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Rebel Garde's Take on my Pastel Make-up work… And I love it!
I am over whelmed when I see other artist's who get inspired by my make-up work and turn it into their own art work.
Rebel Garde on Tumblr did an amazing job of putting his own twist on mine and Ryan Handy's Pastel image. I want to have this on my wall! A big thank you to Tom for creating such a wonderful piece. Check out Tom's work here: http://rebelgarde.tumblr.com/
'Tales of Creativity' Illustration 4.
My next addition of my Charity project 'Tales of Creativity' designed & created by Carly Watts taking in your amazing stories you email us, we came up with this one. 'Ropes or Chains that hold you down'
To read more on this charity and to submit your stories click >here<
'Tales of Creativity' Illustration 2.
I am excited to show you the next illustration from my Charity project 'Tales of Creativity' designed & created by Carly Watts taking in your amazing stories you email us, we came up with this one. 'Not Every Artist Uses Paper & Paint!'
To read more on this charity and to submit your stories click >here<
OMG the BEST Birthday present ever today! An Illustration of ME made by and designed by the talented Carly Watts from my awesome friend Rich Hinton.
I am so spoilt today!
My NEW Charity Project
I'm really excited to reveal the first illustration for my NEW 'Charity Project (with no name yet) which has been created by the insanely talented Carly Watts who did an Illustration inspired my make-up work >here< before.
The project is a collaboration between myself, Rich Hinton and Carly Watts and is aimed at helping out makeup artists and other creatives who are struggling with self doubt and lack of inspiration. The aim of the project is collect as many different 'artist stories' as we can from makeup artists and other creatives, such as hair stylists, clothes and accessories designers, etc which we have had a lot through so far to help create this first image.
These stories can be about how you've overcome difficult times, whether that be stress, self doubt, others not supporting your career choice, the list is endless, talking about how you've moved on and gotten where you are, who has inspired you, etc. We are then going to draw inspiration from these stories and with the help of Carly we are producing a series of inspirational illustrations which will accompany these stories and eventually be compiled into a book.
We're planning on selling the book and donating all proceeds to a suitable makeup charity, such as one which deals with scar and burn victims and helps them to overcome their self belief issues by showing them how to apply specially designed makeup to hide the scaring. We need your help to name this project, so we're running a contest to find an amazing name for the project pinned at the top of my Facebook Page . Post your name suggestions in the comments section on my Facebook Page for this post and the one we like the most will win a personal illustration of themselves created by Carly. Also if you feel that you have a story to share then please send it to email@example.com luck and we'll be picking a winner on Monday the 18th of March.
Amazing Illustrations Carly Watts has created inspired by my make-up work and me! …
And look they are all make-up brushes! *AMAZING* What I love about these illustrations is that Carly has done her research into my work and each of these make-up brushes has been taking from my make-up portfolio- The first one being Gestural Abstraction body painting I did for Issue 1 of MindGame magazine, The second one from my Food project-Cupcakes and Icing and the Third one being my Pastel photoshoot! Check out Carly's blog post here where she shows her inspiration behind the illustration >here<
Carly is a very talented painter and illustrator who loves to sketch and draw. Carly is slowly getting her work out there creating amazing illustrations like this. Check out Carly's blog >here< where you can see more of her work and prices if you would like an illustration of you or your work.
Thanks Carly for this thoughtful piece of art! Follow Carly on Twitter >here<
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There are some Green Bay Packers websites that stand out among the vast choices across the Internet and there are some websites that specialize in the entire NFL picture (if that's even possible) – one of these is walterfootball.com.
With a focus on the draft, but so much more, walterfootball provides a wealth of information that is at times overwhelming. How do they have the time to do all this? – I ask myself from time-to-time. But I'm glad they do have the time because it surely enlightens me.
Just today I was thinking, 'who are all the players the Packers have reached out to prior to the draft? Why these players? How do they make the choices they do knowing that they may have a shot at only a small percentage of these guys?
While these questions couldn't be answered without direct access or an inside look into Ted Thompson's mind, at least I thought it would be nice to see a complete list of the players who have either been interviewed or brought in for workouts … walterfootball provided that information for me – which I've provided for you below.
So, without boring you anymore with my babbling, here is the list and the designations on just where and how the Packers made contact with these guys …
2013 NFL Draft Prospect Meetings: Sorted by Team
By Walter Cherepinsky – @walterfootball
April 13, 2013
This is a compilation of draft prospect meetings sorted by team. The data was acquired via Charlie Campbell (@draftcampbell) and other media sources.
SR – Senior Bowl meeting.
EW – East-West Shrine meeting.
COM – Combine meeting.
INT – Interested.
VINT – Very Interested.
PRO – Pro Day meeting.
PRI – Private Workout.
% – indicates more than one meeting.
# – indicates meeting set up outside of the 2013 Senior Bowl or the 2013 East-West Shrine Game
To see draft prospect meetings sorted by prospect, click the link. Follow me @walterfootball for updates.
Green Bay Packers:
Kiko Alonso, LB, Oregon (COM)
Ezekiel Ansah, DL, BYU (COM)
David Bakhtiari, OL, Colorado (COM)
T.J. Barnes, DL, Georgia Tech (COM)
Le'Veon Bell, RB, Michigan State (COM)
Tank Carradine, DL, Florida State (COM)
Mike Catapano, DL, Princeton (PRI)
Kevin Dorsey, WR, Maryland (PRI)
Zach Ertz, TE, Stanford (COM)
Travis Frederick, OL, Wisconsin (COM)
Corey Fuller, WR, Virginia Tech (COM)
Kwame Geathers, DL, Georgia (COM)
Garrett Gilkey, OL, Chadron State (COM)
Margus Hunt, DL, SMU (COM)
Jelani Jenkins, LB, Florida (COM)
Charles Johnson, WR, Grand Valley State (PRI)
Kyle Juszczyk, FB, Harvard (PRI)
Travis Kelce, TE, Cincinnati (COM)
Brendan Melanophy, DB, Fordham (PRO)
Rashaan Melvin, DB, Northern Illinois (PRI)
Christine Michael, RB, Texas A&M (VINT)
Ryan Otten, TE, San Jose State (COM)
Nathan Palmer, LB, Illinois State (PRI)
David Quessenberry, OL, San Jose State (VINT)
Jordan Reed, TE, Florida (COM)
Randy Richards, OL, Missouri State (PRO)
Eric Rogers, WR, Cal Lutheran (PRO)
Jared Smith, DL, New Hampshire (COM)
Lane Taylor, OL, Oklahoma State (PRI)
Manti Te'o, ILB, Notre Dame (COM)
Derrick Washington, RB, Tuskegee (INT)
Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida State (COM)
Markus Wheaton, WR, Oregon State (COM)
Robert Woods, WR, USC (COM)

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Tag Archives: Selfridges
Proenza Schouler X MAC just landed at Selfridges
DROP EVERYTHING! Can we please take a moment to admire the beauty that is this Proenza Schouler X MAC collection? The packaging is as lovely as the products with a psychedelic yet sophisticated degrade effect on the boxes, pencils and brushes, as well as on the blusher compact itself. This little lot just landed at Selfridges…
Fornasetti's fragranced windows
Olfactory marketing is becoming more important as retailers try to appeal to all our senses. I love this idea from Fornasetti and Selfridges. If you pass their Christmas window – a hilly snowscape scene featuring a gigantic version of the Ortensia candle – you get a blast of Flora De Fornasetti emitted onto the street. Too fabulous!
SPOILER ALERT! Selfridges advent calendar and Net-a-Porter beauty box
It seems Brits love a beauty box, but whether that's for the handy miniatures or for the Christmassy sense of unpacking all the goodies I'm not quite sure. Anyhoo, here's two you need to know about if you're a beauty box fan.
First, Selfridges has launched its Christmas advent calendar (above), which is bigger and better than ever before. SPOILER ALERT: The contents are plentiful and include the following… Continue reading
Personalised fashion: the update
So have you been wondering how my 3X1 custom jeans turned out? Well I hope you like details because there's a lot to take in. After my appointment at Selfridges with the 3X1 team at the beginning of August in which they let me modify their W2 Boyfriend jean with my choice of denim, thread, pocket details, buttons and zips, I took delivery of the finished article four weeks later. Like my Smythson experience, the choice was quite overwhelming at the time but the results are nothing short of superb. Continue reading
What I learnt at the Selfridges Disneyrollergirl denim workshop
Selfridges is the undisputed leader of innovation when it comes to London's department stores. While Liberty may be the go-to for a great edit and unexpected finds, Harrods for ultimate luxury and Harvey Nichols for the newest labels, Selfridges is the retail risk-taker and rule-breaker.
This summer's big takeover has been all about denim, from the newly-opened £6 million Denim Studios on the third floor, to the fantastic windows depicting the nuances of every denim tribe you can think of. Here's what I learnt from the personal shoppers and alterations team at my recent Disneyrollergirl Denim Workshop. Continue reading
Learn the insider secrets of denim with me at Selfridges Denim Studio
Got plans for next Saturday afternoon? Well cancel them and hang out with me instead! I'm teaming up with Selfridges to host one of their in-store workshops to celebrate the new Denim Studio and this one is for both hardcore denim geeks and those who still haven't found their perfect jeans.
I'll be teaming up with a member of Selfridges' personal shopping team and one of their expert alterations team to discuss everything there is to know about denim and jeans. Think of it as an insider's guide to denim. So if you want to know what the emerging trends are in denim (and the how and why), the secret to knowing what to look for in fit, cut and wash, what the limitations are in remodelling a pair of denim jeans (or dress or jacket for that matter), or you just want an opinion on what looks good on you, then please come and join our masterclass.
We will be in an informal hub in the denim personal shopping area so the aim is to make this more of a relaxed conversation than a lecture. The workshop is free, just email firstname.lastname@example.com to book a session – 2pm, 3pm or 4pm – on Saturday 6th July.
And if you can't come but want questions answered, or want to send a question in advance, leave it in the comments below or email/tweet me (firstname.lastname@example.com, @disneyrollrgirl) and I'll get an answer from my experts.
Louis Vuitton meets Eine and a Shoreditch street art tour
When I posted about the Eine X Louis Vuitton scarf a couple of weeks ago, it was really hard to find out any info. That's because it hadn't been launched yet. I'd seen a snippet in Red magazine and that was pretty much all. In fact, the scarf launches today, exclusively at Selfridges, Oxford Street for one week, sold in the new ground floor Louis Vuitton accessories pop-up. (Not to be confused with the pop-up on the second floor.) Continue reading
Beauty snippets: The Bling Ring, Jean-Louis Sebagh, Lisa Eldridge, Pinterest, YSL Baby Doll, Cosmetics A La Carte, Charlotte Tilbury, Into The Gloss, Bourjois
This is turning out to be an exciting month for beauty. I would love to make it to the Chanel no5 exhibition in Paris but frankly, that ain't gonna happen. More achievable is the Cosmetics A La Carte 'Colour And Culture' exhibition next week at 50 Redchurch Street E2. Celebrating forty years of the specialist cosmetics company (I've always wanted one of their custom-made foundations), the exhibition is only on for five days (22-26 May, 10-6pm) so rearrange that diary and schedule it in! Continue reading
Jo Malone London's pop art Red Roses
What do we think of the new limited edition Jo Malone London Red Roses bottle? Created by new(ish) style editor, Charlotte Stockdale, it has a neon pink pop art-esque paint drip on the bottle which is certainly striking and a departure from your average Jo Malone London bottle design.
I'm a bit divided on this one. Much as I love Charlotte Stockdale, the classicist in me secretly prefers the traditional elegance of Jo Malone London. But I suspect the brand is keen to broaden its reach to younger (or 'cooler') customers and this is a good start. I will add that having seen the bottle in the flesh, it's growing on me – the neon is a really bold contrast to the trademark JML cream and black.
What do you think?
The limited edition (only 300 bottles), hand numbered Jo Malone Red Roses cologne (£120) will be available from Selfridges from 1st April.


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David Sylvian
The Ink In The Well (Limited Edition 12")
@1984 UK Pressing
David Sylvian released his first solo album in 1984, after the breakup of his band Japan. The album featured the hit single 'Red guitar', but two further singles were released. The second single, 'The ink in the well' was released in August 1984 and reached number 36 in the UK singles chart.
A limited edition featured a foldout sleeve with photography by Anton Corbijn. The song itself is a wonderfully textured, organic kind of track, the kind of music David Sylvian would continue to make with ever less chart success.


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1101 Alturas Ln has a Walk Score of 66 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
This location is in Fallbrook. Nearby parks include Alturas Street Park, Village Park and Village Square Park.
Nearby schools include Fallbrook Street Elementary School, Maie Ellis Elementary School and A Creative Beginning Pre-School.
The closest grocery stores are Albertsons, Major Market Inc and Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market.
Nearby coffee shops include Starbucks, Fallbrook Coffee Company and The Espresso Lounge. There are 23 restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Scoreboard Pizzeria, SUBWAY® Restaurants and Rosa's Mexican Food.
1101 Alturas Ln is near Alturas Street Park, Village Park and Village Square Park.


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November 1 2014 Latest news:
Kath Sansom
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
The Wisbech Arts Festival is calling on local people to help with its annual crafts conundrum.
The conundrum will see individual letters of a word being jumbled up in a shop window in the Horsefair Shopping Centre.
Shoppers then have to work out the mystery word by unscrambling the letters to win a prize.
Festival organisers want people to be as creative as possible with their crafted letters for example knitted, patchwork, crocheted, painted – the options are endless.
If you would like to create a letter please get in touch with organisers by Thursday April 17 by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or leave your details at the Horsefair's management office next to the bus station.
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Whipped Cream Drama
I know you thought I forgot about the Tarts. Or, perhaps, you thought I abandoned the piece for another 3 years? Oh ye of little faith! Non quilt parts of my life have been busier than usual. I have still … Continue reading
Sketching #31
I looked at Jill's response (Quilt Rat) as soon as she posted it and I was lost. Her response was so perfect that I couldn't think of anything. I tried different ideas and nothing seemed as perfect as her response. … Continue reading
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Janome Clear View Quilting Foot and Guide Set
I saw this in an email from Janome yesterday and was already drooling about he possibilities. I decided to quilt the Tarts Come to Tea myself, so I think this would come in handy. I am going to put it … Continue reading
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Creative Prompt #32: Even
Are your bangs even? Level; flat; without surface irregularities (from Dictionary.com) Even or odd? Even steven! On an even keel. Even weave. Pearl Jam's Even Flow. Even numbers. David Trevellyan thriller. Get even. Even more. Break even. With an even … Continue reading
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Fusible and Paintable Glass
One of the things about creation is that you never know how your pieces will come out. At the beginning of August, I went with a couple of other CQFAers to Create It! Studio in Palo Alto for a glass … Continue reading
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Review: Multi-tasker Tote
If I didn't think Anna Maria Horner was a goddess already, I do now. I spent the day on Sunday, minus a short chauffeuring task, with the Multi-tasker Tote (AMH MTT), a recent pattern from Ms. Horner. As I suspected, … Continue reading
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Free Quilt Magazine
The name of this magazine, which I heard about on FB, reminds me of a magazine I saw at the store yesterday. Sadly, the only one I can think of is Quilt Mania and I am pretty sure that wasn't … Continue reading
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Journal Covers from Exuberant Color Blog
I found my way to the Exuberant Color blog and found this wonderful tutorial for making journal covers. Since I seem to be making small things now, this project appealed to me for a variety of reasons. I carry a … Continue reading
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Book Review: Sew What! Bags
Sew What! Bags: 18 Pattern-Free Projects You Can Customize to Fit Your Needs by Lexie Barnes My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was sitting at a cafe' when I started looking at this book. I glanced through it first … Continue reading
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ATC Day at CQFA
The CQFA met at Always Quilting yesterday. The Always Quilting strip club was also meeting and somehow the space issue got mixed up so we crammed into one of their small rooms to do business, show and tell and swap … Continue reading
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SIL's Infinity
SIL already used up a bunch of the Infinity blocks we swapped to make this quilt. She entered it in her county fair and won third place. I was so pleased for her. I love the layout as well. Very … Continue reading
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Creative Prompt #31: Awakenings
Does everything ever suddenly fall into place? 1990 movie directed by Penny Marshall. Oliver Sacks Awakenings book See the Creative Prompt page if you have questions about this project. Post the direct URL where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted … Continue reading
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Remembering September 11
Tomorrow is Sept. 11. I was thinking about the event more than usual this year. No sure why. One thing that came to mind after Sept. 11, 2001 was the phrase "what if?" As a result, the desire developed to … Continue reading
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Decorating with Dots
Laume from Beach Treasure Blog bought the orange version of this teapot. I couldn't pass up showing you the turquoise version. It is fabulous. clipped from www.amazon.com Yedi Houseware Classic Coffee and Tea White Dots 20 Ounce Teapot, Turquoise Blue
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Bag Book Reviews
After listening to the tote bag episode of the Quilted Cupcake podcast, I went to the Library and checked out a couple of books on tote bags. They didn't have the Lexie Barnes books, but they had the title below … Continue reading
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Massandrovsky park laid out in the first half of the XIX century, and occupies an area of 41.9 hectares. There are more than 250 species and garden forms of trees and shrubs. In this historic landscape park, along with native species - oak, fluffy, strawberry tree, pistachio tupolistnoy, juniper, Crimean pine, butcher's broom - grow many exotic: cypress, giant Sequoia, Atlas and Himalayan cedars, laurel, magnolia large-, kriptomeriya , bamboo, pine wonderful, Bunge pine, fir, lovely and many others. Massandra park is a park, a memorial garden art.
Welcome to Earth! It's a planet having an iron core, with two-thirds of its surface covered by water. Earth orbits a local star called the Sun, the light of which generates the food supply for all the millions of species of life on earth. The dominant species on Earth is the human being, and you're one of the six billion of them! Humans have iron in their blood, and their bodies are composed of two-thirds water, just like the planet they live on. The physical composition of the Earth, its people and everything on it contains an electro-magnetic field which is not yet fully understood. Theories and legends about the origin of Earth, people and life itself abound, however they are not commonly discussed. The bulk of earth's people spend their time immersed in daily activities, leaving the big questions for later. "Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? How will we get there?" Many religions and philosophies have attempted to answer these questions over the years, but so far none has given an answer that everyone on the planet can accept. In contrast to all the disagreement, the similarities among people on earth are far, far greater than any differences. Welcome again to Earth! Enjoy your stay, and try to stay calm.


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Sun Jul 6, 2008 10:19 pm Giants optioned OF Brian Horwitz to Triple-A Fresno.
Fantasy Source Spin: "The Rabbi" went 8-for-36 with two homers in 21 games for the Giants, but they wanted to get him more playing time in the minor leagues. No corresponding roster moves were announced, but manager Bruce Bochy says that it won't be Nate Schierholtz.
Source: Giants.mlb.com
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Tue Jun 3, 2008 1:21 am Brian Horwitz went 2-for-4 with his first major league homer and a sac fly on Monday.
Fantasy Source Spin: Horwitz's homer off Oliver Perez was the first of his major league career. He'll play against most lefties for now, but it's probably not going to be enough to give him any value in NL-only leagues.


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A Healthy Super Bowl Menu
8 slimmed-down Super Bowl recipes to keep you in the game
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Partying with your friends and cheering for your team on Super Bowl Sunday doesn't mean you have to pack on the pounds again — especially when you've just started to gain traction on your New Year's resolution to lose weight.
To keep you from slipping back down that slope of fatty, calorie-laden dips, meat-heavy chili, and greasy nachos, we've compiled some slimmed-down versions of game day favorites that still taste great while leaving you feeling like a champ, not bloated like the Goodyear blimp. You'll find a few recipes from the Eat-Clean diet, as well as some old favorites. Chow down on some wings during the action, or dip into a Mediterranean classic, baba ghanoush. And yes, you can have pizza!
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Four different kinds of beans and a whole head of roasted garlic keep this meatless chili hearty and flavorful...
No party is complete without a little salsa, and this one is packing some serious heat...
Whole-wheat pizza dough means that you'll feel satisfied with less...
If you skip the crema, these baked nachos, made with homemade chips, are actually a lot better for you than most nachos...
Whip up some of these wings and you'll be the talk of the party, at least, during halftime...
Shrimp Tacos with Avocado and Mango Salsa
Supremely satisfying and delicious, these shrimp tacos are sure to be a hit...
Serve this slightly smoky eggplant-based dip with whole-wheat pita wedges for a fun party snack...
Whole-grain breadcrumbs lend a healthy and satisfying crunch, while baking instead of frying keeps the calories down...
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As far as IC/non-IC goes it can be anything and it can be nothing.
SOME cans (Halo H7UICT and Lightolier 1XXXIC) have a big square box around the inner can. These are typically air-tite housings.
SOME cans (Halo H7ICT) have a baffle above the socket and a prong preventing the socket frame from being adjusted upward.
SOME cans (Lightolier Lytening series) have NO difference between IC and non. The trim and installation denotes the rating.
SO...there is really NO cut and dry answer to what makes a can IC or not.
Boy am I confused.... No lights for you.
And someone is bustin stones....structurally.
I install units according to what works in that area due to centering and things not fitting. What needs to be sealed can be modified...as long as the "building guy" says it's AOK.
Or just go to some really high end low voltage lighting and open your pocketbook.
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I know Erik's outfit at the end of the movie was from the comics, but it still looked terribly silly to me. Loki and his rockin' fashion are a completely different story.
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- Cuisine:
SeafoodPrice: CAN$31 to CAN$50
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.geraldinetoronto.com/
- Phone: 6473528815x
- Hours of Operation:
Sunday 6:00 - 11:00
Tuesday 6:00 - 12:00
Wednesday 6:00 - 12:00
Thursday 6:00 - 12:00
Friday 6:00 - 2:00
Saturday 6:00 - 2:00
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- Cuisine: Seafood
- Executive Chef: Peter Ramsay
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Late Night, Wine
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- Food4.3Service4.3
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neighborhood gem (27)fit for foodies (26)romantic (22)special occasion (19)late-night find (10)vibrant bar scene (9)notable wine list (7)hot spot (6)good for groups (3)great for lunch (1)Show More
- Stepping back in timeErydayFoodieDined on 9/5/2014Geraldine was a perfect spot to have a romantic birthday dinner. My boyfriend and I sat side-by-side and snuggled the whole evening. The cocktails were amazing, the food was delicious, and the ambiance and service were second to none. We will most definitely return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- GeraldinemidnightinparisDined on 9/2/2014Great Ambiance, Good Value but Poor Service. We were in a big group, so I think they didn't know how to handle it. Drinks were slow to come out, but amazing once they got there. Food was quick and delicious. Server was a bit snarky and slowSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A foodies dream.yup1Dined on 8/22/2014Great food only matched by the fantastic ambiance, service and cocktails. Have I said enough?!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Birthday Celebrationpartyof5Dined on 8/21/2014Everything from the delicious cocktails to the excellent food and attentive service made for a memorable evening. We were very happy with the recommended food and wine pairing and loved the birthday candle presentation! We hope to return again soon - in the meantime we will certainly recommend your restaurant to our friends.Special Features:
- svli2000Dined on 8/17/2014Love this little gem. Feels like a time machine as you're being instantly transferred back in time with smooth sounds of jazz and the early 20th decor. The drinks are fantastic, and the service is superb. Not cheap but is worth it for a date night or a special occasion treat.Special Features:
- Amazing AbsintheDLCGEDined on 8/17/2014Just had dinner her for my daughter's first legal drinking experience. The Absinthe based cocktails were delicious and with the half price oysters were a great way to start dinner. The entrees were wonderful, our favourites were the duck breast, very crispy with just the right amount of salt, the ribeye cooked to perfection and the beef ribs cooked until they were fall off the bone tender. Sides were great as well with our favourite being the cauliflower. Our server was wonderful, carded my daughter at her request and was happy to give us recommendations versus the "everything is great" that I hate hearing at other places. All in all a big success but be prepared the amazing drinks are expensive but well worth it.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wow!MissVVIPDined on 8/14/2014We had a fantastic dinner last week - the staff, cocktails and food were all outstanding (although I strongly doubt that the tomatoes were "heirloom" as they certainly looked/tasted just like the sour hard grape tomatoes I get at the grocery store - but 'twas a minor quibble). I was especially appreciative/impressed that their oysters during the usually disappointing summer season were excellent (and Happy Hour pricing too)! It was definitely worth the taxi trip out from downtown.Special Features:
- Wonderful new Parkdale additionOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 8/2/2014We've been meaning to try Geraldine for some time now and it did not disappoint. I can't remember the last restaurant we went to in Toronto that had such unpretentious, gracious service. Our server was so attentive without being demanding, and Nick, the bartender was wonderful, explaining his cocktails and making my husband something off of the menu. The food was delicious - simple with great flavours and wonderfully prepared. We'll definitely be back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Brilliant.JayDubsDined on 7/26/2014The single best restaurant experience I've had in the city. The fare, particularly the seafood, is incredible. The cocktails are mind-blowing, and the staff are not only friendly, but they know their stuff. The atmosphere is, well...put it this way: after the sun goes down, between the music, the authentic dining experience, the staff attire and an open-minded attitude, it's a bit like a time warp -- you feel like a character in Midnight in Paris. If you live in the West End you pretty much have to go.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2009VIPDined on 7/22/2014An interesting place, almost empty on Tues night. Good oysters, great cauliflower, good fish, and a very fine panna cotta dessert.
- Great cocktails and foodKandMDined on 7/17/2014Delicious food and amazing cocktails (we spent about as much on the cocktails as we did on food). Very helpful and relaxed service, and a lovely atmosphereSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 7/8/2014Food was excellent but not enough options. Menu online is not what they have in the restaurant - far less options. Great cocktails!Special Features:
- Would recommend to a close friendOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 7/8/2014Service was knowledgeable and friendly and quick. Food was great! We had three different types of East Coast oysters, tapas to start and fish as the main. They serve only one dessert- panna cotta. We had it and loved it. Great craft beer, champagne and espresso. Ambience was casual and hip. Music was amazing.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/8/2014Great food and cocktails. Amazing shrimp skewers and seafood soup/stew. Loved the fried cauliflower and asparagus sides. Amazing, unique cocktails and enjoyed watching the bartender make them.Special Features:
- Great drink menu.OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 6/26/2014"The Dealer" cocktail was delicious. The Foie gras as well was great!!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 44 reviews are from the Geraldine reviews archive.
- A little differentRtraub69VIPDined on 6/20/2014Small intimate room Service was very friendly and prompt Wait staff was knowledgable and very helpful Dishes recommended were excellent and suggestions were perfect Would definitely returnSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ParkdalefoodieDined on 6/5/2014Geraldine is always a pleasure. Great first date atmosphere. The music changed a bit since I last dined but when the piano player starts to play, the experience is fantastic.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Food quality was very poorOpenTable Diner Since 2002Dined on 5/31/2014Special app of the night was smoked trout with purple potato salad -- unfortunately the potatoes were also smoked and not fully cooked, resulting in very poor texture and unpleasant smoky taste. The fish was over cooked and salty to the point of being Inedible. And the special main of the night was slow cooked pulled lamb ravioli that was tasteless. Not sure how this restaurant got strong reviews from Toronto Life.
- A treatggggigggDined on 5/18/2014Geraldine is a treat. The cocktails are amazing as is the wine list. The food is scrumptious and exciting...a definite find!Special Features:
- Great oysters! Gr!eat Service!msbee77Dined on 5/16/2014Fantastic restaurant. Friendly staff. Delicious food. Fair prices for the quality of the food and beverages. Everything about this place is great! We'll be back for sure.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Too much $$$$$HoffDined on 5/10/2014Ambience is cool and cocktails are a must but wine list is too small and food prices are waaaay to high for what you get. 16 dollars for two dry sausages? C'mon. Curious how this happens in the heart of Parkdale.
- Great cocktails and excellent foodMansiVIPDined on 5/10/2014This is a great spot for date night or enjoying some of the city's best cocktails and seafood with friends. I love that the dinner menu is short and sweet and the food is simple but excellently prepared and allows for the fresh ingredients to really shine through. But those cocktails...wow! They have great taste in music as well :o)Special Features:
- Expensive food, good cocktailsPZdinerDined on 5/9/2014The food wasn't that spectacular and didn't worth the price but drinks was well done. Food menu need a bit of twist to go with the extensive cocktail list.Special Features:
- Great fish spotJCharDined on 5/9/2014Met with some friends that I don't see on a regular basis and this was a great venue for that. Pleasantly surprised by the menu that offered a good fish selection -- you don't see that often enough in landlocked T.O. We loved the menu. Had fried smelts oysters to start, followed by beautiful haddock and mackerel main courses. We all loved the decor, not over the top but subtle design elements IE. good tiles on the floors and great antiquy tables, the sort of thing you'd see on an auction floor, and quiet lighting. Toronto has a lot of great restaurants. But they all seem a bit of the same after awhile. Geraldine has its own thing going on. We liked it.Special Features:
- Amazing Bar. Not so amazing servicearosempDined on 4/26/2014We heard Geraldine is one of the best restaurants in Toronto so we went to try it. The bar is outstanding: very unique drinks and the bartenders are true mixologists. Our night started great, but started to dim out when they made us more than 30 minutes for our table. The reservation was a 10:15 pm and we sat down at around 10:50 (a little late... don't you think?) We are reasonable people and we understand this kind of issues can happen; however, we feel the staff did not make an effort to make it up for the wait. They gave us complimentary drinks two minutes before we were heading to our table. We appreciate the gesture, but timing is essential in the restaurant business. By the time we sat down, we were already a little disappointed.Special Features:
- Such great atmosphere and cocktailsWendostickDined on 4/24/2014I love everything about this place! The ambience, the handlebar moustaches, the cocktails. Great date spot.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Oysters are HeavenNovellusrulesDined on 4/12/2014Go for the half price Oyster happy hour between 6pm and 7pm. Their selection of fresh oysters is top notch. Everything we had was unique, fresh and satisfying.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Tasty tasty cocktailsTesspotDined on 4/9/2014Delicious food, cocktails and service. What more could you ask for on a night out!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Worth a try for sureRoxyDined on 4/5/2014Terrific seafood on the menu: fried smelts , shrimp with Harissa and chickpeas excellent, as are oysters and a fried haddock main. The action at the bar is sheer pageantry -- terrific fun drinks, though the martini was heavy on the vermouth. The veggie sides were underwhelming, though. Roasted beets and carrots with dill needed more dill, not just a sprig. Deep fried cauliflower was delish but the advertised romesco sauce that was to accompany it was tiny and buried under the cauliflower. Their wines by the glass list could be expanded.worth a revisit.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great food and serviceBmanVIPDined on 4/4/2014We had a first rate dinner at Geraldine. Our server was friendly and knowledgeable, and the staff all teams together for great service. Menu isn't huge but every dish we ordered was excellent. We'll definitely go back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- GREAT!!! but...shibaDined on 3/26/2014Lovely atmosphere, enjoyed the mustachios for a bit of theatre, and the noise level was very comfortable, for a change. We found the food to be very good - the shrimp appetizer needed a hit of lemon and some heat to accent the bland sauce. Cocktails were gorgeous! The evening would have been close to perfect if the bad oyster we found in our oyster plate had been replaced...the waiter just apologized and disappeared; a small thing, but the response was not elegant, and left an impression of indifference.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Absolutely beautiful, bringseatsalotDined on 3/23/2014Absolutely beautiful, brings you right into the 20s, or of the sorts. The ambience, the food, the staff, all perfection. Quiet, unique and fresh. Definitely go, you'll have a beautiful dinning experience!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best kept secretMarinamagicDined on 3/20/2014A neighborhood gem. We say to ourselves... Why go anywhere else locally? Special atmosphere.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice AmbienceKnoedelDined on 3/14/2014Bit pretentious, mostly stiff waiters / bar tenders, slight lack of friendliness, quite typical TO 'going with the trend' food - good, but partially lacking execution / finesse. Beautiful bar, nice old fashioned selection of cocktails, good tab beers, worth a visit every now and then.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing cocktailskylixDined on 3/8/2014I was looking for a placed that could compete with the incredible Prohibition era cocktails and atmosphere I encountered on a recent trip to Chicago. Geraldine came pretty close. The mixologist crafted some beautiful drinks presented in lovely vintage glassware. This is the only place I've found absinthe in the city. Half-price oysters during happy hour (6-7pm daily) is also a great value; however, I found the menu itself somewhat lacking. It was expensive, but unexceptional. I'd go again for oysters and cocktails, but not for a full meal. Lots of gluten-free choices, however, which is a plus.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Geraldine charmsErstinDined on 3/6/2014What's not to like? Attentive, articulate and friendly staff, delicious and interesting food in an elegant room. I definitely am coming back.Special Features:
- Date night @ GeraldineParkdaleMatesDined on 3/1/2014Overall a very pleasant experience. Although, if I were to go back, it would simply be for oysters and beer! The food was good but too pricey for what you get (ie. warm lentil salad priced at $15...). Found it a bit pretentious to be asking those prices.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- GoodSSASVIPDined on 2/28/2014great neighborhood spot with good food, great cocktails and a reasonable wine list albeit on the expensive side.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great SpottonicDined on 2/21/2014My first time dining here but not my last. Service was great, cocktails were delicious and oh so boozy! I think I'm still feeling the effect from Friday night. Good food although my haddock wasn't as tasty as I'd hoped and a bit on the lukewarm side. Otherwise, all was great! Loved the atmosphere.Special Features:
- Romantic gem!RouxDined on 2/21/2014Going to Geralidine is like being transported back in time. Cute funky restaurant with a retro vibe. Excellent martinis, items that are easy to share, and delicious! Sardine platter is to die for...!Special Features:


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Many of the problems that result in unsuccessful impact evaluations come about because the evaluation plan was not carried out as intended, not because the evaluation was poorly designed. Some of the more common areas in which study designs break down in implementation are:
failure to obtain the necessary number of cases to construct treatment and control groups and/or attain sufficient statistical power;
failure to acquire a suitable comparison group in quasi-experimental studies;
attrition, especially when it affects the treatment and control groups differently;
dilution of the service delivery that weakens the program being tested; and
failure to identify essential covariates or obtain measures of them in observational studies.
Problems such as these undermine the validity of the conclusions an impact evaluation can support and, if serious, can keep the study from being completed in any useful form. This section describes procedures that can reduce the likelihood of implementation problems and determine when an evaluation that is not likely to yield useful results should be aborted. The discussion is divided into subsections for actions that can be taken prior to awarding and during the evaluation contract. The common theme across these subsections is that forethought, careful planning, and
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Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs 5 How Should the Evaluation Be Implemented? Many of the problems that result in unsuccessful impact evaluations come about because the evaluation plan was not carried out as intended, not because the evaluation was poorly designed. Some of the more common areas in which study designs break down in implementation are: failure to obtain the necessary number of cases to construct treatment and control groups and/or attain sufficient statistical power; failure to acquire a suitable comparison group in quasi-experimental studies; attrition, especially when it affects the treatment and control groups differently; dilution of the service delivery that weakens the program being tested; and failure to identify essential covariates or obtain measures of them in observational studies. Problems such as these undermine the validity of the conclusions an impact evaluation can support and, if serious, can keep the study from being completed in any useful form. This section describes procedures that can reduce the likelihood of implementation problems and determine when an evaluation that is not likely to yield useful results should be aborted. The discussion is divided into subsections for actions that can be taken prior to awarding and during the evaluation contract. The common theme across these subsections is that forethought, careful planning, and
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Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs informed monitoring can minimize problems associated with the implementation of an impact evaluation. STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN PRIOR TO AWARDING THE EVALUATION CONTRACT Developing an Effective Request for Proposals (RFP) As noted in Chapter 2, an initial step for ensuring a high-quality evaluation is a well-developed account of the questions that need to be answered and the form such answers should take to be useful to the intended audience. These considerations, in turn, have rather direct implications for the design and implementation of an impact evaluation. The usual vehicle for translating this critical background information into guidelines and expectations for the evaluation design and implementation is a Request for Proposal (RFP) circulated to potential evaluators. An RFP that is based on solid information about the nature and circumstances of the program to be evaluated should encourage prospective evaluators to plan for the likely implementation problems. For instance, a thorough RFP might prompt the applicant to provide (a) a power analysis to support the proposed number of cases; (b) evidence that supports the claim that a sufficient number of cases will be available (e.g., pilot study results or analysis of agency data showing that the number of cases that fit the selection criteria were available in a recent period); (c) a carefully considered plan for actually obtaining the necessary number of cases; and (d) a management plan for overseeing and correcting, if necessary, the process of recruitment of cases for the study. When such background information is not provided in the RFP, it will fall to the evaluation contractor to discover it and adapt the evaluation plans accordingly. In such circumstances, the RFP and the terms of the evaluation contract must allow such flexibility. In addition, consideration must be given to the possibility that the discovery process will reveal circumstances that make successful implementation of the evaluation unlikely. Where there is significant uncertainty about the feasibility of an impact evaluation, a two-step contracting process would be advisable, with the first step focusing on developing background information and formulating the evaluation plan and the second step, if warranted, being the implementation of that plan and completion of the evaluation. Funding agencies and evaluators have used a number of approaches to developing the information needed to formulate an instructive RFP or planning the evaluation directly. Site visits, for example, are one common way to assess whether essential resources such as space, equipment, and staff will be available to the evaluation project and to ensure that key local
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Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs partners are on board. An especially probing version of a site visit is a structured evaluability assessment of the sort described in Chapter 2. The distinctive function of an evaluability assessment is to focus specifically on questions critical to determining if a program is appropriate for impact evaluation and how such an evaluation would be feasible (Wholey, 1994). Prior process evaluations, as described in earlier chapters, may also provide detailed program information useful for developing an RFP and planning the impact evaluation. When there are questions about the availability of a sufficient number of participants to meet the requirements of an evaluation study, a "pipeline" analysis may be appropriate (Shadish, Cook, and Campbell, 2002). Pipeline studies are conducted prior to the actual evaluation as a pilot test of the specific procedures for identifying the cases that will be selected for an evaluation according to the planned eligibility criteria. They address the unfortunately common situation in which what appears to be an ample number of potential participants in the evaluation sharply diminishes when the actual selection is made. An illustration of the need for a pipeline analysis is presented in Box 5-1. Similarly, pilot or feasibility studies can test important procedures such as randomization and consent, for example, to determine what effects they may have on sample attrition. A preliminary study of this sort also provides an opportunity to discover other aspects of the program circumstances that may present problems or have implications for how the evaluation is designed. The evaluation reported by Berk (2003) of a prison classification scheme and that reported by Chamberlain (2003) of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for delinquents, for instance, both built on preliminary studies conducted before the main evaluation. For complex evaluations, a design advisory group consisting of experts in evaluation methodology and study design might be funded to assist in developing an evaluation plan that is informed by the findings from whatever preliminary studies have been conducted. Development of the RFP and interpretation of available information about the program circumstances must also consider issues related to how the evaluation is organized. Common models include configuration of the evaluation through one or more local evaluation teams, a national evaluator working directly with the local site(s), or a national evaluator working with local teams. Local evaluation teams have the advantage of proximity and the opportunity to develop close working relationships with the program, factors that facilitate implementation of the evaluation plan and effective quality control monitoring. However, they are not always able to marshal the level of expertise and experience available to a national team and, in multisite evaluations, obtaining comparable designs and outcome data across different local teams is often difficult. Prelimi-
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Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs BOX 5-1 Pipeline Analyses and Pilot Testing A recent randomized trial funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse testing the effects of the Strengthening Families Program for reducing drug use and antisocial behavior in a large, urban population encountered major challenges with recruitment and retention of participants (Gottfredson et al., 2004). Of 1,403 families recruited, only 1,036 registered and, of those, only 715 showed up to complete the pretest. Then, only 68 percent of these pretested families who had been randomly assigned to the intervention attended at least one session of the program. Although the research plan anticipated some attrition, the actual rate was much higher. In this instance, a pipeline analysis that conducted preliminary focused assessments of the likely yield at each step of the process would have helped avoid these problems. Surfacing the recruitment and retention problems earlier would then have allowed them to be better anticipated in the evaluation design. This same study provides an example of how pilot-testing the randomization procedures might reveal problems that could weaken the study design. This evaluation design involved three intervention conditions (equal numbers of sessions of child skills training only, parent skills training only, and parent and child skills training plus family skills training) compared with a minimal treatment control condition. Part way into the study it was discovered that families assigned to the parent skills only condition were significantly less likely to attend the program than families assigned to the other conditions, probably because they thought that their children, rather than themselves, needed the help. This differential attendance potentially compromised the comparison across conditions because any difference favoring the child-only and family conditions might have been attributed to the greater number of contact hours rather than the content of the program. A preliminary year of funding for piloting study procedures and conducting pipeline analyses would have strengthened this study by alerting the investigators to the challenges so that they could refine the procedures before the study began. nary investigations and input from an advisory panel that attends directly to the question of how best to organize the evaluation may be especially important for large multisite projects. Site visits, evaluability assessments, pipeline analyses, and other such preliminary investigations, of course, add to the cost of an evaluation and are often used, if at all, only for large projects. Those costs, however, must be balanced against the potentially greater cost of funding an evaluation that ultimately fails to be implemented well enough to produce useful
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Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs results. Preliminary studies cannot ensure that problems will not arise during the course of the actual evaluation project. Nonetheless, they do help surface some of the potentially more serious problems so they can be handled beforehand or a decision made about whether to go ahead with the evaluation. Reviewing Evaluation Proposals Knowledgeable reviewers can contribute not only to the selection of sound evaluation proposals but also to improving the methodological quality and potential for successful implementation of those selected. The comments and suggestions of reviewers experienced in designing and implementing impact evaluations may identify weak areas and needed revision in even the highest scoring evaluation proposals under review. An agency can reduce the likelihood of implementation problems by using these comments and suggestions to require changes in the evaluation design before a grant or contract is awarded. Obtaining good advice about ways to improve the design and implementation of the most promising evaluation proposals, of course, requires that those reviewing the proposals have relevant expertise. In areas like criminal justice where there are strong conflicting opinions about methods of evaluation, it is critical to develop and maintain balanced review panels. When it is necessary for these panels to deal with proposals involving widely different evaluation methodologies, the reviewers collectively must be broad minded and eclectic enough to make reasoned comparisons of the relative merits of different approaches. One advantage of an agency process that produces RFPs that are well-developed and specific with regard to the relevant questions and preferred design is that review panels can be configured to represent expertise distinctive to the stipulated methods. Under these circumstances, a specialized panel will be more likely to provide advice that will improve the design and implementation plans of the more attractive proposals as well as better judge their initial quality. Agencies often struggle to design and carry out review processes that meet high standards of scientific quality while maintaining fairness and representation of diverse views. They may, for instance, include practitioners as well as scientific reviewers to ensure that the research funded has policy relevance. Diversity that extends much beyond research expertise in impact evaluation, however, will dilute rather than strengthen the ability of a review panel to select and improve evaluation proposals. This is an especially important consideration if impact evaluations that meet high scientific standards are desired. Practitioners rarely have the training and experience necessary to provide sound judgments on research methods and implementation, though their input may be very helpful for
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Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs defining agency priorities and identifying significant programs for evaluation. If practitioner views on the policy relevance of specific evaluation proposals are desired, a two-stage review would be the best approach. The policy relevance of the programs under consideration for evaluation would be first judged by knowledgeable policy makers, practitioners, and researchers. Proposals that pass this screen would then receive a scientific review from a panel of well-qualified researchers. The review panels at this second stage could then focus solely on the scientific merit and likelihood of successful implementation of the proposed research. For purposes of obtaining careful reviews and sound advice for improving proposals, standing review committees rather than ad hoc ones have much to recommend them. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), for example, utilizes standing review committees with a rotating membership. This contrasts with other agencies, such as the National Institute of Justice, whose review committees are composed anew for each competition. A higher level of prestige is often associated with membership on a standing committee, making it more attractive to senior researchers. Members of standing panels also learn from each other and from prior proposals in ways that may improve the quality of their reviews and advice. In addition, standing panels become part of the infrastructure of the agency and develop an institutional memory helpful in maintaining consistency in reviews over time. Regardless of the form of the review panel, reviewers benefit from structure in the review process. A helpful aid, for instance, is a checklist or code sheet that includes guidelines for the level of rigor expected for different features of the research methods (e.g., basic design, measurement, etc.) and characteristic implementation issues (e.g., adequate samples, availability of data) for different types of studies. Such a list helps ensure thorough and consistent reviews and, if revised to incorporate prior experience, becomes a comprehensive guide to potential shortcomings in the design or implementation plans under consideration. Also, if included in the request for proposal, this list will encourage proposal authors to address the known problem areas and include sufficient detail for the resulting plans to be judged. Formulating a Management Plan Although agencies do not always require a detailed list of tasks to be completed by certain dates as part of an evaluation proposal, a clear plan in advance of the award can facilitate later project management. Such a plan could be required as a first step by a contractor or grantee selected to conduct an evaluation project. This plan would spell out specific milestones in the evaluation that must be reached by certain dates in order for
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Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs the evaluation to proceed on schedule, for example, the successful recruitment of sites, configuration of experimental groups, and enrollment of subjects. A sound management plan would also identify critical benchmarks or events that must occur in order for the project to proceed toward successful implementation, e.g., letters of commitment from crucial local partners. Written memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with key partners are another strategy that can help keep a project on track during the implementation phase. Such MOUs might be required with all critical partners who have committed important resources (such as personnel to screen potential participants or to provide certain data). In many cases, the evaluator does not have the clout necessary to obtain the needed commitments. The funding agency may be in a better position to approach local agencies (e.g., police, corrections, schools) to obtain their cooperation. Despite the best efforts to ensure a sound and feasible plan for the evaluation, some impact evaluations will encounter major problems. However, some of those evaluations may nonetheless be salvageable if additional resources are available for the efforts required to overcome the problems. For example, in a multisite trial of domestic violence programs, one site may experience major difficulties unrelated to the study and be forced to close or considerably reduce its services. Potential replacement sites might be available, but the investigator may not have funds for recruitment and start-up in a new site. In this situation, augmenting the award with the funds necessary to add the replacement sites may be a more cost-effective option than allowing a diminished study to go forward. To cover such eventualities, agencies must maintain an emergency fund as a component of their budgeting for evaluation projects with well-specified procedures and guidelines for using it. Such a fund will be counterproductive, however, if it is not carefully directed toward solvable problems that obstruct what otherwise is a high probability of a successful evaluation project. STEPS THAT CAN BE TAKEN AFTER AWARDING THE EVALUATION CONTRACT The typical grant monitoring process requires periodic reporting by the grantee. For larger projects, more intensive monitoring is often used. This process is greatly facilitated when there is a detailed management plan (as described earlier) against which the agency staff can compare actual progress. When such a plan exists, agency staff can take a proactive approach to project monitoring by having telephone conferences at critical times to track the achievement of important milestones and benchmarks. The scale of criminal justice evaluation research is small enough
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Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs that even one failed evaluation that could have been salvaged through early detection of problems and corrective actions is an important lost opportunity. For larger and more complex impact evaluations, technical advisory panels incorporated into the monitoring process may expand the range of expertise for anticipating and resolving implementation problems that arise. Agencies might, for instance, use standing committees of researchers—perhaps the same committees that review proposals—to periodically review the scientific aspects of the work and recommend agency responses. Site visits by a technical advisory panel could, for instance, offer valuable advice about recruitment strategies and data collection. As a last resort, the technical panel may suggest early termination of an evaluation to conserve resources for more promising research. Such visiting panels are a standard tool in NIH multisite clinical trial management. Properly conceived and constructed they can be perceived as helpful rather than threatening. It is common practice to monitor evaluation projects more carefully in the first year than in later years. Although it is clearly important to watch such projects closely in the critical early stages, it is also important to recognize that serious problems can develop in later stages. It is not unusual for evaluation procedures to be circumvented as those associated with a program become more familiar with them. For example, the program staff may learn over time how to manipulate a randomization procedure by altering the order in which cases are presented for randomization. Also, selective reporting to favor the program and even outright falsification of records may slowly creep in. Vigilance throughout the course of the evaluation project is required to catch such changes. Other mechanisms that can be used to enhance project success after funding include meetings of evaluators of similar projects and cluster conferences for evaluators. Several agencies may use such meetings to provide a forum in which challenges and potential solutions can be discussed. These interactions may be especially helpful when the programs being evaluated are similar, as in multisite projects with different local evaluators. An extension of this idea is the inclusion of outside expert researchers who are well respected in meetings with the evaluators. Such experts can comment on the progress of the effort and offer helpful advice. These researchers might be members of a standing review committee such as that described earlier who are already familiar with the work. Or, evaluators can simply be put in contact with veteran researchers who have experienced similar challenges in other projects. Of course, many veteran researchers have social networks on which they depend for such advice.
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Improving Evaluation of Anticrime Programs But less experienced researchers or even experienced researchers who are new to a certain type of research would often benefit from consultation with others. Agencies might maintain a directory of experienced researchers who could be called upon to consult with grantees as situations arise. Advisory boards are often created for this purpose and may be especially helpful on large and complex projects.


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Dont let its beauty fool you. Inside lurks a 455 punched 0.030-over to 462 ci with TRW 9.4:1 compression slugs, shot-peened rods, heads machined and ported by Jim Taylor, a Comp Cams bumpstick holding 0.485/0.485 lift and 225/230 duration at 0.050, and a fat 800-cfm Quadrajet. Expelling the fumes are 1-5/8-inch-primary Hooker headers blowing through mandrel-bent 2-1/2-inch pipes and DynoMax Super Turbos. Can you say 375 rear-wheel horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque?


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Carlton Pearson -- Live At Asuza 4
- Sunday, October 28, 2001
(Tommy Boy Gospel)
What do you get when you gather 70,000 believers in Tulsa, Okla., at a worship celebration service to remember the Azusa "revival" that started the modern-day Pentecostal movement in the United States just over 100 years ago? You get a powerful live recording.
Bishop Carlton Pearson and the Azusa Mass Choir have recorded Live At Asuza discs before, selling 300,000 units to date, but the new fourth installment is what Pearson calls "our best presentation to date."
In the CD liner notes, Pearson highlights what makes Azusa 4 so special.
"The first lady of gospel music, Pastor Shirley Caesar, shares her powerful anointing coupled with her distinctive vocal riffs and runs on I Won't Be Back (Sweepin' Through The City). Then, from the old tent revival days with R.W. Shambach, we have the phenomenal voice of evangelist Gene Martin singing one of our traditional favorites, Too Close To Heaven," writes Pearson.
Also on Azusa 4, Ronzel Pretlow of Norfolk, Va., brings his distinct 'scream singing style' to the passionate song It Overflows! Another guest vocalist, LaShun Pace, offers an emotional Is Your All On The Altar?
The Holy Spirit's anointing is on this entire album, which covers a wide range of emotions.
"This project will have music lovers laughing, crying, singing and dancing," says Pearson. Indeed it will.
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What we won when all of our people united ... must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. ... Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.
What's real in politics is what the voters decide is real.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
You can separate corruption from politics only when democracy becomes government of the people, for the people and by the people.
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Where are we at here, Houston?
It looks as though our organization has emerged from the darkness and it's about time. We have the top farm system in the entirety of Major League Baseball.
Can't get much more positive than that, right? Right?!… Hello?
We're at a turning point in Houston, so let's test the waters.
The Houston Astros have been disappointing (to say the least) these last few years and the fans haven't been bashful about vocalizing their displeasure. Houston used to be a baseball town. In the early to mid 2000's, the Texans were still struggling to find their identity, and the Rockets were in a period of good, but not great basketball.
The Astros were the big dogs in town. It seems almost strange to say that now. We had the likes of Biggio, Bagwell, Berkman, (B)Ausmus, and (B)Ensberg at bat, and Clemens, Oswalt, Pettitte, and Lidge throwing for W after W after W.
The Astros were a perennial playoff contender and the ballpark was constantly sold out. Those were the days.
And then? No and then.
We're all aware of what happened after our World Series "appearance" (yes I'm still bitter).
We endured bad contract after bad contract. Woody Williams, Carlos Lee, trading for Jason Jennings. Attendance slowly started to drop, as did interest in our baseball team. This coincided with the steady rise from mediocrity to contention for the Texans and Rockets, so the Astros were largely forgotten.
I'm not saying that you guys have missed much. In a way, it's probably best that you didn't look. Since 2009, it's been a tough go around Minute Maid.
But, as I said previously, the fog is lifting. You're about to get a glimpse of the future of this franchise. Players will be called up this year that we've been waiting a very long time to meet.
Hopefully they're ready to meet us.
We know what we think of the team, but we want to hear from you guys, the fans. Click Here to take a survey about your Houston Astros and let us know what you think!
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When you first meet Doro, you'd think he was an ordinary man, the same as you or I. But Doro has a unique gift: he can survive the death of his body by transferring his essence into the body of another. Unfortunately for those he takes over, there's only room for one consciousness in the human brain, and so when Doro takes control, the previous owner is evicted. He's survived this way for thousands of years, hopping from body to body, and leaving a trail of the dead in his wake, for his gift does not allow him to inhabit bodies for long, necessitating the frequent claiming of new victims.
Wild Seed begins in 1690 in Africa, when Doro discovers another immortal by the name of Anyanwu, though Anyanwu is not the monster Doro is. While his powers are tied inextricably to death, Anyanwu's are tied to life; instead of stealing new bodies, she is able to manipulate her body to heal any wound, make herself appear forever young, or even shapechange into different creatures altogether. When Doro first meets Anyanwu, she appears to be an old woman serving as shaman to the village. But when he discovers her true nature, he embarks upon a quest to find others like her "wild seed" and selectively breeds them in order to foster the development of these seemingly magical talents. This multigenerational genetic engineering project takes the pair from their starting place in Africa in to the American colonies and beyond.
To describe the plot as above surely doesn't do justice to Wild Seed, which is easily one of the finest science fiction novels ever written; but more than that, it is a great work of literature, period, that explores deep philosophical issues and vividly explores the extraordinary long lives of two fascinatingly-drawn characters.
For a book as brilliant as this, it would be easy for a narrator to just convey the text and get out of its way, but Dion Graham somehow manages to add yet another layer to an already rich and complex narrative by giving voice to it with such emotion and gravitas. Graham provides a variety of character voices to the extent that he seems to be a vocal chameleon; the character of Doro alone requires him to change his voice into a number of different accents, all of which Graham ably handles. But perhaps what makes this performance truly stand out is the intensity of Graham's narration in between dialogue, which really drives home the power of Butler's prose.As both a novel and an audiobook, Wild Seed stands as a sterling example of science fiction, literature, and performance art. Utterly compelling, and completely unforgettable. John Joseph Adams
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I'm trying to wean myself and learn to function without earbuds for more than ten minutes at a time. It hasn't been easy. I lose balance...
"Fairy Tale... even if it's not"
There's a little smack of oddness to it i can't put my finger on, and i was afraid the accent would kill me - but no. it was nice. And original. which you don't get much these days. Reminded me a little bit of Niel Gaimon's Anansi boys only much darker and a different point of view. Again, not one of my all time best hits, but a good solid creative story with a little something for everyone. And that ain't bad.
"Nice story...wonderful narration!"
I love listening to stories whenever I have to drive a long distance, so this is one of the stories that I listened to on the way back from a really long trip. I have read Octavia Butler's work before, so I wasn't surprised how much I enjoyed it. What did surprise me, is how much I enjoyed listening to in on cd. The narrator of this book brought the scenes and characters to life. It kept me involved and interested. This audible shows how a good book coupled with a great narration gives you something you truly enjoy.
One thing I can say, as I have a 10 year old son. I am glad that he slept 98 percent of the trip as this was NOT a story that a child can listen to. My son isn't an ordinary child of books, as reading far above his age, often reading teen novels, but this was way too graphic for even him. I found myself pausing the book whenever I had to wake him. But do not let it deter you from listening to it!! It is one book that will be hard to pause :).
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"Exotic, Unpredictable, Unsettling!"
YES this book must be listened to!! Hearing the different voices and the tension, excitement and deadliness in the voices was exciting! Dion Graham was so amazing, I'll be looking for books narrated by him.
This book cannot be compared to any other I've read or listened to. The characters are Black, the situations and based of African American culture and mysticism. Where else are you going to read/hear this kind of work?
I loved two scenes: When the female lead transformed herself into a Dolphin and described the experience to us - the scene brought a true smile to my face, and when the Male lead finally figured out how much he truly cared. The scene brought tears to my eyes.
What if you had TRUE power over LIFE and DEATH, and could live forever? Could you stay sane - could you love?
I love Octavia Butler...this book only made me hungry for more...I guess I'll have to go back and read/listen to her other books!
I like Jack Reacher style characters regardless of setting. Put them in outer space, in modern America, in a military setting, on an alien planet... no worries. Book has non moralistic vigilante-justice? Sign me up! (oh, I read urban fantasy, soft and hard sci-fi, trashy vampire and zombie novels too)
"Lots of social "commentary" but no lecturing."
You can tell the quality difference in writers by how well they handle potentially lecture-y subjects such as slavery, women's rights, gender equality, racial equality and power inequity. Butler tells a story here that includes all these subjects, explores them, makes us frustrated with them, and yet never makes us feel like we're attending some sort of educational retreat, or listening to a sermon.
The story is good versus evil, nature versus nurture, male versus female... it's engaging and worrying and you just want to grab Anyanwu and Doro and smack their heads together... I had wondered, as the end drew closer, how Butler was going to be able to wrap up a story that involved immortals - and I think she did an excellent job of doing so - the conclusion was logical.
I'm not saying the story didn't slow down a bit in the middle while Butler tried to emphasize Doro's "evilness" - but it was only a short blip before the story carried on. I've not read any other books from this "series" but plan to do so now.
The narrator did a good job. The characters were distinct and the pacing nice.
"Worth a read"
Passionate, surprising and very moving. I am not a science fiction lover and might not have listened to this book had it not been recommended. I found myself moved to tears more than once. It is a very outstanding audiobook. Definitely worth a listen.
"Very different book than what I'm used to"
This is a very different book then what I'm used to listening to. I thought the main male character had way to much powder. I wish it would have shown him needing the main female character a lot more. I will look for more by this author.
"Terrific Piece of Work!"
I miss Octavia Butler. The book left me wanting more. The narrator was wonderfully vivid--what a piece of artwork!
"Wild Seed - By Octavia Butler"
What a story! She wrote the stuff great movies are made of. This is the first book that helps you understand what type of subject matter her future books would be about.
"Amazing story but..."
I read the book before and loved it. But I'm having a hard time listening to the narrator, he sounds so fake. Definitely check out the sample before you buy, I wish I had done it.
"Awful narrator"
I want to love this story, but the narrator is just awful. I cant get pass the first few minutes
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The Pedestrian Project consists of several performers wearing entirely black custom-made costumes modeled after the generic images of men, women, and children seen on public signs. Mimicking the lives of everyday people, the roaming sculptural forms inspire the imaginations of onlookers, who often find themselves mesmerized as these familiar icons assume busy lives of their own.
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Houston Storytellers' Guild
Everyone has a story, join us in spinning fun tales!
Monthly- Story Swap
3rd Tuesdays, 7-8:30 pm
Story Swap Location:
Metropolitan Multi-Service Center
Let's Celebrate Together with the Magic of Story.
We may get cranked early with business talk, guild ideas, and even some gossip.
Then, we share, tell, and respond to each other's stories.
So bring your tales. Please keep them at 10 minutes max.
Storytellers on the Radio
Dr. Hank Roubicek will be hosting SO, WHAT'S YOUR STORY?
KPFT, 90.1 FM @ 10 pm every Thursday.
For us to continue to have a storytelling show, sponsored by the Guild, KPFT needs...REQUIRES feedback. Obviously POSITIVE feedback is best:). So I ask that you go the feedback form at the KPFT site, or call Ernesto (program manager) at the number found on the KPFT site to offer your comments, PLEASE! It's very important.
Many, Many programs !
Other Events
Encounters with Nature
Edith Moore Nature Sanctuary
440 Wilchester Blvd, Houston, TX 77079
(713) 932-1639
Partnership Event with the Houston Storytellers Guild!
Skyline Screamers
Spooky Tales for the Halloween season.
October 31, 2014 Friday-Holloween 7:00pm-9
Marmion Park
Heights Blvd and 18th Street
Hosted by Sally Bates-Goodroe
The World-wide day of storytelling!
November 22nd of 2014 6pm-9pm
The Black Labrador 4100 Montrose Boulevard
Free, we will pass the hat though. You buy your meal and beverages. YUM
An Annual Sharing of Stories
If you want to reserve you spot, call Scott @ 713-816-3795
If you want to tell, let Scott know.
In 2013 we had a great time with our Tellabration, 50+ folks heard great stories from: Sheila Phillips, Jay Stailey, Brian Herod, Linda Befeld, Alice Evergreen, Judy Alton, Leona Hoegsberg, Sally Bates Goodroe, & Jere Pfister. We also had some wonderful folksie songs by David Goodroe and Eric Johnson. The Black Lab's food was great and we look forward to our 2014 gathering.
Houston Liars' Contest #27
April 18, 2015 @ 7pm
Houston Baptist University
7502 Fondren Dillon II in the Hinton Center
Enter through Gate 2
Members $8, Non-members $10
Fort Bend Storytellers
Meetings on the 4th Tuesdays, 7-8:30 pm
at the University Branch Library
14010 University Blvd, U of H Campus, Sugar Land
Meetings held only if participants have called.
Call Nancy Alemany 281-413-8823
August 1st, 2014, time to re-enroll!
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It's easy when you enroll in Kroger Community Rewards®! To get started, sign up with your Plus Card and select Houston Storytelling Guild as the organization you choose to support. Once enrolled, you'll earn rewards for HSG every time you shop and use your Plus Card!
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