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Yandell Walton
Climate change influenced by human habitation can be seen in the disruption of natural water levels, droughts, floods and rising seas caused by melting ice caps. In this way, water is a very real gauge of our ever-changing and increasingly damaged planet.
Submerged depicts a body of water within an architectural space encompassing a figure. The work addresses issues surrounding the transient nature of the world where there is a tension between the natural and built environment, and hints at a future where human life cannot continue to exist in spaces we currently inhabit. It aims to stimulate the viewer both intellectually and emotionally, by focusing on the impermanent nature of the world around us.
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Yandell Walton
Yandell Walton is an accomplished projection installation artist exhibiting regularly in galleries and non-traditional public spaces both in Australia and Internationally. In 2015 she completed a Masters of Fine Arts at Victorian College of the Arts.
Recent public art commissions include 'Departed' in regional New South Wales (2016), 'Absent Presence' in Townsville (2014) and Transition in Melbourne (2014). Her projection work has been part of Light City Baltimore (2016) and Digital Graffiti Florida (2015) winning the Best of Show Award. Yandell has been featured in a number of festivals including; Experimenta Speak to Me (Melbourne & Brisbane 2012-14), PUBLIC Festival Perth (2014), Melbourne Festival (2012), VIVID Festival Sydney (2013), ISEA (International Symposium of Electronic Art 2013) and White Night Festival Melbourne (2013/15).


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Style Steal: Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba is quite simply one of our biggest girl crushes – she always gets her style so right and she's the definition of a yummy Mummy. Lets hope we look that good after having two kids! She always looks glamorous in the evenings but it's her effortlessly put together day wear that shows she's always on fashion point what ever she's doing. We've put together a copy of her classic ripped jeans and fedora wearing day outfit.
1. Vertical Y Necklace // A Box For My Treasure €47.50 – Jessica's not one for over stated accessories so a simple glisten of a necklace is all that's needed here.
2. Navy Check Twist Blouse // River Island €45 – She never wears really fitted clothes during the day – it's always loose fitted shirts and tshirts. Makes for running around after the kids more comfortable!
3. Ripped Super Skinny Jeans // Zara €49.95 – If there's one thing she wears so well in the day its a pair of ripped jeans. Now that we're into Spring that suits us too!
4. Le Bas Satchel // Scout €270 – A big handbag is necessary for a Mum so she always has one by her side. This gorgeous leather satchel suits this look perfectly.
5. Buffalo Nubuck Tan Boots // Arnotts €158 – During the day she's either in flat pumps or else ankle boots, flat or with a heel. She has quite a few tan pairs (after all they go with everything) so we've put these Buffalo ones with this outfit.
6. Navy Widebrim Hat // Folkster €34.99 – Ah the fedora, Jess is rarely seen without one when she's rushing to the shops or in the park with the kids. It's a great accessory to take your outfit to the next level.
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- ruins, wounded cities and sick bodies;
- in and out of place—gender and sexuality in the city;
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- disability and the urban sphere;
- industrialization, the environment and the body;
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Earlier today I was checking on the geocaches that I have around here. I retrieved the camera from one of them, had the photos developed, and posted them this evening. The interesting part to that was going back and trying to match up the faces with names, based on photos that each one had elsewhere on the site... only two of those people did I know personally. I don't have all of them matched up yet, but I'm working on it.
As far as the other cache, I put a new container out there, and will either restore the old listing or create a new one, depending on what I can do with it. At some point, the cache's original location was destroyed, and I found out much later that someone had moved it, which was the reason I archived it. Frankly, either way works for me :-)


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Houston hospital's fetal surgery makes Mother's Day even sweeter
Despite concerns, in utero surgery proves a Mother's Day success
Last Mother's Day, Amanda Whytal had no way of knowing what this Mother's Day would hold.
Days earlier, Whytal, an obstetrician and gynecologist at a Cherokee hospital in Tahlequah, Okla., who was 19 weeks pregnant with her second child, received a disturbing lab report: Her baby girl might have spina bifida, an opening in the spinal cord that affects some 1,500 American children each year.
"My heart sank, but I told myself there are false positives all the time," says 34-year-old Whytal.
She checked with the ultrasonographer who, she says, "got real quiet." The ultrasound showed signs of Chiari malformation, in which the brain's cerebellum pushes down into the spinal cord, another sign of spina bifida. The condition is rarely fatal, but it can cause paralysis of the lower part of the body, fluid on the brain, lack of bladder and bowel control and learning problems.
A specialist in Tulsa confirmed the diagnosis. Whytal had two obvious choices: terminate the pregnancy or do nothing until the baby was born. Spina bifida, however, seems to get worse as pregnancy progresses.
But the specialist had seen a presentation on fetal surgery to repair spina bifida by The Fetal Center at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. It meant a third choice, and one offered at only a handful of hospitals around the country.
But time was a factor. The surgery could be done only between 19 and 25 weeks' gestation, and Whytal was already at 19 weeks.
Heavy risks
Whytal and her husband, Chris, flew to Houston the next week - Mother's Day week - and began to be evaluated by a team including Dr. Michael Bebbington, the director of prenatal diagnosis and fetal imaging: ultrasound, MRI, fetal echocardiogram.
Children's Memorial Hermann takes a conservative approach to who qualifies for the fetal surgery, hewing closely to the guidelines set out by the Management of Myelominigocele Study by the National Institutes of Health, published in 2011, offering the procedure only to the cases most likely to succeed.
Children's Memorial Hermann holds the distinction of having been the first Texas hospital to perform the rare surgery. Led by Dr. Stephen Fletcher, a pediatric neurosurgeon, the team has performed only 22 of the operations in four years. Risks are clear: The baby may die. The surgery may have no effect. It may trigger a very premature birth - and all this to correct a defect that affects quality of life, not life itself. The mother faces risks, too, says Bebbington, including possible complications in later pregnancies.
"It's a tough decision not only for the family but for the surgeon and the team," says Fletcher, an associate professor of pediatric neurosurgery at UTHealth Medical School.
And Whytal, as a doctor, could see more clearly than an average patient.
"A lot of things I knew could go wrong. I knew how incredibly difficult the surgery would be and the risks associated with it," she says. "But it was not really a question. At least I'd know I tried."
Bebbington puts it a little differently.
"Knowing all that she knows, she was still willing to take the risk."
Finally it was time for the surgery. After the obstetric team opened up Whytal's abdomen and exposed the fetus, Fletcher and his team worked to close up the spinal opening and created an opening in the ventricular system of the brain to allow fluid to drain better.
A blessed success
It went well. Whytal spent a month at the hospital before returning to Oklahoma for more bed rest.
"My husband really stepped up and took great care of our son," she says.
On July 12, her water broke. Little Kate was born by cesarean section.
"She was born kicking her legs, and she had feeling right down to her toes," Whytal says.
Kate goes through a lot of physical therapy to help with her gross motor skills, and she had a shunt put in her brain at six months to drain fluid, but she is hitting all her other milestones. The Chiari malformation seems to have reversed itself.
"She is the happiest, sweetest baby ever," says Whytal. "She is a blessing to us."
She says she's a better doctor for going through the ordeal because now she knows how her patients feel. But she also uses her experience in other ways. If a patient worries about a C-section, the doctor tells that patient she had, in effect, two within two months.
The doctors who helped her take none of this lightly. Fetal surgery means a great deal to them.
"It's the most exciting thing in my career," says Fletcher. Bebbington concurs.
This Mother's Day, the Whytals will have two healthy children to be thankful for: Luke, almost 4, and Kate, 10 months.
"Moms - that's the story. I continue to look on in wonder at what a mom will do," says Bebbington. "She is taking a risk for herself to do what's best for her kid. It's what moms do."


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As part of transgenderzone's occasional series, where transgender people of note are interviewed, Sam Johnson speaks to the one and only Julia Grant who appeared in the ground breaking BBC 1970s Documentary 'A change of Sex'.
"This set the benchmark by which all other similar documentaries then followed.
However, it was also one of the best documentaries ever made and set the standard that today demonstrates just how bad UK television has become from these flagship days!"
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A small town in Bavaria was blighted by a spate of deadly car accidents. But, after hiring a healer to counteract dangerous 'invisible rays' in the area, the town reports that accidents have stopped.
Gebert explained to The Local that his devices neutralise the "left turn of the water radiation" which conflicts with the "rightward motion of our bodies' inner cycles."
Everything that turns right is healthy, but illness and other negative things develop out of radiation that turns left," he said.
The underground water reservoirs which pass under the road in the afflicted spot give off left turning radiation, he believes.
"This is then strengthened to an unquantifiable extent by radiation being omitted by mobile phone masts".


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From 8 June 2015, the paper counterpart to the photo card driving licence will no longer be valid or issued by DVLA. The paper counterpart was introduced to display additional information such as endorsements /penalty points and will now only be held electronically within DVLA's driver record. To allow car hire companies to view these details, we recommended that UK Driver licence holders obtain a unique code or print their drivers licence summary 72 hours prior to the rental. This must be presented and still be valid when picking up any rental vehicle.
To obtain a passcode or print a license summary please visit: www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence
The following will be required:
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- The postcode on the driving license
Once on the "View Driving License" web page:
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John Stone's transformation web site and daily blog
Friday, July 25, 2003 by John Stone
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One of the visitors of this web site, Jeff Carlson, was kind enough to create and email me an animated GIF of the first 199 days of my transformation. It's really cool to watch, check it out! Warning: it's almost 7 MB. 🙂 Thanks again Jeff, nice work! I also made a permanent link to it on the main transformation page.
Tonight I'll be having my weekly "cheat" meal. I think I'm going to go with another 5-cheese & tomato pizza and red wine. I've been craving pizza all week, so I can't wait!
I'm off to do my workout. Today it's 200 crunches and 23 minutes of HIIT on the bike. Have a good day, cya tomorrow!
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In lines 2–4 we can consider only one loop, if we use the elements of E. Then the worst case running time is Θ(p), where p is the number of transitions of DFA. This is also O(n2 m), since all transitions are possible. 12 If L = L(G) is a regular language, then one may construct an NFA that accepts language L. Proof Let G = (N, T, P, S) be the grammar which generates language L. e. Z is a new symbol), • For every production A → aB, define transition (A, a, B) in E. • For every production A → a, define transition (A, a, Z) in E.
Introduce the following notation for the states of the DFA: S0 := {q0 , q1 }, S4 := {q0 , q2 }, S1 := {q0 }, S5 := {q1 , q2 }, S2 := {q1 }, S6 := {q0 , q1 , q2 } , S3 := {q2 }, where S0 is the initial state. Using the transition function we get the transition table: δ 0 1 S0 S1 S2 {S2 } {S2 } ∅ {S3 } ∅ {S3 } {S3 } {S5 } {S3 } {S3 } S3 S4 S5 S6 {S3 } {S5 } {S3 } {S3 } This automaton contains many inaccessible states. By algorithm Inaccessible-States we determine the accessible states of DFA: U0 = {S0 }, U1 = {S0 , S2 , S3 }, U2 = {S0 , S2 , S3 } = U1 = U.
2-5 Minimize the DFA's in Fig. 28. (a) is a minimum state automaton. 2-7 Transform NFA in Fig. (b) in a DFA, and after this minimize it. 58 1. 26 Associating finite automaton to regular expression ε + (0 + 1)∗ 1. 27 Finite automaton associated to regular expression ε + (0 + 1)∗ 1. 2. 2-7. 2-8 Define finite automaton A1 which accepts all words of the form 0(10)n (n ≥ 0), and finite automaton A2 which accepts all words of the form 1(01)n (n ≥ 0). Define the union automaton A1 ∪ A2 , and then eliminate the ε-moves.


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When traveling alone on business, it sometimes can be difficult to see the city when on your own. However, this doesn't have to be the case. If you're traveling for business, here are some things you can do to enjoy the city.
Sightseeing is always a great idea, whether you are looking for fun group activities Los Angeles is a great place to explore, in group or alone. While in Hollywood, taking in the Hollywood sign is a must. There are a number of great ways to get a good look at the sign as well as finding the perfect spot for a photo opportunity to remember your time in Hollywood. Hiking a trail is one great way to get outdoors, enjoy the weather and get close to the sign. An easy trail, which is great for beginners is the Mt. Hollywood Trail. The hike is a 3 mile loop that starts at the parking lot at Griffith Observatory. While at the Griffith Observatory, stop inside and check out the planetarium and great views of the city. Admission to the observatory is FREE.
Another option while traveling solo is to join a tour group. In the city, there are a number of tour groups that are available. Depending on what you are looking for, you can find walking tours or bus tours as well. If you want to find out about all the latest celebrity news and even get the chance to see an A-lister, then the TMZ tour is for you. You'll travel throughout the city and drive past some of the most popular hollywood hangouts. If you're looking for a tour that will tell you about the history of the golden age of hollywood, then the tour at Philip Mershon's Felix in Hollywood Tour Company is something to consider. Here, local historian Philip Mershon will take you on a 1hr 30min tour that will guide you on a tour of the origin of nearly all the major Hollywood studios. You won't visit any of the major tourist attractions on this tour, but you'll walk away learning all about the Hollywood of yesterday.


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These components were not in place in our schools when my
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. They are the result of many hours of dialogue with educators, administrators, mental and public health workers, as well as many other families and students who experienced the detrimental effects of bullying in our schools. If the desire to reduce bullying and adolescent suicide is real and genuine, these things must be included and leadership held accountable for implementation and enforcement.
The overarching element of which all Components are part of is a commitment to mindfulness as part of the curriculum. The most effective of these incorporate the science of the brain. This helps children understand and have greater control of themselves and of their actions while teaching them about the brain. Programs like this have been demonstrated as highly effective around the world. They lead to a reduction in bullying, contribute to greater overall success in school and in life, and they influence what
happening at home. Mindfulness programs empower children and contribute not only to a safer, healthier learning environment but also spread out and influence the world.
Necessary Components for Effective
Bullying and Suicide Prevention in Schools
How do you know what students are experiencing if you do not ask? We must ask them instead of making assumptions about the environment they face at school.
These can be simple surveys, but to truly have a thorough analysis, higher quality surveying and analysis software is necessary. Our community is doing this through a partnership with the Utah State University Moab campus Social Work Department. Surveys can and should be anonymous.
Must have a clear discipline matrix, followed with consistency in implementation to eliminate favoritism or discrimination. This must include language like "kill yourself" as unacceptable and strong consequences given.
Must recognize and protect the rights and safety of all students including LGBTQIA youth and other marginalized students.
Should include a process of restorative justice as part of the response to bullying/violence.
Must include a tracking system for all reports of bullying, including those which are "unproven". This is critical to an effective bullying policy because it allows tracking over time, thus enabling schools to address repeated reports in an effective way.
School Based
- These MUST be in all schools.
Bullying is violence and is a mental health issue for the bully, the victim, and any witnesses. Funding for a trained therapist in each school is a MUST to reducing bullying and suicide as well as ensuring that LGBTQIA students (and all who are marginalized) have a safe place to talk about what they are experiencing. This is different from a guidance counselor because their training and experience are different.
This must be provided and participated in on an annual basis and must include ALL staff - teachers, secretaries, para-educators, TAs, custodians, lunch persons, bus drivers, administrators, school board members… everyone! High quality and effective training around these issues are critical. Online training is not adequate and fails to offer the depth and focus on specific issues in each school which are needed to truly have an impact.
Bullying/Violence - how to identify it, who is at risk, places it happens, how to prevent it. Bullying, suicide awareness, and LGBTQIA (marginalized youth) awareness must be intertwined because they are clearly connected.
LGBTQIA Awareness: all staff must understand the radically higher risks faced by this population and be committed to protecting them.
Marginalized youth and trauma training. Teachers need to understand what this looks like in the classroom and how to protect and help these students. No human can effectively learn when they are struggling under intense stress and trauma on a daily basis.
Reporting: what/when to report, the process and importance of documentation, procedures to follow through, and communication with parents
Accountability: when the process is failing - where do students, parents, teachers, staff take their concerns? No one will report if they feel that their issues or concerns are not addressed. Many feel voiceless and need to feel that the schools are taking their concerns and experiences seriously.
There must be a process and procedure to hold administrators accountable. As a leader, they are responsible to ensure that they and their staff are following the policies and reporting procedures as well as enforcing consequences and responses to bullying.
States must prioritize funding to hold school districts accountable for their policies, reporting, training and accountability measures. Without this additional accountability, school districts may not adequately implement the policies and practices necessary to reduce adolescent suicide and bullying. State School Boards must be empowered and funded to capably enforce policy and effective practices.
Safety and support must be ensured for teachers who identify as LGBTQIA to be open and out. Too many teachers in the state feel they will be discriminated against for coming out and likely lose their jobs. Policies should clearly be written to protect and support these teachers.
All teachers must be supported through policy and practice in creating safe spaces for LGBTQIA youth. This applies to all marginalized youth, but the LGBTQIA youth population is severely at risk in Utah and "safe zone" signs are a visible message that they are valued, loved and that their safety is important.
- Gay Straight Alliances are also critical to creating visible support and acceptance. These should exist in all middle and high schools.


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Why People Appreciate Texas Holdem Poker SportWhen taking part in poker on-line the mindset has to be very various than when playing a private sport or in a casino. On-line games are a totally different experience than a private sport or on line casino. There are a couple of reasons why this is so. We are heading to discuss them in this article.
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Omaha is four-card Hold`em. If two aces is fantastic in Maintain`em and three aces is preferable in Seven Card Stud, then surely all a number of aces in Omaha is the greatest hand imaginable correct? Incorrect! In reality, if you get dealt all 4 aces with Omaha, your best play would be to toss your hand away! Right here's why: In Omaha that you are permitted to use exactly two with the playing cards in your hand with 3 on the board. No much more, no much less.
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How Does Corporate Branding Work?
Successful corporate branding is when a potential client links the name or logo of the company to a specific product or service. This instant recognition is achieved through various stages of implementation, one of the most important of those being logo design.
In the commercial advertising industry, there are three generally recognized key points of consideration when branding a company. These key points are 'Who, What and Why?'.
Corporate branding focuses on the instant recognition of a product or service when a potential customer hears the name or views the company logo. Therefore it is important that the company behind the brand has taken steps to identify and analyze their methods of, and reasons for operation.
By determining a company's reason for operation, or the 'Why' stage, corporate branding can accurately represent the company behind the brand, pushing their business forward into a competitive industry.
There is no one size fits all solution when it comes to corporate branding. Two companies might offer very similar services, so how is it possible to brand both companies so they are instantly recognizable to the client? Both companies must be unique, there can be no risk of the client confusing one brand for another or misunderstanding the services provided, thus reinforcing the three key points at the heart of the company.
Advertising efforts work best when supported by a strong brand. The best way of ensuring clients remember a brand is a visual element in the form of a logo. The picture superiority effect shows that the human brain will more likely remember an image than a word or name.
Often your company's logo will be the first thing a potential client sees. Within the environment of corporate branding, logo is a priority. Once a good visual logo is established, advertising efforts can evolve from there, using not only the company name but a visually appealing brand logo as well.
Further to the instant recognition of a brand name, there are additional benefits to corporate branding when successfully implemented.
Compared to non branded companies, successfully branded companies can expect cost savings by not having to produce a separate brand for each new product or service offered as generally speaking, the existing brand will cover new services and products.
There will also be less time lost to strategy planning to market new products and services as they can be umbrellaed under the existing brand.
Customers are also more likely to buy new products and services from a brand with which they have had a positive experience previously.
Successful corporate branding can identify different companies easily who offer similar products and services, improving client uptake and reducing marketing costs and lost time on planning and marketing strategies.


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Our big debut – Harvest Festival
Its not just 'posh' Michelin-Star restaurants serving some of the best food around. Specialist food served from vans, trucks, trikes and YURTS at Britain's markets and music festivals is equally exciting!
The Oxford Yurt Company made its debut as a 'pop-up' restaurant at the Alex James Harvest Festival last year and will be appearing at a number of others throughout 2012. Diners will have the chance to experience the unique setting the yurt provides as well as indulging in its gastronomic delights.
Passionate Cooking
Sarah Lay, a qualified Nutritionist and passionate cook, provides generous feasts of gutsy flavours for lunch and dinner, with the breakfasts being particularly popular as festival goers can start the day within the cosy confines of the yurt enjoying our legendary griddle pan waffles and thick hot chocolate, a 'proper' coffee or a fresh mint tea whilst unwinding with the morning papers.


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First visits for two I.M.C.A. series to Luxemburg Tri-Star Speedway
LUXEMBURG, Wis. - Two special series events for I.MC.A. drivers make their first-ever appearances Thursday, Aug. 16 at Tri-Star Speedway in Luxemburg.
Both the National Modified Series and the Midwest Motorsports Best of the Midwest Series for I.M.C.A. Sunoco Stock Cars are on the Concrete Finishers program ticket that evening.
The I.M.C.A. Sunoco Modified main pays $1,500 to win and a mini-mum of $140 to start. The I.M.C.A. Sunoco Stock Car feature, the final event of the 2001 series, pays $1,000 to the winner and at least $75 to start.
Feature races for both divisions will be 30 laps.
Pit gates open at 4 p.m., with the grandstand opening at 5 p.m. and racing beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Rain date is Aug. 17.
More information is available by calling (920) 465-1371 The race day number is (920) 845-2300
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It may look like just any old trunk but it made my heart skip a beat to see it. I arrived July 15th at The Bellamy-Ferriday House for a Lilac Girls event and there it was in the kitchen. The Connecticut Landmarks staff told me one of them had found it in the attic over one of Caroline's barns. Reminds me of the trunk Caroline opens up in Lilac Girls, full of her theatrical costumes, complete with stickers from Caroline's theatre tours.
The sticker on the trunk's front is from David Belasco's play Accused.
E.H. Southern, below, a popular stage and screen actor of the time was a good friend of the Ferriday's. His wife Julia Marlowe was a famous Shakespearian actress and the pair starred in many plays together. Caroline appeared in four plays with E.H. and many more with her mentor Julia Marlowe.
David Belasco was the theatrical producer, director and playwright who produced Accused.
If only this trunk could talk.


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Stephen K. Lilienthal, obituary
THOMASTON — Stephen K. Lilienthal passed away unexpectedly on August 8, 2018. He was 56 years old.
Steve was born April 10, 1962 in Bay Shore, Long Island, N.Y. He spent all his early summers at his grandmothers, Adella (Gilmore) Kirkpatrick's, house in Thomaston. When he was six years old he and his family moved back to Thomaston permanently.
Steve attended Thomaston public schools, played Little League and was a Cub Scout. He graduated from George's Valley High School in 1980. In high school he played trumpet in the band and was a star athlete, playing baseball, basketball and his greatest love, soccer, playing varsity from his sophomore year. He coached Pee Wee soccer after graduation and after a car accident in 1982 left Steve paralyzed from the chest down he coached Men's League Soccer.
For 36 years he lived life with courage, strength and a great sense of humor. He loved muscle cars, Chevelles in particular, classic rock and was an avid Patriots fan and gun collector. His pride in his father's service during World Wat II knew no bounds. He met the love of his life, Emily, in 1993, marrying her in 1999. In recent years he struggled with many health issues and depression.
Steve is survived by his wife, Emily J Tenan Lilienthal, of Thomaston. He is also survived by his sisters, Cheryl Lilienthal and her husband Curt Carleen of Saunderstown, Rhode Island; Tracey Thompson and her husband, Jay Thompson, of Kutztown, Pennsylvania; his brother, Arthur G Lilienthal II of Baldwinsville, New York; his nephews, Thomas, Arthur III and Michael Lilienthal and their families; his aunt, Alice Flagg and her husband Lewis of Winthrop and his mother-in-law, Ellen M Tenan, of Cherryfield.
Steve's parents, Arthur G. and Beverly Kirkpatrick Lilienthal predeceased him, as did his sister-in-law Catherine Lilienthal, his father-in-law Neil W, Tenan, and his uncles, George and Frank Lilienthal.
A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, August 15, at the Village Cemetery, Thomaston. The Reverend Wayne Sawyer will officiate. A potluck reception will follow at the Thomaston Baptist Church on Main Street.
To share a story or memory with Steve's family, please visit their Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Pope Memorial Humane Society, PO Box 1294, Rockland ME 04841, www.humanesocietyknoxcounty.org.
Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland.
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This chapter explains how to install the WebFOCUS Reporting Server on Windows. It is a simplified, WebFOCUS-specific version of the Server Installation for Windows chapter in the Server Installation WebFOCUS Reporting Server DataMigrator Server manual.
If you are installing the WebFOCUS Reporting Server on a platform other than Windows, see the Server Installation WebFOCUS Reporting Server DataMigrator Server manual.
After your WebFOCUS Reporting Server is installed, proceed to Installing the WebFOCUS Client.
Note: Throughout the manual, you will see references to 8.1 and 7.7. While 8.1 is the current release, certain references to 7.7 must be retained for the purpose of upgrading.
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Parents Paying For Fortnite Lessons?
Published in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 02, 2018 by Tim Marner™
The hugely popular free to play multiplayer game Fortnite recently celebrated its first birthday. The Fortnite phenomenon has swept the globe, captivating audiences around the world and further emphasising just how big the gaming industry is becoming. We're sure you've seen the stories of aggrieved parents online, calling for the game to be shut down because their children are addicted or even tales of children spending hundreds of pounds on their parent's credit cards without their knowledge or permission. Whatever the issue may be the general consensus of the articles covered from parents viewpoint on the game are usually from a negative stance. So what we're about to tell you might come as a bit of a surprise…
Some parents are encouraging their children to play Fortnite.
Recently the Wall Street Journal ran an article stating that parents in America are paying for their kids to have private one on one tuition from their very own Fortnite tutors in an effort for their children to become more successful in the game and achieve more 'Victory Royales'. One website claimed it has hired out 1,400 Fortnite coaches since March, with some coaches charging as much as $35 (£27.76) an hour!
To some people, this may seem absolutely ridiculous, but when you stop and think about it, is it actually? I mean thousands of parents across the country routinely take their children to weekly practices, whether that's football, swimming, music lessons or gymnastics. They are paying for their child to learn, improve and ultimately develop in the hobby that they love doing. Besides, with prize pools at the biggest tournaments being made up of millions… YES, MILLIONS, becoming a professional gamer these days can be a very profitable vocation, and that's before we start talking about YouTube and Twitch.
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About the Book
Title: Magelica's Voyage | Author: Louise Courey Nadeau | Publication Date: August 24, 2013 | Publisher: Kite Readers | Pages: 48 | Recommended Ages: 5 to 10
Summary: Who ever heard of a girl being hatched from an egg the colour of sapphires? Magelica doesn't know where she came from or who she really is. But when she's transported to the Isle of Dreams in a flying bathtub, she launches into an adventure of discovery, and learns that wonderful things can happen when she uses her imagination, believes, opens her heart and trusts in love. Come fly with her and discover for yourself the power of imagination, gratitude, believing in yourself, and love! In this special first voyage, fantasy, adventure, magical illustrations, empowering messages, and a wonderful cast of enchanting characters come together as Magelica takes young girls and the special people in their lives on a fun, inspiring voyage about making your life magical.
* Available in English / French / Spanish *
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My Review
My Thoughts: Magelica's Voyage is an enchanting tale of a mysterious girl born out of sapphire-coloured egg, who goes on a magical journey as far as her imagination can soar. Magelica, along with her trusty sidekick, Tris the dragon, are magically transported to the Isle of Dreams escorted by a Warblegrif named Odin where Magelica meets Wally the Wizard, the giant turtle who carries the Isle of Dreams on his back, and the lovely Queen Raya who is searching for her lost son. Magelica touches each of these characters as she learns the importance of trust, gratitude, and love.
I couldn't help feeling like I was living a dream as I was reading Magelica's Voyage. This book is considered an early chapter book and the story rolls along smoothly, with scenes shifting quickly as Magelica is swept into a magical journey. The story is filled with fantastical creatures and fairy tale characters such as a dragon, a wizard, a large talking turtle, and a warblegrif (i.e., a puffy, purple creature). These all contribute to the dream-like quality of the story and will be sure to delight young children.
According to the back of the book, "Magelica was created to inspire young girls around the world to believe in themselves and to believe in the power of love and the magic of life." This message is clearly stated by the Queen in response to Magelica's yearning to know who she is, who her parents are, and where she comes from:
"You are who you make of yourself. This is true of us all…Live each day with an open heart…Believe in love and trust that you will find the answers you seek."
As an added bonus in the back of the book, the author provides tips for how to nurture one's imagination and provides a short interpretation guide to accompany the story. Very well done ~ the story has a deep and important underlying message about love and trust.
I love how this early chapter book includes full colour illustrations on every page spread. Most early chapter books I've run across have a few pencil drawings scattered throughout the book, but Magelica's Voyage is almost a hybrid of a picture book and a chapter book. Although the illustrations appear to be computer-generated (which I'm not normally a huge fan of), this is a beautiful book to hold in your hands and read. As children become independent readers and the word density increases, I think there is still great value in including illustrations. My 11 year old daughter still asks to look at pictures if I am reading aloud to her and her brother.
My Bottom Line: Magelica's Voyage is an enchanting early chapter book which has a dream-like quality. The first book, in what I hope will be a series, introduces the title character as she learns to use a magical feather to travel as far as her imagination will take her. This book has an important underlying message about trust, love, and using your imagination to make the most of your life. I would recommend this book to young girls aged 5 to 10 as a story to empower them and to help them believe in themselves. I hope to see more stories from this author about Magelica and her travels.
* I received this book free-of-charge from the author in exchange for my honest opinion. All opinions expressed are my own. The author is participating in our Book Promotion services.
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"Magelica's Voyage is an inspiring, magical tale of a world that I did not want to leave. The author's imagination takes off with vivid magical characters transformed into beautiful illustrations that your child will love. At the Isle Of Dreams anything is possible including Wally the wizard, the benevolent queen, Odin and even a Warblegrif. In the Festival Of Cheer the message is clear; just be yourself and let love be your guide. When you open this book you'll instantly discover that magic is indeed in the air." ~ 5 Star Review, StevieV, Amazon
"This is a wonderful, enchanting book! The story is so imaginative and the illustrations are beautiful! It is delightful to join Magelica on her adventure to the Isle of Dreams, and it is great to see such a positive, confident heroine. I highly recommend this book!" ~ 5 Star Review, Laurie J., Amazon
"Magelica is easy to love; a child who accepts herself as she is but who questions the very world around her, is someone many children will be able to relate to. Give this wonderful story a try- you won't be sorry you did." ~ 5 Star Review, Shelley V., Amazon
"Magelica's Voyage by Louise Courey Nadeau is a beautifully written enchanting tale filled with alluring adventure. The story is magnificently illustrated, from the winsome depiction of Magelica to the creative Isle of Dreams, the authors gifted imagination is prevalent on every page. I found Magelica's Voyage to be a charming story with a very special message for all. I highly recommend picking up a copy.." ~ 5 Star Review, Stacie T., Amazon
"I purchased the book in August and since then, my 2 kids request to read it for them every single time. I travel and I have to read it over FaceTime to them as they do not want to miss when their mom is unable….Same Timezone has helped. I recommend it to every kid between the age of 3 until 9 whether it is a girl or boy. The energy when reading it is indescribable. I bought 2 versions (the english and the spanish). Both are well made and I recommend it to every parent that cares about how their children should be raised! Great buy and thank you for the author." ~ 5 Star Review, Hassan, Amazon
About the Author: Louise Courey Nadeau
A marketing and advertising executive, a tireless fundraiser for many charities, a painter, gardener and mother to two daughters and two sons, Louise's passions keep growing. Sensing the need to do more for young children in our challenging world and inspired by life itself, Louise created MAGELICA, a young girl with fairy blood and her own questions about life. In the first book of Magelica's Voyage trilogy, Louise takes our winged heroine along with her fun and wacky friends to new worlds of magic and adventure, where the reader discovers the magic of life and the power of love and how faith in the unknown can create confidence and a sense of empowerment . More than a decade in the making and with new stories underway, Louise and MAGELICA intend to spread their magical feathers and create a bond with children and their caregivers around the globe.
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mentally handicapped man who had his vast collection of Superman memorabilia stolen by a man pretending to be his friend.
Well, according to Boing-Boing this morning, Johnny Law finally caught up with the soulless ne'er-do-well. Here's the whole story from BB;
The Granite City, Illinois police have arrested 37-year-old Gerry Arville Armbruster (mugshot above), and they believe he is the same guy who stole a massive collection of Superman memorabilia from Mike Meyer, a mentally disabled comics fan.
Armbruster, who sounds like a real class act, was caught yesterday by Granite City cops for a new crime: robbing a 76-year old man citizen of his jewelry and cash.
Earlier, geeks around the world rallied to Meyer's defense with offers of replacement Superman memorabilia. Now, it looks like he will get his original collection returned. He told reporters that the value of those stolen objects was more sentimental than financial, so this really is a wonderful development in a sad story.
Via Bleeding Cool. More news coverage: CBS St. Louis, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, KSDK.com, and Belleville News-Democrat.


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Review of the Year 2015
2015 started slowly as there was a change afoot with the way the ringing was going to be reorganised. Service ringing had lapsed since the tower was repaired a few years ago. In May Nick Hiams took over as Tower Captain and started to make plans to build a new band of ringers at Crick.
Nick and Anth organised quite a few tied bell sessions in June July and August for our 4 new recruits and they were soon able to ring rounds along with other experienced ringers. Saturday morning "Rising Ringers" practices were established and have been taking place every week since August. This is the practice which we use to help our newer ringers (and others from local towers) to progress into the early stages of change ringing.
As soon as Nick took over at Crick, a regular once a month 8-bell practice was established on the 2nd Thursday of each month. This has continued and it has become a place for those ringing changes on 5 or 6 bells to gain more experience on 8 bells. Several of those attending have now made progress to comfortably ring touches of simple Triples methods. Now they are tackling more challenging things such as Stedman Triples and Oxford Bob Triples.
Several quarter peals have been rung including some of Triples and Surprise Major by mostly ringers in the Daventry branch. Local bands have also rung quarters of Grandsire Doubles Plain Bob Minor and St Nicholas. It is hoped that more of our our home-grown ringers will be attempting and succeeding in quarter peals in 2016.
We have rung for some local and national special occasions this year. VJ Day, the Queen becoming the longest serving monarch, the scarecrow festival and this will continue up to midnight on 31st when we will "Ring in the New Year". In 2016 we will be "Ringing for England on St Georges day" amongst others.
A ringing simulator has been "In construction" for some time and we can now use a single bell for tied practice. It is hoped that a stable system can be built that will enable silent practice to be carried out without disturbing residents at any time. This is however still dependant on a few other factors so may not materialise immediately.
It's been a real pleasure being involved at Crick in 2015 and we are looking forward to a successful 2016 now. We would still like to recruit some new ringers and hopefully persuade some lapsed ringers back to us.
Happy New Year 2016 from us all.


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Denny Emerson -Tamarak Hill Farm- Nervous Horses
|March 2, 2016
One thing NOT to do is fall back on that anthropomorphic "He is being bad." cop out. Horses are not people. I repeat: Horses are not people. One more time---Horses are not people.
Nervous horses are hard to ride horses. Hard to ride in that they are too reactive. They may not stand quietly to be mounted. They may not walk calmly. They may escalate the speed at all gaits. They may not handle downward transitions very readily. They may dance sideways in anxiety. They may leap into the canter. They may spook and wheel from all sorts of perceived threats.
It is difficult and frustrating to ride nervous horses. Many riders "fight fire with fire" by getting tense and rigid and abrupt and strong. They will try to force the nervous horse to obey, maybe by lunging and lunging and lunging, or by using stronger bits, or draw reins, or leverage rigs, or by spinning the horse in tight circles, or by withholding food and water, or by tying the horse for hours so that "he can think about what he did wrong."
The reason the horse is nervous is usually either because he is "high" and has pent up energy, or because he is scared from past experiences, or because he is green, and is afraid of new situations, or is in discomfort, or some combination of these. And, I think, some horses are born more nervous than others, and that isn't ever easy.
To try to force a horse to be calm, short of drugging him, is futile, because it is impossible. You can force him to be tired, you can force him to "give in" to draw reins or long shanked bits, but those are not cures, only temporary fixes based on force, and force may well be why he is nervous in the first place.
Most riders are not equipped with either the skills or the patience to deal with highly nervous horses. And some highly nervous horses have been so emotionally damaged that they never recover even when correctly handled.
It seems that the first thing to do, if you are in the situation of having to deal with a highly nervous horse, is to try to determine the source of the nervousness. Is he simply too high, maybe too much confined, fed too much grain, ridden too little?
Is he afraid? If so, afraid of what?
Is he green?
Only when you can figure out the source or sources of the nervousness can you begin to effect some possible cures.
One thing NOT to do is fall back on that anthropomorphic "He is being bad." cop out. Horses are not people. I repeat: Horses are not people. One more time---Horses are not people.
Until you can fully understand that truth, you are not yet ready to train horses.
About the Author
Named "One of the 50 most influential horsemen of the Twentieth Century" by The Chronicle of the Horse, Denny Emerson was elected to the USEA Hall of Fame in 2005. He is the only rider to have ever won both a gold medal in eventing and a Tevis Buckle in endurance. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and author of How Good Riders Get Good, and continues to ride and train from his Tamarack Hill Farm in Vermont and Southern Pines, NC.


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Solvay Campus
Recently, Solvay radically transformed its business portfolio to high-growth and high-value advanced materials and specialty chemicals, due to dramatic advances in science and technology. This transformation is guided by a vision of being open and connected to the world, acting sustainably, innovating and collaborative. The current campus did not meet these ambitions, with some 1.000 employees being scattered over 20 buildings, some of which are 60 years old.
By the end of 2022, one single modern building will house all employees in an open atmosphere of cooperation and co-creation, to promote well-being and work-life balance. The building will function as a fluid, collaborative space with state-of-the-art digital applications to optimize new ways of working. As such, Solvay hopes to create a true R&I community in a shared, open center and to become the heart of an R&I ecosystem in the Benelux.
As Solvay's new headquarters, the building houses two floors of business units and offices, two floors of labs and R&I workshops, a meeting center with green roof in between, and a ground floor with main entrance lobby, a café and Solvay's Experience Center – all connected by means of a large atrium.
The sustainability aspirations aim for a carbon-neutral and nZEB-status, with BREEAM Excellent credentials. This will be obtained, amongst others, by applying geothermal energy, natural ventilation, optimal re-use of rain water and 1.5 football fields of solar cells – e.g. the upper technical floor will be covered in PV-cells. Extensive digital applications will contribute to the building's smart use of energy.


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Hello, my lovely valentines, It's almost that time of year- the day of love is so close. And whether you're spending it with your S.O. or your dog, you can still embrace the Hallmark holiday through gift-giving. Valentine's Day is about celebrating love, and there's so much love to go around besides romantic love. So if you're looking for something…View Post


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Dec. 3, 2003 - Mark Parsons elected 2004 GTHBA President
Dec. 3, 2003
Mark Parsons elected 2004 GTHBA President
Toronto— Mark Parsons, vice president of low-rise construction for Monarch Homes, was elected 2004 president of the Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association at the association's annual general meeting today.
The GTHBA represents more than 1,150 member companies involved in every facet of new home building and residential renovation throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Following in the footsteps of his father Colin, who was president of the association in 1978, Parsons becomes the 70th president in the association's 83 year history.
Parsons takes the reins at a time of immense change, with new leadership at every level of government and a decidedly anti-development sentiment prevailing with the public. "We've got our work cut out for us to educate all stakeholders as to the economic impact of the residential construction and renovation industry and the importance of a balanced approach to growth management," Parsons stated.
In his more than 17 years with Monarch, Parsons has gained experience in every aspect of the business from estimating to customer service to construction, and has worked his way up from summer jobs sweeping basements through various supervisory roles to overseeing low-rise construction this year alone of well over 850 homes in the GTA, Ottawa and Kitchener-Waterloo.
Parsons is firmly committed to quality, service and open communications with home buyers, qualities that are embedded in the corporate culture at Monarch Homes. Monarch was recently named Ontario Home Builder of the Year by the Ontario Home Builders' Association and in 1997 earned the coveted Ernest Assaly award recognizing exceptional customer service and excellence in the new home building industry from the Ontario New Home Warranty Program.
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Infogram's primary goal is the satisfaction of our customers and associates. Our mission is to demolish the existing technological barriers to the increasingly complex demands of today's market comply with the incessant desire of our partners to be innovative. With our complete tool suite, we enable our partners to leverage our industry-leading technology to both grow their business and differentiate themselves. Therefore, our creative team have constant contact with clients so that together we come up with real results that will be to our mutual satisfaction. We can give you any type of assistance in the field of software solutions because we always strive for improvement. We are commited to offering our partners the best software across the world. Concern for our clients and partners is one of our mission and it gives us a huge advantage over the competition. That's why we always try to be provocative and take responsibility.
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Περιοχή: Miramar community, La Saban a municipality, Madriz department
Ποικιλία: Bourbon Raja
Φάρμα: Finca Monte Cristo
Υψόμετρο: 1400 μέτρα
Επεξεργασία: Fully washed, Honey processed and Natural
Παραγωγός: iotme Jose Molina Fiallos
Βάρος συσκευασίας: 250gr
Jαime Molina's Finca Monte Cristo is located on the border οf the mountainous Patasta Natural Reserve in the Lα Sabana coffee region, at altitudes around 1400 m. For four consecutive years (2008-2011) coffee from his farm made it to the Cup ο! Excellence finαl rounds, with the highest score ίn 2011. He ranked second with 91.45 points, obtaining α Presidential coffee award. It's no coincidence that Jaime has got the knowhow to make this happen. Already in his childhood he helped out on his parent's farm, who, in turn, had inherited it from their parents. Jαime has been managing the 35 hectare Monte Cristo farm fοr some 40 years now.
The output of the farm only consists of coffee. In their production process they strive towards environmentally friendly practices, using biologicαl products and organic fertilizers. The coffee plants live together in harmony with guaba, avocado, ticu, cedar, zopilote αnd nogal tree species. These conditions seem tο provide ideal conditions for coffee cultivation, and coupled to good post-harvest practices of meticulous processing and drying the farm is able to generate high-quality and dίstinctive lots of coffee.
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Pug Life / One Trick Pony by CarlHoldenWatch
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Charlie was so good they put him back together. The only problem was his mind wasn't on the job when things went south, and there wasn't much left of old Charlie by the end of it. When that silver head stared back at him from the mirror there was only one thing that ran through Charlies mind....Pugs.
You see, Charlies wife was taking everything including the dog before they were picking up bits and pieces of him and Charlie loved that dog. So when they said to Charlie 'we want you to finish that job' he replied 'nay problem, I've just gotta get me Dog'.
Four years later and the price for Pug dogs has sky rocketed, and you know who's sitting on the largest Pug collection this side of China Town? Charlie.
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Feeding in this field Pied and Grey Wagtails
Hurley's Motley Crew near the lock. (Domestic White Greylag goose, Domestic White Greylag goose x Canada Goose Hybrid, Muscovy Duck & Mallard Hybrids)
Siskins and Lesser Redpolls feeding in alders near the lock.
Birds seen:- Cormorant, Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose, Mallard, Red Kite, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Moorhen, Coot, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Ring-necked Parakeet, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Siskin & Lesser Redpoll.
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This is my first foray into easytcg. I was able to have my collection cards show up alright but when I try to point to another directory for my future collections I keep getting an error (see image).
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I've also tried the URL as you see below;
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What if Twitter's famous blue bird mascot and his buddies had a cocktail party? That's what San Francisco graphic artist Josh Ellingson pondered when he started his whimsical "Drunk Tweets" series of paintings.
"The whole thing happened because I wanted to post a tweet that said, 'Teeth are really just bones...that you can lick,'" Ellingson told Crave. "It was one of those weird thoughts that came to me after a night out, drinking. I wrote it down, thinking it would be a good thing to tweet later, but then I decided it would be funnier as a sketch. So I made a quick doodle of a drunk Twitter bird saying that. I liked drawing [it] so much that I just kept going."
"In a way, I think a lot of them are self-portraits," Ellingson said of his "Drunk Tweets" acrylic and pencil paintings. "There are lots of different variations of drunk and I think I've been them all. There's Angry Drunk, Ham-It-Up Drunk, Sad Drunk, etc. If I had to pick one that resembles me most, it might be this one."
This is the desk where San Francisco artist Josh Ellingson paints his "Drunk Tweets" art while watching "Cheers."
This obliterated owl is more likely wasted than wise. "Everybody wants the owl's advice because he's supposedly so wise. So owls get a lot of free drinks and they just end up hammered," Ellingson said.
Classy birds enjoy their drinks shaken not stirred. Artist Josh Ellingson sells some of "Drunk Tweets" paintings Etsy, generally for between $20 and $25.
Artist Josh Ellingson also makes mini books of his "Drunk Tweets" drawings.
This "Drunk Tweets" bird might be buzzed or ready for a barroom brawl. Artist Josh Ellingson regularly posts his boozy acrylic paint and pencil portraits on Instagram as he finishes them, and the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive.
While Twitter's iconic blue bird is the main character in Josh Ellingson's "Drunk Tweets" series of paintings, other birds, including buzzards, ducks, vultures, and owls, get in on the act too.
This blitzed bird is clearly all about the beer. "I've drawn characters drinking before, but I wanted to make the birds full-on inebriated," artist Josh Ellingson told Crave.
"Nothing gets things going like putting a beer box on your head and doing the robot," Josh Ellingson told Crave of this "Drunk Tweets" drawing. "This bird is the life of the party and knows it!"
This lady bird by San Francisco graphic artist Josh Ellingson celebrates Happy Hour with a proper martini. Cheers!


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We've had a lot of questions concerning top bar hives since our presentation on them last month at our bee club meeting. We had more questions while working the booth at the county fair last night. Most people wanted to know how to build a top bar hive and where to get plans. Free plans are available at several sites on the internet. Below are a few links:
Unlike Langstroth hives, there are no specific dimensions required for this type hive. There are also no specific rules for type of roof, entrance, sides, follower boards, etc., so you can make them as plain or fancy as you want. The only advice to any of the things mentioned above is that we would strongly recommend the entrance be on the end and not in the middle. If you do your homework, you'll understand why. The only dimension that is critical is top bar width, and those aren't set in stone as long as you stay within certain boundaries. Remember, one of the advantages to this type hive is it's simplicity. No matter what plan you choose, be sure you build all of your own hives to the same dimensions so your parts are interchangeable. This is invaluable.
As any successful top bar hive keeper will tell you, the most important thing is to make sure your bees build straight combs. You can help (and even force) them to do this. If you focus on this from the beginning, you'll be rewarded down the line.
One more great piece of advice is this. DO NOT LET SOMEONE TELL YOU THAT TOP BAR HIVES WON'T WORK. THEY WILL. If they tell you that you probably won't get as much honey from this type hive, they may be correct. But, with correct management, you can get plenty of honey. If you're going into beekeeping to produce as much honey as possible, you're probably not going this route anyway. In almost all the cases, negative comments come from people with no experience with this type hive. If they tell you that top bar hives swarm more than other hives, that is also true, unless you manage them correctly to prevent swarms. Top bar hives require more frequent manipulations than Langs, but it is quick and rewarding.
Go ahead! Gather up some scraps or head to the lumber store. Build you a couple of top bar hives. You're going to love it!
P.S. See our suggested reading tab on our home page for some books on top bar hives.


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Here we go, y'all. The craziest "Dancing with the Stars," evaaahhh!
I am here for this. I am here for Tamar Braxton.
And I am also here, for very different reasons, for Paula Deen and Kim Zolciak. Let's sort it out.
Victor Espinoza & Karina Smirnoff: Salsa. But where? The song and the costume and the Benny Hill-ness of it all. Oof. 15 out of 30.
Tamar Braxton & Val Chmerkovskiy: Quickstep. Yes gawd! She did that! Dot com. I assumed Tamar would be good. She's a performer and knows how to move. But this was pretty outstanding.
That the judges are already quibbling on technical details is a good sign. #SlayTay. 23.
Chaka Khan & Keo Motsepe: Cha Cha. That entrance tho. And she's dancing to "I Feel For You?" And flipping that red hair? I'm not even mad at the multitude of missteps. I'll leave that to the judges. 13. (Ouch.)
Hayes Grier & Emma Slater: Jive. Not to suggest this show is for old ladies. But this is very much a ploy to get younger viewers. BECAUSE NO ONE OVER 18 KNOW WHO THIS IS. Hayes is a Vine superstar. And if you don't know what that is, watch this:
Nevermind. 21.
Andy Grammer & Allison Holker: Foxtrot. Honey, he's OK. A little dull in parts. But why do I feel like his whole persona is a put-on? And what the hell was that exchange with Erin Andrews? 21.
Paula Deen & Louis Van Amstel: Quickstep. But first, this intro.
"Hey y'all, I'm Paula Deen, and I'm probably best known for cookin.'"
Probably, y'all.
This isn't exactly a quickstep, y'all. It's more a slightly-slower-than-a-mall-walk step.
Side note: Paula may have soiled her drawers, y'all.
Related: Paula might be sauced. 15.
Carlos Penavega & Witney Carson: Jive. Um, he was in a boy band. Obviously this is easy stuff. He's charismatic and effortless. But minus three points for that man bun. 23.
Alexa Penavega & Mark Ballas: Jive. This felt very frantic and unfocused. Sort of like that Lifetime movie which is so awful I've seen it three times. 22.
And I'm afraid the nonstop cutesy couple schtick is gonna get old soon. Like next week.
Kim Zolciak & Tony Dovolani: Salsa. Britney Spears, Las Vegas residency, 2030. Am I right?
I would say this is like "Real Housewives: The Musical." But it already is. 12.
Bindi Irwin & Derek Hough: Jive. Oh my gosh she's adorable. And a strong dancer. And adorable. Is there a Bindi Irwin doll? There should be. 24.
Gary Busey & Anna Trebunskaya: Cha Cha. Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice. Gary says he "danced in a cosmos of riddles." And that he had "F.U.N. Finally understanding nothing."
Alek Skarlatos & Lindsey Arnold: Foxtrot. He's never, ever danced. But I guarantee you he will last for weeks. He's not terrible. Just sort of pedestrian. And the fact that his story is so timely will carry a lot of votes. 22.
Nick Carter & Sharna Burgess: Cha Cha. Nick's moves are a bit jerky. But come on. He's one of the most natural performers. And how many times will we hear "Backstreet's back!" this season?
Someone goes home next week. I think Kim will be tardy for that party.
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The play is very important for the well-being of children as well as for their development. Now in this digital world, the meaning of play has totally changed. Instead of playing in the playground nowadays children are more attracted to electronic gadgets like phones and laptops. But there is nothing more beneficial for children than getting involved in some physical playing activities rather than just sitting in one place at home and using those gadgets. Playing not only strengthens concentration power of children but also very important for their bright future in the classroom. It is very helpful in terms of the enhancement of a child's language, creativity, emotional intelligence, and so many things. However, different Atividade Infantil (kids' activities) contribute to different ways in the well-being of children. Let us check out some of the activities that you can use to make your child learn while playing.
Sand Play
This is one of the most common and old playing activity for children. Not many people know how much this activity can help their child. Playing with sand, digging, pouring and shifting teaches children sharing, teamwork, social skills and also in building their muscles.
Water Play
Water play is the most favorite fun activity of children. You may have also seen that the majority of the children loves to play with water. It really helps children to learn the consequences of actions. This activity also enhances the physical strength and hand-eye coordination of children. The best thing is you don't have to put efforts grab their attention in this activity as it is already their firm favorite.
Drawing and Painting
This activity helps children to develop self-expression and pre-writing skills. Letting children play wild with the colors and tools also helps them to become creative. Moreover, this is also the best way for children to learn about different colors and their mixing.
Singing, Dancing, and Music
Dancing really improves the coordination, flexibility, and strength of children whereas singing and music immensely help to develop the basic literacy skills and language. Furthermore, children also begin to flourish rhythm which also refines their listening skills. All the three activities are very helpful for the physical as well as mental well-being of children.
Hence, likewise, there are also so many other activities through which you can make children learn a lot of things which will eventually make them more successful when they grow up not only in education but in every field.