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Q & A with Marci
A conversation with Marci Alboher
Author of One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success
Why did you write this book?
In 2001, I wrote an article for The New York Times about two people with dual careers – Angela Williams, a lawyer/Baptist minister and Rashid Silvera, a fashion model/high school teacher. After the article an, I started noticing this "slash effect" everywhere – from celebrities Bono, rock star/activist, to my childhood best friend, Carrie, an art dealer/Pilates instructor. These careers seemed to carry a lot of cachet, and the "slashes" seemed to be a very satisfied crowd. I sensed something was bubbling in the world of work and I wanted to learn more about it.
So, how does this slash concept relate to your own career?
When I stopped practicing law to become a freelance journalist, my identity as a lawyer completely shaped the type of writer I became. Even though I no longer practiced, I found most of my stories in the legal world and introducing myself as a lawyer/journalist won me instant credibility with the editors and high-powered types I interviewed for my articles. Before long, I added another slash to my identity by becoming a teacher/coach to aspiring writers. This coupling of writer/teacher/coach, and eventually speaker, fit nicely together. Though my collection of slashes is not as unlikely as something like "teacher/fashion model," I felt like I was part of a little movement of workers who had gotten smart to the idea you're your identity doesn't have to be confined to one label.
Would you say there's a prototypical slash personality?
There are certainly a few common characteristics – entrepreneurial, creative, open-to-change, curious, and comfortable with beginnings, to name a few.
Are there any common slash models or is every case different?
While the options are limitless, there are definitely patterns. Some combinations are so common that people already think about them as an integrated career: the actor/director or the teacher/writer for example. Another common path is a starter career that evolves into a related career, like a lawyer/literary agent or athlete/sports commentator. But the slashes who get the most notice are those with incongruous combinations, like Robert Childs, a psychoanalyst/violin maker. Of course, anyone who works while actively raising children is living a slash life.
Is there any data to support your hunch that slashing is becoming more prevalent?
My definition of slashing is very elastic, encompassing those who pursue two full-blown careers, working parents, entrepreneurs or free agents with multiple income streams, and even dedicated volunteers, activists or philanthropists. So, it's impossible to paint an accurate numeric picture. But a smattering of data from the December 2006 Bureau of Labor Statistics report* and the Census 2005 American Community Survey** points to huge swaths of the population well-poised to live slash lives or already doing so:
- One in 19 Americans in the workforce, 7.7 million people, have multiple jobs*
- One in 28 Americans, 4.8 milion, work from home**
- One in 14 Americans, 10.7 million, are self-employed*
- One in 6 Americans in the workforce, 25 million, are over the age of 55, part of a wave rejecting retirement to reduce working hours and make time for a side career or a neglected passion*
- One in 3 Americans, 45 million, are working parents**+
* http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm; "one in _" calculated by dividing data by total number of Americans employed, 146 million
** http://www.census.gov/acs/www; "one in_" calculated by dividing data by total number of employed persons 16 and over, 133 million
+ Datum: "parents with children under 18 where all parents in family (both or single) are working"
What are the various ways you use the term "slash"?
As a noun, slash refers to a person with multiple careers (She's such a slash!): as an adjective, it describes a career or life with many facets (He's really living the slash life.); and as a verb, it means to live a life with multiple strands (The more people slash, the more unusual it will seem to have a career with a single focus.) Some of my favorite usages play with the word as a compound or root to build upon. ("That's a very slash-friendly policy." "That bakery/dress shop is quite slashy.) I reject slasher or slashor, which refer to pick-axe wielders in a horror flick.
Who's the ideal reader for your book?
Audiences I expect to be interested include: recent graduates figuring out how to make sense of the decade of drift that often constitutes the early stages of a career; artists or entrepreneurs looking for a money gig that is satisfying and flexible; those considering a mid-career reinvention; anyone looking for creative solutions to balancing working and family; and older people who aren't interested in retiring.


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One thing that I did hear was Drumpf's comment when one of the Presstitutes asked him about this Russian spy ship that was "only" (Gasp!) some 30 miles off the American coast... President Drumpf's comment was that it was "not good" and if he had the chance he would "shoot the ship".... I listened in amazement and at the time, I dismissed it due to the fact that ship was absolutely in international waters, and therefore had every right under international law to be there...
But over the last few days, I periodically have turned on the Jew spew media for a few laughs, and just the other night one of the shill commentators was on one of their lying "news shows" and started accusing the Russians of having that ship there as "provocation"..... After watching this idiot go on and on about how 'bad' Russia was, without actually having a clue what he was talking about, I figured I would get an article out to cover this issue here...
Well, lo and behold, but great bloggers do think alike, and my fellow Canadian blogger, Greencrow, who of course hails from the great unknown regions (lol) of British Columbia, got ahead of me on this one, and put out an amazing article that covers this "Russian spy boat" stupidity in the Jew spew media splendidly.... First, I want to present the link here to her article, at her website "Greencrow As The Crow Flies" at www.greencrowasthecrowflies.blogspot.com, for everyone to take a look at here:
OK, I did fire off a comment at Greencrow's site to put in my own two cents worth about this ridiculous issue, and I did notice one other amazing comment there that covers some of the facts about this "spy ship", and I want to present that comment here:
"... "It's lawful [and] similar to operations we do around the world," Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters Friday.
The Russian spy ship left her homeport in the Barents Sea near Norway, part of Russia's northern fleet, around New Year's Day, according to American defense officials. Following a port call in Jamaica, the Russian ship then began its voyage north along the east coast of the United States.
The deployment of the Russian intelligence-gathering ship was likely planned for months before it set sail in early January, according to U.S. defense officials. They said it apparently was not tied to the Obama administration's Dec. 29 order that Moscow shut down two of its "vacation" properties, which the U.S. government said were used to intercept American communications. One was on New York's Long Island and the other was at Maryland's Eastern Shore....
This is fun for the feebleminded warmongers of the world . All major powers, ALL MAJOR POWERS operate big, roomy cargo type ships as SIGINT collect platforms around the world. WE DO IT as Captain, USN Jeff Davis told the world from the Pentagon. Do the names USS Liberty and USS Pueblo mean anything to you? Do they strike a bell?
This ship, the Russian Navy vessel Viktor Leonov is engaged in lawful and non-threatening routine SIGINT collection operations. If we had any sense we would invite them into Norfolk for a liberty port call. The restaurants, bars and whores down there could used the business....."
NTS Notes: I fully agree with Greencrow on her statements made at her article, and I will put in my own two cents here..
First of all, I need not remind everyone of the reality that 'spy ships' have been off the coasts of other nations for well over a century now... They are perfectly within their rights to be there as they are indeed in international waters, and there is NO international law that stipulates that any nation cannot sit there legally and "listen in" on other nations!
Second, the United States itself has always sent their own spy ships off the coasts of other nations, especially Russia and China, and we never hear any outcry from the liars in the Jew spew media about those ships being there, right? And we cannot forget how almost 50 years ago, the USS Liberty that was indeed a US SPY ship was in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sinai in international waters listening in on the Israeli 6 day war assault on Egypt.... And we all know how the criminal Israelis did indeed illegally and purposely attacked THAT spy ship!
OK, What I see happening here is absolutely the Jew spew media is once again trying to find anything they can to vilify Russia and to fool the American people into the false belief that somehow the Russians are 'bad' here....
Honestly, I do hope the American "sheeple" are not this stupid and will not fall for this bullshit... As I have said clearly in regards to this Russian spy ship issue: WHO CARES? This should not be an issue at all!
More to come

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Look, The Walking Dead Season 1 is the best shit ever for a reason (and won Game of the Year – which I predicted). The story was crazy good, it didn't use characters from the main canon series, so Telltale Games could fuck 'em up if they wanted to. And then your choices in that game had deep implications moving forward into Season 2. The Wolf Among Us had to be a self-contained story because it is supposedly a prequel to the comics series.
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Σύντομη παρέμβαση μετά από την ομιλία του καθηγητή Maurizio Ferrera στην εκδήλωση του Πανεπιστημίου Πελοποννήσου προς τιμήν του (Κόρινθος 23 Μαΐου 2014)
Maurizio Ferrera's use of Hanna Arendt's principle of "pardon and promise" to draw an analogy between the current impasse and postwar Europe is certainly intriguing. Ferrera suggests that just as young Germans coming of age after the war were allowed to make a new start free from the guilt of their parents' generation, so must young Greeks (and young Spaniards, and young Portuguese and so on) be allowed to live their lives unburdened by the crippling debt accumulated as a result of the previous generation's imprudence: pardon and promise.
Well, yes and no. Even though denazification was less than complete, young Germans growing up in the 1950s were unrelentingly drilled about German guilt – not just Hitler's guilt, or that of his closest associates, but the guilt of millions of Germans who cheered him when in opposition, brought him to power with their vote, sustained his rule with their enthusiasm or indifference to his brutality, actively participating or turning a blind eye to his war crimes.
We shouldn't stretch the analogy too much: after all, those responsible for the Greek crisis didn't actually kill anybody – they just squandered a few billions. But, to pursue it further, I believe that in order to deserve pardon and promise young Greeks ought to go just as deep: denounce not just 'corrupt politicians' (that's easy), or German politicians (that's even easier), but the false promises on which their own prosperity rested – and draw the appropriate conclusions.
If young Greeks fail to do so, if they choose to spend their energy on a state of permanent indignation, eschewing reflection, ready to follow the next demagogue who flatters their narcissism, then they will resemble a postwar generation of young Germans all right – but not the one of the 1950s: they will resemble the bitter and vengeful generation of the 1920s.
And we all know how that played out.
And we all know how that played out.


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This past weekend I got to go on a couple of great shopping adventures. Saturday morning I made it to the Porte de Vanves and Sunday was a Brocante at a local village. The Porte de Vanves was great as usual, but the brocante stole the show this time around when it comes to deals. Both shopping trips were planned so that I could go and help show some friends around the markets. I have spent a significant amount of time maneuvering my way around the different shopping experiences here. It was fun to share what I have learned with friends and help them find treasures of their own.
Here are a few of my new treasures.
Yes, my tea tasted better out of this beautiful cup. The cup and saucer were made in Japan and the edge of the cup is amazingly delicate.
I have amassed quite the collection of copper since moving to France. This was my latest addition, the utensils inside are so fun!
LoadingI have a new appreciation for copper. This was my find of the day. #france #brocante #vintage #copper #cuivre
Here is my giant new Le Creuset dutch oven. I found this at the local brocante and I am so glad i had my rolling market bag with me. It is so heavy there is no way I could have carried it with everything else i got that day. I am trying to decide what to make first.
I was trying to set up a few things for a photo op and my helper came in to tweak a few things.
This is an aluminum suit case, a demi john from the 1960s, my very first demi john, and a rusty old French typewriter.
This little guy is getting so big! Less than 2 weeks until he turns 1.
His hair is too much, I love it.
I hope your week is getting off to a good start. I am starting the week off with a sick kiddo, it can only go up from here.
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If you are going to be up and waiting for Carbine to flip to switch, you might want to check out Gamebreaker Nation's launch party on Twitch. They will start streaming at 1am eastern and carry on right up until launch. My good friend, Ghostal is one of the hosts and they are going to do a great job.
My Launch Plans
In addition, I've always wanted to play a tank with a Ranged DPS offspec (and Boomkin/Feral never appealed to me). Vanguard almost did it, but then SWTOR made them this weird not ranged/not melee tank and I just played him as melee.
Robot pets, heavy armor, giant guns, and the mech suit. Oh, you had me at mech suit.
I played both sides in Beta and the Exile quests made me feel more heroic. Both Northern Wilds and Everstar Grove have great stories with endings that give you that emotional punch. Although not everyone was a fan.
On the Dominion side, you feel like a cog in the machine. They thank you for your service and if you did really well maybe they won't kill you. I was also completely turned off by the Draken "blood" village where my Mechari Warrior spent most of his early days.
Algoroc was my favorite zone in Beta. I loved the Firefly feel to it and as soon as I saw the giant robot in the Excavation Camp, I knew I was in for some fun.
That left me with human and Mordesh. My initial thought was to go human, and indeed, my beta Engineer was a human. I love Iron Man so I made him sort of a Tony Stark wannabe. When I rolled my Beta Spellslinger I made him Mordesh and ran him through the Everstar Grove / Celestian area.
The Mordesh lore was fantastic.
But Mordesh have 'big' models. I struggled with the big model when I made my Paladin a Tauren in WoW. In Wildstar, movement would be even more critical. I rolled a Mordesh Engineer at the end of Beta and didn't have any trouble. The other nice thing about the big Mordesh model is the guns are freaking huge. Honors want Big BOOM!
I went back to playing my human and encountered a quest in Whitevale. I don't want to spoil it for you, but it cemented my desire to roll Mordesh.
That said, I loved Algoroc. I would go human just for that zone. Then I learned that your choice of race doesn't lock you into the starting zone. It takes a couple of extra steps, but you can choose which zone you go to.
So I'll be one of those weird Mordesh you see running around Algoroc. Keep the fires warm in Gallow for me.
ProfessionsI was all set to go Technologists and Relic Hunter. Then I can across this.
This is a strawpoll on professions. The gathering professions are out front. That doesn't surprise me since you get both the double gatherer crowd and the people looking to support their production craft.
What does concern me a little bit is how high Technologists is. In case you can't see it clearly in the picture, Tech is at 16% beating out even one of the gathering profs (Survivalist). The next production craft is at 12%. I realize this is a limited sample size with a self selected group, but if this is indicative of the wider game, I could see that being an issue.
The problem is that anyone with MMO experience is going to look at the professions in Wildstar and see really quick that Tech is pretty much the only one with End Game application. Unless WeaponSmith, ArmorSmith, Outfitter, or Tailor get an end game consumable/use, all the armor or weapons they craft will be outdone by raid drops, which will severely limit the ability of these profs to be profitable at end game. But if everyone and their brother is a Tech, the market will saturated and it'll be tough making any CREDD there, too. Tech/RH fits with my Engineer, but now I'm wondering if I should switch.
End game crafting isn't well known. The good news is that Wildstar allows you to keep your progress. If you change from Weaponsmith to Architect, you don't lose your progress in Weaponsmith. You no longer can do the Weaponsmith crafts, but if you change back to Weaponsmith later your progress is still there. It's more like a respec.
I think I'm going to go double gatherer (Mine/Relic Hunter). I'll let the production crafts sort themselves out and I'll make some money in the interim on the Auction House.
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See this important update!
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Ho Ho Ho
Hello everyone, just a quick post from me today with a last minute make. I needed a few extra gift tags, as you do, and this is just a quick one I put together.
I used a scrap of DP and I have no idea of the brand, sorry! All the other elements were also made using scraps of card or recycled items..... its a great way to use up all your odds and ends. The tulle was wrapped around a box of chocolates I received as a gift from a student, it looked so pretty and I managed to rescue some that wasn't creased or crumpled by the bow, just enough to make a couple of tags! The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse very vintage christmas and it is stamped in fired brick distress ink, I then cut it with a nestie and sponged it with spun sugar distress ink while it was still in the die, love this look! I then popped everything together and added a couple of bells from my stash and hey presto, a cute tag!
This is probably my last post before christmas, so I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. xx
Card/Paper: Red and white card. DP - ??
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - very vintage christmas
Ink: Distress inks - fired brick, spun sugar
Embellishments: Tulle, bells
Tools: Sewing machine, trouvaille, nesties, ranger blending tool, corner rounder punch
Thanks for looking x
Labels: Christmas, Tags, Waltzingmouse
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A beautiful festive tag Liza - Have a wonderful Christmas.ReplyDelete
This is so so pretty Liza ! Love the little bells and the stitching finishes the tag so beautifully ! Have a lovely Christmas Sweetie ! Hugs, blessings and love from CatherineReplyDelete
Love the tag Liza! Have a Very Merry Christmas....see you in the new year!ReplyDelete
Love the tag you've made. Hope you've had a lovely Christmas, and have a great new year xReplyDelete
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13 comments:
- Neus said...
ohhh everything is so nice!! I wish I could afford some dress... anyway I already have your sewing patterns and I'm very happy with them! Lots of success!
- November 14, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- Various Projects said...
congratulations! it's beautiful. i'd like just the same someday. :)
- November 14, 2011 at 2:41 PM
- montmarte said...
congratulations, jenny! the shop looks amazing!!!
- November 14, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- Jessica Kleoppel said...
so beautifully designed and curated. coveting. everything.
- November 14, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- Samantha said...
Everything looks lovely - and I like the blog redesign too!
- November 14, 2011 at 4:05 PM
- Emily said...
Oh no! The dresses are all sold out...! I was refreshing the site all day at work too, but thought finally that I could make it home before everything went live. Guess not... :( Dang.
Oh well – some ladies out there are super lucky. Everything looks absolutely beautiful!
- November 14, 2011 at 5:43 PM
- Marginamia said...
Congratulations, Jenny! Wow, it's beautiful...all of it.
- November 14, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- Angela Barnes said...
Emily, same here! Was wishing it was up before I went out this morning, but of course it went live during my time out! :P
Totally jealous of all the ladies who got dresses!
- November 14, 2011 at 5:52 PM
- leFiligree said...
really good work! i laughed when i saw the dresses were sold out. of course they were!
- November 14, 2011 at 6:12 PM
- kate / tinywarbler said...
yay! congrats jenny on the new shop, it looks amazing. i am so thrilled that i got your blue helen dress! it's so beautiful, i can't wait to wear it! (hopefully on a 'date' night when we get a sitter.......no baby spit up near the dress please!)
- November 14, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- handmade romance said...
congratulations!! looks like i was too slow...probably sleeping on this side of the planet : ) beautiful work x
- November 14, 2011 at 7:01 PM
- Rachel said...
congratulations, jenny! the shop is beautiful.
- November 15, 2011 at 12:00 AM
- vicky said...
Ooooh it all looks lovely. Very excited to have just ordered a Tova pattern.
- November 15, 2011 at 6:56 AM


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Bob Dylan and the guitar that he reportedly played at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 have been in the news this week. A show called History Detectives aired a segment last night about a Fender Stratocaster now owned by a New Jersey woman that may be the guitar that Bob played that historic night in Newport when he turned the folk world upside down. Of course Bob's people dispute the claim.
This much is known for sure: on July 25, 1965, Bob took the stage with Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and the rhythm section from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. They played a loud, raucous three song set that showcased the new direction of Bob's music and signaled the death of the folk music movement. Here is Maggie's Farm from that night:
If Bob's leather jacket and new look didn't blow the folkies' minds, I'm sure the sound of the band, particularly Mike Bloomfield's leads, must have sent them over the edge. It sounds pretty raw and edgy today. Can you image it at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965? Oh my.
How about the choice of Maggie's Farm? I wonder if Bob was sending a message with the these lyrics:
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am
But everybody wants you
To be just like them
They say sing while you slave and I just get bored
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.


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She wanted to paint some fantasy mini and the only thing I had ready to be painted at the moment was a Dwarf.
Here are some pictures of the result :)
Quality! Better than a lot of minis you see painted up!ReplyDelete
Very cool and I never would have guessed nine. Good start to her painting career.ReplyDelete
Wow, that is awesome! The result is way better then my first attempt and I was in my 20s at the time. The apple doesn't fall to far from the tree.ReplyDelete
That is some great painting done by your daughter, certainly better than anything I produced when I first started out a couple of years older than her.
You should be proud! :)
Nine!!!!!!!She's very good, I'm going to cry now!ReplyDelete
Realy great looking dwarf (What a pun^^)
Your daughter is realy talented.
Wow! She is a great painter like her father. Wish I was that good!ReplyDelete
splendid work she has done- could be the start of her in the hobby!!ReplyDelete
9 years old!!! That´s a really excellent piece of painting. She´s got real talent. Clean lines, good choice of colours and details picked out.
Nice work! Time to shackle her to the desk!ReplyDelete
That is fantastic!! Your daughter is very talented with a paintbrush.ReplyDelete
You have a great artist in your home!
Very nice.
Well another reason to be proud !!!ReplyDelete
Nine years old you say! Very impressive and you should be proud!
Can't believe the loving father did not lend a hand. She paints better than me (which is not a challenging mark by the way)ReplyDelete
She paints better than half the people I know after twp decennia! Nice workReplyDelete
OMG she is very good at painting and it is very impressive.ReplyDelete
Brilliant!!! Good painting genes I think :-)ReplyDelete
Nice work well done.
Excellent painting little Dalauppror!! You'll have her slaving away painting all your figures in the cupboard under the stairs before she knows it!ReplyDelete
Wow, that's quality work. I know you're a proud dad!ReplyDelete
Thanks Matey for a proud dad:)
little Dalauppror...indeed as she rebell almost every day;)
She have a realy god eye for details and for onec she listen to my advice of how to paint, and she have done a realy good work, the only thing I help her out with was the black primer and the base.
I hope to be able to show you some more of her work an that her interest in painting some minis will continue.
Best regards Michael
Great looking figure!ReplyDelete
Lovely paintjob.ReplyDelete
That's pretty good for a 9-year old.
That is so cool! I hope you two get to share many hours at the painting table!ReplyDelete


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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Heart Swap List
17 comments:
- Susie said...
Debby, That heart is a pretty one. Hope you are staying dry. It is raining again here. gee I have had enough . Are you getting rain?xo,Susie
- January 13, 2013 at 11:19 AM
- Jane said...
It'll be fun for sure!
- January 13, 2013 at 11:40 AM
- VintageBettys said...
I am almost done all five of mine....I should have them ready to send by Tuesday along with the $5.00 dollars!
- January 13, 2013 at 12:24 PM
- Michele said...
So very pretty!!!
- January 13, 2013 at 12:50 PM
- RetroSandie said...
I am working away, Debby!!!! Trying to make good use of all of the daylight I can get!!! I think mine should be done in a few days!!
- January 13, 2013 at 1:14 PM
- Creative Breathing said...
Oh Debby! This is such a fun group of ladies. I am so glad you extended your deadline as I was here to beg just one more day of extension. It takes me a full day to embroider one heart, and the clock was ticking down! I will have them to you by the end of the week. Thank you for hosting! Elizabeth
- January 13, 2013 at 1:47 PM
- A Vintage Fairy said...
This is going to be such fun!
- January 13, 2013 at 2:48 PM
- Julia said...
Sound like everyone is having a ball making hearts.
I'm looking forward to see what you get.
- January 13, 2013 at 3:03 PM
- NanaDiana said...
Oh, Debby- You had a good turnout- that is wonderful and WHAT fun!!!! I hope we get to see them all. Blessings- xo Diana
- January 13, 2013 at 3:09 PM
- Kelly_Deal said...
Pretty heart Debby! I wish I would have seen your earlier post, because I would have joined! Sounds like fun!
- January 14, 2013 at 9:37 AM
- ImSoVintage said...
I am so glad you got so much participation. I would have joined in, but the impending surgery is holding me back.
- January 14, 2013 at 3:12 PM
- chris mckinley said...
Oh my gosh! Freaking out a little seeing how many gals are almost done......I better gather my materials and get going!
- January 14, 2013 at 8:10 PM
- Jacqueline said...
HI Debby!
I am with you. Getting right on it this morning! My blog is Once Upon a Fairyland (not fairytale).
Thanks to you, we are about to have so much fun!
- January 15, 2013 at 5:47 AM
- Genie Robinson said...
Mine are in a box but it is pouring today. Will you please tie on the old Mary Engelbreit valentines on them for me. If I do it they will get crushed in the box. Maybe I just ought to get a big mailer in the morning on the way to school. genie
- January 15, 2013 at 9:23 AM
- Carrie @ Cottage Cozy said...
I guess it is too late for more??? Next time...
- January 15, 2013 at 3:53 PM
- Lutka And Co. said...
Hi Debby,
I'd LOVE to join if it's not too late! Thank you!
- January 17, 2013 at 2:09 PM
- Art and Sand said...
I mailed off my hearts on Tuesday and I don't remember if I included my address so you could send me my hearts.
Carol Cook
1162 Brunswick Lane
Ventura, CA 93001
Looking forward to my hearts.
Thanks for organizing all of this.
- January 26, 2013 at 12:52 AM


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However, I believe that age should not be the primary issue when policy makers consider renewing rolling stock. The main factors should be how much work trains are undertaking each year, their ability to be upgraded when the business and trading environments change, and their capacities. Indeed, while the 455s are getting on now, unlike their compartmented predecessors the 'open' seating arrangement they were originally built with makes them far more suitable for upgrading. Furthermore, there seems to be no reason to dispose of them when they are mechanically sound, especially given that last November SWT won the 'Golden Spanner' award for their reliability.[1]
Naturally, the link between rolling stock ages and renewals is one that has been approached by railway managers since the industry's beginnings. As an illustration of this I will look at William George Beattie's tenure as the London and South Western Railway's (L&SWR) Locomotive Superintendent between 1871 and 1877. Beattie was employed by the company in 1862 as a draughtsman and was later placed in charge of the company's hydraulic equipment.[2] Therefore, it seems unusual that a man with no locomotive design experience should be placed in charge of the company's locomotive department. However, there was one factor in his favour. His father, Joseph, was the L&SWR's locomotive superintendent between 1850 and 1871. He had great talent and I presume the directors felt that his son would have inherited some of his skill.
The directors were mistaken. Poor William should never have been appointed and was the most inept locomotive superintendent the company ever had. While he ran the company's locomotive department shambolically, the most serious problem was that he was not attuned to the company's locomotive traction needs in a time when passenger numbers were increasing massively.[3] Indeed, between 1871 and 1877 the number of passengers the L&SWR conveyed rose by 68.3% from 14,347,577 to 24,142,851.[4]
It could be said that part of Beattie's failing was that the rate of locomotive renewals slowed. The number of locomotives the company had in its possession only increased between 1871 and 1877 from 272 to 377 (38.6%). Furthermore, the average age of locomotives went from 8.54 to 9.90 years over the same period. Lastly, when Beattie was superintendent only 1.09 locomotives were renewed per year. Yet, between 1878 and 1882 under his successor, Adams, the rate was 1.76. Nevertheless, despite these facts, the slowing of the renewal rate wasn't actually a serious problem for the company, as on average the number of train miles each locomotive ran per year dropped between 1871 and 1877 from 24,154 to 22,834 miles.[5]
The real problem was the quality and suitability of the new locomotives Beattie introduced. He perpetuated his father's antiquated and small locomotive designs, which, while suitable in the 1860s, became unsuitable in the 1870s with the increased traffic numbers. Thus, trains were slower as the number of carriages in each increased.[6] The noted railway commentator, William Acworth, commented that 'engines which had been in the van of progress were mere pigmies by the side of the giants of the present time.'[7]
But his failings didn't stop there. When in 1876 he could no longer rely on his father's designs, and because the company needed heavier models, he was forced to design a heavier new locomotive type. However, ordered twenty locomotives without a prototype and these were subsequently recognised as monumental failures suffering problems in both design and construction. Indeed, Bradley argued that Beattie had inadequate knowledge of locomotive design to meet the L&SWR's needs.[8]
Therefore, this historical case reinforces the fact that when considering issues surrounding locomotive renewals, the age of rolling stock should not be the primary concern. Rather, rolling stock's suitability for the trading environment and whether they meet the needs of the operators is far more important.
[2] The National Archives [TNA], RAIL 411/492, Clerical staff character book No. 2, 1838-1919, p.62
[3] Bradley, D.L., L&SWR Locomotives: The Early Engines 1838-53 and Beattie Classes, (Didcot, 1989), p.5-6
[4] Board of Trade Returns, 1871 and 1877
[5] TNA, RAIL 411/470, Locomotives, boilers, rolling stock, etc: correspondence, 1882-1884, Statement of Engine Stock, renewals of same and train Mileage during the past 14 years., Undated, p.59
[6] Bradley, L&SWR Locomotives: The Early Engines, p.5-6
[7] Acworth, William, 'The South-Western Railway,' Murray's Magazine, Vol.3 No.18 (1888, June) p.802
[8] Bradley, L&SWR Locomotives: The Early Engines, p.5-6


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Does wood and fire go together? Nope. But here is someone who is trying to bring these two opposites together adding his wild imaginations to produce beautiful images. Yes, Conrad Pinto just loves it. A fine art graduate from Goa College of Art, Conrad Pinto had mastered in portraits. Landscapes and 'mindscapes' have remained two bold ways of his expression for over two decades. Now Conrad is venturing into a totally alien medium – Pyrography.
Though Pyrography is not new to the Western world, for India and Indians it may have to be introduced as a medium of artwork on wood. And Conrad Pinto may be called the pioneer of Pyrography in India as it is absolutely a new form of art to us Indians. But if Indians are not familiar with this form of art, how Conrad stumbled unto this, one may wonder. "It is just by fluke that I came across Pyrography while surfing on the net. It took me only a few more clicks to get to know what it was, and I instantly fell in love with it," says Conrad. "Though no one is a born artist, all of us have in us an artist in incubation. Art could be developed in a right atmosphere. Sure, Pyrography was new for an artist like me but all I required was a specially designed tool – that had to be imported from Canada, a special wood (that is white, soft and light) and a lot of patience. Trial and error method led me to master this art in two years," says he.
Elaborating on Pyrography, Conrad says, "Wood burning allows for a much bigger range of tones than can be achieved with pencil or charcoal. With a lot of patience one can achieve almost photographic detail. 'Shivan' is a light coloured wood available locally, which is suitable for Pyrography. Other light-coloured woods such as sycamore, ash, beech and birch are commonly used, as their fine grain is not obtrusive, and they produce the most pleasing contrast, but these are hard to find in India." What is this all about and how is it done? Burning the wood in a slow, gradual fashion allows a great range of natural tones and shades to be achieved – beautiful subtle effects can create a picture in sepia tones, or strong dark strokes can make a bold, dramatic design. Varying the type of tip used, the temperature, or the way the iron is applied to the material, all create different effects. Solid-point machines offer a variety of tip shapes to create innovative designs. Wire-point machines allow the artist to shape the wire into a variety of configurations, to achieve broad marks or fine lines.
This work is time-consuming, done entirely by hand, with each line of a complex design drawn individually. After the design is burned in, the burned image is sometimes coloured or delicately tinted. Conrad was lucky to have been introduced to drawing and painting at an early age. His wooing with pencil, paper and paints, begun at the age of five, is still on, and at present he is falling more and more in love with the various forms of art – Pyrography being the latest. Conrad has tried doing it on a tender coconut shell as it is soft, white and lasts long if polished after the work and the results are dramatic, he says.
He is working on more than one front and will soon be exhibiting his exclusive Pyrography works. Let us wait and watch! For now you can view some of his art online at www.conradpinto.com.
What is Pyrography?
Pyrography is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. It is also known as pokerwork or wood burning. Pyrography means 'writing with fire' and is the traditional art of using a heated tip or wire to burn or scorch designs onto natural materials such as wood or leather. Burning can be done by means of a modern solid-point tool (similar to a soldering iron) or hot wire tool, or a more basic method using a metal implement heated in a fire, or even sunlight concentrated with a magnifying lens. Apart from wood, it is also practiced on leather, gourd, tagua (palm ivory) etc.
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29 July 2011
On Ice
In 1955, this is what 'bilt-in' refrigeration looked like...but in my opinion, all the pink paint and potted daisies in the world can't disguise the commercial [if not forensic] origins of these reefers, which offered a not-so-grand total of 14.7 cubic feet of cooling. The deep knee bends required to retrieve food from the freezer would keep one limber, that's for sure. Revco also manufactured ice cream vending machines. Today, still true to its roots, the company makes a variety of laboratory refrigerators.
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28 July 2011
One Cool Cabinet
Meet Lenny. With his asymmetric design, rounded corners and high-gloss finish, he's a bit of a throwback to the heyday of Mod fashion, but that's part of what endears him to me. There's another member of the family, called Logan, which sports two enclosed cabinets. hib.co.uk
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27 July 2011
Back to Black
The idea of a black faucet appeals to me, but the reality of that notion has frequently fallen short of the mark. Oil-rubbed bronze: Usually looks artificial to my eye. Powder-coat blacks: Too unpredictable in tone, and their finish is sometimes so glossy as to seem plastic-like. Wrought iron: Getting closer, but can be a bit drab. This treatment, though, called Midnight Chrome, is unique and interesting to me. It's pleasingly dark, but with a deep lustre that gives the fitting an unexpected sophistication. pfisterfaucets.com
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26 July 2011
Smooth Transition
I was conflicted about how to index this post: Should it be labeled a sink, or surfacing? In a Solomonic editorial decision, it is both. Made from a single piece of quartz-based Silestone, the Integrity sink is seamlessly one with its surrounding countertop. The basin measures 16-inches x 20-inches x 6-inches, and is available in five fashionable, neutral hues. silestoneusa.com
Posted by Leslie Clagett at 4:43 PM 2 comments
25 July 2011
A Good Pairing
This kitchen is a happy reminder of how patterned and solid-color surfaces can play well together. Using a saturated, serene blue as a common denominator, the plain cabinets come into their own thanks to the thicket of lines criss-crossing the backsplash and wall. No need for white space here. elmarcucine.it
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21 July 2011
A Chilling Effect
Right now, I'd happily wait a full trice for said shower of cubes.
While we no longer have to sully our frosted-pink manicured nails to extract ice from trays, in 1956 this was quite the convenience. Ten years later, Frigidaire offered a fully automatic ice maker in conjunction with a thru-the-door dispenser. Engineering takes time.
It's 111ºF now, and I'm going to go savor a tumbler of iced [cubes, not crushed] coffee as I contemplate whence comes the hand operating the Ice-Ejector. It's just too hot to think about anything more complicated.
While we no longer have to sully our frosted-pink manicured nails to extract ice from trays, in 1956 this was quite the convenience. Ten years later, Frigidaire offered a fully automatic ice maker in conjunction with a thru-the-door dispenser. Engineering takes time.
It's 111ºF now, and I'm going to go savor a tumbler of iced [cubes, not crushed] coffee as I contemplate whence comes the hand operating the Ice-Ejector. It's just too hot to think about anything more complicated.
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Not-Hot Tub
Another escapist post. As I type, it's a tormenting 105ºF outside—but the temperature in this lush valley [perhaps soaking in the Unico tub] is doubtless a good deal cooler. Maybe it's even a bit chilly.
I really need to believe that right now. rexadesign.it
I really need to believe that right now. rexadesign.it
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20 July 2011
Cool and Calm
As we enter our first true heat wave of the season, this image keeps me mentally cool; looking at it, I can almost hear the droplets hitting the surface of the pool. Simple and sustainable, with an acacia wood base, the Cascade shower would be a very welcome addition to our backyard [even more so if we could replicate this idyllic waterscaping!] trade-winds.be
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19 July 2011
Herbal High
For kitchens with no counter space to spare for little pots of rosemary, thyme, et cetera, these curious Sky Planters let you cultivate a chef's garden, albeit a hanging one. The water reservoir is designed to prevent dripping. boskke.com
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18 July 2011
Almost There
Finished in cool concrete and stainless steel, this kitchen, with its postcard view, is an inviting spot on [another] hot afternoon. If I might suggest a few improvements for this otherwise fine room: 1] Do something about the window hardware, please. Visible as it is, it's a flaw in the cleanly detailed space. 2] A larger sink would be greatly appreciated, especially if there's no dishwasher. And 3] Perhaps upgrade the light fixtures—to me, these are stuck in the twilight zone between industrial-chic and just plain shabby. arturomontanelli.com
Posted by Leslie Clagett at 5:23 AM 0 comments
15 July 2011
Totally Uncommon
Mon dieu! In 1929, the La Cornue oven appeared positively futuristic in design—compare its 'semi-cylindrique' form to the jumble of old-fashioned, boxy ranges in the background. Its cooking technology, too, was ahead of its time; what we now call convection mode was then based on d'air trés chaud toujours humide. To the relief of cabinet makers everywhere, the appliance has certainly straightened up since those distant, roly-poly days.
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14 July 2011
En Plein Air
Perfectly suited for an alfresco fête [nationale or otherwise] these exuberant iron garden chairs by David Le Versha embody a certain joie de vivre for me on this summery Bastille Day. anthropologie.com
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13 July 2011
Flame, On
For some reason, this unusual installation rekindles thoughts of long-ago chem labs of high school, with Bunsen burners all ablaze. Since this isn't a multi-burner cooktop, there must be meticulous accuracy in the design of this 'appliance'; between drilling the counter and leveling its surface, everything must be just right for each individually positioned hob.
While this isn't the product used here, Glem Progetti produces an interesting solo burner that—conditions and codes permitting—can be located at random in a room. It's called the Origine. glemprogetti.com
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12 July 2011
Mixed & Matched
Brilliant, shimmering glass meets silken-grained wood: This mosaic is perfect for those who are fence-sitters when it comes to matters material. The aptly named Dialoghi sets up a conversation between two of my favorite things. If you're looking for a more regular geometry, don't worry—other shapes and mixes are also available. mosaicopiu.it
Posted by Leslie Clagett at 11:14 AM 0 comments
11 July 2011
Just Right
Somebody spent a lot of time figuring out the design and detailing of these windows—and it paid off beautifully, I think. The muntins [the horizontal pieces of wood between the panes] keep the space from stretching too high. And lining up the wall framing with elements of the counter and cabinets [see how the faucet and drawer stack are on center] must have required plenty of dogged interaction with a calculator.
Posted by Leslie Clagett at 11:09 AM 0 comments
08 July 2011
In Hot Water
It isn't hard to imagine the reaction a plumber had when faced with installing this odd appliance—hooking up a water line to a range, of all things. In 1969, the interest in dehydrated and freeze-dried convenience foods was at a zenith, thanks in part to a fascination with what the Apollo astronauts were eating—call it the Tang Effect. I can see a connection between this stove-top spout and the wall- and deck-mounted pot fillers found in today's kitchens; it is handy to have running water near the range, just not emanating from it.
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07 July 2011
Artful Assemblage
The thoughtful way Enzo Berti designed the Fontane line of bathroom furniture to emphasize its construction and materials appeals to my appreciation of craft. A grey stain accentuates the grain of the ash wood cabinet, which is topped with a thin slab of quartz surfacing. dogi-bath.com
Posted by Leslie Clagett at 12:09 PM 0 comments
06 July 2011
Model of Simplicity
Here's a nifty resolution for the linen closet-less, overstuffed-vanity scenario. Cleanly designed and conveniently located, the band of stainless steel keeps tissue rolls tidy. It's part of the Tonic Guest collection. ideal-standard.co.uk
Posted by Leslie Clagett at 10:10 AM 0 comments
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05 July 2011
Controlled Contrasts
With the flash and bang of 4 July behind us, I'm ready for a bit of quiet design. The Sahar sink melds polished and matte finishes as well as smooth and incised surfaces into an understated bathroom element. volevatch.fr
Posted by Leslie Clagett at 12:36 PM 0 comments
04 July 2011
Open-Air Architecture
In this breezy outdoor kitchen, it would be a pleasure to flip burgers or grill up a batch of pizzas—as much so in the evening as during the day. With weatherproof task and ambient illumination, the lighting in this pavilion is as carefully planned as in any indoor kitchen. mcinturffarchitects.com
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01 July 2011
Independence Day
As America heads out of its collective kitchen this weekend to the unofficial national grill-a-thon, KBCULTURE stays behind to reflect on an appliance that liberated many a home cook from slaving over a hot summer stove. The happy bunch pictured above, for instance, is enjoying a 1970s version of quality time [note lack of iPods, -Pads, et al] courtesy of the technological marvel that was the microwave. It certainly wasn't micro in size, although its counter-dominating bulk didn't seem to bother this family. And while they might look like inhabitants of Anytown, USA, they were actually quite the elite group: the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that in 1971, less than one-percent of households owned this now-ubiquitous appliance.
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April 29, 1994, Rome News-Tribune - AP, page 6B, Mormon baptism offensive to some,
June 11, 1994, The Free Lance-Star [Fredericksburg, VA] AP, To Mormons, rite of baptism is for all the world, by Vern Anderson, AP Writer,
January 8, 1977, The Pittsburg Post-Gazette, page A4, Mormons Gather Names For Baptism Of Dead, by Charles Hillinger,
April 29, 1994, Rome News-Tribune - AP, page 6B, Mormon baptism offensive to some,
Saints and sinners, popes and pillagers, martyrs and mass murderers -- everyone who ever lived, in fact -- eventually will get the chance to be a Mormon. Alive or dead.
At least, that is a central tenet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has 50,000 full-time missionaries proselytizing the living, and many times more members performing baptisms and other rituals for the dead.
To Mormons, the idea is a deeply spiritual, divinely inspired undertaking, staggering in its scope: to give every post-mortal spirit a chance to accept or reject baptism in the "true Church of Jesus Christ."
"If they do not accept the baptism, it is of no effect," according to the church-sanctioned Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
To some non-Mormons, nowever, the practice is appallingly presumptuous, a sort of theological hijacking.
For example, Mormon genealogical records show baptisms performed in church temples for dozens of Roman Catholic saints, including Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Francis Assisi, Ignatius Loyola, Thomas More and Thomas Becket.
"You can guess how we feel about it," said Julie Anderson, spokeswoman for the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake, although Catholic authorities will say nothing officially about the Mormon practice. Helen Radkey, a former Catholic and former Mormon, is blunt, calling it "religious bigotry" and a "basic issue of respect and arrogance."
Radkey, whose two sons attend Jesuit-run Gonzaga Univeersity, visited the Martyrs' Shrine in Ontario, Canada, last summer and was deeply moved by the martyrdoms of French Jesuits Jean de Brebeuf and Gabriel Lalemant.
The two missionaries were grotesquely mutilated over several hours and then killed by Iroquois warriers in 1649, some 181 years before Joseph Smith founded the Mormon Church on the premise that all other churches were false and corrupt.
Upon her return to Salt Lake City, Radkey went to the Mormon Family History Library to look up more information on Lalemant. She said she "freaked" when she discovered he had been baptized---twice---by Mormon stand-ins.
"These men died for what they believed in, and it's disgusting to have someone come in and baptize them after they'd given everything," she said.
In a December letter to Radkey, Father John J. Paret, director of the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in upstate New York, offered another perspective.
"I don't know just what to say about these strange activities of the Mormons, except that it does not seem that they will hurt us in any way," Paret wrote. "Indeed, it would seem to be a tribute to the (Catholic) Church and to the Jesuits that the Mormons should seek to make these great men their own in some way."
Mormon officials are well aware of the criticism. They seek to defuse it by stressing that baptisms and other, uniquely Mormon rituals performed for the dead have no validity by themselves. The dead in "the spirit world" awaiting God's final judgment must accept the true gospel of Jesus Christ before the ordinances done by proxies can apply, said Thomas E. Daniels, spokesman for the church's Family History Department.
"So it is a labor of love," Daniels said, since the ordinances are believed essential to salvation in the presence of God. "We are doing for them what they can't do for themselves."
However the project is viewed, it is accelerating as the church approaches 9 million members and plans to build many more than its current 45 temples.
The church's registry of names---an extraordinary boon to genealogists and other researchers of all faiths---exceeds 2 billion. Millions more are added each year as teams of Mormon specialists pore over public records throughout the world, offering free microfilm copies in exchange for access.
Church photographers make over 100 million exposures of documents a year.
Since the first baptisms for the dead were performed in 1842, Mormons have logged some 200 million such ordinances. But several million have been inadvertent duplications owing to a multilicity of records, spelling errors and, perhaps, the allure of celbrity.
Radkey's research shows that Joan of Arc has had 14 proxy baptisms. Judy Garland, Charlie Chaplin, Jack Benny and W.C...Fields have had five each; Humphrey Bogart, Lucille Ball, Fred Astaire, Boris Karloff Marilyn Monroe and Walt Disney four each; and Vivian Leigh, Alfred Hitchcock and Mae West three apiece.
"Nothing is going to entirely eliminate duplication," Daniels said, not even incorporation of the cumbersome microfilm into a new computer system designed of offer quicker access.
Dupliccation currently run about 3 percent to 4 percent a year, but are expected to decline. Last year the church adopted a policy that rank-and-file members could submit for baptism only the names of their own ancestors.
April 29, 1994, Rome News-Tribune - AP, page 6B, Mormon baptism offensive to some,
June 11, 1994, The Free Lance-Star [Fredericksburg, VA] AP, To Mormons, rite of baptism is for all the world, by Vern Anderson, AP Writer,


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I started in the e-commerce and fashion industry by starting my own t-shirt brand called Ardentees back in 2009 as I was intrigued by the whole idea of e-commerce and waking up to see emails of customers buying your products. I always had an idea to do something creative and felt that Ardentees will be a good medium for cool designers and artists to display their creativity and customers have an outlet to buy creative products. I spent a year sourcing from different sources before I could finally settle on a manufacturer who was able to produce quality I wanted for my brand.
I sold off the company in 2013 and went to work for a few fashion / e-commerce startups like Zalora and Lift12 where I help to start their own private labels from ground up from creating the brands, managing the design team, sourcing factories and suppliers, setting up operations and sourcing teams in China and coordinate the whole supply chain from sourcing to delivery.
What inspired me to start Bryden was when I realised that what I learnt and experienced in my journey will be very useful to people who were like me when I first started my own brand faced the difficulties faced in finding a good manufacturer and handling the whole supply chain process.
My entrepreneur journey started with Wimdu, a company that provides travel accommodations. Wimdu is part of Rocket Internet which is a leading global incubator and has already built some of the world's most admired and largest internet businesses (including Zalando in Europe, Dafiti in Brazil, Groupon International). Being part of a small team, we were able to reach to the top two revenue countries out of 8 countries.
I proceeded on with Rocket Internet's next venture, Zalora, to lead the production team. The fast-paced environment and coordination was pretty extreme and the ability to hit the KPI every month was crucial. With the limited management software that is available to us, I have created management software which is used across Malaysia and Singapore to solve some of the major hiccups.
During my time in Rocket, I came to realize the importance of forward thinking and processes to have an effective and productive environment. Having gained experience in creating and refining processes and handling supply chain management, I have decided to set up Bryden with Donovan. I believe that the hassle of managing the whole supply chain is taking a toll on many entrepreneurs and fashion brand owners. We believe that by offering our services, they are able to focus more on sales and marketing to expand their brands.


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Super Rugby's three-week hiatus has taken a heavy physical toll, with the Hurricanes and Crusaders counting the cost before their crunch match in Christchurch on Saturday.
Crusaders fullback Israel Dagg has joined No8 Kieran Read and the Hurricanes pair of blindside Victor Vito and wing Cory Jane as highly doubtful starters for the belated round 17 fixture.
Dagg sprained his ankle during the All Blacks' 60-0 win over Ireland and will be assessed today, while Read is still feeling the effects of a head knock suffered during the second test.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen virtually ruled Vito out, saying he had recovered well from a medial knee strain and was running straight lines, but doubted he was ready to play this week.
However, Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett is holding some hope of having his loose forward back and said yesterday both Vito and Jane, who hurt his ankle five weeks ago against the Brumbies, were 50-50 prospects.
Better news is that openside Karl Lowe, who injured his knee in the Brumbies match, will be available for a match the sixth-placed Hurricanes desperately need to win if they are to reach the playoffs.
With Dan Carter (hamstring) and Hurricanes halfback TJ Perenara (broken ankle) already ruled out, the match has lost plenty of star power.
Hansen said he would not direct Super coaches on whether to play their All Blacks, but had sought assurances their workloads would be managed during the week.
However, for several of the All Blacks rookies, including Hurricanes pivot Beauden Barrett and Crusaders lock Luke Romano, that won't be an issue.
Barrett said he had learnt an immense amount in the past three weeks from rubbing shoulders with Carter and Aaron Cruden and could not wait to return to his franchise.
"It's more the preparation and clarity that goes into a game and seeing how composed they are out there, they have great clarity at training and it just makes the job easier when you get out on the field," he said. "They have guys talking, clear heads and great vision – hopefully I can take a bit back to the Hurricanes."
Barrett played with the trademark casual manner that has marked his season to date after replacing Cruden after 24 minutes in Hamilton and said he had felt comfortable with the pace of test rugby.
"Shag [Hansen] talked about during the week that if you let it fly by then you probably aren't doing enough, so I just got amongst the work and got into it," he said.
In addition to defending well, Barrett controlled play comfortably and kicked three conversions and a penalty.
He said his last match for the Hurricanes seemed like a lifetime ago, but he was still keen to finish off the season on a high.
"There's been a bit of banter flying around all week with the Crusaders guys, so it'll be real ding-dong.
"The Crusaders isn't going to be easy for us ... but it's do or die. We'll go down there with nothing to lose."


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2nd Place Award:
First Light
35" x 48"
artist Wen Redmond
"Without a high-resolution computer screen I don't think I would have seen just how intricate and nuanced First Light is. The veins of stitching that guide the viewer's gaze around the composition which echo the thin branches of the trees make this both evocative and compositionally exceptional." — Juror: Maggie WittStatement-A Voice requires certain awareness. Listening. When one hears one's voice for the very first time, a certain light turns on that can never be turned off again. Ignored maybe, but returns, reminds and if needs be, shouts.
I used several photos to create this collage, including a collage journal page, a photo of the woods behind my house and a windowsill collection of stones, rocks and shells. Further fusing with those photos with images of my painted cloth, to create a digital fiber collage, and enhancing the color of the final photograph. Segments are creatively stitched and held together with a hand-tied bookbinding method using dyed pearl cotton.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar touched its lowest level in nearly eight months on Monday, lifting metals prices and commodity sector stocks, and U.S. crude reversed losses to settle above $40 a barrel.
Safe-haven gold hit a three-week high while the yen hit its highest against the dollar in almost a year and a half, as investors remained anxious about the strength of the global economy. The yen's strength pushed Tokyo to warn it could again intervene against its currency's rally.
On Wall Street stocks gave up gains in late trading to end lower, with miners and banks the only gainers ahead of the unofficial start to quarterly reporting season.
Earnings at S&P 500 companies are expected to have fallen 7.7 percent in the first quarter from a year ago. Excluding the energy sector, reeling from the slide in crude prices since mid 2014, the S&P earnings decline estimate improves to minus 2.6 percent according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S data.
"This is just all jitters and anticipation of the beginning of earnings season," said Jonathan Corpina, senior managing partner with Meridian Equity Partners in New York. "The expectations aren't that high for earnings this quarter, so I think investors are starting to feel a little uneasy about that."
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 20.55 points, or 0.12 percent, to 17,556.41, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 5.61 points, or 0.27 percent, to 2,041.99 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 17.29 points, or 0.36 percent, to 4,833.40.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 7.6 percent below the average in the past 10 days.
Europe's FTSEuroFirst 300 index of leading shares .FTEU3 ended up 0.3 percent, helped by miners and a rally in Italian bank shares. European stocks have fallen for the last four weeks, and another down week would mark their worst run since mid-2013.
MSCI's gauge of shares across the globe .MIWD00000PUS rose 0.1 percent and Nikkei futures NKc1 fell 0.5 percent.
The U.S. dollar was last down less than 0.1 percent against the yen at 107.96 yen JPY= from a low of 107.61, the strongest reading for the yen since late October 2014.
The greenback's slide against Japanese currency prompted a warning from Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, who said recent yen moves were one-sided and speculative and that the government would take steps as needed.
"The market is not afraid of intervention at these levels," said Vassili Serebriakov, currency strategist at BNP Paribas in New York. "Most people would look at 100 yen as the more realistic level in which Japan could intervene."
The euro EUR= was little changed on the day against the greenback at $1.1405, still not far from a six-month high touched last week.
The dollar index .DXY hit its lowest level since late August.
The weaker dollar helped lift gold to its highest in three weeks. Spot gold XAU= rose to $1,258.70 an ounce, its highest since March 22. It was last up about 1.4 percent at $1,257.26.
Peru's select stock index .SPBLPGPT rose 8.6 percent, the most for any session since late 2008, while the sol PEN=PE currency strengthened 2.6 percent, its largest one-day percentage gain since at least 2002. Keiko Fujimori, the conservative daughter of a jailed former president, was heading toward a tight runoff against investor favorite Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
In bond markets, the benchmark Treasury 10-year note US10YT=RR was little changed, down 1/32 in price to yield 1.7254 percent from 1.722 percent late on Friday.
Brent crude prices rose to a four-month high as a rally in wider commodities markets encouraged buying ahead of a meeting of oil producers in Doha next Sunday, aimed at freezing current output levels.
Brent crude futures LCOc1, the global benchmark, were up 2.2 percent at $42.85 a barrel, having touched a session high of $43.06, the highest level since Dec. 7. U.S. crude futures CLc1 rose 1.7 percent to $40.40 a barrel. Both Brent and U.S. crude rose more than 6 percent on Friday.
Reporting by Rodrigo Campos, additional reporting by Lewis Krauskopf and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Cynthia Osterman


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Monongahela in Washington County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location. 40° 12.294′ N, 79° 55.87′ W. Marker is in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. Marker can be reached from West Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 88/136) 0 miles east of 7th Street. Touch for map. Located in Chess Park near the pavilion. Marker is in this post office area: Monongahela PA 15063, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Jackie Ormes (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Monongahela (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Mounds (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Monongahela (approx. half a mile away); One Extraordinary Street (approx. 0.6 miles away); Whiskey Point (approx. 0.6 miles away); Horseshoe Baptist Cemetery (approx. 2½ miles away); Rabe Manor (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Monongahela.
Also see . . . City of Monongahela PA (Submitted on July 25, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
Categories. • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on July 25, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 393 times since then and 2 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 25, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


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I knit another hat - in a beige/white cotton twist yarn. It is a plain, rolled brim hat. I tried to put in a couple of cables to give it some texture, but they just didn't take. The yarn is kind of splitty, and it kind of acts like it doesn't like itself, in that it pulls and gaps at the K2togs at the brim. I would show you the hat, but it exceeds the boredom limits of even this blog. I hate this hat. But it's one that mum requested. So I decided to try to make some hat accessories.
They're also a great way to use up little leftover bits of yarn.
I started with the patterns on the Head Huggers page, but changed them up a bit, in that they suggested cutting the yarn after each petal. Instead, I just cast on using the same strand, eliminating the need to weave in about 12 ends. This also means I can start and finish a flower in about 10 minutes. So fun. And gratifying to see my little knitted garden grow so quickly.
And now, I have to get back to my dinner. I somehow managed to choose the most complicated recipe on Allrecipes.com in my quest to find an 'easy, lots of leftovers' casserole.


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Posted: 17 January 2009 Time: 17:39
A brave performance from Maritzburg United saw them upsetting log-leaders Ajax Cape Town 2-0 at the Woodburn Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Playing like their lives depended on the game, the Team of Choice were deserved winners and could well have won by a bigger margin had they converted a coupled of clear-cut chances.
But the important thing for the home side was to get all three points, which would have been much appreciated by the large crowd, who turned out in their numbers to support the struggling home side.
With the exception of a couple of shaky moments in defence, it was the home side who had the upper hand in the first half.
The first talking point of the game came in the sixth minute when referee Matthew Dyer was called upon to make a difficult decision when Peter Petersen went down inside the box. Dyer decided that Petersen had dived and booked him for his trouble.
While a few moments of hesitancy in the Team of Choice's defence always hinted that an Ajax goal could be just around the corner, the home side showed a great sense of urgency in attack and were unfortunate not to go ahead in the 19th minute when Lynch Pule thundered a header into the upright following a free kick.
Tashrique Goldman, Maritzburg's third choice goal keeper, has done well in his last couple of games and further enhanced his reputation when in the space of a minute he held onto a long range shot from Dipsy Selolwane and then pulled off a fine save to deny Mabhudi Khenyeza from close range.
The home side were rewarded for their spirited performance when scored in the 32nd minute.
A special goal it was as Gary Goldstone, back in the team for the injured Simphiwe Mkhonza, pulled the trigger from close to 40-yards out to send a scorching shot into the top corner of the net, giving Ajax goal keeper Andre Petim no chance.
The Team of Choice should have double their lead in the 41st minute when Elias Ngwepe picked out Sipho Mngomezulu at the far post. Mngomezulu's first touch was good and he did well to make space for the shot, but then blasted the ball over the bar from only 12-yards out.
United's 49th minute foray was a text-book example of a counter-attack – the only part that was missing was a goal as the Team of Choice swept quickly up the right flank via Goldman, Petersen and Mngomezulu, who played in an inch perfect ball for Fadlu Davids, but his parting shot flew high over the bar.
Ajax showed that they were still capable of getting something from the game when Khenyeza and Sifiso Vilakazi both had shots on goal in the 56th minute before Maritzburg wasted another chance to extend their lead when Tony Tzabedze side-footed wide from in front of goal in the 62nd minute.
The Urban Warriors were forced to play the final 25 minutes of the game with 10 men after Khenyeza was sent off following a second yellow card.
Ajax never really looked like scoring and Maritzburg sealed the win in the 90th minute when Tzabedze curled a delightful shot into the top corner from the edge of the area.
The result momentarily lifts Gordon Igesund's team out of the relegation zone, but 15th-placed Bay United have a game in hand on them.
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HOME: Maritzburg United
- 31 Tashrique Goldman
- 3 Sylla Mbemba
37 mins - Oscar Mathabela
- 3 Elias Ngwepe
- 14 Sipho Mngomezulu
- 24 Peter Petersen
- 26 Gary Goldstone
- 30 dikilu bageta
- 16 Lynch Pule
54 mins - Jabulani Ncubeni
- 38 Tony Tsabedze
- 10 Fadlu Davids
AWAY: Ajax Cape Town
- 16 Andre Petim
- 2 Nazeer Allie
- 14 Eduardo Ferreira
- 25 Brett Evans
- 27 Martin Carelse
70 mins - Joseph Masel
- 5 Dipsy Selolwane
- 6 Clifford Ngobeni
50 mins - Nhlanhla Shabalala
- 12 Granwald Scott
71 mins - Cole Alexander
- 37 Sameehg Doutie
- 2 Mabhuti Khenyeza
- 22 Sifiso Vilakazi