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Making a Difference through Making
Designers in education and industry routinely and assuredly assert that design thinking strategies can deliver the "game-changing" ideas needed to address the critical and complex problems of our times. Frequently, however, it seems we're seduced by and fall in love with the promise(s) of these ideas – and possibly the god-like power their creation conveys – and are less committed to following through with their actual realization with the same degree of passion.
In an effort to provide a 'proof of the pudding is in the eating' model of design education and practice, first year MFA AC+D students begin the program with a pre-semester, 10 day collaborative design-build intensive. The experience is intended to help students get to know each other, and learn how to work together by designing and building a project for an actual client. Emphasizing a philosophy of civic engagement, projects are selected based on their potential to benefit an organization or population that generally does not have access to the services of designers and makers.
Design Build 2018
For the 2018 Design Build, AC+D students, led by design/build professional and educator Matt Miller and local artist and activist Cleo Davis, collaborated with the Urban League of Portland to design and implement innovative solutions to alleviate a particularly loaded intersection on Mississippi Ave and Russell Ave in downtown Portland.
Photos by Mario Gallucci
The 2017 MFA AC+D Design Build worked with the VOZ Workers' Rights Education Project, an organization founded in 1996 dedicated to protecting the rights of immigrant and day laborers in the Portland Metro area. Prior to the 2016 Design Build, the Voz MLK Workers Center was damaged due to a drunk driver. Throughout the Design Build project, students collaborated with highly skilled day laborers to rebuild and reimagine much needed seating areas and way-finding signage in an effort to repair the damage to the MLK Worker's Center.
Photos by Mario Galucci
In 2016 the MFA AC+D Design Build partnered with Escuela Viva Community School, a Spanish Immersion preschool in downtown Northeast Portland. Escuela Viva works to provide an enriching environment that supports the spiritual, academic and humanistic needs of children as well as the development of both English and Spanish language skills. For the Design Build, the AC+D students created a covered bike storage area for parents picking up and dropping off their children along with a new structure for waste and recycle bins to help keep the school's waste facilities clean and organized.
Photos by Mario Galucci
The MFA AC+D 2015 Design Build collaborator was Outgrowing Hunger whose mission is "TO GET HEALTHY FOOD INTO THE MOUTHS OF HUNGRY PEOPLE". The organization "transforms unused private, public and institutional land into Neighborhood Gardens, where healthy food, resilient community, and economic opportunity spring up together". For this Design Build Intensive the AC+D students focused on the East Portland Neighborhood Garden (EPNG), which provides personal gardening and fresh produce work-trade opportunities.
Photos by Mario Gallucci
The 2014 MFA AC+D Design Build project was working with Albertina Kerr's Port City Project Grow initiative, a community inclusion program for developmentally disabled adults that emphasizes sustainability and learning through urban farming and arts practices . Project Grow aims to create a shared art experience by connecting program participants with other artists in the community and in the greater art world. The urban farm's focus is to teach program participants farm skills and encourage a connection to their food source as they earn income from farming the land.
This project addresses the issue of community inclusion for adults with developmental disabilities. Based on the growing evidence of the effectiveness of Positive Behavior Support for People with Developmental Disabilities (PBS), this project attempts to bridge the research-to-practice gap by both building upon existing codified policies of inclusion, and adding value to developing practices through the production of tangible, functional expressions of cultural aspiration.
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New Breed of Travel Agent Scares the Traditional Agent
Seth Werner, chief executive of a Florida mortgage business, doesn't know beans about arcane airline-ticketing codes or hotel-reservations systems. What he does know is how to write a check for $495.
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2014 is a special year for beer in Oregon, as two of the state's craft beer pioneers, Widmer Brothers and BridgePort, are turning 30. A few months ago, BridgePort announced the launch of their Trilogy Series to celebrate the occasion.
Widmer Brothers Brewing just announced its birthday plans. As you might expect involves beer--a lot of it. Beginning in April, the brothers Widmer will release 30 small batch beers. Each one will represent a specific year in their history. Since 30 beers is never enough, they're also planning six collaborations!
For complete details, check out the news release below. Prost to 30 years in beer!!
For complete details, check out the news release below. Prost to 30 years in beer!!
Brewing 30 Beers for 30 Years, and Six Collaboration Beers with Six Oregon Breweries
Brewing 30 Beers for 30 Years, and Six Collaboration Beers with Six Oregon Breweries
PORTLAND, Ore. – February 4, 2014 – Prost to 30 years of beer! Widmer Brothers Brewing today announced plans for its 30th Anniversary in 2014.
Headlining the brewery's 30th Anniversary celebration is the 30 Beers for 30 Years Series. Beginning in April, the month Widmer Brothers was founded in 1984, the brewery will brew and release 30 small batch beers, each brewed to commemorate a specific year and beer in the brewery's 30-year history. The 30 beers will be brewed at the brewery's 10-barrel pilot brewery at the Rose Quarter in Portland and distributed locally, both on draught and in 22-ounce bottles.
"The 30 Beers for 30 Years project is our way to tell the story of our brewery's 30 year history," said Rob Widmer, co-founder. "We had a lot of fun choosing the most memorable beers to represent each of the last 30 years, and we're excited to bring back some old favorites and long-forgotten releases for this series. The project is pretty ambitious, but we're looking forward to sharing the history of the brewery in the best way we know how – with beer."
Widmer Brothers is tapping some of Portland's best creative talent for the 30 Beers for 30 Years label designs. Thirty different local artists and designers will design label art for the beers in this series based on their interpretations of the beer, making for a unique look at the past 30 years of Widmer Brothers Brewing.
Additionally, Widmer Brothers will be brewing six limited release collaboration beers with six of Oregon's most innovative breweries to help celebrate the brewery's 30 years of brewing in Oregon. The beers will be released in select markets on draught and in 22-ounce bottles throughout the year, beginning in April.
The six collaborations include releases with Boneyard Beer, Breakside Brewery, 10 Barrel Brewing, Gigantic Brewing, Ninkasi Brewing, and Deschutes Brewery.
"It's amazing to look back at the last 30 years and see how far we've come as a brewery, as a community and as an industry. We're extremely grateful for all the support we've received over the last 30 years," said Kurt Widmer, co-founder of Widmer Brothers Brewing. "Beyond our 30 year anniversary, we also want use this opportunity to showcase and celebrate the unique camaraderie that exists between craft brewers, especially those of us fortunate enough to be part of Oregon's brewing and beer communities."
Portland-area beer drinkers should be on the lookout for the 30 Beers for 30 Years series starting in early April, and continuing through April 2015. All beers will be available locally in 22-ounce bottles with specially designed labels. New beers within the series will be announced and released throughout the year.
The collaborations with Oregon breweries will receive a wider distribution. Fans of Widmer Brothers and the collaborating breweries can expect to see these releases in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Minneapolis, New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia.
Please visit www.widmerbrothers.com for more information about Widmer Brothers Brewing, or follow Widmer Brothers on Facebook for the latest brewery news and happenings.
About Widmer Brothers Brewing
Founded in 1984, Widmer Brothers Brewing is celebrating 30 years of beer in 2014. Founders Kurt and Rob Widmer helped lead the Pacific Northwest craft beer movement in 1984 when, in their 20s, they began brewing unique interpretations of traditional German beer styles. In 1986, Widmer Brothers Brewing introduced the original American-style Hefeweizen, which elevated the brewery to national acclaim. Since then, the brewery has continued to push the boundaries of craft beer, developing a variety of beers with an unapologetic, uncompromised commitment to innovation.
Based in Portland, Ore., the brewery currently brews a variety of beers including Alchemy Pale Ale, Hefeweizen, the Rotator IPA series, Drop Top Amber Ale, Pitch Black IPA, Nelson Imperial IPA, a full seasonal lineup, and a series of limited edition beers. For more information about Widmer Brothers Brewing, visit www.widmerbrothers.com.
Based in Portland, Ore., the brewery currently brews a variety of beers including Alchemy Pale Ale, Hefeweizen, the Rotator IPA series, Drop Top Amber Ale, Pitch Black IPA, Nelson Imperial IPA, a full seasonal lineup, and a series of limited edition beers. For more information about Widmer Brothers Brewing, visit www.widmerbrothers.com.


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Expectations for regional real GDP growth for 2007 were revised up 0.3 percentage points in the fourth quarter to 5 percent. For 2008, the real GDP forecast was revised up 0.1 percentage points to 4.4 percent. Upward revisions to current year forecasts for most major economies were partially offset by a 0.6 percentage point downward revision for Ecuador and a 0.3 percentage point cut in Chile's expected real GDP rate of growth. Argentine and Venezuela saw the largest upward revisions to their 2008 forecasts (0.7 and 1.7 percentage points, respectively), while Chile's declined 0.3 percentage points, and Mexico's real GDP forecast was revised down by 0.4 percentage points.


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Nepal is a country full of diversities. Ranging from unique geographical conditions and hundreds of castes and languages, Nepalese also entertains several dishes and most of them are unique. Food in Nepal is directly influenced by the different cultures and traditions of the people living here. Here we are presenting top 5 unique food of nepal.
1. Momo
Momo were originally from Tibet but they were much more changed and revised by the Nepali culture. They were called dumplings in Tibet and were of very large size. After entering Nepal, momos now present a different taste and dish for people.
2. Gundruk
Gundruk is the product obtained after drying leafy green vegetables. It is a popular dish for Nepalese and every Gorkhali household worldwide. It is used as appetizer and important source of minerals during the off-season of green vegetable products.
3. Chhurpi
Chhurpi is traditional type of cheese consumed and prepared mainly in Himalayan region of Nepal. It is prepared from buttermilk in home of himalayan regions and in local dairies too. It can be chewed like a gum too.
Selroti is one of the necessary food product for Nepali cultural events like wedding, bratabandha etc. It is one of the food required for the Puja and mostly made in festivals like Tihar and Dashain. It is a traditional food generally prepared in home with sweet flavor. It is one of the truly unique food of Nepal.
5. Chatamari
Chatamari is another unique type of Newari food found in Nepal. Chatamari is similar to pizza in looks but far different in ingredients used. It is a round bread made up of rice flour and topped with other things.


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This will only take a second, she assured me. But then she paused. And then she tilted her head sideways.
A few hours later and I was standing at the ultrasound office, paper in hand.
"Lump 12:00" written across the top.
The sweet old lady at the front desk apologized and said the person who does the breast ultrasounds had to leave for the day. I'd have to come back tomorrow morning. My Birthday.
All last night I couldn't sleep. I just kept starring at Thomas and the kids sleeping. I kept smelling their foreheads and kissing the tips of their noses. I wasn't scared, I was grateful.
This morning, wearing nothing but a too-big blue hospital robe, perched on the medical table, the ultrasonographer asked if I was afraid. To my left a plastic brochure-holder presented pamphlets on choosing the perfect wig during chemo.
"Honestly, not really." I answered.
"During these times, some women start to panic and think about regrets and life decisions. It can be a lot," she continued.
"Hmmm. Not me. I don't have any regrets," I assured her.
I scanned myself for regrets. Thomas and I have dedicated our entire lives to each other, our little family, and a life filled with art and nature. We set down a lust for materialism and chased, instead, after abundance of the heart. We pointed our sacred compass in the direction of mud pies and kite flying and collecting snail shells after sunset with flashlights. Regrets? I couldn't think of any.
After she was done imaging my breast, she left the room to share with the doctor. Moments later, she returned and said she needed to do it again. Something looked a little funny and they wanted to take a closer look.
My book.
In that instant it hit me. My book.
"Are you OK?" she asked again.
"I'm, yes, I'm OK."
She scanned my breast again, clicking on the machine, zooming in, pushing down hard, harder.
She handed me a three-year-old US Weekly magazine and left the room again. I looked down at the gossip soaked pages and wondered if there was a pen anywhere in the room. Suddenly, there were no road blocks. I simply had to get it out. Suddenly, nothing else mattered.
After a handful of minutes the door opened, "You can get dressed! It's nothing! You are all clear!"
When I walked into the waiting room and saw my little family sitting there, giggling and chatting, waiting for me, I burst into tears. The weight of it all, pouring out.
Thomas came rushing over, terrified, and I could barely speak. "No, no, no," I whispered, "Tears of joy. Tears of joy."
We all stood there for a few minutes, crying and hugging.
My Birthdays have always been overwhelming. I think about my biological lineage. I wonder if they remember that I was born on this day; or if they even remember if I was born at all. I think about Charlotte, the baby Thomas and I said goodbye to. I remember the night of my 21st Birthday, finding out that I was pregnant with Braedon.
And this year, the heaviness in my heart is palpable. The reminder that time is an illusion, and the things that whisper to us, and rattle our bones when we sleep, those are the things we really can't ignore.
Next week, I am going to release a kickstarter project that I have been working on for over three years. Not because it took three years, but because until this morning, while waiting for my results, with the buzz of the air conditioning and the shuffle of nurses' feet outside the door, and the gown sticking to my jelly-covered sore breast... Until then, I thought I had time.
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Fandcamp 253: Live at Electric Lady Studios
"Beautiful just beautiful. This Queen Of Melbourne really is an Australian treasure." - Gavin Hellyer
If you like what you hear… maybe click that 'buy' button and add it to your Bandcamp Collection. And you should probably check out / follow the Collection of the above fan that's saying the above words as well (good odds there'll be similar gems to discover + following similar ears on Bandcamp makes for a better Music Feed). And here is my Bandcamp Collection if you fancy having a poke around there.
Don't have a Fan Account? Go fix that pronto -> https://bandcamp.com/fans.


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GridGain Systems, provider of enterprise-grade in-memory computing solutions based on Apache® Ignite™, today announced a Call for Papers for the third annual In-Memory Computing Summit, taking place October 24-25, 2017, at the South San Francisco Conference Center in Silicon Valley. The Call for Papers will end on June 30, 2017. Sponsorship opportunities are now available.
Organized by GridGain Systems, the In-Memory Computing Summit (IMCS) is held annually in both Europe and North America. They are the only industry-wide events that focus on the full range of in-memory computing-related technologies and solutions. The conferences are attended by technical decision makers, business decision makers, operations experts, DevOps professionals and developers. The attendees make or influence purchasing decisions about in-memory computing, Big Data, Fast Data, IoT and HPC solutions. The In-Memory Computing Summit conference committee is looking for talks on a variety of topics including:
- • User stories and business use cases
- • What's new and upcoming in in-memory computing
- • Best design practices and performance optimization
- • High availability, clustering and replication
- • Monitoring, management, automation tools and best practices
- • In-memory computing in the cloud
- • Industry leaders, technical experts and visionaries can submit their proposals via the conference website.
Sponsorship Opportunities
In-Memory Computing Summit 2017 is sponsored by leading technology vendors. A limited number of Platinum, Gold and Silver sponsorship packages are available for the Silicon Valley event. Sponsors have an opportunity to increase their visibility and reputation as technology leaders, interact with key in-memory computing business and technical decision makers, and connect with technology purchasers and influencers.
Future In-Memory Computing Summits
The In-Memory Computing Summit Europe 2017 will take place June 20-21, 2017, at the Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre.
The In-Memory Computing Summits are the only industry-wide events of their kind, tailored to in-memory computing-related technologies and solutions. They are the perfect opportunity to reach technical IT decision makers, IT implementers, and developers who make or influence purchasing decisions in the areas of in-memory computing, Big Data, Fast Data, IoT and HPC. Attendees include CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, VPs, IT directors, IT managers, data scientists, senior engineers, senior developers, architects and more. The events are unique forums for networking, education and the exchange of ideas — ideas that power digital transformation and the future of Fast Data. For more information, visit https://imcsummit.org/us/ and follow the events on Twitter @IMCSummit.
GridGain Systems is revolutionizing real-time data access and processing by offering enterprise-grade in-memory computing solutions built on Apache® Ignite™. GridGain solutions are used by global enterprises in financial, software, ecommerce, retail, online business services, healthcare, telecom and other major sectors. GridGain solutions connect data stores (SQL, NoSQL and Apache® Hadoop®) with cloud-scale applications and enable massive data throughput and ultra-low latencies across a scalable, distributed cluster of commodity servers. GridGain is the most comprehensive, enterprise-grade in-memory computing platform for high volume ACID transactions, real-time analytics, and hybrid transactional/analytical processing. For more information, visit gridgain.com.
GridGain is a trademark or registered trademark of GridGain Systems, Inc. Apache, Apache Hadoop, Hadoop, Apache Ignite, and Ignite are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.


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Sara Bordo: Director/Producer of "A BRAVE HEART: The Lizzie Velasquez Story"/
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Sara started her career in marketing for Clinique and corporate public relations at the Estee Lauder Companies in New York followed by positions in advertising at GSD&M in Austin and DDB in Chicago.
Her tenure in digital marketing and entertainment includes positions as Executive Director of Interactive Marketing at Paramount Pictures, VP of Digital Marketing at MGM Studios, SVP of Marketing at SocialVibe, COO of Jetset Studios, and CEO & Co-Founder of NowLive (acquired by Live Media Group in 2013).
Sara's role as Executive Producer of TEDxAustinWomen in partnership with the United Nations Foundation contributed to the inaugural event reaching the highest number of viewers over more than 200 TEDxWomen events worldwide.
Sara has attended The White House Women's Entrepreneurship Conference in 2010 and The White House Champions for Change Summit in 2012, and was nominated for Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur in 2012 and 2013. She has been invited as a speaker for SXSW, The U.S. Air Force Academy's Leadership Symposium, and Variety's Venture Capital in Tech Summit, and has been quoted in publications such as The Examiner, Variety, The Business Insider, The Daily News, The Boston Globe, and The Hollywood Reporter.
In 2013, Sara was inducted into The Producer's Guild of America as a member of the New Media Council and the Women's Impact Network.
Most recently, Sara's company Women Rising produced the documentary A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY, which is also Bordo's directorial debut. The film can currently be viewed various On Demand platforms including iTunes, Amazon Video and Time Warner Cable. The film is also available to individuals, educators, communities and organizations that want to host their own screenings in schools or theaters via Tugg.com
What do you do best?
I love assembling teams with heart and a sense of purpose, for whatever I'm working on.
What makes you the best?
We are all working on becoming better at many things, but I enjoy trusting the people I bring together to own their lane and their strengths, while supporting a very collaborative environment.
How will you become the best?
I will become my best when I surrender myself to things that I can't control, and focus on the areas that I can.
What are your aspirations?
Business: My business aspirations are to leave behind a legacy of empowering women and girls through the best experiences and content possible with my company Women Rising and the clients who we support.
What fascinates you?:
People who understand their purpose. People who survive and thrive on the other side of adversity.
Favorite Motto:
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
― Maya Angelou
My mom. My late grandmother. Men who empower their daughters.
Cape Town. Oia. Austin.
My iPhone. Vanity Fair. Lizzie's Mophie I'm always borrowing.
My passport. Paddleboarding. Nachos.


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Texas Parks and Wildlife Boat Safety Course
Follow a course on responsible boating with instructor Chase Philip Randazzo. Contact Chase at 512-656-1957 or at email@example.com to schedule your boat safety course.
You can also contact Grace Pratt with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Boat Safety Course at 512-633-0164 or at firstname.lastname@example.com if you'd like to learn more.
Come learn the fine art of boat piloting with us at Water Ski Lake Austin. We call it "piloting" because we really want you to think of it as taking control and steering your own course toward a whole new, fun, healthy lifestyle. You'll get personalized hands-on instruction in our state-of-the-art 2014 Malibu Response TXI.
Special Note: Use of Water Ski's boat is an additional $100 charge.
We cover all the details such as backing trailer in the water launching boat, driving, recovery of boat back to trailer, and securing for road travel, all available by the hour. We can also come to you, if you would like to learn on your boat. We also offer boating tours of Lake Austin, Lake Travis so you can get acquainted with your new aquatic "home away from home."
PRIVATE BOAT INSTRUCTION: $200 per driving lesson, by appointment only. $100/hour after first hour.


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New-Gen BMW X5 Diesel On Its Way
Philippe Crowe September 2, 2013
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BMW announced the new generation of its BMW X5 SUV will arrive in showrooms on November 16, 2013, including a new diesel version.
The launch of this third generation X5 will include the diesel-powered BMW M50d M.
Boasting what BMW qualifies as "the world's most powerful inline-six diesel engine, suspension technology with hallmark M precision-tuning and aerodynamically honed exterior features," the BMW X5 M50d is said to deliver on-road and off the beaten track.
The BMW X5 M50d's six-cylinder in-line diesel engine comes with three-stage turbocharging and common rail direct injection. With a displacement of 3.0-liter, it develops 381 horsepower and a peak torque of 546 pound-feet.
BMW BluePerformance technology means the M Performance SUV is also EU6-compliant. The diesel's power is transferred to the road through an eight-speed automatic transmission and BMW xDrive all-wheel drive.
BMW stated that the new BMW X5 M50d comes as standard with Adaptive M suspension including Dynamic Damper Control and air suspension at the rear axle, as well as Electric Power Steering.
The optional Dynamic adaptive suspension package comprises Dynamic Performance Control and Dynamic Drive active roll stabilization, while the exterior features standard 19-inch M light-alloy wheels in double-spoke design fitted with mixed tires.
Fuel economy is improved, according to BMW, by more than ten per cent compared with its predecessor. Average fuel consumption for the new BMW X5 M50d is 6.7 liters per 100 kilometers (42.2 mpg) in the EU test cycle, with CO2 emissions of 177 g/km.
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I'm a ritualistic creature by nature.
It's comforting to do something the same way each day...even if it's a small thing...like making my cup of tea in the evening. Same cup, same lovely golden honey, same pot. Brewed 5 minutes, exactly. Warm, comforting chamomile tea - Perfect for perusing blogland.
I gotta say, I am consistently overwhelmed by the sheer vastness of this new world. The volume of talent and the endless inspiration. With a hot cuppa tea, I nourish my creative self and thank all those amazing bloggers out there who bring me such joy each evening.
p.s. If you want to buy REALLY good tea and you drink it a lot you must check out Mountain Rose Herbs. They are wonderful and have the most amazing organic teas at outstanding prices. Go check it out.
Images via Flickr: 1. "Life is the flower for which love is the honey.", 2. Day 357/365: Tea!, 3. care for some tea?, 4. Afternoon Tea, 5. beau-tea-ful, 6. Hearty cup of tea


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Does your Mom know...
I played twelve $22's yesterday and they didn't go well.I did run like crap, but I also blame myself for letting that affect my game.I didn't tilt but I did play too many bubble situations like a weak fish and didn't make the pushes required to gain a commanding chip lead.( being card dead is no excuse)
At 6pm I picked up Step A and her pal and took them for a Mc'ds.Her Dad told me that Step A hasn't been at school for the last two weeks and there's talk of social services and children's panels.She's now talking about doing her 4th year all over again when she moves down South in June.Hopefully she will buckle down when she moves and can fulfil her potential.
I also tried to give her advice on dealing with the police last night as her and her friends have been stopped a few times when hanging about in groups outside.Always be polite,never be cheeky to them and don't give them any excuses to lock you up with bigger harder neds/chavs than you'll ever want to meet!Her pal mentioned she'd asked a police woman if she could try on her hat.I don't think I'd ever have dared be that cheeky if confronted by the police when I was a kid.Ahh the youth of today!
It wasn't all lectures about the police and sticking in at school.I'm now a world renowned expert at the game of "yellow car,double hit,no hitbacks" which is like playing tig ( or tag) whenever a yellow car is spotted.I'm not sure it's possible to multi-table tig online though....
Today's plan is to order Moses basket for my sisters upcoming baby in June and hit the tables and Modern Warfare 2 later.My Mum also called to say I can have their old leather suite when they get a new one in a few weeks.That should certainly be better for my back than the old one I'm using just now.
Righty,here's a screenshot from the chatroulette site which made me laugh.I did use the site quite a bit towards the end of last year before quickly growing bored of video chatting to random strangers.This kid pwns though!


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Benjamteal needed a new logo and social media pack design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 95 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
Metabolic Mayhem
Stress causes havoc on your metabolism. It causes 'metabolic mayhem', if you will. We provide a program that cures metabolic mayhem by focusing on tactics that reduce stress combined with nutrition and exercise to help women lose weight.
You can use only the letters MM in the logo if you'd like. I'd like the feeling to be one of relaxation and luxury. A spa-like feeling would be a good way to describe it. Our audience is the same people that use products like Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig.


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Favourable winds were forecasted for the night between Friday and Saturday, so we decided to make a night passage to Gotland. In the evening, the wind was blowing from SW at 7 m/s (or 14 knots), but it was forecasted to veer to west later in the evening and further to north during the following day. Thus, we cast off around 7 pm from Nynäshamn and sailed the first few hours close hauled. Around 11 pm, the wind veered – as forecasted – to west and increased to about 10–11 m/s (20 kts). Thus, we took the first reef in the main and reeded the genoa a couple of turns. With this sail setup the speed rarely dropped under 6 knots. As I was still curing my flu, I tried to stay behind the sprayhood as much as possible and let the windpilot take care of the steering: it kept a steady course almost all the way to Visby.
Nynäshamn – Visby crossing
Sun setting behind the Öja island
We arrived in Visby at 10 o'clock in the Saturday morning after a 14,5 hours' and 80 nm leg. First the inner harbour appeared to be almost full, but then we saw a boat leaving and freeing a good berth so we managed to get that one. If the inner harbour is full, there are more berths at breakwater, but those are further away from the city centrum and the servicehouse. This area is also less lively so it is preferred by many.
On Sunday we rented a car and made a road trip to Fårö island, but more about that later…
The sun rose at 3:52


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When producing social content we rightfully set ourselves metrics to measure success; this I understand, this I like. What I struggle with is the obsession and addiction to the 'biggest' numbers we can find.
I speak in generalities, but when I look at award-winning campaigns, 'impressions', 'reach' and 'view counts' are used as the sexy headlines and in my eyes they are little more than that, they are often the in-your-face, attention seeking numbers; maximum volume, minimal substance. They shouldn't be used as the sole determinants of the success of content. Absolutely they are a good starting point but if it was my money, I would want more than just a starting point.
Consider a 60 second social video, produced as part of a brand campaign and set live on Facebook with paid promotion targeting engagement. It reaches a million views and what a beautiful sight that is for any content manager. But scratch the surface and we realise that 85% of these views have had no sound on, video completion rate is under 20% and it has only been shared 20 times. That piece of content now appears to be underperforming.
In a context where a view is counted at 3 seconds (Facebook / Instagram) I struggle to understand how we accept view counts as a sign of success without anything else to give more substance.
Reach and impressions are in the same bucket. Giving a reach figure without multiple other figures, such as conversion rates (%), number of shares/comments, retweets etc. means very little, even less when you consider paid content.
And all of this is before we even get to understanding the sentiment around a piece of content.
Using reach and viewing figures as the only indicators of success can actually cause damage, because it doesn't challenge anyone's content to face up to reality. If you looked solely at view rates, you might not think we need to start using text and figures in Facebook videos to ensure content is understood without sound. You might not consider that the first three seconds are critically important to maintain viewership and any call to action you have needs to be early on. You mightn't even ask if this is reaching the people we want?
One stat in isolation is not the measure of success, but the combination of awareness, engagement and action is where social content is at its most powerful and can trump other 'traditional' formats. The exciting thing is that there is potential to really discover what is impactful. The main issue for me is not that we use the big numbers, it's that we all know they are not, on their own, the best indicators of success and yet we crave them above everything else. We need to stop kidding ourselves, be honest and when just given a reach figure, ask 'So what?'
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During the most brutally cold period of this past winter, some pundits were recommending that England's poor should burn copies of Gore's book in an effort to stay warm. Now the online edition of the The Times of London is noting that the deep freeze extended far north of the British Isles. According to an April 4 article ("Arctic ice recovers from the great melt"), Gore's supposed meltdown has frozen over:
IF you thought it was cold in Britain for the time of year, you should see what is happening around the North Pole. Scientists have discovered that the size of the Arctic ice cap has increased sharply to levels not seen since 2001.
A shift in the chilly winds across the Bering Sea over the past few months has caused thousands of square miles of ocean to freeze.
The same phenomenon, known as the Arctic Oscillation, is also partly responsible for the cold winter experienced in northern Europe and eastern America.
It allowed icy blasts of air to escape from the Arctic and make their way southwards. Provisional Met Office figures for December to February suggest the UK had its coldest winter since 1979, with an average temperature of 1.6C — a full 2.1C below normal. Last week a teenager was killed in Scotland when a school bus crashed in the snow — just days into British Summer Time.
Advocates of the theory of manmade climate change will, no doubt, soon proclaim that the warming trend was (a) only to be expected, as part of a longer cooling trend, and (b) will soon be followed by a devastating meltdown unless the industrialized world immediately capitulates to the most radical demands of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Such piffle has become rather shopworn by this point.
The fact is that it appears that the global monitoring is simply revealing longer term patterns than were previously apparent, and that short-term warming trends may simply have been grossly overplayed as a sign of "The End." When monitoring revealed that the Arctic ice had dramatically receded in 2007, advocates of the theory of anthropogenic global warming panicked. As The Times observes:
It [the Arctic ice sheet] hit an all-time low size of 1.65m square miles, about 39% below average, prompting many scientists, including some at the NSIDC, to suggest that global warming had pushed the Arctic to a tipping point from which it might not recover.
By last summer, however, the ice cap had expanded to 2m square miles and this year's figures show it approaching normal levels for the time of year.
"In retrospect, the reactions to the 2007 melt were overstated. The lesson is that we must be more careful in not reading too much into one event," [Mark] Serreze [Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center] said.
The Met Office had taken a more cautious approach in 2007, warning that the melting was a natural variation so the ice was likely to recover.
One would hope so. Fear mongering has not served the public interest and led to a wasteful and irrational pressure for international agreements which threatened to devastate an already-weakened international economy. Threats of an Arctic "meltdown" were used to pummel delegates to the Copenhagen conference, and if conference organizers had gotten their way, the global economy would have been fundamentally altered through a scheme of massive redistributions of wealth from the first world to the third world. The world has enough real problems to address without inventing fictitious ones.
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I didn't have very high expectations for the Sakura Gelly Roll, but I wanted to try it out since it is so popular. In the end, it's just an average pen for me. My main gripe is that the black isn't black enough, even showing up a bit brown on some types of paper. But it seems that these pens are more popular for their wide array of colors rather than just the black model that I tried out. They are very cost effective though, so you may want to pick one up and test it out for yourself.
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Under Texas Health & Safety Code, drug manufacturing and drug trafficking are dealt with in the same section. The thing that these two different offenses have in common is that they are sentenced as felonies. It is a felony to cultivate even a fractional amount of a controlled substance, and you could face life in prison for manufacturing more than 14 ounces of an illicit drug. Across the board, any drug manufacturing charge is very serious. Not only is your freedom at risk, but the rest of your life could be at stake too. When you face these dire circumstances, you need to turn to a defense team that you know you can trust. At Hamilton Grant PC, we may be able to provide you the powerhouse defense that you need and deserve.
Penalty Group 1 substances carry the harshest penalties. Heroin and cocaine are a couple of the drugs included in this list. The penalties for drug manufacturing vary according to the type of drug involved, and how much of it there is:
Ecstasy, or MDMA, is one of the illegal substances in this group. Again, the penalties depend on the amount involved in the charge:
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Zen and the art of what?! Here's the deal. Being awesome is something that can be achieved by simply being in the moment, and by being yourself. Y'know, "Zen". Sometimes my clients tell me, "I should really meditate more, but I'm not good at meditation. I guess I'm just not Zen." Huh? How does one become 'good' at meditation and 'being Zen'? I do not fancy myself a meditation expert by any stretch, but I'll share my personal belief about meditation, awesomeness and becoming more Zen. Step into the moment. Stepping into the present moment takes practice, just like learning another skill, sport or musical instrument.
Zen and the "art of awesomeness" is simply being in the moment. We can be in the moment by checking in with ourselves, breathing deeply and often, and by slowing down to notice what is going on around us and inside of us.
Let's back up for just a moment, though. What's up with this self-judgment? I hear "I should" and "I'm not good at" and "I guess I'm just not" a lot. Bim, bam, boom. Stop there. Pause, interrupt the pattern, breathe and then move forward.
"Zen spirituality does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes." ~ Alan Watts
You see, when we slow down and step into the moment, we achieve a Zen-like state. When we pause to check-in with ourselves, we create the foundation for meditation, Zen-like states and mindful presence.
Here are some quick tips to get started with a practice of being present so you can readily and easily step into your awesomeness every day (some call this "flow state" or "in the zone").
- Breathe deeply and often. You do not need to be stressed or seeking relaxation to breathe deeply. Just be aware of your breath, and pay attention to some of your breaths throughout the day. You will find at times you need to breathe deeply, and other times you will not. By taking deep breaths, you are being proactive about your health: manage your stress, blood pressure and heart rate, and oxygenate your cells. You will help the flow of energy and improve your posture. How's that for feeling virtuous? Now you're stepping into awesomeness.
- Slow down to speed up. I've been saying this to clients, class and seminar participants. I tell it to my kids. And......sometimes (okay, quite often) I need to remind myself. Sometimes we need to slow down in order to speed up. Every step of the journey is important, no matter the final destination. If you want to succeed in any area of your life, you will develop this habit. Take the time to write your goals by hand every day, write 3 actionable items on your list (and finish them) every day, and reflect on your accomplishments at the end of the day. Slow down in order to speed up; these 3 small habits take all of 2 minutes and yet launch you forward at warp speed, if you will allow it.
- Peel the potato. Do nothing more than what you are currently doing. Dedicate your focus, attention, energy and intention to one thing at a time. Multi-tasking as a means of efficiently completing tasks is a farce, and diverts and dilutes your attention, changing the outcome - much like water to paint. Shift gears between tasks. Close the book (even if temporarily) on one actionable item before moving to the next. Give your brain time to adjust and switch gears. Studies show that it can take up to 15 minutes for the brain to fully close-out and switch to the new action when one attempts to manage multiple tasks at once. Focus, grasshopper. You will accomplish more and you will feel more grounded.
As you travel along your path, know that you are fully supported, and I honor your experience as your own. If you would like to learn more about building the foundation for superb awesomeness, I am here. I offer unwavering support, and would be honored to be by your side.
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As thousands of boats flooded the Thames for the Queen's diamond jubilee river pageant, those in the Clipper yacht race flew their Great Britain spinnakers to pay tribute to Her Majesty on this side of the Atlantic.
A parade-of-sail launched Sunday morning from Liberty Landing Marina in Jersey City, sweeping past the Statue of Liberty and nearing the Brooklyn Bridge before docking at North Cove Marina in New York.
Winds rounded the massive spinnakers of the Yorkshire and the Edinburgh, casting a union-jack explosion against southern Manhattan and its rising Freedom Tower, to honor the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
London's larger flotilla included more than 1,000 vessels – the largest river pageant in that city in more than 300 years, according to the BBC.
The Clipper race departs New York on Thursday June 7 for the last official leg of the round-the-world voyage, which got underway last August in the U.K. The fleet of 10 vessels is scheduled to arrive in Southampton at the end of this month after completing a nearly 40,000-mile journey around the globe.
Each boat bears the name of a different city, with Australian, British, Chinese, and American destinations well-represented. Crew comprise a mix of experienced and novice sailors, some hopping on for specific legs, others staying for the full circumnavigation.
The boats return to a busy summer in London, with the Queen's jubilee rolling into the Olympic games in July.


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Each of my chemical and botanical peels is skin rejuvenation all by itself, and each revivifies your skin in number of amazing ways. Peels promote cell renewal for smoother, tighter and clearer skin. They reduce surface bacteria, resulting in fewer acne breakouts. They brighten the skin and lighten hyper-pigmentation. Finally, peels hydrate your skin, further reducing wrinkles. Aside from the beauty they bring to your face, they do their job with little or no down-time. Besides traditional Glycolic, Lactic and Salicylic below please find my other unique and yummy peels.
Sensi Peel
This is highly gentle solution formulated specifically for ethnic and other extremely sensitive skin. The Sensi Peel is a multi-faceted treatment. It strengthens and brightens the skin while helping to treat sun damage. It is also anti-inflammatory, anti-acne and antibacterial action and effective against rosacea. Redness and inflammation can subside substantially after a single treatment.
Vermouth Peel
Perhaps my favorite! Fortified with powerful antioxidants (Spin Trap, Vermouth and Reservatrol) to minimize the effects of free radical damage, the Vermouth Cocktail Peel is a potent BHA, AHA and Retinol peel that enhances the appearance of all skin conditions. Especially beneficial for clients with oily skin, problem skin or open comedones, it helps regulate oily skin, decongests open comedones and smooths the overall texture of the epidermis.
Pomegranate-Acai Peel
This antioxidant-rich peel contains a full complement of free-radical fighters. It merges pomegranate (pomegranates contain more antioxidants than red wine) and nature`s wonder food Acai. In addition 20% Lactic acid is added. Altogether, the Pomegranate Acai Peel energizes cells, tightens skin and provides rich hydration. It is especially effective against aging, oily or dull skin and hyper pigmentation. Reducing fine lines and wrinkles while fighting dryness, puffiness and uneven skin tone. It leaves your skin soft and radiant.
Oxygen Couture Peel
This is a medium-strength peel formulated with 10% lactic acid, Retinol and Fitlow BTX. The Oxygen Couture Peel improves overall radiance by increasing oxygen levels in the skin, stimulating natural collagen production, enhancing cellular renewal and encouraging cell respiration to fill and plump the skin. I would not recommend for sensitive skin, but otherwise is suitable for all skin types, especially aging, dry, dehydrated and dull skin conditions.
Organic Pumpkin Enzyme Peel
This is a 100% natural botanical power boost for your face. Loaded with vitamins and natural exfoliants. Pumpkin Enzyme Peel lifts signs of sun exposure, clears of impurities and leaves your skin looking fresh and renewed.
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This therapeutic Papaya Peel combines a powerful yet gentle combination of papaya puree and and additional fruit extracts from lemon, orange and apple to brighten a dull complexion and reduce hyper-keratinized cells, leaving the skin with a healthy glow. In addition contains Green tea, vitamin E and honey that helps the skin soft and hydrated. This yummy peel is appropriate for all skin types and conditions.
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VI Peel is a medical grade chemical peel that is effective against virtually every skin problem. It counteracts acne and acne scarring, uneven skin texture and tone, fine lines, wrinkles, sagging skin, age and sun spots, enlarged pores and hyper-pigmentation (including melasma). Merging the most effective peeling and anti-aging ingredients ( Retinol A, Vitamin C, TCA and Phenol). The VI peel produces dramatic results on all skin types, including African American and rosacea, and while offering a unique, synergistic blend of powerful ingredients, is one of the least aggravating chemical peels available. Suitable for the eye area, chest, hands, arms and back, the VI Peel gives a fresh beginning and newer, healthier cells to skin that has seen a few years, and prevents future damage to younger skin.


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When Shelley opened her own marketing agency, she had a lump in her throat.
It wasn't due to the normal jitters of becoming her own boss or the uncertainty that comes with running a startup. No — her anxiety was due to something far more relevant to all our work in content marketing.
Shelley, you see, is bothered by suck. She's in marketing, but referring to her own business as a "marketing agency" felt, according to her, "icky."
She told me in an email, "Marketing agencies have given themselves a bad name because of all the nonsense — farming stuff out and marking it up (which was so obvious to me, when I was on the client side), compromising quality, etc. I get it -- they are trying to scale their processes to be more profitable. But some things just aren't possible to industrialize. And most people I know who work for agencies end up hating it, which also shows in the end product."
Given that stance, Shelley wanted to know how she should approach creating content to attract clients "without devolving to 'how to do Twitter' and '4 steps to writing a value prop' cliche bullshit."
At this point, I was already mentally high-fiving her. But then she officially became my new best friend by concluding her email thusly:
"The struggle to not suck is real." (Amen!)
Shelley, I feel your pain. Every day in my work in venture capital and with startups, I'm surrounded by dozens upon dozens of blog posts written by VCs to startup founders. Most of them are self-serving, ego-driven nonsense. A lot of it is generic advice that solves the same problems over and over and over again. And a very small fraction of it is actually interesting or useful — but even that lacks any sort of personality or tone or uniqueness to cement it as one brand's and not another's.
In short, even though much of it is very smart, it's all become generic stuff for VCs to create.
In shorter: It's a hot mess.
So my advice to Shelley, in a nut-shelley: Find a unique angle on the broad, basic stuff, and cling to it like a mouse on a stick heading over Niagra Falls.
Now, I had a much longer answer to Shelley then the above, and she graciously agreed to let me publish our exchange. So here goes:
How to Figure Out Your Unique Content Angle
Disclaimer: This will get you some percent of the way there. I don't think anyone living or dead could actually write a post that offers advice about how every single writer can somehow be unique, given that we're discussing uniqueness here. That said, here's a discussion that will hopefully get you into the ballpark -- a ballpark occupied by far fewer people than "everyone in marketing doing the same generic thing."
Disclaimer #2: Keep in mind that this was me answering Shelley's specific question for her specific business, so I the exact details may not apply to you. The approach, however, should be near universal. I've also tried to add some extra explanation not found in my original email to Shelley.
Okay, with disclaimers out of the way...
1) Determine who you're trying to serve as clients.
Let's go with product managers since you mentioned that. These are deep thinkers who probably believe firmly in the power of a great product, not necessarily marketing — they may not even buy into the need for marketing.
2) Determine your unique point of view of your clients' reality and how marketing relates to it.
You didn't start an agency to simply be "yet another agency," right? So think about why you felt uniquely qualified to help your clients. What unique point of view or advantage or skills or approach are you offering?
Here's where creativity matters. This part's fun.
Taking the product manager role as the example, combine your knowledge/interactions with PMs with your beliefs to land on any number of angles. Let's take one as an example:
"We believe marketing is about getting GREAT products into the world, not sneak-selling or over-promising."
This can lead to lots of related thoughts and content:
- Directly speaking to the audience through ideas like "The Product Manager's Guide to Great Marketing" or "How Product Managers Can Better Work with Marketing"
- Helping educate product leaders and operators around the value of marketing in the first place.
- Taking strong stances like, "You Focus on Great Products; We'll Focus on Great Marketing"
- Going WAY deep into the idea of "content as a product." The marketing world loves to say this, but nobody has really examined it from all angles or proposed how exactly that's the case beyond an article or essay or two. You could OWN this.
- You can even make it the agency's mission to battle terrible products being over-marketed by doing campaign "takedowns" (critiques) when the product is weak or by praising companies with great products and marketing.
3) With those 2 things in hand, craft 1 simple story.
This will be the foundational narrative you use in EVERY piece of content and marketing touchpoint. Sometimes it will be written explicitly, sometimes it serves as a mental filter through which can more easily and quickly decide what to write/create and how to put your angle on very common subjects like marketing tactics.
Your one simple story is just that -- simple.
Every story can be distilled into three parts:
- A status quo
- Some conflict
- A resolution.
Your product is one part of that resolution, but not all of it. And your story is delivered from the point of view of the client, not you. So, your one simple story might be:
STATUS QUO: You've built a great product. You've agonized over the design, the features, and the function. It truly does solve your customers problems or deliver exactly what they need or want.
CONFLICT: But for any great product to get found by customers today, the customer has to make sense of historic amounts of noise and bad marketing. Too often, companies spend wasteful amounts of money just to be loud, hype terrible products, over-promise false benefits, and aggressively shove features nobody wants down consumers' throats. This is NOT doing justice to your great product or your consumers, but it also prevents great products from simply "getting found" by accident.
RESOLUTION: To succeed, you need to treat marketing AS a product -- marketing that creates value, not simply hype and interruptions. By creating content, side projects, apps, resources, and by being completely transparent, honest, and customer-first in your marketing, great products can still cut through the noise and win.
Now, the goal here is to get someone nodding in agreement. It's to trigger a positive emotional reaction. The goal is also to turn off potential clients who disagree. These would take forever to convince or perhaps never close but instead just bog down your sales process.
Taking a unique angle on something is as much about saying who you WON'T work with as who you will.
The good news is, once someone agrees with your story, it becomes much easier and much more logical to sell yourself. You can get the prospect to this "Oh by the way" moment.
It's as if you say to them, "This is the story and reality we believe in. And the resolution is X. And, oh by the way, the BEST way to achieve the resolution above? The BEST way to create marketing like a product, to create value and solve problems in your marketing? Work with our agency. In an era of noise, we help great products continue to win."
Great content marketing not only takes a unique angle on what customers care about, but it turns every sell into an upsell.
Hope that helps! :) Good luck with your agency!
- Jay
PS: If you're reading this blog post, Shelley: You have the exact right mentality already and I know you're gonna KILL IT!
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For Content Marketers Bothered by Generic Junk:
Check out Unthinkable, the show for craft-driven creators who hate all the crappy content out there. The first episode drops March 2016 (i.e., SOON!)


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Bailey Arboretum sits on the former estate of Frank and Marie Louise Bailey. The property was donated to Nassau County in 1968 after Marie Louise Bailey passed away and has been under the care of the Friends of Bailey Arboretum since 2006.
Frank Bailey was the son of a physician and an amateur botanist was born in 1865 in Chatham NY. He attended Union College and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and started his career with the Title Guarantee Trust Company in Brooklyn NY doing Clerical work.
In 1911 Frank Bailey purchased his summer retreat, a one hundred year old house later called Munnysunk along with 40 plus acres in Locust Valley NY. Frank Bailey was a remarkable man, who overcame life's obstacles to find wealth, health, happiness and to leave a living legacy. Frank Bailey was a self-taught horticulturalist and a true experimental scientist, creating one of America's first private garden museums, a site for professional and amateur gardeners from around the world.


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Discovery leads to Chantry link with school in France
School pupils in Morpeth have said bonjour to youngsters in France after a historical link was discovered.
In the course of researching a book that went on to be published earlier this year, Bridget Gubbins was trying to find out the specific place of origin of the de Merlay family in Normandy.
Morpeth became a place of great importance soon after the Norman invasion in 1066 when the barony was granted to William de Merlay by William the Conqueror. The former was one of the king's followers.
Bridget and her sister visited one of the locations of interest – Le Merlerault – in summer 2014 and they met the Mayor of the village.
They exchanged contact details and after returning home, Bridget was able to verify that William de Merlay grew up in Le Merlerault.
The Mayor was keen to establish a link with young people in Morpeth and after staff at both schools were put in touch with each other, they have arranged for groups of pupils from École Ernest Millet near the village and Chantry Middle School and Technology College to become pen friends.
Bridget said: "I'm very pleased that there is a connection between the two schools because there is a fundamental historical link between Morpeth and Le Merlerault.
"I also correspond with Pascale Bolin, whose grandson attends École Ernest Millet, and she told me that he was thrilled to receive a letter in French from a Morpeth pupil and the class are writing back to their English counterparts."
The Chantry students, who are in Year 7, enjoyed writing their initial letters.
Emily Evans said: "I am looking forward to finding out all about my pen friend Lorine and to see whether she is interested in the same things that I am."
"We put a few gifts in with the letters and I also included a Pog in mine, which is maybe something that Loane hasn't played before," said Cole Thompson.
For the full story of how Bridget discovered the historical link with Le Merlerault, you can get a copy of Juliana and Ranulph of Morpeth Castle. Ranulph was the son of William de Merlay.
It is available at local bookshops and the Chantry building in Bridge Street. Alternatively, you can call the author on 01670 515790.


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Kosmonavt Reissue Sale
Sale Information and FAQs
Well, the seKKret is out. Back in February, Kudos reached out to Booper asking about a possible reissue of Kosmonavt. Aftermarket prices were through the roof and we were determined to change that. While Koala-T toiled away at Meowcaps, Kudos began prototyping for Kosmo. A revised skull and other minor adjustments were made to breathe life back into this classic.
July 5th – July 7th : Raffle entry form will open up at 2pm (PST) on July 5th . To accommodate international fans and those who are travelling, the form will stay live until 6pm (PST) on July 7th.
July 8th : Due to increased demand, we anticipate a higher volume of entries. As such, we will be spending quite some time sending out Paypal invoices throughout the day.
Orders will be sent out with 5-10 business days once invoices have been paid.
Please see our General FAQ page here
Q: What is a Kosmonavt?
A: Kosmonavt is the brainchild of Booper and KeyKollectiv. As huge fans of her work, Kudos and Koala-T reached out to Booper last year to discuss a collaboration project. Our mutual love of space exploration made Booper's masterpiece, Cosmonaut, a natural choice. Using this sculpt, KeyKollectiv applied their encapsulation method to create Kosmonavt.
You can read more about the origins of Kosmonavt below:
Q: Why reissue Kosmonavt?
A: Kosmonavt was well received during its initial release. Unfortunately, due to the limited supply, aftermarket prices soared astronomically. We decided that a reissue would help curb inflated costs as well as making Kosmonavt available to new and old fans alike.
Q: What format will the Kosmonavt reissue be?
A: They will be available in both MX and Topre format. Please note that due to current trends in stem preferences, the number of Topre Kosmonavts will be very low.
Q: Why is the price higher than other KeyKollectiv artisans?
A: Kosmonavt is a collaborative project that involves the efforts of both Booper and KeyKollectiv. Also, the process of creating one requires multiple molds and takes considerable time to produce. Between the logistics of coordinating a joint project of this scale and high failure rates, the price has been increased accordingly.
Q: Are there any limits to how many I can buy?
A: Because of low yields and higher projected entries, the chances of winning will likely be much lower than usual. After much deliberation, we have decided to enforce a ONE cap limit per person. From a logistics standpoint, it would mean a lot more work for us but we feel it may help alleviate low distribution rates.
Q: What happens if I win a spot in the sale but the caps I want aren't available?
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So, sometimes I come across a sim that just MUST be called out for its beauty. I visited Blue Lotus Okiya – Renge Koyama, Renge Koyama (207, 130, 62) recently, and found it to be, beautiful, tranquil and elegant. In other words, perfect. I enjoyed exploring the sim, there are a few shops there too, but I was busy taking pics so I didn't shop too much. A few things about what I'm wearing. The top is at Collabor88 from Fishy Strawberry. The shoes are from Pure Poison, and represent not only adorable shoes, but an excellent value, as they come with a HUD so you get 6 colors! The bag is from David Heather. It's a FREE gift in the lobby of the store (which I found thru FLF). I was looking for a striking bag in that color, so I was particularly tickled. All in all the outfit works for me! As always, credits below the pics.
Hair – +elua+ "Noah"
Skin – Lara Hurley "Elea Natural" and "Elea Pink/Dark Tan Lips"
Eyebrows – Nox "Olivia Brow"
Eye Lashes – Petticoat Lane "doe eyed lashes" and La Slyphide "Natural Prim Lashes" (Vintage)
Eyes – Shine "Pewter"
Jewelry – Dark Mouse "les etoiles brillent"
Top – Fishy Strawberry – "Peplum Sleeveless"
Pants – Ison – "Nova Zipper"
Shoes – Pure Poison – "Sandra Sandals"
Bag – David Heather – "Frang Bag"
Hands & Feet – Slink "Casual Hands & Mid High Feet"


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Cape Breton University Honours Academic All-Canadians
Posted on December 2, 2010
Top CBU student-athletes were honoured today at the annual Academic All-Canadian Luncheon.
A CBU record of 22 varsity athletes were recognized in the presence of peers and professors for their academic accomplishments according to standards set by the national university sport authority, Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS).
To qualify as an academic all-Canadian, a student-athlete must maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 80 per cent or better over the academic year, while competing in a varsity sport. All five of CBU's varsity teams were represented in the awards ceremony, showcasing the breadth of academic success exhibited by CAPERS' student-athletes. The women's soccer team led CBU's varsity pack with seven academic all-Canadians from the 2009-10 roster.
"We are very proud of our student athletes for their all around achievements," says Athletic Director John Ryan. "Being a student athlete is very demanding and to achieve excellence in both academics and athletics speaks well for their talents and determination."
Being honoured with the Academic All-Canadian awards for the 2009-10 academic year are: Al Alilovic, BA and Mark McGarrigle, BBA of the men's basketball team. Greg White, BEd, Gregg Whitting, BBA, Yianni Harbis, BBA and Ryan Lewars, BACS, of the men's soccer team, Kari Everett, BSc, Karmen Brown, BACS, Nicole Works, BBA, Brittany Morrison, BA, Jelena Vujovic, BBA and Katie McGarrigle, BBA, of the women's basketball team and Sam Sanders, BBA, Hilary Cummings, BSc and Janine Muise, BScN of the women's volleyball team.
The CAPERS' women's soccer team contributes an impressive seven Academic All-Canadian student athletes for the 2009-10 academic year, up from one in 2008-09. Mara Kremenovic, BSc, Alyssa Kavanaugh, BSc, Kyla Cunningham, BBA, Sabina Solymar, BA, Heather Marsh, BScN and Nicholle Morrison, BSc are all being recognized for their efforts in the classroom.
"These fine young men and women exemplify the ideals paramount in our CAPERS athletic philosophy. We believe university sports allow student athletes to develop to their greatest potential as they experience the challenges and rewards of a quality academic and athletic program," adds Ryan.
The student athlete must have also been a member of the Cape Breton University's Canadian Interuniversity Sport varsity team(s) and have used a year of eligibility for that sport.


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A few months ago I wrote an essay for an upcoming exhibition at Northeastern Illinois University, titled Material Matters. The exhibition includes Tim Bergstrom, Samantha Bittman, Daniel Bruttig, Kristin Haas, Matt Irie and Scott Wolniak, and opens this Monday, August 25th. Here's an excerpt of the essay included in the catalog, available at the gallery.
The artists in Material Matters belong to the contemporary field of painters who find the medium open enough to sustain their creativity and express their interests. Painting is still, for the most part, a game of surface and materials, and these artists take dramatically different directions in both, by blending concepts from other mediums, experimenting with processes and the physicality of paint, and testing the visual opportunities presented by ordinary objects and nontraditional materials. Like all artists in today's contemporary art world, they try to do what all artists do: produce works that prove their place, and earn our attention, by compelling us at the level of sight, presence, and thought.


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Aims to learn that Abraham was a man who really trusted God
* To learn that Abraham was a man who really trusted God
* To learn that God always keeps his promises
The Beginner's Bible
Visual aids: pictures from the story
Worksheet – God's promise to Abraham
Material for worksheets – star stickers, black paper, glue scissors, white pencils
Materials for stargazing tube – cardboard tube, construction paper, aluminium foil, stars or glitter
Key names: Abraham, Sarah, Lot, Isaac
Memory verse – "Count the stars. That's how many descendants you will have!" Genesis 15:5
Lesson Outline
1. Introduction
2. Tell the story
3. Discussion
4. Activities – action game, retell the story, memory game, add stars to picture, stargazing tube
5. Review the aims
6. Prayer
1) Introduction
* How would your feel if your family had to leave your home and live in a new place? Would you like to leave? Would you miss your friends and all the people you know.
* Today's story is about a man called Abraham and what happened when God told him to leave his home.
2) Tell the story
Abraham loved God. So did his wife Sarah. One day, God told Abraham to move to a new land. So along with their helpers, Abraham and Sarah packed up and went. Abraham's nephew was called Lot. Lot and all his helpers went with them too. The helpers began to fight. There was not enough grass for all the animals. So Abraham said to Lot, "You pick your own land to live on." Lot chose the best land. It had the most green grass and the most water for his animals. Lot moved to his new home. Then God gave Abraham a blessing. God said, "All the land you see here will be yours forever. Also, you and Sarah will be blessed with as many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren as there are stars in the sky." God led Abraham and Sarah to a place called Hebron. It was beautiful
One hot day Abraham was resting near his tent. He heard footsteps. Three men were standing nearby. Abraham went out to greet them. " Would you like to rest in the shade? We have plenty of cool water to drink. Can I get you something to eat?" Abraham told Sarah about the visitors. He asked her to make a tasty meal. While they were eating the three visitors shared some exciting news. They said, "You're wife is going to have a son." Sarah heard what they said. She laughed, thinking, I am too old. God asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh? Anything is possible with the Lord." Sure enough,the next year, Sarah had a baby boy. They named him Isaac.
3) Discussion
* What did God ask Abraham to do? – Leave his home
* Did Abraham do what God said? – Yes
* Who went with Abraham? – Sarah, Lot, their helpers
* Why did the Abraham's and Lot's helpers fight? – There wasn't enough grass for their animals
* What did God promise Abraham?
* What did the three visitors promise Abraham and Sarah? – a baby son
*Why didn't Sarah believe them? – She was old
*What was the name of the baby? – Isaac
*Did God keep His promises?
although it doesn't say so in the story, God gave them a land called Canaan they did have as many descendants as there are stars and Sarah did have a baby boy
* Did Abraham trust God and do as He said?
Even though Abraham didn't know where to go when he left his home, he trusted God. Because of this, God blessed him in many ways
* What can we learn from the story?
We can trust God, because he will always keep His promises. This is true today as at the time of Abraham. For children this also means trusting our parents and doing as they say even if we don't understand why. When we do that God will bless us and help us in many ways.
4) Activities
*Action Game – Abraham Goes to the promised land
*Retell the story – Put picture cards in the correct order and retell the story in your own words
*Memory game – using the picture cards
*Picture – add stars to the night sky
*Abraham Stargazing tube
5) Review the lesson aims
*To learn that Abraham was a man who really trusted God
*To learn that God always keeps his promises
6) Prayer
* Say a prayer to thank God for Abraham who trusted God. Because of that, God blessed him in many ways. Let us learn from Abraham the importance of trusting God in our own family. Thank God that He wants the best for us and He always keeps His promises.


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My visit to TKD aka The Knicker Drawer on Monday was a complete learning curve. I mean, who would have thought I still had so much to learn about an item of clothing I've worn almost every day of my adult life? But thanks to Store Manager Bridgit, I left the A'ali Mall lingerie store fully fitted out – as well as lifted, separated AND schooled.
And here is Bridgit's advice for choosing and caring for your bras…
How to buy your bra
- Don't rely on a tape measure when being fitted, for the perfect fit try on the actual bra instead.
- 80% of your bra's support comes from the back band, so it needs to fit firmly.
- The shoulder straps should lift you, but don't give much support, so there's no need for them to be too tight. You should be able to fit one finger under the straps comfortably.
- The underwire should sit flat against your body – under the arms, as well as under and between the breasts.
- A bra that fits well will make your body and boosies ☹ look smaller. It will also lift the girls off the waistline and enhance your silhouette.
- Darker-coloured bras are smaller than lighter-coloured bras as the dye shrinks the fabric, so don't buy both in the same size without first trying them on.
- Strapless bras need to have a thick band for support, and be extra firm around the body to stay up properly.
- Bra shopping is all about comfort and confidence. There's no use buying an expensive bra that just sits in your knicker drawer.
Putting your bra on
- Resist the urge to twist and swivel! Hooking up your bra at the front and spinning it around to the back shifts the underwire. Instead put your bra on with cups at the front, and reach back to do it up.
Washing your bra
- Always hand wash your bras. Machine washing twists the the underwire, even if washed in a bra bag.
Bridgit sent me home with two beautiful new bras – a super smooth the-only-thing-to-bounce-is-the-ball Panache Sports in grey and lilac, and a Cleo Strapless that doesn't flatten the girls. Both super-comfy, and supportive. Exactly as all of our bras should be, but often aren't.


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EONS 7th Spring Congress
The 7th EONS Spring Congress took place in The Hague, The Netherlands from 15-16 April 2010.
+ Download programme and abstracts
These pictures will give you a flavour of what took place.
The welcome word from Mrs Marieke Schreuder-Cats, President of the V&Vn
Mrs Beate Senn receives the EONS Novice Research Award 2010
The Conference Dinner
Making contacts and networking
The EONS Board after the General Meeting
EONS-ONS cooperation on the Leadership Workshop with Dr Mary Gullatte, Dr Sultan Kav, EONS President and Mrs Brenda Nevidjon, ONS President
The EONS stand
EONS President Sultan Kav receives the ONS Award from the ONS President Mrs Brenda Nevidjon and Mrs Paula Rieger, ONS Executive Officer
Dr Mary Gullatte during the EONS-ONS Leadership Workshop.jpg
Instructional session with Dr Mary Wells, Prof Emma Ream, Dr Debbie Fenlon and Mrs Ellen Verschuur
Mrs Kay Leonard presents the Febrile Neutropenia project results
A motivated and highly interested audience
It gets busy at the poster stands
Dr Petra Riemer-Hommel during the EONS 7 Spring Convention opening session
The EONS 7 Scientific Committee
Further information
We are pleased to announce the following award winners for the EONS 7 Spring Convention:
Awards for societies:
Ingrid Bruyns, Belgium
Patrick Crombez, Belgium
Daniela Simova, Bulgaria
Pilvi Suur, Estonia
Periklis Dedousis, Greece
Olive Gallagher, Ireland
Geraldine Feehan, Ireland
Roberto Quarisa, Italy
Ausra Raudonyte, Lithuania
Anne Boerboom, the Netherlands
Carin Hermens, the Netherlands
Lurdes Borges Teixeira, Portugal
Anabela Fereira Gama, Portugal
Ana Istenic, Slovenia
Bostjan Zavratnik, Slovenia
Nadja Rystedt, Sweden
Diana Linden, Sweden
Geert Van Driesche, Switzerland
Anita Fumasoli, Switzerland
Kiymet Akgedik, Turkey
Aysegul Koc, Turkey
Individual members awards:
Awada Fouad, Belgium
Andreas Charalambous, Cyprus
Burkhard Lebert, Germany
Margaret Houston, Ireland
Margaret Deasy, Ireland
Yvonne Hanhauser, Ireland
Nanette Azzopardi,Malta
Helen Limborg Meijer, the Netherlands
Esther Ordonez, Spain
Manuela Eicher, Switzerland
Gordon McGhee, UK
Sevinc Kutluturkan, Turkey
Ziyafet Ugurlu, Turkey
Recognition awards:
Bente Thoft Jensen, Denmark
Danuta Lichosik,Italy
Malin Lövgren, Sweden
Nurgün Platin, Turkey
Jane Cockle Hearne, UK
Joy Notter, UK
Our sincere thanks go to Amgen and Pfizer for supporting these awards.


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NCAA Tournament Tidbits 03.18.12 EditionPosted by Brian Goodman on March 18th, 2012
The NCAA Tournament is here and there's more news, commentary and analysis than any of us can possibly keep up with. To make things a little easier, we'll bring you a list of daily links gathered about teams in each of the four regions all the way through the Final Four.
West Region
- As if his play wasn't enough to win fans over, everyone seems to cling to Draymond Green's outgoing personality. Green's leadership has been one of the keys to Michigan State's terrific season.
- Saint Louis' Brian Conklin has learned to keep his confidence up even when he turns the ball over.
- Louisville is riding high, now having won six straight games after a sluggish finish to the regular season.
- As Marquette advances, the Golden Eagles will need more consistent contributions from Junior Cadougan and Todd Mayo.
- All it took from Kyle O'Quinn to embrace basketball was a little motivation from his high school coach before his senior season.
South Region
- Kentucky head coach John Calipari has never won a national championship. After the Wildcats thrashed Iowa State 87-71 on Saturday night, speculation continued that this might be the year Calipari earns his first title.
- There are many reasons for Indiana's rebirth to relevancy in college basketball. However, there might not be a reason bigger than having the services of freshman forward Cody Zeller.
- With VCU's loss to Indiana on Saturday night, the clock has begun to tick on the Shaka Smart watch, as schools such as Illinois will be looking to acquire his services.
- Loaded with talent and potential first round NBA selections, Baylor got a lift from an unlikely source in guard Brady Heslip in the Bears' 80-63 victory over Colorado on Saturday night. Heslip nailed nine three-pointers en route to finishing with 27 points.
- Xavier forward Andre Walker is expected to play against Lehigh on Sunday. Walker missed the last six minutes of the Musketeers' victory over Notre Dame on Friday after taking an inadvertent elbow to the face.
Midwest Region
- John Henson's availability is a game-time decision for North Carolina's third round game against Creighton. Henson is still recovering from a sprained left wrist suffered in the ACC Tournament.
- In a matchup of teams that pulled upsets in their first games, Ohio meets South Florida this afternoon. While both teams are light on postseason success, it's no stranger to the respective coaches.
- Purdue hasn't had success against high-caliber forwards, so the Boilermakers will have a big obstacle to conquer in Thomas Robinson.
- N.C. State is tasked with standing up to Georgetown's meticulous offense. Facing slower styles over the last two seasons, the Wolfpack hasn't won easily.
- Some notes on Kansas as it gets set to take the court against Purdue. Tyshawn Taylor has been battling dehydration and cramps, but is expected to play tonight.
East Region
- Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim has won nearly 900 games and a national championship, but it can be argued that the Hall of Fame coach is currently working on his best coaching job yet.
- Wisconsin guard Josh Gasser was battling the flu throughout the day Saturday, but that did not stop him from locking down on Vanderbilt guard John Jenkins. Gasser and company held Jenkins to just 13 points, seven below his average.
- Neither team may not utilize the prettiest style of basketball, but both Cincinnati and Florida State rely on defense to win basketball games. Expect Sunday night's game between the two teams to be gritty and hard-fought.
- Kansas State senior forward Jamar Samuels was held out of the Wildcats' second round loss to Syracuse on Saturday due to concerns about his eligibility. After the loss, two sources within Kansas State's athletic department confirmed Samuels was held out due to an issue stemming from a $200 wire transfer set to the forward by his former AAU coach, Curtis Malone.
- Ohio State point guard Aaron Craft's offensive explosion played a key role in the Buckeyes' victory over Gonzaga on Saturday. Craft scored 17 points and recorded a season-high 10 assists. The sophomore's first career double-double played a crucial role in allowing the Buckeyes to advance to their third straight Sweet 16.


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