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Make the Switch to Document Imaging Software Today
The best document imaging software packages for the enterprise have many features- they allow you to scan and import documents in a number of formats, allow you fine granular control over who does and doesn't have access to certain documents, and arrange your documents in an easy to review way. There are dozens of packages out there, so choosing which one best fits the needs of your company can be somewhat trying. We've compiled a list of what we consider the three best packages for your review.
Content central document management software from Ademero
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Ricoh managed document services
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The above mentioned vendors will tailor a custom quote to your specific business needs. Packages are typically broken down by the number of users on an annual basis, with $130 to $700 being a ballpark range per user. Though the range sounds wide, it's largely be dictated by the platform and any advanced customizations you include.
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Royal Langkawi Yacht Club
Our award-winning 250-berth marina is situated on the south-east corner of Langkawi island. The marina can accommodate mega yachts up to 90 meters. The marina is located in Kuah, the island's main town, providing excellent access to duty-free shops and business facilities. Pontoons have direct electricity, fuel and water supply and offer complimentary Wi-Fi internet connection. Immigration and Customs are conveniently situated just a few minutes walk from RLYC marina.
250 berths including super yacht berths to receive boats up to 90 meters in size, and draft from 3 meters to 10 meters
Electricity supply, single phase and 3 phase, from 32A to 415A, Water Supply, Complimentary Wireless Internet is available on berths, Shower and Toilet, Hotel Facility, Swimming pool, 24-hour security, Maintenance services, Super Yacht Services, Laundry, fax, telephone services, Parcel and Post services, Sanitation/Black Water Pump Out Services, Supply of diesel fuel
- Subject to availability, RLYC will extend a 20% discount for berthing with a maximum of 90 days per calendar year. Unused days are not allowed to be accumulated and carried forward
- 20% discount at Charlie's Place Restaurant & Bar, and this for unlimited number of visits
- 10% discount for Club merchandise
- Offer assistance to ABA members with hotel reservations/ car rental services at Langkawi, subject to availability of best rates
- RLYC acts as an agent for Langkawi International Yacht Registry (LIYR) and will assist ABA members for the services to register their yacht with LIYR
- RLYC will require members/ affiliates of ABA to produce either a valid membership card from the Home Club and/ or a Letter of Introductory from their Home Club for the above benefits

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Sean, Nice artwork !
This is similar to mine, but i do use the Bunnings bag - (basically a water tank screen on top to catch the crunchies), then into the woolies bag - i usually stop pouring from the drums when the thick white oil shows up.
I can put about 40 litres into a Bunnings bag then head off to work and most of the time it has filtered through by the time i get through.
I actually have 2 x 220 litre poly drums - it takes roughly 1 week to fill one and then i let it settle for another week. I have a drain at the bottom and drain off about 10 litres of crap.
(My house is on a sloping block so i let gravity do the next part for me but your pump could do the same), i have an outlet about 6 inches from the bottom of the poly drums connected to 13mm poly irrigation pipe.
It runs down through here into the bottom of another 220l poly drum and upflows to the top and then into a 44Gallon drum with 3 x 5 micron filters in the top
I get about 600 litres through a 5 micron bag filter before they start to slow down - so the upflow seems to work well.
You might want some form of bypass for the 5 micron bag in case it backs up and overflows ? Maybe clamp it around 6 inch PVC pipe (hose clamps) then have an outlet towards the top of the PVC pipe that goes back to your settling tank


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Ola my beautiful people! I've truly missed you, and I've missed writing my blog!
There were some (actually a lot of...) downsides for me in the month of March (which was ironically my birthday month)
that's why I didn't want to spread the negativity in writing in my blog, it would be unfair to you guys if I lied and said my life is good.
BUT NOW I'M BACK WITH A SMILE PEOPLE! can you sense me smiling through my words??!?! :D
OKAY back to business people,
Well you know how there's a fine line between looking LANSI and looking like a BADASS?
During my high school days, I used to be called LANSI A LOT. a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot....
BTW for those of you who doesn't know what LANSI means, it means stuck-up / arrogant / very proud.
I used to get a lot of HATERS because of my so called "lansi look", and it was bothering me because I wasn't doing anything!
Have you guys gotten that before? I'm sure some of you do because (you know la) high schoolers love to find DRAMA.
As time flew by I understood the reason why I was called lansi a lot;
I barely smiled, always hang with the same gang, never said hi to the people that I'm unfamiliar with, and always walked by really fast.
There's a real dramatic change from my high school days compared to now. I'm almost the opposite!
I could say HI to anyone, I always smiled, (try to) hang out with different people, and I walked slower (maybe cause I'm lazy)
Although today I still hear people telling me that I look lansi (when I don't smile), but it's way more lesser than before.
SO HERE IMMA GONNA TEACH YOU GUYS HOW TO LOOK BADASS and still stay approachable .
*note* this few tips may apply to guys too.
top : JEREMY SCOTT x ADIDDAS jersey / boots : PROMOD / bottoms : ZARA
hahahah, you know how some cool people have this "wind" beside them whenever they walk?
haha lame, anyways BE CONFIDENT! carry out the vibe that you're confident and comfortable in your own skin.
One easy way to do it is with the help of alcohol (for me) *btw I'm not promoting alcohol here,
for me when I have that tiny sip of booze, my confident level just boosts up and it's easier for me to talk to strangers that way.
As long as you're confident and comfortable in your own skin you'll look like a BADASS and still be approachable to people.
top : vintage / boots : DR MARTENS / bottoms : ZARA
After you're successfully confident and carry yourself well, what camoflogese the OUTSIDE is not good enough,
you gotta know that YOU.ARE.A.BADASS deep within you through the INSIDE, your brain has to digest that.
and one way to tell that to your brain that is...... through your ear loops, LOL. through MUSIC of course!
and this is my kind of music that I listen to to make me feel extra badass, especially when driving and when I'm speeding
*I'm not promoting speeding here... of course some other badass music besides EDM for me includes Arctic Monkeys, and..... yeah, only them.
Somehow listening to the right music helps me express myself even better, you know the cliche line that says
"No music, No life" come on, it's so true... My friend's car radio broke the other day and I was sitting in her car,
wondering how the hell does she drives a long and exhausting way back without MUSIC!?
I seriously can't live without music in my car to survive a long drive, HMMMM... maybe I shall buy this headphones as a present for her, LOL
top : ZARA / shoes : ZARA / bottoms : H&M
"I thought my life would be more awesome once I've own a leather jacket, UM, YEAH!"
I lol-ed so hard when I saw that, Of course it'll be more awesome,
even more awesome-r if you had a pair of headphones to make you look like a DJ. haha
Conclusion is OWN a piece of leather jacket... It's a life-saver!
top : TOPSHOP / jacket : FOREVER21 / boots : PROMOD / bottoms : ZARA
Speaking about leather jackets, How you carry out yourself is important.
Cool badass people usually wear the coolest stuffs, AHAHAHHA
wear "sporty" clothing, cool people always wear a hoodie, some cool pumped up kicks, or anything with a great jacket.
And remember no matter what you wear, wearing a smile is the best accessory to look approachable while you're being a badass.
And last but not least, speaking of wearing the coolest stuffs...
everyone knows that the German brand Sennheiser is famous for it's top quality true sound
and for endorsing international DJS like Afrojack and our local duo Goldfish and Blink.
For more than 65 years, the brand first started off with producing microphones, so can you imagine how clear the clarity is?!
I never own a pair of headphones before, the closest I have are just earbuds, which now I realised WOW it's so different! :P
okay bimbo moment coming up next....
I'm surprised it comes with a hard carrying case, how considerate!
good for those who don't want to damage their earphones by chucking them into their bags.
It also comes with a manual for instructions but believe me you don't need it no matter how bimbo-tic you are. and so again!
I never had headphones before, so when I first joined the connector wires onto my desktop I was like,
"Ohhhhhhhh... OMG so smart!" AHHAHAHHA, okay that's damn bimbo-tic. this shows how un-tech-y I am,
but hey, I give the best reviews ;) HAHA!
After very proudly attaching the wires, my first song that I clicked to listen to was RED LIGHTS by TIESTO and damn it felt surreal!
My eyes practically popped right out and my jaws fell when I experienced the "all around you" kindda sound system in these powerful headphones.
Like you know the ones you hear in the cinemas, where it's like the zombies are breathing behind you against your neck?!
It felt as though I was sitting in my car listening to music because of the surround sound and bass (but I was at work doing work)
I couldn't believe how awesome the sound is, clarity is great, bass is not too loud to suit for other music too!
it doesn't completely mute sound from outside but it muffles it making sure you enjoy your own music to the max.
Oh and btw there's an iRemote connected with the wires so you can volume UP (or down) easily ;)
Actually one of the things that I find annoying wearing headphones is because it flattens your hair after long hours.
Probably because of the weight of the top and the ear cups which drags the whole headsets down,
you know, us girls being girls always caring about how our hair look, and I'm no different.
But when I first carried these headphones they weren't as heavy as I thought considering the fact that the headband is made from stainless steel.
I was even more surprised after finish watching Frozen on my laptop with these headphones,
they didn't flatten my hair at alll~~~ T___T omg thank you thank you for inventing these Sennheiser~
The ear pads can be adjusted up and down to suit each individual and BY THE WAY,
the ear cups are padded with Alcantara, don't know what's that??
It's a super soft and breathable suede-like material normally used in luxury yacht upholsterers as well as high-end supercars.
Overall, comfort is excellent, it wasn't stuffy at all after long use, and doesn't flatten your hair, and most importantly,
I've learnt that headphones are way comfier than earbuds, because some earbuds do stress and hurt your ears after long hours.
I'm pretty impressed with the design. Nodding my head and saying "mmmm" when I first laid my eyes on it,
Being a designer myself, I care about the design for any gadgets that I use, and most importantly,
whether or not it suits my everyday outfit, and as you can see from my many style shoots above,
I must say that these Sennheiser's Momentum headphone blends in very well with my wardrobe.
I get worried because to me, many headphones out there looks very "geeky", but thank god these are
Modern, elegant, BADASS and yet still approachable.
Unlike some headphone brands that start with a B and rhymes with "FEETS" which I think it's too futuristic, and it doesn't look "friendly"
It feels like very LANSI, it sends out this "oh I don't wanna talk to you" vibe, however this brand feel BADASS but still approachable. ;)
thank you so much Sennheiser for giving me the chance to try out and for opening my "ears" to experience how awesome sound quality is like!
Guys believe me you need to try this headphones out,
when deciding on which headphones to get the best way to decide is through testing them out yourself!
You can head over to Sennheiser Flagship Store at BSC to give these babies a try, if you like them,
bring them home at only RM809!
It also comes in blue, green, pink, black, red, and ivory too:)
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this post as much as I did writing it.
All picture by Right Click Production, edited by me :)


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Hope and desire are amazing things. A persons hope can be so strong in a thing or in a person that the heart feels that it may burst apart with the zeal and anticipation of what hope can bring. And the same thing can be said for desire. When you want something so badly until you can already taste your own success, the battle has not yet begun to win your prize, but you are dancing the victory dance all the same. Hope and desire can be dangerous. They can be the light that gets you through the day or they can be the black pit that swallows you whole, never to return to light. If you feed your hopes and desires, how do you tame the beast that you have nurtured and caused to grow? How, when that thing that you have so much hope and desire in, appears to be a mountain, towering above you, how do you scale it's lofty heights, or send it tumbling down to the level foundation from which it sprung?
Does it matter whether your aim is noble or base? Does it matter that the essence is pure or eternally corrupt? I don't think so.
To what lengths will you go to achieve your desire. What boundaries will you cross to see your hope realised? The noblest of aims can lead to the most sinister of actions. Keep hope alive? Or kill the inner cravings that drive some over the edge?
How do you maintain? How do you cope?
I used to only crave Allah's pleasure and his forever home for the righteous…Jannatu Firdous.
Now I can not tell the difference between the lofty goal and the base act that one may commit to achieve it.
Allah guide us all to what is pleasing to you. And save us from the fire.


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Although the Rockhampton Fun Run is not a Thornbury organised race, we do support it as a Thursday away day as it falls on a club night and we host the results.
This years race is on 5th July. Although it's low key and full of village charm, it is often quite competitive. There are prizes for 10 years and under, 14 and under, senior and 40+.
The course is just over 4 miles with some easy off road and the rest on quiet lanes. Enter on the night, race starts at 7.00 p.m. on the village green. The Cricket Club bar will be open and there's a BBQ to help refuel.
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Dear All:
I am glad to announce a great addition to our YoYo family:
#425 盧治中 Neo Lu
Neo decided to become a member of YoYo club right after he joined our outing earlier today (even he was "upset" about how he was "unfairly treated" during the lunch games! )
Neo works in the field of Patent application and he speaks English very well. I am delightful because our host pool has increased by one as of today!


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For Birds of Prey,
During my turn, if I use Vixen to gain and rotate 360 degrees Clocktower from the lineup, would I take an additional turn after I finish my current turn?
Hey Matt, I have a question about some of the multiverse cards related to the cycle of cards that are worded:
"Choose a base set in the Multiverse. Gain a random (insert card type..Villain, Superpower, etc) from that set...."
These are worded differently than Crisis Lex Luthor who directs you to "Place a random Crisis Super Hero/Villain [ from outside the game ] into play...."
Two Questions:
1.) How should we make a list of cards that can be randomly chosen? Should we count each unique card only once, or have an entry for each copy of that card in the deck? i.e. If we are gaining a random Superpower, do we have lots of entries for kicks, then mostly one's and two's for the other cards (yielding kick as the most gained card statistically) or do we just have one entry for kick (giving each unique card the same probability of being gained)?
2.) What are the places we can gain these cards from? Can we gain it if its currently in the main deck (this involves looking through the deck to find it.. seems like a bit of a stretch), a card in the destroyed pile (I can see this), cards not in the game (seems like this is intended), and -> Cards that are currently in someone else's hand/deck (really reaching here)?!
Note: Question two gets into my mention of Crisis Lex, as he clearly states "from outside the game", while these cards don't; leaving open the possibility to gain a card that is in the game.
Side Note: Excellent game, really looking forward to all the new stuff you're putting out for it this year!
1) You can only gain cards from the main deck cards of that set. So, no, you can't gain a Kick. You should not only have one entry per card. You should take into account how many copies there are of each card.
2) When it says "in the Multiverse" it literally means in the storage box, so no, you can't gain a card from the main deck, destroyed pile, or any player's deck. It is essentially the same as "from outside the game," but before you didn't have a fancy box we could reference.
Nathaniel Yamaguchi
CZE Playtester & Designer
Lets say our main deck is Heroes United.
I play Flashpoint Aquaman and choose a base set in the multiverse.
I'll choose Forever Evil.
I random card #35. It goes in my hand.
Later someone else plays Flashpoint Aquaman. They choose forever evil. They random card #35.
Card #35 is in my deck. They have to go in my deck/hand to get it.
I'm not sure what else that is supposed to mean. There is no 'if the card is in the multiverse then put it in your hand' text of any sort. It says to get that card and put it in your hand.
Gain a random (x) "from that set" tells me that any card that came inside of the box when I bought it is up for grabs. Hence the question on how to count the number of each card from that set.
I do not see any supporting evidence to imply that 'gain a random card from that set' means anything other than what it says.
1. No need to make tables of odds. Just grab that particular deck, shuffle it, then start flipping cards until you hit a Super Power.
2. Just cards in the box.
As for your second post: See answer #1 above. There are no duplicate results, as you should not use a chart/table/list. Just use the decks. Since you are gaining cards "from the Multiverse" (the box), you can't gain a card that belongs to someone else.
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Matt Hyra
Cryptozoic R&D
A few questions regarding Multiverse mode:
1) If my final champion is defeated, am I still able to confront the player on my left?
2) Does Green Arrow's bow affect the cost of my opponent's champions?
3) If I play the new Parallax card, and opt to remove it from the game, does the +4 power generated remain?
And finally, a question came up the other night regarding the superhero Animal Man defeating Captain Cold - since his text refers to cards you have played, can he "look back" at the cards you played already this turn to see if his bonus qualifies once he flips back up? I get that heroes like Superman or Batman wouldn't work for cards played while they're face down (since they can't "see" cards that you play when they're flipped over), but the wording on Animal Man is slightly different.
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1) Yes.
2) Yes.
3) Yes.
4) Yes.
Nathaniel Yamaguchi
CZE Playtester & Designer
Thanks much for the quick reply! Several more questions came up during our first Multiverse playthrough last night.
1) Telos' first appearance attack - if a player has collected less than 6 VPs (or none), do they just put out what they can? If so, should they try to make it as even as possible? Or alternatively, do the VPs come from the "pool"?
2) Deimos' stack ongoing ability - are we to be adding a card from the event's set to the event line-up, and one from the main deck base set to the main line-up? And if so, it's only if the main deck runs out that Deimos wins - not if the event's set runs out?
3) If there are less than 5 cards in a set (let's say there are only 4 left) and it's drawn by the randomizer as the new event set, should we put out the 4, or just draw a new randomizer card until we get a set with enough cards to make a full line-up?
4) Is it possible for the event deck to run out? If so, would we just shuffle it and start over?
5) The "destroy all non-X" cards from Watchmen (like Owlship) - it's clear enough what to do if I choose the main line-up (just destroy the appropriate cards and replace them from the main deck). But how does it interact if the event line-up is chosen - specifically if the line-up is temporarily empty? Are they replaced by new cards from the same event set before the event changes? Or do we get a new event before the card finishes resolving - and if THAT is the case, do the "replacement" cards come from the old set or the new?
6) Also regarding those "destroy" cards from Watchmen, when the Blackest Night event is in play (when a non-0-cost card is destroyed, it goes into the event lineup instead) - if I target the event line-up, does anything happen? Let's say I've destroyed a non-hero card with Owlship. Does it just stay in the line-up? Or does it temporarily move to the destroyed pile, get replaced, and then go BACK to the event line-up?
I think that's it for now. Awesome game, we had a ton of fun. Some things wound up a little wonky. :-)
Thanks again!


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ROCK HILL, S.C. - Can love thrive in the harshest, most hopeless circumstances? The Department of Theatre and Dance will grapple with this question during a five-day production of Lee Blessing's political drama "Two Rooms."
The 1988 play runs Oct. 27-30 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. in Johnson Studio Theatre. Directed by theatre major Katherine Halstensgard, "Two Rooms" takes place, as the play's title suggests, in two rooms. One is a cell in Lebanon, where Michael Wells (JT Rider of Sumter, S.C.) is the prisoner of radicals. The other is a home in Washington, D.C., where distraught Lainie Wells (Ann Marie Calabro of Greenville, S.C.) awaits news of her husband's situation.
Blessing's play mixes tense scenes in Lebanon with imagined conversations between Lainie and Michael, both helpless to change their circumstances but able to stay connected. Also starring are Kashaad Kraus (Columbia, S.C.) as Walker, an enterprising reporter, and Julia Benfield (Fort Mill, S.C.) as Ellen, who doles out limited information to Lainie about her husband's situation.
Halstengard noted that although "Two Rooms" was written during the Lebanon hostage crisis, the play is "overwhelmingly relevant to today's world."
"The play may be even more relevant to today's audiences in light of our current position in the Middle East," according to Halstengard. She added that this is the first full-length play she has directed. Halstengard discovered "Two Rooms" as a freshman and she "fell in love with the author's beautiful language, authentic characters and complex circumstances based on contemporary issues."
"Two Rooms" contains mature content. Seating is limited, and no late seating will be permitted after performances start.
Tickets for the Oct. 27-28 shows are $5 w/ Winthrop I.D. and $10/general public, while tickets for all remaining shows cost $8 w/ Winthrop I.D. and $15/general public.
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
"Whatcha do today honey?" "Nuttin"
I heard at the V.I.P. lounge tonight that 90 % of the country's construction is happening here! I guess that's good, I have mixed feelings.
We went to the village today to pay bills and shit, and it gets increasingly hard to navigate down there with all the traffic both cars and foot. We usually can't wait to get back to the 'Burbs'.
Mrs. Barn sent out an update on the beach clean-up project and has gotten a better response than usual. Good job neighbors!
Then I get a phone call,,,, "Barnacle, you want to photograph a pig cutting?"
"Uh,, OK"
Did I mention the new pig farm in Riversdale? I think so.
Well,, turns out the male pigs were to be castrated. And oh lucky me gets to record it all. I have been moaning about the lack of photo ops so I would be remiss to turn down any Kodak moment that happened by, right?
So I was picked up this morning and we go up to the 'farm'.
The owner is new at all this and luckily another neighbor is an old hand at pig farming so he is getting some good advice/instructions.
Me? I'm a city boy. I barely knew pigs had nuts, let alone why you would want to cut them off.
The way it was explained to me is, the males will grow much faster castrated. I assume it's because their minds are no longer on pig pussy, but focused on food. Makes sense.
These guys are about 6-8 weeks old and I am told it is best to do this earlier b ut,, here we go.
They were just enjoying life in pigville when all the sudden these guys come at them with boxcutter razor blades and start slicing at their nut region!
So about now the male readers are winching a bit and the females have already left the blog, cause they know there will be photos.
Well,, here ya go.
Point of note: pigs don't have a ball sac like say,, I do. One that hangs further and further every year. Nope, these guys hide them inside.
So he had to slit the skin and go digging round in there to find the nut and stretch it out.
You may notice this little guy needs his worms addressed!
Ok ok,, I know some of you are saying "Dude, you're harshing my mellow!"
So to ease it back a notch here is a hummer I shot a few days ago.
And if that didn't help ease you back,, maybe this will.
As a kid, whenever I got sick my mom would say: 'Don't worry, son. There's nothing so bad that it can't be fixed with a bottle of cheap Scotch and a couple of hookers'. Or was that the old crusty guy who hung around the schoolyard ? No matter — either way, it's terrific advice.
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- aroundthecorner said...
That was a great photo op down there at the bottom. Glad we didn't miss it, and the pig de-nutting was good also!
- March 17, 2011 at 8:10 PM
- RPM said...
Being a country boy I can tell you the guy in the first pic is holding the pig all wrong, and here's why...
Back in FFA class we all had to have a project for the yearly show. One guy, Willie, chose pigs and of course you have to castrate them. So one day in class we all hop on the bus and ride out to his farm.
The teacher tells Willie to grab the pig and hold him up for the procedure as we all stand around and watch. Willie grabs the pig by the hind legs with the pigs belly toward him (just like in the pic).
Here is where things went horribly wrong. When he lifted the pig up, the little feller took the only defensive action he had and bit down as hard as he could on Willie's nuts. I mean, fair is fair...right?
Not sure who was squealing louder, Willie or the pig. But neither was about let go. We finally managed to stop laughing long enough to get them untangled and fortunately only one of them wound up losing his nuts. We let somebody else hold the pig and Willie got to exact his revenge on the little feller.
So remember class, always pick up your pig with his back to your belly. Your balls will thank you.
- March 18, 2011 at 12:08 AM
1st) OUCH!!!!
2nd) Does she know she has sand in her butt?
- March 18, 2011 at 7:29 AM
- Harley said...
Oh Shit.... RPM, I spilled my Beer and Fell Off my Bar Stool from Laughing My Ass Off so Hard.. Sorry Barn, But sometimes the comments are funnier than the Pic's... Balls are alot tastier if ya let them get Real Big before ya cut em and cook em. 8)
- March 20, 2011 at 9:45 AM


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SOURCE: "Beloved and the New Apocalypse," in The Journal of Ethnic Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring, 1990, pp. 59-77.
In the following essay, Bowers analyzes Beloved in the context of the "long tradition of African-American apocalyptic writing."
Toni Morrison's Beloved joins a long tradition of African-American apocalyptic writing. Early African-American writers believed that "America, after periods of overwhelming darkness, would lift the veil and eternal sunshine would prevail" [Addison Gayle, The Way of the World: The Black Novel in America, 1975]. By the Harlem Renaissance, African-American writers had begun to doubt a messianic age, but the middle and late 1960s saw a return to apocalypticism, emphasizing Armageddon. Many of these works by such writers as John Williams and John Oliver Killens conceived "the longed-for racial battle" as "the culmination of history and the revelatory moment of justice and retribution" [A. Robert Lee, ed., Black Fiction: New Studies in the Afro-American Novel...
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For comparison, here's The Five of Swords in the Rider/ Waite/ Smith deck:
THE FIVE OF SWORDS: I just got out of my "gibbous moon crazies" and thought I'd go for a little bit of humor with The Five of Swords from The Ferret Tarot above. It's drawing is a fun way to represent that sort of childish defiant attitude that is definitely one of the traditional readings for this card.
After I drafted this post, I happened to look at my daily appointment book in which I have a Tarot card entered for each day (from a reading I do regularly that uses the entire deck). The card for today? The Five of Swords. I don't claim this is anything remarkable as I may have unconsciously remembered this. However, one of the great gifts of the Tarot, IMHO, is based in just this sort of helping us to recall ourselves, to nudge us toward home.
I find that fives in general in the Tarot have a sense of "separating one's self from the herd." E.g., during times of emotional and psychological growth, especially in the sword and pentacle fives.
Fear that history may repeat itself.
Can represent someone who's hard to get along with.
An attitude of "get them before they get you."
Envy: one's own, or the effects of others' envy of you on you.
Time to gather your resources (similar to The Ten of Wands).
In a transition: learning to let go of somethings, yet still clinging to others.
Help is being offered. Trust it, stop fighting it off.
Stop wasting your time and energy holding back, and get moving.
The only thing missing for things to change is your full participation.
Reclaiming aspects of self one has projected on to others, or buried under projections from others on to you.
Learning to work with others again.
Learning from others' mistakes; "taking a page from someone else's book."
Reclaiming, or a need to reclaim one's energies from relationships or projects that no longer nourish; reclaiming aspects of self.
Making an idea your own by working creatively with it.
Resource: Tibetan Book of the Dead and The Major Arcana by Cheryl Lynne Bradley. Decades back when I was first studying the Tarot, I also read a Jungian take on The Tibetan Book of the Dead and was struck by resemblances to various cards in The Tarot. So when I recently ran across this article I was delighted.
Please see the top of the sidebar for my background with the Tarot and a recommendation to beginners.
'til next time, keep reclaiming who you are and enjoying The Tarot,
[aka: Patricia Kelly]
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Well, after six months a 'care package' of Top Shelf comics arrived from Portland Oregon!
Thanks Brett! Thanks Chris!
Why it took so long going through the postal service is a mystery.
Maybe someone was busy reading the books before it got to us?
We're going to need to find a place for these and other comics for our archiving program! All in due time.
1980s' classic artist Em Satya (Sopaset, Sovannasam) makes a visit to the 'Our Books' offices to discuss his upcoming graphic novel. French readers may remember his work as 'Nono' in Cambodge Soir.


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June 14, 2013
Checking In
The reason I haven't written since Mother's Day is actually rather simple and completely boring: I've been busy. That isn't to say I've forgotten my readers; I think of you daily, and I even think of writing a post to you at least a couple times a week. This hasn't been the sort of busy that means, "You are no longer my top priority and therefore I am busy." This has been the sort of busy that comes from, "I'm so busy running all over taking care of small but urgent wildfires that I have no time left for the important things in my life like writing blog posts. Or books. Or anything, really."
The truth is that I've been involved in several life-changing situations that have kept me from doing what I want to do, writing books and interacting with my readers. One thing I've been working on is a major update to my website, which I finally uploaded this morning. It's such a big change though, that until the new pages have a chance to propagate (which means spread all over the internet) you may see strange and ugly pages. Keep hitting refresh or go back later to see the pretty pages that I spent six months working on.
I've been getting ready to retire from my day job, and that's taken a lot of time, because in between running around making sure all the financial elements were healthy and in place, my boss decided that in addition to my regular duties I should write a history of our workplace. I've worked there 18 years, and know the history and have lived through more of it than anyone else there, including my now ex-boss.
My writing association talked me into being in charge of their website in January, and they assured my that once the conference was over in February, I would only be doing things for a couple of hours a week. This was true until we had some major difficulties on the site which we are now finally getting on the outside of.
I've been taking some computer classes which have used up more time than expected.
I've got very sensitive lungs, and there was a large mulch fire about thirty miles from my home which burned for the better part of a week. The evening wind shift blew the smoke directly to my home, however, which has made breathing difficult. Although the fire is now out, or at least under control enough that the smoke no longer reaches my home, I'm still coughing and trying to recover from the lungfuls I inhaled. Additionally, two weeks ago I was at the hair salon for a trim, and the place was full of acetone fumes from the nail place next door, making my breathing more difficult. I'll be fine, but it will take a while to fully recover from the fire and the other fumes. Later this month I'm going on a four-day three-night writing retreat up in the clean mountain air. I'm hoping that it will be good for my lungs, as well as being calming for my nerves and a kick-start for my writing.
And finally, I've been working on some changes that will be unveiled here in the near future. Please note that by "near" I really mean "sometime before the end of the year, if all goes well". They're changes that will mean better times ahead for me, and hopefully giving me more time to write and publish books for you to read.
On the book front, progress is still slowly being made on the suspense novel Just a Name, the sci fi novel Mindtouch, and the romantic novella Meet me Midway, all three of which I hope to publish by year's end. At least, that's the plan.
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
So I'm at this art show, and I see this big white piece of canvas with bloody footprints and some splatter marks on it and think to myself, "Hm. Must be a period piece."
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Dating at 30,000 feet
So I tried picking up on some chicks on my flight out here... that was a bad idea... turns out they ALL had baggage....
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Weekly Technique Talk articles
2010 Posted Articles
* NOTE: CHF is owned by a new company and the original website has been closed. Please let me know if you'd like to see details of any of the projects listed below.
Altered Projects
5/21/10: Stamping on Iron-on Transfers for an Altered Purse
Classic Techniques
Coloring Techniques
1/11/10: Watercoloring with Studio Acrylic Paints
6/11/10: Painted Clear Card Sheet Stamped Elements
6/16/10: Painted Clear Card Sheet Sun Catcher (Glossy Accents)
Holiday Projects
2/5/10: Valentine's Scratch-off Lotto Tickets with Bear Essentials
3/19/10: Easter Pennant with Sprint Chicks and More
6/24/10: Friendly Kritters Fabric Holiday Ornament
Stamping Projects
1/15/10: Spring Chicks and More Pinch Box
1/23/10: Athletic Hands Water Bottle Caddy
2/12/10: Faux Stained Glass with Poppy Pair
2/26/10: It's ALL About Glitter
3/26/10: Paper Quilting with Sew Special
4/9/10: Spring Inspired Shaped Cards
4/16/10: Stamped Paper Carnations
4/23/10: Earth Day Envelope Pocket Card with Artsy Blooms
4/30/10: Mother's Day Centers Freesia Pocket Card
5/7/10: Wedge Box with Art Nouveau Backgrounder
5/14/10: Perfect Pearls Background with Fuchsia Tiles
6/4/10: Inky Plaid Cardstock
6/24/10: ATC Gift Tags with Evergreen Holiday
Sunday, September 19, 2010
2010 Cornish Heritage Farms Techniques
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While there has always been an emphasis on improving patient satisfaction, healthcare organizations have become even more concerned with their performance in this area due to recent regulatory changes. Perhaps one of the most challenging issues confronting hospitals is the ability to ensure all clinicians are effectively communicating with their patients. In response, The Sullivan Group designed a scalable training solution to improve every healthcare provider's communication skills, bedside manner, and ultimately their patient satisfaction scores.
The RSQ® Solutions - PatientSET™ Program provides healthcare organizations with a scalable solution to improve clinician-patient communication, the patient experience, and HCAHPS.
Unlike other programs that rely heavily upon a top-down strategy, this comprehensive online training suite ensures that all clinicians are empowered with the interpersonal skills needed to positively impact their bedside manner.
- PatientSET™ Education
- PatientSET™ List
- PatientSET™ Assessment
The PatientSET™ Program mirrors the RSQ® Cycle that has been proven to change clinical behavior and improve patient outcomes over the past 15 years.
RSQ® Online Education - Patient Satisfaction Series
During these online, multimedia courses, Dr. Finefrock and nursing leadership demonstrate correct as well as incorrect clinician-patient encounters. Written by peers, this patient satisfaction library includes specific courses for each role that impacts patient satisfaction, including:
- Providers
- PatientSET™: Introduction for All Healthcare Providers
- PatientSET™: Hospital Best Practice High-Risk Videos
- PatientSET™: Office Best Practice High-Risk Videos
- PatientSET™: Annual Review
- Nurses
- PatientSET™: Introduction for Nurses
- PatientSET™: Nursing HCAHPS & Communication Annual Review for Nurses
- PatientSET™: Healthcare Customer Service for Nurses
- PatientSET™: Annual Review
- Non-Licensed Staff
- PatientSET™: Healthcare Customer Service for Other Employees
PatientSET™ Education Only Pricing: $156/provider; $78/nurse
PatientSET™ List
Providing practitioners with evidence-based, real-time tools is imperative to achieve high performance in all areas of medicine. TSG has distilled all of the teaching elements from its online activities into a concise 10-step bedside checklist for clinicians to reference.
PatientSET™ Assessment
Through this analysis, organizations can provide their clinicians with objective feedback to improve their bedside manner and HCAHPS scores. Trained observers evaluate and capture data points during the actual patient encounter. Ultimately, this data rolls up into a detailed analysis that the patient experience leadership can review periodically to identify specific areas of improvement.
Lack of or insufficient communication is cited in two-thirds of malpractice suits. In addition to the direct impact this program has on patient experience scores, the organization may also notice a reduction in its total liability costs and its frequency of malpractice claims due to lapses in communication.
PatientSET™ Education & Assessment Pricing:
- Organization wide use: $1/admission
- Emergency Department only use: $.50/ED Visit
What our clients are saying
This is a very useful course for very common disease we take care of on a daily basis. I recommend every provider to brush up on it using this clear and concise information for ectopic pregnancy. I have done wound care in the past which was very useful as well.
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After completing the original Epidural Abscess TSG course, only about two months went by until I had diagnosed my first in our ED – in a patient who had a pain pump placement recently. Thank you for refreshing my differential diagnoses list; it saved the patient's life


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In today's fast-faced and electronically-driven world, it is often challenging to manage the stress that comes with our busy schedules and countless responsibilities. It seems that both parents and children alike are busier than ever, and feeling "stressed out" is certainly not a foreign concept. While many factors may be out of our control, there are some key things we can do to help our children manage their stress and make good decisions:
- Healthy identification and expression of emotions: Stress is directly tied to our emotions, and our ability to recognize and understand our own feelings is the first step to being emotionally healthy. Sometimes we inadvertently teach our children that feelings are wrong or bad, and that certain emotions, specifically anger or sadness, should be suppressed rather than addressed. But our emotions serve a purpose, and are there to express a need. When we are sad, we need comfort. When we are afraid, we are seeking the removal of a real or perceived threat. Simply suppressing our emotions can lead to negative outbursts, dysfunctional relationship patterns, and even pathology. Helping your child identify what he is feeling is the first step in producing a healthy adult. If your child is vocal, sit down and talk to her about an emotional reaction you may have noticed. "That must have made you really angry when your sister took your ____." "Were you disappointed that you didn't win the contest?" If your child is younger, or has difficulty expressing himself verbally, you can encourage him to draw a picture of how he's feeling, write it down on paper, or act it out with a puppet. Once you've identified the emotion, remember to express to them that it is okay to have that feeling, but it is what they do with it that is important. "It is okay to be angry with your brother when he breaks your toy, but it is not okay to hit him."
- Help your child develop healthy coping skills: Once your child has learned to recognize what she is feeling when she is feeling it, then she can begin to address it in a healthy manner. Help him brainstorm some healthy ways of responding (rather than reacting) when he does become angry, anxious, etc. Remember that each child is different, and coping skills vary depending upon their personality and temperament. Journaling is an excellent tool, and there are several great resources out there, including The Feelings Book Journal by American Girl. Art and music are also excellent outlets. Or perhaps you have an active child who has trouble sitting still. They may benefit from some simple yoga moves such as downward dog or a cat stretch, or acting out how they would solve their problems as their favorite superhero. Be sure to incorporate slow breathing and keep it light and fun. You may be as creative as you like with these activities, and you may even find that they are both enjoyable and helpful for learning more about your child and developing an even stronger bond.
- Identifying consequences: Every action that we take will lead to either a positive or negative consequence. Help your child recognize that she has a choice of how she may respond to a given situation, and what may happen as a natural or logical result of that choice. Eating too many Oreos will likely result in a stomachache. Finishing homework right away will allow more time for fun activities. If a child understands both the positive and negative consequences of his actions, he is more likely to make good choices even when no one is watching.
The more that your child is able to identify and cope with difficult emotions, the better their ability to manage stress and make healthy decisions that will benefit them in the future. Parenting can be challenging and frustrating, but take heart in knowing that simply taking the time to understand, nurture, and teach your child will make all the difference in helping them become a successful adult. Finally, if you feel that your child is suffering from anxiety and/or depression, please do not hesitate to seek professional help. There are some excellent resources out there for both children and parents, and you do not have to go through it alone.
By Chara Ward, LCSW
Chara Ward is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who currently operates a private practice in San Marcos, CA. She offers counseling services to children, adolescents, and adults. For more information on her practice or to schedule an appointment, please call (760) 410-8021 or visit her website: www.charatherapy.com


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Broome Helicopters have an intimate knowledge and passion for the Kimberley region facilitating the capture of the some majestic scenes in the Tourism WA commercials. Our flights have been crafted over 15 years to include the best of WA's natural wonders and coastal areas offering adventures of a life time. Whether it is a romantic flight with champagne served on a remote beach or a cultural Aboriginal tour stopping at a secret waterhole, Broome Helicopter Services has the right flight for you.
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New Product Launch: What-If Scenario Response Modeling, a New Component of the Algorithm
This article was written by Esther Hanon, a Financial Analyst at I Know First.
I Know First Introduces New Product: a What-If Analysis Scenario Model :
- What-If Analysis provides a new means to which I Know First can find new ways to take capabilities of AI and expand on it.
- To this end, the "What-If Scenarios" tool was intended for institutional investors
- How the "What-If" tool utilizes AI
- Method of gauging market sensitivity to certain events and measuring their responses.


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Why is his work so popular and integral to our culture?
- Shakespeare's work uncannily captures the good and bad in human nature in such a way that even today we can easily relate to the issues and emotions faced by his characters;
- He took (familiar) older stories/poems/myths and reworked plot and /or language in such a way that audiences easily related and understood the passions, challenges, loves, hates,and motives of all his characters - and yet there is nice depth to them;
- Shakespeare was the master of the art of language. He fabricated meaningful and nonsensical words making sure audiences were involved in the performance (and not just those down by the stage), he toyed with puns, curses and saucy slams, and he spoke of the people and to the people with wit, passion, humor, insight and sensitivity.
- Inconsistent writing format: Shakespeare's plays are part verse, part prose. While verse follows a regular, rhythmic pattern (usually iambic pentameter), prose has no rhyme or metric scheme as it is the language of everyday common conversation. This can often make reading Shakespeare more challenging for beginners.
- Helpful hint #1: In modern published editions of his work, each line in a multi-line verse passage begins with a capital letter; while each line in a multi-line prose passage is in lower-case letters, except for the first line or beginning of that passage.
- Helpful hint #2: Shakespeare typically used verse to express deep emotion, share deep insights, inject irony, or simply share a lyrical poem. He typically used prose to relate commonplace discussions, make quick one-line replies, poke fun at characters who lack wit or to suggest madness (in King Lear, Lear speaks almost exclusively in verse for the for half of the play but wavers between verse and prose as the story and his madness progress).
- Artistic liberty: In Shakespeare's time, there were no official English dictionaries. As a result, Shakespeare 'penned' words as he chose to spell and use them, often taking words from Italy, France and other countries. Furthermore, when words did not exist, or could not fitinto the meter of his works, he would make them up (see the next bullet). These 'creative' spellings and word usages make reading his works fun for some, challenging for others.
- New words: William Shakespeare used approximately 17,000 words in his plays, and almost 2,000 of those, were words he 'tweaked' or made up. He did this by changing nouns into verbs, verbs into adjectives, adding prefixes and suffixes, and coining a few all on his own. Consider the following list of fifty plus words that, as far as can be told, were first found in Shakespeare's writing:
accommodation aerial amazement apostrophe assassination auspicious baseless bedroom bump castigate clangor countless courtship critic critical dexterously dishearten dislocate dwindle eventful exposure fitful frugal generous gloomy gnarled hurry impartial indistinguishable invulnerable lapse laughable lonely majestic misplaced monumental multitudinous obscene pendant perusal premeditated pious radiance reliance road sanctimonious seamy sneak sportive submerge trippingly useless
- New compound words: Aside from coining or 're-minting' individual words, Shakespeare combined and connected words never before used together, creating new compound words such as:
barefaced civil-tongue cold-comfort eyesore fancy-free foul-play play-fair green-eyed heartsick high-time hot-blooded lackluster leap-frog laughing-stock itching-palm lie-low long-haired love-affair ministering-angel sea-change short-shift pinch-battle primrose-path snow-white tongue-tied towering passion
- Weird sentence structure: Shakespeare frequently shifted his sentences away from "normal" English arrangements in order to:
- create the rhythm or rhyme he sought;
- use a line's poetic rhythm to emphasize a particular word; or
- give a character his or her own speech pattern and /or to identify his or her social status (i.e. in Romeo and Juliet, the servants and nurse have very different speech patterns from Romeo, Juliet, and their social peers).
How did he do this?
- Look for the placement of subject and verb. Shakespeare often puts the verb BEFORE the subject. For example, in Act 1, Scene 1 in Romeo and Juliet, line 140, Montague says, "Away from light steals home my heavy son." (Instead of "...my son steals home.")
- Sometimes Shakespeare placed the object or adjective before the subject and verb. For example in Act 1 Scene 2 line 4 of Romeo and Juliet, Paris says "Of honorable reckoning are you both."
- Imagery and figurative speech. Shakespeare frequently used literary devices such as:
- Hyperbole (exaggerations);
- Simile (comparing one thing to another using "like" or "as");
- Metaphor ( comparing one thing to another without "like" or "as");
- Oxymorons (combining words opposite in meaning, such as 'freezing fire', usually to startle the audience and make them think);
- Archaic speech. some words used in Shakespeare's plays have fallen into disuse or their meanings have changed. Here are a few:
- anon = straightway
- buckles = small shields
- marry = indeed
- heavy = sorrowful
- o'er = over again
- morrow = morning
Shakespeare Starter Suggestions:
- Find and share his insults. Here is a link to begin: Shakespeare's Saucy Slams
- Start them with the stories, with the magic in the stories, great characters. Some of the easier plays are the ones with a lot of dialogue (and not necessarily the famous soliloquies) such as Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest. Macbeth can be fun for the more morbid kids, kids into witches and high drama.
- Watch classic video clips. Here are a few of my favorites:
- Great slams: Beatrice and Benedick arguing in "Much Ado About Nothing"
- The games people play in (and accepting) love: David Tenant and Catherine Tate in Much Ado About Nothing
- Great motivating speech: Henry V St. Crispin's Day Speech to the troops from Henry V
- On bigotry, antisemitism and revenge; Shylock's monologue from The Merchant of Venice
- On life, living, the seven ages of man, and the 'stage' - from As You Like It
Some additional Shakespeare resources:
- Folger Shakespeare Library
- http://shakespeare-online.com/biography/wordsinvented.html
- http://www.rhymezone.com/g/shakespeare/coinages//
- http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-words/
- http://www.shakespeare-w.com/english/shakespeare/words.html
- http://www.shakespearestudyguide.com/


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Daughter No. 1 stands in the living room, bouncing with excitement on the balls of her feet. "Guess what we learned in history today?" she says, words like a waterfall. "It was so cool!"
She launches into a soliloquy about the failed plot to kidnap Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth's fatal attack in Ford's Theater, and the assassin's dramatic getaway. Somewhere in that cascade of facts came the account of William Seward, the bed-ridden Secretary of State who was assaulted in his home by Lewis Powell, a fellow conspirator of Booth.
"Seward was attacked with a knife and stabbed a bunch of times in the face and neck," she recalls excitedly. "But he had this neck brace on, you see, and it probably saved his life."
Some kids are addicted to Facebook. Others lose themselves in the chaos of Modern Warfare. Not Daughter No. 1. She's one of those rare youth with a passion for learning. To her, the assassination of Lincoln was an event with more suspense and drama than could come from John Grisham and J.K. Rowling, even if the authors were duct-taped together, forced into a dimly lit cell and told to write for their lives.
The bouncing continues, the reliving of that history class. In an unexpected pause between her rush of words, I hold up an index finger to hush the animated child. "I'll be right back," I tell her. "I've got something to show you."
A minute later I place a Cowan's Auctions catalog on the 19th-century farm table that serves as her study desk in the middle of our living room. Face up is a page showing a portrait of Lincoln taken by Alexander Gardner, the president seated in a simple side chair and holding a pair of spectacles. The image, captured in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 9, 1863, is in the form of a carte de visite from the collection of Edward Steers.
Paired with the photo is biographical text about Steers, the consignor of numerous Lincoln-related lots in the sale. "Edward Steers was an expert on the assassination of Lincoln," I say. "This is Cowan's last American history auction, which featured Steers's collection." Flipping through the catalog, past photos of the president and images of Lincoln's cabinet members, I find what I'm looking for.
"This is Seward's family album of CDVs," I say. "Here are images of Steward. And this is an ambrotype believed to be Fanny Seward, the daughter of William Seward."
A brief silence fills the room. A piece of history, made palpable in Mrs. Rodeffer's classroom that morning, has taken face and stares up from the pages of the auction catalog. There is Fanny Seward, in a dark-colored dress with a white lace collar, her hair parted in the middle and pulled back, hands crossed in front of her. She looks sad, more so than the typical unsmiling images that usually characterize 19th-century portraits.
The catalog description adds to the day's lesson:
Fanny Seward (1844-1866), born in Auburn, NY, was given a progressive education and upbringing by her parents, which undoubtedly led her to become an aspiring writer and passionate reader. She maintained a voluminous diary throughout the course of the Civil War, detailing encounters with Pres. Lincoln, foreign diplomats, and other celebrities of the period. Fanny was also present when John Wilkes Booth's fellow conspirator and collaborator Lewis Powell stormed the Seward house, making his way to the bedridden Sec. of State, Seward, and repeatedly stabbing his face and neck. With the efforts of Fanny, her brother Augustus, and a military sentry, they caused Powell to flee the bedroom and home, but before leaving he managed to inflict wounds on everyone present, including Fanny. Although she recovered from the injuries, along with everyone else that was attacked by Powell, within the next 18 months, Fanny lost her mother in June of 1866 to a heart attack, and died of tuberculosis at the age of 21 in October of the same year.
The ambrotype. The story. Suddenly a small dot on the timeline of American history — the attempted assassination of a U.S. Secretary of State — is much more than a paragraph in a history textbook. Now it has breath, supporting characters, consequences. Here is an image of an eyewitness bloodied in the battle to save her father's life. On the facing catalog page, staring out through time, are CDVs of the man who nearly died that day.
The objects make a difference. These aren't just drawings on the glossy pages of a history book. The auction catalog shows actual photographs from that era, when Lincoln still lived, and when the nation remained weakened by war. What's more, these pieces of history were for sale. Anyone with a modest amount of money could have owned them.
Other images in the auction add dimensionality to the story of Lincoln's assassination. There are CDVs of doctors who attended to the president; employees and actors from Ford's Theater; and members of the military who tried the Lincoln conspirators. Real people. Real events.
That's what makes this industry so amazing. It's the stuff we have the honor to see and be stewards of for a while. Amelia Jeffers, president of Garth's Auctions, put it succinctly during a recent conversation. She noted, people can make a living selling everything, even cogs and sprockets, like on The Jetsons, but antiques are different because of the stories connected to those items.
Daughter No. 1 got a history lesson this week, but it didn't entirely occur in the classroom. Welcome to my world, dear. Welcome to the antiques industry.


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A fundamental investigation into brush seal fluid dynamics
This project aims to improve the fundamental understanding of brush seals by making measurements in large-scale, simplified experiments.
Ongoing activities from around the University, including research projects and campus improvements.
This project aims to improve the fundamental understanding of brush seals by making measurements in large-scale, simplified experiments.
The Facility was established in 2016 with an EPSRC strategic equipment grant, to monitor homogeneous chemical reactions in real-time.
We are contributing to the development and construction of Active Buildings, which produce more energy than they use.
Assessing the technical feasibility of producing additively manufactured cooled high-temperature capable radial turbomachinery in nickel superalloys.
We aim to create a new approach of accurately modelling extreme events such as flash floods and to impact building guidelines in flash flood prone areas.
We investigate how engineered aeration of drinking-water supply reservoirs influences the transport and removal of manganese.
Our project will build a highly-modular rig to obtain fluid dynamic and heat transfer data on test pieces subjected to coupled film and internal cooling.
We study the potential of mixed microbial culture (MMC) fermentation as a way to produce precursors for fuel, chemicals and biotechnological processes
A comprehensive analysis of the value of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and how these vary by subject, provider and student characteristics.
Characterising complex chemical mixtures and selective molecule detection.


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September 2018
Antwerp DH Summer School 2018: Processing and Analysing Images
This summer school offers an in-depth and hands-on curriculum to familiarise novice (digital) humanists with the state-of-the-art technologies that are nowadays available to researchers who take an active interest in 'pixel-based' artifacts in the Humanities. Topics for the summer school will include technologies such as XML, IIIF and Handwritten Text Recognition.Find out more »
March 2018
Workshop: Automatic Text Reuse Detection with TRACER
Automatic text reuse detection with TRACER
In this workshop, participants will run text reuse detection analyses on the seven English language Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling, a selection of Harry Potter fanfiction as well as the Harry Potter movie subtitles. The objective of the workshop is not only to practise text analysis with TRACER but also to introduce participants to current strategies and issues in this area of research.Find out more »
November 2017
INSIGHT Launch Event: AI and the Linking of Digital Heritage Data
The recently started BELSPO-funded INSIGHT project (Intelligent Neural Systems as Integrated Heritage Tools) organizes a launch event on 9 November 2017. This event will take the form of an afternoon of plenaries by internationally recognized speakers on topics relating to Artificial Intelligence, Heritage data and Digital Art history.Find out more »
October 2017
INT Workshop Antwerp
A workshop co-organised by DHu.F and INT, and hosted by ACDC at the University of Antwerp. In this workshop, the newly founded Instituut van de Nederlandse Taal (INT) will present itself to the DHu.F community. Detailed description, programme, and the workshop sessions all in Dutch.Find out more »
February 2017
Beckett Digital Manuscript Project Training Workshop
A Workshop on Digital Scholarly Editing, sponsored by the European Research Council (ERC), the Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training Network DiXiT (Marie Curie ITN), and the University of Antwerp; organised by the Centre for Manuscript Genetics.Find out more »
October 2016
DiXiT 3 / ESTS 2016
As digital publications are reaching a stage of maturity and scholarly editors are becoming increasingly aware of the seemingly endless possibilities of hybrid or fully Digital Scholarly Editions, the impact of the digital medium on the field of Textual Criticism has become undeniable. As a result of this 'digital turn', textual scholars are now faced with new challenges and opportunities that have called for a re-evaluation of the field's established theoretical and practical framework. For the thirteenth annual conference of the European Society for Textual Scholarship (ESTS), organized in association with the Digital Scholarly Editing Initial Training Network 'DiXiT', we intend to face this new direction in textual scholarship head-on, by focussing on the recent developments in textual scholarship that are instigated by this reassessment of the theories, practices, and methods of scholarly editing in general, and of the Digital Scholarly Edition (DSE) in particular.Find out more »
Digital Scholarly Editing and Textual Criticism
The production of digital critical editions is a crucial issue for anyone working on texts written in pre-modern times, philologists, historians, philosophers etc. Yet, there are many different practices, and concepts behind the digital representation of a critical apparatus are difficult to grasp. Besides, there are still very little tools supporting the creation and processing of digital critical editions. The workshop includes talks and presentations by philologists and DH specialists introducing and discussing the very nature of critical editions as well as the digital representation of a critical apparatus. Furthermore, the state-of-the-art in terms of automatic collation tools and methods for processing and publishing digital critical editions will be assessed.Find out more »
Complexities of Project Logistics
Typically, editorial projects – digital or non-digital – get funding for a limited time span, and that time span is usually not sufficient to edit and publish the source or body of sources that the project set out to publish. Often, more funding will be sought, but, as technology and time have moved on, and as one can't reasonably just repeat the first grant application, the focus of a follow-up project will be slightly different. In a third step, one may ask for a neighbouring source collection to be included in the project, or a new tool added to the collection, dependent on what funders at that moment in time seem willing to support.
Projects may end up with multiple collections and datasets, digitized according to multiple standards using multiple (sometimes obsolete) technologies. Some may have started out on paper, and have ridden the waves of databases, HTML, CD-ROM, XML, mass digitisation approaches and Linked open data. Even projects that have consistently worked within a TEI framework may have had to ingest documents that use different TEI dialects. These technological complexities may be increased by constraints in overall planning and everyday workflow, including time and budget management, especially if there are cross-institutional collaborations, interdependencies on deliverables, strict deadlines, staff mobility etc. The workshop will discuss these and other complexities of project logistics.Find out more »
The Born Digital Record of the Writing Process: Discussing Concepts of Representation for the Digital Scholarly Edition
The hands-on workshop will introduce participating archivists, philologists and researchers from the humanities into forensic imaging of hard drives, inspection and analysis of forensic images. Two phases of analysis of the process will be covered during the workshop: a) forensic imaging, triage and preservation of hard drives in the archive and b) philological recovery of textual versions of a writing process from a digital forensic image (mounting, inspection of temporary files, undelete, file carving, drive slack analysis, timeline analysis, grep) and by low-level inspection of files (fast save artifacts, RSID-tags). Depending on participants' interest other scenarios, e.g. cloud services, can also be addressed. To avoid legal issues, participants will work with forensic images created for this workshop's training purposes with Christian Moch's Forensig forensic image generator (Moch 2009, Moch Freiling 2009).Find out more »
September 2016
Antwerp Summer Academy in DH 2016
Demystifying Digitisation: A Hands-On Master Class in Text Digitisation
This two-day workshop offers the perfect opportunity to become better acquainted with some of the main concerns that need to be addressed at the outset of both mass- and ad hoc digitisation projects. The core of the our programme exists of two half-day workshops on software packages that may help the researcher automate some aspects of the transcription process. The first will deal with ABBYY, still one of the best software packages around for OCRing digitised print materials. Focusing on the software's possible advantages and pitfalls, this workshop will show the participants how to prepare their documents in order to achieve the best OCR results. The second workshop will introduce Transkribus, a software package that has recently made great advancements in optically recognising characters in handwritten materials. The programme will be completed by four (interactive) sessions on related topics that will be organised around these workshops.Find out more »


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To think, to love and to act
Since January 2016, we wrote 300+ articles in English and French about today's world in transition and our lives wellbeing in astro-tarology.com. That site objectives are to seek the truth behind main and alternative medias, and save us from enslavement by resisting collective manipulations. Some articles became viral, such as:
Cracking The Rothschild Code – Who Are Those Billionaires Ruling The World And Our Lives – 2010-2025: Our World In Transition – The Only Thing We Have To Hope Is … The Hope Itself – The 12 Heroes And You
The readership has grown exponentially in two substantial groups: (1) those interested in the world and our lives, and (2) those interested in soli-lunar horoscopes. Time has come to give each group its own forum. From now on, this site ("MHGA") will take over topics about the world and our lives, while astro-tarology.com will continue with its daily horoscopes.
Moreover, MHGA will become an online and offline forum for those who are motivated to seek light, harmony and freedom, which requires the ability to mediate opposites. Growing to a higher awareness level always starts with improving our self-knowledge. Getting out of our habits and conditionings will prevent our enslavement and increase our Harmonious survival chances.
In light and harmony, Serge Bernard


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Lab Overview
Welcome to the Murray Lab
Research in the lab, led by John D. Murray, focuses on investigating the dynamics and function of neural circuits, and their dysfunction in psychiatric and neurological disorders. To investigate these issues, we develop modeling, theoretical, and data-analytic approaches to systems neuroscience, in close collaboration with experimentalists. We build biophysically-based neural circuit models that span levels of scale and complexity, ranging from detailed microcircuitry supporting cognitive function, to large-scale brain dynamics. Furthermore, we leverage computational insights from models to advance the study of disorders such as schizophrenia, in a framework for Computational Psychiatry.
Lab News
- John Murray and Alan Anticevic have edited a new book (with much gratitude to the exceptional contributors!), Computational Psychiatry: Mathematical Modeling of Mental Illness. [Link]
- Markus Helmer (postdoc) has been awarded a DFG Research Fellowship from the German Research Foundation. Congratulations, Markus!
- Norman Lam (Physics PhD student) has been awarded a Graduate Scholarship from the the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. Congratulations, Norman!
- The lab has been awarded its first R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.
- Special Issue in Biological Psychiatry on "Cortical Excitation-Inhibition Balance and Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders" (Edited by Alan Anticevic and John Murray) [Link]
- The Murray Lab was awarded a collaborative grant, with the Anticevic Lab, from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) [Link]


text: As far as I know, Freels Drug Store had two locations; one in Kingsport on Broad Street (opened in 1935), and one in downtown Morristown on Main Street (opened in 1949). When I was a kid, I'd hit the Freels in Morristown for a grilled cheese sandwich and a Coke (both for 25 cents) before going to the Princess Theatre to see the Saturday matinee of an oater and a serial. This paint up, somewhat interrupted, on a barn on Sullivan Gardens Parkway, just outside Kingsport, is still there, as of this posting date.


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Playfair - an alliance of world trade unions - has condemned "severe workers' rights violations" in four Chinese factories ahead of the Beijing games.
The group said it found abuses at the factories - licensed to make official Olympic caps, bags and stationery.
Companies cited in the report have denied the allegations.
International Olympic Committee said it supported ethical practices.
But in Britain, where the IOC is due to meet on Tuesday, trade unionists said tougher action was needed to make sure that the 2012 Games in London were not tarnished by similar accusations.
Investigators' report - entitled "No medal for the Olympics on labour rights" - cites "gross violations of basic labour standards... including adult wages at half the legal minimum, employment of workers as young as 12 years old".
It also highlights alleged labour rights violations, such as forced overtime, workers being instructed to lie about wages and conditions to outside inspectors and poor health and safety conditions.
BBC visits factories
Guy Ryder, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, said: "It brings shame on the whole Olympics movement that such severe violations of international labour standards are taking place in Olympics-licensed factories."
The IOC said it did not have direct control over merchandise companies - but that host cities were expected to follow guidelines on fair labour standards.
An IOC statement said: "The IOC is committed to being a socially responsible leader of the Olympic Movement that takes care of the Olympic brand in the best way possible.
"It matters to us is that sourcing is done ethically."
The BBC visited two of the factories named in the report, and managers denied the claims.
Lekit Stationery, is a Taiwanese company which has been operating in the city of Dongguan, in Guangdong Province, for the last 20 years. It is making paper cups, notebooks and stickers adorned with Olympic motifs.
The report accused the company of employing children and forcing them to work up to 13 hours a day.
"It's not true," company manager Michael Lee told the BBC. "We work for some of the best brand names in the world and they check our company every month."
He said the factory's 420 workers earned a basic monthly salary of about 700 yuan ($91; £46) and overtime was paid at time and a half.
'Good living environment'
Mainland Headwear Holdings, on the outskirts of the city of Shenzhen, also denied any wrongdoing.
Production director Samuel Wai told the BBC: "We follow all the government regulations here so I'm not sure where these complaints have come from.
"Employees here enjoy a very good living environment and working conditions."
The BBC spoke to some of the employees who live in the apartment buildings outside the factory, who agreed with Mr Wai's assessment.
Another company named in the report was Eagle Leather Products in Guangdong, which makes Olympics-branded bags.
Most workers were obliged to work 30 days per month, the report said, with forced overtime.
The Associated Press news agency reached the factory, speaking to a woman who identified herself only as Ms Chang.
"I cannot agree with the report," she said.
"Our plant is making bags for the Olympics. Our working hours are 8am to 6pm - no extended hours, no child labour."
Sun Weide, a spokesman for the Beijing Olympic Games Organising Committee said he had not read the report, but added: "When we sign an agreement with a firm they have to make a commitment that they will completely honour China's Labour laws and regulations."
China does not allow child labour, he added.
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I need to venture into a thorny subject for a moment.
One of the short stories I'm working on involves a hero who finds himself in trouble for doing the right thing. It's in a high-fantasy setting. Most medieval-style stories feature beggars and extreme poverty; so I've been researching how social safety-nets, social work, and intervention function in order to integrate them into the setting.
Some key bits of world-building I'll have to address include:
- What are the social ills the organization seeks to address?
- What is the motivation for creating the organization? (Religion was a big one in those days.)
- How are members of the organization selected and trained?
- Where does the funding come from?
Issues That Social Safety-Nets Address:
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs – describes different human needs and which ones are the most important, from food and shelter all the way up to personal growth.
- Anthony Hassan discusses what it's like to be a social worker for the military. "What makes it easier for them to practice is that they have instant credibility because they wear the uniform and because they live the lifestyle."
- Charity in the Middle Ages: Discusses how ideology of charity became institutionalized, some known charitable organizations (Hospitallers of Saint John, Teutonic Order, Trinitarians, etc) in the dark ages, and who benefited from these charities (the poor, sick, orphans, widows, prostitutes, etc.) The most fascinating tidbit was that these organizations were never centralized because the church couldn't figure out how to fit them into the bureaucratic clergy. Priorities, guys…
- Government Welfare Programs in Ancient Rome: Including corn reserves, food stamps, and subsidized education.
Fictional Examples:
- Excision, by Scott H. Andrews: A fascinating fantasy tale where healers are the heroes, and disease the enemy.
- Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy touches on child abuse. In an interview, Weeks mentioned that his wife had been working with abused children when he began writing the series.
Any resources I missed? Have you read other fantasy stories with social safety-nets? Share in the comments.


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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town is one of those must be at fashion events on South Africa's social calendar. It was held at what has become the home of Cape Town Fashion Week, the Cape Town International Convention Center, and it marked the tenth anniversary of event.
Here's a look at some of the amazing men's spring/summer trends:
Adriaan KuitersAdriaan Kuiters' collection consisted out of simple structured elements in neutral tones – this is a great collection to build onto by accessorising or mixing in different items form your existing wardrobe.
Key Trends: neutral colours, leather sandals, simple tailoring, statement bags and backpacks.
Craig PortThe Craig Port collection showcases a variety of different styles that included edgy rocker elements, swimwear, and tailored suiting – this is great an all-round modern collection that is perfect for summer.
Key Trends: graphic prints Ts, slim-fit suits and tailoring, edgy leather items and skimpy men's swimwear.
CSquaredCelebrating their tenth anniversary, CSquared showed an amazing collection filled with colour and prints – their use of vivid prints and bright colours along with perfect tailoring is what makes this a must have spring/summer collection for any fashion-forward man.
Key Trends: vivid prints, brightly coloured pants, bright leather and suede shoes, bowties, statement blazers, and statement neckerchiefs and brooches.
David TaleDavid Tlale's spring/summer collection for men featured strong Arabic inspired styles that included draped pieces along with key tailored elements. This collection is definitely aimed at men that's not afraid to showoff their flair for fashion.
Key Trends: draped elements, Arabic inspired styles, bright suede and leather loafers, and statement neck pieces.
Dax MartinSouth Africa's best-love underwear and swimwear designer, Dax Martin, showcased their latest men's spring/summer swimwear pieces – and guys you will have to be hitting the gym more often if you want to pull off these skimpy bathing suits.
Key Trends: bright prints, small-cut swimwear, and board shorts.
FabianiFabiani's collection featured their signature tailored fashion in a laidback yet sophisticated style. Fabiani is one of those designers whose fashion will work for any man in any scenario – an exhalent all-round spring/summer collection.
Key Trends: tailored elements, pops of colour, neckerchiefs and bowties, statement socks, and sporty inspired trends.
Ruald RheederThe Ruald Rheeder collection featured a great versatile range of trends, form tailored suits to perfect summer items and even some great swimwear pieces – this is a great all-round collection for guys that love colour in their day to day wardrobe.
Key Trends: tailored suiting, cropped pants, bowties, pastel cardigans, skimpy swimwear, and pops of colour.
Spero VilliotSpero Villioti's collection incorporated some great men's swimwear items – their use of patterns is bang on trend for summer 2012.
Key Trends: graphic prints, slim-fit swimwear, and simple summer accessories.
StratoThe Strato collection featured some great pops of colour and items that can easily be integrated into your casual spring/summer wardrobe.
Key Trends: pops of colour, cropped pants, dungarees, and graphic Ts.
Viyella HeritageViyella Heritage's collection is great for spring/summer 2012, they incorporated loads of colour into their tailored items and their accessories will be the perfect finishing touch to your spring/summer look.
Key Trends: bright colours, tailored elements, sporty styles, and great accessories.
Make sure you incorporate some of these great trends form Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Cape Town into your look to ensure an on trend style this spring/summer. For more info on MBFW follow them on Twitter @MB_FashionSA.
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Run-a-Muck Mud Run
(Dave/Maddie, Harris/Rebecca, me/Mike, Brenda/Bill)
Saturday we joined some friends and did a crazy 5k 'mud' run. We decided to enroll as costumed teams - what were we thinking :) We had a blast! The guys were the hit. People kept coming over to get pictures of them.


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Roadrunners Announce Partnership With Pima Federal Credit Union
By: Tucson Roadrunners
October 12, 2017 2:42 PM
TUCSON, AZ – The Tucson Roadrunners, proud American Hockey League affiliate of the Arizona Coyotes, shared information regarding a new partnership with Pima Federal Credit Union today.
Pima Federal Credit Union will serve as the presenting sponsor of the "Little Saver of the Game" and the "Honor Row" at Roadrunners home games this season.
The "Little Saver of the Game" will honor youth account members of Pima Federal Credit Union, rewarding the selected member with $1 on behalf Pima Federal and an additional $1 from the Roadrunners for each save made by a Tucson goalie this season.
"Our Pima Federal team is very excited about our partnership with the Tucson Roadrunners for the 2017-18 season,"Pima Federal Credit Union Director of Marketing Jennifer Overpeck said. "We understand the importance of teaching kids how to save at a young age and want to recognize teachers in our community who are dedicated to helping our youth have a bright financial future. We are proud to partner with a local organization that shares our commitment to making a positive impact in the Tucson community."
"Honor Row" will recognize an outstanding educator of the community, selected by Pima Federal. The individual(s) will be personally invited to a Roadrunners game and be treated to a VIP experience, including unique pregame access.
"The Roadrunners are proud to partner with Pima Federal Credit Union for numerous reasons," Roadrunners President Bob Hoffman said. "We believe their priorities are very similar to ours, specifically in an effort to making a positive impact on our community and rewarding the educators shaping the children of our future."
Tickets for all 33 remaining Roadrunners home games, including Craig Cunningham Jersey Retirement Ceremony Night on Friday, October 27 at Tucson Arena, are on sale now and can be purchased by clicking HERE or visiting the Tucson Convention Center box office.
About Pima Federal Credit Union
In 1951, sixteen teachers pooled together $84 in deposits and founded our credit union with the common purpose of helping people. To this day, our common purpose still exists. We stay true to our roots as a not-for-profit financial cooperative whose main focus is providing the highest possible value to our membership in the simplest way. Our company culture is built on the simple notion that a great financial institution is about relationships and not transactions. In addition to seven financial center locations, Pima Federal welcomes members to its Home Loan Office at 6840 North Oracle Road. We're here for our members and we thrive by delivering on our value promise of Smart. Simple. Personal. For more information, please visit www.pimafederal.org.


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Do you have a question related to the current real estate market? Need some advice on fixing up your place before selling? Or maybe you just want to share a personal experience.
Well whatever it is here's your chance, just use the form below! All answered questions will be posted or emailed directly to you!


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Kids on the Creek (Debra Fields, Amanda Wells, Jeri Katherine Howell) is for kids ages 4 to 10. Kids will get an introduction to a wide range of Appalachia folk arts and cultural traditions including singing, storytelling, music, visual arts and square dancing. Expect lots of hands-on fun and something different every day. Tuition is $150, with full scholarships available, especially for local kids, families with more than one child attending the school or any other financial need.
There are additional workshops & music for kids in the afternoons, as well.
2019 Registration Form 2019 Youth Scholarship form


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Rotherham resident wins big with Your AccountPublished Tuesday, 13th May 2014
One local resident has won big, and simplified her life, thanks to a new online feature offered by the Council.
The Council launched their new online service "Your Account" in December and offered one lucky resident who signed up the opportunity to win a new iPad mini, donated by Gandlake Ltd, the technology company which supports "Your Account".
Winner Emmeline Samoluk of Wath-upon-Dearne, was one of over 6,000 customers who registered for the service, and was told of her lucky win by Council Project Manager Rob Savage.
When she collected her prize Emmeline said: "I was absolutely thrilled when I received the call from Rob telling me I had won the iPad.
"I was in shock at first because I have never genuinely won anything and this was a fantastic prize. I have told all my family, friends and colleagues at work and will be getting them to use this great service."
When asked how she found out about "Your Account" Emmeline added: "I was on the Council website looking for information about my Council Tax and saw that I could register for an online account.
"This is always something that I look out for because I find accessing services online easier and available 24/7 which helps me strike the balance between home life and work.
"Your Account meets all my expectations and I can do everything I want to in relation to my Council Tax. I no longer have to use my lunch breaks to phone the Council about any questions I have and I can check to see when my payments are due and ensure they are paid from the comfort of my own home.
"If I need to check at one o'clock in the morning I can do it now; the service is great and I would highly recommend it to everyone, even those who are a little apprehensive about online services, it is that simple."
John Gandley, Gandlake's Managing Director, added: "The team at Rotherham have been doing a fantastic job promoting the new online service.
"Over 6,000 registrations in such a short space of time demonstrates just how popular the web has become for residents who want to access local government services."
Your Account is similar to online banking and allows customers to see the payments that have been made to their Council Tax, Benefits and Business Rates accounts, view their balances, make changes to their account details and get updates via email instead of post.
Customers will soon be able to access even more services via "Your Account", including joining the Library, downloading free e-books and renewing library books.
There will also be more chances to win some fantastic prizes when you register for Your Account. You can find out more and register for "Your Account" here on the website.


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Club Weekly Tee Times
Tournament Schedule
Arnie's Match Play 2019
Handicap Review
Palmer Club Membership
Club Prospectus
Arnie's Page
In Memoriam Page
2019 Season President's Letter
Remembering Palmer: Reflecting on the King
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Club Name Pays Homage to "The King"
In 1989 Arnold Palmer was given the daunting assignment of turning a nondescript former onion and garlic farm into a championship golf course to be part of the Dayton Valley Country Club Community. Mr. Palmer made about a half-dozen trips to Dayton to oversee the design and construction of the golf course. His design partner Ed Seay had a more frequent role in the supervision of the project.
The golf course opened for play on May 15, 1991 with an official Grand Opening to be presided over by Mr. Palmer with an 18-hole golf exhibition and reception scheduled in the fall. On the morning of October 22, 1991 the famed Lear Jet with the umbrella logo below the cockpit was expertly landed on the Dayton Valley airstrip piloted by none other than the King himself.
Although a seasoned, expert pilot this was no small accomplishment for "Arnie" as average wind speeds on the day were near 80 miles per hour with consistent gusts of over 100 miles per hour.
Needless to say there was not any golf exhibition played that day under those horrific high wind conditions. And sadly, the King has not ever played the golf course and it may be the only one of his designs that he hasn't played. However, it has not deterred Palmer from asserting in subsequent interviews that he feels Dayton Valley is one of his finer pieces of design work and he wishes it would receive more recognition on the national and world golf stage. He did say that being a host site for PGA Tour and Web.com Tour Qualifying tournaments for an ongoing record number of consecutive years is clear validation of the quality of the championship layout.
The men's golf club at Dayton Valley is honored to pay homage to one of the all-time greats of golf and a true gentleman with the name "Dayton Valley Palmer Club". We vow to continue the tradition and uphold the values the Palmer name signifies and see that the Dayton Valley Golf Course will always continue to maintain Arnie's high standards. Your legacy will live forever within our hearts Mr. Palmer.
Palmer Club President and golf writer Larry Windsor interviews Mr. Palmer at ArrowCreek Country Club in 1999, one of the King's last visits to the Reno-Tahoe-Carson area. Palmer shared many fond thoughts and memories about his design at Dayton Valley Golf Club despite never being able to personally play the completed work.


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I recently recorded a song I wrote in October. A huge thanks to my friends Klynn Bagaco, Rusty Epstein, and Anibal Yossimar Guzmán, who recorded it. Give it a listen, and let me know what you think!
"Jack of Hearts"
Cigarette smoke spirals slow
Through the boneyard of blanched corn;
As the fey moon rises low
And starts adorn, love is sworn.
Mouthless moths with hunger slaked
In the ghost-fires of taillights,
Follow powdered hearts that ache
For this night, for this night.
Come, Jack of Hearts,
Here, where it all starts.
And come, Jack of fire,
Take me, mad with desire.
And come, Jack of green,
Bold in dark-wash jeans.
And come, Jack of mine,
Crowned in oak and woodbine,
Jack of mine.
I was born of dying day,
Ocean-wrought and seashore spun;
You from fields of fringe and blaze,
And rising sun, you're the one.
So, lay the cards, love, facing down,
Diamond ace and scarlet deuce.
Six hearts flutter to the ground,
Tumbling loose, tumbling —
As the briar and the rose,
May our heartbeats entwine,
Blooming blood as love grows:
Eglantine, eglantine…
Come, Jack of Hearts,
Here where it all starts.
And come, nameless Jack,
Through the gold tamaracks.
And come, Jack of truth,
All bright-eyed with youth.
And come, Jack of mine,
Evergreen as the pine,
Jack of mine.


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Summer Fun & Games: Treasured Time Capsules
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Summer Fun & Games: Treasured Time Capsules Drop by and create a vintage craft to take home during the final Summer Fun & Games program. Capture your favorite summer memories to keep in a Treasured Time Capsule. Bring blanket and picnic lunch to enjoy on the lawn. Best for kids ages 3-12, with adult.