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We decided to head to London the day before our trip to Paris. Our Eurostar train wasn't until midday but we figured we might as well make the most of spending a little time in London rather than just heading straight there from Bristol in the morning.
As it happened it ended up tipping it down the day before so we didn't have the greatest options for exploring the city and decided to stay close to our room at the St Pancras Youth Hostel where were staying. With a break in the clouds in the early afternoon we decided to chance a trip to Regents Park which was about a twenty minute walk away. Of course the rain started again and after sheltering under trees and attempting to make fun of the wet playground we called it a day, which was a shame.
The next morning Wilf woke around 6am and as we had breakfast booked at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel across the road at 10.30 we had a few hours to kill in-between. We decided to give trying Regents Park another go and I'm so glad we did. With not a cloud in the sky we roamed around for a good two hours! We grabbed a coffee and croissant (in preparation for france ;)) on the way to make sure our tummies were a little appeased but not too full and took in the beauty of the area.
I told Tom that morning that the animals that lived in Regents Park were like disney characters they were all so tame and curious. The ducks that waddled over and inspected our hands for bread and cheeky squirrel hopping around all over the place. Wilf had a blast playing hide and seek, picking daisies and dropping stones in the fountains. It was like the London out of Mary Poppins with cheerful gardeners tipping their caps and greeting Wilf as he ran around. Can you tell I've fallen in love with Regents Park? I'm falling harder and harder for London in general if I'm honest with you!
Here is a little video I took of our morning, I hope you like it!
p.s in case you are wondering:
Top (actually a dress) from here c/o Kaliko
Necklace from my shop :)
Skirt - Topshop
Shoes - *Clarks


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This blog recently discussed the dangers of construction accidents for construction workers and the dangers of fall-related construction accidents to construction workers. Several hours from Utica, a New York City construction worker was recently seriously injured when a piece of construction material struck him in the face. The falling piece of construction material that struck the worker was dropped by another construction worker at the construction site.
New York construction accident seriously injures worker
Protecting families after a fatal construction accident
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration provides detailed, comprehensive advice for Utica employers about how to protect construction workers from fall accidents. But still, falls from roofs, scaffolds or ladders continue to claim the lives of more and more construction.
What does OSHA recommend to Utica workers for fall protection?
Of course, ladder falls are only one type of fall injury that can occur on a given construction site. Falls from roofs and scaffolds, falls through holes, and even construction injuries from falling objects are regarded similarly by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration in terms of the need for fall protection on a construction site.
Are ladder falls preventable?
Utica residents are used to seeing construction workers operate in some spectacular settings, including extreme heights. The other side of this image, however, is the statistic that falls from roofs, scaffolds or ladders and other similar elevations are the leading cause of death in the industry.
OSHA addresses fall injuries on construction sites
400 construction workers injured in New York: this is the estimated total for 2015, nearly double what it was the previous year. While construction sites present a number of risks to workers, the main cause of death in the industry is falls from roofs, scaffolds, ladders or other elevations. Nationwide, falls on construction sites killed nearly 300 construction workers in 2013.
Construction accidents in New York on the rise
New York residents are familiar with grim stories from the old days of construction. More than two dozen workers perished during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge; 60 died while working on the original World Trade Center. Regulations have been implemented since then in an effort to protect construction workers, but data suggests the problem continues in New York State.
Construction worker on NFL stadium dies after fall
Utica residents might expect that the higher the profile of a major construction project, the greater the attention paid to workers' safety. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Falls from roofs, scaffolds or ladders are a danger no matter how great the visibility of the construction site.
Common issues after a ladder fall or other construction accident
It's no secret that Utica construction sites can be dangerous places to work. You've got industrial-grade power tools throughout the site. You've got massive, heavy vehicles moving in all directions. And you've likely also got chemicals and other compounds that need to be handled with the utmost care.
New York construction worker seriously injured in fall accident
Let's move from our discussion of heat illness into territory that is, perhaps unfortunately, likely to be more familiar to our Utica readers. Construction workers, as we've noted in the past weeks, are indeed susceptible to heat illness with the often heavy equipment and gear they wear outdoors in hot weather. But they are also susceptible to falls from roofs, scaffolds or ladders.
Statistics on construction worker deaths due to falls
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration takes a special interest in falls that injure workers at construction sites. As we've seen in recent weeks on our Syracuse workers' compensation law blog, there are a number of reasons why falls from roofs, scaffolds or ladders warrant greater attention in the community, including the severity of injuries and the complexity of a claim for compensation.

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Vermeer Manufacturing and Vermeer Canada are proud to include the following alliance partners:
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For over 85 years McLaughlin has been actively involved in the drilling tool industry. During that period of time McLaughlin has developed a reputation for designing and building dependable, low maintenance trenchless construction equipment.
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Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) teaches family and friends effective strategies for helping their loved one to change and for feeling better themselves. CRAFT works to affect the loved one's behavior by changing the way the family interacts with him or her. It is designed to accomplish three goals:
Robert J. Meyers and Jane Ellen Smith of the University of New Mexico developed the CRAFT program to teach families how to impact their loved one while avoiding both detachment and confrontation, the respective strategies of Al-Anon (a 12-Step based approach), and traditional (Johnson Institute-style) interventions in which the substance user is confronted by family members and friends during a surprise meeting. While all three approaches have been found to improve family members' functioning and relationship satisfaction, CRAFT has proven to be significantly more effective in engaging loved ones in comparison to the Johnson Institute Intervention or Al-Anon/Nar-Anon facilitation therapy.
CRAFT is a skills-based program that impacts families in multiple areas of their lives, including self-care, pleasurable activities, problem solving, and goal setting. At the same time, CRAFT addresses their loved one's resistance to change. CRAFT teaches families behavioral and motivational strategies for interacting with their loved one. Participants learn, for example, the power of positive reinforcement for positive behavior (and of withdrawing it for unwanted behavior), and how to use positive communication skills to improve interactions and maximize their influence.
Specifically, CRAFT teaches several skills, including:
Many of these skills are valuable for the family even if their loved one does not enter treatment or has already begun the treatment process. Additionally, the skills remain essential over the long run for families in navigating and maintaining a positive trajectory for themselves as well as for their loved one. CRAFT is not a quick fix, but rather an approach that can benefit both the substance user and the family in the short and long terms with a holistic plan of action and a more optimistic view.
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Leesa Jackson at 304.969.3100
SMART Recovery® is an international non-profit, volunteer driven organization that offers free face-to-face and online mutual self-help groups. SMART Recovery® (Self Management And Recovery Training) supports individuals who have chosen to abstain (or considering abstinence) from any type of addictive behaviors (substances, activities or both) by teaching them how to change self-defeating thinking, emotions and actions while working towards long-term satisfactions and quality of life. SMART teaches the use of tools to stop alcohol and drug abuse, or to manage or stop activities that have become compulsive, such as smoking, overeating, gambling, sexual behavior and internet use.
SMART Recovery® is an alternative program to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA), using a science-based approach. The SMART Recovery® program uses non-confrontational motivational, behavioral and cognitive methods in assisting individuals seeking abstinence from addictive behaviors. SMART Recovery® provides over 600 face-to-face meetings worldwide, plus additional online meetings at various times throughout the week. In addition, our online message board is an excellent forum in which to learn about the SMART Recovery® program and seek support and interactions with other online members.
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Highland-Clarksburg Hospital awarded Hospital
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Highland-Clarksburg Hospital announced it has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to providing safe and effective patient care. The Joint Commission generally reviews a Hospital's accreditation on a tri-annual basis. Highland-Clarksburg's original accreditation was October 2013.
HCHI is not responsible for the content of any materials linked externally to this website, or any of its various webpages or our social media sites.
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Over a billion people are believed to be officially obese. The British Medical Association says that by 2050, half of the population in England could be obese. From a health perspective, this spells trouble given all the problems that being overweight can lead to.
We have it drummed into us from an early age that we need cow's milk and dairy products to help build strong bones. This is not true – in fact cow's milk and dairy products may do more harm than good.
Ovarian cancer occurs most in wealthy countries, where the diet is dominated by meat and dairy foods. There is some evidence that cholesterol and eggs may increase the risk too.


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Detailed Guide For Buying Boxing Gloves
Choosing the right boxing gloves is important for serious boxing enthusiasts. When you set out to buy boxing gloves though, you will find that choosing the right one is not as clear-cut as it seems. There are several options when it comes to the weight, size, style and brand. This guide will help you clear the clutter of options in order to find the right one.
How do you ensure that you have chosen the right gloves? Below are a few of the factors you need to take into account when you buy boxing gloves:
The glove size is classified as ounce and you can choose from 8 to 16 ounces. You can also find several odd sizes when you shop for gloves, although they are not as common. The sizing of gloves correspond with the weight. The importance of choosing the right size is to ensure that you get the right fit. If the fit is not right, it will be uncomfortable and make your hands prone to injury when boxing.
The weight of the gloves is also the reason why it is important to get the sizing right. You want the gloves to be the right weight in order to match your intended boxing method. Bigger gloves have thicker padding to offer superior hand protection. In addition, they are heavier; hence, this is the choice for boxers when training. When they are accustomed to wearing heavier gloves, it will be easier for them to cope during fight night.
An important tip to remember when choosing the right size of gloves to buy: wear it with hand wraps. You need to take the hand wrap into account when fitting the gloves since you will be wearing it during a fight.
Glove Type
Aside from the size, the glove type is one of the most basic factors to determine what to buy. Each type of glove sold in the market serve a purpose. Therefore, it is important match the type to the intended use or boxing method.
Bag Gloves: Bag gloves are designed to protect you when boxing and is used for hitting heavy punching bags or training aids. This type of gloves prepare your knuckles in order to cope with the impact of each punch. When buying a bag glove, choose ones that are well-padded and hand-friendly.


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Yesterday, Ellen DeGeneres played host to one of the most adorable musical performances her daytime show's ever seen. For today's episode, she welcomed to the stage The Growlers, whom she describes as "one of my favorite bands of the year." The California surf/garage rockers dimmed the lights and unfurled "I'll Be Around", a funky cut produced by The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, effectively turning the Ellen set into a happenin' discotheque.
Catch the replay above. "I'll Be Around" is taken from the band's latest album, City Club, out now via Casablancas' own Cult Records.


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National News
Autism's Costs to U.S. Economy Estimated to top $265 Billion for 2015
Autism Speaks – Projected costs would rise to more than $1 trillion by 2025 if prevalence continues to rise at rates seen over last decade
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
ADA.gov – Twenty-five years ago, through the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), our nation committed itself to eliminating discrimination against people with disabilities.
Analysis Ranks Best States For Disability Services
DisabilityScoop – A diverse group of states spanning the nation came out on top in an annual ranking of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Miniature Brain in a Dish Reveals an Outsized Secret About Autism
LA Times – Scientists hoping to uncover the origins of autism have grown a passel of miniature proto-brains in a lab, using reprogrammed skin cells to rewind the clock to the brain's earliest days of development.
Girls with Mild Autism Prone to Severe Epilepsy
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative – Girls with autism are nearly three times as likely as boys with the disorder to have severe epilepsy that responds poorly to medication.
Close Look at Rare Syndrome Bolsters Autism-Epilepsy Link
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative – The first systematic look at adults with the rare seizure disorder Dravet syndrome suggests that nearly two-thirds of them also have autism.
Intricate DNA flips, swaps found in people with autism
Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative – A surprisingly large proportion of people with autism have complex rearrangements of their chromosomes that were missed by conventional genetic screening, researchers reported 2 July in the American Journal of Human Genetic
Simple Sniff Test May Accurately Detect Autism In Children
Tech Times – Arriving at an autism diagnosis is often a complex process. But a study suggests that simply examining the way a child sniffs could be an accurate indicator of the disorder.
Abilities Expo kicks off in Houston
Click2Houston – One of the biggest events of the year for disabled people kicks off Friday. The 2015 Abilities Expo will be held in Houston.
Schools Warned On Speech Services For Kids With Autism
DisabilityScoop – Federal education officials are reminding schools not to skimp on needed speech and language services for children with autism.
Teens & Adults
Research Shows Job Services Failing to Meet Needs of Youth with Autism
AutismSpeaks – Researchers urge greater use of autism-specific supports; many teen boys and men with autism need particular help with anxiety.
Swimming Helps Autistic Teen
CBS – Charles Cobbert was diagnosed with Autism at the age of 3 and at age 17, he is competing in the swimming nationals.
Inside the Mind of Teen with Autism Going on His First Date
The short film, "Bumblebees" stars a young man and woman on the autism spectrum and a cat. Vance Kanell and Paige Sunderland star in the film about a teenager with autism (Kanell) who is challenging himself to experience a first date.


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More About SCAREWALDORF
Recipes I've Shared:
From Blogilates.com Thanks Cassie!
This recipe is taken from the wonderful Blogilates site. Many thanks to Cassey!
Taken and adapted from The Garden of Vegan by Tanya Barnards and Sarah Kramer
Taken from Womens Running. Plenty of complex carbs and full of vitamins A, C and E
Taken from Womens Running. Iron and Zinc rich, which is also high in B vitamins. Combine with high levels of trypotophan, and this is the ideal meal for the night before a run.
A good pre race meal to top up Iron and Carbohydrate stores. Delivers 2/3 of daily recommended allowance of zinc and half the amount od selenium.
Taken from the Women's Marathon Training Guide. Packed with vitamins A and C to aid recovery and providing a dose of carbs and Protein for refueling and repair.
Taken from The BBC website, by the amazing James Martin. Takes time, but really worth it.
By Nigel Slater, taken from BBC Food Website
Taken from the BBC food website, from the Vegetarian Society.
Taken from Gizzi's Kitchen Magic, by Gizzi Erskine. I went to get the ingredients for this, and for some unknown reason picked up lamb instead of chicken.
A low GI treat with a carb boost. Found in the Nov 2010 Edition of Womens Running UK
Taken from Baked and Delicious magazine
Taken from 'The Garden of Vegan'
Taken from La Dolche Vegan!
From La Dolce Vegan!
Lots of taste, lots of kcals, but hey, a treat once in a while is ok, right?
The slices are small, but it's so rich, that's best!
You need 3 cake tins, about 20cm/8-inch deep round.-2 layers won't hold all the fillng
Taken From The Garden of Vegan. Can be made into a pie
Taken from La Dolce Vegan!
Taken from The Garden of Vegan
Taken from La Dolce Vegan.
Taken from GoodFood Magazine
You could add this into pasta for a more filling meal.
Taken from the BBC cook magazine 'Easy Cook'
A nice vegetarian Lasange that is under 500kcals per portion (if you use low fat soft cheese)
Recipes I've Rated:
- Roasted Root Vegetables
- Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken
- Apple Hand Pies
- Caribbean Chicken
- Apple Scones
- Yellow Split Pea Soup
- Fruit Pizza
- Easy Slow Cooker Lemony Garlic Chicken Breast
- Kale & Onion Egg Bake
- The Best Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies Ever
- Southwestern Chicken Soup
- Carrot-Ginger Soup
- Ginger Orange Tofu
- Kate B's Amazing Kale and Eggs
- Everything but the Kitchen Sink Vegetable Curry
- Strawberry Cheesecake Shake
- Vegetarian Sweet Potato Pie
- Koftas
- Magic Crust Quiche
- Kale Chips
- Chocolate cookie dough
- Mushroom Burgers and Onion Chutney
- Whole Wheat Waffles
Recipe Collections I've Shared:
|Recipes from Women Running and health mags
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Mona Cheriyan
President & Group Head Human Resources of Thomas Cook India Ltd
Mona Cheriyan is currently the President & Group Head Human Resources of Thomas Cook India Ltd. She is responsible for the Strategy, Leadership Development, Employee Engagement and other HR functions at the Group level. The Thomas Cook India Group spanning 21 countries across 4 continents operates leading brands including, Thomas Cook, SOTC, TCI, Sita, Asian Trails, Allied T Pro, Australian Tours Management, Desert Adventures, Travel Circle International Limited, Private Safaris East & South Africa.
Prior to Thomas Cook, Mona was the HR Director and member of the Advisory Board of ASK Investment Managers Pvt Ltd which is a boutique company in the financial services sector renowned for its strong research based investment advice. Her role entailed leading the HR and Administration function for the group companies which included – Private Equity, Real Estate PE, Wealth Advisory, Portfolio Management and International Business.
Before her stint in ASK, she was with Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd as General Manager – Employee Engagement & Europe Liaison, where she managed the Global Corporate HR team spread across various locations in India and overseas. She has done pioneering work in the areas of Employee Engagement, Global Policies & Processes, Leadership development, Diversity & Inclusivity, Compensation & Benefits, HR Audit & Process automation. Besides Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd, she worked with NIITand the ESSAR group and provided consulting services in the area of HR Strategy and Systems. She has a rich and varied experience of over 30 years. Her exposure and expertise in the entire gamut of Global HR functions & Leadership development area is being used to further strengthen develop & build employee capabilities.
She is expert in behavioral sciences and personally imparts training in various Leadership development areas. She has also been associated with campuses viz. TISS, Symbiosis, SP Jain, IIFT, Welingkar etc., as a guest lecturer. She is also a regular key speaker at various NHRD, NASSCOM, BMA & other related forums in the area of Diversity and Inclusion. She was the President of the WoMentoring Chapter of the National HRD Network whose focus is to design, develop and deliver initiatives to help to build confidence and capabilities for women in Corporate India, and provide the support and guidance that both men and women need reach their business goals. She was also on the Executive Committee of the Bombay Management Association and led the Women in Leadership Committee.
Mona has been the recipient of the "Super Achievers Award" by the Indira Group of Institutes for outstanding achievement in the field of Human Resources in 2007, the "HR Leadership Award" awarded by the Employer Branding Awards in 2008 and the "Women Super Achiever Award" awarded by the World HRD Congress for 2009 and 2016 and the "Most Influential HR Leader" award in 2017.
She is an avid reader and loves to travel and meet people. In her free time, she tries out different recipes and paints ceramic mugs.


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By Jennifer (Smith) Schuler
I'm on overload right now … although my son's first year of preschool has come to an end, I am now shuffling him between summer camps, play dates, and various other community happenings. Since the latter part of this school year I have been coordinating the discernment, enrollment, and admission process for private preschool where my son will attend through 12th grade. Then there's the organizing and packing for our summer travel and vacation plans…running our household…squeezing in a hair cut for myself…and on and on.
Something's gotta give and soon – I simply need to unload! However, I have found this isn't easily done. I can't let go of any of these responsibilities, and I don't have time to make any big changes in my life right now or incorporate "strategies" I read in magazines that are supposed to make things simpler and slow things down. So I need easy and fast ways to unload so I can upload with immediate results! How about you? It seems as though many of us speed along through our days with barely enough time to catch our breath. It is becoming more commonplace among my circle of friends for us to text each other to say – I'll have to catch you later; I'm crazy-busy right now. Then, we don't get back in touch for another week or two!
Rather than offer you suggestions for letting go of the things you do now that keep you so busy, I have something else in mind. Just check out the few simple ideas below that you can easily incorporate into your daily life and routine. They might just help you catch your breath – before going on to the next thing!
Battle That Brain Strain!
* Begin your day with a few simple stretches and a hot shower. Now, if I can do this with a busy 4 year old who is more than enthusiastic to start the day (and who seems to think he is my morning rooster), so can you. When I hear my son crawl out of bed and use the potty, I take that time to slowly awaken while he pads (okay – stomps) his way to my bedside. I have "trained" him to play next door in our master suite's living area while I do a few simple, quick stretches – right from my bed! I concentrate on my upper and lower back so I can get mobile enough to find my way into the shower. There, I let the hot water and steam do its work with a few additional standing stretches so I don't start off my day feeling stiff. It makes a big difference most days to be loosened up before jumping into all I have to accomplish!
* Stretch throughout the day. I call this "Stop, Drop, and Stretch!" As we go through our day, we tend to lose our posture and proper walking stance. We begin to hunch our shoulders forward and round our backs, and continue to stiffen up as the day goes on due to our often busy, stressed lives. Taking just a few moments to loosen your tightened muscles offers a quick break and is surprisingly refreshing after sitting at your computer too long or handling several tasks in a row.
* Take a break during the day to exercise if you can. My life has changed so much since having a child that I find I usually don't have the time for an elaborate workout routine. However, research coming from the fitness world tells us that exercising in "spurts" can be just as effective at relieving stress; loosing weight; and keeping our bodies strong, minds sound, and emotions in check. And, any form of exercise counts, no matter how brief. Just 10 minutes 3 times a day can still make a difference. You don't even need a structured or regimented exercise program. A simple stroll around your neighborhood or backyard, or a brief walk on your treadmill will do the trick!
* Eat well and drink plenty of water. I will spare a lecture on the health benefits of this one – especially since I find it difficult to do! However, it is so much better for our bodies and minds to eat nutritious foods and stay hydrated. And, a healthy body is a far happier and less stressed body!
* Set specific times to check email and return telephone calls. So many aspects of technology really can make things easier and us more productive when applied well to our lives. It is important to set boundaries for how you want to handle your technological devices before you begin using them for professional or personal use. Adhere to the times you set during the day to use those devices for checking email, voice or text messages, and returning telephone calls. It doesn't take long for people to figure out that you are "glued" to your iphone, or to learn what times of day (or night!) you are likely "online." Set precedence up front that your technological devices are turned off and put away during dinner, family time, and before bedtime. Keep them out of your bedroom or anywhere else that is designated for sleeping or resting. Many studies suggest that having electronics on continuously disrupts sleep patterns, and some experts recommend you dim lamps and avoid checking your e-mail or watching late-night TV at least an hour before bedtime.
* Choose not to answer the telephone sometimes. The "I'm on my deathbed" call is likely not the one coming in.
* Say 'no' sometimes. The world will not come to an end if you decline to lead a project for your child's scout troop, make your homemade chili for the church cook-off fundraiser, serve as president of your home association, or anything else. Change the thought pattern that says the project, event, or meeting will fall apart without you! This is not to say that you don't make valuable and worthy contributions to your workplace, home life, church, and community. It's just that the show will go on. Choose your activities carefully and don't allow them to overwhelm your life.
* Avoid stressful situations and toxic people as much as possible. These two things can be a real drain on your life. Instead, embrace positive energy and uplifting people! Set your emotional boundaries and stick with them.
* Make excuses. Look for periods throughout the day when you can snatch a moment of quiet time for yourself. Even if it means telling your family you simply must go to the laundry room for awhile to catch up. There's your solitude and an item crossed off your to-do list in one!
* Take "me time" any way you can claim it. Whether you splurge on a spa service or hide in your closet to finish the next chapter in your book, time for you is important! You can't help your colleagues, family, or community if you don't take care of yourself first.
Do you have another idea to help us regain our sanity? Let us know what you do to unload!


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Yay I finally got LDD working (after about a dozen emails with lego tech support)
Now, is there a way to have it output all the pieces this model contains, or do I have to go through and decipher each one individually? I'm an LDD n00b XD
Ced23Ric wrote:Building Guide -> HTML Output -> Last Page contains all parts.
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Why I Love Using WordPress for my Web Site
|Do you think having a Web site will cost you thousands of dollars? Are you afraid that you'll be in over your head if you reclaim your Web site from your designer? Are you constantly after your Web developer to make simple changes for you that never get done?
Not anymore!
In this article, I help you mitigate your Web site migraine by guiding you through the first steps of reclaiming your online home with a blogging platform.
A blog is like a postcard. Each entry is a small adventure contributing to a neverending story.
If you're a working artist like me (or a gallery) and need the flexibility of updating your own Web site, have I got good news for you! Even if you don't have coding experience, you'll thrive with your online presence beginning with your Web site.
Your Web site doesn't have to be dynamic, filled with bells and whistles, it essentially needs to highlight who you are and what you do.
- If you're a gallery and only want one page to establish a presence, you can do that.
- If you're an artist and want to show your work, your awards, shows, and contact info, you can do that, too.
Another reason a blogging platform is much more beneficial to you and your work is because it's alive. A few years ago, I insisted that every artist have a blog to accompany her Web site because traditional Web sites are static.
Translate: A static Web site was designed to be left alone. Once a page was created, you pretty much abandoned it and moved on. When you abandon your pages, search engines like Google push your page further and further back in its archive, never to be found again unless you reference it in your other Web or print collateral.
So how is a blog any different?
Glad you asked! A blog breathes life into your existing static Web site, making it a living entity. Your business is a living organism just like you are, so it makes sense to animate your online presence to allow it to walk on it's own without artificial life support.
You can choose one of two ways to use a blog:
- As separate site tool linked back to your main site, or
- As a platform for your entire Web site.
Cool, huh?
How I Started
Initially, I created my blog name under a pseudonym (I'll tell you later why that was a bad thing) and link back to my main Web site. That was an all-in-one blog and while I still try to keep it fresh with personal anecdotes, I now maintain a professional blog dedicated to featuring my art, shows, and giveways that sits nicely hosted under my ecstewart.com domain. You'll find some of this on my personal blog, too, but you won't find too much personal stuff on my professional blog (more on that later).
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I've worked on 2 blogging platforms: Blogger & WordPress. When I began blogging many years ago, I chose Blogger as my platform. It was great to cut my teeth on as a newbie -and they're doing some pretty neat things o'er there in that World. However, a few years ago, I experimented with a family blog on WordPress because I wanted to compare the two platforms. Like Apple, WordPress is leaps and bounds more advanced and replete with lots of gadgets –one could actually get into trouble in this virtual candy store! Don't let that scare you. 😉
My experimental blog is CREATIVEGoddess: The Talent of Living Creatively
The link is: http://creativegoddess.wordpress.com/
Personally, I love the flexibility of WordPress best because it allows me to:
- Have both post and pages (each are necessary)
- Password protected pages (super cool for clients!)
- Many widgets are created for WP (candy!)
- Have a gallery (too easy)
CREATIVEGoddess – A separate blog from my Web site
Dig through my CREATIVEGoddess blog -it's pretty neat. I have blog posts that talk about current events and my pages that are static hosting goodies and giveaways. Both posts and pages have permanent links, but the pages never move.
You'll find red tabs at the top navigation of the main blog. They're so named:
About Lisa – http://creativegoddess.wordpress.com/about/
Extras – http://creativegoddess.wordpress.com/extras/
Commissions – http://creativegoddess.wordpress.com/customcommissions/
Shop – http://creativegoddess.wordpress.com/shop/
Some of these pages move deeper into other pages or links outside of this blog. Some pages are even hidden and password protected!!
What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG)
WYSIWYG is an acronym that is pronounced "WizzyWig." It also translates as "No coding experience needed!" Okay, maybe a tiny bit, but coding is not mandatory. If you feel compelled to tweak some things, it's super simple and I'll be happy to supply you with easy code to copy and paste for your use as needed. Things like:
- How to format your art images in your blog
- How to password protect your pages
- How to turn on and off widgets
- How to create a static front page
- So much more!!
You can expand and contract your Web site only as much as you want to. You can even create a vacation sign.
Do I need my own Domain Name?
I could have easily started with a free blog similar to http://indiecreatives.wordpress.com, but I wanted a formal site to host my company.
It seriously rocks to have your own Domain name and they're pretty darn cheap today (~$8.50) than when they were 12 years ago when I first bought mine ($150). You can begin with obtaining a free blog and then getting your own Domain and migrate later.
I've been hosting all of my sites thru CrystalTech.com. These guys have expanded and still maintain a great customer service attitude. I also purchase my domains thru them -it's actually a third party- and this makes it easy to contain everything in one spot. I'm always dubious about GoDaddy since I've heard some horror stories about those guys and their services. For now, I'll stick with CrystalTech.com.
You wanna know how much I pay?
I pay $6/mo for this Web site (blog) and $8.50/yr for my domain name.
ECStewart Designs | All-in-One Web site & Blog
Okay, So How Do I Get a Blog?
You can begin by securing a free Web blog through one of the hosts (WordPress, Blogger, etc) and link to back to your static Web site. I'd recommend starting with:
WordPress.com Is where you obtain your free blog and it's hosted on their server. Your domain will look something like this: http://yourname.wordpress.com. One can always migrate the blog into your permanent domain after you cut your teeth on the free platform.
This is what the sign-up sheet looks like when you create a new blog on WordPress.com
WordPress.org Is where you borrow their latest software to host on your server of choice with your specific domain. INDIECreatives and ECStewart are both running WordPress software on my server of choice.
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Now that you know how to set up your own place on the Web, when are you going to stake a claim to your Web site?
Here's to Cultivating Your Creative Independence


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It continues to feel as though we've reached peak awfulness when it comes to Harvey Weinstein, but every time we think that all the allegations have come to light, new victims step forward to share more harrowing stories about the Hollywood producer.
What began with eight brave women, including actor Ashley Judd, coming forward to tell their stories of sexual assault and harassment dealt at the hands of Weinstein in an October 5 New York Times story, quickly ballooned into dozens more women, including Lupita Nyong'o, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and more sharing their own similar, terrifying experiences.
With so many women bravely sharing their own stories it seemed impossible that no one in Hollywood knew about the depths of Weinstein's reach and abuse of power, with some members of his inner circle, including Quentin Tarantino, admitting that he knew something was not right but didn't know how to stop it.
Now, it appears that Weinstein's assaults went even further, with a new victim alleging that the Hollywood producer and president of The Weinstein Company and Miramax was also involved in sex trafficking.
Aspiring model and actress Kadian Noble filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging that both Harvey and his brother Bob Weinstein violated U.S. sex trafficking laws when Harvey assaulted Noble in France in 2014.
Noble is alleging that Harvey invited her to his hotel room at Le Majestic Hotel in Cannes in February 2014 under the guise of speaking with her about an acting role he promised she would receive. Instead, Weinstein forcibly groped Noble and forced her to engage in sexual acts.
The lawsuit was filed this week and because of the additional element of sex trafficking — with Weinstein crossing international borders with Noble — the statute of limitations is increased to 10 years. Bob Weinstein and The Weinstein Company are named in the suit for aiding Harvey in his foreign travel to lure women into "forced or coerced sexual encounters on the promise of roles in films or entertainment projects."
With new allegations about Weinstein and more powerful men in Hollywood coming to light every day, it is more important than ever to not become numb to the problems that women have known were there all along. This is the time to demand justice for victims and hold men and other women accountable for making all places of work — as well as schools, places of worship, concerts, sporting events and every other venue — safe for all who attend.


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The 80's produced lots of memorable hits and artists. But what about the great music that didn't catch on at the time? Our prime directive is to bring 80's music that is clearly 80's fun but somehow slipped under the radar.
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|Lilac tights: Thighs the Limit
|Dress: Monsoon // Cardigan: New Look
|Dolly Mixture: Irregular Choice
It's been a rather full week already. Plenty of work dramas, trying out a new local eatery for my bestie's birthday and checking out some potential new walls (in the form of a building, not actual walls).
I think I decided that I'd had enough of rotten weather (it's been the most miserable day for a while, here) and decided to opt for some lovely lilac tights with this floral dress and my cheerful Dolly Mixture boots, which I haven't worn enough of so far.
How's your week going?


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I was reading an article this morning about snipers. The article discusses elite snipers and your average sniper and their ability to melt into their surroundings. I assume, with the proper gear, many of us have the capability to hide in plain sight. But this was kind of cool to try and find the sniper in the photos so I thought I'd share the link and let you guys have a look.
http://www.businessinsider.com/german-s ... you-2015-1


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A recent report by two UK experts, Andrew Bush and Louise Fleming of Imperial College and Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust published online in the journal, Archives of Disease in Childhood (ADC), supports this view. It states that doctors are over-diagnosing asthma, with inhalers frequently dispensed for no good reason. "Inhalers have almost become a fashion accessory," the article says.
Dr S K Chhabra, the head of cardiorespiratory physiology at V P Chest Institute said inhalers being a fashion accessory may be true for the west but the Indian scenario is a little more complicated since many patients also go undiagnosed, particularly in smaller cities and villages.
"Stress should be on the right use of inhalers. They are useful in relieving symptoms in correct dosage. But when used wrongly, the inhaler steroids can cause serious side-effects," Dr Chhabra said.
The side effects associated with their misuse include growth suppression and the dampening of immune cell activity in the airways and the subsequent heightened risk of respiratory infections, says the ADC article.
"Treatment shouldn't simply be stepped up if the child fails to respond, because there's a chance the diagnosis might not be right in the first place. A further safeguard is to consider the diagnosis of asthma as dynamic - many children outgrow their symptoms," the article adds.


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Press Releases
AMResorts Breaks Ground on Now Onyx Punta Cana Resort Alongside the President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina
Fast-Growing Resort Company Continues Strategic Expansion in the Caribbean
PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 11, 2015) — The President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, and other government officials joined AMResorts® and Apple Leisure Group® executives for Now® Onyx Punta Cana's symbolic groundbreaking ceremony on June 3. Upon the resort's opening later next year, AMResorts will have nine properties in the Dominican Republic under five of its brands. This will become the fifth resort for the award-winning Now Resorts & Spas brand. The company currently has 37 resorts in its quickly expanding portfolio with 11 additional hotels set to debut by 2018.
"Year-after year, the Dominican Republic consistently continues to drive demand from the North American traveller," said Alex Zozaya, CEO of Apple Leisure Group. "AMResorts has the right formula to meet that desire with a portfolio of brands specifically designed to cater to the needs of this segment and the sustained track record in the destination."
Scheduled to open in November 2016 – in time for the winter travel season – the 500-room resort will be located in the Uvero Alto region of Punta Cana, a desirable destination in the Dominican Republic's northeastern coast. Guests will enjoy outstanding views of the Caribbean Sea and access to a pristine white sand beach, right next to sister property Breathless Punta Cana Resort & Spa.
"Apple Leisure Group is responsible for bringing every two out of 10 North American travellers to the Caribbean. An important factor that helps us deliver this volume of passengers is that we sell the complete experience through our integrated model," said Javier Coll, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Apple Leisure Group. "This is a benefit for hotel owners as much as it is for our guests, and one of the main differentiators driving strong ROI in competitive destinations like the Dominican Republic."
Catering to multigenerational families, especially with those in the pre-teen and teenager age range, the Now brand is a collection of resorts designed for guests who are looking for an active vacation experience focused on living in the moment. All Now properties feature AMResorts' signature Unlimited-Luxury® vacation concept, which includes: premium accommodations; multiple gourmet à la carte and specialty dining restaurants; 24-hour room and concierge service; pool and beach wait service; world class spa facilities; and unlimited international and domestic beverages and top-shelf spirits.
"The easy access and natural beauty of Punta Cana will make Now Onyx the ideal choice for multigenerational groups seeking a vacation destination that meets everyone's needs," said Gonzalo del Peon, President of AMResorts. "The brand's carefully thought out programming will especially resonate with families traveling with pre-teens or teenagers, a segment usually overlooked in the category."
About AMResorts
AMResorts is the fast-growing provider of sales, marketing and brand management services to six individually unique concept resort brands with 37 award-winning properties throughout Mexico, Jamaica, Curaçao, St. Thomas, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, where everything is included: luxurious and boutique Zoëtry® Wellness & Spa Resorts (www.zoetryresorts.com; 1-888-4-ZOËTRY); adults-only Secrets® Resorts & Spas (www.secretsresorts.com; 1-866-GO SECRETS); recently launched Breathless Resorts & Spas (www.breathlessresorts.com; 1-855-65-BREATHE); family-friendly Dreams® Resorts & Spas (www.dreamsresorts.com; 1-866-2-DREAMS); vibrant Now® Resorts & Spas (www.nowresorts.com; 1-877-NOW-9953) and fun-filled Sunscape® Resorts & Spas (www.sunscaperesorts.com; 1-866-SUNSCAPE).


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The mood in La Lomita Dos is nothing less than hyperfestive.
The music, naturally, is Mexican, and it's fast enough to shuffle patrons in and out quickly. It's one of those places where the food seems to arrive within 20 seconds.
This is fitting because a congressman like Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas), though his love of Tex-Mex food has no bounds, can't spend hours dawdling over lunch.
"It's convenient and it's about as close to Tex-Mex as we can get in Washington," he says.
Today Green is neither ravenous nor jaded. He orders a cup of queso for the table, which arrives in a flash and serves as a goopy red-pepper dip for the tortilla chips. His wife, Helen, is in town, and, since there are to be no votes that night, the couple will enjoy dining together out on the town. He doesn't want to spoil his appetite.
So a big plate of cheese enchiladas with a mound of yellow rice, beans, sour cream and salad it is. He takes about five bites and spends the rest of the time tap tap tapping at his food and moving it around on the plate.
And so to politics. Being in the minority rankles; "Frustrating, although we get things done," he says. "But if we were in the majority I could get a lot more done."
Green is a Texan through and through. He grew up in Houston in the 29th Congressional District and graduated from the University of Houston.
One of his favorite colleagues is Rep. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownSchiff sparks blowback with head on a 'pike' line Sunday shows - All eyes on Senate impeachment trial Senate Democrat: 'Fine' to hear from Hunter Biden MORE (D-Ohio), and he recalls the first time they spoke: Brown sat down next to Green and said, "I never met anyone from Texas I liked." But the pair soon discovered how similar their blue-collar districts are, and a close friendship bloomed.
"Texas is proud," Green says. "It's just ingrained in you."
Sixty-five percent of Green's district is Hispanic, which is why Green spends every Wednesday night in a U.S. Department of Agriculture Spanish class. It's something he has been doing for four years. But when asked if he can speak Spanish, he replies, "Un poquito," with a slight Texan twang.
Green's Mexico City-born press secretary, Fernando Cuevas, orders his tacos de carb�n in perfect Spanish. Green reasons that you can't learn a foreign language unless you live in a country where it is spoken, and he hasn't the time to spend three weeks or more in an immersion program.
"You can't learn another language one day a week, but it helps you keep up," he says, recalling a week in northern Mexico in 1998.
He isn't fussy about his food. Most days he eats a turkey sandwich from the Cloak Room. On Wednesdays he grazes at a Texas Democratic Delegation buffet lunch in the House Dining Room. "Unless there is a lunch, you eat on the run," Green says. "The turkey sandwich is about the safest thing I can do."
He likes Cajun food but is "not much on real hot. I'll use pepper sauce on my eggs." Green makes an exception when his sinus problems act up; then he chooses a hot soup called menudo.
"It's pretty spicy," he says. What's in it? "It's like sausage — you don't really want to ask."
Oh, but we do. It turns out, menudo is a specialty of the central coastal area of Sonora, Mexico. The essential ingredients are tripe (the stomach of a cow), corn and chili. Sometimes calf's or pigs feet are added. (It's hard not to see the appeal, and easy to see why the soup is, apparently, a good cure for a hangover.)
"I've been invited into a lot of constituents' homes for menudo," Green says.
He cannot cook but "can make a peanut butter sandwich."
The congressman's pet political projects these days are energy and health. He has a huge petrochemical factory in his district. He is trying to get more federal qualified health clinics for constituents with employers who don't offer health insurance. The district already has one such clinic; Green wants three more.
The cheese enchiladas arrive, and Green looks neither excited nor unwelcoming. Tap tap tap. He moves them around. Tap tap tap … he moves the rice and the enchiladas and the beans around some more. The enchilada is on the fork, and he's on the verge of a bite.
False alarm. He sips iced tea. The fork stays on the plate. More tapping. The enchilada plate is, by nature, messy, but Green is not. He's careful, and slow — tap, tap tap — and he drinks lots of iced tea between bites. He also drinks four cans of Diet Coke a day, down from two six packs.
When the subject of ex-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) comes up, Green turns meek — and with good reason. As a member of the ethics committee, he is forbidden to discuss a subject that could come before the committee, even though Green's ties to DeLay go back to the their days in the state Legislature.
"My joke is we actually went hunting together but nobody would put us together with a gun," he says. "Up until two years ago, we didn't talk very much because I was so opposed to what he was doing with redistricting. It's gotten better the last year. We're the only two graduates [in Congress] of the University of Houston.
"He's got some good sides to him, and he's very focused on whatever he does."
Serving on the ethics committee is a chore: "Nobody who serves on it likes it. I got it because [former House Minority Leader] Dick Gephardt [D-Mo.] asked me. I turned him down twice. I could resign, but you're given a responsibility and you need to do it."
The congressman's full name is Raymond Eugene Green. He has sometimes been introduced as Mr. Green Jeans, as in the children's TV character. He sees the benefits: "Gene Green turned out to be a pretty good political name because it's easy to remember."
His campaign literature is green. The lettering on his business cards is green.
Green is a professional politician. At 58, he is serving his seventh term in Congress. When he was 24, he ran for the Texas state House, where he served seven terms before moving to the Senate for two terms.
"I try not to tell the term-limits folks," he jokes.


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Date: 5/6 (SAT)
Location: HORNBECKS CREEK / INDIAN LADDER FALLS - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (Pennsylvania).
Level: EASY-MODERATE HIKE (7 miles)
Today we'll be following an unmarked trail up through a beautiful mountain gorge that features a series of waterfalls, some small and others up to 30-40 feet high, which are typically full in springtime -- and we'll be hiking other paths and trails in the area. A couple stretches of trail are steep, narrow, and precipitous (anyone with a major fear of heights and/or less-than-great balance should skip this one). Another hike for waterfall fans!
Date: 5/7 (SUN)
Location: AWOSTING FALLS / PETERS KILL CLIFFS - Minnewaska State Park (New York).
Level: MODERATE HIKE (7-8 miles).
Today we'll be hiking in the northeastern part of Minnewaska State Park, visiting two lovely waterfalls and enjoying more of the splendid Shawangunk cliff vistas for which these mountains are famous. Included are stretches of rough, rocky trail with substantial ups and downs.
Date: 5/13 (SAT)
Location: RAYMONDSKILL FALLS / POCONO CLIFFS - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (Pennsylvania).
Level: MODERATE HIKE (9 miles)
A few years ago we premiered this hike, which takes place on a relatively new network of trails. The highlight is PA's highest waterfall, spectacular and (after rain) massive 165-foot Raymondskill Falls, consisting of 3 cascades not far above the Delaware River. There are high cliffs en route that offer fine vistas. The trails are mostly dirt with few rocks, but many ups and downs are included, a couple of them on the steep side.
Date: 5/14 (SUN)
Location: STONY BROOK / STONY LAKE – Stokes State Forest (New Jersey).
Level: EASY HIKE (5-6 miles)
On today's hike in northern New Jersey's 16,000-acre Stokes State Forest we'll be following a relatively new trail that encircles scenic Stony Lake, and for a time we'll also be hiking alongside Stony Brook, which includes some beautiful little waterfalls and cascades. There's one not-so-steep 300-foot hill, and the rest is on the easy side.
Date: 5/20 (SAT)
Location: CHAPMAN FALLS - Devil's Hopyard State Park (Connecticut).
Level: EASY-MODERATE HIKE (6-7 miles).
Today we'll be paying a return visit to Devil's Hopyard State Park, a wild, rugged, and beautiful park in south-central Connecticut. The centerpiece is roaring Chapman Falls, where the Eight Mile River drops 60 feet, and there's also a lovely high cliff vista. The hiking trails here are very hilly and occasionally rough.
Date: 5/21 (SUN)
Location: ASHOKAN HIGH POINT / KANAPE BROOK - Catskill Park (New York).
Level: MODERATE-STRENUOUS HIKE (9 miles).
Today we'll be hiking to the top of Ashokan High Point (3,080 ft.), in the southern Catskills, for some magnificent vistas; half of our route will be alongside beautiful Kanape Brook. The elevation gain is around 2,000 feet, with some steep stretches of trail. Recommended for experienced and fit hikers who are capable of maintaining a reasonably brisk pace.
Dates: 5/26-29 (FRI-MON)
Location: SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK WILDERNESS CAMPING TRIP (Virginia).
Level: EASY-MODERATE
Once again it's a great pleasure to offer a Memorial Day weekend trip to Shenandoah National Park, home of the loveliest scenery of the Northern Virginia Blue Ridge -- where one often finds acres of blooming mountain laurel, many miles of rushing streams with waterfalls, and some splendid mountain vistas from an assortment of trails. We've scheduled trips to this park at least 25 different times since 1980. This year we'll be returning to the northern part of the park, hiking in with backpacks 2-3 miles on hilly trails, tentatively setting up camp near a beautiful mountain stream, and taking day hikes each day. Hiking possibilities range in difficulty from easy to strenuous. Among the scenic highlights nearby are some spectacular waterfalls in the impressive gorge known as Little Devils Stairs, and terrific vistas from Hogback Mountain. All day hikes are optional, and anyone who wishes may spend one or more days relaxing at our campsite. Departure will be Friday morning (early morning for those traveling with us from NYC, and around mid-day for those meeting us in the park) and we'll be leaving the park by mid-morning on Monday (Memorial Day). If you need to cancel, cash refunds are available (minus a $125 cancellation fee) through 2/26/17; after that date, credit for future trips is possible only if your space can be filled. In the past our Shenandoah trips have often filled well in advance (we've had a waiting list the past several years), so early reservations are highly recommended -- group size is limited to 10. Calls and e-mails to check on space are welcome up to the time of the trip. Transportation from NYC is available at no extra cost for those who need it (or you may meet us in Virginia). Fee for members: $450 (Member-driver with car who can take passengers from Manhattan: $225, with gas & toll costs reimbursed). Non-members: $550 (Non-member driver with car who can take passengers from Manhattan: $325).


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The Shruggs, the acoustic duo from Cork, are releasing their new single 'Sunny Afternoon' on August 3rd. They are noted for their Catchy songwriting and energetic live shows with lovely harmonies. The past 6 months has seen the band very busy playing as many live shows as possible, supporting the likes of Bagatelle and featuring on the Charity album Degrees of Light – Experiments in Happiness for Aware produced and recorded in Sun Studios by STC Temple Bar in Dublin alongside the likes of Farah Elle and Little Hours.
Their previous iTunes single releases have gained national/international plaudits and airplay from respected arenas such as:
Hot Press, TodayFM, TG4, Broadsheet.ie, The Daily Edge, Cork's 103FM, 96FM RTE (and various online radio stations), IrishTV and The single The Ooh Song has won the BalconyTV Global rumble and is the Number One Voted song in the Cork Balcony TV Chart.


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Saturday, August 22, 2015
Lawn Fawn August Inspiration Week: Pillow Box & Give A Hoot
I'm back with day two of August Lawn Fawn inspiration week! Today I'm using the new pillow box die along with a super clever add-on die for the pillow box. I absolutely love this die! I have a pillow box punch board but this is so much easier and I love how it perforates the curved folds and makes it so easy to assemble!
For my pillow box I cut the box from yellow cardstock then I wrapped it in a strip of blue cardstock cut with the snowy backdrop background die. For the tag I used the middle sized stitched circle tag to cut out some watercolor paper and used another circle die to create the moon shape. I inked the tag with Scattered Straw and Fossilized Amber inks and stamped the sentiment in black ink. The bear is stamped in the new Soot dye ink and colored with colored pencils. I tied the tag onto the box with the new Aquamarine twine.
Although the Give A Hoot die is designed to coordinate with the pillow box it can also be used in other ways. I used the small stitched banner die to create a cute little owl banner. I think these little banner owls are super cute and they were so very easy to create. I used Sweater Weather paper and the new Candy Corn twine to string my little owls together.
Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to check out the Lawn Fawn blog for more projects with the Pillow Box die, Give a Hoot and Peek-a-bat die as well!
11 comments:
- Becca Yahrling said...[Reply to comment]
That bear is adorable, but those owls are my favorite! Ok, so I'm a bird addict. lol
- August 22, 2015 at 9:25 AM
- Whimsically Yours, Robyn said...[Reply to comment]
Love that owl banner! What a great idea!
- August 22, 2015 at 12:31 PM
- Doudou said...[Reply to comment]
Great, love so much the colors!!!
- August 22, 2015 at 1:07 PM
- Doudou said...[Reply to comment]
Great, love so much the colors!!!
- August 22, 2015 at 1:07 PM
- Unknown said...[Reply to comment]
I'm still in love with the starry background stamp and loved how you used it today wrapped around the pillow box. I also liked the Bears and the way you created the moon. I wouldn't have thought of that. Great job altogether
- August 22, 2015 at 1:43 PM
- Unknown said...[Reply to comment]
Just love what you did with the pillow box and how you turned the owls into a banner!! Just lovely!! Cant wait to get these dies:)
- August 22, 2015 at 3:05 PM
- Teresa Doyle said...[Reply to comment]
What awesome projects Chari. I love these dies.
- August 22, 2015 at 9:29 PM
- Kathy JH said...[Reply to comment]
Great projects! Love that owl banner and my grandkids will love that cute pillow box!
- August 22, 2015 at 10:04 PM
- Shirley said...[Reply to comment]
Neat projects. I really like making pillow boxes for the school kids for any holiday or really a just because :o)
- August 23, 2015 at 5:59 AM
- Unknown said...[Reply to comment]
Great bright colors on the pillow box--really quite striking! and the owls are super cute. what a great decoration for halloween or even a birthday for someone "wise". :-)
- August 26, 2015 at 1:34 PM
- Jamie said...[Reply to comment]
These projects are so cute. The pillow box with the bear and the moon is just so adorable! Love the banner too! This is a fabulous release!
- August 26, 2015 at 3:07 PM


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It's been one year since the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which limits Iran's nuclear program in return for international sanctions relief, was signed in Vienna. I have had a much higher than usual slate of paid writing to do this week, some of which is actually very relevant to the JCPOA's anniversary, but I just haven't had time to write some kind of retrospective for you fine folks. Lucky for us, literally everybody else seem to have been able to write something like that. So I figured maybe I could get away with just aggregating a few of those for you. Forgive me.
The upshot is that, a year in, the nuclear deal is doing what it was supposed to do: limiting Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Here's Shemuel Meir, a former analyst with the Israeli Defense Forces:
The final report published by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which allowed the deal to come into force on January 16, 2016, established that Iran did not divert nuclear material to secret sites. The quarterly IAEA reports published since the deal was signed confirm that Iran has met all the conditions. This is good news that does not make headlines — unlike the critical IAEA reports that made the front pages of Israeli newspapers in years past. The attempt to claim that "this is the same Iran," which does not cooperate with the international community on the nuclear issue, doesn't hold water.
But there are problems on pretty much all sides, as Barbara Slavin describes:
In the U.S. Congress, Republicans and some Democrats have sought to impose new sanctions on Iran to deprive Iranians of benefits they were promised in return for accepting stringent curbs on their nuclear program. This includes efforts in the House of Representatives to pass legislation to block a proposed multi-year, multi-billion dollar sale of civilian airliners by Boeing to replace Iran's dangerous, antiquated planes.
Continuing U.S. sanctions on most other American business interaction with Iran – especially Iran's exclusion from any contact with the U.S. financial system – have added to foreign reluctance to re-engage the Iranian market even though foreign trade with and investment in Iran is no longer prohibited.
Iran's own systemic weaknesses are also at fault; David Lipton, a top American working for the International Monetary Fund who recently visited Iran, compared the challenges of reforming the Iranian economy to those faced by Eastern European countries after the end of Soviet control.
Although Iran has pulled out of recession since the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed and its GDP is expected to grow by 4 percent this year, unemployment remains in double digits. In a recent poll, a majority of Iranians said they still supported the nuclear agreement but doubted that the United States would fulfill its obligations. Two thirds of Iranians said they believe that the U.S. is trying to discourage foreign companies from investing in Iran, something U.S. officials strenuously deny.
One concern is that there are reports about Iran continuing to illicitly acquire, or attempt to acquire, materials that could be used either in a nuclear weapons program, which as far as everybody knows it doesn't have, or in its ballistic missile program, which it admittedly does have. But while we don't exactly want Iran to have a ballistic missile program, or to acquire materials for that program, and in fact there are still sanctions in place against Iran over its missile program, there's nothing in the nuclear deal specifically that really bars them from doing so. So if we take the most narrow view of the nuclear accord, which is probably the fairest way of evaluating it, the deal is doing what it was supposed to do.
For now, anyway. Iran's economy is struggling, and whatever benefit Iran has seen from the nuclear deal has been counteracted by factors like low oil prices, regional instability, internal corruption, etc. It's hard for people to see the economic benefit of a policy if the "benefit" is basically "well, things could have been a lot worse than they are." And Iran hasn't seen anywhere near the full benefit of the deal, in part because the United States has, in ways both deliberate and inadvertent, made sure of it:
US sanctions are inhibiting the development of European trade with Iran. Meanwhile the US Congress is making it impossible for Iran to access its overseas oil revenues worth tens of billions of dollars.
Iranian foreign currency deposits total at least $50 billion. Iranians were hoping for the rapid retrieval of these funds to boost a domestic economy that underwent four years of enforced austerity as a result of US and EU nuclear-related sanctions.
They have been disappointed. Most of these deposits are in countries that depend on the dollar as a medium of exchange for their local currency. Their holdings of major foreign currencies other than the dollar, e.g. the euro or yen, are too small for banks in these countries to be able to convert Iranian local currency deposits into those currencies without passing through the dollar.
The Obama administration proposed to solve this problem by an executive decision that would permit conversion of Iranian deposits via the dollar. Iranian money would be in dollar form for a fleeting instant on its way to a euro incarnation, for example.
Word of the administration's intention leaked to Congress. Opponents of the deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed in Vienna last July) raised a hue and cry.
The administration's resolve failed. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew declared on 11 April that the US would keep its part of the bargain of providing sanctions relief to Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program – but that the Obama administration would not allow even limited access to the US financial system.
This failure, together with a failure to devise some form of immunity from fines for European banks, threatens the deal.
That's not to say that there aren't other, very serious and very non-US related reasons why Iran is struggling. But Washington isn't helping. And, of course, anti-Iran forces in DC are agitating to do still more to put the screws to the Iranians (they're working on it right now, in fact), and they are hoping to get some help from the next president, no matter if it's Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. If Iran really starts to believe that it accrues no benefit from abiding by the deal, or that America has already broken its end of the bargain, the whole thing could come apart.
Also, while I haven't seen much chatter about this lately, I think there's a good chance that deal opponents in Congress might still try to pull a fast one by blocking the funding that the International Atomic Energy Agency needs to properly monitor Iran's compliance. They can create a self-fulfilling reason to oppose the deal.
Robert Einhorn talks about the technical challenges that are still to come:
So, from the standpoint of Iran implementing and complying with its nuclear commitments, the JCPOA has operated well for its first year. But challenges to the smooth operation and even the longevity of the deal are already apparent.
A real threat to the JCPOA is that Iran will blame the slow recovery of its economy on U.S. failure to conscientiously fulfill its sanctions relief commitments and, using that as a pretext, will curtail or even end its own implementation of the deal. Iranians are understandably frustrated that the benefits of sanctions relief have not materialized as quickly as expected. But international banks and businesses have been reluctant to engage Iran not because they have been discouraged by the United States but because they have their own business-related reasons to be cautious, including the inadequate regulatory standards of Iran's financial system, low oil prices in an oil-dependent economy, and fear of running afoul of remaining U.S. sanctions. In an effort to ensure that Iran will reap the economic rewards it deserves, the Obama administration has bent over backwards to inform foreign governments, banks, and businesses of what sanctions relief measures entitle them to do, but Iranian officials continue to complain that it is not doing enough.
As you know, Iranians are already blaming their sluggish economy on US perfidy (and while hardliners are cynically exaggerating the extent to which the U.S. is responsible for Iran's economic woes, they do have a few legitimate complaints), and that's caused Iranian President and deal architect Hassan Rouhani to start taking a much harder line in his public statements about the deal. Iranian officials are talking about American actions like blocking the Boeing sale as potential violations of the deal.
The optimism that attended the signing of the JCPOA a year ago is largely gone today. There's no more talk of making a wider diplomatic opening with Iran–even the attempt would probably hurt Clinton's campaign here and Rouhani's reelection campaign there. But as Suzanne Maloney writes, the deal can't really succeed unless it becomes a stepping stone to a better US-Iran relationship, and on that front pretty much everybody is failing:
But in the United States, in Iran, and across the Middle East, the agreement has always been viewed through a much broader lens—as a waystation toward Iranian-American rapprochement, as an instrument for addressing the vicious cycle of sectarian violence that threatens to consume the region, as a boost to the greater cause of moderation and democratization in Iran.
And so the failure of the deal to catalyze greater cooperation from Iran on a range of other priorities—Syria, Yemen, Iraq, to name a few—or to jumpstart improvements in Iran's domestic dynamics cannot be disregarded simply because it was not its original intent. The "new normal" of regularized diplomatic contact between Washington and Tehran is a net positive, but it has not paid any obvious dividends yet. If it is to do so, the United States will need a serious strategy toward Tehran that transcends the JCPOA, building on the efficacy of the hard-won multilateral collaboration on the nuclear issue. The Obama administration invested considerable political capital in setting the deal in motion and implementing its terms; its successor will have to approach Iran in a more comprehensive fashion.
Iranians, too, must begin to pivot the focus of their efforts away from endless litigation of the nuclear deal and toward a more constructive approach to addressing the deep challenges facing their country today. The persistence of crisis has always provided a convenient rationalization for the Islamic Republic's failures and inadequacies, but the urgency has now abated. In the wake of the nuclear deal, Iran's leaders have continued to divert responsibility away from their own disastrous policies and back toward Washington, with some citing inadequate sanctions relief as an excuse for slow economic growth and the absence of political reforms or social liberalization. This is plainly spurious, as I explained in a recent blog post, and Iranians should channel their frustrations with the sluggish pace of their peace dividend into the kind of meaningful reforms that are long overdue.


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Plans to build a new windfarm in Newton Mearns could be revived by Scottish ministers.
Moorhouse Windfarm Ltd had an application for six turbines, between Shieldhill Farm and Moor Road, rejected after aviation chiefs claimed they could lose track of planes over the site.
East Renfrewshire Council knocked back the plans when the National Air Traffic Service claimed a windfarm could interfere with their radars in Glasgow and Cumbernauld.
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A statement to Scottish ministers said: "The proposed development will make a valuable contribution to the Scottish Government's renewable energy targets, and its above average efficiency will allow it to operate subsidy free whilst giving rise to relatively limited impacts for a commercial scale windfarm.
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The company has been in talks with Glasgow Airport bosses to ease concerns about planes slipping off the radar.
And two new condition proposals have been submitted to the Scottish Government to try and overturn East Renfrewshire Council's refusal.
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In March this year East Renfrewshire's Provost, Jim Fletcher, described the potential impact on NATS systems as "worrying".
But Conservative group leader Stewart Miller claimed that "everything is positive" about the windfarm, insisting that the council and the community would make money from it.
The application for the windfarm has been in the pipeline for more than three years, with a series of delays preventing the planning committee from making a decision until March.
And before that decision was made, Coriolos Energy, acting on behalf of Moorhouse Windfarm, asked for a delay until an aviation impact report was completed.
Fourteen consultation responses were received asking for councillors to reject the plans, with East Ayrshire Council saying that residents near the Whitelee, and proposed Glenouther and Blair sites would become "encircled by windfarms".
In 2014, a proposal for 19 turbines on the site was rejected by the council and then dismissed by Scottish ministers.


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Seems like the next few days will be full of noise and fun.
Okay, let me build this Zynthian box. It should be pretty easy since I got the v3 kit, which requires no soldering. I wouldn't mind, but I lack the time and the expertise to navigate through all the options I could have chosen with spare parts. Not to mention it seems actually cheaper to get a full kit, and the fact I have zero experience with the Raspberry Pi.
I have downloaded the Zynthian OS image. I'll write it later on a mini-SD card that I've bought especially for this. I've also secured the jack connectors. It's pretty straightforward so far. The case looks neat and feels sturdy.
I've secured the MIDI connectors and mounted their activity LEDs. It's still pretty simple, instructions on the wiki are very clear and everything falls into place intuitively (unless you don't know how to tell a LED's polarity or can't hold a pair of pliers, that is).
Then it was time to install the Raspberry Pi in the case. Before that, I had to sort out a bunch of bolts and separators in order to assemble the HiFiBerry soundcard and the Pi. Once done, I wondered how the heck I'd insert the mini-SD card with the OS in the Pi... Hopefully, there's a rectangular opening below the case especially designed for that!
Next step: mounting the screen. Nothing complicated, but it required a bit of dexterity to put and keep everything in place while screwing the bolts and nuts.
And that's all for today. Note for self: I forgot to secure the Zynaptic module inside the bottom part of the case, whatever that is...
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I guess 2016 will be considered the year I get to ski on 3 continents. This is likely a penultimate sort of trip as I burn up most of my miles, and I might not undertake such a trip again for a variety of reasons. As one ages, there are probably limits to the amount of flights they want to take for long haul flights.
The background for this story is that I had to return to Canada and my return flight to Canada is via a return ticket for LOT Polish on the Warsaw to Toronto route. That meant I needed a flight between Asia and Europe, and I had long wanted to try Lufthansa First Class for its impeccable service in Frankfurt Airport. In addition, I do fancy German products (BMWs, Volkl skis, Beer, Pork Knuckles) and you get the drift.
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Then I managed to get a Singapore to Hong Kong first class flight on United Airlines flying a 777. Not bad since I have never tried the Global First product on United before.
And now for the best part, I have planned a 6 hour layover in Frankfurt to enjoy the First Class Terminal. That should be enough time to get a shower and enjoy the terminal facilities to my heart's content, before my connecting flight to Paris. I would spend a couple of days to explore Paris since I really liked exploring this city and have yet to return for some time.
For the skiing portion, I was keen on spending time in Zermatt again after visiting it during the summer last year. Then news of some Design Hotels joining SPG gave me some new ideas as 2 of the hotels were ski-lodges near St. Moritz in Switzerland and La Thuile in Italy. However, I was also aiming to ski at the Les Trois Vallées which is considered as the largest ski area in the world spanning 8 ski areas in 4 different valley regions with a network of inter-connected pistes. The search for the best value lodging came down to an itinerary of staying 4 nights at Hotel Pashmina in Val Thorens with a half board (breakfast and dinner included).
From Switzerland, I had a return ticket to get to Toronto on LOT Polish Airways which is a nested itinerary from last year while I would fly back to Vancouver onboard Air Canada's new 787. I would take some time to settle some business in the city and ski in Whistler Blackcomb which I consider as my 'home' mountain as I spent a lot of days learning there.
Finally, the return portion of the trip will be on a mix of Korean Air and Cathay Pacific back to Asia. Think of this as a round-the-world using a mix of itineraries that I booked on points and purchased separately.


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