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These posts were born out of a conversation I had with Mike from Dutty Moonshine a few weeks ago about the nature of Electro Swing and its future. In it, I asked him to answer the following questions:
Is electroswing 'proper' dance music?
What does the future of the genre look like?
Is it a fad or can it claim to be a bona-fide dance music genre?
These are questions that I had been pondering for some time, but I couldn't quite work out how to turn it into an article that didn't sound like navel-gazing. Mike's answer was so impassioned that I decided to see what some other people in the industry thought about it all. Read on to see what the likes of Nick Hollywood ('Godfather of Electro Swing'), C@ in the H@ and Talullah Goodtimes have to say on the issue.
Right at the end you will get to see what my thoughts are. Let's start with Mike:
Mike from Dutty Moonshine:
Good question, I think of it like this; Electro Swing is a stupid fucking name which Wagram came up with to describe a sound and it stuck. When I started the Vaudeville Rave I'd never heard of Electro Swing. Has the 1st compilation that coined the name even come out?
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The idea of vintage sounds being remixed has grown massively: Ivy Levan with Swamphop; The Correspondents with all their Boogaloo samples; Swing beats and bawdy cabaret vocals; Dutty Moonshine with the balls-deep bass sets with Swing samples; Drop the Lime with his Dropabilly; Artists like Caro Emerald, Alice Francis or Imelda May making serious careers out of their take on the sound; Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer and his Chap-Hop; The Puppini Sisters with their Andrew Sisters-style pop. Now note how all those listed don't really fit "Electro Swing" but all make a living and tour the world under the umbrella of "Electro Swing".
Even pop stars are making the odd Swing track, have you heard Jessica Cornish (Jessie J) - Sexy Silk?
What a tune! You could drop that in a set and no one would know that was Jessie J. Look at Robbie Williams' massive selling Swing album.
On Electro Swing being a fad, I think it is more a name that doesn't do justice to a sound. The evolution into Ghetto Swing was inevitable as the term Electro Swing didn't properly describe songs by artists such as C@ in the H@ or Defunk. I mean is The McMash Clan's song Swing Break really an Electro Swing song? No. But what is it? It's a dance track that has a Swing vibe and a fairly well known Swing singer on it. The sound of the vintage being remixed is well appealing, original and straight up fun so no I don't think it'll be a fad. The standard Electro Swing that started it all, yeah that won't last and even now think it's dying off a bit. I feel all the new "Electro Swing" nights are way more "Ghetto Swing" and/or incorporate more diversity than a cheap house track with a few horn samples.
Our mix "Kicked Out Of The Club" was named that way because an established Electro Swing promoter said we weren't Electro Swing anymore. Well we never meant to be but what are we now? While we pretend to suffer an identity crisis here's a kick ass mix with lots of Swing in it! When we started we stuck out like sore thumbs, something I think that helped us, but now....such diversity on display. The sound will continue to modestly creep forwards into an established sound but the genre name does no favours. Think how diverse the original scene was. Charleston, Honky Tonk, Blues, Big Band, Vegas Swing, Jive, Gospel, Bossa Nova - that's why it's so diverse now because it was so diverse to start with. We're just having to compete with a shit-load of other genres in these modern times - Metal, EDM, Punk, Pop, Country, Indie, Disco, Funk etc etc so we'll never be as large as back in the day but we'll exist and continue for quite a while to come yet.
Richard Shawcross aka C@ in the H@, co-founder of Ragtime Records
I would consider Electro Swing Music not a genre as such, and it is neither a fad or a movement, if you ask me. To say either of those is to follow fashion. There has been music with elements of early 20th century swing going back for many, many years, whether it be via influence or sampling. It is just the naming of Electro Swing which is the new thing.
If I had to define it under a broad umbrella genre, I would in fact call it Jazz, not Dance music. All dance music, by definition, can be danced to, but not all Electro Swing music is to be danced to... It does not have a set style, even within the broadest sense. As it is not limited by BPM or any other boundary, it cannot be pigeon-holed in the same way as other genres. Do you ever see an Electro Swing section in a record shop (online or offline)? I have yet to see one, and would be surprised if I ever will. After all, a track which is house music but is swing house, will just be in the closest house category.
With Ragtime Records when we submit a release to an online record shop, despite what we request, we may find the same release being placed in such diverse genres as chill, rock, glitch hop, house... all for same release.. because they have to pigeon-hole it... which at times can be quite amusing, at times, annoying. Electro Swing is such a loose term that it is down to how people interpret it, which is how you get some DJ's playing hip hop/glitch hop/breaks sets with early 20th century influences, and you may get DJ's playing house/techno sets with early 20th century influences. They are both electro swing, but they are both very different.
The bottom line for me is that music genres and definitions are blurring so much that it is hard to keep track of what is what. I think the future is just more blurring of lines, more recycling of old music, and more combining with new styles. And for me, this is a good and exciting thing I like to embrace.
DJ Nick Hollywood - Founder of the White Mink club nights and founder of Freshly Squeezed Music
What is 'proper' dance music? When early dance first arrived it wasn't seen as 'proper' music itself because it was created by machines!
It's all simply about evolution. People become invested in a particular sound and they don't like it when it moves on... Swing, like the Charleston from which it evolved, was one of the very earliest dance crazes. Its birth coincided with the arrival of readily available recorded music technologies. Electro Swing is a genre that reaches across the decades and takes the influence of the past and draws from / acknowledges it in the present. It's very inclusive. I coined the phrase (since extensively borrowed so it presumably it has some wider resonance) "the sounds of the first great depression with the technology of the second". By 'sounds' I meant both sampled, but also the influence of musical style (ie literal 'swing', and by 'technology' I meant as much 21st century 'attitude'.
What does the future of the genre look like? Following on from the above, we will be stepped over by the next big thing inevitably... evolution.
Of course it's a bona-fide genre. The question is answered when it becomes as big as it has and when it is taken up, right across the world, by thousands of unconnected people. It's a zietgeist moment.
The currency of dance music itself is often about the new, about embracing the unexpected, in other words - it has a strong faddy element built into its appeal - ES has benefitted from this and will also ultimately get boring because of it. Only the very best music from the genre with transcend that. The larger it gets the more people try to cash in on the novelty, the less novel it becomes, the more steeped in mediocrity, the quicker everyone moves onto the next thing.
If this music is to make a lasting impact and contribution it needs to be about quality and innovation. Perhaps it's lasting contribution will be in helping break down the barriers between genres (at the risk of becoming rather unfocussed by definition so perhaps Vintage Remix is a better phrase).
[The video above is from Kischée, whose album is the latest release from Freshly Squeezed. Jack the Cad.]
Kaptin Is Dead - Programmer of Bands and Town Mayor of Boomtown, DJ and part of Big Swing Soundsystem
Is electroswing 'proper' dance music?
It depends by whose definition really. Will it ever be played seriously by Annie Mac or Pete Tong? I think it probably has at some point, though it would have to be within the context of another genre rather than as 'Electro Swing'. That's the main issue is Electro Swing is not a genre really, it's a collection of ideas and the disparity between the various parts in terms of quality and sound is pretty large.
What does the future of the genre look like?
It could look a number of ways. Either it finally crosses full force into the main stream, has a brief moment of every twat under the sun getting into it and then does everyones head in before dying a horrible death; or the big American RNB artists catch on properly, blows all the other acts out of the water, who sit around bitching about 'real' Electro Swing before finding something else to get into; or, it remains as a fun oddity, occasionally popping over the surface but just bubbling along nicely, at less but bigger nights and festivals. There's certainly plenty of room to grow still, and I think it will carry on being able to sustain a few quality bands and DJs for a while.
Is it a fad or can it claim to be a bona-fide dance music genre?
See previous answer about it being a genre but I think it depends on who is looking at it. I think in terms of mainstream popularity, it will only ever be a fad. It's far too fun to be taken too seriously and that's part of it's appeal for me. Having said that I think there is more to it then simply music. The whole Vintage Remix vibe says a lot about society and I don't think what it really offers to society has been properly explored.


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To be completely honest, the has got to be one of the saddest stories that I've ever heard of.
An hour after she finished rehearsal for an upcoming poetry reading, Samantha was dead on the floor of her family's home. She had been stabbed, police say, by her 23-year-old brother. Kerby Revelus then decapitated his 5-year-old sister as her birthday cake from the day before sat on the kitchen table, before turning on his 9-year-old sister, who called police. [continue]
I can't understand murder at all but it's even harder for me to wrap my mind around taking the lives of your own sisters. My prays and heart go out to the remaining family members and even I pray for his soul.

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Contrary to what people think, letting go isn't a challenge. At least, not for everyone. Well, not for me. Au contraire, holding on is a definite challenge.
You are probably thinking I am crazy. But the truth is that you cannot be in a real relationship unless you can hold on. If you are adrift, then there is no relationship to speak of. (For those of you interested in Vedic astrology, I have planet Ketu in my ascendant sign, which may give some insight into this behavior.)
A friend once told me, not unkindly, "You only call when you have some work with me." She said it in Hindi, and that sounded somewhat harsh. Of course, I took it terribly to heart, thinking that I had a problem. I couldn't be a loyal friend, I was an opportunist, that I couldn't be bothered with keeping up with friends.
The truth is that I have very few friends. I have wonderful relations with almost everyone I meet, and it is likely many consider me as a friend. But I see myself as a loner, a solo traveler. So, even if it might seem like you and I are awfully pally with each other, I think it is clear that I am less attached, even noncommittal.
I did commit to marriage, didn't I? I am committed to a job, to being a responsible citizen. But ask anything more of me, and I will demur. I will most likely bow out. I will freeze.
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When I first started "designing" Websites back in 1994 no one could have convinced me that the future of the Web would look like it does today. We went from a gray background with black text on it to awful backgrounds, to frames, to gif animations (the whack the mole banners come to mind), to Flash animated sites that were beautiful to look at but hard to navigate, to the awful portals (who the heck thought of that as being a good ides?), to dynamic sites, to Content Management Systems, and now, the era of Google. I am calling it that because all the processes that I went through and all the coding I learned in the last 22 years was obsolete last year. Everything changed in a matter of months. With Google announcing that they would penalize sites that were not Mobile friendly, everyone worldwide had to comply. And comply we did.
Around April of 2015 I started learning everything about HTML5. Bootstrap, Joomla 3, templating with Joomla 3 and finally PHP basics. This was what I needed to learn in order to comply with the Google Gods. Now, I have been doing this long enough now that I have taken change head on and learned everything I needed to learn to make it to the next level of the game. But, the game has gotten much harder now. I am trying to design good, clean, custom sites for my clients. And every day that passes it gets harder to achieve this. And like any industry, it gets more and more complex, adn as it does this, it is also becoming homogenized: everything looks the same. And it has to. There are just so many templates out there. Most of the people creating sites are buying commercial or free templates. They don't change any of the design and just add content. The result: boring. And then there are mobile phones. What do you do with something that small except make sure that everything wraps?
I don't mind learning all these things but all I wanted to do was to design nice sites that worked for my clients. I have been able to do this now for many years, but, I wonder how much longer I will be able to play the game. It is looking like the most successful design sites are made up of very savvy young programmers, Web marketing and designers that are on the ball with all the changes. These are people that live and breathe what they do. Most likely live in tiny apartments and have no kids. And I love to see what they do and just wish I even knew one of them to help me in those moments of desperation at 3 a.m. when I am stuck and have nowhere to go. They have friends that are in the business, they have resources that I don't have. I have forums. I don't know what I would do without them.
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I am curious where Web design is heading. I can't imaging going back to good design though. What people are considering good design is just not what it was even 5 years ago. It is just a site that is complying with the Web's nazis.


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New updates from the coder to patpat CTFtool GUI, PC application, now at version 3.9, allowing you to create themes for the CXMB PSP-compatible addition to allowing the extraction of files from format issues. Ctf ready. This new release adds some new features and updates the forms for extracting files from PTF themes.
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Things From The 90s We All Wish Were Still Socially Acceptable
Here's a list of things that we did back in the 90's that we wish were still socially acceptable.
1. Yelling "NOT!" after giving a complimenting.
2. Wearing Visors… They were cool, right?
3. The Whatever Fingers, because WHATEVER
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On Sunday morning, we woke up to wet roads but little rain. We loaded our bikes up and drove the 20 minutes to the start location. It wasn't raining at all, but everything was wet, and it was quite cold (50 degrees or so). We both were wearing tights, long sleeves and jackets. After going through the registration process and picking up our wrist bands, we got our bikes unloaded and were ready to begin.
I've only ridden one century ride before, and it wasn't a sponsored event. This event was quite interesting. Jenn and I both started analyzing people and their bikes as we walked around the starting area. So many people were OLD. So many people had signed up for the 15mile, or 25 mile, or 37 mile rides. So many people were rocking cruisers and mountain bikes. It wasn't at all what we expected.
After 28 miles, we made it to the first SAG stop. We were pretty wet and very cold! They had PB&J sandwiches, check mix, cookies, bananas, grapes, hot potato soup and water. We chilled there for a little bit and ate up. I started to get really cold, and we knew we needed to get back on the road. After a quick look at the map, we decided to make our own course that would take us back to the 4runner/start area. We made it back with no problems and rode a total of 43 miles. Neither one of us was disappointed since we knew we wouldn't do all 100 that day anyway. We grabbed our plates of hot spaghetti, salad and apple pie to finish off our Apple Cider Century experience.
On our way home, we had to pass over the 100 mile route many times. It was pouring rain, and we saw a bunch of people still
In other news,
Jenn and I went to South Bend last Thursday night to see one of our favorite celebrities, Dave Ramsey! He was doing a book signing at Barnes and Nobles, and we wanted to buy his book, get it signed and meet him. It was really cool! Here are a couple pics. (Sorry for the quality)
|EntreLeadership is his new book with principles of business
|I think he only has one outfit!
|He signs so fast, you can barely see him! :)
|This was a "replica" of Dave's car that he started his business from
Tomorrow is going to be a blogger meetup as Jenn and I will meetup with Kevin and Jennie Neumann in Grand Rapids to go see Switchfoot. I'll take a bunch of pics!
Also, I'll post a blog on the whole Marathon debate going on in my head.
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I have just booked plane tickets to Oslo to help build a Viking longboat. Not just any longboat mind you this is a full size replica of the Oseberg boat, the most iconic surviving Viking ship.
The original is in the gorgeous Viking boat museum at Oslo and I visited in 2004. The boat, the artefacts and the museum building itself are all incredible. I was lucky enough to be shown around and taken round the reserve collection by Arne Emil Christensen who was curator at the time and more knowledgeable about Viking boats that pretty well anyone else. There is something about Viking carving that I find captivating, this was one of the great woodworking cultures of the world and I still find it inspirational.


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Shopping for a better world
We are living in the information age. Consumers are making more informed decisions. Informed decisions take into account the consequences of consumption. The purchasing power of consumers brings social change that makes life more satisfying. For many of us material needs have been satisfied, therefore consumption is starting to focus more on purpose.
Informed purchase decisions can be seen as the search for satisfaction. Consumers are emphasising a sense of meaning and purpose. This became apparent in our survey in Sweden (n = 1005), carried out in summer 2016. Most participants felt they could make a difference: "Consumers have great power but we are not using it to that extent."
79 % of citizens don't normally buy a new product before the old one is worn out or broken
75 % of citizens think that responsibility is a requirement for quality
52 % of citizens will happily sacrifice their own comfort for the common good
48 % of citizens are worried about the state of the world and this guides their consumption choices.
Seven consumer segments in Sweden
We identified seven consumer segments (Figure 1). Considerations of individual virtue and value seem to be an essential motivator in purchase decisions. One can buy organic local products for supporting local well-being rather than for environmental reasons. Consumer behaviour is an expression of moral self-realisation.
Figure 1. Identified Swedish consumer segments according to the Theory of Basic Human Values by Shalom Schwartz.
THE INDEPENDENT are the biggest consumer segment in Sweden. They know what is important to them and what gives them life satisfaction. The Independent value being open to change. They have a strong inner need for pleasure, excitement and new experiences. It is based on a strong sense of efficacy – they feel they can make a difference.
They prefer ascetic and aesthetic surroundings. Even if they are looking for new experiences, they favour leasing and hiring instead of owning. They are ready to adopt mobility-as-a-service. One of them said: "Everybody drives their own car. That is insane."
THE COMMITTED are strongly guided by their values. The gap between their thoughts and actions is narrow. They value independent thoughts and actions, as well as self-transcendence. They enjoy the simple life and a sense of community. They have recognised that a work-and-spend mentality alienates them from what really matters.
The Committed want to make a difference. They are worried about the world. It decreases their happiness but brings increased meaning to their lives. They demonstrate social compassion and are knowledgeable about environmental topics. They do what they can but they are not fanatical: "I pay pollution tax. We rent a car in summer, we take the train. You do what you can."
THE CONSIDERATE are the oldest consumer segment (53 % of them are over 60 years old). Their behaviour is directed by security, conformity, tradition and benevolence. They value safety, harmony and stability of life. The Considerate are cautious and slow to adopt new habits. They value respect, commitment and acceptance of the customs and ideals that traditional culture or religion provide. The Considerate are motivated by their compassion for others.
Currently, 54 % of them are homeowners. This is the highest percentage amongst the seven consumer segments. In future, members of the Considerate with relatively small income may realise that they can make some extra money by renting out what they already own.
THE ACHIEVERS value hedonism, self-enhancement, achievement and power. They want to maximise their experiences so they don't miss out on anything in life. Their everyday choices are linked to financial success and status. They value power because it helps manage other people and things.
The Achievers are not ready for the sharing economy: "There are a lot of people talking about the sharing economy, but it's not something for us." Despite this they could be the first consumer segment to adopt the concept of 'wellbeing as a service.' They are ready to utilise personalised online services, which help them understand who they are and what is best for them.
THE SMART have diverse values. None of their values stand out by comparison. The Smart are relatively young people (63 % under 50). They have the lowest income of the seven consumer segments. However, they have found their ways to enjoy life. They are happy with a frugal life.
The future of the Smart is difficult to predict because they are opportunists. They could completely withdraw from their current way of life. Some are ready for the sharing economy: "I'm using a tool pool in the housing community." However, some show progression towards a money-is-everything attitude.
THE SEEKERS are looking to find themselves because they are young (86 % are under 50). Their purchase decisions are directed by stimulation, hedonism and achievement. The Seekers are also driven by social standards. What is not illegal is acceptable to them, they don't question norms.
The Seekers are used to taking survival for granted. They are interested in moving from ownership to the use of services. 43 % of them already live in rented apartments. The sharing economy is apparent in their thinking: "I could share with someone I can trust."
THE BYSTANDERS form a consumer segment that prefers security, conformity and tradition. They prefer to sit back and see how things will work out before jumping on board. They feel they can't make a difference in society.
The Bystanders are resilient citizens because they focus on essential matters in their lives and they desire to live in peace. They are so cautious and critical about new influences that they can be immune to the conflicts people face in a complex world.
Purpose-driven consumption is growing
In Sweden, people enjoy the egalitarian culture of the country. Consumers seem to be moving from a focus on economic and physical security to values emphasising self-expression and a sense of meaning and purpose. Sweden is a fascinating society to study because it's a forerunner in the shift from materialism to post-materialism. In everyday life, this means that the importance of ownership has decreased, services are used instead of owning goods, and the renewal of goods is motivated by real needs. This enhances consumers' life satisfaction and provides better opportunities for the next generation.
Dr. Arto O. Salonen, Research Director (Metropolia), Adjunct Professor (University of Helsinki)


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Digital Archive
This is a new section of the website, where we show images of documents in our collections. We often digitize documents for various reasons, so we thought you might like to see the results.
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Monday, March 20, 2017
Perfect Mix Class to Go
Happy Monday! I am happy to announce my next class to go. In this class you will use the Perfect Mix stamp set and Urban Underground DSP to make 6 super cute cards. You will receive the Perfect Mix stamp set in clear, a package of In Color Enamel shapes and all of the supplies needed for 6 cards. (Adhesive, scissors and coloring tools/inks are not included).
Items you will need:
Mono, Tombow, Glue Dots, Scissors, Black Stazon or Memento Ink, Flirty Flamingo ink, Dapper Denim ink, Emerald Envy ink (Or the In Color markers or Watercolor Pencils), Aqua Painter, White Embossing powder, White Craft Ink, All Things Thanks stamp set (Optional)
Cost: $40
Deadline to sign up: March 30th
If you would like to host this class in a location of your choosing (in the NJ area), please contact me to schedule a date!
Have a great day!
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Roundtable gathering: towards an influenza diabetes community
People with diabetes still face a higher risk for influenza and its complications. National and international guidelines therefore advise that diabetes patients be annually vaccinated against influenza. But the attention for the impact of influenza on diabetes patients is low and so is the influenza vaccine uptake in this group, despite the scientific evidence that influenza vaccination is beneficial for people with diabetes (Vaccine Journal) and WHO's recommendation to routinely vaccinate 75% of all people at high risk.
Efforts should be made to increase influenza vaccination coverage, but conventional vaccination programmes appear to be inadequate to reach people with diabetes and other strategies should hence be considered. Leading diabetes organizations and ESWI therefore joined forces to forge an active diabetes/influenza community, implementing their action plan to better protect diabetes patients against the flu.
The basis for this unique collaboration was laid on 25 October 2017 when patient organizations, healthcare professionals and academic experts assembled in Leuven, Belgium, for a discussion organized by the Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) and ESWI. Through various lectures and a moderated audience debate, the roundtable reviewed the scientific evidence that underpins vaccination recommendations for diabetes patients, discussed the role of diabetes organizations in preventing influenza and to explore pathways to raise flu awareness amongst patients and their environment.
On 8 November 2018, the diabetes/influenza community will meet again to discuss its achievements and to investigate new opportunities for collaboration and awareness raising activities. Anyone with an interest in enhancing the health of people with diabetes is therefore very welcome to attend this roundtable gathering and to join the diabetes/influenza community. If you are interested in attending kindly contact ESWI manager David De Pooter via firstname.lastname@example.com
Current community members are:
- The International Diabetes Federation (IDF Europe)
- Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND)
- Pharmacist Group to the European Union (PGEU)
- Diabetes UK
- Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE)
- Immunology of Diabetes Society (IDS)
- European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
- Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation (NPHF)
- American association of diabetes educators (AADE)
- American Pharmacists Association (APhA)


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What Does the Cypriot 'Bank Robbery' Mean for US Investors?
The Cypriot 'bank robbery' policy has proven to be one of the slowest heists ever seen. While real world bank robbers plan to be out of the bank with all of its money within a matter of minutes, the Cypriot government has spent a solid week in parliament going through the motions of stealing everybody's money. The problem with this outcome is that the government can't actually step in to take money out of savings accounts until it has actually passed the legislature to do so, meaning that the only people who will really lose out are the ones with funds left in their accounts at the time of the bill passing.
Needless to say, the end result was picture perfect bank run, resulting in empty ATMs, and banks closing their doors to prevent insolvency. That being said, as the turmoil unfolds (and hopefully dissolves with the decision to not-pass the bill) it is important to remember that US investors are also exposed to the volatility that a foreign deposit account tax has on the overall markets. Specifically, between the currency risks, the flight to tangible value, and the president of the bill itself, investors need to be aware of what might happen to their personal savings accounts if this sort of deal goes through.
Since a great deal of the funds held in Cypriot savings accounts today are believed to be foreign accounts being used by wealth international investors, it stands to reason that these individuals would be particularly upset by a tax placed on their deposits. The logical progression to follow is that these savers will start their own electronic run on the bank to a different country, and even to a different currency all together. The distinction here to make is then to recognize how it is that such a flight would likely occur as a collection of very large cash transfers out of the Euro-zone all at once, with very little price sensitivity towards the exchange rate being received.
If we proceed with the assumption that many of these foreign investors are wealthy Russians, it then stands to reason that they might all pull their money within the same week, and transfer it to the same secondary tax haven. The end result of such a situation could spell out a rapid decline in the value of the Euro, against an appreciation in the value of the secondary haven's currency price. Ignoring then the interest rate adjustments that come as a result of such a transaction, we need to take a look at how it is that such a currency flight could impact an American saver with domestic funds.
Over the last few years, we've seen how it is that news from the EU has managed to dramatically impact US equity markets because of the way in which they represent the global demand for goods and commodities. Since a capital flight from the Euro decreases the purchasing power of the grouping, it represents a decrease in the aggregate demand in the global market, and would therefore very likely have a negative implication for US equity markets.
That being said, many circumstances similar to this one have created more of a flight to tangible value than they have a withdrawal from the markets entirely. Given that we have funds fleeing from the Euro, and a potential decline in US equity markets, it is likely that investors will also see an increase in the value of commodities that can provide some sort of tangible safe-haven value to investors while currency and political environments remain particularly unstable. This means that investors could see another pop in the price of gold, precious metals, and land.
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CSR and Sustainability
Corporate Responsibility - Personal Responsibility
With corporate social responsibility (CSR) in mind, corporations are going all over the world to help people in developing nations in all sorts of ways. It is heartwarming to see the good that companies can do if they try. I went going through the website for the Corporate Citizenship Conference and the various video clips submitted by organizations on their corporate citizenship projects.
From a sustainability perspective there are several ethical issues with corporate social responsibility that bother me. I have a personal problem with do goodership. We, in the Western world, think that our life style is the best and often our approach to 'helping' is to change the life style of developing nations to match our own. Now we all know where that is going...we can't sustain our own life style and moving others into the same wasteful and unsustainable habits is not exactly a recipe for success - in the long-term.
I know we feel guilty in not letting others in on the 'best' way to live, but maybe that is actually our arrogance talking. Maybe that attitude is the rationale for 1) not really paying attention to how others live, 2) a cover up for making us feel comfortable about why we don't make any changes, 3) embarrassment in having to learn for others 'less fortunate' than ourselves.
I mean most of these countries have managed to live the same ways for thousands of years, while we've only been at it for about 200. Who is the wiser? Yes they have to deal with drought, famine, disease, war, but they are often actually 'happier' than we are when measured on the Gross Happiness Index. We all 'know' that stuff doesn't make us happy, but that doesn't seem to change our behavior any
The ethical issues I see are several: we tell and don't listen - we try to 'save' instead of facilitate; we introduce methods that are not sustainable, thus pushing developing countries into the same unsustainable ways of thinking and living that currently threaten our planet; we don't see ourselves a equals and therefore make the interactions mutual, i.e. we do not learn and change our own behavior, thus setting up an artificial hierarchy with us on top. Being a 'good' corporate citizen can placate our conscious mind, but it can also be used as an excuse for not changing our own behavior.
Reciprocity is a key value in natural systems. Everything is interconnected and therefore everything contributes, even as it receives. This means that receiving is as important as giving. In Western societies, however, giving is seen as 'better' and so becomes a way to manipulate and control instead of being a way in which relationships are enriched. This is our poverty!
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The Little Things
Having my girls home for Spring break has been such a blessing...
I had forgotten how happy it makes my heart feel to hear the noise, the laughter, and even the arguments of having all 6 kids home.
I missed the girl talks with my two oldest, talking pageantry, fitness, and BOYS! I love cooking together, spending time in the kitchen talking around the table, as a family.
The little things!
We Americans, are so over stimulated, we don't make time to sit back and enjoy life.
I'm guilty of that myself. But having missed my girls so much, it forced me to savor every waking moment. And I realized, "Why don't I do this more often!?" Well, "cause I'm too busy, I don't make time for it".....Yadda, yadda.
But the truth of the matter, it's worth it! We are only punishing ourselves.
Take the time to enjoy life, to cherish the little things, to slow down. In doing so, you'll not only feel happier, but you're also reducing stress...And you'll be healthier! Remember stress kills, but a grateful heart, brings life!
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Mythbuster: LGMA Metrics and Organic Production
Outside of the leafy greens industry, there seems to be a common misconception that the rigorous food safety practices required by the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement discourage – and even prevent – organic farming. The truth is — when it comes to growing leafy greens, it makes no difference if the product is conventionally-grown or organic, it must be safe for people to eat.
It's also true that the LGMA's required food safety practices do nothing to interfere with organic farming. This is primarily because the USDA's National Organic Program, which determines what kinds of farming practices can be used by organic farmers, is focused on pest management practices rather than on preventing foodborne illness. Meanwhile, the primary purpose of the LGMA is to minimize contamination of leafy greens crops by ensuring science-based food safety practices are being followed on the farm. Many LGMA handlers and farmers produce both conventional and organic leafy greens. Those who do are able to meet the rigorous standards required for certification under the LGMA and those of the National Organic Program.
Tom Nunes, Jr.'s family business grows and sells both conventional and organic produce under the Foxy brand and is a certified LGMA handler. Tom had this to say about complying with the LGMA food safety requirements:
"We've had no challenges whatsoever in producing organically-grown lettuces, kale and chard under the LGMA system and have been able to adjust our operating procedures to follow both the LGMA rules and those of the National Organic Program. The practices we use for both are virtually identical when it comes to training workers in good hygiene practices or providing sanitary restroom and hand-washing facilities. Our organically-farmed fields are definitely restricted from using some of the pest control treatments that conventional farms have access to. But many of these non-chemical treatments are now used on the conventionally-grown side too, which has allowed us to reduce our overall use of pesticides."
The LGMA food safety program was developed so all producers, whether they farm conventionally, organically or both, can adapt their farming methods to meet the required food safety standards. Under the LGMA, each handler is required to conduct a thorough risk assessment and to develop a set of Standard Operating Procedures that follow LGMA required food safety practices. Government audits verify handlers that are adhering to SOPs that meet the LGMA standards. As long as producers are meeting the LGMA food safety standards and appropriate documentation is provided, it makes no difference if conventional or organic farming methods are used.
Lakeside Organic Gardens, another LGMA handler-member, produces 45 organic vegetables year-round, including leafy greens. Lindsey Roberts, Marketing Communications for Lakeside Organic Gardens provides this comment about her company's experience in adhering to the LGMA metrics:
"At Lakeside we're no strangers to documentation. We adhere to the requirements of rigorous audits to achieve our organic certification. Over the years we've found ways to control pests like rodents using non-chemical methods. Being organic, we do our best to balance Mother Nature and food safety. One example is placing owl-nesting boxes on the outskirts of our fields to attract owls, which are a natural predator of rodents. When it comes to birds, we do our best to keep them out the fields by preserving nearby native vegetation which is more attractive to birds than leafy greens."
Most of the time there are no issues with practices used by organic farmers, but when it comes to the application of soil amendments, some organic practices are not allowed by the LGMA. However, farmers can still grow organic-certified leafy greens under the LGMA by adapting their practices to meet the LGMA standards. So, while our metrics do not allow raw or partially-composted manure or bio-solid fertilizers to be applied to leafy green crops, we recognize the fact that organic farmers cannot use synthetic fertilizers. The LGMA metrics allow for the use of fully composted fertilizers, which are also approved for organic farming, as long as the handler provides documentation that the compost has been properly processed and tested by an accredited laboratory to be sure it's free of pathogens like E.coli 0157:H7 and salmonella.
Todd Brendlin, farming manager for Grimmway Farm's Cal-Organic Farms division, provides the following example:
It's a common practice among organic leafy greens farmers to use chicken pellets to fertilize fields. The LGMA Metrics allow this practice as long as documentation is provided to validate the pellets have been processed to remove pathogens. The required documentation for compost fertilizers under the organic standards program is very similar to what is required by the LGMA. Therefore, very few adjustments have been necessary to comply with the LGMA standards.
Perhaps it is Todd who sums things up best:
"I know that some people have expressed concerns that LGMA food safety audits try to force growers to destroy natural habitats and adopt a scorched-earth policy, but we have not seen or experienced this."
In fact, the LGMA Board has adopted a policy that encourages "co-management" that strives to conserve soil, water, air, wildlife, and other natural resources while simultaneously minimizing microbiological hazards associated with food production. In addition, the LGMA program has been applauded by environmental advocacy groups such as the Nature Conservancy for its approach to food safety that considers food health, wildlife health, and water health as parts of an integrated system.
We sincerely hope this perception about the LGMA and organic farming will change. Since the inception of the LGMA in 2007, the volume of organic products, including leafy greens, has continued to grow. Our goal is to make sure they are farmed in safe manner so consumers can eat them with confidence. We believe this is the right thing to do – for everyone.


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Close your eyes and visualize this: A toothpick that swallowed a lemon.
Now open them and you will see how I see myself, which is why I have decided to have tumescent liposuction today.
I'm 50 years and three days old. But the decision to do lipo didn't just hit me because of my age. Those of you who know me have put up with me complaining about my belly for years. When I texted the news to a girlfriend in Chicago whom I've known since the 80s, she texted back:
"Awesome Girl!!! I'm surprised you didn't do this sooner because you never liked you (sic) "tiny pouch". lol
I eat healthy 90 percent of the time, work out four to five days a week doing weight-bearing exercises and floor work for my abs and walk the hills of San Francisco to run errands since I have no car. I'm quite pleased with the rest of my body after dropping a dress size while researching The World's Top Destination Spas story for Elite Traveler this spring. I can't afford to lose anymore inches. My butt is practically non-existent. My boobs have shrunk. My pencil legs are now toothpicks. Still, my belly persists to the point where it is much larger than my ass. And everyone knows you can't spot reduce.
What's a girl to do?
I'm 6-foot-1, 152 pounds, reed thin. My legs are so skinny I have to get all of my boots taken in. Always have.
And I've always had a belly too. I've grown as adept at holding it in as I have at breathing.
When I was in my 20s, I popped laxatives before going on vacation to get rid of my bulge. Seven, 10, 12 at a time. Whatever it took.
By my 30s that no longer worked and I went to 90-year-old nutritionist Hermien Lee, who turned me into a lean, mean, machine.
And then came my 40s. I opted for more drastic methods such as the Master Cleanser or doing a raw diet with no alcohol for weeks at a time. Being that I'm a travel writer and part of traveling is eating then guzzling lemonade for several days at a time and not eating anything cooked can only work so long for me.
Everyone knows what a foodie I am and my stomach is a bottomless pit. The way I eat, I should be 300 pounds but I'm not because I exercise regularly — plus, I have great genes. Previously, if I needed to get my belly down, all I had to do was really watch what I ate and give up alcohol. Within 10 days, I'd be looking good enough to rock a bikini like I did in St. Tropez this summer.
But age has a way of catching up with you.
When I returned from St. Tropez, I learned that the beau would have to endure six weeks of radiation. Before he began his treatment in September I offered to give up alcohol to support him. Oh how we both love our wine! He looked at me with the most loving eyes, for it was akin to me offering to shave my head if he lost his hair. (Thankfully THAT didn't happen.) Outside of drinking at HBO's Emmy party, during a business trip to South Beach and in Atlanta, where I went for a funeral, I stuck by my no-alcohol edict. After the beau's radiation ended, his belly was gone and he was down 20 pounds. My belly still stuck out like a hump in a camel, a further indication that alcohol was not what was causing me to look four months pregnant.
During a visit to the beau's dermatologist, I spotted a brochure for tumescent liposuction. Curious, I picked it up. I thought back to a recent lipo discussion with a retired dermatologist friend from my beau's yacht club. He tiptoed around my situation but agreed that lipo wouldn't be a bad thing for me. And I recalled a conversation from a couple of years ago with a friend from childhood, now a medical doctor with a weight loss clinic in L.A. She told me back then that I was the ideal candidate for lipo. The brochure in hand, I looked at these before and after photos and read when the procedure should be used, the risks, how it is performed and why a dermatologic surgeon should be used.
Liposuction is most effective for removing localized fat deposits that do not respond to diet or exercise. It is not intended as a substitute for weight loss; rather, it is a contouring procedure, and is optimally utilized in a program of exercise and weight maintenance.
I know a lot of you reading this may look at the before picture and ask "Where's Waldo? Where's the fat?" Not me! I looked at the photo and said, "That's me!" I gave the brochure to the beau, who said if that's what I want then fine, I could have it. But, he made it clear, he thinks I have a fantastic bod. We returned for a consultation with his doctor and scheduled my procedure for Nov. 30. This gave me license to thoroughly enjoy myself during a decadent birthday trip to Las Vegas with several girlfriends to ring in my 50th.
Now, a bon vivant like me disdains buffets but Kitty Yancey, a USA Today travel writer whose opinion I trust, assured me in an email that the new, $17 million Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace was worth it and wrote that her story in USA Today didn't give it justice. You have to go, she implored.
So off me and my girls went for my birthday lunch. With each plate, I reminded myself that everything I was eating would be removed on Friday.
At Bacchanal, I took it upon myself to gorge on fresh East and West coast oysters, prawns, shrimp and grits, mussels, grilled salmon, pepperoni pizza, meatballs, sliders, French fries, chips and guacamole, Kung Pao chicken, edamame, low mein, crème brûlée and lots more. With more than 500 dishes to choose from, I couldn't try everything – though I wanted to.
That night, my birthday dinner took place at James Beard award-winning Chef José Andrés' Jaleo in The Cosmopolitan. I devoured cured ham from the legendary, acorn-fed, black-footed Ibérico pigs of Spain, 18-month salt-cured Serrano ham, white asparagus with idiazábal cheese, grilled skirt steak with piquillo pepper confit, traditional chicken fritters served in a shoe and so much more, knowing that it would all be gone be in just a few days.
Before I left for the trip, I went clothes shopping in San Francisco for a couple of new birthday outfits since it was Black Friday.What a frustrating experience that was! I looked longingly at dresses that I knew were not right for my body type because they hugged the mid-section. I was nearly in tears as I went from one store to another, unable to find anything despite the Black Friday sales. I admit I do a pretty good job of hiding my belly. One saleswoman convinced me to try on a dress that she said would hide the belly that she couldn't see. I wiggled into the cute red dress and her eyes nearly popped out when she saw my belly protruding like a beach ball. Oh, she said, before finding the one dress in her store that hid a belly. But I didn't care for the dress. I told her I was having lipo in a few days and she said she looked forward to seeing me back in the store in a few months. I waddled further down Chestnut Street and into BCBG Max Azria, where I picked up this darling shirt dress that hides my pouch, and a couple of other items that would suffice.
As much as I absolutely love, love, love this BCBG shirt dress, in a few months I won't be limited to dresses that flow. Thanks to the beau and his generous birthday present. Even though he doesn't think I need lipo, I do. And that's what matters.
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Judy, John--here's one I'm serving up right in your wheelhouse.
OK, so we return from our long jaunt down to the tower and back, during which we are twice hit with the lost ring scam, and Mary says we need to rest up from all the walking. An hour or so later the doorbell rings--we have never heard the doorbell, but I assume it's ours. I open our apartment door and then the second security door (we have to traverse 2 doors to get in and out) to find a short guy in blue overalls and a jaunty blue cap who burbles something fast and incomprehensible (is this yet another version of the lost ring scam?). He wants in to the adjoining apartment, but no one is there. I close the door, when again he rings. Again more incomprehensible French, and he enters our apartment with what appears to be a very small--tres petite--caulking gun, and gestures that he needs to use it.
OK, carry on I gesture (we're now well beyond words, but who needs them when we have such intimacy). He opens the door under the sink and makes what appears to be two squirts, another under the cook-top fan, and then another in the bathroom. Before leaving, he insists I print and sign a rather official looking work-order (for which he provides no copy).
Smelling something fishy, I call my landlord, who sounds utterly out of breath and very distressed. I am not to allow anyone in the apartment except a fireman or policeman, he insists. He is clearly fatigued and distressed and upset with me. That conversation is, to put it simply, circular and adds nothing to the condition of clarity.
I am just about to send him an email with evidentiary photos, when he calls and tells me not to worry. He was jogging when I first called. This is the insect exterminator contracted by the building association there to save us from cockroaches or beetles, that we both agree simply do not exist anywhere in the apartment.
I now include the evidence of this thorough, and doubtless effective, extermination. Look especially for tiny daubs of goo above the hinges.
|kitchen hinge
|kitchen cabinet (what appears to be residue of a generous sneeze)
|corner of fan
|bathroom hinge


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The area surrounding the eyes is one of the first areas to show signs of aging. Eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, lifts sagging upper eyelids and eliminates the bags that form just below the eyes. Eyelid surgery can wash away years of aging, giving your eyes a smoother and more youthful appearance.
Legacy of Healing is an important part of Dr. Schmidt's life. Legacy of Healing sends medical mission teams worldwide providing free surgical, medical and dental care as well as safe drinking water to underserved communities. Young people are included as team members, to continue building a legacy that promotes and enhances physical and spiritual health and healing for future generations. Since 2004 Legacy has performed 1147 free operations and seen 7510 village clinic patients. Started by Dr. Schmidt with only six people, it is an inspiring example of what happens when people work together with Christ's love sharing their time and talents in service to others.


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Hi! I'm Emily Ehlers. I'm a writer, mum and eco-warrior who runs an online business as a Copywriter for conscious business and personal brands. When I'm not thinking about cheese I am usually pondering sustainability, self-care or creativity, and how they all overlap. Let's face it though, I'm also probably wondering how the hell to balance All The Things and whether I'm completely nuts for trying.
I've always believed in using your voice to say things that mattered. My mum said this became problematic when, at age 5, I realised that the chicken on farm was actually the same as chicken on plate and started announcing to anyone who would listen that that "my mum puts death in my lunchbox".
However, it is also this rabble-rousing personality quirk that, 8 years ago, led me to start this very blog, which would change the trajectory of my life. I created an online home to share my green experiments in an effort to live lighter on the planet. Before long I was yabbering on local radio about living plastic-free and presenting at festivals on how to create communities of change-makers. I was even the Social Media Manager for a grassroots campaign that saw single-use plastic bags banned in Fremantle (only the second city in Australia to do so!).
It didn't take long to notice that there was an inextricable link between healthy humans and a happy planet (less packaging, less stuff, less busyness = Green Living 101), and a year later graduated as a certified health and life coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.
I fell head-over-heels in love with the process of speaking about things that mattered to me – and was flabbergasted by the way it inspired me to live my life in a more meaningful way. I not only gravitated towards people who were doing the same – the ambitious, the artists, the activists – but wanted to help others who were looking for something. Whether that was community or their own projects.
Soon after I offered copywriting services and "Writing for Wellness" mentorship and now spend my days helping people find the time, space and sometimes literally the words to say what matters to them most (and create a life that reflects that too).
Since then my writing has been published in places like The Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, Oxfam, Nature & Health Magazine, Earth Events, Inspired Coach and I even popped up on Sarah Wilsons personal blog.
I live on Cottesloe beach in Western Australia (the bit with the sharks) in a run-down, loved-up cottage, furnished almost entirely with roadside finds. I share my life with my delightful family made up of; husband, daughter, two dogs and spunky cat. I also have a little boy in my belly; I didn't eat him – it's a room-share agreement and I plan on evicting him in May 2017.
If you want all the official stuff (professional bio, headshots etc) click here for my Media Page.
What I Write About
To me, writing is a dual experience of learning and teaching; a way of processing my experience as a woman trying to make her way in this strange world.So this website doesn't so much have a niche – I talk business and babies, health and home, communication and caramel. It's probably not the best marketing decision but I am a human first and foremost and this is my haven to share all sides of myself.
Here's a taste-tester of the topics you'll find here;
Creativity – tools and services to assist the crazy coconuts (you!) who believe their thoughts and ideas can change the world. (My online shop is coming soon – jump on this list to keep up to date)
Sustainability + Plastic-Free Living – My greatest passion. Find all my tips, tricks and experiments for living lighter, from giving up shampoo to life without plastic. Also zero-waste living with children – is it possible? Let me be your guinea pig.
Communication – how to use writing to make your life and business at least 12 times better. From journalling to blogging to cultivating your voice or simply learning how to communicate better (with readers or loved ones).
Activism – how to use your voice to speak about things that matter in a way that people listen. This also includes juicy subjects like feminism, being disliked and unconventional and leading with love (even when you feel a big ol' ball of rage in your belly!)
Slow Living + Self-care – I'm a big-time believer for women (especially mums) banishing busy to devote time to their self, in all facets. Their self-care, self-expression, self-exploration and self-actualisation. All the selfs.
Health + Happiness – Ah, self-help geeks unite. Let's obsess over everything from minimalism, mindfulness, gratitude and working with yourself and nature.
Raising Rabble-Rousers – I'm constantly torn between how to raise children that care about things that matter (the planet and people) and less about the wrong (fitting in). Also presence as a parent without the pressure of perfection.
Most of all…
I believe, wholeheartedly, that we are all conduits for change. That every action (taken or not) is a choice; a vote for the humans we are, the lives with live and the planet we share. And that our voices matter. So much. Now more than ever.
I'm constantly surprised by the amount of courage it takes to be a changemaker. We're often made to feel that trying to create lives we love is not worth it or that we aren't capable. That fighting the good fight, is not (as I would suggest) imperative to our humanity. That looking after each other is not a natural reflex and a part of who we are. It can feel lonely and exhausting and the temptation to drown oneself in salted caramel while watching Sex and the City reruns can be overwhelming.
But we're not made like that you and I. We're not the sort that can sit idly by. This website is my smoke signal to the others that want to live a meaningful life and help people and save the world and make cool stuff. And you know what's wonderful? There's a lot of us.
We are wayfinders and world-changers. We are movers, shakers and makers. We dream of creating more and consuming less. Of being who we are and doing what we love. Magic misfits. Rabble-rousing revolutionaries.
Random Nuggets
- The name "Emily" means industrious and striving. The only way that description could be more accurate was if you added "has broad shoulders and a penchant for macaroni cheese".
- Robin Williams is one of my biggest heroes and we are both ENFPs, Enneagram 7's who occasionally struggled with mental illness despite an outwardly sunny disposition (I gets the anxiety). Which can only mean one thing… I must be a Genie.
- I spend a stupid amount of time making, ranking, adjusting and critiquing my list of favorite movies. Currently topping the list are Ruby Sparks, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, Mona Lisa Smile and Moana (a recent addition that bumped Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day).
- I'm currently saving and selling everything I can before cramming my family (2 adults, 1 four year old, a newborn and two farting dogs) into a caravan and travelling around Australia. Excited, scared and totally painting a garish mural on our rolling home.
- Biggest inspirations: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dallas Clayton, Sarah Wilson, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Ken Robinson, Ellen Degeneres, Dr. Maya Angelou, Gramma Tala, Zoe Kazan, and (of course) Roald Dahl. Strong themes of brave creativity and world-changing weirdness.


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Penthouse Suite
At The Riverside Park Hotel
The unrivalled adult only Penthouse at The Riverside Park Hotel is a luxurious two-level suite located in the impressive stone tower of the hotel. This suite is the most exclusive on offer in our Enniscorthy Hotel.
On entering our fantastic Penthouse Suite you will be welcomed by a curved staircase leading to the first floor. The ground floor comprises of the master bedroom, its centrepiece is the custom made round double bed draped with the finest of linens to complete the experience of pure indulgence while staying in one of the most luxurious hotels in Wexford.
A luxurious two-level suite located in the impressive stone tower of the hotel, it is beautifully designed with the master bedroom and marble floor ensuite on the ground floor and a spiral staircase leading to the first floor. Master bedroom includes a custom-made round double bed draped with the finest of linens, floor to ceiling windows, automatic curtains and designer furniture. Among the pampering features are the Jacuzzi bath, walk-in power shower and double sink with plasma screen.
On walking up the curved staircase to the spacious mezzanine lounge area you will be amazed by the unsurpassed stunning 360-degree views of Enniscorthy Town. The living area has beautiful interior and furnishings to compliment the opulent ambience.


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Sycamore Education, the provider of web-based school information systems, has released new, unprecedented integrations with Google that provide a higher level of convenience for teachers and students. Sycamore's new integration with Google Apps for Education will allow schools to create Google accounts for students and staff, sync up existing Google users, and add a Google Classroom from within Sycamore School, the company's PK-12 education solution.
Since its inception in 2001, Sycamore has aimed to offer cloud-based opportunities to its schools located across the United States and around the world. The rise of Google Apps for Education has made it even easier now for others to see the benefit that cloud-based technology can bring.
Initially, Sycamore integrated with Google Mail, Google Maps, and Google Books. Then, they expanded to Google Drive and Google Calendar. With the latest enhancements, Sycamore can provide additional functionality to Google Apps for Education schools within their school information system that is unmatched by any other product on the market.
"This additional integration with Google holds great potential for our schools," says Glen Ellis, CEO of Sycamore Education. "With more technology-related resources being used in the classroom, to be able to connect those resources with the school information system at the classroom and school levels, and have them work together, becomes very valuable."
Schools currently using Google Apps for Education and those looking to transition to being a Google Apps for Education school, benefit from this integration. Google accounts can be created for students and staff from within Sycamore, or existing accounts synced. The benefit of this is a streamlined process that saves time, since it can all be done within Sycamore.
Additionally, schools are able to create, sync, or edit organization units and groups. Organizational units in Google allow schools to assign permissions pertaining to Google Apps for Education to students and employees by placing those users into organizations and sub-organizations. Groups provide the ability to categorize Google Apps for Education users as needed, and then each group is assigned an email address to simplify communication.
Google Classrooms can also be created and connected from inside Sycamore, using classes and class rosters set up in the system. Google Classrooms that are already made can simply be synced so that they are available to students directly from their Sycamore class page.
Connecting their Sycamore class page with their Google Classroom site allows teachers to be able to utilize the tools offered by each program, without needing to take extra time adding students and inviting them to Google Classroom. Sycamore simplifies those steps by using the information already available in the system.
Partnering with Google continues to provide Sycamore Education with opportunities for advancement and expansion. Ellis continues, "As we continue growing this partnership, we look forward to seeing what this powerful integration will do for our schools and sharing in their success stories."


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OAKLAND – Warriors forwards Andre Iguodala (wrist) and Jordan Bell (sprained right wrist) will not play against the San Antonio Spurs Thursday evening, while David West (right arm cyst) is doubtful, according to the team.
Iguodala injured his wrist late in the first quarter of Tuesdays 114-101 win over the Brooklyn Nets, though he finished the game.
Two quarters later, Bell came down awkwardly on his right ankle after trying to contest a shot by Nets' forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. Bell sustained his injury just four games after missing 15 games after spraining his left ankle in a Jan. 17 win over the Chicago Bulls.
In addition, second-year forward Patrick McCaw remains out with a non-displaced fracture in his left wrist.


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There are no other books like Acts. It is indispensable. Without the book of Acts, the New Testament would have a gaping hole in its heart. The Gospels and the later parts of the New Testament would be irreparably divided. Each part would still make sense by itself, but numerous vital connections would be missing. Acts, then, is a "link" book.
But it is much more than that. In a sense, Acts provides the backdrop against which most of the epistles must be placed. It defines the "outside" of the early Christian church: the travels of the missionaries, the founding of the congregations with accompanying joys and hardships, and the connection between the infant fellowships. In Bryan Williams' study guide on the book of Acts, readers will encounter anew the trials and triumphs of the church in Jerusalem, and document its spread throughout the Roman Empire—even to the ends of the earth.
Bryan Williams was born and raised in Nelson, New Zealand. In 1958, he moved to England to attend London Bible College. In 1962, Williams gained a B.D. from the University of London and an ALBC diploma from London Bible College. At the invitation of the Bible Institute of South Africa, he began lecturing there in 1970, and held various positions there. In 1977, he completed his Ph.D. through the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch. For years, he has led home Bible studies and served in various church committees. He has written numerous books, and has devoted his life to developing tools to help people study the Bible more fruitfully. Bryan and his wife, Barbara, live in Cape Town, South Africa.


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Free People Runaway Top in Blue // Free People Runaway Top in Ivory // J Brand Crop Jeans // Sarah Distressed Skinny Jeans // Le Color Ripped Skinny Jeans // Quay Vivienne Rose Gold Aviators // Marc Fisher Adeline Platform Wedge // Rebecca Minkoff Mini Mac
I cannot get enough of this shirt!!! The details on the sleeves are to DIE for. Don't y'all agree? As soon as I saw this Free People top I fell in love and bought it immediately. I love the light blue color for Spring but I also have my eye on the white one as well. The white one would be SO cute paired with some denim cut offs! *insert heart eye emoji here* If you all have been following along with my blog then you know that I loveeeee my crop tops and this one is no exception. The thing I like about this top though is that it isn't super cropped or tight. It sits perfectly on your body. It would definitely be flattering on any figure.
I paired this top with my favorite cropped distressed denim. I have linked many similar pairs for you. Having a good pair of distressed white denim for the Spring & Summer is a must so if you are looking for a good pair definitely check out the ones that I linked. Some are pricey but some are very reasonably priced.
I am sure that you have all seen everyone wearing these Marc Fisher espadrille wedges. If you haven't tried them yet, you should. They are SO comfortable. I have them in brown and gray and they will be my go to shoes for all of Spring. I am even contemplating on getting the black pair hahaha. I am so bad! I also wanted to mention my new Rose Gold Quay sunglasses. I have been wanting a pair of Quay sunglasses for a while now but every pair that I tried just looked so weird on my face. I finally found this pair and LOVE them! The rose gold color is so in right now and these are absolutely perfect. Plus, they are so much cheaper than Ray-Bans and you can't beat the price!
I hope you all enjoyed this look because it is one of my favorites. Free People wins again with this one. Oh yeah, and happy hump day! Only 2 more days until the weekend!!!! :)


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This is technically Thursday's blog, but I was busy making icons and handling life, so I missed it. On Thursdays, I want to show you tutorials / tips / resources that can help you with your art career.
So, today, will be giving you a really easy tip! The store Hobby Lobby has a 40% coupon they provide each week. You can only use it for one item per shopping trip. It only works on regular-priced items, which is fine, because so many things are on sale all the time anyway.
Here's a link to their weekly ad, and you can print the 40% off coupon, or just show it to the cashier at the register. https://www.hobbylobby.com/find-savings/weekly-ad
Happy Shopping!


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The Greater Nashville Regional Council works with local elected officials, economic development councils, chamber of commerce officials, and other local community leaders to help communities organize and prepare for meeting economic and community development needs. These activities are critical to providing the essential public infrastructure and services required to accommodate regional growth and development, as well as in providing new job opportunities for our growing population. The Council assists our member cities and counties in project planning, public infrastructure grant and loan applications, and in project administration for such activities as affordable housing finance and development, water and sewer system improvements and industrial development infrastructure.
GNRC assists in securing these funds from a number of state and federal agencies including the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (CDBG Block Grants and TIIP Tennessee Industrial Infrastructure Program), the Federal Economic Development Administration (EDA), the Federal Rural Development Administration, the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, and others.
GNRC maintains an Economic and Community Development Activity Report which shows an accumulative total of over $69.0 million dollars over the past 14 years in grants from CDBG, TIIP, THDA and EDA coming to GNRC area cities and counties for financing needed community and industrial infrastructure. These programs alone created thousands of new jobs and generated hundreds of millions of dollars in new private investment for the region.
GNRC is also currently assisting area cities and counties in administering 29 approved projects under the CDBG, TIIP and EDA programs.
In April of 2019, the Greater Nashville Regional Council (GNRC) and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce announced the launch of Greater Nashville Qualified Opportunity Zones (Greater Nashville QOZ). This place-based program provides a pathway to connect local communities with investors looking to make a positive impact in underserved areas of Middle Tennessee through the Opportunity Zones designation by the United States Treasury Department. To learn more visit GreaterNashvilleQOZ.org