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The historic town of Valdese recently launched a new travel and tourism Web site with enhanced navigation, new photography and expanded resources.
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Burke County United Way recently kicked off its annual campaign themed "Live United," setting a fundraising goal of $800,000.
Weeks into the Pacesetters campaigns, the nonprofit has recorded $132,000 in pledges, a sign that "people are stepping up to the plate," according to Wendy Cato, resource development director for the United Way.
The 2008 campaign will incorporate more than 75 individual industry and business campaigns, along with a concentrated Table Rock Society leadership drive.
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Cato said one of this year's campaign strategies will be to identify and reach out to parts of the community that have not been asked to support the United Way in the past.
The nonprofit organization's volunteer board of directors is lead by President Jeff Morse. Executive Director Sally Learned joined the organization in July, bringing 28 years of experience in nonprofit and local government sectors.
Ron LaSalle of Hospice of Burke County leads the 2008 Campaign Cabinet.
"This Live United campaign is a challenge to take up the strength and commitment of that one word (United) and join others to ensure that the resources will continue to be there for this community to ensure quality of life for those who need help."
The 2008 Burke County United Way Campaign will run through October. Pledges can be made as businesses or individuals.
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10 Holiday Road Trip Essentials
Hello there my little sleigh-ers! Get it??? Because you slay? Oh man, I think I have had too much coffee. Or the ridiculous amount of snow we got yesterday is making me giddy! Either way, hay hay hay my fabulous reindeer!
Anyway, on to the important things, road trip essentials for the holiday season! If you are anything like me, then the days leading up to, on, and after Christmas are FULL of driving here and there and almost everywhere. And when you are in the car that much, driving for long periods of time (my parents are 2 hours away and Dave's are an hour), you NEED THINGS.
Like snacks for instance. And pretzels, any kind of pretzels, are a great one to bring along in the car. You could make these in any variation you prefer, and they are as easy as well...dipping pretzels in something.
Music- on long car rides, music is vital. How else are the hours going to pass quickly if you aren't singing in harmony with each other? I mean, we like Christmas music round here, but maybe not for hours and hours. So any old road trip playlist will do.
Or if you are not feeling the tunes, you can always throw on an audio book for the journey. Maybe even a really good podcast if you are into those. You can even choose a Christmas story if you so wish. Or, if you don't celebrate that particular holiday, you can possibly find a story you just love to listen to. It's all about making the time pass in a fun way.
If you get really cold in the car, then a blanket is a must. Unless you are the driver of course, I'm pretty sure that could maybe be dangerous. Although there is probably some sneaky way it can be done without it deterring you from driving. Whatever, don't listen to me. Blankets for all passengers is allowed! Unless you have my car where it is either fiery depths of Hell hot, or bottom of the Arctic Sea freezing. There is no in-between.
Presents- don't forget all the presents you lovingly wrapped for your ungrateful family members! Haha! I'm just kidding. But for real don't forget them.
Now, coffee, tea, or even water (but mostly coffee) is a NECESSITY for any road trip. I mean unless you like driving off the road from being extra tired from all the festivities. Ha! I am kidding. This post has taken a weird turn.
Speaking of turns, if you are headed somewhere far, or somewhere you have never been before, a good GPS is key to getting you there. Plus it helps to see how much longer is left to go. At least I feel that way anyway, some people might find that to be torture.
Gas is another important thing to make sure you have plenty of before you head off to celebrate the season. They say they are two kinds of gas people out there: one who panics and fills up when the tank is only a quarter empty, and the other who thinks the gas gauge hovering on the red is more than enough to get them where they are going. I have the brain of the first, but the shallow pockets of the second. Sigh.
It's always helpful to have a little garbage can or bag in the car with you, to put all the snack wrappers, etc in, so that they don't end up in the back seat to be forgotten forever (although that would never happen in my car, I am too much of an anal person to allow it. The thought of a wrapper in the backseat would keep me up ALL NIGHT to the point where I would have to go out in the middle of the night to get rid of it). And now that you know what my brain looks like...want to be my friend?
Of course you should always have an emergency roadside kit in your trunk at all times. We have two. No not because I am a freak, but because I bought us one forgetting that my mom had just bought us one. So yeah. They are really handy to have if needed. Hopefully though, no one will need to use them this holiday season!
Are you all planning any road trips or long drives this holiday season? If so, maybe I will see you out there! If you cut me off though, you are dead meat. HA! Kidding, kidding. Maybe.
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It all (I think) started when we scheduled for an exterminator to come out for an inspection of our condo. Necessary, apparently to get rid of the damn things. Unnecessary to prove that we have them. Tim took the day off work, we planned to schedule it on a day when Ella was in pre-school to minimize the toddler chaos. The day arrived, a Tuesday, I believe, and the exterminator...did not, especially fun since it was an "we'll be there between 8 and 5 situation." The cynic in me called it. Based on my diligent customer-review-based research, I went on record asking Tim if he thought the guy would even show. We called and...the worker went to the wrong city. After the routine go-arounds of customer service, we scheduled a new day. Since our condo association works exclusively with this company, we had to bend our patience and work with them.
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Huge trees rise unbranched to the canopy, especially in northern uplands above Punta Llorona— more than 500 species, a quarter of all those found in Costa Rica. A census in one two-acre (1-ha) plot alone found 108 species, the largest 213 feet (65 m) tall and 6.5 feet (2 m) in diameter.
Would-be visitors should be warned: facilities in this remote spot are few. Most trails accommodate foot travel only, with park headquarters at Sirena a day's walk or charter flight away. On a hot day a swim might be tempting, but watch out for crocodiles in freshwater and hammerhead sharks in salt.
With all that, Corcovado is an ecological treasure well worth the trouble to visit. Best time is dry season December–March. Main threats are illegal logging, gold-panning, and poaching.


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Since 2012, the Dad 2.0 Summit has been gathering fathers annually to discuss how to improve the perception of dads through our portrayal in the media, in advertising and in real life. How far have fathers come since that first event and where are we going?
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Former FT reporter Tom Foremski is reporting for SiliconValleyWatcher that Salesforce has been shopping itself to Oracle for $75 a share or around $9 billion. He points out several reasons why the deal would be good for Oracle, one of which is that Benioff could take over for his former boss Larry Ellison when he elects to retire.
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On September 2nd in Innsbruck Austria All of the best 18-19 year old competition boulderers on the planet squared off in the Finals at the Youth World Climbing Championships. It was a very close and dramatic finish in the Femal Junior Category and in the end our girl Maya Madere won the Silver Medal. One year ago in the same event she took 3rd place. We love this trend of moving up every year! Keep up the great work Maya, all of us here at home in Austin and around the country are very proud of you. Way to represent the USA, Texas, and Austin!
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A few days ago we featured an interview with Alejandro Aravena and his project for a villa in ORDOS 100, with more than 70 images. In order to further extend the possibilities of understanding this project, Alejandro shared with us a very detailed Sketchup model that is now availabe on Google Warehouse for you to download, explore, explode, modify, share back with us and all the possibilities that Google Sketchup offers.
Let us know what you think, what you found out by exploring this model, what you modified, etc. Next month we will feature the model for the new building at the Vitra Campus, and St Edwards later on.


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Colette Clegg is an Irish artist based in the UK. Inspired by life and the world around her, she strives to make the ordinary, extraordinary using resonant colours, bold handling of paint and freedom of interpretation.
2013 SAOS Brusary Winner: Colette Clegg
Hometown: Ockham
SAOS summer studios openings: June 8 & 9
Evening of June 13. All day June 14/15/16
Evening of June 20. All day June 22 & 23
Studio venue: Blackmoor Farm, Ockham Lane, Cobham KT11 1LZ
What does Open Studios and the bursary mean to you?
I am very excited about participating in SOAS for the first time and being awarded the bursary is a great compliment to me and validates my commitment to painting as a full time activity.
How did you first get interested in art?
I grew up in a large family in Ireland. My mother was a Home Economics teacher and she encouraged my sisters and I to be creative from an early age. We always had projects that we were working on, not just painting -â?? embroidery, patchwork, silk painting, knitting, crochet, dress making and cooking. It all helped with my painting as I am obsessed with colour and texture and I have a big collection of patchwork quilts and fabrics. Art was one of my favourite subjects at school and I spent a year at Limerick School of Art in the early 1980s. I have painted throughout my working life and spent some time at Bejing School of Art in 1993. I am so lucky now to be able to paint full time.
To someone who had never seen your work before, how would you describe it?
I am passionate about colour. My work veers from representational to semi abstract using resonant colours to produce an emotional response to the world around me. I live in a very beautiful part of Surrey and every day I am influenced by the ever changing light and the seasons have on the local landscape. I revisit the same subjects over and over again - still life with flowers and fruit, fish, horses, atmospheric landscapes, trees, big skies as I am constantly looking for new ways to make something extraordinary from the ordinary. I love the seductive quality of oil paint, often using a palette knife to create sculptural textures.
What'��s your favourite piece of your work?
A piece called Seated Nude. I am endlessly fascinated by the female form and paint it as often as possible. I attend as many life drawing sessions as I can. The female form holds endless possibilities for me.
What do you love most about being an artist?
Painting is now my passion and I paint every day. My time is my own. Every day holds a new challenge and it is a fabulous feeling at the end of the day to look at a painting and think -â?¬â?? that didn't exist this morning, I made that happen. Paint is such an extraordinary medium that you never quite know what it will do so every day is an adventure.
Where do you seek inspiration in the local area?
I live very near Ockham Common. I often walk there as the trees, light reflections on the water and skies suggest lots of abstract possibilities. Also the huge skies on Wisley airfield, reminiscent of Turner, holds a huge fascination for me as the light is changing all the time and the cloud formations offer many abstract ideas.
Which is your favourite Surrey art gallery?
The Art Works, East Horsley.
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Join SOAS or similar in your area.
Draw everything and every day.
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Ann Heat, Julie Collins, Sally Martin.
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I.3.1. The Definition of Luxury Products
Although the term "luxury products" is broadly defined and therefore basically comprehensible (see previous section), it still needs to be operationalized because it is not yet clear which products are actually "more than necessary and ordinary compared to the other products of their category." As shown in several studies, consumers perceive that luxury products have six major characteristics including price, quality, aesthetics, rarity, extraordinariness and symbolism. These constitutive characteristics and their typical sub-categories are explained in detail in one of the following chapters. In that way, the operationalization helps to decide for most products if they are part of what is meant by the term "luxury product" (see also Kromrey 2009, p. 110).
The Major Characteristics of Luxury Products
The definition of luxury products can be summarized as follows:
Luxury products have more than necessary and ordinary characteristics compared to other products of their category, which include their relatively high level of price, quality, aesthetics, rarity, extraordinariness, and symbolic meaning.
Comparative terms such as luxury rely on continuous characteristics (as explained in the paper). Therefore, the major characteristics of luxury products can be considered as dimensions ranging from a minimum level that is also necessary for non-luxury products to a maximum level that corresponds to the highest form of luxury. As these major characteristics must apply to virtually all luxury products at least to some degree, they are therefore referred to as constitutive characteristics. Although luxury products require a relatively high rating for all of the major characteristics, there still exists a wide range of possible ratings within the luxury segment. According to the principles of the prototype theory, luxury products therefore differ in the degree to which they are qualified as representatives of their category. The luxuriousness of a product increases when the level of at least one of these characteristics increases. Not surprisingly, the luxury level therefore is one of the major means of differentiation for luxury products and brands (Esteve and Hieu-Dess 2005).
The characteristics of luxury products are not independent of each other. This means that if one dimension is at a high level, it also induces high levels of other dimensions, offering additional support to the argument that these six characteristics are constitutive of luxury products. For instance, their relatively small production volumes (high rarity), their superior level of quality and the relatively high effort made for aesthetics, extraordinariness and a good story behind the product inevitably lead to a relatively high price (see also Dubois et al. 2001, p. 8 et seqq.; Mortelmans 2005, p. 507). Products that are more than necessary and ordinary obviously need to be scarce and cannot be owned by everyone, which is not possible as they are too expensive anyway (see also Wiedmann et al. 2007, p. 7). Moreover, consumers use price as an indicator of product quality (Trommsdorff 2009, p. 96 et seqq.) and the study demonstrated that many are also willing to pay more for products which are different and not owned by everyone.
The definition, by its constitutive characteristics, refers to the prototype of luxury products. The idea of the prototype becomes clearer by complementing these constitutive characteristics with typical sub-characteristics, which are not necessarily relevant for all luxury products (see one of the following chapters). Moreover, the characterization of luxury products becomes even clearer by describing both the prototype and relevant exemplars. Therefore, some typical exemplars are presented in one of the following chapters such as the Guerlain "Kiss Kiss Or & Diamants" lipstick.
A Typical Luxury Product: The Guerlain "Kiss Kiss Or & Diamants" Lipstick
Consumers' judgements about quality and the other product characteristics depend on the comparison between product expectations and perceived product attributes, and this comparison influences their (expected) product benefits and thereby their purchase decision (Belz 1994, p. 649; Kisabaka 2001, p. 89 et seqq.; Kotler et al. 2007, p. 633). This has two major implications. First of all, different consumer target groups differ in their expectations for their ideal luxury product, which usually do not require all characteristics to be at a maximum level. Therefore, luxury companies adjust the luxury level of the major characteristics to a specific combination depending on the preferences of their target groups. Consequently, the six dimensions offer basic means of differentiation for luxury products and brands (see following sections).
Secondly, this demonstrates that objectively existing product attributes are not as important as consumers` subjective perceptions about the product's characteristics. Consequently, luxury companies compete for the best possible perception of the luxury product's characteristics on the basis of their target groups (Catry 2003, p. 17; Mortelmans 2005, p. 505; Phau and Prendergast 2000, p. 123), which is realized by adequate marketing and especially by communication measures (Kisabaka 2001, p. 102 & 119; Vigneron and Johnson 2004, p. 490). Because of their strong relevance, one of the following chapters gives a short overview of the luxury marketing-mix strategies that allow companies to influence consumer perceptions regarding major luxury characteristics.


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Fatty da K1d! – fattydakid aka Rick is a cool guy. never involves himself with the dramas but only with the baby mamas heh. Everyone likes him actually, who doesn't? Cuz I will permakick ha. Stickam Player is too big for the box so i grabbed his twitter updates :-). Follow him on twitter if you guys got one.
Go0kieMonStuRr – GookieMonster aka Gookie or Megz. Computer skilled female mod in SNT. Fun to tease I mean, fun to talk to and has a great sense of humor. She made that blue SHOW N TELL banner that's on her profile, btw…pretty talented :-).
SeBauToMaTiC™ – Sebautomatic aka Sebastian of Chile! LOL, this guy is one of the sweetest (no homo) guys in SNT. He makes the girls scream when they see him come in lol. A surfer, a singer (N'Sync), and a fun chatter. Been very busy lately though so wish you all the luck in catching him online.
[SSC]Piratexqueen[TREX] – Piratexqueen aka Terace aka T-Rex. Yes indeed, a sexy mod of SNT, especially in her boyshorts ;-). Terace is really cool to chat with and makes the boys and the girls to cum for more, oh, did I spell that right?
Where have you been, Terace? It's been a long time with no pm pervings from you :S.
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»ℓαyηe☮mαяιe[Gone Wild]« – Layne, the joker of all the jokers! Very fun to chat with and oh yeah, cute girl too :-). I think she's Melissa's part time e-lover? Ha. One of these days, you will catch her singing on her mic (Britney S.).
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For the last month and a half I have been using the Physician Formula's (PF) Shimmer strips.
|Don't be fooled by the name, these puppies have no shimmer what so ever
An impulse buy from Pharmaprix (or Shopper's Drug mart for the rest of Canada). I know, I know what you guys are all thinking, what happen to the self imposed beauty band? Long story short, I was downtown running an errand with my dad. Whenever I'm downtown I usually park in a building where if you have a VIP card and spend $20 bucks in any store within that building parking is FREE! Typically, I easily reach the $20 minimum by stocking up on household products. But that day there was absolutely no house products on sale, so I instinctively decided to walk down the cosmetic aisle hoping to spot something. Physician Formula happen to be 40% off so I grabbed the trio eyeliners. PF has always been one of those brands that intrigue me, but a lot of their products seem to have the word "SHIMMER" on it which makes me weary. At regular price they retail for $19.99, I snag them for $10.99 after adding in a magazine for Lily and a bottle of shampoo I hit the $20 mark. So technically if you minus the $7 I would have paid for parking, the liners wore only $3,but there are 3, so in reality I only paid $1 per liner; that's practically free (I really don't think this should count).
Anyways back to my thoughts on the PF shimmer strips. I picked up the trio for brown eyes and all I can say is wow! I am quite surprised by these liners, especially for a drug store brand. I have yet to find a drug store beauty product that has lived up to it's hype. These are quite honestly the best pencil liners I have come across. I have oily lids = eyeliner migrating everywhere ; add in the fact that I sometimes wear contacts and tend to rub my eyes after staring at a computer screen for a couple hours = disaster.
I tried the Urban decay's 24/7 Glide on eye pencils which turned out to be a huge FAIL for me! The formula was just too creamy for my lids, an hour after wear resulted in it migrating everywhere. Same goes for the Stila smudge pots. I had ok success with the Shu uemura gel liner , but after 6 hours of wear it will start to migrate. The only way I pretty much can get liner to stay in place is if I mix it with the MUFE eye seal, but since I have a tendency to wake up a little late, I don't exactly have the time to start mixing the MUFE eye seal with the gel liner.
The PF shimmer strips do not budge (they really don't!). Initially I thought they did transfer, but I have concluded that the transfer was definitely due to either my mascara or the eyeshadow I use to set the liner with. I know this for a fact, because on several occasions I was running late and didn't have time to neither set the liner with a shadow nor apply mascara and at the end of a work day I noticed I had no raccoon eyes! The PF liners are retractable and I personally find them to be the perfect consistency, neither too creamy nor too dry. The trio for brown eyes consist of a black, brown and a plum purple (all colors I naturally gravitate towards).
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|Added bonus, a sharpener is hidden at the end
|End of a work day, no migration Yay!
PF has definitely impressed me that I'm willing to try another product. Any suggestions?
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The senior art show will consist of six seniors presenting their bodies of work in the Eugenia Art Gallery, which is located in the campus' art department.
The annual art show is a chance for seniors to discuss and exhibit their work to the public and student body alike. But as with any portfolio, streamlining a four-year career into a short discussion and a handful of work takes preparation and understanding the nature of the work as a reflection of the artist.
Grace Steele, 22, a graphic design major, gives credit to a senior course that not only prepares students for the senior show, but for life after college.
"We take a class called art as a profession where we are prepared for life after college, getting a job and also preparing for our senior show," says Steele.
In some aspects, students also see the exhibit as promoting their body of work.
"I guess, depending on your major, you would be promoting yourself. I think more for fine artists like painters it would promote them more since they send work to galleries," says Steele.
Bobby Anthony, 26, a painting major who already has work exhibited in a gallery in Jackson, still sees this as an opportunity to share his work with the public.
"As an artist, ultimately the goal is to have your own art show or to have your work in a gallery. Eventually you want to share your work with someone else," Anthony says.
Graphic design and painting have two different approaches to art. Both work to implement aesthetics, but both also communicate on separate levels.
To work as a graphic designer, the ultimate goal is to promote and, more specifically, to communicate a message in the most digestible way.
"I want my work to have a purpose, not create art just to look at," says Steele. "I want to be advertising or promoting something. The easier to read and the simpler the design, the more I like it. I like things that make people want to interact because of the playfulness of the design. But simplicity is what I go for so that whatever I am trying to sell or communicate can be quickly understood."
In painting, the message the artist is communicating can be more varied and ultimately can be as digestible as the artist wishes.
"My paintings, I want them to reflect how I see the world," says Anthony. "I want these 'monsters' to be a disembodied representation of how ugly people will interact with each other."
The senior art show isn't just for seniors; it can be a teaching tool for other art students as well.
Dustin Vance, a senior culinary arts major and a sophomore graphic design major, believes he is lucky to be able to learn first-hand from the seniors participating.
"Luckily, one of my best friends is preparing for the show," says Vance. "So I get to see what they have to do to prepare."
He is still a couple of years away from exhibiting his work in his class art exhibition, and he is in no hurry for the day to arrive.
"It's having a cohesive body of work that reflects who I am," says Vance. "It's that process of finding that, that will be the most difficult."
The senior show will be Friday, Nov. 22, at 5:30 p.m. and will have appetizers and refreshments followed by student presentations. The doors are open to the public, faculty and students.


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Winter Blues
There's always a time during the winter, when the holidays fade and I find myself left in the cold. I often feel depressed, I lose all sense of my creativity, and sometimes I won't leave my house for a week.
These winter blues almost always seem inevitable. It's almost impossible to escape the long hours of the workday. And when night comes, I cling to my loneliness as I wait for the sunrise to give me another chance to find the happiness in everything I already have.
Without dreams, my winter blues would be incurable. Yes, dreams. Daydreams, night-time dreams, hopes, wishes and fantasies of what I could and will someday be doing.
I've accomplished so much within such a short time, and during this cold weather, when the temperature drops, and the snow falls in silence all I can do is think. Think of when I can live my dreams and with whom.


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Atari®, one of the world's most recognized publishers and producers of interactive entertainment, today announced a co-production agreement with award-winning, hip-hop legend RZA, the producer, rapper and original member of the Wu-Tang Clan. The partnership will serve as a platform to create new music based and inspired by the sounds and music in Atari's vast collection of games.
As a pioneer in music, RZA paved the way for musical artists to express their creativity and unique sound for decades. Similarly, Atari is known as the original pioneer of video games creating popular classics including Asteroids®, Centipede®, and Pong®, among many others. The collaboration between the two innovators will mark the second time they have worked together. RZA provided the voice over for Atari title "Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure" in 2006. Being an avid video game player and fan of retro Atari games, RZA will use his special talent to craft music that will be fresh, original and unlike anything anyone has ever heard.
"I'm so excited to work on these iconic games to deliver what I believe will be one of my best albums," said RZA. "I am going to invite some of my friends to join me and it will be Game On with the first beat!"
"We are thrilled to partner with RZA, one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time," said Fred Chesnais, Chief Executive Officer, Atari. "RZA is a multi-talented artist and soundtrack virtuoso and we cannot wait to hear the new tracks he creates based on Atari's iconic video game sounds and music."
RZA and Atari are also exploring other multi-media projects based on Atari intellectual property. RZA will head production of the new album and Fred Chesnais and Stephen Belafonte will executive produce for Atari. Production on the new album will start soon and more details will be shared at a later time.


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Thursday, October 14, 2004
Random Grumblings
I had to go to this shift because the person who covers that shift was kicked off the job because of seniority. I am more of a coordinator of the system between shifts, with a dedicated person on days and another on afternoons.
The seniority thing is one of the downfalls of a union. This guy is really bright and adds a lot of talent to this job. It they could give me a high seniority person with as much intelligence and with his skills, I'd be happy. They've tried before, and all I get it people that think it's an off the line job so they don't have to do anything and it must be easy.
It is far from easy. High pressure, high stress doesn't even cover it. If you don't know what you are doing, you can potentially cost the company to lose $15,000 about every 45 seconds. The higher seniority people that they bring me usually last about a week before they go back to whatever they were doing before.
It's a shame, and a waste of my time. They finally gave me the low seniority person when I had to go work on the launch of the new vehicles, and they had no choice but to get someone who knew what the hell they were doing. Now they just want to boot him out, because they know they can.
In other news I took a picture of my neighbors house finally, as they didn't seem to be around when I got up this morning/afternoon.
This pic just doesn't do their decorating job justice, as you don't see the lights that are strung all over that wrap around porch, and you don't see their big honking garage that has images of witches flying projected all over it and orange lights strung everywhere on it. I've gotta get a night shot, which may be difficult considering I roll in from work around 6 in the morning now...
I will admit that I do have porch envy when it comes to these folks. It wraps all the way around their house. They are meticulous when it comes to their home, and it always looks immaculate.
That is probably another reason why they think I am the anti-christ. While my house has never bordered in white trash land, sometimes it got a bit much to take care of while working 84-98 hours a week. Now my nephew lives with me, so those problems are over.
They still hate me, and I must admit, I gave them a lot of reasons to feel that way when I was just a young punk. The first day I moved in, they came over to greet the new neighbors. I answered the door, and they asked if my Mom was home. That was the beginning of the end.
Speaking of my nephew, we had a long talk when I got home at 6 am (Yes! I said 6 am!) about this whole his girlfriend wants to get engaged and have babies and all that junk even though he is in school with just a little job for spending money blah blah blah...
I tried to talk logically to him without screaming, "RUN!! RUN AWAY!" He's a bright kid, so I don't think he's going to fall for this little ploy. I thought women were supposed to be more advanced these days?? Leave it to my nephew to find the one stuck in the freakin' 50's.
3 comments:
- Annie said...
I'll "post trade" you a night picture of your neighbors for a night picture of mine. :)
- Annie said...
I'm also going to vent about car computers...mine has been at the dealer for two days now because they can't get my airbag light to go off. They thought they fixed it last week but noooooo, it came on again. Now they are telling me that they need a "heavier" technician to sit in the seat to perform the test because they can't read the code right.
- kj4ever said...
Annie, repairing anything electrical on cars now is a positive nightmare. I used to cry like a little girl with a skinned knee when I had to do electrical repair at work.
Before cars relied on computers so heavily, you could get a wire that was crimped a bit or a plug that wasn't totally seated and it would affect all that much.
Now, any little thing can make the whole electrical system go haywire.
The weight thing is true when it comes to airbags. Any vehicle worth anything has that now, so that the airbags don't blow the person right out of the car.
When I used to repair them, I sat on a box full of tools, as I wasn't near heavy enough. Sometimes common sense isn't all that common, eh?


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You are building the query string (strQuery), but I do not see you using it in the open query command.
I think you actually need to assign that SQL code to your rsQuery object. Otherwise, the query string you just built is in no way related to rsQuery.
Assuming rsQuery is defined as a query object, maybe something like this:
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Decay (final)
Aye, Poesy hath passed away,
And Fancy's visions undeceive us;
The night hath ta'en the place of day,
And why should passing shadows grieve us?
I thought the flowers upon the hills
Were flowers from Adam's open gardens;
But I have had my summer thrills,
And I have had my heart's rewardings.
So Poesy is on the wane,
I hardly know her face again.
And Friendship it hath burned away,
Like to a very ember cooling,
A make-believe on April day
That sent the simple heart a-fooling;
Mere jesting in an earnest way,
Deceiving on and still deceiving;
And Hope is but a fancy-play,
And Joy the art of true believing;
For Poesy is on the wane,
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Perhaps the most amazing and unexpected surprise. I set out with the University of British Columbia Astronomy Club in search of the stars. With high hopes to see the milkyway and with huge telescopes and equipment, we ventured more than four hours by car to reach this destination in Merritt, BC with the intention of viewing the stars. However when we got to the location all hope seemed lost as clouds were all we saw above us, so we waited and waited in our tents and cars hoping that the sky would clear up. After about an hour I decided to get out of the car and just set up my camera. I noticed there was a glow in the clouds in the distance which would totally ruin out chances of seeing the stars and asked the leader of the astronomy club who was next to me what it could be. He said he didn't know and I postulated that it could be the northern lights, to which he said it was highly unlikely. So I did what any curious photographer would do, I took a shot and noticed there was a tint in the glow off in the distance, at that point i knew what it was. Five minutes later the wind began to pull back the clouds to unveil this magical spectacle. The northern light, for the first time, right before my very eyes, a moment I will never forget.


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We are so excited to announce the 2019 event calendar for Babes Ride Out and Babes in the Dirt. This year is going to be filled with good times, good friends and two wheeled adventure!
First up is Babes in the Dirt 5! Yep we are in our 5th year which still blows our minds. This event will be held at Quail Canyon MX Park at Hungry Valley SVRA April 26-28th. Tickets and all info launch on Friday January 18th so keep your eyes open :)
Next on the Calendar is Babes Ride Out East Coast 4 June 7-9th in beautiful Narrowsburg, NY. Come rip world famous routes in the lower Catskill Mountains and camp along the Delaware river. Tickets and all info for this event launch late Feb.
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Ready for a new adventure? So are we!!!! After 6 years in the desert, we decided to shake things up a bit! Babes Ride Out 7 will be hosted at Santa Margarita Ranch Oct 11-13th. With tons of new routes to ride and lots of new fun to be had on site, the Central Coast of California is blow your mind with pristine riding and access to CA most stunning views. Just wait until you see what we have in store. Tickets and all the info will release Wednesday June 19th so stay tuned and we will see you there!
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You may wish to whip out this affidavit the next time you can't sleep. Or if you ever suspect that your own life is very boring, a quick glance back here should convince you of your rock star powers.
Who would play you in the film of your life?
I'd like to say Jessica Rabbit, but I suspect it would be Gene Wilder.
What is your favourite smell?
Earth after a thunderstorm.
What is your favourite book?
What is your most unappealing habit?
What is your earliest memory?
What is your guiltiest pleasure?
What do you owe your parents?
To whom would you most like to say sorry, and why?
What does love feel like?
Aside from property, what's the most expensive thing you've bought?
How do you relax?
What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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UCF should consider adding an ice rink — hear me out
I have an idea.
Yes, some may think this is dumb. And yes, it may not be practical and may not ever happen and you may laugh at this column, but hear me out.
UCF needs an ice rink. Let me explain.
On Friday night, I ventured about 35 minutes away from campus in pursuit of checking out the UCF ice-hockey team. We had featured them in our last issue and, honestly, I just wanted to see if they were legit. Also, they were playing USF and I could only assume that I would see a couple of good fights.
When I arrived at the RDV Sportsplex in Maitland, where the team plays and practices, I was shocked to see quite a crowd. Are these people really here to see a club team play? They were. The crowd made its way onto the bleachers, where hardly a seat was vacant. As the teams made their way onto the ice, the crowd roared. I couldn't believe how many people were there to support a hockey team — in Florida — 35 minutes away from campus.
As the game started, I was astonished to see how good these players really were. They were dead serious about winning, and it showed. In hockey, when teams really, really want to win, they usually aren't willing to waste a penalty on a fight. There was only one tiny scuffle during the entire game. Not to mention, among the club sport's accolades is attendance at Nationals for eight consecutive seasons, including a fifth-place finish overall last year. Not too shabby.
So back to UCF getting an ice rink.
While I'd love to say that the hockey team alone deserves a place to play closer to campus, that's just not logical. Money talks, and there's no way that would balance out on a spreadsheet.
So here's my idea.
We have this great building called The Venue, which used to be our old arena. Yes, volleyball plays there along with some other sports, but let's move them to the CFE Arena. (Or, ice volleyball, anyone? That could be fun.) In the The Venue, let's add a rink, host public skates, make some money and support our UCF hockey team and potentially other ice-related sports. I vote we add curling. Added benefit? Cut costs for Light Up UCF. No need for an outside skating rink in the Florida heat when you've got one year-round right on campus.
Think about it. We're surrounded by family-centric communities such as Oviedo and Avalon Park. We'd not only have the student crowd on campus, but we'd have local families visiting and paying on the regular. Not to mention, the university could potentially bring ice shows to campus that ordinarily have to take place at the Amway Center. I don't know about you guys, but I've got the Mr. Krabs money signs in my eyes right now.
"A general rule of thumb is that a single-surface ice skating facility requires a population of 100,000 people within a five-mile radius, 250,000 people within a 10-mile radius and no existing competition within these radii to be economically feasible," the Ice Skating Institute states on its website.
The Orlando Metro area has a population of more than 2 million. Of course, we wouldn't capture that entire market, but if we could get a good chunk — say the populations in East Orlando and East Seminole County — we'd have the consumer base. UCF will likely need to make the rink accessible and parking surely would be an issue. Use the parking you would ordinarily use for event parking and call it a day. Only host public skates on weekday nights and on weekends (minus game days) and the flow of traffic, I assume, wouldn't be disastrous.
Of course, this doesn't include costs of maintaining and creating a structure of such grand proportions. That, friends, that puts a tiny hole in my argument. But let's still look at what we're dealing with before we rule it out. According to the Ice Skating Institute, the estimated cost for a single-surface ice-skating arena can be anywhere in the ballpark of $2 million to $4 million. Now, will there be a return on investment? According to the Institute, if you have restaurants, the population, a lack of competition (RDV Sportsplex is quite a drive away) and ways to maximize energy efficiency, you have a shot at making some dough. Boom. Good to go. And what's a couple mill to a university that has a budget of more than a billion bucks, right?
Well, I certainly won't be holding my breath waiting for this to happen, but a girl can dream.
While we wait for the administration to say "Hey, Jessica. You're a genius. Let's do everything you say," I recommend just checking out a UCF ice-hockey game and maybe pondering the idea of ice volleyball, because we may be waiting for awhile. Nevertheless, I smell victory and it smells like a ridiculously high insurance premium.


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Bruno is a very very good boy. He was excellent in the car on the way home from the kennels and didn't even slobber when I ate a burger in the car in Danniverke !!! He has settled in well and is respectful of the cats. He does enjoy doing the animal feeding with me and was very excited about me feeding the chickens -I think he may have been fed from a plastic container in his old life.He loves to go to the rose gardens for a walk but unfortunately I think he may have stood on some glass so it was off to the vets for a visit. Luckily just a wee cut and I was so proud because a woman came in with her cat and chose to sit by us because Bruno was so well behaved!
He has dragged his sheepy out of the kennel and lies outside on it. As you can see in the pics it was 28 degrees today- so too hot on his mat so he just dribbled on the carpet.
He loves his new sister Lily Bing (a chihuahua) and it does raise some eyebrows when we walk the dogs together but she likes to walk in front and he is a gentleman and lets her get ahead. :)
There is a bit of a size difference, as you can see in the picture below!
|Jane with Lily Bing and Bruno
Bruno came to school last friday where he attended computers, crash mat ,and athletics.We were accused of cheating for enrolling him the day of the long distance running races! 500 kids and teachers fell in love with him and how could you not! He was patted, groomed and hugged and then had to have a huge sleep on the mat all afternoon because he was soo busy. :) They are writing diamate poems using contrast and they wrote a cool poem about him changing from being a race dog to a pet.
skinny speedy
starving chasing running
Brindle tall magnificent dog
loving snoozing slobbering
cuddly soft
This was written by the class after they had a day with Bruno and they have learnt many things about greyhounds.As I work at a decile 1A school this was a very cool day with lots of learning and positive experiences about dogs and pets. He now goes to school every friday and is booked in to visit other classes who are very very jealous of Room 8s newest star pupil! Check out the pictures from the school:
Bruno is the perfect dog for our family, thank you so much for choosing him for us!


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Petroleum futures closed mixed Friday as renewed concerns that rising prices may prompt OPEC to raise oil production at its June meeting were partially offset by an unexpected drop in last week's gasoline and crude supplies.
"As the June 21 (OPEC) meeting approaches, there will be three factors foremost in (the oil-producers') minds - the physical balance in the market, the price level and the external pressure on them to raise production," Michael Lynch, vice president of WEFA Energy Services said in a monthly report.
Under a price band plan agreed to by oil producing countries in March, the cartel may boost production by 500,000 barrels per day if the 20-day OPEC crude basket price, an average of various types of crude oil, remains above $28 a barrel. On Thursday, the 20-day average rose to $27.65 from $27.46 a day earlier, according to Bridge News.
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"If prices are high prior to the meeting, then the larger members will be inclined to raise production quotes slightly," Lynch said. However, if prices are lower before the meeting, current quotas will likely be left in place, he said.
Lynch noted that some members might want to postpone action, "partly to demonstrate their displeasure at the perceived heavy-handedness of the U.S." which has been pressuring oil producers to boost production.
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July natural gaswas down 2.1 cents to $4.043 per million British thermal units on Nymex after rising to a high at $4.17 earlier in the session. Most traders attributed Thursday's 7 percent drop in prices to a "technical correction," Bridge news reported.
Shortly before the market closed Wednesday, the American Gas Association posted a 56-billion-cubic-foot rise in U.S. natural gas supplies, compared to analysts expectations for a rise between 30 billion and 55 billion cubic feet, according to Bridge News. See full story.
Gold rallies on 'technical' climb
August gold jumped to a one-month high, boosted by trader short-covering ahead of the weekend, while gold company stocks followed suit.
The August gold contract jumped as high as $286 an ounce, it's highest level since mid-April. It closed at $284.20 an ounce, up $8.80. July silver added 8.5 cents to to $5.05 an ounce on Comex.
The rally in gold is "more technical than anything," commented Phil Flynn, a senior market analyst at Alaron.com. "There was talk of short-position covering for the weekend," he said. See full story.
In the equities market, the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index and the CBOE Gold Index rose 4.8 and 5.3 percent, respectively. Gains were led by Anglogold shares AU, +1.21% which rose 1 15/16 to 21 5/8 and Agnico-Eagle Mines shares AEM, +1.10% which added 1/2, or 9 percent, to close at 6 1/16.
In other metals highlights, July copper shed 1.85 cents to 79.30 cents a pound. September palladium was up $13.35 to $596.35 an ounce while July platinum gained $12.90 to $552.30 an ounce.
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Brazil's center-south harvest is expected to be between 10 percent and 20 percent smaller than last year's bumper crop, Bridge News reported, due to dry weather and credit issues.
The CRB/Bridge Index, a broad-based measure of commodity futures markets, rose 0.9 percent to 225.47.
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Sophia has her moments, but I count my lucky stars that her two was ultimately not all that terrible.
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My name is Alys and I go to Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhondda where I am currently in year 11. I want to be a member of the Welsh Youth Parliament because I feel that there are currently so many issues for young people in the Rhondda, and Wales in general, that need to be addressed, and I want to be able to help to solve as many as possible.
The key issues I have decided to address are all important to me because I feel that they are under-represented and that they have been and still are relevant in my life and my friends' and peers lives.
Since moving to my comprehensive school, i have been on the school council and school parliament two years running, where I have been fortunate enough to meet the mayor and the Children's commissioner for Wales, I've been class captain twice and have been on the eco-schools council twice.
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