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The day finally arrived. The day many had hoped to see for decades.
The day finally arrived. The day many had hoped to see for decades.
University of the Pacific will leave the Big West Conference after the 2012-13 academic year and rejoin the West Coast Conference in the 2013-14 academic year. Pacific President Pamela Eibeck, Athletics Director Ted Leland and Brother Ron Gallagher, president of Saint Mary's College and chairman of the WCC Presidents Council, were among the officials who made the announcement at a news conference Wednesday attended by about 500 at the Janssen-Lagorio Multipurpose Gymnasium.
This is a huge development for Pacific athletics - dare it be said, the most significant in the program's recent history.
And it could not have come at a better time.
By joining the WCC, Pacific will be aligned with like-sized, private universities that share similar academic standards, have religious-based origins and are grouped geographically. Best of all for area sports fans, the Tigers will welcome men's basketball stalwarts Gonzaga University and Brigham Young University each year to Stockton and rekindle rivalries with Santa Clara University, the University of San Francisco and Saint Mary's College. Even the other universities in the WCC - the University of San Diego, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine and the University of Portland - are more attractive opponents than most in the Big West.
Stockton is an event-oriented city, and when Gonzaga and BYU come to town, it will be an event. When Big West teams such as California State University, Northridge, or University of California, Riverside, come to town, with all due respect, not many fans seem to care. Gonzaga and BYU have long been regular participants in the NCAA Tournament. WCC members Saint Mary's and San Diego have had tournament success, and the Bay Area universities will draw fans who remember the good ol' days and new fans will get caught up as those rivalries redevelop.
Pacific will receive more NCAA men's basketball tournament revenue as a member of the WCC, which regularly has multiple entrants, unlike the "one-bid" Big West. And the Tigers will receive more exposure as a member of the WCC, which has a television contract with ESPN and is working to secure deals with regional cable operators.
Joining the WCC is the shot in the arm Pacific athletics desperately needs, as the program has struggled across the board in recent years, with the exception of softball, which won its first Big West title last season, and fan interest has waned.
Pacific's coaches are aware they must step up their game if they are to compete in the WCC.
"It will help us with recruiting across the board," Pacific women's basketball coach Lynne Roberts said. "We're all going to have to pick it up. It's a good kind of challenge. It's an exciting challenge."
While Pacific's administration harbors nothing ill toward the Big West, its home for 42 years, their affiliation has been cumbersome. Pacific has been the Big West's only private university and its smallest institution since it left the WCC in 1969, a move dictated by football. After Pacific suspended football in 1995, it hasn't kept secret its desire to rejoin the WCC. But for years, the WCC showed no interest in adding Pacific because there wasn't another like-sized, like-minded private institution that could come on board as a 10th member to give the conference an even number of teams. Everything changed when BYU was admitted as the WCC's ninth member in 2011. Then, the WCC began to look for a 10th member to aid scheduling.
Pacific was its choice.
"It became fairly clear fairly early with our executive council it would be better to have 10 schools, and that was the right number for us," WCC Commissioner Jamie Zaninovich said. "At that point, we had done our work and we sort of knew who the candidates were, and Pacific rose to the top fairly quickly in that analysis."
Though it made sense to the WCC to add Pacific, were it not for Eibeck's and Leland's vision and determination, this might not have happened. Eibeck identified athletics as a major component in her "Beyond Our Gates" program and has said many times that, "We can think of athletics as our front door to the community." Among her moves after succeeding Don DeRosa in 2009 was to add athletics director to Leland's title in 2011. Leland, a Pacific alum and the athletics director at Stanford from 1991-2005, returned to Pacific in 2005 as vice president of university advancement. Eibeck also lobbied the WCC's presidents, opened dialogue, and Leland used his many connections to help make this happen.
"You have to have someone who believes it," said Pacific alumnus Bob Thomason, who recently completed his 24th season as the Tigers' men's basketball coach. "You have to work at it, and they both did an unbelievable job. Just because it's a natural fit doesn't mean it will happen. We can come together and make this a perfect thing. This will bring a lot of energy to the university and the community."
This is a huge deal for Pacific athletics. Bigger than the 49ers coming to Stockton, bigger than Pacific alumnus Michael Olowakandi being the first pick in the 1998 NBA draft, bigger than all of that. And it's something that will benefit the university and Stockton for years to come.
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Some babies come with a loaf of bread under their arm, and some are more glamorous and come with a gemstone necklace.
Molly Clarke, the designer & maker behind Rock That Gem, is gearing up to welcome her first baby in just a few weeks – we are so very excited for her! The shop will be closing up this Sunday for a few months, but before then, you can nab some gorgeous pieces at a 15% discount. Just use the code ROCKTHATBABY at checkout! Here are a few of our favorite pieces, perfect for Spring:
Natural Corundum (Sapphire) Grey and Brown Double Drop Earrings – in love with these colors.
Raw Black Tourmaline Bar Necklace – a clean and elegant piece that you can dress up or down.
Amazonite Oval Stackable Ring – such a fresh and happy pop of color.
Agate Geode Keychain – these are surprisingly popular with kids, my 9-year-old has one and it's up there with his most prized possessions.
Green Onyx Progress Stitch Marker – because knitters and crocheters are fancy too.
Labradorite Freeform Necklace – heart-eyes emoji for days…
Real Kale 24K Gold Pendant Necklace – one of RTG's most popular pieces, 100% good for you.
Head over to rockthatgem.shop for more styles! Use the code ROCKTHATBABY for 15% off thru Sunday, Feb 25th.

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Electrician, Industrial
An industrial electrician is a skilled individual who must possess fundamental and specialized knowledge and skills related to the installation and maintenance of electrical devices and components found in industrial settings. Industrial electricians inspect, install, troubleshoot, repair and service electrical equipment such as motors, generators, pumps, heavy duty machines, illumination systems, environmental regulating systems, communication systems; and associated electrical and electronic controls. They are employed by maintenance departments of factories, plants, mines, shipyards, oil and gas rigs, plus other industrial enterprises.
These programs are offered to indentured industrial electrical apprentices. Industrial electrical apprentices are required to attend in-school technical training 10 weeks per year over a four-year period.
This program requires that apprentices complete:
- A set of core knowledge competency standards of technical training and,
- Complete a set of core workplace competency standards for each level of the apprenticeship.
The apprentice will have to provide evidence to a certified assessor to prove competence for the core workplace competency standards. The completion of competency standards will be tracked by the use of a logbook provided for the apprentice and maintained by the apprentice for all four levels of the apprenticeship.
NOTE: Due to the fact that the fourth-year material is intensive and demands a full agenda, a review exam of basic theory that was covered in the first three years will be given on the first day of this course and will be worth five percent of the total mark. This will require each student to review former training material in order to be ready for the fourth year level.
Apprentices should also register with the ITA if they do not have a trade worker ID number. They can download the Apprentice and Sponsor Registration Form and fax it to the Industry Training Authority.
Electrical apprentices must pay tuition and purchase the appropriate government published texts and required TRU lab manuals and worksheet packages. Students must have a current edition of the Canadian Electrical Code book.
Required textbooks for third and fourth year
- Technician's Guide to Programmable Controllers by Richard A. Cox and Terry Borden, Delmar Publishers
- Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1 (latest edition), by Canadian Standards Association
Suggested textbooks
- Alternating Current Fundamentals, by John R. Duff and Stephen L. Herman, Delmar Publishers
- Direct Current Fundamentals, Orla E. Loper and Edgar Tedsen; Delmar Publishers
- Fundamentals of Programmable Logic Controllers, Sensors, and Communications by Jon Stenerson (2004) ISBN: 0-13-061890-x
- Electronic Variable Speed Drives, Michael E. Brumbach, Delmar Publishers
- Fire Alarm Systems – A Reference Manual, by Canadian Fire Alarm Association, Prosafe Publications Ltd.


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JUVÉDERM® is a special type of dermal filler used at Manhattan Aesthetics to restore the youthful appearance of your skin. It works by smoothing out wrinkles, lines, and folds, and restoring the fullness of your face. It contains hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring hydrating factor that helps restore volume, as well as an anesthetic to ensure that your treatment is comfortable.
JUVÉDERM is injected deep into the skin as a gel to reduce the tired aged appeared created by fine lines and wrinkles. You should see results of your treatment shortly after your practitioner has finished, and the results can last for up to a year.
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13 October 2016. We have mixed feelings about our impending departure. Many reasons we will miss our life in Italy yet in some ways we can hardly wait to get our butts on the plane. (See Missing the U.S.A.) We have a lot of little errands to do before we move back to Oregon, but most of them cannot be done until the final few days before we fly. So in fact, we have very little left to do until October 24. It's not like we are packing up the whole household so why not take 10 days in Switzerland?
The Bernese Oberland of Switzerland is one of our two favorite places to visit and to hike, the other being Italy's Val Gardena. After our glorious month in Ortisei in July, we thought a compare-and-contrast trip to the Bernese Oberland — specifically the Lauterbrunnen Valley — was in order.
Last year we came at the very end of September and encountered eight days of Chamber-of-Commerce weather. This year, we are a bit later and the villages are definitely napping between the intense periods of summer tourists and winter skiers. Days alternate between sunny and clear and overcast. Supposedly tomorrow it will rain, but we've had some terrific hikes and it should be nice enough on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday to hike again. This is our fourth trip to the area and proves once again that repeat visits are advantageous. With a base of familiarity, we are free to discover new facets of the region. Being here in almost-off-season gives more insight into local life and there are fewer tourist groups packing the trains and lifts. Click on any image below for a better view.
We now have a favorite apartment here, at Ey-Hus. Owner James Graham (email@example.com) said I could share his contact information with you if anyone is interested. Two bedrooms, one with twin beds, one bath, small kitchen, nice big lounge, a view onto the waterfall and up to the mountains. The neighbors are grazing cows with their melodic Swiss bells. There's a laundry, too, and a bus stop nearby allows one to easily travel the 1 kilometer to-and-from the train station with luggage or when one just does not feel like walking. As most of you know, we avoid cars when possible and this is the perfect place for a car-free holiday, with mountain trains and gondolas that go everywhere. Renting an apartment and cooking most meals is a real budget saver in pricey Switzerland. James' apartment even has a slow cooker so we can queue up dinner to cook while we hike.
The Val Gardena and our beloved Ortisei is less expensive, especially for food, and frankly, the restaurant choices are superior in the Val Gardena, but we don't really visit either area for the cuisine. We come for the hiking and the scenery. And for the mountain transportation.
The Lauterbrunnen Valley has an incredible network of trains and lifts. It is thrilling to soar to the top of the Schilthorn and to chug all the way to the Top of Europe, the Jungfraujoch! It is also a delight to simply walk the easy hiking paths past the magnificent Eiger, Monch, and Jungfrau, whether in sun or in snow. By comparison, the Val Gardena offers hiking in high meadows as well as along rocky ridges, and it has the rifugi that we love. In Switzerland, there are few places to refuel along the trail. There are restaurants at the lift stations, but few-and-far-between are rest stops to hike to for a meal or a bathroom.
Like trying to decide which child is your favorite, I cannot choose between Ortisei and Lauterbrunnen and what each region has to offer. I love them both. For those looking for a unique European getaway, spend 4 or 5 nights each in Ortisei and Lauterbrunnen. The U.S. has nothing like this. Contemplate what it might be like to visit the North Cascades or the Rocky Mountains if served by transportation systems like in Europe, as well as rifugi where you can eat good food, drink great coffee, possibly sleep, and always find a toilet when you need one.


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Welcome to my blog. I document my adventures in travel, style, and food. Hope you have a nice stay!
When my husband and I said our "I dos" we had plans to travel the world. Unexpectedly, our plans changed (so we thought) because we were expecting a baby! We put our dreams to explore the world together aside, for parenting and stability until we gave family travel a try. We researched many ways to travel on a budget as a family, and enjoy the best of both worlds.
My mission is to inspire others to explore the world together and expose their children along the way. We share our personal stories, photos and advice. So you'll get the highs and the lows, lessons learned and the surprises. I'll share tips about locations, excursions, food, safety, budgets and more. Please follow, comment, and share with others. Hope you enjoy!


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Which Material is Best for your New Kitchen Floor?/
It's all happening in the kitchen. From cooking to cleaning, dining to entertaining, homework, and more, this space see a lot of activity! Your kitchen design must be not only stylish but meet the practical requirements of such a busy space. The layout, storage capability, and durability of the materials you use are all key considerations.
What bears the brunt of all this traffic in your kitchen? The kitchen floor does, and the material you select plays a central role in pulling together your kitchen renovation style. It also must be able to withstand constant foot traffic, grease splatters, food spills, and heavy things being dropped on it.
As you are shopping for kitchen cabinets, countertop materials, and tiles, remember to carefully consider the best floor material for your requirements. Think about the wear and tear you anticipate in your own kitchen and how your chosen material will stand up to this, not to mention how easy your new floor will be to clean and maintain over the years.
There are many options available for your kitchen floor, each with its own unique look. Here are five common kitchen flooring materials:
Stone is generally a hard wearing, durable surface that is easy to clean and maintain, though this may depend on the particular type you select. Some stone like slate can be more prone to chipping for example, and some stone is less impervious to stains and requires regular sealing.
Typical stone materials include limestone, travertine, and slate. As a natural material, stone gives your kitchen floor a unique appearance since there are naturally occurring color and pattern variations. Be careful when selecting your batch of stone, and review their appearance and how they match up to each other. Stone is a naturally cool material, so you may want to consider radiant underfloor heating if you live in a colder climate.
Tiles come in a variety of materials such as porcelain or ceramic, like the kitchen design pictured here, each with its own unique appearance. Tiles are even available in a wood effect with the look of wood floors in an easier to maintain material. Tiles can be found in a wide range of shapes and sizes to create patterns to suit your individual tastes.
In general tile tends to be low maintenance and easy to clean. Pay attention to the maintenance requirements of the particular tile that you are considering and also remember that grout is essential to the appearance and ongoing care of your tile floor.
Wood is a popular choice for flooring as it gives a high end appearance and offers a warm, welcoming look for your space. Wood can be found in an array of finishes like the kitchen remodeling projects pictured below, to give a more rustic or sophisticated look and to compliment kitchen cabinet finishes.
Although it is a popular choice, wood can be a tricky option for kitchen flooring as it must be properly maintained in order to protect it from moisture and scratching. You can combat this by treating the wood and refinishing it over time.
Vinyl flooring is not what it used to be! It now comes in a wide range of styles and finishes that mimic wood, stone, ceramic tile, and more. It is highly water resistant and therefore perfect for areas prone to moisture. It is generally easy to install one of the most inexpensive materials available. It is not as hard wearing and long lasting as the higher end materials it imitates, as it can tear, scratch, or fade much more easily.
While vinyl is a man-made material, linoleum is an all-natural surface derived from linseed oil, resins, and other materials. It is a highly versatile option for kitchen flooring, as you can find it in almost any color and it can be cut to form unique patterns to suit your own style and space. It does not last as long as other materials, but in general tends to be an affordable and easy to maintain option for a kitchen floor.
Other options include laminate wood, bamboo, concrete, cork, carpet and much more. Do your research into the durability, style, color options, and cost to help you find the right floor material for your space. Our kitchen design gallery will give you more ideas to explore, or talk to your kitchen remodeling expert for more advice.


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WKLA oldies is a radio station located in Ludington, MI. The station broadcasts on 1450 AM, 107.9 FM in Manistee, MI and 92.7 FM in Ludington, MI. It is owned and operated by Synergy Broadcast Group.
Tune in Monday through Friday at 6:55AM, 7:55AM, 11:55AM, and 4:55PM for all the local news with Steve Ruba.


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After an event that causes water damage in your home, not only would the floors be affected, but often the walls are as well.
A small amount of water can cause considerable damage to your home.
In a water damage event, it's essential to quickly remove the water and dry your property.
Biohazard cleanup is a service provided by many disaster restoration companies.
When it comes to homeowners insurance, there could be a lot of confusion and misconceptions.
Mold is often visible on walls and ceilings, but it can also hide in your AC ducts.


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We have been busy on the land and Puerta a la Vida's construction has commenced with great success! We're currently working on our pool, making ongoing upgrades to the Community Center, installing a beautiful bamboo entrance to the property and a state of the art professional kitchen. We're also working feverishly on expanding our Organic farm and gardens as well as a variety of other features that you will enjoy! Just in time for the first homes being built, we've implemented running water and electricity throughout the community.
In the midst of the build out, we've filled our community with exciting and transformational programing and have hosted top doctors, wellness practitioners, coaches, entrepreneurs and thought leaders for engaging and progressive events and dinners.
We have a rotating roster of in-house experts and a new way to experience Puerta a la Vida through our guest rooms and glamping retreat center. So come see what we've been up to!


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Our first week brings us to Waterville Valley NH, for our first challenge: perform a choreographed dance in public. Under careful instruction from the über talented Heather McLean, we develop our inner dancer. Learning how to, as Heather put it "emote" and "bring out our inner star", we shed our cocoon of insecurity's and spread our wings of grace.
The result: Our run in with the police became the least of this weeks problems.
Ninth State Movement Complex & Carol Ann Morrison for giving us an awesome space to learn to dance.
Our lovely backup dancers Becca Travis, Lauren LaBreck, and Fiona Barker.
Of course, our incredible instructor, Heather McLean
John Turnage and Joe from Turnage Barber Shop
And all the anonymous supporters.
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September really came in full force. I'm not talking temperature-wise (it still feels like Summer in NYC to me). I mean, in that busy-full-blown way in which you finally realize the summer is over, you have used up a lot of your vacation time, and are now trying to ration the rest of the fun activities for the year kind of way. Between work, social activities, going to the gym, and more, last week seemed totally out of control for me. And now that Summer Friday's are over, I have to wait until the night to do anything relaxing.
Luckily, Pat and I had a really low-key weekend. We had brunch with my friend, Caroline, at Dudley's (one of my all-time favorite places - you *must* get fries if you go!), went to the Union Square Greenmarket, the Brooklyn Book Festival and hung out with my sister. Oh, and then I went for a run and almost lost my phone in the East River, after I got too close to the edge and over-excited while taking a photo. It flipped over the edge and luckily landed on a patch of sand on the riverbank. I was almost in crisis-mode but then a very kind man jumped down and picked it up for me. Truly a life saver! I was imagining myself phone-less for the foreseeable future.
Anyways, tomorrow is Monday, which means I am preparing for bed soon. I've just started The Lying Game by Ruth Ware and I am totally addicted, so I'm looking forward to spending a relaxing evening in bed. Hope everyone else had a great weekend!
Apricot & Cream Pops
(makes 6)
- 3 lbs fresh apricots, washed, pitted and sliced
- 3 teaspoons, sour cherry jam
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 2 teaspoons honey
In a blender, puree apricots, sour cherry jam, and sugar until smooth. In a medium bowl, whisk together Greek yogurt, honey, and coconut milk until smooth.
Pour in alternating layers into popsicle molds. Freeze & enjoy.


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Ingredient and Allergen Information
ALL ingredients are vegan, most ingredients are organic or are sourced from the best quality and sustainability standards available. You can check here, on our in-store menu, or ask, and we can happily assist you on specific ingredient inquiries.
Ingredients: (100% Organic) unbleached pastry flour, soy flour, water, canola oil, Sustainable palm fruit oil, vanilla extract, flax seeds, non-GMO soy lecithin, Aluminum free baking powder, Aluminum free baking soda, kosher salt.
Other Cake Flavors and Ingredients: organic poppy seeds, organic cocoa, organic blueberries, organic spices
Toppings may contain: powdered sugar, tapioca flour*, raspberry jam*, blueberries*, coconut milk, coconut*, beet juice*, cocoa powder*, lemon juice*, lemon zest*, whole tangerines*, figs, poppy seeds*, cookies*, sprinkles, cinnamon*, pumpkin*, apples*, cherries*, orange juice concentrate*, fair trade coffee*, vanilla extract*, vanilla whole beans*. *= Organic. Other: (not available organic, but vegan) kaffir lime leaves, (vegan) bourbon.
We currently do not use nuts but some manufacturer warnings on our ingredient labels do still exist, and may claim there could be traces of nuts in their processing facilities. If you are extremely sensitive to nuts, we do not recommend consuming our product.
We do not offer gluten free donuts at this time.
Our donuts are made from scratch daily - not from a commercial mix. In 2009, our mix was officially certified organic by the USDA.
Our cake donuts contain wheat and soy flour (Certified Organic, thus non-GMO).
Though we only use wheat flour, some traces of soy lecithin are in our yeast raised donuts.
We proudly use Aluminum free baking soda.
We use coconut milk for some of the glazes.
Our donuts are free of dairy products and eggs used in traditional donuts.
We use organic sugar not processed with bone char.
We do not use fillers, dyes, or processed ingredients outside of trusted sources that are organic or beyond organic standards.
We use organic palm shortening to fry our donuts in sourced free of harm to creatures of the land.
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Although vegan, organic, and non-GMO, our donuts do not contain more or less fat than conventional donuts, nor more or less sugar.
Shelf-life/storage recommendations: Cake Donuts: Meant to keep well for two days in tightly closed container/box. Do not refrigerate as this can alter the texture and glaze. Yeast Raised Donuts: Peak freshness >12-24hrs. We don't advise mailing the donuts unless you want to pay for costly speed/handling charges through a company. Please note that we also do not mail our product.
Organic items on the FOOD menu are specified as to what is organic and what is not. We source our food ingredients both organic and non-organic, but still make sure to get the best quality and would never put anything less than the best on your plate! Everything is 100% vegan.
All "proteins" are vegan. Ask our server about menu flexibility if you'd prefer alternatives to faux meats and gluten items.
- Our faux chicken is non-GMO textured soy protein. We can grill or batter and fry this.
- The sausage is wheat protein and spices.
- The tofu is firm organic tofu (soy).
- The tempeh is organic tempeh (fermented soybean) and contains soy sauce in the marinade.
- Our Fake Butter is completely vegan and made in-house. Same with our vegan house-made ranch.
You can contact the Oakland shop for any urgent concerns about allergens or ingredients - contact info is in on the Oakland locations page.
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Each month we put together a YouTube playlist featuring artists taken from our music listings. Click here to listen and see track list with dates below…
1. Sam Brookes: My Girl Drinks Coffee (Fri 21st, SVA)
2. Body Clocks: Dialogue (Mon 17th, The Prince Albert)
3. The Greyhounds: Kohtakt (Thurs 13th, Meme)
4. Dub Pistols: Cyclone (Fri 14th, the Subscription Rooms)
5. Hackney Colliery Band: Prodigy Medley (Sat 22nd, the Subscription Rooms)
6. Whiskey Moon Face: So Long (Sun 16th, The Prince Albert)
7. Swing from Paris: Sweet Georgia Brown (Sat 22nd, The Ale House)
8. Alessi Laurent-Marke: Wives (Weds 5th, The Prince Albert)
9. Carducci String Quartet: Shostakovich 8th String Quartet (Sat 8th, St Mary's Church Painswick)
10. Fibonacci Squence (Kathron Sturrock): Beethoven String Sonata (Sat 29th, St Mary's Church Painswick)
11. Kleefstra/Bakker/Kleefstra: Oant Safier (Sat 15th, the Museum in the Park)
12. Anne Chris Bakker: Weerzien (Sat 15th, the Museum in the Park)
13. Andrew Heath: Requiem (Sat 15th, the Museum in the Park)
14. Other Animals: Oh Lordy! (Fri 14th, Subscription Rooms)
15. Lensmen: Diving Bells (Fri 14th, Crown and Sceptre)
16. Police Dog Hogan: West Country Boy (Sat 29th, the Subscription Rooms)
17. Kathryn Williams: Monday Morning (Tues 18th, the Prince Albert)
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Memory Fading
Memory Fading is an overall title for four series of prints and collages using printmaking — traditional and digital — prompted by my mother's increasing dementia prior to her death. I needed to explore our relationship while there was still time. In The Empty Robe series, multiple impressions of a robe Ida wore evoke loss, memories and melancholy as they float within the page. For the Shroud Series, I printed the robe over large ink-jet images of Ida's face so that she seems to peer through veiled frames. In truth, age was her real veil, darkening as it increased. In Memory Broken (#2 and #3), I hand-cut digital prints of Ida's robe and face, added black strips of paper and translucent strips of vellum and wove them together. The black strips reflect images while the vellum reveals parts of the image that would otherwise be concealed. In Suture, Ida's face is interrupted by strips from the robe print, with each strip laced and knotted by black thread.
The Empty Robe
Shroud Series
Memory Broken (#2 and #3)


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After recent successful collaborations with Timberland and Timex, the latest brand California-based Publish Brand have partnered with is Reebok Classic on the 'Dark Desert Project'.
Inspired by the before and aftermath of a dramatic volcanic eruption, the release features two unique Furylite and Furylite Chukka silhouettes which have been reworked with Publish's minimalist contemporary style for a pack that combines creative design with timeless sophistication.
The Furylite's luxe cream and white leather upper is nicely contrasted with a sleek black leather heel and tongue and represent the sandy tranquil landscapes that prelude an eruption.
The Furylite Chukka is a much more dramatic silhouette representing the destructive aftermath of a volcano. With a jet black upper, chunky white mid soles and premium leather detailing, the boot-like Furylite Chukka contrasts the Furylite's more peaceful aesthetic. Both designs are finished off with subtle Publish branding embroidered on the tongue.
The Reebok Classic x Publish 'Dark Desert Project' retails at $84.99/€90.00 and is available from February 4th at select global retailers and online.
What do you think of the latest collaboration?
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'My Bernie' toy promises more fun, more friendship for the 99%
By Chloe Bryan
The first Bernie Sanders action figure is in development, and it's got a Kickstarter to prove it.
FCTRY, the Brooklyn design studio responsible for action figures of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, is now setting out to fund Bernie's campaign, distribute their designs to the public and "create a fun new way to get real people and small businesses engaged in politics."
Plus, there's a super catchy "My Bernie" jingle. (Think "My Buddy" of '80s fame.)


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Adam De Freitas is a former amateur MMA lightweight champion with a record filled to the brim with first round finishes. He is known for having an impressive grappling game and amasses an amateur career record of 4-1-0.
We are excited to have DeFreitas make his much anticipated professional MMA debut under the BTC Fight Promotions banner at BTC 1: Genesis on May 27 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
For more information about BTC Fight Promotions visit us at btcfightpromo.com or on Facebook @BTCFightPromotions, Twitter @btc_fight_promo and Instagram @btcfightpromotions. Tickets for our inaugural event are on sale now for $35, $55 and $75. We are proud to partner with the Toronto Pro SuperShow.


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Lakeville @ Jurong West Floor Plans / E-Brochure available and Price and Price PSF is attractively priced to sell, Call Lakeville Condominium Show Flat Hotline 6100 2006 to Register for viewing appointment today TOP soon. Lakeville @ Lakeside a full residential development in the Lakeside Precinct shining the new opportunities of the new Central Business District of the West.
Lakeville @ Jurong West are just steps away from the Lakeside MRT Station and Chinese Garden MRT Station, Shop till you drop at Westgate, JEM, IMM and JCube and be connected to major arterial roads and expressway such as Boon Lay Way, Pan Island Expressway (PIE) and Ayer Rajar Expressway (AYE) that make it a breeze to get to Orchard Road, the CBD, the Marina area, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS).
An established network of renowned schools and educational hubs such as Canadian International School, Fuhua Secondary School, Shuqun Primary School and Yuhua Primary School fundamentally anchors the development, presenting a strong supporting infrastructure to develop your child's potential to their very best.
Commanding a privileged position amidst a lovely location residents of LakeVille Condominium can enjoy scenic beauty every day. For the majority of residences, simply opening the curtain will bring in panoramic views of Jurong Lake into the living space. This is a rare lake view enjoyed by few others in Singapore.
Lakeville @ Jurong West location is full of excitement with linked via elevated landscape deck to Jurong Lakeside, a major leisure destination for local and international visitors. Exhilarating highlights include the new Science Centre, waterfront park and promenade with water activities like kayaking and dragon boating, and education attractions. A new waterway will also bring closer Jurong Lake, and the upcoming Lakeside Village with shopping dining, entertainment and boutique hotels.
The distinct opportunity to benefits in a residence or vacation home with substantial appreciation in both rental worth and asset value is now yours. It is where distinguished and their next generation call home. Invest in Lakeville Condominium today and enjoy the sweet taste of success!
- Rental potential and investment from offices and businesses within the Jurong Lake District
- Well connected by major expressway Ayer Raja Expressway (AYE) and Pan Island Expressway (PIE)
- High Demand but Low supply in West region for new development
- Lakeville @ Jurong West is surrounded by amenities such as Westgate, JEM, IMM, Big Box and JCube
- Jurong Gateway will be a 360-hectare mixed use district, envisioned by the URA to be the largest commercial hub outside of Singapore's city centre.
- Lakeville @ Jurong West is developed by Reputable Developer (MCL Land)
- Minutes to Lakeside MRT , Chinese Garden MRT and all the surrounding amenities
- Fully functional layout without bay windows and planters
- All units come with top quality finishes and branded appliances
- Lakeville @ Jurong West is Foreigners eligible
- Jurong Entertainment Centre will be redeveloped, featuring Singapore's first Olympic-sized ice skating rink. A new Jurong General Hospital will also be built, to be ready by 2015
- Lakeville @ Jurong West potential of Jurong Lake District that transformation already in process
Lakeville @ Lakeside Site Plan
Lakeville @ Jurong West Floor Plan
Location Map
Project Information
Project Name : LakeVille @ Jurong West
Description : Proposed Erection Residential Development Comprising 6 block of 16 storeys with full condo facilities total of 696 residential units and 3 commercial units
Address : 1-13 Jurong Lake Link Singapore 648160
Tenure : 99 yr lease hold
Developer : MCL Land (Prestige) Pte Ltd
Site Area : 240,769 sqft
T O P : 30th Jan 2018
District : D 22
Unit Mix :
1 bedroom : 560 sqft / 592 sqft = 31 units
2 bedroom : 635 sqft – 872 sqft = 288 units
3 bedroom : 872 sqft – 1324 sqft = 247 units
4 bedroom : 1270 sqft – 1464 sqft = 88 units
4 bedroom Dual Key : 1475 sqft / 1668 sqft = 16 units
5 bedroom : 1528 sqft / 1862 sqft = 15 units
4 bedroom penthouse : 1981 sqft / 2056 sqft = 4 units
4 bedroom + study penthouse : 2228 sqft / 2239 sqft / 2271 sqft = 6 units
5 bedroom penthouse : 2680 sqft = 1 unit
Total units : 696 residential units and 3 commercial units
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United Nations - Celebrities, campaigners and leading human rights organisations gathered here to celebrate the World Day Against the Death Penalty on Wednesday expressed cautious optimism about a global moratorium on executions expected to be voted on by the U.N. General Assembly in the coming weeks.
The mood at their press conference was upbeat, with campaigners and panelists animatedly discussing how, after years of effort, this was the "right time for the resolution".
Michel Taube, speaking on behalf of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, which represents more than 64 groups working against capital punishment, said, "(The) majority of the world is in our camp and that is the most decisive case for us. There are many reasons to believe that the General Assembly is ready to pass the resolution. Across continents, the trend is toward abolition. How can the 101 countries that have abolished the (death) penalty not stand in favour of the vote?"
Sister Helen Prejean, author of the best-selling book "Dead Man Walking", and actors Tim Robbins and Mike Farrell, all veteran anti-death penalty campaigners in the U.S., spoke passionately about the flaws in the capital punishment system.
"We call for consistency in human rights. We cannot end one human rights violation with another human rights violation, because human rights are inalienable," Sister Prejean said at the meeting.
Robbins emphasised that no state had the right to ask a person to kill another. "The guards who work in prisons, those who actually execute people, face severe trauma. The death penalty retains itself as long it is in the abstract. When you understand the human cost of the death penalty, you can no longer support it," he said.
Earlier, Yvonne Terlingen, Amnesty International's U.N. representative, warned that the battle for the U.N. moratorium was not yet won. "It is still a question as to whether all the countries who have committed (themselves) will stand up for the vote when the time comes. If there are any amendments in the resolution, there is a chance some countries may back down. It's going to be a tough fight. But we have reason to believe that there will be enough votes," she told IPS.
Piers Bannister, a researcher with the death penalty team at Amnesty International, echoed the same guarded sentiment. "It is like predicting a sporting event. So we are cautiously optimistic. It will be problematic for the resolution if instead of being viewed as a human rights issue, it is viewed as a sovereignty issue," he told IPS. But he agreed that the chances for the passing of the resolution had never been better.
Meanwhile, the collective mood of diplomats at the U.N. has also been fairly optimistic about the final success of the EU-backed cross-regional moratorium initiative.
Three days after the opening of the 62nd U.N General Assembly on Sep. 25, diplomats from nearly 100 countries lined up at a ministerial meeting on the moratorium hosted by Italy and Portugal, currently holding the EU presidency.
Their impressive show of numbers was a clear indication that there is increasing support for the moratorium proposal in the 192-member General Assembly. Ninety-five countries represented at the ministerial meeting had already pledged their support for the moratorium initiative in writing. "For the moratorium to be adopted, 96 votes are needed," Amnesty's Bannister told IPS.
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"The death penalty belongs to a culture that should be consigned to the past," Massimo D'Alema, Italy's minister of foreign affairs, told the meeting. "The time is right, the conditions are right, and now we must set realistic goals which can be achieved quickly. It would be a waste to miss this opportunity." Italy has been campaigning for 13 years for the U.N. General Assembly to pass a moratorium on executions.
The Philippines -- one of the few countries in Southeast Asia openly supporting the moratorium resolution -- was represented at the ministerial meeting by its foreign minister Alberto G. Romulo.
"Much progress has been achieved by human kind and efforts have always been made to improve human life. Yet this barbaric practice of the death penalty remains with us. Therefore, the Philippines will support this resolution. We must change the paradox of making a wrong right by ending life," Romulo said. The Philippines abolished the death penalty in June last year.
Only 95 countries who signed a declaration of association with the moratorium in December 2006, and those who have abolished the death penalty, were invited to the ministerial meeting.
This meant that India and China, the world's two most populous nations, were conspicuously absent. Both countries retain the death penalty. China is responsible for most of the world's state executions, although the number is said to be falling.
Also absent were representatives from the U.S., currently with an unofficial moratorium on executions as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether lethal injection, the main method of execution in the U.S., violates the constitution as "cruel and unusual punishment".
The U.S, Singapore and several other countries are expected to oppose the moratorium on the grounds that every country has a sovereign right to decide on this issue according to its own criminal justice system.
"The people of the different states that allow the death penalty have chosen to not abolish it through the democratic process," Rick Grenell, spokesman for the U.S. mission at the U.N., told IPS.
Kevin Cheok, deputy permanent representative at Singapore's U.N mission, told IPS that even if the resolution was eventually passed, it would make no difference to his country. "We are a sovereign nation and have the right to make the decision for ourselves," he said.
According to a source in the U.N. General Assembly, there is no official word on when the moratorium resolution will come up for a vote. "The draft resolution is still on the table," Amnesty's Terlingen told IPS. But she expected a vote "anytime after Oct. 24".
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Northwest Mortgage Company Hits Home Run at Safeco FieldPinnacle Capital Mortgage Corporation Proudly Accepts Washington's Best Award
Seattle, WA- Puget Sound Business Journal announced last night during an awards banquet at Safeco Field that Pinnacle Capital Mortgage Corporation (Pinnacle) is ranked as a best workplace in the state of Washington. Pinnacle (the parent company to Absolute Mortgage) and its' employees are very proud to be a part of this honor; Washington's Best Workplaces 2013.
This is the first year Pinnacle has been ranked as a Washington's Best Workplace. Over 37,000 employees from 334 different companies were surveyed on company-wide communication, training and education, responsibility and decision making, performance standards, rewards and recognition, benefits, leadership of executives, work environment, hiring and retention, corporate culture and company importance to employees. The official ranks will be available at www.bizjournals.com/seattle/.
"It's a great honor to be recognized as one of Washington's Best Workplaces for the Puget Sound area," Regional Sales Manager, Craig Davis said, "We strive for a positive and genuine culture that supports our employees and customers every day." He continues on to say, "This is the foundation we stand on; everything else follows. Thank you to all that contribute to Pinnacle's success as a Best Workplace!"
Puget Sound Business Journal contracted Quantum Workplaces, an Omaha based company, to administer, track and analyze the survey composed of comprehensive and open-ended inquiries. Each company had to fulfill several particpation requirements to be considered as a finalist. Only finalists were invited to participate in the employee surveys. Upon the survey deadline, the responses were tabulated and a raw score was given. The rank is a result of the raw score. This contest was free to enter and open to the public. Ranking information remained private until the event.
Pinnacle Capital Mortgage Corporation is headquartered in Roseville, California with branches located throughout California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado. For more information please visit www.pcmcorporate.com.
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Pinnacle Capital Mortgage Corporation was founded in January 2008 with the knowledge and efforts of highly experienced lending professionals, with excellent reputations in the mortgage banking field. With this vast pool of experience, we have grown quickly to become a true contender in this industry. This growth was achievable as a result of the quality of people that helped form and create what we call Pinnacle Capital Mortgage Corporation.
Teamwork. Empowerment. Positivity. Excellence. These four core values describe Pinnacle Capital Mortgage Corporation. Headquartered in Roseville, California with locations throughout the West coast and growing; we all share one vision and practice our core values. We strive to provide only the best possible service to our clients and partners and hold great value in being the mortgage lender our consumers turn to.


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MORE than 130 schools across the Midlands do not have lollipop men or women, a Birmingham Mail investigation reveals today.
Worrying figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that thousands of children are risking their lives every day as they cross busy main roads to get to school.
The problem is most severe in Birmingham, where more than 10 per cent of schools are failing to employ a full patrol of lollipop men and women.
Today, the Birmingham Mail launches its Keep Our Kids Safe campaign to get more lollipop men and women outside city schools.
We want people from our army of readers to fill the vacancies, and help protect the precious lives of the children in the region.
Every day, 56 crossings are unstaffed in Birmingham, leaving children as young as five to negotiate busy roads, often without the help of an adult.
But the problem does not stop there.
In Walsall, a third of schools do not employ lollipop ladies with 33 out of the 90 crossings left empty.
And the number of vacancies elsewhere in the Black Country is also high with Wolverhampton City Council currently advertising for 19 crossing patrol wardens with some sites needing more than one new warden.
Mum Ros Pettigrew, whose 14-year-old son, Ryan, died in a road accident while doing his Birmingham Mail paper round in Wythall in 2001, today called for more lollipop ladies and men outside schools.
Since the accident Mrs Pettigrew persuaded highways chiefs to reduce the speed limit on the road where her son died, Middleway Lane, Wythall, from 60mph to 30mph.
Now she is campaigning for safer roads outside schools and she believes a full army of lollipop ladies and men could make all the difference.
She said: "Ryan's death was absolutely devastating. Losing a child in a road accident is something that you can never really get over.
"If it happens to you you cannot turn back the clock and wish it never happened.
"Having an adult outside schools to help children cross safely makes all the difference," she said. "Young children often walk to school with their parents but some as young as 10 walk to school on their own. Some don't concentrate and dash out without looking. I know Ryan used to do it and I was always telling him to look where he was going.
"Lollipop ladies are needed outside schools and drivers do need to slow down."


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ATTACHE-MOI 55 is a luminous woody floral for men and women.
Created in New York in 2013 by perfumer Patricia Choux, ATTACHE-MOI 55 is an addictive, mysterious fragrance, encapsulating the energy and light of Manhattan and of 55th street in particular.
One way, westbound, two miles long, and sixty feet across, 55th Street was born just over 200 years ago, as one of the 141 original streets of Manhattan's famous grid. A ribbon of glass, steel, brick, stone and asphalt that glitters brightly after dark.
An architectural melee, constantly in process of renewal, both gradual and brutally sudden, 55th Street offers everything that those of us who have never visited New York imagine New York must be-- a majestic allée of towers in a soaring forest of skyscrapers, composed of penthouses, bustling offices, storied hotels, exclusive stores and restaurants, crowded since forever with monarchs, movie stars and oligarchs of industry not quite of the present. Places where the Rockefellers mingle with the Kennedys. Or Nat King Cole serenades Marilyn Monroe while Frank Sinatra stands at the bar. Somewhere that men drink Scotch, women wear pearls, the Bordeaux is at least a quarter of a century old, and the lingua franca of both love and luxury is French.
Attache-Moi 55 is a celebration of all things 55th Street. As it is. As it was. As it could be.
Spring 2014 / ATTACHE-MOI 55 : "Like sun falling through trees..."
Artist Davina Semo for Scentury.com
This scent makes me think of being at home. There was a room in the house in Maryland where I grew up. It was located in between the house and the backyard and we would dry off there when we came in from the pool, or when our feet were wet from rain. It had a particular smell — damp and muggy. Maryland has distinct seasons, it ranges from hot and humid in the summer, to snowy and cold in wintertime.
Also, later I used that room as my first studio, when I still lived with my parents. It was really small, more like a closet. It had no windows but there was a door to the outside and when I left it open, the smell from the backyard would float in.
The garden wasn't really big but it was nice and I knew every part of it. All the trees — some pines, but deciduous trees too — had been there forever. And this perfume here reminds me more of the latter. There were also flowers and bushes …
I remember spending a lot of time at home. The area where we lived is very suburban, very different from New York. You can't walk to the store; you don't see anybody in the street. So as a kid you just stay home. My parents both worked a lot and weren't at the house most of the time. My mother did wear perfume, though. I can still see her getting dressed and going off to work. So her smell would leave with her when she left the house but then linger a while.
To me, this perfume is more linked to a place than to a person. There's something very intimate about it, like a space someone else has been occupying. I could imagine that if a stranger fell asleep I would be able to smell him like this while he was sleeping. It smells warm.
I see a hazy light, like the sun falling through trees or into a smoky room. This scent doesn't smell really smoky or heavy by itself but there is substance to it. It has a weight like a yellowish color within a shadow. Or like when you see smoke caught in the light and can see the volume of it.
DECEMBER 2013 / ATTACHE-MOI 55 is # 1 favorite fragrance at BARNEYS NEW YORK
July 2013 / ATTACHE-MOI new packaging imagined by Carlos Quintero
ATTACHE-MOI 55 devoted website designed by Erinn Springer and Mallory Brennan with music commissionned from Joseph DeCino
Musician Joseph DeCino discusses the melody he created for ATTACHE-MOI 55
June 2013 / first production
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Nico Stai – Vocals Guitar
Jeff Evans – Guitar
Sean Stentz – Bass
Eric Huff – Sound
"On the verge of becoming America's next big indie rocker, evoking memories of Bob Dylan and post Sgnt Pepper Beatles, Nico manages to create thefullest sound of any solo artist in recent memory. Easily the most musically intriguing artist to come along since Sufjan Stevens and on track to become one of the great to emerge from the Echo Park/Silverlake scene." The Deli Los Angeles
"Growing on me like sumac, I keep having to itch for relief even if temporary. Think Joseph Arthur presence with a Nick Drake mind. He's been there AND done that so you should probably listen up" Paste Magazine
"Instant love." Kat Corbett, 106.7 KROQ
"Perfect Indie Rock." Future Sounds
"Exquisite, destined for stardom." Campus Circle
"I think I'm in love ." My Old Kentucky Blog
"For music fans who fear the fate of music … have no fear, Nico Stai is here." American Non Fiction
"He can create a stunningly simple acoustic piece and reign in a legion of fans… hypnotic…stunning..frantic." Jeffrey Easton The Deli L.A.
"Haunting." Scratch Magazine
"Redefining what qualifies as "good" indie music, Nico's sound is perfect when married with lyrics that move, inspire, and intrigue his audience. Whether playing with his band or performing solo, the resulting music is raw and real, capturing the heart of the stories he tells through song ( and ) highlights Nico's ability to masterfully communicate and understand human emotion through his art." Authentic Artists Records
"Entrapping, grabbing your brain cells and lulling you into a beautiful stupor. Bob Dylan, you have company now …., someone who can create a stunningly simple acoustic piece and reign in a legion of fans… hypnotic…stunning..frantic." Jeffrey Easton , The Deli L.A.


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MBC Hosts: Rachel from Bubbly Nature Creations, Sarah from Hope In Every Season, Kristy from Mommy Hates Cooking, Brandi from The Creative Princess and Vanessa from The Rookie Seamstress.
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Monday, 23 January 2017
TeAro Estate Minnie & Elsa Pinot Grigio 2016
A good drink delivering plenty of satisfaction. Whilst is doesn't complete the Pinot Gris brief to a T, you'd have no qualms sipping away at this in the shade of a tree whilst picnicing.
Almost golden straw appearance, poached pear aromas steal the show. Good weight and texture through the mid palate which delivers stewed green apple and crunchy apple like acidity to finish.
Drink now.
87/100 - Good
Region: Barossa
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The Heathland Cup at Sand Valley
September 2 - 4, 2017
Event Format
The Sand Valley Heathland Cup is a 54 hole, best ball tournament contested over two golf courses on consecutive days. The event includes up to 27 holes of practice rounds, an evening welcome reception, awards, and a closing luncheon.
Event Schedule
Saturday, September 2nd: Practice round on Sand Valley or Mammoth Dunes and reception party
Sunday, September 3rd: Morning and afternoon tee times on Sand Valley/Mammoth Dunes
Monday, September 4th: Morning final round tee times on Sand Valley, lunch and awards following play
Entry Deadline: Saturday, August 26, 2017
Entry Fee Per Player
Double Occupancy: $1,000*
Single Occupancy: $1,300*
Golf only: $800*
*Caddy fee and taxes not included
– Two-night stay
– 18-hole practice round, 54-hole event
– Welcome reception, lunch and awards
*Those interested can enter as a single and be paired with a participant with a similar handicap index.
How to Enter
Or Fill Out This Simple Form and We'll Confirm Your Entry
Sand Valley, designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, and Mammoth Dunes, designed by David Kidd of Bandon Dunes, offer a great combination of golf that will leave your group debating which course is better...
Clubhouse & Dining
The Clubhouse at Sand Valley features a large bar and dining space all overlooking the 1st and 18th holes of Mammoth Dunes, the second course at Sand Valley Golf Resort.
Located in the center of the state, Sand Valley is a quick drive away from several major cities and other golf destinations:
Madison: 1 Hr 30 Mins
Milwaukee: 2 Hrs 40 Mins
Erin Hills: 2 Hrs 30 Mins
Kohler/Whistling Straits: 2 Hrs 40 Mins


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We all know those precious people who volunteer at VBS and throughout the year in the children's ministry. They tirelessly invest in the smallest (and most energetic) of church attenders without a whole lot of accolade. As someone who has been the teacher when a child eats her take-home sheet or when only one out of ten kids can even tell you what you taught, I can tell you that your volunteers need a pat on the back every once and a while to remind them that what they are doing matters.
Here are a few simple ways to love on your volunteers:
1. Recognize their dedication and service to children. Create times to celebrate and encourage your leaders with a volunteer meal, dessert party, or thank you breakfast. (Food is ALWAYS encouraging.) Remind them that what they do is making an eternal impact in the kingdom.
2. Live life with them. Celebrate when their children get into the college of their choice or when they get married. Pray with them when a family member is sick. Know them, and let them know that you care about them, not just their presence in one of the classrooms with your favorite little people.
3. Remember their birthday. A card or a small thank you gift will mean the world, simply because you took the time to remember.
4. Ask them for feedback and help with vision. Let them know that their opinions matter. They are the expert on the hour they spend each week with their specific kids. Let them know you value them and the wisdom that they have.
5. Train them well. Communicate with them often and set them up for success. Your volunteers will enjoy serving when they feel prepared and can spend the majority of their time building relationships and investing rather than trying to figure out basics of classroom management.
6. Communicate often. Touch base with them after they teach to hear what went well and what maybe didn't go so well. Help them stay in the loop even if they have taken a week off.


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Goclever KItchen Scale 2 is a reliable and precise device for measuring the weight of food products. Our scale meets the EU standards for food contact materials. It is light and compact and at the same time of excellent quality.
- Ergonomic kitchen scale - Water resistant plate made of toughened glass (Iron Glass2) - Complies with EU standards - A large clear LDC display and touch control panel - Various measurement units - Zeroing function – deducts the weight of a container - The plate is made of glass which helps to maintain hygiene standards
Goclever Kitchen Scale 2 is a light and handy device which will work in every kitchen, in all households. If you are a cooking lover, you know how important it is to precisely measure the ingredients in your recipe. Especially in baking it is difficult to imagine a kitchen without a proper kitchen scale. With our product each dish will be delicious and well made. This will be particularly appreciated by those who want to make sure that they eat a balanced diet – weighing meals will let you select the nutritional ingredients appropriately and will prevent an excessive intake of calories.
Our kitchen scale has a lot of applications. It weighs solids and liquids. The user can change units – the device will show the weight in grams, millilitres, ounces, and pounds. Additionally you can use the zeroing function – if you want to weight a product in a container, first weight the container itself, use the zeroing option, and when the display shows zero the scale is ready to weigh the food. With two buttons and a clear display Goclever Kitchen Scale2 is easy to use. The scale will work for months on two batteries.
Goclever Kitchen Scale2 delights the eye with its unique design – frosted glass in IRON GLASS2 technology is durable and more scratch resistant. The scale will not only be a useful gadget, but also decoration in every kitchen. It is light, handy and will work in every situation. It can be put away in a kitchen cupboard or displayed next to other household articles.


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About Us
The Red Wing Environmental Learning Center is a nonprofit organization that provides outdoor programs for Red Wing youth and the community to gain an appreciation for our natural world, develops skills for outdoor recreation, and encourages leadership development. We offer Tiny Trees for 2nd and 3rd grade, Young Explorers for 4th and 5th graders, and our Core Program for 6th to 12th graders.
Check out the video above for a taste of the ELC experience.
What We Do
Core Programs:
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Canoeing
- Cross-Country Skiing
- Rock Climbing
- Sea Kayaking
- Whitewater Kayaking
- Winter Camping
- Bow Hunting
- Carp Shooting
- Explore Belle Creek
- Fishing Rod Construction
- Floodwater Canoeing
- Ice Climbing
- Knife Construction
- Log Furniture Building
- Log Rolling
- Maple Tapping
- Mountain Voyageur
- Outdoor Photography
- Pheasant Hunting
- Pioneering
- Snowshoe Construction
- Spelunking
- Taxidermy
- Trapping
- Trout Fishing
- Turkey Hunting
- Wild Edibles
Young Explorers:
- Making Dreamcatchers
- Tubing
- Kite Building
- High Ropes Course
- Spin Fishing
- Antler Hunt
- Scavenger Hunt
- Ice Skating
- Sledding
- Playboating
Where We Go
Red Wing:
- Barn Bluff
- Cannon Bottoms
- Cannon Valley Trail
- ELC Cabin
- Gatenbiens
- Hay Creek
- Lake Pepin
- Mississippi River
- Vermillion River
- Border Route Trail
- Boundary Waters
- Lanesboro
- Itasca
- North Shore of Lake Superior
- Shovel Point
- Superior Hiking Trail
- Two Harbors Cabin
- Voyageur National Park
Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan:
- Apostle Islands
- Black River
- Brule River
- Chequamegon National Lake Shore
- Chippewa River
- Coldwater Cave
- Devil's Lake
- Drummond
- Porcupine Wilderness
- Rainbow Wilderness Area
- Red Cedar River
- Tiffany Wilderness Area
Instructor Expeditions:
- Belize
- Bloodvein River
- Chattooga River
- Everglades
- Gataga River
- Gila Mountains
- Grand Canyon
- Kenai Fjords
- Lake Nipigon
- Missouri River
- Misty Fjords
- Mount Rainier
- Noire River
- Owyhee River
- Pioneer Mountains
- Prince William Sound
- Rio Grande
- Salmon River
- Seal River
- Virgin Islands
- Wind River Mountains
The Program
The mission of the Red Wing ELC is "to instill an awareness and appreciation for our local environment and to be a catalyst for environmental appreciation in the Red Wing community." The organization serves students ages eight to eighteen who are from the Red Wing area. A student can start this program when he or she is in third grade and participate in programs until high school graduation. The ELC offers core programs year-round, and depending on the season, the activities include rock climbing, cross-country skiing, canoeing, kayaking, backpacking, winter camping, and biking. Specialized programs are also offered such as snowshoe construction, fly fishing, log rolling, pioneering, and orienteering. Physical skills, ecological concepts, and relationships are built through a step-program ranging from intro day programs to week-long trips to two-week-long expeditions. Students start with day trips, and if they have a positive attitude, work hard, and have a sense of responsibility, they can move on to programs that are longer in time and distance and require more skill. It is a system that helps develop character by challenging students both physically and mentally, increasing self-esteem and confidence.
First, the ELC keeps it simple. The actual center has offices; a storage room for sleeping bags, snowshoes, cooking gear, wetsuits, and sleds; trailers full of kayaks and canoes; a map room; a library with old, leather couches, and a classroom where potlucks and slideshows take place. There are three fifteen-passenger vans parked in the gravel parking lot outside the white barn. Hitched to the vans are canoe and bike trailers. The ELC owns two cabins, which were built by students: one in Red Wing and one near Two Harbors, Minnesota. Students have a rustic experience when they stay in one of the log cabins, set up tents on the needle-covered ground of a hardwood forest, or sleep on platforms that rest on rafted canoes floating on the floodwaters of the Mississippi. Finally, the ELC encourages simplicity by not allowing students to bring watches, IPods, or cell phones. Without these devices, which have become a normal part of most people's daily lives, students are able to break free from their normal routine and reexamine their everyday practices.
Second, the philosophy of the ELC is that once students are outside experiencing nature, the understanding and appreciation will follow. The ELC emphasizes the idea of the Chinese proverb, "I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand." The whole idea of "I do and I understand" is the epitome of experiential learning, where students are trying new activities, making mistakes, and learning from these opportunities. Environmental education is tied into everything they do. Since the students are outside during the entire trip, students must learn the skills to be comfortable in the outdoors, such as building a campfire, cooking, and setting up a tent. All of these activities require group cooperation so the group learns and grows together. Many of the programs are challenging the students on a personal level, such as rock climbing. Here success is completely dependent on the individual, so he or she must use personal motivation and creativity to climb to the top of the wall. These types of risk-taking activities provide new perspectives and personal accomplishment.


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Downloads and Cheat Sheets0 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 11:59 PM
I've created a new sub-section in the Resources part of the site called Downloads. The section will be used to provide writers with quick-reference resources and worksheets to help them incorporate psychology into their writing.
All downloads and worksheets are in PDF format for high-quality printing, and they may be freely reproduced for personal and educational purposes, as long as the copyright information stays in the footer.
Though I converted a couple of worksheets I'd created to go along with articles and included them in the section, I've also added something new -- a Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers.
Have a suggestion for other worksheets or downloads you'd find helpful? Send me an email through the Contact link on Archetype's home page (in the menu at left).
Literary Agents - 9 mistakes to avoid3 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 9:21 PM
New Article: Literary Agents - 9 mistakes to avoid
Summary: These days literary agents and book publishers don't have the time to critique your query letter or manuscript. They won't even tell you why you got rejected to allow you to do better next time. Let me give you the inside scoop of the top 9 reasons a query letter submission gets rejected. Use the list to check your next submission BEFORE it goes out!
Labels: agents, literary agents, publishing, updates, writing
Avoiding Publishing and Agent Scams0 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 9:20 PM
New Article: Avoiding Publishing and Agent Scams
Summary: Agents and publishers will make money if an author's writing is successful. Publisher's will get their money either after sales or up front. Agents get their cut after the royalties come in on the author's sold book. If they do a good job, both deserve and earn what they make. The problem is with the publishers and/or agents who are not ethical, who take money without doing the job for the writer.
Labels: publishing, writing
How To Spice Up Your Writing With Dialogue0 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 9:17 PM
New Article: How To Spice Up Your Writing With Dialogue
Summary: If your aim your book at agents and publishers, the first action acquisition editors make is to find a section of dialogue. If it is good, they start reading the rest of your book. It is difficult to put just the right words into dialogue--to convey character and emotion. Some tips to help you avoid props or tricks and be professional.
A Writer's Editing Checklist0 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 9:14 PM
New Article: A Writer's Editing Checklist
Summary: There are many things to look at prior to sending your work out. Here are some checklists to use when you've finished editing your story so you know it is at its most polished best.
Labels: editing
Avoiding 19 Nervous Breakdowns0 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 9:12 PM
New Article: Avoiding 19 Nervous Breakdowns
Summary: Most writers' first responsibility, when you think about it, is catching an editor's attention. After it's caught, they not only have to keep it, but also develop a relationship that makes that editor their best friend. An editor's worst nightmare is sitting at their desk, staring at a pile of unpolished manuscripts all doomed to fill up the circular file. Rejecting them all is the equivalent of a mass staff-firing! So, polishing your work is necessary and there is a knack to successfully editing your own work. It is not an easy task and there is no room for slacking once the rough draft is finished.
The Line Between Good and Evil Lies in the Human Heart0 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 11:48 PM
New Article: The Line Between Good and Evil Lies in the Human Heart: Philip Zimbardo's Prison Experiment & The Lucifer Effect
Summary: An overview of the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment, along with discussion of Phil Zimbardo's new book, The Lucifer Effect, and his comments on it at a recent talk.
Labels: terrorism
Visual Prompt Updates & Fearfighter0 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 12:36 AM
New Article: Fearfighter: A Video Game to Fight Phobias
Summary: Information on the cutting-edge British Computer Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CCBT) "game," Fearfighter
Also -- I've added updates to both the DeviantArt and the PostSecret Visual Prompts sections.
Labels: updates, video games
Britney Goes to the Hospital & A Visit from Dr. Phil0 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 1:24 AM
Even if you avoid tabloid rumors like the plague, you probably know all about Britney's latest troubles.
The front of People magazine has a picture of her from better years, and below the looming headline that you can't miss from anywhere in the supermarket: MENTAL ILLNESS.
As is usually the case, though, the terms are all tossed together into a hodgepodge that makes little sense, and none of it is flattering.
On January 3rd, Britney was taken from her home on a gurney after a disagreement with police about returning her children to her ex-husband.
A "Psycho Psychotic Mental Patient"
According to US Weekly:
"She went completely psycho," says an eyewitness. "They had to strap her down like a mental patient. She was going between laughing and crying hysterically. A total psychotic breakdown."
First, what exactly does "psycho" mean? Nothing except "bizarre." Which, you have to admit, kind of fits the situation, even if it is a bit of a slur. And "mental patient"? Means the same thing, and my issue is not that the speaker is suggesting Britney is out of control and needed to be strapped down, it's the suggestion that everyone with a psychological problem is and does.
And "psychotic" means a complete disconnection from reality as other people experience it. That may also be the case with Britney, but there's no real evidence from news reports that she was, for example, hearing voices or seeing things (ie having hallucinations) and it's not clear whether she was having ideas not based at all in shared ideas of reality (ie delusions).
It really bothers me when people toss around such loaded words without thinking about it. Why? Because, for example, if someone takes an "antipsychotic," everyone thinks things like "psycho killer" and "crazy psycho Britney" without understanding that some people take them as antidepressants and have never had a psychotic episode in their lives! And even if they have, it's because something is wrong with their brain chemistry, not because they chose to have problems, anymore than someone chooses to have cancer.
An Ambulance to the Hospital
And the fact that she was taken in an ambulance -- let me explain what happens when someone needs to be taken to the hospital for a psychological assessment. If the emergency folks on the scene determine that someone is an immediate danger to herself (ie suicidal) or to someone else (ie homicidal), they can mandate a trip to the hospital for an assessment. Typically the person gets plenty of chances to say "ok," including being told that they can be forced to go in handcuffs if they choose to really make a scene.
In most cases, people choose to go. After all, there's no guarantee they're going to be admitted, they're just going to be checked out so someone can make an informed decision about whether they're dangerous. (When doctors have admitting privileges, that makes the process quicker, partly because it's darn hard to commit someone in the US, especially against their will. Sometimes the hospital will say "Sorry, we have no place to put them. You're going to have to deal with it or find another hospital." But this is Britney. I'm sure they had no problems finding someone to assess her.)
Since there were fire and ambulance rescue personnel on site, it's not uncommon to use an ambulance to transport, especially when most of the media on the Western seaboard are flying over taking pictures. The goal is to stigmatize as little as possible. And you have to admit, going in an ambulance is less stigmatizing than going in the back of a police car.
According to the article in US, "Police offered her a choice of leaving in a cop car or an ambulance."
Britney might have issues, but she knew what to do when offered that choice!
It does sound like they pink-slipped to keep an eye on her, but the time she was kept for was so brief that in spite of all the reports that they had her on suicide watch, that's highly unlikely. She would never have been allowed to leave the hospital the next morning if anyone truly believed she was likely to walk out and kill herself. Emergency personnel have explained this to the media, but I guess that doesn't make such a good story. (US says, "LAPD officer Sara Faden explains the medical stay, which can be as long as 72 hours, to Us: 'Medical professionals attend the person and determind that they are not going to harm themselves or others. The person may be released earlier if it is determined they are no longer a danger." Or never were a suicide risk to start, no matter how much more exciting the story might have been if they were.)
Let me also note there that no matter how bizarre or erratic someone's behavior is, if they're an adult, in the United States they cannot be kept in a hospital against their will unless they are an immediate danger to themselves or someone else. (You can read more about suicide assessments on the Archetype site.) So if you're wondering why someone doesn't just get Britney some help...they literally can't, unless she does become suicidal, and nothing except rumor suggests that; the fact that she was kept for less than 12 hours in the hospital says she's not even hinting at suicidality.
Then, as everyone knows, Dr. Phil showed up. This just makes me want to bang my head on the wall, because everything I see suggests that he's making the most of a media situation to get himself publicity. That opinion went from tentative to very firm when I saw that Dr. Phil was forced to "cancel a hoped-for Spears family reunion for his Dr. Phil Now show, stating that the situation was 'too intense at this time.'" In other words, she didn't want nothin' to do with it. Or him. Neither would I if I had even an inkling that someone who's supposedly in the helping profession might exploit me and my family.
Dr. Phil Arrives
Dr. Phil apparently told Entertainment Tonight that "I've been working with this family behind the scenes for a long time."
Going well, ain't it? Keep up the good work, Phil.
Dr. Phil, and I'll try to keep this brief, got thrown out of psychology by our governing body, the APA, for misrepresenting psychology to the world. They asked him to note that what he does on TV is entertainment, because it's nothing like therapy. He refused, and they had to throw him out for what amounts to fraud. So whatever "work" he's doing isn't kosher by psychology's handbook.
And that's the problem. What most people believe to be psychology...isn't. At all. The client/patient comes first, and therapists listen rather than boss you around. Don't we all get bossed around enough at work and at home and by people we don't even know? Why would we pay someone to do more of it? I have my students do an exercise where they imagine Dr. Phil giving them advice for a problem they haven't been able to solve. After having over 100 students do it, only one has come out of the exercise with a fix. Granted, that's 1 person who's life is better, but it's also 1%, and that's a rotten success rate for anything. In fact, it's far less than the rate of improvement left to time or chance alone.
So What's Wrong with Britney?
Anyhow. So what's wrong with Britney? There's been a lot of talk of bipolar disorder, and I've seen some suggestions that she has borderline personality disorder. The fact that her erratic behavior doesn't seem to be caused (for the most part) by drugs, one does have to wonder about mania. Here are the critieria for mania (from the DSM-IV-TR):
A. A distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood, lasting at least 1 week (or any duration if hospitalization is necessary).
B. During the period of mood disturbance, three (or more) of the following symptoms have persisted (four if the mood is only irritable) and have been present to a significant degree:
(1) inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
(2) decreased need for sleep (e.g., feels rested after only 3 hours of sleep)
(3) more talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking
(4) flight of ideas [ideas jumping from one thing to the next very quickly, or thoughts are moving very fast] or subjective experience that thoughts are racing
(5) distractibility (i.e., attention too easily drawn to unimportant or irrelevant external stimuli)
(6) increase in goal-directed activity (either socially, at work or school, or sexually) or psychomotor agitation [jitteriness or fidgetiness]
(7) excessive involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential for painful consequences (e.g., engaging in unrestrained buying sprees, sexual indiscretions, or foolish business investments)
C. The mood disturbance is sufficiently severe to cause marked impairment in occupational functioning or in usual social activities or relationships with others, or to necessitate hospitalization to prevent harm to self or others, or there are psychotic features.
D. The symptoms are not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication, or other treatment) or a general medical condition (e.g., hyperthyroidism).
And here are the criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder (also from the DSM-IV-TR), which is often comorbid with Bipolar disorder (some say in about 1/3 of cases):
A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:
(1) frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.
(2) a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation
(3) identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self
(4) impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, Substance Abuse, reckless driving, binge eating).
(5) recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior
(6) affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria [sadness or sad mood], irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days)
(7) chronic feelings of emptiness
(8) inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights)
(9) transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms
So what's actually wrong with Britney? I'm not sure. Some of it may be the fact that she has a lot of money and her star status gives her a lot of freedoms. But yes, it does look like maybe some of the things listed above fit her situation.
Create Vivid, Memorable Characters0 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 2:54 PM
New Article: Create Vivid, Memorable Characters: Breathe Life into Your Fictional People
Summary: "If your readers don't care about your characters, you're sunk. Readers don't necessarily have to like all of your characters, but they have to care about what happens to your main character, or there's no reason for them to keep reading. The following exercises will get you started in developing rich, believable, interesting characters."
The 7 Habits Of Highly Successful Authors0 comments Posted by Carolyn Kaufman | @CMKaufman at 2:51 PM
New Article: The 7 Habits Of Highly Successful Authors
Summary: "The more I read how the successful authors do it, the more I realize that, like successful people in all walks of life, they all do things in common that contribute enormously to their success. Adopt these 7 habits and you just may find that 2008 is the year you break through your own writing barriers!"


text: Everyday I go to work I work with people who have nothing. When I say nothing, I literally mean NOTHING. Some sleep under trees. Some eat out of garbage cans in order to buy formula and food for their children. Some have been beaten and assaulted. Some have sold their bodies for money or drugs. Some have lost everything except for their lives. Yet they are trying. Most people look down upon them. They think of them as useless druggies, or even worse they don't think of them at all. I think of them all day, everyday. Some of their situations haunt me. They are so much stronger than I will ever be. I look up to them. They teach me. They show me how blessed I am. I hope by me sharing these stories they open your eyes a little as well.


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Monthly or quarterly reports may match wonders in the case of appraising the well being of the business. Set aside a sure period of time every single day to your business so you'll be able to develop into successful whereas still maintaining family time. I've a friend that began selling cookies from her dwelling and it has blossomed right into a thriving bakery business. Our second entrepreneur was a successful telecom executive earlier than going into his personal business.
That is the type of ardour that will get individuals up out of the lazy chair, gets them to go away their paying job, scrape together money from wherever they can discover it and make the plunge into the great unknown of the beginning-up world of business.
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Credit: Why Investment Due Diligence is Really Sucks/
When I was at the GM Pension Fund investing in venture funds, we always pushed hard on trying to raise the bar on our due diligence. We talked to a lot of CEOs to try and figure out which venture funds were worth their names and, at the end of the day, I'm not really sure we really ever learned anything about what makes success.
Here's the issue.... what makes a company ultimately successful is a combination of factors.... environment, product, competition, etc... and on top of that... tracing decisions to one particular person, be it on the board, the CEO, the VC, etc... is often impossible, because ideas are iterative. For example, we have a key part of Voki that you'll see develop post launch that started out as a meeting called by the CEO to "kick the tires" and just imagine the worst things that could happen to the product. At first, I thought it was a little late for that, but out of that meeting came a really fantastic idea that we're all really happy with. Who's idea was it? Well... we both sort of came up with it... and its been iterated upon by others in the company. I don't think it's really traceable to one person.
I was thinking that when we sat at our board meeting looking at our marketing strategy yesterday. Does it all stop with the CEO? The head of marketing? There are ideas in there that trickled up from our new Social Media Instigator.... which ones, I can't even remember... but one of them may be the key to the product, and at the end of the day, ask seven different people who came up with an idea and you'll probably get seven different answers... because the truth is, we all did... and even if one person came up with it, feedback and inspiration from others goes a long way to hatching an idea.
Who's idea was it to do sponsored search terms at Google? Who decided to allow pasting css and html in MySpace?


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Monday, March 10, 2014
Linda Evans Plastic Surgery Before and After Nose Job, Facelift and Eyelid Surgery
What thing do you have in mind when seeing 70 year old Linda Evans? There's a statement from fans where they said that she was so plastic. Talking about Linda Evans, there would be a simple question. Why did she go under the knife? It looks like she has overdone with it. A plastic surgeon, Dr. Paul S. Nassif, explained that Linda Evans might have had several kinds of plastic surgery including a facelift, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, and lip augmentation.
Has Linda Evans Had Cosmetic Surgery?
Many people want to know about Linda Evans' plastic surgery procedures.
She is often thought of as one of the most natural beauties to grace the television. Linda Evans is most well known for her starring role in Dynasty in the 1980s.
This night time soap opera was one of the most watched shows in television history.
She was born Linda Evanstat on Nov 18,1942 in Hartford, Connecticut, but later changed her name when she got her break in the television industry.
Her parents were professional dancers who moved to Hollywood when Linda was three. Her first starring role was in the television series the Big Valley where she played Audrey Barkley in the 1960′s.
Linda Talks Openly About Plastic Surgery
Often celeb plastic surgery is not talked about by the person who has had work done. However, Linda Evans talks freely about the procedures that she has undergone.
She now admits that she has overdone the surgeries that she has undergone and is sorry that some of the procedures were completed. In fact she has done interviews with both Oprah and Diane Sawyer about her plastic surgery gone wrong.
The most obvious problem with her face is the large lips that have appeared on her face. While these lips may look great on a young person, they look unnatural on a person of her age.
The large lips combined with the over filled cheeks, make her face appear unnatural and strange. While Linda Evans is still beautiful, she does not have the same face she did before undergoing her many procedures.
The first is the facelift. This procedure has made her face tighter. The second is the significant change in her nose. The nose looks so different, especially the tip and the bridge. Her nose looks more pointed than before. Her current nose is not good enough, the previous one is better. The alternation to her previous nose was an unnecessary change.
Did Linda Evans Have Plastic Surgery?
A little reminiscing about the golden times in her career, Linda got her fame in acting when she had a role as Audra Barkley in The Big Valley series in 1960s afterwards her name became more popular when she played in Dynasty, ABC prime time television soap opera in 1981 to 1989. At that time her name was the most talked by many people because of her best acting in various films and television series but when her name has began to fade, she lately came along on the Oprah Winfrey Show with some dramatic appearance even it is mostly unrecognizable.
Some people considered that Ms. Evans appearance is likely the victim of botched plastic surgery because her face now looks much more different than she once looked beautiful. Based on Linda Evans plastic surgery before and after pictures comparison, she apparently had facial some fillers injections and cheek implants which they were likely overcharged.
On the contrary, Dr. Sherrell J. Aston asserted that Linda Evans plastic surgery is a perfect example for the way to grid the aging signs through using one modality. The doctor assessed that Linda's appearance once looked great after having nose job, facelift procedure, upper and lower eyelid surgery, and brow lift procedure but her appearance now looks a bit different after having too much injection on her face and lips. Therefore, he recommended her not to have additional surgery and injection in the future in order not to make her appearance look more awful and ruined.
In conclusion, there are many celebrities in Hollywood who have been getting older, they are afraid to loose their beautiful image and popularity hence they attempt to have some procedures of plastic surgery to keep their youthful appearance and keep it away from aging signs. Unfortunately plastic surgery does not always guarantee best result but it sometimes makes their appearance looks weird as it was experienced by Linda Evans, a successful and well known actress in 1980s.


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Earlier today, the ticket pre-sale for the 9/26 TNA IMPACT Wrestling taping in Little Rock, Arkansas at the Verizon Arena began. You can order tickets on Ticketmaster with the pre-sale password NLRIMPACT. There is a special $127.50 ticket for something called "The Knockout Zone" that will be hosted by the Knockouts and food and beverage will be served to you during the show. The tickets for the general public go on sale tomorrow.
To buy tickets to the 9/26 TNA IMPACT Wrestling in Little Rock, click here.


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