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If anyone is on the lookout for craft supplies, St Vinnies in Hoppers Crossing had 3 flower presses, quite a few embroidery hoops, a few different types of dress fabrics, and lots of wool. They also had a Knitting Nelly with a set of instructions (I was really tempted to buy it but I already have one). They also had a few craft books and lots of cook books. The Salvos in Hoppers Crossing didn't have many craft supplies, but they did have a good book section. Lots of craft books, especially knitting and flower type crafts (flower arranging, dried flower crafts etc).
Friday, 29 February 2008
Crafty Finds
Thursday, 28 February 2008
trying not to gloat...
1. NoLita top, 2. Art Garb skirt, 3. Italian Boots, 4. Silk tie, 5. Insight jeans
1. Jag Jeans, 2. cute tote bag, 3. these boots aren't made for walking!, 4. Charlie's shorts, 5. Madeline
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Wednesday, 27 February 2008
vintage italian shoes: go geddem!!
Heads up
Monday, 25 February 2008
Shoes and other fun things!
I haven't posted in a while because, well, I get into lazy holiday mode and the idea of uploading photos, typing and lets be frank, even turning on the computer doesn't excite me. Never the less, I just must share my recent finds!
Cute tuxedo style jacket, very now and very cheap! $3 doncare, maceadon
Navy blue vest, $4 from cant remember where...its been a staple is all i can say
Navy/green plaid suit jacket. After i took out the shoulder pads and took in the shoulders, very wearable i must say! $15
Scarf #1: Cute nautical thing in pastel colours...i love this one, $2
Scarf #2 Red satin with horses. Already worn this one heaps, seems to match everything!
And now for the shoes.....
Black patent leather and gold salvatore ferragamo heels, love them and they were only $2 from Doncare in templestowe
Another pair from doncare, Templestowe. These ones are Nina Ricci, also $2 (woo hoo) They are a little small, might have to sell them on Ebay, size 7 if anyone's interested!
What my mum calls grandma shoes but i call practical and cute and blue leather...($4)
I think i can call these my favs...gold leather flats with snake skin pattern detail. Wore them today, very comfy and only $5. YAY
last but not least, 80's boots from Salvo's in East Doncaster, a little pricey ($30), but you'll easily pay $100 for boots like these in vintage stores... leather and fur lined....mmm warm....
summer holiday finds
finally got my act together and uploaded photos of some finds from the recent summer holidays. click on the links to see more information.
My Finds today
Traveled over to Temcare Op-Shop, Station Street, Oakleigh, today and quite a treasure trove! I saw the shop when it was closed and looked through the window at a very cluttered and dark shop and turned my heel and walked away. Not today!
Venturing in, the first thing I spotted was the large collection of interesting chinaware and lots and lots of pyrex in pretty good nick! Didn't need those, so I meambled my way to the linen section and picked up a lovely patterned sheet for $2, then hunted out the craft section where I scored a quilting hoop for $8, fantastic piece of cotton drill (maybe for an apron?) for $1.50 and another embroidery hoop for $2. They had a huge range of craft magazines too (just got the one Quilters Companion). The staff seemed nice, though had no idea of pricing and seemed to think about what to charge for an eon!
I got this little sweetie from my favourite local op-shop, Ashburton Services, along with a daisy tablecloth. This shop is getting more and more popular, so you have to quick smart to nab a treasure.
I also found a chenille bedspread which is in perfect condition (though no label so not absolutely 100% sure it is pure cotton; the fringing doesn't feel like it) in a delicious icy pink. Yum!
(Co-posted at Whippet Good)
Chiffon Scarves
Hi All,
I've just posted on my textiles blog but thought I would post here also a pic of my current work. I'm always on the lookout for interesting items to use for textiles, not just because they are cheaper, but because it adds an interesting historical perspective to the work. Not a great deal of history in this yet, but this is what I do with the chiffon scarves I regularly pick up from Op Shops (I have a large stash in all sorts of colours and patterns). I have painted some cotton with the background colours and layered on silk fibres/hankies and organza ribbon. Over the top is pinned my pale mauve chiffon scarf from the Op Shop. This piece is to have Free Machine Embroidery, hand embroidery, beading and other embellishments added before being cut up to make postcards (4 x 6"). This is for an international swap that is occurring for the Cyber Fyber Exhibition in USA in January. Artist Susan Lenz is organizing this worldwide event and I have already swapped an ATC and received Susan's Postcard. If you're interested in Textile art check out the Cyber Fyber site or Susan's blog for info. (You'll have to google this as I haven't worked out how to add links on this blog yet).
Friday, 22 February 2008
north melbourne opping
Thursday, 21 February 2008
- Embroidered hankies (my latest obsession)
- Buttons
- Doilies
If you know of a shop that has a great stash, I'd love you to leave a comment telling me where it is!
The Southern Op Shop at 51 Florence Street, Mentone has a fantastic selection of buttons. Best of all, they've sorted them into sets and sewn them on to little cards. They've pinned them up on the wall in an area covering about 3m x 1m.
The ones shown above are from this shop and also Temcare at 5A Station Street, Oakleigh.
I saw this cute tea set at The Salvos in Atherton Road, Oakleigh.
sale time
The kind people at St John of God Accord op shops have let me know about their upcoming sales:
Burnt Bridge, Croydon and Wandin locations
½ Price Sale starts February 25
$1 Sale starting on March 3
Greensborough location
½ Price Sale starts February 26
$1 Sale starting on March 4
All the address details and shop hours are included in the link on the sidebar. Half-price sale ... that means you can buy twice as much!
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Green with envy
Because I'm envious that some lucky person would fit into this dress and I don't!
I also got a novel which I am loving - pure British chick-lit trash - for $1 (so cheap that I can give away my shameful secret without further guilt!). In the $2 bag, I managed to stuff a red cardigan (currently in the wash so no pics yet), a white cotton petticoat which I am going to re-fashion, and a beautiful cream slip/petticoat. More pics soon!
What do you do... (UPDATED 21 Feb)
Do you buy it and find a friend who could use it?
Do you turn it into something else?
Do you buy it and live in denial, pretending it does fit?
Or do you leave it there and wish it all the best?
I just found cherry 8-up Docs. They are my favourite shoes, and they're made in England, not the new cheap ones. Unfortunately they're size 6 (AU size 8 women's) and I need size 7 (9). I already have cherry 8-up Docs, but they're my wedding shoes, so I only wear them on special occasions. And my other Docs both need repairs/retirement. I was so excited to see them there, they're in excellent condition. Oh, so sad. Anyone want me to buy them for you? I just can't bear to see them sitting there. Only $4.
I could squeeeeeze into them, but I figure the love will wear off pretty quickly with sore toes squished in. Oh, the craving!
I'll keep looking for cherry mary-jane Docs - my ultimate craving.
In case you're wondering, this is how much I like my cherry Docs...
UPDATE: I decided that I could not leave them there, so I rang up my SIL (who wore blue docs as a bridesmaid at our wedding) and asked if she would wear them. She's stoked, and so am I. I went to buy them this morning, and I had to argue about the price. The lady would only take $3 for them, even though I was insisting on paying the stated $4. She won, and I have a lovely present for my SIL. All's well that ends well.
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Now I lay me down to sleep
I'm always on the lookout for pillowcases.
I actually have quite a nice collection now & the linen press is always my first point of call at the Oppy.
I picked up some beauties today at the Epilepsy Op Shop in Kew & The Salvos in Balwyn.
Monday, 18 February 2008
First entry
Hi all, thanks Amelia for inviting me to join your blog.
I love op shopping and my two youger children(of 4) love to join me. I generally am on the look out for items that I can use in my textile art, which obviously covers a huge spectrum. Today I dropped by Vinnies in South Geelong for a browse and bought a new linen teatowel and two very recent copies of Country Craft & Decorating magazine for $1.00 each. This op shop is large and well organized, but doesn't carry many clothes labels. Cheers!
A sad and wierd op shop story from last year
A doll
I have to start out by saying that I'm not much of an op shopper.
When I was in high school I used to dabble in a little rummage through the white elephant stall at the community fair, with my main score being a cool (at the time- it was the early 80's after all) mens suit jacket for $2. I always regretted not getting the pants too. Since then, despite being keen on recycling/reusing/usingless, and being an avid sale shopper (content to rummage through racks of mis-matched clothes for hours, with no particular agenda other than spotting quality fabrics in colours and shapes that I like) I don't really do the op shopping thing.
I like to blame it on the quality of local op shops, which seem to have all the goods that were rejected from other op shops. But perhaps it's more that I can afford new, and I don't like to accumulate things that I don't really need, no matter how cheap or what a good find they may be. I also tend to imagine before I start, as I stare at the rack or box of mismatched dull coloured stuff, that I'm not going to find anything anyway, so why bother waste my time hoping against all likelihood that I might.
But last week I broke my habits, challenged my expectations, and called into one of the local op shops after dropping my son into daycare. After giggling to myself when I spotted the old sheets I'd deposited in their donations bin last month, I came away rewarded.
This AK Traditions doll was hiding in the bottom of a box of rather unattractive soft toys. I felt excitement well up inside me when I spotted a glimpse of the Kaffe Fasset striped fabric legs, and frantically tossed the other toys aside to see what they were attached to. She doesn't look particularly worn- nothing that a wash and a few stitches can't fix. I felt like I'd found gold. Boyed on by this success I rummaged further, coming away with a few other toys and a baby book, and a couple of glass storage jars for the kitchen.
Of course, this now leaves me with a new project for the unwritten and lengthy To Do [subsection: Craft] List: Doll's wardrobe. I might even turn her into a he.
Sunday, 17 February 2008
vacuuming shoes
Sometimes, it's highly necessary to have a pair of shoes that are...a little unusual for you. Me in high heels? You've got to be kidding. i've worn them outside the house a grand total of once - dining at a swank restaurant, and walking a grand total of the hotel upstairs down and back.
What they are really awesome for, and I highly recommend something similar (shoes, vintage slips, those charming oldschool aprons) is housework. Vacuuming just isn't the same in a pair of vintage italian high heels that you picked up for $2.00. Worth every cent.
Saturday, 16 February 2008
too much excitement, so a collection instead
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Todays Finds
I had to run some errands today so I thought I'd check out a couple of small op-shops that are in the main street. They are both within about 5 shops of each other so it was quite convenient.
The first was the Red Cross shop. They mainly had clothes but nothing really in my size and things were a little pricey for an op-shop.
The next was St Vinnies. It was a small shop but a much better selection of items. I was really looking for craft or fabric type items. I did find a velvet skirt and a nice baby blanket that I am going to cut up and use for other projects. I also found a couple of nice scarves. The sequinned scarf was $3 and the other was $1. I also found a cool Puma bag for $4, a table runner for $2 (I am probably going to make this into a cushion cover), and a really nice brown printed wrap skirt for $3. The wrap skirt is too small for me but I am going to make it into an apron instead.
They had lots of glassware and little crystal type dishes that would be useful for candles. They also had about ten Enid Blyton books for fifty cents each (in case anyone is collecting).
I'm planning an op-shopping spree in Geelong on Saturday so wish me luck!
Op-shopping To Suit Your Shape
Since I made the decision to return to the wonderful world of op shopping, I've been asking myself questions about my past op shopping practices. Why did I op shop, what kinds of things did I go for, and how should I update my attitude towards op shopping to suit the person I am now?
I used to be a compulsive op shopper. During most uni breaks I would trundle off to Savers, comb through the masses of musty-smelling junk, to find the gems. Most days I would come back with over 20 gems; you see, at that time, my idea of a 'gem' was completely insane.
A gem was anything that I could fit into that didn't look terrible (but it didn't need to look terribly good, either); anything that looked interesting, even if I could only just fit into it; anything to which I attached the words "It's so hideous I just have to have it"; anything costumey; anything below $10, and anything I liked regardless of whether it was stained, ripped, had a broken zip, or otherwise needed mending (of course I didn't mend any of these garments as I'm almost useless with a sewing needle). I bought and wore little boys' t-shirts, children's jumpers, hideous dresses, tops that didn't really fit, and things that did not suit my shape at all.
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008
Signs of addiction?
I can't say I've found any designer threads of late at my oppies, but I must admit that I haven't looked through the clothes much, as my heart lies elsewhere (and my arse has spread everywhere! Designers don't like that much...what's wrong with them?). But it's nice how an activity like op-shopping can bond crafters, fashionistas, knitting nannas, atomic homemakers and bargain hunters, as there's such a wide variety of people in search of treasure.
Today I went down to my local Savers as I was waiting for our Noodle Box order (as it's just around the corner), and as usual, I go in saying to myself "Okay, I can't buy much, it's not payday yet." But the gods of op-shopping are just out to taunt me and test my strength, and I ended up coming out with a bagful. First up there was a souvenir Aussie tablecloth from the 50's, then a couple of cheap bulk crafty supplies (velcro and press studdy things). I convinced some squealing teenage girls that were trying on wigs that I was mad by muttering loudly to myself at the pattern section and then suggesting they go for the freaky 'fro wig that was sitting there neglected. Then I found a vintage souvenir scarf, maybe from the 40's or early 50's - "Golden Days in Tasmania", and a nice old pure linen pillowcase for embroidering. So far, I thought, not doing too badly, under budget, so I went upstairs to scope out the china section (which is my fave). I'm sure the staff must nickname people like me "plate turners" as I've seen other people doing it too, turning all the old china upside down to see the backstamps and gauge the age and value of the pieces. (Why do Savers persist in sticking the price labels in the very middle of a cup or saucer, over the backstamp? Grr.) I don't actually care if something is valuable or not, but as I collect Meakin, Grindley and Art Deco china, I like to know what I'm getting. Today someone had donated no less than 50 pink saucers, but alas, no cups. Some were Johnson Brothers, and some were J&G Meakin, so I grabbed a couple of those and added some nameless gold rimmed tea cups. Hurrah, but $$ value climbing. I also found a tray - I was after one for my desk at work - and a little kittah salt shaker of kitschy goodness - Made in Japan, 60's I'd say. After a cursory glance over the mugs to see if there were any new ones for Pip's collection, and mindful of ducks with carts ornaments (alas, none of either), I wandered onto furniture.
And here I found my piece de resistance for the visit, an Art Deco footstool, in near perfect condition. Price unmarked. I'm not sure if anyone out there gets as excited by Art Deco as me, but as time passes, it's harder to find nice stuff that dealers haven't snaffled up to sell on e-bay. This footstool was nice and solid and looked like a homemade job, but oh, the upholstery joy! I tucked it under my arm and sought out staff to price it for me. I said to a salesgirl "How much is this box thingy with carpet on it?" She didn't know so we ended up having a bit of a conference with another staff member and the store manager. "Hmmm." said they, "No price, from the electrical section, it looks old"... One girl turned it over and looked at the bottom and the upholstery tacks with an assumed air of expertise "It must be 50 years old, hmmm." I stood there saying dumb things like "Oh, it's a footstool?" "I just liked the colours." So the nice manager bloke said, "$4.50 okay"? (I must admit, I was having a general dagginess and bad hair day - by bad hair I mean I'd brushed it this morning, but it had all snarled underneath, so by 5pm when I got fed up and put it in a pony tail it was all fuzzing out everywhere like dreadlocks in training - so maybe I appeared pitiful?) "No worries," said I. Inwardly I was very pleased and yay, at least I could afford it out of my $20 budget!
Anyway, here's where the bit about being addicted comes in... so I've got my footstool and my basket of goodies that I just can't live without (for today, anyway) and then I have to ask to use my discount card. So I'm there getting 5 cent and 10 cent discounts on everything...then I have to keep asking the clerk what the subtotal is as I add things in, and then when it came to $21.40, I try and EFTPOS it...argh, declined. Then I ask him to put through $20 on my card, and I give him $1.40 in coins. Then I check my purse and find that I have enough small change to buy the second teacup and the tray. So we do another transaction (with a 5% discount) for that too. Am I the only person who gets like this when they have oppy booty in their hot little hands? If I was at the supermarket I would have pulled out the chocolate, the magazine and the extra-soft toilet paper, and just paid for the rest and left in shame. But no, at the oppy I was determined. (The checkout guy was very nice too by the way.) I didn't care about the disgruntled shoppers next in line, the embarrassment at not having enough cash to just pay for everything in one hit and then leave, I was oblivious to outside forces. Is this single-mindedness the sign of an addict?
Now I'm sitting on the couch with my goodies around me, marvelling at the fact that today's shop looks like an indulgent department store shopping spree of half a century ago... footstool, scarves, pillowcase, china kitty, tablecloth, cups and saucers. And although I know they're only material possessions, they still fill me with a sense of beauty and satisfaction. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
Or am I just mad?
PS. I'll actually post pics of aforementioned items tomorrow. - updated. Ha, I just linked to this site from my china cabinet blog and referred to us as "Melbourne's op-shop Mafia"!!?
The designer side of life...
The first is a Comme Des Garcons wool knit top, with sort of top coat n' tails styling. It has 3 buttons at the front and "tails" at the back... I know i've put burgundy on burgundy but i'm sure you get the drift......
And i gotta say that when i saw the label I felt like all my Christmas's had come at once!
Purchased from Doncare at Maceadon Plaza, $4
Oh and the scarf in the pics was created in one of my many bored holiday moments...
These Salvatore Ferragamo green snake skin pumps were purchased 4 years ago ($6), at the beginning of my op-shopping career, when i was a wee year 10 catching the tram, school uniform/bag and all, up High St Kew. I didn't know the shoes were a designer label at the time, i I just loved them! Two years ago i took another look and to my surprise, there it was, "Salvatore Ferragamo" in gold lettering.
IN thinking about designer op shop items, when you look for them it just doesn't happen. They seem to find you, and when they do i assure you that you'll get a special feeling inside :)
Keep Opp-ing
Picnic anyone?
Excited doesn't even begin to describe it.
It's been well loved but in my opinion that just adds to the charm.
I'm not cheap, I'm frugal
So, I've calculated that within a 5 minute car's drive there are around 12 op shops that I visit regularly. Sadly, 3 others (the cheapest and more 'traditional' ones) have closed down in the past few months due to rate increases. My strategy is to head to the book section, then if there's time, childrens' clothes rack, linens (I collect kids' floral doona covers, and vintage pillowcases), women's clothing, storage furniture (can never have too many bookshelves!) and crockery.
One of my more recent bargains was a girl's Charlie Brown cord jacket and pants (size 7) for $8, as modelled by my daughter. I wouldn't want her to wear it as a set, as it's a bit much, but it will look great with a denim skirt or jeans and cowboy boots. She loves it. It was purchased at the Sacred Heart Mission shop on Chapel Street, Windsor. Actually, I think I bought it there, as it was part of my Op Shop Frenzy one solitary Saturday afternoon. There are 4 shops all within a 100 metres of each other on that Chapel Street strip, but I rarely find anything but books. (Just so you know, the mouldy looking stuff on the top of the icypole is passionfruit, it looks repulsive in the photo, I know).
Monday, 11 February 2008
luxury labels
You do occasionally come across luxury labels in the op shop - they're usually a bit obscure though. I've certainly never seen Prada or Gucci but have come across Yves St Laurent, Marni, Polo. The most luxe item I've ever bought is a men's Romeo Gigli jacket. Perhaps they have these special designer sales on a regular basis because at the time when I enquired about the price ($50 - whoa) the staff member said something to the effect that it was left over from the designer sale. I'm glad that I didn't buy it at the sale (for $50) as he sold it to me for $15. What's your swishest op shop purchase?
Anyway, I'm not counting on there being any bargains this Friday but I will be there at 8:59am.
Attack of the clones
Discover the joy of op-shopping.
You will:
a) not look like a clone
b) save heaps of moolah
c) feel an adrenaline rush like no other when you find something PERFECT
d) love the thrill of the hunt
Ok now I've got that out of my system…
Hey all you fellow op-shoppers, this is my first post on this great site and I can't wait to share some of my most recent finds with y'all
See, for me the best part of op-shopping is actually sharing (not gloating :) )
The fruits of Saturday 9th February…
Authentic doc martens from The Salvos in East Doncaster $25.75 and so worth it
Silk 'Chloe' scarf, $3, Kew CMS Opportunity Shop
What I think are the hottest shoes alive, with a sensible high heel, made in Italy, black suede Senso heels, $6 from Kew, CMS Opportunity Shop
Goldy silver metallic leather belt, good vintage condition, $2 Kew, CMS Opportunity Shop
Chiffon ruffle bolero shrug thing, the pic does it no justice, $6 The Salvos in East Doncaster


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Public Opinion
|11 Then the elders and all those at the gate said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. 12 Through the offspring the LORD gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah." (Ruth4:11-12)
What is significant is that he goes about this mission in an honourable way - he follows all the traditions involved in negotiating the right to lawfully marry Ruth and dealing with the land that belonged to Ruth's late husband and father-in-law.
The author of the book of Ruth explains the process that Boaz goes through and even provides by-the-way commentary explaining the rituals that would have seemed strange to an audience hearing the story centuries later. The point is that Boaz was thorough and diligent to observe the nuances, traditions, customs and laws of the day.
The result?
A wedding between a Jewish man of standing and a gentile Moabite is given blessing instead of gossip. Boaz is prayed for and people wish him good instead of wishing evil or misfortune. This is the power of a godly life: When we do things properly and correctly people wish us blessing and not ill.
Public opinion about Christians is not particularly good these days. When last have you seen a preacher portrayed well in the movies? While we might argue that this is part of the persecution and trouble that Jesus told us to expect, we also have to admit that Christians, including you and I, have not always lived well.
Boaz lived honourably and respectfully. He treated others well and he did things by the book. He was a good and gracious man. This turned public opinion toward him and we should learn from this.

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My dear friend and D.C. area resident Emily took me to Good Stuff because a) she knows I love good burgers, and b) she knows I love Top Chef. Located on Capitol Hill, Good Stuff Eatery is the creation of Spike Mendelsohn and home to simple, incredible burgers, fries and shakes. I'm partial to the Farmhouse cheeseburger while Emily is a Prez Obama burger loyalist. For me, no meal at Good Stuff if complete without the Village fries with rosemary and thyme. There's also a selection of beer on tap and bottle, including Sam Adams seasonal. I've been known to double fist a Sam Summer and a "mini moo," the perfectly Jenny-sized milkshakes. While Shake Shack just opened its first D.C. outpost in May 2011, and although I love me some shack, I recommend you skip the line and head to Good Stuff instead. And say hi to Chef Spike for me. 🙂
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Take full advantage of this unique opportunity to further develop Niceville in an intelligent fashion, introducing modern concepts while retaining our traditional historic charm. Solidify our community's designation as the best place to raise a family in the great State of Florida.
Elected to the city council via special election in 2013 to fill the remaining term of Dr. Bill Smith.
Sal is the Executive Vice President of Matrix Design Group and the Global Director of Federal Practices. He is responsible for the development and execution of strategic plans and leads the vertical integration of broad reaching Federal and Military practices. Prior to joining Matrix, Sal served for nearly 24 years in the United States Air Force, closing his career as the Installation Commander for Eglin AFB. He is a registered professional engineer and has led diverse teams in operations; delivering community services and public works; and, developing facility and infrastructure plans and programs. He has broad organizational leadership experience and has led over 6,000 personnel in complex domestic and international environments executing programs in excess of $70B.
Sal earned his Bachelors of Science in civil engineering from the University of Delaware in 1988. He went on to earn five masters degrees, with extensive studies in Public Administration, Engineering, Organizational Management, and National Security Strategy.
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Sal has been awarded numerous major military decorations, to include two Legion of Merit Awards and two Bronze Star Medals. He is a "Distinguished Graduate" and "Outstanding Contributor" at all levels of professional military education and received the University of Delaware's "Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement" in 2008.
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With Valentine's Day tomorrow I wanted to share this simple Wood Slice Heart I made over the weekend. It was really easy to create and completely free to make using supplies we already had on hand. I added it to our living room fireplace mantel and I love the texture and beauty it adds to our Valentine Décor.
Wood Slice Heart
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We have had a lot of windy weather lately so I had no trouble finding sticks in our yard to create this diy project with. Be sure to find sticks of different widths to add more interest to your project.
Using our miter saw (DEWALT DW715 15-Amp 12-Inch Single-Bevel Compound Miter Saw) we cut the sticks to about 1 inch each until I had a large pile.
I cut a heart shape out of construction paper and used it as a template to create the pattern I wanted with the wood slices.
Jason cut out a heart shaped piece of MDF for me to glue the wood slices to.
Using my glue gun I added the wood slices one at a time starting with the larger slices first. I tried to cover as much of the MDF as possible so the only thing you could see was the wood slices.
I filled in any empty gaps between the wood slices with some tiny sticks I cut with my handy gardening pruners, (Corona AP 3110 Anvil Pruner With Vinyl Coated Steel Handles, 3/4″ Cut).
Overall the entire project took less than 2 hours to complete.
Our family doesn't go too crazy when it comes to decorating for Valentine's day but this wood slice heart is a good reminder to love each other a little more :).
"Do everything in love" 1 Cor. 16:14
Don't forget to Pin my Wood Slice Heart!
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Mobile Unit Beehive Fence at Ngare Ndare Forest (2.45 mins)
The STE Elephants and Bees Mobile Unit Team joined forces with Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in February 2019 to build a beehive fence to reduce elephant break outs along the Ngare Ndare Forest line under the slopes of Mount Kenya.
Disney Film: Bees change lives and save elephants (6 mins)
Elephants & Bees is thrilled to share this short video put together by the Disney Conservation Fund and Save the Elephants on our project's amazing milestones. Learn how bees are bringing harmony to communities that live closely with elephants.
Bees change lives and save elephants (1.5 mins)
Elephants & Bees is thrilled to share this shorter version of the Disney video on the project's amazing milestones. Get to learn how bees are bringing harmony to communities that live with wildlife.
Elephants Running from Bee Sounds (1 min)
This short movie filmed by Dr Lucy King shows a typical playback experiment conducted in Samburu Game Reserve. Here the Rivers family rest peacefully under a tree until the hidden, camouflaged speaker to the right of the image starts to play disturbed bee sounds. The family's reaction to bees has been seen time and again in other elephant families and this behavioural discovery has formed the core research in our attempt to understand how elephants would react to live bees used to protect farmers' fields.
Al Jazeera Earthrise: Bee Fence (9 mins)
Russell Beard travels to the village of Voi located between two wildlife reserves, which often received unwelcome visits from hungry elephants.
Elephants and Bees Project leader Dr Lucy King explains how the beehive fences were devised, and invites Russell to help build a beehive to help local farmers extend a protective beehive fence.
Post-production by Scott Goddard
March 2013
Beefencing is good!
Malaika Honey, with the support of Volcano Safaris Partnership Trust, have worked with the Omumashaka Beekeepers of Kasese to create and extend a beefence near Queen Elizabeth National Park. During the last visit, the Omumashaka Beekeepers wrote and performed a song about the beefence. That song and its lyrics accompany the photos from the field trip in the video.
Video by Malaika Honey
BBC2 Natural World – Queen of the Savannah
Peter Ekerri keeps a bee hive fence around at his 2 acre farm. They are wired together so that if one is knocked, all will swing and the bees will go wild – scaring off the elephants that would otherwise destroy Peter's crops. This film directed by Verity White delves into the fascinating lives of African honey bees and some of the behavioural adaptations they have to survive life on the savannah.
Video courtesy of the BBC
BBC – The Secret Life of Elephants
The Secret Life of Elephants is a BBC nature documentary series following the lives of elephants and the work of the conservation charity Save the Elephants in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya.
This is a clip taken from the series showing our Elephants and Bees project in action.
Video courtesy of the BBC
Into The Unknown With Josh Bernstein
A deadly conflict between elephants and humans is escalating across Africa. Josh Bernstein goes on the trail of elephants that are attacking and killing humans in record numbers to find out why these gentle giants have turned into killers and to investigate a compelling new theory that claims to know the answer.
In this clip we see Lucy King discuss and talk about the success of using beehive fences.
Video courtesy of Discovery
Kenya CitizenTV: Elephants Bees Project
For many years the Human-Elephant conflict has been a headache both to the Kenya Wildlife Service and residents of Mwakoma village in Taita Taveta. But after years of intensive research, scientists now say that the African bee is what will bring peace to this village sandwiched between two national parks – the Tsavo West and Tsavo East – that are home to hundreds of elephants. Alex Kubasu visited the research station located in Voi where he met the brains behind this innovation.
Kenya CitizenTV
SCHOTIA – African Elephants threaten ancient Schotia trees
A film by Africa Media Intern Emily Webb. In the heart of the Eastern Cape lies Schotia reserve. For 100's of years this reserve has conserved ancient Schotia trees, but the introduction of a heard of rampaging Africa Elephants is now threatening these historic trees. Owner Peter Bean is on a mission to save his beloved Schotia trees using the most surprising of elephant deterrents.
How to Keep Elephants and Wolves Out of Your Yard
A film by Minute Earth explaining how to keep elephants and wolves out of your land.


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Fixing the Javits Convention Center Is A Tall Order, But Will Cut Energy Use By 26%
Images Credit FXFowle
Every year we come to the Javits Convention Center in New York for the big ICFF show, and every year I wonder what it takes to make a convention center less of big honking energy consuming barn. The Javits is particularly awful, with it's failing glass "crystal palace" glass façade and entry and its roof that has leaked since the day it opened.
Now FXFowle is fixing the place up; they are installing a new green roof and mechanical systems, but most importantly, they are completely redoing the exterior glazing. The changes will result in a watertight building and produce energy savings of 26%.
Aaron Seward explains in the Architect's Newspaper:
The existing system was so deteriorated--and there were so many unknown conditions--that no subcontractor would touch it. Plus, simply replacing the glass wouldn't have provided the opportunity of putting a thermal break in the system, meaning that, no matter how efficient the new glass proved to be, insulation values would not be much improved. In the end, the team decided to replace the facade entirely.
Because of cutbacks in funding (to less than a third of what was originally budgeted) the place looks pretty much the same as it does now, albeit the current glazing is heavily bronzed and no doubt the lobby will be a lot brighter. But fundamentally, it is the lobby, that you are in exactly long enough to register; then it is down to the convention floor, the anonymous cavern that could be anywhere. It is a shame that they didn't follow through on the original plans that would have fixed its other deficiencies.
Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, 1851
They really don't make them like they used to.
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"Find the Meeting Places"
(January 17, 2016) Jesus calls the disciples to step out of their comfort zones, yes, but not to do something totally alien to them– for a group of people who know fishing, he invites them to fish for people. When God calls us, it's usually to use gifts that we already have, just to use them in a different way. What gifts and joys do we have, and where do they intersect with the needs around us, so that we may find Frederick Buechner's definition of our vocation: "the place where our deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet"? (Exodus 3:1-12; Matthew 4:12-22)


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Here's to starting the Whole 90 Challenge — if you didn't start yesterday, I hope you join us now!
For this 90 day challenge, the emphasis is using whole foods as main ingredients in cooking.
As in my last post, we talked about how "eating better" may mean something different for each of us. The same goes for whole foods — there are so many creative, delicious ways to incorporate whole foods for a balanced, happy you.
For the Whole 90 Challenge, take part in any way you can. Maybe you just want to post 90 days worth of instagram pics or focus on eating 1 more whole food meal a day than you normally have. It might be about using more whole food ingredients in cooking or really challenging yourself to see what you create when you buy 80-90% whole foods.
Here are 10 different ways to inspire you to eat whole foods throughout the day.
1. Breakfast
Who would not want to eat this? We may not all be culinary artists, but there is a lot to learn from this fruity source of inspiration. If this is eye candy, but not so practical when you're rushing to get to work, simplify it! There are so many smoothies, whole fruits, oatmeals or granola concoctions that can literally be dumped into a thermos or tupperware container for when you're on the go. Click on the paradise pic above to visit Feather & Crumb to get an idea for winner combinations and portion sizes that will keep you full and active for your busy morning.
2. Lunch
A hot, satisfying soup thick in a medley of roasted vegetables and a rich, sweetly spiced coconut broth? Yes please! If this is the kind of lunch that you can look forward to while at your 11:30 meeting, click on the delicious pic above to visit Vegan Leaks for more of his cruelty-free recipes. Whatever veggies you have lying around, prep and cook, spice it up and enjoy it in any way you can imagine: soups, curries, salads, sandwiches, wraps all come from this winning combination. You can also individually pack cut up fruit, veggies and cooked grains and assemble bowls, wraps and salads of goodness at work. Just imagine all the possibilities!
3. Dinner
Noodles are always an easy crowd-pleaser, but a pad thai filled with fresh, spicy ingredients, tossed in a creamy sauce is the zest of life served up on a platter! Click on this killer craving above to see more of sobeautifullyreal's go-to hits for a quick dinner. Just as for lunch, dream up any delectable combination with veggies, beans, lentils or tofu, grains like whole wheat pastas or rice, mix in a tasty sauce with a coconut milk base, herbs and spices and carpe noctem!
4. Dessert
Nature's Candy is the real treat for any sweet tooth: fruit! Dessert has been magnificently transformed into true ambrosia with food artists, like Lulusdreamtown. Click on the fancy dessert above to visit her fantastic feed. Dessert is made simple with frozen fruit and a high-speed blender. Any banana ice cream — better known as nice cream — can be mixed with many berries and tropical fruits, along with herbs, spices and other sweet add-ins like coconut, dates, nuts, seeds, cacao and natural sweeteners that will give you a natural high for life!
5. Taste of Comfort
Whole foods transform our favorite party snacks and comfort foods into guilt-free artistry that you can celebrate! See how yogibee8 made these Buffalo Cauliflower Bites by clicking the party platter above. Many whole food, vegan substitutes are possible with herbs and spices for big flavor and adding in more veggies for textures that mimic popular foods that are traditionally meat and dairy based. The impossible has been defeated with fried chicken, mac and cheese, jalapeño poppers, stuffed mushrooms, nachos and even meatballs. What family favorite are you going to recreate for your loved ones?
6. Spice it up
If your goal is to eat less processed grains and maybe put beloved tortillas to rest for a while, the burrito bowl is the way to go! Click on the colorful bowl above to visit lisamyaf's instagram feed for more inspiring dishes. Deconstructing favorites like burgers, sushi rolls, wraps, pitas and burritos are also perfect for those of us who always over-stuff our creations. Make room for so many delicious ingredients and add seasonings for the perfect amount of heat: Add whole grains such as brown rice, quinoa or bulgur. Use any kind of beans, lentils, tofu or seitan you wish and season it to your liking. Choose all the veggies and salsas of the rainbow with hot peppers as desired. Play around with texture in how finely or coarsely you chop up your veggies. Try several bowls to see which veggies you prefer raw or cooked. Be creative and experiment with various ratios of all of these goodies to create the most epic bowl!
7. Simply Delicious
This Israel Salad is simply fresh and so easy to make! Click on rawpantry above her pic to reveal the whole ingredients in this balanced salad. Especially for those of us who swear we have now time to cook, let alone create, and we are really struggling to give ourselves healthy options, simply delicious is the best way to eat. You can literally throw together anything you have in your kitchen and get a satisfying meal. There are countless instagram accounts preparing meals like this, just take a little bit of everything and add desired seasonings to make for a balanced rainbow bowl.
8. Get Cooking
Cook up something delicious, like this Pumpkin Risotto. Click on healthisforhappy above her pic to view her delicious feed. There are countless ways of cooking: ready in 20 minutes, real food made fast, one pot slow cookers, stir fries. When you're really busy, stick to your tried and true recipes, and save a sensual cooking night for the weekend. Anybody can cook, and anything can be made delicious with whole food ingredients!
9. Try Raw
Raw foods are the real fast foods! Click on the rainbow pic above to see more of Fullyrawkristina's surreal-looking, raw recipes. Grab and go with your favorite fruits and veggies and you're set for the day. If you're craving something fresh, a big salad could be really fun to make. Use a broad color palate and create texture with how you chop — or even spiralize — your veggies. Challenge the definition of dressing by using only raw ingredients to liven up a gigantic veggie bowl. What will your veggie paradise look like?
10. Creative Eats
Be a true visionary and use food as your medium to create something new and unexpected! Click on these veggie-stuffed steam buns to visit anettvelsberg's inspiring feed! If you live to eat, maybe you can live to create as well. Eating healthfully with whole foods doesn't have to be boring by any means. There are so many fusion foods and frankenfoods yet to be created! What will you bring to the table?
I hope this gave you a good idea of the many different ways you can eat whole foods on a daily basis. Comment below with your menu for this coming week. I can't wait to see what you all create!


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Man shot in arm in Columbia neighborhood
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COLUMBIA - Columbia police said a man was shot in the upper arm in the 1500 block of West Worley Street Saturday afternoon. The man was transported to a local hospital.
Columbia police Sgt. Jeff Rukstad said the victim was awake and alert but in pain. He said police planned to interview the victim at the hospital to try to obtain more information.
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Posted on Wednesday 8 January 2014 by Ulster Business
EE's Gerry McQuade and Stuart Carson from its NI partner Rainbow.
The fourth generation mobile communication network will give people faster mobile internet on their phone, tablet or laptop, helping them to work on the move, increase efficiency and save money.
Cynics might expect that Northern Ireland would have to wait for such technology to be available, an afterthought for the London-centric mobile network operators.
But in fact it is now a year since EE, the first network to do a major 4G network rollout, began offering 4G in Northern Ireland.
Formed in 2010 through a merger of major mobile brands Orange and T-Mobile, EE has committed to investing £1.5bn over three years to rollout superfast 4G mobile services to 117 towns and cities, and is aiming to reach 98% of the UK population by the end of 2014.
EE's tongue in cheek adverts featuring 80s film star Kevin Bacon are aimed at letting consumers know what it can mean for them, showing how 4G lets you watch movies at home or on the go, seamlessly transitioning from one device to another.
But 4G also has major implications for businesses – large and small – and that's why EE has partnered with Rainbow Communications in Northern Ireland.
Headquartered in Belfast and with offices in Glasgow, Rainbow currently employs 80 staff and offers calls and lines, mobiles, broadband, inbound, systems, VoIP, cloud telephony, data and IT Services to 5,500 businesses in the UK and Ireland.
It is the main rival to BT in the local business to business market and CEO Eric Carson believes the partnership confirms its market leader status.
"4G is a great headline product. EE are the only network investing in it across the UK and it is great for us to be selected as their only direct partner here," he said.
"We see it as a major endorsement that they took an in-depth look at our business and decided we were the ones to run with."
Unlike other re-sellers of EE, Rainbow has direct access to EE so it can offer better deals and can go to EE with faults and billing queries without a middle man.
The partnership is already proving a success for Rainbow – helping it to expand its offices and form a new data and IT division – and also for EE, says Gerry McQuade, EE's head of non-consumer mobile business.
"The partnership is massively important. A lot of small businesses like working with other small businesses, who they feel will understand the issues that they have. We've always seen the B2B channel as really important and Rainbow are doing a great job for us in Northern Ireland," he said.
McQuade says EE has exceeded its ambitious targets for its first year, with around one million customers signed up across the UK including 3,000 corporates and 200,000 small businesses.
"It has a lot of relevance and utility for businesses and so we're seeing exactly the same level of interest and take up in Northern Ireland as in places like London," he said.
Having started 4G coverage in Greater Belfast last year – introduced it at Lough Erne for the G8 – EE is now planning to roll out 4G to more locations.
"We wanted to make sure we didn't make the same mistake the industry made when we rolled out 3G. A lot of the networks started very London specific. We paid a price for that because there was national advertising and yet most people couldn't share in it," explains McQuade.
"That's why every major city in the UK was on our start list. Belfast was part of that as were all the other cities in the north of England and Scotland. Our next target is to roll it out to towns with more than 30,000 people which should happen by the end of next year. It doesn't matter where that is in the country. For example Londonderry is on the plan for early next year to be covered."
The EE executive says it has "probably already achieved what it took the networks five years to do with 3G" and it has also invested in upgrading its 2G and 3G networks to ensure a strong overall service.
"We'll keep our foot on that pedal. Both businesses and consumers are picking it up really fast so we can't stop it, we have to keep delivering."
Rainbow Sales and Marketing Director Stuart Carson sees EE's decision to provide 4G here as a vote of confidence, but as a company that sells all of the networks he is disappointed there is no sign of competition.
"EE have the largest network and they've taken the risk of investing in Northern Ireland with 4G. There are no plans that can be drawn from Vodafone and O2 as to when they are even thinking about Northern Ireland," he explains.
"So we are positioned way ahead of the game, not only from a technology point of view but from a network point of view. There's nobody else that can offer the 4G service here."
Rainbow believes that 4G has a massive role to play in filling in the gaps in the fibre-to-the-cabinet broadband network, which is "severely lacking" in key parts of Belfast.
"There are vast swathes of Belfast that aren't covered. BT have failed to enable the cabinets in places like Heron Road and the centre of the city – BT1 – because the funds they got were really to drive the rollout to rural areas and the residential areas, which we think was rather cynically to help with BT Sport," adds director Martin Hamill.
"We have devised a solution that enables us to deliver the equivalent of fibre-to-the cabinet to the areas of Belfast where fibre doesn't exist. It does everything fiber to the cabinet does and more because you are not on a fixed line. 4G brings faster speeds and more flexibility."
The big advantage of 4G is that it helps companies to mobilise their workforce.
EE says take-up has ranged from big businesses using 4G for specific parts of their workforce such as their sales force, executives or engineers, to small businesses such as electricians and gas fitters who have all of their staff on the road.
"For a construction company it could be about getting access to data on site from day one, rather than waiting for a fixed line. 4G lets them mimic a fixed line so they don't need to order one. It can do everything for as many people as they are likely to have using it," says McQuade.
"We have another customer, London Air Ambulance, where the quicker access to information is taking minutes off their time to get to patients who are in trauma. They want reliable mobile access to information that 3G didn't have the depth of capability to enable," he adds.
"Whether its information or video you want to put up or download, from sales people to someone out filming HD video who wants to get that back to the studio, 4G helps you mobilise your workforce and that's what adds value to the business."
Rainbow notes that under the plans it offers, not every user in a company has to be signed up for 4G services because in both SMEs and large corporations not everyone needs access yet.
But Gerry McQuade believes that with the rise of bandwidth-hungry services and increased video content, more people will soon need 4G, which will push prices down and make it viable for more customers.
"The percentage of sales of 4G are going to rise and rise," he predicts. "I think we're going to be in a situation very quickly where all handsets at all prices are going to be 4G. The premium, particularly for businesses, is tiny. And I think you'll see the first £100 handset relatively soon too. Once you have that it will become more the norm than the exception."
As an example of just how revolutionary 4G could be, Stuart Carson notes that current broadband at best provides average speeds of 30MB to users while EE has already launched 4G with speeds of 300MB in London.
The 4G rollout is happening at a time when Rainbow has created a new team to sell a cloud telephony – a VoIP solution that allows a user to be totally mobile, with seamless movement of voice calls from one device to another. Linking via Wifi a user can use their own number anywhere, even in other countries.
The company has also invested over £500,000 in its sales operation in Scotland and will employ more people in 2014, with further plans to expand south into England.
"Once we're comfortable with our growth in Scotland we'll look at where we go to next. It's got to be either new services or outside of Northern Ireland because Northern Ireland is a very small marketplace – 2% of the UK telecoms market. We've built a good customer base of over 5,500 and with the technology we have now we can still use Northern Ireland as our core activity," says Eric Carson.
While the Rainbow team are confident about the future and excited about the roll out of 4G they still believe the industry needs more support from politicians.
While much has been made by the DETI-backed spending on broadband rollout and money is now being spent to get coverage to so-called "not spots", Eric says there has been little real support for roll out of the 4G network.
Politicians have in the past complained about new mobile masts being introduced and complained about the lack of coverage in rural areas, but he says they can't have it both ways.
"If we want to have a world class communications network we have to do something about it and mobile is a large part of it. I would ask our politicians what are they prepared to do for business. They need to be prepared to make tough decisions to allow those networks to be built."
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I did some more fall cleanup in the garden today. It was a rare rain-free day with the sun peeking through the clouds every now and then.
Wait. What?
Oh yes. You heard correctly…I said I did some FALL cleanup today. March 2nd in the year of 2019.
If we write any kind of memoirs about our gardening experiences they would be mostly about what NOT to do. Such as putting off fall cleanup until March of the next year.
But then again, I swear the only constants in our gardens that have happened since the early fall are rain and mud. I do not exaggerate. I am pretty certain that it has rained at some point each and every week since the month of September. It's weird.
I think it is safe to say our region is no longer in a drought…and mostly is in a surplus. As in, we have standing water where we have never ever seen water. Supersaturation. Yep.
What's it been like in your neck of the woods? Is your garden season starting off as expected?


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Our association, a charity constituted under French law, aims to provide young adults with learning disabilities with a safe environment in which to live, in Bouillac, Dordogne.
Participating in local markets selling delicatessen is an opportunity for them to interact with other people in a setting very different from the sheltered accommodation they are used to.
Meeting people in a buyer/seller context provides the mentally handicapped people with an easier way of reaching out to people and gives them a boost to their self confidence.
In the end, we hope these interactions with customers help change the way people see them.
Our project's aims :
- To prioritise a good quality of life as part of the local community ;
- To be attentive to the wishes of the residents and their family ;
- To expand the residents' independence and develop social integration ;
- To offer freedom through projects adapted and personalised to their abilities ;
- To coordinate staff and maintain contact with our network of partners.
To join the association, to know more about it or donate, please print the following document.


text: What's strange about this problem is that it's the second time that it's happened to me (once a few months ago). I've got an iBook G4 from a few years ago, never had a problem, but out of the blue today my computer took about 15 minutes to get to the main loading screen. Everything is slowed down immensely, so I'm not really sure what to do. I checked the activity monitor and it seems okay, although it spikes on the disk activity screen randomly even if I am not running any other programs for both data read and data written.


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Exorcising the past without reconciliation
|MPAACT presents
|Ghosts of Atwood
|Written by Shepsu Aahku
Directed by Andrea J. Dymond
at Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln (map)
through Feb 27 | tickets: $21-$23 | more info
Reviewed by K.D. Hopkins
Ghosts of Atwood has a fascinating and voyeuristic premise – a chance to see behind the walls of a midwestern boys military school. The fascination comes from the fact that the narrator is a still-traumatized Black man looking back thirty or so years. He comes from a past of being only one of the few allowed in the White world. It was supposed to be a privilege and an honor to assimilate and pave the way for others to follow.
As suspected, the grass is not green in the verdant woods of Wisconsin for toy soldier Quinn. MPAACT playwright-in-residence Shepsu Aahku is the author of Ghosts of Atwood. His work is a memoir of his own time in military school back in the 1970's and, according to Aahku, sometimes memory cannot be trusted. It turns out that this is a rationalization fed to impressionable children to mask the horrors inflicted upon them. What is the truth? Who is your brother when it hits the fan?
Quinn is dropped off at Atwood while his still loving mother gets her life in order. He comes from a supportive family that wants him to have a good life, the kind of life advertised in the Sunday supplement magazine.
Quinn is brutally hazed by cadet Moose and his posse on his first day at Atwood. Zack Shornick is brilliant as the abusive and abandoned Moose. He blends fear, anger, and atavism in an explosive performance.
Equally brilliant is Corey Spruill as cadet Whitehead – the only other black kid at Atwood. Spruill quiet performance simmers and then boils over in a seething climax that breaks the heart from the shame of recognition. Whitehead has been at Atwood for seven years and doesn't classify himself as anything other than a soldier. The moment that he allows vulnerability, the shell breaks completely.
Aahku's structure for Ghosts of Atwood is pretty straightforward. But in an effort to distinguish this work from similar stories like "Lord of the Flies" or "Taps", he adds an esoteric quality to the 'ghosts'. Imaging horrific abuse as a monster under the bed drives the fact that the cadets are really children.
The ghost causes one child, Bobby, to be a chronic bed wetter at the mercy of Moose and the other boys. Jack Miggins is heartbreaking as Bobby, who should be playing baseball but is Moose's unfortunate 'bitch'. His breakdown recalls the demise of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
The grownups in Ghosts of Atwood are stock military characters. The role of Hammer (Dan Loftus) is a disciplinarian handing out demerits for dirty dress whites and a paddling for unruly behavior. Loftus projects a martial image of paternal firmness. Niall McGinty plays the jolly wilderness guide Major Taggert. His folksy Mayberry demeanor adds a jolt to his character being revealed as a malevolent force.
Wardell Julius Clark plays the lead role of cadet Quinn. His character is seen as a teenager and then as an adult decades later still haunted by Atwood. Clark's performance comes off as strangely tight and stiff even in light of his character's memories. It's given that Quinn is well spoken and in a military milieu but it doesn't jibe with the more naturalistic method of the rest of the cast.
Actors James Holbrook and Jack Moore give excellent performances as boys who' have molded into military life. Mr. Moore is chilling and funny as the perfect Drill Captain whose uniform is full of braids and medals. Mr. Holbrook also fits the military image as well. His character Waddelow is the cadet who gets to log in the demerits and inflict abuse unpunished for the most part. He has mastered the smug sneer and is physically menacing, which is perfect for the role.
I would be remiss to not mention the glorious Trinity P. Murdock as Nesta the Rastafarian griot/singer. He is a sort of Greek Chorus underscoring the present day Quinn's post- traumatic memories and the means by which Whitehead coped with Atwood in the past. Whitehead believes in the Rastafarian idea of justice and resistance through Jah and sacramental spliffs. It is lost on naïve Quinn but remains a constant song in his adult memory through Nesta.
Ghosts of Atwood is designed well. The imaging of the ghost as an undulating black mist gives one the chills and provides for an appropriate visual metaphor of a child's nightmare memories. The sparse dormitory and wood footlockers give an authentic old boarding school feel to the set.
I give kudos to the cast and Drill Team Choreographer Demetria Thomas for precision worthy of competition. Also, a special mention is given to Kevin Douglas for excellent fight choreography. These scenes are brutal and have to be precise and authentic to have the intended impact.
This is a production that should be on your list of shows to see this month. Ghosts of Atwood is a chilling and authentic exploration of the truth that society is not willing to remember. With resident director Andrea J. Dymond doing an exemplary job shaping and pacing the show, Ghosts is a powerful indictment of what authority is willing to ignore or deny under the guise of ivy-covered utopias at the expense of the future.
|Rating: ★★★½
Ghost of Atwood runs Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm until February 27th. The Greenhouse Theatre Center is located 2257 N. Lincoln Avenue. Call 773-404-7336 for box office information or check out the website www.mpaact.org
Filed under: 2011 Reviews, Greenhouse Theater Center, K.D. Hopkins, MPAACT | Tagged: Andrea J. Dymond, Corey Spruill, Dan Loftus, Demetria Thomas, Ghosts of Atwood, Greenhouse Theater Center, Jack Miggins, Jack Moore, James Holbrook, Kevin Douglas, MPAACT, MPAACT Theatre, Niall McGinty, Shepsu Aakhu, Wardell Julius Clark, Zack Shornick | 1 Comment »


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MusicDirect.com and ElusiveDisc.com with a release date set for July 15th, 2016. I do want to advise people to wait to pull the trigger on the preorder until the official DMB store and the Warehouse store put up their pre-orders to see if there are any special bonuses they get. Also, Warehouse members get a discount from their store, so the price may be cheaper. No reason to rush out and pre-order a copy immediately, there are still copies of Under The Table And Dreaming for sale so I'm sure this won't sell out, either.
The listings at the pre-order links I posted above didn't have much info, but our friend Dobyblue shared a little more insight into the release. He says the release "was cut by Chris Bellman directly from the original analogue stereo master tape, pressed at MPO." He also says it's an all analog chain and there will be three tracks per side. So for those wondering, yes, the #41>Say Goodbye segue will be preserved on one side. At this time, they haven't announced what the bonus features will be. We posted an unreleased songs article a few years ago which gives some possibilities for what the bonus tracks could be. Deed Is Done, Little Thing, #36, Don't Burn The Pig (Pre-1998 Version) and True Reflections were recorded in the studio but not released. Also, according to this article, Get In Line and Help Myself were recorded during the Crash sessions. So it's possible we could see any of those as bonus features.
Going off the 3 tracks per side format, this is what the track listing could look like:
Side A
1. So Much To Say
2. Two Step
3. Crash Into Me
Side B
1. Too Much
2. #41
3. Say Goodbye
Side C
1. Drive In, Drive Out
2. Let You Down
3. Lie In Our Graves
Side D
1. Cry Freedom
2. Tripping Billies
3. Proudest Monkey


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20th Annual Faith & Values Awards Prepare To Honor
Most Inspiring Performances of 2011
Media scholar Ted Baehr, executive producer of the 20th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala, announced today the contenders for the Grace Awards for Most Inspiring Movie & TV Performances in 2011.
Heading the list of movie contenders (in alphabetical order for each person) are:
Robert Amaya (COURAGEOUS)
Justin Bieber (JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER)
Jim Carrey (MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS)
Jessica Chastain (THE TREE OF LIFE)
Sam Claflin (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES)
Viola Davis (THE HELP)
Robert Duvall (SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA)
Nathan Gamble (25 HILL)
Anthony Hopkins (THE RITE)
Alex Kendrick (COURAGEOUS)
Dennis Quaid (SOUL SURFER)
Martin Sheen (THE WAY)
Anna Sophia Robb (SOUL SURFER)
Kevin Sorbo (SOUL SURFER)
The television contenders (alphabetically, by person) include:
Kirstin Dorn, (A CHRISTMAS WISH)
Sean Faris (THE LOST VALENTINE)
Laurence Fishburne (MITCH ALBOM'S HAVE A LITTLE FAITH)
Sam Heughan (A PRINCESS FOR CHRISTMAS)
Katie McGrath (THE LOST VALENTINE and A PRINCESS FOR CHRISTMAS)
Julie Mond (LOVE BEGINS)
John Rhys-Davies (KJB: THE BOOK THAT CHANGED THE WORLD)
Gary Sinise ("Indelible," CSI: NY)
Kristy Swanson (A CHRISTMAS WISH)
Betty White (THE LOST VALENTINE)
The Grace Awards are given to the best, most inspiring performances in movies and television to the actors who best show God's grace and love toward us as human beings.
The contenders are being whittled down to the top three nominees in each category. Dr. Baehr will announce the two winners Friday night, Feb. 10, at the 20th Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif.Do you enjoy articles like this? Click here to become a monthly partner and receive a copy of OVERCOMER on DVD!


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In 2010, we launched our Sponsorship Scheme for organisations who wish to support and work with the artists of Somerset. We offer three levels of benefit, Bronze , Silver and Gold. Through the scheme, SAW is developing new partnerships with businesses to help put Art in the heart of Somerset's cultural landscape.


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VNT35 Greater Sandworm
Alternative Armies
SKU: vnt35_pack
"Seen in stories and legends across the globe you must be fearful when the soil under your feet shivers at its approach. The Greater Sandworm"
Want to use Sandworms in Flintloque? Download a free article from us HERE.
This pack contains a single one piece high quality grey tone resin miniature which is around 50mm tall and works in multiple scales for any game setting. Supplied unpainted and without a base (shown on a 50mm round base) with no assembly required.
Note other miniatures shown for scale (28mm and 15mm plus VNT36) and not supplied.


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THIS IS IT! The perfect investment opportunity for the beginner investor who wants to live in one unit and get income from THREE OTHER units in the building-- or the experienced developer who wants to create four MUCH LARGER units (up to 1800 each!) since the Certificate of Occupancy already exists for 4 units, with a total outsale value of over $6M! --------------------------------------------------------- Perfect Logan location, close to Metro and the Circle, plus downtown too, two blocks to Giant and fab restaurants, but also very quiet and picturesque. Enjoy the four-unit layout as it is, with garage parking and extra storage for each unit, plus two secured outside spots and the PERFECT COURTYARD, or change it up to maximize outsales. WWW.1009OSTREET.COM FOR MORE INFO
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Listing information last updated on January 24th, 2020 at 9:04pm EST.


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Be Confident When Undertaking Home Improvement Tasks
What do you know about home improvement? Do you have a plan? If you do, do you wish to improve upon it? What is your skill set like? Is what you're using working with your home? Are you sure you are installing things properly? If you cannot answer these questions confidently, look at the tips below.
Before beginning home improvements apply for the appropriate building permits. Any home improvement that involves plumbing, electricity, or structural changes can require a permit. Check your local laws. If you proceed without a permit then you can be fined or it could make the house harder to sell in the future.
If you have a small, cramped kitchen make sure to choose light colored cabinetry. If you go with dark cabinetry, it will make your kitchen seem even smaller. Choosing a light color, can in fact enhance your sense of space and make your kitchen seem warmer.
During summertime, go outside and pick some wildflowers. Place the wildflowers between the pages of an old and unwanted phonebook. Pile about 50 to 60 pounds of books on top of the phonebook to press the flowers dry. After about a week or two of pressing, adhere your flowers to a piece of cardstock and hang them in your room. They create a great focal point as well as a nature friendly approach to home decorating.
Improve your home by cutting your energy costs. Check with your utility company to see if they offer energy audits of homes. There are a lot of changes you can make to make your home more energy efficient saving hundreds of dollars a year depending on the amount of changes you can make. It also adds a great selling point for a house for the future.
When you replace old equipment during a home improvement project, always try to get the most energy-efficient replacements you can afford. In many cases, a slight extra expenditure gets you appliances or building materials, that are far more efficient than the bargain-basement options. These little extra outlays will be quickly offset by reduced energy and heating bills.
If you are going to do an remodeling on your home, make sure that your maintenance issues are fixed first. Don't put in granite counters if the plumbing or wiring is outdated and needs fixing. You could end up having to rip out what you've done in the near future. Furthermore, buyers in today's market want to know that the property they are buying is in good condition. And, you never know when you might need to sell up.
Maximize kitchen cabinet storage space. Use a turntable inside a cabinet for smaller items such as spice jars. In larger cabinets, use shelf dividers to double the storage space. Stack items on top of each other, such as canned or boxed food goods. Install floor to ceiling pantry cabinets. The most important tip? Get rid of anything you don't need or use, such as old appliances or tableware. Any food that you don't intend to eat, especially canned items, can be donated to your local food bank.
Many home improvement stores offer classes and training sessions on different areas of home remodeling. You can sign up for these classes, often for free, and get great advice and tips on things like painting, simple plumbing, changing light fixtures, gardening and home decorating. It can give you not only the skills to do the job, but also ideas for your next project.
Now you know some detailed and some simple ways to get started with home improvement. If you are dedicated and have a concrete plan, there is no reason you cannot succeed.


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According to a recent Star and Stripes article, the Defense Business Board (a 25 person panel tasked with helping the Department of Defense utilize best business practices) has recommended that the current military retirement system be seriously overhauled. People are on fire and comments are lighting up the internet.
"As a possible fix, the review recommended the DOD test a plan that would calculate retirement pay based on a servicemember's time in service and salary. The benefit would be payable at age 57 for those with 20 years of service and at 60 for those with less than 20 years. Under the plan, in which troops would be vested after 10 years, the DOD would annually contribute up to 5 percent of basic pay to the servicemembers' retirement, similar to many civilian business plans.
The idea of a 30-year retirement with a possible pay-in by servicemembers is a more equitable possibility, according to Nathaniel Fick, chief executive officer for the Center for a New American Security, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank."
Sounds pretty controversial, huh? At first glance it seems like a bad thing for military members, and it might be. However, more of Mr. Fick's thoughts were the subject of a May 6, 2010 article at ForeignPolicy.com, where he writes:
"In my admittedly anecdotal view, few (if any) good high school or college grads join the military for the promise of retirement pay, but plenty of mediocre ones decide to stay for it when they already have 10 or 12 years of service. Perverse incentive?
So can we shift the burden of those payments forward, offering better pay and recruiting incentives (better housing, better healthcare, etc) so that we at least accrue some warfighting benefit from the expense while also building in the flexibility to grow and shrink the expenditures since they're not then a lifetime mandatory benefit? Pay for it on the back end with a graduated retirement system starting at 30-ish years, perhaps split in some way between the current defined benefit system and a career-long defined contribution system.
The result: lower and more flexible personnel costs that are heavier on discretionary spending and lighter on mandatory spending, and a system more aligned with your view (quite correct, in my opinion) that people are much more important than things -- paying our young warfighters more and our "retirees" (if we can call someone in his 30s that with a straight face) less."
That sounds a little less negative, doesn't it? There are so many sides to this issue that it would be impossible to talk them all out in a small forum like this. It seems safe to say that we all understand that the country is in financial trouble, yet most military members will argue that the current retirement system is appropriate, for a variety of good reasons.
Petty Officer 1st Class Ethan Gurney, an electronics technician currently stationed in Naples, Italy, is quoted in the Stars and Stripes article:
" 'It's not really fair to compare military service to the civilian work force,' said Gurney, who, at 38, is only a few months from retirement.
'The continuous deployments, living conditions, remote and hazardous duty stations are unique to the military,' he said. 'This isn't a civilian company, so any civilian model that you use to compare to the military is impertinent. To do so is irresponsible at best.' "
So, what do you think? Should the retirement system should be changed? What changes would you recommend? What changes would you be against? Think outside the box here, folks. No ideas too crazy, and please be nice. I look forward to hearing your ideas.
For another view on the conversation, see Tom Philpott's column, Advisory Panels Say Military Benefits Unsustainable.


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Healthcare CIOs are tasked with balancing the need for reliable and secure day-to-day IT operations while implementing and supporting new applications. At the same time, hospital staff, doctors, nurses and technicians are embracing mobile solutions and relying on the IT department to support those devices.
CompuCom® brings a deep understanding of the key trends affecting healthcare IT. Our ability to offer adaptable services that elevate the delivery of clinical care sets us apart from the competition. We can help your organization apply technology best practices that cut costs, increase efficiency and, ultimately, improve the quality of patient care.


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In your were one of the many Connecticut residents in the dark for a week after the powerful October snowstorm, you can begin to apply for a refund from Connecticut Light & Power on Wednesday.
Now Northeast Utilities has created a $30-million fund.
Kenneth Feinberg, the claim fund administrator who designed and administered the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, will help NU administer the fund at the governor's request.
Any residential customer of Connecticut Light & Power who did not have power after noon on Saturday, Nov. 5 because of the storm, would be eligible for credit applied to their CL&P bill – a minimum of $100 to a maximum of $200, depending on how many eligible customers apply for the credit.
CL&P will begin contacting qualified residential customers on Wednesday to inform them of their eligibility to apply for the credit.
If you are qualified, you can apply at www.cl-p.com or by calling 888-566-9257.
All applications must be received by 5 p.m. Jan. 31, 2012.
Credits will be applied to customers' February billing statement.
Customers who filed information through 211 for claims associated with the storm after the initial fund was announced will receive a credit on their bill without further application required if they are eligible.
NU will also make donations of up to $5 million to the Connecticut Food Bank, Foodshare and Operation Fuel to help address community needs for this winter season.
Each organization will initially receive $1 million and NU will determine what additional funds they will contribute at the end of January.


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BART Rider Records Hacked
in Retaliation for Cell Phone Blackout
Another Protest at 5 Today
Members of the MyBart.org website have been notified of a data breach in which personal details of hundreds of users were stolen and posted to the Internet, BART officials said Sunday.
While the attack affected around 2,400 users, BART officials sent an email to all 55,000 web site members, spokesman Jim Allison said.
The MyBart website remains down while the agency works to secure it. Allison said it would not resume operations until officials were confident users' data was secure.
"We've been working on this since Friday," Allison said. "We've done everything we could to secure the site."
The hacker protest group "Anonymous" took credit for the attack, and posted links to the stolen user data on its Twitter account. It also posted contact information for BART employees on its website and encouraged its members to flood them with emails and phone calls.
Allison said that BART is working with federal officials to respond to the attacks and to prevent any future security breaches. He said that any MyBART.org users that have had their information stolen should not open any unsolicited emails and immediately change any passwords that my have been shared with their MyBART.org account.
The MyBART.org website was defaced using the logo of Anonymous and a link to its Twitter account. The site is normally used for marketing, announcing and deals near BART stations, and sends subscribers regular emails.
As of 2:30 p.m. Sunday, BART's main website, bart.gov was still accessible. Allison said that if BART's website did go down, travelers are recommended to use 511.org for transit information.
Allison also noted that BART's website infrastructure is not at all connected to the computer systems that run the trains themselves, and that the web attacks would not result in any service delays.
Another website not associated with BART, Californiaavoid.org was also hacked with the logo of Anonymous and fake news stories were added to it containing racial slurs. California AVOID is a state-sponsored partnership of law enforcement organizations to prevent drunk driving.
Anonymous announced its intention to hack BART websites in a posting on its website. The shadowy hacker group said that it is already engaged in a phone, email and fax campaign to disrupt BART's operations, and that there will be a live protest in the Civic Center BART station Monday at 5 p.m.
The hacking attacks and protest are in response to BART's interruption of wireless cell phone service in several downtown San Francisco BART stations to prevent a disruptive protest on Thursday.
Last week BART announced on its website that it was anticipating demonstrations on the BART platforms in August. Commuters were "advised that protesters may attempt to disrupt train service during August commute periods beginning as early as Thursday, August 11, 2011, in downtown San Francisco BART stations."
On July 11, protesters prevented trains from leaving the Civic Center BART station in response to the July 3 BART police shooting of Charles Hill in the same station. Protesters blocked the train doors and one even climbed on top of a train.
The Civic Center, Powell Street and 16th Street BART stations were all temporarily closed due to the protest. As a precautionary measure on Thursday, BART temporarily suspended wireless cell phone service in several downtown San Francisco BART stations.
"They were clear in stating they could use mobile devices to organize," Allison said. He said protesters intended to use cell phones to communicate about the number and location of BART police.
While the protest never materialized, Allison said he did not know if that was an effect of disrupting cell phone service in the stations.
The move has been widely criticized and reported worldwide, provoking further protest announcements and statements of disapproval from Bay Area public officials. Mayoral candidate Phil Ting released a statement Saturday that said the move violated fundamental principles of democracy. "The decision was made at the very highest staff level of the agency," Ting's statement said. "Censorship is not, and must not become, a public safety tool."
State Sen. Leland Yee also released a statement blasting BART officials for their decision. "I am shocked that BART thinks they can use authoritarian control tactics," he said. "BART's decision was not only a gross violation of free speech rights; it was irresponsible and compromised public safety."
The planned actions against BART have been widely discussed on Twitter using the hashtags #OPBart and #MuBARTek, a reference to deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek, who reportedly disrupted Internet and wireless communications to stifle growing protests in Egypt. As of 11 a.m. today, over 100 people said they would be attending Monday's protest on a Facebook announcement.
Allison said no decision has been reached on whether BART will further disrupt cell phone services for Monday's demonstrations. "The top priority for us is the safety of our passengers. We'll be taking steps to try to make sure our customers get home safely," he said, but did not specify what those steps may be.
He said that BART allows for protests in the station, but outside the fare gates. "We firmly believe in free speech, that's why we have an expressive activities program that allows for activities outside the fare gates, where it's safe," Allison said.
In an announcement for Monday's protest it was not clear whether demonstrators intended to gather on the platform or outside the fare gates. Organizers from Anonymous said the protest would be peaceful.