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One the UK's largest home furnishing chains has announced that they intend to roll out their carpet department to more of their branches across Britain.
Paul Simon, a leader in Britain's home furnishing market, has said today that this intended expansion has come after a very successful trial in one of their branches.
Since March 2011, the Watford branch of Paul Simon have been trialling a carpet department, offering customers a wide range of patterns, colours and prints, in multi widths from 2 to 5 metres. Customers have been able to choose from a wide range of well-known brands such as Wilton Royal and Axminster carpets, along with Balterio laminate flooring and IVC and Tarkett vinyls.
The carpet department in this store has been thriving, leading to responses from customers asking for them to be available in more of Paul Simon's branches across the UK. Customers will be able to check which stores the new departments are in, by heading to the store locator online. The home furnishings store is always on the lookout for new, great quality, affordable home furnishings, sourcing these new carpet designs from the North of England.
Lee Learner, Purchasing Manager said: "We are really pleased to be able to respond to customer feedback and implement our carpet department into more of our 51 branches. Admittedly, we were unsure how our customers would react to this new range, but we are happy to say that the response has been good. The carpets that we offer are of the best quality, with many boasting great features like non-stain and anti-static.
We are always looking to ensure that our customers get the best deals in home furnishings and this is shown in the fact that our carpets start from as low as £4.99 per meter for synthetics. We also offer free fitting, if an underlay is purchased. Not only this, but in most cases, within days of placing your order, you could have your carpet delivered and fitted in your home. "
Since their launch 21 years ago, the home furnishings giant has won Independent Readymade Goods Retailer of the Year and Soft Furnishings Retailer of the Year. This carpet addition is another increase to their product range, which they have been building on since their launch. They have also added to their home furnishing stores and online – beds, furniture, rugs, linen and blinds, all at affordable prices.
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Paul Simon is an award winning Home Furnishings Store, launched in 1990.
Their 51 branches across the UK are open 7 days a week.
Paul Simon offers one of the biggest ranges of curtains, beds and blinds in England.


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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Paint-By-Number Madness - Vintage Thingie Thursday
Oh sure, they look all pastoral, like they're just minding their own business, gazing over the fence and grazing by the stream. Don't be fooled. They're colluding.
I'm convinced they plotted a way to come home with me. At under a buck apiece, I was easy game. They fairly jumped into my Goodwill shopping cart.
I did paint by number as a kid, sitting at the built-in desk in the alcove of the Cape Cod style house I grew up in. The light on the north side wasn't the best, but I worked on a few of these there nevertheless. I can still smell the oil and see the toothpicks strewn about, miniature paint sticks for those tiny plastic pots.
I sorta sucked at it, but it was a lot of fun.
Who knows whatever happened to those early works? My guess is that they were probably in some state of incompletion when I abandoned them for another pastime, like Creepy Crawlers or stretchy loop potholders made on a loom. Or maybe I just ran out of #9 olive green or #4 aqua blue.
I think those horses knew they would rekindle a fond memory. They told their friends -- first, the little fishing boy, who sent his trusty Irish Setter all the way to eBay to sniff out a thatched roof cottage, flushing out a couple of ring-neck pheasants along the way.
And that, my friends, is how a collection is born.
The doves are the most recent acquisition, but I don't trust 'em. They look like they're up to something.
Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to visit Colorado Lady for links to other fabulous vintage thingies!
31 comments:
- Marina said...
aawwww... they are all so adorable!! My favorites are the horses and the dog!!! Great finds :-)
- February 17, 2010 at 8:15 PM
- CollectIn Texas Gal said...
I think I might have painted that dog paint by number. I always wondered what Mama did with it...now I know...GoodWill. I see these all the time at Thrift Stores and think about when I use to paint them. A very unique collection.
- February 17, 2010 at 9:08 PM
- ClassyChassy said...
Love the horses - someone was very good at those paint by numbers - it wasn't me - I lacked patience for the small areas to paint in!
- February 17, 2010 at 9:09 PM
- LV said...
I really enjoyed seeing some of these vintage pictures again. I think the horse ones are the best.
- February 17, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- GaelicAmethyst said...
I love the cottage and the oriental houses. I was never a painter and, even though I tried, I couldn't get them to look good. I finally gave up. I stuck with crayons and coloring books, and even then they weren't great, but I had fun.
- February 17, 2010 at 9:40 PM
- GaelicAmethyst said...
P.S. Ed wants to know what I'm doing. I told him I'm reading your blog. He said to tell you hi, so here I am saying hi for Ed.
- February 17, 2010 at 9:42 PM
- GaelicAmethyst said...
PPS: The doves are up to something. I say we sick the dog on them.
- February 17, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- CC said...
They're all wonderful..the covered bridge is my favorite. It's wonderful.. Happy VTT, have a great weekend.
- February 17, 2010 at 9:53 PM
- GardenofDaisies said...
What a great little collection! I know a couple of people who would probably sell their granny to get their hands on that paint by number cottage! :-) jk, they wouldn't really sell their granny, but you know what I mean.
- February 17, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- marian said...
what a fun post i had to have a little chuckle. Funny how a collection gets started & before you know it you're in over your head lol!
btw your 'paint-by-numbers' collection is delightful :)
- February 17, 2010 at 11:24 PM
- Diann @ the Thrifty Groove said...
Wow, what great finds for great prices! i really love the cottage one!
Have a wonderful day!
- February 17, 2010 at 11:41 PM
- Postcardy said...
What a fun collection. My favorite is the dog.
- February 18, 2010 at 7:43 AM
- Sweet Bee Cottage said...
Now I love your collection. I had one too that I just never seemed to finish. I see these in the magazines all the time, but I've never run across one. Really enjoyed your post!
- February 18, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Mrs. P. said...
All wonderful!! I think I like the pheasant the bestest!!
- February 18, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- Pink Roses and Teacups said...
Hi, Thanks for coming by a leaving a sweet comment on my blog. I remember these paint by numbers. I was never good at it. These are so pretty.
- February 18, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Tammy said...
Hi, The horses and dog are my favourites. I was never patient enough to do good paint by numbers. Your collection is superb!
- February 18, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- colorchic said...
Wonderful collection I especially love the little boy fishing!
- February 18, 2010 at 9:47 AM
- Tara Beaulieu said...
They are all adorable, but I think I love the doves the most! Sweet collection!
- February 18, 2010 at 9:52 AM
- viridian said...
Oh, I remember doing paint by number! I wasn't very good either. And in the late 60's you could do paint by number on black velvet! Now that was something. You have a great collection.
- February 18, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- Laura said...
I did paint by number too! Loved it, but mine were never this good. These are so gorgeous! Love love love them!
- February 18, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Happy Cottage Quilter said...
Your collection is beautiful! I love the one with the little boy fishing.
- February 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Miri said...
Oh my goodness-I think we were BFFs and didn't know it! I loved paint-by-number and making those stretchy loop potholders!
You have a great collection-that cottage is just incredible!
- February 18, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- Ann Creek said...
Anything over three is a collection in my book.
I love all the paintings, I did a few of these when I was a kid too.
thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a comment.
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- February 18, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Back in the dark ages when I was a kid paint-by-number kits were a favorite Christmas gift. Can't remember what I painted or what happened to my "art," but the smell of the paint and stirring with toothpicks is forever in my memory.
- February 18, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- Low Tide High Style said...
I loved doing paint by number pictures as a kid as well! Your collection is truly wonderful and it brought back wonderful memories for me too! I always wanted a Creepy Crawlers set, but never got one!
Kat :)
- February 18, 2010 at 2:44 PM
- Jennifer said...
Nice collection; the dog and the birds are my favorites.
- February 18, 2010 at 5:59 PM
- Coloradolady said...
These are great...I used to love these as a kid, but was never good at it myself....love your collection. Happy VTT!
- February 18, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- Debbie said...
You have some beautiful pieces. I don't see these very often anymore but I remember my brother doing them when I was young.
- February 18, 2010 at 9:48 PM
- Troy said...
I agree, those doves are definitely up to something... Better watch out!
- February 18, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- eilandkind/islandchild said...
wow, your post made me stare with an open mouth! I never knew that 'paint by numbers' can be so beautiful and intricate, I love your Far East set!
I did a set with running horses years ago, but have to ask my Mom in South Africa what happened to it.
Thanks for you comment on my blog, my machine is a Singer 304A, she must be from the same year as yours.
Thanks again for sharing your paint by numbers collection, I really enjoyed seeing it.
- February 19, 2010 at 6:37 AM
- SueWis said...
I'm late for the party, but I remember paint by numbers! You describe it so well, the smell of the paint, etc. And Creepy Crawlers!Yes! Pretty sure those have been outlawed since you could burn yourself on that cooker thing. :)
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Nearly 80% of HR leaders agree — being a company that cares about the well-being of employees is very important to attracting and retaining a quality workforce.
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"Human resources leaders are walking a tightrope in balancing these demands, and they're telling us that the pressure is only going to increase," said Mike Simonds, senior vice president for Unum. "Their employee benefits partners need to take an active role in helping them balance costs and build a culture that contributes to an engaged workforce."
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Dimmit County onion grower Bruce Frasier spends the pre-dawn hours drawing up spreadsheets balancing the day's inventories of young plants with orders from big-box retailers, commercial farms and direct-mail buyers across the country.
The variable is always labor.
"I never know how many will show up," he said, surveying the long lines of sprouts ready for transplant Friday.
Not surprisingly, Frasier is an outspoken proponent of a new agricultural guest worker program, said to be one of the key pieces, if not sticking points, of comprehensive immigration reform being hammered out behind closed doors in Congress. He says his own operation is proof that there are farmworkers who want to come to the United States, work and go back home.
Despite his workforce concerns, Frasier considers himself one of the lucky ones.
Since he lives only an hour from the border, he can count on vans bringing workers from near a bridge linking Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Mexico. The most adept at pulling, banding and cutting the plants will make about $80 per day and be returning by midday to homes in Mexico.
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He says he checks to see whether they can work legally in the U.S.
But there's no certainty about how many will show up, and there's a shortage of workers on the U.S. side.
The oil and gas drilling boom in the Eagle Ford Shale, credited with creating more than 116,000 jobs in a 20-county area in 2012, is exacerbating the labor problems. Field hands are leaving to take higher-paying jobs with energy companies, making it harder than ever for farmers in the area to find workers at harvest time.
Frasier's American workers — who can earn as much as $20 an hour — are aging, and their children aren't interested in farm work.
"In the end, my crop won't wait," he wrote in a recent newspaper opinion piece. "If I can't find enough willing and able U.S. workers, I need a fast, legal, reliable way to hire foreign farmhands."
Frasier said he would bring on workers who aren't citizens or green-card holders, but that would mean tapping the H-2A visa program, a temporary work program that allows farmers to bring in foreign labor. To use it, farmers need to petition the State Department and show that there aren't enough U.S. or legal immigrant workers to get the job done and that U.S. workers' wages won't be hurt.
In Frasier's opinion, the program is cumbersome and counterproductive.
"We can't do H-2A because in H-2A you're supposed to offer the American workers first," he said. "That means my H-2A workers would be sitting there waiting to see how many of these people showed up, and then I could put them to work. And if they didn't go to work, I would have to pay them anyway."
The program also ties workers to specific employers, rather than letting workers follow the crops. In practice, the program has been limited to large growers with staff lawyers or outside agents to handle the paperwork.
Meanwhile, the use of undocumented labor continues.
About 48 percent of farm laborers don't have legal status to work in the U.S., according to a National Agricultural Workers Survey, and just 33 percent are U.S. citizens.
Others say the percentage of undocumented farmworkers is higher. The United Farm Workers estimates 1 million of the nation's 1.6 million farmworkers are undocumented, which is 63 percent. With such numbers, sources close to negotiations in Congress say bipartisan "gang of eight" groups in both chambers know they can't ignore agriculture.
Insiders say long-awaited proposals for comprehensive immigration reform are imminent, with published reports expecting a Senate proposal within a few weeks.
Proposals on the table include an expedited path to legal status for undocumented workers and a guest worker program to replace the H-2A visa program.
The negotiations have been secretive. Reps. John Carter, R-Round Rock, and Sam Johnson, R-Plano, are involved in the talks in the House, but both declined comment.
Meanwhile, groups representing growers and laborers are hungry for details of the emerging legislation, such as the pay levels for guest workers and whether the measure will cap how many guest workers can come.
"We are involved in our own discussion focusing on what agriculture needs and what works for our unique industry," said Kristi Boswell of the American Farm Bureau Federation, which has taken part in the negotiations. "That has to include ways to keep our experienced agriculture workers. Whether that's a pathway to citizenship or some other form of legal status, from agriculture's perspective, that's a political question that will be addressed at a higher level."
She said a "more streamlined, more flexible" guest worker program to replace H-2A was a big part of the discussion. But the UFW, the lead organization representing farmworkers in the talks, says the push is really to make sure farmers have a source of cheap labor.
"An agreement has been difficult to get to because many grower associations have tried to erode any progress farmworkers have made," UFW spokeswoman Maria Machuca said. "It would be a grievous mistake to allow agribusiness to use the debate over immigration reform to further reduce wages of the poorest workers in the country."
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, a Republican, said he feared citizenship talks were getting in the way of the underlying labor issue.
"The lack of labor is part of every discussion I have with our agricultural producers today," he said. "It's very real, and I believe they share my sentiment that Americans should have the first opportunity to get in line for a job. But the lines aren't forming."
"The whole debate on citizenship seems to be hijacking the process," he added.
Like others, Staples questioned whether there weren't merits to the "bracero" program, a program that brought in Mexican workers to pick crops until 1964.
Labor groups say the program dragged down wages for farmworkers, the same thing they foresee happening with any revised guest worker program.
While there were abuses in the program, including poor working conditions and discrimination, Staples said it allowed laborers to come to work and return home with relative ease.
"We need to go after the drug cartels with bullets and badges and use pencil and paper to manage the workforce of America," he said. "You can enhance border security so much quicker, so much faster, so much more efficiently, if you're not chasing people looking for jobs."


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LONDON -- Global demand for oil will grow this year at its fastest rate since 1980, but the producer group OPEC's pledge to pump more crude should help ease the pressure on prices, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.
U.S. crude prices peaked this month at more than $42 per barrel, driven by fears about security in Saudi Arabia and uncertainty about whether major producers would provide more crude. The IEA, which has often urged the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to augment supplies, welcomed OPEC's decision last week to raise its output ceiling and boost production.
"We take the commitments of these producers seriously," the IEA said in its monthly oil report. "All things being equal, this should moderate prices by allowing stocks to build."
The IEA is the energy watchdog for wealthy oil-importing countries. Although it analyzes the supply and demand for crude, it avoids trying to predict price levels.
Oil inventories held by importing countries grew modestly in April, but strong demand for gasoline precluded much improvement in gas inventories, the IEA reported.
U.S. oil prices peaked June 1 at $42.33 per barrel for light crude for July delivery. They've fallen nearly 10 percent since then although July contracts of light crude were trading 81 cents higher Thursday at $38.35 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Gasoline prices have not followed crude downward, due to refining constraints, environmental standards for reformulated gasoline and other unique factors.
Falah Aljibury, an independent energy analyst, said the only way to reduce U.S. gas prices would be for the United States to import more gas.
"And the only way we can import more is by relaxing temporarily the environmental standards we set for gasoline until we see ... a drop in gasoline prices like we're seeing in crude," he said by telephone from his office in Alamo, Calif.
The IEA revised its annual outlook for oil demand upward by 360,000 barrels a day, due largely to brisk growth in India, Brazil and China. The IEA now predicts that demand will grow by 2.3 million barrels, or 2.9 percent, over last year's level. The agency said that will be the fastest rate of increase since 1980 but didn't cite a 1980 figure for comparison. Demand grew 2.3 percent in 2003 over 2002.
This is the eighth consecutive month in which the IEA has made an upward revision in demand. John Waterlow, an analyst at Wood Mackenzie Consultants in Edinburgh, Scotland, suggested that one reason for these revisions is the scarcity of timely statistics for many less-developed countries.
"You've got huge chunks of the world that are completely uncatalogued in the short term," he said.
Average demand for 2004 will total 81.1 million barrels a day, up from 78.8 million barrels in 2003. Much of this growth stems from "a number of one-off factors," including low interest rate policies and tax cuts in some importing nations, large infrastructure projects in China, depleted oil inventories and spending in the war on terrorism, the IEA said.
"This cannot last, and the move to add physical barrels constitutes a responsible action on the part of producers to help stabilize the market," the report said.
OPEC, which supplies more than a third of the world's crude, announced on June 3 that it would raise its output target by 2 million barrels starting July 1 and, if necessary, by an additional 500,000 barrels on Aug. 1. In addition, it urged its members to do as much as they could to help stabilize the market.
Saudi Arabia, OPEC's biggest member, has said it will boost its actual production by as much as 2 million barrels if crude prices stay too high. Saudi Arabia is the only OPEC member with significant spare capacity to produce more crude. It has said it will pump fresh barrels regardless of what its OPEC partners do.
OPEC's 11 members hiked their actual daily production in May by 470,000 barrels over April, accounting for all of last month's net increase in global supplies. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates accounted for most of this increase, the IEA said.
However, Iraq, which has the second-largest proven reserves after Saudi Arabia, suffered sabotage of its pipeline flows and saw production and exports decline for the second month in a row. Iraq doesn't participate in OPEC's output agreements.
OPEC's other members pumped 2.6 million barrels, or 11 percent, above last month's ceiling of 23.5 million barrels.
"Further supply increases are expected for June," the IEA said.
Wood Mackenzie's Waterlow said the IEA was probably correct in assuming that OPEC's members would fulfill their pledges to boost output.
"We know now that the Saudis are pretty much going to pump as much as they can," as are the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, he said.
Russia, currently the No. 1 producer, also raised production in April and, according to provisional IEA estimates, in May. Russia doesn't belong to OPEC.
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DIY Oscilloscope up to 5 kHz
Vassilis Serasidis writes: A few months ago as I was surfing on the net, I saw an oscilloscope based on PIC18F2550 microcontroller and a KS0108 controller based graphical LCD. That was Steven Cholewiak's web site. I had never seen before so amazing microcontroller-only oscilloscope. That was realy impressive circuit, so I decided to design something like that but in C language instead of assembly that I was using all those years. The best solution for me was the WinAVR as it bases on open source AVR-GNU compiler and it works perfect with AVR studio 4. The graphics library that I used, is made by me specific for this project. It's not for general use. If you want to include it to your codes, you have to convet it as you need to. The maximum signal speed who can show up this oscilloscope is 5 kHz in square signal. For other signals (sine or triangle) the frequency is lower ( almost 1 kHz) for having clear view of the signal.
Me personally i don't own an oscilloscope, and when i need to measure something on the oscilloscope i ask a friend that owns to help me out. Most oscilloscope are expensive and since they are not used everyday they don't justify the investment. You should seriously consider this project, i might give it a try myself.
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Have you always wanted to add a rage face or two to a picture you just snapped on the iPhone? Cat Head Studios' latest app, Rage Booth, scratches that itch by allowing you to not only add rage faces to your pictures, but also smear/smoosh your picture so you'll resemble your favourite Internet meme rage face. Once you are done with your masterpiece you can then proceed to add some choice phrases and post up the resulting image to Facebook, Twitter or even e-mail it out.
The app comes with the ability to purchase additional rage faces in the form of rage face packs. Purchasing the Background Pack has the added benefit of making the app into a Rage Comic Creator. Some folks actually said my expression during the previous marathon resembled one of them troll faces, having this app would have made it easier for them to add the troll face next to mine. LOL. Note, you can literally go crazy with this app as there are 130+ rage faces available!
Rage Booth is available for FREE on the iTunes App Store, so check it out over here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rage-booth/id528327005?mt=8. For those of you on Android, the app is also available on Google Play as well.Powered by Sidelines
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I initially made the team to test the new Claydol set I have been working on, and the team had a surprising amount of success. While laddering, I began to see threats that I had left unchecked, and as I began making changes the team naturally evolved from there. It wound up getting me to 6th on the leaderboard with a CRE of 1693 under caveman sam.
Jirachi starts things off and allows me to beat most common leads, though not by himself. The only leads I actually stay in on are Deoxys-A, Tyranitar, Rayquaza, and Shaymin-S, as all can easily be defeated by either Iron Head or Ice Punch; for most others I simply U-turn out to something else.
Deoxys-S: Not a problem at all, I just U-turn out to break the Focus Sash, then go to Claydol and spin away the hazards. If it is a Scarf variant, it outspeeds Jirachi and they swap scarves as I U-turn out. I usually go back to Jirachi to take any second trick attempts.
Deoxys-A: Iron Head, Iron Head. Not a threat
Darkrai: It really depends on the situation, and at times can be quite problematic. I have seen a lot of players as of late using sash variants, so I usually U-turn out to find out, but if I am wrong, Jirachi gets put to sleep and I am in trouble. If I know they are carrying Scarf, I usually go to Claydol to take the sleep because most Darkrai-lead teams are offensive, so spinning hazards will not be as crucial. In short, Darkrai is a problem.
Dialga: Because they are not threatened by anything Jirachi has to offer, they usually feel safe getting rocks up, so I generally get to U-turn to my own Dialga for free, and from there, Draco Meteor OHKO's. Not a problem usually, but does require a bit of prediction as some carry T-wave. If they switch out, I can assume they are not carrying Earth Power or a fire move, which is good to know for later.
Giratina-O: U-turn to Palkia to take the HP Fire, then pivot back to Jirachi to scout their switch. On rare occasions I will stay in and Iron Head first, then switch to Palkia, but only if I really need the extra damage for some reason.
Groudon: U-turn to Claydol straight away. I usually set up rocks first, and then spin theirs if they don't switch.
Kyogre: I usually U-turn, and depending on the damage done, I can figure out if it is the standard T-wave, or a Scarf / Specs Ogre, as the choice sets tend to be a bit less bulky. If it is the T-wave set, I pivot from Claydol to Palkia, and if it is a choice set, I go straight to Palkia.
Rayquaza: Ice Punch, though sometimes I U-turn as they usually switch out.
Mew: I U-turn out to Claydol as it sets up SR, then spin as it either Taunts, or U-turns. Mew leads very rarely explode right off the bat, but it can be annoying if it does.
Mewtwo: They are almost always scarfed, so I just go to Palkia to take the fire move, then either pivot to Rayquaza to take on the likely incoming Steel-type, or go to Jirachi to U-turn out.
Abomasnow: U-turn to break the sash and go to Dialga for the kill. Most teams with Abomasnow are stall oriented, so I have to play conservatively.
Tyranitar: Iron Head for the 2HKO.
Forretress: U-turn to Claydol and threaten to spin, then pivot to Dialga to take on the incoming Giratina-O. From there I just fire off a Draco Meteor and see what comes in to take it.
As far as synergy is concerned, Jirachi takes Ice and Dragon-type attacks for the team, really helps with the Lati twins, and checks Rayquaza, Mewtwo, and Darkrai with Ice Punch and U-turn / Iron Head , respectively. A well timed trick can also really help against stall, as giving Blissey the scarf and then taking Latias' Soul Dew completely opens them up to dragon assaults from Palkia and Dialga, as Forretress (stall teams usual Steel-type) can't hold up for long.
Moveset and Item : Iron Head is needed for the flinch chance and stab, though it is generally only used in emergency situations as it really leaves me open to set up. U-turn is by far the most important move on the set as scouting switches and escaping Wobbuffet (and the rare Dugtrio… Damn you Theorymon) is important for keeping momentum. Ice Punch is primarily for Rayquaza but has its uses on Skymin and Garchomp. Choice scarf allows Jirachi to revenge kill many of the fast, frail sweepers in the Uber tier, as well as potentially cripple defensive walls such as Blissey.
A Jolly Nature and 216 speed EVs puts me one point above Jolly max speed Rayquaza; this is crucial because as long as Jirachi still has its Scarf, it can revenge both Swords Dance and Dragon Dance Rayquaza. 252 attack EVs are mandatory to make sure he hits as hard as possible, and the remaining 40 EVs are placed into HP to give a bit of added bulk.
Dialga @ Choice Specs
EVs: 56 HP / 252 SpA / 200 Spe
Nature: Modest
-Draco Meteor
-Dragon Pulse
Dialga is the first member of the offensive core, and is able to plow through teams with Draco Meteor once Blissey and steel types are gone. I usually bring him in on one of Jirachi's U-turns or on a resisted attack like bullet Punch and just start smashing things. Because of Dialga's incredible typing, getting him in usually isn't much of a challenge, and common switch-ins like Blissey and Scizor are easily taken care of by other members of the team.
Moveset and Item: Draco Meteor is a given as it is Dialga's strongest attack, while Dragon Pulse is for late game consistency or times when I really can't afford to let Draco Meteor miss, like against a Palkia or Latias. Thunder is pretty much only for Kyogre, but it is nice to have it for Lugia, too (and the paralysis really helps sometimes). The last slot is seldom used and kind of depends on who I been facing most often; Flamethrower is the primary option as it is boosted by my Groudon's sun and helps take out steel-types, but on occasion Aura Sphere can help with Bulk Up Dialga (I really hate using 4 Draco Meteor PP to beat it when Aura Sphere will 2HKO, too) and Heatran, though I hate being locked into a move that most of the tier resists, especially when Wob comes in. Choice Specs turns the already feared Draco Meteor and Dragon Pulse into wreaking balls that smash through the Uber tier. I tried life Orb, but I missed the power; besides, I have Rayquaza and Palkia for the diverse role.
EV's and Nature: Max special attack is a must, and 200 speed lets me outpace most base 90s, most importantly almost all Groudon; it also lets me outspeed Giratina-O that does not use a speed boosting Nature. The remaining 56 went into HP because I saw nothing better to do with them. I am sure there is a better EV spread to consider, but I like having a speed buffer between me and Groudon; any help would be appreciated. Modest just gives me so much more power, and I do not see the need for the extra speed.
Rayquaza @ Life Orb
EVs: 80 Atk / 176 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Hasty
-Draco Meteor
With both of his incredible attacking stats, Rayquaza brings a lot to the table. For a team bent of eliminating Dialga's counters, mixed ray was a natural fit; he allows me to easily lure in and eliminate (or at least cripple) Groudon, Lugia, Scizor, and the occasional Metagross, who are all KO'd on average by Draco Meteor followed by the appropriate attack (another Draco Meteor in Groudon's case, an ExtremeSpeed if Lugia is under 20%, Flamethrower for Scizor, and Earthquake for Metagross). Rayquaza also offers a fantastic offensive ground-type immunity to stack with Claydol, meaning that even if Claydol is KO'd, the team will still have a switch into Earthquakes. I had considered Latios for this role, but the ability to crush Blissey is much more important than a second check to Kyogre, and Rayquaza's access to a priority move in ExtremeSpeed is also invaluable as it makes dealing with NP Darkrai, CM Mewtwo, and various Scarfers that much easier and ensures that I am not easily swept even if Jirachi goes down.
Moveset and Item: Draco Meteor again is a must, as it literally defines the mixed set. Flamethrower offers great coverage with Draco Meteor as it hits steels bar Dialga, Empoleon, and Heatran for major damage. ExtremeSpeed offers an invaluable priority move, and easily takes care of speedy but frail threats waiting to sweep the team. Earthquake is an important move for disposing of Heatran, though if an opposing Dialga's health is low enough I will KO it with EQ rather than waste the SpA drop on Draco Meteor. Life Orb gives Rayquaza the pure power it needs to do its job, and with Claydol usually keeping rocks off the field, the 10% per turn isn't too big a deal.
EV's and Nature: I wanted a bit more oomph behind ExtremeSpeed and EQ than the standard set provided, so I went with 80 attack (which is just enough to KO max HP Metagross after a Draco Meteor and SR 100% of the time, after being intimidated for some reason) 176 SpA is necessary to power up Draco Meteor, and max speed is a given on every Rayquaza set…. Got to stay ahead of those pesky Groudon and Giratina-O. I chose Hasty over Naive for the simple reason of occasionally having to rely on Rayquaza to take surfs from scarf Palkia and Kyogre when I play recklessly with my own Palkia, so keeping that defensive stat intact is necessary.
Palkia @ Lustrous Orb
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Nature: Hasty
-Spacial Rend / Draco Meteor
The third dragon and the final piece of the offensive core. Palkia is one of the most popular Kyogre counters for a reason : It is able to check A LOT of the metagame. Palkia is able to swap into Kyogre's water moves with ease and instantly threaten it with Thunder. Everyone has heard the rant. For me, Palkia provides yet another way to lure in steels (especially Scizor, who loves to U-turn on Spacial Rend), and is the primary way of bringing in Blissey, who is promptly destroyed by Outrage.
Moveset and Item: Spacial Rend is the bread and butter of almost every Palkia set, and when it is boosted by Lustrous Orb, it becomes ever the more deadly. If I feel devious I will use Draco Meteor over it for the extra power, but sometimes the inconsistent output causes problems. Flamethrower is for steels who love to switch in on dragon assaults (In case you haven't noticed, eliminating steels is the priority), especially Scizor, and it is absolutely brutal when boosted by the sun. Thunder is for taking out Kyogre and Lugia while rain is active, and paralyzing random switch ins is lovely. Outrage rounds out the set by providing a solid way of decimating Blissey and when boosted by the orb, it easily 2HKOs. Lustrous Orb lets me bluff a choice item and lure out Blissey while adding power to my dragon moves without loosing 10% per attack.
EV's and Nature: Max speed is a must so 252 speed EVs and a speed boosting nature were used, but Palkia needs to maintain the ability to switch into Kyogre and 2HKO Blissey, so hasty was chosen to avoid lowering SpD or Atk. 252 Special attack is a given and the remaining 4 EVs were placed into attack to buff up Outrage.
Groudon @ Life Orb
EVs: 108 HP / 252 Atk / 148 Spe
Nature: Adamant
-Dragon Claw
-Stone Edge
-Rock Polish
Groudon works perfectly with the team; amid the dragon assaults, there is often little left in the way of bulky pokes to stop Groudon as they are usually drawn out to stop the offensive core. Opposing Groudon and Lugia are crippled by Claydol and Rayquaza, respectively, bulky Kyogre are taken care of by Palkia, and Giratina is massacred by the dragons. Groudon also provides a quick answer to BU Dialga, so long as they have not procured too many bulk-ups. Despite the team not exactly being built around him, RP Groudon just fits too well not to use it, though often times, I only use him midgame as a pivot to set up sun or to force something like Heatran or Garchomp out. I have tried the support set but the added bulk is really not needed, while the ability to set up and sweep if given a chance is invaluable. Besides, even RP Groudon has enough bulk to take a random physical hit if needed.
Moveset and Item: Standard really, Earthquake destroys just about anything on the ground while Dragon Claw and Stone Edge hit almost everything else ( I detest Bronzong). I have been seeing a lot of haban Palkia lately, so I have been considering Swords Dance over Dragon Claw. I probably won't get the chance to use them both at once, but against slower teams, the added power of SD may help. Any input on this will be appreciated. Life Orb grants the extra power that makes Groudon so vicious and generates the KOs on the weakened opponents that I could not achieve with Leftovers.
EVs and Nature: My spread is essentially the same as the standard from the analysis, but with 8 HP EVs moved to speed to creep past other RP Groudon and any pokes that intend on outspeeding that set by a point. The HP gives him some added bulk, max attack lets him hit things REALLY hard, while the speed produces more then enough after a Rock Polish. Adamant was chosen for the power.
Claydol @ Leftovers
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Nature: Bold
-Ice Beam
-Rapid Spin
-Stealth Rock
I am sure that since the beginning of the RMT you have been thinking "WTF, why Claydol!?" but just hear me out. He fills three roles necessary to the team with only one teamslot; I needed a SR user, a spinner, and most importantly, a 100% reliable switch into every common Groudon set. Because of his bulk, Levitate, and his ground typing, Claydol resists 2/3 of the standard RP Groudon's moveset, and Dragon Claw is a mere 4HKO without Reflect set up. His ground type grants him an immunity to the support sets Thunder wave, and I really don't care about toxic as he is seldom in long enough for it to really take its toll; sometimes I even run Rest to get around that. Even if groudon gets a Swords Dance, he still will be hard pressed to get past Claydol without being weakened enough for just about anything to revenge it. Claydol's spinning capability in Ubers is easily on par with Forretress', and there are rarely times when I fail to spin, especially considering how well the rest of the team handles Giratina-O.
Moveset and Item: Ice Beam was chosen over Grass Knot for the sole reason of not allowing Rayquaza to freely set up; even with Jirachi to revenge it, I would rather not sacrifice something to get Rachi in. The second slot is between Reflect and Rest; Reflect is the more consistent option, but against stall teams, the added longevity really comes in handy. The next two slots are for Rapid Spin(the only reason to use Claydol over Bronzong) and SR, which is a necessity on nearly every team, and makes taking on Rayquaza and Kyogre much easier for this team. Leftovers is the primary item used, but Chesto Berry makes Rest easier to use.
EVs and Nature: Max HP and defense with a defense boosting nature is a must to take on Groudon, while the remaining 4 were placed into SpD to round out the defenses. Bold again to max physical defense while not lowering Ice Beam's damage output.
For this issues Ubers RMT, I present to you, the readers, an interesting team that utilizes something absolutely unheard of in the Uber tier. In fact, it's not even an unorthodox moveset, it's a flat-out unorthodox Pokémon. Typically found in the UU tier as a spinner, team 'Mankind: An Illustrious Struggle' by giggity69 deploys Claydol as perhaps the best Groudon counter in the tier, resisting Stone Edge and being immune to Earthquake. This team is not just a gimmick team either; giggity69 achieved quite paramount success with his team, peaking at 6th on the Ubers leaderboard with a CRE of 1693.
giggity69 starts off his team with a Trick Choice Scarf Jirachi lead. Unlike in the OU tier, however, his Jirachi does not have Stealth Rock on its moveset. Although odd, this Jirachi is meant to be an anti-lead of sorts, being able to defeat Deoxys-S and Deoxys-A while keeping offensive momentum via U-turn. Against leads whom Jirachi cannot handle, such as Dialga, giggity69 simply U-turns to the appropriate team member. Although a few leads do get Stealth Rock up against Jirachi, such as Dialga and Groudon, he can spin them away later in the game with Claydol. Ice Punch is used to revenge-kill a boosted Rayquaza, and also Shaymin-S, who can be a bit problematic to this team.
The next member up, and the true offensive powerhouse of this team, is Dialga. This particular Dialga is a Specs variant, heavily relying on an overpowered Draco Meteor to dent virtually everything in the tier bar Blissey. 200 Speed EVs let Dialga outrun virtually all Groudon, who think they can Earthquake Dialga for a simple KO. These Speed EVs also let Dialga outrun a few slower versions of Giratina-O. Dragon Pulse is purely for late-game cleaning, but is otherwise a fairly filler move. Thunder is purely for Kyogre, as a boosting Calm Mind Kyogre can stall out Draco Meteor and eventually Rest up. Flamethrower hits incoming Scizors that think they can kill Dialga for free with Superpower. Perhaps the biggest concern for giggity69 is what supplementary moves Dialga could run. Aura Sphere helps a lot against opposing Dialga and especially Heatran, who walls the current set handily. However, Aura Sphere does let Wobbuffet easily revenge-kill Dialga, so the trade-off is quite balanced. Since a Specs Draco Meteor hits Dialga pretty hard as well, I'd say Aura Sphere is not needed. Heatran can be handled by giggidy69's other team members.
One way to remove Heatran from the game is through giggidy69's next Pokémon, the equally as powerful Rayquaza. This Rayquaza complements Dialga extremely well, boasting very similar attacks, such as Draco Meteor and Flamethrower. Mixquaza is an incredibly dangerous threat on its own in the Uber tier; combining it to form the commonly seen dual-dragon strategy in OU works just as well in Ubers. If Dialga fails to remove certain Pokémon, you can rest assured Rayquaza will clean up. Extremespeed is what helps it clean up so well, being able to take out frailer threats like weakened Mewtwo. Earthquake catches Heatran who think they can wall the standard Draco Meteor + Fire-type attack Mixquaza. Earthquake also hits Dialga hard, and the rare Metagross who thinks it can tank Dialga's hits.
Because Kyogre can cause a lot of issues for the team currently, giggidy69 decided to run Palkia on this team. With the ability to switch into Kyogre's Water-moves without too much difficulty, Palkia is often central to an Uber team's success. Although often seen holding a Choice Scarf, this Palkia works similarly to Expert Belt Jirachi in OU. After revenge-killing something, opponents often make the error of sending in a Pokémon who can stat-up, thinking there are no problems with boosting. Just as in OU, opponents are often met with two swift KO's because Palkia isn't Scarfed. The moveset of this Palkia is basically identical to the Choice Scarf set. Spacial Rend is a given, while Thunder is for Kyogre. Flamethrower hits incoming Steel-types who believe they are taking Scarf Spacial Rends. Outrage allows Palkia to not be completely walled by Blissey, and is generally a better late-game move than Spacial Rend because it lacks the small but potentially gamebreaking chance to miss.
After the Dragon onslaught, this last offensive Pokémon on the team often finds it easy to sweep. The combination of Dialga, Rayquaza, and Palkia often removes the counters of Rock Polish Groudon, giggity69's fifth Pokémon. Lugia is often swiftly killed by a surprise LO Draco Meteor from Rayquaza, and Kyogre is removed through either Palkia or Dialga. Giratina-O is also often surprisingly killed by a faster Dialga. Various Steel-types like Bronzong and Scizor are lured in by powerful Dragon-type attacks only to be hit by a surprise Fire-type attack as well. As a result, Rock Polish Groudon can achieve its goal of sweeping late-game. It simply fits this team well, and checks a few difficult Pokémon like SD Lucario and Bulk Up Dialga. The moveset is obvious and standard; Rock Polish doubles Speed to outspeed the majority of the Uber tier, Earthquake provides solid STAB, Stone Edge hits Lugia and other Flying-types, and Dragon Claw can clean up Latios, Latias, and weakened Giratina versions.
Last, but certainly not least, is the star of the team, Claydol! How is something rarely seen in UU effectively used in Ubers? Well, because of Claydol's unique typing and Levitate ability, it becomes one of the best Groudon counters in the game. Groudon is perhaps the most difficult threat to deal with without Claydol on the team, as it can set up a Rock Polish on Jirachi and proceed to KO the majority of the team with a combination of Earthquake and Stone Edge. Claydol's Rock-type resistance and Earthquake immunity makes it almost the prototypical Groudon counter. Without Reflect, Dragon Claw, Groudon's next best option, is a mere 4HKO. Ice Beam hits Groudon, and also Rayquaza who try and set up a Swords Dance or Dragon Dance. Grass Knot was excluded for this reason; giggity69 doesn't want Rayquaza setting up for free. Kyogre is handled fine through Palkia anyway. Since the rest of the team doesn't have Stealth Rock, Claydol is the team's Stealth Rock user. Rapid Spin is the reason giggity69's lead Jirachi isn't totally a bad idea, because often the rocks will be spun at some point in the game. Spinblockers like Giratina-O are often removed through the triple-Dragon core anyway.
Despite the success of this team, it does have a few problems, and they are quite profound. Because giggity69 uses an offensive core of 3 Dragon-types, he is weak to strong Ice-type attacks. Specs Kyogre is difficult to handle if it's locked into Ice Beam, because only Jirachi can really take the hit well. giggity69 must bait attacks he can handle, and Ice Beam is extremely difficult for this team to take on well. It doesn't help that Groudon is weak to Ice either. Using similar logic, Dragon-type attacks from faster Pokémon, such as Scarf Dialga and Scarf Palkia, are difficult to play around. Scarf Jirachi is the only thing that can take them well, so it will get worn out pretty fast, and can't really do much back. The way giggity69 deals with these issues I assume is through hitting harder with his Pokémon and constantly saccing whatever he feels fit at that point in the match. The glaring Ice and Dragon weaknesses aside, this is a nice team that utilizes an absolutely unheard of Pokémon in Ubers, while tactically abusing strong Dragon-type attacks to set up a Rock Polish Groudon sweep in the end.
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Private schools and prep schools in the UK still, for some, have this aura about them that they are only for the privileged and wealthy. While this is true for a smaller number of our elite private schools, there are now a lot more affordable private schools in the UK which make private high quality education accessible for the broader masses.
Why you might want to consider a private school
The public school system in the United Kingdom, while in general above public schools in many other countries, is often still lacking. Depending on a particular public school, the negatives can often far outweigh the advantages of public and free education.
Among those negatives our public school system suffers can be under-funding, overcrowded class rooms, under-staffing or poorly motivated teachers and staff. All those rather negative things can ultimately lead to that pupils, on average, attain poorer grades in public schools as compared to private schools.
However, the disadvantages of private schools do not only affect standard education classes and pupils grades. Most of the time, public schools can offer the children the same variety when it comes to extracurricular activities like their private counterparts.
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Before you make a choice whether a public school or a private school for your children would be better, consider whether your investment in a private school would not ultimately pay for itself over time. If you ask me, it is not wise trying to save money when it comes to one of the most important things in life, that is education. At prep school in Bedfordshire you can find more information about the benefits of a good school for your children.


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I recently heard a story about golfing great Arnold Palmer. I do not know whether it is fact or fiction but the story's message ignited something within me that I felt so compelled to share with each of you, my loyal readers and followers. The story goes like this:
Arnold was invited by the king of Saudi Arabia to play in a tournament his royal highness was hosting. When Arnold agreed, the king sent his private jet and flew the golf legend to his country. After several days of play, the king approached Palmer and expressed his gratitude to him for coming and wanted to give him a gift. "Anything you wish", the king offered.
Arnold declined the gift, saying he'd been such a gracious host, that would be enough. The king was so insistent, Palmer knew he would have to accept something. Since he was a collector of golf clubs, he asked for one. He returned home and as he waited, he imagined what a golf club that came from the king would look like. Maybe it would be solid gold or perhaps be studded with diamonds and other precious stones.
One day he received a certified letter from the king. Arnold signed for the letter and opened it. To his utter amazement he found the deed to a golf club. The king had purchased and entire golf country club and gave it to Arnold as a gift.
Though I have no way of knowing whether the story is true or not, it's truth cannot be denied. Many times I'm guilty of thinking too small… dreaming to finite… trying to live life within the confines of my limited vision. Riding my bicycle around America on the Road to Freedom Tour in 2013 showed me I don't have the capacity to dream visions big enough. Around each curve, over each hill a blessing immeasurable awaited me. That truth expanded when I began my new adventure of being an over-the-road truck driver in the summer.
You may be thinking you'd never do either one of those. Doesn't matter. There is a destiny you were created for. It is so big, you cannot phathom it, conceive of it, or even dream it fully. But you can expand your thinking. You can enlarge the camp of your vision and move in a greater direction than you have been.
In these last two years, I have grown more, experienced more, been challenged and stretched to a greater measure and been blessed more than in all my other years combined. I have definitely expanded, but I'm not stopping there. I need to enlarge my thinking and dream bigger. So do you.
As you put the period at the end of 2014 and usher in a brand new year that is yet a blank sheet of paper, I urge you to expand. Tear down the walls of your limited vision and let yourself out of your box. Be all you were destined to be. Take your rightful place!
The world needs you. What's more, your dream is too important to remain unlived.
Happy New Year of being the best you can be!


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Art at the Sea
I don't know about you, but by mid-February, I am done with winter. I'm done with the PNW gray skies and drizzle and cool, damp air. The other day, in an attempt to work with my lethargic energy that had anxiety at the fringes, I forced myself on a walk (inertia is strong this time of year for me!) and headed down to Bellingham's Marine Park for some "sea therapy" and I found my inner pilot light.
I noticed art in a cockle shell and he became the subject of some spontaneous nature art.
And he developed quite the personality!
And then I saw art everywhere!
And then I felt better. I felt productive, active, creative, connected. I saw beauty in this "barren" time of year — and I even noticed the million shades of gray in that sky and water. Inertia is strong, but lesson learned. Art disrupts downward spirals. Nature is a canvas. Time to go for another walk.


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Welcome to Soho FC – London's newest LGBTQ friendly football club.
If you have a passion for football and a desire to achieve success as a team, then we are the club for you. We compete in local, national and international competitions, hold regular training sessions with our F.A. qualified coaches and enjoy a great social calendar.
At Soho FC – we embrace diversity, we only care that you love football as much as we do.
SOHO FC – Love Football, Be Yourself
11 a side: Sunday afternoons
- We Compete in the London Unity League, and the GFSN Cup, with matches taking place on a Sunday Afternoon
- Training sessions are held mid-week on a Wednesday, near to "The Hub" in Regents Park
9 a side: Friday nights: Corams Fields ( near to Russell Square)
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Liverpool: Rodgers Praises 'Great' Transfer Work
Kop boss Brendan Rodgers is delighted with the club's summer transfer activity so far and believes there is more to come...
With Liverpool expected to officially confirm their third summer signing later today, manager Brendan Rodgers has praised the club's efforts in the transfer market.
The impending £25m capture of Southampton captain Adam Lallana follows deals for England colleague Rickie Lambert and German youth international Emre Can.
The combined outlay is already close to £40m but further dealings are expected with Dejan Lovren, Alberto Moreno, Lazar Markovic and Divock Origi among the players tipped to arrive before the window closes at the beginning of September.
"I think there has been a lot of work that has been done," Rodgers told Sky Sports News yesterday. "If you look at us as a club and recruitment, we haven't been resting over the course of the off-season - a lot of great work has gone on.
"We've targeted players, we've signed some and we'll have more signings to come over the course of the pre-season. The idea is by the end of August we'll have the squad together and it will be a really exciting time for us next season.
"Next season will be equally as tough, we knew it would be tough, we had an incredible performance level and we'll have players who want to prove themselves and the beauty is that we as a club will improve too.
"We've a lot of young players who will have gained experience last season and we will bring in more players with added quality so we will also improve as well and that's something I'm really looking forward to seeing."
Despite the impressive work and exciting future, the media spotlight unsurprisingly continues to fall primarily on controversial striker Luis Suarez.
The Uruguayan finally issued an apology of sorts yesterday - almost a week after biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.
Previously the shamed star, along with other notable personnel from within the Uruguayan team and football association, had pleaded his innocence and claimed the incident was merely an accidental clash.
Speaking via social media from his home town of Montevideo, the 27-year-old now admits: "After several days of being home with my family, I have had the opportunity to regain my calm and reflect about the reality of what occurred during the Italy-Uruguay match on 24 June 2014.
"Independent from the fallout and the contradicting declarations that have surfaced during these past days, all of which have been without the intention of interfering with the good performance of my national team, the truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me.
"For this: I deeply regret what occurred. I apologise to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire football family; I vow to the public that there will never again be another incident like (this)."
Chiellini responded to Suarez`s apology via Twitter, saying: "It`s all forgotten. I hope FIFA will reduce your suspension."
The global ban currently stands at four months which, in addition to a separate total of nine international games, will rule the striker out of 13 Liverpool fixtures when the new season commences in August.
Regardless of the outcome of any appeal, Suarez is still permitted to transfer to another club and many media outlets, including the well-sourced Liverpool ECHO, believe the apology may be aimed at helping to secure a move to Barcelona.
The Spanish giants have openly admitted their interest in the player but are yet to make a formal offer.
Neither Suarez nor his advisors have informed Liverpool of a desire to leave so far but the prospect of a transfer happening appears to be growing.
The Merseysiders, shocked by the former Ajax man's actions just a year after a previous indiscretion of the same nature, are unlikely to stand in the way should an appropriate bid - in the £70m to £80m range - be made.
Such an offer could trigger a release clause in the forward's contract but a player-plus-cash deal, possibly involving Chilean international Alexis Sanchez, is potentially a more palatable outcome for both parties.
Suarez is understood to own property in Cataluna and his wife, Sofia, also has ties to the area.
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Some of the first images I took with my new Nikon 35mm 1.4 lens. I totally understand why so many rave about it for nighttime photography. (I currently shoot with a Nikon d750 body.)
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Or rather, a couple of food carts in midtown
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Women's March on Washington D.C.
Shoutout to the white guys that stood for hours, marched, and carried signs at the Women's March.
The workers that were taking down the structures for the Trump Inauguration were wearing pink and buying Black Lives Matter buttons.
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Basement Renovation: The Home Stretch
And by home stretch, I mean we are having carpet installed on the stairs on Wednesday and then we are officially DONE. At least with the renovation part. Next up is the accessorizing part (some of which has already started).
Bdecause I can't keep you waiting any longer…
But first – remember how beige the basement was before we got started?
So here's how this played out (via Instagram).
First, it got messy and dirty:
Then the building started: shelves under the stairs, a hole for what would soon become a built-in wine rack, custom wet bar cabinets, tongue & groove wainscoting and updating the entertainment center to fit TVs made in this century.
Next came the priming part. And we could start to see where this was going. And we liked it.
And then painting. The painted bookcase was a mistake. The first of many. Let's just say this renovation process was not exactly stress-free and I'm pretty sure our project manager has a voodoo doll of me somewhere in his office. It's fine because I have his photo pinned up on a dart board.
More paint. See where we're going with this?
And then things started to get good. Really good.
And then they got better. Way better.
And, just like that, we were mostly done. Obviously I couldn't wait to accessorize. With booze.
The furniture arrived and, save for the wrong ottoman (Crate & Barrel is sending us a new one on Friday), I was in love.
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A public consultation on the future of NHS maternity, in-patient paediatric and emergency gynaecology services in East Sussex was launched on Tuesday by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs.)
The full consultation document can be downloaded at the consultation website which also hosts an online survey for public responses. Some 30 public engagement events are planned over the coming weeks, with details on the website.
There are six potential options for providing these services across hospital sites in Eastbourne, Hastings and Crowborough. Last autumn Crowborough families were angry to find the birthing centre temporarily closed.
On behalf of colleagues, Dr Elizabeth Gill, from Buxted, chair of High Weald Lewes Havens CCG, said: "We want as many people as possible to find out more about the options and have their say. We encourage them to read the document and understand why there was an urgent need to change services locally to improve safety and quality.
"Too many women and children were being placed at risk of harm and as local GPs we cannot allow that to continue. The safety and quality of local services will always be our top priority.
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All six include providing obstetric-led maternity services, two midwife-led birthing units and an overnight 'in-patient' paediatric ward in East Sussex. There would continue to be a short-stay paediatric assessment unit at both Eastbourne and Hastings. Four of the six include a midwife-led unit at Crowborough.
Under each, emergency gynaecology services would be located at the same site as obstetrics but the options do not include the provision of obstetrics and in-patient paediatrics on both hospital sites.
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Caviar is the ultimate badge of conspicuous consumption. And, for most of us, the lovely presentation of this food is so far removed from the fish from which it comes that I was utterly captivated when I began to look into its history and the current state of the caviar economy.
In my adult life, I have had the occasion to consume caviar a dozen or so times. It is something I would enjoy once a year at best, when I join my friends and family in South Carolina to quail hunt. It was just a treat of the week, an anachronistic moment where we all dressed up beautifully for dinner and we ate caviar on toast points for hors d'oeuvres, along with southern fried shrimp, crab dip, and other wonderful Southern style dishes. I thought then, as I have up until recently, that it was something wonderful from some foreign spot…a treat, a luxury and a rarefied moment of glamour. I had no clue about its origin and no clue about the fish from which it came or the fishermen who brought it to market.
But, much like sparkling diamonds that tell you nothing about their place in the world, but only dazzle you with their implied value, based on a sort of collective fiction, the little eggs on my toast point has a story to tell. All food does. And when I started learning, it was, simultaneously, an awakening and the greatest story I'd ever read about food. No one really likes to look under the skirt of their favorite luxuries because too often it seems there are unpleasantries like blood diamonds, force fed geese, and in this case a very homely and goofy dinosaur of a fish family named sturgeon, which we have enjoyed, feted and toasted, to the edge of extinction over and over throughout the years. But, the upside is that there is always a better way of doing things and when the disinfecting rays of sunlight have their way with something, we often end up with a better system…to wit:


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Need to get around Germany but don't want to cough up a hundred Euros for a one-way plane or train ticket? Get Mitfahrgelegenheit! Meaning "carpool" in German, Mitfahrgelegenheit (roughly pronounced meet-far-guh-LEG-gun-hite) is popular and simple to use, thanks to the website (and Google Translate, considering I have no clue what I'm reading in German 90% of the time). It's just a matter of searching for a ride between two places at a time that best suits you, comparing options based on the driver's bio and rating as a reliable user (or not), then meeting at the designated point with cash in-hand and hitting the road. Yes, some measure of blind faith is required, and who knows how likely I'd be to use the system if I were a solo female traveler, but since you usually meet your driver and fellow passengers in a public place, you can address any immediate trepidation by just deciding not to get into the vehicle.
Last week, I mitfahred from Frankfurt to Berlin in a dusty, grey Mercedes minivan with driver and five college students (They looked college age, anyway. We barely spoke beyond initial pleasantries as we were all plugged up to our individual MP3 players). Dude hauled-ass down the autobahn, clocking in at five hours for a normally six-hour drive, with a ten-minute pee/cigarette break. We drove through leafy forests, underneath monstrous industrial windmills, and past Russian-built cargo planes at the Leipzig Airport. We plowed through fog banks and down steep hills and almost sideswiped an 18-wheeler. Halfway to Berlin, the driver stuck his hand back towards us and said in accented English, "Give me my money now, please." I'm thinking, "Naw, potna. Not until I see a 'Wilkommen in Berlin' sign."
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New work: COLAGE
COLAGE is an organization that supports children of LGBTQ parents via nationwide chapters and meetups, along with self-produced guides, videos, and other resources. Working with designer Rafael Soldi, I developed a site that features a custom events display, an interactive map of local resources, and more. Coming soon: an e-commerce page for COLAGE-branded clothing and swag, and a membership-based, COLAGEr-only space for trainings and other materials.
Check out COLAGE's brand new look!
New Work: NYU School of Medicine
After more than a year of hard work, with hundreds of pages built and contributors filling several floors of Midtown office space, the new and greatly improved NYU School of Medicine website has launched. My role has encompassed a hodgepodge of graphic design, style guide development, photo editing, and the establishment of site-wide "motifs" for photographic treatments. Additionally, a number of my own photographs (both commissioned and from my personal archive) are featured throughout its pages.
The result is a very attractive-looking, informative, and modern site that's worthy of such a prestigious institution. Give it a look!
Matthew Desmond wins the Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes were just announced, and I was happy (but not at all surprised) to learn that Matthew Desmond and his book Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City won in the category of General Nonfiction. Besides being a well-deserved honor, it means this important work will continue to provoke discussion and stir our national conscience.
I've been honored to work with Desmond in creating the site Just Shelter, along with his colleagues at Harvard's Justice & Poverty Project, who did so much of the grunt-work of compiling housing assistance resources and other assets for the site.
If Desmond's work moves you, be sure to visit justshelter.org and learn about the Evicted Book Foundation, as well as discover organizations working to provide housing resources in your area.
Link: "Desmond wins Pulitzer for book based on Milwaukee research" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Reorient Naturals E-Commerce Site
My latest work is Reorient Naturals' new e-commerce site. I built it with the aid of the WooCommerce platform and the lovely visual stylings of Noele Lusano.
Just Shelter
I'm very excited to announce the launch of justshelter.org, which serves as a portal for raising awareness of eviction's role in perpetuating poverty, for sharing eviction stories, and for locating housing resources. Under the auspices of our design company Flare/ Fade, Noele Lusano and I created the site for Harvard sociologist and 2015 MacArthur Fellow Matthew Desmond. The project was conceived as a companion to Desmond's book, the just-released "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City," which you will likely be hearing about in the coming weeks as Desmond promotes it across the country.
Just Shelter has already received mention in the New York Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and several other national media outlets.
Reorient Journal
Reorient Journal (the blog for Reorient Naturals, a California-based herbal products company) is the end product of another fruitful collaboration with Noele Lusano, whose original designs I drew upon to build the site.
NYU Langone Medical Center
NYU Langone Medical Center has just launched their vastly revamped new website, and I'm happy to have contributed by editing over 1200 photos (and counting) for the project. Now that the site is live, I'm continuing to work as their production designer / retoucher.
New photos + web design
1. Added a few new photos from last winter & fall to the gallery. Uploads have been delayed for the usual reasons: a) shooting on 35mm film, b) being somewhat control-freakish about scanning it myself, but also c) having a larger-than-usual backlog.
New photos may be more forthcoming soon, now that I've largely switched over to a full frame digital camera. I'm still attached to the grainy, almost-impressionistic look (and the je ne sais quio) that film imparts, but I've also begun to discover the Nikon d610's idiosyncratic charms. I still, though, find myself shooting Polaroids (using Impossible Project film) with the same enthusiasm, so I'll be keeping one foot in the analog world.
2. Just finished a website for the education leader Paul Perry, who put me through my paces in terms of design bells & whistles. It was an interesting exercise in compiling a lot of disparate textual information into a single-page scrolling format, which I think more commonly lends itself to a flowing narrative, short blurbs and lots of icons and other graphical elements. The solution was to make the longer text passages expandable & collapsible, and to use graphic adornment (such as company / organization logos) wherever possible. He also came up with the idea of embedding his LinkedIn profile, which I think might be a good option for those looking to incorporate a dynamic resume into their personal websites.
How to Make Film-Based Double Exposures (composed according to the laws of chance)
Years ago, my friend Noele Lusano gave me an idea: shoot your way twice through the same roll of film, forget about recording any details about the frames, and let synchronicity dictate how the exposures mesh together. The original plan was to share the roll, with her shooting one pass through and me shooting the other. Long story short, we ended up living on opposite coasts, so the idea never materialized. But earlier this year, I finally got around to putting her idea into practice on my own.
As it happened, the first pass was shot in Winter, and the second in Spring (both in Cambridge, MA). So in the second go-round I decided to emphasize inter-seasonal contrasts — and the contrasts there are intense — by focusing my attention on the new flower blooms. The results were sometimes serendipitous:
Nothing about the alignment of the snow-laden tree branch with the flower blooms in the above image was planned, by the way — it's a testament to the kinds of synchronicity that can result from this process.
I thought I'd continue by sharing the rest of the results of this experiment here, interspersed with tips for those interested in trying it out.


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Giroud was shown a straight red card by referee Andre Marriner in the final minute of Saturday's 1-0 win at Fulham, with Arsenal adamant that the France striker had simply slipped as he challenged Stanislav Manolev.
An appeal, however, was rejected by a Football Association regulatory commission and Arsenal will be without Giroud for matches against Manchester United, Queens Park Rangers and Wigan Athletic.
"It is a blow – we will have to do without him and we will do it," said Wenger. "It is a harsh decision. Having seen it again, I feel it is completely accidental and a very minor incident. I am sad that it didn't work but we have to cope with it."
Giroud has featured regularly during Arsenal's recent run of good form and his absence leaves the team short of options as the main central striker at this critical moment of the season.
Lukas Podolski began the season in that position but has looked more effective cutting in from the left. Theo Walcott and Gervinho have also spent parts of the season playing through the middle but, like Podolski, been more generally used in a wide position.
Lukasz Fabianski is also unavailable against Manchester United on Sunday due to a cracked rib, meaning that Wojciech Szczesny will continue as goalkeeper.
Robin van Persie will be the obvious focus on Sunday when he returns to Arsenal for the first time since joining Manchester United but Nacho Monreal, the Arsenal left-back, has warned his team-mates to be wary of other threats.
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In a meeting Tuesday the 28th, the Bay County Tourist Development Council slashed the spring break budget in half, from $300,000 to $150,000. In addition they approved a $112,500 budget for a market research study to determine who best to market to instead of college spring breakers. Among other things, a new two year contract with YPartnership in Orlando was approved with an increase in their monthly retainer form $9,500 to $12,500. YPartnership has recomended a partnership with MTV to produce the "college spring break" period. In the past, the 3 to 5 week period of spring break received over a third of the entire marketing budget, but generated only 10% of the annual bed tax collections.
This is all in an effort to get a more family-oriented demographic to our area during peak vacation seasons and ultimately to help change the image of Panama City Beach to that of a more family friendly area and shift away from the images of kids drinking and partying on our beaches.Print Story