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From a precious oral tradition rooted over 2,500 years in Ireland's past, John O'Donohue's Celtic Wisdom Trilogy brings you this vibrant spiritual legacy, unique in the Western world.
A liberating feast of authentic blessings, insights, and teachings, brought to life by this acclaimed poet, teacher, and Catholic scholar. The Celtic Wisdom Trilogy includes three full-length sessions:
The Inner Landscape
Our bodies are mere outlines of a vast and complex interior world, a landscape of contradiction and mystery. The Inner Landscape explores the themes of self-exile and hardship, and the Celtic way of welcoming paradox and finding precious light in the darkest valleys of our inner terrain.
The Divine Imagination
Too often we remain distanced from what is truly sacred—the world around us and the divine imagination that created it. Here John O'Donohue immerses us in the greatest miracle of Celtic spirituality, namely its tradition of experiencing the divine as a lyrical, tender, creative force not visible, but always present in all things.
The Invisible World
The ancient Celts sensed an invisible world around them, the great unknown from which they came and the source of eternal wonder in their lives. Through prayer, O'Donohue teaches, we may enter directly into this secret immensity and escape the psychological prisons we create for ourselves. With prayers, blessings, poetry, and teachings.
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I love this! It was exciting and calming all at the same time. (Posted on July 15, 2016)
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The writing & works of John O'Donohue (whom I had the privilege to know) are some of the most profound timeless, universal expressions that have ever been published and distributed in our time on our planet. I am so grateful that Sounds True, a company with such integrity and conscientiousness continues to make his work available at reasonable prices so that others can appreciate this great soul's legacy. Thank you Sounds True. (Posted on October 17, 2014)
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This is an amazing cd set and the second one I bought.I bought this one for my dad, the first for me. I
was blown away by the amazing content on every single cd. HIs voice is soooooo melodic. What an amazing, bright man. Each cd brought me magic and inspiration at a difficult time in my life. Beautiful. Beautiful for if you are happy or sad or in between. A keeper that I will listen to over and over again. (Posted on July 19, 2014)
Review for Wisdom from the Celtic World Review by Karen
This is a wonderful discovery, I can't convey how rich my listening experience was. (Posted on June 1, 2014)
Review for Wisdom from the Celtic World Review by Diana S
Inspiring, beautiful and deeply comforting. I have already listened to it several times and have told friends about it. O'Donohue is a rare and unique voice, both poetic and intellectual. A marvelous interdisciplinary thinker. I have been deeply nourished by his writings, and have read excerpts from them over the phone to distant friends. This audio collection is a treasure. (Posted on May 11, 2014)
Review for Wisdom from the Celtic World Review by Kenneth H
A stunning O'Donohue coverage of Celtic spirituality in this three part series of what he calls "lectures". He shows us the precious nature of Celtic spiritual wisdom as it found its way to the western coastline of the green isle... a brilliant spiritual legacy for all humanity. (Posted on January 12, 2014)
Review for Wisdom from the Celtic World Review by Christine T
I've loved reading John O'Donohue's books for years, and to have the pleasure of listening to his voice is a joy. What a gift he was. He, like so many authors Sounds True publishes, is such an example of why we should allow ourselves to be who we really are. (Posted on January 8, 2014)
Review for Wisdom from the Celtic World Review by Jeanne R
Love anything by John O'Donohue, and this CD collection was especially good! (Posted on October 9, 2013)
Review for Wisdom from the Celtic World Review by Sharon Hammat
John O'Donohue writes and speaks with breathtaking wonder and truth. Wisdom from the Celtic World is wisdom for all the world. (Posted on September 7, 2011)
Review for Wisdom from the Celtic World Review by Dorothea E. Lutz
I love this trilogy. I have a Celtic background so it really speaks to me. When I hear John's voice I have an inner picture of green hills and beautiful soil, which is so comforting in this world today. (Posted on September 4, 2011)
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In honor of May as Mental Health Awareness Month, I'll be giving away 2 autographed copies of my award winning book "DEPRESSION AND YOUR CHILD: A GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS."
Research shows that children, even babies, experience depression. The clinical term is called Pediatric Depression, and rates are higher now than ever before. In the United States alone, evidence suggests that up to 1% of babies, 4 percent of preschool-aged children, 5 percent of school-aged children, and 11 percent of adolescents meet the criteria for major depression.
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Depression is a serious, but treatable condition, but only 38% of adults with diagnosable mental health problems and less than 20% of children and adolescents receive needed treatment.
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text: A trip along the history trail that tells of the settling of the west is littered with the remains of hundreds of ghost towns. The lives of many of these settlements were very brief, as they boomed when they bet on the tracks of the railroads and then busted as they watched from a distance as the trains pass them by. One of the largest communities was called Ivanhoe, and was developed between the Arkansas and Cimarron Rivers on what is now U.S. Highway 83. Today we'll visit what remains of this once-bustling community – the cemetery.


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Howard Buffett is a member of one of the wealthiest families in the world. Buffett, who owns and operates farms in Illinois and Nebraska, has chosen to use much of his wealth to fight hunger in Africa and other parts of the world. He described some of his experiences during a press briefing that followed his address at the World Food Prize Symposium in Des Moines, Iowa.
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A rose to the Lowndes County School Board for its efforts to add a vocational-technical school. Although even under the best of circumstances, the school would not be up and running for a couple of years, the added emphasis on training young people for jobs that require specific skills is a worthy pursuit. The school will go a long way in providing a trained workforce for the growing industrial development sector in the Golden Triangle. A Vo-Tech school will fill the skill gap in our workforce.
A rose to the East Lowndes Water Association, which announced that it will extend county water to a group of 32 residents along Christian Circle, Frisco Road and East Railroad Drive. With matching funds of $120,000 from the Mississippi Development Authority, the water association should have the taps running at those homes sometime this summer. For the residents who have seen their wells run dry, being added to the county water system is a godsend. It would be easy to ignore such a small group of residents who have little resources and scant political influence. That the water association heard their pleas says something very nice about the people in charge.
A rose to the Columbus High School slow-pitch softball team, whose run through the state playoffs ended Tuesday with a pair of losses to Grenada. Although it marked a disappointing end to the season, the Falcons can point to their first district title in 12 years and a 15-7 record as an achievement of note and a promising sign of future success under second-year coach Jaime Ellis-Melton.
A rose to the organizers of this year's Caledonia Day festivities, held Friday and Saturday. Although no official count was available, it seems likely that the event met the goal of 10,000 attendees. Friday's music and fireworks kicked off the celebration. On Saturday, a picture-perfect fall day greeted throngs of visitors who enjoyed a range of activities -- everything from lawn-mower races to a pet parade. It's clear Caledonians love their town. This weekend's event allowed the town to put its best foot forward. Well-done!
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Designed for Apple by Marshall Bergman, this briefcase for your MacBook and iPad is both stylish and protective.
This gorgeous briefcase is padded throughout to protect your MacBook and iPad and is crafted from lightweight, durable and water-repellent pebble cowhide leather. Lined with Marshall Bergman's signature Jacquard fabric, it offers padded protection for your MacBook and plenty of inner pockets for keeping your possessions in order. A bespoke slide-lock with detachable leather key pouch gives this bag an elegant finish while keeping your iPad and MacBook safe and secure. There is also an adjustable and detachable shoulder strap with a padded leather section for versatile carrying and comfort.
Sold on the Apple store gaining 5 star reviews.
This is the first briefcase style bag I have bought since I don't know when. Like everybody else, it seems, I have been using expensive nylon shoulder bags to carry the various laptops I have owned over the years. But more recently I have needed to project a more elegant and professional look, which is where this bag came in. The leather is really nice and the quality of the inside pockets and padding is excellent. Used on trip to New York in January and received three admiring comments (yes, about the bag). Wasn't sure if the bags are available in the States. Anyway, great product and for the quality, the price seems very fair.
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Energy recycling is the recovery of energy that would normally be wasted in industrial processes by flaring, exhausting to the atmosphere or operating low efficiency equipment, and converting it into electricity or thermal energy (steam). Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is a form of energy recycling, where power generation facilities are designed to produce energy and also supply heat rather than waste it. Energy recycling and CHP can be implemented at industrial sites, manufacturing facilities and large institutions such as hospitals and universities.
In a typical electric power generation plant, input fuel is used to create electricity while excess thermal energy (in the form of steam) is wasted in the process. Many facilities, both commercial and industrial, require a substantial amount of thermal energy for heating, cooling and other low temperature processes. By locating an electric generation plant on-site at a facility that has a significant demand for thermal energy, steam that is typically wasted can be used by the host. Each CHP plant reduces their host's energy costs and reduces emissions as compared to buying power off of the grid and producing steam with boilers.
Recycling waste energy streams is accomplished by Primary Energy in two ways:
Industrial Waste Energy RecyclingMany industrial processes produce byproduct energy streams such as (i) hot exhaust gases, (ii) flare gases and (iii) high pressure gases. Hot exhaust gases are generated by facilities such as coke ovens, glass furnaces, petroleum refineries and hot rolled steel ovens, which all have high temperature exhaust that can be converted into electricity and thermal energy. Flare gases are typically created in industrial processes such as those that occur in blast furnaces, which reduce iron ore to molten iron and produce byproduct gas that must be flared for cleanup. Finally, energy in the form of pressure drop energy is created when gases, including steam and natural gas, flow from high pressure pipes to low pressure points of use. Electric power and thermal energy can be produced by capturing and recycling these forms of waste energy produced by industrial processes.
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txt my registry necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 87 diseños de 31 diseñadores freelance.
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New company that is doing mobile gift registry by text message
Registry is fast and easy way of sending gifts to friends and family.
People will text MaryMaxWedding to 67777 for example and then they will receive a URL to their phone that they can then click on to donate money using their credit card for Mary & Max's Wedding.
Anyone having an event: wedding, baby shower, birthday, house warming, etc.
Biggest target will be weddings but want the design to be universal.
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Tilapia is an easy fish to prepare but can be pretty bland on its own. To enhance the flavor, I breaded the fish with a blend of shortbread cookies, white miso paste, wasabi and nori sheets. I covered the fish fillets with nori-flavored breading, pan-fried it and finish the cooking in the oven.
If you're trying to introduce seafood to your children, I think tilapia is a good fish to start with. It's mild in flavor and the other plus is it's inexpensive.
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2 medium zucchini, unpeeled
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4 green onions, sliced
1 sweet pepper, seeded and diced
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Using a vegetable peeler, cut zucchini into long, thin strips.
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Do you know what kind of Google Apps Account you have? Do you even know if you have a Google Apps account? There are many variations of accounts associated with Google from a basic Gmail account to a paid and fully secured Google Apps for Business Account. In this post, I will explain the four types of Google accounts and how they apply to enterprise users.
If you are confused about the different types of Google accounts, you are not alone. As Google's product offering grows, they repeatedly change the name of account types and services. They also change the permissions and features associated with each account on a somewhat random basis. This is not a criticism of Google; it's just the nature of the rapid development process of cloud applications. Google also uses the words app, application, product, and service inconsistently throughout their product documentation.
There are really four types of Google Accounts that you should know when it comes to Google for the Enterprise.
A Gmail account is a free Google Account with an email address that ends in @gmail.com. Gmail accounts arrived on the scene back in 2004, and they were such a hot commodity that users needed to receive invitations in order to acquire account. At the time, the 1GB of storage space and the clever threading of conversations seemed so modern in contrast to the tired old Yahoo and Hotmail accounts. As the amount of free storage space grew, so did the applications that were associated with a Gmail account. From the Gmail mailbox, user can also access Google Docs, Google Calendar and Google Sites. The account also allows users to instantly login to the dozens of other Google applications like Picasa, Blogger and Maps.
Many Gmail users like the application and the anytime/anywhere access so much that they arrange to have their work email forwarded to Gmail. This is more common in smaller organizations where email security is more lax. The account settings of Gmail allow one to use their business email address to appear as the "reply from" address. Gmail accounts are administered by the individual who owns the account and not the business' IT administrator.
Google account
A Google account is a user name and password that can be used to login to Google applications like Docs, Sites, Maps and Search (This is different than a Google Apps Account). These accounts do not necessarily end with "@gmail.com". For example, a user can sign up for a Google Apps account that is associated with her @yahoo email address. Using this account she can create, edit and collaborate on Google Docs without using the Google Email system. A common myth is that Google Apps users cannot share and edit Google Docs with users who do not have a Google Apps account. But anyone can sign up for a free Google Account and use it to access and edit share docs and files.
Google Apps account
A Google Apps account (stressing the words "apps") is an account associated with a domain that uses Google Apps (mail, calendar, docs and sites) for messaging and collaboration. When this product was first introduced it was called "Google Apps for Your Domain, then it was called "Google Apps Standard Edition" and now it's just "Google Apps".
These accounts currently come with 7GB of email storage space, access to Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Sites. This type of account is useful for organizations, clubs, and informal groups that do not need the enhanced security, support and administration options of Google Apps for Business. The only type of support that comes with this account is a link to the Google Help Center and Google Help User Forum. These accounts are free; however the domain is limited to ten users at one time.
Google Apps for Business
Google Apps accounts are nice to have, but when it comes to Enterprise the only real player in the game is the Google Apps for Business account. Google Apps for Business was previously called "Google Apps Premier Edition". These accounts allow each user access to 25GB in Gmail storage space, Calendar, Mail, Docs, Google Video and Google Groups for Business. Businesses are guaranteed 99.9% uptime as well as email and phone support.
The accounts also come with access to the migration tools which are necessary when migrating old messages, calendar items, and contacts from legacy systems. Google Apps for Business also includes access to Postini Message and Security services at no additional cost. A Google Apps for Business account is the only type of Google account that isn't free. The price is $50 for each user for each year or roughly $5/month. These accounts and services are managed by an Admin in the Google Apps Dashboard.
If you want to compare the features of Google Apps versus Google Apps for Business I recommend reviewing this chart. It also shows the features of Google Apps for Education which is only available to schools and universities.
Many Google users have multiple types of account. For example, I have two Gmail accounts, a Google Account associated with my Yahoo account, and three Google Apps for Business accounts for the three domains that I own and manage.
All of these accounts are relevant and service a specific purpose. However, this TechRepublic blog is about Google in the Enterprise so we will be primarily focusing on the Google Apps for Business accounts.
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Sharply surging sales tax revenue has allowed Escondido to restore many unpopular cuts made during the economic downturn and still have large budget surpluses, city officials said this week.
Escondido posted a $4.1 million surplus during the fiscal year that ended in June, and the city expects to post an $800,000 surplus during this fiscal year, finance chief Gil Rojas told the City Council on Wednesday.
Those surpluses come after four consecutive years of large budget deficits, during which the city burned through about $30 million in reserves, laid off dozens of employees and closed a library branch.
Rojas said the projected surplus for this fiscal year would be much higher if the city hadn't spent millions restoring programs and services in recent months.
Since last summer, the city has spent $850,000 hiring additional fire personnel, $500,000 for grants to help businesses spruce up their appearance and $100,000 to host the nation's biggest bike race this May.
In addition, many city employees got raises this winter so that Escondido City Hall could reopen on Fridays after four years of being open only four days per week. Rojas didn't estimate how much those raises cost.
City Manager Clay Phillips said last week that he plans to spend much of the additional revenue on paving streets and aggressive code enforcement to crack down on graffiti and illegal garage conversions.
And the council approved spending $50,000 Wednesday to install surveillance cameras throughout Grape Day Park as part of a comprehensive effort to rid the downtown park of crime.
Later this month, the council is scheduled to begin debating the proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, Rojas said.
Councilwoman Olga Diaz, who was elected in fall 2008 during the height of the economic downturn, said it was a welcome change to see city finances flush for the first time since she took office.
Rojas said he was projecting a large surplus despite lower-than-expected revenues from property taxes, hotel taxes, permits, interest income and fines collected by the Police Department.
That's possible because sales tax revenue has been increasing roughly 20 percent each quarter.
Rojas said vehicle sales have been particularly crucial to the financial recovery of the city, which has 20 new car dealers and nearly as many used car lots.
Last fall, sales tax from new cars was up 27.4 percent and sales tax from used cars was up 33.9 percent, compared with fall 2011.
Rojas said the city is projected to collect $32 million in sales tax this year, nearly as much as before the 2007 recession.
The economic downturn hit the city particularly hard because the auto dealers make Escondido more reliant than most other cities on sales tax, which tends to fluctuate with the economy more than property taxes and other revenue.
But city finances have come back strong, partly because of some new businesses that produce significant sales tax. They include an elaborate Lexus dealership, a CarMax used car lot and a three-story Target at Westfield North County mall.
And crews broke ground last fall in East Valley on the city's first Walmart, which is projected to boost sales taxes even higher.
The news wasn't all positive Wednesday. Rojas said the city's recreation division is projected to lose $436,000 despite program cuts and fee increases during the past two years.
City officials eliminated the division's $800,000 subsidy when money was scarce at City Hall, forcing the cuts and fee hikes.
But despite those changes, Phillips said last week that the skate park, Escondido Sports Center and several other programs continued to lose money.
Rojas said the $800,000 surplus would be placed in the city's $24 million reserve account.


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LOUISVILLE -- They come rolling down Kirk Varra's block Friday afternoons in the summer, a steady stream of revelers looking for somewhere to park and join the party at the Louisville Downtown Street Faire.
Once drivers run out of curbside space, they start getting creative.
"I've actually seen people park in the driveways along here," Varra said, pointing at the modest homes on LaFarge Avenue. "It gets ridiculous."
Louisville business leaders are trying to respond to Varra, and dozens of disgruntled downtown residents like him, with a proposed shuttle system that would move Street Faire participants -- who can number up to 6,000 per evening -- to and from off-site parking lots using pedicabs.
"The purpose is to take some of the pressure off parking in residential areas," Louisville Downtown Business Association board member Mark Zaremba said.
He said pedicabs -- bicycle-driven rickshaws -- would add a whimsical feel to an evening filled with music, arts, crafts and food. The business association would underwrite the cost of the service, though passengers would be free to tip the drivers.
"Pedicabs are fun, and the Street Faire is fun," Zaremba said. "I think it's a perfect fit."
Zaremba said the Downtown Business Association is still negotiating a price with a pedicab company and also trying to secure parking lot space at Louisville Middle School and Louisville Elementary School, at both ends of the fair.
Briggs Gamblin, spokesman for the school district, said he hasn't heard from Louisville about using the parking lots, but he said the district has teamed up with municipalities before on events and is open to talking to the association about an arrangement.
The Louisville Downtown Street Faire begins June 15 and runs for 10 Fridays, ending Aug. 17.
Linda Jackson, an eight-year city resident who lives nearly a mile west of downtown, said she'd use a pedicab to get to the Street Faire.
"I think it would be fun," she said. "The parking is very bad."
But Jackson wonders if the eight pedicabs, which can fit two or three people each, that would likely be put into action per evening would do much to accommodate the crowds.
"It takes a while to go from the school to the fair and a while for them to get back," she said.
Zaremba said his association is also open to the idea of running vans or shuttle buses if that appears to be a better way to provide relief to Louisville's downtown dwellers.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Austin Briggs: "...regarded as an important young illustrator"
He began to draw at an early age and in high school his work attracted so much attention that he was awarded a scholarship to the Wicker art School. He attended afternoon and evening classes but his interest flagged and he gave it up. He had concluded that Wicker didn't know anything; later, when he was older and wiser, he realized that he had missed some excellent instruction.
Briggs spent one semester at the City College of Detroit after his graduation from high school, but he was still looking for an opportunity to use his drawing ability. His chance came when an illustrator who specialized in automobile pictures took him on as an assistant. Briggs was only sixteen then, but his ability to draw the human figure was considerable, and it became his task to draw in the pretty girls and prosperous men, in a slightly reduced scale, so as to enhance the proportions of the sleek, shiny cars. It was good traing, and thirty-five dollars a week was an excellent salary for a youngster, but he became rebellious when he learned that his employer was receiving a thousand dollars a drawing. He threw up his job, became a free lance and did very well.
But he was dissatisfied with advertising routine and anxious to do story illustration. His first opportunity came in 1927 when he began working for the Dearborn Independent. Later in the year he sent some photostats of his Dearborn Independent drawings to Collier's. He received an encouraging note from the art editor, so he packed up and moved to new york. he first enrolled in the Art Students League and then called upon Collier's. The editor who had encouraged him was leaving but his successor gave Briggs his first big magazine assignment.
For about three years Briggs worked busily. He was attending classes at the Art Students League and studying under the fine draftsman George Bridgman and with Jack Walter Duncan. He also became acquainted with Wallace Morgan. And meanwhile he was drawing illustrations for Collier's, McClure's, Pictorial Review and newspaper advertisements for Cosmopolitan. All these illustrations were in pen and ink, for at the time, Briggs had done little painting in color. He was beginning to be regarded as an important young illustrator when the depression came and Briggs' work disappeared from the magazines.
Excerpted from the October 1950 issue of American Artist magazine, written by Henry C. Pitz
* My Austin Briggs Flickr set.
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Thanks, tonci; I know you will find the rest of Austin Briggs' story very compelling and thought-provoking, so stay tuned! :^)ReplyDelete
excellent stuff as always Leif....austin briggs is one of my all time favorite illustrators....ReplyDelete
Thanks Brian; Oh, I know, believe me! Some of the scans you've so generously donated may just find their way into the mix this week. :^)ReplyDelete
Briggs was so brilliant... every time I stumble across his work in venues like this, it rerminds me that I should spend more time focusing on him.ReplyDelete
Thedrawing of cow made me think of it was the work of Rien Poortvliet work.ReplyDelete
Austin Briggs inclines more into painting the modern urban life.
A limited pallet of three colors was always the ultimate challenge for me. Austin makes it look like a walk in the park.ReplyDelete
- Bandito2:40 PM
Fascinating post, Leif.Cant wait for the rest of Briggs' story.I always tend to group him with Fawcett and Sickles for the quality of their linear draughtsmanship.I'd be interested if your readers would add any others to this group.Possibly Dorne? ,I'm not sure.ReplyDelete
Also, does anyone know why his work on the Flash Gordon strip was so undistinguished?
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Fantastic post, once again. Anything by Briggs is a treat. Also, your Marvin Friedman post's are very inspirational. Can't wait to find out more.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your commitment to this blog.
David; I think it was your post long ago on that small pencil sketch you own that made me really appreciate Briggs. Any focus you choose to put on him will no doubt be a delight to read.ReplyDelete
louis-etienn vallee; I also think more often of modern, urban subjects when I think of Briggs. His style somehow seems very ... I don't know... sophisticated? But these somewhat earlier works perhaps show a Briggs who has not yet entirely found himself, as we will read in the next couple of days.
Les; a limited pallete of three colours- an interesting challenge - worth exploring. Thanks for the idea!
Hi Leif! This is my first time to visit this blog and I find it very inspiring. Please keep the posts coming.:)ReplyDelete
Leif, for a limited pallet, try using a cool red (alizarin crimson), yellow ochre, black and white (which is technically not a color). Mix alizarin crimson, yellow ochre and white for the basic flesh colors... reduce the white and add black for the shadows... for a bluish gray color, mix white and black... for a purplish gray color, mix black, white and alizarin crimson... for a greenish gray color, mix yellow ochre and black.ReplyDelete
The great Swedish painter Anders Zorn sometimes used these color combinations, when he painted nudes in oils. They really unify a painting.
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Jim Stack doesn't have a problem with world trade as a means to provide the world's inhabitants with an adequate supply of agricultural products. It's what comes with it that troubles him.
"When we move products around, we cannot help but move pests and pathogens, too," the director of the National Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University said at the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.
"In 2007, the United States imported 48 million tons of agricultural products and only inspected 1 percent to 2 percent of them. The volumes are just too big. We know things are getting through. We are intercepting thousands of pests and pathogens with just 1 percent to 2 percent inspection."
Stack says the problem will likely worsen as world population increases, and world trade rises to compensate.
"Today, over 1 million people live on lands that exceed the carrying capacity. One-third of the world's population lives in poverty, and 100 million people live in imminent danger of starvation."
With projections that world population will reach 9 billion people in several decades, or 32 percent more people than exist at present, "this places a lot of pressure on the world to produce."
Stack noted that the United Nations' Millennium Goals, established 10 years ago to eradicate extreme poverty, alleviate extreme hunger and improve public health, suggests that increasing world trade is the key to providing food security in the world.
But what critters will be hitching rides on crates and containers? Quite a few, Stack says, unless plant biosecurity efforts are stepped up.
Stack defines plant biosecurity as "containment, or keeping certain organisms in certain spaces, and exclusion, or keeping certain organisms out of certain spaces. That's whether we're talking about a field, a state or an entire nation.
"During the course of this meeting, there are 6 million cargo containers in transit on the ocean. Interestingly, while we've been sitting here, 82 containers are going to fall off the ship. Some of them wash up on shores, break open and spew their contents. If it's a shipment of Lays potato chips, it's not bad. But it's not just the product. It's the containers they're being shipped in. Invasive species will cause $1.2 billion in damage in the three days of this meeting."
Stack says the magnitude and expanse of modern trade makes it virtually impossible to check every container or crate. "The geographic barriers that used to keep organisms contained are irrelevant. We're putting them on ships and airplanes. Natural barriers are now irrelevant."
Stack said an example surfaced recently, with central Italy's importation of used automobile tires from the United States, which carried mosquitoes which subsequently vectored a virus. "Thousands of people became ill. They lost productivity in the workplace. A lot of donated blood was also affected and they had massive disruptions of scheduled surgeries."
The speed at which produce moves is another concern for Stack. "Right now, we can produce plants in Kenya and Guatemala, harvest them, transport them to the United States, get them through the inspection process and to wholesale in the United States in 36 hours.
"Right outside the inspection stations is a line of trucks waiting to transport the products once they're cleared."
The 2008 farm bill "calls for enhanced surveillance and interception for imported goods," Stack said. "This is another step in the right direction. Is it going to be enough? Absolutely not, but not because of inadequate effort. It's because the volumes are too large.
"Just in the Port of Miami in 2009, we imported over a million live plants and 2.6 million pounds of seed for planting. Forty-four thousand potential invasives were intercepted and 2,700 exotic pests were identified."
Stack says one key to enhancing plant biosecurity is early detection. "The idea is to find it fast. It's the people in the fields, the packing houses and the distribution systems that need to be the eyes. Enhanced surveillance is all about being aware of what the potential introductions are or being aware of unusual circumstances."
Stack noted that the National Plant Diagnostic Network is one of several organizations providing training for the effort. "There are also online modules and workshops. I encourage you to stay current on this."
Stack says that some leaders in developed nations have advocated that their countries "stop trading plants altogether. We can't do that. But we have to understand the consequences of trade, then commit the preparation necessary to deal with some of the negative impacts.
Another aspect of plant biosecurity is bioterrorism, according to Stack. "It is not as big a deal as natural introduction, but to ignore it would be foolish."
There has been at least one instance of bioterrorism, Stack said. "In Brazil there is a pathogen that was introduced from one region to another by land reformers who wanted to damage the local cocoa industry and its hold on local politics. They wanted to muck up the economy there so they could come into power. The pathogen did become established, and cocoa production fell 62 percent in 10 years."
The irony of plant biosecurity versus food security isn't lost on Stack either. "Increased trade undermines plant biosecurity. How does this make sense? The solution is the problem."
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- If a character's personal rating is more than 150 points below the team rating, they will earn points based on their personal rating instead of the team rating.
- If the average personal rating of the players queuing for a game is more than 150 points below the team's rating, the team will be queued against an opponent matching or similar to the average personal rating.
This is Blizzard throwing in the towel on team-based ratings. Which, quite frankly, is needed.
The point of a rating system, as I have pointed out before, is to measure the skill* of a player. But in a world where you can easily join, leave, form and dissolve teams, the rating system quickly bears no resemblance to reality. Team-based ratings are simply too vulnerable to exploitation. Point-selling by high-end teams is endemic.
In the ideal scenario, a player's rating should quickly settle around its true value, and after that, change fairly slowly. You should not be able to reset it. Wild swings after the system becomes settled is a sign of a flawed system.
Team-based ratings were a bad idea to start with. Hopefully in WotLK, Blizzard will implement a proper personal rating and reward system for PvP.
Once ratings settle, there are a lot of interesting things Blizzard could do. For example, you could have a Tournament each Saturday. Teams would be divided by rating bands, and you could give the winner in each band enough Arena Points for a bonus item. Under the current system, if you did this, you'd probably end up with some full Gladiator team that just started a new team in your bracket, and they would romp all over everyone.
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Lance Armstrong is considering admitting to doping, Juliet Macur at The New York Times reports.
He has told "associates and antidoping officials that he is considering publicly admitting that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions during his cycling career," says Macur.
Armstrong is hoping that by admitting to his guilt he'll be allowed to compete in events governed by the World Anti-Doping agency again.
Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour De France titles and banned from competitive racing after he decided to quit fighting doping charges from the US Anti-Doping Agency last August. He also lost his lucrative sponsorship deal with Nike.
Admitting guilt is not as simple as it might seem. Because Armstrong was a member of a team sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service confessing to doping could get him in serious legal trouble. He and his teammates could be charged with defrauding the government.
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The University of North Florida's alumni base has experienced unprecedented growth during the last decade. There are now more than 26,000 young alumni worldwide who share UNF as an alma mater. As those numbers swell and the University's national footprint grows, UNF's trained staff of Institutional Advancement central development officers has been working hard to engage that same young alumni population and explain how important they are to maintaining UNF's present and future excellence.The Office of Annual Giving has launched "The U in UNF" campaign. The web page — theuinunf.org/ — allows former students to reconnect with classmates and update friends on their current life journeys. The U in UNF
Heather Varian, director of Annual Giving, said the premise of the website is to engage the University's tech-savvy and time-strapped young alumni base in a medium they prefer."As the pool of young alumni keeps getting deeper, we have begun to realize that we needed to do more than just send out mail and hope it gets to them," Varian said. "Younger college graduates have a tendency to move a lot and have a number of different addresses. That makes it exceedingly difficult to connect through the traditional strategy of direct mail." That's what inspired "The U in UNF" web page, which operates as an analogue to social-networking sites such as Facebook, said Claire Miller, assistant director of Annual Giving.It includes user-generated images and content and allows alumni to interact with friends on their own terms. Many young alumni have taken the opportunity to post their fondest memories of their time on campus.Tiffani Irish, a 2003 sociology grad who now works as events manager at Jacksonville's historic Florida Theatre, posted her own said her own UNF testimonial on the website. The biggest takeaway from her time on campus was that her professors truly provided an unparalleled college experience through their commitment to interacting with students and providing hands-on learning opportunities. "They were all dedicated and gave a personal touch," she said. "They all knew my name and me personally."Varian said social networking is one of the most effective methods for user engagement. "If you're trying to interact with busy young alumni for a minimum of five minutes, a web page is going to do far better than a phone call or piece of direct mail," she said. "The whole purpose is to get them back in the University community and let them put back the 'The U in UNF.'"Financial health
Younger alumni are key to the long-term financial viability of any University, said Brandon McCray, assistant vice president for Development. The annual giving rate has steadily increased from about 6 percent three years ago to about 9 percent this year. And the past year was one of the best in terms of University fundraising, despite a down economy and financial insecurity clouding the nonprofit fundraising circuit.McCray said that's proof of the maturation of the University's alumni base. UNF has largely subsisted for the past 40 years on major gifts from friends of the University, and he said he expects there to be a far different financial breakdown in another 40 years."The long-term welfare isn't tied to just major gifts but rather the rate of alumni giving," he said. "Younger alumni, they're the advocates, the ambassadors, the beneficiaries of a thriving University, and they truly set the tone for the financial health of an institution." "The U in UNF" campaign is about showing them how important they truly are in the continued growth of their alma mater. After all, a degree's worth can be measured based on the strength of the issuing institution."A strong, thriving UNF is a good thing for every current or former student," McCray said. Donors making a difference
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When kids get the chance to participate, they can end up stealing the show!
A local TV station in Fargo, North Dakota, invites children once a week to help deliver the weather forecast on the 5 o'clock news as part of an ongoing promotion. During the weather last night (Thursday, Feb. 7), the Chief Meteorologist, Hutch Johnson, was joined by a very professional looking 9 year old! William Hallman seemed to be a pro in front of the green screen and really knew his towns and what was happening in the weather.
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We live and work on Nassawadox Creek Virginia growing oysters. Nassawadox is an Native American name meaning "Land between two waters" and that is reflected in the flavor of our oysters. There is a rich history of oysters here and we work from an old oyster company that was founded in the 1880's.
This will be on our oyster boxes and website and will try to catch the attention of consumers and wholesale buyers in the competitive half shell oyster market.
We are Shooting Point Oyster Company on Nassawadox Creek in Virginia who grows high end aquacultured cocktail oysters for the half-shell oyster market.
Out current logo is a Native American with his head tilted back slurping an oyster but this logo is similar to one of our business partner's logos and we would like a change.
I would like a small Indian standing on the right hand side of the logo shooting an arrow arching across the page. I would like the arrow to have an oyster tip. Arched over this I would like the words "Nassawadox Salts" I would like a readable but semi-antique font for this. The Indian should be standing on a shoreline of a bay…maybe some marsh grass sticking up and the horizon of water under the arching arrow and the "Nassawadox Salts" name.
I would like the words:
"Hand cultured heirloom oysters by the Shooting Point Oyster Company"
I envision this going on a white box with red lettering and artwork. So please do this in red one color only for printing purposes.
Thank you.
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A £266 million plan to revamp roads and other forms of transport across Worcestershire can today be revealed - in a bid to finally solve the county's congestion headaches.
Business and council leaders have teamed together to draw up a blueprint of 19 major infrastructure revamps aimed for completion by 2021.
It includes bids of £173 million from central Government, and if accepted the likes of Worcestershire County Council and the Highways Agency will put the remaining £93 million into the kitty themselves.
It includes:
- £6 million towards street resurfacing in key shopping centres like Worcester, Malvern and Evesham to increase their appeal
- £17 million to finally build Worcestershire Parkway, a long-awaited railway station planned for Norton
- £56 million on reconfiguring the M5 Junction 6 to ease traffic build-up at peak times and prevent queues stretching back to the A449 in particular
- £4.8 million on building the Pershore Northern Link, including a bridge over the railway line in order to improve access between the A44 and the Keytec Business Park, and changes to Pinvin cross roads
- £11 million to widen roads and reconfigure key junctions to sites where large housing plots are expected to be built, including Newlands in Malvern, the west Worcester urban extension next to Dines Green and the Copcut in Droitwich
- £5 million to create special access to Worcester Technology Park off Junction 6 of the M5, and £1.75 million for better Malvern Hills Science Park access
- £2 million on a new pedestrian river crossing going from Worcester's Gheluvelt Park to old Kepax Country Park site behind Hallow Road, aimed at opening up more of the city to pedestrians and encouraging walking
- £10 million specifically towards road improvements around Evesham, which are expected to focus on the A46
- £5 million on flooding alleviation, which is expected to focus on New Road in Worcester and Upton-upon-Severn
Other projects include £24 million on improving the A38 in Bromsgrove, £5 million to improve Kidderminster railway station and the landscape around Comberton Hill, and £12.8 million on the Hoo Brook Link Road, also in Kidderminster.
It also includes funds towards the planned dualling of the A4440 Southern Link Road in Worcester, including £63 million on Carrington Bridge, as your Worcester News first revealed last week.
The entire package has been put together by Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which is competing for Government handouts worth £2 billion every year between next April and 2020.
As your Worcester News revealed last week the plan, put together with input from all Worcestershire's councils, MPs and more than 150 organisations, totals bids worth £250 million, making transport more than half the total ask.
Peter Pawsey, LEP chairman, said: "This is the first step to securing major changes for the better to Worcestershire's physical infrastructure."
Councillor Simon Geraghty, county council deputy leader, said: "These aren't minor proposals, this is a real step-change for Worcestershire's future transport needs."
A first announcement by the Government on next year's successful bidders is due in July.


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ELBURN – A drive through the Blackberry Creek subdivision in Elburn provides a clear picture of just what happened in the building industry over the past decade. There are sections of large houses and Blackberry Creek Elementary School. But head to the far eastern section and it is a different story.
Some roads lack a top layer. There are areas of empty lots, many of them with "for sale" signs. There are ponds, but some you can't see because weeds block the view. In urging caution to the village's leaders as they move forward on plans for the proposed Elburn Station development, board member Bill Grabarek called Blackberry Creek "a failed development."
Village President Dave Anderson is among those who don't agree with that assessment.
"It's not a failed development, not by any stretch of the imagination," Anderson said. "There are some financial issues and some things the developer was required to finish up on, and we're dealing with the bonding companies right now on that."
Four members of the Village Board are Blackberry Creek residents. Some residents say it's an enjoyable place to live and there is promise. At Monday's Committee of the Whole meeting, village leaders pushed forward with a resolution they say should allow them to address the maintenance problem.
Some in the village question how local leaders can push forward with Elburn Station plans while portions of Blackberry Creek sit undeveloped. Village leaders say there is little they can do about that, and the developments are different.
Improving maintenance
Village leaders Monday discussed Blackberry Creek issues, and village attorney Bob Britz said they have two options when they look to address the problems with maintaining the land – take their issues to court with the landowners or adopt a resolution to accept the dedication of open space, detention/retention basins and public improvements. Issues have been unresolved since developer B&B Enterprises pulled out of the area in 2010.
Britz said the intent was that the properties ultimately would have been dedicated to the village, and the resolution would allow officials to handle the upkeep, thus addressing a long-standing issue in the subdivision. The cost is to be covered through subdivision bonds that were part of the annexation agreement.
The item was placed on next week's consent agenda for the Village Board.
Grabarek said the resolution was necessary because performing such work would have been considered trespassing otherwise.
"We were just kind of stuck," he said.
Empty lots
Blackberry Creek resident Chris Rosati said he likes the subdivision, where he has lived for six years, and he enjoys living in Elburn. He can live with the fact that the streets are incomplete because that was to be done after construction was complete.
But he hasn't enjoyed mowing the lots next to his. And when he moved into the area, he didn't envision so many empty lots years later.
"When we bought, we anticipated we would be buying into a subdivision that is complete," said Rosati, adding he is disappointed that it's so sparse.
Documents provided by the village show 665 building permits have been issued in Blackberry Creek since 2003, but only seven since 2009. Grabarek said 665 is about 55 percent of what the development originally called for.
Rosati is not against Elburn Station, the proposed ShoDeen development that promises to bring about 2,200 homes into the village in the area near the Metra station. Clearing the way for Elburn Station would move forward plans for the Anderson Road bridge, which would provide a crossing of the railroad tracks. Trains each day pass through the village, snarling traffic on Route 47. Trustee Jerry Schmidt, another Blackberry Creek resident, said residents on the south side of Elburn at times can get to Batavia faster than they can reach the north side of Elburn.
Because ShoDeen owns the land on which the bridge would be built, those plans – which include millions of dollars in federal funding – are linked with Elburn Station's future.
Another resident, Stefan Havier, called the subdivision a "very nice community." He said the houses will be built in the empty lots when people can afford to build.
"It's just part of a bad economy," he said. "If the economy wouldn't have plunged, I would have neighbors next to me. … Does it bother me? No. I enjoy my house, and I enjoy the people who are there."
What can be done
Some in the village have been vocal against Elburn Station, citing Blackberry Creek's issues.
"The comments I hear from the residents are, basically, why are we considering another development when Blackberry Creek isn't finished, and why doesn't ShoDeen finish it?" Grabarek said. "Well, ShoDeen doesn't own it. … I can understand the frustrations."
As far as calling Blackberry Creek a failed development, Grabarek said he was "perhaps choosing my words for the greatest impact."
"It was not inappropriately planned or executed, but other influences … basically, the economy, brought on by a lot of iffy mortgages just kind of caused the collapse. … We, as a nation, just kind of put our proverbial fiscal foot in our mouth," Grabarek said.
Trustee Ken Anderson, who resides in Blackberry Creek, said he would not call it a failed development. He also doesn't see how it would be beneficial to stop all construction in the village because activity in his subdivision stopped. Elburn Station is different, he said, with housing near the train station that might be more attractive to people with different priorities than those who live in Blackberry Creek.
"Blackberry Creek is a planned unit development that has amenities that drew me to the development. … It will draw more people to the development when the economy gets better," Anderson said. "The proposed development [Elburn Station] will have its own amenities, and certain people will be drawn to that."
As far as the argument that Blackberry Creek's mistakes shouldn't be repeated at Elburn Station, board members plan to address that. Trustee Jeff Walter, who lives in Blackberry Creek, has pushed for language in the annexation agreement with ShoDeen that would specify that no plat could be started until the previous plat was essentially done. In Blackberry Creek, he said one plat is about 60 to 70 percent complete, and another is about 10 to 15 percent.
"That's where the discussion comes up, that we don't want another Blackberry Creek," Walter said.
But there is much in Blackberry Creek to embrace.
"Yeah, there are some things that need to be done, but I wouldn't say it's a failed development," Walter said. "People don't complain about living here. Some of the people might have some complaints about the road, but it's a great neighborhood."