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3 Outreaches to Try During Fall
With the change in seasons, comes a change in how we approach to display the love of Christ to our community in practical ways. The season of fall always brings excitement and there are plenty of specifically seasonal outreaches you can do during Autumn. Here are 3 outreaches that you should consider doing during the fall season:
1. Free Coffee at Starbucks
The crispness of Autumn weather draws coffee lovers to Starbucks like nothing else. One of the best outreaches to do is to send a team to Starbucks or a local coffee/donut shop, buy a gift card with usually around $200 on it, and give it to the employee at the cash register so when people order, they can tell them that their coffee has been payed for. Have your team either sit at a visible table inside or the tables right outside the door. Have them ask the employees to simply point to the team's table and say, "The people at the table over there paid for your coffee today." Excited customers instinctively come over to thank the team and ask why they are paying for everyone's coffee. This is a great time to give them your outreach card and tell them that you are displaying the free love of Jesus in a practical way today by buying coffee for everyone.
Over time, the employees of Starbucks will really get excited when you do this outreach. In fact some employees even ask our teams if they can tell customers why they are buying everyone's coffee, give out the outreach cards, and tell them what church the team is with! We love to let them do this so they can experience the life changing power of advancing God's kingdom through tangible, practical kindness.
2. Leaf Raking
I love the fall, but the thing i hate the most about the season, is having to rake my lawn. Leaf raking can be very burdensome when you are doing it all alone. When outreach teams do it as a group and do it for other people it becomes a blast. Kids, teenagers, and adults can all work together at this outreach. Simply grab some rakes, gloves, and trashbags and go to a neighborhood with a lot of leaves. Tell the homeowners you are raking the leaves of the entire neighborhood, just to show God's love in a practical way! Make sure you mention it is free and you are not taking donations. Spend time talking to the homeowner and after you are done ask to pray a quick 10 second prayer for them!
3. Nursing home Pumpkin Giveaway
For this outreach send your team to nursing homes with small pumpkins to decorate and write kind/encouraging words on the pumpkins with the residents. From time to time teams will even bring a friendly dog or two. Many times the churches doing this outreach will get a letter back from the family members thanking the church for the pumpkin with a simple decoration and an encouraging sentence on it. They mention that it not only touched the family member living in the nursing home, but the entire family.
There is something moving and touching about serving those who could never attend your church gathering. When we serve with no expectations or no strings attached, we are projecting the light and life of Christ on those we are serving in a pure way. To serve in a way Jesus did always moves, and deeply touches those we are serving, families of those we are serving, and those of us that are serving God by serving others. Anytime teams do something at local nursing homes, they always come back humbled and encouraged.


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|Speedlite Gels
Finished work early today and decided i was going to use the speedlite gels i had purchased from fleabay a couple of weeks ago. I had no idea what i was going to photograph so set about looking around the house for a subject. Had to move this flower from the table i was going to use so decision made i set about setting up the shot.
Got together all me gear and set up the background first, this i had purchased from here.
I also have a black roll, these i find handy cheap and easy to use. I just put a old mop handle through the tube and clamp the handle to two tripods to give me a seamless background. Set up my speedlites and put in some new rechargeable batteries i have just started using.
Strobist Info
580 exii with stofen diffuser inside Lumiquest softbox iii camera left 1/64th power
430 exii with a blue gel attached camera right at about 1/32 or 1/16th power
Took lots of test shots with various settings on the speedlights to balance the light and direct it where i wanted it. This is how i do it anyway nothing technical just choose one light first usually fill light and adjust it to get the level of fill light right for me this was the 580 exii with diffuser and softbox. Had to direct the light from the front to fall on the flower and at a low power so as not to overpower the keylight which was the 430 exii with a blue gel attached, then just took various shots increasing the level of the keylight until i was happy with the results.
The gels have so many uses from colour correction to effects its only limited by your imagination, give it a go. Please feel free to comment or ask any questions you may have. Thanks for looking
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Last weekend I was lucky enough to do a leatherwork course with the wonderful leatherworker, green woodworker and all round crafty chap Rob Exton. I learned SO much (30+ skills and techniques) and produced some lovely leather items including a purse, knife sheath and moulded blessing bowl. It was genuinly one of the best things I have ever done and I have well and truly got the leather bug, I loved all the processes from tanning to moulding and most of all the glorious sadle stitch. I am currently making a simple over the shoulder bag which is Very exciting.
Practicing sadle stitch
Bag – WIP
In June I am going on a basketmaking course, which I am also VERY excited about. Traditional crafts like basketmaking and leatherwork have always been intrinsically linked with rural living and they are being kept alive by a small core of skilled passionate craftspeople. I feel extremely lucky to be learning these skills and I hope to perfect them over the coming months and hopefully become a leather working, basket making ninja. Watch this space!
*For more information on Rob's courses and projects visit his website


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Why it matters
Recent decisions from a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) administrative law judge (ALJ) and a California appellate panel demonstrate the spectrum of approaches courts and regulators can take when considering arbitration agreements in the employment context. In the California case, the court affirmed a ruling that an employer's agreement was not unconscionable, noting that the employee was given the opportunity to consider the agreement, was not told by the employer that failure to sign it would result in repercussions, and the provisions at issue were clearly marked, not hidden or buried in the text. Taking an opposite stance, the NLRB ALJ invalidated an employer's arbitration agreement in a challenge brought by a worker who sought to represent a group of employees. The ALJ found that the employer's position that the agreement banned class and collective actions—and attempt to enforce such a prohibition—ran afoul of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act as employees could "reasonably believe" they were unable to file charges of unfair labor practices with the Board. In addition, the ALJ said he was bound by the D.R. Horton and Murphy Oil line of cases. Although he acknowledged that some courts have questioned the validity of the decisions, "[a]dministrative law judges must follow board precedent unless and until it is overruled by the Supreme Court," he wrote. "Under that precedent, it is unlawful for an employer to maintain and/or enforce a mandatory arbitration provision that, either on its face or as applied, precludes employees from pursuing employment-related claims on a class or collective basis in any forum."
Detailed discussion
When it comes to arbitration in employment agreements, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the California courts appear to be moving in different directions.
California has a long and complicated history with arbitration in the context of employment agreements, with multiple cases traveling from the state court system up to the U.S. Supreme Court and back.
But the courts have recently taken a friendlier approach to employers, most recently in a dispute involving a former residential property manager for J.K. Residential Services, Inc. Celestina Campos was provided with a two-page form in Spanish by J.K. Residential's third-party administrative services provider that included an arbitration clause on the bottom half of the second page.
Four paragraphs set out the arbitration agreement followed by the signature line with a statement that "The undersigned applicant agrees that he or she has knowingly and voluntarily waived his or her right to judicial resolution of any and all previously unasserted claims as that term is broadly defined in paragraph 1 above."
When J.K. Residential began working with a different administrative services provider, Campos was presented with an eight-page form in English. Four pages consisted of the employment agreement while tax forms made up the other half. One paragraph described the arbitration agreement between the parties with a single sentence in bold: "I and [administrative service provider] mutually waive any right to a jury trial."
Campos again signed the document. She later filed suit against her employer for failure to pay minimum wage or overtime compensation and other violations of state labor law. J.K. Residential moved to compel arbitration. Campos objected, arguing that the agreement was both procedurally and substantively unconscionable. She told the court that she was not told what was in the document or whether she had a choice to sign it or change it and that no one ever mentioned the word "arbitration" or that she gave up her right to go to court.
The employer countered that Campos testified in her deposition that no one told her not to read the agreements, prevented her from reading them, imposed a time limit for her review, or forced her to sign. She never asked about if she could negotiate the terms or whether she had a choice to sign the agreement, and no one told her she would not get the job if she did not sign or that she would be fired or disciplined if she did not sign.
A human resources manager for J.K. Residential also filed a declaration to explain that she met with employees—including Campos—about the agreement to review it and answer any questions, bringing a bilingual representative with her.
Denying the motion to compel arbitration, a trial court judge determined the two agreements were not adhesive but were procedurally and substantively unconscionable. The employer appealed.
In an unpublished opinion, a panel of the California appellate court reversed, ruling that the agreements were not procedurally unconscionable. Campos was not forced to sign any document, was never told she couldn't ask questions, and a human resources manager reviewed the agreements and advised her of the arbitration clauses, the court said.
"This evidence not only supports the court's determination that the … agreements were not adhesive, but shows the two agreements were not oppressive, Campos's argument to the contrary notwithstanding," the panel wrote. "The arbitration provisions were not imposed as conditions of her employment and Campos had ample opportunity to question and negotiate. Campos was not deprived of a choice, as she was never told there would be negative repercussions if she did not sign the agreements."
Inequity is inherent in preemployment arbitration contracts, the court noted, but the evaluation of unconscionability depends on context. "Considering the entire record, including Campos's own testimony credited by the trial court, the economic realities did not function to prevent Campos from discussing the agreements, questioning them, or negotiating them free of negative consequences," the court said. "Thus, the agreements were neither adhesive nor oppressive."
The panel rejected additional grounds for invalidating the agreements, finding that the failure to attach the American Arbitration Association rules was irrelevant because the agreement did not reference the rules, citing to a similar holding from the California Supreme Court (LINK).
Further, Campos was not surprised by the arbitration provision, the panel said. "There was no surprise here," the court wrote. In one agreement, the relevant paragraphs were located immediately above the signature line; in the second, a significant clause was highlighted in bold. A human resources representative "made affirmative efforts to bring the arbitration provision to the attention of Campos who had the opportunity to read before signing" and a Spanish interpreter was present to answer questions.
"As the agreements were not contracts of adhesion, were not oppressive, and did not contain surprise, they were not procedurally unconscionable," the panel concluded. "In light of our conclusion concerning procedural unconscionability, we need not address the second prong involving substantive unconscionability."
The approach taken by an administrative law judge (ALJ) of the NLRB presents a different take on arbitration in employment agreements.
Joanna Rosales was hired by IIG Wireless, a wireless and telecommunications products retailer, in August 2012. At the time, she signed an arbitration agreement presented to her as part of the application process. The agreement provided that "as a condition of employment," employees must agree to binding arbitration of "any dispute or controversy between [the Company and the employee] arising from or in any way related to … employment with the Company," with limited exceptions. The agreement did not specifically state whether disputes must be arbitrated individually or may be arbitrated on a class or collective basis.
When Rosales was terminated in January 2014, she filed a demand for arbitration on behalf of herself and a class of other employees, alleging wage and hour violations under California state law. IIG objected to the demand for class arbitration, arguing that because the agreement was silent on the issue, "it is resigned to individual arbitration."
Rosales responded with a class action complaint in California state court. A trial court judge denied Rosales' motion to compel arbitration, holding that because the agreement was silent on the availability of class arbitration, she was required to arbitrate only her individual claims. Rosales appealed and the case is currently pending before the state court of appeals.
Concurrently, her charge of unfair labor practices moved forward with the NLRB. The General Counsel took the position that the arbitration provision at issue was clearly unlawful under D.R. Horton and Murphy Oilbecause employees would reasonably construe it to require arbitration of unfair labor practice allegations, preventing them from filing such charges before the Board. In addition, IIG applied the provision to prevent Rosales from pursuing her wage and hour claims on a class basis, further violating the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
The employer responded that employees would not be confused about the arbitration agreement, which clearly applies to civil litigation and not administrative charges, adding that the D.R. Horton and Murphy Oil line of cases have been wrongly decided and rejected by the majority of courts to consider them, citing decisions from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
But ALJ Jeffrey D. Wedekind sided with the General Counsel and Rosales, noting that the language in the employer's agreement "is not significantly or substantially different from provisions found unlawful in other D.R. Horton/Murphy Oil cases," and referencing one federal court decision endorsing the Board's reasoning.
"In any event, administrative law judges must follow Board precedent unless and until it is overruled by the Supreme Court," the ALJ wrote. "Under that precedent, it is unlawful for an employer to maintain and/or enforce a mandatory arbitration provision that, either on its face or as applied, precludes employees from pursuing employment related claims on a class or collective basis in any forum."
IIG Wireless violated the NLRA by maintaining "a mutual arbitration agreement that employees would reasonably believe bars or restricts them from filing unfair labor practice charges with the [Board]," that as applied, "compels employees, as a condition of employment, to waive the right to maintain class or collective actions in all forums, whether arbitral or judicial," and attempting to enforce the agreement against Rosales in her state court action.
The ALJ ordered the employer to rescind or revise the agreement and notify Rosales and other employees of the changes. IIG must also inform the courts involved in the Rosales litigation that the company "no longer oppose[s] Rosales's class or representative claim on the basis that they are barred by the agreement." ALJ Wedekind further instructed the employer to reimburse Rosales for all reasonable expenses and legal fees.
To read the opinion in J.K. Residential Services, Inc. v. Superior Court, click here.
To read the decision in IIG Wireless, click here.


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Monday, 15 May 2017
A call to early-stage researchers: apply now for Ferring Innovation Grants Program
We are proud of our home-grown innovation, but we know that just outside our laboratories there are brilliant minds who can help transform the lives of our patients. That's why we are committed to supporting exploratory, discovery and pre-clinical research in collaboration with a broad range of organisations and through scientific grants, such as the Ferring Innovation Grants Program.
This program, which opens today for pre-applications, is an initiative of the Ferring Research Institute, Inc. (FRI) and provides annual non-renewable grants of up to $100,000 for early-stage research.
If you're a basic researcher focused on novel extracellular drug targets addressable with peptides or proteins in our key therapy areas of reproductive health; urology; gastroenterology and hepatology; or endocrinology, then these grants might be for you!
Learn more about the Ferring Innovation Grants Program and the pre-application process here.
Read about the people and projects awarded the last round of grants: 'Driven by science, passionate about people: meet the Innovation Grant Awardees.'


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Here at Timko Ltd we manufacture and supply numerous tug of war ropes for sale in various diameters and lengths made from both natural fibre rope such as sisal and manila but also from synthetic ropes such as synthetic hemp and staple spun polypropylene which are soft to handle.
Whether you're using your tug o war rope for fun such as at a Summer fete, School sports day, team building & corporate days or for a official tug of war association competition game we carry a huge stock catering for all.
We make our tug of war ropes using either a natural fibre rope such as sisal rope or manila rope and also synthetic hemp rope and polypropylene staple spun rope. Each tug of war rope are great looking with full markings and have taped ends to stop the rope from fraying and also a centre-start marker to determine the winning team. We make them in various diameters from 20mm which are more suited for kids and children all the way upto 36mm for a proper tug of war association game. Length's of the ropes are 5m, 8m, 10m, 12m, 14m, 15m, 20m, 23m, 25m, 30m and 36m
Whilst The Tug Of War Association has specific rules regarding the diameter and length of a official competition rope, most of the time these won't be important as it is just a fun event for most people. Delivery is 1-2 working days but we can also offer a next day delivery service.


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When I first began The Vibrant Kitchen & Home I had very set goals. I knew that I wanted to work with visionaries. People who wanted to truly change the face of beauty for the better. Creating products that are exquisite and luxurious without compromising the environment or our own personal health. Wildcare is a small batch, wildharvested & organic handcrafted skincare line run by a beautiful woman with a mission to create a better tomorrow. Every single product in her line is special. The Golden Hour Body Oil capturing the light of a dessert sunset. The Purple Majesty Lavender Hydrosol capturing the true essence of wildcrafted Lavender. The love and care that goes into each product is endless. Dedication. Innovation. Preservation. These are the words I would use to describe the work of Wildcare. I know all of you will love this line as much as I do, and you also fall madly in love with its creator,
Cortney Herrera. Make yourself a nice cup of tea, sit back, relax, and enjoy diving into the mind of this artist. Enjoy! xo
What inspires you daily in the world? Are there certain ingredients and herbs that make your mind come alive with ideas?
I feel continually inspired by the plant life surrounding me, no matter where I happen to be. What can I create out of the materials that are already around me? What part of my life and lives of others can these materials positively impact? These are small windows into my thinking. My formal education was in culinary arts, and I think the way I work with plants is similar to the way I work with food. I love thinking about what grows together, goes together-- which is how I developed the Rosemary + Bay Hydrosol ! They grow right next to one another in my backyard and thrive that way. After observing that strong relationship, I discovered through research that both are highly effective skin soothers for the same types of skin issues.
How did Wildcare begin? What was the catalyst for this journey?
Wildcare is the result of my playful experimentation with self-care remedies. I was frustrated after many years of living with skin maladies, more specifically, eczema on my face, and not being able to find a solution that I believed in, and that didn't contain chemical additives. After researching this issue and its potential remedies, I found that certain hydrosols have been shown to combat a variety of skin troubles. I began distilling in my home by making a moat of plants around a bowl inside of a pot. After collecting the steam (with ice above on an inverted lid), I celebrated my first homemade hydrosol! I had tears thinking about this process's history and that I was involved in it now. Like a chemist or a magician, I transformed matter simply using plants from my garden. Two weeks of using the Rosemary + Bay Hydrosol, my eczema was almost entirely gone. Since then, about 10 months ago, I haven't had it return. Seeing this change, I knew it was something to share with others.
What does nature do for your soul?
Nature for me is essential to my survival. Growing up in California I used the ocean as a place to reset myself, sand under my feet, sea air in my face. When I moved to Oregon, I wasn't sure where that place was for me anymore without being too close to the ocean. My naturopath's prescription was as follows, "go in the woods, take off your shoes, and walk around barefoot with your feet in the dirt". For years since, my husband and I made weekly trips into a plant-filled landscape a vital part of our well being. We would set up a radius on a map and with our eyes closed, point and go. Not only are the adventures stimulating, they allow us a designated time to reset, think clearly, be patient, and continue to be surprised by the world we are already surrounded by.
What does your creative process look like? Can you paint us a little picture of a typical day?
Overall, the morning is most productive for me. There is something so inspiring about soft morning light coming through the curtains, quiet sounds of birds, palm fronds gently rustling...I like to think of things that incorporate lesser known/ used natural plants, and at the same time, incorporate plants that so many people know, but didn't realize could help them. I take walks, do urban foraging in the neighborhood (oranges, loquats, avocados, nopales), experiment with plants in the garden, touch everything, follow scents in the air, and create. I start just about every single day with a big glass of lemon water, an organic egg, a pile of arugula from the garden (when we're lucky), and whatever fermented vegetables we have at that time.
If you could visit any five places in the world where would they be and why?
1 - Yucatan Peninsula/Mexico, See ruins & cenotes. See adobe homes and how the people of the land live simply and use all parts of the landscape for food & well being.
2 - Copenhagen for the immense amount of foraging - i am deeply inspired by my favorite chef, Rene Redzepi. I think what he is doing for food, can be done on many other realms like skin care + wellness.
3 - Marañon Canyon in Peru to be able to see the "lost cacao" mother tree which contains the rarest tree of true cacao.
4- Mayanmar/Burma - food & culture
5- Argentina/Patagonia - vast, complex landscape.
What makes you feel most beautiful? And what is beauty to you?
Beauty to me is when your spirit smiles - when your internal energy matches what you put out into the world...when all senses feel elevated. If sight is really an illusion anyway, we can rely on our other senses for a combined embodiment of the idea of beauty. Then, anything is beautiful. I feel beautiful when I am happy. Love makes me feel beautiful too.
Scent to me brings back memories. Are there any scents that bring you back to your childhood? Or any other special memory? Are any of them used in your line?
Scent is so precious to me! Grapefruit, has always been an intense mood enhancer when i'm feeling down. My mom would give my sisters and I grapefruit all the time when we were little with a few drops of maple syrup...The balance of citrus and sweet has always been a favorite and I devote myself to it in our Bee Rosy Clay Mask! Another strong scent memory I have is the vast spice in my dad and my pop's cologne. Clove, amber, musk, black pepper, & sandalwood... I incorporate this influence in our Golden Hour Body Oil which contains clove + jasmine. Another vivid memory is of a honeysuckle vine at my mom's friend's house, smelling it for the first time when I was 8, I think. I snuck flowers off the vine and put them in my pocket. Many other scents evoke pure calm and focus for me - fresh beeswax, cedar leaves, roasted cacao, stargazer lilies, fresh vanilla bean, lemon blossoms….
What is green beauty to you?
Green beauty to me, means being conscious, accountable and knowledgeable of the sources of ingredients used. Conscious that everything I put on my skin should be the same quality of anything I would ingest. Understanding responsible wildcrafting, working with companies that I ethically relate to, and remembering to constantly educate myself on ingredients of everything I choose to consume. Think of how our choices affect the large scale. If we want to see more organic skin care in the world, we must support organic farmers and conscious makers if we are able to!
What is your favorite season?
Spring - I enjoy having reawakenings of new ideas and self-growth. I love being on the cusp of winter ending, and letting go of as much as possible, then starting with new intentions while everything starts to grow again around me.
Scent, sight, touch, taste, sound, out of our five senses which one is your favorite?
Scent! Taste! Touch! I cannot choose.
What is next for Wildcare? Anything in particular you are working on?
With Wildcare's official launch date having been November 1st, I'm just getting started! I'm excited to see where it goes on it's own, and who I end up connecting with because of Wildcare's energy. I am really excited to collaborate with a special friend that is dear to my heart, which possibly will be in the spring of next year, that's all I want to say for now about it! I want to gracefully move through the seasons and keep distilling new plants while surprising people with how distillation can transform the scent of a familiar plant. I have been working on, before Wildcare was open, to involve both my sisters, Ashley & Morgan in some very big ways with Wildcare come the new year. My dream has always been a business involving a collaborative with them, while utilizing each of our unique talents. Thinking bigger, I have also been learning different ways I can include local wilderness groups and preservation organizations on how we can connect with them to help preserve, protect, and encourage exploration & wildcrafting on public land through the use of our products. Keep on the lookout for updates on this! Many more adventures to come and plants to know!


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If you have a New Year's resolution to be better about cleaning, try this simple tip to appear like you are staying on top of your goal on days when you really don't feel like it. If nothing else, it will look like you've done something, and your home will smell good.
The key is to use essential oils! Here's what you need to do:
- Do a quick tidy-up.
- Leave cleaning supplies at random around the house.
- Diffuse or spray citrus essential oils near the front door.
Here are a few diffuser blends that will make it smell like you've been cleaning:
|Sparkling Clean:
2 drops lemon
2 drops lime
1 drop lavender
1 drop rosemary
|Fresh Air:
2 drops lemon or orange
2 drops lime
2 drops melaleuca
|Clean Wood:
3 drops cypress or fir
3 drops lemon
|Clean Kitchen:
3 drops orange
1 drop clove
1 drop rosemary
Here are a couple recipes for air spritzers that you can use with these diffuser blend recipes (just double the essential oil drops):
Homemade Room Freshener
Air Spritzers
To learn more about essential oils that are used for cleaning or deodorizing, see the Reference Guide for Essential Oils by Connie and Alan Higley, 2017 Edition.


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This is from a family shoot and represent the last processed image of 2012 for Art of Photography. I will be posting an online version of my 2012 book in the near future but those are completed works.
Have a great 2013 and I hope you remember 2012 fondly.
Archive for 2012
Last Image Processed For 2012Posted in Image Post with tags 2012, Art of Photography, Lancaster, photograph, photography, Wisconsin on December 31, 2012 by Art of Photography
This is from a family shoot and represent the last processed image of 2012 for Art of Photography. I will be posting an online version of my 2012 book in the near future but those are completed works.
Dave Hill EffectPosted in Editorial, Image Post with tags 2012, Art of Photography, Photoshop on December 29, 2012 by Art of Photography
You may have heard of the Dave Hill effect but wasn't sure what that meant. Dave Hill is a digital artist who makes incredible compositions out of hundreds of Photoshop layers. The resulting images have an easily discernible style about them.
Many artists would like to emulate this style but do not have the time, skills, or inclination to do all the work involved. So they have experimented with various Photoshop settings that can make something close in appearance but is easy to apply. So much of this has been done (and displayed) that it is now a known look referred to as the 'Dave Hill effect'.
Becomes something like this
(it is sometimes also referred to as an HDR look).
And so, now you know!
Snow Expected TonightPosted in Image Post with tags 2012, Art of Photography, photograph, Photoshop on December 27, 2012 by Art of Photography
Merry ChristmasPosted in Event, Image Post with tags 2012, Art of Photography, Grant County, Lancaster, Wisconsin on December 23, 2012 by Art of Photography
(LOL – O hell no, that's not me! Just a pretty girl for Christmas)
12-21-2012 and Still HerePosted in Event, General Post with tags 2012, Art of Photography, storm, Winter, Wisconsin on December 21, 2012 by Art of Photography
For Irfanview UsersPosted in Tip or Trick Post with tags 2012, Art of Photography, photography on December 18, 2012 by Art of Photography
(This post is for experienced users, especially those familiar with *.ini files)
Have you taken the plunge and installed Irfanview? Or are you a long time user (it has been around since 1996) who still thinks it is one of the best image editors for quick jobs. If you are one of these, this post could be the Christmas gift you have always wanted.
I recently received a comment from Disguy who reminded me that you can edit the *.ini file for Irfanview. Specifically he was talking about the settings I had posted for re-creating some of the current popular photo filters. Anyway, by using the function Color Correction Profiles, you can instantly apply the settings you want without having to refer to any kind of guide.
What we are going to talk about makes use of Color Correction Profiles. If you are not familiar with these, select Image >> Color Correction (or Shift + G). This brings up a dialog box that allows you to (among other things) specify brightness, gamma, color channels, contrast, and other image rending settings. In the bottom left of this panel you will see color profiles (newer versions of Irfanview, I am not sure when exactly this started). To use a profile you first have to set some. Once they exist, you click the drop down and select the profile you want then click the LOAD button. So, for the nine (9) sets of setting I gave in my earlier post, you could set up each one in the interface and then assign it a profile name.
Find the file i_view32.ini (%appdata%\irfanview) on your computer and open/edit it. Scroll to the end. If you have not set up any profiles, just copy this to the file and save it (you may want to save a copy of the file first before making any changes).
Now when you open a picture in Irfanview and go to the Color Correction panel you will see all these profiles listed in the drop down. If you already have some profiles set up follow this procedure.
1. Under [ColorCorrection] paste all the entries that start Profile_profilename=1;…
2. Find the entry that lists the Profiles by name and add the new names to the list (separated by the | symbol). How they are listed is how they show up in the drop down.
If you haven't modified *.ini files before, just go slow and make sure you know what is being asked for before you take the action. If you save a copy of the original, you can just rename it back to i_view32.ini if you run into problems. Good luck to all!
Sometimes It Is The Little ThingsPosted in Image Post, Photoshop Tutorial with tags 2012, Art of Photography, photography, Photoshop on December 16, 2012 by Art of Photography
Hi all, it has been awhile. For my Christian friends, I hope the holiday preparations are going well.
This picture was given to me recently.
It is a great example of photographic experimentation. The artist has been creative with an otherwise straight-up portrait. However, it is not finished. It is my belief that pictures you want to display are the ones that address all the principles and elements of style (even if addressing means not fulfilling some aspect of these guides). I cannot recommend strongly enough that any serious camera operator learn these 'rules' just as those who paint or sculpt incorporate them into their creations. With the plethora of cameras out there these days, if you want to stand out, you have to create a more complete image.
Trying not to affect the foreground image, here is my alterations for a picture that would be used in a digital manner (online article, website, blog?)
I like to think I have put the picture into a context the human viewer understands. Or maybe it is just more interesting or more focused. Anyway, one cannot say it is better without being judgmental, so let me say I feel this is more complete. And remember, all art is editing until you stop.


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Claddagh Gothic Hair Comb
The old Irish symbol of fidelity, this Claddagh hair comb is a perfect gift for your love or perfect for a Gothic wedding.
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Claddagh Gothic Hair Comb by Alchemy Gothic Jewelry and Decor
A skull peers from beneath the enamelled red heart in this gothic variant of the traditional, C17th, Galway symbol of eternal love, friendship and loyalty, by virtue of its heart, skeletal hands and crown, with bones from 'beyond the grave'.
A beautiful piece of gothic elegance for the romantic at heart.
Pewter with great detail and red enameled heart is mounted to a high quality plastic hair comb.
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With it all the color and green that the warm weather and rain brings. We have only been back at the ranch for 2 months yet seems like so much longer.
When we returned the weather was still very cold and continued to get frosts right up until middle of June so I went to work in the greenhouse. Starting seeds and preparing my flower pots that are now on my deck.
Once I could start work in the garden I began moving half my rhubarb and raspberries to a new bed. I am taking a bit of a gardening break this year to work on some of the beds so only planted half the beds this year. I will soon be ripping out the entire strawberry bed as wild variety has taken over and the old variety never did well.
When we arrived home Momma deer was here to greet us along with her twins from last year. She stayed around in the yard till around the 1st of June when I know it was time for her to have a new baby. I haven't seen her since.
Well it hasn't been all work and no play. We went on 2 camping trips to our favourite lake. Where the scenes of the lake are always breathtaking.
Often enjoyed dinner while watching the sunset.
I did a bit of hiking and finally took up fishing as well. No I didn't catch anything. I spent most the 3 days reading how to do my fly fishing lines and practicing casting on land as well as preparing my tackle. I should fish from the canoe, but my back can't take sitting in it. I am thinking of getting one of those belly boats to float around in and fly fish.
I always enjoy those moments as
I gaze out over the lake.
Well hubby left me for 3 weeks and made a trip to Germany to visit family and friends. Someone has to stay home and take care of the animals so my vacation was spent at home. No cooking or cleaning so yes it was a vacation. I did have all the yard work and lots of other projects to keep me busy. But alone here for most of the 3 weeks has been heaven. I had a group of old school girl friends come for a visit the 1st weekend. What a hoot that weekend was. Some I hadn't seen more then 2 times in the last 30 something years. Didn't take long for us all to bond again.
Also kept busy raising a dozen meat chicks for our freezer. They will be ready to butcher in a couple weeks.
The robins have been nesting all over and Wildflower is so happy again to be able to go outside.
The weather has not been so good the last 3 weeks. Many storms would come in and then just dump the rain.
But with the rain and then the sun the signs that
summer has arrived are now here to enjoy.
So work hard and play hard
and have a
Good Morning… Good Afternoon… Good Night…
What ever it is to you.
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Pennsic Dreaming
Aside from the amazing people I consider friends, the spectacle of Pennsic War is what draws me as an artist. When I attend this event I try to simply relax, and have fun with my camera. This gallery is a collection of images copied from all the other Pennsic galleries. These are what I consider to be the best at capturing what many refer to as "living the dream."Read More


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Youth stories: In their own words
February 26, 2013: "When you lock a child up it is on their mind and heart for the rest of their lives." So writes Dennis, one of the youth contributing to the new Just Kids Storybank blog. Launched in early February, the blog gives youth who were automatically prosecuted as adults another platform for speaking out for reforms to the justice system. Each week, the blog is updated with testimonies about life as a juvenile in the adult system. By giving youth a space to share experiences in the adult criminal system, Storybank Coordinator Shannon Daley of Community Law in Action believes the blog "challenges negative stereotypes about what kids who were charged as adults are like."
The diversity of mediums that the youth use reflects the deeply personal aspect of the storybank blog. Some youth, such as Dennis, advocate for change by describing how being locked up with adult prisoners impacted them. Other youth use visuals to communicate their story. Through a partnership with Critical Exposure, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that teaches youth to use the power of photography to become effective advocates for social change, Just Kids Youth Leaders take photographs that serve "as a jumping off point to tell a piece of their story," says Daley.
The Just Kids Partnership has high hopes for what this new tool will contribute to the movement to end the automatic prosecution of youth as adults in Maryland. "The blog is a great means of empowerment for the youth in the Just Kids Partnership, who are critical to the success of our campaign," says PJC attorney Camilla Roberson. "It's also a great way of humanizing the policies we are trying to change."
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Concert for a cause
On Saturday, September 22, Richie Stephens, Stitchie, JC Lodge, Junie Ranks, Papa Biggy, Little Pinchers, Souvenir and Gyal Idiot will be performing at the Lithonia City Park in Atlanta, Georgia, with proceeds from the event earmarked for Jamaica.
Cornel Levy, president of ConnectJa, is hoping the event will be an annual fundraiser to offset costs for the ambitious robotics programme which he plans to launch this year at his alma mater - Guys Hill High School in St Catherine.
In an interview with The Gleaner, he explains that the idea for the event came about during a conversation with Courtney Porteous (Papa Biggy) after requesting a dub plate.
"Now, at the same time, I have items to be shipped that are slated for the robotics lab, so I decided that If I get a few renowned artistes, I would be able to put on a concert and some of the proceeds will go towards that lab, as well as to help ship the items to Jamaica."
He added that for the lab, an expert will be sent to Jamaica to conduct a one-day class to sensitise teachers and students about robotics.
Following that, his intention will be to monitor their progress remotely.
With ambitious plans for the show, Levy said the ticket sales are not encouraging, so he is appealing to the diaspora community in the Atlanta area and those outside to support the cause. In the meantime, he is grateful to both Papa Biggy and Richie Stephens, who have donated their services.
"If this event is successful, we can make it an annual event and we can affect the lives of more students not only in Guys Hill, but all parishes," he said.
Levy has been active in the school's welfare as he has already set up a computer lab, and is working to establish a second one at the school.
"All the artistes are excited about performing. For those attending, it will be a chance to enjoy themselves and at the same time contribute to making a difference in the lives of Jamaica's children," he ended.


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Only One Year, Andrea Cheng, Lee & Low Books, Inc. 2010
chapter book, recommended by the publisher for grades 2-5.
In Only One Year, a Chinese-American family makes the difficult decision to send their youngest child to spend the year with grandparents in China when his mother goes back to full-time work. Told by Shannon, his fourth grade sister, Only One Year is a lovely story about cultural values and family strength.
As an mother, it was very hard to wrap my head around the idea of sending a child away. The author included a helpful note in the book that explains that this decision is "not as uncommon as you might think," and that immigrant parents, particularly from Asia or Africa, facing this choice may feel that it is just better for the child to be cared for by extended family than to spend the day in daycare with strangers.
I could relate to the portrayal of resilience (having moved a few times, we are no strangers to change). I liked Shannon's voice in the book - caring, honest, and capable. The story talks very openly -but without undue drama- about the siblings' feelings about the changes in their family: missing their brother, feeling different and sometimes embarrassed because of their unique arrangement, the challenge of readjustment when he returns home. We see that the brother's transition, while difficult, is not damaging to him or to his sisters.
This would of course be an excellent resource for a family making such a choice, but it is also a positive story in and of itself. I gave it to my daughter to read (she is the same age as the narrator) and she really liked it as well.
Amazing Faces, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Lee & Low Books Inc. 2010
illustrated by Chris Soentpiet
recommended by the publisher for grades 2 and up
Amazing Faces is a wonderful poetry collection for children featuring works from noted authors such as Jane Yolen, Nikki Grimes, Joseph Bruchac, Langston Hughes, and others. The poems cover a wide range of themes kids can relate to: family, friendship, culture, heroes, nature, and sports, and all are accompanied by beautifully expressive illustrations.
I liked this this collection both because it is truly multicultural (including African-American, Asian-American, Latino, Native American, and European American authors) and because the poems have universal appeal. What kid hasn't ever felt alone on a playground? Hasn't admired a firefighter or a soldier? Hasn't been awed to look up into the sky and see the stars? I also loved it because the quality of the poetry itself is good:
I am wind,I am wall,I am wave,I rise, I fall- from Jane Yolen, Karate KidHer face, a lacework of courage;Her brow, brown as settled earth;Her chin, worn thin, a point of pride;Her cheeks, soft antiques of the sun;- from J. Patrick Lewis, Abuela
In addition to reading these two books, I spent some time browsing through the Lee & Low catalog. Lee & Low has a wonderful selection of books - if you are a parent or educator in search of quality multicultural reads for children, including books in Spanish, absolutely check them out.
Only One Year and Amazing Faces were complimentary copies provided to me by the publisher. The opinions expressed in these reviews are mine alone.


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Who is leading the Jews out of Gush Katif? According to Haaretz reporter Uzi Benziman, a vocal advocate of "disengagement:" Ariel Sharon, a wife murderer.
Powerful suspicions that Sharon eliminated his first wife and possibly his first son are widespread. Not so ironically, the accusers are mostly from the "disengagement" supporters of the Left, who made them when Sharon was their bogeyman, not hero.
We begin our journey with the official version of events:
Wikipedia - Ariel Sharon
Sharon has been widowed twice. Shortly after becoming a military instructor, he married his first wife, Margalith, with whom he had a son, Gur. Margalith died in an auto accident in 1962, and Gur died in October 1967 after being shot while playing with his father's rifle. After Margalith's death, Sharon married her younger sister, Lily.
Now we hear from an Israel-hating Israeli musician:
Meanwhile, Sharon's personal life story reveals another spectrum of mystery not many people in the west know about. Sharon's family has been blighted by accidental tragedies with no connection to the region's endless wars. The Prime Minister's first wife, Margalit, was killed in a car accident in 1962, and his eleven-year-old son, Gur, died in a shooting accident in 1967. These are the dry facts. Few people know that Sharon's second wife, Lily, was actually Margalit's younger sister. At the time there were some vicious rumours that it was Sharon's affair with his wife's sister which led Margalit to suicide. Gur found his death while playing with his father's loaded gun. I myself have neither the means nor the intention to search for the true story of Sharon's family affairs. On the contrary, I would argue that the element of bloody gossip entangled with some libidinal rumours helped to glorify the image of the promising young officer.
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Tel Aviv Diary January 12, 2003 - Karen Alkalay-Gut
This was idle gossip in the early seventies - Imagine the ladies in Cafe Exodus on a Friday afternoon whispering about the strange death of Sharon's first wife. She drove her car off the road, said one, because she found out her husband was leaving her for her sister, Lily. Someone fixed her brakes, said another.
Next week the ladies are back - see! he's marrying the sister! He got rid of her for sure. That was ALL I knew of Sharon in the seventies - that his wife died under mysterious circumstances.
Now a mystic:
Psychic Visitation from Sharon's Nephew; Bush Reads a Book
Sharon's first wife Margalit was supposed to have been killed in a car crash in 1962. His wife's sister, Liala (known as Lily) immediately moved in, to act as a "housekeeper" — a few months later they were married. Then, not many years later, Sharon and Margalit's son Gur (who, depending on which report you believe, was either 9 years old or 11 years old at the time) was accidentally killed playing with one of Sharon's guns.
One report I found from a Middle East magazine says that the story about Margalit dying in a car crash was totally fabricated by Sharon — they claim that the truth is that Margalit killed herself, despondent over the revelation that Sharon and her sister were having an affair. The direct link to this was expunged, but was fortunately cached in Google. [Internet-Archive: Sharon: autobiography and behaviour]
Although there are minor sources of these suspicions, one very major source stands out. He is Uzi Benziman, a reporter with Haaretz:
"When he returned to Israel in 1962 his wife Margalit was killed in a traffic accident. Sharon describes this event with honorable restraint—precisely the same restraint with which he later describes the death of his beloved son Gur, who was killed at the age of eleven when another boy shot him unintentionally with a rifle that was in Sharon's house. But touching as they are, even these two tales require the corrections to be found in Benziman's book. Sharon ascribes his wife's accident to the fact that the car she was driving, which they had brought back from England, had right-wheel drive. But, according to Benziman, many of Sharon's acquaintances believe his wife committed suicide in the accident after discovering that Sharon was conducting an affair with her younger sister Lily, who, shortly after her death, became Sharon's wife and the mother of his children. Moreover, after his son's death Sharon was vengeful toward the boy who had shot Gur, accusing him of intentionally killing him. The boy and his mother, the widow of a pilot, were forced to leave their house, which was near Sharon's."
In his autobiography book Sharon says that his wife was killed in a traffic accident, because the steering wheel was an English type, and his son was killed by mistake by another child was playing with Sharon's rifle. The Israeli journalist Uzi Benziman said in his book " Sharon, Caesar of Israel" that Sharon pretended to forget that his first wife was not killed in a car accident but she committed suicide when discovered the illicit love affair between Sharon and her sister Leila. After the death of his first wife they, Sharon and Leila, actually got married. Concerning the death of his son, Sharon as Benziman said was not tolerant as he said in his autobiography, with the child's family. On the contrary, he used all kinds of terrorism and brutality against them and forced them to move to another place.
Benziman claimed in his book, Sharon, Caesar Of Israel, that Ariel Sharon deliberately drove his first wife to suicide, and that is murder. This claim has led to broader charges in the Arab media:
Ayoon Wa Azan (Sharon And His Past)
On May 6, 1962, Margalit was driving her car from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, when she suddenly veered out of her lane. A truck approaching from the opposite direction was unsuccessful in avoiding her. She died. Sharon died when he got the news, however, he remained silent during her funerals.
The police investigation found Margalit responsible for reckless and negligent driving. Friends said that she was in love with Sharon and had a strong sense of jealousy of her own youngest sister, Lilly. Lilly had immigrated to Israel as a youngster and spent her first few years ay Sharon's home. When called up to the army, she served in the Paratroopers Brigade, then under Sharon's command.
Margalit's acquaintances note that during the weeks just prior to the accident, Margalit was once depressed and preoccupied, and had confided to a friend that her life had become miserable as a result of her all consuming suspicion of a liaison between her sister and her husband.
Did Margalit die in a common car accident or did she suicide? A year later on, Sharon married Lilly.
Recently, a right-leaning site joined the fray by declaring suspicions about the death of Sharon's son Gur shortly after Sharon married the boy's aunt:
In the summer of 1967, eleven-year old Gur Sharon trumped all of his buddies by declaring, "My Abba gave me five guns".
A couple of months later, tragedy struck. On Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the year, Arik Sharon's first-born son, from his first wife, was dead from a bullet wound.
Details are sketchy, but it seems that somehow Gur and a friend managed to get a bullet into the chamber of a shotgun. Arik Sharon was home at the time, and Gur died in his arms.
I don't know what the laws were 38 years ago, but in today's world a "lesser" man may have been brought up on charges of criminal negligence.
Indeed, any honest police investigator would ask why Sharon let his son play with a loaded rifle. Why was he not charged with criminal negligence, as anyone else would inevitably have been?
Thanks, in no small part to Benziman, a new picture emerges of a sociopath murdering his first family so he could start a fresh one with his new wife, the sister of the deceased.
So who is this Uzi Benziman who broke the story of the Sharon family murder(s)? He is now one of the country's leading voices calling for the evacuation of the Jews of Gush Katif. Sharon has few allies so useful to his plans. Let us now hear from Mr. Benziman:
Preparations for withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern Samaria are not in the public consciousness and have not become central to public discourse. As a result, there is no atmosphere of preparation for something that is really going to happen...The mantle of normalcy worn by these negotiations is a great missed opportunity; it leads to delay which in turn leads to the evaporation of the critical national significance of the decision.
Imagined injustice and the disengagement
The settlers are rebelling against the rule of law and the authority of the state. As if that were not enough, when the law catches up with them, they act as if they are the ones who have been wronged.
The settlers and their official leadership openly declare they do not accept cabinet and Knesset decisions to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank. They challenge the legitimacy of these decisions, and there are those among them who declare outright their preference for another source of authority
Israeli press reflects Gaza vote tension
The decisions on the disengagement plan to be made by the cabinet [on Sunday] and the Knesset on Tuesday may be essential steps, but they will still not ensure its implementation. The demand to prefer halakha [Jewish law] to the law of the land, to exclude Israel's Arab citizens from the process of approving disengagement, to deviate from accepted norms of debate and decision-making, to shut up opposition by means both administrative and juridical, are all clouds that presage the storm. Violence will later emerge from its lair with all of its destructive force. If the country does not manage to impose its authority on the minority opposing disengagement, it will open the gate to its disintegration.
Commentator Uzi Benziman in Haaretz
In short, Mr. Benziman, believing full well that Sharon murdered his first wife after investigating the crime, is now working for the murderer. In an honest, sane nation with an honest, sane media, Benziman would be demanding a reinvestigation of the murder of Margalit Sharon and his newspaper would be exposing the mad killer leading their nation into catastrophe.
Instead, Uzi Benziman is letting Sharon murder again, this time with his enthusiastic approval.
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The Ascendancy of the Scientific Dictatorship, by Paul & Phillip Collins
Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism, by Abbe Barruel
Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith, by James H. Billington
America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones, by Antony C. Sutton


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Jonathan Inc. has re-released their cover of "The Lakes of Canada" by the Innocence Mission on their new album The Greatest Songs I Never Wrote. You can order the album at BandCamp.com here.
The original release was found on their Halfway To A Better Place album as a hidden track.


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In the News:
- Widener University School of Nursing Receives Grants from Independence Blue Cross Foundation – Advance for Nursing (9/23 – Story on the grants the School of Nursing received through the Nurses for Tomorrow initiative from the Independence Blue Cross Foundation)
- Taxes at forefront of 1st Pa. governor debate between Corbett, Wolf – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (9/22 – Wes Leckrone, associate professor of political science, provided expert commentary)
- Top 10 for Monday: 10 great things to do this week – Delaware County Daily Times (9/22 – Mention of Dr. J. Joseph Edgette, professor emeritus)
- Ken Pobo, professor of English, was interviewed about this new chapbook "When the Light Turns Green" on New Books in Poetry.
- The News Journal announced students from the Delaware Campus who started Josiah Wolcott Fellowships with the Delaware Supreme Court on 9/21. (No link available)
- Ruby R. Vale Professor of Corporate and Business Law Lawrence Hamermesh was quoted in a 9/19 story in the Bloomberg BNA Corporate Law & Accountability Report about the future of fee-shifting bylaws. (No link available)
Events on Main Campus today:
- National Voter Registration Day; 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.; University Center Atrium
- Art Gallery Talk; 4-6 p.m.; Widener University Art Gallery
- Field Hockey vs. Delaware Valley College; 7 p.m.; Home
Events on the Harrisburg Campus today:
- "Protecting Yourself, Your Agency, or Clients from Theft and Fraud;" 4 p.m.; Administration Building, Room A180


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How I Improved My Toy Tester In One Easy Lesson
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Make-believe should-haves include toy kitchens and play workshops, costumes, musical devices and energetic toys like blasters and water weapons. Final 12 months my son even centered his science fair venture around Sprint by utilizing this cool accent piece that allows you to construct LEGO blocks proper onto the robot. A effectively laid out introduction to architecture, in addition to a information for getting starting with constructing issues with the LEGOs.
The announcement comes as extra companies incorporate coding know-how into toys, from programmable robots to friendship bracelets that vibrate with secret messages. For instance, in a latest brain scan study, Sharlene Newman and her colleagues assigned two groups of eight-12 months-old children to take part in a collection of directed play periods (Newman et al 2016).
I'm significantly considering this one as for my 8-12 months-outdated this yr as I know it's something he'll have plenty of fun with on his personal or with me. I additionally love that the kit comes with the chemical substances required for the 40 epic experiments" and only requires the addition of fundamental kitchen components, so we can play with it proper out of the box.
Every part tucks right into a field and neatly stores below a bed or in a closet when playtime is finished. Playtape consists of practice tracks and highway methods in various widths that kids can tape to the carpet or ground and have an instantaneous road for their autos. Lego video games inspired by blockbuster movies like "The Avengers" and "Spiderman" and beloved comic heroes like Superman and Batman let them relive exciting cinematic moments or make up their very personal.


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Their war. Our time.Jun. 02, 2017USA84 Min.
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Ava / Seattle
After a night out of partying and left behind by her friends, Ava wakes up and sneaks back home only to find that she's already safe in bed. But that's not Ava – it's someone who looks just like her. A time-traveling fugitive has stolen Ava's body, her identity, and her life. What's more — she's not alone. There are others, hiding in the past, secretly living among us, plotting to alter the future. Without her body, Ava is a virtual ghost, silent and invisible to the world. And, so far as she knows, she's the only one who can stop them and put the timeline back on course.
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The EPA can prevent harm from chemical and environmental exposures by regulating those chemicals and ensuring that they are safe for human exposure. Drastic budget cuts will affect the health of children, as there will be less oversight on the chemicals used in commerce and exposed to children.
Dr. Jennifer Lowry, Medical Director, Children's Mercy Hospital


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Christina's Rossetti's mysterious poem is wrapped in a soundscape of smoothly soaring vocal lines that are supported with an undulating piano accompaniment and optional string quartet. Though this piece is
Set to the Latin "Pulchra es amica mea" text from "Song of Solomon," this a cappella work is inspired by the beauty of the aurora borealis as seen by the composer in his native Norway.
This setting of Hildegard von Bingen's Ave Generosa text uses a hauntingly joyful tonality, paying homage to the mysterious story of Mary. A beautiful middle section is surrounded by contrasting
Though it appears on his celebrated Winter Songs album, this haunting new work for treble choirs will be a beautiful addition to your program at any time of year. The setting of an Emily Bronte text
Ola Gjeilo's first publication for developing voices, featuring lyrics by Charles Anthony Silvestri, explores the unique qualities of each of the four seasons. A supportive piano part and an optional,
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Macaw Conservation
Tiskita hosts and helps to support one of the first and longest-running Scarlet Macaw conservation programs in the world. Since 2002, over 75 Scarlet Macaws were released in Tiskita in the context of a reintroduction program.
In 2014, the Wild Macaw Association was founded, a nonprofit for the protection and study of the macaws released in Tiskita, and their wild-born offspring. The reintroduction program has become a long-term conservation program. It includes habitat protection, community involvement in macaw related conservation activities, and more.
Your donation helps us to keep the Scarlet Macaw conservation program going!
Scarlet Macaw Reintroduction Program in Tiskita
The Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) was extinct in the area. Nine groups were released between 2002 and 2014. The reintroduction program has now ended because a viable population has been established that is large enough to spread out and connect with populations further north along the coast.
The reintroduction program has been successful so far. The released macaws have high survival rates, and they have been successfully reproducing (in the wild!) since 2008.
New releases may take place in the future. They will use rehabilitated macaws, e.g. rescued macaw chicks from the illegal wildlife trade, instead of macaws that came from the late Richard and Margot Frisius' former breeding center.
Reintroduction Process
The reintroduction process has three stages: acclimatization, release, and adaptation to the wild. The macaws stay in a pre-release aviary for two months before their release to acclimatize to the local climate, food, and wildlife.
After release, the macaws enter a critical stage that can last up to a year; they need to become self-sustainable. During this stage, supplementary feeding is provided.
Scientific Study
Once released, the macaws are monitored to make sure they are doing well and in the context of a scientific study. The scientific study focuses on five behaviors: survival, foraging, dispersal, social interaction, and reproduction.
Scarlet Macaw Conservation Program in Tiskita
Now that the reintroduction program has ended, a new conservation program has been developed to protect the newly established Scarlet Macaw population in the area. The Wild Macaw Association was founded for this purpose by Tiskita's biologist Ilona Thewissen and other specialists.
Wild Macaw Association
The Wild Macaw Association, a Costa Rican nonprofit founded in 2014, continues the scientific study on the ecology and social behavior of the released macaws and their wild-born offspring. The study has been ongoing since 2002.
The new Scarlet Macaw conservation program, carried out by the Wild Macaw Association in Tiskita and surroundings, also includes:
- Habitat protection and restoration
- Conservation education and community involvement
- Rescue and rehabilitation (in development)
- Conservation of other native parrot species
Website expected online late 2015.


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A Day in SEAA
A Day in SEAA is a VIP Tour for children from 3 to 12 years old in S.E.A. Aquarium. With the company of a well-experienced guide, children will learn about the fascinating facts of the marine world and its many inhabitants. Meals are provided for the tour programme and children will get to do some marine animal themed crafts after the tour.
Time: 10:30am - 2:30pm
- Public: SGD74
- RWS Invites members: SGD67
- Genting Rewards members: SGD67 / 59 Genting Dollars
- Attractions Annual/Season Passholders: SGD59
Suitable for ages 3 - 12
Reservations have to be made 48 hours prior to tour date. The tour accommodates a minimum of 3 children to a maximum of 10 children on a first come first served basis.
You may contact Kids Club at +65 6577 6121 from 10am to 10pm daily to make a reservation. On-site registrations are subjected to availability.
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Men and women who frequently cycle through the criminal justice, healthcare, and social service systems pose a disproportionate burden on these systems and a high cost to taxpayers. Further, their interactions with these systems are often driven by co-occurring mental health and substance use problems—problems that jails are frequently ill-equipped to appropriately treat in a way that will meaningfully address their needs or reduce their risk of recidivism. Although piecemeal studies have examined this population at the local level, there has yet to be a comprehensive analysis of the issue across multiple jurisdictions.
With support from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, ISLG is working with ten jurisdictions across the country to create a national profile of these "frequent utilizers" of criminal justice, health, and other services. ISLG will also identify integrated system responses and services that effectively serve frequent utilizers and create an inventory of promising practices. Through this work, ISLG seeks to identify approaches to slow the revolving door of frequent utilization that will reduce the burden on systems and minimize harm to individuals.
For more information, please contact Victoria Lawson at email@example.com.


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Militants launch attacks on Shell's Nigerian installations
Nigerian militants have launched three attacks on installations in the Niger Delta belonging to Royal Dutch Shell PLC to increase pressure on the government and the oil companies to share greater oil revenues with their communities.
Uchenna Izundu
OGJ International Editor
LONDON, June 23 -- Nigerian militants have launched three attacks on installations in the Niger Delta belonging to Royal Dutch Shell PLC to increase pressure on the government and the oil companies to share greater oil revenues with their communities.
Shell said it had begun to investigate the sabotage that occurred on June 21, but declined to report whether it had shut in production. Reports from Nigeria suggest it could be 125,000 b/d.
"We are investigating the impact on the installations, environment, and production," a company spokesman told OGJ.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed responsibility for the damage to Shell's pipelines at Adamakiri, Kula, both in Rivers State, and an oil field in shallow water, which they said was "engulfed in fire."
MEND has called its campaign "Hurricane Piper Alpha" and has identified targets in oil producing states Bayelsa and Rivers, before shifting to Ondo, Edo, and Akwa Ibom.
This incident builds upon an earlier attack on Shell's Trans Ramos pipeline at Aghoro-2 community in Bayelsa State, forcing the company to stop oil production.
MEND also told Chevron Corp. that it would suffer, accusing the company of allowing the Nigerian military use one of its air strips for jet fighters.
"By allowing its facilities to be used in committing atrocities against the host communities where it drills oil and gas from, Chevron has repeated the same mistake by Shell against the Ogoni communities and will pay a price in double measure," the group warned.
On June 19, Eni SPA shut in 33,000 b/d of oil and 80 MMscfd of gas production from a pipeline supplying the Brass export terminal in the Niger Delta due to MEND's sabotage.
The incident happened between June 18-19 on the 24-in. pipeline Ogoda manifold-Brass terminal in Bayelsa state.
Eni said that it lost equity production of 6,000 b/d of oil and 16 MMcfd of gas.
According to data published recently by the Department of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria has lost over 1 million b/d of oil production because of the crisis in the Niger Delta.
Contact Uchenna Izundu at email@example.com.


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When I learned that Jay White, the founder of Dumb Little Man, frequently travels in his sales career, this immediately brought back memories of my own business travels during my years in pharmaceutical sales. I was traveling 25% to 50% of my time on overnight trips, sometimes for an entire work week. Although there are great health tips on this awesome blog, I'm sure that for those of you who travel on business and even for everyone else who has gone somewhere on vacations, you will agree that it's often quite a challenge to maintain healthy habits while away from home. Many people end up either gaining weight or losing weight after their trips and I'm not talking about desired weight changes either. So here are some tips that I've learned to adopt during my travels to help you stay healthy while away from home. Get Proper Nutrition While it's much easier to follow a healthy balanced diet with home cooking, it's often very challenging if you have to eat out for all of you daily meals during travel. Here are some ideas that may seem obvious, but I'd challenge you to think back to your last business trip. How many of these did you really follow?
- Avoid hotel breakfasts loaded with fat and salt (sausages, bacon, pastries, fried potatoes)
- Start your day with fresh fruit, yogurt and cereals
- Definitely pass on fast food breakfasts but don't skip a healthy one
- Stay with lighter fare lunches especially if attending conferences all day
- Find good salads and lower fat, whole-wheat sandwiches for lunch
- Don't overeat at dinner, especially at buffets (or you'll feel it back in your hotel room)
- Minimize the amount of fried, fatty foods at restaurants
- Drink lots of water with your meals and limit alcohol (hangovers during travel are no fun)
- Don't overdo the trips to the coffee shops during the day
- Avoid junk snacks - pick up some fresh fruit at local grocers instead
- Pack enough multivitamins to last your entire trip as inexpensive diet insurance
Exercise On The Road As I remember all the big meetings and conferences I've attended, it's incredible just how few travelers stay active on the road. With overeating and inactivity, it's no wonder why many travelers end up gaining weight. So here are some tips to stay active on the road.
- Use the hotel/cruise ship gym as even 20 minutes on a cardio machine will help prevent travel weight gain
- Do laps in the hotel pool if there is one (always pack your swimwear)
- Use the hotel gym weights even if you have to modify some usual exercises
- If the neighborhood around the hotel is nice and safe (ask the concierge), take a brisk walk outside
- If no gym, do basic calisthenics plus low impact cardio inside your hotel room
- Although tempting to socialize into the wee hours, get adequate sleep
It's Possible To Keep Healthy During Travel So it is indeed possible to keep healthy during your travels. Although you may have to take some extra efforts to get the proper nutrition and enough exercise in during your time away from home, much of the challenge comes from the fact that you have to do what most other travelers will not be doing. You will be among a minority who do eat healthy and take time in the gym. But don't worry about what others are doing as it is your own health that matters. Happy travels and if you have additional tips on how to stay healthy or are willing to share some of your challenges while away from home, please leave your comments below.Written on 7/31/2011 by Clint Cora. Clint is a motivational speaker, author and Karate World Champion. See his free 3-part Personal Development Video Series on how to expand your comfort zone to conquer even your most daunting goals in life. Photo Credit: Matt Phillips
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I finally got this, which I've coveted since last year:
It's the 24" x 24" version on sale for $45 at Target. But may be too small for a very long solid wall. It could look like a speck. The 36" x 36" version at Z Gallerie would be more impactful but it's nearly $220 online. You could purchase just a canvas online, then stretch it on a 36" x 36" frame on top of a blank canvas, as we did with another Rodney White piece. But I don't feel like searching the mountains and seas for a 36" x 36" canvas and no, I don't want to assemble one myself or pay someone else to do it. It seems to cost a disproportionate amount of money to pay for canvas stretching and framing, and although in the past I've paid the average U.S. monthly mortgage payment to frame things, I'm not paying for this. No offense to the framing industry, I just don't understand why the material and labor cost.
This frame from SecondLineFrames on etsy is made from wainscoting salvaged after Hurricane Katrina, and despite its sad beginnings, is perfect for a bright and happy countryish feel in a sunroom. Unfortunately it's one-of-a-kind and sold two days ago, same day I saw it, but SecondLineFrames has many more available:


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The Planchettes are a duo from New Orleans and purveyors of some pretty mean electric blues.
They have a new four track single out. You can watch the videos for Shackle Me Not and Degenerate Sin from it below and experience first hand what they describe as their very own gritty, dirt-muffled, punch-in-the-face, spider-legged rock'n'roll.
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It is our pleasure to announce that Booking.com has donated the sum of $60,000 to the Perl Foundation to aid with further development of the Perl 5 programming language. This donation is a further contribution to the Core Maintenance Fund (P5CMF) that Booking.com has consistently supported over several years. This donation is a another step in the support that Booking.com gives to TPF and the broader Perl community.
Darren Huston, Chief Executive Officer of Booking.com, said "Perl is central to the success of Booking.com." By continuing with grants, supporting Perl community events and hackathons:
"we keep up our tradition of giving back to the community. As one of the world's largest employers of Perl developers, an investment for us into a healthy and dynamic Perl community is an investment in the future of our company and innovative web development in general."
Booking.com has also recently entered into an arrangement to continuously fund some of David Mitchell's work on the Perl 5 Core. This has a specific focus towards performance improvements and evolution of the language in line with the vision of the project leader. This future-focus secures Perl's relevance as an enterprise grade language for large web applications.
"It is always a tremendous pleasure to work with Booking.com," said Karen Pauley, President of the Perl Foundation.
"With Booking.com it goes far deeper than a desire to promote our language or support our community, it is a genuine feeling that they wish to belong which is why they involve themselves so much. They are a part of the Perl family."
Since the foundation of Booking.com, in 1996, the company has built its IT infrastructure on myriad of open source projects and products. These include Linux, MySQL, Nginx, Hadoop, and Redis to complement a strong association with the Perl programming language. Because of this, Booking.com is a keen supporter of the Perl and open source communities. As Steffen Mueller, Senior Manager for Technology and Infrastructure at Booking.com, would say:
"Developers at Booking.com are encouraged to release code to Open Source projects. Booking.com has a culture of contributing to the Open Source community. Our staff are regular attendees and speakers at Perl events, but also find themselves at non-Perl conferences. We are happy to hire talented developers from a variety of backgrounds and varying skill sets and re-train them in the Booking.com culture and Perl language."
About Booking.com
Booking.com B.V., part of the Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN), owns and operates Booking.comâ"¢, the world leader in booking accommodation online. Each day, over 700,000 room nights are reserved on Booking.com. The Booking.com website and apps attract visitors from both the leisure and business sectors worldwide.
Established in 1996, Booking.com B.V. guarantees the best prices for every type of property, from small, family-run bed and breakfasts to executive apartments and five-star luxury suites. Self-catered properties are also specifically a focus of Villas.com, a sister site recently launched by Booking.com. Truly international, Booking.com is available in more than 40 languages, and offers over 537,980 properties in 207 countries.


text: I couldn't wait to do this session. It was fun going somewhere different to shoot pictures, and going to an airport and shooting by a plane definitely fell into the category of different. Josiah is in the air force, so what better way to capture his engagement photos then in front of a plane. I have to say when I showed up for this session the sun was so bright, and when I was standing shooting towards the sun, with the open land behind me and with the snow, it was shooting some crazy light into my lens. I have to say, I saw some things happening in my settings, that I have never seen before. Luckily, I knew how to make the proper adjustments, otherwise this session could of been a disaster. I don't think I have ever complained about getting to much light, but that is what was happening this day! Regardless, the photos turned out and I love the feel that I captured in these photos. I can't wait for Josiah and Sarah's wedding. These two have an amazing story, and they are a great couple. I'm sure their wedding day will be perfect.


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British and French companies have a significant lead over their German counterparts, in terms of adopting software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.
In its "User Survey Analysis: Usage Plans for SaaS Application Software, France, Germany and the UK 2009" report, Gartner found that 71 percent of French survey respondents revealed their organisation currently uses SaaS for business applications, compared to 68 percent in the UK and 45 percent in Germany.
The fact that France is leading is somewhat surprising, as it runs slightly counter to the traditional assumption that the UK is more advanced in terms of SaaS adoption.
"France is only ahead by couple of percentage points, so it is not a massive difference to the UK," said Chris Pang, principal analyst at Gartner. "In France, the high adoption rate is probably explained as there are a few more local vendors offering SaaS solutions."
"Typically it depends on region, but it is usually small scale accounting solutions in France," he added. "Some are large enterprise plays, such as procurement, but others are local accounting solutions, typically used by SOHO type businesses."
The Gartner research surveyed 99 IT and business leaders in France, Germany and the UK in the third quarter of 2008 as part of a larger global survey to better understand plans for SaaS in 2009. Pang told Techworld that the respondents were split across companies in the SOHO, SME and large enterprise sectors, but it was likely that most were most in the mid market area.
Pang was not overly surprised at the low 45 percent figure for Germany. "One of the things that can affect this is the availability of native SaaS applications in the local market," said Pang. "The UK has usually done well because most of its SaaS apps are from North America. Translating these applications into German and other non English languages, means more localisation is needed."
Gartner also said that the responses from German organisations suggest that the difference in adoption levels will shrink if users follow through on their plans for SaaS adoption during 2009.
But won't the economic downturn impact possible adoption levels in Germany?
"Well, there is a yes and no answer to this," said Pang. "The economic downturn will de-accelerate purchasing of any new software, without a doubt. But SaaS is more resistant as it is normally paid out of operating budgets, and not capex."
"There is usually less upfront cost associated with SaaS," he added. "That is not to say there will be no slowdown, but slowdown in SaaS will be less than other enterprise software."
And it seems that CRM is the most popular SaaS application in all three countries, ahead of enterprise resource planning (ERP); content communications and collaboration (CCC); and supply chain management (SCM).
"CRM is one of the most common SaaS applications, but others such as web conferencing, e-learning, hosted email (which has existed for years and years) also lend themselves to a SaaS setup," said Pang.
Gartner thinks that CRM's popularity is likely a result of the media exposure of high-profile vendors such as salesforce.com, as well as the fact that CRM SaaS applications tend to cover a wider range of functions in common processes, such as sales automation, marketing automation and customer service support. SaaS applications such as ERP, CCC and SCM on the other hand tend to focus on specific areas of business process support such as expense management, talent management, recruitment, web conferencing and procurement.
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Our theme is Office Party and oh what fun this will be! We Teamed up with Digi's with Attitude / Drunken Stampers to give you a wonderful time.. with so many chances to win and so much inspiration to see your sure to have a good time!
All Prizes have Attitude that much is for sure, see what you could win at the Digi's with Attitude! Store Total Prizes worth a whopping $115.00!!!! Who needs more??
Now to find out all the details... so you too can score!
Be creative & Play along in the challenge For a chance to win a $20.00 gift certificate from each challenge blog !! Make a new card with Office Party as your theme or for someone at your Office! (Digi's with Attitude stamps are not required But The DWA December freebie is available for download from the Digi's With Attitude! Store. Post it on your blog and enter the link to your card on the The Digi's With Attitude! Challenge Blog or the Drunken Stampers Challenge Blog by Thursday, December 9th at 11:59pm EST
You can enter more than once with a new card but no duplicates, your post must be a new as of December 3, 2010... Non-eligible entries will be removed.
The Digi's With Attitude! Challenge Blog / Drunken Stampers Challenge Blog will draw one winner each for a $20 Gift Certificate to the Digi's with Attitude Store too!! All winners will be posted on December 13, 2010 . Winners from each designer's blog will be posted on their blogs, the 2 main winners will be posted on the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge Blog and Drunken Stampers Challenge blog respectively. So be sure to retrace your steps to see if you are a winner!
We hope to see you at the Office Party!
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I upgraded from Windows 7 Home to Windows 10 today. It took HOURS! I was assured that I would be able to use my Windows Live Mail but I can't. The program itself opens but there is nothing loaded in it. I went to C drive/Users/Name/App Data/Local/Microsoft/Windows Live Mail and everything is there. I tried to open one an email from there but it wouldn't work. I have an extensive library of folders and saved data and i need to be able to access it. I backed in all up on my external prior to doing the upgrade, but I need Windows Live Mail to function.
So far, I don't like Windows 10. I loved my Windows 7.
Can anyone help me solve this email dilemma?


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Executive businessmen and women can easily understand the importance of a goal-oriented mindset. Unfortunately, addiction is a disease that affects the mind and can pull us off course in many aspects of our lives, with willpower or mental strength having little do with it. Fortunately, at Capo by the Sea, we offer an executive cognitive based therapy program that help bring us back to center. Cognitive behavioral therapy can help to fix broken thought loops through sessions that help us identify core issues, develop strategies to correct them, and put them in action.
Making the decision to seek recovery for addiction is a big step. Once it's been made, it can be difficult to be sure which program is the right one since the market for recovery centers has grown so much in recent years. While treatment centers have too many residents, not enough staff, and a standardized approach to all of it's residents. Capo by the Sea, on the other hand, is uniquely fitted to serve the needs of executives by offering the flexibility and the privacy that many other programs aren't equipped to. We have room for only eight residents at a time, and plenty of staff to make sure you get the attention and help you need to recover.
Capo by the Sea offers serious treatment in a peaceful, secluded location in San Juan Capistrano, close to the beach. While not in therapy, residents are free to soak up the sun and take part in all the activities the area has to offer. Finally, Capo is a dual-diagnosis program, and can help dig deeper to discover what's causing addiction with our cognitive based approach. All in all, we offer discreet, evidence-based treatment modalities that give our clientele the tools they need to face the many stresses of their lives again.