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Second in an occasional series on how to use social media, from the basics of getting going to intermediate and advanced techniques of information exchange. Be sure to check me out Tuesday, Sept. 13 (this afternoon), when I will be leading Profnet's Twitter-based #ConnectChat on social media for writers and journalists.
- Updates get lost quickly: the average link on Twitter has a half life of 2.8 hours (meaning half of everyone who will see it and click on it will do so within three hours of you posting it).
- That means most people will not see most of what you post.
- And that means you should not feel compelled — or should even attempt — to see everything everyone else posts. It's simply impossible and will lead to fatigue.
- Use social media to get a pulse of what is happening right now — the really important stuff with get reposted so even if you're not online when news breaks, you won't miss the big stuff.
- People who constantly talk about themselves do not get their content reposted. Find a better way to get your message out.
- You do not need to be on every social network, nor do you need to be the first one on every "next, big thing." Early adopters are seldom experts, and all-inclusive adopters are just crazy.
- The average Internet user spends one out of every 4.5 minutes online on social networks. That's way too much. Use a program like HootSuite to schedule outgoing messages and spread them out during the day, then spend a few minutes at the start and end of each day responding to mentions and messages and getting caught up; spend the rest of your time doing something productive or fun. I'm a so-called social media "expert," I use it extensively in the classes I teach, and write professionally about social media, yet I rarely spend more than 60 minutes in any given day on social media (and, yes, that includes time spent seeing who has gotten fat since high school on Facebook).
- People who call themselves "social media experts," in my experience, tend to be full of shit.
- Size doesn't matter: In the four years I have been using social media, the quality of information I get from the people I follow has always been more valuable than the number of people I have following me.
- Social media is here to stay. At some point we'll all be a little bit less obsessed with it (I hope), but at some point we'll all use it, too.
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Interview: Ciaran Foy, writer/director of the terrifying 'Citadel'
The Irish filmmaker based the film on his own experience of being attacked and his subsequent agoraphobia
Ever since his pregnant wife was brutally attacked by a group of wild children in their abandoned tower block known as the Citadel, Tommy (Aneurin Barnard) has suffered from crippling panic attacks and agoraphobia. He tries valiantly to care for his infant daughter but he finds himself terrorized by the same hooded children who he now thinks are trying to take his child. He gets help from an understanding nurse and a renegade priest, but ultimately comes to realize that in order to be free of his fears, he has to face his past demons and return to the scene of the crime.
Ciaran Foy, one of today's most promising Irish screenwriters and directors, struggled with agoraphobia in his late teens and early twenties as a result of a violent mugging he suffered at the hands of a gang of youths. While in recovery, one of his counselors brought up the notion that would-be attackers can often sense an easy target—almost as if they can "see" the potential victim's fear. Foy thought that was a fascinating concept and eventually worked it into the screenplay for his latest film, "Citadel," a fascinating and scary urban nightmare that won the Midnighter Audience Award at this year's SXSW Film Festival.
I spoke to Ciaran Foy by phone from Dublin.
MSN Movies: I know there are elements in your film that could be interpreted by some as "supernatural," but what really affected me was the psychological drama and the way the horror was so grounded in reality.
Ciaran Foy: Yeah, for me films are always much more terrifying when I can imagine the events really happening. Seeing a girl with long black hair crawl out of a TV set is scary but it's not very likely to happen to most people. (Laughs.) But if I can watch something and think, "Jesus, this could really happen to me," it's always worse.
I know there's a big autobiographical element to the story and I'm just wondering how living in that during the making of the film was healing for you. At first glance I'd assume it would be the opposite of that!
It was very healing—big time! But more in the writing of it, I think. We only had 23 days to shoot the film in what was one of the worst winters on record so it was completely chaotic. But the writing of it was different. It took me five years to get the film off the ground and I had to revisit so many things in my head that I would have rather forgotten.
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There were times during the writing that I worried that I was taking steps backwards. But by the end of it, I felt strangely empowered. It was extremely cathartic to finally hold in my hand this monster of my own creation and feel some sense of control over that. I think that no matter what kind of fear or phobia you're dealing with, the solution can only be found by looking at it square in the face. And when I had to do that day in and day out and look at all the stuff that was still very raw with so many bad memories attached to it, it was very good for me. Through Tommy and his journey, I was finally able to find some sort of redemption and hope to that situation. I highly recommend screenwriting as a way to deal with trauma!
Almost like the way we can get control of characters in our own dreams and nightmares.
Aneurin Barnard was so great as Tommy—you really felt his fear and anxiety. Did he rely a lot on your memories of your own trauma?
Yeah! I actually ended up having a nice shorthand with him. I wanted to find a very young guy to play this father. I grew up in a working-class environment and that's something you see quite a lot, really young people, almost kids, pushing the prams around. But what I found during the casting process was that a lot of actors who are 20, 21, 22 are usually these very good-looking "winners," they've always been winners, and they haven't lived long enough to experience failure or how life can kick you when you're down. But when Aneurin entered the room I immediately felt the weight of what he brought in with him, he seemed older than the other guys, and I then found out that he had suffered a similar experience himself. He wasn't agoraphobic but he had been attacked and that helped a lot with our communication. He did grill me about everything—what was going on at certain moments, like how my eyes would be stinging when I was having a panic attack or my palms would be sweating, and all of that seemed to help him. He spent a lot of time with agoraphobic counseling groups and even visited people who are suffering from chronic agoraphobia—the ones who haven't left their house in 30 years. Aneurin just threw himself into that whole thing and it helped that we were shooting at such a fast pace. He never really got a chance to come down from that kind of anxiety level.
I bet the grueling nature of the film shoot really helped with everything, as hard as it must have been.
Totally. And we were also dealing with crying infants as well! There was an overall anxious feeling on the set which we could really draw from and use.
Again, I didn't see this as a supernatural film—I found it to be much more of a statement on poverty and what's going on in these blighted environments. When you show the film at festivals and other screenings, do people want you to explain it all? Do they ask about the kids and if they are zombies or something otherworldly?
For me it's sort of twofold. Remember that I come from an area like that and there's a certain amount of pride in such communities as well as a lot of problems. So first, I was adamant that everyone in the movie had to be basically from the same class. I didn't want Tommy to be some middle class kid whose Land Rover breaks down in Shitsville and he has to deal with all these poor people. At that point you are saying something very specific about the community. Tommy's salvation comes only through love and from being a father. But second, something that I think about horror films in general is that they often explain too much! When I think of the attack that happened to me—those guys didn't want anything, they didn't take anything, and I guess in a strange way, no matter how tragic or terrifying something is, when you know the reason behind it, when you know the whys and the hows, you can eventually make peace with it. But when you never know, when you're quite literally left in the dark, to me that's the embodiment of real terror and fear.
Which is why you leave the interpretation of several key events up to the audience?
Yes. I wanted to let the audience leave without a full sense of closure. For me, whenever everything's kind of neatly tied up in a box at the end, I instantly forget about the film because there's no overriding anxiety. My favorite horror films are the ones I'm still thinking about weeks later!
I think the religious component is very interesting also—not what you'd typically expect!
I had fun with the idea of taking the generic trope of the Catholic priest who knows all the answers to a supernatural threat. Instead I have a faithless priest who has absolutely no answers! For me, the two main themes of the film are the fear of fatherhood and the importance in believing in yourself. When I was writing the film, I remember thinking a lot about "Dumbo." That's why you see a lot of images of elephants in the film! You have this character who has a mentor who gives him a feather to convince him that he can fly. Of course he eventually disovers that the feather was just a placebo, that the belief was inside of him the whole time. Tommy sees the boy Danny as his leaf even though he really has the ability to conquer his own fears. I think everyone, no matter what our belief system, we all have some kind of crutch, something that we lean on. But ultimately, we need to believe in ourselves to find our salvation.
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The property is awesome, we had such a wonderful time, beautiful views from multiple decks and the perfect size for our party of 18. So great to have bedrooms with individual baths. The kitchen is set up with 3 sinks and 2 diswashers, that made cooking and cleanup very easy. There are many stairs and levels, which can be an issue if you have any elderly guests. Also missing from the kitchen were hot pads, dishwashing soap and dish towels, which was difficult for the 1st night of cleanup and made it necessary for a trip to the store to pick up these items. The lodge has no air conditioning and was very warm when we first arrived and difficutl to cool down, considering the the weather outside was very comfortable and very cool at night. We wished we would have had some fans to cool down some of the interior rooms that lacked direct outside ventilation. Also there was construction going on directly next door that started at 7am and continued all day until 3pm, which kind of ruined the tranquility and quiet that we expected for being up in the mountains of Truckee. We were not guests as part of Bread and Breakfast, so there was no service provided to us, we rented the entire lodge. We were extremely happy with the lodge, so enjoyed our time and would highly recommend it to anyone that has a large party. We take away many happy memories and lots of good pictures. Karen
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Summary: The NetBSD Project recently released NetBSD 5.0, the 13th major release of its Unix operating system. If you are not familiar with the BSD mentality, it's a back-to-basics approach. Those familiar with Unix environments will find themselves right at home.
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Mikey Weinstein, Jewish American attorney, has made it his life mission to expose fundamental Christianity within the United States military, and how these beliefs are instilling hate, classicism, and racism not only on the "enemy" but in the American culture. He understands the American Zionist Christian movement and mainstream Judism are promoting this mucking of Church and State in an effort support Israel at all costs. His latest book (video commercial above) is called No Snowflake in an Avalanche and exposes extreme religious based human-rights violations within the US military. His website: http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/
His bio from Collected Works Bookstore: Military Religious Freedom Foundation founder Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein presents his latest book No Snowflake in an Avalanche: The Military-Religious Freedom Foundation, its Battle to Defend the Constitution, and One Family's Courageous War Against Religious Extremism in High Places. Weinstein's book sounds the alarm on evangelical extremism in the armed forces, ranging from the commanding heights of the Pentagon to the training grounds of the U.S. Air Force Academy. It offers ample evidence of a campaign against religious freedom in the armed forces, and reveals ongoing efforts to convert American war-fighting capabilities into a modern-day Christian crusade. In No Snowflake in an Avalanche, Weinstein also details the personal sacrifices of his family in their fight to maintain the civil rights of service members. Described by Harper's magazine as the "constitutional conscience of the military, a man determined to force accountability," Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein comes from a family with a long and distinguished military history: his ancestors have fought in every major American combat engagement from World War I to the War on Terror. A 1977 Honor Graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Weinstein spent ten years as an Air Force military attorney. He is devoted to restoring the separation between church and state, particularly in the military.
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This photo was posted by one guy and here is its story: "He went to Steak n Shake with his wife every year for valentine's day since before he was married. This is his first year without a valentine."
Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) seizes domains in similar fashion to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But whereas American authorities' placeholders are all businesslike neoclassicism, Britain's look like something a phisher would email to scare you into giving up your PayPal password. The daftest part? Showing you your browser environment data, then threatening the operator of your Tor exit node with prosecution. (via Britain's threatening and clueless domain takedown message - Boing Boing)
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Which factor will be considered more in the future? Profit or benefit?
Although the technology is growing at a staggering rate, some is still curbing the progress. For example, people won't give up their big oil companies which can make astronomical profits even though renewable, green energy can be well utilized. (If I were the owner, I probably wouldn't give up either.) Also, lots of great ideas eventually turn into an ugly business and lose their originality. So which factor will be more dominant in future? Are we able to move on much more efficiently without personal pursue of huge profits?
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Aug 4 2012: It think profit or benefit might be poor choices of word. Profit is benefit. Overall, much more profit will be generated as small green technology companies swallow up big oil. The oil companies are actually using the government to suppress both profit, and benefit. Often the two go together. The most expensive way to do something, is often the best.
The very definition of benefit, I assume, would include a sustainable, and healthy standard of living... Look at the price of organic food... It's far more profitable per piece of fruit. Often we associate profits, with corporate profits, but they are not one in the same. There will be much more profit, when we live our lives for more benefit. The profit will just be distributed better.
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Aug 2 2012: The trend as it is now seems to be monetary gains first, then other factors considered. It seems almost anything can be justified as long as it increases finances.
However, as the awareness of the numerous disadvantages of industrial pollution and environmental degradation increases, there is likely to be a paradigm shift in future; from the emphasis on monetary gains, to what is benefitial to the environment and community.
Aug 3 2012: IN MY VIEW:
Consideration is always given to necessity but how we view and define necessity changes constantly. Currently profit is given consideration in order to make saving and living a relaxed life in later stages. There can be several other motivation as well such as acknowledgement, gaining power etc. The feeling of insecurity is very high in people specially regarding their future hence all they can think of is generating profit cause they believe it benefit them. Even though we aim profit we are doing so for our benefit. However our such action has blinded us from the holistic view of benefit. We focus on our profit and short term benefits but what we should do is focus on overall profit and long term benefit. I think in future people will understand the long term goal and will act accordingly
Aug 2 2012: Lemme clarify that I interpret benefit as beneficial to society. I interpret profit as making more money.
I'd like to hope that we become more "benefit"-oriented and "profit" becomes secondary. I've seen guys who make humongous profits from one business and then retires and do whatever they want in terms of philanthropy or whatever.
There's only a certain point when one doesn't need more money. Like why the heck would someone need a mansion that takes up 10 blocks in the neighborhood?
I'm a strong believer in good moral values and I really hate corruption. Money should be secondary, not primary.
Aug 2 2012: I have my doubts that they were quite ok and just a view extraordinary talented people composed operas and those were usually supported by the aristocracy, which knew how to obtain profit. So did the church, and instead of building appropriate houses to celebrate their believes, they build palaces. I think with this extra money spend on hospitals, schools, kindergarten and charity, those $400 would have become much more to live on.
Aug 2 2012: still, people lived. so it was clearly enough. hence my question: how much is enough, and why? is it a strange coincidence that "enough" is roughly defined around your income? maybe it is just a limited scope of yours. maybe we have way more to go, way more dissatisfaction to ease. we could reduce work hours, eliminate diseases, and so many other things. maybe that "more than needed" is just an arbitrary decision with no factual basis of any kind?
Aug 2 2012: I would define 'enough' based on a given average within a closed entirety. Like we do with the IQ, the intelligence quotient. So if you train hard you can become smart above average or stay below if you don't. As greed is self-propelled by its nature - as there is never enough one could possess - it should be controlled by all the people and measured to the scale of their average. This way one could still be above average for those who need this incentive to finally get to work yet it would be limited to avoid perversion which would affect the majority negatively. The advantage would be, that the average was no constant and could rise as a result of the community to level up their standard of living.
Aug 2 2012: so the reason why we have all the things we have is people who wanted more than "enough". because if you define "enough" as the average, our great ancestors in 10000 BC should not aspire for agriculture, because it was "more than enough". luckily, they didn't understand that concept back then, marx was not corrupted their minds, so they invented a lot of things for us.
in the name of our children, i call for continuation for this process. i want them to see us as one grade of the ladder. and not the ones that lazily stopped improving things.
Aug 2 2012: Because you avoid the greyscale your category of thinking always end up in extreme white or black.
Our children and our childrens children have to bail out the failure of the given system which is constantly producing the same mass over time. I don't call this progress as we could be way better off if we would not have to start over and over again due to the faulty system.
I like society to progress, as a whole and it could be done if we would start learning from the mistakes we made.
Creativity and Innovation is immanent in the human nature and does not need incentives out of any proportion to inflame. Most inventors, engineers and scientists I know earn slightly above average and all of them do what they do because they like it and not for the money only.
For example, the MP3 format for music compression was released freely to the market and how much did it change the consumer electric industry? It goes all the way up to the modern icons of handheld devices - the ipod and the iphone which may not have been invented without it.
So if Marxism is the only thing which comes on your mind if I talk about improvement of the common good and a rich and creative public domain, you are still entangled within cold war paradigms.
As a society we should evolve from that stereotype thinking and start to improve what proofed harmful to our economy. And at the moment I see many things to work on. This is called social evolution but I can understand why it frightens old neoliberalistic views on this world.


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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is an American hip hop band from Cleveland, Ohio formed in 1991. It originally consisted of rappers Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Wish Bone. Rapper Eazy-E of the group N.W.A signed Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to Ruthless Records in late 1993, when Bone Thugs debuted with EP Creepin on ah Come Up. The EP included the hit single "Thuggish Ruggish Bone". In 1995, the group released its second album, E. 1999 Eternal, which included hits "1st of tha Month" and "Tha Crossroads." A tribute to the recently deceased Eazy-E, "Tha Crossroads," won a Grammy award in 1997. The Art of War, the group's third album, was also released in 1997. Bone Thugs is also the only group that has worked with deceased artists 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Eazy-E & Big Pun while they were still alive. The editors of About.com ranked them #12 on their list of the "25 Best Rap Groups of All Time",[1] and MTV called them "the most melodic hip-hop group of all time". In 2000 BTNHResurrection reached platinum in one month and Thug World Order (2002) received more moderate sales and promotion. After the album the group went on hiatus and released their sixth studio album Thug Stories independently before returning in 2007 with the major label release Strength & Loyalty, this time released by Swizz Beatz's label Full Surface Records. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony officially returned with their new album Uni-5: The World's Enemy, released in 2010 by their own record label, BTNH Worldwide.
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Miami Metro continues the search for the Brain Surgeon. Dexter finds a clue and attempts to find the Surgeon before his colleagues. Dexter gets a bit closer to Dr. Vogel. Dexter keeps attempting to bridge the gap that has formed between him and Deb. Deb is forced to take matters into her own hands as she tries to find the jewels that Biggs had stolen.


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Although Beyonce hasn't released any new music this year, she definitely has been in the studio with some rockstars that will make her upcoming project one to remember. Besides Ne-Yo and JT, Drake revealed recently that he was working with Bey in the studio and encouraging her to release new music. Hopefully she takes 2014 over and dominates because the Bey Hive is ready!
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Did you know that Birds of Paradise come, closed? David Siders, owner of Experience and Creative Design walks you through the steps of the beautiful flower, Bird of Paradise. Take a look as David Hatches this flower.
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Experience and Creative Design is all ready for Halloween this year! We have a mixture of cute and scary products sure to satisfy everyone's taste. Stop in now and get your Halloween decorating done early!
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This week's blog for "Designing for the Senses" focuses on Sound! During this entry, we're not going to focus necessarily on the "sounds" of the products we offer such as wind chimes. But rather, we are going to focus on the sounds of the footsteps of the crowds rushing to our ever so popular 75% OFF TENT! Yes, that's right, Experience and Creative Design is gearing up for a HUGE 75% OFF TENT SALE during our 2013 Fall Open House, September 7th and 8th. The tent opens Saturday, September 7th from 10am-5pm and Sunday, September 8th from 11am-4pm! We suggest hitting up the tent Saturday morning before all the product goes! Hurry in for great deals…with large crowds!
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Bring the elements of the season into your home! Begin with a decorative door piece from Experience and Creative Design that incorporates Indian corn, wheat and gourds. Further Enhance your space with a pumpkin topiary, corn stalks, mums and bails of hay. Inside your home, place gourds in a decorative bowl, add bittersweet, cattail and sunflowers to vases and adorn your dining room or coffee table with a permanent or fresh floral arrangement.
Top your space off with decorative pillows, throws and candles in fall colors. If you've got some extra time, paint an accent wall in a rust, orange, gold or green color to tie it all together!
Stroll through Experience and Creative Design on September 7th and 8th to enjoy the Sights of Fall! We offer a wide variety of fall home accessories to decorate your home.
Add interest to your space with texture. Textured pillows alone can add a whole new look to a room. Place them on sofas, occasional chairs, benches, beds, etc. Place woven baskets on bookshelves to hold odds and ends. This will not only keep your space clean and organized but will also draw attention. Here, at Experience and Creative Design, we carry a variety of baskets including ones that can be used as a tray on a coffee table. Additionally, we have woven textured lamps that would be a great addition to any home.
Incorporating the Beatriz Ball collection to your home will certainly add texture and interest. Available in a variety of sizes, shapes and patterns, Beatriz Ball also makes a great gift! Goes from freezer to oven to table without having to polish!
Be sure to check back for the next "Designing for the Senses" Blog!
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New to the store – Drink mixes! Who doesn't love a good Margarita or Bloody Mary? Now Experience and Creative Design can be your one stop shop for your entertainment needs. Get your home décor, party favors, fresh flowers and drink mixes all right here! And rent your table linens from Tablecloths for Granted in the back of the building. It couldn't get any easier! We also have a variety of margarita glasses for sale to drink your delicious margaritas out of!(Drink mixes does not include alcohol, but there is a liquor store right across the street!) Be sure to check out all of the new drink mixes at our Fall Open House!
Experience and Creative Design is now carrying chocolates and toffees! Curb your sweet tooth with our new options of sweet and salty. Try the Hoity Toity Toffee, Southern Peacan Toffee or Hazelnut Dark Chocolate to name a few.
Keep checking back for our next "Designing for the Senses" Blog!
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Do you or someone you know loves horses or the Saratoga Racetrack? Here, at Experience and Creative Design, we carry the perfect gifts for horse lovers! Race into Experience and Creative Design for our week long, 40% off storewide sale! (Hurry! Sale ends Saturday August 17th!)
Horse Bookends! A unique way to add your favorite past time into a usable home accessory!
Horse Lamp! A perfect way to add some atmospheric lighting into anyroom!
Equestrian Lanterns! Great for hanging on any outdoor patio with candles inside or keep them inside your house and place them on a stack of books to add to a grouping on any end table.
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The theme of the Fall Open House is "Designing for the Senses". This weeks blog is all about Smell!
Fresh Flower Friday!
From Friday, September 6th and every Friday thereafter we will have a selection of Fresh Flowers in the front of the store, for sale! Choose your flowers, have them hand tied free of charge or buy a vase from the store and have them arranged! Come back weekly for you new array of fresh flowers. They'll be sure to make your house or office smell great!
Caldrea is back! We will be getting a new shipment of Caldrea body lotion, hand balm, hand soaps and linen/room sprays for the Fall Open House. Be sure to stock up on your favorite scents, or be daring and try a new one!
Scent Sachets!
New to Experience and Creative Design, scent sachets! Perfect for your dresser drawer, laundry room, basement, car, garbage can, gym bag, etc. Be sure to look out for them at the Fall Open House, September 7th & 8th!
Fall Votive/Pillar Candles!
A new shipment of our Root Fall votive line and pillar candles have arrived! Smell the scents of fall! Try the Apple Harvest, Pumpkin Spice Latte, Salted Caramel, Cinnamon Spice, Crisp Autumn and Mulled Cider, to name a few!
Stay tuned for our weekly "Designing for the Senses" blogs!
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Sometimes you have a room that is full of furniture and artwork and has paint on the walls but still seems to be lacking that "finishing touch." That's where ivy comes in. They help soften the edges of furniture to create a more comfortable environment. Ivy plants come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. From variegated ivy to just a solid green color, there is sure to be a style for everyone.
Where can Ivy Plants go?
- Cascading ivy plants work well on top of hutches, tall bookshelves, fireplace mantles, on top of kitchen or bathroom cabinets or on a buffet table, going down the side.
- Small ivy plants can be added to groupings on fireplaces, in a bookshelf or sideboard. They can also be combined with books, candles, figurines and/or photos.
- Some large ivy plants can be placed on the floor in a pot or in a tall urn.
- Ivy can also be placed on a wall shelf. Instead of adding more artwork, find a fun corbel or wall shelf and place a cascading ivy plant in it.
All of our ivy is made to be botanically correct. So correct in fact, a customer went away, and their house keeper watered her ivy plants, thinking they were real!
Right now at Experience and Creative Design, certain ivy is 75% off! There is always a place you can put an ivy, so stop by Experience and Creative Design and pick your up today!
(Colored pots are not included in sale)
Stop by Experience and Creative Design to see the unique sculptures designed by co-owner, David E. Siders. Each sculpture is one of a kind and incorporates aluminum, copper, and/or aluminum orbs. Various textures are applied to each piece giving an original appearance. Looking for something specific? Stop by to speak with David about an original piece to reflect your personal taste.
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Founder Steven Jobs and CEO/Chairman John Sculley pose with an early Macintosh computer. Jobs later split from the company only to return as interim CEO several years later.
Thirty-five-years ago today, three men decided to sell a circuit board with little else and call it a computer.
Thousands of products and billions of dollars later, Apple is now a household name and Steve Wozniak is no longer building computers by hand.
April 1, 1976, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne all joined forces to sell the Apple I personal computer kit.
Little could Wayne, who was called the "adult supervision" of the group, have known that Apple would turn into the global behemoth it has become.
He ended up selling his share of the company for $2,300. He was the Eduardo Saverin -- sort of -- of Apple before Saverin was even born.
Apple wasn't officially incorporated until the start of 1977 but the three men behind the company started things off on April 1, 1976.
The first Apple 1 went on sale later that year for $666.66. Interesting.
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And The Tulsa World has a news update headlined "ACLU files judicial complaint over Oklahoma teen's church sentence; A complaint has been filed against a Muskogee County district judge who sentenced a teenager to attend church for 10 years as a condition of parole."
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The issue also contains two related essays. Ninth Circuit Judge Marsha S. Berzon has an essay titled "Dissent, 'Dissentals,' and Decision Making." And law professor Kevin M. Quinn has an essay titled "The Academic Study of Decision Making on Multimember Courts."
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And The Associated Press reports that "Acquitted blogger sues Conn. officials for $50M."
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You can access at this link the transcript of today's U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. v. Natural Resources Council, Inc., No. 11-460.
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And Pete Williams, NBC News justice correspondent, has a report headlined "Court showdown over recess appointments."
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The Associated Press reports that "Court rejects Verizon challenge to roaming rule."
And Reuters reports that "Appeals court rejects Verizon challenge to roaming rule."
You can access today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Arkansas Game and Fish Comm'n v. United States, No. 11-597. The decision was unanimous, with Justice Elena Kagan not participating. You can access the oral argument via this link.
Update: In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that "High court says government can be liable for flood."
Terry Baynes and Jonathan Stempel of Reuters report that "U.S. top court rules government may be liable for flooding."
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Families in a Chandler neighborhood are trying to figure out who would intentionally damage five garages in one night. Are they targets, or is it just a prank?
"I hear like big noise, a big explosion, it sounded like a bomb," said Dorota Staskiewicz.
Dorota Staskiewicz's pint size pup sounded the alarm that someone was trying to break in through the garage.
"When I came I could not really believe it, like punches, one two three like all over. I didn't know what to do."
She was ready to call the cops when she heard another loud bang. That noise was coming from Fred Salvidge's home. He was hit too.
"I don't know if they tried to get in. I just think someone was on a rampage and just crash or kicked in my door," says Salvidge.
Even with the security sign in the front yard of this house, the vandals still tried to dent the garage door.
Both Ed and Dorota are surprised. The neighborhood is very quiet.
"It's kind of scary and it's like for the first time I don't know what to think."
Now she's waiting to replace the garage door it will be a stronger door. Chandler police say at least five homes were hit by the vandals in one night -- but there could be more victims.
They believe juveniles did the damage.
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Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. (The Royal Diaries) (edition 1999)
by Kristiana Gregory
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My daughter, who is about to embark upon studying Ancient Egypt in her 6th grade social studies class, borrowed this book from the school library for both me and for herself. it's an engaging read, but I'd actually like to go back and cross-check it with Schiffman's biography to see if Cleopatra did indeed travel to Rome with her father to enlist Pompey as his ally. As an adult who has read her biography, I found the encounters and flirtations between the preteen/teenage Cleopatra and the adult Marc Antony more than a bit contrived. However, if it gets my 10-year-old daughter more enthusiastic about her 6th grade history class (and about reading history in general), I'm fine with the bit of storytelling truth-stretching.
I thought this was a fun suspense ful book about Cleopatra and her hard childhood up to when she grew up to be married then to her sad death. I learned a lot and had a wonderful time learning about Egypt and Rome. I can't wait to read the next Royal Diaries book.
The book was pretty good. One of my first favorite Royal Diary books.
I absolutely love the entire Royal Diaries series. They are all incredibly brilliant. MY favorite are Jahanara, Eleanor and Lady of Ch'iao Kuo. They're a great way to learn history.
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile is part of the Royal Diaries series that features fictional journals of royal figures throughout history. The reader is immediately captivated by the life of 12 year old Cleopatra - her father, Ptolemy has disappeared fearing for his life, and her sister, Trypthphaena has assumed reign of the kingdom. Ultimately she learns that Trypthaphaena and her supporters are out to kill her and Ptolemy. Cleopatra is also gravely concerned about her father's alcoholism and his ability to rule Egypt, and gradually she realizes that she must rise to meet the challenges of ruling an empire and become Queen of the Nile. The reader can relate to Cleopatra's fears and worries while trying to maintaining an air of confidence at most times. Cleopatra's diaries are rich with detail and the reader can practically feel what it is like to be in the comfort and luxuries of an Egyptian palace, to experience the excesses and slums of Ancient Rome, and to truly relive the culture and lifestyle of the time. The language suggest that although Cleopatra is only an adolescent, she is highly educated and has many resources at her disposal to learn Latin, about other cultures - truly a royal lifestyle. The journals also communicate themes that are relevant to modern times - navigating through a dysfunctional family, coming of age, and development of a self-identity. The author provides resources as an afterword with art and pertinent historical figures that support the details featured in the journals. Great historical fiction book for ages 9-12.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0590819755, Hardcover)The year is 57 B.C., and 12-year-old Cleopatra, Princess of the Nile, has a lot on her mind. Her father, the Pharaoh of Egypt, nearly died when a venomous adder meant for him attacked and killed his favorite servant. Now the Pharaoh has gone into hiding, hunted by his enemies, and the young princess has to keep her head--literally--as her power-hungry older sister Tryphaena threatens to grab her father's throne.
"I took the cup and raised it toward Tryphaena as if toasting her, but really I was watching the liquid, looking for oil floating on its surface, or powder sticking to the sides of the cup. If I suspected poison and tossed it into the pool, she would have her guards behead me on the spot. If it was indeed poison, one sip and I could die..."
In an elegantly written royal diary, Cleopatra VII has recorded every rich detail from this tumultuous time: her hairsbreadth escape by boat to Rome, where she and her father must plead for help; her struggle to absorb the overwhelming sights (and smells) of this new city and its "barbarian" ways; and her poise and quick thinking as she deals with the likes of General Pompey, Marc Antony, and the famous orator Cicero ("words fly from him like darts!").
Kristiana Gregory, a contributor to the excellent Dear America series, has done an admirable job ghostwriting for the princess, painting an engaging portrait of a resourceful, intelligent, compassionate young woman forged by the forces of her time. The book concludes with a helpful section of maps, portraits, a Pharaonic family tree, and 20 pages of illustrations. (Ages 8 to 12) --Paul Hughes
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While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to survive to become Queen of Egypt some day.
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The Reality of Chemical Terrorism In Our Food
Marco Torres, Prevent Disease
Waking Times
Is it really that hard for most people to believe that we are being assaulted on a daily basis by chemical terrorism? Genetically modified foods, artificial flavours, colors, preservatives, emulsifiers, and sweeteners all made with toxic chemicals, all of which are proven toxic to human health. We are being bombarded on a daily basis by an astronomical level of toxicity, all controlled by these chemical terrorists on behalf of the food industry. Worse is we let them.
How many more toxins will we permit in our food supply before we stand united and simply say "we've had enough?" How long will it take until we assertively proclaim that we will not allow any more chemicals or toxins in our foods?
Since food and health regulators cannot properly do their job to protect the public, there will come a tipping point when the people will have to do it for them. We discuss toxic chemicals almost every day, but what percentage of the population is interested enough, curious enough or most of all disciplined enough to actually make the dietary changes necessary to rid all the toxins from the foods they eat? How many people can avoid all processed foods every single day? I would estimate that percentage to be extremely small. Barriers are typically societal pressure, convenience and income. The reality is that we could all have a safe and healthy food industry if we truly wanted it. There are just not enough of us that want it that badly….yet.
Every year or two we have a new chemical terrorist making its way into the food supply almost like clock work. Once the public becomes savvy to the harmful nature of the new toxin, it is then renamed, rebranded and often modified into a deadlier form than its predecessor. Aspartame and aminosweet, and high fructose corn syrup and corn sugar are two excellent examples.
Let's take a look at some of the biggest offenders that are in more than 80% of the foods we eat.
Artificial Flavors and Colors
Artificial flavors and colors means it is derived from a chemical made in a laboratory and has no nutritional value. Every single artificial flavor and color in the food industry has some kind of detrimental health effect. These include neurotoxicity, organ, developmental, reproductive toxicity and cancer.
* Examples
- Glutamates
- Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)
- Maltodextrin
- Autolyzed Yeast Extract
- Disodium Guanylate
- Disodium Inosinate
- Blue 1, Blue 2
- Yellow 5, Yellow 6
- Red 3, Red 40
Genetically Modified Foods
GM Foods causes allergies, organ damage, cancer, immunotoxicty, and damaging transgenes which affect future generations. Many fruits and vegetables for sale in the U.S. are already genetically modified. The most commercialized GM fruit is papaya from Hawaii—about half of Hawaii's papayas are GM.
* Examples
- Corn flour, meal, oil, starch, gluten, and syrup
- Corn Sweeteners such as fructose, dextrose, and glucose
- Modified food starch
- Soy flour, lecithin, protein, isolate, and isoflavone
- Most vegetable oils and vegetable proteins
- Canola oil (also called rapeseed oil)
- Cottonseed oil
- Anything not listed as 100% cane sugar
Toxic Preservatives
Artificial preservatives are responsible for causing a host of health problems pertaining to respiratory tract, heart, blood and other. Some are very neurotoxic especially when combined with specific nutrients.
* Examples
- Antimicrobials
- Nitrites (i.e. Sodium Nitrite)
- Nitrates (i.e. Sodium Nitrate)
- Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)
- Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)
- Sulfites (i.e. Sodium Sulfite)
- Potassium Sorbate
- Benzoic Acid
- Propyl Gallate
- Sodium Benzoate
Toxic Emulsifiers
An emulsifier replaces surface proteins and aids in forming the network in specific food recipes. There are no healthy non-organic emulsifiers. They are all toxic causing everything from infertility, digestive disorders and migraines.
* Examples
- Polysorbate 80
- Mono-diglycerides
- Carrageenan
- Xanthan Gum (non-organic)
- Guar Gum
- Soy Lecithin or Soya Lecithin
Toxic Sweeteners
Sweeteners such as Neotame are thousands of times sweeter than sugar. They are all very potent, neurotoxic, immunotoxic and excitotoxic.
* Examples
- Aspartame
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Neotame
- Sucralose
- Sodium cyclamate
- Acesulfame-K
Toxic Adulterants
Food fraud and economically motivated food adulteration is highlighted by some very toxic substances which cause cancer, glaucoma, digestive and liver disorders. These are added to foods to increase their color, volume or weight.
* Examples
- Metanil Yellow
- Potassium bromate
- Malachite Green
- Tamarind seeds
- Washing powder
- Argemone seeds
This list is by no means extensive. There are now hundreds of toxic additives in our food supply. Chemical terrorism in our food supply must end and it starts with you.
Please look at the ingredient lists before you purchase any processed foods. If you see any of these, don't buy the product. Continue to educate yourself on the influx of new toxins introduced every year. Eventually, if we investigate enough the answers come. Rule of thumb, if the ingredient list has one chemical or more…it's one too many.
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Marco Torres is a research specialist, writer and consumer advocate for healthy lifestyles. He holds degrees in Public Health and Environmental Science and is a professional speaker on topics such as disease prevention, environmental toxins and health policy.
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Q. What is Carrageenan??
A. Carrageenan is a naturally-occurring seaweed extract. It is widely used in foods and non-foods to improve texture and stability. Common uses include meat and poultry, dairy products, canned pet food, cosmetics and toothpaste.
Q. Why the controversy?
A. Self-appointed consumer watchdogs have produced numerous web pages filled with words condemning carrageenan as an unsafe food additive for human consumption. However, in 70+ years of carrageenan being used in processed foods, not a single substantiated claim of an acute or chronic disease has been reported as arising from carrageenan consumption. On a more science-based footing, food regulatory agencies in the US, the EU, and in the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) repeatedly review and continue to approve carrageenan as a safe food additive.
Q. What has led up to this misrepresentation of the safety of an important food stabilizer, gelling agent and thickener?
A. It clearly has to be attributed to the research of Dr. Joanne Tobacman, an Associate Prof at the University of Illinois in Chicago. She and a group of molecular biologists have accused carrageenan of being a potential inflammatory agent as a conclusion from laboratory experiments with cells of the digestive tract. It requires a lot of unproven assumptions to even suggest that consumption of carrageenan in the human diet causes inflammatory diseases of the digestive tract. The objectivity of the Chicago research is also flawed by the fact that Dr Tobacman has tried to have carrageenan declared an unsafe food additive on weak technical arguments that she broadcast widely a decade before the University of Chicago research began.
Q. What brings poligeenan into a discussion of carrageenan?
A. Poligeenan ("degraded carrageenan" in pre-1988 scientific and regulatory publications) is a possible carcinogen to humans; carrageenan is not. The only relationship between carrageenan and poligeenan is that the former is the starting material to make the latter. Poligeenan is not a component of carrageenan and cannot be produced in the digestive tract from carrageenan-containing foods.
Q. What are the differences between poligeenan and carrageenan?
A. The production process for poligeenan requires treating carrageenan with strong acid at high temp (about that of boiling water) for 6 hours or more. These severe processing conditions convert the long chains of carrageenan to much shorter ones: ten to one hundred times shorter. In scientific terms the molecular weight of poligeenan is 10,000 to 20,000; whereas that of carrageenan is 200,000 to 800,000. Concern has been raised about the amount of material in carrageenan with molecular weight less than 50,000. The actual amount (well under 1%) cannot even be detected accurately with current technology. Certainly it presents no threat to human health.
Q. What is the importance of these molecular weight differences?
A. Poligeenan contains a fraction of material low enough in molecular weight that it can penetrate the walls of the digestive tract and enter the blood stream. The molecular weight of carrageenan is high enough that this penetration is impossible. Animal feeding studies starting in the 1960s have demonstrated that once the low molecular weight fraction of poligeenan enters the blood stream in large enough amounts, pre-cancerous lesions begin to form. These lesions are not observed in animals fed with a food containing carrageenan.
Q. Does carrageenan get absorbed in the digestive track?
A. Carrageenan passes through the digestive system intact, much like food fiber. In fact, carrageenan is a combination of soluble and insoluble nutritional fiber, though its use level in foods is so low as not to be a significant source of fiber in the diet.
Carrageenan has been proven completely safe for consumption. Poligeenan is not a component of carrageenan.
Closing Remarks
The consumer watchdogs with their blogs and websites would do far more service to consumers by researching their sources and present only what can be substantiated by good science. Unfortunately we are in an era of media frenzy that rewards controversy.
Additional information available:
On June 11th, 2008, Dr. Joanne Tobacman petitioned the FDA to revoke the current regulations permitting use of carrageenan as a food additive.
On June 11th, 2012 the FDA denied her petition, categorically addressing and ultimately dismissing all of her claims; their rebuttal supported by the results of several in-depth, scientific studies.
If you would like to read the full petition and FDA response, they can be accessed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!searchResults;rpp=25;po=0;s=FDA-2008-P-0347
Here's what I do, I ignore the many corporate trolls now jumping on comment threads to defend their wares, I do my own research, buy organic and I stay away from carrageenan and all additives that are unnecessary. Especially since they can be replaced with other less irritating ingredients but for the cheap corporations that want to keep hawking the same old thing and lazy manufacturers who never bother to change. That includes organic food producers.
Also, since it comes from seaweed, one has to consider whether it's pacific ocean seaweed, since Fukushima has and continues to contaminate most everything in the pacific, including seaweed.
if it doesn't have a mother, grow from the Earth or is manufactured to sit on a shelf longer than you then IT'S NOT FOOD.
"How long will it take until we assertively proclaim that we will not allow any more chemicals or toxins in our foods?"
I don't know. There are a lot of hurdles for people to overcome first. If the first hurdle of establishing a sense of "we" among this mindset dominated by division and prejudice can ever be cleared, everything else is obtainable.
Another big hurdles is the fact that the world's scientific 'superpowers' have determined that our level of exposure to the 84,000 different 'chemical substances', we are exposed to is safe, and the general reaction to stating that we're being experimented upon is being dismissed by your peers either as a conspiracy theorist, or someone who doesn't understand how science works.
Ultimately, out of all the chemicals that you believe pose a risk to human health, which one can you take to a university and confirm? And if those tests confirm that the FDA is lying, what exactly do you or 'we' do about it?
I think it would require a non-political non-religion charged effort by a small group of people who could take advantage of a school setting to establish a voice of opposition, both for security reasons and availability of supporters. But I doubt any major universities would welcome that inspiration if it doesn't come from within, another significant obstacle.
We've finally reached the point where most Americans are starting to realize that our future is about as dismal as one can perceive and everybody wants 'change', but for the most part we all still expect someone else to provide it for us. To me, it seems like saving our families and our nation and our only known source of life, would be the only topic of discussion in this world today. Unfortunately, that conversation is a 'sin' and will never be considered or pursued by the religious people who intend on defending their beliefs even after 'their masses' are glowing green. I don't know how to save the world, but it just seems rational to believe that if people were allowed to discuss such a thing without offending others, the chances of doing so would greatly improve!
And if any'body' can ever assemble enough scientific consensus to confirm that any one of these chemicals pose a risk to human health, it should be quite simple to shut down that particular drug manufacturer. For example…. let's say you've got 250-300 people who are absolutely convinced due to scientific 'fact' (if such a thing exist) that drug A,B, or C, must be stopped from entering our food supply. Couldn't that group announce and publicize the intention to ultimately assemble and hold hands 'around' the facility? Let's say that you've managed to establish a scientific consensus that drug A,B or C is really bad for people and you get TONS of support… would it be illegal to announce and publicize an intention to show up at said facility with a 'cease and desist' order, while being escorted with every piece of turbo-charged land and farm machines from the area? You know, I agree with the notion that ideas which require violence are worthless, but I worked around police officers long enough to appreciate the resources necessary to shut down a crack house. It usually doesn't require violence, especially if the house is shaking from all the men and metal pounding the ground outside. For the most part, even a crack head is smart enough to walk out with their hands up, when given a chance. If there are 'crack factories' in this country, pumping millions or billions of tons of unnecessary drugs into our food supply… which I believe there are, who's responsibility is it to stop THEM from selling crack? It's not as if you can call the local authorities and report these corporate drug dealers, but if the right group of people presented the local authorities with the right evidence to support your efforts, they might not help you, but there is still a slim possibility they will defend your rights to assemble en masse outside of said crack factory. Looking at your list and being somewhat familiar with the extend of this diabolical experiment on our minds and bodies, it just seems like all 'we' have to do is focus on condemning and stopping ONE drug… then see how many people are willing to make it stop by any means necessary.
Until the day comes when the facilities that manufacturer the 'dope' that reaches our pantries and dinner tables are 'intimidated' by the people, the people who regulate them will continue to laugh in the handicapped faces of their complacent test subjects.
the justice system in America states: innocent until proven guilty.
The food system should be the opposite: guilty until proving innocent.
We can't keep putting these things in our food when there are replacements that we KNOW are healthy and harmless…that would eliminate the fact that we often eat this crap only to find out later that it was/is harmful to our health.
haha… pussies !
Sorry! that wasn't directed at you matt. Explaining that comment would sound worse than it already does.


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Andrew Maury has a pretty impressive resume for someone who is less than two years out of college. Right after his graduation from Syracuse University in 2008, Ra Ra Riot asked Maury to accompany them as their live sound engineer on both their headlining tour and as tour support for Death Cab For Cutie. That summer he produced, engineered, and mixed The Rhumb Line Live DVD which was promoted by Ra Ra Riot's label Barsuk Records. In the summer of 2009 he worked at Sound City Studios in LA as an assistant engineer under producers Chris Walla (of Death Cab For Cutie) and Howard Redekopp on Tegan and Sara's latest album Sainthood. On top of that, he also does some pretty sick remixes as part of The Remix Artist Collective. (Check out his remixes of songs from artists like Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Jukebox The Ghost, and Phoenix on his Web site). It's obvious that this guy is a little luckier than most when it comes to finding a job you're passionate about right after college. But what's life really like on the road and behind the scenes? Is it really as fun as it seems?
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Sibling Design Celebrities & Canadian Premiers
Toronto Interior Design Show 2011
The Toronto Interior Design Show 2011 (TIDS11) has yet to open but yesterday we were able to preview the show while it was still being set up. We're looking forward to Sibling Revelry, the unique living spaces constructed for this show by 4 Canadian design siblings including Sarah and Theo Richardson (shown here outside their project).
New products and designs will have their North American premier at the show. Shown in the photos:
• Theo & Sarah Richardson outside their project house built for Sibling Revelry. Theo Richardson is a co-founder of the design trio Rich Brilliant Willing and currently lives in New York. Their project house has three rooms, each focusing on a primary color: yellow bedroom, blue living room and red kitchen.
• the Ikea Canada booth with many helpers. The mass of light fixtures looks promising.
• the new limited edition outdoor collection by Alfred Sung in his favorite plaid. The collection will be available at The Bay. Prices in the collection range from $150 (side table) to $750 (love seat).
• one of 20 Vitra Panton Chair that were remade by Canadian designers and will be auctioned off for charity Casey House.
• an open Sibling Revelry space by Brothers Dressler made from repurposed window frames. Twins Jason and Lars are woodworkers based in Toronto. All the materials are local and most come from sites within 15 minutes of TIDS11. We can't wait to see the finished space!
• Miele's new steam convection oven will have it's North American premier at TIDS11. Five other Miele products, including a new white coffee maker with chrome accents, will also be premiered at TIDS11
• My and Thien Ta Trung putting together their Sibling Revelry space. The siblings work together full-time in their Montreal-based design studio Periphere, and their furniture collection is shown at Domison, their Montreal flagship store on St Laurent Boulevardl.
• Glen Dixon in his Sibling Revelry space, which will hold 1,000 paper cranes when finished. He and brother fashion designer David Dixon recently started a new company called Dixonhouse that will develop new lifestyle products. Glen is a host on W Network's "Take this House and Sell it" and a judge on W Network's "Expert Challenge."
• the entrance to TIDS11 with a specially designed video for the show.
• Theo Richardson showing a new coat rack in the red kitchen of he and Sarah's Sibling Revelry project.
Toronto Interior Design Show 2011 opens today and runs through this Sunday January 30th, 2011. More information and a full list of events at the show can be found here.
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I can not believe that I've been a Sarah Richardson fan for so many years and never knew she had an interior designer brother--apparently I'm not that good a stalker. Good to know.
The it's/its confusion is a very easy mistake to make, but the "steam convention oven" typo is hilarious. I'm fairly certain that should read "convection".
I didn't know she had a designer brother, either! Or even a brother!
Sarah is a design goddess and worshipped across Canada. All bow.
Oh, and I've always wanted a subway station photo like the Summerhill one. I can't decide, however, which one I would have. I suppose Yonge St as I live downtown; however, I think it has more to do with the colours of your apt! I refuse to put up a "Kennedy" or a "Kipling", though, regardless of colour! Lol.
"Premieres", please. We're Canadian. :)
I am also surprised to hear about Sarah's brother. I never knew she had one!
Without my glasses I thought Sarah's brother was David Duchovny! LOL (I guess the "Celebrity" in the title made me think that, too). Don't get old, people!
Love the Summerhil Subway poster!
The mismatched chairs at IDS 2011 not so much.
Ooooh where did that subway poster come from?! I must know!
The photograph of Summerhill subway station is by Toronto photographer Ben Mark Holzberg and available at Canvas Gallery http://www.canvasgallery.ca/images/artists/PHOTOGRAPHY/holzberg/holzberg.htm
I thought he was Justin Long- ha ha!
PeteG, you took the words "design goddess" out of my mouth! When I saw "Sarah's House" here on HGTV US last year, I fell in love with her design style. I worship the oak floors she refinishes. And now I find out she has a talented (and attractive) brother? The family is apparently amazing.
I love Sarah, but am I the only one who thinks she's a dead ringer for Kristen Wig? I keep waiting for her to do something funny.


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New Documentary: 'Beware of Christians'
Four young Christian men take their big questions to the world, but there's nothing new here
The new documentary Beware of Christians is being marketed as a major revelation but plays as old hat.
The points made are good, but all too familiar. Christians fail to live out all of God's Word on a daily basis? No way! Christians need to emphasize relationship over religion? Do tell! Most young adults plugged into Christian culture already know this stuff.
The movie fails to draw any new conclusions, though it comes close to a key point: The guys note how many non-Christians view Christians as hypocritical, yet how can believers live the Christian life publicly without coming across as pious or sheltered? If only the movie followed this thinking through to its logical conclusion: the need for Christians to walk the fine line of being holy and being cool—"in the world, not of it."
There's nothing special about their hipster style of filmmaking with out-of-focus shots, quick intercuts, etc.—think The Real World gone Christian. Nor is this a clever movie, or particularly funny, though not from want of trying. I felt like I was on a trip with four slightly irritating Christian frat boys. They share the usual anecdotes of losing their wallet and passport or getting lost in Switzerland on the way to Italy.
Two of the guys "help" their lovelorn friend by intercepting all his postcards to his girlfriend—which of course only makes him mad and doesn't seem particularly Christ-like. For that matter, watching two of the guys smacking each other's bare backs as some sort of fraternal prank is like watching an episode of Jackass. Or how about when two of them dress up like gladiators in Rome with cheap gift shop toys and proceed to smack each other in public like little boys? Way to represent America, guys.
Still, by the time the movie was over, it occurred to me that I had maybe fifteen years of spiritual maturity on these four. These "old" conclusions they draw might have been new to me when I was their age. As much as I want Beware of Christians to be an insightful and informative documentary for all ages, it may still be a worthwhile film for teens and young adults. Especially those who need to see a film that ultimately concludes that 1) Christians don't have it all worked out, and 2) God loves us anyway.
The DVD is available for purchase here. See the trailer below:
I gotta say I'm a little bit shocked by this post. I saw this movie my freshman year in college, and it blew my mind. I grew up in church, grew up in the "Bible belt", grew up thinking I knew every trick in the book used by pastors to get us to "think".
These guys are different, they're honest, they're humble. They're not manipulating scripture or speech, and they're not attempting to appeal to large crowds. To me, that's anything but "old hat."
It's interesting that you point out you've got 15 years on these guys, because the more I mature in my walk with Jesus, the more I discover how much I actually don't know...and how much greater God is, even in His simplicity.
I do see what you're saying about the conclusions they come to..they are pretty basic. That's what is fascinating to me..they're foundational ideas straight from scripture yet we glaze over them so much in American Churches that we've turned "Christianity" into something else entirely.
If anything, I was humbled by that revelation.
It's interesting that you point out you've got 15 years on these guys, because the more I mature in my walk with Jesus, the more I discover how much I actually don't know...and how much greater God is, even in His simplicity.
I completely agree with you and I am 21. I felt kind of nauseated after I watched the filmed. It seemed their actions did not line up with the points that they were making. The verses that they used were awesome. However, America is in serious need of godly mature Christian men and they gave a great example of the typical American male. They talked about a watered down Gospel, however it seemed to me they had one. Jesus never said "there's a better way to do things" either. Jesus Christ the creator came into the world to save sinners from the power of sin and the punishment hell. Because He died for me, I will live for him. It is not "woahh Christianity is a better way of living, cool!" The movie wasn't all bad, like you said they made some good points. However, when God revealed to me my sin in light of his holiness, I realized I was a false convert who needed to repent. They never mentioned repentance either. Just a few thoughts.
Thought you analysis of the film was completely off base. Instead of just writing a book about why the americanization of christianity will in fact be the downfall of christianity they went out and filmed it. And maybe the general points have already been covered but they took it more in depth so I would say that it is not just old ideas in a new format. Seems like perhaps you went into it with a preconcieved judgement.


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This is from my Senior Portfolio/Group show called "revivals: a photo collective" (May 2013), which is research inspired by cultural appropriation. This may sound weird, but I've been collecting found objects on the Navajo reservation since I was a kid. After going through my junk, I suddenly realized that I contribute to this "taking" of culture, but on a less extreme level. As a native (lol), I only do this because the Navajo Nation's picturesque landscapes are littered with trash and junk of wires, beer and wine bottles, auto parts, etc. When I go home to visit I often bring back found objects that remind me of my family and memories growing up in rural communities. Here are some of my favorite things. Click on photo to see more. Enjoy!
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I found a Dine' story about the meaning of the mocassin in an old gray American Touristor suitcase. It is a complex story, but the meaning behind a shoe is quite fascinating. And so, I have to tell it...
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Arizona Cardinals 6th-round pick Justin Bethel, out of Presbyterian College, has already made his presence felt. While he's listed as the third-string free safety, he is seeing significant time on special teams and making an immediate impact.
Bethel has already blocked a punt and an extra point, and likely has a spot on the 53-man roster due to his performance. As a 6th-round pick, nothing is guaranteed. So any little thing you can do to catch the coaching staff's attention is needed, and Bethel has clearly done his part.
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt had this to say about Bethel's performance: "He's got a long ways to go defensively, but he's working at it. That's what you like to see. When we talk about guys that can contribute on special teams while they're learning that, it's a pretty good situation."
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I think he makes the teams final roster.
Special teams and defensive turnovers won all of the Cards games last year, and his presence could be the difference to making the play-offs and a winning record. He has heart and desire.
where did you have him ranked in the draft?