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TEREC, NA (Technical Research Consortium of North America), a strategic alliance of leading independently owned dental laboratories, held its Fall 2015 meeting in St. Louis, Missouri in September. The prestigious organization's 3-day meeting included presentations by representatives of DENTSPLY Implants, Dental Wings, and DRNA.
TEREC, NA continues to reach out to the leading companies and associations in the world for the latest in technology, manufacturing, and industry trends. At tmeeting, Patrick Maley, Director of Business Development, Western US and Steven Touchie, Vice President, Sales North America from Dental Wings gave the group a presentation on their company overview and history, recent product announcements, and integration strategy of CAD design, surgical planning, impression scanning, intraoral scanning, and laser milling.
Matt Gasell, Travis Bedwell, Darin Lockaby, Fred Senne, and Jeff Vaught from DENTSPLY Implants provided TEREC members with a presentation on dates on current and future DENTSPLY Implants innovations.
"It is always valuable to be able to spend time with customers that have a similar mission and vision," said Lockaby, Director of Sales, US Digital Accounts for DENTSPLY Implants. "The TEREC group are a group of fantastic labs focused on high quality patient care. We have been fortunate enough to work closely with this group for over 11 years. DENTSPLY Implants has a similar goal of creating a world where everyone eats, laughs, and smiles with confidence. Our goal is to provide our partner labs with quality products that provide efficiencies in the lab and allow the lab to be more profitable."


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Passage w/ Russell Butler, Liquid Asset (Live) + More
RUSSELL BUTLER (Oakland - Opal Tapes)
Russell has been making waves in the Bay Area music scene for years. His project Black Jeans evoked the emotional and physical qualities of minimal synth and electronic body music to transport listeners to hidden and forgotten sonic landscapes. For the past few years he has been making a brand of stripped down machine techno that has evolved rapidly with each successive release. It is fitting that transplantation and adoption are themes in Russell's music, as he based his 2015 album, "God is Change" on Octavia Butler's Parable series of novels, in which these are central tenets of the philosophy that the books explore. Since its release "God is Change" has received major acclaim, with NPR naming it one of their top 10 favorite electronic albums of 2015. As adept on the decks as with a modular synth, Russell will grace passage with an extended DJ set.
LIQUID ASSET (Chapel Hill - Primitive Languages) - LIVE
Liquid Asset is the newest musical project of Alene Marie. Utilizing a host of analogue gear, Alene's live sets evoke Bunker records/Hague style acid-electro while paying respect to her roots in the west philadelphia noise scene. Her newest release, "Colony Denied", which will be released on NYC-based label Primitive Languages, is a speculative concept album set in a distant future.
THE CREATRIX (SF - Felidae) - LIVE
A new solo project by Fanciulla, one half of the experimental electronic duo Felidae, the Creatrix combines elements of modern techno, industrial and drone to weave a far-reaching, multidimensional sonic and literary narrative.
NIHAR BHATT (SF - Surface Tension)
Passage resident Nihar Bhatt is part of the post-techno Surface Tension collective.
Flyer by Cal Volner-Dison and Holly Bun
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The 2009 TWU Athletics summer camps are underway! Our gymnastics instructional camp began on Sunday afternoon. Our soccer instructional day camp kicked off this (Monday) morning and our softball elite camp will take place on Tuesday, Jun. 16.
Two more softball camps are scheduled for next week - a General Skills Day Camp on Monday, June 22, and Tuesday, June 23, and a Pitcher/Catcher Day Camp on Wednesday, June 24, and Thursday, June 25.
A soccer Speed and Performance Camp will also be held Monday, July 6 - Wednesday, July 8.
Registrations are still being accepted for the upcoming softball camps as well as the soccer Speed and Performance Camp. Campers can register online by clicking here.
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Group buying online shopping trend hits the Middle East
The sun is barely up over Dubai's Jumeirah beach, but already a group of about 30 fitness fanatics are sweating furiously as they grimace through another set of squat thrusts.
In sand-covered royal blue vests, they are here to get fit and enjoy fresh air before the Gulf's late summer humidity kicks in for the day.
But some have also been lured to this exercise boot camp by an online marketing trend that is only just gathering momentum in the Middle East.
Group buying - sometimes called social buying - has become a multi-billion-dollar business from the US and Europe, to Australia and China.
It has made companies like Groupon household names through their daily emails offering hefty discounts on everything from meals to mobile phones, hotel rooms to horse riding, and beauty spas to brand new cars.
While each firm operates in slightly different ways - they essentially deliver customers to retailers in return for a cut of the total revenue.
'Big shift'
But despite retail making up a substantial chunk of the Middle East economy - and credit card usage being widespread - it has taken longer to establish the trend in the region because e-commerce is still in its infancy.
"The history of online buying in this part of the world can be measured in days and weeks, not years," says Dan Stuart, chief executive of GoNabit, which was the first firm to open in this region.
"When we started, people could buy flowers, gift baskets and flights through the internet, but not much else. They had to buy from sites based outside the region but we've seen a big shift in that."
Such is the apparent potential that Groupon opened offices in Dubai this year, while Mr Stuart's GoNabit is preparing to rebrand after being bought out by another US firm, Living Social.
UAE-owned Cobone.com launched a year ago, and to meet local needs and reticence about internet shopping, about 80% of sales in the first few months were done through cash on delivery.
Customers bought online but then had a voucher physically delivered to them and handed over the cash.
"That might sound strange to someone in another part of the developed world," says chief executive Paul Kenny, whose firm now has more than half the Middle East market share by revenue, according to data from research firm Kongregator.
"But until very recently, that's the way it was,"
For Original Fitness Co, which runs the beach boot camps, the trend has offered a new marketing technique.
Tighter economic times and more competition means the firm's regular prices are already about half the 900 dirhams ($245; £160) per month it could charge in the boom years.
And through a social buying site, it recently charged just 270 dirhams ($70; £45) for a month of sessions.
"We don't make much money from the deals at all, but the idea is to get people in and then we try to keep them," says managing director Corey Oliver.
"Marketing can be expensive, but this is quite a cost effective way of doing it.
"And once people try it, we hope they enjoy it and want to come back, even if it'll cost them a bit more."
Regional complexities
Both Cobone and GoNabit have expanded from their UAE roots, with Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon seen as key markets.
And the Arab uprising, which has dominated the region this year, does not appear to have hampered expansion.
GoNabit delayed its Egypt launch after President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February, but went online in March, with the encouragement of staff in Cairo.
"They convinced us that even when all anyone was talking about was revolution and change, that people still want to do the things that our offers have," Mr Stuart says.
"They still want to go to restaurants, to have a spa, to go paintballing. Life goes on."
All the region's key players have their sites in both English and Arabic, with Egypt now the region's biggest growth market for group buying - helped by the opening up of the internet, and the increasing popularity of social media.
But Cobone's Paul Kenny says each country needs a different approach - from the tone of language to the deals offered.
"From Jeddah to Riyadh to Cairo to Dubai they all have different complexities," he says.
"In Dubai there are still plenty of people with a lot of disposable income. We sell a lot of trips on luxury yachts, and recently sold four $28,000 cars in one day.
"Compare that with Cairo and it's food and spas - they're the things more commonly consumed ... [there's] less disposable income, so we make sure we tailor it to the local market."
'Denigrate brand'
While the group buying trend allows retailers to create demand for things which customers may otherwise not have wanted - and therefore offer growth opportunities - there are also potential pitfalls says Hermann Behrens, chief executive of The Brand Union Middle East.
He warns that a hangover from the boom years of pre-2008 means places such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi suffer an over-supply of things like restaurants and spas - and that the new retail trend might further drive firms only to compete on price.
"The biggest danger is that if you're generating trial for a brand and people are actually going to a restaurant or a spa or buying a product, and it doesn't fulfil a value that's higher than they have paid for it, that could dilute or denigrate the value of the brand," he says.
"That's especially true if it's not an established brand with an established value."
It is an issue which faces Go! Yacht Charters - a firm hiring luxury boats in the UAE.
While there remains demand for its VIP services - from footballers and presidents to visiting oil tycoons - the economic downturn and slow recovery has hurt business, especially corporate bookings.
Now the firm is using a group buying site to sell time on its vessels - from $30 short trips out to sea to a $3,700 (£2,400) package to this November's Formula One Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.
It is one way to get some revenue from boats that may otherwise be standing idle, says managing partner Rob Appleyard.
But sitting on the plush purple seating on the 120ft yacht Sheleila, Mr Appleyard denies that allowing people onto multi-million-dollar boats for a few dollars a time cheapens his brand.
"It gets people on board to have a look and they're wowed by it. It's showing people that these boats are affordable, that they're not just for billionaires
"Hopefully, someone will buy one of these deals, they'll be impressed and they'll tell their boss - if they're not a boss themselves - and we'll get some corporate business off the back of it."


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A photographic celebration of the beauty of lace……
It is certainly hard not to love lace. In my case the overwhelming majority of my slips and petticoats are adorned with the most beautiful lace on their hems, busts and quite possibly anywhere in between. Pretty lace doesn't have to be expensive, hand-made lace to make an impact visually. What actually pleases the eye is the sheer delicacy of this uniquely feminine form of decoration, for lace exists to give pleasure in its own right. As a badge of femininity, lace is a delightful indulgence.
Enjoy my photographic amble through the beautifully adorable world of lacy slips…..
Délicieusement féminin. Très doux et sensuel au toucher.


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Audio Visual Equipment Malaysia – My Pro AV Distribution is the online Store Professional Broadcast Solutions in Malaysia. Myproav.com.my has been designed to help you make a more informed decision when looking to purchase online with the latest product information, prices and product information.
We also gives you the opportunity to come and get a hands on before you buy. We have a wide range of products available to see including the latest video camera, sliders, tripods, lighting, and more. One of our fully trained sales staff will be available to assist you and show you the very latest broadcast and AV equipment
What is Audio Visual Equipment
Audio Visual (AV) (less normally, additionally called Audio-Visual) implies having both a sound and a visual segment, for example, slide-tape presentations, films, TV programs, church benefits and live theater creations.
Audio Visual specialist co-ops every now and again offer web gushing, video conferencing and live communicate services.
PC based Audio Visual hardware is regularly utilized as a part of training, with many schools and colleges introducing projection gear and utilizing intelligent whiteboard innovation.
Another Audio Visual articulation is the visual introduction of sound (visual music).
Private audiovisual
For 95% of the time, private Audio Visual is the considering of in-roof speakers, LED move floors, level board TVs, projectors as well as projector screens. It is the level of individuals who are searching out private properties that have likewise introduced their Audio Visual with the mechanization parts of RTI. This could incorporate lighting, blinds, silver screen rooms.
Business audiovisual
The expert Audio Visual industry is a multibillion-dollar industry, involving the makers, merchants, frameworks integrators, specialists, developers, introductions experts and innovation supervisors of Audio Visual items and administrations.
Business Audio Visual can now and then be an exceptionally extensive procedure to hit the nail on the head. Meeting room Audio Visual can be introduced for various reasons, however generally it is on the grounds that the administrators of the association/business needs to have gatherings with partners/clients/providers around the globe. While making a variety of meeting rooms for clients it has been seen that you must have the capacity to adjust the example from the sound and mouthpiece so there is no interference in the sound quality for the individual/s listening in.
The expansion of Audio Visual correspondences advancements, including sound, video, lighting, show and projection frameworks, is apparent in each part of society: in business, instruction, government, the military, medicinal services, retail situations, love, games and excitement, accommodation, eateries, and historical centers. The utilization of Audio Visual frameworks is found in community oriented conferencing (which incorporates video-conferencing, sound conferencing, web-conferencing and information conferencing); introduction rooms, assembly halls, and address lobbies; order and control focuses; advanced signage, and the sky is the limit from there. Shows and corporate occasions are among the most evident scenes where Audio Visual gear is utilized as a part of an organized situation. Suppliers of this sort of administration are known as rental and organizing organizations, in spite of the fact that they may likewise be served by an in-house innovation group (e.g., in a lodging or gathering focus).
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Pilot catches trailer thief in action
A Glades County man flying an airplane over his home caught a thief attempting to steal a trailer from his property on Sunday afternoon.
The victim, pilot David Zehntner, was returning home to Glades County from North Carolina in his personal airplane and decided to fly over his home on Loblolly Bay Road.
As he flew over, he noticed a silver truck with a white camper in his driveway.
Zehntner flew closer and observed a man looking into the windows of his home. The suspect then attached Zehntner's red trailer to his truck and pull out of his driveway.
The pilot called the Glades County Sheriff's Office as he followed the thief down SR-80 towards Lee County.
"The gentleman had a plane at several points circling him at close altitude and nevet thought I guess that somebody might be watching me," Zehntner said.
LCSO Aviation located the truck and trailer on I-75 heading into Charlotte County. Ground units made a traffic stop on the vehicle on I-75 and waited until Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies could arrived to make the arrest of the suspect.
The suspect, 59-year-old Gary Robert Haines, was arrested for grand theft and taken to the Charlotte County Jail.
His truck was impounded and searched. Inside, detectives found a loaded rifle and bullets on the floorboard.
The investigation continues into the theft and weapons found in the truck.


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The NY Irish Dance Company's goal is to produce and perform a new Irish dancing repertory that would reimagine the principles of classical Irish dancing technique. Under the leadership of Irish Dance Master in Chief Maureen Collins-Novaco & Mary Lynn Collins-Callanan, the Company remains dedicated to their vision as it pursues two primary objectives:
- to preserve the Irish dancing techniques, dance aesthetic, and standards of excellence created and established by its founders; and
- to develop new work that draws on the creative talents of contemporary choreographers and composers, and speaks to the time in which it is made.
This mission is accompanied by a commitment to expand the Company's audience and make Irish dancing accessible to the widest possible public through touring, education programs, the creative use of media, and other outreach efforts.


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April 02 2013
Art installation by Katy Fleischman
Opening Reception April 5th 6-10pm
Exhibit on display through May 1st
TOIC Temescal ~ 4731 Telegraph Ave, Oakland.
Katy says, "The works are paintings and mono-type prints which react upon one another to create a thread of images and spaces forming as opposed to one particular idea or truth. The work simply seeks to create a peace of mind and sense of comfort in the vast, inexplicable momentary existence we all experience. By creating these images I find a childlike state of discovery in between the evolving states of uncertainty we experience as we grow. I often think about how the same mysterious universe that we are inside of, is also inside of us."


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A new rumor has surfaced that suggests the upcoming QNX BlackBerry 'Superphone' will have video chat capabilities. We've heard rumors ourselves and even gave you a few specs, which basically suggests the first BlackBerry 'Superphone' will be a "Mini-PlayBook". In the sense that it will nearly be identical to the PlayBook and include a front-facing camera, but of course be much smaller in size.
The new rumors suggests that BlackBerry Superphone's video chat capabilities will be "deeply integrated into BBM". We have already seen RIM push out BBM Music, a unique service that allows for enhanced social sharing of music. We can only begin to think of the incredible uses for a BBM Video Chat. If rumor holds true, it would appear RIM is trying to catch some of the Apple FaceTime craze.
Perhaps the BBM video chat will let you see which users have that ability. Something similar to the way Google Talk lets you know you can video chat with your contacts by displaying a small video recorder icon next to their name. Either way, we're excited for the many great possibilities RIM has planned for the future. A video chat with BBM integration sounds like a fairly good start. What kind of features would you like to see in the upcoming QNX devices?
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Keyarris Garrett Goes Undrafted, Signs With Carolina Panthers
31 receivers were taken in the 2016 NFL draft. Despite having more receiving yards last season than each one of them, former Tulsa Wide Receiver Keyarris Garrett went undrafted. This is certainly a surprise for a player who shined at the combine, has all the physical tools, and who put up the production he did.
Garrett signed with the Carolina Panthers as a free agent after the conclusion of the draft, where he'll join Kelvin Benjamin, Devin Funchess, Tedd Ginn Jr, and the rest of the Panther receiving corps.
Garrett led the nation in receiving yards last season with 1588 yards on 96 receptions. Garrett had 3 games last year where he caught ten or more passes, and he played his best in his biggest games. Garrett was featured on Sportscenter's top 10 plays twice this past season with two Hail Mary receptions vs Oklahoma and Memphis. In his final collegiate game against Virginia Tech he caught 8 balls for 137 yards and one touchdown.
Keyarris was a pleasure to watch in the Golden Hurricane uniform. Garrett is originally from Dangerfield, Texas. He came into college very skinny, and not heavily recruited. He worked hard in the weight room so he could be physical in the division 1 level. His sophomore year he led TU with 845 yards and 9 TD's. He was selected to second team all-conference. Garrett was primed for another big year in 2013, but broke his leg in his second game. Garrett received a medical redshirt, and once again had to work hard in the weight room to get back on the field. His hard work came to fruition in 2015 when he had a magnificent senior season for the Golden Hurricane.
The knock on Garrett has been that he isn't able to make any moves after the catch. I do agree with that assessment, however a player with his physical tools and ball skills to go undrafted is crazy to me, especially because so many other players were taken before him.
Garrett believed he was the best receiver in the draft, and the chip he had on his shoulder has just gotten even bigger. I expect he'll make the 53 man Panther roster, and make Golden Hurricane fans proud.


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The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously voted Tuesday to criminalize so-called "revenge porn."
The bill would make it illegal for intimate or former intimate partners to post photos or videos identifying another person who is naked or engaged in a sexual act, without that person's consent. The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Judy Schwank, a Berks County Democrat, would not cover photos posted with a person's consent.
The bill would create a new crime. Intimate Partner Harassment would carry a penalty of up to 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine in cases involving victims who are minors, and up to 2 years and $5,000 when the victim is an adult.
The proposal will now head to the House.
Here is the current bill:
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in assault, providing for the offense of intimate partner harassment.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 2709.2. Intimate partner harassment.
(a) Offense defined.–A person commits the crime of intimate
partner harassment by exposing a photograph, film, videotape or
similar recording of the identifiable image of an intimate
partner who is nude or explicitly engaged in a sexual act to the
view of a third party for no legitimate purpose and with the
intent to harass, annoy or alarm the person depicted.
(b) Affirmative defense.–It shall not be an offense under
this section for a person to expose an image with the consent of
the person depicted.
(c) Grading.–An offense under this section shall be:
(1) A misdemeanor of the first degree when the person depicted is a minor.
(2) A misdemeanor of the <-third second degree when the person depicted is not a minor.
(d) Applicability.–This section shall not apply to any
activity described in section 6321 (relating to transmission of
sexually explicit images by minor).
(e) Definition.–As used in this section, the term
"nude" shall have the meaning provided under section 5903(b)
(relating to obscene and other sexual materials and
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
This bill raises serious concerns about the type of conduct that is and is not criminal. Is the showing of a picture to another covered by the statute? What qualifies as intent to harras, annoy, or alarm? Can the "victim" retroactively change their mind and seek prosecution? Can the "victim" revoke consent at a later time? Where and when is the crime committed? Suppose a photo is posted online by phone from out of state? Or the picture is taken out of state?


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Laundry-wise, things are a tad more complicated, with 3 different purpose washing products: Ecover (either in powder or liquid form) for all whites, a leading supermarket brand for coloured items and a delicates gel specifically designed for hand-washing and machine-washable delicates. I also have a box of Ecover Chlorine-Free Laundry Bleach (100% percarbonate, i.e. salt + limestone + oxygenated water) that I occasionally use, for linen and net curtains in need of a boost of brightness.
Furniture-wise, I have a good quality nourishing balm that I apply on my few leather items. First of all, I remove any traces of dirt with a slightly damp clean cloth, then pat dry, before nourishing the leather in circular movements.
Finally, a standard window-cleaning spray is my little extra chemical luxury (I do wash and pat dry the windows first, obtaining a great clean as it is, but finish off with the spray, although I could do without!)
Essentially these afore-mentioned products are the main chemical staples I use around the home. I keep it simple, because experience has taught me that having many products will not encourage you to use them all religiously. So why waste your money and that precious space in the utility room?
|My beautiful bespoke patterned curtains, from John Lewis
However, as mentioned in my previous post, I do have a few simple tricks up my sleeve that help me justify my minimised use of chemicals:
- Washing up: I take it easy on the washing-up liquid (only a few drops) but change the water as soon as it gets cloudy: more hygienic and effective than loads of foam that masks the dirty dish water and bathes your dishes in it!
- Dusting: my dusters are no state-of-the-art coated cloths, but plain rags made from old kitchen towels and old hand towels that have been cut up. I slightly dampen a clean cloth before dusting the furniture, carefully yet in a light manner. This is more effective than any of the sprays out there that have the nasty habit of clogging up the wood and leaving a glaze that will end up tarnishing it.
- Air freshening: it is no rocket science, I simply open the windows! Ask the smokers in your household to smoke outside (or burn a candle as those will absorb odours). Yet if you are keen on a fragrance, use a few drops of essential oils in a burner, this beats chemicals anytime!
- Scouring/ de-staining: ask Kim and Aggie (but this was already a favourite of mine before they mentioned it on TV!), there is no better way than the soda bicarbonate way! I mix it into a paste with water and use it around the home: to remove tea/ coffee stains from cups and teaspoons, to clean inside vases, to freshen grout around bathroom wall tiles, and (a long time ago, before the glass shower panel was installed) to clean mould traces off the shower curtain. It is also a great deodoriser/ disinfectant, as I found out in the early stages of dog ownership, when Tickle stained the bottom of the dry-clean-only patio door curtain and the fabric sofa (what a little devil he was!). Patience, a damp clean rag and soda bicarbonate helped me to remedy the potentially disastrous mishaps, leaving no trace and no smell afterwards!
- Hard-to-reach surfaces: scrubbing with a little help from an old toothbrush! I never throw them away and give them a second lease of life: great for grout, around taps, in nooks and crannies overlooked by a sponge or a standard-size brush, they are definitely those under-rated allies that will help you achieve that attention to detail.
- Disinfectant: another evident, overlooked, truth in the form of boiling hot water (i.e. straight out of the kettle). A good kettle-ful of it down the sink will banish lingering smells and prevent clog-ups. Soak sponges, scourers and washing-up brushes in them to help eliminate germs and odours.


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Looking for the perfect place for the day after the night before…Jockey Club will not disappoint you! An ultimate relaxing place at the beautiful Salinas beach with its clear water and white sand. A crowded, fun mix of post clubbers but also families, hippies and so on gather her from early on to enjoy Jockey Club's great breakfast (fresh fruit, eggs, coffee etcetera), simple but very good lunch (salads, seafood, homemade pizzas and so on), amazing sangria and live music & DJ's. Service is excellent and friendly towards everyone.
They have a huge number of beach beds and parasols for hire but since they don't take bookings make sure you get there early. If you are really exhausted and to lazy to even stand up, you can enjoy the full restaurant service at your beach bed. Still there at the beginning of the evening? Do not miss out on the beautiful sunset!
Address: Playa de Salinas, Ibiza
Telephone number: +34-971395788
Website: www.jockeyclubibiza.com


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I stole this post title from Pete, but it seems appropriate here too. And probably where you are. And you. * looks around at readership *
Revisiting 2012 in my mind, I did some good stuff. In no particular order, and not all-inclusive:
- Taught more classes
- Made more money from my art than ever
- Have stayed 'profitable' with my business
- Started walking regularly
- Lost around 30 pounds and kept it off
- Helped a friend begin a new life
- Gave a dog a home
- Found family
- Gained confidence
- Gained vision
- Improved my art hugely
- Began to think positively about the future
And now, in the beginning hours of 2013, I can look ahead with these next things in mind, again, not in any order:
- Sell more art
- Keep walking, and add more fitness
- Work harder on the things that are important to me, and phase out things that are not
- Do Tough Mudder
- Achieve business clarity (accounts, inventory)
- Stop selling myself short
This stuff is all achievable. It's not a list of resolutions*, it is a list of things that WILL happen. The only way they won't is if I were to shrink up and stop doing what I do. The only way is forward. I have no doubt this is going to be a hard year – I don't have small goals – but 2013 will be one I continue to focus on the LESS NOISE, MORE LIFE mantra, but also add in:
Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can.
The above is a deceptively strong set of words. I start here, in this moment, in this place; I have everything I need, so I will use it; I will do what I can – this includes pushing myself beyond what I believe I can achieve.
Bring it, 2013. I am ready.
*I saw a guest on BBC Breakfast say that only about 10% of resolutions are kept beyond a month anyway. Terrible odds and terrible devotion.


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A dhaoine uaisle agus a chairde uilig, is ceart agus is cóir go gcuimhnímid ar na laochra atá curtha san áit stairiúil seo anseo mar ghrúpa eisceachtúil. Is cúis inspioráide agus dúshláin dúinn go léir a ndílseacht, a nionracas agus a dtiomantas do phobal na hÉireann. Bhain an réabhlóid, ar chuir siad tús léi,rudaí suntasacha amach taobh istigh d`achar gearr de bhlianta.
A chairde Gael, níor theip orthu, níor chaill siad, bhí sé mar bhua acu fir agus mná na hÉireann a spreagadh agus a ghríosadh chun seilbh a fháil ar a gcinniúint féin.
When our party was founded ninety years ago it was led by a group of people who only ten years before had participated in the Rising of 1916. Since then our party has come to this place every year to honour those who did not live to see what their patriotism and their bravery achieved for our country.
It is now many years since participants in the Rising joined us at this commemoration, but it remains for us one of our most important commitments.
We come here not simply to remember the past but to once again renew our allegiance to the republicanism of 1916. We come here to renew our allegiance to their modern, outward-looking and empowering republicanism.
To their diverse and questioning republicanism.
To their vision of an Ireland which serves its people and renews its values.
The second decade of the twentieth century was one of the great revolutionary moments in world history. Ireland was not alone in striking against an imperial power in the name of national empowerment.
The men and women of 1916 represented the spirit of rising people throughout the world. But they stand out for their particular approach. We should be especially proud that they rejected the defensive and sectarian nationalism seen in many countries.
They showed that people of deep faith and with a commitment to cultural revival could also be open. Time and again they sought ways to broaden the definition of the Irish nation and not to narrow it. They used their education and eloquence to inspire and challenge.
They were no sectarian traditionalists – in fact they were the exact opposite. The words of the Proclamation show this with a power that still resonates.
The Proclamation remains a remarkable statement of modern ideals and insists on that the Irish nation is diverse and inclusive.
You will find very few examples in the world of national revolutions at that time which spoke of respect between opposing traditions; which demanded rights for women; and which sought an independent state which would accept international obligations.
You will also find few examples of national revolutions which faced such overwhelming odds yet achieved so much with a very few years.
In the wonderful commemorations of recent months the Proclamation has been brought to the centre of our national consciousness for the first time in many years. Every time it is read we receive a strong message that still resonates.
One of the most impressive and least commented upon parts of the Proclamation is where the Volunteers made demands of themselves. If you were to serve the Republic which they established you were obliged to act with bravery and decency.
On the streets of this city and in parades in many parts of the country our army, the only army of the Irish Republic established in 1916, has been to the fore. Óglaigh na hÉireann, together with An Gárda Siochána and other forces, received an enormous ovation from the people they serve. This was founded on all they have done to protect us and the honour they have brought to our country overseas.
They are now what they have always been, a force for unity and pride. They derive their legitimacy directly from the people and the Republic declared in front of the GPO 100 years ago.
Let us never forget that and also let us never forget our duty to protect the name of Óglaigh na hÉireann from those who still seek to abuse it in the name of their illegitimate and sectarian organisations.
In the middle of what has been a great national commemoration there continues to be one deeply cynical and dangerous attempt to exploit the heroes of 1916. Provisional Sinn Fein was founded in 1970 to support a campaign rejected constantly by the mass of the Irish people in vote after vote for quarter of a century. The manner in which they have sought to rewrite history and claim direct continuity from 1916 is an outrage.
Unable to achieve the electoral breakthrough they long claimed was inevitable, they are now using more underhand methods to legitimise themselves. In the very room where the Irish Volunteers first met they are today running an exhibition which claims to be about 1916 but it is solely about twisting history. Even though a Sinn Fein officer is running it out of Sinn Fein HQ they pretend to the public that it is an independent exhibition. They claim that to honour Pearse, Clarke and Plunkett you must honour a sinister organisation which tried to destroy this state and continues to refuse to subject its members to the laws enacted by the Irish people.
The fact is that today this type of behaviour is the greatest threat to the high standing of 1916 amongst the Irish people. The anti-nationalist revisionists have been marginalised. The arguments of the 1970s and 1980s that we should reject the tradition of 1916 are now confined to a small fringe. What remains as a direct challenge to the unique status of 1916 is Gerry Adams and a party incapable of accepting that it waged an illegitimate war against a democratic republican tradition directly enabled by 1916.
People who behave like this are also disrespecting the men and women of the Rising because they are claiming that nothing was achieved. This is the biggest difference between the vast majority of the Irish people and the Provisionals movement – we believe that 1916 fundamentally changed the possibilities for pursuing the cause of Irish republicanism.
At the very next election after the Rising a massive public endorsement was won under the leadership of Eamon deValera. The most powerful empire in the world was forced to concede. Far from everything was achieved and we collectively failed to find a way of avoiding the civil war – but 1916 did indeed lead to a situation which was 'changed, changed utterly'.
And no one has to look into a crystal ball to see how the men and women of 1916 would have reacted to the argument of a so-called 'unbroken chain' linking 1916 to the Provisionals. The vast majority of surviving volunteers joined parties which embraced other ways of promoting the cause of Ireland.
We are deeply proud of the fact that our founding generation was made up of people who fought in 1916 and in the struggle which followed. The most senior surviving officer of the Volunteers was our founding President. The most senior surviving officer of the Citizens' Army was our founding Chairperson. Family members of many of the heroes we honour here today helped found and build Fianna Fáil.
And yet, in spite of the immense pride we have in this, we insist that 1916 belongs to no party – it belongs to the Irish people. We will never fail to stand against the political cynicism of those who seek to exploit it for partisan gain. Every party and individual who participates in public life on this island is doing so because of opportunities created by 1916.
Tá aiseolas an phobail ar na himeachtaí cultúrtha a bhí mar dhlúthchuid de chomóradh an chéid thar a bheith dearfach. Ceann de phríomhluachanna laochra míle naoi gcéad sé déag, ná gur chóir fiúntas ar leith, uathúil ár gcultúir a thuiscint.
Ní rabhadar mar náisiúntóirí caolaigeanta teoranta. Bhíodar fadradharcach dóchasach, níor léiríodh ár gcultúr níos fearr ná cultúir eile, ach rinneadh deimhin de gur cheart meas a bheith ar shaintréithe ár gcultúir agus go mbeadh an cultúr Éireannach ar comhchéim le cinn eile.
Ba chóir aitheantas agus creidiúint a thabhairt don fhuinneamh atá le feiceáil i gcur chun cinn na Gaeilge mar theanga bheo sa chóras oideachais i scoileanna mórthimpeall na tíre. Seo ré na bhféidearachtaí, nach féidir linn ligint i ndearmad a thuilleadh, agus níor cheart ár dteanga a chailliúint agus beimid ag obair chun stádas na Gaeilge a athbheochan in obair an Rialtais agus san Oireachtas.
Chun tógail ar thodhchaí chomhroinnte agus comhpháirtíocht idir gach cuid den oileán seo, tá an dúthracht atá in easnamh i leith na haidhme seo le blianta beaga anuas ag teastáil uainn arís. Mar thoradh air seo, tá sí mar aidhm lárnach ag Fianna Fáil úsáid a bhaint as an ról atá againn i nDáil Éireann chun athbheochan agus athfhuinneamh a chur isteach in athmhuintearas agus forbairt.
The Good Friday Agreement which we played a central part in negotiating gave us all an opportunity to build not just an absence of war but also lasting reconciliation and development. This opportunity is being wasted. We need a new beginning in the concept of North-South bodies, which have an enormous potential to deliver services and sustained development on both sides of the Border.
And we need direct engagement by both the Irish and British governments to end the stranglehold in Stormont by two parties. This is doing immense damage to public support for the institutions and public engagement in politics.
Over the past five years Fianna Fáil has changed in many ways. After the 2011 election we didn't sit back and try to ignore reality. In looking for a way forward our first priority was to seek to renew the great tradition which we had been handed by earlier generations.
Within our party our focus of pride has always been on the concrete and sustained progress which we were able to achieve for our country. Initiatives of great ambition helped to clear slums, introduce a social safety net, develop industry, open-up education and give Ireland an honoured place in the international community of nations. The constitution drafted so skilfully by Eamon de Valera successfully underpinned stable democratic institutions and the expansion of rights at one of the darkest moments in Europe's history.
And central to this tradition has been a willingness to respond to the new circumstances and challenges facing our country.
We worked hard to reconnect with people and to set out our alternative to the approach of an arrogant and out-of-touch government as well as the empty populism of others.
If you look back and consider the commentaries and predictions concerning Fianna Fáil you find a near unanimous failure to recognise or understand what was happening. Since the election there hasn't been much of a change. People who misrepresented, ignored and opposed us continue to issue regular condemnations and instructions. We will respectfully continue to be more concerned with the opinions of our members and the half a million people who gave us a mandate to represent them.
And quite frankly those who try to dismiss us with the condescending claim that we are simply a 'civil war party' need to go read a bit more history. We were founded explicitly because our leaders wanted to move on from the civil war. They wanted to offer a new and more radical republican approach. They succeeded in this and persuaded hundreds of thousands of people to move beyond the civil war and support our social and economic programme.
The very core of our approach in the last five years has been to try to understand and respond to the changes which have happened and which people want.
To restore faith in politics we have to accept that the old model of government and politics is broken and cannot continue. The idea that you can only govern if you can control everything which happens in the Oireachtas is completely discredited.
We need a politics which respects important differences between parties and groups and requires a much deeper engagement on substance. This works well in many countries and it can work here if people are willing to try.
We must have a politics where parties genuinely try to implement their core promises and end the days of "ah sure isn't that what you say in an election".
There is a depressing cynicism and arrogance in the demands of commentators that Fianna Fáil should quickly abandon a core position stated repeatedly before and during an election. Equally there is a clear lack of ambition or originality in their failure to comprehend how important and positive a development a minority government could be.
We have been and we will continue to be flexible. We are willing to allow a new form of government to develop. It will end the old and discredited approach and it will certainly be more complex – however just simply carrying on as in the past is not an option.
I hope that we will shortly be able to move our politics on to a more inclusive and consensual approach. Within this we will continue to work for the priorities we set before the public. No one in Dáil Éireann will be able to dominate decisions – and this is a good thing. Many mistakes of the past, including the Irish Water fiasco, were firmly founded on the arrogance of a majority government.
The major crises our country faces today in health, housing and many other areas developed because of the policies of the strongest and most stable majority government in recent times. It represents real progress to move to a system with a less arrogant and dominating government – and where all TDs have a right and obligation to contribute.
The challenges we face today are nothing compared to the challenges faced and overcome by the heroes of 1916. They inspired a national awakening and invigorated a republican spirit which still represents our country at its best.
Sa bhliain chomórtha speisialta seo, léiríomar mar náisiún conas is féidir linn breathnú agus machnamh siar ar ár stair i slí uileghabhálach agus ómósach. Cuireadh réabhlóid míle naoi gcéad sé déag i láthair an domhain mar ócáid bhunaidh stáit a mbeadh aon náisiún bródúil aisti.


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Hi there to my knowledge there isnt a photo of the old oak tree that was on leeds and bradford road. Ive been looking for one for years to no avail.Well i can now go one step better heres a link to a clip from a touch of frost with the pub in it.(i hope this hasnt been posted before apologies if so)https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=38 ... =3&theater
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Bracken wrote: Do you know the Touch of Frost episode that the Old Oak Tree appeared in ? Also any idea when the pub was demolished ? I don't know for certain, but I'd hazard a guess at around twenty years, as I have friends who live in a newish house built behind the site of the pub.Just another funny little quirk - for many years in the 1960s - 1980s I had very close friends, now sadly long gone, who lived in St. Catherine's Drive, just above the pub, and their bonny little terrier was called ......................Bracken !!
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That Frost episode was called "Nothing to Hide" and is oft repeated on ITV3 - shot in 2002, the Old Oak Tree appears in wide shot in the last scene.
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There is a picture of the Old Oak Tree taken from the side when it was boarded up and closed.
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I think this is the pub refered to?
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The Pub i was referring to was when driving past the Bridge Inn Kirkstall, turning right and going a mile or so then the Pub was on the Left hand side, very popular on a weekend with music in the 1960.70s. I thought that was the Old Oak Tree. Are these two one and the same ?.
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You hear about identity theft daily in the news, you know online security threats are on the rise and probably know some of the ways in which people steal and use your personal information. You most likely even know someone who's been a victim of identity theft. With all that said, do you know the steps to take in the event that your identity has been compromised?
Fraud Specialist, Chelsea Marcyes, provided us with the steps to take if your identity is compromised:
Step 1: Call one of the three credit companies (Equifax 1-800-525-6285, Experian 1-888-397-3742, TransUnion 1-800-680-7789) and ask them to put a fraud alert on your credit report and complete the following:
Let them know that you are an identity theft victim
Ask them to put a fraud alert on your credit file
Confirm they will contact the other 2 companies
This alert will stay on you report for 90 days. You may also choose to report your identity compromise to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Step 2: If you suspect your identity has been stolen, close existing accounts and open new ones. Remember to create PINs and passwords that are tough to figure out.
Better yet, take proactive steps to protect yourself from identity theft:
For more information on fraud, visit our website or check out this great resource from the FTC .
Chelsea is a Fraud Specialist at our Staples location. She enjoys working with the community to educate them about fraud prevention and education. Her family includes her husband Lonnie, their two children Jackson and Bentley, two dogs Carly and Hailey, and two horses Elsa and Woody. In the summer, they enjoy gardening, canning and riding horse. As a family, they love to watch football games … especially when the Broncos are playing!
First International Bank & Trust, Member FDIC
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