You conduct several nature photography workshops every year. And it seems that they are booked well in advance. Can you tell our readers the benefits of attending your photography workshops?
Also, let us know how our readers can keep up to date with your work.
Greg Basco: I lead workshops through my tour company Foto Verde Tours. My specialty is Costa Rica, where I've lived and worked for a long time, but I also lead tours to Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, and I'll be adding some new South American destinations in the coming years. I work very hard during my workshops to take clients to the places that I love and to help them improve their photography skills. I take very few pictures during a workshop. People aren't paying me so they can watch me take pictures. They're paying me to help them take better pictures! I think my reputation as a workshop leader who always puts clients first and is a good communicator is the big reason that I'm fortunate to be able to sell my tours well.
The best way to keep up with me is to visit my website Deep Green Photography and subscribe to my newsletter. That will keep you up to date on new tours, blog posts, photo tips, and other news. You can visit www.deepgreenphotography.com to subscribe. It's free and confidential.
You can visit the Foto Verde Tours website (www.fotoverdetours.com) to see the full descriptions of all of our photographic tours, including the ones I lead.
And of course, you can follow me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/deepgreenphotography/. Be sure to give me a like!
Prathap: Greg, I know it's been a very long interview. But I had to ask you these questions as I feel our readers would love to know about your unique talent. I hope you didn't mind.
On behalf of our readers, I would like to thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and photography tips and techniques. It was a real pleasure talking to you.
Greg Basco: Likewise, Prathap, the pleasure was mine. I appreciate the opportunity to share with your readers. And congratulations again on your blog. It's really becoming a great source of information. All the best to everyone out there. I hope to meet you in the field sometime!
Thank you once again! Greg, for an eye-opening and thought-provoking interview. We'll surely meet soon.
Don't forget to download Greg's eBook Top 11 Tips for Eye-catching Nature Photos [Scroll to the bottom of the website to download the eBook]. It's one of the best free eBooks on the subject. Greg's straight from the heart explanation and his mind-blowing photographs are worth a ton.
Meanwhile, if you are not aware, this September I am taking just 4 photographers to Masai Mara, Kenya for 8-days. It's an exceptional photography trip designed to witness the great migration. I have listed out the 5 KEY REASONS why you should go with me to Masai Mara this year. Click here to find out more.
I hope you all had a great time learning from Greg. Please feel free to ask questions, if you have. Or, share your thoughts about the interview. It's always a pleasure know your thoughts.
I would greatly appreciate if you let more and more people to enjoy this interview, by sharing it on your favorite social media. Or, send the link to the interview via e-mail.
That's all for now. Have a great time!
– Prathap
Thank you, Pratap for a wonderful interview.
What a wonderful interview!! Again reinforced the very fact of the art of photography- lighting and composition, as Prathap taught me once and everytime reminds in his blogs. Max out there, Min in here. Thanks Prathap and all the best.
Great interview. Quite informative. Eagerly awaiting your article on third party lens for birding for quite a month now.
Great interview. Brings a completely different perspective of nature photography onto the table. We are always hammered with not using flash photography when photographing nature, birds or animals, however this interview throws light on a completely different way of photographing nature. Thanks for sharing it.


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