text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Oil Painting =Very Basic Questions= Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Digital Art Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Oil Painting =Very Basic Questions=" jHofmemberMember #Joined: 23 Jun 2000Posts: 252Location: Chicago, IL Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2001 3:55 pm I'm looking for some tips/tutorials/whatnot/slash/and other stuff about just setting up for oil painting. When to use Gesso, when not to. How the heck to you go from one color to the next with out having that other color still in your brush. I started out buying some cheap oil paints and a couple (Cheap I would say.)brushes to play around with them. I really like the feel of them and all. But I just get so frustrated that to clean my brush I have to whip around my brush in the brush cleaning stuff, wipe if off, whip around more, wipe it off... ...10 minutes later It still has color in it. Bah! Now maybe I'm to use two, seven, forty-two brushes or something? I'm hoping it's just that I don't know how to clean right. Or, do I really have to clean a bursh for 10 minutes to move on. Maybe thats why oil paintings are sopuse to take a long time??? I'm sure a lot of this is just trial and error stuff. I've never had any classes on oil painting yet, so I'm pretty funked out by it and it's process. Thanks for any time you give to me and any others who learn something from this. And remember... don't eat green cheese. [Edit: Meta-search-sijun-dhabih-forum-tags: Newbie Oil painting, Oil painting tutorials, beginning oil painting, funked out, getting started.] -Hof [This message has been edited by jHof (edited January 08, 2001).] Back to top quaterniusmemberMember #Joined: 20 Nov 2000Posts: 220Location: Albany, CA Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2001 5:44 pm Try pulling or wiping the paint out of your brush "before" you swish it around in the turpenoid to clean it. You'll use up lots of kleenex or paper towels, but that's part of the game. That's my technique anyway, as well as some very respected artists I know. OR, some painters I know keep a handful of brushes with different colors going at the same time, then clean up at the end. I've switched to Grumbacher MAX and Winsor and Newton water-soluble oils. Thin and clean up with water. Great stuff. Try some; I think they both have sample packs. Give me another week and I may have some info. up on my Tripod site. For now, good luck. Q Back to top Quinnbeastjunior memberMember #Joined: 31 Dec 2000Posts: 16Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, UK Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2001 6:41 am hmm, well, I had about 10 weeks of oil painting at the end of my college course before i even started to do actual paintings..... I'm not sure it's that easy to describe it in a few words. Firstly, you need some good cotton rags - an old T-shirt or two would do the trick. Try if you can, to start painting with the lightest colour first so that it has less effect if you want to use the same brush for another colour. Make sure you give the brush a good wipe, rinse it in the turps/white spirit and then give it another wipe on the rag. I find that removes enough paint to carry on with another colour. After some practice, the whole thing you are describing stops becoming an issue because it's just something you learn to deal with, even though it seems a real pain at the moment. I tend to use several brushes of the same size if required, but obviously you have to buy the damn things first The thing about oils is that you really need some proper lessons or guidance on how to use them and which additives to use. I can't say I've ever used gesso (it may be called something different over here in the UK) and to make things easier I would just manage without any extras while you figure out the paint itself. I personally use "Liquin" which helps to smooth the paint out and is useful for blending colours, and also for when you want to use the oil very thin (glazing etc, but that's complicating matters ) It also helps it dry quicker... The problem is that you will get different suggestions form different people - The type of brushes to use, the type of paints to use, which additives to use, what sort of surface to paint on etc. It isnt easy, and it sure isnt cheap. For example, I found that by using decent (decent doesnt always mean expensive) brushes was a huge help they are made of hogs hair and are very good indeed. Maybe Ill have to see about doing an oils guide:P l8r, Quinnbeast. Back to top quaterniusmemberMember #Joined: 20 Nov 2000Posts: 220Location: Albany, CA Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2001 9:48 am Great advice from Quinnbeast. I've just put a few things up on my Tripod site in the tutorials area that might help point you in the right direction. ------------------ -Quaternius http://quaternius.tripod.com/Forum email@example.com Back to top SeegmemberMember #Joined: 22 Dec 2000Posts: 58Location: Orem, UT, USA Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2001 10:04 pm When I teach painting to my students there are some basics that I always start them off with. Good paint and good brushes. There is nothing more frustrating than stiring around crappy paint with crappy brushes. Limited palette. Start with only the following colors. White, Yellow Ochre, alizarn crimson, and Ivory black. Less color choices mean less mistakes. You can paint an amazing amount of color variations with those few colors. Buy your brushes in three's of the same size. Then you have a brush for the darks, mid-tones, and lights. Clean your brushes as little as possible when you paint. Each time you clean your brush it is about impossible to get all the turp out of the brush. It ends up making your paint wet and slick. If you must clean your brush, wipe it off on a rag first, wash it turp, and quickly wash it in acetone. Do not leave the acetone uncovered. Only uncover it when you rinse your brush. It will leave your brush free from and oily buildup. NEVER soak your brushes in acetone and don't smoke, etc when using it. I usually have my students paint from dark to light. The reason is that it takes much less paint to lighten a color mixture than it does to darken an already light mixture. Hope som of this helps. If you would like to see my Oil paintings, go to www.seegmiller-art.com and look in the traditional galleries. Good luck and let me know if you have any additional questions Regards Don Back to top spooge demonmemberMember #Joined: 15 Nov 1999Posts: 1475Location: Haiku, HI, USA Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2001 2:30 am Hi Seeg, Very nice suggestions! Do you have any recomendations as to which grade and brand to buy? Back to top SeegmemberMember #Joined: 22 Dec 2000Posts: 58Location: Orem, UT, USA Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2001 5:30 pm There are two brands of oil paint that I can recommend without hesitation as the most bang for the buck. Gamblin and Graham are very good paints and relatively inexpensive. I use them both and they are favorably comparable with very expensive paint brands. Back to top quaterniusmemberMember #Joined: 20 Nov 2000Posts: 220Location: Albany, CA Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2001 5:56 pm Seeg - You obviously really know what you're talking about and I think you're right on. Limited palette is the way to go. But like every artist, I have a few different opinions. Okay, show us your stuff you say! Yeah, yeah, Okay - one of these days when I have some time I'll pull out the oil-paintings, photograph 'em and get 'em up on the web so I can show I'm reasonably legit. Until then, I generally recommend a slightly different palette to my students: Cad.yellow light (or pale) instead of yellow ochre - (yep it's more expensive, but even tho' yellow ochre is a more budget concious choice I think you can get cleaner colors with cad. yellow lt. since it's not already a bit neutralized like yellow ochre {personal opinion}),Mars black instead of Ivory black - because most Mars blacks are "blue-blacks", so you can still mix some very acceptable greens. Once everyone is getting the hang of it I'll often switch to Ultramarine blue instead of mars black, which still provides a nice dark "dark". There's other reasons too, but I'm sure you know all about them so I won't go into it here. However, the obvious benefits to this palette range are that you not only have the complete primaries, but a reasonably nice contrast range from light to dark - a bit more than yellow ochre provides. I like the cad.yellow lt. because students can often lighten things quite a bit without immediately reaching for the titanium white and turning things "chalky" - creating some better habits I think. To each his own. I like your three brush idea. I know several artists that use it. One of them uses several big jars - he puts a couple of inches of sand in the bottom of each jar, then can jam the brush-handles into the sand, grab another brush and keep painting. But I prefer to pull the paint off the brush I'm using, with a rag or kleenex and keep going. I probably throw away as much paint as I use. Like you say, turp. is really for cleaning up your brushes at the end. Especially for teaching, I've switched to water-soluble oils. It's real oil paint, doesn't dry any faster, you can treat it just like oils and use turp. or mineral spirits -- or you can clean up with soap and water. Clean-up with soap and water rates pretty high on my list. The less I have to get turp., mineral spirits, acetone, etc. on my skin - or breathe those things, the better. The paint doesn't seem to be quite as buttery as really good oils, but it's pretty close. Definitely close enough for students. Spooge - if I might be so bold, until Seeg responds; the professional oil painters I know use either Sennelier, (Cezanne, Pissaro, Bonnard and Picasso; to name a few, preferred these - and they really are rich and buttery), Gamblin, or Daniel Smith Original Oils. I'm partial to Gamblin, but I've switched to Grumbacher MAX and W&N Artisan for their water-solubility. Since my studio is connected to the house, the water-solubility seems to help somewhat in keeping the odors down, (maybe it's just in my mind). jHof - I also moved my Forum stuff over to an old geocities account and have some additional notes on oils in the Tutorials there, if it helps. Try this: http://www.geocities.com/cubic44/ Q Back to top SeegmemberMember #Joined: 22 Dec 2000Posts: 58Location: Orem, UT, USA Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2001 7:06 pm Nah, I'd love to see your stuff but make no judgments about your knowledge. That is the beauty of art, everyone has valid points and their own way of doing things. I love cad yellow light and use it extensively. I tend to use it when I am painting very pale complexioned skin. Though I limit my students to four colors, at my studio I use the following for most of my painting. Old Holland Titanium White. This is the most opaque, heavy bodied white I have found outside of the lead based paints. Cad yellow light. Graham or Gamblin Yellow ochre. Cad red light. an earth red...venetian, light, mars etc. Permanent Alizarin. Gamblin Burnt Umber Ivory Black Ultramarine blue (sometimes thalo blue) Thalo green I will add different colors as the painting dictates. I like Winsor Newton Artist Grade Purple Madder Alizarin. A very deep reddish purple. I use raw umber extensively in flesh tones. I find it interesting that you find Mars black cooler than Ivory Black. I am the opposite ) I do find that specific colors vary from brand to brand. You will eventually find the colors in the brand that you can't live without. I must admit that I know very little about the water soluble paint. I have never used it. Whatever we do, the most important thing is to keep painting... Don Back to top quaterniusmemberMember #Joined: 20 Nov 2000Posts: 220Location: Albany, CA Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2001 9:21 pm Don - Thanks for sharing your larger palette - like any artist I've spoken with, I know it changes from time to time also. On the black paint issue, looks like we're both going for a bluish-black. Funny how we get stuck on some things. Ever since I began painting those many years ago I've always thought of Ivory black as being a warm black, {where did that come from?}, but you got my interest going,(besides not wanting to misdirect students) so I pulled out a number of tubes for a quick comparative test. Dan Smith Autograph Oils - Ivory black DOES appear blue-black, hmmmm... Daniel Smith Original oils, again, Ivory black appears cooler than the Mars black. Grumbacher MAX, Ivory black looks warmer than mars black. Holbein Aqua-oils - Mars black is definitely blue. That's very sobering - but actually, I agree with what you wrote - colors can vary substantially from brand to brand. I've always found that to be true, but haven't really stopped to take a look at the ivory black issue before. Since I've been recommending water-solubles for classes, looks like I've been okay - but just wrote a mental note to be even more specific on the manufacturers in the future. jHof - I just came across a great book by Thomas S. Buechner called "How I Paint - Secrets of a Sunday Painter" - it is so good I had to buy it. He's written the book I would have liked to have written myself. Believe me, he's more than just a Sunday Painter! Fabulous tips and techniques for the beginner as well as the pro and more importantly, the "why" of painting. Get it if you can. What an amazing Forum this is! 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Eurocopter "now fully understands the root cause of the cracking and need to go to validation of both the final and immediate fix," said outgoing President and CEO Lutz Bertling at the company's headquarters in Marignane on April 18. He was addressing the problem with the main gear bevel shaft that has been identified as the "root cause of the crack initiation" that lay behind the May 10 and Oct. 22, 2012 ditchings of EC225 Super Pumas in the North Sea, owned respectively by Bond Offshore Helicopters and CHC Scotia Helicopters.
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Doesn't the Nestorian church have 2 Patriarchates? How does that work?I know that there's one in Chicago cuz i've walked by it a few times. Anyone have any info on this?
they have an Old Calendarist variety.
Are the Old Calanderists in Chicago, or in the Middle East? (Isn't their other one in Damascus? Or am I just confusing that with someone else?)
Do modern Nestorian Churches believe Mary to be the Theotokos/Mother of God?
Of course, to play the devils advocate here....It *could* be argued that the modern "Nestorian" churches do not adhere to the doctrine of Nestorianism, but are deemed heretical because they do not condemn Nestorius.Which may be just as bad as following Nestorianism....I am just pointing that one diocese of the Assyrian Church in the East has the Nicene Creed on their webpage.
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The ethnic Chechens suspected of planting the Boston Marathon bombs have put the spotlight on Chechnya, the embattled Russian republic that's been engaged in fierce fighting for its independence. WSJ's Mark Scheffler reports.
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Ph.D. in Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
M.A. in Public Administration, University of California at San Jose
B.A. in special studies "Environmental Studies", University of California at San Jose
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Mark Tigan has more than 25 years experience in governmental programs and has worked at the local governmental level in numerous capacities, including, Model Cities director, acting city manager, community and economic development director, and local community development corporation executive director. He practiced the community development profession at the local level in several states such as California, Vermont, and Ohio. After serving a co-director of Community Development Training Institute, he embarked on a consulting and teaching track. During the last 15 years he has consulted on major projects funded by Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including Oklahoma City terrorist bombing recovery, State of Connecticut's pilot economic development program, NBA Basketball Hall of Fame, and Boston's World Trade Center hotel. Tigan is also the author of several HUD guidebooks. In partnership with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of HUD Warren Butler, Tigan's firm is a recognized national expert in HUD's community development and housing programs. Tigan's projects and work have been featured on "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report" and The Economist has called Tigan "one of the most successful local grantsmen in the country."
On Jan 26, 2007 Tigan presented a paper to the National Community Development Association at their annual legislative conference in Washington, D.C. The topic of the paper was "U.S. Governmental Accountability Office's (GAO) Approach to Domestic Program Funding." Tigan serves on the National Academy of the Science's 'Expert Panel' for community development funding allocations to local governments. The Academy study was commissioned by GAO, an arm of Congress.
Tigan presented "Non-profit and NGO Roles in the Privatization of Governmental Responsibility on a Local and Global Scale" at the Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Tigan was also invited to attend two Community Development Training Institute's (CDTI) Board of Directors meetings, one in Fort Worth, Texas and one in Brattleboro, Vermont. In Texas, Tigan gave the board an update on Clark's "National Urban Policy Competition" project and received input on structuring and marketing the August/September 2008 conference, at which the winning 'White Papers' will receive $65,000. In Brattleboro, Mark assisted the CDTI board in making a decision to invest in a start-up international non-profit which intends to provide consultancy services to small businesses attempting to meet a growing set of environmental product content standards (e.g., carbon credits, recycled content minimums, etc.).
The Community Development Training Institute (CDTI)—with major support from Freddie Mac—sought the design and implementation of an Urban Initiative Competition by a major university with community development concentrations at the graduate study level. Mark Tigan saw the potential match with the Community Development and Planning and Clark's Graduate School of Management programs.
CDTI awarded $100,000 to IDCE for the purpose of organizing such a national competition for policy imitative 'white papers' on 1) affordable and sustainable housing, 2) economic development, and 3) financial services to low income communities. This is a national competition for 'Action Plans' in anticipation of congressional interest in new and creative urban initiatives and a need for national attention on domestic development policies and initiatives.


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Alfresco Closes Successful Quarter with Major Customer Wins, Expanded Partner Network and Industry Awards
Strengthens position as leading alternative to proprietary ECM systems with addition of 50 new customers
LONDON, June 27, 2007 – Alfresco Software, Inc., the first provider of an open source enterprise content management solution, today said Activision, Inc., Sesame Workshop and Shimano Americas, Inc., have joined a growing list of companies choosing Alfresco's open source software to help power their businesses. The company also said system integration powerhouses Atos Origin and Cap Gemini have joined its expanding partner network.
The new customers cap another successful quarter for Alfresco and strengthen its position as one of the most mature open source companies in business today. Doubling its momentum for the fifth quarter in a row, Alfresco has seen a remarkable transformation in just two years. It has seen its customer ranks swell to 300 customers, its community grow to 15,000 registered participants, and its open source enterprise content management software downloaded 600,000 times. Over the past 12 months, the company has doubled its workforce to 50 employees.
"The global 2000 continues to migrate away from proprietary software to solutions built on open source," said John Powell, CEO and Co-founder, Alfresco. "This is becoming especially visible in enterprise content management, as companies reach the end of their licensing agreements with existing vendors and, for the first time, have a viable open source option to consider."
Other customers added to the open source leader's customer list include leaders from the retail, financial services, manufacturing, education and travel industries: Alterrre Bourgogne, Critical Mass, Inc., Environmental Strategies, Inc, Prager Sealy and Co LLC, Raley's, Riverside County Office of Education, Santa Fe Institute, University Library Ghent, and Viajes Barcelo SL.
The 50 new customers add to Alfresco's existing stable of impressive clients, which includes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Christian Science Monitor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, H&R Block, KLM, Boise Cascade and Electronic Arts.
Adding to its roster of 100 partners, Alfresco has signed agreements with systems integrators Buserdi, OA Solutions and Kraai to its North and South American partner network, and Knowings, Smile, Smartup, Sollan, Amexio, NSI, Mediamine, and IECS to its partner network in Europe. Existing partner Optaros has been promoted to Alfresco's Platinum level partnership.
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text: MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL/MIT CENTER FOR GENOME RESEARCH GENETIC MAP OF THE RAT RELEASE 1 JANUARY 1995 INTRODUCTION: This is to announce the January 1995 release of the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research rat genetic map. This map consists of 431 polymorphic rat microsatellite repeats mapped on a SHRxBN F2 intercross using PCR probes. The average spacing between markers on these maps is approximately 3.7 cM. OBTAINING THE DATA: The data can be obtained as a series of flat files by anonymous ftp to ftp-genome.wi.mit.edu. Log in as "anonymous" and give your e-mail address as your password. The data files can be found in /distribution/rat_sslp_releases/janary95. Alternatively, the data can be found on a World Wide Web site maintained by the MIT Center for Genome Research. Point your browser at http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/ and follow the links to Genome Center Data/Rat Genetic Mapping Project. CONTENTS OF THIS DIRECTORY: The contents of this directory are as follows: marker_data.sea.hqx A Macintosh Excel 4.0 format file containing data on each of the markers, including the sequence of forward and reverse primers, the genotype of the markers on the cross, and the sizes of the product produced on a number of standard inbred strains. marker_data.txt As above in a tab-delimited ASCII text file. chromosome_pictures/ A directory containing Macintosh picture files of the maps, one per chromosome. CITING THIS DATA: References to this data in publications should be cited by listing the following source: 1. Jacob, H.J., Brown, D.M., Bunker, R.K., Daly, M.J., Dzau, V.J., Goodman, A., Koike, G., Kren, V., Kurtz, T., Lernmark, A., Levan, G., Mao, Y-P., Pettersson, A., Pravenec, M., Simon, J.S., Szpirer, C., Szporer, J., Trolliet, M.R., Winer, E.S. and Lander, E.S., 1995. A genetic linkage map of the laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus, Nature Genetics 9, 63-69. ASSAY CONDITIONS: Assay conditions and other experimental details are given in Jacob, H.J., et al., 1995. Nature Genetics 9, 63-69. Briefly, the PCR protocol used radiolabeled primers in a 25 cycle PCR (1 '92 degrees, 2' 55 degrees, 1.5' 72 degrees) on 20 ng of genomic DNA. PURCHASING PRIMER PAIRS: All the primers listed in this release are available from Research Genetics, Inc.,2130 Memorial Parkway SW, Huntsville, AL 35801, 800-533-4363 (phone), 800-336-9014 (FAX), under a community discount arrangement set up by the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research. (Note: MGH and WI/MIT CGR have placed the markers in the public domain. The center and its personnel receive no financial benefit from the sale of primers.) FURTHER QUESTIONS: Please direct questions and inquiries to Donna Brown, telephone (617) 726-4347, d_brown at helix.mgh.harvard.edu. Donna Brown Massachusetts General Hospital -- ======================================================================== Lincoln D. Stein Whitehead Institute/MIT Genome Center lstein at genome.wi.mit.edu Cambridge, MA 02142 ========================================================================


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I was really hoping by the time this ingredient spotlight theme came we'd have garden green beans! But, between the deer and rabbits this year, our green beans have seen better days. We have a few on the plants, and are hoping more will be ready by the weekend.
Green beans are a legume, and offer numerous goodies as a part of this green treat:
- They can be eaten fresh (one of the few beans that can)
- A great source of carotenoids (hidden beneath all that chlorophyll)
- High levels of antioxidants
- Great source of the vitamin K
- Perhaps the best source of soluble silicon
- A good source of protein and fiber
Our favorite way to eat them has to be the simple herbed approach:
But, we also love green beans in:
Roasted Green Bean Potato Salad
Roasted Vegetable Pumpkin Mac & Cheese
Did you know, you can freeze your fresh green beans really easily? We do that a lot too.
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Arizona is considering a bill that could penalize the creators of parody Twitter or Facebook accounts with jail time if they have "malicious intent."
The law—proposed by Republican state Rep. Michelle Ugenti—would criminalize online impersonation. If passed, making a web page, sending a text, or sending an email in someone else's name would be a felony.
While it's not exactly a novel idea, considering California, Texas, and New York already have similar laws, it might not be a very good one. In theory, outlawing impersonation is smart because it would prevent some identity theft and online bullying, but this law might be a little half-baked. A fake account would require consent from the person being lampooned, and the who's to say what's malicious or not? I could make an account called @TinyWeenKanye and only tweet "I'm Kanye and I have a tiny ween," but I wouldn't mean any harm because in reality, I love Kanye West.
On top of those concerns, regarding similar legislation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has pointed out that it may horn in on your First Amendment rights and clamp down on social commentary. But it is important to note that the bill provides that there must be harmful intentions, which means no end to the the truly noxious faux handles like @BindersofWomen or @FakeEliManning. Sigh. [FirstCoastNews]


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New legislation approved by the Texas Legislature now requires new and transfer students, under the age of 30, entering a college or university to provide proof of vaccination against bacterial meningitis in the previous five years. Other than noted below, students enrolled in non-credit continuing education classes, are not required to provide proof of bacterial meningitis immunization.
Exception: Students enrolled in a continuing education course or program that is more than 360 contact hours (i.e. Medical Assistant/PCT) will be required to provide a certificate signed by a health practitioner or an official immunization record evidencing that the student has received a bacterial meningitis vaccination dose or booster during the five-year period preceding enrollment in said program. This documentation must be provided 10 days prior to the start of class.
Students may claim an exemption from the vaccination requirements by providing a completed and notarized waiver: "Exemption from Immunizations for Reasons of Conscience Affidavit Form". Students should also consult their health care practitioner regarding any questions about this immunization.
This information is being provided to all new college students in the state of Texas. Bacterial meningitis is a serious, potentially deadly disease that can progress extremely fast —so take utmost caution. It is an inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. The bacteria that causes meningitis can also infect the blood. This disease strikes about 3,000 Americans each year,
including 100-125 on college campuses, leading to 5-15 deaths among college students every year. There is a
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The more symptoms, the higher the risk, so when these symptoms appear seek immediate medical attention.
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Early diagnosis and treatment can greatly improve the likelihood of recovery.
How is the disease transmitted?
The disease is transmitted when people exchange saliva (such as by kissing, or sharing drinking containers, utensils, cigarettes, toothbrushes, etc.) or come in contact with respiratory or throat secretions.
How do you increase your risk of getting bacterial meningitis?
Exposure to saliva by sharing cigarettes, water bottles, eating utensils, food, kissing, etc.
Living in close conditions (such as sharing a room/suite in a dorm or group home).
What are the possible consequences of the disease?
Death (in 8 to 24 hours from perfectly well to dead)
Permanent brain damage
Kidney failure
Learning disability
Hearing loss, blindness
Limb damage (fingers, toes, arms, legs) that requires amputation
Can the disease be treated?
Antibiotic treatment, if received early, can save lives and chances of recovery are increased. However, permanent disability or death can still occur.
Vaccinations are available and should be considered for:
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Vaccinations are effective against 4 of the 5 most common bacterial types that cause 70% of the disease in the U.S. (but does not protect against all types of meningitis).
Vaccinations take 7-10 days to become effective, with protection lasting
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The cost of vaccine varies, so check with your health care provider.
Vaccination is very safe—most common side effects are redness and minor pain at injection site for up to two days.
Vaccination is available at your own health care provider.
How can I find out more information?
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Define the "cancer". Maybe one of a hundred types of debilitating tumors, arising from any one of several hundred possible causes, which can be difficult to identify, not clearly understood, with only minimal means for treatment.
Define the "PTSD". Maybe one of a multiple set of debilitating symptoms arising from any one of several hundred causes which can be difficult to identify, not clearly understood, with only minimal known means for treatment.
While folks with PTSD have many varied symptoms arising from a seemingly unlimited range of causes, there is one cause unique among those with CRPTSD; extreme difficulty in leaving the world of warfighting and re-entering the reality of family and community.
In the military in general, and in combat especially, things are pretty much black and white; you know your place in the hierarchy, the limits are clearly defined, you do what you are told, everyone not on your side is enemy until they prove otherwise, you and your brothers and sisters have each other's back and trust, the legitimate response to aggression and threats is greater aggression and violence, if you can't win you are defeated, etc. This is the world of "warfighting". Almost all martial arts; Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Jujitsu, the various forms of Kung Fu, MMA, etc, are all forms of warfighting, the exception being the Aikido O Sensei developed in his later years.
In the "outside world"; there is no black and white, everything is shades of gray, often vague, expectations are unclear, the enemy is not defined so it can be anyone, maybe everyone, you know how dangerous you can be but the limits are unclear so you are afraid, always afraid of yourself. The external controls you have been rigorously trained to obey are no longer in place, and you can't find, or trust, your own internal controls. It is a scary world out there troop! Fight Escape And Run!
When, at an absolutely critical point in your growth as a human being, you are;
▸ totally removed from everything you know
▸ thrust into an environment deigned to tear you down and strip you of everything you have ever been
▸ rebuilt into a "warrior"
▸ forced to exist in the world of warfighting
▸ sent back into the reality of family and community with a pat on the back and maybe a medal
▸ given no assistance in re-learning how to not be that warrior
▸ having no idea of the internal resources you have for dealing with your highly trained, conditioned potentially dangerous self
no wonder you exhibit the symptoms of CRPTSD. You must be a bad person.
But, anyone who has managed to survive in the world of warfighting must have some extremely powerful, if untapped, inner resources. What is being discovered in the very few effective treatment programs for vets with CRPTSD, is that by helping these individuals identify their symptoms and tap into this internal power to re-establish and retain control of their self, their individuality, they can begin to move away from warfighting and begin to participate appropriately and positively in the reality of family and community.
And this is what we have to offer, a kinesthetic complement to the intellectual, mental therapy programs. If, as Shakespear said, "as the body goes, so goes the mind.".
I believe that the ultimate purpose of Aikido is to bring peace to the world. But to do this, you must first bring peace to yourself. You can not deal effectively with a chaotic, unbalanced reality if you are not centered, balanced and at peace within yourself. In the usual dojo, you come to understand the need for, and power in, being centered and balanced over a long period. It is often not obviously taught, and seldom discussed, but eventually it sinks in, ah ha, technique work best when I am centered, balanced and relaxed, and I execute movement from that center, not the muscles in my arms, shoulders, chest, earlobes or wherever.
For someone who has had their "self" overwritten, over powered, removed, reestablishing that self through therapeutic "centering" reinforced through the kinesthetic centering of Aikido practice, can be a life altering experience. Learning, and experiencing, that, with help, continuing support and hard work, they can become successful, constructive, safe members of their family and community allows these victims, these powerful survivors to return to the human race from which they have felt so isolated.


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"We work together with each student, along with his or her parents, to develop both short term and long term achievement goals," said Darnell Ramsay, who recently launched 1-to-1 Tutoring with his brother, Jamel. "We also provide assessment and progress reports on a regular basis." The brothers co-direct. Darnell also tutors math, while Jamel takes charge of the business end. A bit of background tells how 1-to-1 Tutoring came to be.
Darnell earned a degree in Finance from Clark Atlanta University. He originally planned to work on Wall Street but due to the economy and lack of jobs, he became a substitute teacher in both New York City and Long Island. Through this, he discovered a passion for education, and decided to continue his own, but in a different direction. Choosing St. John's University for graduate school, he earned a Masters Degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in Mathematics.
He went on to work as a graduate assistant for GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs). Based in Long Island City High School, the program provided students and parents with information about college, required courses, and financial aid. Darnell tutored students, taught college readiness classes, and helped students fill out college applications. He became inspired to start a tutoring company after working for this program.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
In the run-up to a possible presidential campaign, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week drew a clear line in the sand between the policies of President Barack Obama and her own views vis-a-vis the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Relations with Israel have long played a major role in American political campaigns. And Israel could be even more in the spotlight than ever ahead of the 2016 election, given the tremendously strained relations between the Jewish state and the Obama Administration.
Many Americans (and Israelis) want to know how the next president is going to put the two allies back on better terms. And Clinton, assuming she runs, made clear in an interview with The Atlantic her intention to fully back Jerusalem.
When asked about the Gaza war, Clinton said Israel "did what it had to do to respond to the rockets." She also seemed to backtrack on a previous remark that the reason Hamas weapons were stored in and used from civilian areas is because Gaza is so small. In this most recent interview, Clinton spoke of the "steps Hamas has taken to embed rockets and command-and-control facilities and tunnel entrances in civilian areas."
During the war, Obama Administration officials suggested that Israel hadn't done enough to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza. Clinton was asked if she agreed. Her response:
"[J]ust as we try to do in the United States and be as careful as possible in going after targets to avoid civilians, [mistakes are made]. We've made them. I don't know a nation, no matter what its values are–and I think that democratic nations have demonstrably better values in a conflict position–that hasn't made errors, but ultimately the responsibility rests with Hamas."
That was a point she sought to drive home: "There's no doubt in my mind that Hamas initiated this conflict. … So the ultimate responsibility has to rest on Hamas and the decisions it made."
Clinton also took the international community to task for playing along with Hamas' PR game. "It is striking … that you have more than 170,000 people dead in Syria. … You have Russia massing battalions" on the border of a neighbor and annexing territories, "and yet we see this enormous international reaction against Israel… This reaction is uncalled for and unfair," she said.
Surprisingly, Clinton even appeared to throw a wrench in the two-state solution into which both she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had invested so much political capital.
Echoing a number of Israeli government ministers, Clinton said she could fully understand how Gaza once again demonstrated that Israel simply cannot surrender security control of Judea and Samaria (the so-called "West Bank").
"If I were the prime minister of Israel, you're damn right I would expect to have control over security," said Clinton. "…Netanyahu could not [relinquish this] in good conscience."
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Packed up and sent back to Parlee
Bikes come and go at Hugga HQ – in for review, or special projects, and very few of them get my attention like the Parlee. I was attached. Mostly because I'd raced a Cross season with it, suffering in the Elite categories. I left my fitness somewhere on a plane in 2011 and just when I starting going good, finishing on the lead lap, I got sick. Then pulled the plug on racing to regroup over the holidays.
The Parlee never let me down in those races or in the snow. I pushed the bike to the limits when I could for a few hurtful moments at a time. While my legs didn't show up until the season was nearly over, the heart, soul, and effort were there. So was the Parlee.
I have another Cross bike this next Season, a few months from now in the late Summer and Fall. Maybe it'll perform as well as the Parlee CX-H did.
In the studio at Parlee
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Rasheed Wallace Gets At The Camera Man! "Get That F*ckin Camera Out My Face"
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Shaun White Talks Sochi on "Late Show"
PARK CITY, UT (July 13) - Shaun White sat down with David Letterman on the Late Show to discuss his plans for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi next year. White reflected on his halfpipe wins in Vancouver and Torino, discussed his plans for returning to his slopestyle roots and shared his thoughts on up-and-coming competitor Ayumu Hirona. Catch the interview here.


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The NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) will welcome its inaugural class of 50 students to its 26,000-square-foot location at 1 MetroTech Center.
And NYU is expanding even more into Brooklyn, as renovations are already underway at 370 Jay Street, a formerly unused MTA building. The Jay Street facility will take an estimated five years to complete and include 500,000 square feet.
While NYU already has a presence in Brooklyn with NYU-Poly, in a statement the university stated that the expansion in DoBro will, "bring together global leaders of science, technology and education, while anchoring the next phase of economic development initiatives in the area."
CUSP was one of the winning proposals submitted in response to the City's Applied Sciences NYC initiatives. It will include 50 research and faculty members from universities and private industries along with more than 400 master's students and 100 Ph.D candidates.
The program itself is an applied science research institute, including a partnership with other universities and tech companies.
The facility at MetroTech will be a temporary facility while renovations are completed. It will include 83 offices and work stations for faculty, an electronics lab for design and fabrication, and two large visualization labs.
Approximately, 40,000 square feet will be used in coordination with NYU-Poly as incubator space for businesses spun off by CUSP-related research.
"The innovative faculty and students at CUSP are set to tackle urban challenges and bring innovative solutions to a world market, and it's only appropriate that we begin shaping these ideas in Brooklyn," said Steven Koonin, CUSP director.


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Ahhh, it is so nice to be tapping away here again! You've probably noticed that this blog has purely become a little hidey-hole of the internet that I only update when I know I will really enjoy scratching the itch and have a rare solo afternoon like today. Nick is wearily making his way back across the country from his stag do! And so, charged up on a millions cups (bowls) of tea and having completed all my wedmin / wedding crafty tasks I thought oh! Like a Skeleton Key! Let's do this old friend. I stick mostly to posting about my travel adventures over on TwentySomething Burnouts and this really is a place for more intimate and ramshackle brain ramblings. However with the total-plot twist life change news that I am moving to LA (as in, this time next month I will be a fully fledged living-working resident of Los Angeles – woooah) I have a feeling that I will be recording my life a little more fully on the internet again. That said; I don't know if it will be blogging. I LOVE it, don't get me wrong, and having kept a diary since I learnt to write, and an online journal since I discovered Livejournal at the age of 17, I'll always do this. That said, writing a blog entry takes quite a bit of brain power. Working in marketing I regularly write long form content (blogs, press releases, campaign round-ups, copy etc) all day long which means that in my downtime I am slightly more reluctant to sit at my laptop continuing to work. After quite a bit of thought I decided I'd like to document my move to LA a little more visually; so will be setting up some sort of home to post videos. I feel like since I'll be on the other side of the world it might be an easier way to share my new life with friends and family than attempting to do it justice with fancy words. PLUS! I will find it much easier to sit and natter at a camera than typing away; although I have no editing skills so might need to sweet talk my husband (!!) for help there.
But that's enough of that, back to life right now. Well having said goodbye to London before; you'd think I'd be doing a better job of it this time but it seems to be a similar gut wrench of excitement to leave the pesky bits (tube traumas, grumpy folk, crazy creeping rent costs) and sadness to face the fact that realistically this may be the last time I live in the big smoke. Those pangs hit me at the funniest of moments. Don't get me wrong, I know I am ridiculously blessed to be moving to a place that sounds like a dream to live in… but London has been my home for a decade. So I'm totally allowed a long goodbye! I even found myself gazing adoringly at Piccadilly Circus the other day – having spent 10 years desperately trying to avoid that particular patch. I think it boils down to the fact that I know who I am in London. I know I like to treat myself to a mocha from The Fields Beneath if it's a dreary day. I know I like to wow visitors by taking them to Kings Cross Dishoom & nattering over pink drinks. I know I can pull on some trainers and be at the top of Primrose Hill in 15 minutes looking out over the whole of a toy-town skyline in the distance. I know that the cat who lives next door is called Thomas and where he likes his belly ruffled. I know Craig and I can go dancing at Archer Street at any given moment and they'll play Taylor Swift and everything will feel ok again. I know I'm only a 3 hour train journey from Yorkshire and the wilderness when I need a brain break. I don't know how to live my life in LA. Where will I go to make sense of myself?
It's ok though. Because I had all these feelings before I quit my life and backpacked around the place and they dissolved within about a day of me stepping foot off the plane. It's hard to be all wistful and emo when a new culture and adventure is demanding every ounce of concentration! I'm also a bit over-whelmed and run-down from: a) leaving my job/downloading my work brain b) preparing for a new job c) planning a (very DIY) wedding and d) preparing to ship and move my life to another country. I'm sure all of these feature on a "most stressful life things" list somewhere and I'm a bit like a bingo card of THINGS TO THINK AND DO right now. I honestly don't know how I would function without To Doist. Every second I spend my time right now feels like it's been colour coded, tagged and categorised in that app right now (even writing this – cringe!) Luckily Nick has been on hand to save me from myself and make sure that I have downtime. This week he surprised me with tickets to see Empire Records at the Camden Market Backyard Cinema Film Festival! Let's not talk about the fact that Empire Records is TWENTY years old this year (it's ok though, Pretty Woman is 30 years old). Nick splurged on some sort of lux (so LA!) tickets that included a free whopping Honest Burger and a giant cider. We cosied up under blankets on deck chairs and not even a decent dose of British Summer rain could stop us bopping along to the soundtrack (which I used to have on tape cassette in my first car) and talking along with the unforgettable quotes that are taking up valuable GBs in my bee brain. Attention Rex Manning fans, to your left you will notice a shoplifter being chased by night manager, Lucas. This young man will be caught, deep fried in a vat of hot oil and served to our first hundred customers. Just another tasty treat from the gang at Empire Records! The festival is running for another couple of weeks, including the chance to see Amy in Camden which would be pretty fitting and a screening of Teen Wolf which sadly clashes with my work leaving shindig so please go and watch it on my behalf!
Something else that's been making me happy is flowers! When Blossoming Gifts emailed me to ask if I'd like to sample their delivery flower service I obviously said yes please and then swooned over the fact they had a bouquet of Apricot Rose & Hydrangea. I am having hydrangeas for my bridal flowers so the thought of having some in the house whilst I did the final bits and bobs of wedding planning felt really special. And no I haven't walked up and down the side of my bed holding the vase as if it was my bouquet and smiling sweetly at the walls pretending they were guests. Nope, no siree. I was super impressed with the delivery bouquet options; it felt like they had some really unusual colour and flower combinations and are clearly experts in what works well together. The flowers arrived in a very sturdy box and lasted a whole week without wilting, even in the tropical London smog we had lately. In fact the apricot dalidas are still going strong so I've transferred them into a little glass vase that Nick bought me which is actually a wine carafe that is given to Italian army officers as standard kit (snazzy!) which he picked up at the local Army Surplus Store.
Blossoming Gifts have kindly passed on a discount of 33% off if you'd like to treat yourself! I'd definitely rate them and the ease of being able to pick a bunch online and know they will be delivered safely and swiftly is so easy. No more scuttling around a service station hunting out a crummy old carnation creation when in need of thanking someone! You just need to enter the code BGIFTS33. You can check out their flowers by post here and their cheap flower selection (which don't look cheap – score!) here. I'm already desperate to order myself the orangery selection – those giant daisies are cute as a button.
One thing that is also concerning me greatly about the upcoming move is WOE I will not be in the UK for the Great British Bake Off final. And apparently there isn't a Great American Bake Off to fill the (cake) hole so I am going to need to work out how to use Tunnel Bear properly and work out the time zone different for watching it as soon as possible and hope it doesn't involve being awake at 4am or something. Everybody without exception in my team at work is GBBO mad; so for the last couple of years I have helped to organise a team bake off where a different person bakes every Wednesday. Last year I burnt my arm so badly whilst making a Chocolate & Yorkshire Ale cake that I had to go to A&E when it made my veins turn red and angry! This year I managed to avoid any hospitalisation and also managed to make a random thought that had popped into my head a baked good reality. I had wondered if I could make a cake that looked like a watermelon using some kind of mystical food colouring / dark chocolate drop combo. And well… it kind of worked!
Before I sign off I just want to share a few final things that are currently floating my boat, since I have been absent for a while. Mainly – PODCASTS. Serial was my gateway drug, which led onto podcasts about that podcast (still totally hooked on Undisclosed, Serial Dynasty, Serially Obsessed and Crime Writers on Serial) and about the same time I discovered Welcome to Night Vale and This American Life which tend to also be the big gateway podcast pathways for the less crime oriented types. Oh and I loved listening to Grantland's Watch the Thrones almost more than watching this season of Game of Thrones. Podcasts have completely revolutionised my life in terms of how much more fun any sort of travel or chores now are. Whereas previously I might have put a few tunes on to motivate myself to do the washing up or my commute; now I honestly track my walk to work against how many episodes of podcasts I have to get through and get extremely excited about that time alone in a totally immersive world of audio. I feel embarrassed, as an audio book lover, why it took me so long to figure out that podcasts were swiftly going to become my favourite form of entertainment.
Recently I have got deep in to three podcasts that I wanted to share; given that basically all my podcast discoveries have come via recommendations. They all have something in common and have unearthed a part of my tastes, likes and interests that had somehow become dampened as I have grown into an adult. That thing is… MYSTERY! As a child I was absolutely obsessive about mysteries. My sister and I would count down the excruciating seconds for Strange but True with Michael Aspel to come on each week. We had various books of unsolved mysteries including the classics like the Bermuda Triangle, Jack the Ripper and Mary Celeste and I would paw over them every night after lights out using the old torch-under-the-duvet trick. I can remember the giddy-terrified sensation of hearing about a new spooky story or unsolved mystery and laying awake for hours trying to unpick the details and try to solve it; not for the good of humanity but in order to not be totally freaked out and need to do the shameful climb into bed with my sister! As I've got older I have developed a more control-freak-ish personality and therefore all things mysterious have slightly gone out of the window. That said I have still always had a curiosity for true crime (mainly in the form of an addiction to Erik Larson's Devil in the White City and always reading the headlines of Chat magazine when lurking at the supermarket checkout) and maintained a love for zombies and b-movies. All of these long lost loves have been re-ignited through my three top podcasts; hooray! Childhood me is so happy to feel that spooky goosebump skin once more!
- Lore : Sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction. This bi-weekly podcast explores topics such as real life zombies, folklore, mysterious beasts, asylums, cabins in the woods and haunted hotels. I almost squealed when I saw episode 9 pop-up in my feed as it covers the story of the Devil on the Roof; the story I remember terrifying me into a near catatonic state when I first read about it with sweaty palms at a stupidly young age (blame having elder siblings!) It's hosted by Aaron Mahnke who has the worlds most soothing voice and is also a supernatural thriller author and resident of Boston (known for the Salem trials and being Lovecraft heartland; so a pretty good place to start) and I can't recommend it enough. Just make sure you have an Ovaltine lined up for bedtime after listening.
- Generation Why : Murders, myths, monsters and miscarriages of justice. I have come to this cult podcast at a shamefully late date considering how much it's my cup of tea. That said; it now means I could binge on about 50 incredible episodes in the space of 3 weeks – covering everything from the disappearance of Madeline McCann, the case of D B Cooper, the Zodiac Killer and Robert Durst. Amongst these more contemporary cases though are sprinkled a ton of old classics from my reading-by-torchlight days which I have gleefully revisited with an adult brain – Loch Ness Monster, Bermuda Triangle, Big Foot and the Bermuda Triangle! The podcast is so well produced and presented by Aaron and Justin that you soon feel like you are sitting down with a couple of old chums for a natter about the weird and wonderful. I like the fact that the more grizzly / grim cases (multiple homicides or violence against kids/women) often focus far more on education around the legal implications or the culture surrounding the circumstances than just fear-mongering or focussing on the gory details. For example I listened to the podcast about Lucie Blackman; a story I felt really affected by at the time when it was all over the news, and was relieved that the podcast was super respectful and featured a real expert in Japanese culture and lifestyle to explain the context of the case.
- The Mystery Show : A podcast where Starlee Kine solves mysteries. This podcast is a ridiculously simple concept – Starlee Kine investigates mysteries that cannot be solved by the power of Google. On the journey to solve the mysteries however; it's the people and the places that Starlee is taken that create a rollercoaster of emotions, unexpected forks in the road and twists & turns that become so unexpected you almost forget what the original mystery way (for example the SPECTACULAR Phil Spector story that is revealed whilst looking for the source of Welcome Back, Kotter lunch pail artwork) it's adorable, it's engaging and it's a must-listen.
Ah that was nice. See you again sooner; I promise.


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Liz_kogan needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Name: Homebidder.com.au ; Catch Phrase: Expose your biggest asset
Through Homebidder.com.au we have a vision to create Australia's leading on-line property marketing and auction service. Our value proposition to our clients encompasses the ability to save thousands of dollars, while transacting securely and with limited stress.
Homebidder.com.au will operate as a licensed real estate company, providing sellers with an on-line and off-line marketing campaign service, negotiation and an on-line auction service.
We have listed below some of our key service offerings:
• Listing on Homebidder.com.au
• Listing on Australia's leading property website portals
• Off-line negotiation service
• Printable property brochures
• For sale signboards
The following website currently provides a similar service to what we wish to provide:
*Access to Australia's leading property website portals:
• forsaleforlease.com.au
• myhomeisforsale.com.au
Individuals selling their homes privately within Australia.
Although here we write some ideas and concepts, please feel free to experiment without limits. All work must be original and not taken from clip arts.
Overall Look: professional, sharp, simple, modern, dynamic, inspires trust and quality and incorporates some real estate imagery (auction gavel, house, etc)
Required design work:
Logo (2 versions- including and excluding the catch phrase and including the "TM" symbol for both logo and catch phrase). Logo should be designed using domain name - ie Homebidder.com.au
Business cards
Stationery- letterhead and with compliments (A4 (is Australian size)- not US Letter).
E-book (this will be included in our website with "hints and tips" around selling your own home. Please can you design this (front and back cover and inside banner) and make it easily adjustable should we need to alter any imagery). Again this should be A4 format.
File format: The format of the above designs must be one that we are able to adjust once the files are received, particularly around placement of text as well as the text itself (ie no pdf files please).
Good luck- we are looking forward to seeing some great design work!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Knitting Groups
Find a Knitting Group - Two Ways
- Knitting Group Map: We now have a map that shows various knitting groups that MKG members attend. Please use this link to view the map: Knitting Group Map
- Ravelry: To find a knitting group near you or find out more about knitting around town, check out the Minnesota Knitters' Guild's Ravelry group! Click the 'Local knitting meetups' thread (under 'discussion') to see descriptions of groups around Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, and anywhere else that we know about.
|Ravelry.com is the Facebook for knitters! If you haven't joined already, we highly recommend it! It's free, and it's a real cornucopia of things that will interest you as well as a great place to meet other knitters online. We're especially thinking of you extremely talented knitters out on the prairie, on the Iron Range, and up North, as well as those of you who've moved away and are living outside the region.
To add a Knitting Group to the Knitting Group Map:
To add your knitting group to the interactive map, use the following link: Add Knitting Group to the map
To list a Knitting Group in Ravelry:
To list your new or on-going knitting group that is accepting newcomers on the Minnesota Knitters' Guild's Ravelry group, post the following information on the 'Local knitting meetups' thread (under 'discussion'):
- The group name
- Meeting dates/day of the week (e.g., the 15th of each month, the 1st Tuesday, every Saturday, etc...)
- Meeting location (name of the place and the address)
- The times of the meetings
- Contact information (RavelryID, email, or phone number)
- Other information about the group, such as 'good lighting' or 'comfy couches' or 'park in back' or anything else a knitter would want to know.
Join the Guild today!
Get the most out of your love of knitting! Membership benefits include pre-registration for Yarnover, organized public service projects and camaraderie with fellow knitters. Annual dues are $30.


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Adobe Summit EMEA, The Digital Marketing Conference, opened in London today at 9:00 a.m. local time with a keynote address by Brad Rencher, senior vice president and general manager of the Adobe Digital Marketing business. Over the course of the two day event, Summit participants have the opportunity to learn from the industry experts and network with savvy professionals who continue to push the boundaries of digital marketing and advertising, ultimately making their businesses more successful. Keynote speakers from high-profile brands like UniCredit Group, Nike Global, AKQA, Nissan Europe, Deloitte digital, BBC, SAP and SapientNitro DACH highlight the agenda, and record-setting Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper, Felix Baumgartner, will open the general session on Thursday.
We released several news announcements at Summit today including:
- News about a powerful new capability in Adobe Social that predicts social content performance on Facebook to maximize engagement and ROI.
- Details of an expanded global partnership that integrates Adobe Marketing Cloud with SapientNitro's EngagedNow platform.
- An efficient means to conquer the webinar process from within Adobe Experience Manager.
- Results of the Adobe Digital Index State of Mobile Benchmark Report 2013, including detail on 1) how Samsung smartphones are gaining popularity with Europeans and 2) how iOS has re-emerged as a leader in US smartphone browsing and dominates on tablets.
Adobe Marketing Cloud has fast become the solution that helps marketers get from data to insights to action, faster and smarter than ever. Here are some expanded highlights:
Adobe Social Unveils Predictive Publishing for Facebook
This powerful new predictive publishing capability for Adobe Social, which predicts social engagement on individual pieces of content and automatically suggests ideal timing to improve how that content will perform, will offer Facebook integration with the initial version. Additional social platforms will be added later in the year.
Adobe and SapientNitro Expand Global Partnership
Adobe and SapientNitro's expanded global partnership includes integration of the Sapient EngagedNowSM platform with Adobe Marketing Cloud. This integrated offering provides a solution for creating, delivering and optimizing consumer experiences across Web, social, mobile, and digital displays. NASCAR, E.ON and VISIT FLORIDA are among the organizations already seeing significant results using EngagedNow with Adobe Marketing Cloud.
Additional benefits for customers include:
- Complete hosted and managed services for Adobe Marketing Cloud solutions from SapientNitro with EngagedNow
- Ready-to-use integrations built specifically for key verticals, including travel, sports and entertainment, retail, and financial services, that help make development and deployment more efficient
- Built-in operational efficiencies from the integration of EngagedNow and Adobe Marketing Cloud that streamline creative, delivery, and measurement workflows for better performance and cost savings
Conquering the Webinar Process – from within Adobe Experience Manager
Adobe Experience Manager webinars, powered by Adobe Connect, helps marketers 1) easily create targeted webinar landing pages that drive registration; 2) deliver immersive online events that engage audiences, build brand and drive demand; and 3) deliver post-event analytics via capabilities from Adobe Analytics.
Adobe Digital Index State of Mobile Benchmark Report
The report analyzes 150 billion visits to 1,500+ websites to provide an overview of how consumers are using mobile devices worldwide. In addition to trends in social media, video content consumption and ecommerce from the past 12 months, the study features key findings on which mobile operating systems and device manufacturers are helping drive the most web traffic globally.
Samsung smartphones gain popularity with Europeans
In the 19 European countries analyzed, nearly 30% of all smartphone browsing now occurs via a Samsung device – up 9% from last year.
iOS has re-emerged as leader in US smartphone browsing and is dominant amongst tablets
The iPhone has been gaining ground since being offered on the Verizon network (February 2011), and again became the primary driver of smartphone browsing in the US during Q4 2012, after trailing Android phones for two years. In addition, iPads accounted for nearly early 80% of all tablet browsing in the US in February 2013, up 10 percent from last year.


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Introducing Barbados
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Barbados Travel Guide
Barbados is a deservedly world-famous tourist destination. A gorgeous tropical paradise containing the popular cruise port of Bridgetown, the island itself is actually an enormous coral reef that was formed over a million years ago. This unique geography results in a breathtaking coastline and some of the best snorkelling, surfing and diving action in the world.
The western half of the pear-shaped island, often referred to as the Platinum Coast, is dominated by deluxe beach resorts, filled nearly all year by eager package-tour holidaymakers looking to bronze their skins on the calm shores of the Caribbean Sea. The central highlands area of the island is home to some interesting cultural sights (including distilleries and plantations), picturesque villages and some amazing walking and hiking trails. The eastern half of the island, which gives way to the Atlantic Ocean, is commonly referred to as the 'Soup Bowl' because of its big waves and foaming surf; this is the place to be for surfers and backpackers, home to an assortment of low-cost accommodation and lively beach-side bars.
Called 'Little England' by some, Barbados's strong ties with English culture over the years have bequeathed it a genial atmosphere and good infrastructure. The sun shines 340 days of the year in Barbados, and the famously friendly locals only serve to increase the island's glorious ambience. Barbados is one of the most popular winter sun vacation destinations in the world for northern hemisphere tourists, and is an obligatory stop on any Caribbean cruise adventure.
Best time to visit Barbados
Barbados is sunny and fair, and can be visited at any time of year. The best time to visit Barbados is during the dry season, which runs from January to June - making it the perfect winter sun vacation destination for travellers from the northern hemisphere. The hurricane season in Barbados runs from June to October, but the island is not generally prone to these natural disasters: visitors will far more likely experience short and spectacular tropical rainstorms during this time. Read more on Barbados' Climate and Weather.
What to see in Barbados
- Head to the Platinum Coast, and drink in the sight of the azure water gently lapping at the golden sands.
- The scent of outsize tropical flowers hangs heavy in the air in Andromeda Botanical Gardens.
- Capture some memories of your holiday in Barbados by taking some photos of the spectacular coastline of Bathsheba.
- Take a tour of the Foursquare Rum Distillery and Heritage Park, located on the site of an old sugar plantation. Read more about Barbados Attractions.
What to do in Barbados
- Try your hand at surfing in the Soup Bowl, located on the island's eastern coast.
- Get your snorkel gear out, and go explore sunken ships in the clear depths of the Caribbean Sea.
- Socialise with travellers from all over the globe in the backpacker bars that line Barbados's east coast.
- Indulge in some authentic island food, such as breaded flying fish and the Barbadian speciality known as 'pepperpot'. Read more about Barbados Activities.
Getting to Barbados
You can find direct cheap flights to Barbados from the US and the UK. Barbados is also the only holiday destination in the world with a scheduled Concord service, with up to four flights a week during the dry season. Get more information on Barbados Airports.
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Breaded flying fish, served with spicy yellow sauce made from Scotch Bonnet peppers; and be sure to try a 'pepperpot' (spicy pork stew served in a dark brown sauce), the island's national dish.
Drink rum cocktails, and sample the local Banks beer.
Haggle with beach vendors for handmade jewellery, colourful fabrics and folk art; and be sure to pick up a bottle or two of the excellent Mount Gay Rum.
Pack for Barbados
Pack plenty of sunscreen for a holiday in Barbados, as well as some effective insect repellent. A lightweight rain slicker is a good idea, just in case you get caught in a storm.
What's on in Barbados
Surfing competitions are held throughout the year in Barbados's Soup Bowl area, on the island's east coast. Witness an island-style cultural celebration at the Holetown Festival, held just north of Bridgetown. The Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival is a delight, featuring top cuisine from world-renowned chefs and the best produce from the island's many rum distilleries.
Some random facts
- Barbados's Mount Gay rum is the oldest still-functioning rum distillery in the world.
- The island's literacy rate is 98 percent.
A final word
A quintessential Caribbean paradise, travellers to Barbados can anticipate a relaxing, sun-soaked holiday, full of idle hours spent in perfect tranquillity.


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