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Anyone who has been on a wedding knows that right after the wedding ceremony, it is time for the wedding formals (or group pictures). And guess what: this is not what everyone is looking for. Including many wedding photographers who actually dread the formals. The reason: Posing and getting everyone ready for these photos is not an easy task.
I have already written a full tutorial on How To Photograph Wedding Formals which I hope contains many of the preparation steps a wedding photographer can consider. This guide has some additional tips and gotchas on how to make the process of taking group pictures easier and less stressful.
These are by no means all the points that a wedding photographer should consider but in my view and the most important and useful I have found to work for me. Feel free to share your comments or feedback in the Comments section below.
So here are 8 tips to help a wedding photographer take the formal photos in less time and with better success.
1. Let Your Clients Pick and Confirm the Shots List:
2. Control Your Own Fate:
3. Eliminate Eye Blinks:
4. Use The Allocated Time Wisely:
5. Tripod To The Rescue:
- A tripod really helps keep people out of your space.
- In low light conditions (churches, pass sunset, shady areas) it would allow you to use slower shutter speed with the larger apertures required for the formals (f/5.6 -f/ 8)
6. Stool or Step Ladder:
7. Use Ultra Wide Lenses:
8. Get Your Equipment Ready:
Group pictures (formals) are required on all weddings nowadays. Preparation is required in order to make the posing and picture-taking process easy and less stressful. The simple tips outlined above and the preparation tutorial are just two of the resources to help the wedding photographers. I hope these are helpful and you found them informative.
Feel free to share with fellow wedding photographers or anyone who can benefit from it. We all can be better photographers and make our clients happier, if we all are better prepared. If you have any other experiences or tips, feel free to leave a comment in the comments section.
About the Author:
Trifon Anguelov Photography is a premiere wedding and events photography business based in Mountain View, CA 94040 and serving clients in San Francisco Bay Area, CA. You can read more about the author and review his portfolio on his website. For complete list of services and to book your wedding, visit his Wedding Packages page.


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Just Follow 2 Good Tips To Succeed With Email Marketing
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Email is one of the best marketing channel which can give you a huge ROI if employed in the right way. To succeed with email marketing, it is necessary to adopt different strategies consistently to grab the attention of prospective customers and hit high conversion rates. Below are 2 good tips to succeed with email marketing
Follow up messages
In online or offline marketing, follow up with customers is an important criteria in the success of the business, without which the whole marketing effort will turn futile. Similarly, in email marketing follow up messages plays an important role in the success of the campaign. Follow up emails are automated messages regarding the company's business or newsletter with the objective of familiarizing the customers on product ranges/services. This ensures that when the prospects intends to make a purchase, they have that particular range of product or services in their mind.
The follow up messages should be well written so that it interest the customers and it should vary between 7-10 messages in a week if the line of business is product centric or online business. If it is small business viz. automotive showroom, real estate etc, the follow up messages should contain call to action (CTA) like presentation registration, enrollment forms on fair/exhibition etc.
Segmentation of customer database
This tip is very important since it is based upon the segmentation marketers will be able to personalize and target the customers. The primary step involved in segmentation is to send the subscribers a generic enrollment form which understand their interests and personal information. Based upon this the marketer will be able send only emails with messages that interest the customers. The net result, will be high click through rates, open rates and conversions. Also this will improve relation with the Internet service provider (ISP), which will in turn ensure better deliverability of the emails and more people will be seeing the mails in their inbox.

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New 2018 Brochure Coming Soon!
We are just putting the finishing touches to our 2018 cruising sailing programme.
The 2018 Trinity Sailing Brochure will be revealed soon. If you would like to receive a copy please send us an email via firstname.lastname@example.com and we will add you to our mailing list.
We still have some limited availability left for 2017 here. See you all next season.
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We know that for some of you, it may not be possible to attend every conference you would like, and for others, supplemental materials will enhance your learning when attending our highly regarded live programs. Still others have told us that they want to share the material they have learned at one of our live courses with their colleagues, administrators and the families they serve. That is why we developed our new e-Learning, program taught by leading experts in their fields. It's the next best thing to attending live!
We continue to strive to meet your needs as you develop your skills to meet the ever changing demands of health care and education. Please share any feedback or suggestions that you may have: firstname.lastname@example.com
You can register for an online course using the same process as you would for a live course: "How to register" . After completing your course registration, you will receive an email with a link to the ERI Digital Library, course code(s) and your order ID. To access the videos, please go to the ERI Digital Video Library and open an account. In order to open an account, you will need your email address, course code(s) and your order ID. Once you have established an account in the Digital Library, you will have the opportunity to change your password. You can then log in anytime to watch your courses. To return to the digital library go to: http://www.resrec.com/ERI/ and enter your email and password
If you forget your password there is a "Forgot your Password?" link located on the front page/login page. This link will send you to a form which will ask for your email. You will receive an email with a link that will allow you to change your password.
When registering in our online system the billing and registrant information need to be the same (i.e. the log in information and course certificate will be only be sent to the email/name of the billing person).
If you are paying by check, please mail in a Registration Form with your check. We will contact you with your log in information once payment is processed
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American Idol
Ok, make fun of me all you want, but I am an American Idol fan. I started to get into it this past season. Mostly because my lady, Bree, likes to watch it and forces me to sit and watch with her. But now I remind her when the show is on. The tables have turned.
I am upset about last weeks episode because my personal fave, Allison Iraheta, was voted into the bottom 3!!! Come on America! This girl is 16 and rocks the mic like Pat Benatar and Joan Jett in their prime!
Please vote for her if you are into that kind of thing because she is the next Kelly Clarkson, maybe even with a little more style. Allison, you will probably never read a blog on this site but if you do, my fiance and I are pulling for you!!!
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I'm picking Gokey to win it all. He just has that skill. Nice pick with Allison Iraheta though. Good luck this season!
The Manoman
P.S. If you could post a comment on my blog that would be really cool. If not, no problem and I hope you enjot your first full season! 🙂


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Pittsburgh is a city rich in diversity from art to education.
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Coral Springs, FL (PRWEB) January 18, 2014
The producers of Viewpoints Industry TV are pleased to announce January air dates for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and vicinity. It is a city which is well-known for its growing technology industry, as well as being one which is rich in educational opportunities and the arts. There are 90 cultural neighborhoods in the Pittsburgh area which offer residents and visitors the chance to try food from a different country, experience an eclectic nightlife, or take advantage of the majestic views of the area from Mt. Washington. The city's professional sports teams are champions and give locals good reason to be proud. The award-winning program, hosted by former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw, can be seen on PCNC – Pittsburgh Cable News Network throughout the month.
The innovative program covers a variety of topics which affects people from all walks of life. Viewpoints Industry TV takes an in-depth look into different professions and offers a stunning view of the smaller cities, towns and hamlets throughout North America. Compelling topics which will be broadcast include new business technology, emerging workplace security practices, a best in education series, home and lifestyle subjects, and much more. The show is hosted by a celebrity athlete who is known world-wide for his outgoing and charming personality.
Viewpoints Industry TV is available for viewing on regional and national television networks and cable broadcast stations. The producers film in many locations across the U.S.A. and Canada to bring the latest trends and developments in the technology, health, lifestyle and travel industries. Please visit the show's website to learn more about it, watch video clips from past episodes, or connect with it on the many popular social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Goggle+.


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While some dissertations and theses are openly accessible, most are only available on the Bryn Mawr campus. For those outside the Bryn Mawr community who want access to any dissertation that cannot be downloaded, check your library's subscription to Proquest Digital Dissertations, order through your library's ILL department, or see if the dissertation is available for purchase as a print or pdf copy through Proquest.
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
The Social Dynamics of Early Helladic Sealing Practices: Seal Use and Social Change in Early Bronze Age Greece
Maggie Beeler
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
The Caliph's Prey: Hunting in the Visual Cultures of the Umayyad Empire
Alexander Brey
History of Art
Inspired Invention: Cristóbal de Villalpando's Paintings of the Life of Saint Francis
Mark A. Castro
History of Art
Combat-Related Reproductive Trauma: Implications for Quality of Life and the Reproductive Narrative
Laura S. Covington
Social Work and Social Research
The L30e ribosomal protein from S. cerevisiae binds to its transcript RNA more strongly than to its primary target helix 58 of ribosomal RNA
Bashkim Kokona
Social Workers' Beliefs about Reporting Suspected Elder Abuse to Adult Protective Services
Rebecca G. Laster
Social Work and Social Research
Immersed Lagrangian Fillings of Legendrian Submanifolds via Generating Families
Samantha Pezzimenti
Lotte Reiniger and the Animated Ornament in Experimental Film
Katherine Rochester
History of Art
Finding the Local within the Global: A Comparative Study of Public Architecture and Urban Development in Roman-period Lycia
Rachel Lynne Starry
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
The contribution of psychosocial factors to speech comprehension in normal aging: "What did you say?"
Jacoba Johnson Zaring
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Decoding Meaning in Athenian Vase-Painting of the Archaic and Classical Periods: A Study of Expressions of Communication and Targeted Audiences
Danielle Smotherman Bennett
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Satur(n◆alic◆i)a Regna: The Neronian Grotesque and the Satires of Seneca, Persiuis, and Petronius
Lee Burnett
Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
Toward A More Comprehensive Model of Economic Vulnerability, Family Stress, and Children's Social-Emotional Competence
Margo Campbell
Social Work and Social Research
Exploring Highly Excited, Long-Range States of H2 Near the Third Dissociation Limit
Alexander Michael Chartrand
Reconstructing the Dedicatory Experience: Flexibility and Limitation in the Ancient Greek Dedicatory Process
Nicole M. Colosimo
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) as an Adjunctive Treatment for Eating Disorders: Exploration of AAT through the lens of Attachment and Affect Regulation
Patricia Flaherty Fischette
Social Work and Social Research
Making It Work: Small-Town System Building in Homelessness Service
Jennifer M. Frank
Social Work and Social Research
Shortage of Foster Parents: An Exploratory Study of the Attrition of Prospective Foster Parents During the Licensing Process
Laurie Friedman
Social Work and Social Research
The Molybdenum Cofactor: Modeling the Swiss Army Knife of Metabolic Diversity
Douglas R. Gisewhite
The Therapeutic Alliance and Psychotherapy Outcomes for Young Adults Aged 18 to 34: A Systematic Review
Stacy Green
Social Work and Social Research
Exploration of Synthetic Pathways to Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters and Fused Ring Systems via Birch Reductions
Andrew Thomas Krasley
The Latin Controversial Dialogues of Late Antiquity
Charles Nestor Kuper
Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
A Product Structure on Generating Family Cohomology for Legendrian Submanifolds
Ziva Myer
Representations of Human and Satyr Children Through Stages of Childhood Development in Athenian Art of the Sixth to the Fourth Century B.C.E. An Iconographical and Contextual Approach.
Hollister Nolan Pritchett
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
The Athletic Turn in Contemporary Art
Nathanael Roesch
History of Art
Explicit Formula for the Mean Square of Dirichlet L-Functions to Prime Power Moduli
Frank Romascavage III
Understanding Language Gain in the Overseas Immersion Context: Multi-Modal Assessment of Young Adult Learners of Arabic, Chinese, and Russian
Jane R. Shaw
Recontextualizing Military Structures along the Stanegate and Hadrian's Wall Utilizing Aerial Photography and GIS Mapping
Sara Sieteski
Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
Bride of Hades to Bride of Christ: The Virgin and the Otherworldly Bridegroom in Ancient Greece and Early Christian Rome
Abbe Lind Walker
Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Slice implies mutant ribbon for odd 5-stranded pretzel knots
Kathryn Bryant
The Effect of Exposure to Aversive Stimuli on Activity Based Anorexia
Anne Castley Burdzy
Emotion Recognition and Aging
Devon S. Dautrich
Age Comparison of Valence Effects Across Cognitive Domains: Support for Stability?
Lindsey A. Dever
Saving the Poor: A Discourse Analysis of Asset-Building as an Anti-Poverty Strategy
Guy Feldman
Social Work and Social Research
Saving the Poor: A Discourse Analysis of Asset-Building as an Anti-Poverty Strategy
Guy Feldman
Social Work and Social Research
The Experiences of Emerging Adult Siblings of People with Schizophrenia: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
Jillian Graves
Social Work and Social Research
The Experiences of Emerging Adult Siblings of People with Schizophrenia: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
Jillian Graves
Social Work and Social Research
Patterns and Predictors of Behavioral Change Among Children Enrolled in an Intensive School-Based Mental Health Program
Karen M. Grundy
Neighborhood Violence Perceptions and TANF Receipt
Rachel S. Kirzner
Social Work and Social Research
Health Care Utilization among Bhutanese Refugees in Philadelphia: Exploring Vulnerabilities, Access, and Needs
Jessica Euna Lee
Social Work and Social Research
The Relationship between Attachment and Grit
Toni Mandelbaum
Social Work and Social Research
The Relationship between Attachment and Grit
Toni Mandelbaum
Social Work and Social Research
Changing Perspectives: Can a Short-Term Intervention Promote Relationship Satisfaction?
Mary McManaman
Parent-Adolescent Cross-Informant Agreement: Findings from Two Clinical Samples
Jillian L. Neill
Whose gender? Whose identity? Trans medicine, psychiatry, and the symbolic order
Michael Pfeiffer
Social Work and Social Research
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Religion of the Roadways: Roadside Sacred Spaces in Attica
Johanna Best
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
The Ara Pacis Augustae and the Ancient Understanding of Grafting
Clay M. Cofer
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
The Portrait Potential Gender, Identity, and Devotion in Manuscript Owner Portraits, 1230–1320
Maeve Doyle
History of Art
Egon Schiele's Double Self Portraiture
Lori Anne Felton
History of Art
Nonexistence of Solutions to Certain Families of Diophantine Equations
Eva G. Goedhart
Growth in Math Skills and Response to Math Intervention in Kindergarten
Hannah R. Hebin
The Santo Sepulcro in Torres del Río (Navarra): Historiography, National Identity and a Reconsideration of "Mozárabic" and "Mudéjar" Architecture
Robin Haedong Kim
History of Art
Copper Metallurgy in Cilicia and the Amuq in the Second Millennium BC: Insights into Aspects of Bronze Age Technology and Trade
Emre Kuruçayırlı
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Cangianti and Shot Silk: Material Influence on Artistic Practice in Central Italian Painting from 1300 to 1550
Melissa Jane Meier
History of Art
The Influence of Comorbid Trauma Symptomatology on the Treatment of Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder with Exposure and Response Prevention
Beth L. Mugno
Culture-in-Action: A Membership Categorization Analysis of Doctor-Patient Interactions in New Zealand General Practice
Justine Polster
Social Work and Social Research
Culture-in-Action: A Membership Categorization Analysis of Doctor-Patient Interactions in New Zealand General Practice.
Justine Polster
Social Work and Social Research
Exploring Pteridine Chemistry in Two Bioinorganic Systems
Benjamin R. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Theory of Mind and Metamemory in Old Age
Alyssa Caroline Bressler
Mindfulness and Cognition in Older Adults
Rebecca Bubb
Enantioselective Conjugate Additions to a Hindered Cyclohexenone System
Sarah Burke
Resonant Dipole-Dipole Energy Transfer Dynamics in a Frozen Rydberg Gas
Donald P. Fahey
An investigation of the redox properties and application of Ru (II) and Ir (III) complexes containing multiple metal c enters
Ryan J. Fealy
Cinema at the Crossroads: Bruce Conner's Atomic Sublime, 1958 - 2008
Johanna Gosse
History of Art
The Archaeology of Hittite Imperialism and Ceramic Production in Late Bronze Age IIA Tarsus-Gözlükule, Turkey
Steven Karacic
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
Individual differences in frequency and type of gesture production: Relationship to personal characteristics
Kristin Kopple
Reading Achievement in High - Stak es Testing: Patterns and Predictability Across Time
Karen E. Landman
Predicting and Tracking Mathematics Growth Using High - Stakes Test Scores: An Examination of Latent Growth and Latent Class Models
Thomas C. Mack
Evidence-based Practice: An Exploration of Meaning Making Among Leaders of Community Coalitions
Gail Manza
Social Work and Social Research
Roman Nostalgia Exemplarity and Romanitas in Late Republican and Imperial Literature
Eleanor V. Mulhern
Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
Intention Discrimination and Attribution
Suzanne Mischell Nangle
Work experience, coherence, and well - being: an examination of coherence and later work measures
Amy M. Paris
Analyzing Well-being in Late Life: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
Sarah E. Scheckter
Kaluza-Klein Reduction of Pure Gravity and its Implications for K3 Surface Compactifications
Elliott Tammaro
"Prospering in the Trees": The Meaning of Privacy for Incarcerated Women
Barb Toews
Social Work and Social Research
Mapping the Internalization of Parts of Speech in the Spoken Interlanguage of Adult American Learners of Russian from Level 1 to Level 3
Irina K. Walsh
A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Psychosocial Interventions for Adults who were Sexually Abused as Children
Jessica Schaffner Wilen
Social Work and Social Research
Valued Copies: Devotional Practice and Painting Workshop Production in the Burgundian Netherlands
Angélique R. Wille
History of Art
Design and Synthesis of Hydroxylamine Derivatives as Indoleamine - 2,3 - Dioxygenase Inhibitors
Maria Winters
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Synthesis of a Family of Polyether-Substituted Phenacenes
Alyssa Bohen
Lapithos: the Upper Geometric Cemetery
Stella Diakou
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
How to Ask for a Favor: An Exploration of Speech Act Pragmatics in Heritage Russian
Irina Yevgenievna Dubinina
Resonant Space, Sonorous Time: The Varieties of Acoustic Phenomena in the Art of Christian Marclay
Matthew C. Féliz
History of Art
Dark Matter Detection with the Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber Collaboration
Vincent C. Gregoric
A Colony Within: Art and Identity in London's East End since World War II
Amy E. Haavik-MacKinnon
History of Art
Credulous Spectatorship from Zeuxis to Barthes
Carrie Robbins
History of Art
Why Be Mindful?: A Profile Approach to Understanding the Role of Motivation in Emotion Regulation
Joanna Scott
Female Friendship in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Jessica M. Sisk
Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
Young Children's Perceptions of Morally Relevant Behavior in Adults and Children
Sarah Ashley Teague Duda
Temperament in Infants at Heightened Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Breanna M. Winder
To Educate a Nation: A Case Study on Adult Literacy & Women in Ghana
Kyra Turner Zogbekor
Social Work and Social Research
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
World Image after World Empire: The Ptolemaic Cosmos in the Early Middle Ages, ca. 700-900
Benjamin W. Anderson
History of Art
Explicit Grammar Instruction and the Acquisition of Second Language Verbal Morphology: A Framework for Generalized Learning in Second Language Acquisition
Mark W. Baugher
Staging the Post-conflict City: Tourism, Urban Change, and Symbolic Contestation in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Emily Bereskin
History of Art
Investigating Syntactic and Lexical Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency in the Writing of Heritage Speakers of Russian
Evgeny Dengub
The Development of Pragmatic Competence and Perception of Requests by American Learners of the Russian Language
Valentina N. Amelkina Dunn
Malevich's Post-Suprematist Paintings and the Construction of History
Marie E. Gasper-Hulvat
History of Art
Futurist Aeropainting: Extended Women and the Kingdom of the Machine
Jennifer Griffiths
History of Art
A Walk through the Past: Toward the Study of Archaeological Museums in Italy, Greece, and Israel
Andrea Guzzetti
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
The Mechanics of Regaining Balance in Pirouettes
Melanie B. Lott


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7": Andy Cooper "Room To Breathe" b/w "Unlikely Assassin" (ORIGU45-003)
7": Andy Cooper "Room To Breathe" b/w "Unlikely Assassin" (ORIGU45-003)
Andy Cooper
"Room To Breathe""
b/w "Unlikely Assassin"
Release-date: 18. December 2015
All tracks produced by Andy Cooper.
Listen at https://soundcloud.com/origu
If you buy multiple items with different release-dates, all items will be shipped together on the date of the latest release in your order.
Shipping costs are including insurance/registration.
Please, also check these fine recordstores where you can pre-order the record as well!
Bremen (D) - Boombastic Vinyl/Ear Schallplatten
Hamburg (D) - Groove City Recordstore
Flensburg (D) - Musikpalast
Köln (D) - Groove Attack Recordstore
Kiel (D) - Our Label Record Table
(we gladly add your local recordshop, tell them to contact us)
As De La Soul once said: "Three is the magic number", and only two weeks after ORIGU45-002 by Kayohes, V3RB and Rusher hit the stores, here comes another new favourite 45 for DJs, collectors and musicfans worldwide.
Origu releases two brandnew tracks by Andy Cooper of Ugly Duckling exclusively on 7" vinyl, just in time for christmas.
'Room To Breathe' is a super-cool funk track that has Cooper lyrically swinging in the braggadocio tradition of Slick Rick and Grand Puba while 'Unlikely Assassin' is Andy's homage to all the coolest, 1960's secret agents with licenses to kill; Cooper murders microphones, of course. If you like your Hip Hop fresh and unique, this one's for you.
About Origu:
Founded in 2015 as a sublabel of the Funk-imprint Our Label Records, Origu starts it's business with a series of Hip Hop 45s by well-established and new artists from the US.
About Andy Cooper:
Andy Cooper is an accomplished songwriter, performer, producer and arranger who is best known for his work in the successful Hip-Hop trio Ugly Duckling which he helped form and produce. Since the late 1990's, Ugly Duckling has put out six albums while frequently touring the globe, their live show's visited over 30 countries. Recently, Andy launched a solo Rap career with the release of his 7" 'Bring It To Me/Do The Charlie Brown' on Soundweight Records in Bristol, UK and now the German label Origu is serving up his second 45 'Room To Breathe/Unlikely Assassin'. Unique Records (also in Germany) is due to issue Andy's debut, ten-track LP 'Room To Breathe' on vinyl and digitally in February of 2016. All of this music is based in Funk-driven, Hip-hop Soul which Cooper packs with hard-driving rhythms and high-powered, skillful lyricism. After years of plying his trade and padding his repertoire, Andy has stepped out on his own to showcase his abilities as a vocalist, beat-maker and turntablist.
Aside from Andy Cooper's work with in the field of Hip-Hop, he's written and recorded with international artists like Japan's 'Fantastic Plastic Machine' and Jamaican singer Ginjah. He's also created television soundtracks for the British company Rough-Cut TV and composed 16 songs for 'Recorded In Hollywood', a live stage musical about the famous, Los Angeles record shop 'Dolphins Of Hollywood', the show ran successfully for 2 months and a future run is in motion. Andy lives in Long Beach, California with his wife Tina and his greatest career aspiration is to write a classic song.


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Economic Development in Northwest Wyoming
Forward Cody is committed to helping Cody businesses expand or grow - but what does that mean for you?
In fact, it means a great deal because economic development benefits all parts of the community. Every time a business hires a new person, adds to their facility or buys equipment, it makes a difference. This effect ripples through the community and touches everyone in some way.
As a good example, the recent expansion of Cody Laboratories has grown the company to 126 positions. Their annual payroll totals around $6.9 million dollars plus it adds an additional $2.5 million in payrolls in supporting companies. Even if you don't have one of the Cody Labs positions the impact reaches every person in the community. That happens in 2 distinct ways. The obvious impact is household spending. People being paid here will spend the money in this community.
These dollars help business owners pay their staff, increase their product or service line and even expand as well.
As companies grow and expand, it also increases the tax base. Taxes paid on the Cody Laboratories building also will go into the community, being spent in the school district, hospital district and other areas of the city and county. Local groups will benefit not only from that money, but will benefit from employees paying their property taxes. It's a mechanism to start feeding the entire Cody area. There is a saying: Rising tides lift all ships. Growing the tax base of the area literally does that. Not just in one year, but for many years to come. That's why Forwards Cody's focus is on growing companies that have good paying jobs in year round industries.
Cody Labs is just one example of growth and the stabilization of our local economy. Recently we asked a handful of the businesses we have helped to provide us with how many full time employees they have and their payroll. We combined this information to show how all jobs matter. Every project can drive economic activity, Each individual business serves as an economic engine in their own way and each provides the benefits of employment and growth in our overall economy. Look around Cody today and you'll quickly see that Cody is moving froward in a positive way. Forward Cody is glad to play a role in that growth.
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Yeovil Town manager Darren Way will be desperate for a win against Mansfield Town tomorrow to help keep the club's supporters onside.
After a couple of seasons of real struggle, patience was wavering with some fans and there were a couple of small demonstrations and protests asking for Way and chairman Harry Fry to leave.
That frustration has cooled somewhat for now after the impressive and optimistic pre-season with what looks to have been good business in the market, but results now need to follow otherwise the fans will quickly turn back to their frustration.
So Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Bury in the opening game, where the Glovers, also had two men sent off, has piled on the pressure to impress against the Stags.
During pre-season Way was hoping for a play-off push or at least a top half finish, and there was an air of optimism around the club following a last minute defeat to Swansea City, draws with both Bristol sides and a comprehensive 5-1 thrashing of Plymouth Argyle before a few victories over non-League sides.
Against Bury Yeovil looked fairly solid.
Nathan Baxter, on loan from Chelsea, was making his debut in place of injured keeper Stuart Nelson and made a couple of smart saves.
It was a fairly quiet affair but Yeovil looked to grow into it at the beginning of the second half and Francois Zoko had an effort tipped onto the bar.
The game changed when Tom James was dismissed for a second yellow for a late challenge nine minutes into the half and then Jordan Green was given a straight red 13 minutes later for a heavy lunge whilst trying to win the ball back after over-running it.
After that it was more of a defensive job and they held out until the final minute which, against a newly relegated side looking to get back into League One and considering Yeovil's away form for much of last season, is probably not too bad a result in the circumstances.
They relied a lot on their home form for large parts of last season so will need to try and kickstart their season on Saturday.
One of the other things that cost them at times last season was their discipline and it's already looking like they fall on that once again.
But if they can sort that out then they should become a tough team to beat.
Tom James and Jordan Green will be suspended for Saturday and Jake Gray and James Bailey are still out injured.
Stuart Nelson (calf) and Rhys Browne (hamstring) missed the Bury game but could be back for Saturday.
If Nelson is fit he'll start ahead of Baxter in goal.
Omar Sowunmi returns from suspension and will come back into the centre of defence.
Shaun Donnellan began alongside Bevis Mugabi against Bury and Mugabi will probably get pushed out to the right to replace James and then it would be a close decision to see if Donnellan keeps his place or whether Gary Warren comes in after coming on as a substitute against Bury and ending up with the captain's armband which shows Way must believe he has leadership qualities.
Carl Dickinson will keep his place on the left.
Sessi D'Almeida and Alefe Santos seem to be Way's preferred central midfield pairing at the moment and ex-Stag Yoann Arquin could keep his place on the left.
If Browne is fit he may come in and play on the wing in place of Green, potentially on the right.
In pre-season Way liked playing Francois Zoko and Diallang Jaiyesimi up front together, Jaiyesimi just playing behind, so it would be likely that they continue.
So far Yeovil have brought in 10 players this summer.
Nathan Baxter (goalkeeper) on loan from Chelsea, Carl Dickinson (defender) on a free from Notts County, Gary Warren (defender) on a free from Inverness, Sessi D'Almeida (midfielder) on a free from Blackpool, Reece Cole (midfielder) on loan from Brentford, Wes McDonald (midfielder) on a free from Birmingham City, Alex Pattison (midfielder) on loan from Middlesbrough, Yoann Arquin (winger/attacker) who was a free agent after leaving from Kazakstan side FC Kaysar, Korrey Henry (striker) on a free from West Ham's academy and Diallang Jaiyesimi (striker) on loan from Norwich City.
As well as last season's loan signings, Yeovil released Artur Krysiak, Nathan Smith, Ryan Dickson, Dan Alfei and Oscar Gobern and then went went on to sell Otis Khan to Mansfield.
Omar Sowunmi at centre back is probably considered as Yeovil's current star man.
He received plenty of player of the season awards last season and the 22-year-old has recently been named captain behind club captain Zoko.
He performed solidly last season and became one of the first names on the teamsheet.
After a bit of a saga regarding signing a contract extension, Sowunmi signed and look to continue to grow as he's still only 22.
At 6ft 6ins he's rather a handful and serves as an aerial presence in both boxes, and has been known to play as an emergency striker when Yeovil have needed a goal late on.
Another one to watch out for is 18-year-old Korrey Henry, who has arrived from West Ham's academy and is looking to make a mark in senior football.
He has already proven he knows where the goal is by being the top goalscorer in pre-season and, given the chance by Way, he could become a very successful striker that scores goals.


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Syfy Sacrilege
Look, it's a basic law of sci-fi, folks: YOU DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS.
- Related Wreckage: Star Wars Weekend
A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.
Now, don't you have a photo you want to send me? ;)
Look, it's a basic law of sci-fi, folks: YOU DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS.
- Related Wreckage: Star Wars Weekend
Im just going to go with "Look honey, the Storm Trooper and Bobafett are just shooting at the Enterprise... *nervous laughter*"
I was shaking my head before I'd even read the description!
I love them both but THEY.SHOULD.NOT.MIX!!!
This reminds me of The Office episode where Jim tells Andy about Battlestar Gallactica just to bug Dwight.
"Story's kinda bland. It's about this guy named Dumbledore Calrissian who needs to return the ring back to Mordor."
Proud to say that I have no idea what you're talking about. :)
I really like how they iced over the word TREK and wrote in WARS.
That is Klassy (with a K).
I enjoyed your Ghostbusters reference too!
"A long time ago in a galaxy where no man has boldly gone before!"
P.S. "Live long and use the Force."
Unless it's parody, of course:
Not that this one is.
At least they said thank you. (Where are the lawyers when you need them?)
Sad, sad, sad...my Star Wars lovin' son would have my head if I tried to pass that cake to him. These bakers needed the force -
Extra points for throwing in a 3rd movie on top of the two already pictured!
Star Trek Wars?
I think a whole new series is a-bornin'.
Oh, just no.
The best part is that they COVERED UP the "Trek" part of the "Star Trek" sign with a poorly written "Wars." ::sigh::
At least they didn't try to create a poop Bobafett monster?
Tigerwolf for the win! LOL!
Wow, that's just offensive!
Big, big facepalm.
OUCH! That hurts my brain. I think I'm crying a bit. Oh. Make it stop.
The only thing that comes to mind is 'Oh NO They Didn't!?!?!??!?!'
That is just plain wrong on so many levels.
Awww, that reminds me of when I was in high school, my mom made a cake with action figures: Darth Vader fighting Gambit from X-Men.
She had Gambit stabbing Vader with his own light saber.
It was the best cake ever. :,)
There should really be a pop culture course administered for grocery store bakers. I mean, honestly. This is grade school level material.
I love the Thank You sticker on the plastic cover. It makes everything better.
sheesh. not only is that a basic rule of sci-fi. that's pretty basic sci-fi - star trek and star wars. I mean really? They really can't tell them apart?
Sacrilege is calling it SyFy ;P
Eh, Star Wars, Star Trek. What's the difference?
I am sooo very offended by this, they never mix. What was this baker thinking?!
I have to share this with my friends, if only because they will either break down crying or the major logic error of this wreck will make their brain shut down.
it's sad that i had to read the comments to figure out what the heck the reference was....
Wow, I'm just a casual fan of each and yet I'm completely offended.
Haha, the perfect cake for a sci fi convention!!
Did they think just because it was for a 7 year old they could just cover the trek with wars and he wouldn't notice? My 5 year old and his friend both dressed up as Obi one (no idea how to spell that I'm not nearly as into this as they are) for Halloween and then told everyone how to tell they were from different movies. The kid WILL notice!
That is unbelievable. I would cry if that were my child's cake.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! WHY???? WHO???? and...WHY???
Tigerwolf: "A long time ago in a galaxy where no man has boldly gone before!"
Hahahaha, that is brilliant. Jen should "borrow" that and edit the post LOL.
My husband would have a coronary seeing that, if ever I mix up the names (I always correct myself, but wars may slip out when I mean trek) he just says "Ummm, EXCUSE ME?!?!" .....
...Which kind of makes me want to replicate this cake for him April 1st...
How come the last 'S' looks strangely like a 'T'?
Whoever did this should be bound and gagged, and brought before two large groups of rabid Star Trek and Star Wars fans, all of whom have been issued aluminum baseball bats.
Wow you can hardly tell they wrote over trek!
I'm surprised the cake is still there. I mean, usually if you combine matter and antimatter you get an explosion large enough to wipe out planets...
*giggle,giggle, snort*
crossing streams
*giggle, giggle, snort*
if my Trekkie hubby saw this I think he'd have a fit!
It's like your food...touching...ewwww.....!!!
"What? it's a spaceship. Do you really think anyone is going to care?"
it reminds me of george costanza's (seinfeld) worlds colliding.
"if relationship george walks through that door, he will kill independent george! a george divided against itself, cannot stand!" ~ george costanza
Well, heck, they both begin with "star" and both keep geeks enthralled and away from anything as strenuous as social interaction of discourse. Both have created megabucks for convention halls and vendors.
Why not have a combined cake celebrating the fleeceing of the nerds?
But polite, anyhow. "Thank you"!
Wow. I was going to give the wrecker the benefit of the doubt at first, for being ignorant of mixing the two. But then I saw the icing of Wars added over Trek...
*shakes head sadly*
Where's Jean-Luc Skywalker?
I am not a really hard-core scifi fan, but even I kind of want to boycott this bakery. This isn't just a serious lack of attention to details-- it's more like a blatant disregard for them.
That's probably not even the right name on the birthday boy's cake, and he's probably turning eight or nine.
I sentence this decorator to the agonizer booth!
This cake is leaving a bad taste in my mouth, and I haven't even gone anywhere near icing that color today.
No. Just...no.
Although if it means that bakeries are low on plastic flotsam, have to use whatever odds/ends are left, and their budgets don't allow them to restock...it may be a good thing.
In disguise. A seriously bad disguise.
That's blasphemy!!!
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It Is Possible to Hack iPhone 4S for T-Mobile HD Voice
Hackers can do a lot of little miracles for iPhone users. Recently they have released hacks for AT&T iPhone, then for Verizon and just recently for Sprint iPhones that allowed users increasing cell signal and getting faster download speeds. This line of great solutions can now boast a new solution.
The latest hack lets iPhone 4S / 4 users activate HD Voice option that is originally available on the sixth-generation handset only. Does it sound cool enough for you to try it out? How nice is it to have HD Voice on your smartphone and enjoy making and receiving phone calls from your friends, family or business partners?
T-Mobile Hacked Carrier Update [How to Use Guide]
It is not difficult to make HD Voice working on your smartphone model 4 and 4S. Just make sure you are using T-Mobile as your mobile operator. Otherwise the hack won't work at all and clarity will not be improved during calls for you.
Right now only T-Mobile iPhone 5 users are able to activate HD Voice on their handsets. AT&T also wants its customers to get this feature. Even though it is not available yet, it will be offered for iPhone 5 devices only. But you are lucky because you know that there is a new carrier update hack for T-Mobile iPhone 4S / 4 which doesn't limit you to the carrier's internal terms of use.
It is very easy to use. Just download the hack and install it [here is the original instruction from iTweakiOS]. You will be able to use HD Voice on your smartphone right away, even in case you have iOS 7 beta 1. According to iTweakiOS, this tweak enables HD Voice on iPhone 4 and 4S that is similar to iPhone 5. It also increases download speeds for iPhone 4S handset.
iPhone 5 owners can also get this update as it will improve data connection on this gadget too.
We can't guarantee that this hack will improve your connection or phone calls quality. You should back up the iPhone through iTunes before you install it. Hopefully, you'll see the improvements, but don't get upset in case you don't.


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This blog is all about my interest in woodworking, particularly in regards to modern and mid-century design. It will also house my on-going efforts in refurbing and restoring old woodworking machinery and hand tools, and may go off track occasionally as I see fit.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Jens Risom Sofa Restovation
The sofa measures over seven feet in length and is quite comfortable - one thing we found was that much of the seating designed as part of the Mid-Century Modern esthetic is not very comfortable - usually the backs are quite low, more for looks than comfort. This design breaks that trend, slanting both the seat and back to be better form-fitting, more like a sport car seat designed by Ricarro rather than a bench designed by Jed Clampett.
In any case, as you can see the from photo, this example still had its spectacular chartreuse-yellow or mustard Naugahyde upholstery complete with tears, holes and missing buttons.
The American walnut base was still in moderately good shape, albeit stained and chipped. You can see a hint of the original label in the middle of the couch above as some white glue residue.
Also, the torn dust-skirt allowed all the brittle dust-of-ages to bellow out whenever someone sat on the sofa (the original cushions were brittle and basically disintegrating).
As you can see, the sofa wasn't of much use as-is - we next started on the search for an appropriate material to re-cover. You can see some swatches on the paper in the photos above and below.
Knowing that I also possess several Jens Risom strapped lounge chairs (to be restored) that would accompany the couch, we looked for a color and texture that would first "feel right" in relation to the period, and also compliment the black straps of the lounge chairs. So the sofa has sat for several months as we searched and researched, both the material and an upholsterer. We came upon a material produced by cfstinson called 62387 Flannel. We looked at many different materials including those by Knoll (wanting to keep things reasonably period-specific), but we wanted to keep the 10 or so yards of material needed to cover the sofa in a safe budgetary range. We also wanted something with a high rub-count that could withstand the cat's claws - this material has an Abrasion Resistance of 102,000 Double Rubs.
Next we decided on two different upholsterers - one a smaller shop (which we originally used) and then a larger shop (which eventually "fixed" what the first stop did!). But first we ordered the material and then I took the couch apart, using a large tarp to capture most of the crap that was falling out of the dust-shield.
Doesn't look too bad, right? Well, now look at it in artificial light rather than daylight from the window...
You start to see some of the flaws in the base and finish.
And the only thing holding the base on other than the weight, are these four tiny "figure-eight" straps (see above).
Quick work to remove the four Phillips-head woodscrews.
I also noted some markings used in the support blocking....
And you can see some of the other defects to the sofa itself along with the "dusty print" from the base...
Luckily the springs were still in good shape...
So off the sofa went to our first upholsterer. The original estimate was 2-3 weeks and we were assured that it would look exactly like the original (only with the new material) - we left several photos for reference and the piping, etc. was noted on the order.
Meanwhile, I took the base into the shop to see what I needed to work with. I did a quick wash of the whole thing with some #0000 steel wool and mineral spirits, hoping that would take off the dirt and any water staining. Alas, that did very little and I had to resort to light sanding - all done by hand (to preserve as much of the original patina as possible. The cleaning revealed one issue - the corner back joint (left side facing the sofa) had failed, so I had to pry the back apart, clean up the glue and re-glue and clamp. Here's the base in my shop, repaired, cleaned and sanded.
There was also one other issue, the back had exposed a large area of walnut sap-wood. I'm not sure if it wasn't common practice to steam walnut at that time (60's era) or if they simply sprayed stain to match the woods, but my sanding revealed the lighter color along about 70% of the back. You can see the two differing colors in the photo below (the spar to the right shows the lighter sap wood and the remnants of the original stain).
It's even more noticeable when viewing the entire back and will look strange with the sofa.
So I began the process of color matching the woods - I used dark walnut and mahogany stains as glazes and slowly brushed the mix in, allowing to penetrate and wiping off, until the colors made a good match, stopping right where the sap wood turned into the regular hardwood about two-thirds to the right of the spar. This took 4 applications until I was happy that the colors made a good match. See the results below.
Here are some comparison shots:
Finally, I applied a couple of coats of wipe-on oil finish (Watco Natural Danish Oil) to complete the look (slight gloss, sort of a satin finish, close to the original). Here are some images right after application so it's still "slick"...
Now for the horror story. I spent about a leisurely week getting the base right while the rest was off to the upholsterer. So the base had plenty of time to harden-up, since the first upholsterer had the sofa for 9 weeks! And when we went to look at it, it looked more like something for the boudoir of some prostitute than the original couch - just horrible. Extra padding was added to the back giving it this over-stuffed appearance, the side piping was centered with this open seam where it attached to the base, the buttons were crooked and the worst thing, the top of the back had angles along the two edges. It was really awful, and all we got were excuses that "it was the only way it could be done" etc. Basically, the first company did a rush job and ignored all the notes and photographs left as reference. After a couple of attempts at fixing the mess, this first upholsterer just gave the sofa back to us with a "good riddance" - we next took it to the larger upholsterer, Corn Upholstery in Tucker.
Corn provided some input on what they could do to "fix" the first mess and in about a week we got this back:
It's a vast improvement over the first upholsterer, and they were able to fix everything without patching-in any extra material. They did a really fantastic job - we won't be taking any similar projects to anyone else from now on. Now for more photos...
And here's a comparison of before-to-after...
(and that's our cat Mucha photo-bombing under the right side)....
Hope you enjoyed this first of several restovation projects.
-- John
6 comments:
- Ed Scaife said...
John--this is an awesome project! Love the details in your blog.
- September 2, 2013 at 1:11 PM
- sandra johnson said...
I asked you about my Mainline by Hooker dresser on Facebook. I don't really know what to do about the veneer on it. About four inches has peeled away but is still hanging there and of course I can glue it back on. The very end of this though is gone. There are two dime or nickel size spots where the veneer is gone and part of the dresser top needs to be redone.
What do you advise? I wish you lived in Orlando. :)
- September 4, 2013 at 4:09 PM
- Weremonkey said...
Looks Good! Glad to see it finished.
- September 5, 2013 at 5:31 PM
- John Eaton said...
Hey Sandra (on veneer fixes),
You can try to glue it and do a restoration using the original veneer - a few options:
1. Completely re-veneer the whole side - this is the most drastic and can be complicated, both in removing the old, finding a matching wood-grain, application then matching the color of the finish. In a way it may be the easiest though since the results are usually the best.
2. Glue down the loose veneer and patch in some veneer that approximates what you already have. If you're really talented with finishes this can get close to fixing the problem, however it may be noticeable.
3. Glue down what's loose and bondo the missing gaps, then faux-paint in details. Really good furniture restoration shops actually do this quite a bit, especially on crazy-figured woods like burls. This takes a lot of patience and a light touch - plus the whole side and possibly the whole piece will need to be re-covered in the same finish so it all blends together. Unfortunately all the options involve some woodworking skills that you will need to develop (if you don't already have them). Find a smaller project and practice first so you don't commit to something that's beyond your capabilities.
-- JOhn
- September 11, 2013 at 3:35 AM
- Dbldw said...
I really like how you updated this sofa. You would never say it is an old sofa and certainly of better quality than what you would buy today.
Darrell Warren
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Recently I was asked to contribute to "Why are we still here?", a Commonwealth Writers blog about feminism for International Women's Day on 8 March.
My post went up on the day itself, with a new one going up every day since. Seven more will go up over the next week, including:
15 March: You can read Ella's post here.
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- Film activist Marian Evans on the deficit of complex female protagonists in New Zealand's film industry.


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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5003 ------- Comment #19 from firstname.lastname@example.com 2008-01-23 11:40 ------- (In reply to comment #13) > Dear Michael, > >> But what it does do is to destroy the property that you can >> validate an element, label it with a type annotation, and then copy >> the element to a new tree knowing that the type annotation will >> still be sound. That property is extremely important to QT. > > I have been trying to come to grip to this and other comments along > the same line for a while now, and I haven't been able to understand > their point. Context-free validation can be considered as a > property or a goal . . . Not 'considered as a property', it _is_ a property of validity as defined in XSDL 1.0 as published and XSDL 1.1 as currently spec'd. As Mike Kay points out, it's a property QT depend on. So we don't change it without careful thought and good reason. > . . . > The acceptability of some elements in some document types does OFTEN > depend on circumstances that exist outside of the subtree they > head. That is unfortunate but is true, as the xml:lang example can > testify, as well as the HTML form/input example mentioned by MSM in > [2], the <alternative> without test attribute in XSDL 1.1, or for > that matters even ID/IDREF pairs. XSDL 1.0 provides two design patterns for addressing these cases: local declarations and the notion of choosing where best to 'stand'. By the latter I mean our approach to Identity Constraints and the legacy ID/IDREF types: these are, correctly in my view, described as determining the validity of the appropriate scoping subtree, not the immediate locus of one or the other of the items which duplicate or fail to match. Local declarations, which enable the tag-type distinction, are a very powerful way of encapsulating and managing context dependence which has worked well, as far as I can tell. Not only in the sForS, but in major production schemas (judging from my random sample in 2004), this mechanism gets a lot of use. So my inclination in looking for ways to address the examples which currently cannot be handled by XSDL is to look to our existing architecture. Lets consider the three cases Fabio mentions. 1) That last <alternative>: Feels right to me to address this from the "where best to stand" perspective -- just as the spec. currently states this as a constraint on xs:element, I would choose to enforce this in the sForS at that point, with an assertion along the lines of <xs:assert test="not(xs:alternative[not(@test) and position() < last()])"/> or <xs:assert test="every $a in xs:alternative satisfies $a[@test or last()]"/> 2) HTML form/input: In principle I think again that this is a question of where best to stand. On balance I would rather say "x:form defines a scope within which x:input may occur" than "x:input must only occur within x:form". To achieve this within XSDL, we would need to allow type definitions to be dynamically scoped. I think that would be a great feature, but not for 1.1 :-(. In its absence, I'll say "Either do the hard graft to use the local element declaration approach outlined in [1], or accept that this is a constraint which XSDL can't express without more complexity than you're prepared to accept." 3) xml:lang: I stated elsewhere [2] that I prefer the defaulting approach to this rather than the inheritance approach, but however we do it, just implementing inheritance won't allow us to solve the problem put to us, i.e. to choose a type for an element based on its xml:lang value. The reason for this is that whichever approach we take, we will need to know the type of the element in question _before_ we know whether to use the inherited value for its xml:lang or not, since that type might itself _specify_ a value for that attribute. But we want to appeal to the value of xml:lang to _determine_ the type. Result: impasse. Note that this impasse doesn't go away if we loosen the restrictions of looking up the tree when choosing alternatives. My preferred solution, which I nearly thought of during our initial discussion of tree trimming, would be something along the lines of saying that _if_ an element declaration includes an explicit value for {type definition}, that a) all alternatives must be derived from it and b) its attribute declarations are used to type attribute values in the XDM which is used for alternative selection. I think this idea has independent value, and I hope the group will consider it. It contributes to a solution of the xml:lang problem, by allowing the relevant declaration for xml:lang to be moved out of the alternatives and into the {type definition}, thus breaking the circularity identified above. [1] http://www.w3.org/2000/04/26-csrules.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2008Jan/0024.htmlReceived on Wednesday, 23 January 2008 11:40:50 UTC
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Hello lovely people,
So, from around January of this year I've decided I must have a better skincare routine. At that moment, it consisted of a bar of soap and a baby wipe so anything would have been an improvement. At 28, with the beginnings of laughter lines and grey hairs its time to sort it out!
With anything, its a case of trail and error. Some skincare can be cheap and cheerful and some will require you to re-mortgage your house!
One thing that sticks out with everything I have tired so far is the Hot Cloth Cleanser from No7. Many people have suggested this to me and I'm so glad they have! I've only used this product a few times but from the feel and smell of it, I feel like i'm getting a mini facial every time.
One pump is enough for your whole face and at £9.99 for 200ml it will last a while. Also, there are manys a time if I've been shopping in boots, I've been given a no7 voucher with my receipt so even more penny's' saved :-).
Its so easy to use, doesn't take up much time at all and leaves my skin feeling so soft! There has been no irritation, no redness and no tears…especially when telling my husband about the price! Removes make-up like its no problem at all, although waterproof mascara gives a little bit of a fight.
I don't have much I can compare this with. My mummy dearest does use the Liz Earl Hot Cloth Cleanser and it smells amazing but it is that bit dearer. I'll help myself to it next time I visit for "research purposes" and get back to you on that one!
The verdict? I would say go treat yourself. If your have a few boot points on your card it would be rude not too.


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Hotel Burg Trendelburg
The tiny town of Trendelburg is dominated by its castle-hotel, which plays up to its fairy-tale image. Grand old creaking staircase, oil portraits, original antique furniture, and rather basic bathrooms hidden away behind wardrobe doors. Rooms in its exterior tower were supposedly used by the artist who first illustrated Rapunzel letting her hair down. There's a limited attempt at a spa, and a tremendous dungeon-like dining room used for special occasions, plus a great view from the walls.
What you need to know
North of Kassel
Hotel Burg Trendelburg
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But FLV format is not supported by some devices like iPhone, iPod and HTC phones,etc. So it makes some trouble when we want to watch the video on our phones that downloaded from YouTube. We just need to convert it to suit our portable devices.
Now we have known how to download the YouTube Video(20 Free Ways to Download Any Video off),and the rest is how to convert FLV files to MP4.
Things we need
Free MP4 Converter, a freeware that can convert FLV files to MP4. Click here to download
1. Download the install file and setup.
2. Run the converter, click"Add" button to add the original FLV files.
3. Click profile and select a output format. You can find many formats in "Common Video" menu, choose the one which you are going to convert to.
4. Click "setting" button and do some advanced settings, such like video codec, quality, resolution, bitrate, framerate and aspect ratio etc. you can optimize a video as your wishes.(Free version can't do this)
If you have done all the steps above, what you need to do is only to click the "Convert" and wait for the converting finished.
Well, convert FLV files to MP4 is so easy, just 4 steps, and you can also convert FLV files to AVI, MOV, etc. by using this tool.


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Patients living within the practice area are welcome to register and our reception staff can confirm your eligibility from your postcode.
In this respect, y ou will need to complete a registration form (GMS1) and a health questionnaire which will provide useful information whilst we wait for your medical records to arrive from your previous doctor.
Please bring forms down to the surgery along wtih proof of address such as a recent utility bill and one form of photographic ID .
Registration form
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Those of us who've enjoyed GeekLawyer's writing over the years have had ample opportunity to steel ourselves for this edition of the carnival of legal blogging. We've come to understand that he's the Squidward in our Bikini Bottom, the Grinch in our Whoville, the Blawg Review family's black sheep who the judge swore wouldn't be eligible for work release before little Suzy's birthday party.
I digress.
Those of you who are just discovering him now will . . . not be bored. Scandalized perhaps, but not bored. Dan Hull described #166 best this morning:
Barrister-pundit GeekLawyer never disappoints . . . . Women, children, liberals, conservatives, Catholics, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, your Mom, Mormons, the religious right, Midwesterners, most lawyers and their spouses will not like it. Witty, very British--and vile.
To his list, Hull might have added Canadians. The anonymous ("mysterious and suspiciously evasive" according to GeekLawyer) Blawg Review Editor notes that although this week's host has recognized America's upcoming Independence Day, he's slighted today's Canada Day. Ed. offers a supplemental post in honor of neglected Canadian legal bloggers:
[T]his addendum is by way of apology to the many Canadian barristers and solicitors who follow Blawg Review hoping, nay praying, for some passing references this Canada Day . . . and some well-deserved link love from a popular law blog host.
In all fairness to GeekLawyer, however, he's not the first person to completely forget that Canada exists. Frankly, we Americans should all try harder. After all, they are our 51st state and they deserve our consideration, respect, and superior health care, eh.
Next week, Jonathan D. Frieden will host Blawg Review #167 at the E-Commerce Law blog, assuming there's anything left of Blawg Review then, that is.


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Deuteronomy 26:1-11
February is Black History Month in the U.S., a month in which we remember the struggles, suffering, accomplishments, and triumph of African Americans throughout history. Dr. Charles Drew developed new techniques for blood storage and led the Plasma for Britain project during World War II. George Washington Carver, who is famous for the many products he made from peanuts, also developed drugs to help combat glaucoma. Matthew Henson was part of the first successful expedition to the North Pole in 1909. Ralph J. Bunche won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for mediating the truce between Israel and the Arabs. 2008 may see the first African American on a major party ticket for the presidency, depending on how Barack Obama does in the primaries. It is unconscionable that Black Americans were looked down on for so long by White Americans, an attitude that has not yet fully disappeared from the American scene. It is also unfortunate that so few Whites, or others outside the African American community, pay much attention to Black History Month. Black History Month is not just Black history, it is American history. It is your history and mine, regardless of whether we're Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, or anything else. According to Deuteronomy, when the Israelites entered the promised land, they were instructed to tell the history of their ancestors. "My father was a wandering Aramean," they would begin, and they would recite the history of their ancestors' travel to a new land, the oppression they found there, the deliverance that God brought about, and the blessings they were now receiving. If we have blessings today, we should certainly thank God for intervening on our behalf. We should also thank our ancestors who have gone before us, preparing the way for the life we now lead. Moreover, we should also thank the ancestors of others, whose sacrifices, voluntary or otherwise, made our ancestors' lives possible. The land we live in was, to a large extent, built on the backs of slaves. If we prosper today, we should think of all those who came before, Black or White, slave or free, male or female, and thank God for them. At the same time, we must resolve never to allow the chains of injustice to enslave another group of people, not in our prisons, which hold huge numbers of users of illegal drugs without a record of violence; not in our factories and fields, where employers exploit undocumented workers in order to line their own pockets; and not in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where prisoners are being held without the right to consult an attorney, the right to receive visits from the Red Cross, or the right to habeas corpus. Black History month should remind all of us that unjust chains were meant to be broken.
Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 (first published 29 February 2004)
I haven't seen The Passion of the Christ yet, although I have tickets to see it next week, but I've read and listened to several reviews of the movie. Some reviewers really like the movie, and others really dislike it, but all agree that it contains some of the most graphic violence ever shown on screen. As I read this psalm, I'm reminded of the story of the temptation of Jesus in the gospels (see today's Gospel reading), where Satan quotes Psalm 91:11-12 to Jesus: "For he will give his angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways. On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone." As Passion reminds us, God's promise to protect the faithful from harm is not always fulfilled. Why not? If I "abide in the shadow of the Almighty," why shouldn't I be able to count on God's deliverance from the worst of life's storms? Maybe the example of Jesus is just an aberration. After all, he was destined from birth to sacrifice himself on the cross for the sins of the world, so that subsequent believers wouldn't ever have anything really bad happen to them, right? This seems to be the opinion of many who buy into the dispensationalist view of the end times that is promoted by such books as The Late Great Planet Earth and the Left Behind series. Faithful believers are raptured from the earth just before the beginning of the Great Tribulation, so they don't have to undergo the worst suffering the world has ever seen. For years I've wondered why some people would think that God would spare them from suffering when God didn't spare Jesus from the same fate, not to mention Paul, Peter, James, most of the other disciples, early martyrs such as Justin and Polycarp, Joan of Arc, Jan Hus, and many others. Maybe it's just wishful thinking. None of us wants to contemplate enduring the kind of suffering that Jesus and countless of his followers have gone through. Or maybe it's a refusal to face reality. Although we know that people even today suffer because of their beliefs (non-Christians as well as Christians), we pretend that it isn't real. We make up a theology that gives us the illusion that suffering doesn't exist, at least not for us. We need to remember the life of Jim Elliot, a modern-day missionary and martyr. Elliot went to Ecuador at the age of 25 to bring the gospel to an unreached people group, the Auca Indians. Four years later he and four other missionaries were killed by a group of the people Elliot was trying to serve. Two years later his wife Elisabeth wrote a book describing her husband's life, ministry, and martyrdom. The book describes Elliot's trust in God and his certainty that he was doing what God wanted him to do. Nowhere is there a hint that he expected to escape suffering just because he was doing the work of God. The name of the book was taken from this psalm: In the Shadow of the Almighty. It takes faith to believe in a God who rescues you from every danger. It takes more faith to believe in a God who goes through the fires of life with you. I think it takes even more faith than that to watch someone you love suffer, while you pray for a deliverance that you know may never come. God grant us the grace to live in your shadow through both deliverance and suffering.
Romans 10:8b-13 (first published 29 February 2004)
In contrasting the righteousness that comes from the law with that that comes from faith, Paul draws on traditional Jewish exegetical strategies to interpret Deuteronomy 30:12-14 for his readers. In the context of Deuteronomy, Moses is telling the people that the commands that God is giving them are not onerous or hard to grasp. There is no need ascend to heaven or cross the sea to find out what God wants: the answer is as near as one's own heart and mouth. The people have heard the command of God, and they have repeated it to one another. Now it is incumbent upon them to observe it. Paul takes these words that originally referred to the Mosaic law and applies them instead to faith in Jesus Christ. There is no need, he says, to ascend into heaven (a reference to Christ's presence with God), nor is there a need to descend into the realm of the dead (a reference to Christ's death). One need not look for Christ in heaven above or in hell below, for he is as near as the breath we breathe. The Deuteronomy references to the mouth and heart are transformed into admonitions to confess with the mouth and believe in the heart. Why does Paul take a passage that referred quite positively to the Mosaic law and the ease with which people could know it and follow it and use it to suggest that the Mosaic law was hard to follow and had been supplanted by a message of simple faith? I believe the answer is legalism. In the minds of some of Paul's contemporaries--and probably Paul himself at one time in his life--the law was something that had to be followed meticulously and by dint of great effort. No longer was it presented as something joyous and life-giving. Now it was a book of rules that had to be followed scrupulously, on pain of God's disfavor. In that context, Paul was right to remind his readers that God's salvation is there for everyone to receive, not just those who have the time and resources to dedicate their lives to its pursuit through ritual and study. As the law was originally intended, so the gospel was now for everyone, Jew and Gentile alike. Unfortunately, some Christian groups today have followed the same path of the early Paul and have transformed the Christian gospel into a set of hard and fast doctrines and rules that must be assented to and followed in order to attain salvation. Although fundamentalists claim to preach a message of salvation by faith, they have redefined faith to include intellectual assent to a set of doctrines that is not only unbiblical, they are also unnecessary. Salvation today does not depend on acceptance of biblical inerrancy. How could such a doctrine be in the Bible anyway? Nor does a proper relationship with God require that a person adopt a particular stance on doctrines such as the virgin birth or the nature of the atoning death of Jesus, much less such peripheral doctrines as the age of the earth, the origin of the universe, or the interpretation of the fossil record. Salvation today is just as simple as it was in the days of Paul. Christians who confess that Jesus is Lord and believe in God's resurrecting power have a relationship with God, regardless of their opinions about other doctrines. Faith is just the beginning of a life of following God, of course, for obedience to God's guidance is required of all believers. Although Paul does not address this issue here, since he is drawing a contrast between the religion of legalism and the religion of faith, there is an interesting reading in the Greek text of Deuteronomy that differs from the Hebrew. Whereas the Hebrew says in Deuteronomy 30:14, "The word is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe," the Septuagint reads, "The word is in your mouth and in your heart and in your hands to observe it." Salvation is accessible to all who take God into their hearts and speak the words of God with their lips, but until we also work the works of God with our hands, our salvation is not complete.
Luke 4:1-13 (first published 29 February 2004)
In chapter seventeen of the book The Last Temptation of Christ, Nikos Kazantzakis describes Jesus' temptation in the desert after his baptism by John. The reason for Jesus' sojourn in the desert, in the novel, is that he wants to discover the path that God wants him to take. He knows that God has called him to speak to the people, but he is unsure what to say. Should he adopt John's call to the people to repent? That is exactly what John urges him to do, but Jesus does not think that he should adopt John's message, for he believes that God has a different path for him. As he is about to enter the desert, he encounters his disciple and friend Judas. Judas longs for God to deliver Israel from the Romans, and he believes that God has called Jesus to be his instrument of salvation. He offers to accompany Jesus into the desert, but Jesus tells him, "The desert is not big enough for two. Go back." Theologians have speculated for centuries on the significance of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness and on the importance of the three temptations that he faces there. There are doubtless many ways to interpret this passage, but one key to reading Luke's account of the temptation (which differs from Matthew's in the order of the second and third temptations, as well as in several details) is to remember that the temptations Jesus faces are temptations tailored specifically for Jesus, not for anyone else. That the temptations Jesus faces are unique is suggested by the first one: the challenge to turn a stone into bread. Though I've sometimes wanted to turn inanimate objects into edible food, I've never actually been tempted to do so, because I don't have the ability to do it. This is what Kazantzakis implies when he has Jesus say, "The desert is not big enough for two." My temptations will not be yours, and yours will not be mine. We must each face our own temptations and conquer our own demons. In the second temptation, Jesus sees a vision of all the kingdoms of the world. All he has to do to gain authority over all of them is to worship the devil. I've had bosses who from time to time reminded me of the devil, and I've also had the experience of working for myself, and I much prefer the latter. The problem with working for someone else is that you have to adopt their vision as your own. In many cases that's a perfectly reasonable thing to do, but that wasn't true for Jesus. He knew what his agenda was, and he knew that he couldn't accomplish it by following the dictates of someone else. In particular, he knew that he couldn't give another the worship that was only appropriate for God. In the third temptation, the devil, quoting Psalm 91, tells Jesus that he could make a tremendous impression on the people by leaping from the pinnacle of the temple and floating gently to the ground, supported by angels. Jesus replies that the prohibition against testing God is more important than the statement of the psalm that God will protect his people. Jesus is clearly stating that certain principles are more important than others. Obeying God is a more universal command than obeying human authorities. Seeking peace is more important than the law of retribution. Loving your neighbor trumps the necessity of pointing out their sins and weaknesses. When faced with the opportunity to attract attention to himself but disobey God, Jesus chooses to obey God. Maybe Jesus' ministry would have reached more people had he succumbed to the devil's temptations, but integrity was more important than fame. What temptations are you facing in your life? They're not the same as those your neighbors face, and they must be faced with the resources you have. Temptation conquered can lead to spiritual growth, as long as pride doesn't interfere. Temptation succumbed to can also lead to spiritual growth, following repentance. Until we are tempted, we don't know what we're capable of enduring for God. Like Jesus, we can conquer our temptations if we'll learn to rely on God's power in our lives.
"Isn't love enough?" [Jesus] asked.
"No," answered the Baptist angrily. "The tree is rotten. God called to me and gave me the ax, which I then placed at the roots of the tree. I did my duty. Now you do yours: take the ax and strike!"
"If I were a fire, I would burn; if I were a woodcutter, I would strike. But I am a heart, and I love."


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Farewell to Pan Pacific Vancouver's Yanny Catalan
It is with very mixed emotions that the Pan Pacific Vancouver will announce the retirement of Yanny Catalan, Director of Housekeeping on October 12th 2012.
Yanny has been with the Pan Pacific Vancouver for over 16 years. She began working here on September 3rd, 1996 in the Director of Housekeeping role. Although we will miss Yanny dearly, she has worked hard in her career and has certainly earned the opportunity to enjoy more time with her loved ones and to travel the world.
Throughout her tenure with the Pan Pacific Vancouver, Yanny has received many commendations for her strong leadership and teamwork skills; she was nominated for Supervisor of the Year in 1998, Coach of the Year in 2000 and Leader of the Year in 2002 and 2004 – 2007. In addition Yanny has been recognized for her commitment to helping those in need. In 2003 she received the Spirit Award for her continual support of the Care Team and later in 2004 she won the Spirit Award for her contribution to the Food Bank Dream Team.
Yanny's positive, genuine and good-spirited approach has been a warm welcome to all of her relationships and her energy and fun nature has inspired her team to make their workplace one of the best in the city.
Yanny Catalan, you will surely be missed!


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Priority Coaching
Be a workplace coach and release the potential set up for your colleagues in our Priority training workshops
Learn how to help staff and colleagues optimize and enhance their priority and business skills training by providing a motivational environment, setting expectations, and lending support.
Apply the communication planning and leadership skills you acquired in our workshops to activate and maintain priority planning and business techniques throughout your organization.
This course will help you:
- Coach individuals and teams confidently
- Set expectations for continuous improvement
- Spread responsibility for performance to the individual
- Enjoy and encourage the impact of the individual's greater sense of achievement
- Improve the coaching experience each time
Next Steps:
- Talk to a local training expert near you to review your specific requirements.
Who Should Attend:
Any manager, strategic coach, supervisor, or team leader responsible for one-on-one coaching of staff.
- 1-day workshop
Tools Provided:
- Learning Guide
- Coaching Plan
- Learning and Review Logs
Related Training:
The Priority Coaching Workshop will help you release the potential talent and skill of your people. Training gets them to a certain level - but it is your coaching that will keep them developing and continually improving their performance. Coaching is not instructing, telling or prescribing - coaching is a process of self-awareness initiated by the coach. It takes place on-the-job, is learner centered and for the most part the learner takes responsibility. As a coach, you will find you benefit! The individual performs better, relationships and communications improve, the working environment is less stressful, and individuals become more responsible for their own performance.
Unit 1 Definition of Coaching:
We discuss what coaching is, and what it is not. We distinguish between training, coaching and mentoring. We introduce the Coaching Model, a 5 Stage 13 Step Process that ensures your coaching is based on a clear plan and agreed objectives for you and your learner.
Unit 2 Stage 1: Competence Review:
The first stage of any coaching is to jointly agree on the learner's current skills and how they use these on-the-job. You will use two customized documents - a Learner's Review, and a Coach's Review Log. These are used at the Coaching Review meeting. You will work on both generic and your own coaching review during this stage. You will also start the formal Coaching Plan, which gets the learner to agree with you their priority improvement areas, and decide objectives, specific actions, and hands-on opportunities for coaching. We include for discussion in this unit two 'theories' -Skill development, and Learning styles - and how these impact on your coaching.
Unit 3 Stage 2: Opportunity Creation:
This Unit explores how hands-on opportunities are created, and discusses the responsibilities of the coach to delegate authority, scope and empower the learner. The benefits of pre-briefing and practice are examined. A further 'theory application' is introduced - Expectations and motivation.
Unit 4 Stage 3: Action Event:
You will find there are two different but potentially equally effective ways for the 'action event' to be assessed. The first is for you to observe the event, the second is for the learner to self-assess. Both have unique advantages - it is your skills as coach after the event that will ensure the performance improvement is achieved.
Unit 5 Stage 4: Consolidate Learning:
This unit starts with a further 'theory application' - Coaching Styles. You will then consider your responsibilities to ensure the learning was correctly self assessed, how to build on the learner's self-assessment, and jointly agree on adjustments before the next opportunity/action. You continue to use the support documents that you and the learner use to manage the coaching process.
Unit 6 Stage 5: Habituate Process:
This unit outlines the steps the coach and the learner need to take to evaluate progress, and identify and plan the next steps. Coaching is a continuous performance improvement process. The unit ends with a 'bringing it all together' exercise, incorporating a checklist for your ongoing reference.
Unit 7 Coaching Implementation:
The final unit considers coaching from a management viewpoint - the benefits of coaching for the organization, coach and learner; the opportunities available for coaching; and the obstacles or challenges manager's raise about coaching (mostly myths!). We provide a simple planning format, and encourage you to prepare a personal plan to either initiate a coaching process into your team, or make incremental improvements to the coaching you are already doing. Copies of all the documents we use during the workshop are provided for you to use back on-the-job, and we are happy to discuss your ongoing copying requirements.
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