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Matthew is President of Timeline Design which he founded in 1990 with the mission of constructing high-quality custom homes and remodels on time and on budget. This philosophy lives on today with hundreds of past satisfied clients who experienced the Timeline Methodology of Project Management.
Matthew started his career when he was just 14-years-old building cabinets for customers in his parents' garage. Thirty-five years later, Matthew's passion for building excellence is alive and well. Matthew, who studied civil engineering at Santa Clara University and Electrical Engineering at UC San Diego, has completed over 700 residential projects. He is a Certified Interior Designer and a California licensed General Building Contractor.
Matthew's education in electrical and civil engineering is evident in the detailed specifications and analyses that Timeline provides its clients and the strict adherence to project schedules and standard operating procedures.
In addition to building custom homes and remodels, Matthew consults with homeowners and realtors providing feasibility studies to their clients prior to the purchase of homes and land. Putting his decades of experience at your disposal before you acquire a home or lot can save you from making costly errors in the purchase of your next home.
A true testament to Matthew's business model is that 90% of his new clients are referred by past clients. He has a winning combination of talent, integrity, and business savvy enabling him to provide the highest level of quality and service.
Matthew is former president of the San Jose Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) and current board member for the Entrepreneur's Organization (EO) Silicon Valley.
When not at work, you can find Matthew coaching at the Saratoga Little League field, AYSO soccer field or building his three ministries which include a Men's Ministry, a Business Prayer Group, and a Business Owner's strategic planning group. Matthew is also an avid surfer and sailor. Matthew and his wife, Theresa, live in Monte Sereno with their four children.
Learn about the rest of the Timeline Design team.
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Construction goes more quickly due to a consistent design-build process, a tighter integration between the teams, and the ability to solve issues quickly with in-house staff.
With the estimation department's help, you can revise your high-level design in the Feasibility phase to meet your budget, making it far less likely you'll need a complete redesign and rebid.
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|Transylvania University
Mercy was a concept that I would not allow myself to articulate to my colleagues at a seminar on "The Liberal Arts Education: A Contested Concept," that I attended at Transylvania University over the week-end. It seemed too sentimental, too tiny in the face of the grand pronouncements being made about what education might do. There were two basic schools of thought: 1) education should elevate the mind (and soul) by exposing both only to texts of intrinsic value, and all else (all good) will follow; 2) education should expose its students to the world in all of its relativism, as that is the only way that society will be transformed for the better. The first school produces thinkers of beauty and truth, the second of critique and politics. We had all been chosen, we decided over what was for many of us our first glasses of truly fine bourbon ever, much like the cast of a reality TV show: with purposefully oppositional views. There were a few die-hards (mostly in the beauty and truth camp), but the truth is that most of us want beauty and critique, truth and politics. These should not be oppositional terms. Dewey is the big educational thinker that promoted the idea that a free and just society had to be an educated one (and his ideals of just how many people should be fully educated remain radical - everyone), and that it was not anathema to teach Accounting alongside Aristotle. If we want our NGOs whose beautiful principles are nurtured by truths of human dignity to not flounder and fail, then maybe their members should take an accounting class. Pragmatism does not tarnish the liberal arts.
You can start to see why "mercy"as a motivation for teaching seemed out of place in the midst of this debate. And truth be told, it is not a pedagogical ideology that I would ever elaborate upon in public. But out here, whispering in the reeds as I can, mercy seems like one of those fundamental ideas that, if I stop and think, keeps me going. Perhaps it's being a medievalist, or perhaps it's having accumulated just enough experiences, but I cannot escape the idea that the human condition is fraught. That there is no perfect state, no equilibrium, no stasis. There is great joy and happiness, but it is the contingencies and fragilities of that joy that I have come to appreciate and treasure, not just the blazing happiness itself. And so yes, to me, education is merciful, education offers mercy to aching questions and deep desires - sometimes by shifting the horizon line (by altering your perspective), other times by distracting you (by showing you something, anything, else). Embedded in its definition and operation are the ideas of compassion and thankfulness, and my aren't those good things to include in an education?
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There has been a project I have been wanting to try since purchasing our house a little over a year ago. Fearful is an understatement of why I have yet to tackle this. First, I thought I'd give it a try in the powder room since it is such a small size. But that never happened...along with taking the flamestitch wallcovering down in that room, but that is a project for another day {or year}.A couple weeks ago West Elm began their 15% seating sale, so I pulled the trigger on the glider for the nursery. With less than a two week lead time the nursery renovation had to begin immediately unless we planned on having the glider hang out in the hallway when it arrived. Time to go to Home Depot.
We already had some of this KilzPrimer, Sealer and Stain Blocker
You see where I'm headed with this? This horrid 1990's ceiling was about to meet his end.
Prep 1: Lay down plastic. And if you do not plan to give your walls a make-over as well than you should cover your walls in plastic, too. This is a messy and dusty process.
Prep 2: Fill a spray bottle with water. The room I did is about 10x11, so a basic spray bottle worked well. The tool I purchased was a life saver. I know the reviews are mediocre, but I say 5 stars. It hooked up to the end of the extension rod we use with our paint rollers. I recommend using a midsized thick plastic shopping bag to attached to the tool - like one from Old Navy or another clothing store. Not a grocery bag and not a big trash bag. It doesn't take much before the bag becomes heavy. Rather than taking off the attached bag and hooking on a new one we just dumped the debris into a large trash bag, and we continued with the process.
Step 1: You are ready to officially start. Put on some goggles and a mask and begin working in small sections (about 4 foot x 4 foot). Spray the ceiling with water, wait about 60-90 seconds, and the begin scraping. As the tool instructions tell you, apply even pressure. Surprisingly, it doesn't take much pressure at all for the nasty popcorn to just peel away and fall nearly perfectly into the attached bag. A little debris misses, but I'd guess 95% goes in the attached bag. Do not dig into your ceiling - it's more for you to patch and repair later. You can always go back and squirt more water and do another swipe, but once you pull away a chunk of drywall paper or actual drywall you can't go back! As your attached bag becomes heavy empty it into a large trash bag - do this often and save your arms the pain.
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Step 2: Once you have successfully removed the textured ceiling you are ready to patch, repair and sand as needed. To me this was the messiest step. You will probably have a few areas that have a thin layer of texture remaining. This is where some medium grain sand paper will come in handy. Do that first and then use spackle to fill any areas where you may have removed chunks of drywall. I had a few areas at the beginning while I was becoming used to the necessary pressure. And then some areas at the end when my arms hurt and I was becoming lazy! Once the spackle dries go back and sand using a fine grit sand paper. You may also need a small hand tool to scrape any remaining areas of texture particularly around the perimeter of the room or around the rough-ins for electrical or HVAC.Step 3: I have read so many tutorials on this that skip this step! If you didn't notice during step 2 this is a dusty process. That dust is everywhere. Any surface that you have not covered in plastic needs a good wipe down; especially your ceiling. I recommend a sponge mop and two buckets of water - a "clean water" bucket and a "rinse bucket" {like the way you should wash a car}. I emptied the "rinse bucket" 8 times for this tiny room because that is how much dust and dirt came off the ceiling and uncovered walls. {Certainly you don't want to paint all that into the room permanently!?}
Step 4: Once the ceiling is dry you can begin to prime and paint. I use Kilz for priming because it's what we use in contract jobs. Not only does it prime but it seals the surface and most importantly is a stain blocker. There was a small area of former water damage on this ceiling. The leak had been fixed long before we moved in the house, but a 2" wide by 5 foot long stain was visible when we removed the popcorn. The stain blocker element of the Kilz will ensure that will not reappear later. Of course if a new leak occurred than a new stain would appear. Do a good even coat of primer, wait the recommended two hours, and then start your first coat of ceiling paint. We needed a second coat of ceiling paint and a couple touch up areas.
|Primed & Painted
And that is all there is to it. Seems like a lot, but really the priming and painting took the most time. The prep and scraping took less than an hour and a half, and that was the part I was most fearful about. In the end, I look up that glorious white ceiling and think, I am so doing this in our master, in the hallway and in the great room! We've tenatively determine we should do a new space every six months...seems realistic. Out of all my projects thus far, this is the most rewarding.
Next week? Onto the walls - it's so much more than a coat of paint, and I LOVE it!
Next week? Onto the walls - it's so much more than a coat of paint, and I LOVE it!


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Today I wear the badge of my ethnicity with pride. I wear it in solidarity, to show my American brother and sisters, those who are marginalised, those who are scared that I am with you. I hear your concerns. Others will tell you your concerns are invalid, over exaggerated and baseless. I know that not to be true.
A vote for Trump is a vote against all the sections of society that he has deemed to humiliate, to berate, to punish. People say that they voted for Trump because he will make America great again, ignoring your pleas that Trump's America doesn't include you, or your civil liberties.
We can only judge an individual on what we know of them, and whether or not Trump actually does half of the things he said he would is another matter. RIGHT NOW, your fear is justified.
I wear the badge of my ethnicity because I am British, and despite Brexit and our choice, a choice made through fear (just like the choice that was made for you) I am still proud to be British, to be English, to be a Londoner.
Find your pride, know that across the pond there are SO MANY people thinking of you, sending you hope and insisting that Love always wins.
Today I am sad for the world, but through my sadness, and my tears, I am trying to find some light. I hope you find some too.


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Read This Carefully Before Using Turmeric Ever Again!!!
Turmeric is definitely among the most popular spices nowadays, and it doesn't owe its popularity just because of its amazing taste. The golden spice has many other health benefits and it can treat various conditions and diseases. The active ingredient of turmeric, which is called curcumin, is a powerful substance that gives the spice its color and the great medicinal properties. According to MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine, over 600 studies covered the medical benefits of the spice, and they showed that turmeric could treat numerous serious ailments. However, even though it's beneficial, you need to know some things first before using turmeric.
Including turmeric in your diet could treat numerous health problems, but there's one small problem – the bioavailability of curcumin. The compound cannot be fully absorbed in the body during the digestion, and that leaves you without the medicinal benefits of the spice. There is one thing you can do though – adding a bit of black pepper in the mixture is going to improve the absorption of turmeric by even 2000% and help you benefit from the spice properly.
Here's what The NutritionFacts says about this: "If persons are given a cluster of turmeric curcumin, inside an hour there is a little knock in the level in their circulation system. We don't see an extensive increment in the light of the fact that our liver is effectively attempting to dispose of it. Nevertheless, consider the possibility that the procedure is stifled by taking just a quarter teaspoon of dark pepper. At that point you will see curcumin levels skyrocket. The same measure of curcumin expended, however the bioavailability shoots up even 2000%. Indeed, even just a little squeeze of pepper—1/20 of a teaspoon—can altogether support the levels. What's more, think about what a typical fixing in curry powder there is other than turmeric? The black pepper."
A recent study The Impact of Piperine on the Pharmacokinetics of Curcumin in the Animals and Human Volunteers confirms that piperine is the main ingredient responsible for the improved curcumin absorption.
Turmeric is the fat-soluble spice which means it needs fat to be absorbed. That's why, it's best to mix it with ghee, olive or coconut oil so the liver is able to process the curcumin better.
Dr. Sukumar says that turmeric could be safely cooked as the heat increases the bioavailability of its active compound. "The very potent ingredient in turmeric is curcumin, which, despite its power, isn't easily absorbed by the body without assistance. This is where the sauté pan and a bit of warm oil come into play. I use it [turmeric] in each sauté, just a quarter teaspoon, a half teaspoon is sufficient. In any case, you don't need to utilize it sparingly – you can use it sumptuously. The better approach to take it, I feel, is to use it in your cooking broadly. If you have any sauté, quite recently sprinkle it in. The minute you warm the oil and add turmeric to it, it now turns out to be totally bioavailable to you."
So, thanks to the low bioavailability of curcumin, turmeric has to be combined with black pepper orhealthy fats in order to benefit from it. Follow the abovementioned tips and you will surely get the most out of this spice.
If you are wondering what the recommended daily allowance of this spice is, the College of Maryland did a few studies and found out that you can take 1.5-3 gr. of dry turmeric root or 1-3 gr. of turmeric powder per day.
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Nursing Process
1. Research
Study is an attempt to compile a complete and systematic data to be reviewed and analyzed to health and nursing problems of the patient's face either physical, mental, social or spiritual can ditentukan.tahap includes three activities, namely data collection, data analysis and determination of health problems and nursing.
a. Data collection
Obtained data and information about health problems in patients who have to be able to determine what action to take to solve the problem concerning the aspects of physical, mental, social and spiritual and environmental factors that affect it. Such data must be accurate and easily analyzed.
Other types of data:
Objective data, that the data collected through a survey, inspection, and surveillance, for instance body temperature, blood pressure, and skin color.
Subjekif data, ie data obtained from the patient's perceived grievances, or the patient's family / other witnesses, namely, head dizzy, pain and nausea.
Now the focus of data collection include:
Previous and current health status
Koping pattern before and now
Function of previous and current status
Response to medical therapy and nursing actions
Risk for potential problems
The things that have been an inducement or force the client
b. Data analysis
Analysis of the data is the ability to expand our ability to think rationally according to background knowledge.
c. Formulation of the problem
Once the data analysis is done, it can be concluded some health problems. The health problems that could have intervened with Nursing (Nursing problem) but some are not and are more in need of medical action. Nursing diagnosis is further sorted according to priority.
Priority is determined based on criteria important problem and soon.
Includes significant turmoil and when not addressed will cause complications, including Instant whereas such time on stroke patients who do not consciously then action should be taken immediately to prevent more serious complications or death.
Priority problems can also be determined based on need according to Maslow's hierarchy, namely: life-threatening condition, a condition that threatens the health, perceptions of health and nursing.
2. Nursing Diagnosis
Nursing diagnosis is a statement explaining the human response (health status or risk change pattern) from individuals or groups where caregivers are able to identify and provide accountability for certain interventions to maintain health status reduce, limit, prevent and transform (Carpenito, 2000).
Formulation of nursing diagnosis:
Actual: Explaining the real problem at this time according to clinic data found.
Risk: Explaining the apparent health problems will occur if no intervention is done.
Possibilities: Explaining that there should be additional data to ensure the possibility of nursing problems.
Wellness: Results of the clinic on the condition of individuals, families or communities in the transition from the level of certain prosperous prosperous ketingkat higher.
Syndrome: the diagnosis group consisting dar actual nursing diagnosis and the predicted high risk appear / arise because of a particular event or situation.
3. Nursing plan
All acts done by the nurse to help clients shift from the current health status of the health kestatus describe the expected results in (Gordon, 1994).
Is written guidelines for client care. Organized treatment plan so that each nurse can quickly identify treatment given action. Nursing care plan which accurately summarize konyinuitas facilitating care from a nurse care to other caregivers. As a result, all nurses have the opportunity to provide high-quality care and consistency.
Nursing care plan written by a nurse arranging exchange information in exchange reporting service. Written treatment plan includes a long-term client needs (Potter, 1997)
4. Implementation of nursing
Is an initiative of the plan of action to achieve a specific purpose. The level of implementation of the action plans initiated starting after compiled and directed at nursing orders to help clients achieve the desired purpose. Therefore a specific action plan implemented to modify the factors that affect the client's health problems.
As for the levels of the nursing action is as follows:
Stage 1: preparation
Early stages of nursing action is demanded to evaluate the diindentifikasi nurse at the planning stage.
Level 2: the intervention
Focus the implementation of nursing actions are activities and implementation of the action plan to meet the emotional and physical needs. Nursing action includes action approach: independent, dependent, and interdependen.
Level 3: documentation
Implementation of nursing actions should be followed by a complete and accurate recording of an event in the nursing process.
5. Evaluation
Load planning criteria evaluation process results and outcomes of nursing actions. Results can be seen in the way the process of comparing the process with guidelines / plan process. While the results can be seen by comparing the actions of the patient's level of independence in daily life and the patient's level of health with the aim of progress that has been previously summarized.
Target evaluation is as follows:
Nursing care process, based on the criteria / articles that have been compiled.
Results nursing actions, based on the success criteria that have been formulated in the evaluation plan.
Evaluation Results
There are 3 possible results of the evaluation, namely:
The aim is reached, when the patient has shown improvement / progress in accordance with predetermined criteria.
Achieved some purpose, when the goal is not reached it's full potential, so that should be looking for causes and ways to overcome them.
The aim is not achieved, when the patient showed no change / improvement at all but this problem arises baru.dalam caregivers need to examine in more detail whether there is data, analysis, diagnosis, action, and other factors that do not fit, which is why no achievement of goals.
Having a nurse to do the whole process of nursing research to evaluate the patient's reach, all actions must be documented correctly in nursing documentation.
Nursing documentation
Documentation is everything that is written or printed as a record of reliable evidence of the authorized person (Potter 2005).
Potter (2005) also explained the purpose of the documentation, namely: 1. Communication
As a way for teams to communicate health (explain) treatment, including treatment of individual clients, client education and the use of returning a reference to an article.
2. Bill
Financial documentation to explain how to obtain compensation board treatment (reimburse) for the services provided to clients.
3. Education
With this record learners should learn about patterns found preformance various health problems and be able to anticipate client needed treatment type.
4. Research
Notes provide data used to identify and support nurse nursing diagnose and plan appropriate interventions.
5. Research
Nurses can use client records for research studies to gather information about certain factors
6. Audit and monitoring
Regular surveys of client records provide information on the basis for the evaluation of the quality and timeliness of care provided in an institution.
7. Legal documentation
That accurate documentation is one of the best self defense against claims related to nursing care.
There are six key essential in nursing documentation, namely:
1. Factual basis
Information about the client, and low maintenance should be based on the fact that is what the nurse can see, hear and feel.
2. The accuracy
Notes client must be accurate until proper documentation is maintained client.
3. Completeness
The information included in the notes should be complete, containing brief information about perawtan client.
4. Recency
Enter data in a timely manner important in the treatment with the client
5. Organization
Nurses communicate the information in a logical format or sequence. Sample entries clients regularly describe pain, study and intervention caregivers and physicians.
6. Secrecy
Information provided by a person to another person with the belief and confidence that they are not going


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Blessed to live in the boring MidWest
The images on the TV news this morning were surreal. Hundereds of people dead, missing, homeless because of Katrina and her aftermath. It really hit me this afternoon while walking a couple of blocks for a sandwich on this beautiful sunny day in St. Louis. How lucky I am to… Read more
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I was just reading Andy Leonard's blog about being a new author and thought, hey, I need a blog, too!
I'm working on the same project that Andy is working on, also a new experience for me. Like Andy, I've had feelings of doubt about my abilities and frustration trying to… Read more
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MedCruise ports to work with airports and cruise lines to create robust cruise supply chain
- Written by Teijo Niemelä
MedCruise member port of Barcelona plays a leading role in advancing discussions on how to best link aviation and cruising, during the BCN World Route event to be held in Barcelona 23-26 September. Santiago Garcia Mila, Deputy Executive Director, Port of Barcelona will be among the key participants at the round table "Cruise and Aviation 2020", that will discuss how to make the most of the cruise growth opportunity, what is the best way for airlines and cruise companies, airports and port authorities to work together to create the best customer journey and the most efficient and cost effective working practices.
The other members of the panel are Kyriakos Anastassiadis, CEO, Celestyal Cruises & Chair, CLIA Europe, and Oscar Oliver, General Director of CETMO and Former Commercial Director, Aeroports de Catalunya.
"MedCruise and its membership have already worked with airport executives in the examination of how ports and airports working together with all stakeholders can create a robust cruise supply chain approach the can achieve desirable, and sustainable growth. We worked earlier this year with cruise airport executives that gathered in Athens and we are now excited to further this work in Barcelona. Discussions on the theme are also expected to emerge during the forthcoming 51st MedCruise General Assembly to be held in Toulon, 11-14 October 2017," says Thanos Pallis, MedCruise Secretary General.


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We Are Living Stones
Feb 19, 2017
By Margaret O'Neal, Lakewood, Washington
It was on September 10 of last year that the Living Stones Congregation at the Washington Correction Center in Shelton celebrated its 10th anniversary. My daughter Connie and I attended their evening service along with Bishop Jaech and members of the Living Stones board.
Connie and I attended because my husband, Pastor John O'Neal, was one of the founders of this congregation. You see, many years before, in the late 1960's John served time at the Correction Center. I met him in 1971 when he was on parole. Even though there were 26 years difference in our ages, we had a wonderful life together. What I learned about John was that he was a dreamer, a man who had creative energy and wanted that energy to work for good. He knew he had committed a grave sin, and so, living in the forgiveness and grace of Jesus Christ, with the help of God and people who cared for him, he was able to turn his life around and work for the good of others.
I am often reminded of the story in Genesis where Joseph meets his brothers many years after they had sold him to traders who were on their way to Egypt. They had wanted to get rid of this favored younger brother but then they had no idea what had happened to him. It was many years later during a drought that they found themselves bowing down to him and pleading for food for the sake of their families from the very man they sent away.
Do you remember Joseph's words to his brothers in Genesis 50:20? "Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good…" Sometimes the pain and anguish in our lives makes us turn inward so that we become full of self-pity. We want to blame everyone else for what happened to us. Sometimes, however, that pain helps us to work for the sake of others.
John was one who took what he had learned in a very difficult situation and turned it into good. It was in 1981 then that John met the chaplain at the Correction Center. Pastor Ray Lester was fascinated by John's story and invited him to return to the prison and enter the chaplaincy program. Walking through those slamming metal gates in the morning knowing he would be able to leave at night and come home was a powerful experience for him. It had not always been so when he was incarcerated there. In time he realized he loved working with the men, encouraging them to make new lives for themselves.
It was in the next years that John met Pastor Ed Nesselhuf, the director of Prison Congregations of America. Pastor Ed would come to visit us and together the two men would visit prison chaplains, the Director of the Department of Corrections and the Synod staff. Planting a church in a prison takes a lot of time and energy and the willingness of people to work together.
Do you know what living stones are? It is the priesthood of all believers, whose faith is in Christ, the chief corner stone,and who then work together to spread the gospel. We are living stones. We are the body of Christ. Many people and many congregations have worked together to help build this community of faith.
The next time your congregation is invited to attend worship [inside the walls], I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity because you never know what surprises and blessings there might be for you and the men who are gathered there. God is at work indeed in the hearts and lives of those who have been lost but are now found.
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It is passing strange to think that growing your own food in your own garden can be considered a subversive act! How did we come to this state, especially in the developed world, but also many cities in the developed world, that we are so alienated from the food on our own tables? Roger Doiron (see his TEDx talk below), founder of Kitchen Gardens International is correct though, in asserting that in our current industrialized global food production system, growing your own fruits and vegetables in your yard or balcony garden has become a subversive act. Because in doing so, we can take back some of the power over our own foods and lives that we have ceded to multinational corporations who control most aspects of global food production now: the policies, the money, much of the land, and the means of food production.
It is remarkable that we have lost power over something so fundamental as the food we must consume daily to survive. It was a mere 10,000 years or so ago that we invented agriculture, a huge step in humanity's gaining power and control over our foods, and therefore our lives, by freeing ourselves from the vagaries of nature. That initial revolution fueled much of the growth of civilization and has brought us to where we are now – heavily dependent upon the industrial food production and supply system, and often with very little control over the quality of what we can put on our plates or how it is produced, or at what environmental and social costs. Yet this is one area where it should not be too hard for most of us to take back some of this power, some of the means of production: by growing our own little subversive garden plots! Doiron explains how we can do this and what we stand to gain through this subversion:
Hard to think of a downside to this, isn't it? We need not stop with just our own little gardens in the small bits of urban space we may control – we can, and must, also work collectively to subvert public spaces towards food production, converting vacant lots and even lawns in public parks into edible landscapes that can feed the thousands of urban dwellers who may not have the space or the means to grow their own gardens. The city of Irvine in southern California (yes, the city in conservative Orange County) has done just that: opened up some effectively vacant land to growing vegetables, which apparently feed up to 200,000 people! Here's a video tour:
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To put it in terms of the activist metaphor of the moment, gardening for food is an effective way to occupy the global food system, begin to wrest it back from the corporations (even though they still control it through the sales of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and all the other paraphernalia that goes with gardening) – while simultaneously improving our health and building community. In the process, we may even begin to help heal some of the wounds we have caused in natural ecosystems, and restore some parts of local biodiversity, as is being shown by recent work on the ecology of urban gardens.
So – how would you like a little healthy homegrown subversion on your dinner plate? Give me a double helping, please!


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Still on the diet and still only 161 pounds I dusted down the old Cycleops and prepared to do the CTS field test for the year. Bearing in mind, cycling has been extremely limited since the PBP, training for the year has commenced.
I had a Gu before starting the warm up which consisted of ten minutes easy pedalling and then high tempo and easy pedalling one minute/ 2 minute intervals. After the warm up comes 8 minutes of sustained pedalling trying to maximise power output but keeping cadence above 90 rpm. I started off in gear 8 but in under a minute I realised I was not going to sustain that pace and dropped a gear to 9. Again, rpm started dropping so a changed down gears one more notch to 10. I kept at this level but my power dropped. I stayed around the 90 rpm with the occasional dip below followed by a concerted effort to climb back up. The 8 minutes couldn't finish soon enough.
Then ten minutes of easy pedalling enjoying another Gu in the middle of it. After the ten minutes were up, another power interval of 8 minutes. I started at gear 9 but could not sustain that beyond 3 minutes and I dropped to level 10. I kept that for the remainder of the interval but it was tough. I dug deep but I could feel the energy draining. I was running on empty for a lot of the interval. Finally it came to an end and I finished up with 15 minutes of easy pedalling.
I had been expecting it to be tough but not that tough. When I downloaded the data to the Mac, I found the last CTS field test I did and saw that my average power had dropped by 29 watts. Interestingly, my average heart rate was the same. This means my CTS sessions will be less demanding initially but I shall be aiming to do another field test in 4 weeks. I think I have one month of the diet left and hopefully I'll have lost the seven expected pounds so I can weigh in a 154 lbs. I am currently at my lowest weight for a long, long time but it feels like the 160 barrier has been threatening to be broken since before Xmas. Too many days off since then requires a concerted effort to reach my weight goal.
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The Sawdust Art and Festival is home to wonderful pieces of artworks, none of which, sadly, are made of sawdust.
Instead, it is an art festival held between June 3 to Sept 30 and every weekend between Nov. 19 through Dec. 18. Established in 1965, it was the brainchild of a group of hippie-like artists who were disillusioned by the Laguna Beach Festival of Arts. Hoping to remove themselves from the establishment, they formed the only non-juried art festival in Laguna Beach. Though initial attendance was sparse and there were brief incidents with religious preachers, the festival is now attended by more than 200,000 visitors a year.
This year, more than 250 local and non-local artists who work with all mediums will display their winter fantasy-themed creations to the public, showing the nature of their craft with demonstrations and workshops. These hands-on workshops will be available to all ages, including children, who will have the opportunity to utilize their creativity in a children's art booth. Additionally, there will be various outdoor cafes selling food and beverages within earshot of various live performances.
Though it was mocked as "The Rejects Festival" by critics when it had first opened, it has established itself as part of the community — its permanent site is home to year-round classes, including screen printing, glass blowing, water coloring, soldiering, silk painting and jewelry-making, available to everyone from beginners to professionals.
While a day with sawdust may make a mess at home, a day at the Sawdust Art Festival is sure to be a good experience for all attendees. Tickets for attendees above 12 are $8 and for children under 12 are $4.
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2017: Played in nine games, starting eight. ... Great Danes' third-leading receiver with 25 catches for 243 yards and a touchdown. ... Had multiple catches in eight games. ... Caught a season-high five passes for 43 yards against Villanova (Sept. 23). ... Caught a 7-yard TD pass at Stony Brook (Nov. 4).
2016: Ended season early due to injury... Started first game vs. Buffalo, recording a 35-yard reception in the victory (9/2).
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2014: Played in all 12 games … Totaled 26 receptions for 448 yards and two touchdowns … Recorded two receptions for a season-high 84 yards, including the team's season-long reception of 57 yards vs. James Madison (Oct. 4) … Made a 44-yard touchdown grab vs. Columbia (Sept. 27), marking his first career touchdown … Logged a season-high five receptions for 79 yards vs. Richmond (Oct. 11) … Recorded four receptions for 60 yards, including a nine-yard touchdown catch at UNH (Nov. 1) … Also had four catches vs. Colgate (Oct. 25) and Villanova (Nov. 15).
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three varsity football letters … Made 28 receptions for a total of 704 yards and six touchdowns as a senior … Team captain.
PERSONAL: Son of Kay and Earnest Harris III … Has one brother, Ernie IV, and one sister, Noel … Plans to major in criminal justice.


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I love my personal-sized filofax... although I haven't posted about it here because it's constantly evolving. I have a day on 2 pages Day Timer Flavia insert for the current week, which gets changed out every Sunday, so the old week gets moved out and the new one gets moved in, and I have a Day Timer week on 2 pages Flavia insert for forward planning, that stays permanently in my filofax. But I struggle to plan which university work to do when on these sheets. Last September I bought this academic year's Dodopad insert for my A5 filofax, which is brilliant, and it works for me (although I can't use Dodopad for normal planning/organisation of my time, I use it well for organising when to do which piece of homework). Because the dodopad is so good for me, I want to use it all the time, but I don't want to have to take my A5 filofax everywhere with me. I need to use it in my personal-sized filofax.
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Law School Discussion
Applying to Law School => Law School Admissions => Topic started by: jeb on May 20, 2002, 04:49:03 AM
2 beginner questions
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May 20, 2002, 04:49:03 AM
I'm looking to apply to law school this fall and I have 2 questions with which I'd like help.
1. When does the application process begin for most top tier schools? Most of their websites haven't been updated for Fall 2003 yet.
2. What schools do I really stand a chance of getting into? I have a fairly low GPA (2.9) from an Ivy in engineering. I did well on my LSAT however (170). Should I be looking at second tier schools, mid top or concentrating on applying to all of the top 15?
Thanks for any and all help,
Re: 2 beginner questions
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May 31, 2002, 12:31:49 PM
Hi Jeb,
Law schools tend to use "rolling admissions" which basically means that the earlier you apply, the better your chances. So you've got the right idea when you ask "how early is early?". A good goal is Thanksgiving. I think most of the schools have a "first day" that they will accept applications, maybe in October? You'll have to keep checking the schools' websites to find out exactly when they will accept applications. Sign up to get the little brochures from all the schools that you're interested in. They sometimes explain more than the websites and they're nice to look at.
The trick to getting applications done fast is to make sure to get the ball rolling on your letters of rec., transcripts, etc., as soon as possible. You can always stay up all night filling in the blanks, but you can't force your professors to write those letters. Look at last year's application and make sure you have everything you need, next year's won't be too different. Get started on your personal statement, it can take a while.
As far as chances go, there is a website that tells you the odds based on last year's applicants' numbers. I found it once for someone on this board and I don't have time to look for it right now, but it's on the lsac.org website (read some older posts if you want to find the link). Bear in mind that times are changing and last year's odds might not reflect next year's odds. The class of 2005 will likely be much more competitive than 2004, but 2006... its up to you to speculate. Apply to a range of schools and keep in mind that anything can happen. I think a lot of people this year were surprised that they didn't get in to schools where they had comparitively high numbers, they were competing against a much larger applicant pool and everyone was better qualified.
Re: 2 beginner questions
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Steve R,
June 03, 2002, 01:31:57 AM
Here is the address where you can check you chances of being admitted based on last year's numbers:
Hope this helps.
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Selected publications (below) from the core investigators of the center reflect the wide range of the center's research capacity:
Laiteerapong N, Fairchild PC, Chou CH, Chin MH, Huang ES. Revisiting Disparities in Quality of Care Among US Adults With Diabetes in the Era of Individualized Care, NHANES 2007-2010. Med Care. 2015 Jan; 53(1):25-31.
- Laiteerapong N, Huang ES. The Pace of Change in Medical Practice and Health Policy: Collision or Coexistence? J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Jan 22.
- Grant RW, Huang ES, Wexler DJ, Laiteerapong N, Warton ME, Moffet HH, Karter AJ. Patients who self-monitor blood glucose and their unused testing results. American Journal of Managed Care. 2015 Feb 1; 21(2);e119-29.
- Karter AJ, Laiteerapong N, Chin MH, Moffet HH, Parker MM, Sudore R, Adams AS, Schillinger D, Adler NS, Whitmer RA, Piette JD, Huang ES. Ethnic Differences in Geriatric Conditions and Diabetes Complications Among Older, Insured Adults With Diabetes: The Diabetes and Aging Study. J Aging Health. 2015 Feb 5.
- Jain RK, Laiteerapong N. Strategies for Improving Cardiovascular Health in Women with Diabetes Mellitus: a Review of the Evidence. Current Diabetes Reports. 2015 November.
- Validating the Dasymetric Areal Interpolation Method to Inform Health Policy (Oral Presentation)
Chieko Maene, MS, MLIS, Roderick Jones, PhD, MPH, Emily Laflamme, MPH, Adam Pah, PhD, Nyahne Bergeron, MPH, Elbert S. Huang, MD, MPH and Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH https://apha.confex.com/apha/143am/webprogram/Paper332404.html
4310.0 Geospatial Epidemiology and Public Health
Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m
- Community Fitness Passport Program: A culturally-tailored model for health promotion programming in population health management (Poster Presentation)
Nyahne Bergeron, MPH, Yue Gao, MPH, Daniel Rowell, BA and Monica E. Peek, MD, MPH
5022.2 Population Approaches to Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Wednesday, November 4, 2015: 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- Nocon RS, Gao Y, Gunter KE, Jin J, Casalino LP, Quinn MT, Derrett S, Summerfelt WT, Huang ES, Lee SM, Chin MH. Associations between Medical Home Characteristics and Support for Patient Activation in the Safety Net: Understanding Differences by Race, Ethnicity, and Health Status. Medical Care. 2014; 52(11 s4): s48-55.
- Burnet D, Gunter KE, Nocon RS, Gao Y, Jin J, Fairchild P, Chin MH. Medical Home Characteristics and the Pediatric Patient Experience. Medical Care. 2014; 52(11 s4): s56-63.
- Derrett S, Gunter KE, Nocon RS, Quinn MT, Coleman K, Daniel D, Wagner EH, Chin MH. How Three Rural Safety Net Clinics Integrate Care for Patients: A Qualitative Case Study. Medical Care. 2014; 52(11 s4): s39-47.
- Nundy S, Lu CE, Hogan P, Mishra A, Peek ME. Using Patient-Generated Health Data From Mobile Technologies For Diabetes Self-Management Support: Provider Perspectives from an Academic Medical Center. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 2014; 8(1):74-82.
- Nundy S, Dick JJ, Chou CH, Nocon RS, Chin MH, Peek ME. Mobile phone diabetes project led to improved glycemic control and net savings for Chicago plan participants. Health Affairs (Millwood). 2014;33(2):265-72. PMCID: PMC4034376
- Clark BL, Hou J, Chou CH, Huang ES, Conti RM. The 340B discount program: outpatient prescription dispensing patterns through contract pharmacies in 2012. Health Affairs (Millwood). 2014;33(11):2012-7.
- Baig AA, Locklin C, Foley E, Ewigman B, Meltzer DO, Huang ES. The Association of English Ability and Glycemic Control among Latinos with Diabetes. Ethn Dis. 2014; 24(1):28-34.
- Laiteerapong N, Kirby J, Gao Y, Yu T, Sharma R, Nocon R, Lee SM, Chin MH, Nathan AG, Ngo-Metzger Q, Huang ES. Health Care Utilization and Receipt of Preventive Care for Patients Seen at Federally Funded Health Centers Compared to Other Sites of Primary Care. Health Services Research. 2014; 10.1111/1475-6773.12178.
- Mayeda ER, Karter AJ, Huang ES, Moffet HH, Haan MN, Whitmer RA. Racial/ethnic differences in dementia risk among older type 2 diabetes patients: The Diabetes and Aging Study. Diabetes Care. 2014; 37(4):1009-15.
- Huang ES, Laiteerapong N, Liu JY, John PM, Moffet HM, Karter, AJ. Rates of Complications and Mortality in Older Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: The Diabetes and Aging Study. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2014; 174(2); 251-258.
- Young GH, Rickles NM, Chou CH, Raver E. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Enrollees Appear to Influence Performance Scores for Medicare Part D Contractors. Health Affairs. 2014; 33(1); 140-146.
- Chou CH, Tulolo A, Raver EW, Hsu CH, Young GJ. Effect of race and health insurance on health disparities: Results from the National Health Interview Survey 2010. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2013; 24 (3); 1353-1363. PMID: 23974404.
- Huang ES, John PM, Liu J, Moffet HH, Laiteerapong N, Karter AJ. Contemporary rates of complications and mortality in older diabetes patients: The Diabetes & Aging Study. JAMA Intern Med.July 2013.
- Gören JL, Meterko M, Williams S, Young GJ, Baker E, Chou CH, Kilbourne AM, Bauer MS. Antipsychotic prescribing pathways, polypharmacy and clozapine use in treatment of schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services. 2013; 64(6): 527-33.
- Peek ME, Gorawara-Bhat R, Quinn MT, Young AO, Wilson SC, Chin MH. Trust and shared decision-making among African-Americans with diabetes. Health Commun. 2013;28(6):616-23.
- Lee S, Karter AJ, Thai JN, Van Den Eeden S, Huang ES. Glycemic control and urinary incontinence in older women with diabetes. Journal of Women's Health. 2013; 22(12):1049-55.
- Laiteerapong, N, John PM, Nathan A, Huang ES. Public Health Implications of Recommendations to Individualize Glycemic Targets. Diabetes Care. 2013;36(1):84-9.
- Peek ME, Kim K, Johnson J, Vela M. 'URM candidates are encouraged to apply': A national study of U.S. medical schools to identify effective strategies to enhance racial/ethnic diversity in academic medicine. Acad Med. 2013; 88(3):405-12.
- Young GJ, Chou CH, Alexander JA, Lee SY, Raver E. Provision of community benefits by tax-exempt U.S. hospitals. New England Journal of Medicine. 2013; 368(16):1519-27.
- Huang ES, Finegold K. Seven million americans live in areas where demand for primary care may exceed supply by more than 10 percent. Health Affairs. 2013; 32:3614-621.
- Laiteerapong N, Karter AJ, John PM, Schillinger D, Moffet HH, Liu JY, Adler N, Chin MH, Huang ES. Ethnic differences in quality of life in insured older adults with diabetes mellitus in an integrated delivery system. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2013; 61(7):1103-10.
- Baig AA, Locklin CA, Foley E, Ewigman B, Meltzer DO, Huang ES. The Association of English Ability and Glycemic Control among Latinos with Diabetes. In press at Ethnicity and Disease.
- Stutz M, Baig AA. International Examples of Undocumented Immigration and the ACA. J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Apr 4. Epub ahead of print.
- Baig AA, Locklin C, Campbell A, Schaefer C, Heurer L, Solomon M, Quinn M, Vargas J, Burnet D, Chin MH. Community Health Center Access to Resources for their Patients with Diabetes. J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of print]
- Laiteerapong N, John PM, Meltzer DO, Huang ES. Impact of delaying blood pressure control in patients with type-2 diabetes: results of a decision analysis. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2012; 27(6):640-6.
- Baig AA, Locklin CA, Wilkes AE, Oborski DD, Acevedo JC, Gorawara-Bhat R, Quinn MT, Burnet DL, Chin MH. "One Can Learn From Other People's Experiences": Latino Adults' Preferences for Peer-Based Diabetes Interventions. Diabetes Educ. Diabetes Educ. 2012;Sep-Oct;38(5):733-41.
- Laiteerapong N, Iveniuk J, John PM, Laumann EO, Huang ES. Classifying older adults with diabetes in the United States by comorbid diseases. Prev Chronic Dis. 2012;9:E100.
- Nocon RS, Sharma R, Birnberg JM, Ngo-Metzger Q, Lee SM, Chin MH. Association between patient-centered medical home rating and operating cost at federally funded health centers. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2012; 308(1):60-66.
- Peek ME, Wilson SC, Bussey-Jones J, Lypson ML, Cordasco K, Jacobs EA, Bright C, Brown AF. A Study of National Physician Organizations' Efforts to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the U.S. Acad Med. 2012;87(6):694-700.
- Baig AA, Locklin CA, Wilkes AE, Oborski DD, Acevedo JC, Gorawara-Bhat R, Quinn MT, Burnet DL, Chin MH. Integrating Diabetes Self-Management Interventions for Mexican-Americans into the Catholic Church Setting. J Relig Health. 2012 Apr 24. [Epub ahead of print]
- Baig AA, Ryan GW, Rodriguez MA. Provider barriers and facilitators to screening for intimate partner violence in Bogotá, Colombia. Health Care Women Int. 2012 Mar;33(3):250-61.
- Laiteerapong N, Karter AJ, Liu JY, Moffet HH, Sudore R, Schillinger D, John PM, Huang ES. Correlates of quality of life in older adults with diabetes: The Diabetes & Aging Study. Diabetes Care. 2011; 34(8):1749-53.
- Laiteerapong N, Naylor KB, Yang VL, Keh CE, Vinci LM, Oyler JL, Arora VM. A resident-led quality improvement initiative to improve obesity screening. Am J Med Qual 2011. 26(4):315-22.
- Peek ME, Nunez-Smith M, Drum M, Lewis TA. Adapting the Everyday Discrimination Scale to Medical Settings: Reliability and Validity Testing in a Sample of African-American Patients. Ethn Dis. 2011;21(4):502-9.
- Burnet DL, Plaut AJ, Wolf SA, Huo D, Solomon MC, Dekayie G, Quinn MT, Lipton R, Chin MH. Reach-Out: pilot study of a family-based diabetes prevention program for African American youth. J Nat Med Assoc 2011; 103:269-277.
- Peek ME, Tang H, Cargill A, Chin MH. Are there racial differences in patients' shared decision-making preferences and behaviors among patients with diabetes? Medical Decision Making. 2011;31(3):422 – 431.
- Greeley SAW, John P, Winn A, Ornelas J, Lipton RB, Bell GI, Philipson LH, Huang ES. The cost-effectiveness of personalized genetic medicine: the case of genetic testing in neonatal diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2011; 34:622-627.
- Laiteerapong N, Huang ES, Chin MH. Prioritization of care in adults with diabetes and comorbidity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2011; 1243(1):69-87.
- Huang ES, Liu JY, Moffet HH, John PM, Karter AJ. Glycemic Control, Complications, and Death in Older Diabetic Patients: The Diabetes & Aging Study. Diabetes Care. 2011; 34(6):1329-1336.
- Monay V, Mangione CM, Sorrell A, Baig AA. "A Description of Services Deliver by Faith-Based Community Nurses to Individuals with Elevated Blood Pressure." Public Health Nurs. 2010 Nov-Dec;27(6):537-43.
- Chou CH, Reed SD, Allsbrook JS, Steele JL, Schulman KA, Alexander MJ. Costs of vasospasm in patients with aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurosurgery. 2010; 67(2): 345-52.
- Huang ES, Karter AJ, Danielson KK, Warton M, Ahmed AT. The association between the number of prescription medications and incident falls in a multi-ethnic population of adult type 2 diabetes patients: the Diabetes and Aging Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2010; 25(2): 141-146.
- Tartaglia K, Press VG, Freed B, Baker T, Tang JW, Kleczek J, Laiteerapong N, Schwartz M, Arora VM. The Neighborhood Health Exchange: developing a community partnership in residency. J Grad Med Educ 2010; 2(3): 456-461.
- Huang ES, O'Grady M, Basu A, Winn A, John P, Lee J, Meltzer DO. The cost-effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2010; 33(6): 1269-1274.
- Baig AA, Wilkes A, Davis, A, Peek M, Huang E, Bell D, Chin M. "Reducing Racial Disparities in Diabetes Using QI and HIT Approaches." Med Care Res Rev.2010 Oct;67(5 Suppl):163S-197S.
- Baig AA, Escarce JJ. "Diagnosing Diabetes in Disadvantaged Populations: The Role of Social Networks." J Health Serv Res Policy. 2010 Oct;15(4):223-8
- Laiteerapong N, Huang ES. Health care reform and chronic diseases: Anticipating the health consequences. JAMA 2010;304(8):899-900.
- Baig AA, Mangione CM, Sorrell A, Miranda J. "A Randomized Intervention Trial Assessing the Benefit of Church-based Nurse Referrals versus Telephone-assisted Physician Appointments on Systolic Blood Pressure For Health Fair Participants." Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2010:25(7):701-9.
- Huang ES, John P, Munshi MA. Multidisciplinary approach for the treatment of diabetes in the elderly. Aging Health. 2009; 5(2): 207-216.
- Tang JW, Freed B, Baker T, Kleczek J, Tartaglia K, Laiteerapong N, Press VG, Schwartz M, Arora VM. Internal medicine residents' comfort with and frequency of providing dietary counseling to diabetic patients. J Gen Intern Med 2009;24(10):1140-3.
- Huang ES, Basu A, O'Grady M, Capretta J. Projecting the future diabetes population size and related costs for the United States. Diabetes Care. 2009; 32:2225-2229.
- Huang ES, Basu A, O'Grady MJ, Capretta J. Using clinical information to project federal health care spending: how Congress could use a diabetes spending projection model to help inform budget decisions. Health Affairs. 2009; 28(5):w978–90.
- Peek ME, Wilson SC, Gorawara-Bhat R, Quinn MT, Odoms-Young A, Chin MH. Barriers and facilitators to Shared Decision-Making among African-Americans with Diabetes. J Gen Intern Med. 2009; 24:1135-9.
- Diana MA, Chou CH, Hammill BG, Graham FL, Schulman KA, Telen MJ, Reed SD. Outcomes of inpatients with and without sickle cell disease after high-volume surgical procedures. American Journal of Hematology. 2009; 84(11).
- Huang ES, Brown SES, Thakur N, Carlisle L, Foley EC, Ewigman BG, Meltzer DO. Racial/ethnic differences in concerns about current and future medications among patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2009; 32(2):311-6.
- Huang ES, Gandra N, Zhang Q, Chin MH, Meltzer DO. The effect of functional status and comorbid illness on the expected benefits of intensive glucose control in older people with type 2 diabetes: a decision analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2008; 149(1): 11-19.
- Burnet D, Plaut A, Ossowski K, Ahmad A, Quinn M, Radovick S, Chin MH. Community and family perspectives on addressing overweight in African-American youth. J Gen Intern Med 2008; 23:175-179.
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Mountie Barry Kennedy on Policing and Life
By Art Martens
Sitting at our kitchen table last week, I asked Sergeant Barry Kennedy if he has ever needed to draw his gun in a dangerous situation. "Yes," he said, "I had been a Mountie only 6 months the first time. I was trying to handcuff a guy. He pulled a knife and slashed at me. Fortunately the knife caught only my clothes. He settled down when I pulled the gun."
He already wanted to be a police officer at age 10. Unlike most of us, he never let go of his boyhood dream. "My parents were very clear about right and wrong," he said. "That influenced me."
"I was only 140 pounds when I entered the RCMP training depot in Regina," he remembers. "Most recruits come out lighter than when they went in. I weighed 160." He now sports the sturdy frame of a stevedore at the Vancouver docks and seems at ease in his role of Detachment Commander in Princeton.
He welcomes change and has enjoyed a varied career in policing. In North Vancouver he was police liaison officer for 8 schools. "At first the students didn't want to talk to me," he said smiling. "By the end of the year they were saving a seat for me in the cafeteria at lunch time. In the malls they'd come up to me to chat."
Sergeant Kennedy enjoys horses and for 8 successive years he applied for a position in the RCMP Musical Ride. Only 12 officers are chosen each year and there are usually about 400 applications. Finally he was selected and he loved it.
"We were away a lot from May to November. I participated in events in Switzerland, England, the U.S. and Canada. It was an opportunity to meet people from a variety of cultures and ethnic backgrounds. We found a common ground with them."
I asked what role cannabis and other drugs play in policing. "A lot of crime is associated with marijuana," he replied. "Bullying and theft are a couple of examples. People not involved don't face the same issues." In regard to the drug house in Hedley which people are unhappy about he said, "to get a search warrant, we need to show the court there is repeated use of a drug. High traffic flow would be of interest to us." He welcomes information supplied by the community. The Mounties have a Regional Unit that comes out on request, when it has time, to assist with difficult situations.
Although he says, "I've always wanted to get the bad guys," there is a decided community emphasis in his thinking and actions. He has a longstanding interest in hockey and has played goalie at the major junior level. He refs Princeton Posse games and instructs in the rules.
"I encourage officers to participate in the life of local communities," he said. He cited the example of Corporal Chad Parsons being in the colour guard at a 100 year anniversary event in Hedley recently. "Community involvement and service is the legacy I want us to leave," he said.
When I asked what has surprised him in policing, he answered, "I'm surprised at the way the media blame the RCMP for everything." On a more positive note he said, "there is a lot of good that happens. Not everyone agrees with everything we do, but I get meaning from doing what is right for most people."
The message he likes to give is "this is your community. It will become whatever you allow. Parties on your street every night, fights, drugs, etc. If you see something that seems suspicious or wrong, call us."
The Princeton Detachment has only 7 officers to police an enormous geographic area that ranges from Nickel Plate Rd. east of Hedley to Manning Park. For a Mountie on patrol in an isolated area it can be especially dangerous. On one such occasion in 2013, Sergeant Kennedy pulled over a vehicle and the driver exited brandishing a rifle. "If he had pointed it at me, I'd have had to shoot," he said. For his wife and 4 children such incidents must be unnerving.
The next time we are annoyed at seeing those flashing lights appear unexpectedly behind us, we could remind ourselves that the Mountie in that cruiser has probably faced life threatening situations while protecting us.
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The Ken towel range from Safari Living - bold multi-coloured with black and white stripe reverse and soft woven banding. The bath mat (top) is a super thick pure cotton - made in Italy.
So you ALL KNOW how much I love Safari Living... Melbourne's gorgeous little corner store design Mecca in High st, Prahran East? It is truly the most delectable, perfectly edited range of local and internationally sourced homewares and textiles under one roof... well worth a trip over the river if you're a Northsider like me! (I posted some pics of the store back here...) BUT if you aren't close by, don't forget that you can now SHOP ONLINE with Safari Living!
Yessirree. The internet just got way more interesting - and dangerous! :)
Do pop over and check out the online store, and show your support for this brilliant local retailer! Safari's owner Felicity is just the loveliest lady and has been so supportive of The Design Files since we met last year... and today I am very pleased to welcome Safari Living as my newest site sponsor!
You might remember that Felicity was generous enough to offer one of her gorgeous Missoni Towels for my Christmas giveaway... and guess what... TODAY she's offering a stunning Missoni 'Ken' Bath Mat (60 x 90cm), and 2 x matching hand towels (40 x 70cm) for one lucky reader!
Oh my! Are they not the most beautiful, lush bathroom towels you have ever SEEN?!
Please leave a comment here before midnight tonight (Tuesday) to be in the running. The winner will be selected at random and will be announced here tomorrow!
Huge thanks to all the lovely ladies at Safari (Felicity, Belinda, Natalie!) for this wonderful prize! Such loveliness. x
Please note the competition how now closed! Thanks so much for all your entries and stay tuned tomorrow for the winner announcement!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Safari Living Online Store - and Missoni Giveaway!
The Ken towel range from Safari Living - bold multi-coloured with black and white stripe reverse and soft woven banding. The bath mat (top) is a super thick pure cotton - made in Italy.
184 comments:
ohh yes please!ReplyDelete
- nina mcmahonMarch 16, 2010 at 7:20 AM
hey miss lucy,ReplyDelete
I would like to enter your draw please.
Would love to grace my bathroom with divine Missoni goodies. YAY please enter me. xReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 7:29 AM
We love the online store but the shop just makes me swoon. I feel transported to a dream state walking in there. Ahhhh.My credit card used to benefit from being across town but what to do now only a few clicks away?ReplyDelete
Oh Lucy, how is it that your giveaways just keep getting better and better?! I'd love to be in the draw - thank you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 7:44 AM
I often buy the small Missoni towels as wedding gifts as they are so damn reasonable for something so gorgeous. Great to know I can now buy them online (alhtough I never miss an opportunity to visit the beautiful store)ReplyDelete
Oh my, I luuuuv Missoni!! Please pick me, pick me! D*ReplyDelete
Me too, please and thank you!ReplyDelete
I have the smallest, dullest bathroom in the world...for the moment! Would looooove some Missoni magic to brighten it up.ReplyDelete
What a great shop! Very excited to discover something new - I love the 'blah blah blah' cushion.ReplyDelete
Cute :)ReplyDelete
Please enter me in the draw.
Great to hear about south side creative businesses for us that live over this way! Cheers, Shelley PantonReplyDelete
I adore your blog. I discovered you when you covered my niece Victoria's apartment. I subscribed, and reading your blog is like my morning treat; delightful things, design pleasures of Melbourne, wonderful tidbits. It's a lovely way to start the day. ThanksReplyDelete
The missoni colour range is my favourite - our bathmat is so boring and worn, a new one would make an absolute world of difference!ReplyDelete
Enter me in the draw please! x
What a stunning range & great shop.ReplyDelete
I also LOVE Safari.. it's so important to support all the wonderful smaller shops in Melbourne. Well done Design Files xReplyDelete
- MirandaMarch 16, 2010 at 8:18 AM
I would love to win the Missoni!ReplyDelete
I am on a misson to inject some colour into my home. I have a very neutral pallet, which is calming an serene. I am currently saving for some thonet bentwood chairs in bright yellow. The Missoni towels are just what my bathroom needsReplyDelete
What a fabulous giveaway Lucy! Gorgeous.ReplyDelete
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Ooh lovely! They're so very much too pretty to use in my bathroom though! But I will. Don't worry, I will use them.ReplyDelete
So beautiful, love Missoni. We need a Safari north of the river!ReplyDelete
Ah Safari, my favorite shop in the whole wide world and for years a good neighbor (living a few doors down was a bit expensive). Glad to hear there is finally an online retail space. As a few comments here have already sujested, Missoni hand towels make the BEST wedding gifts. YAY!ReplyDelete
lovely. what a great giveaway. so much inspiration on your blog. thank youReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 8:38 AM
OMG - I'd love to have this gorgeous prize. Just what my bathroom needs for a lift!ReplyDelete
Lorena M
my husband gave me a missoni hand towel for my birthday on Sunday but there is always room for more at our place! JXReplyDelete
i LOVE MISSONI!!ReplyDelete
these are so pretty..
ooohh perfect colours...ReplyDelete
thank you
Cooo-eee can you hear me calling your name from across the Bass Strait? My house needs Missoni! Pretty please?ReplyDelete
Dangerous indeed! i am a northsider too and have been meaning to get to the Safari store ever since i was told about it when i visited the Missoni store in Sydney. I will still need to make the effort to get to the store though - it looks beautiful!ReplyDelete
Oh my... Those towels and bathmat are just stunning! How they wouldn't finish off my freshly painted bathroom beautifully!ReplyDelete
Oh goodness, this comp is the ONLY way I could ever get my hot little hands onto some lush Missoni gear ;) xReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 8:54 AM
OMG, love themReplyDelete
enter me in the draw, yes please!
- Little LambMarch 16, 2010 at 8:54 AM
Safari Living is the first place I go to if I want to reward myself with something special! Missoni textiles, Dibbern porcelain and the leather bags and bangles are my favourite things.ReplyDelete
How lovely, yes please!ReplyDelete
mmmmmm misssoni- bathroom heaven!!!ReplyDelete
I'd love to win those towels! I'd have to try save them as a pressie for the new house we're building though. I've sworn not to buy any new homeware until we move in :)ReplyDelete
Would love to throw my hat in the ring for some Missoni loveliness. Thanks also for the fabulous blog Lucy - best part of my morning!ReplyDelete
I'd love these in our bathroom!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the offer, Lucy.
I got lost in that shop, I nearly grew a beard!ReplyDelete
ooh goodness! i would love to win this. would be the perfect gift for my missoni-obsessed housemate who totally deserves something as gorgeous as this. thanks design files!ReplyDelete
- MikhaelaMarch 16, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Pick me!ReplyDelete
Ooooh, I've just moved in down the road from this gorgeous store - Missoni mat and hand towels would look fab in my all white bathroom!ReplyDelete
Nothing brightens my day than a Missoni giveaway! I'm already onto the Safari online store!ReplyDelete
Oh I love safari living!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Hi LucyReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance to enter in the competion. Keep up the good work. I enjoying reading your blog it keeps me in touch with the world from my desk. Jane
Oh my! I love safari living!ReplyDelete
Oh they're lovely! please do enter me in the draw!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:11 AM
Oh Design Files! How torn i am between wanting everyone to know about you...and keeping your design discoveries just for myself!ReplyDelete
Have never owned anything Missoni...what i wouldn't give!
wowsers, yes please! So lovely. (PS your blog is awesome) xReplyDelete
The one Missoni hand towel I have is so beautiful - but oh so lonely!!ReplyDelete
Good luck, me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Would love to win something. Love your blog lucy, it ckeeps me in touch with the world out there.ReplyDelete
Regards Jane
OMG OMG ...symeebeautiful!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:25 AM
have always loved the rangeReplyDelete
Lucy Lucy, over here, pick me, pick me!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:25 AM
Missoni towels would certainly brighten my day. I dream of Safari Living........ Enter me in the draw please!ReplyDelete
Kate :-)
oh love it!ReplyDelete
my fingers crossed....
LOVE Missoni!!ReplyDelete
Those stripes would brighten and warm even the coldest bathroom tiles in the middle of winter!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:33 AM
Sweet - this set rocks.ReplyDelete
wow o wow!ReplyDelete
Cool giveaway!
These are so beautiful, what a generous giveaway! Please enter me in the draw :)ReplyDelete
Oh these feed my zebra fetish.. love them.ReplyDelete
Please put my name in the hat!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:38 AM
How could I not leave a comment when the word verification is 'ovulate'. Thank you again Lucy.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:40 AM
oooh pick me!ReplyDelete
Count me in! Would never miss a Missoni giveaway. YUMReplyDelete
Gosh, are you kidding? I would love a bit of Missoni in my life!ReplyDelete
- Madeleine HinchyMarch 16, 2010 at 9:45 AM
I spent yesterday redying the black Missoni bathmat that my mum spilt bleach on last week in a cleaning disaster. I think considering the bathmat has had such a tough week it would really appreciate some new friends, particularly ones as attractive as Ken. Not that the bathmat is shallow but it does tend to like to stick to hanging around with textiles of a similar background. They compliment each other!ReplyDelete
Mee too mee too!!!! WE lilkey!ReplyDelete
love missoni - and have added safari living to my list of 'when next in melbourne...' ideas.ReplyDelete
It is very dangerous news to hear Safari Living is available online... love the extensive collection - gorgeous, thank you!ReplyDelete
Oooh I would love to win these! Pick me :-DReplyDelete
My little girl Claudia turns two today and would love a new bathmat and hand towels. She chucked the last bathmat into the toilet bowl and tried to flush it away.ReplyDelete
Too beautiful! I would really love to start the day using these;)ReplyDelete
Okay Lucy here's the deal. I just sold my house. Which means I need to buy a new one. Which means I need to FURNISH a new one. Which means I am happy to base the entirety of said furnishing around the gorgeous Missoni stripe!ReplyDelete
And hereby solemnly swear to send you the photos. Haha.
Hi Divine Design Files,ReplyDelete
Please wrap me in a Missoni towel !
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Wow, they're lovely. Count me in!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 10:01 AM
I would love to enter the draw for the Missoni pack!ReplyDelete
Have been obsessed with Missoni for years... if i could fill my house with everything Missoni, i would definitely try! :) Who could go passed those bath robes as well!!
Lucy, if I win I'll give you 20 back rubs.ReplyDelete
Things to note:
> My back rubs are awesome.
> I don't support bribes *cough*
x dana
Yes yes yes I would definitely like (need) a new bathmat. Enter me in the draw if you will!ReplyDelete
Count me in! Those bath mats look wonderful.ReplyDelete
Ok this got my attention! I think my Missoni towels need updating - pick me pick me!!ReplyDelete
- sassysalterMarch 16, 2010 at 10:18 AM
I am OBSESSED with homewares and LOVE your blog. I've always wanted Missoni towels but could never justify it to my husband who just doesn't understand the need for these beautiful goodies! Please enter me in the competition.ReplyDelete
Please add some lovely colour to my white bathroom!ReplyDelete
- BronwynMarch 16, 2010 at 10:22 AM
....what more can I say!ReplyDelete
- Louisa GMarch 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- peanutmamaMarch 16, 2010 at 10:24 AM
Missoni forever...I love this store. I would die for one of these...ReplyDelete
- Amanda FrielsMarch 16, 2010 at 10:25 AM
oh yes please lucy, i would loove some missoni in my bathroom xx xxReplyDelete
danger,,, danger,,, online shoppingReplyDelete
Rich colours
I'd love them...
(thanks for the fantastic blog too)
hey lucy!ReplyDelete
fingers crossed!!
So gorgeously stunning and just as life should be... I would love to start my day that way!ReplyDelete
oooh, yes please, yes please! I would love to go in the draw :)ReplyDelete
I found Safari Living on a trip to Melbourne about a year ago and lamented that they didn't have a Sydney outlet. It's great to hear they're online now! Please count me in on the draw.....ReplyDelete
They are gorgeous towels - I'd LOVE to win those!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous online store, can't wait to visit in person. Please enter me in this fab draw!ReplyDelete
- Lauren BugdenMarch 16, 2010 at 10:59 AM
Please randomly pick me - missoni products are the ultimate in luxury - Thanks - Lauren :-)ReplyDelete
yes yes!ReplyDelete
they are so pretty! and cute!
love it!!
please enter me in ur draw!xo
I am from Sydney so just love all the Melbourne news I get via Design Files so that on my regular visits to beautiful Melbourne I have so many fab places to go visit and buy!ReplyDelete
It would be rather nice to go into your draw, who wouldnt want gorgeous Missoni, thanks again Lucy for all your design news!
Gorgeous! Everyone needs a little bit of Missoni sunshine in their life... :)ReplyDelete
pick me! pick me!ReplyDelete
I continue to lust over this gorgeous Missoni bathwear...please pick me!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful prize, love Safari! Fingers and everything crossed..ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 11:24 AM
The Online madness has continued. The Safari Living online store is dangerous...But I love love love it.ReplyDelete
Kirsty Vogel
YES Pleeeease! xoReplyDelete
love this blog!ReplyDelete
brightens my work day with beautiful things!!
Mmmmm...yes please...mmmm!!!ReplyDelete
:-) xkat
So stunning! love love loveReplyDelete
Hiya, I have had these Missoni towels on my wish list for a long long time and somehow they keep getting topped by gas bills, parking fines and bulk nappies (yukko) so I would feel like a princess with these as a present.ReplyDelete
Besides, ITS MY BIRTHDAY tomorrow!!!
gorgeous !!ReplyDelete
please enter me in the draw...
Fun, bold and bright! I love love love Missoni!! Would be thrilled to have this in my bathroom! Thanks KylieReplyDelete
Looks like a lovely shop, love that bowl!ReplyDelete
i work at loom next door to safari, and am always drooling (figuratively) over their collection of beautiful things. i would love some safari at my house!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Safari is the most gorgeous shop - fitting that they are sponsoring your equally as gorgeous blog! The best little place for beautiful unique homewares and gifts!ReplyDelete
I would love to win the Missoni towels - my bathroom could do with a mini makeover! Thank you x
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 12:38 PM
love Missoni, love your blog! JReplyDelete
Loving the Safari Online store...
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 12:45 PM
I just lurve Safari Living great to hear we can now buy from the comfort of our homes; please, please let it be me!!ReplyDelete
I have coveted these Missoni towels for ages and I desperately need them now to camouflage a DIY grouting disaster. Some things are best left to the professionals!ReplyDelete
I love Missoni...and what I love even more is competitions to win Missoni goodies!!! I missed the Nov 3 write up on Safari so I am glad I read this post!! What a cute on-line shop!!ReplyDelete
my new apartment bathroom so needs these...ReplyDelete
I love Missoni...and what I love even more is competitions to win Missoni goodies!!! I missed the Nov 3 write up on Safari living so I am glad I read this post!! What a cute on-line shop!!ReplyDelete
These would match my stripey shower curtain. I would definately like more stripes to funky up the bathroom!ReplyDelete
Lovely article in the Melbourne Times
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 1:04 PM
these Missoni goodies would go so fabulously with my newly renovated - yet sadly bare - bathroom!ReplyDelete
- rachael beeMarch 16, 2010 at 1:12 PM
me please,me!!!! : )ReplyDelete
oh I love SAFARI LIVING...ReplyDelete
I like to go and visit the shop often.. the only thing is im a uni student (studying interior decoration and design) so i cannot afford any of the fabulous products. it is very tempting to spend all of next months rent in there tho.
i think the missoni products would really liven up my dull bathroom. SO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE choose me.
ps. your blog brings a smile to my face everyday. keep up the inspiring work.
- MummaGeorgeMarch 16, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Driving past Safari is always a visual treat even if I don't have time to stop I have time to look from the outside.ReplyDelete
The Missoni towels often displayed in the side windows are my favourite items in the shop. So many beautiful colours and patterns and designs. Love them.
A few years ago Felicity donated some towels to my kids primary school fundraiser, but I was outbid the Silent Auction. Damn!
Oh dear, my little housie is in DESPERATE need of some fabulous Missoni eye candy in the bathroom. It's the only thing that could possibly draw the eye away from those horrid 70's mosaics and faux timber cabinetry. I have my fingers and toes all crossed!ReplyDelete
- RedOrangePinkMarch 16, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Wonderful prize. Thanks for the chance to win!ReplyDelete
I was just thinking how on my way home I need to swing by to but one of those large light bulb lamps for my bedroom. I LOVE Safari Living! Please pick me! I need new towles!ReplyDelete
xxx elle
What a beautiful collection. The throws look fabulous as well. Will certainly be visiting next time I'm in Melb. AnneReplyDelete
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE anything Missoni. Am on the hunt for some of their fabric at the moment. The bathmat and towels would certainly glam up our bathroom. Thanks to you and the girls at Safari for the opportunity to win a set. Cheers xReplyDelete
I am addicted to reading The Design Files for the inspiration it provides and the lovely giveways.ReplyDelete
They are absolutely gorgeous!
Love it! How generous - please count me in!!ReplyDelete
get me one of those table lights - whoever thought a simple light globe could look so good?! Good luck Safari Living with your online endeavours. I live for such shopping from my desktop once the kidlets are asleep. S xReplyDelete
- brookesMarch 16, 2010 at 2:55 PM
Me me me! Forever a dream, not QUITE in line with my budget!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 3:00 PM
missoni towels are the best- fingers crossed!ReplyDelete
OMG there are a lot of comments but I am feeling VERY lucky today :)ReplyDelete
Oooh the colours - utter happiness in towel form!ReplyDelete
Ahh if only I'd discovered their gift registry service before now. With our wedding coming up in 3 weeks and setting-up-house to ensue shortly after, we could sure use such delightful goodies to make magnifique our little love shack.ReplyDelete
- michelleMarch 16, 2010 at 3:56 PM
So happy to be number 144. But would be even happier to win a hand towel or two...?ReplyDelete
Love your work! Yes, please. Would love a Missoni pep-me-up courtesy of you and Safari!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Liz said...ReplyDelete
as a northerner i often dream of heading there but alas traffic and work always interfere so I'm super excited about the prospects of online shopping...
yes please!ReplyDelete
i love your blog, good australian design blogs are hard to come by.
Ooh, ooh, I do love a giveaway.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 4:23 PM
Haven't heard of Safari Living but will definitely have a peek at their wares online...ReplyDelete
Thank you!
Claire in Canberra
What a brilliant idea!ReplyDelete
I've never really thought about my bathmat before, but I now I realise how boring it is compared to this beauty!ReplyDelete
I'm a big fan of your fab blog, thanks for brightening up my day!
That's grand! Yes please. xReplyDelete
beautiful! Missoni is oh so divine!ReplyDelete
The Missoni range is so delectable...Fingers crossed!!!ReplyDelete
Finally found the right place! Have tagged Safari for future reference- wrap me up!!ReplyDelete
hello. i am in love. with a bath mat....... come hither excellent prize. xReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 5:34 PM
Count me in xxxxxxxxxReplyDelete
Recently just discovered your blog - very inspiring and beautiful to look at. I'd love to be entered into the Missoni comp too - have just moved to a new flat!ReplyDelete
oh these look positivly glorious! i would love to be in the running, thankyou oh so much! xReplyDelete
They would look fantastic in my bathroom!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the chance Lucy! Safari Living, Ken bath mat, Design Files....It really is too much gorgeous for me to handle, need a good lie down....ReplyDelete
Love Safari and the girls down there. they always help me out. Every time I go there I want to take half the shop home.ReplyDelete
ooh lovely! thanks for the opportunity!ReplyDelete
this would make my day a little better for sure! 8 months pregnant, bronchitis and bruised coxis! I definitely need some Missoni to brighten up my day!-) cleaReplyDelete
please, oh please let it be meReplyDelete
what a treat!ReplyDelete
chhers lucy
comment! many thanks, rachel =)ReplyDelete
Faboulous Missoni Towels have been on my wish list forever!! Would love to enter the draw. Thank you :)ReplyDelete
...just as i was about to buy myself a bathmat and a couple of hand towels, might just wait and see if i win this here competition first!! xReplyDelete
Love Safari, love a little Missoni!ReplyDelete
- AnnalisaMarch 16, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Methinks Missoni would miraculously make my mundane bathroom marvellously magical. Mmmm, yes please. Thanks Safari Living and TDF. AnnalisaReplyDelete
Lovely! Thank-you Missoni! Thank-you Safari Living!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:54 PM
Hi Lucy, well done on getting into the Melbourne Weekly!! :)ReplyDelete
WOOP WOOP! Loving your work and generosity.ReplyDelete
oh so excited! so excited! so excited!ReplyDelete
if i don't win i may have to save my pennies for the bath mat!
My husband is an architect but that the closest I have been to designed furniture for a while. We are looking to buy our first home and I wouldn't mind some Missoni to add a bit of value! :)ReplyDelete
Perfect. And given that the average mother of 2 small children spends about a million hours each year washing and drying hands, they'd provide many hours of enjoyment!ReplyDelete
Oh, exciting. I want everything in the online store!ReplyDelete
Over here, over here!! Hello??!!!ReplyDelete
This is my hopeful comment!ReplyDelete
- Sarah SMarch 16, 2010 at 10:35 PM
OMG - have I made it? Love, love, love them.ReplyDelete
hmmm.. up to 180 comments already in this giveaway! I'm sure I have a chance.....ReplyDelete
- Carrie BartonekMarch 16, 2010 at 11:59 PM
WOULD LOVE THEM. XXReplyDelete


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Hi there , welcome to my room . Thank you for calling in . I do hope that you enjoy your browsing .
Today I have my DT card to share . I think that I have actually used some of the suggested colours from the inspirational photo , which is shown at the bottom of my post .
Purple card base from SU.
Lavender layer from stash ,
Soft Sky card , SU
Image from LOTV
Sentiment , Good Greetings , SU
Ribbon Border and Bow stamp from Lucy's Stamps on LOTV paper.
Christmas Card Challenge
Please remember to link directly to the blog post or gallery page where we can view/comment on your creation, and not just the generic link to your blog. The link feature won't allow for generic blog links. You must create a new project. No back linking please.
If you upload to an online gallery, please use the tag SCCC so that we can all enjoy your cards.
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.


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The Artes is a new style, with waffle knit front and flat knit arms and back panel. Crafted from extra-fine Cashwool from Italian mill Zegna Baruffa and then twisted six times to repel the cold, this is the perfect everyday sweater for your winter. Mid-panel is a black and white supermelange, the arms are black.
Yotam is 181 cm and wearing size medium.
Fabric: 23,27 EUR
Stiching: 26,00 EUR
Hardware: 0,11 EUR
Full-Price Taxes: 20,60 EUR
Photo Shooting: 2,07 EUR
Ave. Marketing: 7,01 EUR
Total Costs: 79,06 EUR
Made in Romania with Italian Wool
Isabel Kücke
100% Merino Wool
100% Merino Wool for a touch softer than a baby's bottom. We've combined extra-fine Merino sourced from Italy in 5-Ply for an incredible feel and toasty warmth. We spent over a year finding the perfect knit, and we're very excited to present this to you.
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World Schools Orienteering Championships Long Race
Posted on | April 19, 2013 | Category: News
Markus Larsson, Eksjö Gymnasium, Sweden won his second gold medal in the Schools M1 class in today's Long Distance race. And as in the Middle Distance race, Eksjö Gymnasium took first three places in the W1 Schools class.
England, Slovakia and Sweden all had two winners today.
Winners in today's race were:
W1 Gabriella Gustafsson SWE 50:43
W2 Dominika Kalenská CZE 57:38
M1 Markus Larsson SWE 49:32
M2 Dusan Sláma SVK 44:18
W1 Angelika Agnieszka Macieje POL 52:51
W2 Fiona Bunn ENG 41:48
M1 Martin Smelik SVK 51:27
M2 Laurence Johnson ENG 42:57
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