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When it comes to the BPO market, buyer beware
A dynamic business process outsourcing market means that CIOs have to be careful they don't get shortchanged.
Scores of vendors are rushing to provide companies with business process outsourcing (BPO). Despite the influx of supply, the hot BPO arena remains very much a seller's market in 2005, said Gartner Inc. analyst Mark Brown. His advice: Buyer beware.
Brown, who offered an overview of the volatile BPO market at Gartner's Outsourcing Summit in Los Angles last week, cited several reasons for the disconnect.
First off, the vast majority of BPO providers -- about 85% -- focus on cost savings, according to Gartner's research. While the field of vendors keeps expanding, the level of expertise has not. The user looking for comprehensive or "transformational" BPO services will find the pickings slim.
"If you're looking to do a comprehensive deal today or possibly tomorrow, as you build that relationship, what we see in all domains is between 0 and 20%," Brown said. "Only one in five vendors who responded to [a] Gartner [study] had the ability to take you from soup to nuts."
As the BPO market grows a predicted 9.5% over the next five years, the full-meal deals will as well, Brown said. "We are going to see more and more vendors uplift to comprehensive relationships, and or some, to multi-domain relationships," Brown said.
BPO market shifting, merging
But don't expect those vendors to do it all under one roof. BPO companies will start looking more like prime contractors, Brown said, providing services through a network of subcontractors.
"The big fish are gobbling the niche players to flesh out that BPO portfolio," Brown said, adding that consolidation is far from over. "What we're seeing in the wake of consolidation is other smaller players bubbling up to fill the void."
The uncertainty in the BPO sector was reflected by the questions submitted to Brown by Gartner Outsourcing Summit attendees. One attendee wanted "the Reader's Digest" version of the difference between business process outsourcing and information technology outsourcing.
"With BPO we're kicking it up a notch, from technological services to the process itself, and with the inherent risk for delivering that process being externalized onto the BPO vendor," Brown said.
Should companies worry if their vendor is acquired? Yes -- unless they have a contract stipulating service continuity in the event of acquisition or includes an exit strategy -- they should, he said. "If a vendor is not living up to his or her requirements, you have to be able to extract yourself."
In Gartner's view there are eight "leading contenders" out there now that can deliver the kind of complex BPO deals that offer transformational expertise, and they "tend to be providers who have a strong heritage in ITO sourcing or management consultant," Brown said. His lineup: Accenture; Affiliated Computer Services (ACS); Capgemini, CGI Group Inc., Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Electronic Data Systems (EDS), IBM and Unisys.
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At the top of most screen you will find an input filed. Adding a new task is as simple as typing in this field and taping the "Add Task" button to the right. Your new task will be added to your list.
It's important to know that new tasks created are "location aware" and when adding a new task in some view modes, the task will be added directly to that view and not to the inbox. For example, adding a new task while in the NEXT screen will add the new task to the NEXT list and not to the inbox. This is helpful when adding several tasks quickly but you don't want to spend the time filing them away. To help minimize confusion, the input field's placeholder text will tell you where the task is being added.

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During the three years since the enforcement and application of the Organic Law of Communication (LOC) in Ecuador, lack of transparency has been a constant. Denials, evasions, disorganization and obstacles are part of the modus operandi for the Superintendency of Information & Communication (Supercom) and different zonal municipalities when providing information on media sanctions, according to a complaint filed by Fundamedios.
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According to the organization which defends freedom of expression in Ecuador, this lack of transparency has impeded a thorough monitoring of the LOC. It has also prevented citizens from fully understanding the extent of the massacre that has been perpetrated under abusive and arbitrary application of legislation which violates all standards of protection of freedom of expression.
Prior to June 14, 2016, Fundamedios recorded a total of 554 legal cases against media outlets, of which 398 ended in sanctions. Of these, 55% (220) incurred financial penalties; 27% (107) written warnings; and 11% (45) public apologies. These statistics evidence the harassment of the press and the risk that these fines represent for the economic stability of media companies.
Private media outlets have been sanctioned most frequently. Top of the list is the daily newspaper La Hora, which has accumulated a total of 17 penalties, followed by Canal UNO with 16; the daily newspaper Extra with 15; radio station Fútbol FM with 11; and local channel Cayambe Vision Channel 9 with seven penalties. The latter represents persecution by a local authority, since all complaints against the channel were filed by the now former mayor of Cayambe, William Perugachi. Meanwhile, only seven known sanctions have been issued against State-controlled media: four to TC; one each to Gama TV and Ecuador TV; and one to El Telégrafo.
Indeed, the LOC is most frequently implemented by public officials and Supercom, who together filed 73% (290) of the complaints analyzed between October 2013 and April 2016. The remaining 27% (108%) were filed by citizens.
During these three years, Article 28 of the LOC has been the most commonly used. 17% (67) of complaints reference this article, which relates to copies of programs or printed material. Other articles frequently referred to in complaints relate to ethical standards, 15% (60); honor, 6% (22); rectification, 5% (20); and others 57% (229).
After three years, it is clear that media outlets are the main victims of the LOC. How can we forget the sanctioning of the cartoonist Bonil and the daily newspaper El Universo on January 31, 2014, when Supercom issued a fine equivalent to 2% of the paper's average turnover over the last three months and demanded the correction of a cartoon?
If this seemed unlikely, the months which followed saw an increasing number of sanctions of even greater absurdity. It should not be forgotten that Supercom has sanctioned media outlets for "not preventing disease"; for comments made by a listener on the air (Radio Novedades, March 2015); for talking about "threesomes" and "lovers" during family scheduling; for telling jokes about Chinese people that could be considered discriminatory (Radio Fútbol FM, 2015, 2016); and for "refraining from publishing intercultural content." The latter accusation has resulted in several media outlets being fined 10% of turnover averaged over the last three months. The list of LOC sanctions is endless.
With the regulatory body lacking independence when considering cases and issuing penalties, more than one media company has declared itself in resistance, including the newspapers El Universo and La Hora.


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"Every picture paints a thousand words" is a well-known expression for good reason. A description of a picture can generate thousands of words. More than this, the exercise of writing a description of a picture can generate hundreds if not thousands of ideas. Writing text based on a picture is a valuable and fruitful creative writing exercise. It can generate ideas for poetry, short stories, or even a novel. If you are new to creative writing, this is a useful place to start. You should practice this exercise every day to unlock your imagination. If you read regularly alongside of doing this, your vocabulary will broaden and you will have a richer supply of words at your disposal.
Scan the picture. Write down what you think are the features of the foreground. Write down what you think are the features of the background. For example, you might be looking at flowers and shrubs in the foreground; the background might be a large green park. The foreground and the background combine to tell you the setting of the picture.
Write a description of any people in the picture. What are they wearing? What do their expressions and posture tell you about their mood? For example, there might be a bride who does not look happy at her wedding.
Write the elements you think create a mood or atmosphere in the picture. It might be a cloudy sky, or it might be scowling expressions on people in a beautiful country landscape. What is the picture's overall tone?
Write any actions in the picture. Someone might be frozen in the act of doing something, or there might be a powerful waterfall. List the elements in the picture that give it movement. These movements tell you about the narrative or plot. Combine your reading of these with your interpretation of the human figures in the picture. This will tell you what is happening, what the people are doing, and how they feel about what they are doing
List the notes you have made in order of priority. You will write an introduction, then description 1, description 2, and so on.
Write the conclusion. Use your thesaurus and dictionary to look up words you don't normally use. Find three or four ways of describing the same thing. Be creative with your use of language. When you decide the order of the points you want to make, be sure they flow together. If you do this, your piece of descriptive text will read fluently, like a narrative about the picture
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ISLAMABAD, May 25 (APP): Pakistan women netball outfit will be perhaps the only Asian playing side to miss the 9th Asian Senior Women Netball Championship as the sponsors on which they were relying, have refused to support them.
The championship is scheduled to be held in Thailand from July 29 to August 6.
"We won't be able to chip in the mega event as the two banks with whom we were in talks with for the sponsorship have expressed their inability to support us," President Pakistan Netball Federation (PNF) Mudassir Arian told APP on Wednesday.
Though Pakistan women failed to live up to their billings and
finished ninth in the last edition of the championship, held in Malaysia two years ago, Arain said he was hoping better results from them this time.
"It is unfortunate our women are not leaving for the event as they had worked really hard for the event and were looking eager to outsmart other teams," he said.
He said the countries participating in the championship other than Pakistan included Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Thailand, Brunei, Korea and Chinese Taipei.
"It is a huge setback for our women players as this event would have given them a very good exposure," Arain reckoned.


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Tunnel immortalised by 'BAGSY'!
A new Artist has hit the South Wales Valleys, and of course so far He/she has been as allusive and as secretive as the counter part being emulated by the artist.
He or she has used a play on words and Rhymed their name with the now famous 'Banksy'.
Well, the Rhondda's answer to him is 'BAGSY'
It was great to see that the Rhondda Tunnel came high on his/her list and has been immortalised on a lidl's
'Bag For Life'. Do you know 'BAGSY'? Is 'BAGSY' a He or a She? Who owns the bag with the Tunnel on? Could you get it donated to the Society? Please call 01443 776665.
BBC's Stephen Fairclough visited the Chairman , Steve Mackey this afternoon to ask him about his views on this latest work of art. You can find out more about the light hearted interview by visiting BBC Radio Wales later this evening. (14/11/17.)
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The plan for a long-empty triangle the developer calls a "missing tooth" between Capitol Hill, the Central District and Madison Valley will take its first pass in front of the East Design Review Board Wednesday night. It joins an affordable housing project that will replace a lot most recently used as a Jackson St. Nickelsville camp in an all-Central District edition of design reviews this week.
Madison Apartments
The empty wedge at 23rd and Madison will someday be home to a four-story, 53-unit apartment building above 1,700 square-feet of commercial space and parking for 11 vehicles. But for now there are only weeds and a chain-link fence alongside four-star neighbor, Crush.
Bought by Charles Waterman of Hamilton Urban Partners for nearly $2 million in 2007 from those savvy real estate investors at the City of Seattle, the land is planned to be home to the new Neiman Taber-designed apartment building. The developer calls the land "Capitol Hill" —
This area of Capitol Hill slopes down towards the east, providing views of the Cascade Mountains. The neighboring developments in this area include a mix of multi-family and single-family residences, some retail and mixed use buildings along E. Madison Street, and a few institutional uses, including churches and schools. There exist 2-3 story single family homes and apartments along the E. Denny Way. Higher rise developments occur along E. Madison Street.
Hamilton Urban Partners also touts three "goals" for the project:
- Successfully develop a challenging site that is a missing tooth in the urban fabric.
- Provide housing and commercial opportunities that are scaled to the local housing needs and businesses.
- Develop a high quality building that is authentic to its time and is responsive to its context.
Beats a bunch of weeds. We say, "Ship it!"
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The Low Income Housing Institute, a developer that owns and operates affordable housing for the benefit of low-income people in Washington state will use a $5.5 million grant from the Seattle Office of Housing to create this 66-unit apartment building on Jackson. The award will enable LIHI to build 66 affordable units and four live-work units for families and individuals on the current location of a Nickelsville homeless encampment. The project will take its first pass in front of the review board Wednesday.
"The project's goals center around providing affordable workforce housing in an easily accessible location to work," the proposal packet from Runberg Architecture Group reads.
LIHI also plans to house its offices on the first floor of the building. Above that, the building is planned to include a mix of studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom affordable apartments — eligible to households earning 60% or less of the Area Median Income (AMI).
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A couple of hours north of San Francisco lies Sonoma Valley. Slightly less famous perhaps than its wealthy neighbour Napa, but none-the-less beautiful and utterly beguiling. Vines, woods and dark earth baking in the California sunshine.
There are two things to do in Sonoma. The first is to get outside and explore the countryside. Because it's beautiful. Dreamy hazy movie sunshine beautiful.
We even made a tiny rattlesnake friend during our rambles. Shame that she was a little camera shy! I can officially tick 'see rattlesnake' off my list of life goals (my goals are weird, live with it).
The second thing to do is Sonoma is drink wine (yeah, I lied about the sobriety). Many wine, all the wine. There is nothing I like more than a rich, dark red wine. Something from a heavy bottle with broad sexy shoulders. After the heat of the day it was quite nice to have a little Zinfandel in a cool underground wine cave.
Only to emerge blinking and slightly tipsy into the blinding sunlight.
Four wineries in a day doesn't sound like many, but multiply that by 5-6 small glasses of wine in each one and you'll understand why I was happily singing along to Spice Girls in the bus back to the hotel!Needless to say, that night I enjoyed the deep sleep of the slightly inebriated. And the morning sore head of an idiot who tasted too much wine and regrets nothing!


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Monday, March 16, 2015
Paper Issues: Painting by the Numbers with Waffle Flower Crafts
Hi everyone! A new linky party just started at Paper Issues. It's called Painting by the Numbers, sponsored by Waffle Flower Crafts.
Come play along for a chance to win a Waffle Flower stamp set, the same one the design team used on their projects (so there's plenty of inspiration on the Paper Issues blog). It's called the Calendar Numbers set and it's perfect for those of you with planners or for when you want to "personalize" a birthday or anniversary card and of course you can use it on all sorts of other projects too.
You'll find ideas for the types of projects you could link up to this issue on the Paper Issues blog. Just to give you an idea, I went with the numbers part of the theme on my layout (shown above), adding in Alexa's age with stickers, a calendar sticker and a clothing tag from one of her favorite stores — Forever 21.
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This is gorgeous! I love love love love the colors!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
THE COLORS ON THIS LAYOUT ROCK!!!! Super awesome and all those bits and pieces that come together in such a phenomenal way to celebrate the amazing person your daughter is!!! Love SO MANY things about this - the little wire mason jar, the ribbon, the polaroid camera, and the flair buttons!!! All so marvelous and each individual thing adds to the perfection that is the WHOLE!!!!ReplyDelete
Very pretty, love the colors on this. A great mix of embellies as usual Lisa, you certainly are the queen of embellishments.ReplyDelete
Those colors totally rock. My new fav. The photo totally makes it!ReplyDelete
Such a gorgeous layout, Lisa, love the colors and all of the fun patterned papers you've used! Of course Alexa looks beautiful too! xoReplyDelete
Gorgeous page! LOVE the colors and what you did with the frame! Pinning!! I just LOVE everything about this page!!!ReplyDelete
This layout is amazing Lisa! Love the pops of color on the dark background!!ReplyDelete
I love this color scheme, bright but calming!ReplyDelete
Love the use of color for your page, Lisa! The bow is darling!ReplyDelete
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Interview: Vegas & McLovin Talk "Testers" with UndergroundHipHopBlog.com
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The Parkland School District Student Services Department believes that school counseling services are and integral part of the total educational program. Our school counseling program, in collaboration with faculty, parents, and the community is designed to provide all students with opportunities and resources to accomplish developmental tasks within the areas of academic, career, and personal/social development needed to become effective learners, achieve success in school, live successful and rewarding lives, and develop into contributing members of society.The program is developmental and systematic in nature and is delivered through large group, small group and individual experiences. While school counselors establish and maintain this educational program, its implementation is the responsibility of the entire faculty and staff in collaboration with parents and the community.
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Most of next week will be observing and looking at the different options. The school purposely has not assigned me a teacher yet because they wanted to see my interests and maybe who would best fit my personality. One teacher who is the American teacher from Boston originally, took me under her wing and teaches English but offered to have me sit in on an introductory lesson on Afghanistan before reading the Kite Runner on Monday. I like how relaxed the setting is so far and all the teachers show up with no negative attitudes or dramatic stories, and they all seem to get along and enjoy doing what they are doing. I know its Friday but I have a feeling it is always like this. Everyone did not take long to know me by name.
Address coming REAL soon I promise. Thanks for the emails and addresses. Tonight I will probably hit up one of the pubs later but until then, avoiding the rain and going to the gym again which is why at the moment i am currently looking up kilograms/pounds and kilometers/miles converting charts. Why can't we all be on one system?


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Product ROB-09402 about 10 years ago
Since I went to tiny stepper motors by now, there seems to be another question regarding the output current.
Is there any way to add a jumper in order to change the Rs for the PWM control to allow switching to 1 - 188 mA output current?
Obviously, I have no idea how much a jumper + resistor adds to the production costs, but that would allow people to use all those miniature steppers ripped out of old CDROM drives or stuff like that.
Anyway, right now I am trying to locate Rs to switch it out for a higher value resistor. If there is something obvious, that makes it much easier to adjust the current range, just let me know...
Product ROB-09402 about 10 years ago
There is a jumper (SJ2) that need to be closed to use 3.3V. Then, it should work with 3.3V as well.
According to the driver's datasheet, logic levels are 0.7*VCC for high.
Product ROB-09402 about 10 years ago
These boards are very nice! There's only one thing I am missing:
For people, who do have their own boards, a "regular" mount option with stand-offs would most likely be worth gold.
On the breadboard it works like a charm, but mounting it somewhere in a project box is really painful right now.
Anyway, thanks for the great board. Much better than v3.1.
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Volatile organic chemicals present at Superfund sites preferentially partition into the soil gas and may be available for microbial degradation. A simple mass transfer model for biodegradation for volatile substrates is developed for the aerobic decomposition of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons. The mass transfer analysis calculates diffusive fluxes from soil gas through water and membrane films and into the cell. The model predicts an extreme sensitivity of potential biodegradation rates to the air-water partition coefficients of the compounds. Aromatic hydrocarbons are removed rapidly while the aliphatic hydrocarbons are much slower by orders of magnitude. Furthermore, oxygen transfer is likely to limit aromatic hydrocarbon degradation rates. The model presents results that cast doubt on the practicality of using methane or propane for the cometabolic destruction of trichloroethylene in a gas phase bioreactor. Toluene as a primary substrate has better mass transfer characteristics to achieve more efficient trichloroethylene degradation. Hence, in sites where these contaminants coexist, bioremediation could be improved. The model is extended further to examine the influence of water potential on transport and transformation rates within microbial biofilms present in unsaturated soils. Water potential has multiple effects on overall VOC removal through the thickness of the biofilm, the molecular diffusivity of substrates through the biofilm, and microbial physiology.
Funding for this work was provided by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund grant 3P42 ES04705-08.
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GSBC 2020 Announced! April 3-27, 2020.
HacDC is a local non-profit organization located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, DC. Founded in 2008, the organization's mission is to improve the world by creatively rethinking technology.
We Plan to used the combined experience to track telemetry and possibly an altitude/payload record!
We joined because we like participating in things that can be filed under "Awesome"
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Why Does the Public Have a Negative Opinion of Lawyers?
Without a doubt, I'm sure that you have heard jokes about lawyers. You may even have a few of your own. My question is why do people have such a negative opinion of lawyers?
Since I've become an attorney, I have listened to the horror stories of several disgruntled individuals who have fired their lawyer and needed someone else to handle their case. While I haven't kept track of their complaints, there were a few common threads that stuck with me:
- Poor Communication. By far the biggest complaint that I have heard from people is that their lawyer did not return their phone calls.
- They Charged Me Too Much Money.
- They Didn't "Fight" For Me.
Please comment with your thoughts on this topic.
Teen arrested after shining laser in pilot's eyes – CNN.com
Teen arrested after shining laser in pilot's eyes – CNN.com.
As reported in the article, there were more than 100 cases of laser pointers being shined in cockpits around LAX in 2010. At this time, Michigan does not have a statute that criminalizes this behavior. However, in 1998 the City of Dearborn enacted an ordinance making it a misdemeanor to harass someone with a laser pointer.
A bill, "Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act," has been introduced four times in the U.S. Congress, however has yet to be enacted. If enacted, it would make it a federal crime to shine a laser pointer into the cockpit of an airplane, punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine.
Man faces misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty after his dog kills young raccoon that caused some damage to garage | MLive.com
Man faces misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty after his dog kills young raccoon that caused some damage to garage | MLive.com.
While I disagree with the intentional killing of any animal, it appears as if the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office is setting a confusing precedent by choosing to charge this man with animal cruelty. MCL 750.50b defines an animal as any animal having a vertebrae, other than a human being. Obviously, a racoon is an animal with a vertabrae, however, a mouse is also a vertabrate.
So if we travel back in time, my mom engaged in criminal behavior when she used mouse traps to decrease the mouse population in our old farmhouse and my dad was a misdemeanant when he furthered his crusade against the woodchucks that would destroy our yard. However, was it likely that the Gratiot County Prosecutor would have charged my parents with a crime? No, because no self-respecting prosecutor would have charged my parents with killing a mouse or a woodchuck because these animals are pests and can potentially cause damage.
While this isn't the type of behavior we want to encourage, is this really criminal behavior? In my opinion, the statute should include a distinction between domesticated and wild animals. If the statute is applied as written, without any distinction between domesticated and wild animals, it leads to absurd results – such as the possible prosecution of my parents in the example above and the Jackson County case.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Friday 5.27 Disasterpeice Theatre - To Catch A Yeti - With The Boston Yeti
Join the Disasterpiece Theatre crew on Friday night as we team up with The Boston Yeti for a special screening! In a continuing series of seriously terrible films shown exclusively on VHS comes To Catch A Yeti! Disasterpiece Theatre is pleased as punch to welcome the Boston Yeti! Who would have known that the Yeti is also a VHS aficionado!?
Disasterpiece Theatre is a free event, but donations are appreciated for pizza and refreshments!
We will be doing a VHS raffle fundraiser for the MSPCA, bring some extra bucks and win some rare VHS while supporting a good cause. More information on the event is available on Facebook
Please RSVP on Facebook or via email
8:30 PM - Dranks, Shorts, Photo op meet and great with the Boston Yeti!!!!
9PM - Pizza, dranks, Movie Start!
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As of yesterday, one of our Dorking hens has decided to abandon her chicks. Her chicks aren't day old's that will not survive without her, they are more than a few weeks old. We have seen that they have slowly been wandering farther and farther from her during the day. It was still shocking to see yesterday that she wanted nothing to do with … [Read more...]
How We Used DE to Get Rid of Mites and Lice – Plus Giveaway
Recently I was examining one of our new chicks and noticed some bugs crawling under her wing. After taking a closer look I realized that she was infested with mites. Since we have never had mites or lice in our coop before I quickly did an online search for some natural remedies. The most common response to treating lice and mites naturally in a … [Read more...]


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Corporate Wine Tastings
A company wine tasting is a terrific way to entertain prospects, sponsors, supporters and people. From informal cheese and wine nights, to vertical and horizontal expert-brought tastings, you will find an array of styles available. This information will take a look at a few of the corporate wine tasting occasions you can hold. Wine and […]Continue Reading


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Please note that June 30th marks the end of our fiscal year. As such, Purchase of Service (POS) authorizations for services set to commence on July 01, 2016 and thereafter will not be available until mid to late July. Only POS authorizations set up to roll over across fiscal years will have available authorization numbers at the beginning of July .
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We are happy to announce that the updated Service Provider Portal is available and no longer requires the Java Program installed on your computer! It is easy to login and use in any Internet browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Etc.) on both Mac, Windows and even mobile devices.
IMPORTANT: This new SPP program requires a change to the printing of all reports, including List My Service Providers, List My Consumers, Open Auths last Month, etc. You can continue to print these useful reports, but you will need to first email the report to yourself before printing, just like you do to access the forms (authorizations and invoices).
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He studied at Chethams School of Music, the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music where he held the RCM Society Junior Fellowship from 2004-2006. A versatile musician, Dominic is in demand as a soloist, member of various chamber ensembles and accompanist to a wide variety of singers and instrumentalists.
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Dominic is an Honorary associate of the Royal Academy of Music. He is on the faculty of Goldsmiths University, the Junior Department at the Royal Academy of Music and also runs his own concert series, "Notting Hill Concerts".
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The DVR may have ruined the concept of collective real time television-watching, but a nation of aspirational Twitter hack comedians just might save it. Just log in during a big event like last night's #121212concert for evidence of the incessant deluge of joke after predictable joke. For all the talk about how the internet has lowered the barriers for entry into the world of music, publishing, photography and on and on, it made me think that it's the world of comedy that's been most affected. Too easy to step up to the mic now.
At least that's what I thought last night, and I'm not sure if a tweet counts as a binding contract, legally speaking, but I'm going to go ahead and reverse that stance again, because it's music that's been the true loser here after all . Just check out this new track "Peggy Bundy" from someone called Awkwafina (she went to the same school as Azaelia Banks and Nicki Minaj!) for everything that is wrong with contemporary music. (Keep in mind this is coming from a guy who has been genuinely charmed by Kreayshawn-wave for a long time.)
1) Shoehorned-in pop culture reference that does nothing and adds nothing besides pointless nostalgia.
2) 30-second insta-beat you could punch up on the laptop in the time it takes to push out a medium-sized dump.
3) Repetitive, hookless flow.
4) Black hole of charisma.
5) "Hipster" iconography.
6) Smoking pot is crazy!
7) Oh good, another "Teach Me How to Dougie" cadence.
8) Cocktail-recipe rap.
The only thing missing is a brashly comical and in your face approach to sex, which she fortunately covered in her last song "My Vag." That's all I could hear on a quick two listens, and I've got to stop now before too many more because I'm afraid I might actually start liking this. I have horrible taste.
UPDATE: Fuck. It got me. Flew a little too close to the sun yet again. This is now my jam.


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There is much pessimistic talk today about the validity of shortwave as the prime vehicle of international broadcasting. Critics present several arguments: high operating costs, environmental considerations, a need to re-channel available funds into satellites and the Internet, and what is loosely termed a decline in shortwave. From the point of view of the broadcast planner and decision-maker, this catalogue of negative arguments appears sound and reasonable. From the perspective of a large segment of the audience, however, reductions in shortwave services are inexplicable and a source of frustration and even anger.
Superficially, the cost of shortwave as compared to satellite appears higher. But if the factors of market penetration and acceptability are considered, as well as the crucial factor of personal cost to the listener, shortwave wins hands down. There are literally millions upon millions of shortwave receivers in use. They are compact, portable, easy to use, and above all, cheap. Technically speaking, there is no other sound broadcasting medium that can compete with shortwave in these respects.
Powerful, manipulative forces are at work here. Although difficult to prove, there has even been speculation that considerable 'promotional fees' may have been paid in the process. A big part of the sales talk involves belittling shortwave as a relic of the past and exalting the virtues of technologies that are frankly not yet mature. This sounds good in today's shallow-thinking, buzzword-ridden world, but in the final analysis it doesn't make sense. To make the propaganda strategy complete, those who would question the slogans are conveniently labelled as uninformed, obstructionist, inflexible, old- fashioned, or generally lacking in vision.
To quote the old saying: Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water. Another popular and wise saying is: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I for one am in favor of new technology, provided it demonstrates a clear superiority to what is currently in use. In the case of shortwave, some would like to bury it before it has even died.


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Taxes, in general, can be stressful for many people. For businesses, taxes are another part of expenses. Unfortunately, taxes can't be avoided. It is part of business especially. While taxes can't be avoided, taxes could help small businesses as well as those who are self-employed.
Small businesses and self-employed can get tax deductions and benefits. In some ways then, taxes aren't totally a burden. Tax deductions are there in order to ease a number of expenses for businesses. Business owners should take advantage of these tax deductions as they could mean savings.
For the self-employed, there's the self-employment tax. These usually come in the form of Medicare and Social Security taxes. Though they could be a burden, these can be benefits later on in life. Another thing is that the self-employment tax isn't really as big as it might appear to be. There are deductions to it, which can be quite big in itself and thus lessen the burden.
One of these deductions is the home office expense. That would apply to spaces that are either rented or owned that is used for business. Knowing how large the space being used for the office can be helpful. The expenses that can be deducted from the home office could include mortgage, property taxes, depreciation, and maintenance.
Other deductions to consider are phone and internet expenses. Many businesses now have phones as well as internet access. That would mean being familiar with the monthly bill and figuring out which times are used for business use. From there, the necessary deductions can be made.
Health insurance premiums could be added as well to the deductions. Unlike people who are employed, self-employed people need to cover for their own health insurance. This can be treated as a business expense and can be used as a deduction from taxes.
Travel and meals can also be a source for deduction. This is most true for business owners who travel frequently. Since most people eat as well, meals within business hours can be subject to some tax deductions as well.
Aside from health insurance premiums, the best tax deduction that could possibly be taken is retirement plans. This is, in particular, true for self-employed retirement plans. Contributions made for it could be deducted from the overall business tax that small business owners and self-employed people have. This can help a lot as well as at the same time add more to the retirement plan.
These are some of the deductions that small business owners and self-employed people can have. While taxes can be a burden, not all of it can bring a business down. Knowing what could be deducted can go a long way in keeping taxes down and limiting expenses while maximizing profit. Knowing about it can be a big help. Know more about what tax breaks and deductions that business owners can have, and start maximizing on business today. It just might make a difference between keeping a business up from one that will make it go under.


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E-scooters: The Popular Electric Device Confounding Lawyers and Lawmakers Alike
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With the rapid growth of technological innovations in today's society, manufacturers are in constant competition with one another to produce the best looking and most distinct products on the consumer market. To prevent an inventor's new and unique design from replication, Congress established the design patent to protect the appearance of any new, original, and ornamental design from infringement, and to allow a patent holder to collect the total profits accrued by an infringing design. However, at the time of the statute's creation, the drafters were likely unable to foresee the surge in technological advancements that are present today, which calls into question the influence of a design patent over today's technology. This Recent Development argues that the Supreme Court has weakened the force of the design patent at the detriment of designers through its narrow interpretation of the design patent damages clause in the holding of Samsung v. Apple.
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At the Academy of Singapore Teachers, a new STAR is rising. The Singapore Teachers' Academy for the aRts, or STAR for short, is helping Art and Music teachers to shine. Academy Principal Mrs Rebecca Chew shares her vision of how arts education can help our society grow and mature.
Q: What is the place of Art and Music in the school curriculum?
Let me talk more broadly about the role of arts education. When we talk about this, we're really talking about what touches lives. It's about our psyche – our identity, our heritage, our rootedness, and sense of place. It has to do with our personhood in a larger societal narrative. And schools are the natural vehicles for developing this.
We often think of Art and Music subjects in silos. But teachers should not think about them simply as subjects but as touching lives. And what's the place of teachers in this larger narrative in society? They are the critical success factors in the building of tomorrow.
Arts educators build social and cultural capital. What then, is the purpose and meaning of what they conceive and carry out in the classrooms, and how does it fit into the larger landscape?
So it's a clarion call to teachers to see their professional work and up-skilling themselves. This is the continuing work of STAR. STAR develops the capability of Art and Music teachers by providing structured extended learning opportunities in the specialized domains. We want to help make the arts educators' thinking visible and help them question their own assumptions, about what they know and the role they play in that larger narrative.
Q: What can teachers do to develop themselves?
They can tap into STAR's resources – register for the milestone programmes as arts educators, "like" the very active Facebook page which has updates about events in the arts community, and blog and share about their shared experiences, making teaching and learning both meaningful and connected.
STAR helps teachers plug into the larger community of arts educators where they find greater support and good critical friends for their teaching ideas and approaches. When people organize themselves according to their specialized arts interests, they do it wholeheartedly. It's transformative renewal from within.
– Rebecca Chew, Singapore Teachers' Academy for the aRts
You can differentiate the teacher–artist as opposed to the artist–teacher. The artist–teacher is usually the artist, who may share foremost the studio practice experiences through workshops, forums, or performances at events. The teacher–artist, on the other hand, is the educator. What the teacher–artist does is first finding meaning in what is learned as a reflexive approach, and then connecting the applied learning into meaningful approaches for the differentiated classroom.
So there is depth, and there's also breadth. We're going beyond community to building a fraternity of arts teachers – that's something more difficult to achieve.
Q: How can schools encourage and support arts education?
School leaders must value the Art and Music teachers in their midst, and know that these people are very precious. Their role cannot be underestimated because they bring collaborative practice, critique, core studio habits into the teaching routines.
We're talking about a total curriculum – Art and Music are respected as equal subject disciplines as part of this total curriculum. It's about understanding the transformation that arts education can bring about.
School leaders are pivotal because they are the ones who can drive transformation and innovation through the stewardship of these arts educators they have in their staff complement. They can ensure sufficient resourcing, enable enlightened timetabling schedules to support studio time, and deploy staff who have the skills required to enable sustainability of the values taught within the rigour of these subject domains.
Q: From your experience at SOTA, what is the value or impact of such an education on the students?
The first batch of students from SOTA graduated last year. And from what the parents tell us, they are surprised to see how much their kids have grown and matured suddenly. There is a strength of mind and inner resilience. Children are by nature very curious, but these students are not afraid to ask questions or to probe deeper.
Perhaps these habits came from the way they were taught – through critiquing, spiralling questioning, the many reiterations they have do for each piece of work. Some people call it critical thinking, but I see it as more than that. They develop analytical and lateral thinking, and they are able to take a position for themselves.
As an educator, you see these students you nurture applying their artistic skills to lived reality, linking with the community. We had eight students who went to document 100 Acehnese families' stories of what the tsunami did to their families. These students returned to make beautiful illustrated books to be sent back to the Aceh primary school, to help the community tell the stories for those kids as a piece of their heritage story.
We need skilled teachers who are enlightened to see purpose and meaning, to see the transformative role that Art and Music can play, and who encourage experimentation, expression and discovery. Through what they do, they contribute a larger voice to that narrative, to our heritage as a Singapore society.


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She never left home, he never stayed put—a West Virginia native falls for a wanderer from Ohio and the two plan a wedding in Ravenswood.
Written by Mikenna Pierotti
She was on her way to Tennessee, watching the green mountains melt into farms and fields, when it hit her—she was in love. "I'd never really traveled in my life, and I have a big fear of driving," says Cottageville native Stacey Gleason. "But I overcame it by driving six-and-a-half hours just to see him. I think that was the moment for me."
Unlikely though it may have seemed from the outside, homebody Stacey and the man she'd fallen for—an Ohioan named J.R. Fraley, who traveled widely but shared her love of music, family, and faith—turned out to be perfect for each other. "We both play guitar and love to sing. We both collect records," she says. "I tell people that inside we are exactly the same person. I'm just very type A and he's very type B." Turns out these seeming opposites had luck on their side from the beginning. They met in a casino in Cross Lanes, both celebrating bachelor and bachelorette parties, and bonded over a mutual interest in agriculture—she in education, he in manufacturing. "One of my friends had noticed Stacey's party, had got to talking to them, and learned that she was an agriculture teacher. I'm in agricultural implements, so he thought we should meet. We eventually sat down and played blackjack for most of the night," J.R. says. For Stacey, the whole meeting was a new experience. "I had never played blackjack before in my life. I'm not a gambler at all," she says. "J.R. taught me how to play and I ended up winning $300." Despite J.R.'s penchant for travel and his distant position as manager at Taylor Pittsburgh Manufacturing, part of his family business, Stacey wasn't daunted. And J.R. was eager to show her the world. "I grew up traveling. Anytime I wasn't in school I followed our family business around. I was in Italy and Amsterdam when I was 15," he says. At the end of the night J.R. gave Stacey his number. They talked the very next day.
That spark they'd both felt from across a crowded casino didn't fade with distance. "At the time J.R. was living in Tennessee, so it was already a long-distance relationship," she says. "We started texting and talking on the phone, and he would drive in on the weekends to see me and we'd always go on a date. Then his sister had a wedding in June about a month later." J.R. says sharing that memory with Stacey convinced him she was the one. A few months after that, he whisked her off to Hawaii and New Zealand, and her fear of leaving home fell away completely. "I'd spent all my life in West Virginia. Honestly, I didn't travel much at all in my life," she says. "But I knew as long as I was with him I'd be OK."
J.R. had already shown Stacey a bit of the wider world she'd never experienced, but it was back in West Virginia, at Tu Endie Wei State Park overlooking the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers, where he decided to show her what she really meant to him—on one knee. "I told her whether it was a cabin in the woods or a mansion on the river—wherever we were—as long as she was with me, we'd be home," J.R. says. Although he was asking her to give up her life in West Virginia and her job at Ripley High School to marry him and move to Tennessee, Stacey didn't hesitate. "It had always been my dream to marry my Prince Charming and start a family," she says. "It was a really easy decision."
This is the Way
Stacey's "yes" threw the couple into a frenzy of planning. They were engaged in February 2013, set the date for the following September, and started looking for the perfect church right away. "We set up appointments with two or three, but we didn't really like any of them," J.R. says. "Then someone told us about the First Baptist Church in Ravenswood." Ravenswood already occupied a special place in Stacey's heart—she'd once lived just a block away from the grand white church, with its steeple reaching for the sky. "It had always stood out to me, but I'd never imagined getting married there," she says. "In that same city block is the McIntosh building, which is a big Victorian house owned by the city of Ravenswood. It was just a very short walk from the church." Even though they couldn't explore the interior, the couple knew the moment they peeked in the church's windows. "It just fit us," J.R. says.
With the ceremony and reception venues chosen, the couple moved on to the details. Stacey knew she couldn't leave her first love—West Virginia—without a proper send-off, so the state would need its own place of honor in the celebration. "I was giving up my home state, my career, everything to come and be with J.R. I really wanted to showcase all the things we love about West Virginia," she says. From the invitations—screen-printed handkerchiefs wrapped around hand-stamped vintage West Virginia postcards—to the assortment of local antiques and West Virginia glass Stacey collected to display at the reception, the theme was undoubtedly Mountain State, with a little country flair in touches of lace, antique tea sets, florals, and burlap. Above all the couple wanted the event to be a celebration of both their love and the merging of their families. And despite the time crunch, Stacey pulled it all off with ease. "I was very busy, but ever since my wedding, everyone's been telling me I should be a wedding planner," she says.
When it came time to choose a dress, however, Stacey was hesitant. "Growing up I was in a lot of pageants, so I've been to a lot of dress stores and I've tried on a lot of dresses," she says. "I thought picking out my wedding dress would be very stressful because I'd compare it to all the others I've had on. But we randomly picked through one rack at Elizabeth Michaels in Vienna and it was the second one I tried on." Stacey's eye had landed on an ivory lace and champagne satin Maggie Sottero gown with a ribbon sash. It was perfect. "As soon as I walked out, I knew, and everyone else—my mom and a longtime family friend who came with me—did too." To finish the look, Stacey added emerald-cut green amethyst earrings—a gift from the groom—and a cathedral-length ivory veil. She carried a bouquet of cascading blush pink garden roses and ranunculus arranged in a vintage Fenton Art Glass epergne horn. And for luck, she slipped a sixpence in her shoe.
Although Stacey took the reins when it came to wedding planning, J.R.'s choice of attire—a charcoal tuxedo with a champagne tie and vest—perfectly accented the muted colors of their shabby chic affair. On his tux he also wore a unique boutonniere—a pink rose displayed in a bullet casing and wrapped with twine.
Then, on September 7, with their 5 p.m. wedding on the horizon, the couple had their first look alone on a tree-lined drive at the cozy bed-and-breakfast where they'd stayed the night. "We'd been rushing around all day but when we saw each other for the first time, that was what made it all real," Stacey says. "It was the happiest moment for me."
Keep Clm and Say I Do
The church was standing room only when Stacey took her father's arm. Her maids stood waiting in lavender knee-length dresses accented with vintage brooches and added West Virginia details like Fenton glass earrings and bouquets of pink roses set in Fenton silver crests. The groomsmen stood by in matching charcoal tuxedos. After a musical introduction courtesy of guitarists Dickie and Chuck Thacker, the bride's stepfather and uncle, the bride started down the aisle to a classical rendition of "Take Me Home, Country Roads." But for J.R., everyone else faded away the moment he saw his wife-to-be. "This might be typical, but that moment stood out," he says. "I was feeling a lot of things. Some can be put into words, some can't." After a reading by J.R.'s childhood pastor, and with Stacey's pastor officiating, the couple said their vows and became man and wife—surrounded by more than 270 loved ones—before making their exit in the bride's father's 1931 Ford Street Rod. "When we got into her dad's car and had the opportunity to get away for just a minute—to get away from the 250 or 300 or however many people made it—and it was just me and her for the first time in about three days, that was perfect," J.R. says.
Sitting on a Rainbow
After a short walk from the church, guests entered a catered reception at the McIntosh Building, where they laughed and mingled on wide porches, in sitting rooms, and in the dance hall. True to her desire for a chic yet vintage garden feel, tables displayed arrangements of blue Ball Mason jars, antique books and handkerchiefs, floral teacups, lush flowers, and West Virginia glassware, including 150 special hand-blown Blenko Glass Company pieces created in honor of the state's 150th anniversary. Photo arrangements, postcards, and tea-stained programs made to look like parchment added an even more personal touch to the event. The bride and her grandmother even made strawberry jelly and apple butter from local produce for all 270-plus guests.
Stacey and J.R. later joined the party for a hot, home-style dinner, followed by pie and an elegant two-tier cake decorated with textured icing, garden roses, and two Fenton glass birds. The Ohio-based StillWater band kept the party moving, while dancing, speeches, Mountaineer football on TV, and a special bride-and-groom performance of John Prine's comedic, "In Spite of Ourselves," kept the crowd laughing and crying all night. "I don't think anyone expected it, which was what made it so perfect," J.R. says of the their unforgettable duet. Stacey laughs even now as she recalls it. "The song sort of picked fun at our flaws in a way, but in the end it says, in spite of all that, we're perfect for each other."
Although the event was bittersweet for Stacey—she'd soon be leaving her home state, her family, and her country roads—the future gleamed bright. "Whenever I think about West Virginia, I think about home. It's everything I am. It's all of my memories. It's everything I've ever experienced," she says. "With J.R., I know we haven't been together that long, but looking back at my life I feel like he's been there every step of the way. It's like he is my West Virginia. I feel comfortable now flying around the world or living in Tennessee because he's with me."


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About Me
Celestial [suh-les-chuhl] comes from my name and connotes the meaning "Heavenly", Delish [di-ˈlish] is a modern slang for delicious. Celestial Delish represents our commitment to bringing you truly heavenly taste, with honest-to-goodness, recipe and food.
I am a photographing enthusiast with passion for baking & cooking. I loves travelling although didn't get many chance to do so. And a avid fan of ANTM, Hell Kitchen & Kitchen Nightmares!
I like to get busy in the kitchen, I certainly like to eat, and I enjoy learning new recipes (I can spend hours fascinating with magazine/book/blog that offer glimpses of amazing food photos!). I'm a SUPER chocoholic (minus the saccharin formula) & am overwhelmed with cream cheese! My greatest enjoyment in baking is able to adjust the ingredients to my liking, (reduces preservative intake so it's more nutritious), and it's often substantially pricier than what you find in the store because of better quality. Favourite moment is seeing my loves one indulging in the food I prepared and singing with praises.
I bought my first (and only)oven in 2010 and started my food journal in mid 2011. Food photography is also something new that I instantly fall in love with. I want to share my passion and filled this blog with scrumptious recipes & dining experience accompanied by wonderful food photographs, and who knows, maybe you will get inspired too!
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Mike Rodgers is an accomplished and experienced musician in Leeds who has three strands to his services - piano teacher, organist and accompanist. All these strands have been interwoven throughout his life, as can be seen from Mike's qualifications and experience as a piano teacher and accompanist on the Profile page, and as an organist on the Organ Playing Background page.
Mike Rodgers gives private piano lessons at the Yorkshire College of Music and Drama, opposite Leeds University.
Mike Rodgers is the Organist at St Edmund's Parish Church, Roundhay, Leeds. He is also guest organist at other churches in Leeds and around Yorkshire, for weddings, funerals and other family occasions.
He teaches all ages from children to retirement age, and all levels from beginner to Diploma.
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The battery system is made by K2 Energy Solutions and uses lithium iron phosphate batteries. To keep a great weight balance the batteries are distributed in the front and back. Current range for the base model is 110 Miles but can be upgraded to allow for a 200 mile range. The car comes with a racing/economy dual mode.
Charging the batteries takes roughly 3.5 hours with 220 volt connection or 8 hours using 110v. The great thing is this car can be charged using a regular wall plug. The 220 volt connection would be optimal but it will still do it on a wall plug which mean you can charge this thing anywhere.
HST also produced an all electric Shelby Cobra that will do 0-60 in 3.2 seconds and has a faster top speed. Check out both galleries in the AutoBlog Green sections.
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Video Marketing How-To: Filming Outside the Studio
Hello, and welcome to another episode of Video Marketing How-To! You may notice a bit of a change of scenery in today's episode and that's exactly what we want to talk to you about. When shooting video, especially interviews, you don't always have the luxury of using a soundproof studio, so today we want to share 3 tips for filming outside of your studio.
Tip one is picking your filming location. Since most of our out-of-the-office content is conferences, we'll use those as an example. Try to pick an area that doesn't have too much back-lighting, but is a bit on the quieter side. Avoid filming directly in front of windows, or in the middle of the trade-show floor unless you have some good audio equipment.
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Artists tend to explore and try new things with their art, but sometimes it's the traditional style that keeps things classic.
Whether it is canvas, paper or skin — it is all malleable.
Chico artist Jamie Zeff captures a beauty in painted works currently on display at Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.
Zeff, who is also a tattoo artist at Red Room, illustrates alluring female characters going through an adventure.
Her pieces are heavily influenced by her work as a tattoo artist.
Zeff's paintings don't stray far from illustration art or that traditional tattoo style with bold unwavering outlines and fairly flat images depicting classic symbols that have appeared throughout the ages, Zeff said in her artist statement.
Many of the prints embody a traditional feel but with an underlying femininity consistency. Most of her painted females are embellished with flowers or headdresses in their lush locks and wispy swirls that soften the harsh lines.
Though there isn't much depth in the painted ladies, detail isn't overlooked. From the freckles of a young face peering over a murky green pond (and even the reflection of her face in the water) to the faceted, blended hues the greens and yellows of the water.
She likes her paintings to reflect "snippets from a larger narrative," she said.
Though most of her artwork illustrates traditional tattoo imagery, a standout piece expresses a looser style.
In "Pleasure to Meet You," Zeff's painting depicts a violet silhouette of a young girl in a frilly dress curtsying to a faint-light pink phoenix whirling through pastel-blue mountains and fluffy clouds — not the usual style of that powerful bird rising from ashes.
Zeff's delicate phoenix soars to the top of the painting looking toward a cluster of traditional-style flowers with a more geometric look than dainty budding petals. The harshness of the bolded-grouped flowers isn't off-putting when looking at the painting as a whole.
Another larger-scale piece adorning Cafe Flo's walls is a gorgeous acrylic painting.
"Pride and Envy," a large painting on wood, details a female liger tamer holding a lit match. She is seated comfortably next to her feline companion in a bed of foliage. In the corners are snakes, symbolizing pride and envy, devouring some forest creatures.
The unframed piece is created using acrylic paints and gold ink sealed with a thick layer of Envirotech fiberglass resin, which gives it a glossy finish and the final product glistens in the light.
For Zeff, the ligers, a lion and tiger mixed breed, symbolize a fear that has to be dealt with conquered or befriended, she said.
All of her work is gorgeous and reasonably priced.
Zeff's artwork will be displayed at Cafe Flo until the end of the month. All paintings and prints are for sale.


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Good news for everyone. You can buy your Devoxx Poland 2018 tickets now. Go now and register.Read More
We have published all videos that we recorded. Couple videos are not available because either speaker doesn't allow us to publish video or there were issues with HDCP protection. There are more than a 100 talks, so if you don't know where to start, here is the list of Top 10 DevoxxPoland 2016 talks: 1. […]Read More
It is again awesome year for Devoxx. All Devoxx Total eXPerience and UnVoxxed tickets are sold out. And we have only 70 tickets for the conference itself. Hurry up if you don't want to miss the best IT event in Poland. There will be tons of knowledge and fun. Including, but not limitted to, flight […]Read More
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The first ever Devoxx Poland is over. We have started preparing for Devoxx Poland 2016, however in the meantime, please take a look at blogpost, photos and videos from Devoxx Poland 2015. Please let us know if you wrote blogpost or upload photos and it is not listed here. We will be more than welcome […]Read More
Devoxx Poland is SOLD OUT second time!!! More than 5 weeks before the conference all 1800 tickets were gone. We have added additional 200 and all of them are gone as well. Total 2000 tickets were sold out!!! However, if you want to feel a bit of Devoxx, there are still available tickets for workshops. […]Read More
After being sold out, we have added 250 tickets. Right now we have remaining 80 tickets available. Hurry up and register as we will be sold out second time in less than 2 weeks. Also, you may want to stay 1 day longer in Krakow and take part in our workshops. They cost just 50 […]Read More
Devoxx Poland is SOLD OUT!!! More than 5 weeks before the conference all 1800 tickets are gone. Thank you so much for this. We are working to add one more room. We expect decision to be made in couple days, so stay tuned. At the same time, we need to move to Last Minute payment […]Read More
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