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Thursday, December 09, 2010
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
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- voiceofourown said...
The mood was set by the media, Iain.
The opposition parties, as we know, will oppose regardless. The media has simply become a megaphone for that faux outrage and sets the tone for us all.
More thoughtful pieces like your own - tucked away in opinion sections - do little to balance the avalanche of gleefull girning.
P.S. I can't wait to read your piece on the revelations contained in the 'Megrahi cables'.
- Friday, December 10, 2010
- Craig Gallagher said...
Totally spot on Iain. I agree with everything you have said, it's essentially the same internal grumble I've been having for a few days now!
- Friday, December 10, 2010
And for me.....I was shocked and ashamed to witness my fellow countrymen and women exercise such outright racist behaviour on Glasgow public transport. There was a very definite assumption that local born (ie white Glaswegians)people had first priority on seating, and on making insanely rude comments to ethnic minority members of our multi-cultural society when they boarded buses during the snowy weather. Are local people so threatened, are they sadly lacking in education and information or are they just downright rude. It breaks my heart to see this behaviour.
- Saturday, December 11, 2010
- Jo G said...
"P.S. I can't wait to read your piece on the revelations contained in the 'Megrahi cables'."
The facts exposed via the cables come as no surprise and the revelations aren't what I'd like prominent journalists like Iain to get upset about. What I'd like to see is every decent journalist in Scotland demanding the release of the Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission into the conviction of Megrahi, not his release.
The focus on the release is bizarre when you think all these "investigative" types KNOW what the truth is yet will not demand action. Our justice and political establishments have combined to prevent us from finding out the truth behind the worst atrocity we have seen in this country since WW2. And our let them away with it.
- Saturday, December 11, 2010
- Jo G said...
Oops, Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission Report
- Saturday, December 11, 2010
Good to hear you on GMS on Monday morning Iain. Yours was the first voice of reason I have heard on BBC Scotland for some time.
- Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A good article on the snow.
The behaviour of the oposition parties is fast becoming an embarrassment to Scotland. Their narrow and parochial point of view on all issues merely underlines the dearth of ability and principle within their ranks.
Good article on the snow furore here too:
- Wednesday, December 15, 2010
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|I say I dont sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I dont sleep with happily married men.
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|Sex is the tabasco sauce which an adolescent national palate sprinkles on every course in the menu.
Mary Day Winn
|When a person has sex, they're not just having it with that partner, they're having it with everybody that partner has had it with for the past ten years.
Otis Ray Bowen
|Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.
George F Burns
|Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
Edmund Burke
|That goes against what I believe morally.
That's adultery, and if I'm accused of that, no, that's not right.
I have two kids who see that and remember that and judge me.
It didn't happen, and it's not to be reported that way.
Nicole Kidman.
|French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow.
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|Christ and the Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.
Samuel Butler
|As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means for writing one note.
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When Busy Isn't Enough……
I am deviating slightly from my plan to share my planner love with you, but, I want to be as real as I can with you all, and share my journey with you as much as possible, in the hopes that it helps you too, so I hope you won't mind that I am detouring just a little bit……..
My go to these days when I am stressed, is to be busy- and not just a little busy, or necessary busy, or even deadline busy. The busy I am talking about is the one where you create work the isn't necessary, make stress for yourself by leaving things to the last minute, redoing things to the point of insanity, where you commit to more things than are really physically possible, those times when you have to excuse super-human strength just to get through the day because every single minute is planned and jammed with details. The unhealthy busy, the busy where your priorities have left the behind and your core values have become a pot of mush. Anybody else with me here?
Well, that had been my MO since about June. I had an unexpected loss back in June, exactly two weeks before TNNA. I was already super nervous about TNNA, because I was teaching two different classes, working in a booth and it was the longest that I had ever been away from my family. At the time, it was so much easier to throw myself into TNNA prep to keep my mind busy and my heart from dwelling on the loss, so that's what I did. I wrote and re-wrote my class handouts, wrote and re-wrote my teaching notes, I also rushed three designs to be ready so that I would have new samples, tech edited pieces and work to share once I got home. Suffice it to say, I arrived in Cleveland tired, worn out and in need of a break! But I kept on being busy because taking a break would mean to have to feel the feelings, so I kept on busy-ing.
Eventually I had stuffed the feelings so far down that I didn't have to stay quite so busy, but I was definitely taking on and doing more than I knew was good for me. I managed to maintain a status quo busy for long enough that it just became normal and before I knew it, I didn't have a day off at all. It was all working nicely until the other week…….
In one weekend, the house that I had fallen in love with (what seems like the only house in this area that will house all of us, comfortably!) went on the market to unavailable with the snap of one's fingers, the yarn store that was my "yarn home" (and goodness, it was even called Jessica Knits!) Closed, and watching those real, tangible losses happen woke something in me. I suddenly realized how cold and distant things had become because of my "busy", and that the relationships I thought I'd had, were really only grounded in my busy and now that I just didn't have the energy to put into them, well, at that point, I was all alone. With my feelings. Facing the loss. Facing the empty, and I just couldn't be busy anymore because I had no more to give.
It took about a good week of reset, of going back to my "3 task a day" habit, it even took scheduling downtime and free time and playtime for myself, but writing it down, planning it out, even planning to NOT BE BUSY slowly started to work. I could get back into my work routine that works for my life in this season and I wasn't filling it with busy. I even started to use those same. Principles in our homeschool day- I spent about two days of listening to what my children were interested in learning, reading way more picture books than they ever would have sat for when I was calling the shots and forcing it, and we made tweaks to how we did some parts of our day (I even have them all happily learning Geography now and begging to do their daily map skills! ). I'm reworking and tweaking some things, and am hoping that in the new year, I have us all, my work and their school, on a loop/batch style schedule that will work for all of us (and I'll be sharing that process with you all as I start to implement it!).
I know that as we enter these last two months of the year, BUSY seems to be the modus operandi, the only way to get it all done. I'm hoping to try for something a bit better, I'm focusing on acquiring memories in the every day. I know that the next several months of my life have me looking towards facing another loss, one of the biggest, scariest losses I can imagine. More than ever, this is the time when we all need to make sure we are taking time to breathe, cherish and enjoy what each day brings. I'll be kicking off our book club sometime this month (watch for that on IG!), and I'm going to commit to spending 15 minutes a day doing something NOT BUSY, for right now, that means 15 minutes a day of knitting on my non-work sweater. What does that look like for you? I'll be kicking off a Christmas KAL on November 23, if you need an accountability system to get your 15 minutes in every day, that would be a fantastic thing to do!
Another thing that I highly suggest is to have a Just Because Day. It can sometimes be just what you need to get yourself uplifted and creating again. A Just Because Day is just that- you let go of the deadlines, the work, the fear, and do things, Just Because. You know, things like, visit that breakfast cafe you always mean to go to, spend a day at the park just because the weather is lovely, browse the local bookshop because you haven't found a treasure for awhile, all those things that you just put off doing because you don't have time? Spend a day immersed in them, Just Because. If you don't have a whole day, how about the next time that little voice asks you to play Candy Land, instead of "just a minute" or ignoring it, hoping that it goes away, you say ok? Or just read a silly story together, and then another. Our littles are excellent readers at our stuffed feelings, and they sometimes know better what we need than we do ourselves. (Also, if you take the 15 minutes to play a game, or read a book, and give them all your one-on-one attention, when you pick your work back up, it goes a lot easier, and they interrupt you a lot less, trust me! I have to remind myself of this often, but it is always light a lightbulb moment when I remember and give it a go!)
If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious and like you are drowning in your work, I encourage you take a step back and identify what is going on? Have you just over committed yourself by accident or are you trying to escape something by being unnecessarily busy? Is there something else going on that is making you feel like that? Don't be afraid to advocate for yourself, and if there is something going on, or you have more days that you "can't shake the blues" than un-blue days, I urge you to make time to see your doctor, I'm not a doctor (and I don't play one on TV!), and your health is the most important thing of all, ok? No matter what, make sure you are taking time to breathe and find some joy in your everyday. In the New Year, I'll be sharing my tips and tricks for how I plan and schedule my work so that when I need a Just Because Day (or the flu takes my entire family down for a week……or some other huge life shift happens unexpectedly!), it doesn't make me quiet an anxious, and I still manage to meet my deadlines (spoiler alert: Planners play a huge role!)
Until next time,


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Use hybrid IT to help your partners and suppliers transform along with you
Supply chain management (SCM) has long been a complex and esoteric element of the enterprise IT strategy. Many companies invested millions to implement systems that would link them with their partners and suppliers, effectively positioning themselves as the centre of gravity of an entire ecosystem.
With cloud services exploding, however, those same businesses are finding that embracing a hybrid IT environment allows them to maintain their existing systems while tapping into revolutionary new collaboration, customisation, and delivery capabilities.
The broad accessibility of cloud solutions, backed by their positioning as a 'single source of the truth' where enterprise data can live and be repurposed, makes them an ideal addition to enterprise IT systems and a key driver for digital transformation (DX) efforts.
Contemporary cloud-based SCM solutions offer self-service capabilities to help suppliers manage their relationships more effectively, with better access to other members of the trading ecosystem.
A recent Gartner analysis tapped into the growing momentum around cloud-based SCM solutions, with the revenue of cloud-only providers growing an average 41.4 percent last year and dominant SCM suppliers like SAP, Oracle, LDA, and Infor all pursuing cloud strategies to modernise their platforms.
This level of growth "is happening because SCM technologies are a key component of delivering digital business strategies," said Gartner research director Balaji Abbabatulla, noting the particular appeal of cloud solutions to small and mid-sized companies that have not traditionally been able to implement and manage their own on-premises SCM platforms.
"Cloud solutions typically have lower barriers to entry and are more easily scalable, and are therefore a better fit for midsize organisations looking at SCM for competitive advantage," Abbabatulla said. "We expect that vendors offering a well-defined, vertical-industry-oriented strategy for midsize organisations will grow rapidly over the next five years."
Enabling supply chains with hybrid IT
The surging popularity of cloud-based solutions may be helping smaller companies communicate better with partners and suppliers, but it's not a complete replacement for complex supply-chain systems that have evolved over many years.
A hybrid IT approach allows businesses to modernise their supply-chain interactions without having to completely redo years of development and refinement. Combining on-premises systems with cloud-based capabilities ensures existing data protection and redundancy measures are retained – all the while allowing businesses to tap into the benefits of cloud services.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) toolkits, for example, are increasingly being delivered as cloud-based AI as a service (AIaaS) offerings to improve supply-chain analysis and forecasting. Cloud-based communities of interest are unifying partners and suppliers online, providing new collaborative tools that bridge distances and allow companies to work more closely than ever.
Today's supply chains are managed using enterprise systems that are being upgraded and expanded to support ongoing and anticipated growth. This is the nature of DX – but transformation works best when all partners and suppliers in a supply chain network have access to the same capabilities.
By choosing a service-provider partner with the resources and capabilities to support that change, you can deliver a hybrid IT environment that combines the robust availability, scalability and maturity of your existing back-end systems with the cloud capabilities you need.
This means building private-cloud environments with public-cloud flexibility, ensuring that transformation proceeds at speed with all of the security, governance, auditability and efficiency that your supply relationships require – regardless of where your suppliers are located or how mature their own systems are.
A hybrid IT approach allows cloud-based tools to be integrated with existing supply chains, applying novel technologies to specific areas of weakness and inefficiency. Because they are as readily available to small and specialist suppliers as they are to large distributors and retailers, cloud-based tools create a rising tide that benefits every member of the supply chain.
Leveraged correctly, that rising tide will quickly streamline business processes; eliminate double-handling; reduce error rates; automate burdensome business and compliance processes; and help even the smallest partner embrace new technologies and adopt best-practice techniques that they could never access on their own.
In the end, hybrid IT is all about simplification, orchestration, and automation. By allowing businesses to keep legacy systems intact while tapping into cloud-based service innovation, you can get the best of both worlds – and bring your partners and suppliers along on the journey with you.
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Cécile Crozat-Zawisza
All ages
Baccalauréat B in Economie (French Diploma) 1992
DUT Technique de commercialisation. Paul Sabatier University in Tarbes 1994 (Marketing diploma)
Conservatoire de Musique Tarbes 1991/1994
Conservatoire de Musique Toulouse 1994/96
Escuela Superior de Canto in Madrid, Spain, 1996/1998
Musikhochschule in Vienna, Austria, 1998/2000
Private Lessons
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30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes
Words to describe my teaching style
Reveal your real vocal beauty
Cecile's experience with stage and learning her craft with several wonderful artists make her a passionate teacher. Cecile has worked at several places in both France and the United States, like the Théâtre du Capitole and Our Lady of Lourdes. Besides teaching at K&S, she is a substitute voice instructor and French diction coach at the University of Minnesota School of Music and the Minnesota Opera.
Cecile likes to create a relaxed environment where it's easy to open up and try all sorts of exercises to help the student's technique. Cecile is open to whatever music her students want to learn, their favorite songs, songs for a competition or songs that will help the student improve their vocal technique enabling them to sing and project without fatigue.
In her spare time, Cecile likes to paint, yoga, hike and get lost on her kayak on the beautiful lakes of Minnesota.


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Four Way Stop
In this St. Louis-shot drama, Allen (Paul Craig), a 17-year-old inner-city African American, is desperately trying to improve his life but lacks essential support from family: His absent father (Jaan Marion) is a needy drug addict, and his seriously ill mother (Marty K. Casey) provides only relentless criticism. Although offered illegal work by childhood friend Tay (Jason J. Little), Allen resists the lure of the street and instead seeks legitimate employment. But in his hunt for a better job, Allen ends up jeopardizing his current fast-food position by chronically arriving late or simply failing to show. Legitimately angry at the racism he confronts and the limited options he's given, Allen all too often engages in self-sabotage, thwarting his attempts to do the right thing.
U.S., 2015, 85 min.
Directed by
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With director da Silva and cast and crew members.
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I've been working on completing the first week of the character modelling tutorial, although it is a lot of work, I think it has taught me a lot about topology and the workflow of a model in quite a short amount of time. I have finished the first three parts- the shirt, jeans and shoes. I'm hoping to have finished the arms / hands by Thursday ready for the head.
Character Modelling Tutorial Week One
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Kelly Gearhart just keeps on developing — now in Ohio
Having lost his Atascadero home to foreclosure and facing a $110 million bankruptcy, developer Kelly Gearhart has nonetheless turned his redevelopment skills to the downtown of a quiet community in the Rust Belt of Ohio.
Wadsworth was once famous for its manufacture of blue-tip "strike anywhere" matches, iron and steel valves and rubber products. Today, not much is left of the industries except a giant, 20-foot-tall, blue-tipped matchstick that highlights the city's annual parade — and a lot of hulking, abandoned factories.
Wadsworth, population 21,000, is described as "peaceful" by the Wadsworth Chamber of Commerce Web site, and was selected by Money Magazine in 2008 as one of the nation's "25 Best Places for Affordable Homes."
Searching to revitalize its blighted industrial sections, Wadsworth hoped Gearhart would be just the guy to help.
"The city has a couple large industrial factories (now defunct)," said Chris Easton, assistant director of public service for Wadsworth. "It's a policy of the city to encourage mixed use and redevelopment."
As early as 2006, Rob Peters, who is now the city's public services director, touted Gearhart's efforts to the City Council's economic development committee, saying the California developer had replaced all the windows of several of the old red-brick, 1942-era buildings. The town's economic development committee minutes that year said part of this construction "should be ready for its first tenant soon."
At the end of October 2008, Gearhart walked away from his Atascadero home as it barreled toward the auction foreclosure block. A month later, The Tribune discovered he had taken up the top floor of an old defunct waterworks factory complex he owned in Wadsworth.
City officials said they had the impression he was trying to keep a low profile.
"We didn't know anyone was trying to live there until someone saw him hoisting a residential refrigerator in the building," said Jeff Kaiser, the city's planning director.
Gearhart split up the factory complex into separate parcels last September and sold one of them (the three-story building he was calling home) to a Wadsworth law firm, Palecek, McIlvaine, Hoffmann & Morse, for $400,000, according to county tax auditor Michael Kovack.
The lead partner of the firm, Tom Palecek, is also the president of the Wadsworth City Council and a champion of the downtown's redevelopment efforts.
The bankruptcy trustee had abandoned the complex early in the bankruptcy process after determining that Gearhart had mortgaged the property "for vastly more than its worth," although he did not specify how much Gearhart owed, and the sale proceeds have gone to pay off Gearhart's mortgage to San Luis Obispo's San Luis Trust Bank, said Ken Gibson, attorney for the Ohio bankruptcy trustee, Harold Corzin.
Palecek, McIlvaine, Hoffman & Morse has moved into the building's second floor, according to Medina County documents. It also received an award by the Chamber of Commerce for renovating the building (in the $300,000 to $1 million range).
"It was more for moving into the building than anything else," said Chamber of Commerce CEO Michelle Masica. "They're the most prestigious law firm in the city, and it's a sign of their faith in the revitalization of the industrial part of town."
The Tribune has repeatedly tried to reach Gearhart without success.
"He has a way of disappearing when he doesn't want to be found," Kaiser told The Tribune.
Gearhart more than likely continues to live in the factory complex, either on the top floor of the law firm building or on a floor above the Medina Swarm Dog Obedience School, which is connected to the law firm building, according to tenants in the complex. A search of addresses in a national data base shows Gearhart at the law firm building address and the firm's phone number as Gearhart's contact.
Palacek, the law office building's new owner, told The Tribune he did not want to discuss anything about Gearhart or his whereabouts. An e-mail sent to one of his partners, Mary Jo Morse, went unanswered. Gearhart has not responded to e-mail or messages left on his cell phone.
Gearhart has applied for a permit to renovate a 1900-era power station on the complex, complete with smokestack, into a new residence for himself as well as a mother-in-law unit, according to city building officials. Gearhart had removed the coal-fired boilers and electric equipment from the 7,000-square-foot, three-story brick building "a while ago" and has estimated the renovation, including at least one kitchen and several bathrooms, at $30,000, said Kevin Hall, director of the city's Building Department. Kaiser said the permit won't be issued, however, until the city gets more information on the building's sewer capacity.
Gearhart has also listed the power house for sale as a "historic renovation opportunity" with "lots of interesting reuse potential" at $250,000. It is now a shell without electricity or water, according to a Gerspacher real estate group Web site.
The owner of one of Gearhart's business neighbors, Bill Collins of Fin Tube Products, says he's watched Gearhart's redevelopment efforts since Gearhart bought the property in 2006.
"We heard he was a big-shot developer from California. It must have cost a fortune to put in those windows in all those buildings alone," Collins said. "Once I heard he filed for bankruptcy and all, I just scratched my head and wondered where the money was coming from."
As for the power house, Collins said, "All I know is I wouldn't want to live there."


text: Since 1986. The Festival is held on Mother's Day Weekend every year, which makes it a wonderful destination event for Mother's Day! Come experience a beautiful weekend under the shade of the big trees of Prescott's Courthouse Square. In addition to spectacular collectors' artwork, the Festival presents an Arizona wine garden and marketplace featuring ten of Arizona's finest Vineyards and Wineries. Each day guests can purchase their wine tasting tickets for $12 and receive their souvenir wine glass. Over the two day festival, Mountain Artists Guild is hosting a silent auction of two distinct lots of Arizona wines, each valued at over $500. All proceeds will benefit the Mountain Artists Guild. There is also a variety of delicious food, packaged cottage edibles and prepared gourmet delights from surrounding restaurants. Located along Montezuma Street and Prescott's infamous Whiskey Row, haunt of the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday, the Festival site is within easy walking distance of restaurants, parking and both modern and historic hotels. This event attracts people from all over the country who enjoy fine art and wines.


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The last time I checked the S&P was up just under 3% for the year. Considering that almost a third of the year is gone (that was fast!), the market has been looking fairly average at best. But doesn't it seem like it's going to correct a bit? Where is the good news?
It seems like the majority of the stories out there are more for the negative side. Let's see what we have:
Housing prices are starting to drop around the nation, which may help along a recession.
Interest rates are rising and this will hurt interest rate sensitive stocks (like banks) and other types of loans (how about all those people paying interest only loans?)
Oil just hit over $70 a barrel. I'm paying $3/gallon right now.
Consumer spending hasn't been strong at all.
The tech sector has been lackluster with below average earnings reports, slowing growth, too much inventory, and falling prices (see semiconductors, flash memory, etc.)
Many natural resources are making multi-year highs and that's adding to the costs of many products
What's going to drive the market up? Is it the finance stocks? Tech (Google is slowing, Microsoft still hasn't done anything, Intel keeps dropping)? Retailers? What industry?
It might come down to a best of breed market, where the best companies will outperform and there won't necessarily be any hot industries.
In other news, I'm keeping my eye on JNJ.


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Don't let heat get the better of you and cut your hair! There are some stylish and chic ways to sport your hair during the summers, be it medium or short length. The idea is to know how to tie it up in a trendy way. Most people think that long hair should be cut during the warm months but that is really not true. You can do so much with long hair.
Here Are A Few Tips:
Sleek Ponytail
The sleek ponytail can be worn from morning through the night. All that you need is a sleek gel or mousse to keep your hair in place (even if it is a bit oily don't worry). Pull back hair neatly and tie it up in a neat way.
French Braid
This is a classic style to keep your hair up without a strand out of place. Divide hair into three sections Start off with single loop of braid on top of the hair. Then as you keep on braiding, keep adding one section of hair from each side, alternating, till you come down to the nape of the neck.
Messy Bun
When you are really in the mood for nothing then the messy bun is a saviour. Keep a stylish clutch handy with you. Comb hair neatly and make sure that it is shampooed or at least dry shampooed (sans oiliness). Scoop up hair and pin it up with a clutch. Fold the ends into the pin. Pull out a few strands from the front to create a messy yet soft look.
Side Ponytail
Side ponytails are really cute and go perfectly well with the summer trends of boho chic or even casual. You need to tie up your hair in a ponytail on the side, instead of back. Use a nice accessory like flower or a band with some embellishment to create a stylish look. Use pins as required.
French Roll
This is an easier style than most people assume. Simply comb hair back and twist it tightly. Now pull it up and tuck in the ends under the bun. Use bob pins and hair spray for a neat finish. This classic style is perfect for the evenings or days you don't want to let your hair down.


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The Abbey of Fontenay
Fontenay is arguably the brightest star in Burgundy's vast historical firmament.
This beautiful Cistercian Abbey, a Unesco World Heritage site since 1981, has been restored, preserved and maintained by several generations of the Aynard family. It is open to the public 365 days a year.
About 90 minutes drive to the west of Les Deux Chevres. It lies in close proximity to Epoisses, famous for the cheese of the same name, and Semur-en-Auxois, where the church Notre Dame contains many fine examples of Gothic art.
The history of the Chateau at Epoisses is even more ancient than that of Fontenay. There was a castle at Epoisses in the 6C, and it remained an important fort for the Dukes of Burgundy over many centuries. The Montbard family (the mother of Bernard of Clairevaux, the founder of Fontenay, was a Montbard) lived there for some time, along with many other important French aristocratic dynasties. It has been in the same family for the last 300 years.
The approach to the Chateau is via an open space, reminiscent of an English village green. On one side of the green is a beautiful dovecote, dating from the 15C. On the other side, the 13c Church of Epoisses. On the other side of the road from the Chateau is a shop selling local delicacies and specialities, and of course there is the cheese factory!
Visiting Semur arouses feelings of wonder and despair in almost equal measure. As with many other towns and villages in Burgundy, some of the country's most illustrious buildings and structures are in danger of entering a phase of terminal decline.
The construction of Notre Dame Collegiale commenced in 1225 on the site of a former Roman church. It has some truly beautiful examples of Gothic art and architecture, with significant parts of the building dating from its inception –the apse, the nave, the transept and the choir, and opposite the pulpit, an effigy of Christ from the end of the 13C. A beautiful stained glass window denoting the Assumption, and at the top a keystone, said to be one of the finest from the 13C, representing Mary's coronation. On Notre Dame Street, the 'Porte des Bleds' – due to the fact that originally it opened onto cultivated fields, again dating from the mid 13C. The building abounds with priceless ancient treasures, of which those mentioned here are but a selection of the earliest.
And so on to Fontenay.
Fontenay was founded in 1118 and constructed in its present location from 1130 under the tutelage of Bernard de Clairvaux, perhaps the most influential of all the Cistercian monks. The Abbey resonates with a serenity derived from its surroundings, the elegant and harmonious use of space, and the gentle linear simplicity of the architecture and stonework. The funding for the construction of the Abbey Church, came in part from the fortune of the Bishop of Norwich, Ebrard of Arundel, whose tomb can be found at Fontenay. It was a place where he found solace and refuge. The Cistercian Order was a shining example of a truly European organization, long before the concept of a European super state was first conceived!
The Abbey receives more than 100,000 visitors each year, and has been the scene for many famous films and tv series, including Cyrano de Bergerac with Gerard Depardieu. It is simply a wonderful place to visit.


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Indian Springs state park
One of the oldest parks in Georgia, Indian Springs was constructed by the Conservation Corps. The beautiful stonework in the walls, spring house, and bridges showcase the artistry of the craftsmen. Add to that a peaceful lake and a well groomed campground for a very nice place to stay within a fifteen minute drive of I-75. A few of the campsites have views of the small lake on the property. Sites are well groomed and level. The shower house is clean and functional but showing its age. It is near to Juliette and Macon so there is a lot to do in the area, but it is also a good place to just relax. We have used this campground a dozen times while traveling south on I-75 and it is a consistently good experience.
Rating: Four Stars
Nice facilities, easy access from I-75, lots of activities in the area, wooded sites, inexpensive
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Located in Flovilla, Georgia just east of I-75 South between Jackson and Macon.
Nearby is the town of Juliette where the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" was filmed. The restaurant, The Whistle Stop Cafe is still serving that delicacy while the movie set town is a fun walk through.
The springs were the draw for this park from early times through today. The mineral rich water and tranquil setting will certainly sooth frazzled nerves.
Along with the campsites, there are cottages for rent, a swimming beach, miniture golf, boat launch, a fishing dock, and hiking trails. There are also facilities for weddings and family reunions. High Falls is a quick drive away.
Camp Sites
There are 60 campsites, 10 cottages, and a pioneer camp. Additionally, there is a group camp.
The sites are wooded and offer electricity and water. There is a fire ring and picnic table as well as a lantern hook at each site.
The sites are compacted gravel and well groomed so leveling the RV is a breeze.


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Proper trees maintenance will enhance your landscape by offering flourishing healthy plants while at the same minimizing plant diseases and damages caused by the vegetation. You might need to consider seeking the help of professional tree service in Spring Hill, Florida area in order plant the right trees, trim and prune them, as well as apply fertilizers correctly. Before you put anything on soils, ensure that you seek help of an arborist to determine whether the climate, the types of plants, and the soils are suitable.
An arborist will check the soil profile and determine which plants can do best in that environment. The space is measured to find out which type of shrubs and vegetation can be planted. Remember that you need outdoor space for things like barbeques and party events. In addition, plants need the right spacing, and if there is too small space for width and height, it will affect the health of your vegetation.
Again, if you have a plant outside its pH range, it will be diseased or stressed. Although you could make some adjustments and amendments to soils to help change the pH levels, it would be better is you first studied the soils and planted those trees that can perform well in such environments. Nonetheless, if you change the profile including pH, your plants could still grow and flourish as desired.
It will however, cost you money and effort over and over again, and probably you might never get the desired results. Identifying plants that do well in specific pH is one way in which you can solve this problem. The arborists can help you in deciding which plants will be placed where. At times, you will need to add fertilizer.
If there are limbs that are too low for people to walk under, they also require trimming. You should know the right time to do the trimming and pruning. Besides, trimming vegetation when it is young gives it the right condition to grow healthy with a strong crown. Pruning young plants will correct the co-dominant vegetation and the weak angles of branches.
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When the structural roots of plants do not develop properly, you are likely to experience problems of girdling roots due to lack of sufficient spaces for such roots to grow. Eventually, trees that are put in such conditions are stressed and predisposed leading to poor health and probably falling. With help of arborists, you are able to enhance the beauty of your property by ensuring that trees and other vegetation are cared for appropriately.
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Kevin Iwashina is a Senior Associate at Endeavor Content, a division of global entertainment leader Endeavor (formerly WME | IMG). In his role, Iwashina identifies financing opportunities, handles sales and provides advisory services for media companies and content creators in the non-fiction space.
Endeavor Content finances, packages and sells over 100 feature films and television series a year. In non-fiction, recent film and television projects include: CHEF'S TABLE, LE MANS, THE GRAND TOUR, GLEASON, STEP, CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP: A BAD BOY STORY and LONG STRANGE TRIP, among others.
Iwashina joined Endeavor Content in 2017. Prior to that, he served as Founder & CEO at Preferred Content (PC), a film, television and digital sales, production and advisory company. During his tenure, he oversaw the representation of fiction and non-fiction content creators to secure financing and distribution of feature films and episodic series concepts.
Recent PC production and sales projects include the documentaries 78/52 and UNREST, which both premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, SMALL TOWN CRIME, which premiered at the 2017 SXSW Festival, the Netflix Original Documentary short film LONG SHOT, directed by Jacob LaMendola and Rodney Ascher's cult documentary THE NIGHTMARE. Iwashina was the lead producer of the hit documentary JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, the precursor to CHEF'S TABLE.
Prior to launching PC, Iwashina was a senior agent in CAA's Independent & International Film Group, after initially beginning his career in the mailroom at UTA. He holds a B.A. in English literature with a specialization in French language and culture from U.C.L.A. and is active in the non-profit sector. In addition, he serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Documentary Association (IDA).


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Natural Balance
In the excellent documentary Man on a Wire, the French tightrope walker Philippe Petit describes stepping out onto a wire strung between the top floors of the Twin Towers (this was in 1974). Petit had done similar stunts before, but nothing nearly this daring nor so absolutely certain to end his life death should he fail. Apparently, every tight rope has its own unique balance, and the artist must find that balance to travel effortlessly from one end to the other. Within a few strides, Petit knew he'd found that balance. He then spent two hours on the wire. I think of that metaphor sometimes as I write. There comes a moment when a writer knows he's found his story. Finding a story is not unlike finding the balance on a wire or ledge. Drift even a bit to the left or right, and you lose the balance that is your story. Find the perfect balance, and you can travel effortlessly to the end.
It is not unusual to have other people help you find that balance. Other people will be quick to remind you of what you probably already know: that your story is not yet working as effortlessly as it can. This is always how it works for me. I show my work to people mostly so that they can confirm what I was too unwilling to admit to myself.
Eventually, however, I find it. When I find it, just like Petit, I know I can make it to the other side. When I've found it, I know what belongs in the story and what does not. This is all I really need to know. Without that knowing, the story can be cluttered with a lot of well written but unnecessary filler. Once I've found the story's balance, I know when something belongs in it, and when something does not.
What a relief this always is. Now, I can at last let my story be the simple thing it was always meant to be. Now I can end the guessing and hoping, and remember that balance is the natural state once a thing knows what it is.
Write Within Yourself: An Author's Companion. "A book to keep nearby whenever your writer's spirit needs feeding." Deb Caletti.
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DeCuir transitions to freelance production design.
The Great White Hope
Director: Martin Ritt
Won 1 Golden Globe: Most Promising Newcomer - Male
Nominated for 2 Oscars: Best Actor and Best Actress
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes: Best Actor and Best Promising Newcomer - Female
Summary: Boxer Jack Jefferson is the world's reigning heavyweight boxing champion. There's just one problem, he is also the first black heavyweight champion, and that bothers a lof of people. Jack's celebration is cut short, as Jack is framed for crossing a state line with Eleanor, his white fiancé, a violation of the Mann Act. Facing a prison sentence, Jack escapes to Europe, with Eleanor in tow, encountering problems in England, and then Franc, and eventually landing in Cuba. In Havana, Jack agrees to enter the boxing ring for what might be the bout of his life. Both Jones and Alexander (the leading actors) were nominated for Oscars.
With DeCuir Sr. as Production Designer and DeCuir Jr. as Art Director, this father and son project has inspired designers since its release in 1984. This film is largely admired for the presence and even character of the main building, 55 Central Park West, designed by John DeCuir Sr.
"[Spook Central] played such an important role that in my mind it became a character in the film," says DeCuir Jr. 55 Central Park West was so important to the story that it was fabricated from many different parts to create a narrative environment that was just right. The lower street and main part of the building were filmed on location in New York, where the real building exists. However, they couldn't cause a sinkhole and explosion on the streets of Manhattan so they recreated the street on a stage in Los Angeles. The temple and the upper floors of the building were created with matte paintings, miniatures, and full-size sets for shots throughout the movie. DeCuir Sr. constructed both Dana's and Louis' apartments as a single unit at The Burbank Studios in LA. You can learn more about the process of creating Spook Central in the Connectivity lesson in The Pillars of Design.
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Jeff Hobbs and Robert Peace were roommates throughout their four years at Yale, class of 2002. Their friendship got off to a slightly bumpy start. Mr. Hobbs, a wealthy, second-generation Yalie who grew up in a house with a pool, had the impression that his future roommate came from a similar background, perhaps because Rob Peace had gone to a prep school and played water polo. But Rob was a black kid from a ghetto called Illtown, just outside Newark. And when they compared their fathers' occupations, Jeff said "surgeon." Rob said "inmate," tactfully leaving out "convicted murderer."
Rob started out in this world with no advantages except for good looks, tremendous intelligence, a charismatic father and a tirelessly self-sacrificing mother, Jackie, who devoted every day of her life to trying to give her son a better one. In "The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace," a haunting work of nonfiction with a title that is all too self-explanatory, Mr. Hobbs movingly captures Jackie Peace's unwavering devotion to her boy.
This was not a case of a thwarted adult trying to fulfill her dreams through her child. Jackie was strong-willed to begin with, and she knew enough not to marry Skeet Douglas, Rob's father. Skeet trafficked in drugs, and Jackie knew it would be damaging to have her son grow up in that atmosphere. But when Skeet went to prison for the gruesome murders of two women — convicted by evidence that seemed inconclusive at best, even to the judge — she made sure Rob and Skeet saw each other weekly. Depriving a boy of his father would have hurt him badly, too.
This book is full of unanswerable questions about why Rob Peace's life took the path it did, and whether anything could have been done to save him. He was a supernova at an early age, already nicknamed the professor as a 3-year-old in day care. When Jackie found out what public school was like in East Orange, N.J., where they lived, she scrimped enough to get him a Catholic school education. He was such a brilliant student, and such an exemplar of fine character, that Charles Cawley, a wealthy banker who heard his keynote address as a high school senior, approached him to say, "You can go to college wherever you want."
Rob badly wanted to go to Johns Hopkins. But his mother, who worked in a hospital cafeteria, was penalized and made to work late for wearing the wrong hairnet on the day that applications were due. She got to the post office 10 minutes after midnight, missed Johns Hopkins's deadline, and destined her boy to go to Yale instead.
Would the choice of school have made any difference? Maybe: Rob liked Johns Hopkins's Baltimore location, because it felt more like home. The Yale campus was alien to him, and he made it more so by wearing dreadlocks and menacing nylon cap, a look about as anti-prep as he could get. He also began commuting to Newark to buy marijuana to sell on campus and spent a good part of his college career stoned and partying. Still, he had a real love for subjects like molecular biophysics and biochemistry. A friend from Newark also at Yale wondered why Rob stayed so quiet about his academic success but made so much noise about his drug exploits.
As a member of Elihu, one of Yale's secret societies, Rob shocked his fellow members just before college ended. He told a four-hour version of his father's terrible story, which was just one big thing about Rob that none of them had ever known. They left school realizing what an unknown quantity he was and having no idea what kind of future plans he had. He spoke vaguely about wanting to go to Rio de Janeiro, but what kind of career goal was that? What none of them realized was that he had amassed more than $100,000 in drug money during those college years.
He did go to Rio and enjoyed its sunny hedonism for a while. But the arc of his life had changed course, and he knew it. His days as a rising star were over. Now, in the absence of another bright idea, he had nowhere to go but down. And Mr. Hobbs, who kept in touch but didn't stay close enough to know much about his post-college experiences firsthand, simply lays out the circumstantial evidence of what began to happen.
Piecing together interviews with Jackie, other relatives and the many, many friends of the gregarious Rob, Mr. Hobbs writes in a forthright but not florid way about a heartbreaking story. He captures the ways in which doors began to close for Rob and making money became less a pastime than an urgent obsession. When Rob got a job with Continental Airlines that brought him close to the baggage-handling process, put him on a friendly basis with security personnel and let him fly standby at off hours, he was in a perfect position to start smuggling in a major way. Yet those Yale friends who knew he worked for Continental just assumed he was sitting behind a desk somewhere.
Had Rob re-entered a comfort zone, the one he had known Skeet to inhabit when he was a little boy? (Rob was only 7 when Skeet was incarcerated.) Had he lost confidence in himself for some other reason? Had the drugs become such a temptation that they sapped him of all ambition? Mr. Hobbs does a fascinating job of raising these questions, even though he cannot possibly answer them.
Rob was never so far gone that he forgot to repay his debt to Jackie; he took care of his elderly grandparents after he left college, so that she could have some relief. On the other hand, when he drove past Jackie's house at night and saw that another man in the family was there to watch over her, his car didn't stop. He just checked on her and drove away. Shame? Fear? Other business to attend to? That other business was very dangerous. It's the reason he'll never be able to explain.


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My partner bought what he thought were 12 Angus beef sausages from Waitrose just before Christmas but when he opened the packet there were only six. He cooked four which I thought were a bit spicy but ok, and he said he would return the other two as they didn't match the packet description. When I looked at the receipt it said six pork chorizo sausages and I was horrified as (for religious reasons) I don't eat pork.
He took what was left – and the receipt – to Waitrose which kept the package (specifying no pork ingredients) and said they would investigate. They offered a replacement, which he declined, and a voucher for £10 or £20 from head office, also refused. Correspondence suggests they are not taking it very seriously. We have been loyal customers for many years and are shocked they are treating this so lightly.
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This was in breach of food labelling laws as well as offending on religious grounds and Waitrose reassured us that it launched an investigation immediately. It says: "It's clear somebody put an outer cardboard sleeve onto the wrong sausages at some point after a reduced sticker was applied. We're confident this is a one-off because the reduced sticker applies to the correct product, which it wouldn't do if the other sleeve had been on there earlier. We have had no reports of similar problems. However, this absolutely should not have happened and we're very sorry for the distress caused."
We understand you were offered around £100, which you considered did not reflect the severity of what happened, although we think it was a reasonable offer. You have taken out a County Court summons – claiming misrepresentation as the goods weren't as shown on the package, and for the upset caused – which Waitrose intends to defend.
You could still refer it to Trading Standards, which would need as much evidence as possible.
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Google is testing a new experimental flag on Chrome for Android currently that moves the URL bar of the mobile browser to the bottom.
The URL bar, or address bar, is one of the core components of the browser. It is an interactive field that users can type in to search or load sites directly, and it also reveals the address of the current page on top of that.
Since it is such an essential piece of any browser, it comes as no surprise that developers have not experimented a whole lot with placements for the URL bar.
The majority of browsers display the URL bar at the top.
Google runs an experiment currently on Google Chrome for Android -- only available in Chrome Canary and Dev currently -- that moves the address bar of the browser to the bottom when enabled.
The feature is hidden behind a flag currently. These flags are used by Google to test not-yet-ready for public release features, or to test features to see how users find them.
To enable the bottom URL Bar in Chrome for Android, do the following:
The URL bar is at the bottom of the browser screen after the restart. It works exactly like before but with the difference that menus and such open towards the top and not the bottom of the screen.
Google has not revealed its plans for the URL bar. It is unclear therefore whether the company considers moving the main bar of the browser to the bottom in the future, or whether this is just an experiment to see how users react to the change.
Microsoft did move the URL bar of its Edge mobile browser to the bottom bar as well. The main advantage of this is that it is easier to reach the address field and menu of the browser. (via Caschy)
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This is already possible on Firefox without any extensions. It's quite hard to get used to.
Ah, they're finally catching up. The BB10 browser, Sailfish OS browser and Firefox for Android already have this for a long, long time now and now Chrome for Android will also receive this.
Yandex Browser already have their URL BOX at the bottom tho… So meh
Yandex Browser behaves like this. While I like the idea, I find it not convenient for phones with on-screen buttons. The lower part becomes too crowded and difficult to use, always having to be careful for accidental presses.
In short this aint news/blog worthy.
Actually, that's a great idea. We often tend to move the cursor up and down. It would be nice to have all the menu items in one place, leaving rest of the screen for visuals only.
I use Chrome Beta on Android, and fairly recently the address bar just appeared at the bottom, where I definitely do not want it. I followed the steps above, and assumed mine had somehow gotten switched to 'Enabled', but it was still at Default. I switched it to Enabled; didn't fix it. Back to Default; didn't fix it. Reset all of the settings; didn't fix it. Changed Chrome Home Android to 'Disabled' and that fixed it.
As Kevin explained, I experience the same since yesterday – the address bar just appeared at the bottom even if the Chrome Home Android is set on Default. I've tried to put on Disabled, but on my side it doesn't work. The single way it works it to put on Disabled/Enabled and then back on default, but on the next launch I encounter the same issue :( It remains at the bottom
It is a huge screw-up.
It sucks at the bottom. It should be an option, just like the taskbar for the individual to decide simply and easily where they want it.. The programmer(s) should be fired for such a cluster *. Have uninstalled Chrome.
Love it on the bottom
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Warning: spoilers ahead for the two-part series premiere of on ABC.
The long-awaited firefighter spinoff of finally hit the airwaves with its series premiere on March 22. features former regular Jason George as a major character on the firefighting team, and the series premiere featured appearances from Meredith Grey and Miranda Bailey when the Station 19 crew ended up at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. On the one hand, it was entirely possible that the quick crossover between the shows in the first hour of the two-part premiere was simply part of the process of launching a spinoff, and we couldn't expect to see other faces on or vice versa moving forward. Fortunately, creator Stacy McKee revealed how the two shows will handle crossovers:
There will definitely be crossovers throughout the season, some bigger, and some smaller. It's important for me that the main characters cross-pollinate between the two shows. Ben Warren is still appearing on , and there's some characters coming over from .
and won't operate entirely independently of one another, which should come as a relief to folks who plan on tuning into both. Shondaland shows generally require a fair amount of suspension of disbelief, but it might have been too much for viewers to accept the characters from the two shows never crossing paths when they're literally so close to each other in Seattle. has gone through plenty of crises over the years requiring the help of firefighters, and the firefighters of already seem prone to injury in the line of duty that could wind them up in the hospital. It wouldn't make much sense if the two shows didn't feature crossovers, even if they're small. Stacy McKee's comments to Deadline should make for good news for any wondering about the two shows' connection.
The characters most likely to pop up on are probably Bailey and Meredith. Ben and Bailey's marriage managed to survive his somewhat bonkers decision to switch from his career as a skilled surgeon to a newbie firefighter, and they still have their son. Even if isn't going to spend a ton of time focusing on Ben's personal life, Bailey should still be on the periphery. Hopefully we can count on Chandra Wilson showing up on a semi-regular basis, for cameos at the very least.
Meredith doesn't have quite as many obvious reasons to interact with the folks, but she did form a strong connection to Andy when they interacted in the series' pilot. She's also the leading lady on the Shondaland series that started it all on ABC, and what better way to continue building buzz for a new series than by crossing Meredith over to chat with/perform surgery on the characters of ? Besides, if Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital continues its trend of dealing with fires, shootouts, and/or explosions, the various firefighters of Station 19 will have reason to drop by. The crossovers — large and small — should be worth looking forward to as the two shows progress.
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Pros and Cons of Living Near The Airport
You might have found a nice looking house and lot unit, with garden and car park and offered at rate that's slightly lower than market rate. The catch is that it is located at the airport.
Protagonists might convince you to take the offer, as it could just be once in a blue moon and it offers accessibility not only to your flights, but also to facilities nearby. Skeptics, on the other hand, could easily disagree as they point to health and pollution issues that you'll be exposed to.
If the property is offered to you, would you take it?
Price and certain accessibility pulls you to an affirmative, but health and hazard issues could sway you to the other side. Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages that might help you decide to give a property near the airport a go or give it a pass.
Advantages of living near the airport
1. Benefits airline-related workers
From cargo worker to baggage handler and from check in counter to commercial pilot, living near the airport makes a lot of sense, putting you closer to workplace and minimize effort commuting from home to the job site.
2. Great for travelers
Frequent flyers or business travelers might find it more practical to live near the airport instead of commuting further downtown, where they'll spend more on transport, not to mention potential risk of getting left behind by their flights in case they get stuck in traffic.
3. Accessible mode of transportation
Airports are often given priority in terms of ease of travel by tourists and locals returning to the city. Such benefit also applies to those who live near the airport as expressways or main access roads are close to their residential units. Just recently, NAIA Expressway was inaugurated for public use.
4. Close to facilities and commercial establishments
As airports upgrade to suit the needs of travelers, they also provide amenities to complement the service. For example, there are restaurants (some restricted though) inside the airport, shopping malls such as Mall of Asia and you'll likely find vacant taxicabs within the area.
5. Property value could appreciate in the short term
If there are expansions or refurbishments that are in the pipeline, properties within the airport vicinity could increase in value especially if your neighborhood is planned to become a future site of a commercial area.
Why living near the airport is a bad idea
1. Aircraft noise can impact your lifestyle
Aircraft noise is an especially noticeable hazard especially for newcomers in the neighborhood. Such disturbance can affect your sleep. While the public generally rejoices over announcement of additional flights or destinations, your sleeping patterns could only get worse with more flights taking off or landing at the airport.
2. Air pollution could have impact in your respiratory system
Living near the airport exposes you and your family with air pollution as emission from aircraft and ground vehicles can contribute to deterioration of air quality and cause breathing problems. The most important pollutants are usually nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and small particulates (PM10, PM2.5).
3. Expensive price range
Given its access to the airport, properties nearby could carry an expensive price tag.
Living near airports presents set of pros and cons, mostly leaning towards convenience and health issues. Although these issues can be a common factor, not all airports are built the same. Besides taking these pros and cons by heart, have a closer inspection at your desired airport property.


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So how am going to do this? That's a great question, and one that is still evolving in my head. I know that I want my business to include a variety of options. Basically, I'm going to be generating a lot of content. There will be general posts containing photos I've taken, and there will be reviews of equipment that I have used. I'm going to learn and write about creating my own presets too. Eventually there will be ads, and an affiliate program (but I want to generate traffic first).
The most important aspect though is that my blog posts are going to be informative. What that means is open for debate. I will be writing about my photo walks, whether they take place on a hike, in my basement, or on the streets. I will be talking about how I process photos, and the plugins that I use. I'm going to explain how I think those plugins work. I am by no means an expert on Lightroom, Photoshop, On1 software, or the Nik Collection by Google, but I use them all. I think explaining the small details of my methods could be valuable for somebody.
I'm going to make mistakes in how I shoot and what I write about. That's okay. I want those mistakes to be visible for anyone to see, because it will make all of us a better photographer and blogger. I'm not worried about mistakes, and I never have been. I'm human trying to improve myself.
There is going to be openness and humility in how this blog operates. If I have an idea, I'm going to share it. That way, any one who reads this blog and keeps reading this blog can help keep me on track with accomplishing that goal. For example, I'm going to spend a lot of weekends next spring and summer up in Rocky Mountain National Park photographing the lakes. I've asked my wife if I can do this already. Luckily she is onboard. By late next year, I want to create and sell an ebook about those experiences. I think it will be fun, and it's something I have wanted to learn how to do for quite awhile.
I do want to make money with my photography. But this will not be my primary means of income as I really like what I do in the Biotech industry. Because of this, I do want to also use my photography and this blog as a means of making the world a better place. I have posted before about birding and my overwhelming desire to be outside. I want to preserve that for my two girls. So any money that I make blogging, I am going to donate 10% of it to the Nature Conservancy. When I make those donations, I'll post about it on the side bar.
There is a lot more to come. Hopefully you like what you see, and will come back often. Make sure you find me on Google+ (please connect with me through the side bar) and Flickr. The Facebook page is coming soon as well.