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While Shaun and I were on our Southwestern United States road trip to Burning Man, we stopped to visit some very awesome friends who live in Scottsdale (who… shhhh…. we met on World of Warcraft!). I always like take advice from local friends on where to explore. Not only do they give you the uber secret local places to go but are also aware of the super awesome touristy places to discover as well. How can you not be cliche in Scottsdale, Arizona? We all hopped into the car and headed into the saguaro cactus filled desert mountains.
We came across what appeared to be a western "Disneyland" full of fake and AWESOMENESS. While meandering our way through kitschy Western antique stores, I found this beauty of a saguaro cactus.
The saguaro (/səˈwɑroʊ/; scientific name Carnegiea gigantea) is an arborescent (tree-like) cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea, which can grow to be over 20 meters (~70 ft) tall. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in the U.S. state of Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, and the Whipple Mountains and Imperial County areas of California. The saguaro blossom is the State Wildflower of Arizona.
The common name saguaro came into the English language through the Spanish language, originating in the Mayo language.
Saguaros have a relatively long life span. They may grow their first side arm anywhere from 50 to 75 years of age, but some never grow one at all. A saguaro without arms is called a spear.
The arms are grown to increase the plant's reproductive capacity (more apices lead to more flowers and fruit). The growth rate of saguaros is strongly dependent on precipitation; saguaros in drier western Arizona grow only half as fast as those in and around Tucson, Arizona. Some specimens may live for more than 150 years;[1] the largest known saguaro is the Champion Saguaro. It grows in Maricopa County, Arizona, and is 13.8 meters (45.3 ft) tall with a girth of 3.1 meters (10 ft). These cacti can grow anywhere from 40 to 60 feet. They grow slowly from seed, and never from cuttings. Whenever it rains, saguaros soak up the rainwater. The cactus will visibly expand, holding in the rainwater. It conserves the water and slowly consumes it. – Wikipedia


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Yesterday around 11:00 am, when news of L'Wren Scott's suicide hit social media–the world was shocked not only at news of the designer's death but also media's treatment of it. Twitter headlines announced the death of "Mick Jagger's Girlfriend," touting the suicide as a tabloid scandal. These weren't celebrity news sources–they were publications that knew better, such as the New York Times and BBC.
However, twitter wasn't the only outlet that dispersed news of "Mick Jagger's Girlfriend" allegedly committing suicide—the headline was all over online articles, television, and radio reports. The media believed the only reason we could possibly care about the death of L'Wren Scott was because of her high profile celebrity relationship with the Rolling Stones frontman.
It didn't matter that Scott was discovered by Bruce Weber at the age of 18 and became a big name runway model. It didn't matter that she went on to pursue a styling career, becoming the official stylist for the Oscars in 2000. It didn't matter that she launched her own collection and outfitted the likes of our First Lady, Angelina Jolie, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Christina Hendricks. It didn't matter that she designed entire wardrobes for hit films such as Oceans Thirteen.
Most importantly, it didn't matter that she openly stated, "I'm a fashion designer. I don't want to be defined as someone's girlfriend."
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As soon as L'Wren was found dead, her accomplishments, career, and hard work no longer counted. The media scaled her down to a mere name tacked on the end of Jagger's other female conquests—Marianne Faithfull, Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, and L'Wren Scott. Attention was turned to Jagger's devastation as a feeding frenzy for media consumption. Buzz surrounded the inconvenient cancellation of the Australian branch of the Stones' tour. However, unlike news of other fashion designer suicides such as Alexander McQueen's, retrospects of her career and life were few.
Our treatment of L'Wren Scott's death reveals not only an isolated failure, but a disease endemic to our society—the belief that a woman cannot be beautiful and successful without a male's support. We still treat women's success as an anomaly that needs to framed by the question "Who supported her?" and validated by a supportive male presence.
Even in death, sexism lives on.
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Acknowledging that there's an issue with our media's treatment of L'Wren Scott's suicide, promotes equality not only for the designer's legacy, but for the legacies of all successful women. We are more than girlfriends, wives, and mothers–we are individuals with unique stories that should be told.


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First one past the post in last year's UAE 1000 Guineas, Mahbooba was a winner in England during the summer and won well to the delight of winning jockey Christophe Soumillon who said: "She was good on [all-weather] last year but seems just as good on the turf. This trip of 1800m was probably as short as she would want as she won over 2400m in England and stays well. I am not sure what future plans will be but we should have plenty of options with her and she is an ideal sort for the Carnival."
Stable jockey Frankie Dettori was on the runner-up on that occasion but quickly made amends in the following 2200m Longines Prima Luna on bin Suroor's Honour System.
Bin Suroor said: "We have some nice horses for the Carnival and these two will probably be kept busy in this kind of race. It is a great start to the year and hopefully we have more winners to come."
Dettori completed his own double in the concluding 1400m turf Longines Saint Imier Collection on Time Prisoner who was also part of a brace for Godolphin's other handler, Mahmood Al Zarooni.
Al Zarooni had earlier saddled City Style to beat stable companion Bridgefield in the 1600m Longines Master Collection Moon Phases with Mickael Barzalona completing his double in the process on a great night for the whole Godolphin team.
Al Zarooni said: "That is a great start to our Carnival and hopefully it can continue. We have some nice horses to run this year but it is just great to make a winning start."
The first international winner of the 2012 Dubai World Cup Carnival came from the UK in the form of Addictive Dream, trained by Carnival regular Dandy Nicholls. It was the trainer's first UAE winner at the 66th attempt.
His son Adrian was in the saddle and the winning trainer said: "Finally we have managed to win one. I think it is 10 years we have been trying now! We thought we had a decent chance but I was a bit worried he might have hit the front a bit too soon. Luckily he held on and it is just brilliant for the owners and whole team."
The opening leg of the Meydan Masters International Jockey Challenge went to Furnace, trained by Erwan Charpy and ridden by Irishman Colm O'Donoghue.
Charpy said: "That was a great ride from a top jockey. He was able to get an easy lead and judged it perfectly."
The jockey goes into Friday's final three races in the challenge with a healthy lead and said: "It is nice to get a win on the board. Tomorrow will be interesting as there are a lot of very good jockeys here so it will not be easy to hold on but I will be trying hard."


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The Buddhist monk Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906-1993) injected fresh life into Thai Buddhism by exploring and teaching little known transcendent aspects of the religion. His investigations excited both monks and lay people, and gave rise to vigorous discussion in shops, temple yards and newly founded Buddhist associations. Moreover, he was a prolific author, who produced a rich array of publications that are indicative of his popularity and the impact of his teachings. While these discussions included serious exchanges on doctrine and practice, they also included jokes and light humor, criticisms of weak evidence for certain positions, and a defamation campaign arising from rumors that Buddhadasa was a communist sympathizer.
Buddhadasa's thoughts and historical context coincide with the general picture of "modern Buddhism" and he may be seen as an agent of "Buddhist modernity," but he worked predominantly in Thailand through the medium of the Thai language, and he contributed much more significantly to Thai Buddhists than to Buddhist practice outside the country.
An enormous amount of material relating to Buddhadasa Bhikkhu has been captured in religious journals and in numerous "pocket books" aimed at a general audience. Departing from the classical method of studying Buddhism through philology, Tomomi Ito's account of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu draws on this popular literature and on conversations with a broad spectrum of the people involved in these discussions to develop an account of Buddhism as it is experienced by Thai people. The result is a lively intellectual and social history of contemporary Thai religion and society built around the life of an exceptional monk who captured the interest of Buddhists pursuing spiritual depth in the context of the ideological conflicts of the Cold War.
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Application drives automation
Automation technologies are used to improve product and process consistency and quality and are used for integration both on the plant floor and over the industrial networks that have become so vital to the day-to-day activities.
The fact that automation technologies are used in manufacturing to increase product and process consistency and quality, reduce lead times, simplify production, and improve work flow is understood and widely accepted. While the aforementioned characteristics are true, I firmly believe automation transcends simple definitions. Application drives automation and automation, in turn, enables more applications. You guessed it—that's what AppliedAutomation is all about.
Another term that's deeply embedded in applying automation is integration. As with automation, integration can have many definitions and contexts. However, the context I'm talking about is that of combining diverse automation technologies in a manufacturing environment to harmoniously provide benefits well beyond the sum of its individual components.
For example, consider an automotive manufacturer with assembly lines capable of producing a batch size of one unit with any product mix for which the lines are designed. Now, consider RFID technology for product location and communicating workstation assembly instructions from an enterprise sequencing server. Also consider high-speed RFID communication segments for communicating large amounts of data quickly.
Now, expand these theoretical automotive assembly lines by introducing servo-driven nutrunners with torque measurement capabilities. Torque values can be communicated to the servo system via the RFID system, and verified torque measurements can be uploaded to the appropriate enterprise server in case recalls or serial-specific audits are required.
Finally, place mobile handheld devices in the hands of authorized personnel in this automotive plant. Then tie all of this distributed architecture together with an industrial Ethernet-based network.
With the exception of Ethernet, the topics covered in the stories below—RFID, servo technology, and mobilization—are integrated into this column.
This article appeared in the February 2013 Applied Automation supplement to Control Engineering and Plant Engineering, both part of CFE Media.
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Before the calendar turned, 2016 already had the makings of a pivotal year for manufacturing, and for the world.
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Clogheen Tidy Towns will have to discuss the future of Tidy Towns in Clogheen following the theft and damage done to hanging baskets on a number of occasions this past few weeks.
A lot of money is spent by tidy towns in flowers each year and are rewarded by increased points in the national competition. We would urge anyone with information as to who was responsible for damaging these flowers to please contact Garda Philip Ryan at 0527465204. It is a shame if tidy towns have to stop their activities. Please help.
Plaque unveiling to Moulsons
Vee Rovers/Clogheen Community Council in association with Gathering Ireland. A plaque will be unveiled to George and Connie Moulson at their home place on Sunday, August 25. They lived in Barrack Hill in 1911. They moved to Grimsby, London, after their father Charles Moulson was killed in action in WW1. He had been a postman in Clogheen for many years until he re-enlisted in 1914. Connie and George went on to play professional football in England with several clubs. They were capped for Ireland a total of eight times between them, George in goal and Connie in defence. John Delaney C.E.O. of the F.A.I. will attend this long awaited event. Members of the Moulson family will also attend from England.
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Apple's mobile empire is wide-ranging, both in terms of products, and in terms of units sold. It's worth remembering, though, that devices such as the iPad and the iPhone wouldn't exist without Apple's long-standing commitment to music. The iPad, however, has been somewhat neglected when it comes to audio.
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"Chevrolet China Cup" Exhibition Games Highlight GM's Deal With Manchester United
A "huge aspect" of General Motors' sponsorship deal with EPL club Manchester United "includes the creation of the 'Chevrolet China Cup' that will feature Manchester United exhibition games in many Chinese cities," according to Joshua Martinson of the London EXAMINER. Chevy is also joining One World Futbol, a nonprofit providing soccer balls to underprivileged youth, for the "birth of the 'One World Futbol Project.'" Martinson noted that ManU "sells more jerseys in a year than every NFL team combined does" (London EXAMINER, 6/3). In Detroit, Brent Snavely reported the Chevrolet China Cup will be "part of the Manchester United 2012 Tour" scheduled for July. The event "will feature matches in Shanghai and another Chinese city." GM Global CMO Joel Ewanick said that the ManU partnership "is one piece of a broader Chevrolet marketing strategy aimed at building its presence in emerging markets of eastern Europe, Asia and South America." Snavely noted Chevrolet sold 4.77 million vehicles worldwide in '11 (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 6/1). The London DAILY MIRROR noted that ManU confirmed one of the matches will be against "Chinese Super League outfit Shanghai Shenhua on July 25." The Chinese club already has former EPL club Chelsea F Nicolas Anelka on its squad and is "trying to sign" former Chelsea F Didier Drogba (London DAILY MIRROR, 5/31).
THE WORLD IS FLAT: FORBES' Hannah Elliott wrote there has been talk about GM "forgetting its roots" after the company announced its deal with ManU and "dared thumb its nose at the high holy place of American car commercials, the Super Bowl." ManU is "about as far away from Detroit as Hollywood is from Cheboygan." The deal will involve "branding seats in the dugout at Old Trafford, player appearances at Chevy events, and the use of Chevrolet vehicles for official team duties." Elliott wrote it is "a risky move" as Europe is "teetering on the edge of a serious financial meltdown," and soccer is nonexistent in the U.S. compared to the fanaticism it inspires in England. Elliott: "This deal isn't about Europe. It's about the world." GM Manager for Cross Brand Communications & Media Relations Tom Henderson said, "It is the right time to establish its presence in global football, a sport that is followed passionately by about 3.5 billion fans around the world. Like Chevrolet, which is sold in 140 countries, Manchester United have a global presence that is hard to match." Elliott wrote credit for the deal should go to Ewanick, as he is "focused on making Chevrolet a global brand -- something that must be done if GM's long-term strategy of developing cars on one platform that can be sold worldwide" (FORBES.com, 6/2). The FISCAL TIMES' Josh Herr wrote that "the affiliation with ManU brings plenty of prestige." While GM accounts for only 0.9% of new vehicle registrations in the U.K., it is "already the top-selling foreign automaker in China" (FISCAL TIMES, 6/1).
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The 2010 UFC Fan Expo took place over the Memorial Weekend at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. This is the second Fan Expo that the UFC has ever premiered and it turned out to be a huge success. An estimated 125,000 fans came from all over the world to show their support and meet their favorite fighters throughout the two day expo.
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Skip to comments.ATF Whistleblower Vince Cefalu Fired
Posted on 10/11/2012 3:29:44 AM PDT by marktwain
Veteran ATF agent Vince Cefalu, a whistleblower who became a particularly controversial figure after voicing concern about the failed Operation Fast and Furious, was unceremoniously handed his dismissal papers on Tuesday, according his spokesman.
An ATF official met him at the Dennys parking lot in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, near his home, where Cefalu turned in his credentials, said his spokesman Patrick Crosby, a former spokesman for the U.S. Attorneys Office in Atlanta, who now has his own public relations firm.
Crosby said Cefalu was fired for lack of candor. He did not elaborate.
Cefalu has hired an Atlanta law firm to fight the dismissal.
Cefalu worked for more than two decades for ATF, often in an undercover capacity in major cases involving motorcycle gangs in California and the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia.
Wade Drew, a spokesman for ATF, said he could confirm that Cefalu worked for ATF for nearly 25 years and that he was no longer with the agency. But he said ATF does not comment on personnel or disciplinary matters.
In recent years, Cefalu has been one of the more publicly vocal critics of ATF management. He claims to have gone through all the proper channels to voice his concerns about ATF management, but all to no avail.
I have just been trying to do my job: make good cases, put away the bad guys, keep the our citizens and our agents safe, he said in a statement after his termination. ATF management has been bending the rules and breaking the rules. The agents want ATF to be the proud agency it once was, not a place where some managers jeopardize our citizens and our cases. The behavior of ATF management has been speaking for itself with all the transfers, reassignments, resignations. It has been a mess and an embarrassment. Thats not the ATF I have devoted my career and life to, and I do not regret trying to change it.
Zahra S. Karinshak, an Atlanta-based attorney from Krevolin & Horst, who represents Cefalu, said in a statement:
Vince has tremendous courage. Anyone who infiltrates the KKK and biker gangs to bring them to justice has an incredible sense of dedication. Vince has a team who will fight for him in court as aggressively as he fought violent crime on our streets.
ATF had tried firing Cefalu last year. However, he appealed the termination. It became final on Tuesday.
Hopefully one of the first things Romney does will be cleaning out the entire DOJ pool.
It sure needs cleaning out.
Romney has told us a few things he claims he will do on day one.
I would like to add a few,
1. Fire Eric Holder,
2.Fire Hillary Clinton and set up a board to find ways to get rid of any Clinton holdovers in the State Department. Bush should have done it on his first day.
3.Get Sebelius out of her office that day.
4. Go over to EPA and hand out some pink slips.
5. Appoint a board to find Obama's records and expose him for the criminal fraud he is.Investigate his foreign campaign funds, and get rid of the Muslims he has in the White House.
lack of candor.....odungo's way of firing people who expose the ignorance and incompetence of this administration.
May G-d speak in a Voice that will cause these evil minions to fear and quake in the face of truth and that righteous justice come to them ALL!
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Sounds like a job for Issa. He stated at yesterdays hearing that whistleblowers were to be protected
You would have been more accurate if you'd said that whistle blowers don't do well under the Obummer administration. IMHO. And THAT would still have been a glaring understatement.
After working inside the DOD for over 30 years, whistle blowers do not do well in *any* administration. I agree, they are likely to be treated especially badly by this one.
The corruption goes to the bone.
Add "and Pentagon" to that last.
And it's probably long past time to get rid of a pile of politically correct Pentagon perfumed princes as well. The fact that our casualties in Afghanistan are what they are over the last 3-1/2 years with little to nothing in the way of results, and no one has screamed bloody murder about it such that they were forced to resign, says all I need to know.
Give me a break! He's been on the case of this *CF* for 18 months or so and has accomplished nothing save giving scum like Cunningham and other melanin enhanced representatives the opportunity to spout their lies and distortions.
Too bad he got fired for blowing the whistle on this travesty of justice.
Time to fire the rest of BATF.
WTF are we still doing there?
Like you say, all we are doing is supplying people for them to kill. Nothing has changed. Let's get the hell out/.
Whistle blower protection....what a joke.
What did the EPA manager say "when you enter a town, grab the first 4 people you see and crucify them. Then, everyone will fall in line." Or something like that.
Same rule applies to ALL whistle blowers....especially in the government.
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6. Expel all the vermin (Marxist, communist, and socialists) from our government.
Another day, another reason the Tree of Liberty is dying and is in desperate need of fertilizer.
One must not speak against the "party" as the comrades will respond and destroy you.
Only with almost total cover, thanks to the media, could a communist regime set itself up in the USA and have their Fuehrer be so close to winning in the polls.
The government must be sterilized removing every last communist cancer cell that has invaded it.
I suspect there are a lot more things that need doing, but the first day is a bit crowded already LOL.
1. Fire Eric Holder. Ask for the resignation of all Federal DAs, and do not re-appoint any Clinton or Obama appointees. Vet the rest for liberal tendencies. Appoint only folks who promise to clean house, and are likely to do so.
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CLV (Closing Line Value): +20.46
CLV Profit (Actual Units Won/Saved by Beating Closing Line): +8.26
As always, I am capping the line, not the matchup. My only goal is to beat the closing number by betting early before the market sets itself. If I do that consistently, I believe I will be profitable. Along with my units I will be tracking CLV (total units I have beaten closing line) and CLV Profit (actual units won or saved by betting early instead of waiting for the closing line).
After numerous walkoff homeruns against me over the Holiday weekend I got one to swing my way, as Josh Willingham crushed a 3-run bomb into the bullpen to cash my Twins +110 bet. Card only ended up as a split though as my O's wager did not come through. Ended up 1-1 and picked up some spare juice.
Hoping I can put together a winning day with the card below. A 2-2 split would be fine with me. As always, bets were made after BetOnline and BetCris opened and were posted in my Tuesday thread.
Wednesday 5/30
951 San Diego Padres +135
954 Pittsburgh Pirates +120
973 Baltimore Orioles +145
975 Detroit Tigers +135
Too much respect for Dempster and not enough respect for Bass in the opening line of -145/+135 for SDG/CHC. Bass just closed +100 to Dillon Gee and the Mets in New York... would Dempster be laying any road chalk in New York against Gee and the Mets? Maybe -110, at best -115, and even then you're still only talking about a 15 cent difference between Bass and Dempster. That would mean -135/+125 for the Cubs today, but in reality even that may be a bit too high. +135 was too much value to pass up on the Padres. Current Line is Padres +110.
Johnny Cueto to me is one of the more overrated pitchers in baseball, and he consistently gets inflated opening numbers. I don't think he should be laying -130 road chalk against a guy like A.J. Burnett. That would mean -170 if this game were in Cincy, and when you consider Cueto just closed -155 against Christian Friedrich and the Rockies, I think that's a bit unreasonable. A Burnett/Friedrich matchup would probably result in -120 for whoever the home team is... there isn't much difference between the two, so if Cueto is -155 at home to Friedrich he should be -155 to Burnett at home as well. This means something closer to a -115/+105 line for Cincy tonight. Like the +120 for Burnett here. Current line is Pirates +110.
Like yesterday's BAL/TOR game another high opener for the Jays. I lost yesterday's O's bet, and while it seems like they're heading for a slide I could not in good conscious pass up a ridiculous +145 with Jason Hammel. Morrow is good, but Hammel has been getting much respect from the sharps, with strong closing lines of -105 @ Washington against Detwiler and -125 at home against a formidable pitcher in his own right in Bruce Chen. I simply don't think Morrow would be laying -115 road chalk against the O's and Hammel if this game were at Camden Yards, which is what the -155/+145 opener was suggesting. Current line is Orioles +125.
What's wrong with Jon Lester? He's struggled for much of the year, and in his last start he closed only -145 at home against Alex Cobb and the Rays. The opener of -145/+135 for tonight's game suggests that Smyly and Cobb are equal. Doesn't make much sense to me, as Smyly is probably the better pitcher and the Tigers possess a superior lineup than the Rays. If this game were in Detroit I doubt you would see the Red Sox laying road chalk... rather you'd probably see Detroit as a slight favorite of -110 or so. I jumped on the +135. Current line is Tigers +115.
Good luck today everybody.
Thanks, guys.
BetOnline threw up their numbers early for tomorrow. Must be the short card. Didn't think I would like anything with only three games on tap tomorrow but actually found two plays.
Thursday 5/31
Houston Astros +115
Los Angeles Dodgers +115
Albert, wiseman
Wow, looks like I'm going to play all three games tomorrow. BetCris opened and the number on the Tigers adjusted so I fired. All dogs.
Detroit Tigers +140
951 San Diego Padres +135
954 Pittsburgh Pirates +120
973 Baltimore Orioles +145
975 Detroit Tigers +135
Lost on yet another walkoff homerun with the Padres. Still scuffling and cold but managing to avoid the bloodbath. Will continue the grind tomorrow.


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Waving aside the offer of a bag, the woman headed in the direction of the restroom. She had no time to waste. She had to know.
As I paid for my son's antibiotic, I wondered what her story was. Everyone's different, of course, but most women who suspect they are pregnant but don't want to be are in no hurry to find out.
They wait until they can wait no longer and then make their discoveries in private, where time will allow them to study the color of the stick or the dot over and over, hoping against hope that the shade doesn't quite match the "positive" indicator on the box.
Well, I sighed, I hope if she is she wants to be and I hope if she doesn't want to be she doesn't have an abortion.
Mostly, I prayed. Prayed that a woman I didn't know would find life in whatever her situation might turn out to be.
This painful drama of discovery and decision is played out countless times every day. Thanks to the unbelievably twenty-five year old decision of Roe v. Wade about four thousand of those decisions every day are to abort a child.
The death toll stays steady, rises a bit, declines here and there, but it's still stupendously grim and there's no end in close range. Abortion advocates, with their man in the White House, wish prolifers would just go away, but of course we won't. Why?
Because of the woman in the drug store, of course, and that child she's got inside her.
Despite the odds despite the discouragement we experience when perfectly sane human beings define horrors like partial-birth abortion as not only moral, but a right to be protected it's gratifying to be part of the prolife movement.
It's wonderful to see newborn babies brought into crisis pregnancy centers by proud moms who'd been desperately considering ending their child's life only months before.
It's encouraging to see gradual legislative change, and a very slow turning of hearts, especially among the young.
But the sheer numbers and the terrifically hard work of defending life can be discouraging. That's part of the territory as well.
A few years ago, I had made a routine stop at the local Right to Life office. The director greeted me and gestured toward a closed door.
A student had been referred by a local church. She was pregnant and had an abortion scheduled for the very next afternoon. The church counselors had sent her to this office after failing to discourage her from canceling the appointment, even delaying it.
Now her parents were with her inside the office, offering their support to her and her child.
How does it look? I asked. The director only shook her head.
As I left, sadness overwhelmed me. Here was a desperate young woman with a tiny life suspended within her. That life would be extinguished tomorrow.
Several people knew exactly where and when it would happen and were doing everything they could humanly do to save that baby and its mother from a tragic choice. Ultimately we were helpless. There was nothing left to do but pray.
So when even the best efforts of our movement result in what to our eyes is failure, we are pushed back to where we should be all along: to act lovingly and boldly, but at the same time, accepting our limits as we stand reverently before the mystery of God, trusting through prayer that there is a reason for all things.
(Amy Welborn is a columnist for Our Sunday Visitor and Catholic News Service and a regular contributer to the Living Faith quarterly devotional.)


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Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan got trounced in the Iowa caucuses but won their party's nomination and the White House, so does it really matter who wins in Iowa next week?
Many Americans would say it does not.
Probably less than 100,000 Democrats will turn out for the Iowa caucuses to nominate their preferred candidate in a political ritual that baffles nearly everyone, including Iowans.
In most of the Democratic primary elections, voters simply go to the polling station and cast a confidential vote for their favourite candidate. But in Iowa, hardy Democratic supporters must be prepared to venture out in sub-zero temperatures on a Monday night to sit through a political meeting, debating the challengers' merits for several hours before publicly putting up their hand for their candidate.
And if your candidate does not attract at least 15 per cent of the vote at the precinct meeting, your neighbours and friends try to persuade you to switch votes.
The process is so complicated that Iowa's secretary of state goes on tour setting up mock caucus nights so Iowans can practise.
A bad snowstorm can cripple a candidate who relies on a big turnout by seniors - sliding on icy steps leading into a church hall is a struggle for anyone when the wind chill is minus 10 degrees. That is why the biggest challenge for the Democratic candidates is getting voters to the precinct meetings. The candidate with the best field operation on the ground is likely to get the most support.
And so what? When Clinton lost in Iowa he went on to come second in New Hampshire, the battleground primary a week after Iowa. There he won the title "comeback kid" simply because he defied expectations. And that is really what all the candidates are doing in these first two contests: running against expectations.
So if Senator John Kerry pulls off an upset win in Iowa, he will be the media's comeback kid. If Howard Dean comes third in Iowa, he will be pummelled as a loser. But a win in Iowa will not decide the race and neither will a win in New Hampshire.
Despite this, both races are important, especially in this election, because the Democratic National Committee decided to squeeze most of the key primary races into the first three months of the year, culminating on March 2 with California, New York and a host of other states.
This means that the nomination could be locked up earlier than usual, and so the first two races in Iowa and New Hampshire could be a springboard for the winner.
But they will not be decisive. The Comedy Channel's Iowa reporter last week confessed what many Americans no doubt really feel about the race: "Come Monday, the Iowa caucuses end. This outdated, Byzantine, empty ritual of the democratic process will be over and I'll be able to leave this frozen, rural hellscape and move on."
January 27: New Hampshire primary
March 2: California, New York and other states
July 26-29: Democratic Convention, Boston
November 2: Presidential election
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In 1935 frequent movie goers might have reached the conclusion that Charles Laughton was the greatest and most versatile actor in Hollywood. He could be seen in Les Miserables as the obsessive and tragic Javert. He was Oscar nominated for iconic and still imitated turn as Captain William Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty. Perhaps the most likeable and sweetest role he ever played was Marmaduke Ruggles in Leo McCarey's version of Ruggles of Red Gap.
Charles Laughton
Belknap-Jackson pulls some dirty work to get Ruggles out of town and out of the way. Above note the look of joy and relief on Laughton's face when Ruggles discovers that those he believed were truly his friends were not behind his dismissal. Sharing lunch in the saloon with Egbert and Ma leads to a justly lauded scene where Laughton/Ruggles movingly recites President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Ruggles is no longer a third generation servant. Ruggles may not know exactly who he is, but he is a man. A man at the crossroads. The Earl of Burnstead has found life pretty tough on a fellow who has to pick out his own clothes and will soon be arriving to set the universe aright by bringing Ruggles back to the fold. The Earl's visit will also place Effie and the Belknap-Jacksons back at the top of the social ladder, where they belong.
Tradition and duty is thoroughly ingrained in Ruggles' character. What will become of Ruggles and his dreams? What would you do if you were he? What does Mrs. Judson think of her beloved's secret life? What do you want to happen for Ruggles? What about poor Effie? If you can watch the perfect ending to this charming movie without both smiling and shedding a little tear, you are made of sterner stuff than this writer.


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It's very common and accepted for most understanding of consciousness to be of Spiritual nature. There's nothing wrong with that and it's absolutely infinite, but coming from my background I strongly feel it's time for a relevant evolution on a popular scale to extend into the Spirituality of Heart & Sexiness.
These areas have been largely overlooked even devalued because of the 'self' valuation of Mind or Soul for growth and explotation. The gap is so big that many Westerners simply think Spirituality is limited to wearing white clothes with yoga and meditation when there is much much more to explore and discover with consciousness.
While we do value Spiritual consciousness and Soul here without dilution, our approach is to holistic consciousness. Self-Awakening opens it all up. That means shamelessly expanding your subjective experience and self-growth in the areas of Heart & Sexuality as well as Mind, Body & Soul. It's giving you the full scope and valuation of human experience.
Taking a holistic approach and having tools and methods to work in each of these areas allows you to focus in certain areas specifically for far more effective healing, balance, releasing, wellness, growth (and now practical performance and creative flow as well). This also allows you to work beyond the limits of Mind (Ego) as Self or Soul as Self and gives you a full, rich, infinite balance of your life and possibility on all levels.


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10 Website Strategies for Emerging Photographers
As a photographer and web designer, I really believe that the website should be a vehicle for making business happen, and connecting with clients and possible clients, not just an online brochure or replica of a print portfolio. Too many shooters have websites that simply mimic the old passive model of advertising and promotion. "Here are my pics, got a job?†Today, that may not be enough when you are an emerging talent. With less capital, less fame and a challenging working environment, there are things that must be considered when creating an online presence.
As the web moves solidly into a more interactive mode (Google Videos, YouTube, MySpace, FaceBook, Flickr, Twitter and more), it makes me wonder why photographers are creating websites that are more web 1.2 than web 2.0. (Before you write, yeah, I am over that 2.0 term too, but for now it works for our purposes.) Again and again I visit photographers sites totally done in Flash with no visible search engine ranking, no collaboration, no customer tracking, no interactivity – and, for the record, chasing your thumbnails around to click on them isn't interactivity, it's annoying.
Too many photographers seem to turn a deaf ear to the basic tenets of the new web, preferring to have monstrous, slow loading, nearly impossible to update sites that look far more like a commercial than a resource. I see it first hand as a web designer. Recently I had to turn a design job down because it just went against all that I believe in on creating useful sites instead of brochure sites. The photographer has nice images, and is just starting in the business, yet insists on having a site that will never be indexed and will drain him of assets while he has to traditionally market his website instead of having it found by people looking for what he does and his services. Spending money on advertising to drive visitors to your site is backwards, folks.
With a careful eye toward his budget he will end up with a beautiful site, with music and 60 images that will cost him a fortune to change out. No interactivity, no collaboration, scheduling, estimates, client area, CMS or CRM… just a site with images. And every time he wants to add an image, or change an image, or whatever, he has to go back to his Flash designer with the change, and some bucks. That restricts him too much in my opinion. Yes, there are some Flash designers who can build a backend management system for him, but not for his budget. So, to me, it seems like wasted bucks on a site that needs even more bucks to promote it, and will only be seen by those who have been prodded to visit.
Definitely last century web-think.
I have ten must-have's for photographer's websites. Let's take a look. I have found some examples to go along with the information, so be sure to say hi from LE when you visit their sites.
1. Be Found When People Are Looking For You – Or Looking for What You Do
A very friendly search engine optimized site. For starting out in the industry, being found by people looking for you can be invaluable. Being found means for your work, not your name. There is a lot of information that can be found on how to make a site more friendly to the search engines, and the things you can do for your site should be done. Diligently and with a sense of purpose.
This means you have to have the tools in place to be found. That takes work. That takes stepping out of your comfort zone. It means you may have to give up on the notion that things should only be the way you want them to be, and accept that there are things that simply are as they are. I hear too many photographers say "I don't know why I have to have text on the home page, so I won't do it." OK… but that sort of denial of the reality of the way Search Engines work certainly doesn't make it work your way.
And, BTW, searching for Don Stevenson will return Don's site, www.stevensonphotography.com. That is as it is supposed to be. Don has a redirect from the site name www.donstevenson.com. So that is about as magical as him answering the phone when you dial his number. However, search Google for "Arizona Corporate Photography" and you get www.stevensonphotography.com. Search for "Editorial Portrait Photographer Arizona". Search for "Arizona Industrial Photography". You will get the same websites… different pages. Now that is SEO.
Don gets about 40% of his business from being found by editors and corporate art departments. He is quite busy and keeps his site robust and ever changing. Daily, there are new articles or links added to the many landing pages he has created within his site. Not one to waste time, Don has a very detailed editorial plan, and keeps the site fresh and inviting to new clients and old alike.
2. Constantly Changing Content
And to keep the content changing easily, you need a tool to do that. It's called a Content Management System. From WordPress to proprietary CMS solutions, it means that the photographer can change out the content on the page whenever they want. Calling or emailing a designer everytime you need to make a change is frustrating and not cost effective at all.
Using a system that allows you to manage your work effectively, while on the road, and on location, keeps the site fresh. And the easier it is, the better.
Look, if you want to learn how to do it in Dreamweaver, it really isn't that hard. But, for most photographers, it is simply a waste of time. Find a designer / developer / platform that allows you to easily manage your site's content. WordPress, Joomla, .NetNuke… there are lots of ways to do it. Even Adobe's wonderful Contribute makes it easy to update and modify the site.
And an ever changing site is very, very important to Google and other Search Engines. There are many reasons why.
Google looks at your site from the standpoint of a lot of different values. And the purpose is to decide if the content is relative to the search. If someone is searching for you, a food photographer in Cleveland, they are not really interested in deals on toner cartridges or online dating. So the relevance of your site to the searcher's needs is very, very important. Google can only know that by what is on your page, gauging how others who were searching for food photographers in Cleveland reacted upon arriving and how popular the page is from places mentioning food photographers in Cleveland and then linking that to you. Trying to trick Google into thinking you are one thing when you are actually something else will not work.
So you need content about food photography. Food photography in the studio. And on location. And in Cleveland – and Akron – and anywhere else that is reasonably close enough for you to market and shoot in.
Keeping the text changing on the pages is important as well. Think of it as 'proof of life' for your site. Best way to do that is keep the content ever-changing and relevant.
Enlight Photo
Don Stevenson (corporate events) (editorial portraiture)
LE WordPress Themes
3. Content That is Compelling
By compelling, I mean that there should be some reason for clients to come back to your site. Projects are a great way to show images and keep interest high. "New Work" can be featured, and additions to the portfolio should be announced and published.
Projects show clients how you handle long form assignments. How you tie subject matter together… and make it interesting. Do you like telling stories or creating a set of images? Then that is a project. What I like about projects is that they can be ongoing. Adding a few pictures a month can be a compelling reason for people to come back to the site. Sure, you can do that on your blog, but that is a different architecture and doesn't present the same way.
Look at your site. Is there a reason for me to come back next week or next month? Is there anything there that would change if I did come back in a few weeks or even a few months? Or would it be the same. Same won't work. I just won't bother coming back to the site if things are not changing.
Find ways to get new stuff on your site and let everyone know that there is new stuff there.
Nick Onken – Stories
Chase Jarvis – Panoramic Project
James Cowlin (Route 89 Project)
4. Access to You.
A contact page is important. So is honesty. Trying to pretend you have no phone number because you are not wanting to give away that you live somewhere no one ever heard of is silly. Actually being somewhere other than the big centers could work to your advantage. You know, at some point you will have to give me a phone contact, so just get it over with. I have seen too many websites with insufficient contact information.
And forget contact forms. No one wants to fill out those things. If you must have one, keep it simple and to the point. Ask only for what you need and keep it to only a few fields of information.
Embedded maps to your studio makes it valuable for your clients as well.
5. Information For Clients – and possible clients
This is especially important for those of you who do work with the same kind of subjects. Senior Portrait and Wedding Photographers have information pages that can be very robust. From fees and packages to what to wear and what to expect, these pages give a client confidence in the professionalism of the photographer. Make it downloadable so they can print it out, share it with friends, and spread your name around.
If you are working with portraits, have a page that can relax the ordinary person. What to expect, what to wear, what to do to get ready. Make sure your contact information is there. (Actually, I like contact information on every page.) Let the possible client know how well you prepare for your shoots. It can be quite interesting to people, who are not currently clients, when they see the detail and planning that goes into your work.
KaizenPhoto (LA)
Kevin McLellan
6. A PDF to Download
Whether it is a portfolio, or a few images in a project, or even a fee/information document, a PDF download can be a wonderful way to get viral with your work. It may get printed then passed around and seen by people you have no way of every marketing to. That is called viral… and that means that you also have no cost involved in delivering your message to those people who inadvertently ended up with your PDF.
Creating something that can be taken by the client, possibly printed out and saved is a great branding tool. And if they can send that portfolio to peers and clients, that just gets the work out to more and more interested people. Keep your branding on every page in case the document gets split up. Wouldn't it be terrible if someone saw an image and really wanted to work with you, but couldn't find you because the contact information was on a page not attached? Suck? Oh yeah.
Mini Portfolios can be designed in InDesign, Word, Photoshop or Illustrator and then saved out as PDF presentations or documents. The nice thing is that they work cross platform and nearly everyone can see them. Keep your branding and contact information on every page and hope that tons of folks download it.
Frank Petronio (Possibly NSFW)
Cherrystone Photography
Jim Lewchuk
7. Big Photos.
Yes, we are now at the point in our connections that we can show big pictures. And show them really big. Buyers love them and if they are optimized well, they look great and download fast.
I don't recommend any larger than 900 pixels wide, as larger could be a problem with some browsers having to go sideways scroll to see the full image.
Should they be in html or Flash… I don't care really, but my strategy is to allow every image to be searched with keywords, alternate text and keywords. Searching for an image and finding mine could lead me to some new clients. If I try to hide from the world from fear of someone using my images, I may lose to someone who puts the images out there with no fear.
Fearless promotion means being comfortable enough to show the big images big. Without worrying about the occasional thief. And when you do find someone who took your picture be ruthless and powerful and do whatever you can to expose and punish them.
8. iPhone Compatibility
The smart phones and devices are becoming very hot right now. Make sure your site can be seen on them, or at least mostly seen. I have known photographers who have gotten portfolio showings from their iPhone presentations. Me being one of them.
As more and more smart devices become the rage, being seen there will be an important strategy. People Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, MySpace, Plaxo and more from their smart phones… looking at websites is one of those things they do as well. To dismiss that trend as meaningless (as someone did recently) is to be simply unaware of the way things are going. I like to be out and have a nice presentation at my fingertips. I've shown it at restaurants, pageants, the skate rink, in airports… and walked away with contact info. Three jobs this year directly tied to the iPhone presentation.
So if you have to have a site in full Flash (sigh) then at least make sure that the portfolio images can be seen on an iPhone or other smart devices. (BTW, Flash is not compatible with iPhone technology at this writing.)
Steve Dreisuszun
Chase Jarvis
9. A Very Strong "About Me" page.
Introduce yourself. Tell us about who you are and why we should consider using you for our assignments. There are lots of photographers with good work. There are probably other photographers that do a similar style, and subject matter. There are cheaper and there are more expensive shooters, and there will always be. But there is only one of you. Let us know a little about your sense of humor, and how you see yourself. Above all, be clear and concise and be who you are.
The "about" page is one of the most viewed pages on a site. Does yours say anything about who you are? Are you comfortable with people not getting the impression you want? Do you have an impression that you want to impart on them? I hope so. People hire people. They like knowing a little about who is behind that site or voice on the phone.
Make your "About Me" page as robust as you can. Tell 'em all about you… you crazy devil you.
Chase Jarvis
Don Stevenson
10. Multiple Channels of Content Delivery
That's a fancy way of saying you need to have other ways to get content under your site. The most easily understood is a Blog. Whether it is a full text and image Blog, or a Photoblog, it is a way for your site to gain content and keep the visitors interested in what you are doing.
Wedding and portrait shooters have been successful in building interest in their work by showing images from recent weddings and engagement shoots, portrait sessions and just fun personal shots.
Commercial shooters are using blogs to create buzz and interest in their work. And interest begets interest. When people are talking, it creates a sense of excitement. And that creates interest and that creates more visits by more people. More people mean more exposure and that can mean contact from people you have never met in places you have never heard of.
A. Blog or Photoblog
B. Social Network (FaceBook, LinkedIn, Flickr, Plaxo)
C. Twitter – even if only for a tweet a day… to stay connected.
D. Email Portfolio showings
E. Additional Portfolio Sites to show off your work.
Format Pixel
These are places where your work can reside, and portfolios managed. Most of them have great tools for sharing those portfolios on all kinds of sites and digital media. So more people can see your work and link to to your site. And that means a higher ranking with SEO. And that, gentle readers, is a good thing. A very good thing.
I hope you enjoyed this post for the business section… "Going Pro", we are back with a lighting post and two Photoshop posts next week. On the following weekend (Aug 8, 9) I will be in Seattle for a workshop. Hope to have some time to wander around and shoot. I will keep you all posted.


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So in a shocking turn of events, Meghan located the bed and breakfast that we called home during our time on Cape Cod. This would usually be the province of either Lauren or me, so we were all impressed Meghan found what turned out to be such an aweseome place.
The Platinum Pebble in Harwich, MA has got to be the most outstanding, nontraditional bed and breakfast ever created. Owners Simon and Annabelle are world travelers who have currently landed in Cape Cod and decided to become innkeepers. The B&B just underwent a MAJOR renovation, which only completely wrapped up a few months before we arrived. In fact, the grand opening was scheduled to occur just a day or two after our departure. The Platinum Pebble has amazing decor and furnishings, terrific service, and comes with owners with awesome British accents at no extra charge. (Check out that super-cool red iPod speaker in the slideshow. Yeah, I need one of those. Click here to purchase it for me.) If you're going to Cape Cod, you've simply got to book a few days at The Platinum Pebble. Check out Perpetually Chic for more images from the stay.
On the way back to the airport, we stopped in to see the Ashcraft family at their home in Boston. Nathan was my first roommate at the Beta house and was (and is) a close friend of both John and I. He and his wife just welcomed a new baby girl into the world a few months before our arrival and it was great to get to see them all in person. For some reason, Meghan and I neglected to bring in our cameras, so check out the Ashcraft's blog and Lauren's blog for pictures from the visit.
So I think I'm finally out of decently entertaining images to share from the trip. In full disclosure, Meghan actually took most of the pictures I posted (as much as it pains me to admit it).
One final note — a big thanks to Joe Craig for making this trip possible. Without going in to tons of detail, Joe's a pleasure to work both for and with and has always treated his friends extremely well. Thanks, Joe.
Check out the other entries in the Cape Cod series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.


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My colleague and I stayed at B Hotel. The staff was very friendly and helpful – they provided us with a great dinner recommendation. The room was also wonderful – clean – and the breakfast a great way to start our day. Thank you for all your hospitality. We look forward to future stays!
Jessica, December 2012.


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Local Government Inventory and Heritage List
The Heritage List identifies certain properties within the City of Melville for their heritage significance.
The City of Melville's Local Government Inventory and Heritage List was adopted by Council on 17 June 2014. Minor updates were made in January 2017.
The following documents provide information regarding properties that have been identified for their significance in the City of Melville.
City of Melville Local Government Inventory and Heritage List 2014 Document
Final list of properties on the City of Melville Local Government Inventory and Heritage List
The State Heritage Office website provides a searachable database called inHerit which contains details of properties that are listed on Local Government Inventories, local government Heritage Lists and the State Heritage Register.
Where a property is listed on the City's Heritage List, planning approval is required for most works. Please refer to the Planning Services page for information regarding the planning application process.
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ANNAPOLIS -- In some ways, Gov. William Donald Schaefer's new economic development chief is a mirror image of his old one: smart, very energetic, experienced with development issues and fiercely loyal to his boss.
But the differences are just as distinct. J. Randall Evans, who will retire in September as secretary of the Department of Economic and Employment Development, is the quintessential schmoozer, big and boisterous and ready with a joke. Though he has gone head-to-head against legislative budget committees of late, in his 4 1/2 years on the job Mr. Evans managed to earn the respect of most of those lawmakers.
By contrast, Mark L. Wasserman, Mr. Schaefer's executive chief of administration and newly appointed DEED secretary, is thin as a rail, bookish in appearance and the ultimate Schaefer insider.


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The numbers we were waiting for, Building Permits for Minneapolis / St Paul. These are the building permits for 1-Unit structures (single family homes) not seasonally adjusted.
February 2012 is about 22% year over year increase and 18% increase over January 2012. These are great numbers, but we are not yet out of the woods on this. Take a look at the graph below to see how this looks in the overall picture, still bouncing along the bottom.. There is reason for optimism with the low inventory of homes for sale in the Twin Cities – this will put additional demand on new housing units.
It is hard to predict the future, if we look at just the existing inventory and the current pace of pending sales – it would be tempting to call this the bottom. We still have a lot of headwinds including; increasing gas prices, food prices straining family budgets, troubles in Europe that could send the economy into a downturn, added regulations in the mortgage business and to top it all off – it is an election year. There is also the Shadow Inventories, although I am not overly concerned about this as a factor this year. With all the unknowns out there, I will venture to guess we will see a small increase in building permits – but not much upward movement on house prices. Even if there is huge demand for new homes, the builders would have a difficult time meeting the demand with the lack of funding available from banks. This will work its way out, but it will take time. Hopefully I am completely wrong and the housing market takes off this year..
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Related articles
- Building Permits and Starts – Midwest Region (craigkamman.com)
- Housing Starts decline slightly in February (calculatedriskblog.com)
- Homebuilding permits returning in top foreclosure states (housingwire.com)


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Kartell Componibili Circular Storage Unit, 3 Tier, Black
Product information
Created by Italian designer Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell back in 1969, the Componibili storage unit has gone on to be an art and design classic, still on display at the New York MOMA and Paris' Pompidou Centre.
Super versatile, it can be used as by the bed, in the nursery, the kitchen, the bathroom - anywhere in the home or even the home office! The slide-open doors with fingerhole handles reveal spacious compartments.
Award-winning Anna Castelli Ferrieri originally trained as an architect, creating Kartell's headquarters and designing for them in 1966. Her designs are known for their combination of practicality and beauty, and still produced to this day.
Please note: not all our ranges are on display in our shops. For more information, please speak to a furniture Partner in store, or call 03452 661805 and we can tell you where the range you'd like to view is on display.
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This may be one of the coolest things I have ever seen.
As a kid I always colored some crazy drawings. From princesses to animals, cars, family members and more, I think every child has spent time drawing something. And this post I saw on Pinterest is something that will literally take the drawing right off the paper.
The pin was a link to the blog Once Upon a Drawing. This website allows you to send in a picture your child or little sibling made and you will get back a replica of the drawing in stuffed animal form!! Such a brilliant idea and a great gift for a kid! I know my little sister would absolutely love this!
Another website that does the same thing (this site was featured on the Today Show) is linked right here!
This is perfect for Christmas or a birthday!! Have fun sending in your child's creations!


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Konk Pack
Tuesday, Oct. 22 – 7:30 pm
William A. Kerr Foundation Building
21 O'Fallon St.
Admission: $15, $10 students/artists
Konk Pack is a talented trio of European improvisers comprised of Tim Hodgkinson (lap steel/woodwind), Thomas Lehn (analog synth), and Roger Turner (percussion). The group formed in 1997, and have played the top European and US arts and music festivals continuously throughout the last 15 years. Their aesthetic combines found objects and extended techniques with complete free improvisation (CLICK FOR VIDEO).
The members of Konk Pack have ranked among the elite of European free-improvisers for several decades. Between them, they've played with everyone from Derek Bailey to Fred Frith to Tuvan throat-singers. Hodgkinson co-founded the legendary 60s and 70s avant-rock group Henry Cow, which played with Pink Floyd and toured with Captain Beefheart. Konk Pack has toured extensively through Europe, UK, and North America, they've performed live for BBC's "Mixing It," and have received rave reviews for their recorded and live performances in such esteemed publications as The Wire and Coda Magazine.
Konk Pack's sound has been described as "music in which a barrage of discreet particles bounced around, colliding in a universe in which chance and interactivity blurred into one another" (Coda), and likewise "utterly awesome…with startling combinations of punkish nuisance, ingenious change-ups, and rolling, stumbling, tripping and flipping sound inventions" (The Wire).


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Job Aids for Everyone: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Job and Task Aids
Your new trainers don t know how to properly operate the VCR and monitor . . . your employees don t know how to use a preferred conference call vendor . . . your middle managers fail to consistently report their employees overtime.
Tired of explaining things over and over? Save time, frustration and money and improve performance by creating your own task aids.
This self-study guide will show you how to create checklists, lists of steps, forms, worksheets, decision tables, flowcharts all kinds of task aids to help employees take corrective action and perform their jobs.
When you follow the author s advice, you'll be on the way to designing and developing your own appropriate job aids easily and quickly.
Close the gap between what is happening and what should be happening.
Working at your own pace, you ll learn about every step involved in creating an effective task aid and get plenty of practice implementing the steps.
You ll learn how to:
Analyze barriers that bar the use of the task aid like noise, no PC or poor lighting Determine the correct medium for the task aid computer-based, hard-copy, integrated or stand-alone Categorize tasks by determining if they involve sequential steps and/or decision-making Select a format a flow chart, decision table, list, or combination Write a draft of the task aid Comply with format guidelines where to put the title and drawings, how to use white space, when to box or highlight
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It's December!!! Which at my house means lots of festive decor and crafts. My kids are at that age where they really love seeing their artwork displayed (usually on the fridge) which is great, but I don't like a ton of clutter on my refigerator. So I came up with a solution we are all very happy with!
It started with this box of Duck® Brand duct tape with all the great holiday themes! I have a million uses for it, but I am most excited about this project so I thought I would share the tutorial with you. We made reversible magnetic frames for the kids' art! Check out the final result-
It was super simple and you only need a couple supplies.
- At least two patterns of Duck® Brand duct tape (if you want it to be reversible)
- Maganets (make sure they stick to metal on both sides, some maganets only have one magnetic side)
- Scissors
- A piece of paper to dertmine size (what ever size your kids normally draw on, for us it was standard paper)
I don't like to do a lot of measuring so I found laying the paper down and using it to determine the size of my duct tape strips was easiest for me. I made each stip a bit longer so that I could trim the corners nice and neat. Place the duct tape sticky side up and work your way around the paper.
Once you have the full frame add magenets to the sticky side. How many magnets you need depends on how large your frame is.
Now with your second pattern do the same thing but with the sticky side down right on top of your first frame. Sandwhiching the magnets in the middle. The tape holds it in place.
Then trim the excess on the cornes to make it nice and neat.
Now let your little ones test it out! We found it was easiest for them to use if you put a small magnet on the art work to hold it in place while you put the frame on, then take the place holder magent off. You can choose the side of the frame that goes best with each art work or your mood for that day!


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I Want to Feel Safe
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 1,033 People
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I remember tears streaming down your face WhenI said, "I'll never let you go" When all those shadows almost killed your light I remember you said, "Don't leave me here alone" But all that's dead and gone and passed tonight Just close your eyes The sun is going down You'll be alright No one can hurt you now Come morning...
If you're going out with someone new I'm goingout with someone too I won't feel sorry for me, I'm getting drunk But I'd much rather be somewhere with you Laughing loud on a carnival ride, yeah Driving around on a Saturday night You made fun of me for singing my song Got a hotel room just to turn you on You said pick me up...
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sometimes i feel little scared with all mylittle worries : )
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ePHOTOzine member Buffalo_Tom has been crowned this week's Photo of the Week (POTW) winner.
The POTW is picked by ePHOTOzine's founder and Editorial Director, Peter Bargh, once a week and here's why he thought Buffalo_Tom's photo, 'Arleta.', was a worthy winner:
"There are some great photos appearing from this recent shoot. The superb set is as a result of a combined effort between photographer, stylist and make up artist, so we can be sure that the model and location are good. It's then up to the photographer to maximise the moment. This one appealed because of the balance of two main elements; the framed picture/photo and model, both equally balanced, but focus on the model is maintained.
Choice of aperture, exposure, composition and processing have helped ensure a wonderful result here. The tight crop provides impact. The look of the model and blurred photo connect perfectly to provide an outline for a story, while the similar overall monotone with subtle colour differentiation adds drama. The viewer's eyes are automatically drawn to the eyes of the model where the expression gives clues to the mood."
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By Diogenes (articles ) | Apr 17, 2008
If the papal visit hasn't already helped you to feel good about the Catholic faith this week, click here.
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Apr. 19, 2008 7:08 AM ET USA
From an Intellectual Property viewpoint--I taught the subject for 30+ years--the Holy Office and the Index Liborium Prohibitum always acted as if Truth was copyright protected and those that questioned any article of Faith were infringers. Same was true with the Legion of Decency's enforcement of the Motion Picture Code, particularly with its prohibition on portrayals of interracial marriages. AMDG
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It says, "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Catholics Come Home, Inc."
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It says, "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Catholics Come Home, Inc."
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Apr. 18, 2008 11:30 AM ET USA
This is the second time I know of this video appearing for a short time on u-tube only to be pulled due to copyright.One wonders if the makers/owners of this film really DO want Catholics to come home. Wouldn't free dissemination of this wonderful film make more sense? Wouldn't ongoing viewing of this film not only bring more Catholics home & even awaken the desire to become Catholics in non-Catholics? Stepping on God & Church evangelation for the sake of things, (in this case a copyright)-well
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Apr. 18, 2008 3:09 AM ET USA
Looks like the makers of this video are aggressively protecting their copyright. Good thing they don't have the rights to the Bible. Here's their website, which is well done: http://www.catholicscomehome.org/
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Well Done Dio Even one Prodigal Son returning will be a blessing on you...
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From a garage based one-man parts company, to a recognized national supplier of literally everything including the kitchen sink, Tundra Restaurant Supply has grown as a business and evolved as a concept for the past twenty years. This month Tundra's crossing that anniversary line, and co-founders Michael Lewis and Rob Fenton have been along for the ride since the company's conception. Keeping business practices and employee relations grounded in a solid "ways not policies" mentality, both men can still be seen laughing with vendors or conversing with co-workers on a daily basis. Michael and Rob recently took a trip down memory lane and reminisced about the early days, what makes Tundra special, how things have changed, and how staying the same where it counts has kept the company strong and unique over the years.
"When I came out here it started very fundamentally," Michael remembers of his move from New Jersey in 1992, "It literally started in my garage. I came out here with the idea of starting a smaller, regional restaurant dealership that emphasized parts and brought what my prior company did at the wholesale level to the retail level."
Printing and passing out product fliers, in person, to Boulder, Colorado's budding restaurant scene in early '93 helped Michael get familiar with the area and the restaurateurs he'd be doing business with. "Well, we have these in stock and we can get a whole lot more," was his pitch, and pretty soon it was time to print the first official catalog. This is when Michael and Rob crossed paths.
"It's kind of an interesting story," Rob recalls. "Out of hundreds of printers in the Front Range, Michael picks three out of a catalog. I was one of the three. I was working for a printing company, and we were able to win and secure the business."
Those first few small catalogs solidified the duo's working relationship and paved the way for Tundra's future.
"We were comfortable with each other right away. I liked his history, where he came from, what he had done in his past life," Rob says. "My only statement was 'I know this is going to work. I believe it will work. I just don't know how long it's going to take to get there.'"
The answer was: not long. With three employees (Michael, Rob, and a fundamental team member named Nancy Hogan) Tundra powered forward, securing space, building a customer base, and working with vendors to acquire product. By mid-1993 the shelves had product on them, the phone was ringing intermittently, and the company was able to purchase and ship orders.
"One of the things that worked well at the start was we had a strong value base," Michael explains. "We had a high integrity for the customer, the vendors, for product, and we were going to deliver a level of service that we believed was not available."
"At that time we did something really revolutionary. We listened to the customer," Rob agrees. "I think it was key timing too. Timing was perfect."
With a value system in place that focused on customer service, having fun, respect, and forward progress, paired with a desire to provide customers with the parts and products they needed, the business began to grow. Restaurant supply had been a niche market up until the early 90's, and as Tundra expanded, so too did the local restaurant scene. Over twenty years of building and maintaining relationships in and outside the area, Tundra's product offering has gone from parts to small wares, equipment, disposables, and on to textiles and design all with help from the customer. "That was all customer pool," Michael says. "It wasn't necessarily a back room creation or we thought this was what the customer wanted. It was asked, and we were able to deliver."