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Great Plains has introduced its Nutri-Pro Nutrient Application Systems in new models configured to 20 in. row spacing. Previously designed to apply nutrients in traditional row spacings only, the new models are engineered for farmers who plant narrow row crops or solid seed wheat, or those who want to fertilize at an angle to a previous row crop. The narrower row configuration allows fertilizer to better reach between the tighter rows.
Great Plains originally introduced its Nutri-Pro to the market in 2011 as a solution to common fertilizing challenges. Nutri-Pro allows the producer to pre-apply liquid fertilizer in the spring – just prior to planting – while simultaneously removing residue and tilling the planting zone, promoting fast, even emergence. Great Plains' Nutri-Pro can also be converted to sidedress fertilizer application after the plants have emerged, ensuring nutrients reach the plant directly for maximum benefit and reduced waste.
The Great Plains Nutri-Pro models are available in 30- and 40-ft. working widths and are categorized in two model types: Nutri-Pro Precision and Nutri-Pro Anhydrous and Liquid. Both types incorporate a leading coulter followed by an anhydrous knife, a single 20 in. Vantage I liquid coulter, or a double row-cleaner, three-coulter system. Hydraulic weight transfer is standard on all units, allowing the weight to be transferred from the center frame to the wings. Nutri-Pro is available as a floating-tongue pull-type model, three-point-mounted unit, or semi-mounted unit with lift-assist wheels. All models fold to 17 ft., 4 in. or less.
A new feature developed by Great Plains engineers for its three-coulter Nutri-Pro Precision models is a Quik-Tach Coulter. The Quik-Tach Coulter helps farmers change from pre-apply to sidedress setup on their Nutri-Pro Precision models.
The new models feature the same choice of single or double Raven Super Coolers and can be set up for single-rate or variable-rate application. A choice of closing options or "sealers" is also available for sealing the trench when applying anhydrous. Double concaved discs, spring-loaded berm conditioners, or angled spider wheel conditioners are closing options, depending on the soil and residue conditions.
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As you know shift dresses are kloset keepers for me as they are my go-to dresses in time of doubt or when running late.
During the cold days, my first urge is to wear something warm and cozy, covering me from head to toe. In an effort to do so, I try not to to resort to jeans and pants ALL the time.
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Play the Qwiki: Optimize the Kloset ~ The Shift Dress Finally created my first Qwiki!! Of course, it's all about making the most of your kloset, with my favorite kloset keeper, the shift dress. Enjoy and let me know what you think!!
I love a good shift dress. Worn loose or belted (like yesterday) they always do the trick. They are the first thing I go to when I need something quick to throw on but still want to look effortlessly stylish. They are my bona fide kloset keepers; the only problem is deciding which shoe to wear […]
While I love sharing my kloset with everyone, ONE of the reason I started this blog was to encourage people to shop their own kloset and renew the things they already own. Take for instance this shift dress…
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Describing anything in which two or more persons hold equal rights and responsibilities. For example, every account holder may use the funds in a joint account (though not always independently from the other holders), and each owner is equally liable for a jointly-held property.


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My sister sent me this notice about a legal fiction writing contest sponsored by SEAK, a company that provides seminars and training for expert witnesses, lawyers and medical professionals. Either short stories or a novel excerpt of 2500 words or less qualify for submission. Entries are due March 31, 2008.
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Calendar reflects good old days
The Merced County Historical Society 2014 calendar features some popular historic images of the city, which capture the rise of consumer culture as a result of post-World War II economic expansion. Main Street in downtown Merced, known as 17th Street back in the era pictured above, was the center of commerce and culture in and around the 1950s. With the rise of modern shopping centers and strip malls, the downtown business district became just a memory to many longtime residents. Gone too were the warm summer nights spent watching cars go by and drinking root beer floats. Despite all the changes, the downtown area remains a key part of the city. And even a massive economic hit suffered by the city because of the Great Recession is slowly being overcome. Employment, real estate and other economic indicators are starting to show slow but steady improvement. As the new year begins, there's optimism that the city's history of growth and stability are returning. For those longing for the good old days, the Courthouse Museum still has a few of its calendars available to keep the memories of the past alive.


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The selection committee evaluates all candidates against the community's selection criteria to make a recommendation to the World Economic Forum.
It represents an external group of technology and innovation experts, academics, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs who evaluate all candidates against the community's criteria before making its recommendation to the World Economic Forum. Selection committee members are selected based on their extensive experience in, and knowledge of, various technology sectors.
Potential Technology Pioneers are evaluated by the Selection Committee against the following criteria:
– Innovation: The company must be truly innovative in the development of a new technology or the novel application of existing technology. Regionally relevant applications or adaptations of technology qualify. The innovation or commercialization should be recent. Digital and product companies must have a working prototype or a product on the market, while applicable life science companies in clinical stage two trials or beyond are preferred.
– Impact: The company must have the potential to make substantial long-term impact on business and society. It should have well-formulated development plans and goals.
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– Additional qualifications: The company must have annual revenue of less than $500 million, and it must be independent – not a subsidiary or joint venture.


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Victorian Star Trek Cosplayers Win The Internet
In what wins the internet this week, I give you these Victorian Star Trek cosplayers.
What do you get when you cross Victorian fashion with Star Trek? Apparently, you get some amazing costumes, as demonstrated by these two fantastic German ladies. Unfortunately, I don't read German, so if any of you have mad German translation skills and can identify these women, please do as they deserve much applause for these amazingly fantastic costumes (Google Translate proved useless). Aren't they gorgeous?
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April 4-14, 2017
Ride Kyoto to Hiroshima via Inland Sea Islands
Explore Kyoto's ancient temples and shrines and cycle the premier Inland Sea Island route. Spring is an ideal time to visit Japan. The tour begins in Kyoto where we visit the Golden Pavilion and Nijo Castle, then bike along a river path to the ancient capital of Nara, famous for 8th century Todaiji Temple and the largest bronze Buddha in the world. Then take your bike on a shinkansen (bullet train) to start the island tour, cycling over ten spectacular bridges with separate bike lanes. Explore scenic islands filled with fishing villages, small farms, and citrus groves and stay in traditional inns (ryokan), relax in hot spring spas, and enjoy abundant seafood. Following a visit to Hiroshima's Peace Park and Museum, another shinkansen will speed you back to Kyoto.
The emphasis of the tour is on enjoying the scenery, meeting local people, and experiencing the culture, including tea ceremony, sake tasting, and art museums. Daily biking distances range from 20 – 40 miles at a moderate pace. Luggage is transported, so only carry what's needed for the day. Bring your own bike or option to rent. The tour begins and ends in Kyoto.
For details and a reservation form, email: email@example.com See photos: Cycling in Japan
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Struggling to find great free stock photos for your social media or blog? Don't worry as you have come to the right place! Read this article and discover the best sites for free stock images!
Finding beautiful, free, and high-quality stock photos is not an easy task! Even though there are a lot of free stock websites on the web, finding a suitable one requires time and energy. However, you don't need to worry about anything as we've completed a list of the best sites where you can find great and free stock photos for your social media or blog.
If you are a blogger, web designer or an online entrepreneur, you probably value content marketing and you know that it is an incredible way to build a successful online business. You surely know that blog posts or social media posts have to be creative, unique, and high-quality as well. After this effort, it would be a waste if you add low-quality or unsuitable photos.
So, where to find stock photos or royalty free photos?
A lot of people think that they can search for a photo on Google and use that photo for their online projects. But, have you hear of copyright? You aren't allowed to use just any photo or you can get in trouble for using someone's photos on your website or blog. You need to ask for a permission or you are risking of being sued.
In order to avoid situations like these, here are some great sites you can use:
- Flickr – This is one of the most popular websites. Now only it has a great way to connect with professional or hobby photographers and get inspired to continue making great pieces by also to get your work discovered by publishers. If you use photos from Flickr make sure you use the photos that have a CC0 or Creative Commons license. You can check the specifications or descriptions of each.
- PicJumbo – Another popular website where you can find great free stock photos. They can offer you some of the best photos on the web and they are totally free to use. This website is created by a designer who completely understands the importance of using high-quality photos.
- Gratisography – If you want to make sure your website or blog stand out from the crowd, this is the perfect site for you!
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Ok, beta readers, alpha readers, and those who just can't wait for a finished product, here's your chance to get in on the action early. Stories on these pages are definitely unfinished, often first drafts, and may be edited for (hopefully) improvement at any time. Also, you may well find serial works here, delivered chapter by chapter, or even scene by scene. Some of these may be planned in advance, and some might be developed, "pantser"-style, as I write them. No promises!
This is definitely your chance to help me improve my writing and my stories, if you are so inclined. Please do comment on these pieces and let me know what you think.
First up, my current work-in-progress, which started as a short story idea that came to me as I was drifting off to sleep. I'm not sure how many scenes will ultimately make up this story, and it is already turning out longer than simply "short" (at almost 12,000 words as of this writing, it's well on its way toward becoming novel-length). Time (and perhaps you, dear reader) will tell. And yes, I have a vague idea of where this is going to go, but it could well go off the rails and in another direction entirely.
23 24 scenes from 5 chapters published so far!)
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The amazing Russell Brown, Senior Creative Director at Adobe Systems, has worked with the generous folks at FLYPAPER Textures to create a cool new Textures panel for Photoshop CS5 and CS6 Beta. The Texture panel adds textures to images, scales them automatically, and sets a blend mode – all in one step. You can even randomize the addition of 2 textures at one time!
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Blacks are a "hated people" writes Jamil Smith in the New Republic Is there no safe place? Our Racist History Isn't Back to Haunt Us. It Never Left Us. Rebecca Traister wrote in the same issue.
It's to be expected that those who see a senseless murder and respond with such passion about it will be in the headlines for a while and those who try to put it in another perspective will have a hard time avoiding criticism, but is there any safe place for anyone? We have a history of senseless violence in America and as coverage of it around the world screams at us all day and all night we all know about it, we all fear it no matter how small the odds for any individual. School children, Muslims, Jews, gay people get attacked, always by disturbed and probably demented and deluded young men -- it's a long list and it grows. Random samples of the population have been involved in mass shootings in recent memory. Movie theaters, restaurants, schools, office buildings and the streets.of Boston, Deadly explosions, aircraft hijackings and shootings. One might correctly think Americans are a hated people.
But he's right, of course, there are people who hate anyone with any African ancestors, like our current president -- and his election and re-election has released some hate gas from the muck, but the unspoken implication is that everyone hates black people: The White People hate Black people, that is. That's not only untrue as election results prove, but it's a statement that is needlessly divisive and inflammatory. It serves to heighten hatred and fear as well as it serves to sell magazines. It's a racist sentiment.
I do not doubt the sincerity of either writer and I do share the anger and a disgust with racism of all sorts, but it's very very hard in the atmosphere we have been given to breathe even to discuss the possibility that outrage is just another form of the same thing we're angry at -- that fighting bad doesn't make everything you do good or true or helpful. This isn't the old South, the murderer has zero chance of getting away with it.
Is this latest tragedy really the result of intransigent racism or the story of another young man slipping into madness and choosing a "cause" that's a relic of the Old South? I have heard people say you can't go to the movie theater any more, you can't send your kid to school any more and even that our laws provide an open season on black children. Irrational and untrue and hyperbolically out of proportion Black people are still more likely to be shot by a black person. Domestic acts of terrorism have been quite random when it comes to the race of the victims. Every time something happens we're told this changes everything, but the truth, the sad truth is that it doesn't.
Again did Dylann Roof shoot up a church because we have a tradition of racism or because we have a tradition of letting the insane go unconfined? Would one cause have been as good as another? Was it really all about suicide? He did claim he was going to kill himself after all. We don't know and perhaps some don't want even to talk about it because they're on a mission of their own and don't want the passion play watered down or its passionate elements soothed.
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Five things to think about before planning your deer hunt
It's no secret that every deer hunter with a pulse loves to hunt the rut. The unfortunate truth is that when you're booking a guided deer hunt, there is always going to be a limited number of spots available during that coveted piece of the season. However, you can have just as much success in the early season and post-rut as well.
Increase your odds throughout the coming deer season.
1. Don't leave your rattling antlers at home during the early season. Most bucks, young and old, will lightly spar with each other in the months leading up to the rut. Rather than smashing the rattling antlers together in a way that imitates an all out battle, try a soft rattle with minimal pressure. This will draw the attention and curiosity of bucks that are either out of range or wandering by.
2. Once the rut kicks off, forget about focusing on a big buck's home turf. In the midst of chasing does, many bucks will leave their base area for days on end, sometimes weeks. Change your focus and follow the does during the peak of the rut. Keep your eyes open for any chasing activity. If you can locate a hot doe, take a note of the area she's in because chances are there will be a variety of bucks coming into that area to check her out.
3. Look for larger than average scrapes. Bucks of all sizes will share a central scrape in heavily traveled areas, and these are great spots to catch big bucks as they refresh the area with their scent. The prime scrapes will often have a licking branch and will be surrounded by numerous smaller (average) scrapes.
4. Don't be afraid to use calls, scents, and decoys. The peak of the rut is the best time to break out whatever tricks the hunting industry has to offer. There is about a two week period when using scents and decoys in conjunction with grunt and snort-wheeze calls can be extremely effective. The biggest, smartest rutting bucks get angry and stupid when challenged by a snort-wheeze or grunt. Combine that with a realistic decoy that has been wiped of human scent and covered in doe or buck urine (depending on the decoy). It's a deadly combination!
5. Many hunters who've gone through the rut unsuccessful will hang up their gear and call it a year. Don't! About a month after peak rut, the does that didn't get bred will cycle back into another estrous. It's a short window and not near as aggressive, but you can still use rut tactics to harvest big bucks during this time. A few weeks after this second estrous cycle, you'll have another chance. Early doe fawns from last spring will go into a minor estrous cycle, and bucks will show some rutting activity once again. I shot one one of the best bucks of my life after the rut.
When it comes to planning your next guided deer hunt, don't rule out booking just because you can't get in during the rut. The rut is certainly a favorite for most hunters, but early season makes for more pattern-able bucks and late season offers some rutting activity while also allowing hunters to have a better grasp on where bucks are hanging out. It's not uncommon for an outfitter to take as many big bucks before and after the rut as they do during the rut. Ask your outfitter or consultant what they recommend, and use the tips above throughout the coming season.
Happy Hunting!
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Accountability, it is such a struggle in our lives. All the time, we have to make decisions as adults because we have free will. Free will isn't free though there are things that happen because of our choices, and we are made to pay for them each time we make a choice. Sometimes the payment is light and happy, and at other times not so much.
One of my favourite philosophers is Jean-Paul Sartre. I loved my introduction to Sartre when we examined existentialism in my Introduction to Philosophy course, and further in my favourite elective of university, philosophy of sex, religion and ethics with David Stamos. In the course we learned about free will and determinism. My absolute favourite quote from Sartre is this "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does." I love this quote so much that I have it tattooed on my ribs to remind me exactly what happens every time I make a choice.
See Sartre's world changed drastically in France 1940. As a member of the French military he was captured and made a prisoner of war and sent to a labour camp. During this time he was forced to work in unhealthy conditions for hours a day with minimal sustenance. His German captors were not known for the way they took care of prisoners and it was was no different for Sartre. He was often subjected to demeaning acts and beatings. Every single day his will was tested and he had to make the choice whether or not he was going to give up and let himself die, or continue on and live another day. He spoke with the others in his team, explaining the idea of free will and that it was the only thing that the Germans couldn't take from them. They could take food, they could take sleep, they could they their ability to walk but as long as they weren't dead, they always had a choice, that they were responsible for everything they did.
This is incredibly troubling for so many people, myself included, because we often look for reasons why things happen and are more than happy to say that it was out of our control, that we didn't have a choice, or someone else made the decision for us. I am guilty of this even today after knowing about the teachings of Sartre. We always want to say it isn't our fault, it is just easier to do that than to accept the responsibility and be accountable for our actions. It is much worse in our generation because we are part of the technology world where if someone sends us a message we can choose to ignore the interaction and all too often we avoid the pain and seek the pleasure.
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This brings me to another point. We are allowed to make whatever choice we want in life, because we have free will, however to survive in a society we sometimes have to make choices which we don't like. Give up time to work, for money. Go to the gym so we don't get fat. Skipping a vacation to pay for the last three we haven't paid for yet. The issue comes when we actually have to make the choice. We are so often told to do the things which make us feel good, because we have accepted a life of hedonism as acceptable (I am hyperbolizing). We have all experienced it. We decide to go out on Thursday night, we drink more than we said we would, we have to leave our car at the bar, and in the morning we are buried in a headache, without a way to get to work and we make a decision. We skip off, call our boss, and say we are sick. We successfully avoid some immediate pain by not having to get up, get dressed, go to work, and deal with meetings while we are hungover. We also get pleasure from successfully telling the story to our boss that we are just too sick to work today. It is a win/win in the short term. Not so much in the long term though. Our next paycheque may be diminished from not working or making sales on this day. Pain. Our co-workers have to do extra. No pain for us on the day, but pain in the future when they don't help us with our work because we made them work extra hard when we aren't there. Definite pain. Remember those three vacations you haven't paid for yet, they are on your credit cards, which you are paying interest on, at 29.9% because you have terrible credit… huge pain. See the world doesn't care that you made the choice to skip off, it will hold you accountable whether you like it or not.
How do we use accountability to our benefit?
By planning ahead. This is where it gets hard for us. As humans we hate planning ahead, ever heard of global warming? Saving for retirement? We avoid these things because it requires that we enter into a contract with ourselves or others for deferred gratification. Honestly, if you haven't heard the term deferred gratification before you won't like what it means. It means giving up something that will feel really good right now, for the possibility that if you wait and everything goes right, one day down the road, hoping that you don't die, you will get to enjoy that a much more later. Ugh. We are in the world where if the webpage doesn't load in 2 seconds we click the mouse again and you want me to plan ahead, and make decisions which I may never get to benefit from?
3 Step guide to improved accountability
Step 1: PLAN AHEAD
I want you to plan ahead, because here is what I have learned. Taxes come regardless of if you have saved to pay for them. If you drive drunk, you might get caught, or worse yet kill a mother who is leaving her second job orphaning her three kids, because she is a single mom. On a less scary scale, I want you to write your goals for the day down. My friend Brad Hart of www.makemoremarbles.com suggests this. Write down on a card before you go to bed the three biggest things you want to accomplish for the next day. When you wake up pick up the card and focus on only accomplishing those three goals that will get your closer to your goal whatever it may be. This will create a small and manageable list of things that you can make sure you accomplish by a set time of the day. Giving yourself a deadline is very important, you need deadlines. You will get the joy of checking each of those things off the list as you finish them one by one. I know, it sounds stupid and you will think that you are not a child and you don't need task lists. Trust me, I need them, Elon Musk needs them, and Steph Curry needs them, you aren't better than Steph Curry, that man is an animal.
Honesty time. I hate doing this. I fight it hard. With every inch of my will and fibre of my being I look for ways to get out of this, but I will tell you honestly. I need it. I need to check off that I wrote the blog for me and for you. I need to be accountable to myself to go to the gym because my business depends on my health and wellness and I have tried to worked on ways to make this happen without a list. I fail. Everytime. I end up making excuses like I will write two blogs tomorrow, I will workout harder the next day, and you know what, it happens sometimes, but not nearly as much if I write it down.
Step 2: SIGN YOUR NAME TO IT
Make a choice, decide what is manageable for you, actually manageable, not taking the easy road. Then write it down and sign your name to it. The physical act of writing down a savings goal makes you nearly 40% more likely that you will have the money when the deadline hits. Signing your name to it makes you even more accountable to the goals. Our brain has been working in correlation with our hand by writing down activities for thousands of years and hundreds of generations, and it works. So do it. Seriously. I am waiting.
Step 3: SHARE YOUR GOAL OR COMMITMENT WITH SOMEONE
Next step, if you struggle to be accountable to yourself, you have to share that goal with someone. Yes…you have to share it with someone. If another person knows what your goal is, it will make another reason why you will need to finish this task you set for yourself. This comes from saving face. We always want to make a promise to someone and keep it, by telling someone else you give yourself another reason to finish it (I am writing this article as a promise I made to myself, my friend Aaron and my friend Brad whom I have entered into social agreements with that I will be accountable to my word). We will often avoid making agreements or social contracts with people because then we must hold up our end (look at dating in the Millennial cohort. I dare you to try to get a date, time and location from a girl and see how fast she removes you from Tinder). The thing is, you must make agreements, and commitments to be successful. Ghosting on work isn't acceptable.
There are going to be times when despite all the stuff in this article you are going to fail. You will write your goals down, you will sign your name to them, you will share them with your friends, and you will have the best of intentions. You will fail. It's okay, don't blame the system and throw the baby out with the bathwater. Try again. I bet you if you write it down, you will be celebrating more wins than failures.
Good Luck.
P.S. I have included some resources and tools for you to refer to regarding this specific topic and topics surrounding this issue below, dig into them and have fun.


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If an Incident is closed by mistake it can be re-opened.
First navigate to the screen which shows the historical database of the Incidents for your Organisation. For standard accounts this information is kept for 7 days.
Click on the Incidents link in the menu found when logged in.
You will be taken a list of Incidents. Click on the incident you wish to re-open and click the "Close > Open" button. The button will change to "Open > Close" to indicate it is open again.


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Sketching Rambles; or, Nature in the Alps and Apennines. Illustrated by Twenty Views, from the Sketches by the Authors.
London: James Hogg and Sons, 1861. Two volumes, 8vo, original red cloth pictorially stamped in blind and gilt. xii, 374 [2(ads)]; viii, 368 pp. Two color frontispieces and eighteen tinted lithographic plates. Covers slightly rubbed and showing some soiling, backstrips faded, hinges beginning to crack, good copies internally. First Edition of these charmingly illustrated travel accounts. The Swiss portion of the narrative is devoted perforce to the mountains, but the Italian part, filling the second volume, wanders all over. Robinson, Wayward Women, p. 109. Item #6025
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Books That Make You Go OOOOO Day 9
Love Lessons By Terren Grimble
Stacey Jackson has the perfect life. A senior at Howard University she is blessed with brains, beauty and popularity, a loving family, not to mention a handsome basketball player boyfriend, Patrick. But all is not what it seems, especially when it comes to her relationship with Patrick. Stacey wants nothing more than to cut Patrick's out of her life completely. However, Patrick's holding a damaging secret over her head and before she knows it, more problems arise within their already troubled relationship. To make matters worse, Stacey's long-time crush, Ronnie Morgan, enters the picture.
Ronnie is the drop-dead gorgeous co-captain of the Howard University basketball team and aspiring singer. Stacey's had a thing for Ronnie when she first laid eyes on him during their freshman year. Unbeknownst to her, Ronnie has wanted to get with Stacey as well. When Patrick goes home the summer before their senior year, Stacey realizes "God definitely has a sense of humor," because Ronnie starts making his moves. In the beginning, Stacey resists Ronnie's advances, but after spending an innocent evening together, she gives into her longtime desires. Once those desires are unleashed, there's no turning back and it's not just about the sex!
Despite her current relationship, Ronnie feels that Stacey is a safe bet for "no drama" but he has no idea about the abuse both physical and mental that she endures from Patrick. Ronnie tries to be supportive of Stacey's decision to remain with Patrick but soon, enough's enough. When Stacey doesn't break up with Patrick after an ultimatum, Ronnie ends their relationship. Will Stacey let her secret, tear her new relationship apart before it gets a chance to blossom?
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Number 10—Ronnie Morgan, the six-foot-five forward and co-captain of the Howard University men's basketball team—he led the Bison in scoring and rebounds, averaging six steals per game, shooting eighty-five percent from the free-throw line. And on top of all that, he was fine! Ronnie was so fine that he made my eyes water.
My knowledge of Ronnie wasn't limited to his basketball stats. Ronald Steven Morgan, Jr., was from Brooklyn, New York. He was a senior and a hospitality-management major. He had an older sister, Raina, who was twenty-seven and a younger brother named Robert, who was eighteen. His parents owned two restaurants and a nightclub.
Howard's football team was alright but the basketball team had been to the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference (MEAC) finals the past three years, so that made Ronnie a big man on campus. It also meant every girl on campus wanted him. I guess I fell into that category too. All the attention never seemed to go to his head though. He was real cool about it.
Since I was a finance major, Ronnie and I both took most of our classes at the School of Business, and I would always see him around campus. I finally met him one night sophomore year after one of our home basketball games.
My best friend, Erika had set her sights on David Washington, the other co-captain of the basketball team. She finally decided to make her move that night. She wanted to wait for the team to come out of the gymnasium and of course, I had to wait too. We were sitting outside on her car freezing our butts off. It had to have been almost thirty degrees that night. After waiting about a half hour, I was about to leave.
"C'mon, Stace, five more minutes," Erika begged.
Five minutes came and went.
"E, it's cold as hell out here. I'm 'bout to be out." Dave was a nice-looking brother but not all that for me to be freezing. Just as I was getting ready to leave, he and Ronnie walked out of the door. Now Ronnie Morgan was a reason for me to freeze. Dave smiled at Erika, noticeably happy to see her.
"Sorry I took so long. I was waiting for my boy Ron," Dave explained.
"That's okay," Erika responded, smiling widely.
She was so busy being in Dave's face that she didn't even introduce me. I nudged her to make sure I would get my introduction.
"Oh, ah Dave, this is my best friend, Stacey."
"What's up, Stacey?" Dave said, shaking my hand. "This is my man Ron."
Ronnie said, "Nice to meet you, Stacey," and extended his hand. When my hand touched his, it was the first time in my life that my knees actually buckled.
"Nice to meet you too," I replied, smiling almost uncontrollably.
After that night, whenever Ronnie saw me on campus, he would make it a point to speak. I loved the way he said, "How you doing, Stace?" with his New York accent. He made my name sound so sexy.
Ms. Jackson, Ms. Jackson
In the three years I'd been at Howard, there was never any one girl that I had really been interested in. I mean, I went out with a lot of girls, a hell of a lot, but nothing serious. Most of them were just jocking me because I played ball.
Being a captain on the basketball team did have its advantages. Pulling females was one of them. Also, having females think you're fine added to my pulling power. It wasn't like I went out chasing these girls. Many times—actually most of the time—they were right there, handing themselves to me on a silver platter. And there was no way I was going to turn down all of them.
Of course, there were a few girls who would say I was the biggest dog on campus. But I didn't see it that way. Plus, I found out girls talk a lot of smack when they're around their friends. There was this AKA from Richmond, VA who was always talking about how big a dog I was. But once she wasn't around her girls, she was all up in my face—and in my pants. I could call her at anytime, day or night, and she'd let me come over.
It's not like I wasn't honest with all the girls I went out with. I told them I wasn't trying to have a girlfriend. I had tried the girlfriend thing freshman year and it didn't work for me. Once we broke up, my fun really began.
There were a few girls here and there who started liking me after we kicked it but the feelings weren't mutual. Besides, my music was my first priority, and I wasn't going to let anything, especially some female, interfere with that.
Howard, hell all of D.C. for that matter, had no shortage of fine women. When my boys came down from New York, they wouldn't know what to do with themselves. They acted like kids in a candy store. They couldn't understand why I wasn't as hyped as they were. All those girls didn't faze me. No girl on that campus had yet to really turn my head. That was until Stacey.
Stacey Jackson was beautiful. She had the kind of beauty that caught you off guard. Everything about her was so natural that you almost didn't notice her. But right when you thought you hadn't seen her, you realized you most definitely had. She had the most gorgeous mocha-colored skin I had ever seen, lovely brown eyes and the kind of smile that made a brother melt like chocolate. Not to mention a body that could bring you to your knees. She was thick as hell! From head to toe, everything about that girl was sexy.
I had been seeing Stacey around campus since our freshman year. I wanted to step to her plenty of times, but two things stopped me—her twin brothers, Kevin and Devin. They had finished undergrad at Howard the year before, but were still on campus going to grad school and they made it known she was their little sister and anybody who messed with her would get his ass kicked. So for a long time, nobody really stepped to her.
Then my boy Dave finally introduced me to her after a game during our sophomore year. Man, I wanted to step to her then but she was talking to this kid, Pat, who played ball with us. Pat got on my damn nerves—more than likely because he was with Stacey. But besides that, he was always talking about his father owning his own accounting firm in Jersey. I was like big deal. My pops owned a club and two restaurants in Brooklyn.
I didn't know what to do about Stacey. I really wanted to get with her. I wasn't really trying to be ruthless but when I heard Pat was going back to Jersey for the summer, I figured I'd stay in D.C. and keep his girl company. As far as I was concerned, what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him. He didn't know what to do with a girl like Stacey anyway. She needed a real man. And I was just the man for the job.
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LONDON (Reuters) - British World War One veteran Henry Allingham is the world's oldest man at 113 following the death of the previous holder of the title, Japan's Tomoji Tanabe, Guinness World Records said on Friday. "Henry Allingham is now officially the oldest man in the world," said a spokeswoman for the organisation widely recognised as the authority on record-breakers. Tanabe, who ate mostly vegetables and believed the key to his longevity was not drinking alcohol, died on Friday aged 113 and had held the record for the oldest living male since January, 2007. Allingham was born in London on June 6, 1896, and took the British title on Jan. 19, 2007 aged 110 years 227 days, Guinness World Records said in a statement. "We're pleased to see an English man take the world record -- the last time someone from England held the title was Frederick Butterfield, who died on March 9, 1974, aged 110," said Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records. Allingham is one of only two surviving World War One veterans in the United Kingdom and the last surviving founder member of the Royal Air Force, according to British media. His friend and chaperone, Dennis Goodwin, said: "It's staggering. He is philosophical. He will take it in his stride, like he does everything else." Allingham's life has spanned three centuries and six monarchs, starting with Queen Victoria. He has five grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, 14 great-great grandchildren and one great-great-great grandchild. Guinness World Records said the oldest living person is American Gertrude Baines, 115, who was born on April 6, 1894. (Reporting by Mike Collett-White; Editing by Steve Addison)
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L. Neil Smith's
Number 260, February 22, 2004
Better late than never
A long line of BS
Exclusive to TLE
It's taken me a long time to get to this point.
No, it's not the same e-mail I send several hours ago. But, yes, this involves a grave, yet honest admission of facts, about 'things' I've been doing for a 'very long' time.
My conscience has so oppressed me, that I feel absolutely compelled to speak out about my crime.
My shame has finally overcome me, and I cannot restrain myself any longer.
If I don't speak out now, I might not keep my sanity.
You see? Behind the scenesover the last several decades actually even while I was employed by Uncle Sugar in the USN, I was engaged in a, well, heinous activity about which I am going to expose.
Let me say, here and now, that those of you with a weakor weakenedconstitution (you know just who you are), should hurriedly brush past this letter, and just forget youeversaw this, because in the end you will hate yourself for ever having read about the horrible, horrible truth about myself, of which I am about to reveal.
No, I'm not about to lower me breeks*, or raise me kilt, although I suppose there may be some interest in that matter, we just ain't going there, okay?
Suffice to say that my legs do come together and make a nice ass of themselves**.
At least I think so.
Many a good man and woman have been 'sent up the river' for what I have been able to do quite openly, and apparently without any sort of 'detection' by the FEDS!
It gets betteror worse!
Read on.
Imagine this: A drunken old Scot (is there any other kind?!!) gets away with a most terrible crime, all the while doing it right under the nose of the most omnipotent government ever to exist on the face of good ol' Earth! And here I'd thot England was bad!!!
Give me a Smith&Wesson 686S .357cal pistol, and I'll proceed to show the jackboots who the 'meek' are!
They will inherit the 'earth'all six (or so) feet of it. Perhaps less. Maybe none at all!
But, that's beside the point, I think...
By now, you're probably asking yourself: "What the hell is this idiot going on about?"
Well, you know? I can't just come right out and admit to the crime, as that would spoil everything, and no, you ain't just a-gonna scan all the way to the bottom to see what my crime is either! [evil grin]
'They' dinnea call us "Scots" fer nothing, ya aer noo, laddie boy?
Well now, I was doing my laundry this eve, and I usually 'fish' my pockets for things I desire to keep, like the 60 pack (or what's left) of extra large condoms, my handy dandy pocket knife, a 16oz can of MACE, four magazines for my trusty 1911 (you do know what that is, right?), a 10oz can of pepper spray, two large brass balls measuring 4" inches in diameter, a 12 inch night stickwhich I usually have stuffed down the near-front of my left thigh (it's kinda impressive actually), a six pack of Highland ale, along with some assorted pocket money.
Hie', look, laddie, I cannea be we' oot me ale, aye?
A Scot without Highland ale is like a day without any kind of 'shine'period.
Remember that.
Remember that for the rest of your miserable life!!!
It might save your life.
Now, ya know? I play the Great Highland Bagpipes, and a real man (read: True Scotreg;) needs all those things just to keep in shape. 'Know what I mean?'
When you finally learn to push air through four pipes at the same time, and not only maintain the notes, but maintain BPM accurately without a variation in note frequency, you can say that you're okay. Beyond that, you need to practice forever just to get better! The more you practice, the bigger your chest gets. A big chest makes you top-heavy.
I have a big chest: 52inches, with a 33 inch waist.
I'm only 5'10". And I'm male.
So forget any stupid ideas, okay?!!
Those two brass balls tend to help me keep in balance, not unlike a big shipwhich needs 'ballast.'
Pun intended!
I also tend to pass lots of gas, what with the Highland ale, the chicken chili, boiled eggs, and assorted other things I've acquired a taste for over the years (damned Mexicans!). Hence the need for the large can of MACE.
Look: If you're gonna make other people miserable, go whole hog! When I 'pass a good one,' why I just pull out the can of MACE and let all hell break loose!
Just thinking 'bout that, brings tears to my eyes!!
Oh yes it does!
So, I took the two brass balls and tossed them onto the bed, along with the assorted other 'things' mentioned, except that I didn't 'fish' good enough, and neglected to find the 'pocket money.'
Well, imagine my "shock and awe"not to even mention my surprisewhen lo and behold, at the bottom of the washer tub, lay evidence of my 'crime.'
Yes, once again I had committed a most grievous assault against my own (no, wait: It's not mine!!!) government's edict concerning the passage of money from one form into another.
Well, I peered carefully at the 'cleaned' remains of my 'crime' and a feeling of, well, hilaritycame over me!
Yes, once again I had inadvertently been involved with 'Money Laundering!!!!'
The shame! The disgust! The disrepute, the ultimate dishonor!
Yeah, right. [grin]
Once again my money is fresh, without the taint of drugs, and I can laugh out loud that the federal bastards haven't discovered my acts!!!
And just think: If I put it into the dryerwith softener, it comes out so soft that it feels like my girl friend's arse.
Forget I said that!!!!
Now, I wonder if this isn't some form of subconscious act that I 'seek to commit' in total disobedience to 'the law.'
I might be in need of psychiatric help here, to assist me in understanding just why I am involved in the willful act of 'laundering money.'
But, as I consider that, the psychiatrist would be helped by my devious mentality!
Remember: To be compliant is to be without will.
To possess will, is to be totally without redemption in the face of a force that has no reason to exist, except to enforce complete submission. Otherwise, why the force?
There is but one possibility in this universe: Either it is the immovable object, or the irresistible force.
Logically speaking, the two cannot possibly exist simultaneously.
Your choice: Resist, or submit.
Heaven help that I should become an addict to the matter, because, well, just for the fun of it, I decided to use my steam iron and 'press' my paper bills with starch such that they almost cracked when folded!
I conducted that last act while still stationed aboard USS Enterprise. The clerk at the Ship's Store looked at the bills I had passed to him, with great suspicionand trepidation, as I gingerly passed them to him in exchange for some product or other. The bloody things were so flat you could have cut bread with them!!
I suppose I could have been accused of having a 'money press.'
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Fashion. Beauty. Health. Life. Style. Music. Art.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self confident, and more and more successful." - Mark Victor Hansen
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Work It Wednesday.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Notes. About Life
Classic Silhouettes.
|Oscar De La Renta. Pre-Fall 2011
The circle skirt silhouette from the 50's always works with updated technique no matter the era. If you ever want to rock the look on a budget, shop vintage and dress it up or down.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Music Notes. David Lynch "Good Day Today"
I can't stop playing this.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Notes. Fashion and Style
"Fashions fade, style is eternal." -Yves St. Laurent
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text: It all makes sense now… When Neustar decided to launch two new TLD's (Top Level Domain) .Biz and .US they seemed like odd choices. They also wanted to limit the usage of .Biz to businesses which does make sense.For those of you not keeping score at home… Originally the main tld's – .com, .net and .org – were intended to serve sites based on type. Commercial, Network Operator like ISPs and Non-Profits were supposed to each have their own space which they did until around 1995 when the commercialization of the web really took off. When things started getting competitive for VeriSign, then Network solutions, in around 1996-7 the walls came down and sites used whatever names they wanted to based on what was available and made sense for their purpose. But I digress… It seems all along Neustar had a longer term horizon than the average eye gave them credit for… As a spinoff of Lockheed Martin, Neustar won a potentially lucrative contract which became available through the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Our government forced AT&T to maintain a backup database of phone records elsewhere and, you guessed it, Neustar is the place. The trick for them will be to properly monetize what they have. When Network Solutions tried this a few years back with something called The Dot Com Directory. It failed miserably. Neustar needs to find a way to do what they want – match customer database records for companies and sell the accurate and cleansed data back. The Dark Side of Digital Identity. From a Forbes profile of Neustar's Jeffrey Ganek: "Ganek's little-known database [of North American telephone numbers] could be a treasure trove of data as Microsoft and big rivals race to gain control of consumers' digital identities for Web commerce and services. Neustar could mine the information, repackage it and sell it to businesses that want easier ways to reach consumers. …Ganek thinks he can easily double revenue if he can persuade telcos to let him mine their data and run a digital identity database." [icann.Blog]


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The scholarship offers are piling up for South Point multi-sport standout Tanner Muse. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound safety said last week he�s been offered football scholarships at Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, N.C. State, North Carolina and Virginia.
Three of those schools � Clemson, N.C. State and North Carolina � have offered him a chance to play football and baseball, he said.
Muse intercepted three passes last season for the 12-1 Red Raiders. For the high school baseball team, he batted .313 with two home runs and 18 RBIs as an outfielder. And for the Gaston Braves American Legion baseball team, Muse hit a team-best .444 with one home run and 15 RBIs.
The offers started rolling in after Muse was laser-timed at 4.37 seconds in the 40-yard dash in the spring.


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Extra Cheesy, Steak Nachos
These grilled steak nachos are a great fuss-free meal and is perfect served topped with sour cream, guacamole, salsa and fresh or pickled jalapenos.
It's that time of the month again, the time where I need to get my Mexican fix. As you'll remember from my Mexican Feast post, I have as much of an obsession with Mexican food as I do with Indian food. It must be because both cuisines are based on fabulous spices and fresh flavours. So as you can imagine, these steak nachos hit the spot!
I've never actually asked anyone, but I'm sure there aren't many people that don't like Nachos. There must be something about oozy, cheesy covered chips served with creamy guacamole and a sprinkling of fiery chillies that make people swoon. Well it definitely makes me swoon.
You could make nachos with chicken, fish, ground beef or beans. Anything really. Add sweetcorn or peas, use different cheeses, no other dish can be this easily transformed, I'm sure.It's also the perfect party food. Use a big baking tray and let people pick at the nachos themselves.
I choose to serve my steak nachos with home-made guacamole, sour cream and fresh chillies but if you want to make it healthier, swop the sour cream for fat free smooth Cottage Cheese or Greek yoghurt. But quite honestly, with the chips and the cheese, why even bother swopping the sour cream? It's not like you'll be eating this everyday…ok I know, I also want to, but we just can't ok!
I used left-over fillet steak that we had over the weekend and it was just absolutely delicious. But like I said, some savoury mince, grilled and shredded chicken, tuna or beans can all work beautifully with this. It really just depends on what you feel like.
Serves 6
300g Dorito's or other Corn chips
1 tin chopped tomatoes
500g Steak (or other meat of your choice), cooked and sliced
1 cup crumbled Feta cheese
2 cups grated Cheddar cheese
2 cups grated Mozzarella Cheese
2 large red chillies, sliced
Guacamole, sour cream, fresh chillies and fresh lemon to serve
- Place the chips in a suitable dish or baking tray.
- Cover with half the cheddar cheese. Spread the chopped tomatoes over the cheese followed by the steak.
- Scatter over the Feta cheese and the rest of the Cheddar and Mozzarella. Sprinkle over the sliced chillies and place under a hot grill until the cheese is melted and gooey.
- Serve immediately with a dollop of guacamole and sour cream, a scattering of extra chillies and a wedge of lemon.
Love how versatile nachos is and these look particularly good I must say. Beautiful photo as well!
Wow… wow! I love cooking. I seriously do. I spend hours in the kitchen (I'm 23). I started hating cooking… I once made tuna mate (from the box) and it turned out into a stew… >.<
Bout two years ago everything changed. I started baking muffins and now I'm onto lasagne, home-made pizzas, triple layer cakes and the like =) I constantly scour for cooking blogs overseas and could kick myself for not looking at home.
Found your blog on SA Blog Awards and have voted for you. Great work… and if I hadn't already made roast chicken for lunch … I would be making this. Tomorrow, however, I'm so making this! =) Will look forward to following your blog. <3
Yeah kudos on the awesome blog! I have added a few of your posts on StumbleUpon 🙂
Can't believe I only found your blog now! I'm really loving looking through it, you have gorgeous photos and amazing food! These nachos look awesome 🙂


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This is the ambience of a peaceful, hidden realm of the spirit world. Home to the humble Hikari "Shinja" Hayashii. While his story is known only to a select few, none would doubt the beauty and tranquility of his garden. He can be found here for long periods of time, contemplating... I humbly invite you to relax, sit back, enjoy the sounds of the garden and listen.
I have made this as a gift to everyone who has encouraged me and followed my artwork. Thank you.
Admittedly I chose not to use any Japanese instruments as the ones here just didn't fit the tone right.
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The typical response I've been hearing lately by many job seekers is that they find recruiters just too frustrating to deal with, so understandably their reaction is to give up trying.
But before you toss that recruiter out the window…
The problem is that social recruiting is on the rise. Big time. This means that avoiding recruiters altogether could be a hindrance in your career progression simply because you are cutting off a viable job search method (I advocate for a diverse job search approach that uses several different methods to create "pipelines"). Furthermore, recruiters can be a great pipeline, particularly when you aren't in active job search mode as they can bring opportunities to you.
In the past, it didn't take much effort to cultivate these pipelines with recruiters, particularly in the technical arena where jobs were aplenty and many professionals were recruited away from one company to another without even really needing a resume. Today, however, the field is much more chaotic and, frankly, confusing (we call it a "zoo").
The biggest issue I find has to do with misalignment or mismatching of the job seeker with external recruiters. It's no longer about talking to a recruiter who is located near you or near the area you want to move to. You need to know the areas he or she specializes in, the typical companies he or she recruits for, and the geographic regions. (Executive recruiting isn't all that local anymore.)
Recruiter matching is important to starting the relationship off right…
It's one reason why we've been encouraging our technical members to use Recruiter Matching. By building an extensive network of technical recruiters, our concierge Job Search Agent can vet the ones she sees as most valuable to our member and his or her goals. She can also help our members set up longer term communications with the recruiters who are most responsive to our member.
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Hot shops in narrow spaces
I found a neat potential studio space here in town. The space has a 1000 square foot garage bay with 20 foot high ceilings. Awesome, right?! Well the catch is that space is only about 15 feet wide, or wide enough for a big garage door and about 3 feet to one side of it. My furnace would have to be all the way at the back wall and then glory holes would have to be along the long wall. It would be a bit awkward but I think it would work. Like blowing glass in a submarine.
Does anyone have experience with a set up like this? It would be great for pulling cane.
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The furnace here is directly through a doorway, so one is obligated to walk backwards about six feet with a fresh gather. It's a whole room made into a heat shield and it works. I actually prefer a smaller pad, as long as the bench isn't shoved into a corner. I also appreciate the outside blower.
Feng shui.
You might chalk out the footprint of all your equipment and mime your way through a blow session to see if its a good fit.
We run out to the parking lot to pull cane; makes for a flash mob experience that the tourists seem to dig.
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It works. Most of the studios I've seen and been in here are that size or smaller. Some things I've seen in these places:
Keeping the shop cool and having things arranged to allow smooth movement can be a major issue so forethought on placing everything will be key in whether you really like working there or just deal with it cuz that's what you have. Being surrounded by hot equipment is one sure way to be unhappy in summer. I sweat like crazy in the dead of winter in one rental studio I use regularly that has similar dimensions to the one you're looking at but poor layout. It's famous as one of the hotter studios in humid Japan....
If you can put the gas "plumbing" and blower for your furnace behind it instead of on the side, it seems to create more space. Having the burner and recouperator on the side only seems to add and extra 12-16" on my friend's setup but it seems like a lot more than setups with the plumbing on the side. He also has his annealer on top of the furnace and I REALLY like that. Very easy ergonomically to put things away and you don't get singed facial or arm hair every time either. This might not work if you're making big, long, solid, etc work though.
Having the blower and as much much plumbing as possible under the glories is also a major space saver. One friend did that and then insulated the frame under the glory with sound proof insulation and it is really quiet.
A double ended glory (open on both ends) aligned parallel with the long wall of the building can give you 2 glories for the space of one if you need that. A well isulated door with no opening can be used to close up one end when you only need one opening. If you have multiple glories, having them on wheels so those not in use can be moved out of the way is another way to use space more efficiently.
My shop on canon road was only 11 feet wide x 28 feet long and it did get interesting. I actually set my bench up outside when working. The annealer was along the back 11 foot wall. Being aware of the location of the cold end of a blowpipe was important. That furnace had 2 24 inch pots in it so it wasn't small. It was my first moly. Ventilation was superb in the ceiling.
But, I also had the other studio out in La Cienega where we did all of our coldwork, shipping, books, blah blah blah. I would not really want to do it again. but if necessary... I mean having the blowing right by the gallery was like shooting fish in a tuna can.
Where are we going and why am I in this basket?
I used to get it done in 1/2 of a 2 car garage. Small equipment though.
Art is not a thing...it's a way.
I would *not* recommend it.
My shop is almost exactly the same dimensions, 1000 square feet, 15ft wide, 60 or so feet long. 25ft ceilings.
It really depends on how your shop and business are set up. We have the furnace and workshop up front and gallery in the back (we get foot traffic in the front quite often, sometimes 100 people during busy events in the art park, with no place to put all of them, let alone effectively sell anything). Also try and watch your product in a unit that long if you are working solo and have people coming in off the street.
15ft wide is *just* enough space for the workshop. BUT we have to rope the front half off, as you cannot safely have foot traffic in a space that narrow. That means, you have to walk AROUND BACK to get to the gallery.
The gallery has all the shipping and storage (which becomes a problem) as well. I don't have enough room to store all my crap, both machinery in the workshop and in the back gallery.
So.... if you rarely have people visit, particularly customers, and are just going to use it to blow glass, it can and will work. As soon as you add more than 5-10 people it becomes challenging. It's a blessing in disguise that I have to move to a new location. I really want a minimum of 2000 square feet. I think things would flow a lot better if the dimensions were reversed in the current setup, 60 feet wide, 15ft long.
I'll grab some pictures when I head over today.
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Make sure that you just don't "settle" for an available space. This is the opportunity to take the leap and build your "last" studio that has everything that you need
Knowing what I know, I agree with mark. Look for a place where you can make your product and if possible, get an evening restaurant trade. At your best, you're entertainment. Do it. Be affable . Make the bank deposits in the morning.
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I agree Mark. Ill give you the scoop on it in Philly.
My master plan with this space is to try to grow my wholesale business to the point that I can be anywhere and then do the home studio thing.
I am not sure if I was clear but this space does have the long 1000 square feet of hot shop space, and it also has a 2500 sqft Gallery space and another 500 square ft of space on top of the gallery for storage.
I only wish that the hot shop space was 5 feet wider.
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Excuse the mess, we are doing some cleaning while we finish up the new furnace
As you can see... everything fits. And works. The bench is a tad too close, so you will be backing into it from time to time, unless it goes all the way against the wall, but that doesn't feel amazing especially if you have some sort of hand torch etc.
I think the best setup is furnace in the middle, glory hole on either side, and then an annealer, or maybe have the annealer in the middle with the furnace so there are 2 separate work spaces.
5 extra feet would feel great. It's cramped, but functional, especially for a small shop like mine.
I'm with Pete... this is a performance art. Are there windows so people can observe you from the gallery? Or off the street? My plan is to put in a bar with a partition between so I can create a little hangout spot and take their money and hopefully not have to rely 1000% on my glass to keep me going. I also have a high-end restaurant developer who is interested in some sort of partnership for his next location. I don't think I'm quite into that (yet) as I don't want a partner. I get all sort of traffic in a college town so I don't think it will be hard for me to create a "Hot Spot" that brings people back oh, and you gotta pass a breathalyzer to do any sort of workshop, lol. I'm also now based next to 2 hotels and near the expensive student housing, hence the plethora of sorority girls I get on a daily basis. Woe is me
I also put the safety equipment on the side of the furnace which frees up a little space. You just need a longer hood. My current all-in-one has an annealer up top like Travis described on his friend's setup, which was neat for a while but not really accurate. I toyed with the idea of putting some elements there to actually help control the temp but said f*** it and bought a couple and haven't cracked a piece since.
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Hi Eban,
I'll chime in a similar studio story.
Our first studio in Oakland CA was 50x15x18h and it worked just fine.
We put our furnace(elec-400lbs)and annealers (stacked) in the middle of the room opposite each other, and the two glorys on each end pointed away from the furnace.
It was tight and we needed to build a loft for storage and break into another room for a gallery, but the cold shop was in one corner and the door to the hall in another. At the other end a double door opened out to a lot for parking and outside storage. And a big fan in the window to pull air through.
Terrill and out grew that studio in 7 years and moved to something that sometimes seems just too huge, but its fun to spread out.
Also...this was in Cali where weather was less of a concern and we could have the doors open all day every day....
Good luck,
Max, thanks for the pictures. Thats a happy looking studio.
Im thinking that I can squeeze my furnace, pipe warmer and gloryhole at the back end of the shop along the back wall. Im currently working in a 500 sqft hot shop thats basically a 2 car garage so I wouldnt think that that narrow space would be an issue. This studio move is going to double my rent which scares me to death. I made it through the Great Recession thanks to some seriously hard core scrimping and determination, but if we go through another economic collapse and I have a high rent to cover I dont know.. my knees start to buckle thinking about it.
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My shop is 18 the hot shop and 15 for the rest. It 65 long. It is always a difficult challenge. We are always constantly moving things around to find space. If you dont mind a mess then it works great. Otherwise what are the opportunity costs from re organizing all the time. We are a production shop it always looks crazy as our front of house is dedicated to a gallery and packing and shipping, and sometimes storage when someone shows up unannounced it becomes a stressful situation. I would not recommend it but it has worked for my wife and i for the last ten years. Good luck.
Nice equipment Drew ! I like how your furnace is at an angle. Thats what I did in my current studio and it makes seems to appease the feng shui gods
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I said it before and will say it again. Creativity leads to innovation, and innovation is a commodity our future depends upon. Innovation will never go out-of-style…be a relic of the past. It will stay, perpetually, high in demand.
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For those friends/family that hadn't heard yet - I just got awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellowship (NSF Fellowship, for short). I've been bouncing off the walls for days every time I think about it! It's a three-year fellowship that is quite prestigious (shiny on my resume!), and I am ecstatic to no longer have to worry about funding for the next few years. This should hopefully see me through the rest of my PhD, and I will (hopefully) never have to be a TA ever again. Yay! And it's only two weeks until the end of this stressful semester, when I can take a deep breath, say "good riddance" to classes, and happily start puttering around my lab again doing mad scientisty type things. :)


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Barnwell State Park, SC, Cabin No. 4
Efforts to repair a twisted ankle have kept me close to home and local medical folks for the past few weeks. No camping! (No blog posts either. Sorry about that.)
Well, how long can that go on before camping - - even easy RV camping - - is one of those activities with only a past? Something had to be done.
The solution was cabin "camping." That is, renting one of the Park System's fancy cabins rather than bringing along the Aliner. Lots easier on the ankle.
Barnwell State Park has some of the nicest cabins in the system, so I made a reservation. A new experience!
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - LaGrange slipped past Oakwood 2-1 on the road Tuesday. The Panthers evened their record at 2-2 with their second straight win.
Junior midfielder Kevin Folsom did all of the scoring for the Panthers. He has scored the last four goals for the Panthers and has two game-winners. Folsom scored the last two goals in the 4-2 win at Warren Wilson.
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After taking his time to do the research rather than simply reacting in a politically expedient way that put party before the people of his state, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has concluded that accepting the expanded Medicaid portion of the Affordable Care Act for New Jersey is, in the Governor's words, "the smart thing to do for our fiscal and public health."
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While Christie was smart enough to see how much and how many New Jersey residents would benefit by his decision, he has not changed his opinion on the Affordable Care Act —as demonstrated by his earlier decision to reject the opportunity to form the Obamacare insurance exchange in his own state, leaving it to the federal government to do the job.
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The latest Erdrich novel (The Painted Drum, 2005, etc.) about the Ojibwes and the whites they live among in North Dakota spirals around a terrible multiple murder that reverberates down through generations of a community.
In the 1960s, Evelina Harp's Ojibwe grandfather, Mooshum, tells mesmerizing stories of his past. Having found a murdered family and saved the surviving baby, Mooshum and three Ojibwe friends were blamed for the killings and lynched by a mob of local whites in 1911. For reasons not immediately apparent, Mooshum was spared at the last moment, but his friends died. Evelina's first boyfriend is Corwin Peace, whose ancestor was one of those lynched. Her favorite teacher, a nun, descends from one of the mob leaders. And Evelina's middle-class parents of mixed heritage straddle the two cultures. Aunt Neve Harp sent her banker husband, who is Corwin's father, to prison after he arranged Neve's kidnapping by Corwin's then teenage uncle Billy in a phony ransom subplot (a little reminiscent of the movie Fargo). Spiritual Billy evolves into the tyrannical leader of a religious cult until his wife Marn Wolde, the daughter of farmers whose land he's taken over, kills him to save her children. While in college Evelina ends up briefly in a mental hospital where she gets to know Marn's lunatic uncle Warren. Corwin, under the positive influence of Judge Coutts and his new wife, Evelina's Aunt Geraldine, becomes a musician playing the same violin that once belonged to his ancestors. Judge Coutts's previous lover Cordelia, an older woman and a doctor who won't treat Indians, was once saved by Mooshum and his friends. Guilt and redemption pepper these self-sufficient, intertwining stories, and readers who can keep track of the characters will find their efforts rewarded. The magic lies in the details of Erdrich's ever-replenishing mythology, whether of a lost stamp collection or a boy's salvation.
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