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his first act of abstinence
is from injury to animals.
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If you have in your procession an orphan or injured animal, please keep that animal in a secure box. The box should be in a dark area away from noise, children and pets. Keep the animal warm. Do not try to attempt to feed the animal. Call a wildlife rehabilitator.
If you are unsure if the animal is in need of assistance, please click below for the animal in question.
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For other licensed rehabilitators please review the state listing at The Department of
Environmental Protection. Rehabilitators are not funded by the state, we all depend on your donations, please keep this mind when submitting an animal.
Ways to keep the animal warm
Do not attempt to feed the animal
If you must give the animal something, water is the best thing you can possible give. For the older animals, put a shallow dish of water in the container. For the littler ones, you will give water by hand. I suggest using an eyedropper. Place the eyedropper on the lips of the animal and squeeze one drop at a time until the animal no longer wants any more water. The water should not be cold! It must be warm.
Please never feed any animal cows milk. Even mother cow doesnt give her calf the milk human drinks. We humans dont even give our babies cows milk for the first year of their life because it can cause digestive problems. Its the same when you give any animal cows milk. But for most of these baby animals, death will be the slow result.
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It is alternately a depressing and exciting day for people who need to own the latest gadget. The new iPhone 5 is being unveiled. Your formerly-latest-gadget that you paid dearly for in exchange for all the admiration that comes with it, is now a liability that singles you out for shame. You might as well walk around with the Easy Bake Oven.
Apple is holding the unveiling at noon (CT) at the "Apple Town Hall" at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. For this event, however, Apple is not providing a live video stream on its website.
However, there are several live blogs that will be underway. Slashgear, Electronista, and Engadget are among the go-to sources.
And Vertex says it will provide some sort of narrated video stream and pregame "show."
But, the Wall Street Journal says, the iPhone may be losing its "cool factor."

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December 2016
"When Pearl Harbor was bombed, young Japanese-Americans, like all young Americans, rushed to their draft board to volunteer to fight for our country.
That act of patriotism was answered with a slap in the face."
~ George Takei, American actor and activist
Recent Releases
The Earth is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West
Peter Cozzens
The Earth is Weeping
, historian Peter Cozzens draws on oral histories, military records, and other historical accounts to present a comprehensive account of U.S. westward expansion after the Civil War and its effects on Native Americans. Emphasizing the complexity of both white and Native opinions on the conflicts, he draws sensitive and insightful portraits of the leading figures as well as responses to them from within their own groups.
calls this study a "beautifully written work of understanding and compassion."
The Plots Against Hitler
Danny Orbach
While several attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler are well known -- a 2008 film based on the Valkyrie plot starred Tom Cruise -- the extensive underground resistance within Germany is less familiar. In
The Plots Against Hitler
, historian Danny Orbach discusses the interconnected groups that tried to bring Hitler down between 1938 and 1943. Focusing on General Hans Oster, who was involved in several plots, and Claus von Stauffenberg of Operation Valkyrie fame, Orbach derives some of his material from newly available diaries and other documents. This study offers a compelling portrait of the conspirators' moral courage in the face of deadly risk.
Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died under Nazi Occupation
Anne Sebba
In Nazi-occupied Paris, women faced different dangers from those imposed on men at the war front or in forced labor camps. Biographer Anne Sebba examines the experiences of many different women in this complex study of collaborators and resistors, rich and poor, Jewish and gentile. While striving to maintain a semblance of normality at home and among friends, many women also risked their freedom and even their lives on a daily basis. Sebba's chronicle offers a kaleidoscope of details depicting the fates of specific individuals. Paris history and World War II buffs will be especially pleased at the women's history recounted here.
America the Anxious: How Our Pursuit of Happiness Is Creating a Nation of Nervous...
Ruth Whippman
After moving to California, British journalist Ruth Whippman discovers that the trademark American pursuit of happiness seems to dominate daily existence, creating more anxiety than contentment. Terming this phenomenon the "commercial happiness machine," she attends courses and conferences, investigates organizations known for their contented employees, looks at famously happy religious movements, and tries out meditation practices.
America the Anxious
deflates the positive psychology movement, skewers parenting techniques aimed at raising happy children, and concludes that the happiness quest won't necessarily yield a satisfying life. This social history make a "delightfully witty, enjoyable" book, says
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Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
Nina Willner
Author Nina Willner, the first female U.S. Army intelligence officer to work in East Germany, had a whole family living behind the Iron Curtain. While her mother Hanna had escaped from East Berlin in 1948, marrying an American and raising her children there, all of Hanna's relatives remained behind. In
Forty Autumns
, Willner relates their story, including her grandfather's brutal "re-education" in a mental institution and the family's loving solidarity in the face of Communist oppression. The Berlin Wall's destruction in 1989 allowed Hanna's first reunion with her relatives in 40 years. Gripping, heartrending, and inspiring, this combined history and family memoir relates the history of the Cold War in personal terms.
Pearl Harbor: Controversy and Consequences
Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor / Hiroshima / 9-11 / Iraq
John W. Dower
Cultures of War
, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian John Dower offers an eye-opening discussion of wars involving the U.S. during the past 75 years. He persuasively argues that four crucial events and their historical contexts -- Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9/11, and the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- share characteristics that make them ironically similar. While his analysis may be controversial, this study offers well-researched and extensively footnoted examples and raises incisive questions about leadership and cultural attitudes that drive decisions to go to war and sustain popular support for it.
calls this a "forceful indictment of warlike attitudes."
Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation into War
Steven M. Gillon
Although U.S. leaders expected their country would ultimately join the Allies in World War II and knew the Japanese were planning an assault somewhere on American-held territory, the attack on Pearl Harbor came as a surprise. Focusing on the hours after the devastating assault, historian Steven Gillon details how President Franklin Roosevelt and his close advisors dealt with the news and considered how America would respond. Illuminating the drama of their deliberations with contextual information and biographies of key figures,
Pearl Harbor
supplies an "excellent introduction to Roosevelt and his times" (
Kirkus Reviews
Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight over World War II, 1939-1941
Lynne Olson
Between 1939, following Germany's invasion of Poland, and December 1941, Americans were sharply divided about the prospect of joining the war in Europe. Leading the isolationist faction was aviator Charles Lindbergh, while President Franklin Roosevelt supported intervention. The debate intensified after Germany had conquered mainland Europe, leaving Britain as the final bulwark against the Third Reich's bid for world domination.
Those Angry Days
vividly recreates the intrigue, dirty tricks, and propaganda campaigns that preceded Pearl Harbor, which inexorably pulled the U.S. into the war. Author Lynne Olson's insights into the isolationist movement add value to this accessible account of the period.
Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World War II
Richard Reeves
, historian Richard Reeves draws on interviews with survivors and on personal records from the period to provide a thorough examination of America's World War II internment of Japanese nationals legally residing in the U.S. and Japanese-American citizens. He offers disturbing depictions of white Americans' prejudice against the Japanese and the fear and shame the internees experienced. While he also describes positive responses that mitigate the darkness of this historical episode, his "authoritative" (
Library Journal
) narrative pulls no punches. For another compelling account of American treatment of foreign nationals during the war, try Jan Jarboe Russell's
The Train to Crystal City
Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941
Stanley Weintraub
Japan's brutal December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor left Americans both reluctant to embrace the season of joy soon to come and longing for the feelings of peace and hope the Christmas holiday traditionally symbolizes.
Pearl Harbor Christmas
presents a thought-provoking cultural chronicle of how great world leaders and everyday people alike navigated this difficult season. Starting with Winston Churchill's precipitous arrival in Washington on December 22, this insightful chronicle weaves together Adolf Hitler's sarcasm as revealed in Nazi dispatches, wistful Christmas advertising, and personal observations from those involved in U.S.-British negotiations at the end of 1941. World War II buffs can't go wrong with this snapshot of a critical period.
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You're a success story. You've achieved that coveted #1 spot in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) for your targeted keyword. Now, you can just sit back, bask in your glory, and watch the money pour in, right?
The fact of the matter is that you have to work hard to maintain your prestigious ranking just as you worked hard to get there in the first place. There is no such thing as a search engine optimization (SEO) effort that is "done." Your SEO rankings will always require some level of maintenance so that you can keep what you tirelessly worked to achieve.
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Use Custom Google Analytics Intelligence Events to Track Traffic
You almost certainly know about Google Analytics, otherwise it's not likely that you would have achieved a high rank on the SERPs. However, even the most experienced marketers have yet to penetrate the depths of the riches offered by that tool.
Google Analytics provides a feature known as Intelligence Events that allow you to monitor significant changes in your analytics. The tool will actually alert you, for example, if there's been a spike in your traffic.
The feature also allows you to specify your own custom alerts. For example, you can configure it to notify you if your revenue changes significantly in one day.
The Intelligence Events tool is useful if you want to stay ranked because you can use it to proactively monitor your site and determine if there's been a significant change in key metrics. If such a change has occurred, you can respond to it right away. For example, if you find that you've unexpectedly ranked very high for a series of related keywords, you can create more content for those keywords to give your site more prestige. On the other hand, if the tool alerts you that traffic for a keyword has dropped noticeably, you can find out what happened and take the appropriate action.
Remember, it's likely that you'll encounter unscrupulous competitors who don't like the fact that you've ranked #1 for a specific keyword. Some of them could even try black hat SEO. Intelligence Events will help you spot these efforts early so that you can do something about them before it's too late.
Keep up the Internal Linking
Now that you've got a post or two ranked very high for a specific keyword, one of the easiest ways to make sure it stays there is with some judicious internal linking. In other words: Link to your great content yourself.
Internal linking is one of the best ways to build link juice for a particular keyword. However, be sure that you don't go overboard in the effort. If Google sees an overabundance of links on one page, that's could look unnatural.
The best strategy is one that seems natural. Every time you're producing new content and stumble across on opportunity to link back to the post that's sitting at #1 for a keyword, do so. Also, mix up the anchor text so that you're not always using the same word or phrase to link back to the post.
Pay Attention to Your Site Speed
Yes, your rankings are, in part, determined by your site speed.
It's possible that part of the reason that you're ranked well right now is because your site is lighting fast. However, if you add more plugins, widgets and more content, you could slow it down. If that happens, you might lose that top spot.
For starters, make sure that you're using caching technology. That's a great way to prevent reloads of common resources throughout your website. It will help speed up site load times.
Also, be sure that your images are optimized for websites. You might come across some beautiful images in your portfolio of stock photos, but they aren't always optimized. If you have access to PhotoShop, that application lets you save images so that they're optimized for the web.
Fortunately, Google Analytics, Webmaster tools and the Google page speed tool gives you information about your site speed. More than that, the Google page speed tool will also give you advice about how to speed up your site.
Give Your Site an "Authority" Persona
Another great way to maintain a high rank is to make sure that your site is an authority resource for the keyword that you've already ranked.
If you go to Google right now and type "buy books" in the search bar, your first non-ad result will be Amazon. Why? Years ago, that company established itself as the "go to" place to buy books online. They mentioned it in every ad, they promoted it in blogs and press releases, they built a business around it.
If you've ranked to the #1 spot for "blue widgets," keep that spot by producing other content related to blue widgets. Write about the history of blue widgets. Write about the inventor of blue widgets. Write about the future of blue widgets.
When you produce a boatload of helpful content related to blue widgets, you're establishing your site as an authority on the subject. Google will recognize that and reward you accordingly. Take a look at our site, we have written over 300 articles on search engine optimization.
Optimize Your Title and Meta Description
You might be at the point now where you've ranked at #1 because you've offered something unique. Your competitors could change that.
When competitors start trying to rank for the same keyword, they're going to pull out all the stops to surpass you. You need to make sure that your link in the SERPs is much more clickable than theirs.
Start by analyzing your click-through-rate (CTR). Fortunately, Google Webmasters offers you a tool that shows you your CTR for specific keywords. If you notice the CTR for a keyword dropping over time, then you can be sure that Google is noticing it as well. Your rank might drop.
The trick here is to entice people to click your link in the SERPs so that you maintain a healthy CTR. You do that by optimizing your title and meta description.
You may have to do some testing in AdWords to see what works best for your site. However, the following words generally work well for clicks:
- Free
- Best
- Tricks
- Tips
- How to
- Why
Read the Most Powerful 15 Words in Marketing
Keep in mind that you've got a little more room in the meta description than you do in the title, so if you've got something really catchy that you'd like to say, do it there.
Increase Social Shares
Although it seems as though social shares won't increase your rankings, there's no doubt that they generate buzz and can give your site a reputation as an authority on a particular subject. That's why it's still a great idea to encourage social sharing.
Make sure that it's extremely easy to share your content. In other words, present social share icons alongside your content in a way that nobody could possibly miss them. Offer them at the top and bottom of the article. Alternatively, present a floating bar with social icons that stays on the side of the page as the visitor scrolls down the article. Above all else, ensure that your social share icons work properly. There's nothing that's going to discourage social sharing more than icons that don't put the title and link in the pop-up window or generate an error.
Also, don't be shy about asking people to share your content. You can post a link to your content on Facebook with the caption "Please share and enjoy." There are people who will share that link just because they were requested to do so.
Finally, it is worth a minimal investment to pay for ads on Twitter and Facebook. After all, people are known to share paid content just like they share non-paid content.
Encourage User-Generated Content
Once of the best ways to make your site "sticky" is to encourage user-generated content (UGC). This is, as the name implies, content created by visitors on your site. If often appears in the form of reviews or comments.
You use UGC as a means of building loyalty to your site. It's often the case that people in a discussion about your content will come back just to continue the discussion by responding to a point that somebody else raised.
Also, people are always looking for reviews of products or services before they buy them. If you're allowing people to offer reviews, you're making it easy for your visitors to make an informed decision.
With UGC, you'll give people more reasons to visit your site. As a result, you'll have more visitors and establish your site as an authority in its niche. You will also have fresh content that will improve your rankings.
Keep up the Backlinking Efforts
You probably arrived at the coveted #1 spot because you made an effort to build backlinks. You shouldn't stop just because you met your goal.
Just pretend that you never reached the top and keep looking for people who will happily offer backlinks to your site. Remember, avoid looking spammy. Keep everything natural, or the Great Google will hurt you.
You've rightfully earned your spot at the top of the Google SERPs. Now, use some due diligence and continued SEO efforts to keep that spot.
9. Watch your Rank Tracking Tools
When it comes to maintaining rankings for SEO, you are going to want to watch your keyword themes and top terms. Use a tool like SEM Rush to keep track of this data. If your visibility index for your keyword themes starts to slip, or you lose ground on top terms, use traditional SEO methods to drive them back up. Fresh content is always the easiest first step.
One more thing, keep in mind all websites need to move to https. If you haven't done that, don't be surprised if your competitors start passing you up. In addition, I really feel all sites should be going responsive.


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This is a meeting to gather a Yes Cascadian organizing team to host a larger Bellingham Cascadia Assembly to discuss what is important for each of us, identify goals and create committees to work toward those changes. These values, goals and working groups are compiled from each meeting to draft collective working documents and build a collective coordinating body.
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Teaching Close Air Support
JTACs training combines sims, civilian and military aircraft. The drawdown of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus tightening budgets, are driving members of the aviation community toward new ways to develop and maintain perishable skills.
That doesnt just mean pilots; those who choreograph aircraft in the sky are also turning to simulators and contracted trainers.
Joint terminal attack controllers direct aircraft from jets to UAVs from a close range, positioning rapidly moving chess pieces that they often cannot see. Among the military organizations that have a qualified JTAC or two per platoon are the Navys Special Warfare units: Navy SEALs and their small-boat partners, special warfare combatant crewman known as SWCCs.
A look at their training regimen shines a light on how JTACs train today.
Their training starts with a week or two in a JTAC simulator at Southern Californias Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. In the dome trainer, future JTACs practice selecting targets, getting comfortable talking on the radio, and setting up the basic 9-lines a list of information that includes an initial point of reference and information about the target. The course then moves to a one-month training course at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nev.
During the first two weeks there, they learn the administrative aspects: terms, tactics, techniques and how to employ different air assets, according to Chief Petty Officer Ryan Burgan, a special warfare boat operator and the JTAC program manager assistant at Naval Special Warfare Command.
During the second half of their training at Fallon, SEALs and SWCCs command daily close air support exercises using real aircraft (usually F/A-18s) and artillery.
When they return to San Diego, they continue to train with military aircraft, whenever possible.
It gets those guys comfortable, rather than just being on a simulator and looking at a three-dimensional video game, Burgan said.
Virtual Practice
When the JTACs at Coronado head to the simulators, they run the Joint Fires product line in a three-part system: first on a laptop, then on a larger screen and finally in a dome. The system can use data to replicate different geographic locations, particularly ones where JTACs will be deployed. The information is frequently refreshed and the systems upgraded to keep realism high. Burgan described the simulators as fairly advanced and said their capabilities will only grow.
But they arent perfect. Any static sim, such as a dome, cant capture the full extent of a JTACs mission, which can include anything from running and seeking cover to battling enemy combatants and staying aware of the surroundings. And it can be tough for those trying to start up a sim program to find a space large enough to handle the dome, which is 20 feet wide, 13 feet deep and 17 feet tall.
The system could also be more automated; most currently require someone at a computer to control the aircraft and drop the bomb for every call.
And the current generation of technology is just a stand-in that emerged from a project by the Armys Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.
Its an interim solution before the Air Force comes out with what is supposed to be the standard, but its probably going to take them a few more years to do that, said Frank Richard, modeling and simulation program manager for Naval Special Warfare Command.
Currently, simulators can only be used to officially requalify JTACs for laser calls, and the hope is that sims will someday be used for more of them. At the moment, Richard said, sims only help a small amount to keep a JTAC qualified.
The more advanced [sims] get, the more likely that we will have more calls counted towards our qualification, Burgan said. Its hard enough to keep a JTAC qualified as it is. But when you start losing money, losing air, its hard.
Trainers also want the JTAC sims to network with more platforms, such as F-18 simulators. The capability exists, but not everyone has the right hardware and software to plug it all together.
Its just that we have to get it out to everybody, Richard said.
The network piece may become more crucial if, as seems likely, more training moves from the live into the virtual realm.
As we see the drawdown of aircraft actually being able to go out and fly, we are reverting a lot to the simulation piece, even though it doesnt, as of right now, give us the full function of what a JTAC should receive, Burgan said. Its a tool that were working on and trying to advance to actually get the simulators to seem more like youre outside in the actual environment performing CAS.
Whether that next generation requires a fully immersive solution, such as Cubics Joint Fires Integrated Training Environment, remains to be seen. The igloo-shaped trainer, proudly displayed at previous conferences and capable of integrating the Joint Fires Product Line, is not in active use by the military. However, Cubic representative Trisha Rule noted that the company was talking with several groups about installations.
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If there arent enough military planes around or dollars to fly them for JTAC training the military can also hire civilian companies to fly aircraft that JTACs order around.
For the civilian side, we usually only get those guys if we cannot synchronize with an actual asset, i.e. an F-18 squadron or an A-10 squadron, Burgan said. We prefer the military piece because not only are we getting our training done, but theyre also getting theirs. In the event that we cant sync up with a squadron, then we will revert to contract CAS, but most of the time its military. As much as we can get.
A growing number of civilian companies offer planes for JTAC training. Some big firms offer aircraft that approach the performance of military jets, although the price tag can reach close to $10,000. And military jets can cost tens of thousands of dollars an hour to fly, depending on the type.
Others offer slower planes, such as prop versions of the Marchetti, which can fly for closer to $2,000. One such company is Tactical Linguist Concepts in Murietta, Calif. The company provides ISR services and training, including JTAC training and close-air-support aircraft for Navy SEALs and other military branches.
CEO Kip Keune is a former JTAC who focuses his pilots on creating the best possible learning for the JTAC on the ground. He says cheaper civilian aircraft can fill what he sees as a training gap between the simulators and fast-flying jets.
We want to be a supplement. A kid cant run until he walks, Keune said. Its like a sim. The purpose of a sim is to slow things down for the individual and get him ready to run.
Keune said that when JTACs practice with military planes that are performing their own training exercises, aircraft come in at a hectic pace. Its realistic environment, but not necessarily the best teaching tool.
We slow that process down, he said.
Tactical Linguist Concepts also uses adaptive training, a type of teaching typically favored by simulator developers. Students are placed in tiers, and training ramps up as necessary, teaching them to coordinate and stack more layers of aerial assets.
As for the training itself, Keune said the planes fire off cheap, nonexplosive bomblets and rockets. Theyre a simple combination of thin, biodegradable cases, chalk and a balloon, but they give off a signature similar to real munitions. The group is also working to develop a guided training weapon by August.
Civilian contractors such as Keune can execute the required live, laser and night calls-for-fire and can certify students as JTACs. If live flights of military planes decrease to a certain point and simulators arent ready to shoulder the burden, the military may find itself signing more contracts with civilian providers.
The number of slow-speed plane providers for JTAC training has been growing, according to Kyle Stanbro, president of Coastal Defense, which also provides tactical training for the military.
With the cutbacks, weve seen a lot more people asking for the slower-speed, tactically relevant aircraft, he said. In the last couple of months, we have gotten a lot more calls, a lot more contracts to go fly.
Burgan said the choice between replacing hours with contract CAS or with simulation all comes down to how much the military can afford.
Contract air does cost a lot still, he said. Our budget cuts affect us on our traveling, so I think well be looking at simulators a lot more. I think its a give and take. If we get more money, we might be able to get more guys out there doing more contract CAS. If not, we have to stick to simulation.
Source: By Lauren Biron, (defensenews.com) - 22 May 2013
Photo: The US Navy a turboprop plane simulates a close air support aircraft during joint terminal attack controller training provided by Tactical Linguist Concepts. (Photo by Tactical Linguist Concepts)


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Ekin Balcıoglu makes site-oriented, project-based narrative work that engages people, place, language, and landscape. Her work deals with certain socio-political issues arising from current politics. It concentrates on issues of identity, immigration, and healing.
Ekin Balcıoglu is an artist based in New York who works in a variety of media including film, photography, painting, and installation. Ekin received dual degrees from California College of the Arts, MFA in Studio Arts and an MA in Visual & Critical Studies. Ekin has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout London, Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara, Sofia, San Francisco, and Oakland. Ekin is a recipient of IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship Award with the project "To Lemon Hill". "To Lemon Hill" offers a Saturday tutoring program at Gelisim Collegiate in Izmir for Syrian refugee children where they will learn Turkish and English, among other subjects, with volunteer teachers and high school students. She is a recipient of Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Award.


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Van's Doll Treasures primarily features Barbie and other fashion dolls her size. I make and sell 1/6 scale doll furniture for Barbie and Ken. The link to my Etsy shop is available on the right hand side. I prepare dioramas and videos that feature my doll families.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Potato Salad and Puppies
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That mini-food looks great, as do the puppies!ReplyDelete
The food looks good enough to eat.ReplyDelete
The puppies are cute!
It's ca-ca-cold here, too. I need to go to the store but am in my bed under lots of cover instead.
DBG - Thanks. I'm not looking forward to the day when they start walking around. Right now they are still sleeping their days and nights away.ReplyDelete
I nearly froze walking the dogs yesterday. I hope they aren't expecting a walk today. They are going to be tres disappointed. lol. That's why they made backyards.
Hello from Spain: you're a great cook. Your dolls will have a tasty Thanksgiving day. Awesome. In my country it is very cold. The room is also my Barbies in the basement and it's cold. Your puppies are very cute dogs. You have a lot of work. Keep in touchReplyDeleteReplies
Marta - Thanks. This food will be eaten by someone else's dollies. Luckily the mommy is doing a great job with the puppies, and I haven't had to do much but look at them. That will change next week when I start feeding them a little food and water.Delete
The food and the puppies. I could just eat all of them up! Number three is my favoriteReplyDelete
Great job on the food Vanessa! Everything looks delicious.ReplyDelete
The puppies are adorable!!!
Delicious looking food and very adorable puppies! Freezing up here too. The forecast calls for sleet and freezing rain for the next couple of days. Glad I don't need to go anywhere. :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Vanessa! puppies that are great! They are beautiful. The thanksgiving meal you haquedado ideal, they work great. Congratulations! . a kissReplyDelete
Vanessa your work is wonderful! What a lot of work you put into this commission, I love your attention to detail. The puppies are adorable. My doll room is one of the coldest in the house too...take care!ReplyDelete
Everything looks delicious! And the puppies - OOOO so sweet!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 26, 2013 at 3:27 PM
Mmmmm! ... That food looks ready to eat, wow, such detail! And the puppies are just adorable, that picture of the sleeping "squirrel", so sweet! Here in Belgium it's not so cold yet, I hope it stays this way :-). LindaReplyDelete
Umm....sorry the puppies stole the show for me! Like the food, but the puppies are adorable. They have grown! Adorable...really like that black one.ReplyDelete
Umm...why did I think the potato salad was real from far away? Lol!!! The dollies will HAVE to hit the gym after thanksgiving day! And the puppies are cute!ReplyDelete
I forgot all about that food when I saw THE PUPPIES! Oh my goodness they are so dang cute, especially my favorite one. You are gonna have a hard time giving them up.ReplyDelete
The furnitures come from a 90s Barbie house, don't remember which one, but I think you will be able to find outReplyDelete
It's hard to see anything besides the puppies! The white one is so adorable :DReplyDelete
Sorry I can't help about the furniture, never seen that set before.
Georgia Girl - Thanks. The puppies are getting more adorable every day. They are so funny, too. I wish I could keep them all.ReplyDelete
karmen - Thanks. The puppies are getting bigger every day.ReplyDelete
Kenya - Thanks! I'm curious to see what the puppies are going to look like in a few weeks.ReplyDelete
Kenyadoll - Those dollies are definitely going to have to do something to work off all that food.ReplyDelete
Sergio - Thanks for the tip about the furniture. That might help us narrow it down.ReplyDelete
Vanessa it's a vintage 1985 Multi Toys patio set. I like it for a mod feeling living room myself. Happy hunting!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm late reading blogs but those puppies are so cute. I think you are going to enjoy your time with them even though your blog posting may be a bit slow for the next few weeks. i hope they all go to good homes where they will get lots of love and cuddles.ReplyDelete
PS. Your doll food looks delicious too.
OMG, puppies are wonderful!!!! I love them =)ReplyDelete
Thanksgiving food seems delicious and very realistic, great job!
I can´t help you with the furniture, I´m sorry :(
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It feels like we jumped straight from Winter into Summer. The temperatures have been soaring here and are expected to last the week. We made the most of it this weekend, celebrating our 6 year anniversary, gardening, going into town, and taking our first family bike ride.
My sister came up with the genius idea of using our old baby bathtubs as kiddie pools (since neither of us have one). Kesten loved it. Like really loved it! He splashed about and loved climbing in and out and then into his tent and then back in his pool. We played with the tub at least three times yesterday. As we were filling it up the last time, he climbed right in before I could even get his clothes off. That was one soggy diaper!
I candled my eggs this weekend to see how they are doing. So far, it looks like 6 out of the 7 are growing. Some of the eggs had really good visibility and I was able to see the hearts beating and pulsing in the growing chicks. It was really incredible. Here is a picture I took yesterday, 5 days into their development. The arrow points to the embryo in the centre. It's the little red kidney bean shape. You can see the blood vessels fanning out from it. We'll cross our fingers and hope that everything goes well for these eggs over the next 15 days.


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The Motherboard tray is a sturdy affair sporting a plethora of cable management holes. The holes are well spread and of a good size. It's also nice to see the use of rubber grommets on the holes. These not only serve the obvious purpose of helping to add to the tidy look within the case, but also, being black, further continue the Orange Black theme. The Motherboard also has a good size CPU cut out, which means you don't need to go stripping down the whole shooting match every time you want to change a cooler or upgrade your processor (How did we cope before motherboard cut outs came along)? It's worth adding that the cut out grommets are held securely in place so you're not going to be finding yourself having to re-attach the grommet every time you poke a cable through. This might sound like a rather insignificant detail, but believe me if you've ever built into a case where this happens you will know how irritating and time consuming it is.
The picture above right shows the wiring loom from the front of the case. Along with the front I/O this includes the fan controller and the usual power, reset and activity light wires. Generous cable lengths are given, although of course most (and we'll come to the annoying exception in a minute) are headed for the motherboard. So what's the exception? What's the big annoyance? Well as you've read the tech spec you'll know this case boasts USB3 compatibility. So you'd imagine the header from the front USB3 socket goes to the USB3 Header on your new USB3 Motherboard wouldn't you. And of course that would be a reasonable assumption, if it weren't for the fact that this particular piece of design interface hadn't been handed to Mr Heath and Mr Robinson. And what elegant solution did they come up with? Well they thought rather than do the obvious thing they thought it would be much better to have to trail the cable across the top of the case, exit it out the back through one of the Water-cooling tubing grommets and then double back on itself and plug into one of you precious rear I/O USB3 sockets. Not only does this rob you of a valuable rear socket, but it could put a severe crimp on any external Water-cooling solution plans. And while I'm on a rant, is it too much to ask for manufacturers to start braiding their internal case cables? Sure for the most part they're going to be hidden, but they've got to emerge at some point and there's nothing ruins a quality build quicker than the sight of ugly naked cables. I think an opportunity for some stunning colour coded Orange cables has been missed here.
Staying on the inside of the case we now take a look at storage. In the pictures below we can see that the case provides for six external 5.25" devices with a converter bracket included should you wish to convert one of those to allow for 3.5" compatibility. All bays have removable dust filters. The bays of course in this day and age are of the tool-less type, with orange sliding clips providing the positive location once the device is inserted. Insertion of the drive itself however is accomplished in quite an unusual way. I'm not quite decided whether this is unusual as in innovative or unusual as in a bit unnecessary. Essentially to gain access to the drives you have to un-clip the right hand front vertical trim piece from it's location, this then in turn gives access to the clips locating the 5.25 bays. Ok I'm going to come down on the side of innovative as it's not an action you're going to be doing on a regular basis, the PITA factor is minimised. Installation into the 6 internal bays is a much simpler affair, with simple slide and click tray type devices able to take not only 3.5" HDDs but also 2.5" HDDs and SSDs.
Moving to the floor of the case we find a great deal of thought has gone into this area. There's plenty of room to accommodate a large PSU and Aerocool have clearly taken time to think about minimising the acoustic noise transferred from the PSU to the case with the inclusion of 4 rubber decoupling feet for the PSU to sit on, and also a foam rubber gasket at the rear aperture. It's also possible to locate a fan in the base of the case with both a clip and screw mounting options for a 140mm fan and screw mounting for a 120mm fan (a fan is not included for this location). Both the intake for the PSU and the optional fan have removeable dust filters.
Up to the top of the case now and we find another fan location point in the position of the traditional top of case extract location. No fan is included for this mount, but it is able to accept both 120mm and 140mm fans and being an extract point there are no filters, but protection is given by means of the ubiquitous hex mesh. Also tucked away at the very top of the rear of the case are 4 holes allowing water-cooling tubing to pass through (or your USB3 cable). The holes are tidies up by means of rubber grommets and will allow anything up to 3/4" OD tubing to pass through.
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The MArch (RIBA Part 2) is the second stage of your professional training to become an architect. You'll be inspired by innovative architecture teaching from academic and industry professionals and develop your critical ability, skills and creativity.
Benefiting from our links with more than 100 architecture practices, our graduates design and create the buildings of the future. They have secured successful architecture jobs with well known practices such as Associated Architects, Hawkins\Brown, Hopkins Architects and Glenn Howells Architects.
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Recognised by the Architects Registration Board and RIBA for exemption from Part II examination, the course is stage two of your professional development programme to become an architect.
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There are fantastic international opportunities – our students have undertaken fieldwork in Reykjavik, Istanbul, Amsterdam and Barcelona. There's also an annual New York study visit sponsored by Ibstock Brick.
You'll have opportunities to take part in research projects and our connections will help your work get noticed. MArch graduate Thomas Cotton had his final thesis project published on New York's Museum of Modern Art website for the exhibition Uneven Growth.
Birmingham School of Architecture and Design has strong alumni and connections to the city's creative and professional networks both through visiting tutors and critics.
Our Co.LAB is a collaborative architecture and design initiative based within the School that gives you the chance to work on live projects with our partner organisations including schools and charities. Our students recently worked on a project with 1930s listed structures at Dudley Zoological Gardens in collaboration with other students from the School of Art.
You'll be based in our multi-million pound City Centre Campus Parkside Building with access to traditional workshops in wood, metal, ceramics and plastics, along with advanced digital studios for rapid prototyping and digital production, CAD and digital visual communication skills.
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We are looking for motivated and ambitious students with a broad range of experience - this needs to come across in your application and portfolio.
We generally expect applicants to have undertaken at least nine months of practical experience, though we welcome enquiries from those with alternative experience.
UK / EU students are required to submit a personal statement as part of their application for this course.*
You should prepare a written document of 2-4 pages that Your postgraduate personal statement is going to shines a light on your personal experience, academic success, personal skills and any other factors that will support your application for further study. You will also find the personal statement useful as preparation for an interview should you be requested to attend. This document should not just focus on your strengths, but be a reflective piece that shows us you are able to critically appraise your own work and your performance.
Here are the key areas you'll need to address:
Studying a postgraduate course usually means you want to specialise in something. So what's driving you and how would you critically reflect on your undergraduate study? Outline and your architectural career so far and where you feel your strengths and weaknesses lie? You should also discuss the areas of architecture that you are interested in and a critical analysis of your portfolio. You may also find it useful to reflect on your skills development through your undergraduate and subsequent practice experience.
Show that you've researched the course offering. What is it about this particular course that appeals to you? Is it the lecturers? The modules? The course structure, previous studios, student work, exhibitions or publications Etc.
Tutors want to know that you can handle postgraduate study, so show them how your undergraduate experiences or work life has equipped you for a more advanced level of study. Key areas to address are research and group work but this can vary depending on your chosen course. We are particularly interested in how you reflect on your organisation and time management, how you are able to priorities your time and tasks both as a student and during your work in practice. We would also like to know about your experience in collaborating with others and working as part of a team.
Provide a summary of your education to date and your work experience. This should focus on your post undergraduate practical experience outlining the roles, responsibilities and projects you have been involved with along with how you contributed to your working environment. Add anything relevant that relates back to your chosen course and shows how your skills will contribute towards your learning. What extra-curricular activities have you taken part in? What awards have you won? What employment or voluntary experience do you have that has helped you develop transferable skills? How do these specifically relate to the course you are applying for?
You should also mention your future plans and how a postgraduate qualification fits in. Try to look beyond your postgraduate study – do you plan to jump straight into a specific career or follow your studies with a research degree? Lastly, use plain, professional English and, where possible, utilise the language of your chosen industry.
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Should you be invited to attend an interview you will be expected to demonstrate a diverse design and technical portfolio with undergraduate, professional and other supporting work. You will also be expected to bring your personal statement/critical self appraisal and use these documents to answer a series of reflective questions about your motivation for study, your skills development, collaborative experience and your self organisational ability, all of which are essential requisites of an MArch Architecture student.
*Non-EU students are not required to submit a personal statement when applying for this course.
The details of two referees must be submitted in the Referees section of your application form. At least one referee should be from the institution where you obtained your academic qualifications and know you in an academic or professional capacity.
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You'll be assessed through a mix of reviews, reports, exams and essays. You'll undertake a major dissertation or special study (to follow on from the Co.Lab live project or another opportunity) on a theme related to the course. The dissertation and special study themes are negotiated with your tutor.
Studies are interconnected across areas of design, technical and professional and research and theory.
Cross level studio units allow you to select from multiple theoretical options that build on the School's diverse research hubs. We have a number of highly experienced visiting tutors and critics from a wide range of local , national and international architectural practices that work with our students on a regular basis There's also specialist in house tuition in technology support within each of our studios.
Our accreditations allow you to achieve RIBA Part 2 exemption. This offers you distinct support when applying for placement in practice.
Our accreditation shows employers that students graduating from our course have the levels of knowledge and ability they need.
Architects Registration board was established by Parliament in 1997 to regulate the architects' profession in the UK.
They are an independent, public interest body and their work in regulating architects ensures that good standards within the profession are consistently maintained for the benefit of the public and architects alike.
RIBA is a global member organisation, with 44,000 members. It champions better buildings, communities and the environment and provides the standards, training, support and recognition to put members at the peak of their profession.
Our accreditation shows employers that students graduating from our course have the levels of knowledge and skills they need.
You may wish to further your research by applying for a PhD with the School of Architecture and Design or expand your knowledge with our other postgraduate degrees available, such as Conservation of the Historic Environment, MA Interior Architecture and Design or MA Design Management.
Each studio has a UK and European study site. Final year students visit the European site to either explore is as a condition and to bring back ideas from the visit, or they take it as a context for their thesis projects. Sites have included Reykjavik, Florence, Paris, Rotterdam, Milan, Istanbul, Vienna, Barcelona, Berlin, Gibraltar, Venice and Madrid.
The popular Birmingham School of Architecture and Design New York Trip has been running for over 33 years. Sponsored by Ibstock Brick, the trip visits a number of significant sites across Manhattan, with highlights including:
If you've got any questions about the course, we'd love to hear from you. Please email the Course Director: Michael Dring.
Alternatively, you can register for our next postgraduate open day.
You'll be able to produce complex design proposals showing understanding of current architectural issues. You'll also have sound knowledge of procurement, building production and legislation.
The course gives you a thorough understanding of the links between design and technology and how architects work with other construction professionals.
You'll develop your specialist architectural skills and in-depth knowledge and be well on your way to becoming a qualified architect. This course is the final stage in design and research education.
Working on live projects and with architectural firms will have enabled you to increase your understanding, add to a portfolio of relevant work and make useful connections. Our students are gaining recognition for the innovative, original and compelling work that they produce.
You'll develop a range of transferable skills, such as how to communicate ideas and solve problems, as well as developing negotiation and planning skills. You'll learn how to work effectively and efficiently either on your own or as part of a team.
Your skills will be in demand - architecture, building and planning courses are one of the top 12 degree subjects for getting a job according to a recent article in the Telegraph. Your work will give you experience in a multi-disciplinary creative environment, making you attractive to a wide range of employers.
Although we don't offer a formal placement year as part of this course, our students are offered a range of opportunities thanks to the industry links we help develop on their behalf.
OpportUNIty: Student Jobs on Campus ensures that our students are given a first opportunity to fill many part-time temporary positions within the University. This allows you to work while you study with us, fitting the job around your course commitments. By taking part in the scheme, you will gain valuable experiences and employability skills, enhancing your prospects in the job market.
It will also allow you to become more involved in University life by delivering, leading and supporting many aspects of the learning experience, from administration to research and mentoring roles.
Many of our students are employed in Birmingham City University's OpportUNIty programme mentoring undergraduate students, assisting in our digital workshop, collaborating with staff in research projects and creating architectural events and publications. This contributes to a confident, highly motivated student community.
Our graduates have secured roles as graduate architects and designers with prestigious companies such as Bryant Priest Newman, Broadway Malyan and Associated Architects. Some have even gone on to set up their own practices after gaining experience.
Birmingham City University is a vibrant and multicultural university in the heart of a modern and diverse city. We welcome many international students every year – there are currently students from more than 80 countries among our student community.
The University is conveniently placed, with Birmingham International Airport nearby and first-rate transport connections to London and the rest of the UK.
Our international pages contain a wealth of information for international students who are considering applying to study here, including:
International students who have a serious interest in studying with us but who perhaps cannot meet the direct entry requirements, academic or English, or who have been out of education for some time, can enter Birmingham City University International College (BCUIC) and begin their degree studies.
BCUIC is part of the global Navitas Group, an internationally recognised education provider, and the partnership allows students to access the University's facilities and services and move seamlessly through to achieving a Bachelor's degree from Birmingham City University.
We are constantly investing in our estate and are currently in the process of spending £260 million on new learning facilities.
Birmingham School of Architecture and Design is based at the state-of-the-art £62 million Parkside Building, a new development on our City Centre Campus within Eastside.
The new building has added an extra dimension to the School. Our campus has extensive studio and workshop provision and cutting-edge equipment reflecting the broad range of study opportunities on offer, our brand new state of the art workshops and studios include 3D printing, casting and plaster workshops, wood/metal/plastics workshops, ceramics, glass, digital workshops, waterjet and laser cutting, large format printing, screen printing and lithographics, photography and film studios. The building has been designed to actively promote shared space opportunities, for students to engage with others across the University as part of the learning experience.
From industry-standard software, to our workshops and studio spaces, everything you need will be at your fingertips from day one. Working with our expert technicians, you'll be supported from concept through to completion.
Michael is an architect, senior lecturer, MArch programme director and researcher at Birmingham School of Architecture and Design. He brings seven years of professional practice to the role, and is involved in a number of research projects and groups spanning architecture, urbanism, art and design, and ecology.
In a teaching career spanning 20 years, Kevin has taught on undergraduate and postgraduate courses across both Architecture and Interior Design, and has also been a course leader for both BA Interior Design and M.Arch Architecture.
In 2000 Kevin co-founded the space studio, an RIBA Chartered design-led practice, with Interior Designer Tony Kerby. The practice undertakes new build, refurbishment, and interior works across a number of sectors. Clients include the English National Ballet, Manchester City Football Club, HMRC, Tesla cars and Birmingham City University.
His Professorship was conferred under the categories of Learning and Teaching and Academic Leadership, having introduced a number of initiatives relating to the blurring of the relationship between academia and practice, and for a proven track record of transforming the success of courses that he has led. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in May 2015.
Kevin is heavily involved in the Royal Institute of British Architects, sitting on RIBA National Council, RIBA Education Committee, as well as Chairing RIBA validation panels to Schools of Architecture in the UK and abroad. He is a Board member of Dance XChange and an external examiner at London South Bank University.
Professor Frost qualified as an architect in 1990 following the completion of his studies at the University of Cambridge. He worked in practice, at home and abroad for over ten years before becoming a full time academic in 2001 when he began to research the history of the foundation of Salisbury, which has resulted in the publication of his book Time, Space and Order: The Making of Medieval Salisbury (Peter Lang, 2009). In 2013 he became the Oscar Naddermier Professor of Architecture at the Birmingham School of Architecture, taking responsibility for the delivery of history, theory and cultural context throughout the school whilst continuing to teach design on the MArch course.
Jieling is a qualified Architect and Designer and makes contributions on most of the programmes associated with the the Birmingham School of Architecture and Design.Jieling believes passionately that designers need to consider more than just how the hardware of architecture functions for its users. Jieling is particularly interested in theories and the creative practice of place-making and environmental design that interprets and plays with people's sensory experiences, particularly in relation to soundscape and smellscape.
Jemma teaches history and theory of Architecture across many of the courses in the School, as well as tutoring in the architectural and interior design studios at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is currently completing her Doctoral research 'Spatial Representations of Memory and Identity in the City'. Her research examines how post-industrial cities in the UK are spatially transformed through time by the layering of new and existing expressions of cultural identity; in particular as a result of postcolonial migration. The project seeks to understand the role that the collective memory of post–colonial diasporic communities plays in the formation of the cultural identity of space within UK cities.
Studied architecture at Kingston and the Architectural Association. Worked in architectural practice for 10 years, public and private sector. Founded art practice / project Art in Ruins with Glyn Banks – exhibitions, published critical writing, curating, teaching. Founding Chair of association of architectural educators.


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My 21st year of living has been the best year of my life, well so far at least. All within this year I've lived in London and spent the summer in Paris and my father and grandma both reside on the Upper West Side, the Jewish Quarter as I like to call it where when I'm not traveling Europe, I like to go spend time in Central Park or see a movie at Lincoln Center. But I'm not gonna lie, its been hard transitioning my life from the glitz and glamour of three of the world's greatest cities to life in Binghamton, upstate New York, a whole three hours from Manhattan. Instead of walking down King's Road where Kate and Pippa are seen shopping frequently, grabbing a drink at London's exclusive Soho House, walking down the famous St. Germain and having a croque madame overlooking the Seine, I now surround myself in an environment where the city lights don't blind the stars from shining.
But these next two weeks have been the toughest for me. We are right in the middle of London Fashion week and next week fashion moves to Paris and while many bloggers get to participate in fashion week, I will be vicariously living their lives through social media in upstate New York. Sigh. While in London this winter I experienced London Fashion week at the Somerset House next to my school, King's College London. And in Paris this summer, I was blessed enough to be visiting while Paris Haute Couture week was going on. I even saw Nina Garcia walk in to Museé Rodin where Dior's collection was shown.
So now that I'm all the way up in rural America, I have to rely on twitter, style.com, and elle.com to keep me up to date on the greatest month of fashion. Needless to say, all within one year I've done a complete 180. There's nothing fabulous and extravagant about a city that's main source of fashion is Walmart. But now that I've come down to reality, I must admit there are some perks to rural life.
Although I can't be there to experience the art of fashion, I can experience the art of nature. Here is a picture I took while taking a hike through the Binghamton Nature Preserve. It's no St. Honoré or Bond Street, but it will just have to do, well for now.


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Yub Nub (An Ewok Adventure)- The Star Wars Podcast Retrospective
In the 1980's Lucasfilms decided. To spin off, our favorite fuzzballs. The Ewoks had two. ABC, Telemovies. And a Saturday Morning Cartoon. That the least we discuss the better. Hey it's better than the Jar Jar spin off series.
The Thoughts and Opinion/s are that of the individual host/s They do not reflect Hunnicoutcast/Skirt Productions. The discussed properties are that of Lucasfilms, The Estate of George Lucas, 20th Century Fox. Disney and all respected affiliations. The opening and closing song Yub Nub was written by John Williams and Ben Burtt. No infringement is intended on any of the discussed intellectual properties. And their respected affiliations
The Itunes Podcast Artwork is that of Rene Bausita.
The Spreaker is by Erik Mullions and Kendra Hale.
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First, let me just say that if you are reading this and you want someone with outstanding attention to detail, forward thinking, easy to work with, and simply does what he says he will do... well Bob Gordon is the building contractor for you.
Several years ago I came up with the idea of building a 1,200 square foot car "Showroom" on the back of our existing garage along with a guest house on the second floor. It sounds simple but when my wife and I got to talking and working with Bob we effectively created my "Man Cave". Bob worked with us to plan, design and build this wonderful addition to our home.
A few highlights of this addition:
- 1,200 sq.ft. Car Show Room with heat/air, stereo system, storage room, deep sink and cabinets.
- 300sq.ft. glass enclosed Bar and Patio adjacent to the Show Room; all equipped with a custom fifties style diner bar and all the appliances for an outdoor Kitchen; ceiling fans, lighting and stereo speakers.
- On the second floor Bob helped us come up with a wonderful 3-room, "home away from home". It started with a really cool stairway leading to a beautiful Great Room with a custom designed entertainment center and large screen TV; a nice size Bedroom and closet and a custom designed Bathroom dressed out in black and white.
Obviously we could not have been more pleased with Bob Gordon and the quality of his work. Without Bob we could not have envisioned how great this home addition would turn out.
Fast forward to 2009 and my wife has been researching and dreaming up how to remodel her Kitchen. She talked to a lot of folks on the ideal appliances, flooring, cabinets, lighting and the list goes on. This was a major project and we did not hesitate to call Bob Gordon for his expertise to manage this Kitchen transformation. Bob just has a wonderful network of dependable plumbers, electricians, cabinet makers, trim carpenters, painters, hardwood floor install and finishers, roofers and on and on.
Well you guessed it, another HUGE SUCCESS for us, thanks again to BOB GORDON.
We highly recommend Bob for any custom additions or remodeling!!!
Greg and Marissa Sullins
My husband was turning 50 and had ambitions to become a champion tri-athlete. Only problem was he never did much swimming. So we called Bob after checking his references, and he designed and built us a 500 sq.ft. state-of-the-art fitness training room that included an Endless Pool. We had never even seen anything like it! (Still have not.) Bob thought of ways to design it we never would have. He has amazing foresight. Once we got started, we became even gladder we called him. The whole experience was a pleasant one, Bob never left us wondering about cost, time, competency, safety, security, or anything else. Working with him not only brought the room beyond our dreams, but total peace of mind. And by the way, my husband, "carried the crown" of the Male 50 and up NC Champion for a time during the year the room was completed. Now he is working on his next goal of becoming the national male 55 and up champion.
Several neglected parts of our home are now in proper working order, thanks to Bob and his expertise. Plus, he built a large screened-in-patio that was once an open patio which we rarely used. This outdoor area includes a fireplace and Viking grill with an exhaust hood. After our work-outs, we enjoy a mosquito and rain-free environment to grill and relax in front of the open fire, with views of the Carolina sky from the 3 skylights.
Since then, we called on Bob to install a new roof when we needed one. From experience, we knew we could count on Bob to back up his work without any hassle or worry. He is there when called, no matter if it is to start a new project or to fine-tune one he already completed. That and death and taxes we can be sure of!
Thanks So Much Bob,
Yvette and Rick Parsons
When we began the journey to renovate our Myers Park house built in 1939, we interviewed over seven very high profile builders. Bob was the most straight forward, quality conscience and value based of all the builders we met. Our project took approximately 9 months to complete from architectural plans to move in date. It was a pleasure working with Bob on this journey. Bob's leadership, consistent communication and expertise allowed for our project to complete on time and on budget.
We are thrilled with our renovated home and would hire Bob again for our next project.
Matt and Jenny Martella
We moved into our 1980's home 11 years ago with young children and a lot of activities. As the kids entered into high school and college, our home was beginning to feel tired with the need for some updating, changes and repairs. Bob helped us walk through our home, make a list of the things we would like to do and develop a plan. He was thorough and detailed as the projects often happened on a multi-level basis. I especially appreciated: how he communicated with me on what to expect each day, that his crews showed up on time and that they cleaned up after themselves. Bob is knowledgeable and experienced when it comes to building, repairs and the time management of large and small projects. He is flexible, honest and trustworthy. When I was out of town, I knew I could keep the work going and that my home was safe and secure under Bob's care. It was a "turn key" experience in everything we had him do.
- Expand our driveway and build a retaining wall with drain
- Enlarge our backyard deck and add new railing and stairs
- Update and transform our Screen Porch into a Sunroom
- Add French doors to an Office and Kitchen/Dining walk through
- Secure the railing system for our front stairs
- Completer update of our Master Bedroom and Bath by removing carpet, installing wood and ceramic floors, paint, installing a custom vanity and mirror, enlarging our shower and installing ceramic tile throughout the bath.
- New paint and vanity in Powder Room
- Custom paint finishes in Dining Room
- Remove and replace all wooden window pane dividers
- Paint exterior trim and inspect eaves
- Repair and re-mortar our brick front steps and walkway
- Install new light fixtures inside and out
Thank you Bob! You have been a true blessing to our family!
Enjoying our home!
John & Denise Richter
WE LOVE OUR NEW ROOM! From our first meeting with you 'til the project was finished, there were no surprises.
Your estimate was so thorough there were no add-on costs. Your timetable was accurate and the worksite left clean each day. Every sub-contractor you sent was very skilled in their work.
The Plunkett Family
Dear Bob:
We would like to take the time to say thank you one more time. In spite of all the rumors you hear about how miserable it is to re-model it was not for us! The time went by fast. You could always see progress and you kept us well informed. We are most impressed with your attention to detail. All of our friends also talk about the "add-on" money for unexpected problems, and they can't believe we had no "add-ons". We are thoroughly enjoying our "new" house!
With Great Admiration,
Clare, Curt & Hannah
Thanks for everything!
We are very pleased by your great work! Thanks for being so thorough and treating the work on our home as if you were doing your own. You were wonderful to work with.
Brenda Walton


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I get very excited when shopping around for skincare. I'm the one who checks in early at the airport to see what limited edition items are being sold at the duty free shops. Not to mention that I am a sucker for starter kits. I think that every skincare brand should have them. They are not only practical for traveling but recession-friendly on the pocket. If a brand wanted to convert a client into changing their entire skincare routine, this would be the most effective way to do so (and I believe it is more effective to use an entire range of skin care from only one brand). As a consumer, I don't know how many times I wished there was a starter kit available every time I wanted to try a new brand. It can be very expensive to buy regular sizes and what if my skin reacts to the product? I am then stuck with a jar of something that I'll end up rubbing on my elbows and knees instead. I've listed my all time faves below and why. Let me know if I missed out on any!
REN Skincare
During a trip to Tokyo, iodine-rich foods decided to wreak havoc on my skin. I looked like prickly heat personified. A sales associate at Roponggi Hills turned me on to REN. Even if I was working for the competing company, what sold me was this woman's flawless skin. But then again, I've not met a Japanese lady with bad skin. My obsession with starter kits began with the purchase of this particular one. Expandable black mesh kit stores flat with snug garters on the inside to hold the refillable bottles in place. I ended up purchasing the regular-sized versions of each a day later when I woke to clear, de-blothced skin sans the prickly heat-like bumps. Includes: Seaweed & Sage body wash, Omega 3 facial serum, Calendula & Arctic Blackcurrant seed cleansing milk, Frankincense repair cream, Grapeseed Jojoba & Shea butter body cream, Hydracalm global protection day cream.
Star product: CALENDULA & ARCTIC BLACKCURRANT SEED CLEANSING MILK this is the stuff that makes sensitive, allergy-prone skin be a thing of yesterday. Smells heavenly!!!
Star product: CALENDULA & ARCTIC BLACKCURRANT SEED CLEANSING MILK this is the stuff that makes sensitive, allergy-prone skin be a thing of yesterday. Smells heavenly!!!
The 2 boys behind this awesome skincare brand left Kiehl's to put up their own unisex line. I discovered the stuff during a press junket when my roommate stashed the goodies on our bathroom shelf. Even with the identical packaging, the color-coding and straight-shooting labels make it easy to reach for when your eyes are covered in shampoo suds. Sold in it's own sturdier-than-zip-lock-case, kit includes peppermint shampoo, vitamin b lotion, grapefruit face cleanser, bergamot body wash, vitamin E face moisturizer, and cilantro hair conditioner. Guess what? It is flight approved, which means you can just toss this in your carry-on bag without having to worry about confiscation at security check.
Star product: DETOX FACE MASK, though not included in this product it is a most-def must try.
Star product: DETOX FACE MASK, though not included in this product it is a most-def must try.
Proctor & Gamble launched the brand some 25 years ago and is the first line of skincare to have PITERA as it's main ingredient. A derivative of Sake, (yes as in the Japanese rice wine!) is known to leave the skin as smooth as a baby's butt. Kits are available where cosmetic counters are and includes cleanser, lotion (toner), essence (serum) and treatment (cream). I tried the one also for problem skin purchased in Singapore out of pure curiosity. It was alright, but I wasn't exactly wowed by the stuff. To each his own, I guess.
Star product: FACIAL TREATMENT ESSENCE if you can splurge on just one and skip the rest, this highly concentrated serum is the most effective one of the bunch. I had to remind myself not to drink it!
New York-based dermatologist Patricia Wexler has answered my prayers. Not only do the products work, results are guaranteed in 30 days. Dermatologist to the stars with a no-b.s., no-frills packaging, simple steps for day and night. (All the items packaged in maroon are for night-time use only). Includes cleanser, moisturizer, moisturizer w/ spf, deep wrinkle eye repair, serum, night repair cream, microdermabrasion scrub and hydrator. Entire line is sold in Bath & Body Works across the USA.
Star product: MMPi 20 SKIN REGENERATING SERUM which delivers smoother, more even skin tone in the morning and then again throughout the day.
Star product: MMPi 20 SKIN REGENERATING SERUM which delivers smoother, more even skin tone in the morning and then again throughout the day.


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Previously talked about on the blog, block colours are in, and so are statement necklaces.
They are a great way to spice up an outfit and don't even have to be expensive. Pair them with a plain black tee or with a super cute, hot pink blazer and you are sure to master the look.
Below are 5 necklaces in all different colours that are all under $50!
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Green Necklace
Gold Necklace
Blue Bead Necklace
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Date : 23-07-2015
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CAT 2015: Exam to be conducted on November 29, registration starting from August 6
With the commencement of new batch, IIM officials have already released the date for CAT 2015, which will be organized on November 29, 2015. Interested applicants can fill up the application form, which will begin from August 6.
IIM Ahmedabad officials were quoted saying, "Quite a few exam changes are to be expected this in CAT 2015." Candidates will be officially notified on July 26, containing all details about the changes and reformations within the test pattern.
CAT 2015 official website will be accessible from July 27. CAT 2015 will be conducted under two-sessions on November 29, across 115 centres this year with best accommodation facilities.
Professor Tathagata Bandyopadhyay, CAT 2015 Convener, spoke and stated, "Regarding the content part, one of our concerns is, score in Quant dominates the percentile rank in CAT. This year we intend to address it by making some changes in the test content and also by rationalizing weights assigned to different components of the test. We believe such a move will help us identify candidates from varied backgrounds who will become future leaders in their chosen profession. Such a move will also help IIMs bring in greater diversity in the classrooms and will go a long way in enriching the learning experience."


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Censored On Final Approach by Phylis Ravel
Censored On Final Approach tells the story of four WASPs (Women Air Force Service Pilots). The WASPs were a group of roughly one thousand women hired by the United States Army Air Forces during WWII to fly military aircrafts, thereby freeing male pilots for combat missions. These women flew a combined total of over 600 million miles in every type of military aircraft and paved the way for future generations of female pilots, both military and civilian. Once the war ended, the program was deactivated. The women who were there as civilians were told to "just go back home." It was not until 1977 that these women were finally given military status, over 30 years after the war had ended.
IVP toured the production in several venues, including:
August 2014: The Judson Gym Theater, New York City
November 2014: The Women In Military Service For America Memorial, Washington, DC
May 2015: The American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, NY
We were honored to have special guests at our performances: WASPs Carla Horowitz, Bee Haydu, Eleanor Faust, and Elaine Harmon and KOW Lynn Yonally.
"IVP's ensemble cast does an admirable job of dramatically bringing to life the passion for flying of these women and the challenges of sexism.."
-Sandra Kwesi Cameron, Huffington Post
"...emotionally chilling as well as inspirational"
-Sarah B. Roberts, Sarah B's Adventures


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PE and Sports Premium
'The PE and sport premium is a government grant given to schools and is designed to help primary schools improve the quality of the PE and sport activities they offer their pupils. Schools receive PE and sport premium funding based on the number of pupils in years 1 to 6. Schools must spend the funding to improve the quality of the PE and sport activities they offer their pupils, but they are free to choose the best way of using the money.' (GOV.UK)
2015 - 16
Chestnut Lane received £8,600.
The money will fund:
- Playball sessions for key stage 1. This programme is age appropriate and designed to improve basic movement development skills as well as refining sport skills and technique.
- Playground development. Areas for practising ball skills will be improved. Existing equipment will be extended to aid co-ordination and the development of physical skills during playtimes.
- Staff training. By using and adapting the specialist skills acquired from Playball sessions, teachers will be building more age appropriate activities into the regular timetabled PE sessions.
This will be reported at the end of the academic year.
2014 - 15
Chestnut Lane received £8,600.
This money funded:
- Regular specialist dance teacher sessions for key stage 1
- TAG sessions up to October 2014
- Playball from November 2014 onwards
- Balanceability - learn to cycle programme
- Training for midday supervisors to help children to be more appropriately active at playtimes
- Workshops and taster sessions on several different sports as part of the summer term topic called 'On Your Marks'.
- Children were enthused and engaged with the lively activities
- Skills were developed to prepare children for more competitive sports in different stages of schooling
- Staff were trained to teach a wider range of age appropriate activities
- Children developed confidence in riding bikes and became much more aware of the safety aspects of cycling
Midday Supervisor training
- Children were supported in structured play activities at lunchtime
- Playground routines were reviewed and improved systems support happier playtimes
'On Your Marks' topic
- Raised awareness of the importance of keeping fit and healthy
- Increase in number of children celebrating sporting achievements outside of school. Therefore raising the profile of the wide range of clubs attended by the children.
2013 - 14
Chestnut Lane received £8,600
This money funded:
- Some specialist dance sessions for year 1 and 2
- Weekly TAG sessions - a multi-sport programme for Year 1 and 2 children. It provided an introduction to team activities, friendly competition and foundation sports skills
- Specialist gym teacher one afternoon a week for year 1 and 2 classes
- Purchased additional resources such as a gym manual, mats and equipment.
Children completed a PE survey and from this it was identified that the children wanted more experience of gym. The teacher was appointed and taught sessions observed by school staff and then she in turn observed their delivery of lessons. Key Stage 1 teachers fed back that their confidence in teaching gym had grown with an increased understanding of keeping the children active, health and safety around gym equipment and developing specific skills such as teaching forward rolls.
Across the year all pupils in key stage 1 had access to specialist teacher input in three specific areas - dance, sports and gym.