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Have questions about stone? We have answers.
In all modesty, weve learned quite a bit about stone in our
13 years in the business. And were happy to share our knowledge
with you. Here are some of the questions we hear a lot.
What type of stone is flagstone?
What is the difference between flagstone and pavers?
What is the most popular stone you sell?
How is stone sold?
How do I determine how much stone I need?
Can I mix different stones in my walkways or walls?
Is it possible for me to cut stone?
I need sand or gravel for the sub-base. Where do I get that?
Can you deliver the stone I choose for my project?
What type of stone is flagstone?
Flagstone is not a particular type of stone. Rather, it refers to any stone that splits into flat pieces, usually irregular in shape.
What is the difference between flagstone and pavers?
Flagstone implies a flat stone that is irregular in shape and pavers refers to a flat stone that has been cut or broken into some rectangular or square shape.
What is the most popular stone you sell?
Thats an easy one: Bluestone, a hard sandstone from Pennsylvania and New York. It comes in many different forms and sizes, has a very warm color palette of greens, browns and blues, and naturally has a very flat cleft surface. And considering the stones quality and durability its very reasonably priced. We sell 3,000 to 4,000 tons each year!
How is stone sold?
Irregular shapes are sold by weight, either by the pound or by the ton. Stone that has been cut into measurable, dimensional shapes is sold either by the square foot or by the cubic foot.
How do I determine how much stone I need?
For patio surfaces, you need to know the square footage (length x width). For drystack walls, you need the cubic footage (length x height x thickness). We can then determine, based on the type and thickness of stone you select, how much youll need.
Can I mix different stones in my walkways or walls?
You bet. Blending different origins of stone is becoming a popular way to tailor the color palette of the installation. Stones with rounded or weathered edges and faces to add a little instant aging to a primary stone that may have sharp edges. Older rubble stone walls common on the East Coast and in Europe were often constructed with material from multiple sources. Our rule of thumb: if it looks good, do it!
Is it possible for me to cut stone?
Yes. Precise cuts on smaller pieces can be done on a diamond tile saw. Larger pieces can be cut with a power saw fitted with a diamond blade. You can rent these saws from a tool rental store.
I need sand or gravel for the sub-base. Where do I get that?
We sell a sub-grade product called Paver-lay, a one-step cross between sand and gravel. It packs hard, water goes right through it, and we can deliver it in 50-pound or 3,000-pound super bags along with your stone.
Can you deliver the stone I choose for my project?
Sure can. Delivery costs are based on which area of Puget Sound you live in. Our trucks can haul up to 14 tons in a single load.


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Thursday, November 06, 2008
More Bike Tattoos
I've mentioned bike tats in the past but they seem to be growing in popularity. Check out some of these "bad boys" from Wired
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Queen Victoria Street and Queen Street, Mansion House
Want to encourage red-light jumping in cyclists ? Then why not create a set of cycle traffic lights where the cyclists only get one green-light for every two green-lights that the rest of the traffic and the pedestrians get. Guaranteed to either make people think that the lights are broken or just infuriate them that they're regarded as less important than everyone else.
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One Thing – Ninfa
Is Ninfa, as is so often claimed, the most romantic garden in the world? Click here to hear my view One Thing – Ninfa Latest in my (visually slightly dodgy) video series on gardens of the world, and the one thing they do best. Why not join me later this year when I next visit


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Obama Hails the 'Miami Heats'
(MIAMI) -- Unfazed by a partisan spat sparked by his comment on former Red Sox player Kevin Youkilis, President Obama Tuesday night opined on a professional sports team again, publicly praising the NBA champion Miami Heat at a campaign fundraiser in the city.
The only problem this time was that Obama mispronounced the name of the team -- referring to it as the "Miami Heats."
At the top of his remarks at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Obama said his public recognition of dignitaries and special guests would be "incomplete if I did not congratulate the city of Miami for having the world champion Miami Heats here in town."
"You guys earned it," Obama said as the crowd applauded.
"And since one of my favorite people is [sic] Alonzo Mourning is here and Tracy Mourning," he added. "I just want to give them a special shout out. Alonzo looks like he can still play. Hasn't aged a bit … looks the same, except he doesn't have a flat top."
Mourning, 42, spent 15 years in the NBA playing longest for the Miami Heat.
At an event in Boston on Monday night, Obama ribbed donors for the trade of beloved Red Sox third baseman Youkilis to his adopted hometown team the Chicago White Sox: and the crowd ribbed him right back.
"Boston, I just want to say, thank you for Youkilis," Obama told the crowd, drawing a mix of boos -- which Team Obama claimed were "Youks!" -- and laughter. "I'm just saying, he had to change the color of his socks."
The remark drew a rebuke from Republicans, who seized on the boos as a sign of Obama's alleged insensitivity to his audiences.
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'Like stars upon some gloomy grove'
I know I've used that quote before but I love it and it seems particularly appropriate just now. It's been so murky here I've needed lights on in the car and in the house all day long. I might just as well have kept the curtains drawn. About half an hour ago I had reason to step outside and was struck by the beauty and profusion of the winter jasmine. It's quite tightly clipped all around a window and positively shone in the gloom. Earlier, being vexed by things, I didn't even notice it but then it lifted my spirits and I hope it does yours. Happy St Nicholas' Day.


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Youth Tour
Youth Tour
What is the Government-in-Action Youth Tour?
Every June, as many as 1,500 high school students from across the country spend a week in the nation's capital as part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. The students are sponsored by electric cooperatives – cooperatives that are committed to educating America's rural youth about America and the role electric cooperatives play in developing strong rural communities.
Participating in the Youth Tour is an awesome way to learn about this great nation, develop leadership skills, gain a better understanding of electric cooperatives, and make friendships that will last beyond the week!
Youth Tour 2017
Students Represent MEC in Washington, D.C. at National Electric Youth Tour
Four area high school students, representing Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (MEC), joined a recordsetting group of 1,800 students from 46 states for this year's 53rd annual National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Youth Tour.
Local students sponsored by MEC were Jackson Combs, son of Kerrie and Mark Combs of Emporia; Aajaylah (Jai) Goodwyn, daughter of Felicia Smith of Lawrenceville; Griffin Martin, son of Beth and Chris Martin of Bracey; and Jared St. John, son of Holly and Terry St. John of Chatham. Accompanied by MEC chaperone, Brian Morris, they spent a week learning about America's electric cooperatives and the critical importance of participating in our legislative process.
The large delegation discussed key issues in today's electric industry and interacted with fellow students in valuable team-building programs. During a visit to Capitol Hill, MEC students met with Kevin Reynolds, chief of staff for Rep. Tom Garrett, and enjoyed a guided tour of the Capitol Building. Throughout the week, participants enjoyed touring numerous historical monuments and cultural sights.
"I greatly appreciate the opportunity to go to Washington, D.C.," says Combs, "and meet new people. I learned that Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative is a not-for-profit and also a lot about how government works."
"Before I went on this trip, I did not know there are so many electric cooperatives across the United States," says Goodwyn. "The places we went and the people we met on Youth Tour changed my perspective on government and leadership from negative to positive." As part of the NRECA-sponsored National Youth Tour, all state groups were challenged and encouraged by inspirational speakers. This year's agenda included Mike Schlappi, a four-time Paralympic medalist and two-time world wheelchair basketball champion, who shared his inspiring message, "Just because you can't stand up, doesn't mean you can't stand out!"
"This week is always such a great opportunity for our students," says Morris, who has accompanied MEC's Youth Tour participants for the past 15 years. "This experience helps prepare them for their futures and challenges their participation in our country's grass roots political system that led to the development and growth of electric cooperatives across rural America nearly 80 years ago. After touring our nation's capital, meeting congressional representatives and learning first-hand about how our government operates, they return home with a knowledge that is experienced by few at this age, and further, they have made memories that will last a lifetime."
For more about the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour, visit www.youthtour.coop.
Each spring Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative sponsors students on an educational tour of Washington, D.C., at the National Electric Cooperative Youth Tour. Those selected to attend this year are (from left) Griffin Martin of Bracey, Jared St. John of Chatham, Jackson Combs of Emporia and Aajaylah (Jai) Goodwyn of Lawrenceville.
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Agenda for regional meeting at RCDS
Rye Country Day School
November 19, 2015
Mark your calendar to join us for an active discussion focused on student-driven partnerships. Hear from a panel of students, educators, and community members who have developed sustainable, reciprocal school partnership programs. Also learn about RCDS's Public Purpose Committee: a committee of teachers and administrators that meets regularly throughout the year as a forum for cultivating faculty engagement in public purpose and partnerships through a structured peer collaborative feedback process.
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Hello, my dear readers! I am following the footsteps of our very own HannahCassie and today will be doing my own Harry Potter Tag! (if you haven't seen her tag yet, please go check it out).
Why, you might ask? Well, because I simply live and breathe Harry Potter (strange for a person my age, but I do not care)!
So without no further hesitation, let's start the tag!
Why, you might ask? Well, because I simply live and breathe Harry Potter (strange for a person my age, but I do not care)!
So without no further hesitation, let's start the tag!
1. Favorite Book:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets! I know a lot of fandom does not like this book, but I love it. In this book we are given a little bit of Voldemort's background, and I enjoy the part with Ginny and the diary. I've read this one the most times of all I think, I just love it.
Also I would have to say that the Goblet of Fire, goes hand in hand with the Chamber of Secrets for me!
I think these are my favorite books. Chamber of secrets because of Tom Riddle and Goblet of fire because of the tournament and Cedric Diggory!
2. Favorite Movie:
Would also have to be Chamber of Secrets / Goblet of Fire and maybe Prisoner of Azkaban.
3. Least Favorite Book:
Order of Phoenix. I read it a number of years ago but I remember just wanting for it to end. It did not do much for me.
4. Parts of the books/movies that made you cry:
There are actually few of them. I am a cryer in general so Harry Potter made me shed more than one tear!
a. Dumbledore's death! When they all put their wands up and the saddest tune plays....cried for days!
b. Sirius Black dying. Also cried for hours because he was just such a wonderful character!
c. When Harry finally saw how Lily and James looked like.
Hmm, I really have to think about this one! I think I can't pick just one because there are so many of them which I like and can relate to. Of course Harry and Hermione are two them! I would probably also say Ron, just because he has a crazy family and I can so relate to that :D I also like Professor Trelawney and Viktor Krum and Cedric Diggory a lot.
6. Favourite villain?
Dolores Umbridge. Hate her to bits.
A for sure. Angry Molly Weasley is beyond scary!
8. What would your Patronus be?
A wolf. Let me explain why. My dad's nickname is Wolf or in Lithuanian 'Vilkas' and my dad is always protecting my brother and me. So my Patronus is a wolf, just like my dad always protecting me.
I however, took the Pottermore test to see what was my Patronus and I got Dun Stallion, which I am very happy with as well because I love horses and I always thought it's my spirit animal!
9. If you could have the Resurrection Stone, Invisibility Cloak or the Elder Wand which one would you choose?
Invisibility Cloak for sure! Imagine all the pranks and the cool things you could do!
10. What House would you be in?
I also think I'd be good in Gryffindor, and I look killer good in red :D But I took the Pottermore test and it placed me in Ravenclaw, and honestly, I believe with my wittiness, Ravenclaw is the home for me.
11. If you could meet any member of the cast who would it be?
Alan Rickman. He was a brilliant actor, brilliant professor Snape and I am forever in sadness that I never had the chance to meet him.
12. If you could bring one character back to life, which would it be?
Either Cedric Diggory or Sirius Black.
13. If you were on the Quiddich team which position would you play?
I'd be a Chaser.
14. Which class would be your favorite?
Herbology and Charms.
15. How much does Harry Potter mean to you?
It means - a happy and adventurous childhood. My friends and I made our own Hogwarts and it was the best time ever! I had issues when I was a kid and a teenager, at one point I didn't have friends but Harry Potter was always with me and always taught me so many things! As I said, when my three of my friends and I decided to establish our own Hogwarts we had everything in it - classes, uniforms, wands, we even made up magical names :D I'm not going to give my other friends names but mine was Annabelle Wicked. Do you see how far into the Wizard world these books took us? I can only hope that other generations will also have something similar, because I am so proud to be a Harry Potter Generation Kid!


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My husband was embarrassed, but agreed to drive the "getaway" car. Since I am my mother's daughter, I went boldly into the setting sun and found these terracotta pots - FREE -FREE - FREE!
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Netflix (and Lorelei Gilmore herself, Lauren Graham) finally confirmed the "Gilmore Girls" revival which was first reported back in October of last year! Check out their tweets below.
I CAN NOW CONFIRM: it's time for me, and this jacket I stole in 2007, to return to work.@netflix #GilmoreGirls pic.twitter.com/tBb07J9oO1
— Lauren Graham (@thelaurengraham) January 29, 2016
OY with the poodles, already! See you on set, Amy Sherman-Palladino, @thelaurengraham @alexisbledel. #GilmoreGirls pic.twitter.com/kM36J1JVgV
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auto_complete is excellent ajaxified plugin for auto completion, but round-trip server request make it a little bit slow. I could not help myself to make it faster enough for real time data but I did override this to dig through data from distinct field instead of pre-built auto-completion method that does a direct SQL query on the field and view whatever I wanted by overriding controller and view.First you'll need to install the auto_complete plugin:
ruby script/plugin install auto_completeor download it right from here and move to vender/plugin.
class BlogController < ApplicationController auto_compelere_for :post, :title endIt would implement a auto_complete_for_post_title method in your controller class. The parameters are the object and field/method of that object. The method(auto_complete_for_post_title) it implements will dig through all the Post records in your database and do a LIKE comparison on the title column, comparing the title to the contents of the post[title] form field. With the results, it will generate the HTML for an unordered list (ul), and return that to the view. Now you can have this line in your view to be done for single field
<%= text_field_with_auto_complete :post, :title %>Now Its time to play as we want and its as simple as that. Simply implement(override) the method and view according to you. Example: Controller
def auto_complete_for_post_title t = params[:post][:title] @results = Post.find_by_sql(:all, :select => 'p.id, m.col1, p.col2, p.col3...', :from => 'posts p', :joins => 'LEFT JOIN other o ON p.something = o.something', :conditions => ["p.something in (?) AND p.something = 1 AND LOWER(title) LIKE ?", some_array, '%' + v + '%'], :order => 'col1,col2,...') render :partial => '/common/autocomplete_post_title' endSince I needed same text field on different page, hence I just thrust it into application.rb to avail it anywhere, otherwise you need to put it in appropriate controller. Example: View - common/autocomplete_post_title.rthml

 <% for result @results do -%> <li id="<%= result.something%>"> <%= result.something -%>  <%= result.something %>
 <% end -%>
Tweak it in whatever way... To override in-built plugin's CSS, add {:skip_style => true} as below
<%= text_field_with_auto_complete :post, :title, { :class=>"input", :name => 'something', :value=>"something", :title=>"something", :onclick =>"DoSomething(this);", :onblur =>"DoSomething(this);" }, { :skip_style => true } %>


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Just some of the pics from the 2010 conference.
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I only left because I ran out of food and water. How could you get bored of a view like that! Coco and Tiarra never get bored of chasing the ground squirrels, either.
This is the last post I'll be making until fall. I'm exhausted from touring National Parks, so I'm taking the summer off. I'll be hitting the road again after Labor Day.


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Our Michigan medical malpractice lawyers represent patients like you who have suffered injuries due to medical mistakes made at an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). Many of these injuries are very serious, often requiring extensive medical treatment and the need for additional surgeries. When a medical error occurs at an ambulatory surgery center causes a death, it can give rise to a Michigan wrongful death lawsuit.
There are risks involved in every medical procedure performed at an ambulatory surgery center and not all poor results are due to medical malpractice. A lawsuit can only be filed when there is a medical error or mistake that caused your injury. Our experience medical malpractice lawyers will review your medical chart and determine whether your injury was the result of negligent treatment or just a normal risk or complication of your procedure.
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If a rock that falls from space is a meteorite, then one that's misidentified is a meteorwrong. And I am sure that's what we have in Texas.
|Photo from Fox 4 and Steve Hudgeons
I was rather surprised to see a news segment about this that was actually even-handed– not because it was Fox, but because local news in general does not treat scientific stories very well, and tend to be very credulous when it comes to meteorite stories in particular.
So what is this? I'm not sure. It could be a hoax, and that's the most parsimonious explanation. But it could also be natural, like a channel carved by torrential rain which unearthed the rock. It looks like the ditch is up on a small rise, though, so this is peculiar. A wider shot would help, I think.
Most reports of meteorites are misidentified terrestrial rocks. Slag from factories, ejected teeth from industrial grinders, weirdly-shaped stones, and the like are endlessly shown to scientists. But sometimes a true piece of an asteroid is found, so if you do find something you're not sure about, it's better to tell someone! Call a local university and see if they have a geology or astronomy department member who's willing to take a look. If what you have is real, it could be valuable, both to science and to your wallet.
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Wooden food designs is nothing new, we brought you news of the wooden popsicles from the Italian designer Mauro Savoldi and now we've found this cute set of wooden sushi.
It comes with a magnetic wooden fish, some nori fabric, wasabi, bamboo mat and 2 serving boards.
The set is beautifully designed and would look nice as feature in the kitchen or even a bathroom.
Who knows maybe children around the world will be playing sushi chef instead of throwing fake tea parties for their dolls this Christmas.
The set costs $59.00 and can be puchased from Dwell Studio.


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Food Trucks this weekend!
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Yeah, y'all can laugh at the idea of Santa Barbara having a Food Truck Festival, because I KNOW, we have, like, four gourmet food trucks in this town. I KNOW, we're not LA where a food truck festival shuts down a whole park due to overcrowding (I know, because I was one of the unfortunate hungry thousands stuck on the wrong side of the barrier).
But this is Santa Barbara, where we're a little smaller, a little more behind the trends, but gosh darn it, we do love the food trucks we have. I've dreamed of a time when our little collection of food trucks would find a place to gather and create a little food synergy. It's tomorrow.
Grab some cash and come down to the old BeeBop Burger site where there will be a handful of food trucks and some music and lots of summer heat.
Or if you're too lazy to click:
O Street truck (banh mi, fries and more)
Lickety Splits (fro-yo, ice cream sammies)
The Burger Bus (burgers, onion rings, falafel)
Road Dogs (hot dogs)
Green & Tasty (not sure!)
Thai On A Truck (Thai, duh)
Tiki Taco (tacos, duh)
Conor Patrick 1:30 to 2:15pm
Matt Kustara & Friends 2:30 to 4:00pm
TBD 4:15 to 5:00pm


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Sur le bateau, je vous dis. Ca c'est formidable! On the boat, I have to say, it is wonderful! When Brady was just born, my mother's dear friend Anne Thompson sent us a note that read, "Brady, Bon voyage on the wonderful sea of life!" Is that so true and dear as can be?
The sunshine is sort of dictating our days at the moment, yahoo! The walls of the boat splash continually all day and the sun's rise peaks through our port holes with no shade in sight just at the break of well--morning. The wooden cabinetry has gone from shiny/plastic beige to a deep sunset wooded tan of a color with shiny bright gold jeweled knobs. Hey KK, how long you been on that boat girl? yahoo! Thursday's (7/15) full moon (plus/minus the consecutive days) was as exciting and dramatic as promised. The full moon's shine made that evening's sky appear as light as the afternoon, only it was midnight!
Flowers are absolutely heaven on earth right? I had the pleasure of gathering two wonderful bouquets from the Sunday Farmers Market in Block Island. The fairy like snap dragons, the yellow summer rose buds and the sophisticated Dahlia's regal position in the flower world are making some wildly pretty bouquets at the moment. These bouquets are decorating every house, every building, every marina and restaurant in the area - what about the gigantic garden going on at the restaurant, Harvest? I will have me a large glass of bright orange flowers today, thank you!
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- I'll have a large glass of bright orange flowers please!
- All I know is that I am going with the Flowers
- "Live by the sun, love by the moon"--unknown
- "Full moons have a tendency to exaggerate things."-Sally Brompton Astrology
As the summer vacation delights us, there is a profound sense of hope for our local environment. Block Island's success in preserving its natural resources and ecosystem have seemed to create a sound balance to its existence. Balance? Love it! But the hope that we observed changes every thing about every day, particularly on Block Island, what an exciting and environmentally savvy location!
"Block Island is a natural treasure formed by glaciers nearly 10,000 years ago, it is is made up a diverse array of geographical features and habitats such as beaches, sand dunes, coastal bluffs, moraines grasslands (never seen/heard of that word in my life) maritime scrub land, salt ponds, hold ponds, and various other freshwater wetland ecosystems."" The Nature Conservancy currently owns a substantial amount of Block Island's natural resources. Yahoo for the environmentalists on this one! Its no wonder that the nature Conservancy has designated Block Island "one of the 12 last great places in the Western Hemisphere."
The Nature Conservancy mission statement is: " Protecting, preserving life. You depend on nature--we're here to save it. We're working with you to make a positive impact around the world in more than 30 countries, all 50 US states and your backyard." "We're using a broader vision to take a deeper look."--www.nature.org.
Living by way of the sea on a boat is an adventure like no other, and Brady is one scooter of a toddler, oh dear! He is splishing and splashing all over Montauk Lake and having the best time ever! When I am thanking god for everything while worshipping the flowers, the moon and the stars, I still find ways to act out when I am impatient.
My impatience is very present in my life (I can blame it on Brady, but it is a bunch of self serving crap on my part) and it really is time to let it go - as soon as possible. Yikes. What a relief that is -- To Get Over Myself!
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My impatience is unproductive.
Impatience can be very brutal because we do not take responsibility since it is the circumstances that are causing this. Or is it our choices & actions that have become the circumstance? Impatience is one of the easiest character defects to let slip by. It is a bit of a phantom when you think about it. I display lovely fits of infantile behavior when things are not as quick & nimble as I want. Being impatient is the route of all of our conflicts right? That is an easy one to pass along on someone else, but again, it is our silly bullshit that gets us there in the first place. Oh to the poor lambs who cannot control themselves, starting with me, Get Over It.
When I become impatient
- I become angry at others (but it is my fault)
- I react
- I am critical and judging of those not doing what I need them to do
- I yell (which is indulgent)
- I look irresponsible
- I shut off (cause only wrapped in my own agenda)
- I act like an ego freak
- I lack all control
- I feel guilty so why do it in the first place?
- I am just realizing the frequency of my impatience? That is the scary part.
So how about we toast this large glass of brightly colored flowers today and say, "Cheers to the pirates out in Montauk this summer, (best place ever,) and thank you for the brilliant universe that currently exists on Block Island (to name one of the millions) and thank you for helping me address my impatience and its frequency. If we keep on our paths of good thoughts, good will and hard work, what could go wrong right?
Thank you all for reading in your busy summer vacations. Gotta love the days filled with sun and shine, yahoo!
Lastly, let's pray for the children who need our fierce protection at all times on a local, national and global level. If our awareness is heightened we can be there to help everyone and everybody! We're so on it.
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Holy Gee Knickers !!! change that Picture or change Ye Mouth !!
This is really rather funny and i bet you can understand the angst in the lyrics.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=5w8NiS2mkqQ
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Where are you from? What state?
ERM... yeah so who let this moblie durg store move in? seriously can we sort it out? its about the only thing myself and the wet ape aggree on
Why the fuck was Adolph Shitlers Yum Yum Class Group deleted? Is this a fucking social working network or did some whiney cunt recognise their missing dog lapping the muff in the picture????
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Massacre In a Town Near Smyrna
-Police Are Accused.
The New York Times.
June 17, 1914.
ATHENS, June 16.-Greek refugees from Asia Minor today brought reports of the massacre by Turks of 100 Greeks, including priests, old men and children, in the town of Phokia, twenty-five miles north-west of Smyrna. The town, according to the official report, was invaded by a horde of armed men, who looted and then set fire to all the buildings. They are said to have been assisted by the Turkish police. All the inhabitants, most of whom were Greeks, fled, leaving their property behind them, and 3,800 of them have reached Salonika. They declare that the bodies of the massacred persons were thrown into wells. The refugees, many of whom were suffering from wounds, were in a state of starvation on their arrival at Salonika.


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Want to do some Spring cleaning?
Most people use this time each year to clean out their closets, have garage sales, and get rid of their junk using craigslist.
We're in the middle of getting rid of stuff on craigslist that we don't want to move into our new house next month.
If you've never done this, I can tell you this is a great exercise in intentional living and intentional spending because you can make money from selling things you no longer use and use the funds to pay off debt or purchase things you will use.
To sell on craigslist, or to advertise your garage sale there, you will need to create an account, navigate to your city, and create a new posting.
Here are a few tips and trick for how to sell on craigslist that will help you make the most from your efforts:
1. Make Your Headline Clear
The vast majority of craigslist users are hunting for something very specific. So the more of these people you can connect with, the more your item will sell for. Make sure you provide a clear, descriptive headline to let searchers know what you're selling. Also avoid SCREAMING AT YOUR POTENTIAL BUYER and avoid using tacky symbols (%$*$*&^).
2. Try to Balance Clarity with Creativity
The most important thing is to ensure your description is clear and exhaustive. Be sure to include everything there is to know about your item, including dimensions, colors, and condition. Be sure to check manufacturers websites to get more details about your item to include.
3. Make Use of Lists
If you are advertising a garage sale, make sure that your craigslist post includes all of the items you are selling. You never know who will be searching for that one item at the bottom of the bucket. Even if you're just selling one item, use a list to describe the item in detail.
4. Don't Forget About Images
Potential buyers definitely prefer to see a clear, well-lit set of pictures of the actual item you are selling. But if you're in a pinch, use a photo from the manufacturers website.
5. The Price is Right
The first step here is to know what your item is worth. Search similar listings on craigslist or check Ebay.com for completed sale results. Secondly, be aware that craigslist buyers will want to negotiate or even barter. Being open to these things will reduce your profit, but will increase your chances of selling.
6. Meet the Seller Away from Home and With a Friend
Avoid having a potential seller come inside your home or visit you when you are alone. If you're in a bind and need to sell alone, jump on a phone call with a friend and have them wait and listen while you complete the transaction. If it's a garage sale you are having, keep your house doors locked.
7. Cash Only
Don't accept checks. Inspect the money. If you are doing a garage sale, keep the money in your pocket vs in a cash box.
8. It's Your Community
While you're taking the appropriate safety measures don't forget to be friendly and smile. Your local craigslist community is typically going to be the people you are living and working next to. Use the opportunity to make connections and enjoy the interaction. Craigslist reports that many users tell them about friends and even significant others they've met while buying and selling on the service.
Thanks to craigslist.org for sourcing these ideas.
Some other considerations I have:
It's important to know what sells on craigslist. Anything can be sold on craigslist, but it doesn't mean you should sell it there. Unique, collectors items should be exposed to a broader market using Ebay.com. Anything that is small and easily mailed should also be a candidate for Ebay.com or a larger market of some sort.
I've sold a lot of things on craigslist: TVs, computers, tickets, kid's toys, and even a car. If you're going to sell a car or any high dollar value item where cash isn't an option, then consider a payment escrow service to handle the exchange of money between you and the buyer.
Lastly, download their mobile app. It makes picture taking and listing your post a lot faster than on a PC.
What are your tips for selling on craigslist?


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Thursday, October 22, 2009
It's Autumn Time
We have been having the most beautiful fall weather here this week. Pretty sunny skies, warm temperatures and beautiful foliage. (This is a very welcome change after the string of cruddy, winter-like weather we were having last week.) Hooray for fall! And Indian corn. And colorful leaves falling all around. Oh, and glittery pumpkins.
Posted by Kim at Thursday, October 22, 2009
File Under Polaroid, What I'm Up To
3 comments:
- Rachelle said...
Three cheers for fall....
Also loving your polaroid pics. Thanks for the fantastic birthday card as well! You keep me creatively inspired.
- October 31, 2009 at 10:03 AM
- Autumn said...
I love the glittery pumpkin. I was wanting to do one in hot pink. For...
- November 2, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- Nicole Harris said...
ummm, next year I want to make these glitter pumpkins!! I Love it!
- November 4, 2009 at 7:42 AM
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Dawn and Ian are driving listening to the radio.
We hear the signature tune for Gardeners Question Time. Bill Oddie is announced as the special guest panelist.
There is some resentment from the other team members in the studio, who regard Oddie as an amateur ornithologist with only basic knowledge of plants.
Despite the baying, Oddie remains a professional and delivers an anecdote about a blue tit.
"That your largest bird is it, Oddie?"
"I did see a black hawk over the weekend."
"Was it a large specimen or a baby?"
"Hardly bigger than that tit I imagine."
"It was an adult bird and I'd say its wingspan was like this."
As Oddie gestures on the radio, there is the sound of brakes screaming and Ian and Dawn lurch to a halt.
They have narrowly avoided crashing into the car in front, which has stopped at an odd angle in the road due to its driver also listening to the same radio programme and having a heart attack.
"Can anyone corroborate your story?"
The palpable sound of a sadly shaken head.


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Chocolate Cake made with Beans!
I found this recipe in Japanese gluten free recipe blog. This cake is made with beans instead of flour! I have not have a chance to actually make this cake yet, but I thought this is such an interesting recipe so I decided to translate it here!
Ingrediants (18 cm diameter cake)
- 2 cups of Cooked Aduki beans or a can of Aduki beans (425 g)
- 5 eggs
- A few drops of Vanilla essence
- Brown sugar 80-100g (or other natural sweetener)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter, soften
- 6 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp water
- Preheat the oven to 325 F. Grease and place a cooking sheet in a cake pan (18 cm).
- In a food processor, put Aduki beans, 3 eggs, salt, and vanilla essence and mix well until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, put butter and sugar and using a mixer, mix them well until it becomes like a cream. Add rest of 2 eggs (one by one) and mix them well together for 2 min.
- Mix baking powder and cocoa powder in a different bowl, and add this powder mixture into butter mixture little by little while mixing slowly, then add water in the end.
- Add the bean mixture into butter mixture slowly and mix well with mixer for another 2 min.
- Put them in a cake pan and bake for 50 min.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Ten Min. Glass Study
Carol Marine is a well known Daily Painter. She has been painting Daily for over three years now and has inspired many of us to paint daily. This is a huge discipline and a commitment. Carol has recently developed a website for artist where she has a weekly challenge. This week it was to take an object, paint it for ten minutes six times. Wow what a fun challenge! I think many of us had so much fun that we are going to do it a few times this week. Check out her site at
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Since the Special Marriage License often plays a part in romances, I've always been curious to see one. During a trip to London I visited the library at Lambeth Palace, the headquarters of the Archbishop of Canterbury who, following passage of the Hardwicke Marriage Act in 1753, was responsible for issuing a license allowing a couple to be wed without calling the banns, without a waiting period, and at any time and place.
I had a notion there was a printed form in which the names were inserted, but I was wrong about that. The library possessed no "blank" licenses, only a few dozen completed ones for marriages that had been performed in the Lambeth Palace chapel. This indicates that after the marriage was performed the license was retained by the officiating clergyman.
A license was handwritten on parchment approximately 18 inches wide by 12 inches high, quite an impressive document. All the couple of dozen I saw (dated between 1754 and 1806) looked much the same. In a couple of instances the names of the parties were written in different handwriting from the text (which was boilerplate, scarcely varying by a word) as though a clerk had prepared a blank license when he had nothing better to do. More often the document had been written all at once, not something that could be dashed off in ten minutes.
A license was signed by the "Register" and finished with the Archbishop's seal, affixed as follows: Red sealing wax is dribbled on a square of paper about three inches square; a ribbon or string is looped through holes in the parchment and the ends laid over the wax; another square of paper is laid on top to form a wax and string sandwich; the large oval seal is impressed on top of the whole thing.
The men are described as either widower or bachelor, the women as widow or spinster. In the case of a spinster, the name of her father is given, for a widow, her late husband's. For the man the father is recorded if he's a peer or someone else notable. As you can see by the list of titles for the bridegroom in the following license, they seemed to like to make the whole business seem important.
Here is the text of a typical license, that for the 1806 marriage of Prince Bariatinsky to Lord Sherborne's daughter. There is absolutely no punctuation and, yes, the word "Honorable" is spelled in what we would call the American way.
Charles by Divine Providence Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of all England and Metropolitan by Authority of Parliament lawfully empowered for the purposes herein written To our beloved in Christ John Prince Bariatinsky of Russia privy counselor to the Emperor of Russia Chamberlain and Knight of the Military Order of St. George and also Knight of Malta now of Sackville Street London a Bachelor and the Honorable [sic] Frances Mary Dutton of Sherborne in the County of Gloucester a Spinster daughter of the Right Honorable James Dutton Baron Sherborne Wheareas As it is alleged ye have proposed to proceed to the solemnization of a true pure and lawful Marriage Earnestly desiring the same to be solemnized with all the speed that may be that since your reasonable desires may the more readily take due effect We for certain causes as thereunto especially moving do so far as in us lies and the Laws of this Nation allow by these presents Graciously give and grant our License and Faculty as well to you the parties contracting as to all Christian People willing to be present at the solemnization of the said Marriage to Celebrate and Solemnize such Marriage between you the said contracting parties at any time and in any church or chapel or other meet and convenient place by any Bishop of this Realm or by the Rector Vicar Curate or Chaplain of such Church or Chapel or by any other Minister in Holy Orders of the Church of England Provided there be no lawful Let or Impediment to hinder the said Marriage Given under the seal of our office of Faculties at Doctors Commons this twenty first day of April in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and six and in the second year of Our Translation.
I am sorry I don't have a picture of a special license. My visit to Lambeth Palace was several years ago, before phones had cameras. I don't even know if I would have been allowed to photograph one. I hope the description is helpful to historical readers.
Update: Thanks to Julia (@mizzelle on twitter) for directing me to this picture of a special license.
Update: Thanks to Julia (@mizzelle on twitter) for directing me to this picture of a special license.


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Heavy music presenter Christina Rowatt of Soundwave TV conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya earlier today (Saturday, February 23) at the Brisbane stop of this year's Soundwave festival in Australia. You can now watch the chat below.
On the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's new album:
Tom: "They're actually working on new stuff. And I'm hoping… well, now. We're gonna continue working on stuff. [laughs] No comment! [laughs]"
On how the songwriting process in SLAYER works:
Tom: "Kerry [King, guitar] comes up with ideas, Jeff [Hanneman, guitar] comes up with ideas. They do a lot of home stuff. And then they'll say, 'Hey, there's an idea. What do you think?' And then we'll listen to 'em, and if we like how it's coming along, we keep 'em, and if we don't,
On the health status of SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who is still recovering from necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease, which he is believed to have gotten from a spider bite:
Tom: "Jeff's just had a rough time coming back. That's about it. I reach out to him all the time and tell him that everybody misses him. We miss him. I miss him as a bandmember, because he's such a big focal point in the band. But we're waiting for him to say, 'OK, I'm ready.' He's actually working on material [for the next SLAYER album], so that's something we've encouraged him to do. We said, 'Listen, if you're not gonna come out and perform, at least get your ideas together and we can work them out.'"
On SLAYER's current stand-in drummer Jon Dette:
Tom: "He actually played in the band [in the late 1990s] for, like, three years. It's gonna be good. He's matured and I'm sure he's gotten much better on the drums. It'll be exciting, and I think that's just gonna pump everything up even more. I can tell you this: Jon's gonna have a lot of energy. He's known to play very fast, and he's gotten better at that."
On how they decided to hire Jon Dette to fill in for the Soundwave festival shows:
Tom: "It was just a name that we pulled out of our hat. [laughs] It was a huge fucking hat, and it had one name in it."


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Friday, 12 May 2017
Stealing my son's cheeseburger poetry #DadDirt
You know that you are a Great British Dad when...
...you have a go a joining in with the kids' poetry.
My son made this.
Cheesy meat
Hungry for a Burger
Every time you have a treat
Eat and taste that meat
Scrummy food
Enjoyable to eat
Big and brown
Under ketchup
Real food
Great tasting
Excellent food
Really filling
Super nice
It inspired me, but didn't come out so good.
Clear your own table
Happy meal bits causing tears
Eventually get the till
Expensive and Everyone is surly
Sticky seats
Elegance in the cardboard box
Bad meat-to-bun ratio
Undo my belt
Really cold chips
Greasy hands
ECG, Echocardiogram, Endoscopy
Relish on my trousers
Sauce on my white shirt because these are the choices we make even though we know our time on this planet is limited.
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From Pac-Man to Pokémon, Hollywood has always taken the video gaming audience very seriously. But this year, the cinematic battles between Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy beg the question: Can video games become tent-pole entertainment franchises? And how will the next-gen platforms introduced this year influence the movie business from this point on?
Digital discs that allow greater storytelling, more animation and fully realized environments are allowing gamemakers greater access to Hollywood. 'This is yet another vein of content for Hollywood to mine,' says Peter Dille, VP of marketing for gameco THQ. 'It provides some great content. The other thing that's different is that demographically, and sort of psychographically, the studios are looking at this and saying, `We're competing for our consumers' time; we know that people are spending more time on games-let's see if we can't mine that world for stuff that would cross over."
'It's an exciting time to be in the video game industry for a lot of reasons,' says Jane Thompson, director of development at Sega of America. 'The technology is extremely advanced, and that allows artists, technicians and game developers to create very deep environments and really tell stories-much more than they were able to do before. This new character and story line depth is very attractive, and certainly Hollywood is tapping into our industry for content.'
The games being produced today have richer stories, so much so that game companies have a steady stream of studio suits coming through to look at properties in development, to see if they would work well as feature films or TV shows. But are all the bells and whistles provided by the extra content in these new platforms enough to influence Hollywood producers?
'I'm amazed how many come in and have a jaw-dropping reaction to what they are seeing,' says Dille. 'The fact of the matter is that history and backstory are already there as part of the game. That is something that is very portable. But yeah, Hollywood likes to rewrite regardless.'
Sega's Thompson concurs. 'Hollywood is always looking for original content, and these game developers are the most creative minds in the world. But even with the extensive backstory and graphics provided in the next-gen games, most video game properties have to be adjusted to the medium.'
According to Greg Goldstein, VP of marketing at Activision, studios and producers must judge whether what's appropriate in a game, both editorially and visually, would work in the movies. 'The advantage is you're practically `trailering' the property,' says Goldstein. You're saying `Here's what it looks like, here's what you can do.' If I make a movie that's faithful to the game, the gamers may like it, but is that enough to motivate Hollywood to make a movie? Hollywood needs properties that go way beyond the gaming audience to be successful.'
As gaming technology advances at warp speed, so too do production costs. 'These games cost as much as movies do. A triple-A title costs between US$5 million and US$20 million, says Sega's Thompson. 'And to launch these titles, it's like launching a movie-millions of dollars in marketing.' As evidence of just how far the industry has advanced in so short a time, THQ's Dille reflects: 'It used to be the games were made by a couple of guys in a garage somewhere-maybe one artist, one programmer, very small teams.' Now, in addition to escalating production costs, the size of production team has multiplied, with up to 50 people involved in any one project, including several programmers, graphic designers, screenwriters and orchestras producing scores.
'It's an evolution that's become a revolution because of the technology,' says Activision's Goldstein. 'The technology has always been way behind what the developers wanted to do. The more realized vision in the games creates inspiration, content and opportunities for Hollywood.'
'In the past, when we've had entertainment properties based on our games and characters, they were like stand-alone offerings,' explains Nintendo's VP of marketing George Harrison. 'There was a live-action Super Mario Brothers movie that was not successful, although part of that failure can be attributed to the crossover from 2-D to live action. Historically, it's been more difficult than expected to make a video game property into an extended entertainment property.'
Harrison believes that's about to change, dramatically. One of the advantages of the new game technology is the amount of additional animated sequences it allows-full-motion video, added as rewards or clues for enhancing gameplay. These bonus bits require more development on behalf of the game producers, creating a more complete entertainment experience for the gamer.
'Because we are moving to a digital disc, there is more opportunity to tell a backstory, and certainly the quality of the graphics are of a higher standard,' says Harrison. 'With the expanded space on the disc, we are able to do opening cinematics and `reward animation' after each game level that really become, in small ways, parts of an expanded animated story.'
THQ's Dille agrees that more disc space offers bigger opportunities. 'When games went from cartridge to CD, I remember the reaction was `Oh my god, look at how much we can put on this CD. We'll never fill it up," Dille reflects. 'Now we're going from CD to DVD, which gives us even more storage capacity, and the development guys will find ways to fill those up as well.'
And yet the gaming industry is bracing itself for its biggest changes to date, with new consoles that offer convergence with other media. And electronic game producers are going through what THQ's Dille calls a 'transition period.'
'New technology is replacing the old, and we are experiencing a bit of overlap while that happens,' explains Dille. 'Right now, PlayStation 2 is being introduced, while PlayStation 1 is winding down.' And with Sony beginning to ship PS2 in mass quantity, Microsoft introducing the Xbox, and Nintendo launching the Gamecube and Game Boy Advance, 'this is the year when things really begin to take off,' says Dille.
The previous console generation was marked by the dominance of Sony PlayStation 1 and Nintendo 64. And Sega, which has had its problems keeping up with this technology, is getting out of the hardware business. Sega's Dreamcast would have competed against PS2, being the first of the next-gen consoles to launch, but it just didn't get to the point where a critical mass of the development community supported the product.
Dille sees convergence and compatibility as factors in the new platforms' success. 'One important difference is that PS2 will be backward compatible. (It can play both PS1 and PS2 games.) No video game system has had that advantage. Unlike the shift from eight-track tapes to cassettes, or vinyl to CDs, where you'd have to replace your software catalog, you don't have to replace your PlayStation library.'
It's a rapid change, and the gaming world is now taken as seriously as books, graphic novels and Broadway plays as a major source of TV and film inspiration. 'In the beginning, video games were looked down at and people never really appreciated that this was a big business, that video game revenues are on par with, or greater than, domestic box office,' says Dille. 'It's not kids stuff anymore.' Indeed, the electronic gaming industry grosses US$6 billion annually.
Nintendo's next-gen platform, the Gamecube, will debut in October and uses a three-and-a-half-inch digital disc to store its game programming. THQ, which creates games for all competing platforms, is excited by the new opportunities afforded by the extra scenes. 'The object of any game is to get the gamer to suspend disbelief, to feel like they are part of that world they are playing in. Whether that's a role-playing game, where they are fighting a dragon, or a sports game where they are out there on the field with their heroes, you want them to feel like they're part of the action,' says Dille. 'So these `cut scenes' are very elaborate sequences that help a story-based game.'
And yet there's a downside. 'What people are wrestling with now is the use of gratuitous cut scenes that don't really lend anything, they're just kind of there and they're annoying. If it helps tell the story and adds value, or if its interwoven into the entire gaming experience and the game actually looks like the cut scenes, then it's appreciated. It has to be done in a seamless way.'
Perhaps it's only a matter of time before video game studios start producing their own full-length films, without Hollywood's help. If you ask Sega's Thompson, that day has already come, as a theatrical feature based on a Sega game is slated for a summer debut in Japan. Shenmue The Movie was created using Dreamcast technology by the game's creator, Yu Suzuki, who is considered the Steven Spielberg of the gaming industry.


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This is the second post in our series on ethical investing. This series is focused on expanding the concept of "voting with our dollars" to encompass investing along with other spending. (For more information on how we try to direct our spending towards "good", check out The Goodness Challenge.)
The goal of this post was to find out just who we're supporting with our investment dollars. (If you like, you can check out our first post here: Investing in Good, Green and Ethical Companies.) In preparation, I researched all of the investment funds Andrea and I currently own. Some of these funds were handpicked and others were selected for us through Employee Investment Programs at various companies.
What we own
As it stands today, Andrea and I hold a total of 10 mutual funds. They look something like this.
1) A Canadian equity index fund
2) Another Canadian equity index fund
3) A money market fund
4) A segregated guaranteed investment fund
5) Another segregated guaranteed investment fund
6) A Canadian bond index fund
7) A Canadian growth fund
8) An international equity fund (Don't even ask)
9) A Canadian dividend fund
10) A Canadian balanced fund
Why so many funds?
Our goal was never to invest in this number of funds; however, each time one of us started working for a new company, we would be given a new set of mutual funds from which to choose. And so here we are!
Furthermore, our investment capital isn't spread equally across all 10 funds. In fact, much of our capital (about 50 percent) is invested in a Canadian equity index fund. (As a side note, I prefer index funds for their low Management Expense Ratios (MERs).)
My investigative process
Once I had a clear understanding of which funds we owned, I set out to understand what exactly was in these funds – who and what we are funding. I started the investigative process by printing out all of the investment summary reports for each fund we owned. I then captured the top companies that made up each of these funds along with what percentage of the overall fund they comprise.
So who are these companies, anyway?
8 out of our 10 funds are focused on the Canadian market – largely to take advantage of retirement savings tax breaks. Of these Canadian funds, it turns out that the same companies show up repeatedly across our portfolio. From my initial investigation only, I learned that we have invested in the same Canadian bank 7 times over. Similarly, the top 5 companies in all of our funds are largely the same. Clearly, we are not nearly as diversified as we thought. (If these 5 companies don't do well, we're pretty much hosed.)
In the interest of full disclosure, here are our top repeated investments across mutual funds.
1) Royal Bank of Canada (7 times)
2) Bank of Montreal (5 times)
3) Suncor Energy (5 times)
4) Bank of Nova Scotia (4 times)
5) Barrick Gold Corporation (4 times)
6) Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (4 times)
7) Canadian National Railway (4 times)
8) Cenovus Energy (3 times)
9) Enbridge (3 times)
10) Canadian Natural Resources (3 times)
11) TD bank (3 times)
This brings me back to our original point – who and what are our investment dollars supporting. By looking at this list, you would think that we are passionate about supporting major banks, energy companies and mining corporations, but this is truly not the case.
Down the rabbit hole
I must admit that my research stopped when I started looking into one of our mutual funds that was made up of other mutual funds. At this point, my eyes crossed and I threw up my hands in defeat. I now wholeheartedly accept that we do not have nearly as much awareness of our investments as we'd thought.
For us, this is a major concern. How could we know so little about how the companies within our mutual funds operate? We've realized that we're likely missing an opportunity to redirect our capital towards companies that have a direct impact on reducing pollution, encouraging healthier living and advocating higher standards in labor practices. Now to find these companies – and positive returns.
What we've learned
1. We now know that something needs to change. We're pretty sure it's "out with the old", but we're not so sure what will encompass "the new".
2. We know we need to make a clear list of what's important to us from an investing standpoint. This will be used to evaluate our potential investment options.
3. We're pretty sure that access to information about where our capital is spent (i.e. transparency) will be on our list of criteria.
4. Moving away from mutual funds is an option. We could have directly invested in the 5 companies that make up the bulk of our portfolio and avoided all management fees. Hmmmmm.
In short, we're not yet sure where this analysis will take us. We still have a lot of work to do. Next up we'll define our own investment criteria to be used for evaluating our current investments and other investment options.
Interested in what we decided. Check out our next post – In With The New.
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I learned that you have to be careful when you're investing in sustainable or green funds even if they show you their "eco-label". Here in france some banks' funds are invested in oil companies or even gun manufacturers. That's not the future I want to invest in.


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The hair and makeup department are often thought of as somehow less important or necessary on a set. This simply isn't true. In fact, the hair and makeup stylists are the backbone of your entire project.
Think about it – let's say you're filming a music video. It's been a long day in the sun. Everyone's exhausted and sweating. They look beat down and definitely not like they're having the time of their life.
Is that the look you want showing up in your video? Of course not! You want the women to look alluring, seductive, and sexy and the men to look mysterious and devastatingly handsome.
That's where hair stylists and makeup artists take center stage. They make sure your actors look exactly like they're supposed to. They reflect the emotion and aesthetic of any particular scene in how your actors are styled.
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Makeup Artists
When it comes to the makeup department, you're talking about four vital positions. There's the key makeup artist, the makeup supervisor, the hands on makeup artists, and the special effects artist.
The key makeup artist is the boss. They're in charge of everyone else in the department and oversee all things aesthetic. They're also the one who has to answer to director. You better believe they're pros!
The key makeup artist not only handles the strategy for the entire project, they also get their hands dirty. They'll apply makeup to the leading actors in a film or commercial or handle the top models in a show.
The makeup supervisor is the right hand of the key artist. They're the ones who make sure everyone – including the potentially diva actors – are on time and everything is running smoothly. Although they rarely do makeup themselves, they can in a pinch. The makeup supervisor is also the connection between the makeup department and the rest of the production.
The hands on makeup artists are the men and women in the trenches. They handle the makeup on most of the cast for any particular project. We're talking supporting roles right down to extras.
The special effects makeup artist, also known as the SFX artist, takes care of anything and everything effects or prosthetic. If you're filming a horror movie, these are your go to guys and gals. If you're filming a commercial where you need the food to look a certain way, the SFX artist takes care of it.
Basically, the special effects makeup artist is the one responsible for anything extra. It's important to get a skilled artist because, to go back to the horror movie, do you want your monster to look scary or funny? That's what we thought!
Hair Stylists
When it comes to hair stylists, there are two major positions to fill. There's the key hair and the hair stylists.
The key hair stylist is your golden key to success (pun certainly intended!). This is the man or woman who handles the hair of your stars. We're talking lead actors and lead singers, people who don't settle for "looking okay."
The key hair is as much a therapist as they are a hair stylist. They make sure your actors are pumped up and ready to go. Don't get a second-rate key stylist. Trust us when we say you'll live to regret it.
The hair stylist, or stylists, takes care of everyone else in your project. They handle the hair of supporting actors, minor roles, and extras. Just like the hands on makeup artists, they're the ones in the trenches each day. They're the ones who make sure everyone else looks as good as your stars.
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Check out this great review from the Romance Studio:
Samantha Anderson's grandmother knows that she missed out on learning about an important part of her family and herself while her mom and grandfather were alive. But she's determined to make up for it, and makes it her last wish that Samantha go and spend at least the summer in a small town called Harmony.
Pack alpha and eldest brother, Gabe McAllister, had planned to convince the new owner of the Daniels property to sell the land to him and find a different spot to vacation, but as soon as he sees and smells her, he knows that he'll be working to get her to stay instead. The only problem is she's human and has no idea about shape-shifters. Samantha finds herself surprisingly drawn to the small town and her new friends, but maybe most surprising is her instant attractions to all five of the hunky McAllister brothers. Maybe this is her chance for a summer fling. The brothers know that they have found the mate for all of them, they just need to find a way to convince Samantha.
This was a really good book. It was fast-paced, funny, and sexy as all get out. Man, do those McAllister brothers heat up the pages. They are definitely your dominant alpha men, who have met their match with Samantha. I think what makes this book believable is the sense of humor that is woven throughout the story just as much as the heat between them. It somehow pokes just enough fun at the situation they all find themselves in that you could see it happening just that fast. Plus oh my goodness the sex scenes. This was a great book to read and by the end you find yourself really wanting that happy ending for Samantha and her men. It's also listed at the first book in the Call of the Wolves series and I can't wait to read more.
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A new year can be a fresh start for a lot of us. New years are usually known for braking old habits & moving onto better things. Sometimes I think we can get too caught up in all the hype of making our perfect list of resolutions for the new coming year & we forget that even making a few tiny goals can be just what we need to turn over a new leaf!
So as I have been thinking over the past week or so about goals I hope to achieve in 2014, I came across this fill in the blank list on Pinterest that might be perfect for not setting too extreme of resolutions for ourselves.
This of course, is merely a suggestion for a list you can write. We all have our ways of setting & accomplishing goals.. What will your way be this year?
I hope this year is one full of happiness & health, strength, laughter, & fabulous memories for you all! I can't wait to see what a new year will bring.
Happy celebrating!
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My favorite thing about actress Stephanie Szostak is her subtle performance in Satisfaction, the new drama that delves fearlessly into a strained marriage and premieres on USA tonight. (You'll find yourself holding your breath for no particular reason at many points throughout the premiere.)
My second favorite thing about Szostak, though, is that she had a whole first life before she came to acting—and, especially on those days when you spend the entire 3 P.M. status meeting gripped by a What am I doing here? panic, there's nothing more inspiring than a story about changing routes to chase your dreams. (Plus, Szostak has a great tip for all of you in long-term relationships.)
You were born and raised in France. What brought you to the States?
My dad's American, and my mom's French. I lived in France for the first 18 years of my life, then came here to go to school at the College of William and Mary. I studied marketing. I really didn't know what I wanted to do, so I thought that's what I should do—study business—because it would give me the best chance to find work.
And at this point, you hadn't started acting at all yet?
No. We don't have drama in public schools in France. I had never taking an acting class. At William and Mary, I was on the golf team. Then [after school] I started as an assistant in the skin care department at Chanel. I had a fantastic boss, and all the fun perks—I had access to the closet with all the products. I worked there for two years, and I wasn't unhappy, but I wasn't fulfilled.
So what launched you from that field onto the path of pursuing acting?
At work one day, we were doing a last-minute photo shoot, and the photographer needed a model. They asked me, and I thought: Well, maybe I could make money doing this while I figure out what to do. I left Chanel and worked part-time as a model and part-time in an office while I took my first acting classes. That's when I realized, This is it.That can be almost frightening—the moment you think, Oh, this is what I want to do, and I've been very far away from it till now.
Yeah, you start questioning all the choices you've made up to that point. But it's also exciting—I think magic comes from those moments in which you don't really know what you're doing. I started with commercials—for shampoo, pancakes, insurance, Volvo. I did a Lux soap commercial with Sarah Jessica Parker. And I got a role in an indie film called *Satellite *that did well in festivals. In fact, I got an email from the director of that film today saying the screener for Satisfaction just showed up on his doorstep.
Let's talk about Satisfaction, which you got after starring in, among other things, Iron-Man 3. It's about a husband and wife who have become distant from each other and who are both essentially looking to the gigolo biz to get by—your character, the wife, is using one, and the husband is flirting with being one.
They're trying to protect their relationship the wrong way. Instead of communicating with each other, which can be scary because you have to admit you're not happy, they're going outside the marriage to discover what makes them feel alive again.
The methods are extreme, of course, but some of the relationship stuff is really relatable.
I've been married 18 years, same as my character. In your twenties, you have a dream, you're going somewhere—then, you get married and have children. You get caught up in the routine of life, and sometimes the dream is no longer there. The concept of the show—that we need to invest in our relationships—is universal. It takes honesty, and courage, and communication, and not checking our phones all the time.


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Do you like Takao Suzuki?The only child in family of father, Katsuhiko, and mother, Kikuko...Born in Sapporo, but moved to Tokyo at age 16 to train at National Tennis Center...Hobbies ... Read Full Bio
- Tennis: Davis Cup World Group Qualifying Playoffs Results
- in 13 years. Romania d. Japan 3-2Andrei Pavel and Victor Hanescu win both Sunday singles to keep Romania in the elite World Group. Takao Suzuki blew a 2-0 set lead in the first singles against Pavel, while Hanescu finished off Japan's Go Soeda in four sets including two tiebreaks. ...
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- Federer Struggles Into Semis at ATP Tokyo
- seed Roger Federer again had a rough going in Tokyo Friday as the Swiss pulled out a third-set tiebreak to defeat Japanese wildcard Takao Suzuki 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3)."It was a difficult match and I was afraid I might lose it," Federer said. "I could see the headlines, 'Federer loses to a...
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- Back-on-Task Federer Mauls Moodie in Tokyo
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The Wexner Center for the Arts knows good music.
The Wexner Center for the Arts knows good music.
Last week, the center announced the theme of its indoor summer film series, "Soundtrack Available: Music in American Film." The series will run at 7 p.m. each Thursday from July 2 through Aug. 27 at the center, 1871 N. High St.
"Soundtrack Available" will include 17 films that have made a lasting impression on American culture. The films include "Easy Rider," "The Graduate," "Saturday Night Fever" and "Purple Rain."
Dave Filipi, film curator for the center, said the idea for the series came about after a friend made him aware of a blog that discussed the best film soundtracks.
"We maybe exchanged three or four e-mails and I just said this would make an interesting film series," Filipi said.
Filipi said the most difficult part of creating a series centered on music was the sheer number of films available.
"One thing I did to make it simple was to not show any foreign films," Filipi said. "For the most part, they are familiar films; we are just giving them a different context."
Historically, the two most significant films to be shown will be "The Graduate" and "Easy Rider," Filipi said.
He said these films were the forerunners to what many people think of as the soundtrack albums.
"We tried to stick with films where some of the music isn't explained narratively," Filipi said.
Each of the "soundtrack" films will be screened as a double feature, except for the final film. Admission is $7. Ticket packages are available.
In conjunction, Used Kids Records, 1980 N. High St., will offer discounts on the soundtracks with a ticket stub from the series.
Along with the soundtrack series, the Wexner Center for the Arts also announced the films for its fourth annual Wex Drive-In Outdoor Film Fest.
The fest is a series of three free films screened just outside the Wexner Center. The films start at dusk, typically about 9 p.m.
Filipi said the outdoor series will tie into "Soundtrack Available."
"It's just kind of a thank-you gesture in a way," Filipi said about the outdoor series. "It's taking what we do on the inside of the building and moving it out."
The first film to be screened in the outdoor series, the classic horror movie "The Wolf Man," will be shown June 18.
"Last year, we showed 'The Mummy' and it did so well that we thought we would do another Universal horror film," he said.
The two other outdoor films that will be screened are 1973's "American Graffiti" on July 23 and 2000's "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" on Aug. 20.
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British Airways sinks into red, signals cost-cutting
British Airways reported a net loss in the first nine months of its 2008-2009 financial year due to the weak pound and the global economic crisis and signalled it would slash costs.india Updated: Feb 07, 2009 08:10 IST
British Airways on Friday reported a net loss in the first nine months of its 2008-2009 financial year due to the weak pound and the global economic crisis and signalled it would slash costs.
BA said it suffered a net loss of 127 million pounds (186 million dollars, 146 million euros) in the nine months to December 31, 2008, compared with profit of 642 million pounds in the same period of the previous fiscal year.
"These results have been hit by further economic weakness and the fall in sterling," said chief executive Willie Walsh in a results statement, which also revealed that sales rose 6.2 percent to 7.05 billion pounds.
The company added that it was consulting with trade unions about efficiency measures after group costs ballooned by more than 1.0 billion pounds to reach 7.0 billion pounds in the reporting period.
BA's fuel bill surged almost 50 percent to 2.244 billion pounds, despite slumping crude oil prices, reflecting the collapse of sterling against the US dollar. Jet fuel, or kerosene, is refined from crude and measured in dollars.
"The current weak economic environment drives a need for significant cost reduction, as revenue growth will be difficult," BA added.
"In the period we completed a management restructuring and associated voluntary severance programme.
"We have opened discussions with the trade unions about pay and productivity, which is required to improve the financial performance of the company."
British Airways also stated that operating profits tumbled by 88 percent to 89 million pounds in the nine-month period, which compared with 744 million pounds last time around.
BA had already prepared investors for bad news last month when the group warned that it expected to make an annual operating loss of 150 million pounds in the current fiscal year which runs until March 2009.
In the London stock market on Friday, BA shares rose 2.66 percent to 131 pence in late morning trade on London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares, which was down 0.89 percent at 4,266.55 points.
"Having already warned of a likely full year operating loss a few weeks ago no one should have been that surprised at the loss for the first nine months of the current year," said Howard Wheeldon, senior strategist at BGC Partners.
The airline said in a separate statement that passenger traffic fell 1.3 percent in January 2009 compared with the same month last year, as the carrier took a hit from the dramatic economic slowdown in Britain.
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"Office interiors now feature more collaborative work spaces with more desk-based systems, with particular attention being paid to seating comfort and ergonomic criteria, and more attention to environmental safety." – Manohar Gopal, MD, Featherlite Office Systems, Bengaluru, exhibitor at Index
Index Fairs have been the best platform for office furniture products, including modular workstations and furniture for institutional and commercial use. It is also a trusted platform for major international brands to launch their range of products in the Indian market.
The office furniture trade show sees participation from all major brands in this category, including Featherlite, Ventura, Godrej & Boyce, Divine Chairs, Abc Seating Solutions, etc.
India's office market witnessed an all-time high with an annual absorption of over 43 million square feet in 2016, registering a growth of 9 per cent on a year-on-year basis. Thus, the market for office products has also increased. Commercial Interiors are the next best opportunity after residences for players in the furniture industry, and therefore, this office furniture show – Index Fairs – is the place to be.
Manohar Gopal sees the impact of home offices and compact and small workstations, collaborative working and desk-based systems and the rising importance of environmental and ergonomic factors in the design of the product, being the big changes in the market situation.


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