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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Training brings diverse leaders together
The Northern Heritage Leadership Institute (NHLI) proudly graduated more than 40 participants from its brand new program on April 22. Inspired by the success of other leadership programs such as Leadership New Mexico and Leadership Los Alamos, NHLI began in January and exceeded participation expectations.
"This effort was a direct result of our leadership summits with Los Alamos and (Lab Director Charlie) McMillan," says organizer Christopher Madrid. "As identified in the meetings, our organizations need to work more effectively together, and this program did that."
Held at the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area headquarters in Alcalde, the program welcomed residents from Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, and Taos counties and took place on four weekends through April. The diverse group included local government employees and individuals from the private sector.
"We explored the concept of the servant leader—that to be able to lead others you must first understand yourself," Madrid says. "We learned about tools such as Myers and Briggs [personality test] and conflict resolution strategies. We crafted vision and mission statements, set goals and objectives, and used mind mapping to get ideas on the table."
During the program, participants connected with community and state leaders and were given the resources and skills to be influential area leaders.
"Attending the Northern Heritage Leadership Institute Program was an enlightening experience," says participant Rebecca Cordova. "After four months of getting to know other community leaders it was evident that the northern region of New Mexico is full of insightful leaders. The skill and knowledge gained during this initiative will benefit not only our work places but more importantly our communities for years to come as all attendees have made the commitment to continue sharing and giving back."
Some projects the participants discussed pursuing after the program is over included improving the image of the Valley communities, and developing a community time bank for a non-monetary exchange of volunteer skills that match needs with resources.
Another major goal of NHLI was to "train the trainer"—in other words, to "develop our own ongoing program as a community," Madrid explains. "There is a demand for leadership here. We'd like to identify some best practices from the training and tailor the training for short versions of NHLI for rural communities."
From the Lab, Vangie Trujillo with Community Partnerships Office, Rebecca Cordova with Nuclear Process Infrastructure, Rosemary Maestas with Government Affairs, Sha-Marie Reid with Plasma Physics, and Robin Franke with Production Agency Quality Division Office completed the program.
With sponsorship from many committed community organizations (including Rio Arriba County, the City of Española, Northern New Mexico College, Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area, Rural Communities Assistance Corporation, Regional Development Corporation, and the Laboratory's Community Partnerships Office), NHLI is expected to happen again in 2018—and beyond.


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With security interest rates continued on a down trend, the enmity in the business organisation is violent. A day ne'er passes that I don't perceive several strange commercial around a new debt programme that XYZ mortgage business has and no one else offers. One of the first programs scum unwavering in both its utmost chart and its deception. This system of rules is the No Cost Home Loan - the one bankers say is free, but you certainly pay for as lengthy as you have the debt.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Rainy Days: Braches House
These past couple of days have been overcast, rainy, and a little gloomy... but honestly, I'm loving it. I feel like it hasn't rained in forever & I just love the way rain makes me feel... Relaxed, content, mellow... I think my coffee even tastes better when I can hear the sound of rain outside. Plus its funny to watch my dog freak out when he has to go to the bathroom in the wet grass -- what a nerd.
Anyway--all this rain got me thinking about when my family went down to our land in Gonzales (South Texas) last May. My parents took us to see the house on the property that we hadn't seen in forever... it was a bit of a run-down mess, but it was still beautiful, especially with the rain and the way the overcast sky made the colors a little eery.
Heres a little (I promise, just a little) history on the house and land:
A log house built in 1831 by Sarah Ann and Bartlett D. McClure was replaced by this plantation-style house built in the 1840s by Sarah Ann and Charles D. Braches. The house became a stopping place for wagon trains, stages and mail hacks.
After the fall of the Alamo, General Sam Houston ordered the burning of Gonzales before the advancing Mexican Army. A large oak tree near the home will forever be known as 'The Sam Houston Oak', because it was here the general is said to have rested on his first stop during 'The Runaway Scrape'.
You can see the Sam Houston Oak in the last picture, as we were driving away from the house.
Enjoy these rainy day pictures & hopefully you'll be as inspired as I'm feeling by the historical charm, rainy colors, and old rustic beauty of the Braches House.
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Adam has an incredible physique and is such a natural in front of the camera. He also has no hang ups when it comes to showing off his beautiful sexy body ... and we hear no-one complains about that!
We have already talked about Adam's bad boy next door look but combined with that raw English lad sexiness makes him so irresistable! And all of this is emphasised by a stunning physique! If this doesn't make much sense to you ... well ... the photos speak for themselves!
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During our Paris trip last year, we stayed at our timeshare outside the city near Disneyland Paris. It was roughly a 40 min train ride into Paris. I didn't mind the extra time needed to get to the city since mass transit was available in the evening. We didn't need a taxi at all.
I recommend arriving to Paris on Sunday or Monday to take advantage of the Paris Train metro pass, Navigo Decouverte. It's a smart card for a week/month that is valid on bus, metro, RER, Ile-de-France (Transilien) trains. The Navigo Decouverte pass price is available to visitors and valid only from Monday at 00:00 to Sunday 23:59:59. Additional details about this pass can be found here.
Before we left Paris, we stopped by the infamous love locks on the Pont des Arts bridge. We attached our padlock to the bridge but unfortunately, the locks were removed last June. I'm glad we didn't purchase a fancy padlock for it to be removed this year.
Compared to other cities in France, Paris seemed to be english-speaking friendly. I didn't have a problem getting around or ordering at restaurants. The one change I will make the next time we're here is planning a trip in May than in March since it was cold and rainy.


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As my daughter's choice of activity, we went to a Japanese phenomenon- Shidax karaoke. As we sang along to Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and my pick Iggy Azalea, I thought, these people really know how to have fun. Singing, dressing up and playing games for beer. Why not?
The next day we had planned to go to Takeyama, but all the trains were booked out. So we booked for the following day and headed to the Nagamachi Samurai quarter instead.
Narrow, quiet, cobblestoned streets and long walls hid amazing tall wooden slat houses, some of which were open to the public. We found one with stables and a pretty garden.
The best one was the family of Nomura Samurai House. Samurai armour greeted us at the doorway to the house, which had two levels. The bottom level had detailed walls and a prayer room all set up. There was a translated thank you letter written during war and wooden carvings near the celling.
A winding stone staircase led to a teahouse on the top level, which had a view over the beautiful garden with water features, lanterns and koi.
Outside, we couldn't find the Murakami candy tree mentioned in the guidebook, though we did find a lolly shop with lollies made in the shape of mushrooms. There was also a local eating a gold leaf ice cream. They are expensive, but lucky.
For lunch we had honten and Japanese curry at Full of Beans– a very funky café. Then we wandered around the shops including The Loft which had strange appliances.
It occurred to me that the best things about Kanazawa had been the unplanned parts where we slowed down, like the teahouse in the gardens, just wandering around town finding local restaurants and people watching. How does everyone stay so thin here with so much yummy food to eat?
Related posts: Seeking Geisha and Gardens in Kanazawa, 2016, Kanazawa, 2016, Tokyo, 2016: Miraikan, Tokyo, 2016: Shinjuku, Tsukiji Market and Yanaka, Tokyo, 2016: Imperial Palace and Shibuya, Tokyo, 2016: Ueno and Harajuku, Japan, 2016


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Signs of Deflation You Might Not Be Able To See ClearlyPublished May 14th, 2010 in Economy
Guest post by the Editorial Staff of Elliott Wave International:
The following market analysis is courtesy of Elliott Wave International. Elliott Wave International is currently offering Prechter's recent Elliott Wave Theorist, free.
Continuing—and Looming—Deflationary Forces
The Fed and the government quite effectively advertise their efforts to inflate the supply of money and credit. But deflationary forces, to most eyes, are invisible. I thought I would point some of them out.
1. Banks Are about 95 Percent Invested in Mortgages
Figure 4, courtesy of Bianco Research, shows that U.S. banks used to be fairly conservative, holding 40 percent of their assets in Treasury securities. This large investment in federal government debt, the basis of our "monetary" "system", served as a stop-gap against deflation. In 1950, even if mortgages had been wiped out by a factor of 80 percent, banks still would have been 50% solvent and 40% liquid. Today, banks hold federal agency securities (backed mostly by mortgages), mortgage-backed securities (meaning complicated packages of mortgages), plain old mortgages that they financed themselves, and a few business loan contracts. If these mortgages become wiped out by a factor of 80 percent, which in turn would cause many of the business loans to go into default, the banks will be only about 22% solvent and 1% liquid. I believe the coming wipeout will be bigger than that, but let's be conservative for now. The point is that, unlike Treasuries, IOUs with homes as collateral can fall in dollar value, and such IOUs are pretty much the only paper backing U.S. bank deposits. The potential for deflation here is tremendous.
2. More Mortgages Are Going Under
It has been well publicized recently that commercial real estate has been plunging in value as business tenants walk away from their leases, leaving properties empty. Zisler Capital Partners reports, "Returns were negative for the past five quarters, the longest streak since 1992. Property prices have fallen by 30 percent to 50 percent from their peaks. Much of the debt is likely worth about 50 percent of par, or less." (Bloomberg, 11/11) Needless to say, the fact that commercial mortgages are plunging in value is stressing banks even further, which in turn restricts their lending. This trend is deflationary.
3. People Are Walking away from Their Homes and Mortgages
Great numbers of people are ceasing to pay their mortgages, even if they have the money to pay them. When people walk away from their mortgages, they are reneging on a promise to pay the interest on the loan. … Refusal to pay interest is deflationary. When banks can't collect fully on their loan principal, as is the case by law in the above-named states, it is deflationary. Even in states where banks can go after other assets held by borrowers, default is still deflationary if the borrowers are broke. The reason is that, in all these cases, the value of the loan contract falls to the marketable value of the collateral, and a contraction in the value of debt is deflation.
Some people who walk away from their mortgages purposely damage the homes when they leave. New businesses have sprung up to take on the job of cleaning up the houses that former occupants trashed as they left. Angry defaulters are stripping coils out of stoves, pulling electrical wiring out of walls, ripping fixtures out of bathrooms, yanking seats off of toilets, punching holes in walls and leaving rotting food in the fridge. (AP, 8/9) Such actions, and the threat of more such actions, lower the value of the collateral behind mortgage debts, thereby lowering the value of mortgages, which is deflationary.
4. Bank Lending Standards Have Stayed Restrictive
As people default on mortgages, banks are tightening lending standards. Figure 7 shows that banks loosened credit standards from late 2003 through the summer of 2007. By the end of that time, you could borrow money if you were breathing and could operate a ball-point pen. Banks have been tightening credit standards ever since. The rate of tightening peaked in October 2008, but the graph shows that over the past year various banks have either left their new, tighter standards in place or continued to tighten their standards further. Across the board, it is harder to get a loan, and it's staying that way. Lending restrictions reduce the credit supply. This condition is deflationary.
5. Banks Are Cashing Out of the Credit-Card Business
Articles have revealed that banks are doing everything they can to get credit-card debtors to pay off their cards. They are raising penalties and rates, lowering ceilings and otherwise bugging their clients to pay up, one way or another: Transfer your debt to another bank's card; default; pay us off; we don't care which. And it's working. Through September, consumers have paid down credit card balances for 12 months in a row. Figure 8 shows the new trend. The credit-card business was another formerly humming engine of credit that is sputtering. You might call the new program "cash from clunkers," and it is deflationary.
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5 Responses to "Signs of Deflation You Might Not Be Able To See Clearly"
May 15th, 2010 at 8:20 am
"Today, banks hold federal agency securities (backed mostly by mortgages)"
Agencies are also backed by the US government. I am always suspicious of analysts who write like lawyers arguing a case.
May 15th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
What is it with good bloggers/financial commentators that they keep on posting Prechter's worthless research? Prechter has been pounding deflation and Dow 2000 since the late nineties. As you well know, statistically speaking, he is bound to be right some time or another. But that's like a broken clock that's correct twice each day. Is the money you receive from being an Elliott Wave affiliate really that good? Furthermore, since you post some top notch research from you and others and have done a great job at educating your readers at no expense to them, you must be trading with your own money. It would be hard to imagine that someone would have an interest in the markets without really trading them. With the quality of your research, I find it is not that difficult to take large amount of money out of the markets. Hence it is difficult for me to understand why you would want to mix Elliott Wave with your own research. I understand sidebar ads, because I'm a blogger myself and I'd like the blog to pay for itself. Nonetheless, Elliott Wave's analysis has been missing the target for most of the time.
So, my question to you, Babak, is why do you keep posting Prechter's ad-articles on your site? I can understand the sidebar ads, but having those low quality articles appear among your top-notch articles deflates the status of the whole blog. Do you really find his analysis useful to your readers, especially given that they've been wrong so many times and don't really offer a credibel explanation as to why that is so.
Thank you.
May 15th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Kristjan, i could not agree more..i am sure debt monetization, and a rising gold price do give us an early warning of deflation (not)!
How many times does someone have to be wrong to be 100% discredited?
Bakak dos a great job-if only you would stick to serious commentators like Wayne, Lowrys and Ned Davis!
May 24th, 2010 at 7:14 am
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Tuesday 11th August 2015
Midland Football League Premier
Bardon Hill 2 v 2 Coleshill Town
Hill: Luke Tozer, Leon Fray.
Town: Luke Barlone, Danico Johnson.
Attendance: 84.
Opposition Player Of The Match: Luke Tozer (Bardon), Luke Barlone (Coleshill).
Bardon Hill: Josh O'Brien, Josh Lowe, Louis Keenan, Josh Eggington, Leon Fray, Luke Tozer, Ryan Pearce, Jack Millward, Rich Hanslow, Anton Daniels, Sam Moore. Subs Leatham Mansbridge, Alex Cooper, Mason Coy, Harry Calver, Dean Withers.
Coleshill Town: Paul Hathaway, Leon Weller, Will Worthington, Luke Edwards, Josh Nash, Giovanni Dainty, Danico Johnson (Jacob Wright), Chris Hughes, Luke Barlone, James Dance (Simeon Cobourne), Tom Weale. Subs not used Dean Rathbone, Ricky Cutting, Demitrius Smikle.
First point on the board and a better performance but Coleshill are still way off the mark and will improve as the season progresses! The two games so far have been against newly promoted sides and as you would expect both have worked their socks off, diving into tackles, chasing down lost causes and throwing their bodies in front of the ball.
Last seasons success was built around an excellent defensive record with just 47 goals conceded in 42 games, a ratio of 1.1 goals a game but already Town have conceded seven goals in their two games with some haphazard defending!
Town started well enough but were a goal down on just six minutes when a deep free kick was bundled home at the far post by Luke Tozer as keeper Paul Hathaway and his defence waited for each other to take charge! Chris Hughes had a shot deflected for a corner then a Luke Edwards effort was cleared off the line, Tom Weale sent a free kick over the bar then Danico Johnson's effort was deflected for another corner as Coleshill went in search of an equaliser. The corner was cleared to Leon Weller who crossed from deep and Edwards, who was still up front following the corner, flicked on for Luke Barlone who coolly slotted the ball home with his left foot on 25 minutes. Town almost immediately increased the lead when a Hughes cross was met by Weale who's shot was deflected inches wide of the post. Coleshill did increase the lead on 29 minutes when Danico Johnson got to the ball before keeper and defender and was left with a tap in! Hathaway tipped over the bar a Tozer header before the home team levelled on the stroke of half time. Leon Fray took up a position on the edge of the box for a corner and was in the perfect place for the clearance, you can't fault the finish as his effort whizzed past Hathaway but he was allowed so much time it was untrue!
The second half was forgettable! Coleshill had the upper hand but couldn't find that clear cut chance that would seal the game while Bardon defended like their lives depended on it and might have stolen the points with the odd break away! Chris Hughes came the closest for Coleshill as he saw a header hit the post and when Luke Edwards forced the ball home he was adjudged off side although that decision looked harsh! In the dying seconds Hathaway floated in a free kick from deep, Luke Barlone headed on and Hughes lifted the ball over the keeper but unfortunately, over the bar as well!
We move on to the FA Cup now when Coleshill entertain Ellesmere Rangers at The Lamb, Tamworth on Friday night.
Taken from Bardon Hill web site
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/bardonhil ... 71893.html
Bardon Earn Point From Hard Fought Draw !!
By Adrian Bishop
Bardon Hill drew their second game in four day`s , gaining a point after a battling performance against last season`s runners-up , Coleshill Town.
Bardon were forced into changes in the starting line up , due to unavailability , Ryan Pearce and Jack Millward coming into midfield.
As was to be expected Coleshill came racing out of the blocks , looking to avenge their defeat at Sporting Khalsa on Saturday. It was the home team though who opened the scoring with their first attack after just six minutes , when a free kick out wide on the right was played into the area by Josh Eggington and was met at the far post by Luke Tozer who powered the ball home.
Coleshill levelled the scores after twenty five minutes when ex- Barwell man Luke Barlone scored and it got worse for Bardon five minutes later when Josh O`Brien came out to clear a ball but as a result of a heavy challenge lost the ball , leaving Dianco Johnson with a empty net to give the visitors the lead. More worryingly was that the game was held up for five minutes as O`Brien rececived treatment to his back injury which he had sustained a few minutes earlier.
Bardon were called into some heroic defending as they tried to keep the ball away from their clearly injured keeper , but when he was called upon O`Brien did not let them down. As the game went deep into the added time at the end of the half , Bardon won a corner and the ball fell to Leon Fray some twenty yards out and he curled a lovely shot into the top corner of the Coleshill net to level the scores.
The second half saw Bardon produce a performance of grit and determination as Coleshill tried to take advantage of the injured Bardon keeper , every player dug deep to Coleshill out and keep the visitors defence on their toes when they had chance. The game finished 2-2 and Bardon can now look forward to a return to FA Cup action after a absence of three years , on Saturday , when they face Dunkirk at Home in the Extra Preliminary Round.
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Per il resto riporto di seguito la change-list.
Major Highlights
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- Fixed issue where GetMappedDirectory would log an exception during install.
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Ecommerce also known as Electronic Commerce is the buying and selling of services and products online. What Ecommerce Development creates is a system that permits an online selling business to get their services to the customers. Ecommerce includes all kinds of business ideas from retail shopping, banking, investing, and rentals to personal services such as hair and nail salons.
Product - Carefully choose the product or services to sell. By entering into an Ecommerce business it is assumed that you have a business in mind.
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Web Hosting - Consider buying a domain name then choose a web host that has an Ecommerce Development tools that will be responsible for the SSL capability, uptime, data transfer per month and upgrade values.
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We at TastyKFood conducted an interview with the First and the Second Prize winner of the 'Korean Sensation Culinary Contest,' Stephen Neumann and Elizabeth Aristeguieta. We quizzed them about the 'Prize Cuisine' that got them awarded at the contest, their passion for food, what their goals and plans are in life and much more.
Stephen Neumann, the First Prize winner of the 'Korean Sensation Culinary Contest' is presently a culinary student at CIA Greystone and the Second Prize winner was awarded to Ms. Elizabeth Aristeguieta, a culinary student from CIA, San Antonio. Stephen's Korean-inspired cuisine which landed him the top place at the competition is called Yangchigi Pie/Pâté Coréen, which means in English; Shepherd's Pie. He states that the dish inspired and somewhat based from something he grew up eating during his childhood.
Elizabeth's pork cuisine has a quirky Korean title, 'Mah-Sit-SSo-Yo, Pork - It's delicious, Pork' cuisine, that consists of the Korean ingredients, Barley tea, Yuja tea and Gochujang, which were the three lucky components that made Elizabeth a close runner-up at this Korean culinary competition.
Please take the time to read the interview; this is not just about Stephen and Elizabeth's passion for creating food, but you can also read more about how they were inspired to create unique and delicious Korean-inspired cuisine by using traditional Korean ingredients and products at the contest.
Please tell us about yourself, what your aspirations are and etc...
Stephen: My name is Stephen Neumann and I am a career-changing Canadian, attending the CIA to pursue a longtime dream. My love for food began with an open-minded approach to eating that was taught to me by my mom. She encouraged me to try anything and everything. The drive that led me to study culinary arts is a result of having worked at a restaurant while attending university. Nothing beats the high-energy intensity of a professional kitchen. At the moment, I am dedicated to trying to learn as much as I can in order to exceed my own expectations as a cook.
Elizabeth: I'm 55 years old and currently fulfilling my dream of attending culinary school. It's something that I have wanted to do for a very long time. I love meeting new people from all over the world and I'm looking forward to learning different the cuisines from around the globe. I want to sail around the world and write a cookbook based on the people I meet in the ports I visit. I want to meet up with a family in the ports I visit and have the family cook a meal with me that means something to them. Either a childhood memory or a festivity. Then I want them to share the story of what that meal means to them. My cookbook would include the recipes and the stories that go with them along with the pictures of the families that shared their stories with me. I want to show the world how truly similar we all are and that we just live on different real estate.
Could you explain why you chose to use those Korean ingredients at the competition?
Stephen: My idea for the dish I prepared (Yangchigi Pie/Pâté Coréen) is based on the food I ate as a child. I figured that the best way to introduce new Korean flavors to the North American palate was to introduce them in the comfort foods we grew up with. In my home, that was Pâté Chinois (Shepherd's Pie). With a few alterations, it actually seemed quite natural to introduce Kimchi and Bulgogi sauce to the mix.
Elizabeth: I chose the barley tea and the citron Yuja tea for the pork because I felt they would bring a depth of warmth and smokiness to the pork. For the BBQ sauce, I chose to use the citron Yuja tea and the Gochujang along with other typical Korean ingredients like soy sauce, ginger and garlic to show that using non-traditional American BBQ ingredients could result in that warm tangy comfort food we love but with a twist in flavor that is equally delicious.
What kind of food or ingredients inspired you the most to select what to use for your cuisine?
Stephen: The inspiration for my dish stems from a very specific food memory I have from my time spent in Korea. I love it when certain foods are eaten together harmonize and elevate the experience as a whole. This is what happened the first time I tried having kimchi with fresh roasted sweet potato. I wanted to try to expose others to that same pleasure with my dish.
Elizabeth: I loved the citron Yuja tea for its sweetness and tartness wrapped in one. It's something I definitely plan to use in future recipes. I also loved the barley tea as well. It was comforting and bold. As is the Gochujang, I love spicy food so there was no way I wasn't using the Gochujang.
Tell us about the judges' commentary and how were they impressed about your dish?
Stephen: Being judged by such capable and accomplished chefs and food experts was exciting to say the least. Of course, the criticism sticks out the most, but I cherish what I learned from the judges, including the potential for fennel seed to dominate and overwhelm a dish. I also appreciated the acknowledgment that this was a very personal dish for me and that a lot of 'me' went into it. I cannot say that any one of the judges impressed me more than the others. As to the judges, I have great respect and admiration for them all and it was an honour to have them try my food and give me feedback on it.
Elizabeth: I was so proud when all the three judges interviewed told me that my pork was cooked perfectly. After flavor, achieving juiciness was one of my top goals for preparing the pork chops. When Marja Vongerichten said, "Wow" I was smiling from ear to ear. It was my favorite compliment of the day!
I was impressed by all of the judges. They are all leaders in the food industry and very well respected.
Did you experience any difficulties while using Korean ingredients?
Stephen: With regard to the ingredients I had to work with, the Kimchi, as mentioned earlier was a natural fit, but I did have just a bit of difficulty working the Bulgogi sauce into the dish due to its sweetness. The answer for me was to treat the ground lamb meat a bit more like I would bulk sausages and then decided to introduce red pepper flakes and fennel seed to cut through it a bit.
Elizabeth: I thought all of the ingredients I used were extremely easy to work with and I had absolutely no issues with any of them. They will all be pantry staples for me from now on. I am grateful to have been introduced to the tea in particular. I had never tried either one before I became aware of them for this competition.
What are your dreams or goals for the future?
Stephen: This was an incredible event and has added to the already surreal journey that I find myself on. My goals for now are to excel in my studies and learn from every moment and opportunity that comes my way. I hope to continue learning and improving in order to one day use all that I have gained and share the fruits of my labor.
Elizabeth: My goal is to complete my culinary education with the Culinary Institute of America. As part of this education, I am looking forward to my externship, where I will get some real kitchen experience and learn from successful chefs in the industry. After I graduate, I want to continue to learn from a chef or chefs preferably with an international repertoire to better help me when I set off to sail around the world and write my ultimate cookbook. I look forward to learning about many other ingredients I have never worked with before or may have never heard of before.
Congratulations to the both of you! Thank you for taking your precious time to take this interview. We wish you both the very best in everything you do.
A version of this article by Jc.Chung at TastyKFood. Photo by Benjamin Lee.


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On a dark night, out on the Houston bayou to celebrate his wife's birthday, Jay Porter hears a scream. Saving a distressed woman from drowning, he opens a Pandora's Box.
Not the lawyer he set out to be, Jay long ago made peace with his radical youth, tucked away his darkest sins and resolved to make a fresh start. His impulsive act out on the bayou is heroic, but it puts Jay in danger, ensnaring him in a murder investigation that could cost him is practice, his family and even his life. Before he can untangle the mystery that stretches to the highest reaches of corporate power, he must confront the demons of his past.
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Here we go with post #4 and already I'm doubting my ability to commit to Blogging. How do you people do this?! I mean with kids and packing lunches and soccer practice and going to work... is this why Meth was invented? Just so folks could stay up for hours on end to do all of the above and then blog about it?
Lately, and more often than I care to admit, my conversations with friends have begun with them saying something to the effect of, "Hey, I saw an old pallet in the dumpster at work and I thought of you." What do you do with a statement like that?! I'm not sure if I should take offense of be flattered; I'll opt for the latter.
I'm currently working on a farmhouse table for someone and got a lead on some really old barn wood. Emphasis on the word "really" and also on "old"... and while we're at it, "barn wood". So I enlisted my brother-in-law and drove out to the old Cooper Family Farm tucked away behind the Guilford College campus. I grew up near here and spent many a Saturday afternoon riding my bike across that campus as a kid with his sights set on a nearby gas station to blow my allowance on candy, soda and Topps baseball cards. Secret: I never even really liked baseball cards, but my friends did, and you know what they say about peer pressure. Good thing my friends didn't like Justin Beiber. But I digress...
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April 23, 2012
'Be Cruelty-Free' Campaign Launches To End Cosmetics Testing on Animals (Australia release)
Humane Society International/Australia, Choose Cruelty-Free and Humane Research Australia back global campaign
Humane Society International/Australia, Choose Cruelty-Free and Humane Research Australia have launched the largest-ever global campaign to end animal testing for cosmetics — Be Cruelty-Free. Worldwide, the campaign is being launched from HSI offices in Australia, Canada, Europe, India, and in partnership with The Humane Society of the United States, with outreach programmes in several developing cosmetics markets. Be Cruelty-Free will be a truly global and formidable force for change, and aims to create the consumer awareness and political momentum needed to achieve a worldwide end to animal testing for beauty and personal care products.
Verna Simpson, director of Humane Society International, Australia:
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Such testing is already banned in Europe, and a further ban on the sale of cosmetics that have been newly tested on animals in other parts of the world is expected to come into effect in March 2013. In Australia, little or no cosmetics animal testing is currently licensed, but there is no legal ban preventing animal testing in the future, and products tested on animals overseas are still sold in shops throughout the country.
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Monday, January 28, 2013
4/52 Year of Happy
Four things that have made me smile this week:
1. Picking the first vase of dahlias for the year. Gorgeous.
2. Bringing out an old project to work on and rekindling my enthusiasm for it.
3. Finding a new magazine to read, and having a spare hour to enjoy it, out in the sun, feet up.
4. Purple capsicums getting big and ripening, hidden behind a wall of green. Yum.
Have you found something that made you smile this week?
Joining in with Jen at little birdie and her 52 weeks of happiness.
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Lovely doilie-pattern you are working on.ReplyDelete
Your Happies have me yearning for summer here on the wintery side of the world! Oh how I would love to be sitting in a sunny spot in the garden, among my own dahlias, with a cup of tea and a book, or maybe my crochet... Oh well, the snow here has at least thawed now, and the snowdrops are beginning to peek through the hard ground. Not too long now...ReplyDelete
Angie x
Good picks pf happy things! The coasters look great.ReplyDelete
of course, I thought that was an eggplant, never seen purple capsicums before! can imagine how lovely it'll look in salad:)
cela me réchauffe de te lire, ici en France, il neige...ReplyDelete
J'aime les couleurs de tes pelotes.
Definitely 4 wonderful things Julie, love the capsicums and the Dahlias are beautiful.ReplyDelete
Dahlia coloured yarns too........Dahlia coasters perhaps.
Claire :}
Hmm, I think I have to get myself a subscription to some crochet magazines, I'm really drooling over yours!ReplyDelete
Love, Kirsten
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 3:25 AM
Dahlias are so lovely. Envious from the northern hemisphere about sitting out to read in the sun!ReplyDelete
I LOVE, love, LOVE your mixed striped blanket! Feeling so inspired to do something like this one day ;). Absolutely fantastic. I haven´t got words!ReplyDelete
All of it is lovely : )ReplyDelete
Gorgeous post.ReplyDelete
Anne xx
Beautiful pictures!ReplyDelete
What great things! I'm partaking in 52 weeks of happy too, it is a lot of fun isn't it?ReplyDelete
Have a lovely week,
Thank you for taking the time to add your comment, I love to receive comments and read them all, even if I don't get around to responding to you, I am just not that organised!


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Barneys New York
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660 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10065
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Proof Lab
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Proof Lab
244 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley, CA 94941
What makes Proof Lab unique? Tell the community/sustainability story.
We put a lot of effort into trying to make our store useful to our customers, and also to be a more responsible retailer, which are really one in the same. Those sound like very basic things, but they can pretty easily get overshadowed by the day to day pressures of running a small business. I think you pretty much have to have those two things built into the overall design of the store or else they get lost in the shuffle. One way we did this is with the experiential sort of activities we have. So as opposed to just offering 'shopping' as the activity you can do here, we have 7 subleased tenants that offer other things: a coffee shop, surf camp, skate camp, music lessons/studios, ceramics studio, toddlers art studio, native plant nursery, as well as a skate ramp/park, community event space, and bio-diesel station. We used to do ding repair/board shaping here, but that had to move next door for more space. We also helped start a group woodshop next door where a lot of our racks get built. The idea of including all these things is to try to crack the mall code where you just 'shop' and instead build a more interactive, experiential, creative, hands on, educational, community building environment that is driven by local independent small businesses. Its also just more fun – it makes it a more stimulating place to work and hang out at. And it helps contextualize and personalize the 'shopping' I think, which can seem so vacuous these days. On the more traditional side of the business (retail), we try to carry a wider range of brands/products than most surf/skate shops, give local smaller companies a shot, and lean towards more sustainable brands/products. These are some of the reasons why we opened Proof Lab Station.
What is the difference between the Surf Shop and the Station? Why the two?
Next to Proof Lab Surf & Skate Shop (6k sq ft), we have Proof Lab Station (2500 sq ft). We dont have a one liner to describe this store – but most people would see it as some combination of an outdoor store, a workwear store and an urban boutique. Our surf shop used to be in this space, but when we expanded we didnt want to abandon our original building, so we came up with this concept. We were also getting older and maturing out of wanting to wear just surf/skate brands at the time. Patagonia is the anchor brand here and takes up about 40% of the store, and then we have a bunch of our other complementary brands that are often also driven by a quality, sustainability, or US made story.
You carry a great selection of camping hardgoods – not many boutiques doing that, why, what about REI, all the usual questions we get from customers on it?
Yeah we just started offering some outdoor/camping hardgoods in the Station as well. So camp stoves, lighting, solar devices, some sleeping bags and tents, all the sort of stuff you would need to do most surf camping trips, or things you might want on a skate trip through Europe. Yes, you can get most of it at REI, and it seems like there are almost no independent camping shops left, but we just thought it made sense and looked fun so we'll see how it goes. There's a wave of new outdoor companies that I think are making more interesting (and often US made) versions of the traditional gear, so that's exciting and promising. Plus it just felt weird to NOT have this stuff, like we were selling the look of the outdoor life but not the hardgoods you need to live that life. And our staff got tired of stocking up elsewhere for Burning Man!
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Deus Customs
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1001 Venice Blvd,
Venice, CA 90291
us.deuscustoms.com 888-515-3387
With such great coffee brewing all day… How many cups do you end up taking down throughout the day?
Despite the fact that we serve some of the best coffee in LA I find myself drawn to a hot cup of tea, I am English after all!
I get a real sense of community when in the shop. Do all the Deus Stores have the same vibe?
There is most definitely the common vibe of enthusiasm that pulses through each flagship but how that enthusiasm manifests itself is unique to its particular location.
Community is key for Deus so it's really the local cultures and how they embrace us that defines our presence from place to place.
Deus Ex Machina is a very artistic company, how do you decide what other brands and accessories are represented in your shop?
Well as you know we're very fortunate to have our own label which we have collaborated with brands such as Woolrich, Converse, Reigning Champ and Makr to name but a few. Our third party products are really sourced based on great craftsmanship, a historic brand or local that sit alongside our own label. We carry a great watch brand you may have heard of, as well as Tanner Goods who make every leather piece by hand per order out of Oregon, Schott Leather jackets as worn by James Dean and Marlon Brando, Red Wing Boots and local designers Late Sunday Afternoon and Field Scout who are all Venice based.
If I wanted to order a Deus custom bike how long would it take to build?
The process usually takes about 20 weeks. All of our bikes are built by hand.
How often does Sunday Mass take place at the shop.
Our Sunday Mass happens every 3rd Sunday of the month which coincides with the Venice Vintage Motorcycle Club monthly ride, we fire up the barbecue, bring in our marvelous house band 'John Wayne Bro' and party it up!
What's your favorite TSOVET watch?
Any of the SVT-FW44's, they are the perfect combination of a little bit of old and new and scream style to me, and they sell very well here at The Emporium I have a crush on the camel band with blue markers version!
Stitched Lifestyle
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
3708 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109
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Mortgages - Fair SharesWritten by Dian Herdiana on 6:55 AM
Shared equity is not new and schemes have been around for some years which mainly involve housing associations but these were designed for the needs of low income tenants and council tenants.
A new government scheme called Homebuy which will allow property buyers to raise a mortgage of 75% and the balance of 25% will belong to lenders, the government or social landlords, such as housing associations. An innovative part of the scheme will involve the government owning 12.5% of the property, and the lender owning the other 12.5%. The purchaser will pay rent on the share owned by the third party. The Halifax, Yorkshire and Nationwide building societies are committed to the scheme but it is expected that others will get involved.
This help will still not reach everyone. Homebuy is designed to help people such as council tenants, and key workers, such as teachers and nurses wishing to buy their first home.
For a scheme to help everyone, it looks as though Advantage, owned by the US investment bank, Morgan Stanley, has come up with the answer for first-time buyers with its new Flexishare shared-equity product.
At the outset, Flexishare will be two year fixed rate mortgage. There will be a requirement for a 5% deposit and the loan will be split between a normal, conventional mortgage and something called a residential ownership loan, which can be between 15% and 35%. The interest rate on the loan is designed to be low, 3% has been suggested, but no decision on that has been made yet.
Loan repayments will be interest only and because that rate is planned to be lower than that of the mortgage, the total outgoing will be less than if the total loan was on a mortgage. I should look tempting to buyers who can't meet the expense of a standard mortgage. As long as borrowers pass Advantages credit score, they should be eligible for the scheme.
Advantage will share in any rise or fall in the value of the property, as part owner.
This seems to be the answer to their prayers, for those who are unable to get a mortgage in any other way. The mortgage industry has shown a lot of interest in the scheme and if all goes well, no doubt other lenders will follow suit.
Schemes like this are coming about because house prices have risen appreciably in recent years. In some areas property prices have doubled in six years. A slight worry is that if schemes like Advantage's become widely available, price increases could be pushed even higher.
The general feeling amongst the experts seems to be that house price growth will slow down in the near future and hopefully remain low for some time. This would certainly offer some hope to would-be first-time buyers caught in a spiral of ever-rising prices. The best plans for saving that necessary deposit easily gets over-taken by rising house prices.
For up-to-date advice and information on these house-share solutions the best plan of action would be to contact a broker, who will know if the product is right for you. The internet is a good place to look and brokers are able to offer special internet rates for some products. They'll certainly be able to help will be pleased to hear from you.
Great mortgage articles from the Mortgage Explorer www.mortgage-explorer.co.uk
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Statement from PPGMR on Passage of Pence Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood
For Immediate Release: Jan. 30, 2014
MEMPHIS, TN — Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR) released the following statement today after the U.S. House of Representatives passed Rep. Mike Pence's amendment to bar Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds for any purpose, including providing basic primary and lifesaving preventive health care to women and families.
Rep. Pence's amendment would specifically prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving any federal funds, including Medicaid, to provide affordable cancer screenings, birth control, HIV testing, and testing and treatment for other sexually transmitted infections. It would also cut off 48 percent of Planned Parenthood patients nationwide — approximately 1.4 million people — from their source of health care.
Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region CEO Barry Chase said, "Today, the Republican House leadership pushed through the U.S. House of Representatives an extreme and dangerous piece of legislation targeting Planned Parenthood, one of America's largest and most trusted health care providers, and voted to prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds for any purpose, including preventive health care. The outcome of this vote is radically out of step with mainstream American values and it is out of line with the issues voters want Congress to focus on."
Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region serves more than 8,000 patients a year. In almost 22,000 patient visits last year, women, men and teens from around the Mid-South received reproductive health care including annual exams, family planning visits, birth control, lifesaving cervical and breast cancer screenings and testing for HIV and STDs. More than 95% of PPGMR's patients are low income (150% of federal poverty level or below). For many of those patients, Planned Parenthood is their only source of health care.
The Title X federal family planning program funds essential health care that is badly needed in the Memphis area. In FY2011, Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR) will see about 5,500 unduplicated patients under the Title X program, providing:
• 5,500 annual exams
• More than 1,500 HIV tests
• More than 6,000 tests for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
• Comprehensive sexuality education to more than 5,000 clients both in the health center and through out-reach events
For every dollar of Federal Title X funding spent in Tennessee, an estimated $6.37 is saved that would otherwise be spent in TennCare related costs for maternity care.
"It now falls to Senators from both parties to join together to reject this extreme approach, restore common sense, and guarantee that Planned Parenthood and the millions of Americans who count on us for health care are protected. Ensuring that millions of women can obtain health care from their trusted provider is what mainstream Americans want and expect from the United States Senate," said Chase.
One hundred members of Congress have signed a letter showing widespread support for Planned Parenthood. The letter declared, "We are writing to strongly oppose efforts designed to undermine women's access to basic, preventive health care and the women's health providers they rely on in their communities. In particular, we are deeply concerned about the impact that H.R. 217, the 'Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act,' [Rep. Pence's companion, standalone bill] would have on American women and their families. H.R. 217 is aimed squarely at Planned Parenthood health centers.
Read Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region's fact sheet on Title X federal family planning funding.
Read Planned Parenthood Federation of America's fact sheet on Title X and the Pence bill to prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds for any purpose.
Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR), founded in 1938, is an affiliate of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. PPGMR's mission is to ensure broad public access to reproductive and related health care through clinic services, education, advocacy and community partnerships in serving 42 counties in West Tennessee, North Mississippi and East Arkansas.
Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region
Joan Carr
Director of Community Affairs
(901) 725-3008
February 18, 2011


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Happy Monday! I got a LOT of orders done this weekend and this was one of my favorites:
A Birth Stat canvas. She wanted a "my little sunshine" theme to match her room. It came out super adorable!
I took hubby for dinner Sunday night to our favorite Japanese Steak House. They have HUGE portions so I of course have some for breakfast/lunch today which I am so excited about!
Other than that, my weekend was basically filled of me cleaning, and working on shop orders! How did you spend yours?


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Friday, November 6, 2015
HORRIFICALLY BAD. [ED] on DStv rivals the SABC with black screen, sound problems, manic promos cuts and total chaos as live broadcast gets totally botched.
On Thursday and again on Friday [ED] (DStv 190) the educational channel on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform definitely gave an education: an education in how not to do television.
After horrifically bad interruptions, blackouts, promos starting and stopping and being cut off, interviews being cut off and terrible sound problems on Thursday trying to do live broadcasts from the Sandton Convention Centre at the Discop Africa 2015 TV market, [ED] repeated it all on Friday ... and went one step further, with no sound at all.
The irony of the [ED] channel surpassing the SABC in terrible on-screen disasters wasn't lost on viewers, since the Urban Brew Studios channel was trying to highlight and focus on television itself.
Instead [ED] and Urban Brew Studios' eye-poppingly bad production, broadcast disruption and terrible production values became the story.
There was no explanation from [ED] and Urban Brew Studios for the ongoing problems and why [ED]'s live broadcast was interrupted on Friday after sound problems gave viewers a silent channel - a channel which is seen in South Africa and across the African continent on DStv and GOtv.
It's anybody's guess how many viewers were still left or bothered to wait when [ED] eventually went back to the live broadcast on Friday marred by production problems, similar to Thursday when a guest had to to be given a handheld mic and the video signal cut out.
[ED] tried to do twice daily live broadcast sit-down interviews from Discop Africa 2015 but it looked and was for the most part totally terrible and reflected badly on [ED], Urban Brew Studios and DStv broadcasting the mess of a channel.
The [ED] "live broadcast" Discop Africa shows were astoundingly amateurly produced.
It had some inappropriately chosen guests, an unprepared host who didn't seem to know enough about various aspects of television to ask relevant enough questions, bizarre breaks, starting and stopping and interrupting promos and ongoing sound problems as well as too soft sound.
Add in terrible switches between promos, recorded interviews suddenly being played as filler, as well as very poor, pixelated video quality, and [ED] looked like a poor African country's disastrously underfunded public broadcasting channel struggling desperately to find the "on" and "zoom" and "volume" buttons.
Of course the live broadcasts and interviews were about the business of television - hugely ironic given the utter, ongoing mess [ED] made of trying to cover Discop Africa 2015 with very little quality.
More embarrassing was that Markus Davies, the chief content officer of Urban Brew Studios was part of the on-air panel discussions on [ED] on Thursday and again on Friday ... while the Urban Brew Studios content being broadcast was laughably shoddy and completely terrible.
"Welcome to channel [ED], we do apologise for that interruption in broadcast, technically, we are sorted and we are back on track," said presenter Thabo Mdluli when [ED] eventually returned to the interrupted live broadcast on Friday which abrutly ended after several long minutes of zero sound.
The big irony is that if film and TV students produced this TV trash in studio for an assignment they would get a fail.
Yet Urban Brew Studios, the [ED] channel and MultiChoice produced and broadcast it for real - atrociously badly as it is - as part of a pay-TV product that's supposed to be much, much better, but that is actually so much worse than what the SABC churns out.
Why do a live broadcast from location if you don't have the skills or are not devoting, or don't have, the resources necessary to do it properly? Why then not rather record it, edit it and play it out later?
Why are producers not pre-screening the guests for what they might talk about? Its terrible to put people on television who are not advancing the/a story, and who are not enlightening or informing or educating the audience, and who just play for time or waste time.
If you have audio, video and other technical problems, why are people not working late and actually fixing it, replacing equipment and adding resources? The same thing kept/keeps happening because the same thing will happen if you do nothing about it.
Everybody talks about how South Africa's TV biz needs to be taken more seriously. But we can't and we won't because we keep doing Kideo television.


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1971 FORD BRONCO Frame off restored. Fuel injected! (VIP)
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- Stock Number:CTP1031
- Mileage:16000
Vehicle Description
Worldwide Vintage Autos is pleased to present this restored 1971 Ford Bronco Custom. "The forward looking collector will note that classic pickup trucks are just getting started - and there are plenty of underpublicized specimens out there" [Autoweek Magazine, February 2016]. We scour the country for vintage cars and trucks like this and we rarely come across one like this! You must see and drive this AWESOME built Bronco. This is the one you want! Fuel injection!, Lift, Custom bumper, Winch, Lockers, Digital gauges, LED lights, and much more!! California Truck!!!
- Frame off restored in 2011.
- Sandblasted and painted frame.
- New paint and body. Bronco blue. Straight and gorgeous.
- Custom built ARB style front bumper ($1800)
- Winch
- LED off road light custom built into front off road bumper.
- 4" Suspension lift.
- 33" Tires.
- Aftermarket wheels.
- Bronco Sport trim all present and in good condition.
- Aftermarket fender flares.
- Dakota Digital Gauges. ($700)
- Newly redone seats.
- Professionally rhino lined inside.
- Brand new Toms Broncos rear seat.
- Toms Broncos Steel center console.
- Rebuilt 302 V8.
- Custom F.A.S.T fuel injection system; computer adjusted air / fuel.
- 4 Speed top loader. Rebuilt in 2013.
- Detroit Locker in the rear.
- New springs.
- The front gas tank is not operable.
- There are a few chips / imperfections in the paint (See detailed pictures)
Own this vintage Bronco at a fraction of the build cost. The cost of parts and restoration of these vehicles are increasing daily. They are not making any more and, therefore, they are becoming more rare by the day. Buy one complete and ensure your investment for the future. Doing a restoration / customization project on a first generation Bronco like this would cost over $30,000 not including the vehicle itself. Don't do the work yourself, get one finished for half of the cost of building it yourself!
An excellent investment and something you can enjoy daily. Collectible vintage vehicles have historically appreciated at a rate greater than that stock market, gold and other arts and collectibles as documented by many articles and auction result tracking.
As one of the largest classic car dealers in the world, we stock over 200 vehicles and are sure to have the car of your dreams. If you do not see the vehicle you want in our inventory, make sure to sign up for 'VIP UPCOMING INVENTORY', found on the left side of our homepage.
We specialize in:
1. Vintage trucks and 4x4's! Pinzgauer, Unimog, Defender, Bronco, Land Cruiser FJ40 FJ45 FJ55, International Scout, Jeep Willys, Dodge Power Wagon, Nissan Patrol, Ford Truck 4x4s, Chevy Truck 4x4s, NAPCO, Marmon Herrington, etc.
2. Vintage American Cruisers! Cadillac Biarritz, Chrysler, Lincoln Continental, Oldsmobile, Convertible, Mercury, DeSoto, Ford, Chevy Belair, etc. and;
3. Muscle cars! Camaro, Chevelle, Nova, Challenger, Charger, Corvette, Biscayne, Cobra, Torino, Mustang, AMX, Falcon, Demon, Dart, etc. and;
4. Eurpean Classics! Porsche, 356, Speedster, Mercedes Benz, Austin Healey, Austin Martin, Rolls Royce, Volkswagen Microbus, MG, etc....
Please mention you are working with Worldwide Vintage Autos in order to expedite the process.
We recommend having our shipping coordinator facilitate the transport of your new vehicle. We can handle all shipping arrangements in-house, so you know where your vehicle is from point 'A' to point 'B'. We highly suggest using only enclosed shipping to protect your investment. We use Central Dispatch and they ensure all carriers are licensed, insured and bonded.
We have sold and shipped vehicles all over the world, with happy customers in Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South America, and the Middle East, just to name a few. We can assist with the transport to your home port anywhere in the world, as well as help with the required export/import paperwork. We recommend the following import/export contacts:
• Halmari, in Houston, TX @ 832-687-3559
• Schumacher Global Transport @ 1-800-599-0190
• ADULTS ONLY car shop in Australia (see website)
Inspections are highly recommended. These inspections should be done before bidding or placing a deposit.
During the inspection process we prefer to work with buyers directly, in lieu of third party inspectors; third party inspectors are typically trained in late model vehicles and, many times, their inspection templates do not apply to classic or modified vehicles.
If a third party inspection service is used, please know that we will require a copy of the inspection report before they leave our facility. Please let them know this before ordering your inspection.
WWVA salesmen are available six days per week to inspect any vehicle. We have a dedicated, 4-post lift available to you during your inspection. If you would like to meet an inspector at the dealership we will accommodate both of you.
We would love to meet you in person and encourage you to come see the vehicles before you buy! If you cannot meet a salesman during business hours please call the main office, and one of the owners will meet you Monday through Saturday.
Due to our inventory size, we are unable to drive every vehicle for long distances. We also cannot guarantee that every gauge, light, option, function, etc., will work as it should. We do our best to inspect these vehicles in every detail, and note any imperfections in the advertisement. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT GUARANTEE ANY AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, GAUGES, OR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE VINTAGE VEHICLES WE SELL, THESE COMPONENTS CAN BE WORKING AT ONE MOMENT AND NOT WORKING AT ANOTHER MOMENT. IT IS COMMON THAT THESE COMPONENTS WILL NEED UPKEEP OR ATTENTION.
We provide approximately 75 HD images, and an HD video, in every one of our listings. Very few companies offer this much detail. We spend significant time inspecting and disclosing detailed items on all of our vehicles; however, at the end of the day, we are not you... we highly suggest that you come and inspect the vehicle.
The information contained in this ad is solely for convenience. The description is an opinion only and should not be considered a complete description of any or all faults; it may not be relied upon nor taken as fact or otherwise a representation or warranty of any sort. Vehicles are sold AS-IS, WHERE-IS with all faults known/unknown and with no implied warranty.
We do not recommend driving a classic car home. Many classic cars are not driven often and tend to sit for long periods of time making them unsuitable for cross-country road trips. We strongly recommend shipping the vehicle.
Unless otherwise noted, we sell our vehicles mileage-exempt, meaning we do not know the actual, original miles. The information listed in the ad is based on the current odometer reading or from rebuild information provided by the builder, and cannot be used as fact.
Most of these vehicles do not have Carfax or Autocheck history reports; unless the vehicle is 1981 or newer, a Carfax or Autocheck history will not exist.
This vehicle is being sold by Worldwide Vintage Autos. All of our prices include a 60 temporary license plate, a clear Colorado title and VIN verification to ensure no surprises during the registration of your vehicle. We do not charge any additional dealer and handling fees!
Have a classic vehicle to trade or sell? Check our website for consignment information.
WORLDWIDE VINTAGE AUTOS is a licensed and bonded classic car dealership headquartered in a 57,000 square foot indoor facility in Denver, CO.
We are able to buy large classic car collections, estate sale automobiles, bankruptcy liquidation vehicles, etc., at significant discounts...which are passed along to you!
NO ONE can beat our prices and quality.
After selling thousands of classic vehicles, we understand the process and will ensure that you have a pleasurable experience. Check out our 100% positive eBay rating.


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Ubuntu is a free/libre, open-source computer operating system with 20 million users worldwide. But it's also so much more than that: it is an ethos, a collaborative project and, first and foremost, Ubuntu is a community of people.
If you're reading this guide, you're probably interested in moving away from proprietary operating systems such as Windows and Mac OS X; perhaps you've already installed Ubuntu on your computer but are not sure where to start.
Honestly, these manuals are starting to drive me crazy. How can so many people get this so wrong? Take a tip from marketing. Grab the viewer from the get go; show, tell, sell. Pictures. Colour. Give them the highlights.
They don't want a history lesson. They don't need Sociology-101. They need answers. What is it, why do I need it, why is it so much better than what I'm using now?
Courtney Loo's manual is only 32 pages long. Less than half that is the material that should be in An Absolute Beginners Guide.
It begins with the classic mistake; What is it, the Ubuntu Philosophy, How can it be free. Jokingly referring to Linux, the dreaded L-word, it tries to demystify and explain Linux. I'm still waiting...
Chapter 3, Ubuntu Releases, is an entirely unnecessary history lesson in a horrible looking page. Version numbers, code names, releases. BORED! CUT!!!
Page 10, Installing. Finally! Different ways of installing is quite a useful run-down; download, USB stick, Dual-boot, co-existing with Windows and Mac, or through Wubi. Next!
Chapter 5 is Support and Comunity. Hang on, I haven't seen any of it yet! You haven't shown me? Why do I care about Free documentation and Launchpad Answers?
Chapter 6, page 16, getting started with Unity. Except it doesn't. "Before Unity There Was GNOME: A Little Bit Of History" NOOO!!! I don't ****ing CARE!!! I don't give a **** about Gnome and it's Fisher-Price foot-print logo. GET ON WITH IT!!!
Page 17 finally shows me and describes Ubuntu Unity. The next few pages are dense (more whitespace here, please) and finally give me some decent information about Ubuntu, Unity, the Dash, navigating and pinning. Section 7 is entitled Ubuntu Applications (How Do I...?); update My Computer, Install Software and Applications, download, surf, manage photos, listen to music.
Now here's a thing. The first item in Further Reading is an article on MakeUseOf.com: Ubuntu Restricted Extras: The First Thing You Should Intstall on Ubuntu. The Listening to music section doesn't mention this. If you've got .MP3 music files, this is the first thing you want to know. But it doesn't. This is in the footnootes, because at page 30, the guide stops. So I'm an absolute beginner and you've done little more than tease.
Having written software manuals, I know how difficult it is. I also know there are plenty of examples how to and how not to produce something like this. The Makeuseof guide appears to have been written to a house style under a restrictive brief (and a proprietary licence!). While I like the writing style, there is quite a number of things wrong with this guide. RC
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Bollywood heist caper from director Farah Khan. After gaining worldwide fame for his daring exploits, superstar conman Tees Maar Khan (Akshay Kumar) attempts his biggest job to date when he is hired by international smugglers the Johri brothers to rob a heavily fortified train of its precious cargo. Aided by his trusty gang, and with his actress girlfriend Anya (Katrina Kaif) along for the ride, Khan sets out to pull off the most audacious heist of his life.


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Brought to you by BrewDog beer and Northern Roots Events, Brew at the Bog is a single day festival chock-full of incredible up-and-coming artists, phenomenal ale and great food that is sure to make it a weekend to remember. Having won the 'Best Unusual Venue' accolade at the 2012 Scottish Event Awards for its scenic location at Bogbain Farm, Inverness, it is no wonder its now been receiving wide radio acclaim as well.
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An interesting artist was featured in today's New York Times. Christopher Goodwin is a junk truck driver who scavenges for interesting pieces of trash, packages them in round plastic balls, and fills gumball dispenses with them. People buy these mementos for fifty cents a apiece. According to the NYT:
Though some admirers see Trashball as a critique of America's wasteful ways, Mr. Goodwin views it as archeology, a divination of who people are from what they leave behind, even if it is just because they are too lazy to toss it in a wastebasket.
More information about the artwork can be found in the Trashball article in NYT and in Christopher Goodwin's blog.
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100 Fun Facts about The Girl Who Fell From the Sky: Number 73, Countdown to Publication
The Wonder Bread Factory store mentioned in the novel is a real place -- the factory itself is still turning out Wonder Bread in the heart of Northeast Portland. Sometimes the whole neighborhood would smell of baking bread. Just thinking about it takes me back. How about if we all meet up there when I'm in town and grab some Ding Dongs and Twinkies?
the outlet store is still there, but, alas, the factory has been torn down, only to now sit as an empty, neglected lot.
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We picked up a few plants and some seeds. I discovered something called "square food gardening" while researching how to best plant what I had bought. I thought it might work for what I planned.
It's a small garden: only four feet by six feet. It was hard work to dig it up even though it's so small. The top picture if my plan for where to plant everything. The bottom is an actual picture. I made sure to get it done on Thursday to take advantage of the rain we had Friday and Saturday.
It's a bit of a "sampler garden." I haven't gardened since I lived at home in Wisconsin so I have no idea what will grow here. My in-laws tell me that the peppers are a good choice. I planted it in full view of our living room window so the girls can watch it grow. Everything I picked is "full sun" which is good because there's no shade back there! It's only 24 square feet so watering won't break my budget either.
The girls wanted their own "fowers." We planted them in their own pots in the front. I also put some marigold seeds in a big pot.
In stitching news, I started two ornaments. There's not much to see yet.
|This is a Patridge ornament from the 2014 Craftways Christmas book. I used a scrap of 28 ct. Monaco I had in my stash and the threads are all DMC
|Not much to see here yet. This is the Candy Cane Horse by Charlotte's Collectables from the 2009 JCS ornament issue. It has a bunch of Kreinik in it. I hope I have enough of this oyster #4 braid!


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Tiny Rey quickly seized her human mom's heart in just a few second after their eyes'd met. With out a doubt, the young woman adopted Rey immediately. Moved by the love of her human mom, Rey couldn't stop smiling since she found her loving home.
"I wasn't looking for a kitten by any means (we already have two!) but just had a hunch to stop by the shelter on my way home from work and found this little lady and was immediately smitten with her!" said Rey's human mom.
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It was March of last year, a few days before Easter. The thing to remember about that night is that it was stormy everywhere. Hard rain was falling all over the city, "But in Red Hook," says Jon, "it was apocalyptic." At 499 Van Brunt St. the winds cut down the pier at sixty miles an hour. The clouds would drop eighteen inches of rain by the end of the night, and rising tides and the last of the winter thaw combined with the rainfall to turn the cobblestone streets into a greasy swamp.
Elsewhere in the world, a lot of bad things hadn't happened yet. Spills and Roni were in the studio, working on a spot for Rodarte. Twitching images of gaunt women draped in lattices of leather and string repeated themselves on the screens of the edit room as the untended fire went out.
It was maybe too late at night to be editing footage of a fashion collection inspired by Japanese horror films; it was time for Spills and Roni to go home.
When they went downstairs they stepped outside and found a lake where the lot should be. The water, they swear, was waist-deep in places. A glassblower stood in front of the warehouse, half submerged in water. He raised his arms in a gesture of comic defeat and announced "Exploration time!" Then he waded away.
Spills and Roni stood on the high concrete blocks that mark off the parking lot to keep themselves dry, and Spills took out his camera to capture the flood on film. That's when a man materialized out of the blackness, wading through three feet of water, wearing garbage bags for pants and carrying a spotted dog. The hard wind barely ruffled his long white beard and hair.
Spills and Roni went back into the studio and huddled for warmth. Convinced they were stranded indefinitely, they trembled, and resolved to sleep in the studio if they survived the storm. If you ask Jon Kane, he'll tell you what happened next:
I remember the night perfectly.
I called into the studio to check progress on a job. [Roni] and [Spills] were in a full blown panic about being flooded in. It was real rainy out for sure. I drove my car over to see what was up. The water was all the way back to Fairway on Van Brunt, like a lake. I drove to the other gate and drove through. The land slants up that way so there was no water. I drove along the back of the pier, around the dumpsters, and up to the front door, which, by this time had no water in front of it. I had my Big Boots™ on, of course. The water had receded and they didn't realize. They were no longer flooded in. I walked in, told them they were pussies, drank some whiskey, watched their video, and went home.
If the waters would part for anyone, they would part for Jon Kane, of course. The love between the three men only grew stronger after surviving the storm.
The only victim in this story was The Tempest. Pork, who was not in the studio, remembers that night only as the day his Tempest sank.
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Bird Banding
Bird banding is our primary research tool. We band at least five mornings a week during fall migration (mid-August to November) and less frequently during the spring migration. We have banded over 31,000 birds of 139 species. Read more and view banding results here.
Winter Bird Population Survey
This annual survey helps to determine the effects of weather on survival, winter territories, and winter site fidelity. Begun on campus in 1993, it runs from 20 December to 20 February. Read more and view past results here.
Christmas Bird Count
The Detroit River Michigan and Ontario Christmas Bird Count, held annually on January 1st, includes Dearborn and adds to the winter survey data. RRBO coordinates the Dearborn team. Read more and view past results here.
Migration surveys
Daily spring migration counts and help monitor the species and numbers of migrating birds throughout the campus and nearby areas. For information on the latest species seen on our surveys, visit our Latest sightings page.