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August 2017
Dear Members,
REMINDER - New Sales and Use Tax Guidance Issued
The PA Department of Revenue has retracted the April 6, 2017 letter responding to numerous sales and use tax questions conveyed by PFDA, and has provided new guidance in response to PFDA's original request related to sales and use tax. It is critical that you review this letter as there are major changes from the original opinion.
To access the new guidance on sales and use tax issued by the PA Department of Revenue, please go to www.pfda.org and click the link in the breaking news section on the home page.
House Bill 424 Signed by Governor
On July 7th, Governor Wolf signed House Bill 424, which amends the Vital Statistics Law of 1953 by allowing physician assistants to supply and sign medical certifications of death or fetal death. This change will take effect on September 7, 2017.
NFDA Issues Warning On Heritage Cremation Providers
NFDA wants members to be aware of Heritage Cremation Providers, an online cremation business that has state enforcement actions against them in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon and Tennessee. Heritage Cremation Providers, which also operates under the name of Legacy Funeral Service, claims to be a low-cost, family-owned, locally based cremation service. However, they just collect money from customers for services and then they contact funeral homes that do removals and cremations to do all the work.
The Better Business Bureau has reported that the owners, Joseph Damiano and Anthony Joseph Damiano, Heritage Cremation Providers, and Legacy Funeral Services have been ordered to discontinue operations in Florida, Georgia and Colorado. Also, the State Funeral Board in North Carolina has advised funeral homes in that state that if they do any work for Heritage Cremation Providers, they will be charged with aiding and abetting an unlicensed provider of cremation.
NFDA is warning funeral homes in states where there are no sanctions against Heritage or Legacy, about the enforcements in these other states, and recommending that they seriously consider the potential consequences before agreeing to do business with these two companies or their customers.
NFDA 2017 Cremation and Burial Report: Research, Statistics and Projections
In July, NFDA released its cremation and burial report. Once again it showed a steady rise in cremation and there are several factors that contribute to that: "including consumer cost considerations, environmental concerns, fewer religious prohibitions of the practice and changing consumer preferences, such as the desire for simpler, less ritualized funeral practices."
The report found that the national cremation rate was 50.2% in 2016 and is projected to increase to 78.8% by 2035. Cremation is projected to exceed the 50% mark in 44 states over the next eight years, up from just 16 states exceeding 50% in 2010.
The projections for Pennsylvania are: 2018– burials will be 44.5% and cremations will be 49.7%, and by 2030 burials will only account for 25.1% of deaths, but cremations will account for 70.0 %. NFDA members can find more information on the report at http://www.nfda.org/resources/business-technical/cremation/cremation-exclusive-member-resources
NFDA 2017 Consumer Survey
The Consumer Survey for 2017 showed again, for the fifth year in a row, that consumers know it's important to pre-plan their funerals, but that only 21.4% of the 62.5% that feel it's important have relayed the information to their family members. The main reasons Americans have not made prearrangements are because it's not a priority to them and it costs too much to prepay. The survey also revealed that families want more personal services and the way families are honoring and celebrating their loved ones is constantly changing.
NFDA members can read more about the survey results at http://www.nfda.org/news/media-center/nfda-news-releases.
NFDA Partners Exclusively with LendingUSA to Offer At-need Financing
NFDA has added LendingUSA to its list of exclusive endorsed partners. LendingUSA provides families, who are finding it difficult to pay for a loved one's funeral, with at-need financing solutions.
The Opioid Epidemic and Bloodborne Diseases
With the recent increase in the misuse of opioids there are headlines daily on all news outlets about the crisis and how it's impacting communities nationwide. Funeral service professionals and embalmers need to know that people who inject drugs can become infected with HIV, the hepatitis B virus (HBV), the hepatitis C virus (HCV) or other bloodborne pathogens.
The CDC has reported that due to the increase in injection drug users, hepatitis B and C infections have reached epidemic proportions in many states. People can become infected just by having contact with a surface, equipment or object that has infected blood on it. Since hepatitis B and C can live outside the body for at least a week, funeral home employees need to make sure they are taking the right measures to protect themselves from these bloodborne pathogens when handling any remains.
Operation Honor Guard
In 2013, Rich Darby, whose family owns six funeral homes and a cemetery in Illinois, started Operation Honor Guard. Operation Honor Guard is a not-for-profit organization that provides financial support to organizations that provide military funerals for veterans and service members. The money helps the organizations purchase uniforms, equipment, rifles, etc., that are needed for a service. What started out as a grassroots effort, has now grown to include corporate sponsors, between 22 to 25 donation sites, a National Day of Giving, which is October 11th this year, and fundraising over $60,000.
The program continues to grow, but Darby needs some large corporate donations so they can hire staff and put a process into place to reach their goal of outfitting every honor guard in the US. If you are interested in becoming involved, go to operationhonorguard.us.
Protect Your Funeral Home's Social Media Sites
Daily there are news stories about personal information, including social media accounts, being accessed by hackers. When hackers have accessed business social media sites, they have posted posts that are detrimental to those businesses. There are best practices that can help minimize your chances of being hacked: 1. Update your computer and internet browsers regularly; 2. Pay for a good antivirus, spyware, adware program to protect you; 3. Create a password that is at least 10 characters long, use both upper and lower case letters, use numbers and symbols, and use different passwords for each account; 4. Your password should not include personal information like your phone number or birthday, the word password, anything in a sequence like 1234 or abcd, and it shouldn't be used on numerous sites or accounts. 5. Make sure you use a verification step for logging into your accounts by having a code texted to you or by sending you an email; and 6. When multiple employees are logging into your accounts you should set different level of access to employees, so that everyone doesn't have access to the password.
Build Relationships With Community Members Before They Need To Plan A Funeral
In many cases, people only think of a funeral home when they must plan or attend a loved one's funeral. Don't you want people to think of your funeral home first? Below are a few ways you can create relationships in your neighborhoods without planning someone's funeral.
In your community, there are various events like parades and graduations that happen yearly. They are many ways you can sponsor one of these celebrations, it can be as simple as offering to create a video to show at the event or give to people after the event. This allows you to show the services you offer and get your name out to the community.
Provide your community members with funeral planning resources, end-of-life resources, advice, and the latest funeral trends. You can educate the community by sharing articles on social media and placing brochures at other community businesses.
Funerals bring families and communities together during sad times, so why not host an event at your funeral home during happy times, like holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. When you invite people into the funeral home, you are giving them a chance to meet the staff, see your facility and see everything you can offer to them.
Communities have doctors, nurses, clergy, first responders, etc. Do you have good relationships with these other end-of-life professionals? If you don't, you should, because networking is the key to getting referrals. These partnerships will help you, the other professionals and the families you serve.
If your job takes you outdoors when it's hot and humid, it can stop being pleasurable and become very dangerous. Preparing for working in heat and humidity can provide you protection from potentially deadly conditions.
Here are some heat related warning signs: muscle cramps, nausea or vomiting, weakness, headache, dizziness/feeling light-headed and confusion.
Here are some best practices when working in the hot weather: pace yourself when working in the heat; hydrate with plenty of water or sports drinks, but no alcohol or caffeine; dress appropriately-—light-colored, lightweight, loose fitting clothing; stay out of the midday sun whenever possible; and wear sunscreen.
PA Vault Manufacturer Being Sued
Von-Crete of Hanover Township, PA is being sued by Wyomissing man due to muddy water overflowing from the vault that held his mother's casket. James G. Cardi discovered these conditions after he had his mother's coffin disinterred to check the waterproofing seal. On the day of his mother's funeral Cardi saw water collecting in the vault and was concerned about it, but a Von-Crete employee said that was normal and they proceeded with the funeral. Cardi, was bothered by the situation so he arranged to have the casket disinterred and found the vault full of water, the casket floating in muddy water, and the body submerged inside the coffin.
Scam Alert!
The latest scam involves callers impersonating IRS employees and telling victims that a certified letter that was sent to them was undeliverable and has been returned to the IRS. The caller then proceeds to refer to the "Revenue Service's Electronic Federal Tax Payment System" and informs the victim they must pay the money via a prepaid debit card.
Victims should report suspicious calls to the Treasury inspector at 800-366-4484 and to the FTC at www.ftc.gov.
Update Your PFDA Membership Information
PFDA will be updating the membership database information in September. Enclosed is a form for every funeral home to update their information. Please return the form to PFDA by August 15, 2017 so that your correct information is in the system.
2017 District Meetings
Samuel A. Campanaro, 77, of Bangor, died on June 18, 2017. He was the owner and operator of Samuel A. Campanaro Funeral Home, Bangor.
Edward J. Kaufman, 80, of Montoursville, died recently following a brief illness. He is survived by his son, Scott, a licensed funeral director and owner operator of Kaufman Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Williamsport.
Jayne Ann Glunt, 46, Cambridge Springs, died on July 3. She is survived by her dad, Harry, a licensed funeral director, previous owner of the Glunt Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc, Edinboro, and a Past President of PFDA; her mother, Judith, who also works in the family business; a brother, David, a licensed funeral director and the president and supervisor of the family business; and a sister-in-law, Margaret, who is also working in the family business.


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Christians in the Holy Land, edited by Michael Prior and William Taylor. London: The World of Islam Festival Trust, 1994. xviii plus 235 pages. £10, paperback.
Daphne Tsimhoni is an Israeli scholar who has made the Christian communities of the occupied territories and Jerusalem a particular area of her expertise, and this book is the fruit of considerable research over many years. It is a very welcome and valuable contribution to our knowledge of the history of Palestinian Christians as a larger community and the particular problems encountered by those living under Israeli military occupation since 1967. The situation of these 40,587 Palestinian Christians (her figures) differs considerably from that of the 114,000 living in Israel proper who have had Israeli citizenship since 1948. Those in the West Bank and Gaza live a much less privileged existence, and those in Jerusalem, though officially a part of the state of Israel, suffer the same repression and indignities of military occupation as do their coreligionists in Gaza and the West Bank. It is not surprising that substantial numbers have emigrated since the Six-Day War 30 years ago.
The book is divided into nine chapters, the first of which examines the status of Christians of the West Bank and Jerusalem under Jordanian rule from 1948 to 1967. Here the author's Israeli perspective is from time to time obvious. But the following chapters on demographic trends, the individual sectarian communities (the Greek Orthodox, Armenians, Syrians and Chaldeans, Copts and Ethiopians, and the various Catholic and Protestant groups), lead to a thoughtful and interesting concluding chapter, "Between the Hammer and the Anvil: The Christians during the Intifada." The book is exceedingly well-documented. The author draws on the many archives available to her in Israel, including the Jordanian administration files, which "were transferred in 1967 to the Israeli state archives" (p. ix), the Arabic and Hebrew press, including newspapers owned and published by local Christians (e.g., the Greek Orthodox "Filastin").
Although no comprehensive census has been carried out in the West Bank since the 1970s, other statistical sources are available, and the author has used them to show just how static the Christian population has been since 1967. "Christian businessmen who have left Jerusalem" since 1967 have been "superseded by Muslim Hebronites, who gradually gained control of the commerce of the Christian quarter" (p. 21). The Christian population in the West Bank has declined from nearly 35,000 in 1961 to well under 29,000 in 1989. During the same period the Muslim population has grown from 710,000 to an estimated 867,000 (p. 23). The Christian population of Jerusalem, officially calculated at 1 4,400 had, according to church sources "that normally tend to inflate the number of their own flocks," fallen to 8,000-10,000 (p. 29) compared with 11,000 in 1961 and 29,350 in 1944 (p. 20).The Greek Orthodox patriarchate reported in December 1990 that "nearly one-third of its numbers had emigrated since the beginning of the Intifada." For the author "the growing influence of the Islamic movement over Arab society during the intifada has caused growing violence towards Christians and their institutions, deepening the identity crisis of many Christians and their despair over their future in the area" (p. 29). My own research in Jerusalem and the West Bank and Gaza in the summer of 1995 pointed to the factor of arbitrary Israeli imprisonment and general harassment of and hostility towards local Christians as a greater reason for Christian despair, a situation made worse by the bleak employment picture for Palestinians since the recent ingathering of some half-million Russians, all of whom need jobs and have been given priority in finding them.
The author's consideration of the individual Christian communities that make up the bulk of her study (pp. 33-164, chapters 3-8) is very complete and detailed, perhaps unnecessarily so in the case of the tiny communities like the Syrian and Armenian Catholics, Lutherans and other Protestant sects. Over 40 percent of the Christians in Jerusalem and the occupied territories are Greek Orthodox, and another 40 percent Catholics (mostly Latin with small numbers of Greek Catholics and others), and it is they who deserve most of our attention. The ongoing saga of the Arabic-speaking Greek Orthodox faithful and their purely Greek and mostly non-Arabic speaking hierarchy is related carefully and accurately. Despite this long standing problem, the Orthodox community remains internally strong and well-organized in both Jerusalem and their major outlying centers in Ramallah, Bayt Sahur, Bayt Jala and Bethlehem .. The various Orthodox associations and clubs regard themselves as distinct secular organizations emphasizing "their Arabism and national indigenous identity in contrast to the alien Greek upper hierarchy of the patriarchate" (p. 54). The Armenian community, though small, is very ancient and unique in that nearly all of the community resides with in the walls of the patriarchal monastery precincts of St. James (p. 64 ). Perhaps this close proximity has led to a particularly intense internal divisiveness, but the recent history of rivalries for ecclesiastical leadership makes for fascinating if somewhat discouraging reading.
The other major Christian community besides the Greek Orthodox is that of the Latin Catholics, who form 34 percent of the population in Jerusalem and the occupied territories. Although historically dominated by the Roman Church and the Franciscan order in particular, the Latin community's foreign control ended in 1988 with the enthronement of a Palestinian Arab patriarch, Michel Sabah, a native of Nazareth and an example which the native Arabic-speaking Greek Orthodox have noted with some envy and longing. The largest Protestant community, the local Anglicans, have likewise been self-governing since the last English "Archbishop in (not of, so as not to offend the Orthodox and Latin patriarchs) Jerusalem" retired in I 974. There had been an Arab bishop of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the Rt. Rev. Najib Qubayn, since 1958, but he had no authority in Jerusalem itself nor in Israel proper, where the archbishop's sway prevailed. But with the resignation of Bishop Qubayn in 1976, a new Arab bishop was appointed whose diocese included all the former Palestine Mandate plus Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, another reason for the Greek Orthodox to chafe under their colonial-style ecclesiastical rule by Greek nationals (the patriarch and the Confraternity of the Holy Sepulchre).
The final chapter chronicles the events of the intifada and points out that Christians killed (five out of a total of 410) during the first year (1987-88) demonstrated the resolve of Palestinian Christians to risk their lives along with Muslim protesters. Certainly the international attention given to the plight of the Christian village of Bayt Sahur -which refused to pay taxes in 1989 as a means of protesting Israeli military response to the intifada, resulting in a 46-day siege by the army and the confiscation of "$3 million worth of merchandise and belongings" - did more than any one event up to that time to capture the world's support for those suffering under Israeli rule (p. 135). Likewise the shady deal engineered by the Israeli government to acquire Greek-Orthodox patriarchal property in the Christian quarter in April of 1990 again put Israel in a very bad odor in the West (pp. 176-180). The author states that the 150 settlers entered St. John's Hospice on the eve of Good Friday (Maundy Thursday) "inadvertently" (p. 176). But even Jewish settlers know about the importance of Maundy Thursday (the date of Christ's Last Supper with his disciples) and Good Friday (his crucifixion). More than likely it was a deliberate provocation. The matter still remains in the Israeli courts.
Nevertheless the author finds that the Christians, while supporting the intifada, still fear the rise of fundamentalist Islam that came with it (p. 183}, citing the common motto "after Saturday comes Sunday," meaning that once they have dealt with the Jews, Muslim fundamentalists will tum against Christians (p. 183). This is given as the major reason for Christian emigration, though, as I stated earlier, this was not my finding. "Church leaders," the author continues, "prefer to play down, if not deny, the problem of fundamentalism- preferring to blame Zionism" (p. 184), a view that from my own research has a sound basis in fact. The author concludes by citing two Palestinian Christian attitudes towards resolving the problem of Christian Arab identity in a heavily Muslim society. They are too complex to consider here except to say that the second, Anglican Canon Nairn Ateek's "Palestinian Theology of Liberation," revolves around his Protestant problem with the Jewish chosen role in the Old Testament. This is a somewhat irrelevant concern, given that 90 percent of Christian Palestinians are either Orthodox or Catholic; the Old Testament has never played the significant role in their theology or worship that it does in Protestant churches.
A few minor errors need to be mentioned. On page 95 the author states that "Islamic rule initially meant a serious setback to Coptic Christianity in Egypt," when in fact it was the Copts themselves who sided with the Muslim invaders to drive out the hated Byzantine Orthodox rulers, who had tried to suppress the Coptic Monophysite heresy [the belief that Christ is half divine, half human rather than having two natures, one divine and one human] which the Muslim conquerors were happy to let the local Christians practice. The map on p. 214 incorrectly shows the villages of Jifna and Ayn Arik as having between 1000 and 5000 Christian inhabitants when in fact they number only in the hundreds, whereas the village of Zababda is shown as having fewer than I 000 Christians when its total Christian population is over 2000.
Apart from these very minor points and a possible conclusion that her viewpoint on several issues may be necessarily colored by her Israeli associations, there is little to criticize in this book and much to recommend it. All persons interested in the complex existence of Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem and the occupied territories today will find it a rich resource.
The collection of essays assembled by the Reverends Michael Prior and William Taylor are of necessity a less cohesive study than that of Tsimhoni, but several of the contributions are of exceptional value. The term "Holy Land" is of course very narrowly used to mean Palestine in this study, when in fact it applies to everywhere Christ set foot in His lifetime, including parts of Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and the occupied Golan area of Syria. But Palestine and particularly Jerusalem and the occupied territories are the main focus just as they are in Tsimhoni's book. The two works cite different sources for population statistics. Also, while Tsimhoni makes no attempt to break the West Bank population down by town and village, Sabella gives us total Christian population with internal sectarian breakdown for all of the fifteen major Christian concentrations.
The 21 monographs in this collection are all aimed at expanding the reader's knowledge and awareness of the many social, economic, political and religious aspects of daily life for the Christian Palestinians living in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza in particular. Especially interesting are the first two essays in the collection, the excellent introductory essay, "Church, State and the Christian Communities and the Holy Places of Palestine" by the Rev. Anthony O'Mahoney of the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, and the one by Prof. Sabella which follows (referred to above). My only criticism of the latter's population figures, apart from the one typographical error, is that the population of Jerusalem and the occupied territories given as 50,352 on p. 39 is followed by a figure of 114,000 for the Christian population of Israel proper (p. 43). Since that is the official Israeli figure, which always includes the population of East Jerusalem it would appear that the 11,000 or so Christians in Jerusalem have been counted twice. His analysis of "Why Palestinians Leave" (pp. 41-44) stresses the economic factor exacerbated by the recent Russian Jewish (and non-Jewish, as it turns out) influx. "Those who argue that Islamic Fundamentalism is the cause of Palestinian Christian emigration from the Holy Land," like Tsimhoni, "wish to obscure the fact that international political and economic factors are the primary reasons for the departure of Palestinians, Christians and others, from their homeland" (p. 43). Even he, however, does not mention the outright Israeli pressure on Christians, military and political, to leave.
The following sixteen contributions are of considerably varying length and interest, but two in particular stood out from the rest: Harry Hagopian's "The Armenians of Jerusalem and the Armenian Quarter" (no. 10) and Gabriel Baramki's "The Spiritual Significance and Experience of the Churches: The Orthodox Perspective" (no. 12). Dr. Baramki, vice-president of Bir Zeit University, summarizes the terrible pressures under which he and other Christians try to live a normal life under Israeli occupation. He points out in his brief but poignant essay, "Now there are those who demand that I leave my land. I am expected to lose the right to be in the land of Christ, simply because my ancestors became Christian "(p. 142), instead of remaining Jewish being the obvious implication.
The final essay by the Rev. Hugh Wybrew, former canon of St. George's Anglican Cathedral in Jerusalem, is an unfortunate choice in several respects. The author himself speaks of his "great reluctance" in writing it (p. 217), but having agreed to do so he takes rather excessive liberty in attempting to speak on such issues as what Christians in the Holy Land can expect from the rest of the Christian Church. This seems to boil down to nothing more than that they are there and are experiencing some "difficulties" (p. 218). He seems almost eager to accept the decline and even disappearance of the Christian communities in Palestine. "The churches in the Holy Land," he coolly observes, may be "destined to die." The patriarchate of Constantinople, we are told, is ready to accept "that it will die out with the disappearance of the remaining Greek community in Istanbul" (p. 223). It seems a little presumptuous for a clergyman in a church which is on a steep road to decline in both the United Kingdom and the United States (Anglican and Episcopal), rent with schisms and defections to both Catholic and Orthodox churches by whole parishes, to speak on behalf of the Orthodox Church and the Palestinian Christians, who are nearly all Orthodox or Catholic. But it is typical of many Anglican clergy to pontificate with condescension and indifference to older and larger ecclesiastical institutions on issues affecting their survival and the survival of the faith to which they have witnessed for nearly two millennia. The editors would have done well to find someone less willing to wash his hands of the fate of the 150,000 Christians in Israel and the occupied territories. It will be their choice to stay or not, and a Palestinian Arab observer would have contributed a better-focused analysis of their resolve.

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Monday, April 13, 2009
Freaky Sunday and Blogs
So, I had a nice long list of stuff to do last night, all scheduled out nice and neat on a scrap of paper, and then a FREAK WINDSTORM blew up suddenly and knocked the power out for more than three hours. Seriously. Even a cat 1 hurricane rarely knocks out the power, but this sucker was merciless. I've never seen anything like it out of a hurricane, and it lasted just as long. I figured the gods didn't want me to keep my schedule- they wanted me to pace nervously for an hour and then read a book by candlelight. So, I paced nervously for two hours and didn't read a damn thing.
On the upside, I was able to interview the Fug Girls recently! I got their final responses back today and put it all onto a Suite101 article. I freaking love the Fug Girls. I actually sent them a fan email about a year ago, which they were kind enough to answer. I am also happy to be back doing a few interviews, which I have missed since leaving newspapers. Most Web articles come from Web research and perhaps your own knowledge on a subject.
Q: Why put it in question/answer format? A: Because like I said, most Web articles don't rely on original interviews. Putting a few quotes into a Web article, as is done with newspaper articles, can make it appear that the quotes are lifted from other articles or from press releases.
The article is part of a larger series of articles that I've been working on about bloggers who get book deals. I have a list of some of the blogs that have been turned into books and I have another blogger interview here.
My point with these is to counteract the notion that you have to have serious subject matter or that your blog has to be informational in order to have a blog that is hugely popular. I was inspired by a particular blogger who continually tells her readers that you should never start a blog without carefully researching the subject matter first and then must engage in non-stop promotion of that blog if you want to be successful. The more I delve into the subject of popular blogs, the more I find out that this couldn't be less true. All of these bloggers start with an idea to amuse themselves, they never research it beforehand and they never engage in promotion. If you wonder about the success of your own blog, you may find some inspiration in them.
5 comments:
- Russell said...
I'm deeply depressed that I work so hard to get stats up on my site - it is about (yawn) money after all - but that the photo site I put up recently (http://russellcavanagh.wordpress.com/) had more hits (without trying) in two days than the first two months of the main site ... A rethink methink ...
Must have been fun being a kid when the power cut happened. Such are the magical memories of childhood.
- April 14, 2009 at 4:33 PM
- L. Shepherd said...
That seems to be almost universally the case. I tried pretty hard to promote this one when it was a few months old, but eventually gave up. Traffic is much more steady now that I don't worry about it.
I like the photos!
- April 14, 2009 at 5:23 PM
- Joanne said...
Interesting take on the blogs. It's funny how you really can't predict just which ones will take off, but it does seem that a passion is necessary in the writing of them. Enjoyed browsing here!
- April 16, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- Holly K said...
Interesting post. I found your blog from a link on TheBloggess. Specifically her post about quitting her job recently to write full-time. You had mentioned you get to write full-time and manage to get by. Good for you! I agree that being passionate about what you are writing about makes a huge difference.
- May 4, 2009 at 10:27 AM
- L. Shepherd said...
I just discovered the Bloggess recently and can't believe what I was missing. She reminds me of my original drafts before I go through and take all of the personality out of them. After reading her I decided to stop that immediately.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Army Building 103
A couple months ago I detailed the basics of how I've gone about collecting my armies over the years. To sum up it's buy everything and then buy more of it. The net result is I have a ton of models spread over a few huge armies. Over the last few months I've realized that this approach really has not helped my efforts to be more competitive both as a player and a painter as it has limited my opportunities. I've decided to flip the script with my next army (after I get bored of adding to the TK). My next army will be High Elves based on the theme I detailed last year. With the theme in mind, but before I paint a single model, I will develop a competitive list using proxies. One the list is finalized I will get to cracking on painting the army. I'm also going to set a limit of 3K on this collection just so it doesn't get out of hand! No idea if that will work or not, but it's worth a try.
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Labels: army building, Phaneuf
2 comments:
- Domus said...
So I am a positive influence after all! Who knew?
- June 2, 2011 at 10:28 PM
- retroalias said...
I suppose so. You powergame cheeze is rubbing off! :)
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Anything to do with MPCs and I'm on it. After yet another Bandcamp tag digging run (a cheaper alternative to crate digging), I found Envoy, a Canadian producer from Winnipeg. He's actually a member of hip hop duo The Happy Unfortunate and his latest solo beat tape Enstrumentals Vol. 2 sees him giving his MPC 500 a good workout. The tracks are soulful, jazzy and uptempo in parts so there's something for everyone. What's more, he's part of The Soul Dojo, home to acts such as Nefarious!, Lakim and AbJo.
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All these are my victims after the modification, the wheels were taken by Tomica left the wheels fixed back to the Hot Wheels, but they all looked acceptable to me.
Without any wastage, the "Tomica-Hot Wheels" are now my son collection. I guess he will find out one day the Hot Wheels are not genuine, but the day will not so soon because he is only 9 months today. ☺YeoCP//
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When it comes to Brock, the perceptions about the guy are quite simple; some love him, while others are quite critical of his ways. In this article, we take a look at both sides of the coin with wrestlers that love Brock and the other crop that have been critical of his work in the past.
His legacy is quite controversial. Some despise the fact that he got into wrestling without any recognition of the business, while his fans claim he was born to wrestle. The pessimist will also claim that Brock is only in it for the money while not being a team player, "clocking in and clocking out" during his appearances at shows. For those that love Brock, this is the reason why he's so over is because of the fact that he's exactly the same on and off screen. He keeps things 100 (no pun intended to Konnan), and although that's rubbed some the wrong way, you've got to respect him for being real no matter what his views are of the wrestling business.
In the article, we celebrate both the good and the bad with these 15 Superstars and their takes on Brock. It should be noted that for the most part, Lesnar is well respected and although he lives the life of a loner, rarely is he that big of a jerk to fans outside of the ring. With that said, enough of the talk and let's get to it. Here are eight wrestlers that love Brock Lesnar and seven that ripped him. Enjoy the article and like always, be sure to share it with a friend!
15 Love: Ryback
Daniel Bryan discussed Ryback's love for Brock on an episode of Table for 3 which aired on the WWE Network. According to Ryback, Bryan started a rumor that he was taking Cialis the day Brock came to a TV taping in order to, "impress Brock". Obviously, the story was pretty far fetched, and Ryback would even claim Bryan was a huge backstage bully making up so many fake stories behind the scenes.
The association to Brock didn't stop there for Ryback. According to the big guy, he pitched WrestleMania match against Lesnar for three years in a row claiming it would make huge money. In one instance, Ryback pitched the idea to Vince of leaving the WWE for six months to pick up the MMA style into his repertoire setting up the match against Lesnar. Vince was having none of it and ultimately, despite Ryback's love for Lesnar, he never got to work with the beast. Looking at all his hatred towards the WWE, it seems like a return will never happen for the big guy, thus ending the possibility of this match ever going down.
14 Ripped: Roman Reigns
Although the match was very well received, the back story to Roman versus Brock at WrestleMania 31 wasn't as prestigious. During his interview on Talk Is Jericho, Reigns claimed the build up to the match was kind of weird with limited amounts of discussion. According to Roman, the proceedings of the match were very last minute and having to deal with the two headed monster of Heyman and Lesnar wasn't the easiest. The story goes that Paul and Brock basically wanted the match to be an absolute squash fest that saw Roman get his butt kicked for the entire matchup. According the two, the 80,000 in attendance just wanted to see Roman get his butt kicked. Although that was likely the case, Roman wasn't into the idea of having limited offense and eventually, ends were kind of met.
Regardless of his critiques for Brock, Reigns claims the match itself was the best of his entire career and went extremely well given the circumstances and lack of preparation heading into such a fight.
13 Love: The Undertaker
If someone was finally going to break the streak, the criteria to do so involved two things: one, lots of money and a future for the guy that does win and two, it needed to be somebody The Undertaker liked. For years many thought that person was John Cena but ultimately, both 'Taker and the WWE felt like the guy to do it should have been Brock.
Surprisingly, it was The Undertaker who was pushing for Brock to win the match which just shows how highly he thought of Brock. Although Lesnar wasn't too crazy about the idea, there's no doubt he felt honored that The Deadman would think of him in such a light. Brock would ultimately end the streak at WM XXX and it seems like the encounter brought them closer together. At the following WrestleMania, the backstage camera crew caught Lesnar pumping The Undertaker up before his match against Bray Wyatt, showing how tight the two really are behind the scenes.
12 Ripped: Matt Hardy
Matt Hardy's wrestling career has been like a stock that's constantly moving up and down; he's enjoyed some big time lows, but also, some of the highest highs. With that said, Matt is also a huge pro wrestling fan so he hasn't exactly shied away from his feeling regarding certain Superstars in the past and one of them, was Brock.
According to Hardy, the first Brock that beat the hell out of the Hardys, compared to the Brock that took on Matt Hardy V1 was quite different behind the scenes. In his initial program with the Hardys, Brock was said to be very respectable constantly thanking the team for putting him over. However, the two would once again clash later on, this time, with Brock as the face of the company. A match between the two was hyped up for two weeks only to finish with a bout. Matt was hot with his new gimmick so he suggested a competitive match while Lesnar was having none of it wanting to squash Hardy in the encounter. Matt was very critical about how big Brock's head got once he started to muster up lots of success in the company.
11 Love: CM Punk
Hard to imagine Lesnar reaching out and texting somebody offering his help, but that's exactly what happened when the news broke out of CM Punk leaving the WWE for a career in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. According to Punk, Brock went out of his way to offer his help; "I'll answer all the stupid questions you got" said Brock to Punk. According to the former WWE star, Lesnar is quite the gentleman when he wants to be, a side not all of the WWE locker room got to see. Because of Brock's help and consideration for Punk, we have no doubts that two share a fair amount of respect for one another.
Punk's UFC debut didn't go over as smoothly as Brock's but he hasn't given up just yet. Punk is still training for MMA although Dana White believes his chances of returning to the octagon are quite slim. What do you guys think, are Punk's chances of returning better inside of the squared circle or inside of the octagon?
10 Ripped: Kurt Angle
Although Kurt had been gone from the WWE for more than a decade, it feels like he never left following his long awaited return. He gave the WWE Universe another tremendous moment at the Hall of Fame ceremony and the WWE followed that up with naming Angle as the GM of Raw. The decision has re-energized the WWE Universe along with giving Angle a new lease on life.
Since returning, Kurt has taken part of several interviews, and one of them, happened to be on Talk Is Jericho. During the podcast interview, Kurt recalled his encounter with Brock and he was quite blunt assessing Brock's amateur wrestling skills calling him a "terrible wrestler". Back in the day, the two got into an amateur wrestling match with Kurt winning the bout one fall to zero. According to Angle, Brock only had one move, which he would counter time and time again. Angle claims Brock wasn't experienced enough although he did claim that if he was, he would have lost the encounter easily given Lesnar's scary size.
9 Love: Randy Orton
Judging by the brutality of their Summerslam encounter, you'd think these guys hated each other's guts, but it was just the story of two veterans putting on a great story in the middle of the ring, which was ultimately deemed insanely brutal, so much so that veteran Chris Jericho, lashed out backstage but we'll have more on that a little later.
Graduating together from the OVW master class, the two have been linked together throughout their entire careers. With so much pressure being deemed as the futures of the company back in the early 2000s, the two grew to respect one another and that has continued throughout the years. Quite remarkable to see that the two are still standing on top of the WWE mountain nowadays, despite being in their late 30s; Orton's the current WWE Champion over on SmackDown Live, while Brock is the new Universal Champion over on Raw.
8 Ripped: Jim Cornette
If you've listened to Jim Cornette rant about the wrestling business since leaving the WWE, you know that he doesn't shy away from holding any punches. One wrestler he was very critical about was Brock ripping him on various occasions.
The bad blood between the two went way back to their OVW days when Cornette was a trainer and Brock was just starting. Jim was instantly rubbed the wrong way looking at Brock's lack of knowledge for the business and just doing it for the money. Things would however completely spiral later on during a dark match that featured a spot that saw Lesnar press slam Cornette's wife. The issue here was than Jim's wife had a piercing taken care of in her nether regions so she requested that Brock let up on the slam. Brock ended up going the opposite route and it created a mess backstage with Cornette telling Lesnar he was not going to fight him, but "shoot him". Brock apologized for his actions but it didn't help his cause with Cornette who's been quite critical of Lesnar throughout the years.
7 Love: Stone Cold Steve Austin
Although lots of fans believed this was the opposite, Austin made the story of him and Brock clear after much speculation. Austin walked out of the WWE back in the early 2000s apparently not wanting to do the job against Brock. There was more to the story however, Austin saw lots of money in Lesnar but didn't want to lose against the beast out of the blue without any buildup or during a match on a TV telecast for that matter. It angered Austin, and he wanted to put Brock over but not in that matter. The two laughed about the story on the Steve Austin Podcast with Brock stating he understood Austin's reasoning while Steve made it clear the intent was to make Brock look like a million bucks.
Aside from that, the two have a lot in common, including their love for haunting and farming. They even confirmed to texting one another from time to time and discussing non wrestling related things. Now that's friendship.
6 Ripped: Ken Shamrock
Ken's comments for Brock were quite mixed with some good and some bad when discussing Lesnar's MMA career. Shamrock claims he wasn't surprised that Lesnar made the jump given his amateur background but Ken was critical with other components, particularly Brock's ability to adapt.
According to Ken, it's all about adapting once you're on top and the competition starts getting better. Ken claims Brock failed to do so. Although Shamrock did blame the UFC for rushing Brock in too quickly and not giving him enough time to settle in and "marinate" inside of the octagon. Ken claims had that been done, Lesnar could have been one of the greatest ever.
Ken ended his assessment claiming Lesnar was mentally weak, which caused his downwards spiral in the sport. Shamrock dismissed Lesnar's illness of diverticulitis claiming that wasn't the root of his struggles.
5 Love: The Rock
One of the strangest bromances in WWE history has to go to this one that features The Rock and Brock Lesnar. The two live drastically different lives, one of them lives a quiet life out of Saskatchewan, Canada, residing on a farm. While the other guy, lives in the spotlight of the Hollywood scene becoming one of the most popular actors in the world. Their paths crossed with the WWE and they instantly hit it off. Despite their success in other fields, the two have remained close to this day.
In an interview with UFC Magazine, The Rock made it be known that he and Brock were great friend for years. Rock even showed up at one of Lesnar's UFC fights to demonstrate his support for the big guy. The UFC cameras got a glimpse of an emotional hug between the two after Brock's win. It's an unusual bromance that continues to stand today.
4 Ripped: Chris Jericho
Being in the business after all these years, many backstage have a huge amount of respect for Chris Jericho and all that he's accomplished in the wrestling business. One guy however who didn't seem to give a damn was Brock Lesnar, as the two got into a heated exchange following Brock's Summerslam match against Orton.
The match was ultra-violent and Jericho was none too pleased backstage feeling that Lesnar was taking liberties with his good friend Randy. To make matters worse, Jericho knew Orton's family was out there and being a family man himself, Y2J knew how hard it must have been for his wife and kids to watch Orton take such a beating. Jericho had a few words for Brock after the match and it led to a verbal exchange between the two. Orton commented on the ordeal claiming he appreciated Jericho's concern for him. Thankfully for Chris, the exchange did not turn into something violent cause that would not have been pretty.
3 Love: Paul Heyman
Without a doubt, without Paul Heyman there is no Brock Lesnar. Since the very beginning, Heyman has added to Lesnar's allure and nowadays, Heyman is strictly employed by the company as a talent speaking for Brock. Lesnar made it a vocal point to keep Paul by his side after all his years of service.
The two are not only a power team on-screen, but away from the camera, it's really quite the same. When discussing a match with an opponent, both Brock and Paul give their outputs to Vince and the opponent on the night. The two constantly work as a duo and Heyman always looks out for Brock's interest as it took a lot of work to create Brock's brand over the last couple of years. When it's finally all said and done for Lesnar, look for Heyman to induct him into the Hall of Fame. Without a doubt, there isn't a human in the WWE that loves Lesnar more than Paul.
2 Ripped: Dean Ambrose
The usually very quiet and low key Dean Ambrose was one of the first new era wrestlers to speak ill of Brock. For Dean, it was a chance of a lifetime to take on Brock at the biggest WrestleMania in history, however, the outcome was nothing to write home about and the experience was quite forgettable.
Dean let out all the juicy details during the Stone Cold Podcast. Ambrose made a claim similar to Roman that the match was put together at the last minute and that all of his requests were basically shut down by Brock and Paul. Ambrose was infuriated with the preparation and the match was basically all put together on the spot in front of the audience. The match was insanely short with little to remember aside from Dean losing the bout. It's a shame that on such a platform the match failed to deliver. Good for Dean however, for having the courage to say what really went on behind the scenes at WrestleMania 32.
1 Love: Sable
On the surface, this was one of the more unlikely relationships given their age gaps. Lesnar is about to enter his 40s while Sable is almost a decade ahead of Lesnar, set to turn 50. Despite the age difference the two bonded during Sable's WWE return on SmackDown and it led to the two dating and later getting married.
The two are still living a happy life together, this time, out of the spotlight and on a farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. Sable was also quite the loner back in her day with the WWE, so she likely didn't have a problem moving to such an area. She's been spotted with Brock on various occasions recently, including Brock's cameo at a Jets game and during Brock's UFC return. The two still seem to be quite happy, along with raising their two kids, Turk and Duke. It remains to be seen what the future holds for the couple and when and if, Sable will get inducted into the WWE's Hall of Fame.
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New job starts in 2 weeks. Yay!One hopes that the frequent urge to strangle random strangers will be a thing of the past, but we'll see.
I'm so thrilled for you, may it be everything you want in a job.Miss seeing you here! Hugs, Christina
Keeping you in my thoughts as always...and btwHAPPY BELTAINE!Love, Hugs and Blessings,Shadowe*Hoping her call comes soon...can't afford the drive to town for work much longer...*sighing*


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London Branch Winter Wednesday Dance
Event: RSCDS London Branch Winter Wednesday Dance
Date: Wednesday February 14 2018
Venue: St. Columba's Church Hall, Pont Street, London SW1X 0BD
Timing: 7.00 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. (Doors open 6.30 p.m.)
Band: Sandra Smith and Christina Hood
Admission: Members £11.00, Non-members £13.00. Full Time Students (with student card) and spectators £6.00. All children under 16 free.
All tickets to be purchased on the door (cash only) Admission includes light refreshments
Crib: Link to crib sheet availabe at http://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/ All dances will be recapped/walked through
Charlestown Chaser
The Dunedin Festival Dance
Crom Allt
Fair Enough
The Valentine
The Highlandman's Umbrella
New Year Jig
Ca' the Ewes tae the Knowes
Blue Bonnets
Scott Meikle
C'est l'Amour
12 Coates Crescent
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If you're in to crosswords, then you'll definitely want to check out Crossword Pro, an iPhone app which offers 600 puzzles for you when you're on-the-go.
Available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Crossword Pro offers an intuitive interface that's easy to use and requires no learning curve – you can be completing puzzles straight away. There are 600 puzzles on offer, and three difficulty levels to choose from: Normal, Difficult and Genius.
When you begin a crossword, you can see the puzzle board in full screen, without the keyboard taking up half the screen estate. This is a nice feature, as it allows you to think about your next move without having to worry about navigation whilst the keyboard's in the way.
When you tap on a square, the keyboard appears allowing you to type your answer, with the clue still visible above the keyboard, which is a nice touch.
If you rotate the phone, the puzzle also rotates too, so you can hold your phone however's the most comfortable for you, and you can still see the entire board without any issues, as it's re-scaled depending on the orientation of your phone.
There's also an iPad version of the application, named 'Crossword Pro HD', which offers 750 puzzles, as opposed to the 600 that you'll find on the iPhone. On the iPad version, you can pinch-to-zoom whilst viewing crosswords, allowing you to take a closer look at the puzzle.
Crossword Pro is available as a free download from the App Store, although this is slightly misleading, as you then have to pay for a £5.49 in-app purchase to gain access to all of the crosswords, but if you're a crossword fan then this seems like a reasonable price. Similarly Crossword Pro HD for the iPad is available for £5.99.
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Six months after declaring it would no longer tolerate censorship of its Chinese search engine, Google is still trying to have its Peking Duck and eat it too.
In March, Google began redirecting visitors to government-censored Google.cn to its uncensored Hong Kong site, Google.com.hk. Google fans in China could get unfiltered results from the Hong Kong site, but they still couldn't access any sites Beijing didn't want them to see. In other words, Google was telling its Chinese customers its government was censoring the Internet. I'm sure that came as a big shock to everyone.
Yesterday Google announced via a blog post by chief legal beagle Dave Drummond an even more obtuse method of doing business in China. Now when mainland Googlers dial up Google.cn, they get Google.cn. But as soon as they try to run a search, the site redirects them to Google.com.hk.
Why all the HTTP acrobatics?
It turns out Google's licence to do business in China is up for renewal, and given Google's public defiance the Chinese are disinclined to renew it - especially if Google.cn doesn't really exist. And Google has music and translation services hosted via Google.cn it wants people to use. So Google is hoping this "false front" allows China to save face (especially in light of an upcoming U.S. visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao later this year), while allowing Google to continue to do business in China until a) the shackles of Net oppression are finally lifted, or b) it makes another few billion in ad revenue inside the Great Firewall.
What does this have to do with us? I keep thinking about what happens when one powerful entity exercises monolithic control over the Internet. In China, it's the government. Over on this side of the Pacific, that would translate into the big broadband ISPs. Yes, I'm talking about Net neutrality again.
Given the opportunity, would a big ISP like Comcast or Charter or AT&T exercise Chinese-like control over Net content? Yes, I think they would. Not necessarily from a political agenda; they'd just offer better quality of service for bits with the most dollar signs attached to them -- whether their own content or that of business partners.
Don't believe it? Cringester J.Q. recently shared part of a survey Cox Communications sent him about possible services. In one of the questions, Cox asks users if they'd like to have their Internet speed "automatically doubled when downloading videos, movies, games, and other content located on the Cox website as well as select Cox partner websites."
Sure sounds like Cox is thinking about throttling down the rest of the Net to give its own content a big advantage. They couldn't be alone in that.
Big ISPs need to be able to manage their traffic, that's a given. Bandwidth hogs should not be given a free ride. But we all need to be aware of what damage giving unfettered control to ISPs can do. The last thing we need is for a dozen little Chinas to bloom.
OK, have at it. What do you think about China and net neutrality? E-mail me: [email protected]. I'll gather up the best responses and let y'all duke it out in a future post.


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A 35-year-old woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit after suffering a perforated bladder during the c-section birth of her son. What makes this suit particularly newsworthy is that the c-section was performed against the woman's will.
Woman suffers perforation injury during unwanted surgery
New guidelines urge longer 'wait and see' period before C-sections
Cesarean-section births recently reached an all-time high in America, but new medical guidelines indicate that we may be past the high-water mark.
Study Adds New Reasons To Avoid Unnecessary C-Sections
The medical literature on unnecessary c-section is rapidly expanding-and it seems that almost every new study is finding new reasons to discourage doctors and families from electing c-sections that are not medically necessary.
Cascading Complications: One Wrong Step Can Unexpectedly Harm Patients
One of our recent posts looked at the high rate of unnecessary intervention procedures that American doctors often use in the birthing context. That post explained some of the reasons for why it is important to carefully consider whether a procedure is truly necessary - and this week a sad case is offering a timely example of what can go wrong.
Survey Warns Of Unnecessary Delivery Interventions, Part 1
According to a recent survey conducted by a nonprofit maternity and childbirth-focused organization, many pregnant women undergo unnecessary, invasive and potentially dangerous procedures. This research has troubling implications for expecting mothers in Ohio and around the nation - another indication that the medical profession needs to continue refining care standards.
Huge Variation In C-Section Rates At American Hospitals
The Cesarean section is an enormously important tool for delivery room physicians. Under certain circumstances, it becomes crucial to deliver a baby through C-section - and doctors need to know when those circumstances exist.
Electronic Fetal Monitoring May Lead To Unnecessary C-Section
A recent study concluded that fetal monitoring may lead doctors to perform a C-section procedure before it is medically necessary - likely putting mothers and infants at risk of dangerous complications. While fetal monitoring probably still plays an important role in delivery rooms, this study suggests that doctors need to back away from relying on them to make C-section decisions.
Placenta Accreta: With More C-Sections, More Risks
One of the big findings from the Centers for Disease Control's new research on the sharp rise in delivery complications in the United States involves mothers who give birth via c-section. With more mothers either choosing or requiring c-sections, the chances of dangerous complications have increased dramatically.
Mother Dies After C-Section, Family Sues For Wrongful Death
For one family, a worst case scenario became a tragic reality in 2010. After giving birth to a healthy baby boy, the mother rapidly sickened and died just two weeks later. An autopsy reported that the mother died because her C-section incision became infected with bacteria.
Study: Strategic Use Of Antibiotics Reduces C-Section Infections
Not all hospitals administer antibiotics before performing a c-section, but a recent medical study suggests they should be.


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Why You Need Preventive Health Checkup?
Need For Health Checkup
Once upon a time in India, communicable diseases like Malaria, Cholera & Polio were life threatening, but now with advancement of science these communicable diseases are not much to be spoken about. Interestingly a new breed of diseases has developed called as "Lifestyle diseases" like diabetes, heart diseases & cancer. Indians following in the former category are much fewer compared to the later. As a matter of fact, these Lifestyle diseases are killing more people than the communicable diseases. Risk factors include tobacco use, unhealthy diet & physical inactivity.
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Jen Crossley, Kari McKnight Holbrook, and Dusty DeHaven
at SmittenDust Studio, May 3-5, 2013
at SmittenDust Studio, May 3-5, 2013
Spiffing up the place before our guests arrive
Yarn bombing!
It's all in the details, eh?
Deb dreaming up something cool!
Chris and Linda working on their project!The ladies take a break
Deb, Jen, Kari, Kate, Jane, Tracy
Pam and Sue enjoying the beautiful day
Jane and Kate
Debra and Amy cracking up at that
crazy Aussie artist, Jen!
crazy Aussie artist, Jen!
Smiling Chris
The ladies have dinner at Mike's Village Restaurant in Dimondale!
Up one side: Jane, Sue, Deb, Cheryl, Amy, Cecile and Tim
Down the other: Linda, Shirley, Wendi, Kari, Shari, Reagan, Jen and Rosie
Rosie and Jen
"Dusty Mittens"
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Jen's cool stamp etched on metal
Works in progress...
A student's stash
Jane, Reagan and Shari
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Deb's Little Bag
Jane's Little Bag
This woman is a sweetheart.
Kari working with and teaching
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It's all in the hands - and good quality products
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Today an executive asked me to explain the value of Twitter versus voice mail for a particular mobility use case: she is at a business gathering and talking to "Jack," someone whom "Barbara," a friend of hers would like to meet (Barbara isn't at the gathering but might be able to come by). Should she voice mail or send Barbara a tweet with the Jack's information and willingness to connect? Read on to understand some of the nuances and virtues of microblogging (Twitter), SMS (short message service, or "text" messages in U.S. parlance) and voice mail.
As a Twitter member since October 2007, I am extremely excited about Twitter from several perspectives, so I'll share in case they are useful to you. Thus far, my experience is that Twitter holds significant promise for B2B applications, but as of this post it is still emerging and preliminary. It will prove to be an extremely rich ground for innovation.
First, a word of caution. When you go to Twitter for the first time, you will undoubtedly wonder what in the world this is all about; it will look like meaningless gobbledegook, a hodgepodge of 140-character messages. If you want to explore, give yourself a month or two. You will also need to follow some people who really know how to tweet. In my experience, most Twitter "posts" (called "tweets" by the way) mix news tidbits, humorous or interesting or acerbic observations. Above all, they give useful, interesting or entertaining […]
Twitter is a relatively new Web 2.0 phenomenon that is blazing a new category, which some people term "microblogging," because all Twitter posts are limited to 140 characters, and twittering is reporting. Twittering can be done via a plain old cell phone via text (SMS) messaging, via a web browser or via a smartphone, and it is chiefly a broadcast activity: twitterers push SMS messages out to their networks.
Like most things Web 2.0, Twitter began within the B2C, pop culture context, but I predict that it will become a staple for enterprises by 2010. Twitter is very transformational, and it holds significant disruptive potential for business processes. Here I will outline its use for forward-thinking CMOs, CEOs, CIOs and other executives.
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Last April (2016) I moved to the beautiful village of Isleham on the north east side of Cambridgeshire! We bought another barn conversion to do up which would give us more space for our growing family. Along with our son Alfred who is coming up to three years old, we also have Elsie (who was born 2 days before we moved!) who is nearly 18 months!
There were many reasons for our move - but what was most important to me was having space to enjoy family life in an area where we would be able to enjoy village life while being in the heart of the countryside. We are so lucky to have so many amazing things on our doorstep (not least to mention a village Coop right across the road which has become an extension of the pantry!!)
I have loved over the past year exploring our new village and all the amazing things it has to offer - rather than explaining or listen them I decided to create an illustration/map of the village celebrating them!
Click on image to enlarge and view full screen!
I've really loved creating the map and am considering adding it to mugs that we can enjoy at home along with a framed print!
If you too are a fan of Isleham or just want to see and hear more about the village - you can also follow me on Instagram here (emily_kiddy) where there are lots of regular pictures of the village shared (and lots of the pictures of the preserves I make from my own garden as well as all the amazing produce you can find on the amazing village stalls!)
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the illustration and if there's anything I should add or have yet to discover!


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It is said that a lot can be said about a person looking at his or her eyes but what do you say when there are dark circles around the eyes. Oops, if you're reading this, that ought to have hurt. If eyes are the gateway to your soul, dark circles are like the devils standing on the gateway shouting at anyone who looks at them.
While it is true that eyes are arguably the most attractive part of your body that you can flaunt without getting conscious, what is also a hard truth is that dark circles around your eyes can make you and your eyes look unattractive. You might wish that eye mask would come in fashion on of these days but another hard truth is that dark circles can never look good and make you look tired and unattractive. So enough about the problem, let's see what's the solution.
Causes of Dark Circles
The causes of dark circles could range from stress to lack of sleep. In today's world, the problem of dark circles is further aggravated thanks to unhealthy lifestyle like stress, lack of sleep and improper diet. Some other reasons of dark circles can be aging, over exposure to sun without protective wear and deficiency of necessary vitamins in the body. Some experts say that the problem of dark circles could also be hereditary in few people.
One of the best solutions to reduce dark circles is get proper sleep. 8 hours of sound-sleep is necessary and it is often said that dark circles is an indicator of lack of proper sleep. However, in today's time of mental and financial stress it is hard for everyone to get proper 8 hours of sleep. Therefore, another proven remedy for reducing dark circle is almond oil. Almond oil has been used for many ages as one of the best natural remedies for skin related problems. It is a natural moisturizer and helps in blood circulation too. Here are few suggested treatments that can help in reducing dark circles using almond oil.
Treating Dark Circles Using Almond Oil
Massaging Your Eyes With Almond Oil
Almond oil is a natural moisturizer without being too harsh on your skin. It is much better than most of the products you find in the market, as the chemicals can be harsh as the area around your eyes is very sensitive and needs to be treated delicately. Every night just before you retire to bed, make sure that you gently massage the area under your eyes leaving the eyes. Almond oil being a natural moisturizer helps in removing wrinkles and fine lines around the eyes, which aggravate the problem of dark circles. Massaging helps in blood circulation around the eyes reducing the dark circles even further. Almond oil is also used as massage oil in many massage parlors and spas to moisturize your skin and rejuvenate the cells. Unfortunately, dark circles cannot be reduced overnight and thus you need to follow this treatment everyday in order to get better results.
Almond Oil And Honey
Honey is soothing to the skin and it is can be mixed with almond oil to reduce dark circles. To make the mixture, mix sweet almond oil and honey in the ratio of 1:1. You can mix it in a small container and use it every night, as the mixture does not go bad. The preservative property in honey does not let the mixture go bad for several weeks or even months. Every night apply this mixture to the area around your eyes just before going to bed. You can either massage for few minutes or dab it using your index finger. Alternatively, you can also dip cotton swab into the mixture and gently dab on the area around your eyes. However, make sure that the mixture does not seep into your eyes and you might face a tough time washing your face next morning, as honey can be quite sticky. However, it will not do much harm to you as it is good for your skin and is used by many beauticians to moisturize and bring natural glow to your skin.
Almond Oil Paste
Sometimes you may not have the time to wait overnight to reduce dark circles. In such a situation, almond oil paste can come to your aid. It may not completely remove the dark circles but it can considerably reduce them. Firstly, you would need to make almond oil paste by mixing almond oil with milk. Pour some almond oil in a bowl and add some milk powder to it. Keep mixing it using a spoon and keep adding the milk powder until a thick paste is formed. Apply this paste on the area around your eyes and wait for ten minutes. After 15 minutes, wash your face with like warm water. If you are unhappy with the results, follow the process again. It may not solve the problem completely but may be enough for the time being. You can also add honey to this paste but make sure that the paste is thick enough to stick to the eyes.


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Assessment of nanosilver products – 24.11.2010
NanoTrust project
The review under the NanoTrust project summarises findings related to silver compounds and their use in nano state.
Silver has a rich history of use in medicine and hygiene due to its broad-spectrum toxicity to bacteria, fungi and algae. Silver has been used increasingly in its nano-particulate form, which, according to the review, exhibits an elevated toxic potential compared to traditional silver compounds. Products containing nanosilver are one of the most important classes of nanoproducts. Nanosilver coatings on medical devices are used in hospital settings. In addition, items containing nanosilver are sold as various consumer products. The widespread use of nanosilver to fight bacterial growth has raised concerns, as low levels of silver ions could encourage the growth of silver-resistant bacteria.
The study concludes that it cannot be excluded that the beneficial healthy microflora of the human skin could be damaged following the use of cosmetic products containing nanosilver ingredients. Some of these effects may also be relevant to workers in a health care setting or using theseproducts routinely at work. Read dossier n. 10
The NanoTrust project of the Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences is sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Technology and Innovation.
A summary overview on how nanoparticles enter the body and their potential health effects is also available


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Identity theft is a serious crime that can have devastating consequences. Identity theft occurs when personal or financial information is stolen and used to commit fraud or other crimes. Identity theft can destroy your credit, ruin your reputation, and cost you time, money, and legal expenses.
Anyone can become a victim of identity theft, even when precautions are taken to protect sensitive personal information. However, there are a number of safeguards that can help reduce your risk and secure your identity.
Personal information should never be given out over the phone, online, or through the mail unless you are certain who is on the receiving end of the information. The safest approach when a creditor or other business calls you and asks for information is to call them back using a number previously provided by the institution.
Financial documents and records that contain sensitive information should be shred before being placed into the trash. Identity thieves have been known to pick through trashcans looking for bills, account statements, and other documents in order to collect the necessary information to penetrate your accounts.
Your Social Security number should never be freely given out to anyone. Your card should not be carried with you, and you should never write your number down on your checks or paperwork. In most instances, businesses and doctors do not need your Social Security number. Other identifiers can be used, and you should insist on knowing exactly why they need your Social Security number and how they intend to use it.
Never click on links in emails, and never assume that any email you receive is legitimate. If you believe the email you have received is valid, type the web address directly into your browser to visit the website. Phishers often pretend to be well?"known financial institutions, and send emails attempting to trick you into entering your personal information, passwords, and account numbers into a website designed to look legitimate. Once you enter your personal information into their fake website, they store that information and later use it to access your accounts.
Online security can be increased by the addition of firewalls and anti-virus software. Security software needs to be updated frequently in order to remain effective, but most companies that offer anti-virus and anti-spyware products will provide you with updates at no charge. Additionally, it is important to never use obvious passwords to protect your information, such as your date of birth or mother's maiden name.
Signs that your identity has been compromised include unfamiliar charges on your bank or credit cards, being denied credit for no obvious reason, and receiving bills that appear suspicious or arrive in an unusual way. Review all of your financial records carefully to check for inaccurate information and suspicious activity. It is also helpful to check your credit report frequently for unusual changes. The three major credit companies, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion, are required by law to give you a free copy of your credit report every year.
If you suspect that your identity has been stolen, there are several steps you should immediately take to ensure that additional damage is not done to your credit and reputation. Immediately contact your bank and other financial institutions to alert them to the suspicious activity. Close any accounts that have been opened fraudulently or that have been compromised, and ask that your remaining accounts be monitored more closely to watch for additional fraud. Keep copies of every document and records of all communication with your financial institutions for future reference.
File a police report with your local agency to provide documentation for your creditors, and contact all three of the consumer reporting companies and have a ?śFraud Alert??placed on your reports. This enables you to receive a free copy of your credit report, and provides you with the opportunity to examine each report carefully for suspicious accounts and activity.
It is often very difficult to recover from the damaging effects of identity theft. If your identity is stolen, it can affect every area of your life. Even minor damage to your credit can prevent you from buying a new car or getting a job. The protection of sensitive personal and financial information should be a priority for everyone.
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We couldn't think of a better way to kick off fall than by bringing back Lunch to Soul City! Great lunch specials including Jerk Chicken, Jalapeño Pork and our new Taco-O-Day including: Fish Tacos, Buffalo Chicken & The BIG Pig! Amy's famous Jerk Chicken Chili will be back as well to warm you up! Open daily 11am - 12pm Tues - Sun beginning October 2nd!
You've been asking for Soul City shirts so we took our time to design some new ones that we feel capture the vibe and mood of the Soul City experience! From the Music Note Palm Tree to the VW Bus that represents the outdoor Blue Chair Bay Tiki Bar, the shirts accurately depict the love and feel of your Inland Island Gastropub!
Sizes will be in both Men's and Women's cuts...
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(Quantities will be limited... expected first week of October 2018)
From Savory Jerk Chicken to our Island Rice Bowls... You'll love it!
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It's our passion to bring in only the best in local and regional music... a little something for everyone.
Soul City is proud to partner with Mark Gibson and Mark Gibson Music to offer a brand new recording from the Cincinnati artist and Broken Arrow native. Live from Soul City captures the energy and musicianship of one of Tulsa/Cincy's brightest stars!
From the opening number, Our Religion, Gibson takes you on a melodic blues, soul, pop fusion journey with many different stops along the way including the soulful, in-your-face tune "Blue Eyed Soul"... soulful "Motown Kind Of Love"... power ballad "I Want You Badly"... and rock bookend "I Got Soul"... this album captures it all.
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