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Local dog owners are invited to the annual Dog Days of Summer event Monday, Aug. 15, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the College Hill Pool, 304 S. Circle Drive, sponsored by the Kansas Humane Society and the City of Wichita Park and Recreation Department.
The event allows dogs to experience wading, paddling, swimming and diving in a pool without chlorine. Admission is a $10 donation per dog (limit of two dogs per owner) with proceeds benefitting the Kansas Humane Society. This event also features a long jump contest, Frisbee catch competition and largest and smallest dog contest. Free dog treats will be given out by Bradley's Bones.
For everyone's safety, owners may wade only knee-deep with their dogs in the shallow end of the zero-depth entry pool. Children under the age of 18 are not allowed to handle dogs and may only go into the water at ankle depth. All dogs must be on a leash when not in the pool or participating in contests and must be current on all vaccinations.
The event had previously been scheduled for Aug. 8 but was changed to Aug. 15 to accommodate an extended swimming pool season by the City of Wichita Park and Recreation Department.
For more information, please visit Park & Recreation or call 529-9940.
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The 95th running of the Grade 3, $150,000 Schuylerville, which drew seven 2-year-old fillies, will be run as race 9 on the 10-race card, while the Grade 3, $100,000 James Marvin, which drew nine sprinters going seven furlongs, will be run as race 8. First race post time is 1:00 p.m.
Trainer Todd Pletcher, who last year won an astounding 23 juvenile races during the 40-day meet, will be represented in the six-furlong Schuylerville by two impressive maiden winners in Yes Liz and Elena Strikes, with the Stonestreet entry listed at 5-2 on the morning line.
Yes Liz, a dark bay daughter of Yes It's True, zipped five furlongs in 57.99 on July 3 as the 1-2 favorite at Belmont Park to win her first start by an eye-catching 3 ¾ lengths.
"She's pretty straightforward," said Pletcher of Yes Liz, who will be ridden from post position 6 by Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez. "She's very fast. She's a precocious kind of filly. We expected that type of performance from her. She has good gate speed. She came out of that race really well. That's why we thought about running her back."
Elena Strikes, a homebred daughter of Smart Strike, was also the odds-on favorite in her debut on June 22 at Monmouth Park, where she came from off the pace to register a 2 ¾-length victory.
"I think she'll appreciate the added distance where she can break and not have to be rushed," said Pletcher, who will be seeking his fifth career victory in the Schuylerville, having won in 2011 with Georgie's Angel, 2006 with Cotton Blossom, 2003 with Ashado and 2002 with Freedom's Daughter. "She's a filly who has shown a lot of quality. She has been training really well up here and she has a good mind. She has been doing well since that maiden race."
Pletcher, whose domination with his 2-year-olds last year was a key factor in his third straight H. Allen Jerkens training title, did not think a repeat of 2012 was forthcoming but was hopeful for continued success.
"So far, the 2-year-olds are running well," said the trainer, whose 2012 juveniles included stakes winners Shanghai Bobby, Kauai Katie, Dreaming of Julia, Overanalyze, Violence and 2013 Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice. "As usual, we come in at the end of April or the beginning of May and look to bring a lot of 2-year-olds. Historically, it has always been a place to get horses ready. They seem to be doing well here. We're hopeful, but we also know how hard it is to win races here. We had an unbelievable meet with 2-year-olds last year. I think it's next to impossible to repeat the kind of numbers we had last year. We have to see and hope for the best. Hopefully, we will have some success."
Favored at 7-5 on the morning line is Bahnah, a six-length winner of her maiden race on June 6 at Churchill Downs, where she covered 4 ½ furlongs in 51.17. With Corey Lanerie aboard, the Elusive Quality filly will leave from post position 5.
Among those challenging Bahnah and the Stonestreet duo will be the Tom Albertrani-trained True Blue Nation, also an impressive maiden winner at Belmont Park.
Owned by St. Elias Stable and West Point Thoroughbreds, True Blue Nation was 17-1 as a front-running, 5 ½-length winner in her debut on June 21, covering the five furlongs in 58 1/5.
"She was very impressive first time out," said Albertrani. "Normally, I don't really crank on the 2-year-olds to come out running first time out, but if they do, all the better. I would always expect a better performance second time around, so we were very pleased with that effort first time out."
With Jose Lezcano in the irons, True Blue Nation drew post position 7 and was listed at 12-1 on the morning line.
Trainer Steve Asmussen, who won the 2009 Schuylerville with Hot Dixie Chick, returns with Darren Pollitt's Brazen Persuasion, a second-time out winner on June 29 at Churchill Downs. The Indian Charlie filly, 3-1 on the morning line, drew post position 4 and will be ridden by Rosie Napravnik.
Completing the field for the Schuylerville, from the rail out, are Jonesin for Jerry and Silver Valley.
Souper Speedy, who in his second start off a layoff was declared the winner of the off-the-turf Jaipur after stablemate Big Screen was disqualified, is the 5-2 favorite on the morning line to earn a second straight stakes win in the James Marvin. He has been no worse than third in six of seven lifetime starts and Albertrani is confident the 4-year-old Indian Charlie colt will continue his upward trajectory.
"He's has two good races in a row since he's been away," said Albertrani of Souper Speedy, who was off from November of 2012 until April. "The horse has come back very well, so this race looks like an ideal spot."
Jose Lezcano will ride Souper Speedy from post position 3.
Jaguar Paw, a winner of three of four starts this year for trainer Chad Brown, shortens up in the James Marvin as he seeks his first graded stakes score. Last time out, the 6-year-old son of Giant's Causeway was a 5 ¾-length winner of the 1 1/8-mile Three Coins Up overnight stakes at Belmont Park.
"I think the cutback in distance is worth a try," said Brown, who will give a leg up to Javier Castellano. The pair will leave from post position 5 and was listed at 6-1 on the morning line.
Sage Valley, whose four-race win streak was snapped when he finished fifth in the Grade 2 RTN True North Handicap on June 8, will be going for his second graded stakes win. Trained by Rudy Rodriguez for Michael Dubb, Sage Valley earned his first graded with a 2 1/4-length victory in the Grade 3 Maryland Sprint Handicap on Preakness Day.
At 5-1 on the morning line, Sage Valley drew post position 4 and will carry 123 pounds, including Cornelio Velasquez.
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HYDE PARK, Sunday—The documents which the State Department has published, revealing the dealings between Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany from 1939 to 1941, should bring some sense of shame to those Americans who in 1939 followed the Communist line and believed the tales the Communists told them. These captured Nazi documents are interesting reading, but I hope they will not have the effect of strengthening those people in our nation who are doing so much loose talking about finding ways to go to war with Russia.
Marshal Stalin in 1939 was undoubtedly doing what he thought was good for Soviet Russia, but the duplicity revealed in these papers should give anyone with any leanings toward totalitarianism, whether fascist or communist, a distrust of that type of government. In constitutional democracies, leaders of the government would find it difficult to put through such dealings without someone discovering what was going on. We would accuse any responsible United States official of failing in his duty if he did not think first of the interests of the United States and its people. We would be indignant at the type of betrayal, however, of the ordinary standards of honesty which is revealed in these documents.
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We all of us have intelligence systems which we rely upon to give us information as to conditions in other countries. Sometimes these intelligence systems are none too good. I surmise that the information, for instance, which Stalin furnished Hitler on the conditions and probable reactions in Great Britain and the United States was based on the reports of intelligence agents—and we now know what actually happened and how incorrect those reports were.
I doubt very much whether the reports the Russian officials are getting today are much more accurate, because when you tell your agents that they must not be too friendly with people in other countries, and when you make few friends among the envoys to your country, your chances of knowing accurately what is in the minds and hearts of people in other countries are very slim. You may find out something about their business and something about their armaments, but you will never find out all you should know unless you really know the people themselves.
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There are very few Russians in this country who feel free to make friends with the Americans they meet. If we could meet as individuals and not as representatives of governments, I rather think we would find that we have many things in common and that neither of us want war.
I rarely agree with Sen. Walter George of Georgia, but his warning the other day that Americans are not the kind of people who hate for years and do nothing about it was a warning we need to heed. Too many people in Russia attack the United States, and too many people in the United States resent those attacks and try to retaliate. This is not a healthy atmosphere in which peaceful relations can be long maintained.


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Just wanted to share a few images of the rainbow cake I made last weekend. I actually made 2--one for G's birthday party and a second for some spring photo mini sessions we did. I believe that children always photograph better when incentivized with sugar, so I put together this simple dessert table for all of our little clients at the studio. It was super fun!There are tons of different rainbow cakes out there, so I won't launch into any secret recipes, but I will share a few tricks!
*I used 2 vanilla box cake mixes. You could surely use one, but I messed up a couple of the layers when pulling them out of their pans. (The more thin layers you can make, the better!)
*I mixed 5-8 drops of food coloring in each layer to achieve these pastel hues
*Place parchment paper at the bottom of your cake pans to pull the cakes out easier.
*After each cake has cooled from the oven, cling wrap and freeze them before frosting. They are much sturdier this way!
*There are lots of layers in this cake and therefore it requires lots of frosting!! To prevent it from becoming overly sweet, I used the easiest cream cheese frosting recipe ever:
2 sticks of butter (softened)
2 sticks of cream cheese (softened)
whip together in a mixer until blended
continue to add powdered sugar until it reaches your desired sweetness & spreading consistency!
Thank you all so very much for your input on the children and the internet controversy. You all had such insightful things to say and I really appreciate your honesty!! I think every blogger (and probably every modern person) struggles with where to draw the line online to some extent. I've decided that at the end of the day, you just have to do your thing. Do what you love and do it with common sense. There's definitely bad stuff in the world--but also a lot of amazingness that you will miss out on if you spend your days fearing the unknown.
Don't miss the splendid giveaway going on & Happy weekending!
a rainbow cake!
16 comments:
- Nikki said...
Love, love, love this table setting!! It'd be swell in a grown-up photo shoot, too.
- 4/15/2011
- Erin {pughs' news} said...
That cake is gorgeous and what a beautiful little table you've set there! Wow.
Happy Weekend! - 4/15/2011
- Rebekah said...
oh my gosh cutest cake ever - love it! hope you guys have a fabulous weekend!
- 4/15/2011
- Kimberly said...
Absolutely amazing! I could never bake like that... in fact, my girls are the cake bakers and decorators in our house!
- 4/15/2011
- Cottage Mommy said...
Love your rainbow cake! All the others I have seen have been super bright colors but I love the lighter version! And that tablescape....lovely, lovely, lovely!
- 4/15/2011
- Melinda said...
I agree. Well said! :) I love this cake - super cute and simple! :)
- 4/15/2011
- Leslie said...
oh this is sugar... and Im not talking about the cake.. the whole darn styling.. your amazing.
- 4/15/2011
- Fairlightday said...
So lovely Jess! I like the lighter color of this rainbow cake too! Doesn't quite make you feel like you have to go on a toxic cleanse after eating it. ;) You did amazing, everything looks so perfect. <3
- 4/15/2011
- {lovely little things} said...
I have yet to make rainbow cake myself, but I really want to try!
- 4/15/2011
- Brittany said...
wow, i am so impressed! i love the little flags; they add just the right touch.
- 4/16/2011
- emily-kallista said...
Oh gosh you did an amazing job! I am so impressed with this pretty cake and setup :) just shows that little thigns can make magic
- 4/16/2011
- marta said...
i absolutely love the mellow modern colors of this cake. such a fun twist on the rainbow cake. what a good mama you are. have a wonderful weekend.
- 4/16/2011
- Shannon said...
Oh man, this table just makes me happy looking at it. And that cake is awesome! I might even like it better than the primary colored version. You can incentivize me with this stuff anytime :)
Oh and where do you get your big balloons? I'm assuming online? Do you just take them to a party store to get blown up? - 4/16/2011
- amanda Rydell said...
the girls told me about some yummy cake! Pretty darn cute!! - 4/16/2011
- Sharon said...
Love the table and the cake-it looks amazing!
- 4/16/2011
- soveryvicki said...
Lovely, lovely, lovely--the cake and your whole table. So sweet!
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The purpose of this essay is to critically appraise a research that was carried out in a mental health hospital in Southern Norway titled "Relatives of persons with recently discovered serious mental illness: in need of support to become resource persons in treatment and recovery" by (K.Norby, K.KJonsberg and J.K.Hummelvoll, 2009). I am going to look at the approach, methodology, the design, population sample, data collection method, ethical issues and how the data was analysed. I am then going to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the research. To evaluate this research, I am going to use the framework for critiquing health research by (Cadwell.k, Henshaw.L, and Taylor.G, 2005).
The title of the study is very informative and indicates the focus of the study. However it failed to mention staff members as they were also part of the population in the data collection process. Parahoo,(2006) states that reference should be made to the population from whom data are collected.
The study was conducted by three authors with respectable academic backgrounds and they are all registered Psychiatric nurses. Their professional fields are relevant to the study, K.Norby is head of research and development, K.K Jonsberg is a research assistant and J.K Hummelvoll is a professor in health and sports which makes them suitable to carry out this research project. They also hold further academic qualifications in different fields in health studies. I find the authors credible with the qualifications that they hold.
In this research, the abstract is straight to the point and contains most of the information a good abstract should have as stated by (Schneider et al,2007) that the abstract should contain sufficient information about the stages of the research process for example aim of the study,method, sample and findings. However, it does not summarise the key components for example no recommendation or conclusion. The abstract also clearly states the research is of a qualitative nature.
It is stated that this research was undertaken because more knowledge was needed about relatives experiences and views concerning factors facilitating an active involvement from relatives. Previous
studies (Hogary et al.1986, Moltova 2006) proved that active involvement of patients reduces relapse. However other studies (Leff et al, Kottgen et al 1984) did not find any differences in relapse rates in treatment strategy that involves family. The present study is part of a large cooperative inquiry.
The literature review undertaken was relevant to the study. Polet and Beck (2006) state that a good literature review in a qualitative research should summarise the existing body of knowledge related to the problem or phenomenon of interest. Most of the materials used for the literature review were less than five years old. Parahoo, (2006) points out that literature review should be current, not more than five years old and up to date. Another strength of this article is that the literature review lays a solid basis for a new study. However the weakness of literature review is that not enough primary sources were used.
The aim for the study is clearly stated that they wanted to explore and describe what facilitates active involvement for relatives in the treatment and rehabilitation of their family members so therefore this research aims to get more information from relatives and health workers. To do this, the researchers set themselves a research question to set out what they wanted to achieve.
Ethical issues were properly addressed. Consent was obtained and participation was voluntary and the project was approved by the relevant authorities. The issue of confidentiality and anonymity are the main ethical issues researchers must consider when conducting an interview, Parahoo,(2006). In this research, these were properly addressed by the authors. Because anonymity is impossible when conducting interviews, there is...


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Sweden Air Force Targets C-130 Upgrade Decision in 2014
Robert WallThe Swedish air force plans to decide whether to upgrade or replace its fleet of eight Lockheed Martin Corp. C-130 transport planes as part of a 10-year strategic program due to be formalized next year.
Replacement of aging SK60 jets for training pilots also is starting to gain Swedish military planners' attention, service chief Major General Micael Byden told reporters yesterday on the eve of the Paris Air Show.
Sweden's military-equipment upgrade decisions in recent years include a commitment in February to back development of and buy 60 Gripen E fighters from domestic manufacturer Saab AB. The C-130s are being used in Afghanistan and are set to support United Nations operations in Mali for four months starting in October, Byden said.
"We have to do something with our transport fleet," Lt. Col. Tommy Petersson, requirements officer for Sweden's air force, said at the press briefing. The current airframe should last until about 2030 if the systems are modernized, he said.
The trainer program is less well defined, with a target of having new aircraft in service around 2020, Petersson said. Sweden wants to set up partnerships with other countries for a joint modernization plan that would influence the type and number of aircraft to be ordered.
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Military operations in Afghanistan forced Sweden to quickly acquire UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from United Technologies Corp.'s Sikorsky unit to meet operational needs in Afghanistan because the competing NH90 model intended for the role wasn't ready. The U.S. helicopters have now reached full operational status, Byden said.
Development of the NH90 is progressing, albeit slowly, Byden said. Sweden doesn't expect to reach full operational status with the rotorcraft, built by partners including Finmeccanica SpA's AgustaWestland unit and Eurocopter SAS of European Aeronautics, Defence & Space Co., until 2020, he said.
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You'd never know that Spring was just around the corner – that lousy groundhog. Baseball has had several of its opening week games postponed or relocated due to snow, and a nasty Nor'easter tore through the upper half of the US, causing damage – and a few deaths – along the way. If the showers we've seen this April are any indication, May's gonna be overgrown with floral facets. Perhaps we can all dry off with a weekend in front of the idiot box. There's some fresh fare there, including a hilarious satire on a very strange subject, a dumb gearhead actioner, another failed drama from a former directorial god, and a wicked little indie effort. Toss in the typical outsider and non-Tinsel Town odds and ends and you've got plenty to keep you couch bound and (somewhat) happy. And before you know it, it will be time to complain about the heat. Let's begin with the weekend of 21 April's best bet:
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Dar Al Sharia named Best Sharia Advisory at Islamic Finance News Awards
Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) announced today that its Sharia consultancy subsidiary, Dar Al Sharia Legal & Financial Consultancy LLC, has been named the "Best Sharia Advisory Firm" at the recent Islamic Finance News Awards. A one-stop solution centre for all Sharia, legal and financial consultancy for all types of Islamic financing and investment transactions, such as Sukuk, Funds, product development, conversion of conventional banks into Islamic institutions, etc. on the global level, Dar Al Sharia has evolved from DIB's own Sharia Coordination Department, the first ever experiment carried out by an Islamic bank.
At the same ceremony, DIB received an impressive four awards in total, including the coveted "Best Islamic Bank in the UAE" award, "Syndicated Deal of the Year" and "Wakalah Deal of the Year."
"We are extremely honoured to be recognised as the 'Best Sharia Advisory Firm,'" said Sohail Zubairi, Chief Executive Officer, Dar Al Sharia. "Although Dar Al Sharia just completed its first full operational year in 2009, the recognition it has received to date highlights the depth of expertise we offer in providing world-class and authentic Sharia guidance to our clients.
"On behalf of Dar Al Sharia, I would like to dedicate this award to Dr. Hussain Hamed Hassan, the Chairman of DIB's Sharia Board and a prominent Sharia scholar, in recognition of his lifelong services to the cause of Islamic finance and for providing valuable guidance to the Dar Al Sharia team."
Established in July 2008, Dar Al Sharia is yet another innovative service offered by Dubai Islamic Bank that conducts, in addition to structuring and documentation, the research and development, Sharia training, Sharia audit and on-going Sharia guidance to Islamic Financial Institutions. The company liaises closely with clients, lawyers, bankers, and investors on an end-to-end basis, from the initial concept through to the completion of transaction structure and documentation, in a fully Sharia-compliant manner.
In addition to the "Best Sharia Advisory Award," Dar Al Sharia also substantially contributed to the "Syndicated Deal of the Year" (Bin Laden Islamic Syndication) and "Wakalah Deal of the Year," (IFC Sukuk) awards. These high-profile transactions, were supervised in structuring and documention by Dar Al Sharia.
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If you're one of the 9 million or so inhabitants of Planet Earth who watched this video last week and laughed out loud at the spectacle of a girl whose sexy "twerking" home video turns into an epic fiery disaster, then the joke's on you.
On Monday night, Jimmy Kimmel revealed that not only was the video staged, as many viewers suspected but perhaps didn't want to believe, but that he was the mastermind behind the viral sensation.
At the outset of the episode, Kimmel maintained the ruse, asking the young woman — who went by the pseudonym Caitlin Heller on YouTube and was, supposedly, joining the show via Skype from Kansas City — how her yoga pants were doing. After some contrived chitchat, Kimmel then joined "Caitlin," who was in fact in studio, and played the "full director's cut" of the video that made her Internet-famous.
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In it, Kimmel wanders into the room and sprays "Caitlin" — in actuality, a stuntwoman named Daphne Avalon — with a fire extinguisher.
As the comedian explained, he posted the video to YouTube to see what would happen. He didn't tweet it or otherwise promote it, and yet it received 9 million views in less than a week. As Kimmel gleefully pointed out, the video also succeeded in duping numerous media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, "The Talk," "The View" and "Today."
"Thank you for helping us deceive the world and hopefully put an end to twerking forever," Kimmel said to Avalon.
Oh, if only.
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Shabazz Muhammad attorneys call for NCAA to drop case after overheard conversation surfaces
UCLA basketball player Shabazz Muhammad's lawyers are asking the NCAA to drop their investigation and declare him eligible to play after details of a conversation on a commuter flight surfaced, reports the LA Times.
The conversation came to light in an email from an attorney who said she was seated behind a man who was speaking loudly about the work of his girlfriend, an 'attorney with the NCAA.'The girlfriend, whom he identified as 'Abigail,' was investigating Muhammad. The man made it clear that the NCAA would find Muhammad ineligible and not allow him to play this season, the email said. Abigail Grantstein, an assistant director of enforcement, is the NCAA's lead investigator on the Muhammad case.
The conversation, which took place on Aug. 7, suggested that the NCAA prejudged their ruling on Muhammad. The attorney confirmed the story in a telephone interview with the LA Times on Wednesday:
"He was insistent that, 'My girlfriend is investigating him and he's dirty' and … 'I can guarantee you that he's not going to play.'He talked specifically about taking money. That's what he kept saying: 'Abby knows it' and 'They're dirty and they were taking money and she's going to get them.'"
Bill Trosch, the attorney representing the Muhammad family said,
"This confirms our greatest fears, that this case was decided long before the facts were gathered…. This taints the whole process, and I think Shabazz should be able to play immediately."The NCAA declared Muhammad ineligible to play because he received improper benefits during recruiting and violated the NCAA's amateurism rules. UCLA appealed the NCAA's decision on Wednesday, and an appeals committee will hear the case on Friday.


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Additional stallions have received their OCD-index, several of the biggest hits show a tendency towards inheriting OCD
In 2012 KWPN published the first set of stallions where the new system to gather information about OC, ostechondrosis, was applied. The system is built on randomly selected foals, x-rayed when 11-14 months old and then the total picture for each stallion is made into an index, OC-index. The index is has a medium of 100, a lower value indicates that x-rayed foals have displayed OC-findings – a higher value that less or no findings have been documented. Each index comes with a percentage of certainty; reliability of the index, the KWPN doesn't publish any findings until that figure is above 55%.The index is published for the younger stallions and will not be applied retroactively for the established elders or exported stallions.OC is a complex condition, around a fourth of all cases occur due to heritability – three fourths is due to things like feeding, mobility, stabling management in other words environmental factors. However selective breeding has a cumulative effect – each generation improves whereas feed and exercise must be applied individually. OC is a very expensive condition as it leaves the breeder with a total loss of his product or damaged goods that cannot be expected to sell for nearly as much as required.In the past KWPN has approved a few stallions with a remark for OCD themselves. Most famous examples are perhaps Bretton Woods (born 2006 by Johnson-De Niro) and Bordeaux (born 2006 by United – Gribaldi). Bordeaux has according to KWPN a an OC-remark, class C, on his right hind leg hock, however when vetted for SWB he is found to be clear, an example of how difficult and confusing OC is even to the veterinarian at times. Bretton Woods has a class C remark on right hind leg hock and stifle.Both stallions have received their OC-index, showing a tendency towards either inheriting OC or on the contrary a viable choice when trying to stay clear in your own breeding. Bretton Woods has an OC-index of 96, with a reliability of 63%, 96 may not seem much but it is a clear indication towards heritability in OC. Bordeaux has an OC-index of 101, 64% reliability, which means he neither improves the status nor burdens his offspring with heritable OC.Ampère (born 2005 by Rousseau- Flemmingh) has received an index of 103 with 65 % reliability. His index is leaning more towards improving the status of his offspring.If you look for the same improvement on the jumper side Arezzo VDL (born 2005 by Chin Chin-Heartbreaker) has an index of 107/64% as well as Boss (born 2006 by Indoctro-Nimmerdor) with 107/66%. The stallions Quality Time (born 2002 by Quantum-Cantus) has 90/62% and Singapore (born 2003 by Acorado-Cantus) has 92/62%. To date 24 dressage and 32 jumper stallions has received their index. The information is available to KWPN members only.


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This article originally appeared in the April 2012 issue of Architectural Digest.
The itch to relocate is an occupational hazard for an interior designer, no matter how picture-perfect her current abode. What decorator can resist taking on a new project where no one will second-guess decisions or rein in an inspired idea? "Clients often have trouble visualizing end results," says Atlanta-based trendsetter Suzanne Kasler. "In my own house, I get to do things I can share with the people I work for, showing them how it can all come together."
That was the impetus behind the designer's recent move to a 1930 Federal-style fixer-upper with her family—husband John Morris, an executive at office-furniture giant Steelcase, and their college-student daughter, Alexandra. "I wanted a new canvas to work with," Kasler readily admits. "There are also elements, like floors and hardware, that you never upgrade unless you move. Of course," she adds, only half joking, "this is exactly how designers rationalize buying a new home."
Kasler had plenty of other great reasons for acquiring the two-story property in the old-guard Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead: more square footage, a lush hilltop site complete with a minimalist lap pool, a shorter commute. Her office is just a few minutes away, enabling her to invite clients home to check out unusual details, like wide-plank walnut floors treated with a semigloss finish that mimics French polish. "It can be hard to understand the concept of doing special finishes until you see them with your own eyes," she says.
Many such illustrative examples are threaded through Kasler's new rooms, not least of which is how to transform an unassuming building with good bones into a stunner that recalls the early-19th-century mansions dotting Regent's Park in London. "I'd wanted a house with a Regency influence, which works well with the antique and modern furnishings I was planning to use, whereas this was more classic and rectangular," the decorator recalls. "Plus, the interior had been subjected to a contemporary renovation that didn't appeal to me. Yet I was drawn to it." Atlanta-based residential designer William T. Baker, known for his expertise in traditional idioms, expanded the structure to accommodate a family room, master suite, and larger kitchen; in addition he conceived a separate garage with guest quarters above. Baker also contributed limestone details to the façade, namely Doric columns and Greek Revival–inspired window headers, and painted its red brick a warm white. Indoors, period charm was established through gracefully articulated components, like a mirrored frieze that makes the dining room sparkle in sunshine or candlelight, as well as accents Kasler believes "strengthen the architectural envelope," including charcoal-painted baseboards that lend rigor to the entrance hall.
Ensuring the interior of a house complements its exterior has been a hallmark of Kasler's taste since she went into business more than two decades ago, but this time around that preference seems less pronounced. "A house can be traditional without being slavish to one style," she observes. "Here that idea translated to bringing in the diverse elements I love, such as mantels from different eras." That mix-and-match mode also accounts for her juxtaposing 20th-century French furniture with 18th-century Scandinavian antiques, and Paris flea-market finds with modern-day lighting. Seasoning this heady blend are highlights from Kasler's home-furnishings collection for Hickory Chair. And several vintage pieces were imported from her former address; an exuberant animal-horn console that once was the star of her family room now occupies a prime spot in the living room.
Unifying these wide-ranging tableaux is a largely white color scheme. "White sets such a beautiful tone," Kasler says, adding that a predominantly colorless palette can be a tough sell to clients until its restfulness is experienced firsthand. A quiet spectrum of cream, beige, ecru, and taupe distinguishes everything from the master suite's Louis XVI–style bed to the library's oak paneling. Not all is monochromatic, however. The spaces are adorned with textiles—blue linen, apricot silk, honey-gold leather—whose hues seem to intensify amid the prevailing pallor, like tea steeping in hot water. Yet their impact is soft rather than bold. "I like colors with a gray undertone," Kasler says, offering yet another aesthetic lesson. "Using the same values throughout a house so everything coheres is a more European approach."
Further enriching the designer's home is art collected during her family's world travels, from watercolors by Russian Suprematist painter Ivan Kliun to contemporary abstract canvases by Susan Wittenberg and Carolyn Carr. And almost everywhere are tablescapes composed of beloved objets d'art. But for all these personal additions, the success of Kasler's new residence—as both a showplace and a home—depends equally on what was left out. "The key to design is editing," Kasler says of her decision to keep these interiors cool and calm. "Sometimes design is about how much you don't do." Besides, smart decorators always tuck away a few ideas for the next house.


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I'm a band director, and mirroring a "countdown" slide show to an Apple TV to tell my students when they need to be in their seats - 3 min after the bell. It is working well. I just have a Keynote presentation with 180 slides, 3:00, 2:59, 2:58 etc. But I'd like to also have announcements on the slideshow also (like under the time remaining). These announcements would change every day. Is this possible without copying and pasting the same text to all 180 slides each day? I'm thinking the best way to do this is to have the AppleTV mirror the Macbook, and have the Keynote open NOT in full screen, then I can have a Word document or next to it on the screen. Or, is there another way? Like to have two powerpoints or keynotes playing simultaneously on the AppleTV? Thanks!
Have you considered exporting your countdown from Keynote as a QuickTime movie then you could play it in a new Keynote file with the text you want for that particular day.


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Ingalls Ginger
The name. The mountain. Ingalls is situated at the end of the Teanaway river road rising out of headlight basin just south of Mt. Stuart. It's officially a trio of peaks cleverly named as East, South, and North Ingalls. Each peak offers a different degree of difficulty with the S peak being a scramble and […]
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Thought picking between 2 mountainBeers was tough? We are opening up our stock of all our remaining growlers to mountainBeers members. Now is your chance get another growler of one of your favorites, or try one of a previous mountainBeer that you missed. We currently have most of the recent mountainBeers available. Click HERE for previous […]
Alta Oatmeal Pale
The name. The mountain. Standing at ~6150ft, Alta is a great summer time climb. Combining the "short" 12 mile round trip and amazing views of Rainier, Glacier and many others, climbing Alta is a must. I can be a long day hike or can be combined with an overnight stay and some relaxation at Racheal Lake, Rampart Lakes, […]
Esmeralda Ale
The name. The mountain. Esmeralda is located in the Teanaway River drainage just S of Ingalls peak and SW of Mt Stuart – one of our favorite areas. It's on the other side of the Teanaway River from its beastly neighbors and is a much easier approach/climb than that of it's neighbors. The "class 2″ […]
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The mountain: Mt Stuart is the second tallest non-volcanic peak in WA and can be identified from nearly any high summit… The Beer. Stuart Stout a rich, medium-full bodied, deeply roasty interpretation of the style. A fine beer to drink anytime, but best enjoyed in front of a fire on a cold rainy winter evening.
Olallie Oatmeal Milk Stout
Just SE of Snoqualmie Pass and overlooks the PCT, Olallie is an mild peak sitting at just ~4450ft. Olallie Oatmeal Milk Stout is 2 styles combined into 1. A low ABV featuring a nice roast character with a great silkiness and subtle sweetness from the oats and lactose.
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Corn grits make up 33% of the grains in the mash. They give a distinct grainy, corn character to the the beer. … one that easily identified in a lighter beer (4.7%). As are many Kentucky commons, we let the mash acidify/sour for a day which also gives a bright tartness / sourness to the beer.
Cascadia Shale Ale
A Seattle Sounders FC inspired beer, our Cascadia Dark Ale has a nice chocolate, Roast flavor with a generous amounts of NW Hops offering a nice citrus and pine hope aroma complementing the chocolate notes. At a calculated 74 IBUs, it is uniquely 'Sounders,' commemorating the year the club was founded.
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The mountain: Bandera is just off I-90, a great 3400′ jaunt for a half day or day trip. The Beer. Bandera Blonde is a light beer featuring a unique blend of hops that creates a great hop character on a basic malt backbone.
Snowfield (2014) Winter Ale
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Hello, The open football database (football.db)[1] now includes a web admin Rails engine that you can include in your web app. Example: mount SportDbAdmin::Engine, :at => '/db' See the Rails engine in action[2] in the Sportbook - a free football (soccer) match predication bookie - updated for the UEFA Champions League Playoff[3][4], for example. Cheers. [1] https://github.com/openfootball [2] http://sportbook.herokuapp.com/db [3] http://sportbook.herokuapp.com/db/cl.2013_14 [4] https://github.com/openfootball/europe/blob/master...
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Beijing/Western and Southern Suburbs
Western and Southern Suburbs is in Beijing and consists of the administrative districts Mentougou District (门头沟区; Méntóugōuqū), Fangshan District (房山区; Fángshānqū) and Daxing District (大兴区; Dàxīngqū). ContentsGet inMentougouPublic bus service from central Beijing to Mentougou largely starts from Pingguoyuan (final western station of Beijing Subway Line 1). Buses 336 and 931 run from Pingguoyuan (苹果园 Píngguǒyuán) to Hetan (河滩 Hétān) in Mentougou District. From there bus lines to most places of interest in the area can be taken. However, for trips from Beijing city, renting a taxi for a day might be easier and less time intensive. A Suburban Railway Line to Mentougou is in planning. DaxingThere are five railway stations in Daxing District. Huangcun (荒村 Huāngcūn) railway station is served by several trains from Beijing, the fastest being no. 4487 from Beijing West Railway station, taking 21 minutes. Trains from Beijing Railway station take approx. 30 minutes (no. 4401, 4405, 4419, 6451). Access to Daxing District also comes via Beijing Subway Line 4. This line connects the Northern Fifth Ring Rd with the Southern Sixth Ring Rd, running straight through Beijing's city center. SeeMentougou
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"The herd disappears and reappears," says Wright's message, "but the sovereignty of the individual persists." What better time of year to reflect on that. [Note that by the word 'Democracy' Wrighsimply means Freedom.]
Literature tells about man. Architecture presents him. The Architecture that our man of Democracy needs and prophesies is bound to be different from that of the common or conditioned man of any other socialized system of belief. As never before, this new Free-Man's Architecture will present him by being true to his own nature in all such expressions. . .
With renewed vision, the modern man will use the new tools Science lavishes upon him (even before he is ready for them) to enlarge his field of action by reducing his fetters to exterior controls, especially those of organized Authority, publicity, or political expediency. He will use his new tools to develop his own Art and Religion as the means to keep him free, as himself. Therefore this democratic man's environment, like his mind, will never be style-ized. When and wherever he builds he will not consent to be boxed. He will himself have his style.
The Democratic man demands conscientious liberty for himself no more nor less than he demands liberty for his neighbor. . .
Whenever organic justice is denied him he will not believe he can get it by murder but must obtain it by continuing fair dealing and enlightenment at whatever cost. He will never force upon others his own beliefs nor his own ways. He will display his social methods to others as best advantage as critic or missionary only when sought by them.
His neighbor will be to him (as he is to himself) free to choose his own way according to his own light, their common cause being the vision of the uncommon-man wherein every man is free to grow to the stature his freedom in America under the Constitution of these United States grants him.
Exterior compulsion absent in him, no man need be inimical to him. Conscience, thus indispensable to his own freedom, becomes normal to every man. . .
Remember the men who gave us our [American] Nation. We have 'the Declaration' and our Constitution because they were individualist. Great Art is still living for us only because of Individualists like Beethoven. We have creative men on earth today only as they are free to continually arise as individuals from obscurity to demonstrate their dignity and worth above the confusion raised by the herding of the common-man by aid of the scribes and Pharisees of his time—quantity ignoring or overwhelming quality. The herd disappears and reappears but the sovereignty of the individual persists. . .
Read on here for the full message: "Man, the Enlightened Being" by Frank Lloyd Wright, and remember to have a great individualistic holiday season.
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I'm sure this applies to any physique goal. If you don't consider yourself a powerlifter, disregard the title. I'm sure the content still applies to you. This is just a tale of what I believe to be the true power and outcome of (power)lifting.
When I started lifting at the end of July 2010, I was weak. I was very skinny. Though, my mind was weaker. I'm smart. I knew it then, but I had a poor work ethic. If I wanted it, I got it because I did what I needed to. However, if it benefited me and I did not want it, I did not do it. I would spend hours a day(prior to my lifting journey) playing guitar. I would do all sorts of things a musician would do to improve his qualities as a musician.(which would soon turn to piano) When it came to schooling, however, I would do the very least to get by. I don't actually regret it, but it was stupid. My bad grades only came from not doing homework. While always succeeding on tests, homework brought the C's and D's. By August and September I was just starting to play the piano again after a 4.5 year hiatus. I was awful. Though, I wanted to at least play some Elton John so I kept pushing and pushing. I remembered the hard work and discipline I had put into my clean diet and squatting at 6 in the morning 3x a week before school. October I decided I wanted to a be piano major in college. I began working harder and working on what I would audition with(which were two pieces far out of my league. Especially one of them) In January 2011 I was about 60% or so done with my audition. I was busy with basketball a lot though. I wasn't feeling motivated to finish my Chopin Etude(which was very far out of my league) Though, I would practice some each night on things that I might need to know for my audition. I remembered those intense sessions trying to squat 5x5 with 205 lbs and so on. By February 1st, the pressure was really on. My audition was in 25 days and I quit basketball. I didn't like it anyways. Why was I doing it? For friends. I lifted for myself though. I was behind on my music. I began spending the evenings, much to my parent's dismay about me quitting basketball, finishing my music. By February 25th, I was still struggling a bit, but I had learned in lifting that I needed to give it my best. The next day I auditioned and did pretty well for someone who had only been playing again for a few months. The next month I found out I had received a scholarship which helped a lot and almost made me cry. In May I competed in my first powerlifting competition and turned in all of the homework I had not done the 4th quarter in English to allow me to pass that class! The only way I could make myself do it was to imagine I was getting stronger. Seriously. The summer months went by. I got stronger. I could now squat around 330 pounds if my technique was on and I was feeling strong. My bench had gone up about 15-20 pounds since May. It was all very nice. Deadlift up about 20-25. I could have done better, but one thing I learned was how to grind things out. Though, I still hadn't learned enough. College started. Great. The first few weeks were fine, but then my piano teacher figuratively slapped me right across the face. I had easy pieces to work on. Yet, I was so embarrassed to even work on them calling myself a piano major. I didn't know how to play piano. I only knew how to play notes on paper. All the way until the beginning of Novemeber I felt horrible. Sure, I hadn't had private lessons my whole life until July 9th, 2011 believe it or not. That didn't matter though. I was in college. There are expectations I need to fulfill. I had asked her why I got a scholarship if she knew these things about me. It was because I showed great potential and work ethic. By November I began to man up. I was working harder and more efficiently after some self evaluation. I owe this all to what I've learned in my own training and from lifters such as Matt Kroc. I knew I was going to do great. At the beginning of this month, December I was ready for my piano jury(final) for the semester. My teacher was telling me that this was why I was given a scholarship(this being that I had learned to play beautifully). I ended the semester with an A on my piano and a 3.375 GPA overall. Better than I had ever done in high school. Ok, so you're thinking, "What is he saying?". If I had never learned to persevere, I would have switched majors. I seriously considered giving up on what I wanted to do the most. I've learned to really grind out a rep til I get it or just can't at all. I learned to push harder than I think I can. To do better than what I thought was possible. I learned that the only limiting factor is you. People tell you this stuff, but you don't understand until you've been there. I got there because of lifting. Times when I did not want to step under the bar. When I thought there's no way I can pause another rep on my chest and press it to lock out. Only to find I can. There have been times when I thought that my top set was going to be impossible because that 225 warm up on deadlift is already hitting my upper back hard and I've been doing homework all week and not eating much at all...only to find that top set was the easiest with an extra rep. I'm no where near as good of a pianist as I want to be or where I plan to be. I don't work hard enough on it yet, but damn it, I'm getting there slowly but surely. I'm not strong enough yet, but I'm learning how to get there. The Power of Powerlifting is teaching one about life, discipline and perseverance. tl;dr- 18 year old kid struggles a bit during his senior year of high school, initially has a hard first semester in college, but ends up doing well because of the lessons he learned in powerlifting. P.S. As I said earlier, I'm sure anyone who has lifted for sometime with a goal in mind has learned these lessons too which is why I didn't post this in the powerlifting section. |
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"Dancing With the Stars" Erin Andrews will probably focus a little better on her quickstep Monday (May 3) night.
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I have to apologize for my extremely long hiatus- I'm not done...yet. Admittedly, I'm facing some tough challenges about what to do with the blog post-wedding. With growing demands at work and the close of one chapter in my life, I'm exploring what my next steps are. For now though, I'll try to get some more posts and updates on where engaged with a cause is going. I hope to not have any more big breaks like this one...a honeymoon in Japan with little internet access, a hectic work schedule, hosting Thanksgiving, and now the holiday season, have not helped me get much blogging done! I have to say an email from a reader who is planning her own charitable wedding and is using my blog as a resource snapped me out of my funk and made me want to post- so here it is!
In this post I wanted to highlight the beautiful decor at my wedding. Luckily, during my blog-free holiday, I got my wedding pics! A picture is worth a thousand words, right? Well, the decorations at my wedding were stunning. I mean I literally couldn't have pictured them to be more beautiful. This is due in no small part to the talents of my wedding planner Emily Sullivan and her team at Get Polished Events and my florist Christine McKay and her sister and all the other all-stars at Les Deux Soeurs. I'm glad my photographer, Jessica of Fine Arts Exposure, was able to capture all the great details. Here are a few shots of the big day!
Not only were the table decorations gorgeous, but our personal bouquets and boutonnieres were perfect too. What made the flowers even more special is that many of them came from Christine's own garden – including the fantastic smelling basil that feathered my bouquet.
Speaking of feathers, Christine dotted the bouquets and boutonnieres with cruelty free feathers, including some beautiful ones from my cousin Becca's chickens.
Rather than let anything to go to waste, Christine used the leftover Eco-friendly fabric from the bridesmaid dresses to wrap the base of the bouquets and to craft little green purses for the flower girls to carry.
The bouquets themselves had vases waiting for them at the reception site- each bridesmaid's bouquet went in a vase on top of each bar table.
The bouquets themselves had vases waiting for them at the reception site- each bridesmaid's bouquet went in a vase on top of each bar table.
The tables themselves were decorated using primarily reusable and sustainable materials. There were three different types of centerpiece that varied throughout the reception venue. The tables were either adorned with stalks of wheat, Terra cotta potted herbs, or branches with votive candles. Each table had "autumn" elements, such as loose acorns and pecans splayed on the table. Unlike flowers, these centerpieces can last along time or be used for cooking (the herbs, pecans).
After the reception, Les Deux Soeurs picked up all the remaining arrangements (a few potted herb plants seemingly grew legs and walked out the door) and brought them to St. Francis Villa.
St. Francis Villa is an assisted living facility in New Orleans. Christine and her team frequently donate arrangements to the Villa in hopes of cheering up its elderly residents. I'm glad the beautiful arrangements from my ceremony and reception were able to bring cheer to others, even after the last dance.


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Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry's 2003 biopic, The Hours. © 2002 Paramount Pictures Corporation and Miramax Film Corp.
Charleston, nestling in the Sussex Downs between Eastbourne and Brighton, has become a mecca for devotees of Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury set.
Following a chronology of Woolf's life, this trail is designed to give an insight into the world of Bloomsbury, whilst taking in some of the key heritage sites, galleries and other places of interest that tell the story of this iconic writer and her circle.
Apart from being an innovative and prolific author, Virginia Woolf was also the epicentre of 'The Bloomsbury Group', the network of writers, artists and philosophers who gathered together at the beginning of the last century to discuss art, philosophy and religion.
Bloomsbury became a major influence on British twentieth century painting, design and literature, and for Woolf, the group offered intellectual freedom. It liberated her from the stuffy conventions of polite society and inspired her to experiment with many literary techniques.
Her life became a constant search for a way of representing the world which she, like many of her generation, saw as chaotic, fragmentary, and without definite meaning.
Virginia Woolf, by Vanessa Bell 1912. © National Portrait Gallery, London.
1882: She was born Adeline Virginia Stephen, in London on January 25 to Leslie Stephen, statesman and man of letters, and Julia Duckworth Stephen. Her father had a mentally handicapped daughter from a previous marriage, her mother three children from an earlier marriage. Together they had four more children: Vanessa, Thoby, Virginia and Adrian.
Until the age of 12, Virginia lived at 22 Hyde Park Gate, a house near Regents Park. Her brothers went to school but Virginia was educated at home where she learnt traditional 'ladies accomplishments' such as singing and dancing.
The inadequacy of girls' education was to become a key issue in her novels. Despite having little formal education, Virginia showed an early literary talent and from the age of nine produced The Hyde Park Gate News, a journal of day-to-day life for the family to read.
During her childhood there were frequent family visits to the Woolf's Cornish holiday home, Talland House, above Porthminster Beach, on the edge of St Ives. It is said that Woolf spent the happiest days of her life here.
"Probably nothing we had as children was quite so important to us as our summers in Cornwall…to hear the waves breaking…to dig in the sands; to scramble over the rocks and see the anemones flourishing their antennae in the pools"
The area around St Ives was a fruitful childhood haunt for the young Virginia. The far-off vision of the Godrevy lighthouse was to come back to her as a potent literary motif in later life. Photo Jon Pratty © 24 Hour Museum.
Many famous literary names were visitors to Talland House including Henry James and the young Rupert Brooke. The house is now a holiday apartment complex and is not open for public tours, but Woolfians tracing her footsteps will find the town centre, quaint fishing harbour, beautiful beaches and art galleries within five minutes walk.
These childhood holidays acted upon Woolf's imagination and formed the background to many of her novels. Godrevy Lighthouse, the source of inspiration for the acclaimed, 'To The Lighthouse,' can be reached by a 15-minute car journey from Talland House. It is now maintained by the National Trust and the magnificent surrounding coastline is open to public access and is a great spot for walks and picnics.
1895 - 97: The death of Woolf's mother sent Leslie Stephen into deep mourning and Woolf had the first of many severe mental breakdowns which she suffered intermittently all her life. The running of the household was taken over by Woolf's sister Stella Duckworth who died suddenly two years later. Woolf was deeply affected by these deaths and they provided a model for the many sudden deaths in her fiction.
Stella and her mother are buried next to each other at Highgate Cemetery. The graves were often visited by Virginia and her family and you can visit both graves today. From the gates, take the first unpaved path curving to the left; shortly after there is a narrow unmarked path at 90 degrees to the left; at this point Stella's stone is visible at the top of the little path by the fence.
1904-5: Following the death of her father, Virginia had another breakdown and made the first of three suicide attempts by jumping out of a window.
Duncan Grant's Log Box (detail). When the Woolf clan moved to the Bloomsbury area it opened up a whole new vista of artistic expression and possibilities. © Charleston Farmhouse Trust.
The father's death provided the family with a fresh start and they sold up and moved to 46 Gordon Square in the bohemian Bloomsbury area of London. Black paint, red plush and the claustrophobic Victorian décor was banished from the new house. Suddenly all was white, light and airy. Woolf later described her sense of optimism at this change:
"Everything was going to be new; everything was going to be different. Every thing was on trial."
This new beginning was also marked by the publication of her first essays. She soon became a regular book reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement whilst teaching at an evening college for working men and women.
The British Library is an essential stop off point for anyone interested in the literary development of Virginia Woolf. It holds the first editions of the Hogarth Press as well as all of her other first editions and many rare printed materials - including a publisher's flyer setting out the Hogarth's high art ideals.
There are also many letters, manuscripts and literary journals making it the best collection of Woolf printed material in the world. Visitors can also hear a rare recording of her voice in the form of a short extract from Craftmanship in 1937 in the John Ritblat Gallery.
Self Portrait by Duncan Grant c. 1909. For Duncan Grant art, life and death was a serious business. © National Portrait Gallery, London.
Virginia's brothers brought friends home from Cambridge University, and this is how the Bloomsbury Group came into being. Lytton Strachey, Edward Morgan Forster, Clive Bell, Duncan Grant and Leonard Woolf gathered together to discuss philosophy, art and religion.
The intellectual environment and the group's freedom from the conventions of polite society were a breath of fresh air for Virginia and her sister. Life long friendships were forged and romance blossomed. In 1907 Vanessa married the critic Clive Bell and Virginia later married Leonard Woolf.
Many Bloomsbury homes and haunts are marked by English Heritage blue plaques. Gordon Square is particularly blessed with the former residences of various 'Bloomsburyites' No. 46 was first the home of Virginia and Vanessa. The group regularly met at No. 50, No. 37 was the home of the Bloomsbury painter Dora Carrington and No. 51 the home of the critic Lytton Strachey. The Lamb in Conduit Street was purportedly a 'Bloomsbury pub' whilst the 1917 Club in Soho's Gerrard Street was another favourite - and perhaps rather more likely - meeting place.
You can search for individual blue plaques in London on the English Heritage website by selecting 'blue plaques' from the menu.
Vanessa Bell, by Duncan Grant, 1916-1917. © National Portrait Gallery, London.
The National Portrait Gallery holds many of the iconic images of the Bloomsbury set. There are photographic portraits and paintings both of and by, key Bloomsbury figures including Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Leonard Woolf and Dora Carrington. Many of these can viewed on the NPG website while some are on display at the gallery itself.
1910: The new beginning for the family coincided with wider social change. Virginia observed: "in or about December 1910, human character changed." These changes extended to men and women, masters and servants and impacted upon conduct, politics art and literature at the time. This sense of change was widely acknowledged by the Bloomsbury artists. The painter, Duncan Grant, wrote:
"It was a moment which brought together all the younger painters in England into a sort of mass movement. They agreed that something had happened that they must cope with."
The Bloomsbury Group widened and met weekly on Thursday evenings and the French Post-Impressionists like Cezanne and Matisse were a major influence on artists in the group. Virginia's friend, the critic and art historian Roger Fry, brought the first post-impressionist exhibition to England.
Tate Britain in central London is one of the many galleries to hold work by Bloomsbury artists.
Thought scandalous by some, the show introduced the key modernist concept that form rather than subject, could be an important medium for discussion. This was a theme that Woolf drew into her writing. She perfected the fragmented style of modernism in writing experiments that rejected the tradition of linear narrative.
Virginia Woolf later wrote a biography (published by Hogarth Press) of her friend Roger Fry whilst the Courtauld Institute Gallery houses the Roger Fry Bequest as well as many Impressionist and post Impressionist masterpieces that influenced the artists of the Omega Workshops.
1912- 1915: Virginia married Leonard Woolf at St. Pancras Registry Office on August 10 1912. Shortly after, she suffered her third breakdown which lasted for three years. She completed her novel The Voyage Out (originally titled Melymbrosia) but its publication was delayed by her poor health, and the outbreak of war on August 4, 1914.
During this time Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry started the Omega Workshops at Fitzroy Square, Bloomsbury. Omega was a place where Bloomsbury artists could experiment and work together.
Tate has a sizeable holding of paintings by the key Bloomsbury artists, many of them can be accessed by clicking on this link and using Tate's online search facility.
Selected works can also be viewed at Tate Modern, Tate Britain and Tate Liverpool.
Regional museums holding paintings by Roger Fry, Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell include: Touchstones Rochdale, Bankfield Museum Gallery in Halifax, Wakefield Art Gallery, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, University Gallery Leeds, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery and Astley Cheetham Art Gallery in Stalybridge.
Charleston is an essential place of pilgrimage for any self-respecting Woolfian. © Charleston Trust.
Charleston in Firle, East Sussex has become a Mecca for anyone interested in Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury set. It was acquired by Virginia's sister, Vanessa, in 1916, and became a home and meeting place for some of the most influential artists and thinkers of the day. Vanessa described her time there as an "odd life, but…a good one for painting." As a means of recreating a specific time and place, it has no parallel.
Decorated in the Bloomsbury style, its preserved interior is a unique example of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant's distinctive style of decorative art in a domestic context and is the fruition of over 60 years of artistic creativity.
The interior of the house is preserved just the way it was when Woolf, Bell and Grant used to meet and reside there. © Charleston Trust.
Charleston also has an exhibition gallery showing a mix of contemporary, historical, fine and decorative art. It hosts special events throughout the year, most notably the Charleston Festival, which has talks, readings and drama - some of which relate to Bloomsbury themes.
In 2003, Patti Smith, the American punk poet, song writer and self-confessed Woolf devotee spent several days there as artist-in-residence to create a site-specific work for the festival.
Everywhere you look there is art, even in the bathroom © Charleston Trust.
Another fascinating and essential place of interest is nearby Berwick Church, which boasts superb murals painted by Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and her children whilst they lived in Charleston farmhouse.
Not just any blank canvas, Berwick Church was beautifully painted by Bloomsbury artists. Heidi Dore © 24 Hour Museum.
The Bishop at the time, Bishop Bell, suggested they should paint the murals after the church had many of its windows destroyed by bombs in World War Two. It was a bold move, but after some consternation from certain members of the congregation the artists were given the go-ahead and the results, which can still be seen today, are stunning.
A pastoral version of the Sistine Chapel - nestling exquisitely in the Sussex countryside. The interior of Berwick Church is a quietly breathtaking example of Bell and Grant's unique painting style. Heidi Dore © 24 Hour Museum.
1917: Leonard Woolf bought a printing press to distract his wife from her "glooms" and set up the Hogarth Press with a small hand press in their home, Hogarth House in Richmond, Surrey. The Woolfs lived in this house on Paradise Road between 1915-1924, and today an English Heritage blue plaque commemorates their presence there.
The Hogarth Press became the first to publish Sigmund Freud in English (this greatly inspired Woolf). It also published T.S.Eliot, Katherine Mansfield, Maxim Gorky and all Woolf's writings.
Sissinghurst, Vita Sackville West's house and garden creation is home to the first printing press used by Woolf in the early days of the Hogarth Press. © National Trust.
In 1923 Woolf wrote her only play, Freshwater, a comedy take on the life of her great-aunt, the Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Set amidst the Victorian bohemia of Cameron's home, Dimbola Lodge, on the Isle of Wight, the play was later performed at Vanessa Bell's London studio in 1935 as one of Bloomsbury's theatrical evenings.
Committed Woolfians can make the pilgrimage to Dimbola Lodge on the Isle of Wight and visit this famous house, which is also reputed to be the very place where Woolf's parents first met. The house is open to visitors and is maintained and run through the good work of the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust.
1927 - 28: To The Lighthouse was published in 1927 and Orlando, a fictional biography of Woolf's friend and possible lover, Vita Sackville-West, was published the following year.
Famously described by Vita's son Nigel Nicolson as "the longest and most charming love letter in literature", the novel was largely set at Vita's beloved childhood home - Knole, in Sevenoaks, Kent. Possibly the largest private house in the country, Knole is set in one of England's last remaining mediaeval deer parks, and boasts a globally significant collection of Royal Stewart furniture, as well as family portraits by Reynolds, Gainsborough, and van Dyck.
Although the Sackville-West family continue to occupy most of the house, it is owned by the National Trust, which opens the principle show rooms to the public every day except Monday during the open season.
After marrying the diplomat Harold Nicolson, Vita left Knole for nearby Long Barn, which was another popular Bloomsbury meeting spot. In the 1930's they created the world famous gardens at Sissinghurst Castle in Kent. The house and gardens are now owned by the National Trust and are open to the public. The castle tower is a key point on our trail because it contains the first hand press used by the Woolfs for the Hogarth Press.
The rooms at Monks House, Rodmell offer another chance to experience the unique atmosphere and ambience of the Bloomsbury era. © National Trust.
1940: The Woolf's London home in Meckleburgh Square was bombed in August 1940 and their country home, Monks House in Rodmell, East Sussex, became their permanent residence. It is now a National Trust property and its preserved rooms effectively reflect the life and times of Virginia Woolf and her circle.
Other properties in this area of rural Sussex have strong Woolf connections. The Round House in Pipe Passage, Lewes, East Sussex is now a private house but was once owned by the Woolfs. Similarly, Little Talland House in Firle, was a holiday home between 1911-1912.
The Round House in Lewes, East Sussex. Heidi Dore © 24 Hour Museum.
1941: At the onset of another mental breakdown, which she feared would be permanent, Virginia Woolf filled her pockets with stones and drowned herself in the River Ouse near her home leaving the following suicide note for her husband and sister.
"I feel certain that I am going mad again: I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and can't concentrate."
Virginia Woolf was cremated and her ashes scattered and buried in the grounds of Monks House, where there is now a commemorative statue. The spot on the River Ouse where she drowned has become a pilgrimage site for dedicated Woolfians. Some have even thrown themselves into the river in a macabre homage.
The Charleston Farmhouse conducts excellent walks that include this poignant spot, as well as Monk's House and the beautiful churchyard at Firle, which contains the graves of Duncan Grant and Vanessa and Quentin Bell.
Virginia Woolf's death resists any trite summing up. She once described death as defiance and an attempt to communicate and this may also be a key to understanding her innovative but complex life and work.


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More Carb Curbing Tips
- Dried fruit is higher in sugar than fresh (two tablespoons of raisins have as many carbs as a cup of fresh raspberries). Chop dried fruit into small pieces and use half as much or substitute chopped nuts or fresh fruit for some of the dried.
- Substituting mini-morsels for regular size chocolate chips spreads them out better, allowing you to use less.
- Cut carbs in fruit pies by using only a bottom, or top crust (like on a deep dish pie).
- Be generous with sweet spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and vanilla. They enhance sweetness—without calories or carbs.
Test your new, lower-carb baking knowledge by making the recipes below. Talk about having your cake and eating it too—wait until you taste these!
Unbelievable Chocolate Cake
Serves 9
This great recipe only takes one bowl, a whisk, and 10 minutes to prepare. While not low in carbs, it's significantly lower than any other chocolate cake that tastes this good. Unbelievable!
1/4 cup canola oil
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed (use fresh brown sugar, with no hard lumps)
1 cup Splenda Granular
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
11/4 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder (like Hershey's European)
1/4 cup hot water
2 teaspoons powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray an 8 X 8-inch* baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together the oil and the egg for 1 minute until the mixture is thick and frothy. Add the vanilla, brown sugar, and Splenda, and beat with the whisk for 2 more minutes until the mixture is thick and smooth and the sugars have been thoroughly beaten into the mixture. Add 1 cup buttermilk and mix.
Using a sifter or a metal sieve, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cocoa powder into the liquid mixture. Whisk vigorously for 1-2 minutes until the batter is nice and smooth. Pour the hot water into the batter and whisk one more time until the batter is again nice and smooth. The batter will be thin.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and tap the pan on the counter to level the surface and to help remove any air bubbles.
Bake for 18-20 minutes or just until the center springs back when touched and a cake tester or toothpick comes out clean. Do not overcook. Remove the cake from the oven and cool.
Before serving, sift powdered sugar over cake.
*Be careful not to substitute a 9-inch square pan; if you need to substitute, use a 9-inch round pan.
Per Serving (1/9 of cake)--
Calories: 160
Fat: 7 g (1 saturated)
Carbohydrates: 22 g
Fiber: 1 g
Protein: 3 g
Sodium: 200 mg
Dietary exchange: 1 1/2 Carbohydrates, 1 Fat
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The underrated 2009 horror comedy "Zombieland" may get a second, undead life on television.
The movie, which starred Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson, earned $75.6 million in the United States and another $27 million overseas, and its success (the reported budget was under $25 million) gave rise to talk about a sequel. That's unlikely to happen now, but it's because Sony Pictures TV and FOX are talking about developing a TV series based on the film.
That's actually how "Zombieland" began anyway: As Vulture explains, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (who, incidentally, co-created the late, great "Joe Schmo Show") initially developed the idea as a TV series and got as far as selling a script to CBS several years ago. Nothing came of that deal, though, so they eventually reworked the material into the feature film.
But "The Walking Dead" — whose second season premiered to record ratings on Sunday (Oct. 16) — has shown there's an audience for zombies on TV. It was maybe just a matter of time before someone revisited the idea of a "Zombieland" series.
Reese told MTV last year that he and Wernick "always thought" of "Zombieland" as a TV show. "If you watch the movie with that in mind, you will see some remnants of the television show," he said. "We have the 'Zombie Kill of the Week,' which was always intended to happen every week." They also liked the idea of "bringing in new people and killing them off, not killing them off, depending on how we felt about them."
What do you think of the idea? Would you watch a "Zombieland" series?