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So, you've just bought a new property using a short term loan used to 'bridge the gap' and now you want to decorate it beautifully. Sometimes a well-designed living room will stop you in your tracks. It's balanced, cohesive, not too loud, not too subdued… just right. But what makes it so great? A certain unattainable je ne sais quoi? Nope! Just some design know-how that we're about to share with you.
Here's an example of a living room that has lots of functionality and personality. Now, let's turn this image into a design roadmap you can reference whenever you need some layout inspiration!
A) SIDE TABLES can be used to "bookend" your sofa/sectional (as shown above) or to simply provide more storage surface for your family. They're especially great when guests come over if they're seated someplace that's out of reach from the coffee table.
B) Coordinating THROW PILLOWS in various sizes and shapes will make your sofa look cozy and put-together. If you're having trouble figuring out what patterns and colors work as a group, we found an extremely helpful guide. (Thanks for demystifying the process, Shannon!)
C) If you already have a lot of patterns and visual interest in your room, go simpler with your RUG (and vice versa). Check out sites like http://bazaarvelvet.com/rug-collections/ for more inspiration. Another way to add texture is to layer two rugs like the example above. Need help with rug sizing and placement? Fixer Upper's Joanna Gaines created this handy guide.
D) A COFFEE TABLE or large ottoman will help anchor the space and be a perfect spot for decor, food and drink, or to put your feet up after a long day. Try a more unexpected piece like the leather-topped coffee table above, or a vintage trunk with hidden storage.
E) A great way to keep your living room as versatile as possible is to go for a neutral color on bigger purchases like your SOFA or SECTIONAL. Then you can switch out decor and accessories as the seasons change without worrying about the larger pieces clashing.
F) ACCENT CHAIRS provide additional seating and can tie in with colors you've used elsewhere in your room. We love the simple plaid pattern in the example above.
G) MIRRORS have a knack for making a room look larger. They also look beautiful and reflect light throughout the space. What's not to love?
H) Flowy CURTAINS that provide privacy but still let in natural light will make your living room look magazine-worthy.
I) The sun can't do all the work, so make sure to include some pretty LAMPS and overhead lighting to pick up the slack.
J) A good ACCENT WALL can tie a whole room together. We love the distressed, rustic look above, but there are lots of other directions to go: Shiplap, brick, stone, paint, patterned wallpaper, etc.
K) PLANTS, real or faux, add a sense of life to a space. In rooms with subdued color palettes, that pop of greenery makes a world of difference.
L) All those walls can seem bare without some ARTWORK to adorn them! Whether you opt for black and white like the above example or choose vibrant color, experiment with placement until you find an arrangement you love. You could also go to some acrylic prints experts to get some personalized photo prints to add some heart to the room.
M) Your WALL COLOR sets the tone for the rest of the room's design. Lighter colors tend to make a room look bigger and more open, and darker colors make it feel more cozy. In our example, the dark main wall color and light accent wall give us the best of both worlds!
N) Matching METALLIC ELEMENTS throughout the room can make your design extra luxe. In the example, you can spot several gold accents.
O) OPEN SHELVING will provide additional storage and give you more space to display your treasures. Here's a wonderful guide on how to style open shelves and vignettes throughout your home. (Thanks for all the helpful tips, Lauren!)
Ready to tackle your own space? You've got this!
If you want even more inspiration, check out the Living Rooms board on our Pinterest page. We're always on the hunt for great home decor ideas so we can share them with you.


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Baby Homespun Emerald Ring
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Todays freebie is a Realistic iPhone 7 Plus Mockup Pack Vol.2 created by Anthony Boyd. This mockup is a Pack I made exclusively for dribbble. This pack features a iPhone 7 Plus sitting on a white floor and is available in all colors. Check out other free apple device mockups on my homepage. Free for both personal and commercial use.
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Legend has it that in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality. Those born in sheep years are often artistic, charming, sensitive, and sweet. It is known as the most creative sign in the Chinese zodiac.
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It is hard to decide where to begin. Every year I give up sweets, but it has become such a habit that it doesn't feel like a sacrifice. Still I will do it again this year.
But more than sacrifice I need to determine what area of my spirituality needs more tending. I will then concentrate in the weeks leading to Easter in overcoming the weakness most damaging to my soul. With God's help, prayer, and fasting I am confident I will succeed.
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There are days that begin with everything going wrong. Our plans for the day begin to unravel. Some days we just pick ourselves up and begin anew. Yesterday was not such a day. I totally gave in and became flustered and depressed, tears of frustration filling my eyes.
As the day went on I became more frustrated and terribly sensitive to anything anyone said. Still as I write this I have a feeling of doom and gloom. Was it really such an awful day? Or was the problem really the way I reacted to every situation?
It is now 12:53 a.m., the beginning of a brand new day. As I get ready to go to bed I pray for a more positive day and for God's help in facing each challenge with a smile on my face.
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My brother Ben made friends with a little kitty we named Six Toes. Why, you ask? Because he had six toes on his feet. It was super chilly (like right around freezing) and Ben was trying to give this little guy a warm moment with some pets. When Ben decided to come back into the house, he left the door open a crack to see what little Six Toes would do.
The poor little guy was slinking about just a little over an inch off the ground, slowly looking and making his way in. But alas, we couldn't let little Six Toes come into the house or else we all would have had to keep him.
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mamon tostado is one of the more familiar bread snack in the philippines. Simply put it is toasted chiffon cake. Instead of the chiffon being fluffy, it becomes crispy and crunchy. The video is not mine. I repeat, it is not mine. I am linking the you tube site so many out there can see how simple it is to have a pinoy snack, anywher
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Click to enlarge imagesThe immediate result of which has been a sharp underperformance by Japan and the Nikkei - relative to the SPX.
The early news with respect to the yen's immediate collateral damages abroad is the banks (BKX) continue to hold support, albeit precariously ~ 62.
While we certainly would not expect a breakdown of like proportions, the comparative serves us both ways as a contrasting mirror to a specific momentum pattern's suggestion of a significant reversal.
So far so good - as the BKX holds the line.
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I am having some problems with the new P S Audio DirectStream DAC I bought. I am not a audiophile or a computer wiz. I have an old Dell from 2004. I called P S Audio to help with downloading the software and fired up the DAC. Using my USB cable, I was able to listen to WBGO on the net, but I could not listen to WKCR because Windows Player and Real Player gave me error messages ! I need someone who knows audio and PCs !
PS Audio PerfectWave DirectStream D/A processor
An awful lot has changed since then, including, in recent years, a shift of PS Audio's emphasis from audio amplification to AC-power regeneration. Even more recently, under the direction of co-founder and CEO Paul McGowan, the company has added to its line a series of digital-to-analog converters, culminating in their new flagship, the PerfectWave DirectStream DAC ($5995.95). The DirectStream is notable for converting any and all incoming datastreams to DSDwhich, in case you haven't been paying attention, is hot. Again.
The DirectStream DAC has its origins in a 2011 visit by former Microsoft engineer Ted Smith to the Colorado mastering studio of digital-audio pioneer Gus Skinas. Smith was already a DSD convert, he told me"The first time I heard an SACD, I went out and bought a Sony SCD-777 right away, which was unusual because I'd never before spent that much money on an audio product!" and he brought with him a laptop full of music files and a D/A converter he'd just designed and built that decoded pure, single-bit DSD.
Skinas was so impressed that he got on the phone to his friend Paul McGowan and said, in essence, Get over here on the double.
McGowan went straight to Skinas's place and was, as he puts it, knocked out by the sound of Smith's prototype: "Ted was playing his laptop through a TosLink-to-USB converter. With a wall wart. And it still sounded amazing." A visit to the PS Audio factory ensuedSmith says he was impressed by the lack of a not-invented-here attitude among PSA's engineersand an arrangement was made for Smith to design the company's first DSD processor, with final voicing to be done by McGowan and Arnie Nudell, the latter of Infinity and Genesis fame. The first samples of the PerfectWave DirectStream DAC shipped at the end of April 2014.
Aside from an XMOS chip used as an asynchronous USB receiver, the DirectStream contains no off-the-shelf chipsets: all of its code is written by hand into a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). In Ted Smith's conversion system, all input dataregardless of format, regardless of native sampling rateare synchronously upsampled to a 30-bit word length running at 28.224MHz, which is 10 times the standard sampling rate for DSD. The next stage is a 5x downsampler, which brings the signal back down to 5.6448MHz, or twice the DSD rate. There follows a digital volume control: this operates on the incoming 30-bit PCM with 20-bit coefficients, meaning that the datastream after the volume control is 50 bits wide. A extra "top bit" is added, to eliminate any possibility of overload, then the 51-bit PCM data are converted by a sigma-delta modulator to single-bit DSD, still running at twice the standard sampling rate: "It's double because we need another octave to deal with the rolloff at the output stage," according to Smith. That final stage is based on high-speed video amplifiers and a custom-wound output transformer.
Smith says that while good power-supply design and careful parts selection played significant roles in maximizing the sound quality of his design, equally critical was a careful, comprehensive approach to eliminating all sources of jitter from the data flow. "Only anti-jitter techniques that work in real time are going to work in audio," he says, "and you need to apply them all, even if one technique, on its own, doesn't seem to have a huge effect. For example, you need a single, high-quality clock, and you don't want to run it through a digital multiplexer: Not knowing when something is going to happenthat actually is jitter. You also need to use RF cables instead of ribbon cables: RF cables have cleaner edges, and cleaner edges are less jitter!"
The DirectStream's cast-alloy caseworkwhich proved impenetrable by all of the reasonable, nondestructive means at my disposalis finished in a nice-looking textured paint, and the top is fitted with a sheet of glossy, piano-black MDF that may function as a mechanical damper of sorts. In addition to a small rocker Power switch and a slot for an SD cardI'll return to the latter in a momentthe rear panel is home to a selection of digital inputs: XLR (AES/EBU), RCA (S/PDIF), TosLink (S/PDIF), USB, and two I2S inputs using HDMI socketsthe last can handle DoP (DSD over PCM) or single- or double-rate DSD. The outputs provided are RCA (single-ended) and XLR (balanced). The level for the line signal appearing on both sets of output jacks can be set for low or high ranges, the latter suggested as appropriate for those who wish to bypass their preamplifier and directly drive their power amp(s).
Apart from a small indicator light, the DirectStream's clean-looking front panel has only an illuminated PS Audio logo and a 4" by 2.5" displayyet there was more to both than met the eye (or, at least, my eye): The logo is actually a soft-touch switch that toggles the powered-up DAC in and out of standby mode, while the display is a touchscreen from which the user can select (and give names to) source inputs, adjust volume, select output-level range, adjust screen brightness, and toggle between correct and inverted output-signal polarities. All of the display's functions are also accessible from the slender plastic remote handset (included).
Installation and setup
I removed the DirectStream from its very good packing, placed it in my system, and flipped its Power switch. The touchscreen informed me that the unit was Initializing. Precisely 11 seconds later, that message was replaced with the unit's clear and uncluttered default screen, which displays a volume scale near the bottom, a generously sized input-source indicator at the center, and other bits of dataplus two rows of dashes waiting to be replaced by numbers that would indicate the incoming signal's sampling rate and word length.
With the initialized DirectStream connected to my Apple iMac via a 1.5m WireWorld Revelation 2.0 USB cable, the correct device name appeared in the Sound subsection of my iMac's System Preferences window: "PS Audio USB 2.0 Audio Out." I assumed that all was well, but when I fired up my copy of the DSD-friendly Audirvana Plus playback software (v.1.5.12) and clicked on a song, my system remained resolutely silentand no incoming data showed up on the screen.
Using my USB cable, I was able to listen to WBGO on the net, but I could not listen to WKCR because Windows Player and Real Player gave me error messages!
As you were able to listen to WBGO via your Internet connection and the PS Audio DAC, this suggests your set-up is correct. If you set the PS Audio via USB as your PC's default sound device, are you able to listen to things like YouTube using your Web browser?
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
Thank you for the link. Amir's measurements aren't that different from Stereophile's, so I am not sure why you imply ours aren't "real."
In addition, when he quotes me as saying in our review that "In many ways PS Audio's DirectStream DAC measures superbly well but..." and says "What? Superbly well? This is is superbly well?" and shows the poor low-frequency linearity graph from my measurements of the review sample with the original firmware, he is ignoring both my "but" and the subsequent measurements at www.stereophile.com/content/new-firmware-measurements, which show that this poor performance had been addressed.
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Stage Two of the Furious 3 mountain bike race began with an early morning 8am start, as racers were sent off in three waves. The first wave was comprised of the racers who'd posted the fastest times yesterday. Team Mike & Mike (Team PEDAL) were in this group today, having come in an impressive 7th yesterday. Ken, despite having to take a time penalty after his crash, was seeded solidly in the second wave (59th).
Speaking to him this morning, even after crashing hard yesterday, he was in an Advil-induced state of high-optimism, and with a new front wheel (Thanks to Sam Mothana and good folks at the Guide Hut) Ken was looking forward to getting out on the trails. That said, the looming 4,400 feet of elevation had him, and everyone I spoke to, feeling a little apprehensive. Tired and stiff legs, bumps and scrapes are pretty common-place badges of honour for most racers on day two of a stage race.
Pre-Race video highlights:
For those of us hanging around the start/finish line area, it was another beautiful day here in Fernie, with clear blue skies, and temps of 26 degrees – though I'm sure the racers found that a bit hot and the volunteers had to work extra hard to keep the water flowing at all the aid stations. I know I spoke to a couple racers who were cramping in the heat. Even though the stage was only 45km, hydration was key today and anyone who didn't stay on it, would have suffered big time.
A real highlight today was local Fernie racer, Martin Vale, who hit the finish line first! I had a chance to interview him after and he was all smiles. It was also another good day for team Mike & Mike (Team PEDAL) who, although they found the climbs really hard today, rolled in protecting their position in the standings. Overall, it's been a good race for them so far, with no injuries, or mechanicals to speak of. Let's hope day three goes as smoothly as the first two.
Other racers had a tougher time out there though, including Ken, who unfortunately went off course and added, by his estimation, 6 additional kilometres to his day… This didn't seem to dampen his spirits too much though – on the whole, it was just a great day to be out on the trails regardless.
So, with Stage Two now in the bag, racers can rest up and get ready for the third and final leg tomorrow. It stands to be a moderately shorter course, with less elevation gain, providing what should be a fantastic finale to the inaugural, Fernie edition of the Furious 3 stage race.
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We have eight Care Homes Services, all in the heart of Purley on Thames. We know how important the environment we live in is to our quality of life. Our purpose built homes are designed with this in mind. They are in beautiful surroundings – set out in a way that really works for the people that live here.
This is just one way in which we make sure that Purley Park Trust is a safe, affirming and secure place in which people can grow and learn. There are other fundamental things that we work really hard to make sure are in place, including:
Support from a consistent, highly-skilled and dedicated team of staff
Sustained and detailed attention to helping people we support to stay healthy. We work really closely with a wide range of health professionals to help us to achieve this.
A commitment to make sure the support we provide grows and develops as peoples' needs or aspirations change
Really working on our relationships with relatives and other people so that we are all working together in the best interests of the person we support
Always working openly and honestly in ways that develop trust and confidence in our commitment to getting things right.
Making sure that nothing ever gets more priority than the quality of the service each of the people we support receives.
We think these are things that everyone should expect from us all of the time. Of course, the real challenge is making sure that each person that lives here gets the support they need in the way that suits them. From providing opportunities for people to grow, learn and achieve their aspirations to providing really good, sensitive end of life care for other people we always work hard to get what really matters for each person right.


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Unity College Marine Biology Student Wins National Award
Kieu Tran, a marine biology major at Unity College, won the national student poster presentation award in marine biology at the Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).
Kieu, who is also a a Learning Resource Center Peer Tutor at Unity, attended the national conference along with 1200 other students.
On Wednesday, October 22 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm in PW 206 Kieu Tran and James Heck will be presenting "On Public Speaking," as part of a series of Academic Success Workshops given by the Learning Resource Center. The subject of Kieu's talk is "How to Prepare for Presenting at a National Conference."
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Sunday, 3 January 2010
This is something I came up with for my Dad's birthday card last month. The original idea was actually drawn in one of the blank zines at the Zine Friendly event I went to in November.
I just really liked the idea of a healthy eating campaign maliciously over-feeding fruit to obese children. Not in a "let's do it" kind of way - but it's a very interesting concept.
I'm sure I must have had Roald Dahl in the back of my head though, because this definitely looks like an homage to Mrs Turnbull feeding Bruce Bogtrotter with a giant chocolate cake in Matilda.
Anyway, Happy New Year everyone. Hope 2010's a cracker for you. By which I don't mean you should break lots of bones.
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The client's brief was to convert the unused loft space above the master bedroom for a luxurious en-suite bathroom and His & Hers dressing rooms. Furthermore, Barbara Genda needed to create sufficient storage space so that the bedroom was totally free from furniture; therefore it was essential to use all the eaves space available. The sloping walls with eaves created the main challenge in this space and the solution was to create fully enclosed wardrobes and doors using every nook
and cranny. The end result was stunning. The luxurious shower room was located in the central section of the loft space, with a large picture window to the breathtaking countryside views beyond. For the dressing rooms, a dark stained oak in graphite hues was chosen, enhanced by smoked mirrors to reflect the light. This clever scheme incorporated plenty of hanging space as well as drawers and shelves for additional storage.


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I love, love, love this book...and I gave my copy away to an avid gardener. I'd love to get my hands on another copy for myself! Thanks for hosting.
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A word about the songs In March 2009, I gave a small acoustic concert at a church in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and in the audience was a young musician and sound engineer, Shaun Britton, who gave me a CD of his music to listen to. I liked what I heard, and some time later I asked Shaun to engineer and co-produce my next album. When that time came we agreed a start date, which was May 28th, 2010. I like to be precise about dates, so that future civilisations or aliens, who may discover this in a time capsule, can get an accurate sense of history about legendary rock icons and international sex symbols such as myself. Both my fans support me in this. My original plan was to compose and record maybe eight new songs, and sing some more of my favourite traditional songs as well. My working title for the project was 'Fireside Ballads'. I had planned to start with 'The house of the rising sun', but on the morning of the first recording I awoke with a new song almost complete in my head, as if from a dream, and I completed it, mentally, on the drive down to Shaun's studio, in Fareham, Hampshire. I called this new song 'Everything is in God', and remembered that those words appeared in a song of Van Morrison's entitled 'When will I ever learn to live in God?' They must have been cooking inside me for quite some time. Much of this album was recorded between the end of May and the end of October, in a largely sunny, warm and dry summer… quite Mediterranean in fact (more information there, for aliens or future civilisations. I may eventually include a few temperature statistics for them). The early morning drive down to Shaun's, usually on a Friday or a Sunday, was invariably summery and rather holiday-ish, climbing up to the sub-alpine Devil's Punchbowl at Hindhead, and then freewheeling down through the Hampshire downs to catch a few glimpses of blue sea near Portsmouth. As October approached, the Devil's Punchbowl's treetops became shrouded in a gothic mist and the temperature plunged excitingly, but every day we recorded seemed to be a sunny day. Very quickly the project gathered a spirit all of its own. I wrote three songs in ten days, or rather three songs wrote me… they were 'Visions', 'Falling through time' and 'Blessings on your soul'. At this point it became clear to me that the album itself wished to be called Falling Through Time, which seemed to be an appropriate concept, because it both covered the mystical sense that eternity somehow desires to communicate to our mortal souls, bringing tidings of comfort and joy, and also that some great traditional songs are timeless stories about the essential ingredients and dramas of human nature, just like myths, fairy tales or dreams, but set to music. Interwoven for me between composing, family and working life, and watching the world cup, were these quotes which I found very inspiring: ' I see this life as a conjuration and a dream. Great compassion rises in my heart for those without a knowledge of this truth.' - MILAREPA
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Each year millions of people face the reality of living with a mental health condition. Douglas County and the Cobb and Douglas Community Services Board are bringing awareness to mental illness in children by highlighting this issue during the month of May. Even though these issues are important to address year round, highlighting these issues during May helps raise awareness and focuses on children and youth living with mental illness with awareness activities and resources.
The 2015 theme is "Mental Health is Fundamental", stressing that mental health is essential to overall health, and that mental health challenges must be treated with the same urgency and respect as physical work challenges. By creating this emphasis, the County is hoping to bring more awareness of the needs of children, youth, and young adults with mental disorders and their families, while demonstrating how these needs can best be met through integrated care.
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Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her. — Lao Tzu
We expand and experience the sense of freedom in the moments we open our hearts to ourselves. Each time we allow ourselves to accept who we are in this very moment, with love and appreciation, the world around us begins to transform.
Do we choose to love, accept, and celebrate ourselves?
"Today i choose to accept myself.
I choose to be aware of what it is like to simply be without self-judgment.
I choose to live each moment knowing that i am is enough to sustain me forever.
I choose to sit quietly and open my heart to myself, expanding until my being fades into the infinite.
Today, i behold myself and know deeply that my capacity to love others, and for others to love me is directly connected to my capacity to love myself.


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Michelle M. Hughes is a cofounder of Bridge Communications, Inc., which includes about a dozen other speakers and trainers (you can read their bios at the link below). Since 1991, Michelle has been organizing and conducting seminars on transracial adoption.
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Rhonda M. Roorda was adopted at the age of two into a white American family with Dutch heritage. She was raised with her two non-adopted siblings in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Rhonda is an author and international speaker on transracial adoption.s
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You're Never Alone
Some of you have very sweetly contacted me wondering why I haven't "posted" for a while. The answer is I simply have not had the time. When I am not working, ironically in the pursuit of designing gorgeous homes and other spaces for my clients, the gaps in between are filled to bursting with answering the door and then answering questions to and of the myriad tradesmen and delivery people that currently bless this house, for we are in the period known as "snagging".
Snagging can take an amazing amount of time - mostly because it is when the trades have to return to make any corrections and when trades are very busy, as they seem to be now, snagging is not top of their lists. Thankfully on this job, and as a result of the quality of Whittaker's workmanship, snagging has been minimal.
There has been some though.
After lots of shenanigans to do with utterly ineffectually testing various sealants on various bits of granite flooring I can now confirm that boiled linseed oil is, as I suspected but no one else believed me, the solution to most problems floor related.
As for electrics, the moral of the story is "avoid transformers", "don't go on holiday when expensive A/V cable is being installed, no matter how clear your instructions" and point out that all positions indicated on your electrical plan are not a guide but carefully considered decisions.
Then there have been the days and days Adrian the decorator has been here, meticulously removing all the paint spots from sanitaryware, brassware, window frames, woodwork etc. (he is still not finished by the way! Just as well he is a nice and very quiet man.) In this case I have two words. Frog Tape.
Finally the curtain track saga has, hopefully, reached a conclusion and the lesson learned here is never, ever buy a Silent Gliss track through a high street supplier because they won't have a clue what they are doing and you will end up screaming with rage, wondering how you can have been fleeced of nearly £1,500 for a stupid track and weeks of eye-bleeding frustration. Talk about "We saw you coming."
And a top tip here, in case you didn't know. If your curtain maker doesn't ask you what kind of system you want your roman blinds on do ask them to tell you the options or you may end up with something you do not want. For example, it is quite likely you will not want white plastic pea chains with horrid white plastic guards screwed into your freshly painted walls.
All I can say is that this is another wonderful lesson I have learned on behalf of my future clients. How giving am I?
Then there are the things that are not actually snagging but are being done only now due to a) late deliveries and b) late decisions. Yes. I hold my hand up. I had ambitiously planned to design a wallpaper for our hallway. And maybe decoupage the walls to the small guest bedroom. Both of these ideas went up in smoke when I realised I barely had time to order wallpaper on line. Which I finally did and Nick the decorator installed just last week.....
....here in the hallway and below in the bedroom.
Must admit I love this room - there is something so comforting about a pretty floral wallpaper and carpet in a small, girl-sized bedroom.
The hallway paper is Sequoia from Kuboaa, which I have loved for years. The bedroom paper is from Harlequin - so secret garden.
One of the last remaining items is the plumbing and here again I am partly to blame for the fact that the bath - and this no ordinary bath but a beauty from William Garvey - in our "master en suite" is still not functional due to the fact that I have been using my own bathroom as a testing ground for my new collection of brassware.
The final part is due to arrive today - please GOD!!!!! - and Mike the plumber will install tomorrow, along with the final rads, rad valves, and adjust the pipework beneath the bathroom basins so it all fits neatly behind the duct wall instead of poking out from it.
We have also had some furniture delivered.
The sofa has just returned from upholsterer Andrew Shakespeare - if anyone should be on tele it is Andrew with a brilliant Dudley accent, sense of humour and clearly a descendant of Will - and it is perfect, at least in my eyes, though husband has commented he has given up expecting furniture in our house to be comfortable. Cheeky!
The floor lamp to the side we have had for years and only recently unwrapped it from sheaths of almost impenetrable clingfilm (???) to find that our West Indian packers had taken it apart and then just thrown away the all important fixings, same as they had done with a few other things. That's the Windies for you. I tell you, it made us feel almost nostalgic. Fortunately we tracked down the man, Henry Hay, who had refurbished this vintage dentist's light in the first place, and popped up to his holiday home in Somerset one weekend for him to fix.
If only he could source a top to go on our Guzzini lamp which I ironically lost when I was having the thing lovingly re-chromed just before we left for Nevis. Husband says it looks fine but I know it's missing its little chapeau. Here it stands next to a love seat from Conran - another thing I have coveted for some time - and an amazing Eames-type stool from.....Marks and Sparks. The yellow patch of velvet a harbinger of a yellow velvet seat cushion. Husband insists!
Andrew Shakespeare also reupholstered this wing-backed chair that we inherited with the house and I love it. The thing I don't love is the reading light husband has insisted upon. When I challenge him on how it looks like something he's ordered out of the back of the Telegraph Saturday magazine, alongside all the ads for stairlifts, he just comes back at me with something infuriating like "why would we want something in this house that actually works after all?". Hmmm. Things can (and do by the way) work and look good too you know! In every deamhome.........
We are both loving, though, our dining chairs. I picked up 8 G-Plan chairs from ebay for £500 - not bad - and then sourced a Josef Frank fabric called "Poison" - which naturally I thought v witty for a dining room - from Sweden. It's taking a while to get used to a mix of such strong primary and secondary colours but, as a celebrated Chinese female property developer once said, the best kind of design challenges our preconceptions.
I also bought my dressing table on e bay - for about £60. I hadn't planned to have a dressing table here but it was IMPOSSIBLE to find a decent chest of drawers. All the modern ones I found were either naff or hideously expensive. And all the vintage ones would have meant too much vintage bulk next to the vintage Danish bed - so we have a vintage dressing table which I may customise - or "upcycle" as we have to say these days.
Talking of vintage Danish I've had these beauties re-wired and they are back in action, both sets inherited with the house. The model on the right has black and white silk flex and mounted with proper brackets and on the left, bronze, mounted with a glue gun. Needs must.
I have found some good contemporary furniture and lighting though and a shining example is this slightly odd and very affordable storage unit from....Habitat. It really is so sad about the demise of this store, a pioneer of the "contemporary home" and "democratic design": Kathleen, my right hand woman, and I were reminiscing just the other day about how, when we were at school, how proud we would feel of our Habitat paper shopping bags. There was admittedly a little bit of swearing as husband and I put it together, he now officially the king of flat pack (I never thought I'd see the day but the day has indeed come). And it is marvellous and perfect for all my cook books.
Note lack of shade on the lamp though. Thinking of setting up a lampshade shop as am having to have 5 shades made as simply cannot find what I want. But then that goes for most things.
We are so far advanced we are even getting into details. I have invested in a French bread crock as my counter top compost bin (those plastic ones the council provide simply will not do)...
And as this is a chrome/stainless steel free home I have replaced all the little brushed s/s knobs around the place with these:
I also have my gravel drive - well almost. We just need 15 more tonnes of the stuff and we'll be finished. I'm told Kirsty has the very same stuff. Get me.
But in the frenzy to get the physical things complete I admit I am constantly questioning - for this is what I do in life - whether it all works, after so much labouring and agonising over the smallest details. And in this I must remind myself of the closing lines in my book. A real home accretes. Moving in after a build is not when your home is finished but when the home making begins.


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Fancy a night of fun, fashion, fizz and frivolity?
Well, spring is finally in the air! After months of grey skies it's finally nice to see the sun shining, to see the flowers coming into bloom, and to see a smile on people's faces!
And with spring and the summer season on our minds, we're delighted to launch our new Up & Coming events calendar for 2013. For 2013 we've got a whole host of events on offer with hopefully something to suit all tastes. From fashion inspired evenings, to unique and quirky food and beverage pairing events, we really do have a wide selection of exceptional events this year.
Our first event kicking off the Up & Coming events calendar is an evening 'In the Pink' – a charity evening with fun, fashion, food and frivolity on the menu!
In support of Breast Cancer Research, we're delighted to team up with Pennita, a ladies' designer fashion boutique, also based in Helmsley to offer this fabulous evening event on Thursday 16th May 2013, 6.30pm for 7pm.
The theme of the evening is pink – starting with a glass of pink bubbly and canapés! Guests will then enjoy a Fashion Show featuring Pennita's new season collection, plus three-course dinner, and a charity raffle, including fabulous prizes such as a Range Rover Evoque for a weekend, kindly donated by Hatfield Land Rover of Pickering.
The tickets are priced at £55 each. A donation from each ticket sold, plus all the money raised in the raffle will go to Breast Cancer Research. To add a touch of glamour to the evening, we're also asking all guests to add a little 'pink' to their outfit. The best dressed guest will win a return visit to the hotel!
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Why You Should Attend the Newport International Boat Show
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In addition to an amazing array of boats, there will also be tons of great activities, showcases and features with marine products, services and enhancements for the boating lifestyle. Learn more about top manufacturers and products, enjoy in-water training programs, see brand new product debuts, attend book signings and enjoy lots of family-friendly entertainment and excitement from our 750+ exhibitors and sponsors. Considering the location of the Newport International Boat Show, there are also amazing amenities, restaurants, shopping and tourist opportunities to explore at the City by the Sea.
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This year's event will have lots of great interactive educational programs and products to see. The 9th Annual Newport for New Products Program will be featuring over 48 brand new boats and products that are making their "official debut" in the United States this year. Attendees will get to see never before seen vessels and gadgets through this exciting program. The Confident Captain – At the Helm is a unique in-water training program that is taught by USCG Licensed and ASA Certified instructors. Some educational programs require registration, which is available via the event website.
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Our Denver Eagles Basketball 2018 Recreation League is COMING SOON!
YES, it's time to register for this year's Rec League basketball season! MARK YOUR CALENDARS, invite your friends.
Locations: North in Arvada and South in Littleton – YES, 2 leagues
Ages: 5-13 years old, Coed
Wed, Jan 3: 2-hour mini-camp at Gold Crown Field House
150 South Harlan Street in Lakewood
4:00pm-6:00pm for North
6:00pm-8:00pm for South
Weekly games: Saturday games: Jan 13, Jan 27, Feb 3, Feb 10, and Feb 24; game times starting at 9:00am.
NORTH vs. SOUTH ALL-STAR GAME:
Thursday, Feb 8,
Arvada K-8, 5751 Balsam Street
during our final High School home games of the season.
Costs: $75 per player with a $175 family max.
Full Registration includes and can be found under the Registration tab:
– Online registration
– Payment online or contact registrar at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Locations: Same locations as last year.
North location – Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr Street
South location – Little Baptist Church, 1400 West Caley Avenue.
Be sure to fill out three registration forms before checking out to obtain the Family Max fee.
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If you're in the area this August, this looks like a pretty great thing to go to!
Mark your calendars, folks – an amazing team of zinesters & activists is putting on the PHILLY FEMINIST ZINEFEST this summer, on August 26th!
The event looks incredible – there will be tons of zinesters, workshops, a raffle, *plus* vegan baked goods (mmm). The zinefest is also a fundraiser for Project Safe, a social justice organization providing advocacy, harm reduction, and support for Philadelphia sex workers.
If you want to table, registration is still open until July 15 – sign up here: Philly Feminist Zinefest Registration. And don't miss the zine reading they're planning for Saturday, August 25, at The Wooden Shoe Bookstore!
Also, these workshops will be held throughout the event (summaries and more info can be found here):
From Smoochin' to Sexin': Navigate, Negotiate, Communicate – by Screwsmart
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CBCNews.ca - Dec 6/12
A former Boy Scout leader wanted by police following allegations by two B.C. men that he'd molested them as boys in the 1970s has been arrested and released from custody under strict conditions following a court appearance.
RCMP said Thursday that Michael David Henley, 61, who's last known address was in Burnaby, B.C., had been arrested on a warrant issued in November following the complaints from the two men, who cannot be named.
One of the men alleged that Henley molested him in 1976, the other man's complainst related to an alleged incident at a Boy Scouts event in 1978. Both incidents were alleged to have occurred in Lillooet, B.C.
Police did not reveal exactly when the arrest took place, but it's known to have occurred in B.C. sometime after Tuesday. The conditions of his release also were not specified.
Henley pleaded guilty to one molestation-related charge in 1994, and to six more counts in 1999. He was sentenced to probation after both trials and did not serve jail time for any of the offences.


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Cynthia Ravinski was the first Magic Appreciation Tour author to take advantage of our new Magic Appreciation Blog Tour feature. Thank you to all of our authors who graciously offered to host Cynthia on her tour.
Cynthia's goal for her tour was to get the word out about a new form of publishing called "emotobooks." Emotobooks combine fast-paced writing with colorful abstract artwork. This combination stimulates multiple parts of the brain for an immersing and saturating reading experience. This new medium of fiction was created by her publisher Grit City Publications.
If you would like to learn more about this fascinating concept, you can still follow Cynthia's tour using the links below. She toured with six guest posts (one of which includes an excerpt from her book) and one interview. Enjoy!
- Sep 4: "It Might be Time to Try Something New" on The Vaetra Files with Daniel R. Marvello
- Sep 11: "On Networking" on The Unwritten with Misty Parker
- Sep 14: "Visuals, Imagery and Crafting Story from Dream" on The Active Voice with Becca Mills
- Sep 18: "Something New, Something Old" on The Summer Sleeper with Will English
- Sep 21: Lingering in the Woods excerpt on Her Ladyship's Quest with Tracy Falbe
- Sep 26: Interview on the Importance of the Impossible with A.E. Marling
- Sep 28: "A Novelty Publishing Story" on The Novel Project with Roger Eschbacher


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The Har-You Percussion Group – The Har-You Percussion Group
1969 ESP Group
Original Liner Notes courtesy of Discogs
Original liner notes by Montego Joe:
"If you will recall, several years ago there were the Harlem riots, and problems with youth. It was necessary to come up with a plan for organizing the youth of Harlem in such a way that they would receive training, respect and the living conditions which are essential for creative lives. It was at this time that a carefully planned program came into existence. Its name was "Harlem Youth Opportunities, Unlimited", HARYOU ACT.
I came into this program in 1965 rather reluctantly. I had been asked by Mr. Julien Euell who was then Executive Director of the Arts & Culture Division of HARYOU ACT. Mr. Euell felt that with my professional experience I would be a great help to the black youth of Harlem, especially those who were deeply interested in music. My assignment was to teach percussion, both Afro and Jazz. I decided to combine both. After three or four years of training and trying to develop these young men for the outside commercial world, I suddenly decided that they were ready to record an album, one they would be really proud of. It would be a great musical experience. It would bring long range satisfactions.
The present Executive Director of HARYOU Arts & Culture, Mr. Leonard Parker, and I approached Mr. Bernard Stollman about the idea of recording these young men. He felt it was an excellent idea. And of course it was agreed that the monies earned as royalties would go into a scholarship fund.
In this album there is a great variety of music, most of it based on Afro-Cuban Blues, and Jazz themes. Most listeners would never imagine that the young black boys and Puerto Ricans were teenagers, and here is another surprise. Those of you who are used to hearing the type of music in this album, (Afro-Cuban and Latin), would be astonished by the fact that most of the young men on this album are Afro-Americans. Through my guidance and playing experience in this area of music, we were able to come up with what I consider a very exciting and colorful musical album.
The ages of these young men range from 16 to 19 years.
Vitality, versatility, depth, excitement, color and shading. . . all of these are in the music. It will be a great musical experience for those of you who will buy and listen to this album. Most of the tunes were written by Nick Quirks and David (Mousie) Edmead.
Although we are a group, I the instructor, and the eleven young men on this album-Puerto Rican and Afro-American- I consider all of us a spiritual family. They have a tremendous love and respect for each other, a closeness that is just there and is expressed most fully when they play together. I would like to go on record as saying that even though these young men have taken themes form Latin, Afro-Cuban Jazz and Blues, it's their music. Almost all the tunes were created by them. They set the rhythms and sounds and melodies, and when they recorded, it happened. When there's that interaction (and there always is) it's their music."
Unearthed By Satori Sadisco – The Sadisco Show


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Title says it all
Many consider the passing of the Social Justice Code in 2054 to be the turning point of the Petroleum Era's middle period to end period.
Title says it all
Proper redo of my 4D Construct of adventuring parties. Usable in any genre you are willing to introduce the concept of 4D beings.
The main commodity in the Cosmic Era is data and communication, in the form of social media, entertainment, advertising, and other electronic sources of information. The spread of this data is measured in a unit known as a meme (also spelled meem)
After rolling stats, Bleakwood characters are given certain perks. They get 4 ability points, plus another 2 if they choose to have a dark side.
This submission covers special abilities (including psionics), special backgrounds, special items and dark sides.
An explanation of gods; what they are, where they come from, how their power works, how they affect mortal life. Part of my main setting, first introduced in Primal Essence, Primals, and the Creation of the Realms.
In the years before the advent of arcanotechnology and dimensional fatigue events, teratology was the study of abnormalities and biological deformations. In the wake of the second renaissance, it became the study of exomorphs, extradimensional entities, and most prominently, teratomorphs, more commonly and vulgarly known as kaiju.
One of the current political paradigms of the Cosmic Era.
An exploration of the differences between sorcerous and cultic vampires.
The vast majority of parapsychic powers do NOT manifest as freeform pyrokinesis or rotating thunder kicks.
Changing the Maddux is a difficult as changing the weather. And like the storm on the horizon, all one can do when Maddux sings is to prepare yourself as best you can.
"And Arathinos brandished the Foe-Reaper, and let loose a battle cry. He stood, with rain pouring out of the heavens, on a mountain of bodies. The rain washed the blood through channels in the corpses. Arathinos raised the Foe-Reaper and saluted the fleeing enemies before him, as lightning crashed around him.
The Foe-Reaper is a great blade. With the years spent in Arathinos's hands, it has taken up a myriad of powers. And most prominent among those powers is dramatic effect. What is more morale-sapping than seeing your enemy with a backdrop of lightning, as if the arrows of the heavens stand with your foe?"
Patron deity of the Cult of Done, Othamm is always working to counter Mathom's influence.
Science has many answers, and with the advent of hypertechnology and arcanotechnology it seemed that there were no questions left to be conquered. But the manifestation of parapsychic abilities, wastelands, and the 'Storm' left many questions and no answers.
Because, after a while, even the oldest adventurer will need a place to settle as he grows tired.
A 100-word submission about a Placeholder God
An overview of the Disciplines of Magick within the Eyre System.
Includes: Alteration (and Transfer-Alteration), Soul-Command, Ritual, Soul-Leech, and Abysmal-Craft.
An introduction to the key ideas to the sources of Magick in the Eyre System. Includes an overview of Elemental-Mana and Soul-Mana, along with the various types within each.
One of the standard peices of equipment for an adventurer is a sword. But swords were actually very complicated to manufacture. Therefore, an adventurer who owned a sword might have had it passed down through the generations or might have been rewarded by some influential figure. Or simply looted it from a tomb.


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"We recognize that God made all creation and saw that it was good. As a diverse people of God who bring special gifts and evidences of God's grace to the unity of the Church and to society, we are called to be faithful to the example of Jesus' ministry to all persons. Inclusiveness means openness, acceptance, and support that enables all persons to participate in the life of the Church, the community, and the world. Thus, inclusiveness denies every semblance of discrimination. "The mark of an inclusive society is one in which all persons are open, welcoming, fully accepting, and supporting of all other persons, enabling them to participate fully in the life of the church, the community, and the world. In The United Methodist Church, inclusiveness means the freedom for the total involvement of all persons who meet the requirements of The United Methodist Book of Discipline in the membership and leadership of the Church at any level and in every place." (2000 Book of Discipline, The United Methodist Church, paragraph 138) Inclusiveness has been defined as, "the term in United Methodism that means that every level of the denomination is to be open to all people in all settings on a fully equal basis. There is no distinction made because of racial or ethnic background, national origin, gender, age, handicapping condition, or any other criteria. It is the policy of The United Methodist Church to be fully inclusive of all persons in their participation in the life and work of the church" (A Dictionary for United Methodists, page 108).The Church of Jesus Christ is the institution that God has charged with the ministry of reconciliation. There can be no reconciliation until every ethnic group's gifts and talents are valued by the entire community of faith. The church anticipates the reign of God where the community is fully open and made whole. The Central Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church seeks to make that a daily reality in our common life. We pray, "Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven." With God's grace, we strive to become the Beloved Community, the City of God, and The Light on a Hill. We live between what we are and what we shall become as we embrace the fullness of God's kingdom.
The Central Texas Conference Task Force on Inclusiveness works to provide the connectional, relational and accountable functions of previous entities of Status and Role of Women, Religion and Race and Disability Concerns. Each of these is an expression of how the church needs to be the inclusive Body of Christ. The Center for Mission Support understands inclusiveness to be a core value to the success of our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.


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Wildfire Evacuations – Notice to Customers in the Hamlet of Wabasca-Desmarais and Bigstone Cree Nation
Customers will not be charged for natural gas during the mandatory evacuation period in effect from May 29, 2019, to June 12, 2019, inclusive. A one-time adjustment for this period will be included on June bills.
As a result of the evacuations, Canada Post mail delivery was disrupted and regularly scheduled May bills were not delivered to customers. We expect mail delivery to resume shortly. The due date for May bills is June 18, 2019, and, due to the circumstances, normal late payment fees will not apply. For customers on preauthorized payment plans, normal withdrawals for May bills will not occur in June. Instead, withdrawals for both May and June bills will occur in July.
For customers requiring changes to preauthorized payment arrangements, and for all other customer inquiries, please contact our Customer Care Centre toll free at 1-866-222-2067 Monday to Friday 8am – 6pm.
Wildfire Evacuations – Notice to Customers in the Town of High Level
Customers will not be charged for natural gas during the mandatory evacuation period in effect from May 20, 2019, to June 3, 2019, inclusive. During the evacuation period, regularly scheduled bills were suspended. In order to capture regular billing charges and the appropriate credit for the impacted periods, customers will receive three bills in June covering the following dates:
- April 18 to May 19 – Normal charges
- May 19 to June 3 – Credit for the evacuation period of May 20 to June 3
- June 3 to June 19 – Normal charges
All three bills will be mailed on June 25, 2019, and will have the same due date of July 16, 2019. Normal late payment fees will not apply to these bills. eBill customers can access all three bills via our eBill web portal after June 25, 2019.
For customers requiring changes to preauthorized payment arrangements, and for all other customer inquiries, please contact our Customer Care Centre toll free at 1-866-222-2067 Monday to Friday 8am – 6pm.
Leduc Region Caring Companies Launches Own Website
AltaGas Utilities' is a proud sponsor and member of the Leduc Region Caring Companies (LRCC). In 2014, seven regional mayors participated in an agreement to support and encourage United Way in the Leduc region. Regional business leaders took note, banded together, and the Leduc Region Caring Companies emerged. To learn more about the Leduc Region Caring Companies, check out the following website:
Western Energy Magazine Features AltaGas Utilities in Article
The Winter 2017/2018 publication of Western Energy Magazine features an article discussing AltaGas Utilities' Aerial Automated Meter Reading (AMR) Program. In an effort to improve the number and accuracy of our meter readings, and to reduce a higher-than average incidence of meter-reader injuries, we switched to aerial meter reading. This remote-capture technology allows our employees to collect meter data in the general vicinity of our gas meters, without having to enter private property. This effort, combined with new technology developed to collect the data by plane has resulted in a 99% meter reading collection rate, eliminated injuries due to meter readings, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – substituting 38 vehicles with one aircraft reduced annual GHG emissions due to meter reading by 80 percent (over 400 tonnes CO2 equivalent); and reduced meter reading costs overall. Click HERE for a full copy of the article.
AltaGas Utilities Inc. Host Most Successful United Way Campaign to Date!
2016 marked the 50th year AltaGas Utilities Inc., or its predecessors, supported United Way. We support United Way through the generosity of our employees, who donate their money and time in an effort to eliminate poverty. We would not be successful without their involvement, enthusiasm, and imagination, and we are extremely proud to be part of such a tremendous team. When we support United Way, we do so knowing the money raised is helping people we don't know, knowing our donations will help a child complete school, or a woman find shelter from abuse. United Way's vision aligns with our Company values. This year AltaGas Utilities' Employees donated $59,221 to United Way, surpassing the half a million dollars lifetime contributions mark! Click HERE for a full copy of our 2017 Impact Report.
AUI Employees Accept Community Award on Behalf of LRCC
On November 9, 2017, Greg Johnston, AUI President, accepted the 2017 National Philanthropy Day's Community Outreach award on behalf of the Leduc Region Caring Companies ("LRCC"). This award recognizes people, companies and groups who have en-gaged in acts of charity, and have given their time, talent and resources to improve the lives of those living in communities out-side of Edmonton. The LRCC was nominated for this award by the United Way of the Alberta Capital Region.
The LRCC is focused on engaging, connecting and inspiring other local businesses to help create pathways out of poverty. Since its inception in 2014, the LRCC has raised awareness on and improved access to support services available to those facing social issues in the Leduc region.
AUI is proud of its employees' efforts to support the communities in which we live and work in. Greg Johnston is Co-Chair of the LRCC committee and Mark Lowther (VP, Corporate Services) and Lina Bissani-Armstrong (Manager, Human Resources) are also involved in the LRCC. Additionally, Katie Oliver (AUI's Supervisor, Regulatory Research and Communications), sits on a sub-committee of the LRCC. Together, we can make a difference!
AltaGas Utilities Communication Campaign
If you are driving around Alberta, you may notice something a little different. We have unveiled our new communications campaign informing customers of local construction activities. The campaign has been designed to create community awareness of AUI activities in the area and will be promoted in combination with social media notices of construction undertakings. According to the J.D. Power 2016 Gas Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study, proactive communications with customers is an important driver for customer satisfaction. Frequent communication goes a long way when it comes to business customer satisfaction
The signs were created featuring an AUI Technician in the regions or towns where construction activities are occurring. Every year, new signs will be made based on the construction location and left behind for districts to use when completing work.
Russell Wintersgill, AUI VP Operations & Engineering indicates: "We are excited to be proactive in letting our customers know we are reinvesting in their communities by improving the systems and ensuring we continue to deliver warm energy."
AltaGas Utilities Volunteers at the LRCC Ball Hockey Tournament
On Friday, May 26, 2017, the Leduc Caring Companies Committee, in conjunction with United Way, sponsored a ball hockey tournament at the Edmonton International Airport. Our President, Greg Johnston, is co-chair of the Leduc Region Caring Companies Committee and we were proud to have helped organize this great event, provide a BBQ for the players and volunteers and initially field two teams (the two teams eventually volunteered to split into three teams, in order to help rescue the schedule when two other registered teams failed to show up).
Money was raised for local United Way funded charities and a lot of fun was had by all. Thank you to all who participated and volunteered their time to help make this event such a great success! Together, we can make a difference!
CGA Recognizes AUI and Heritage Gas at Annual SAFE Awards
On April 3, 2017, at the 2017 Operations, Engineering and Integrity Conference, the Canadian Gas Association (CGA) recognized the recipients of the 2017 Safety Award(s) for Excellence (SAFE), which honour significant examples of dedication to safety manage-ment. Through engagement in the awards program, member utilities have an opportunity to gain recognition at the corporate and individual level for their work, and through that recognition to in-spire a culture of continuous improvement in safety for employees, contractors, customers and the public at large. Congratulations! We are proud to announce the following:
The Public Safety Award was awarded to our very own, Jeff Walter, Supervisor, Quality Assurance & Damage Prevention, for his active involvement in spreading the word in his community about damage prevention and the importance of safe digging.
We also received the Corporate Safety Award for Vehicular Safety, for our role in reducing vehicle damages last year.
AltaGas Utilities Participates In Pink Shirt Day
On February 22, 2017, AUI employees (pictured above) were proud to participate in Pink Shirt Day to help raise awareness around anti-bullying initiatives. This year's theme, "Make Nice", was a great reminder to always practice kindness. Together, we can make a difference! For more information, please visit: http://pinkshirtday.ca/
AltaGas Utilities Introduces eBill
AltaGas Utilities Inc. is excited to offer paperless billing. When you sign up for eBill, you will be able to view your natural gas utility bill(s) online. Your eBill will look exactly the same as your current statement!
Signing up for eBill is easy! Please click HERE to begin the sign-up process and have your Account Number and Customer Name ready. If every AUI customer opted for paperless billing, we could save almost 1,000,000 sheets of paper!! That would form a stack almost as high as a 28-storey building!!
AltaGas Utilities Received the 2016 Leduc Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Giving Award
We are humbled to have received the 2016 Leduc Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Giving Award. Our employees give freely of their time, talents, and dollars to contribute to the communities we serve and live in.
AltaGas Utilities Volunteers at the Beaumont Community Center
A team of our volunteers, who live in the Town of Beaumont, planted 88 trees and shrubs around the new Beaumont Centre Communautaire Beaumont Community Centre (CCBCC). We are a proud sponsor the new community center and wish them success and many years of happy memories.
AltaGas Utilities Inc. Volunteers at the 2016 Alberta Summer Games
This summer we helped make the 2016 Alberta Summer Games in Leduc the "Best Ever". The Alberta Summer Games provide many benefits to both the host community and to thousands of Albertans who participate at local, zone, and provincial levels. They provide an opportunity to celebrate young athletes and provide them with a venue to compete and reach their athletic potential. Employees participated in multiple ways - from chairing organizational committees, to helping with registrations and serving lunches. As a major sponsor, we also delivered financial support in the amount of $32,000.


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Kentro Newsletter
Kentro Volume 10
Winter 2007-2008
The year 2007 marked a new chapter in the development
of Archaeochemistry Research in the Eastern
Mediterranean (ARCHEM), a project devoted to the
extraction, analysis and contextualization of organic
residues from archaeological artifacts. Thanks to the generosity
of INSTAP and the Hellenic Studies
Endowment Fund of
Wayne State University's
Department of Classics,
Greek and Latin, we
were able to expand the
ARCHEM team from
one to three by bringing
in two graduate students
from WSU. ...
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The STS introduces a family of compact, low-cost spectrometers that's ideal for embedding into OEM devices. At just 40 mm x 42 mm x 24 mm (1.6" x 1.7" x 0.9"), the STS provides full spectral analysis with low stray light, high signal to noise ratio and optical resolution of ~1.5 nm (FWHM) – remarkable performance for a spectrometer that size. The STS is an especially attractive option for high-intensity applications such as LeD characterization and absorbance/transmission measurements, yet versatile enough for an extensive range of spectral sensing requirements. At the heart of the STS is a cMoS detector in a crossed czerny Turner optical bench. The bench is distinguished by custom-molded collimating and focusing mirrors and a 600 lines/mm groove density grating that projects spectra onto the detector.
|40 mm x 42 mm x 24 mm
|68 g (2.4 oz. ), incl. fixed fiber
|Operating temperature
|0-50 °c, 5 °c change/hour ramp
|Storage temperature
|-20 to +75 °c
|Detector type
|eLiS-1024, 1024 pixel linear cMoS
|Detector range
|200-1100 nm (uncoated)
|1024, 7.8 x 125 μm
|Pixel well depth
|800,000 e-
|Optical Bench
|Crossed czerny Turner, focal length 28 mm
|Entrance aperture
|Shaped aperture; 10 μm, 25 μm, 100 μm and 200 μm slits
|600 l/mm
|Fiber optic connector
|10 cm x 400 μm fixed fiber (not detachable)
|Quantum efficiency
|60% (@ 675 nm)
|Wavelength range
|ViS (350-800 nm), Nir (650-1100 nm)
|Optical resolution
|FWHM 1.0 nm (10 μm slit), 1.5 nm (25 μm slit), 6.0 nm (100 μm slit), 12.0 nm
|(200 μm slit)
|Signal-to-noise ratio
|1500:1 (maximum signal)
|A/D resolution
|14 bits
|Dark noise
|≤ 3 counts rMS
|Dynamic range
|6x109 (system, 10 s max integration), 5600 single acq.
|Integration time
|10 μs-10 s
|Max. dark current
|75 counts/second
|Power consumption
|0.75 W (average)
|Power options
|USB or Gpio port
|Data transfer speed
|USB full speed
|Acquisition time
|75 scans/second
|Breakout box
|Trigger modes
|3 modes
|Strobe functions
|Gated delay feature
|Computer requirements
|Computer interface
|USB 2.0, rS-232
|Operating systems
|Any supported by omniDriver/SeaBreeze or rS-232
|Ce mark
We offer STS models for 190-650 nm (STS-UV), 350-800 nm (STS-ViS) and 650-1100 nm (STS-Nir) applications.
Each unit has a fixed optical bench configuration. custom configurations are available for high-volume applications. To optimize signal collection efficiency and improve reproducibility, STS utilizes a fixed-fiber design. The fiber has a 400 µm core and is 10 cm in length. The STS is fully operational in SpectraSuite spectroscopy software. operating and development software are priced separately.


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Have you ever considered putting resources into a Gold IRA? At the point when numerous individuals are so fixated on stocks, bonds, and other bank or realty speculations, they neglect to acknowledge what they are passing up a great opportunity with a Gold IRA. For one thing, a Gold IRA is a sort of Individual Retirement Account that gives a financial specialist a chance to have his physical gold, platinum, silver, and palladium instead of the typical paper-based resources like money, securities, and stocks. Made in 1997 by the U.S. Congress, the Gold IRA turned into a great different option for those working up their retirement funds with a genuine gold.
Yet, to fit the bill for an IRA, they should meet a specific criteria first, for example, passing the IRS fineness models and be under the authority of an IRA Trustee and not the proprietor himself. In addition, these golds must be put away in a store endorsed by the IRS, which implies that you can't see simply stock on gold at home.
Presently, you may be asking why gold is an astounding retirement speculation. A Gold IRA is engaging a financial specialist who wishes to have a different retirement portfolio. Not at all like customary common supports or stocks, Gold IRAs are insusceptible to swelling since its value moves in the other bearing than that of conventional paper resources. You can go on and have different speculations, however the danger is reduced by a Gold IRA, which is flawless as a long haul go down.
In the event that you investigate the pattern of gold costs in the course of the most recent 15 years, gold costs have extensively expanded by as much as 700%. You don't generally get that much income from the bank or money markets. Actually, it's absolutely unbelievable. Just Gold IRAs can develop your cash paying little respect to the status of the business sector. As one of the nature's hard resource, gold reaffirms its quality as genuine cash, the sort of cash that is not printed or spoiled.
Be that as it may, in spite of these advantages, just a little part of the populace put resources into Gold IRAs. It's impeccably justifiable however since doing as such involves an exceptionally entangled procedure that unsettles numerous. For one thing, financial specialists must search for an IRA caretaker or trustee who likewise has an affirmed store. Second is to buy the real gold and make game plans for it to be exchanged to your picked vault while in the meantime ensuring that the trustee can represent it.
Also, in light of the fact that our economy has encountered much emergency consistently, more financial specialists acknowledge how remunerating a Gold IRA venture is. Its prevalence likewise continues developing since more organizations made the procedure simpler for everyone.
A standout amongst the most significant viewpoint when contributing with a Gold IRA is searching for a dependable overseer/dealer. You should first locate an agent to buy the gold took after by a caretaker to make and set-up the record. Thus, the organization will hold or store the physical gold itself. Overseers are as Federal-endorsed trust organizations, banks, financier firms, and credit unions to give some examples that offer authority administrations to money related counsels and individual speculators. They additionally have admittance to an extensive rundown of metal merchants everywhere throughout the country that proves to be useful.
While picking the organization to depend your gold with, search for the accompanying qualities:
⦿ Transparency – request that everything in regards to costs abstain from paying for any concealed charges you were not evaluated of to start with.
⦿ Track record – this organization must be on favorable terms with the Business Consumer Alliance or the Better Business Bureau.
⦿ Flexibility – search for an organization that will give a tailorfit answer for all you're contributing requirements.
Capabilities – Only execute with authorized organizations that have the pertinent enlistments, bonds and protection inclusions to defend your lucrative speculation.
On the off chance that you would prefer not to manage caretakers, open a checkbook IRA. Nonetheless, you should know that it has gotten the consideration of the IRS and building up one is similarly very convoluted. On the off chance that you are considering of running with this one, converse with a monetary counselor and secure a business financial records and a LLC also.
We have discussed how awesome a venture a Gold IRA is, however bear in mind that it likewise has chances quite recently like some other interest in the business sector. No one can anticipate without a doubt whether a gold's cost will go up or down later on. However, simply recall how gold resources fared in history and were hopeful that yours will do extraordinary also. What's more, just to mitigate your fears, remember that when you do well with gold, not the same can be said with your paper-based resources and the other way around. Along these lines, as it were, that is very consoling. You can't have it both ways, so you don't get the chance to lose it all.
One additionally thing you should be cautious with when taking care of a physical gold is the probability of having it stolen from you. Be that as it may, since safes are protected, despite everything you have genuine feelings of serenity pretty much the length of the estimation of your venture is not higher than that of the expressed worth by the caretaker. Caretakers can similarly be attracted by the style of a genuine gold, which is the reason you ought to just work with honest to goodness ones and those that have a protection scope on budgetary exchanges.
In conclusion, recognize that Gold IRAs are considered as "option ventures." Talk to a monetary counsel first to see whether this speculation is a solid match for you.


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