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We have been making rims for people to practice on for over a year when requested, so we decided that this should be something that you can order without having the hassle of calling, emailing, facebooking, twittering, etc.
Now you can have the exact rim you play on to practice on. Many people find that buzzing without the mouthpiece can help their playing dramatically.
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Friday, June 23rd through Sunday, June 26th, 2006
To be held at the High Point Theatre and Exhibition Center in High Point, NC.
For more information see the NC Democratic Party website.
Below you will find the tentative agenda for June 23 – June 25:
(All Friday events at the Radisson Hotel City Center, 135 S. Main St.)
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Convention Registration
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Polling Presentation – State of the Nation
8:00 p.m. Hospitality Suites
(Radisson Hotel City Center, 135 S. Main St.)
9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Auxiliary Caucus Meetings
9:00 a.m. to 12 Noon DNC Activist Training (see website for details)
(High Point Theatre & Exhibition Centre, 220 E. Commerce Ave.)
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon Convention Registration
12:00 Noon to 5:30 p.m. State Convention
(Centennial Station, 121 S. Centennial St.)
7:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Sanford-Hunt Dinner (see website for details)
(Radisson Hotel City Center, 135 S. Main St.)
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. State Executive Council
(High Point Theatre & Exhibition Centre, 220 E. Commerce Ave.)
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. State Executive Committee Meeting Registration
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. State Executive Committee Meeting
The June monthly meeting of the Triangle chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans will be held on June 13, 2006 at 7pm in the Lobby Conference Room of the Raleigh Office Building located at 5 W. Hargett Street in Raleigh, NC.
For more information please see http://triangle.logcabin.org
On June 12th, 2006, Matt will return to Winston-Salem from Washington, DC's Capital Pride 2006! (http://www.capitalpride.org)
Street Festival… vendors, booths, loads of fun. Today, June 11th, 2006! (http://www.capitalpride.org)
Capital Pride's Parade takes place today, June 10th, 2006. Matt will be participating, YAY! (http://www.capitalpride.org)
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Boone, NC
Visit http://www.boonepride.org/pride/ for more information.
Matt leaves on June 8th, 2006, to go to Washington, DC's Capital Pride 2006 (http://www.capitalpride.org). Matt will be attending a few functions here and there, as well as spending time with some great LGBT and allied community leaders.
Legislative Reception with Legislative Allies from across the State!!!
June 6, 2006, 7pm – 8:30pm
617 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27603
TICKETS: $50 per person, with sponsorships still available
More info at: http://eqfed.org/equalitync/events/legreception/
The EqualityNC Lobby Day 2006
Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 9am – 3pm
General Assembly Bldg, Raleigh, NC
From the EqualityNC Website:Is helping to achieve LGBT equality worth one day off from work this year? We hope you can answer that question with a resounding YES.
The far right is once again pushing to amend our state constitution to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender North Carolinians. They want to make us permanent second class citizens. We need your help to stop them! Attend Equality NC Lobby Day 2006 this year on Tuesday, June 6th.
We'll provide training on how to talk with elected officials and bring you up to speed on the key issues this session, then send you off for appointments with your legislators. A mid-day press conference and rally will get our message out to legislators and the state.
QCYNT ("q-cent"), the Queer College Youth Network of the Triad, is proud to by a Supporting Partner of the EqualityNC Lobby Day. If you are a Triad QCYNT supporter, Triad college student or affiliated with a Triad college/university, please sign up to attend the Lobby Day with QCYNT at: http://eqfed.org/equalitync/events/lobbyday2006/details.tcl?
Make sure that you put "QCYNT" in the partner organization box!
This event for bloggers was started by a blogging lesbian mom by the name of Dana Rudolph (Mombian.net).
I'll be participating and you should, too.
Here are the juicy details from Mombian.net:
What is Blogging for LGBT Families Day? Blogging for LGBT Families Day is a time for bloggers to write about LGBT family issues and collectively raise awareness of LGBT families, our diverse nature, and how current prejudices and laws negatively impact our lives and children. I aim to make people more comfortable interacting with LGBT families and discussing LGBT families with their own. I also hope the event will make people more informed voters, showing them how their decisions at the polls directly affect the families in their communities.
When is it? June 1, 2006. This date falls exactly between Mother's Day and Father's Day. As such, it honors mothers and fathers equally, but also conveys that not all families fit into the traditional structure of one mother and one father. June 1 is also the start of LGBT Pride Month.
Who can participate? Any blogger, LGBT or straight, who wishes to support the goal above. I expect participants to include LGBT parents and parents-to-be, children of LGBT parents, parents of LGBT children, straight parents, other LGBT individuals, and other straight allies.
Why should I participate? By participating, you help show the strength of those who support LGBT families and their rights. Your blog may also receive exposure to an audience it wouldn't otherwise reach, since I hope to get coverage for this event in both LGBT and non-LGBT blogs and other media.

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It's time to go Back to School…
Posted in Blog, Quick Tips on September 10, 2013
That time of year is back again! Our children are going back to school. However, we do not want them to bring unwanted "guests" with them..
Take a look at this article that explains how bed bugs are making their way for an education too… going to school. As you read the article, you will see it being mentioned that mattress encasements are a must and very important towards protecting yourself from bed bugs.
Feel free to look through our Bed Bug Section and Bed Bug Products so you can gain some relief from bed bugs and sleep tight, knowing they are not going along for the ride. Remember, our bed bug protective bedding includes our patented and certified BUGSTOP® Seal, ensuring your protection from these unwanted pests.
Please contact us with any questions, comments, or concerns. Until next time….


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Monday, January 02, 2017
Jacob's New Car. 1/1/17
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New Year's Dinner. 1/1/17
Happy New Year 1/1/17
New Years Eve was an adventure this year. Mark, me and Ireland woke up in Idaho and worked hard to finish the improvements on Michelle's house. (Another post) Todd and Anna were watching Jacob, Mason and Sabine. We picked them up at 8:00pm, we dropped off the kids off at various parties and I started to clean up our house up in prep for our next guests (Grandma Linda and Jon). Just before Midnight I realized I needed a few groceries so I decided to go get them on my way to pick up the kids from their parties. As I got to the checkout line I heard a few people in the store doing the countdown...yes, I was in line at Walmart for the New Year! Happy 2017!
Jan 1st, 2017
I am so excited for 2017! New goals, growing kids, and a healthy family, mind and body.


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- Home
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- Higgs Beach
Clarence S. Higgs Memorial Beach park
County owned Clarence S. Higgs Memorial Beach Park is located on the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the Waldorf Astoria's Casa Marina Resort, in Key West, Florida, the southernmost city in the continental United States, and comprises approximately 16.5 acres of ocean front vista.
From its clear turquoise waters to its beautiful sandy beaches and its tropical vegetation, Higgs Beach Park is one of the most inviting public beach parks in Florida because of its diverse array of activities and offerings. Within the Park, you will find a: Civil War Era Fort, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Salute! On the Beach, a lovely beachside café which features a lighter, Caribbean-influenced take on Italian classics - with fresh breads, vegetables and local seafood and reportedly, the largest African Refugee Burial Ground in this hemisphere as well as one of the largest Aids Memorials in the Country.
Higgs Beach Park is truly unique on many fronts as it hosts the only shore-accessible underwater marine park in the United States and is also the terminus of the Florida Overseas Heritage Trail, one of only 31 nationally designated All American Highways in the United States.
Activities available to park users include swimming, snorkeling, sunbathing, beach volleyball, tennis, pickleball and a brand new beachside Children's Playground. Tropical Water Sports, a beach concessionaire, offers users a broad array of beach accessories for rent including beach chairs, umbrellas, kayaks, and paddleboards, among others. Additionally, the historic civil war era fort known as the West Martello has served as the home of the Key West Garden Club for over 50 years and offers free self-guided tours of almost 2 acres of beautiful gardens with an ocean breeze and view. For animal lovers, the Park hosts a large and actively utilized dog park with separate runs for small and large dogs.
Whether you visit the park daily, weekly or only periodically while vacationing in the beautiful Florida Keys, we offer our genuine welcome and encourage you to take advantage of the many and varied activities available to park users.
Further, we welcome your contact and input and hope that you return and to enjoy the Park for many years to come.
Park Improvements and Revitalization
Master Plan
The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners approved a Master Plan renovation for the Park in January 2012. (See plans below). The non-profit group, Friends of Higgs Beach, Architect Bill Horn and team, and county staff worked tirelessly on public input, surveys, and funding sources over the past six (6) years to produce a plan that distinguishes the future of the park as a gem of the county.
The objective of this Master Plan is to have an overall sense and organization to the Park's long-term renovation.
A couple of interesting facts in the Master Plan:
- More than.39 acre increase in green space
- More than.64 acre increase in beach area
- A decrease of more than 1 acre of "paving" (road, parking, sidewalks)
- Less than.11 acre in new buildings
- A.12-acre decrease in existing building structures
- A.10-acre increase in amenities (pickleball courts, etc.)
Phase I
Beachside Playground, Completed 2012
Phase II
Athletic Trail
Thanks to the Friends of Higgs Beach, a ten (10) station athletic trail on the north side of the park was completed in 2016.
Park Access Road Realignment
This project was approved by the Board of County Commissioners as part of the 2014 capital Improvements Plan. It is being funded by the one-cent infrastructure tax.
T.Y. Lin International/H.J. Ross has been hired for professional services in the relocation of the Higgs Beach Park access roadway. On 3/19/15 the Board of County Commissioners voted to extend their services in order to address impacts to other park resources that will be affected by the roadway realignment including the existing racquet ball court, the existing dog park, and connections to the West Martello Tower. The amendment will also provide for permitting and construction oversight of sand replenishment efforts on the beach. The sand replenishment is being funded through a Tourist Development (TDC) grant.
County staff is currently working with Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the National Park Service to complete final approvals necessary to begin construction which is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2019.
For comments or questions, or to ensure you receive notifications, please contact Commissioner Carruthers' office via email or 305-292-3430.
Additional Park Projects & Improvements
Reynolds Street Pier
Reynolds Street Pier Refurbishing project includes rehabilitation of the existing 400 feet long pier with the installation of new fiber grate decking, stainless steel and wooden handrails, interpretive sign panels, viewing scopes, and replacement of two existing stairways leading into the water. The project also includes the construction of a pedestrian plaza at the entrance to the pier, reconstruction of the elevated concrete ramp to the pier, replacement of the existing sidewalk, installation of a 12'x20' pre-fabricated shelter pavilion, benches, landscaping, tree grates and relocation of existing palm trees.
This project is being funded by a Florida Department of Transportation LAP (Local Agency Program) grant. The grant agreement was approved and signed July 17, 2013. Following that time, the engineering and design including necessary environmental and building permits were obtained.
During the process of hiring a third party CEI (Constriction Engineering & Inspections) service, as required by the grant agreement, IRMA deviated the Florida Keys, damaged the ramp leading to the pier, both sets of stairs into the water, and the fiber decking of the existing pier forcing the closure of the pier.
Since IRMA, the CEI services has been awarded as well as the construction contract. Work is scheduled to begin in July 2018 and complete this fall.
Rental Information
You can rent the Higgs Beach pavilions for birthday parties, weddings, anniversaries, and family outings! Please view the Use of County Property Opens a New Window. document for information on fees and insurance.
You can also call the county's parks and recreation coordinator at 305-295-4385 or 888-227-8136 for more information.
EX-1 Existing Site Plan Opens a New Window.
HB Master Final Plan F Opens a New Window.
HB Preservation Opens a New Window.
Athletic Trail Plan
Public Input Mtg Number 3 Opens a New Window.
HB Playground Plan Opens a New Window.
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48th meeting of the Advisory Forum
19 June 2013
On 19 and 20 June EFSA's Advisory Forum holds the 48th meeting in London (UK).
- Welcome and opening of the meeting
- Adoption of the agenda
- Strategic Discussion on EFSA's work with Member States.
- Work Planning and Prioritisation
- EFSA's Management Plan 2014 / Multi-Annual Plan Update
- Work Planning and information sharing
- Scientific Cooperation Review
- Introduction
- Discussion Groups
- Plenary Feedback and general discussion
- Grants and Procurement programme 2014
- Risk Mapping : how do we assess and rank risks from food to ensure maximum public health gain?
- Review of the EFSA's Communication strategy and future developments (2014-2018)
- Review of the Terms of Reference of the Advisory Forum Working Group on Communications
- Cooperation in the FIP area.
- Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS)
- Food Contact Materials, Enzymes, Flavourings and Processing Aids
- Proposal for establishing a FIP network
- Aspartame
- Other matters raised by EFSA and Member States
- Energy Drinks
- Customer Feedback on EFSA's scientific outputs (part of the Transparency Initiative )
- Regulated Products: Creating a stable process management environment
- Update on Chemical Occurrence Data, including Acrylamide
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According to information provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, the number of accounting jobs in Iowa will increase 17% between 2012 and 2022, which is slightly higher than the national rate of 13%. This rate of growth translates into 620 new jobs annually. Iowa has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, ranking 6th overall. Low unemployment and a high rate of growth in the field are very encouraging factors for those interested in becoming accountants in Iowa.
The three largest cities in Iowa; Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Davenport, are home to locations for the world's biggest CPA firms. In fact, three of the Big Four accounting firms have offices in Iowa. Ernst & Young and KPMG have offices in Des Moines while Deloitte has offices located in Cedar Rapids and Davenport. Other major regional and national accounting firms like McGladrey & Pullen; Clifton Gunderson and Bergan, Paulsen & Company also have offices in Iowa.
Iowa is among the few states that still licenses public accountants other than CPAs, offering the Licensed Public Accountant (LPA) designation with limited practice privileges. The Iowa Accountancy Examining Board, as part of the Professional Licensing and Regulation Division of the Iowa Department of Commerce, is the licensing body for both LPAs and CPAs and has a unique licensing process for each. Earning the esteemed CPA credential requires 150 semester hours of college credit, one year of practical experience, and passing scores on the Uniform CPA Exam. Because a bachelor's degree results in just 120 semester hours of college credit, a master's in accounting provides the ideal way to earn the additional credit hours required for a CPA license in Indiana.
LPAs must renew their license every three years and must fulfill at least 120 hours of continuing education in that time period. The state-administered examination for becoming an LPA is offered twice a year.
The Iowa Workforce Information Network reported that the median salary for an accountant in Iowa was $55,433 in 2014, while top earners averaged $73,281.
The 2015 Robert Half Salary Guide provides further detail on the salaries associated with specific types of accounting jobs in Iowa:
For instance, general accountants at large corporate accounting firms in Des Moines earned an average starting salary of $68,750, and five years later were earning an average of $87,750.
Accountants with specialized experience in high-demand areas of accountancy like forensics earned even more. Forensic accountants in Des Moines earned salaries that ranged from $71,500 to $111,500 a year.
Controllers at small financial services firms in Cedar Rapids and Davenport earned between $85,560 and $114,855. At large financial firms in these areas, salaries for controllers were reported to be as much as twice that of those working in smaller firms.
Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), who often hold CPA licenses, were the top earners within the accounting professional classification. These executive-level business leaders within Des Moines-based financial services firms earned between $155,000 and $275,000 a year.
Salaries for Accountants in Iowa's Rural Areas and Urban Centers
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the salaries of Iowa's accountants were fairly similar throughout metropolitan and nonmetropolitan parts of the state as of 2014. Accountants in the Des Moines area had the highest average salary, while top earners (90th percentile) in Dubuque were the most highly paid:
Salaries for Tax Preparers in Iowa
While the average salary for tax preparers in Iowa was the highest in the Des Moines area while, the median salary was slightly higher in the Southeast nonmetropolitan part of the state as compared to Des Moines (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014):
Iowa's Targeted Jobs Withholding Tax Credit Pilot Program began in 2006 and creates economic incentives for businesses and designated "pilot" cities to work together in the interest of creating growth and expansion opportunities for targeted businesses located within urban renewal areas.
This is just one example of the economic incentives the state is offering to new and expanding businesses. Iowa's Department of Economic Development lists several targeted industries that are expected to expand as a result of tax incentives, advanced infrastructure and centralized locations. Top among these targeted Iowa industries are advanced manufacturing, renewable energy, biosciences, information technology, financial services and food manufacturing.


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Learning Outcomes
Identify the behavior they engaged in and why it is a violation of University policy.
- Implicit in this outcome, why is the institution concerned about student behavior?
Examine the impact and consequences of their behavior on self and the community.
- Implicit in this outcome, does the student understand how future incidents will impact their standing as a student?
Recognize their personal responsibility in their actions and behavior, and articulate alternative strategies to prevent negative consequences in the future.
- Implicit in this outcome, how do these actions reflect the students personal beliefs and values?
Mission Statement
The Bentley University conduct system is designed to address student behavior, provide proactive initiatives, support a safe and stimulating campus climate, and educate students via individual meetings, board hearings, as well as through the delivery of holistic sanctioning.
Philosophy and Purpose of the System
The philosophy of the Bentley University student conduct system is based on the belief that:
- Students are responsible for their individual actions as well as for the way the community functions as a whole.
- When students can learn from their experiences, receive help from the university, constructively examine their behavior and take positive steps toward changing that behavior, the proper conduct response should be educational in nature.
- When students become involved in behavior that violates the spirit and/or substance of federal, state or local law, or Bentley rules, regulations, policies and procedures basic to the welfare of the university community at large or the individual therein, the university is bound to take disciplinary action that modifies, restricts or denies the student's status as a member of the university.
The Bentley Student Conduct System affirms and protects the right of every member of the community to:
- Be free from physical and psychological harassment based upon gender identity, gender expression, gender appearance, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, nationality, ethnicity, disability status, veteran status or age.
- Study and socialize in a clean, well-kept, and safe environment.
- Sleep and study in reasonable quiet and privacy.
The administrative hearing process provides an opportunity for administrators to work with students to encourage ethical behavior and an understanding of community standards. Additionally, the hearing process provides the professional staff member the opportunity to gain further insight as to what other factors may be influencing the student's life at the time of the hearing.
Conduct boards offer students who have been charged with violating a policy to be heard, and if appropriate, sanctioned by their peers through a fair hearing process.
The appeals process offers students an opportunity to have their case reviewed if they believe there has been a failure of fair process, or if new, relevant information has been introduced or if the sanctions imposed are too harsh or propose an undue hardship.


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Dinner at the Big House?
In a first for a school with a lot of football history, the University of Michigan will host the Notre Dame Fighting Irish this Saturday at night under the lights and on prime time With the biggest expected crowd in Michigan history on hand for this historic occasion, this one has all the makings of a classic nail-biter right to the very end.
To properly handicap a matchup of this kind of epic proportions you have to look at the defense(s) of both of these teams to understand who has the edge in this matchup.
Starting with Michigan
Early last week, Michigan's defense was picked apart by Western Michigan as the the Broncos connected on their first 10 attempt in the passing game. Many of the maize and blue nation had to be cringing thinking of the Rich-Rod era of the "Leaky D". However, in a surprising twist from previous years, Brady Hoke's squad was able to make the right adjustments and started to blitz more effectively and show different looks which kept WMU off balance the rest of the game. A good sign for the wolverines heading into this week's matchup with a much more talented and physical Fighting Irish lineup.
We at the Skulldogshow expect the Michigan Defense to again bring the heat this weekend, and probably earlier than last week, and force QB's Rees/Crist into delivering the football prematurely. The key for Michigan is that pressure though, because regardless of who is calling plays behind center for the Irish, they do not want to give them time in the pocket.
Moving on to Notre Dame
On the other side of the ball, Notre Dame's defense was the lone highlight from their embarrassing week 1 loss at home to South Florida. But the task does not get easier this week with Denard Robinson lining up against a squad who gave up only 23 points last week, despite 5 turnovers from their offensive counterparts. Robinson produced 502 total yards in last year's meeting, but Notre Dame's defense looks better this season. The Fighting Irish take some consolation in that they outplayed South Florida last week and lost by throwing too many interceptions.
Notre Dame cannot simply stack the box with seven or eight defenders to slow Robinson and the rushing attack without being caught out of position in the middle of the field. Michigan knows this and will look to exploit Te'o, junior Dan Fox, and Shembo as they are slow in the open field and in coverage.
Prediction: Both offenses seem quite capable of overwhelming both defenses this weekend, even with the ND defense on the rise. At the end of the day, this one will come down to the players, taking snaps for each team -Crist/Rees and Robinson. We love what Robinson brings to the table as a dual threat QB and feel that he will play better under the lights at home with the crowd behind him. And the fact that you get +3.5 in this one almost seems to be a gift from the heavens. Skulldogshow says take the Wolverines and the points (+3.5).
For this week's top games and more free picks, visit www.skulldogshow.com


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QA Tester
Nolte is looking for a QA specialist with experience testing digital products: websites, web apps and mobile apps. This is the right role for you if you have a genuine interest in technology, are fanatical about quality and are looking for an exciting challenge with a truly international team.
- Work with the project teams to define testing strategies and test cases.
- Execute tests and report defects in Jira.
- Advise the team on potential risks identified early in the product design process.
- Maintain Nolte's reputation for producing high quality products.
- 1-3 years experience testing digital products
- A really keen eye for detail
- Ability to clearly document the reproduction steps of an issue
- Good level of written and spoken English
Nice to Haves
- Experience working with any of WordPress, React / ReactNative, CSS, HTML, JavaScript
- Experience in developing and deploying customizable and configurable automated testing on GUI / Web Automation Testing Tools for systems using different types of technologies, browsers, etc.
- A keen eye for design
- Experience working in Agile teams
- Experience working with these technologies:
- Confluence
- Test Rail (Test Management Software)
- Crashlytics (Crash reporting software)
- CMS "Content Mangement System" (Web Admin Tools)
- Eggplant or other GUI Testing platforms
What we offer
- An entrepreneurial environment with a competitive salary.
- Work with a young, highly-motivated and experienced team.
- Diversity and Inclusion: We attract, develop and retain the best from all backgrounds which requires a culture of inclusion where everyone feels respected
- Wellbeing Allowance: We take a holistic approach to physical, emotional, and financial wellness for our team.
- Balancing your life: we provide generous time off policies for everything life throws your way. Whether it's a new baby (new parent leave), a family vacation (flexible vacations policy), or a nasty cold (trust sick leave policy), we've got you covered.
- A great 'Work from home' policy.
Last but not least...
At Nolte we do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.


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The Amazon jungle covers 7 million square kilometers over 9 nations in South America: Brazil (60%); Peru (13%); Columbia (10%); Venezuela; Ecuador, Bolivia; Guyana; Suriname; and, French Guiana. Since we arrived in South America last October, I have dreamed about experiencing the Amazon. Our path across Ecuador and Peru verged so very close to it, but we could never work out… Read more →
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Remote Life
Our life of travel is taking a pause. No more cities, buses or metros for a while while we live a remote life, bare and exposed. We are currently guests in dog heaven. For 8 weeks we are dog-sitting 4 dogs in a beautiful remote cabin on the coast of Chile (and cabin-sitting!), a few hundred kilometers north of Santiago.… Read more →


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I'm sitting upstairs at Hy's Encore, sipping a Manhattan in the restaurant's stylish new cocktail bar. It's 2015, but it could just as well be 1962, the year the steak house opened in the funky old building on Hornby Street.
"It's the first time you've been able to come to Hy's and sit at the bar and have a cocktail and a piece of cheese toast," says Chris Langridge, general manager of Hy's Encore. "There's a brand new era of people that are coming in. It's been busy since we opened the doors."
Hy's is part of a trend that's seeing the renaissance of some of the city's most classic and well-loved establishments. It's a welcome relief after a few years that saw too many of them disappear. And each time a Le Gavroche, a C Restaurant or Café de Paris closed, it took a little slice of Vancouver's culinary history with it.
Fickle diners that we are, we barely noticed their loss amid our excitement over the new restaurants that open week after week.
Lately, though, some of the coolest "new" places aren't new at all. Instead, we're seeing the comeback of our favourite eateries, revamped, restored and re-imagined for a whole new generation of diners.
When Il Giardino closed in spring 2013 after 37 years in business it seemed to be the end of an era.
It wasn't just that owner Umberto Menghi, one of the first chefs to put Vancouver on the culinary map, was ready to retire. It was also the loss of the city's de facto clubhouse, the old yellow house on Hornby Street where celebrities, socialites and business people all mingled on the glorious garden patio.
So you can imagine the excitement this summer when Menghi reopened Giardino, just a block up the road from its original location, in a space evocative of a Tuscan barn. (A very posh barn, mind you.)
Like Giardino, La Bodega Restaurante has had a timely resurrection. The popular Spanish restaurant, which had been serving up tapas and sangria since 1971, closed in 2014 when owner Francisco Rivas retired. This summer, his son Paul Rivas reopened it, this time as Bodega Main.
In December, the city also saw the return of the 22-year-old Shark Club, Vancouver's original sports bar. It had closed 18 months earlier for a major renovation that saw a whole new approach to the idea of what a sports bar could be.
The bar, which is one of 12 across Canada, has been completely redesigned in a vintage-meets-urban-industrial style and offers an updated menu of casual food, wine and craft cocktails.
"It was a hard-core sports bar before," says Lindsey Turner, the Shark Club's vice-president of marketing. "A lot of the changes we've made in the last eight months have been making it more inclusive to a larger audience. This is now the flagship for the brand."
Response has been overwhelmingly positive, she adds. "There's a lot of people in Vancouver who have an affinity for the Shark Club, so it's nice that it's been refreshed and people are so excited."
Similarly, The Yale Hotel, the iconic Granville Street blues bar located in one of the city's oldest buildings, recently reopened after being shuttered in 2011. Its new owner, MRG Group, which also owns the Vogue Theatre and Biltmore Cabaret, transformed it into the Yale Saloon, which offers house-smoked barbecue, karaoke, dancing and live music including, yes, the blues.
Upping their game when it comes to food and drink is proving to be an effective way for older establishments to change their fortunes.
Indeed, the resurgence of cocktail culture is giving classic restaurants an opportunity to take what they've always done best — provide attentive, personalized service — and apply it to a whole new customer base.
Take Hy's Encore. Its classic steak house fare has become so fashionable in recent years that the restaurant found itself forced to turn customers away. They had to expand, but instead of adding another dining space, they transformed the underused private rooms upstairs into a craft cocktail bar.
After all, Langridge notes, Hy's is one of the few remaining restaurants still offering tableside service (from the Caesar salad to the Chateaubriand to the cherries jubilee), so why wouldn't they take that approach to cocktails, too?
Now they're attracting a whole new crowd, especially the younger members of the business community, who've already made it a popular after-work destination.
"The building is very central to downtown. It should be a nice, shiny destination. You can't have a 50-year-old restaurant without doing something to it," Langridge says. "The response has been really positive. Our timing was really great."
Timing, sadly, was not so great for Harry Kambolis. In 2014, after the economic downturn, he was forced to close his C Restaurant and Rain City Grill, which were once proud leaders in the local, sustainable, Ocean Wise dining movement.
Today, their iconic locations have been filled by the Viaggio Group's Beach Bay Café in the Rain City spot, and Ancorra Waterfront Dining and Patio in C's old digs across from Granville Island.
"They were really legendary locales. But the whole dynamic of the city's restaurant scene has changed since those restaurants were around," says Andrea Vescovi, general manager of both restaurants, who admits it can be challenging opening in a well-known location. "We knew we would have to pay a little bit of homage to that, but we had to have our own identity."
Both rooms have been thoroughly renovated, brightened and modernized. Same with the menus, especially at Ancorra, where Peruvian-born executive chef Ricardo Valverde is mixing South American and Pacific Northwest traditions with irresistible verve.
Ancorra also boasts another Vancouver culinary classic: The return of legendary sushi chef Yoshi Tabo, who came out of retirement to work with Valverde and Vescovi. "Does anyone really retire?" Vescovi laughs. "Just ask Umberto Menghi."
Some days it seems that almost as fast as new restaurants are opening in Vancouver, places we once loved are vanishing.
Among the most recent is The Fish House in Stanley Park, which closed this fall after serving its famous crab cakes for 25 years. A glance at the 302 restaurants listed for sale on the Restaurant Business Broker website suggests more are on the brink.
Vancouver has no grand old hostelry like London's 217-year-old Rules Restaurant or Paris's 329-year-old Café Procope. But we do have a handful of classic joints that are not just surviving, but thriving against the tests of time.
And who knows? Maybe a century from now, they'll still be sipping Manhattans in the cocktail bar at Hy's.


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Adventure guide: Five post-holiday hikes
November 25, 2015
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Serious. Food. Coma.
If those three words are resonating with you on Friday and you're pulling on the really roomy yoga pants, we know what you need. No! Put down the pie. Go for a hike!
Instead of getting your exercise battling the mall crowds, why not bound into the bounty of the outdoors this year and enjoy a Green Friday? Need some ideas for a great hike before getting on that scale? Here's just a few…
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The Beach Walk
Dosewallips State Park
Where it is: Just off Highway 101 on the western shores of the Hood Canal, near Brinnon.
What it's got: All the beauty of coastal Washington and the protected climate of the inland Puget Sound. Dosewallips is a saltwater delta with all the trimmings of a classic northwest forest. The easy, 3.5-mile Steam Donkey Loop Trail winds you through conifers, alder and maple. Relax! There're benches along the way just in case you brought a few leftovers for lunch.
Bring your boots – you'll be skipping across creeks and along the rocky shore. And don't forget your binoculars! Large herds of Roosevelt elk are frequently spotted grazing in the park (NEVER approach them!). Hungry for something other than turkey? Bring a bucket, shovel and your shellfishing license. Oyster and clam digs are open year round! Don't forget to check the Department of Health website before you dig to make sure conditions are safe first, however!
The Summit Sally
Mount Pilchuck State Park
Where it is: Granite Falls on the western edge of the North Cascades Mountains.
What it's got: Looking for a thigh-busting mountain hike with an unparalleled view at the top? Mount Pilchuck, with its signature fire lookout at the top, is just the ticket! The trail is relatively short – just three miles. But you gain 2,200 feet of elevation. That extra gravy will no longer be an issue!
You'll be hiking over uneven trail through sun-dappled, old-growth forest. The weather, especially this time of year, is unpredictable. You may encounter snow, wind or other conditions so be prepared—and make sure to bring water! Check weather conditions before you go. You may even need snowshoes in addition to your hiking boots! Once you are at the top it's all worthwhile. Panoramic views of the Cascades, Olympics and Puget Sound greet you at the summit.
The Riverside Romp
Centennial Trail State Park Where it is: Along the Spokane River from Nine Mile Falls to the Idaho border.
What it's got: Nice and easy! If you live on the east side and are looking for a pleasant walk with the family, this is it! Built on the path of an old railroad line, this is a mostly-flat hike through sparse pine forests.
With current weather conditions, you might be sharing the trail with enthusiasts of myriad sports from mountain biking to cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
Walking and snow play are always popular, too! Drop in at any spot along the 37-mile trail, which begins at Nine Mile Falls. Bring good weather gear — the winds pick up pretty hard out here!
The Falls in the Forest
Wallace Falls State Park
Where it is: Near Gold Bar on the west side of the Cascade Mountains.
What it's got: Moderate elevation gains, nine spectacular falls and picturesque treks through emerald forests. Wallace Falls is a hiker's treasure trove! Meander through thick, fern and moss-rich undergrowth in hemlock forests and over bridges crossing rushing streams. This park packs plenty of wow-factor, especially for those out-of-town guests!
Many hikers call it a day at Middle Falls. In addition to a spectacular 265-foot water fall here, you'll find views of the Olympic Mountains and the Skykomish River valley. But if you are feeling extra empowered by all that cranberry sauce, proceed on up a steep half mile of switchbacks where you'll find even more photo ops!
The Island Exploration
Lime Kiln Point State Park
Where it is: Near Friday Harbor on the west side of San Juan Island
What it's got: At just 1.25 miles and practically flat, this is certainly not a difficult hike. But it is fun!
At this time of year, it's not likely you will spot orca, which frequent the area in summer. You can, however, get some great family photos (holiday cards people?) at the century-old (and still in use) lighthouse. Then follow the interpretive trail down the steep stairs to the old wood-fired lime kilns. Now abandoned, these kilns provided the island's primary source of income a century ago.
Interested in a turkey shoot? With your camera of course…
Check out this blog from our friends at the Washington State Parks Foundation to find state parks where you just might spot some wild turkeys in their natural environment!
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Help for moms under stress
Stress is the most common problem for many people. The situation is the same for mothers. They must worry about their children, take care of them and also they must work and keep the house clean. Because all of this is demanding, they are under a lot of stress. In order to have a healthy life, a person must eliminate or at least reduce stress. Luckily, there are many ways to do that. The most important thing that all mothers must know is that you are your own mother, or you should behave as one.
You should be happy for the small success. Maybe something that you or your kid did isn't important as a kid's first step, but it is nice and important for you. Small successes occur more often than big ones, so we can say that they are equally important. When you are thrilled and happy, you can boost your confidence and reinforce. Both of them are important in a battle versus stress.
Be patient. If you want to do something quick, you will make a mistake. The situation is even more severe for your children. As a mother, you must be patient and believe in the ability that your kid can learn. People that have a lot of patience are more relaxed, so they are under less stress. You can be one of them. All you need is to relax and believe. Even when your kid is trying to do something than you don't like, don't get angry or upset. All of this is normal. Children must make a mistake in order to realize what is good.


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Eternal Reminders
Takes place the day Bella escapes Alice to La Push while Edward is away hunting.
What if Jacob hadn't been able to control himself around Bella? Wouls she be yet again endangering herself, as her vampire family believes, or will she prove that werewolves are harmless around the people they care about? And what will the consequences be for poor Bella?
T just in case.
This idea came to me whilst re-reading New Moon. I really like this idea, so I'll be spending most of my spare time updating on here!
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Alice's POV
"Alice, look harder! I need to know when Bella will wake up; it's been a week already!" Edward's voice broke the silence on the room. I had been trying to see into Bella's future for hours a day the past week, and he knew it.
Bella was still in her induced coma. Her body was beginning to heal, which was good. But we didn't know if her brain had, at one point, been devoid of oxygen for too long. It was starting to look that way, though, since she hadn't broken through into consciousness. Not knowing what was going to happen to his lover was bad enough for Edward, but he wasn't stopping to think of what it was doing to me. I was the clairvoyant in the family, so by all rights I should be able to close my eyes and tell everyone what Bella's fate was. But of course, nothing of the sort was occurring. Try as I might, I was never able to get a hold on anything concrete concerning Bella's condition. It was all very up in the air- one moment she was waking up in a few days, a few weeks, a few hours even, and then there were the visions that had Edward on the verge of sobbing. Sometimes, there were the visions of an old, wrinkled Bella, lying in a bed in a hospice center, still unconscious, still on these machines. Visions like this didn't last long, but their mere presence had the two of us on edge.
Edward's future disappearing didn't help matters either. He was still planning on crossing over the boundary of the treaty line to get revenge on Jacob for attacking Bella. It had scared me half to death when, out of the blue, the rest of my family's future disappeared into black nothingness as well. Of course they would decide to help him in his quest for vengeance. None of us would ever allow one of the others to go to their potential deaths without standing by that one member. I couldn't see when, exactly, Edward would begin the war, but that didn't deter him. He would gladly go to battle with me blind. I think he actually preferred it that way; it would be more of a challenge. My husband agreed whole-heartedly with Edward's opinion on this. Always the military man, always up for a battle to defend his loved ones. Even I wouldn't be able to talk him out of this fight. He wasn't the only one slavering for blood. Emmett, too, was giddy for the day to come when he could test his strength against the werewolves. Even I was open to punishing the dogs for destroying Bella as they had, but I wasn't quite as ready for the bloodshed; I probably never would be. Carlisle, Esme, and Rose were the only ones dead set against Edward's plan, but they wouldn't stand in their way. They would do what they could to protect their family. Carlisle and Esme would only go along with it because they had an idea of the pain that Edward was suffering. Rose only went to make sure that any wolf foolish enough to lay a hand on Emmett lost said limb.
All of this impending doom made it rather impossible for me to get a good grasp on anything going on in the world. Edward, however, seemed determined to overlook all of the strain that I was in at the moment. He could be so impatient sometimes, and I had to constantly remind myself that he didn't mean anything by it. In truth he could hardly help himself, but it still irritated me to no end that he didn't let me have a moment to breathe.
Edward, for the thousandth time today, I don't know. There is just too much going on, too many factors. Her future is almost as unclear as the rest of ours. Please, let me focus.
I heard Edward sigh. "I know, Alice. I'm sorry." He actually sounded sorry, and it immediately made me feel guilty for snapping at him with my thoughts. He could read the apology in my face, though, and smiled. For all of his impatience, he still managed to be a good, but hurt, man.
Edward's POV
It was silent for several minutes after Alice's and my quick exchange. The beeping of the many machines was deafening in the silence left behind; I couldn't take it any longer. Sitting here, doing absolutely nothing, while that…dog…lounged in his home, comfortable and whole was eating at my mind. I imagined him laughing over finally having gotten to me. Maybe, he thought it would be for him as it was for Sam and Emily; maybe, Bella would crawl back to him, begging him to forgive himself? The very image sickened me, and I knew that I couldn't stay here any longer.
I had to strike the pack while they didn't expect it. And it would be best if my family didn't know that I was going to go now. They didn't need to die for me. Only the wolves' lives would be lost.
The only question was how I would get past my sister. She couldn't see what would happen to me, but she knew me well. But Charlie was here. He hadn't left for more than a few hours to call Bella's mother. Fortunately for me, however, he was sleeping at the moment. He had been up for several days straight when he first got to the hospital, and was now paying the price for it by sleeping throughout the daylight hours the past two days. He wouldn't be waking anytime soon, unless Alice suspected something. Then she would probably wake Charlie up to keep me from leaving. And I couldn't have that.
As soon as Charlie found out about Bella, he had called Billy to tell him that she had been mauled by a bear. Of course, Billy already knew the real story, that it was his mutant spawn that had almost killed her. Now he, or another member of the pack, would call to see what was going on in the hospital. Charlie had, for some reason, decided to tell Billy that I was here by her side, and always made a point of bringing it up whenever he asked if Jacob would come to see Bella. From what his thoughts betrayed, he was disappointed that I was being a better boyfriend for his daughter than his best friend's son. I was being used for a guilt trip. Not for long, though.
If the pack thought that I was in the hospital in Forks, they wouldn't be expecting me to launch an attack now…
"Alice, I can't stand being in this room. I need a break, and I know you need one more than I do. I'm going to go up to Carlisle's office and use his computer to find out more about what's happening to Bella. I might be able to find something to help her. Call me if her condition changes."
Of course, Edward. Come tell me if you find anything.
Luck was on my side again; Alice didn't expect anything.
It didn't take long get to the stairs. It took even less time to jump to the bottom of the stairwell to the lobby's level, push my way through the main entrance of the hospital, and into the parking lot. Once I was sure that nobody was looking my way, I allowed a burst of speed to course through my limbs, and then I was flying through the trees.
Part of me was surprised that none of my family members had thought to patrol this area to stop me from doing exactly what I was going to do. But I didn't smell anyone, except for the very distinct scent trail that I was following.
The trail left behind from Alice carrying Bella from La Push to the hospital.
The trail that would lead me straight to the mutt, and to his untimely demise.
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Sherman of Sherman and Peabody predicts these colors for 2009. (Courtesy Apartment Therapy) This brown was used on the accent wall in my hotel in New Orleans — Hotel Le Cirque on Lee Circle. The color in the upper left hand corner is the magic color. I discovered its magic whilst camping in Yosemite. I noticed a delicate weed, the fairy flower, in this hue, but of a lighter shade. By magic, I mean it partially transcends spiritual dimensions. There are many different interpretations and associations with this color, certainly a lot more than squash soup. It is a very clean and vibrant color. The interior of The Royal Tenenbaums mansion is this color. As Angelica Houston walks down a hall in her blue dress the reflection off her magic-colored walls changes it to purple. The French poet Arthur Rimbaud (pronounced Rim-bow) wrote a poem about the color of vowels.
Black A, white E, red I, green U, blue O- vowels, Some day I will open your silent pregnancies: A, black belt, hairy with bursting flies, Bumbling and buzzing over stinking cruelties, pits of night;
E, Candor of sand and pavilions, High glacial spears, white kings, & trembling cow parsley;
I, bloody spittle, laughter dribbling from a face in wild denial or in anger, vermilions;
U… divine movement of viridian seas, Peace of pastures animal-strewn, peace of calm lines Drawn on foreheads worn with heavy alchemies;
O… supreme trumpet, harsh with strange stridencies, Silences traced in angels and astral designs:
0 ... Omega ... the violet light of his eyes!¹
It is said that Rimbaud had synesthesia, or it could be he was a poet. Or it could be the absinthe. Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder. Careful: it was Verlaine's downfall. It is said Nabakov had synesthesia and Glenn Gould aussi. Angie Haggstrom writes of Gould on Helium.com: He found himself sensitive to the cold and constantly wore a warm tweed jacket and gloves, even in the hot weather of Sarasota, Florida. Once, Florida police arrested him for vagrancy. Rimbaud dressed in a top hat and tails as flies buzzed about his pomaded hair. He was arrested all the time for vagrancy and once for being a revolutionary. Whatever he went through it was grist for his poetry—and the colors of his mind—I mean windmills—I mean—


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After much pain and suffering on the part of Gates and CO., Microsoft is setting itself up to push back against its competitors Apple and Google.
For the last few years, Mac has dominated the portable music industry with it's IPod. Two weeks ago, I read an article at the UK Guardian website titles "Why the IPod is Losing Its Cool" In it David Smith details some disturbing new trends for Apple. While the IPod is still the dominate brand for portable digital music, sales have declined. Also this excerpt for the article probably does not make Steve Jobs morning a happy one:
The Zandl Group, a New York-based trends forecaster which regularly interviews a panel of 3,000 consumers aged 25-35, recently picked up its first significant criticisms. 'The iPod is far and away the most popular tech gadget with our panellists – however, for the first time we are hearing negative feedback about the iPod from some panellists,' said the organization's spokeswoman, Carla Avruch. 'Panellists cite that the batteries are not replaceable, so when they die the entire player must be replaced,' she said. 'We have heard from some conspiracy theorists that the batteries are made to die soon after the warranty ends.
'Other complaints are that iTunes [Apple's online music store] is overpriced and the format is not easily transferred on to other players. In our ethnography interviews, some long-time iPod-users told us that they have stopped updating their iPods because it's too much work, while other consumers who had bought iPods more recently had not even taken theirs out of the package to set it up.'
She added that the iPod is in danger of becoming a victim of its own success: 'Some backlash is against the ubiquity of the iPod – everyone has those white headphones on the train.'
Note that the IPod is still the dominate mp3 player, but if Apple does not step up again, they will not be at the head of the pack for very much longer. Even with the new ITunes offering movies, and the new 80 gig IPod, Microsoft may still give Apple a run for its money. Also, there was the problem of Apple releasing smaller and smaller units, quite a few actually in short periods of time. Here is the newest offering.
Enter the Microsoft Zune. A 30 gig digital player that does everything IPod does, with the addition of WIFI file sharing. For obvious copyright reasons, the files that can be transferred from one Zune to another are limited, but there are some interesting future possibilities if this delivers half as much as Microsoft is promising. And with Toshiba actually manufacturing the Zune could be a major problem for the lead IPod enjoys right now.
For the last couple of years, Google has taken advantage of multiple legal issues that have distracted Microsoft from what it does. Google has also stolen Microsoft's thunder on more than one occasion on several competing products. While Gates and Ballmer have been in court, Brin and Page have been pushing ahead. While they are two different companies, in many cases, the only difference between them is that Google does it with a smile, and Microsoft is all business.
Microsoft has released Windows Live on the web. Windows Live is set to poke at Google in a big way, if Microsoft plays its cards right. E-Mail, search, maps, video, and a whole host of other cool gadgets are all similar to Goggle offerings. Blogging is even available. There are even tools that can be downloaded to your PC, ,like the new Live One Care.
And the new IE 7 with the Windows Live Toolbar is outstanding. Personally, I don't care for tabbed browsing, but it's there if you want it. There are two other tools that are far more exciting and useful. The first is Windows Live Writer, which I am using now. Live Writer is a blogging tool. Almost similar to Google's Blogger plug in for Word, Live Writer allows you to do blog entries graphically, instead of having to know how to code. Live Writer also is not just limited to the Microsoft blogging site. Live Writer also works with several other blog providers. I am actually using it to create this post.
The other great tool is the the RSS Feeder integrated into IE 7. And it actually works. No need to download and pay for RSS services like Attensa (although I used Attensa before discovering IE 7) and you don't have to go to another web page to see all of your subscriptions. And I don't think that Firefox has that option, but Firefox users can correct me if I'm wrong.
All in all, Microsoft has put itself in a great position to be back on top if they play their cards right. I for one am glad.
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Yup. They have. Although it doesn't seem to be widely used.
This term combining "chutzpah" and "hypocrisy" should refer to the outrageous hypocrisy commonly seen among many outspoken anti-White Jews who advocate one thing for themselves and something radically different for the Other. For example, they advocate nation-destroying and genocidal policies for Whites while simultaneously advocating the exact opposite for themselves and their ethnostate of Israel.
A recent concrete example is the Jewish conniption fit over Arizona's new anti-illegal-alien law when Israel has always and continues to do far more repressive things to the Palestinians and other aliens in Israel or Israeli-occupied Palestine.
Likewise with securing the border with Mexico. How dare we enforce the border or build an effective wall. Yet Israel gets to build an effective wall propped up with tens of billions in American wealth while we get called neo-nazi-racist-hater-bigot-white-supremacists(TM) for daring to advocate the preservation of our nation and people.
The list goes on. and on and on. and on some more. and more and more and more.
I could keep going but you get the point.
Another formulation I like is ORCS for "Our" Repressive "Civil" Society.
This would replace a fixture in my previous posts, the accurate but tediously long: "Our" "Civil" Society.
I quote "Our" ironically because it definitely isn't ours. Instead it is dominated by a hostile, alien Jewish supremacist elite; corrupt, soulless, shabbos goy White traitors; antagonistic Blacks; imported foreign tools and naive White true believers suckered by the long occult war [thanks Kievsky!] against Whites suffusing most corners of our society and culture.
Likewise "Civil Society" has fully earned its contemptous quotes, since it seethes with malevolent incivility. The greasy lie of "civility" is a total fraud, a ploy to gull the lifelong brainwashed into believing that this vicious, oppressive, lying, anti-White, non-White-supremacist totalitarian system is actually concerned with civility or its ostensible aims.
I always contemptuously laugh when the anti-White power structure trowels out rhetorical slop like "hurtful", "creating a safe space", "dialogue" and "opposing hate". Somehow the lofty rhetoric applies to EVERYONE BUT WHITES. Plenty of "hurtful" things are said constantly within and by ORCS about Whites and that's definitely a feature, not a bug!
"Creating a Safe Space" is a total fraud since the literal rape and murder of Whites is frantically ignored and covered up. The recent murders of Whites at Kent State are but one example.
The true purpose of "Creating a Safe Space" and the other cultural Marxist shibboleths is the destruction of freedom of speech and inquiry by banning speech, thoughts or activism that threaten the current Jewish-and-non-White-supremacist hegemonic system.
As usual in the Kwa, racist anti-White double standards actually rule. Whites are subjected to an Orwellian narrative about "White privilege", "White power", "White racism", "White supremacism" with the delusional pretense that this hateful attack on Whites, their identity, history and peoplehood is "speaking truth to power".
Yeah, right. Whites are SOOOOO powerful that NOT ONE politician, dean, "civic leader" or power broker is openly pro-White. Instead nearly every one of them parrots diversity blather and "white guilt" under the steel gaze of our commissariat. Those straying too far from the party line suffer consequences including job loss, ostracism and public humiliation.
This intellectually dishonest, barbaric treatment starts far before any traces of actual pro-White advocacy. To question any of the patently false dogma ruling the Kwa invites swift and terrible punishment as Nobel Prize winner James Watson and many others discovered.
In actuality, the power structure of the Kwa enforces the privilege, power, racism and supremacism of Jews and non-Whites over Whites.
This power desperately needs a LOT of truth spoken to it.
Turn On, Tune In, Drive Out [the ORCS!]
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If you are familiar with the typical boot camp process you could possibly feel overwhelmed and unconvinced. Is such an intense course good for long-term weight loss and optimum health?
At Yeotown we have tailored a unique programme that is not like a boot camp or fat farm. Our award winning Yeotox not only focuses on improving your physical health, but also re-educates the body and mind in order to achieve optimum mental and spiritual health which is often overlooked during the military style boot camp. Our programme is probably most like a detox which increases vitality and expands the awareness of both the inside and out, and with the rounded fitness workouts you could lose weight in a more effective and balanced manner. As part of the programme you also get a real food diet, including fresh pressed juices and nutrient dense, wholesome foods which have been created to help guide you to a much healthier way of eating and drinking. The balanced living aspects of the Yeotox programme is not something you would expect to experience in a typical boot camp, weight loss retreat, juice cleanse or fat farm.
This health and fitness detox programme increases vitality and expands awareness of both the inside and out. Many bootcamps or fat farms just focus on the physical or weight loss whereas at Yeotown, we focus on the whole person, both physical and spiritual. Diet, exercise, core work outs, fitness, stress release techniques, mindfulness, massages and relaxation are all part of our signature healthy living programme.
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On a typical boot camp style weight loss programme you would find the majority of activities revolve around physical training, building strength and developing endurance. While we realise that these disciplines are important cornerstones in every day life, unlike a boot camp, Yeotown offers a more rounded mind body regime. This includes healthy juices and snacks to keep blood sugar levels even, nutritional chats, a focused nutrient dense menu, hiking, fitness, boxing, yoga and stretching, along with a more spiritual aspect of meditation, breath work and therapeutic sports, Thai and shiatsu massages.
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At Yeotown we know relaxation plays an important role in a healthy lifestyle which is why we offer a wide range of both physical and spiritual relaxation methods in the retreat. This includes daily (on full days) deep tissue massage which focuses on realigning deeper layers of muscles and connective tissues. This is a great relaxation technique for stiff necks, sore shoulders and back tightness – something not offered in many boot camps or weightloss retreats. All of the Yeotown therapists work to a very high standard. At the end of a challenging and educational day Yeotown clients are encouraged to have a sauna or soak in the hot tub where they can relax and un-wind. This not only encourages mental relaxation but also helps sooth tired muscles and encourages a great nights sleep.


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The heating up of the Antarctic Peninsula by five degrees centigrade is having a colossal impact on the seventh continent and the species living there. Co-producers and co-directors Peter Getzels and Harriet Gordon embarked on an arduous Antarctic odyssey with field biologists, led by the intrepid Ron Naveen, to probe this phenomenon by counting the region's penguin populations. Their stunning new nonfiction film The Penguin Counters documents the effects climate change is having on Antarctica's chinstraps, a penguin species so-called because of the distinctive black lines beneath their beaks.
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Getzels and Gordon are globetrotting filmmakers making documentaries for outlets like National Geographic and the UK's BBC at far-flung locations, from the Andes to the Himalayas. Naveen is Getzels' wife's cousin, a connection that led to The Penguin Counters and the documentarians' first trip to Antarctica. Filming there along with cameraman Eric Osterholm, the team shot with Panasonic P2 and GoPro cameras. Despite using relatively low tech digital technology and facing very challenging conditions, the camera crew rendered some exquisite cinematography, shooting eye-popping scenery and wildlife at one of the world's most remote destinations, footage that gives armchair travelers a "you-are-there" feel.
This truly on location reportage is the best part of a documentary that goes off-topic for about a quarter of its 70 minutes. Just by chance, the filmmakers said, aboard the ship carrying them to Antarctica were also the granddaughter of Ernest Shackleton, commander of the early twentieth century's ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, plus relatives of John Wild, the British polar explorer's right-hand man during the expedition. In 2011, they carried Wild's ashes, which had been found in Johannesburg, South Africa, to inter them on the right side of Shackleton's grave at South Georgia Island, located north of the Antarctic Peninsula. (The year seems to be at odds with when the filmmakers say they went to Antarctica, which seemed to be 2013 or 2014.)
All this was filmed and included in the documentary, along with some history about the South Atlantic island's facility for boiling blubber. History buffs may find the attention focused on Shackleton and Wild to be intriguing, but more environmentally-minded viewers may find it to distract from the main thrust of The Penguin Counters' engrossing look at the struggle for survival of the Antarctic's flightless birds, confronted by the effects of global warming.
Born 1945 in Pennsylvania, Ron Naveen is the film's human protagonist. He's also founder and president of Oceanites, a non-profit, educational science group that takes on projects like the Antarctic Site Inventory, the penguin count that is the subject of the film. He's been going to the Antarctic for 34 years, and started Oceanites after giving up his jobs as a lawyer and whale-watching guide. With clicker in hand, he is as dogged about keeping tabs on Antarctica's chinstraps as a hardboiled private eye wearing out the shoe leather in a film noir movie. Naveen may be a longtime Penguin counter, but he is also an Antarctic watchdog. He spoke with me for this story by phone from Washington, DC.
The journey to Antarctica is long and difficult. Conditions on the seventh continent are daunting. Why are you and your field biologists going so far afield and placing yourselves in peril?
In the early 1990s the Antarctic Treaty parties adopted a new agreement called the Environmental Protocol, which essentially brought to that treaty system, which manages Antarctica, the requirement that for all human activities an environmental impact statement be done.
It dawned on me that nobody had been writing down, or even thought of writing down, who's living at the various sites being visited by tourists. How many penguins were there? Were the numbers changing? So that was the birth of the Antarctic Site Inventory project in November 1994. We've been counting penguins ever since. Every year we work with a tour company — One Ocean Expeditions, from British Columbia — to get ourselves around the Antarctic Peninsula. We're essentially free riders on these tour ships. [When we can't get on a cruise ship,] sometimes we can rent a yacht. Sometimes we work off government vessels.
When did you go there for the film?
Three years ago, November into December, the time when the penguins are at their peak of egg laying and the best time to do the kinds of counts we do. We want to count those penguin nests at the peak of egg laying, when a majority of the penguins have their two egg compliment in their nest. We had a team of me and three other [field biologists]. We very assiduously worked the island for a week. That's the story of the film — facing incredibly bad weather, bad counting conditions, just horrible cold. But we got it done, amazingly, and we gathered some pretty meaningful data.
What have the results of your mission shown?
Over 23 seasons we've amassed data from more than 225 locations in the vastly warmed Antarctic Peninsula. We've made over 1,800 site visits and we have some pretty dramatic results. We're following the significant decline of Adélie penguins in this region, the decline of chinstrap penguins, which is the subject of The Penguin Counters, and the increase in numbers of Gentoo penguins.
All of this is important because Antarctica is melting. This part of the Antarctic where I work is warming faster than any other place on Earth, except the Arctic. We're the only group — and indeed, a nonprofit, charitable group — that happens to be monitoring the entirety of the whole Peninsula, which is very bizarre. What I want to accomplish is to give back to this wonderful, amazing place, make sure we have baseline data in place so we can tell how things are changing in the future and try to address those changes.
The particular mission we accomplished that is dramatically portrayed in the movie is focusing on one amazing volcanic island called Deception Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. This is where whalers used to hangout, where a number of nations — Argentina, Chile — still have bases. The UK used to have a base but it was destroyed by the volcanic eruption in the late 1960s. There are lots of chinstrap penguins there and key to our work is trying to understand whether the numbers that we thought had existed, numbers of penguins breeding at this island, were accurate. There were older numbers, counts and estimates, from 80,000 to 100,000 [nests].
Over the course of the many days working on this project with the filmmakers, we managed to count just over 50,000 chinstrap penguin nests. Which indicates an incredibly steep and significant decline of that species in this part of the Antarctic. We also wrote this up in a paper that came out a year or so afterwards. In the neighborhood there are other chinstrap penguin colonies that are also declining.
And it's something that then triggers questions like, "Why is that happening?" Up and down the Peninsula, Adélie penguins are really declining, chinstraps also — Gentoos are succeeding. So sorting out why we have winners and losers is not only important to better understand this ecosystem, but it also gives us clues as to what might happen to humans if the same amount of warming gets our way well north of Antarctica.
So you feel this change in population is directly related to manmade climate change?
Climate change is manmade — no ifs, ands, or doubts about that. We were able to link up and correlate the changes that have occurred in the chinstrap and Adélie and Gentoo populations to this warming trend in the Peninsula. And to be very specific about what has happened over the last six decades, the Antarctic Peninsula has really warmed on a year round basis by three degrees centigrade or five degrees Fahrenheit. And in the winter a whopping five degrees centigrade, or nine degrees Fahrenheit.
That's really, really important, because if you remember Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth 10 years ago, the concern he had, which has now been amplified by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is that we humans need to worry about the same amount of climate change. We already have suffered since the Industrial Revolution the change of about two degrees Fahrenheit — so we're approaching the same kind of warming those penguins are facing right now.
Interestingly, because penguins are like humans — they need food, a good home, a good environment, and have to produce babies and grandchildren — those are the factors we look at immediately to try to figure out whether the changes in the penguin population relate to one of those key vital factors. That also may be what we need to look at in the future when we humans are adapting to a similar kind of change.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
After making the film festival circuit, where it won awards at the International Film Festival in Moscow and the Mexico International Film Festival, The Penguin Counters will be theatrically released April 21-27 at New York's Cinema Village, coinciding with Earth Day, World Penguin Day, and the release of Naveen's team's inaugural "State of the Antarctic Penguins." Naveen, Getzels and Gordon will participate in Q&As at various screenings. Learn more about the film and about Oceanites.


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You are most likely familiar with some of RND Construction's favourite charities in our community: Habitat for Humanity, Rogers House, Canadian Diabetes Foundation Annual Golf Tournament, Heartwood House, Youth Services Bureau's Tamarack Trades Training Centre, and Christ Church Cathedral Cricket Club.
We believe we have a responsibility to give back to our community. We are proud to support numerous charities in a financial way, and also to dedicate time to community work, education and awareness. We give from the heart, simply because we care.
Here are some of the things we give and do:
- A donation of $10,000 to the Algonquin Center for Construction Excellence (ACCE) Building
- Time and commitment to the board, committees and renovation council of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association (GOHBA) (2002-2015)
- Active membership on GOHBA's Renovation Council (2002-2015)
- Active leadership as Chair of GOHBA's Building Innovative Committee (2011-2015) whose mission is to provide our members with current information on innovative building products and processes that can – in a cost-effective way – help them improve efficiency, enhance quality or increase sustainability
- Active membership on the Canada Green Building Council (2006-2015)
- Presentations to committee groups on green renovations
- Guest lectures to Algonquin College green architectural students
- A regular column on being Green for Ottawa Renovates magazine
- Editorial advice to Canada Ecohouse magazine
- Home tours for architects, students, interested neighbours and industry associates
- A published quarterly newsletter which includes seasonal maintenance tips and educational topic
Habitat for Humanity
We carefully remove material during our demolition/renovation process and ship to Habitat for Humanity ReStores, where the material is sold and takes on a second life.
Recently we participated in a Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build – where a home was built in three days.
Rogers House
Rogers House at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) is a palliative care facility for children and their families.
Our president, Roy Nandram, coordinated the renovations of the 5,300 sq. ft. basement that had not been completed during the construction of the original building. Rogers House saved approximately $90,000 in material and labour through the generosity of local trades and suppliers.
Roy managed the entire process at no fee. He also encouraged a cost-reduction approach.
Heartwood House
Heartwood House is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to supporting other small non-profit and charitable organizations.
In 2014, RND helped Heartwood House renovate a 26,000 sq. ft. facility – formally a Giant Tiger store – that is now home for 18 non-profit organizations.


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R.I.P. DCup.
Let us say a few words in her honor. First, let us revisit how she got her name. As she so eloquently explained it here in her first post.
I actually had a boss who called me "D Cup" back in the mid-nineties. This was after the whole country buzzed about sexual harrassment (hell, we couldn't even decide if it was pronounced 'hair-ess-mint' or ha-rass-mint') during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. Obviously, the whole affair sailed by my boss Bill R.. Anyway, he called me "D Cup" right to my face (though his eyes may have been elsewhere) and I remember being quite stunned at this pronouncement. How could he tell? Do they teach boys how to size up chicks wearing full office suit attire and industrial strength, underwire bras?So that's how she got her name and her start. It was my attempt to push back, to make fun of the way women are treated, be they large or small of breast.
Today I rechristen myself by that name which was once used to belittle me. I take this moniker with pride because I realize that this is an essential part of who I am. These hooters have given nourishment and pleasure. They've bounced and swung, jiggled and juiced. They've been suckled by men and babies alike. And hang it all, I hope to live with them as pillows, playthings, and distractions for many years to come.
And it worked for me.
So why change? Well something you might not have noticed is that the moniker DCup was offensive or negatively provocative to some people. I'd like to say "some people" with a roll of the eyes and that knowing smirk, but maybe that's not fair.
Rarely would someone say something about the name DCup on PoliTits or Un-Glued, but when I was out commenting on other sites, I would occasionally get crap from other commenters. I didn't like it, but I understood it. Some of you might remember last spring when I went through an identity crisis and changed my name several times. I really considered using my own name then, but with all the other things going on, I wasn't prepared to be completely out there with my identity.
Looking back, I was doing a poor job of staying anonymous anyway, but that's neither here nor there now. Recently, I'd been considering changing things up, including my name and consulted with MathMan, The Spawn and some of my friends. They were all supportive of the idea. What finally pushed me over the edge, though, were some more negative responses to the name. I decided I'd had enough.
The funny thing is that the negative response that most irritated me, came from another woman. In what she probably considered a trivial swipe, she noted her dislike of my name in comments at another blog. "DCup isn't the only one with large breasts," she said. Ouch. I didn't like that. Was that what I appeared to imply? I decided that enough was enough.
Confirmation like a bookend to my decision to change came from a sanctimonious prig, again in the comments somewhere else. In one of the most sexist and digusting comments I've ever encountered, the writer addressed me by my moniker DCup and added (sheesh) after it. I laughed when I read it because I'd already changed my name, but felt, too, that I had done the right thing.
Now if someone wants to address me, they can do so on the merits of my words, my thoughts, my actions in the blogosphere. A name like Lisa leaves them little to attack as a persona. It's a dead common name and implies nothing more than the fact that I am one of oh so many of us born between the late 1950s and 1980. It may date me, but it doesn't imply that I think one thing or another about myself or anyone else.
So there is the answer. And PoliTits? Well, that blog was a labor of love and I'll miss it, too. But I have hopes of being a published writer and I wonder how hard it would be to get some venues to take me seriously with the name 'Tits in all my writing. I don't want to be shunted off into a narrow writing segment at this point.
Dreams, right?
So let us all wish for DCup a peaceful rest where she, too, can just be herself.


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Saturday, June 10, 2017
Digital Whisper Challenge - Gypsy
Posted by Ozstuff at 4:41:00 PM
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Those eyes are riveting! This is a beautiful scene you've created, Marie. You've even given her a manicure ... and that little bird is the icing on the cake. BRAVOReplyDelete
She is a wonderful gypsy with such a depth of expression-love this!ReplyDelete
REALLY; only look at your picture and everyone will know, which was the theme, so typically, so good!ReplyDelete
This is wonderful I love her face and the color work you have done on her...superb.ReplyDelete
An outstanding piece. Love the frame you chose. She is a beauty!ReplyDelete
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there is a haunting feeling to this gypsy beauty. she seems to be lost in thought.ReplyDelete
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From New York to London: Two year project to customise 120 paper dogs comes home.
• The world's leading image makers represented at the London Design Festival as they each customise hundreds of examples of Gerald the Lazerian Dog, an emerging design classic
• Manchester's Lazerian design studio presents the Gerald Project in its entirety for the first time in the UK, displaying the 120 paper dogs at Designersblock/Southbank Centre
• Following a grand unveiling in New York earlier this year, Gerald's homecoming completes an ambitious two year, international collaborative paper sculpture project
More than 100 of the world's most exciting and influential artists, illustrators and designers, including Oliver Hibert, Tatiana Arocha, Insa, Stanley Chow, Kai and Sunny and Pete Fowler have taken a paper dog and made it their own as part of the two-year Gerald Project. These special paper pooches will be displayed on home soil for the very first time as part of Designersblock London 2013 at the Southbank Centre between Thursday 19 – Saturday 22 September.
The first Gerald exhibition took place earlier this year, when the dogs invaded Manhattan to wow design and dog lovers of New York City as part of NYCxDesign. Liam Hopkins, co-creator of Gerald is now bringing them home and looking forward to the domestic release of a lavish, limited edition book to celebrate Gerald's return.
Hopkins said: "The breadth of artists who are involved in the Gerald Project is truly international, but there is no place like home. The response in New York was fantastic, but we're all really looking forward to catching up with people in London. We've kept back the book launch especially for Designersblock 2013, so hope to see plenty of new and old friends along to help us mark the occasion."
The high quality, limited edition, large format hardback book features colour photography of all 120 of the paper dogs, alongside artist reflections on what the project and Gerald means to them. Housed in a handmade, birch plywood box, each edition is individually labelled and numbered using laser inscription and comes complete with a DVD of the project's culmination. The publication uses a selection of high quality papers supplied by James Cropper, the 170 year old British paper mill based in the Lake District.
Starting in 2011, hundreds of these paper dogs have been shipped between the UK and artists' studios in Europe, USA, Australia, Argentina, South Korea and New Zealand, with the only instruction to creatives being to put their own spin on the emerging design classic. Only now that all of the Geralds have been brought together for their UK debut, can the beautiful, bold and brash results be seen together here for the first time.
Housed in custom built steel and clear plastic dog kennels, the London exhibition will offer 360 degree views of each Gerald, displaying them in all their glory. The free standing model of a Bracco Italiano breed of gun dog made entirely of paper uses up to 88 individual components for each large format dog.
Hungarian artist, Agnes Toth is one of the 105 collaborators, drawing from a project originally seen at Tate Britain to give Gerald a painted coat that explores art history and the artist's escape from the confines of her studio. Banksy's right hand man and former Head of Design for SEGA Europe, Inkie takes inspiration from the gaming industry and the tattoos adorning Mike Tyson's face to create his unique dog, while textile specialist, Felt Mistress literally dresses her Gerald in a skin of 70 metres of felt strips, hand sewn in using over 150 yards of thread.
Further demonstrating the diversity of Gerald submissions, British illustrator, Tom Newell works in his trademark monochrome, using heavy pen strokes to cover Gerald in an intricate design partly inspired by a Captain Beefheart soundtrack. Pete Fowler, known for his World of Monsterism, gives his dog a wood grain finish and Los Angeles-based artist, Jimi Crayon emerges from a recent project to put his art in lights on Times Square to adorn Gerald in colourful, biological shapes resembling staring eyes and the animal's real world inner workings. Like many artists, Crayon worked to decorate the flat components of Gerald before pulling the final design together in the final construction.
Available to buy in kit form, limited edition prints of the artist-designed dogs are available for Gerald fans to make their own versions at home. For more information visit: http://www.lazerian.co.uk
All Gerald Artists: 4P1B, Agnes Toth, A.N.D Studio, Alan Dalby, Andrew Singleton, Andy Smith, Atelier Doodle, Barney Ibbotson, Ben Kither, Ben Lamb, Ben O'Brien, Caitlin Totten, Carl Koch, Christian Montenegro, Christos Kourtoglou, Daren Newman, Dave Bain ,David Ryan Robinson, Dave Bowcutt, Deborah Ballinger, DED, Design By House, DR.ME, Eskimo Creative, Famous When Dead, Felt Mistress, Flo Heiss, G87, Garry Milne, Ged Wells ,Goo For Brothers, Grande Dame, Guy McKinley, Hawaii Design, Hidden Leisure, Inkie, INSA, Jack Hughes, James O'Connell, Jamie Malone, Jang Koal, Jennifer Crouch, Jimi Crayon, Joe Wilson, Joel Millerchip, John Pusateri, Jonny Wan, Josan Gonzalez, Juli Jah, Kai and Sunny, Kerry Roper ,Kev Munday, Kristina Collantes, Kristjanas Williams, Lazerian, Lesley Barnes, Leterme Dowling, Lobulo Design, Louise Boulter, Lydia Leith, Magdolna Nadj Torma, Marcus Oakley, Matt Williams (Uberkraaft), Michel Martins, Mikkel Sommer, Miss Led, Moon, Mister Lister, Munye & Co, Nick Rhodes, Nous Vous, Oliver Hibert, Pete Fowler, Peter O'Toole, Phil Wrigglesworth, Phoebe Richardson, Pomme Chan, Rachel Lattimore, Raid 71, Rodrigo Gorosito, Rosie Robert, Sac Magique, Sam Falconer, Sarah Beetson, Saroj Patel, Sawdust, Scott Marr, Sean Gee, Show Chicken, Simon Spilsbury, Sneaky Raccoon, Stanley Chow, Stathis Petropoulos, Stephanie Hosmer, Supermundane, Susie Wright, Takayo Akiyama, Tatiana Arocha, Tim Lahan, Titon Malchov, Tom Hovey, Tom J Newell, Two Times Elliot, Vic Lee, Will Scobie.
Book Information:
Title: Gerald
Published by James Cropper
Printed on James Cropper papers
Hard back. Printed on 160gsm – 200gsm papers made in England's Lake District
Limited Edition 101 copies, packaged in a handmade plywood box with bespoke wax seal.
Price: £101.00
Available to order from: www.lazerian.co.uk
About Lazerian:
Lazerian is a creative practice established 2006, set up by Liam Hopkins, a Manchester born designer-maker. Clients and commissions have included Bloomberg, the MOBO Awards and Habitat's Platform Gallery. Based in a former hat factory in Manchester, Lazerian's practice is focused on the creation of functional objects through playful investigation of materials and processes, and seeks to imbue objects with a distinctive soul. The practice works on a variety of projects, including furniture, interiors, and objects. Lazerian designs are available from selected retailers and their own online shop.
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